Bears-Packers: Offensive and Defensive Match-ups
Published by Gene Chamberlain on September 12, 2009
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Chicago Bears
Sunday Night Football, Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wis.
The line: Packers by 3 ½. Over/under: 46 ½.
This is the 178th meeting in the NFL’s primordial rivalry. They started throwing punches in this series in the 1920s and it has seen everything from William “The Refrigerator” Perry to Brett Favre beating the Bears in a driving ice storm on Halloween Night at Soldier Field when Chicago retired the jersey numbers of Gale Sayers and Dick Butkus. Coach Mike Ditka’s teams dominated the 1980s in this series much like Favre’s teams dominated former coach Dave Wannstedt’s Bears. It’s gone the Bears’ way more in recent years, with six wins in the last eight games. Chicago leads the series 91-80-6.
Here’s how this one shakes down.
