Packers Relive Nightmare Performance as Bears Snatch Away Playoff Victory
The Bears rallied from a 21-3 deficit to win 31-27 in overtime, led by rookie QB Caleb Williams and coach Ben Johnson in their first playoff win at Soldier Field since 2019.
- On Jan. 10, 2026, the Chicago Bears won 31-27 against the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field, earning another home playoff game while fans tailgated in the South Lot.
- After reversing last year's 5-12 record, the Chicago Bears finished the regular-season record 11-6 under rookie head coach Ben Johnson and split the series with Green Bay 1-1 this year.
- A 46-yard overtime pass from Caleb Williams to DJ Moore ended the game, capping a furious comeback that tied the score in the final minutes and forced overtime.
- With Chicago hosting its first home playoff since 2019, South Lot tailgaters and fans flocked to hot-dog giveaways and bought Packers-taunting cheese-grater hats Saturday.
- Tracing back to 1921, the rivalry between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers stands 109-97-6 in Green Bay's favor and was only their second modern-era postseason meeting since the 2010 NFC Championship Game.
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The Chicago Bears recovered from an 18-point disadvantage to beat 31-27 the Green Bay Packers and enter the Divisional Round.
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The third Bears-Packers game of the season was just as dramatic as the first two as the Bears mounted another improbable comeback. Soldier Field will host another playoff game next weekend following Saturday's win.
Deal with it, Green Bay: The Bears have turned the tables on the Packers at last (or have they?)
As the Bears and Packers warmed up for their NFL-record 213th game against each other, this one in the wild-card playoffs at Soldier Field, it only seemed as though the Packers had won something like, oh, 200 of the previous 212.In fact, that would be giving them too much credit by almost double. The victory tally was Packers 109, Bears 97, with six ties — fairly close, taken over the long arc of rivalry history.But let’s not kid ourselves: Over…
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