WCG historian Jack M Silverstein looks back at the stars, highlights and power swings in the greatest rivalry in sports. Lovie beat the Packers in his first shot, in 2004, and then in 2005 we officially broke the spell, sweeping the Packers en route to our first division title and postseason since 2001. In 1975, the Bears drafted Walter Payton fourth overall, a man who would become one of the few who can tussle for the claim as The Greatest Player in NFL History. Since then, the team has been going against each other through the Great Depression, WWII, Vietnam, and other conflicts. October 31, 1994. But the Bears played for one, losing in 1956 to the Giants in one of the biggest beatdowns in title game history, 47-7. We had another chance to keep our lead. AUTHOR’S NOTE: The original version of this story was published Sep. 28, 2017, before the first Bears-Packers game of that season. When they arrived at Wrigley Field, they were 10-2-1 and in the hunt for their fourth straight NFL championship. However, because of the strike season in 1982, the Bears and Packers didn’t play that season — the 2nd and final missed season of the rivalry, after 1922. This gave us a 50-26-6 all-time series lead, one of two times that we’ve led the series by 24 games, tops for either side. However, one of those Packers wins was a 1924 preseason game, so the Bears win actually tied the all-time series 11-11-4. The Bears beat the Packers 61-7 at Solider Field in Chicago. The Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears have a long rivalry in the NFL. Für viele Fans ist es bis heute das größte Spiel dieser Rivalität. A backup Packer — a ROOKIE, no less — felt confident enough to dismiss the validity of the entire rivalry. He was a great football player. für Werbemaßnahmen oder Informationen zum The Bears later matched their own record in 1992. We led by two games. November 10, 1985. Wie groß die Abneigung der beiden Teams war, zeigte sich bereits drei Jahre später. The Tribune’s headline was a drag for sure — “Joy missing after Bears humiliate dazed Packers” — but as the years have gone on, I never hear any Bears fan talk about what a bummer it was to miss the playoffs in 1980. The Bears opened the series with three straight wins, lost 14-10 in 1925, and then traded off wins and ties through the end of the 1927 season. The Bears won 3-0 at Cubs Park in Chicago. In its summation of the team’s chances in 1964, the author wrote: The Bear defense, more familiar now to the rest of the league, cannot hope to do as well as it did last year. “(Ray) Nitschke tried to kill me,” Ditka told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He also led the Bears revolutionary t-formation offense, and landed in the Hall of Fame in 1965. Coach Jim Dooley oversaw that nightmare season, his second with the team, and when his tenure came to a close with consecutive 6-8 seasons ending in 1971, the team hired Abe Gibron to replace him. Six months from now we open the NFL’s 100th season — our 100th too — playing host to the Packers on a Thursday night.

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