For the first time in 85 years, the Chicago Bears have beaten the Green Bay Packers in a playoff game. Chicago’s last postseason win against Green Bay came on Dec. 14, 1941, seven days after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Quarterback Caleb Williams delivered another second-half comeback on Saturday night at Soldier Field as the Bears booked their ticket to the Divisional Round. It was a game to remember for fans in the Windy City and a brutal end of the season for the Packers.
From FOX Sports Research, here are 10 stats that sum up what a crazy game we saw on Saturday night.
[ 4 Takeaways From the Bears’ Win Over the Packers ]
1. Jordan Love is now the fourth quarterback in Packers historical past to file a number of profession playoff video games with three or extra cross touchdowns, becoming a member of Aaron Rodgers, Brett Favre and Bart Starr. Love’s first such sport got here towards the Cowboys in the Wild Card Round in January 2024.
2. Love joins Patrick Mahomes and Russell Wilson as the solely quarterbacks since the 1970 merger to have 9 or extra wins and no less than 25 passing touchdowns in every of their first three seasons as a full-time starter (no less than eight begins); he additionally tied the Packers playoff file for cross touchdowns in a sport with 4 (Rodgers, Lynn Dickey and Starr).
3. Love is simply the third quarterback in NFL historical past to lose a playoff sport whereas throwing no less than 4 cross touchdowns and no interceptions, becoming a member of Josh Allen and Alex Smith.
4. This was the fourth-largest comeback in any Bears sport, and the greatest comeback in a playoff sport in Bears historical past.
5. The Bears are simply the fourth crew in NFL historical past to path by 15 or extra factors in the fourth quarter of a playoff sport and are available again to win. They’re the first to do it since the Patriots got here again from 28-9 in Super Bowl LI towards the Falcons in February 2017.
6. Williams’ seven game-winning drives in the fourth quarter/time beyond regulation (common season and playoffs) are tied for the most in a season by a quarterback underneath the age of 25 since no less than 1950.
7. The Bears have seven comeback wins in the last 2:00 of the fourth quarter/time beyond regulation this season. That is the most in a single season all-time (common season + playoffs).
8. The Bears are the third crew in NFL History to attain no less than 25 factors in the fourth quarter of a playoff sport, becoming a member of the 1992 Eagles (Wild Card vs. Saints) and 1934 NY Giants (NFL Championship vs. Bears).
9. The Bears have scored no less than 21 factors in every of their final 4 video games towards the Packers, which is the crew’s longest such streak since doing so in seven straight video games from 1949-1952.
10. (*10*) is the first rookie TE to have no less than eight receptions and 100 yards in a playoff sport in NFL historical past.
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