1999 · Week 13 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

35·19

Bears

Chicago

QB Shane Matthews

Soldier Field · outdoors · grass · 42°F · wind 18mph

Closing spread

GB -3.5

Total

39

Model margin

+0.7est.

CHI perspective

Push chance

None

half-point line — cannot push

Win probability

  • Bears
  • Packers

How each play moved the game.

Bears winsPackers wins

Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Packersedge mapBears
  • -0.016EPA / play-0.102
  • 40.8%Success rate38.6%
  • +0.060EPA / dropback-0.043
  • -0.154EPA / rush-0.228
  • 8.8%Explosive rate7.4%
  • 36.6%Third-down rate37.0%
  • 54.0%Red-zone TD rate44.0%
  • 1.48Points / drive1.03
  • 3.3%Turnover rate3.1%
  • -0.019EPA / play allowed-0.001

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

GB lead 40–16 since 1999

CHI have won 2 straight. Meetings average 42.8 points. CHI are 18-37-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · playoffsGB @ CHI2731CHI
2025 · W16GB @ CHI1622CHI
2025 · W14CHI @ GB2128GB
2024 · W18CHI @ GB2422CHI
2024 · W11GB @ CHI2019GB
2023 · W18CHI @ GB917GB
2023 · W1GB @ CHI3820GB
2022 · W13GB @ CHI2819GB

Box score

Individual performances

Packers

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Brett Favre17/2415512

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
De'Mond Parker191135.92
Basil Mitchell11474.30
Brett Favre11010.00

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Shane Matthews20/3622301
Cade McNown1/3300

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Curtis Enis19804.21
Shane Matthews372.30
Cade McNown166.00

Where this game is likely to land

  • Model
  • Smooth (normal)
  • Betting line

Probability of each final margin. Football scoring clusters — the spikes at 3 and 7 are real, and a smooth model misses them.

line -3.52.6%4.3%2.9%7.3%7.4%3.0%4.5%2.8%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

7.27%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

50.8%

Expected total

44.1est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.23
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.32
  • Expected margin+0.66