2002 · Week 5 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

34·21

Bears

Chicago

QB Jim Miller

Memorial Stadium (Champaign) · outdoors · astroplay · 46°F · wind 5mph

Closing spread

CHI -1

Total

44

Model margin

+0.2est.

CHI perspective

Push chance

2.2%est.

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
  • +0.010EPA / play-0.129
  • 43.5%Success rate40.0%
  • +0.072EPA / dropback-0.089
  • -0.081EPA / rush-0.197
  • 8.6%Explosive rate7.5%
  • 38.0%Third-down rate33.7%
  • 55.1%Red-zone TD rate64.5%
  • 1.67Points / drive1.35
  • 2.6%Turnover rate3.2%
  • -0.079EPA / 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 Favre22/3335930

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahman Green271074.00
Donald Driver11313.00
Najeh Davenport133.00
Brett Favre111.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Terry Glenn8101540
Donald Driver491201
Tyrone Davis22301
Javon Walker24240
Ahman Green44210
Bubba Franks1251
Najeh Davenport0100

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Jim Miller27/4935333

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Anthony Thomas15453.00
Leon Johnson100.00

Receiving

PlayerRecTgtYdsTD
Marty Booker12191411
David Terrell33770
Dez White69700
John Davis35332
Dustin Lyman13210
Marcus Robinson1290
Anthony Thomas1720

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 +12.7%4.4%2.9%7.3%7.4%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.16%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

49.7%

Expected total

44.0est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-2.32
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.24