2003 · Week 4 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

38·23

Bears

Chicago

QB Kordell Stewart

Soldier Field · outdoors · grass · 58°F · wind 3mph

Closing spread

GB -4

Total

41.5

Model margin

-0.3est.

CHI perspective

Push chance

2.5%est.

the line sits on a key number

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
  • +0.065EPA / play-0.100
  • 45.9%Success rate38.3%
  • +0.126EPA / dropback-0.156
  • +0.001EPA / rush-0.016
  • 10.4%Explosive rate7.4%
  • 41.0%Third-down rate33.9%
  • 74.0%Red-zone TD rate54.5%
  • 2.11Points / drive1.44
  • 2.9%Turnover rate2.6%
  • -0.077EPA / play allowed-0.013

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 Favre21/3017931
Doug Pederson1/11400

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Ahman Green191769.32
Tony Fisher4123.00
Javon Walker111.00
Doug Pederson1-2-2.00

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Kordell Stewart25/4420102

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Anthony Thomas131108.51
Kordell Stewart12715.91
Adrian Peterson133.00
Dez White111.00
Rabih Abdullah1-4-4.00

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 -42.7%4.5%2.9%7.4%7.3%2.9%4.4%2.7%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

2.46%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

48.3%

Expected total

44.9est.

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.42
  • Home-field advantage+2.56
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential+0.56
  • Expected margin-0.30