2004 · Week 17 · Division

Final

Packers

Green Bay

QB Brett Favre

31·14

Bears

Chicago

QB Chad Hutchinson

Soldier Field · outdoors · grass · 44°F · wind 12mph

Closing spread

CHI -3

Total

34

Model margin

-1.0est.

CHI perspective

Push chance

7.2%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
  • +0.110EPA / play-0.240
  • 46.2%Success rate35.2%
  • +0.241EPA / dropback-0.283
  • -0.085EPA / rush-0.177
  • 9.4%Explosive rate6.8%
  • 46.7%Third-down rate25.7%
  • 66.5%Red-zone TD rate43.9%
  • 2.02Points / drive0.78
  • 2.6%Turnover rate3.4%
  • +0.082EPA / play allowed-0.102

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 Favre9/1319620
Craig Nall7/1313110

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Tony Fisher19422.20
Ahman Green4133.30
Craig Nall199.00
Nicolas Luchey372.30
J.T. O'Sullivan2-2-1.00
Donald Driver1-9-9.00

Bears

Passing

PlayerC/AttYdsTDINT
Chad Hutchinson20/2919601

Rushing

PlayerCarYdsAvgTD
Thomas Jones261084.22
Bernard Berrian122.00

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 +32.8%4.6%3.0%7.4%7.2%2.8%4.2%

Positive margins favour Bears; negative favour Packers.

Half-point at risk

7.22%

outcomes that flip if the line moves 0.5

Model home win

46.3%

Expected total

45.2est.

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-0.16
  • Expected margin-1.02