Images: Bears Packers Rivalry Through the Years
See moments from through the years of games between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers. From the 1921 meeting through the 2011 NFC title game, colorful characters and classic moments have defined one of the best rivalries in all of sports.
Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton and quarterback Jim McMahon go after Green Bay Packers John Dorsey after a fumble by Bears William Perry during first quarter in Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 23, 1986.
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Chicago Bears' William "Refrigerator" Perry (72) helps an unidentified teammate to his feet in the second quarter of Monday night's NFL game in Chicago, Ill. on Oct. 21, 1985. This is the scene after Perry dived over the Green Bay Packers' defensive line for a one-yard touchdown.
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Green Bay Packers? former coach Vince Lombardi, right, and Chicago Bears former coach George Halas address the crowd during halftime period of game between the two teams, Aug. 20, 1968, in Milwaukee. Both men are now serving their respective teams as general manager.
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Chicago Bear's quarterback Jim McMahon checks the yard markers after a 23-yard run against the Green Bay packers, Nov. 24, 1986 in Chicago. Coach Mike Ditka stated in a press conference on Monday, that McMahon would probably be out for the rest of the 1986 season due to a shoulder injury.
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Former Chicago bears linebacker Dick Butkus holds up his jersey after the team retired his number 51 during halftime ceremonies of the Packers-Bears game Monday night, October 31, 1994, at Chicago's soldier field. At right is the Bear's team president Mike McCaskey.
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre (4) throws a pass past Chicago Bears' Chris Zorich (97) in a light snowfall during the second quarter Sunday, Nov. 12, 1995, in Green Bay, Wis. Favre threw five touchdown passes in the Packers 35-28 win. Favre was 25 of 33 for 336 yards.
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This photo released by the Chicago Bears Football Club, shows Bears founder George Halas in 1921. Halas founded the team that would become the Bears in 1920 as the Decatur Staleys while he was an employee of Decatur-based A.E. Staley Manufacturing. Despite the Bears links to Decatur and Champaign, there is a lukewarm relationship between the Bears and sports fans in central Illinois.
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Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler walks off the field just before the end of the first half of the NFC Championship NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011, in Chicago.
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Chicago Bears head coach George Halas and linebacker Bill George celebrate the last second of the game as their team defeated the Green Bay Packers, 10-3, at City Stadium in Green Bay, Wisc., Sept. 15, 1963.
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Hugh Gallarneau (8) of the Chicago Bears stumbles but keeps on going as a Green Bay Packer makes a flying grab at his feet at Chicago, Dec. 14, 1941. Chicago won 33-14.
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Head coach George Halas is happy as he exits Wrigley Field in Chicago, Nov. 17, 1963. His Bears had just whipped the favored Green Bay Packers, 26-7, to take over first place in the Western Division of the NFL. Following him is assistant coach Phil Handler.
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