GREEN BAY, Wis. — While much of Chicago still is basking in the Cubs ending their 108-year drought of not winning a World Series in baseball this season, the Green Bay Packers have a shot in the Windy City to purge a significantly long dry spell.
A win over the Bears at Soldier Field on Sunday would pull Green Bay even in the NFL’s oldest rivalry for the first time in 83 years.
“We know what the record is,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Wednesday.
The Bears lead the series 94-93-6, which includes two playoff meetings that were split by the teams.
Green Bay has turned around what had been a lopsided rivalry in Chicago’s favor, thanks to having Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers at quarterback the last 25 years. Since 2009, the Packers have won 13 of 16 games between the teams.
The last time the series was tied was in 1933, when the teams each had won 11 games and tied four times since meeting for the first time in 1921.
“It’s been a long time since it’s been tied up. We’re aware of that,” McCarthy said.
The Packers had a chance to get even in the series last year. However, the Bears pulled out a 17-13 upset victory at Green Bay on Thanksgiving night to go up by two wins in the teams’ final meeting of the season.
Green Bay again reduced the deficit to one with a 26-10 victory at Lambeau Field in October this year.