Packers return to Lambeau to host Bears

The Green Bay Packers will play their second home game of the regular season this Sunday when they take on the Chicago Bears.

• Green Bay has won nine of the last 10 and 15 of the last 18 meetings against the Bears at Lambeau Field, including a 28-21 victory in Week 14 last season.
• The Packers have outscored Chicago, 500-289, in the last 18 home games, scoring 20-plus points in 15 of those contests.
• The past two seasons (2024-25) marked the first time Green Bay and Chicago have split the regular-season series in consecutive seasons since 1999-2000.
• Including the postseason, Sunday is the 214th all-time matchup between Green Bay and Chicago, the most matchups of any series in NFL history (Green BayDetroit is No. 2 with 193). The Packers lead the all-time series, 109-98-6.
• Green Bay has 109 wins against the Bears all-time in the regular season and playoffs, the most victories by one team against another in NFL history (No. 2 is the N.Y. Giants over Washington, 108).
• It is the first October game against the Bears at Lambeau Field since 2016.
• Head Coach Matt LaFleur has led the Packers to a 12-2 record against the Bears in the regular season and is the only coach in NFL history (Elias Sports Bureau) to win his first 11 games against the Bears.
• The game against the Bears at Lambeau Field starts a run of three home games in four weeks and four matchups against NFC opponents. Green Bay will have three home games over a 19-day span in October (Oct. 11-29).
• Including the postseason, QB Jordan Love has 13 passing TDs with two INTs in seven games against Chicago. Love has registered a passer rating of 100-plus in five contests (120.7, 123.2, 128.6, 113.0, 103.8).
• Among players with 100-plus passing attempts versus the Bears (including postseason), Love's passer rating of 113.2 ranks No. 2 in the NFL all-time behind Carson Palmer (122.8).
• Including the postseason, WR Christian Watson has started five contests against the Bears, recording 16 receptions for 340 yards (21.3 avg.) and four TDs as well as a 46-yard run for a TD.

WITH THE CALL

FOX Sports, now in its 33rd season as an NFL network television partner, will broadcast the game.

• Play-by-play man Kenny Albert joins analyst Greg Olsen and sideline reporter Pam Oliver.
• The game is also available through NFL Sunday Ticket by YouTube.
• All Packers games can be heard on the Packers Radio Network, which is made up of 54 stations in Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, North Dakota and South Dakota. The flagship station of the Packers Radio Network is 95.7 BIG FM - WRIT. For a map and full list- ing of radio affiliates, go to packers.com/video/radio-network. Wayne Larrivee (play-by-play), two-time Packers Pro Bowler Larry McCarren (analyst), and three-time Packers Pro Bowler John Kuhn (sideline reporter) call the action. McCarren first joined the team's broadcasts in 1995 and enters his 32nd season calling Packers games. After originally being paired together in 1999, McCarren and Larrivee enter their 28th season of broadcasts together. They surpassed Jim Irwin and Max McGee for the most regular-season and postsea- son games broadcast for the Packers with 313 at the 2018 season opener against Chicago.
• The radio broadcast can also be heard on Sirius XM NFL Radio on Channels 82 or 195 or in the app (Packers Radio Network feed).
• Sports USA Radio will be broadcasting the game to a national audience with Josh Appel (play-by-play) and Marvin Lewis (analyst) on the call.

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THE DOPE ON THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT:

Packers vs. Bears:

• All-time, regular season: 108-96-6
• All-time, postseason: 1-2
• All-time, at Green Bay: 54-43-4 (42-25 at Lambeau Field)
• Streaks: Green Bay has won 17 of the last 20 regular-season matchups.
• Last meeting, regular season: Dec. 20, 2025, Soldier Field, Bears won, 22-16 (OT)

COACHES CAPSULES

• Matt LaFleur: 78-42-1, .649; (3-6 postseason); 8th NFL season
• Ben Johnson: 14-7, .667; (1-1 postseason); 2nd NFL season
• Head to Head: LaFleur 1-2 vs. Johnson
• vs. Opponent: LaFleur 12-3 vs. Bears; Johnson 2-1 vs. Packers

MATT LaFLEUR…In his eighth season as the Packers' 15th head coach.

• Is in his 18th season in the NFL in 2026, having served as an offensive coordinator for two seasons (Los Angeles Rams, 2017; Tennessee Titans, 2018), a QBs coach for six seasons (Washington Redskins, 2010-13; Atlanta Falcons, 2015-16) and an offensive assistant for two seasons (Houston Texans, 2008-09).
• In his first seven seasons leading the Packers, has authored one of the finest starts to a head-coaching career in NFL history. Per the Elias Sports Bureau, his 76 regular-season wins are tied with Paul Brown for the second most in league history by a head coach in his first seven seasons in the NFL, trailing only George Seifert (86 in 1989-95). Green Bay's 76-40-1 (.654) regular-season record since 2019 ranks No. 1 in the NFC and No. 3 in the NFL over that span.
• In his first three seasons in Green Bay (2019-21), became the first head coach in NFL history to post 13-plus wins in three straight years. His 39 victories over that span passed Seifert (38 in 1989-91) for the most wins by an NFL head coach in his first three seasons in the league and are also tied for the fourth most by a coach over any three-season span in league history (Mike Ditka, 40 from 1985-87; Andy Reid, 40 from 2020-22 and 2022-24).
• Led the Packers to six playoff berths in seven seasons (tied for No. 2 in the NFL over that span), tied with Vince Lombardi and Mike Holmgren for the most playoff appearances by a Green Bay head coach in his first seven seasons.
• In his first season leading the Packers in 2019, became the first coach in club history to guide the team to the playoffs in his debut season. Also led the largest one-year win improvement in team history (plus-seven wins).

BEN JOHNSON…In his second season as the Bears' 18th head coach.

• Has 14 years of NFL experience, having previously spent six seasons with the Detroit Lions (2019-24) and seven seasons with the Miami Dolphins (2012-18).
• In his first season leading the Bears, helped Chicago to an NFC North Division title and 12 total wins, including 11 in the regular season, becoming the first head coach in franchise history to win a postseason game in their first year at the helm. His 12 victories tied for the most by a first-year head coach in the history of the Chicago Bears.
• In 2024, helped guide a Lions' offensive unit that set a franchise record with 409.5 yards per game and led the NFL with 32.4 points per game and 68 offensive TDs.
• Helped Detroit finish in the top five in the NFL in total offense in each of his three seasons as the offensive coordinator.

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THE PACKERS-BEARS SERIES

• These two franchises have met 213 times (regular season and postseason), which is the most in NFL history. Green Bay's 108 regular-season wins over Chicago are the team's most over any opponent.
• Since 2002, the first year of the NFC North, the Packers have won 35 of the last 48 regular-season matchups.
• Green Bay is 12-3 against Chicago since Matt LaFleur took over as head coach in 2019.

NOTABLE CONNECTIONS

Packers players and staff from Illinois: EDGE Lukas Van Ness was born in Elgin, Ill., and attended Barrington (Ill.) High School…S Xavier McKinney was born in East St. Louis, Ill. …LB Nick Niemann attended Sycamore (Ill.) High School…G/T John Williams was born in Bolingbrook, Ill., where he attended Bolingbrook High School…OL coach Luke Butkus was born in Steger, Ill., and attended Bloom Trail (Ill.) High School…Assistant special teams coach Cory Harkey was born in Chicago...Packers players and staff who played college football in Illinois: Butkus played at the University of Illinois from 1999-2001…Senior personnel executive/director of pro scouting Lee Gissendaner played wide receiver at Northwestern from 1990-93… Director of college scouting Patrick Moore played at Illinois Wesleyan…Packers coaches who have coached in Illinois: Butkus served as an OL coach at the University of Illinois in 2012 and from 2016-18…OLBs/run game coordinator/assistant head coach - defense DeMarcus Covington was on the coaching staff at Eastern Illinois in 2016… Secondary/pass game coordinator Bobby Babich was the secondary coach for Eastern Illinois from 2007-10… Defensive analyst Scott Fuchs was the OL coach for Southern Illinois in 2008…Packers staff with connections to Illinois: Vice president of player health and performance Bryan Engel is from Hanover Park, Ill., and attended the University of Illinois…Moore was the OL coach at Illinois Wesleyan in 1997…Coaching operations coordinator Joe McKillip worked in football operations and recruiting at Northern Illinois from 2011-12…Bears with connections to Wisconsin: LB T.J. Edwards (2014-18) and LB Jack Sanborn (2018-21) played at the University of Wisconsin… RBs coach Eric Studesville was born in Madison, Wis., where he attended Verona (Wis.) High School, and played at Wisconsin-Whitewater…Assistant strength and conditioning coach Mark Philippi is from Menomonee Falls, 6 Wis. …Former Bears: Butkus attended training camp with the Bears in 2002 and served as an offensive assistant/ assistant OL coach from 2007-09…TEs coach John Dunn was a football assistant for the Bears in 2016 and an offensive assistant for the team in 2017…QBs/assistant head coach - offense Luke Getsy was the Bears' offensive coordinator from 2022-23…DT Jonathan Ford played for the Bears from 2024-25…Former Packers: LS Scott Daly spent time on Green Bay's practice squad in 2026… Assistant DBs/safeties coach Matt Giordano played for the Packers in 2009…DBs/passing game coordinator Al Harris played for the Packers from 2003-09…Notable NFL connections: Packers head coach Matt LaFleur was the QBs coach for the Atlanta Falcons for two seasons (2015- 16) when Bears LBs coach Richard Smith was the defensive coordinator…Bears DL Grady Jarrett played for the Falcons when LaFleur was on the coaching staff…LaFleur was on the Houston Texans' coaching staff and Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich played for the Texans when Bears special teams coordinator Richard Hightower and Smith were on the Texans' coaching staff in 2008…LaFleur and Hightower were both on the Washington Redskins' coaching staff for four seasons (2010-13)…LaFleur and Hightower were on the Redskins' coaching staff when Packers DL coach Vince Oghobaase played there in 2010…LaFleur was the Los Angeles Rams' offensive coordinator in 2017 when Bears senior defensive assistant Bill Johnson was on the coaching staff… LaFleur was the Tennessee Titans' offensive coordinator in 2018 when Bears WR Kalif Raymond played there… Raymond was teammates with Packers LS Matt Orzech with the Titans in 2020…Packers defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon was a scout for the St. Louis Rams when Harris played cornerback for the Rams in 2011…Gannon was the defensive coordinator and Packers DT Javon Hargrave played for the Philadelphia Eagles when Edwards played there from 2021-22…Gannon was on the Titans' coaching staff when Bears assistant OL coach Kyle Devan played there in 2012…Bears defensive coordinator Dennis Allen was on the New Orleans Saints' coaching staff from 2006-07 when Packers executive vice president/director of football operations Russ Ball was the Saints' vice president of football administration… Hightower was on the San Francisco 49ers' coaching staff when Packers offensive quality control coach T.C. McCartney and Oghobaase coached there…Bears TEs coach Jim Dray played for the 49ers when Oghobaase coached there in 2016…Hightower also overlapped with Stenavich and Packers CBs coach Daniel Bullocks during his time with the 49ers…Dray was teammates with Packers QB Tyrod Taylor with the Buffalo Bills in 2016… Passing game coordinator Jason Vrable was on the Bills' coaching staff when Dray played there in 2016…Babich and Harkey were on the Bills' coaching staff when Bears DB Cam Lewis and QB Case Keenum played there in 2022…Dray played for the Browns when Hightower and Babich coached there in 2014…McCartney was an offensive assistant with the Browns when Keenum played there from 2020-21…Harkey played for the St. Louis Rams and Packers RBs coach Ben Sirmans served in the same role when Giordano (2013) and Keenum (2014) played there… Smith and Bears defensive quality control coach Zach Cable were on the Las Vegas Raiders' coaching staff in 2021 when Packers CB Keisean Nixon played there… Studesville was the associate head coach/RBs coach with the Miami Dolphins when Packers RB Chris Brooks played there in 2023…Packers LBs coach Sam Siefkes was on the Minnesota Vikings' coaching staff when Bears DL James Lynch and DB Xavier Woods played there in 2021… McKinney and Taylor overlapped with Bears assistant special teams coach Anthony Blevins during his time with the N.Y. Giants in 2022…Bears OL Joe Thuney played for the New England Patriots when Covington and Packers special teams coordinator Cam Achord were on the coaching staff for three seasons (2018-20)…Achord and Covington crossed paths with Bears offensive analyst Will Lawing (2023) and offensive quality control coach Isaiah Ford (2020) with the Patriots…Packers defensive quality control coach Jamael Lett was the Patriots' defensive coaching assistant when Bears DL Jamree Kromah played for New England in 2024…Vrable was an offensive assistant for the New York Jets when Raymond played there in 2017…Packers LB Zaire Franklin and DL Dayo Odeyingbo were teammates with the Indianapolis Colts when Smith was on the Colts' coaching staff from 2022-24…Franklin and Bears DL Neville Gallimore were teammates with the Colts in 2025…Packers WR Skyy Moore and Thuney were teammates with the Kansas City Chiefs from 2022-24… Hargrave and Bears LB Devin Bush were teammates with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2019…Packers G Laken Tomlinson and G Aaron Banks were teammates with Bears DL Kentavius Street with the 49ers in 2021… Hightower was the 49ers' coaching staff when Tomlinson and Banks played in 2021…Packers CB Benjamin St-Juste and Bears DL Montez Sweat played together with the Commanders from 2021-23…Notable college connections: LaFleur was the QBs coach at Notre Dame when Daly played there in 2014…Banks and Bears TE Cole Kmet were teammates at Notre Dame from 2017-19…Bears head coach Ben Johnson and Lawing played at North Carolina when Dunn was on the coaching staff from 2004- 07…Johnson and Sirmans were on Boston College's coaching staff together from 2009-11…Getsy coached at Mississippi State when Sweat played there in 2018… Packers S Evan Williams played at Fresno State when Giordano was on the coaching staff in 2022…Oghobaase and Packers LB Isaiah McDuffie overlapped with Bears OL Ozzy Trapilo at Boston College in 2020…Bears RB D'Andre Swift crossed paths with Packers assistant OL coach Eddie Gordon, EDGE Brenton Cox Jr. and DT Devonte Wyatt at Georgia…Bears DB Tyrique Stevenson Sr. also overlapped with Gordon and Wyatt at Georgia…St-Juste and Bush played together at Michigan from 2017-18…Packers EDGE Barryn Sorrell crossed paths with Bears RB Roschon Johnson and DB Malik Muhammad II at Texas…Packers WR Matthew Golden was also teammates with Muhammad at Texas in 2024…Bears OL Logan Jones and P Tory Taylor were teammates with Packers RB Kaleb Johnson at Iowa from 2022-23…Packers WR Bo Melton crossed paths with Bears OL Jonah Jackson, RB Kyle Monangai and Kromah at Rutgers…Bears WR Rome Odunze and Packers TE Mark Redman were teammates at Washington from 2020-21…Stevenson and Ford played together at Miami (Fla.) in 2021…Packers S Kitan Oladapo and Bears DB Skyler Thomas were teammates at Oregon State from 2021-23…Packers EDGE Dani Dennis-Sutton and Bears DL Jordan van den Berg played together at Penn State from 2022-23…Packers RB MarShawn Lloyd was teammates with Bears QB Caleb Williams at the USC in 2023…Devan was the OL coach at Arizona when Packers T/G Jordan Morgan played there from 2019-20… Bears defensive quality control coach Kenny Norton III was teammates with Orzech at Azusa Pacific for five seasons (2013-17)…Other notable connections: Butkus is the nephew of Hall of Fame former Bears linebacker Dick Butkus…Kmet's father, Frank Kmet, spent time with the Packers in 1992 and 1996.