🏈 Chicago Bears 31, Green Bay Packers 27 (NFC Wild Card)
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The Bears rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat the Packers 31–27.
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Rookie QB Caleb Williams played a major role, including a late touchdown that proved decisive.
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This was Chicago's first playoff win in 15 years and knocks Green Bay out of the postseason.
📌 Last Bears playoff win before 2026: January 16, 2011 — a Divisional Round victory over the Seattle Seahawks in the 2010 NFL season.
📌 Then: The Bears lost their next three postseason games (including the 2010 NFC Championship to the Packers shortly after).
📌 Recent playoff win: January 10, 2026 — Bears beat the Packers 31–27 in the Wild Card round, snapping a 15-year drought.
Head coach in 2026:
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Ben Johnson, in his first season as Chicago's head coach, led the Bears to this long-awaited playoff victory.
- • Bears last playoff win before the recent one: January 2011 (2010 season)
• Coach in 2010: Lovie Smith• QB then: Jay Cutler
