{"id":668234,"date":"2026-01-11T07:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T07:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/668234\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T07:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T07:36:12","slug":"nfl-playoffs-11-stats-that-define-the-bears-improbable-wild-card-victory-over-the-packers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/668234\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL playoffs: 11 stats that define the Bears’ improbable wild-card victory over the Packers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chicago Bears’ incredible 31-27 comeback victory over the Green Bay Packers<\/a> in Saturday night’s NFC wild-card game at Soldier Field was historic in several ways.<\/p>\n

Here’s a deeper look by the numbers at the Bears’ win, which means they’ll host either the Eagles or Rams next weekend at Soldier Field.<\/p>\n

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0<\/p>\n

Number of wins in five games the Packers played this season in which Micah Parsons didn’t play or finish the game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

This was the first time all season the Bears had won a game without recording a takeaway<\/a> on defense.<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

NFL teams all time, according to Greg Harvey of Opta Stats<\/a>, to score at least 25 points in the fourth quarter and overtime of a playoff game to overcome a 15-point or more deficit. The two teams: the Bears in Saturday’s 31-27 victory over the Packers; and the Patriots in their 28-3 Super Bowl LI comeback against the Falcons.<\/p>\n

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3<\/p>\n

Bears’ lowest win percentage during victory over the Packers. From 6:51 in the second quarter to 2:59 in the fourth quarter, their win percentage never exceeded 25%. According to Next Gen Stats<\/a>, Bears now two of the eight least likely comebacks of the season. Both are against the Packers, their NFC North rival.<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

TD passes from Packers QB Jordan Love in Green Bay’s loss to the Bears. The four TDs tie for the most at Soldier Field in the playoffs by any QB in their career<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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5<\/p>\n

According to the AP’s Josh Dubow, Matt LaFleur is the fifth head coach to lose multiple playoff games he led by 7 or more points<\/a> to start the fourth quarter. If it’s any consolation, two of the others are Kyle Shanahan and Andy Reid (along with Jim Mora and Jim Fassel).<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Number of fourth-quarter comebacks, including the playoffs, by Bears quarterback Caleb Williams this season. It is the most in a season by any QB under 25 in NFL history<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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15<\/p>\n

Years since the Bears’ last playoff win, a 35-24 triumph over the Seahawks in the NFC divisional round on Jan. 16, 2011.<\/p>\n

20<\/p>\n

Slotting of the first-round pick<\/a> the Cowboys will receive<\/a> in the April NFL Draft from the Packers for their trade of Parsons. The Cowboys will also have their own No. 12 pick in this year’s draft.<\/p>\n

33<\/p>\n

It had been 33 years since a team scored 25 or more points in the fourth quarter of a playoff game.<\/a> The last team to do it? The Eagles in their wild-card win over the Saints in January 1993.<\/p>\n

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74<\/p>\n

Years it had been since the Bears scored 21 or more points in four straight games against the Packers,<\/a> which they officially did again as of Saturday night’s comeback victory. Chicago last did so from 1949-52, a streak that reached seven straight games, according to NFL+.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Bears’ incredible 31-27 comeback victory over the Green Bay Packers in Saturday night’s NFC wild-card game…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":668235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[77],"tags":[18348,391,69837,230,7,41,345,1724,491,41123,6,84,208,20330,424,397,238,10661,61778],"class_list":{"0":"post-668234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-bears-quarterback","9":"tag-chicago-bears","10":"tag-comeback-victory","11":"tag-cowboys","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-green-bay","14":"tag-green-bay-packers","15":"tag-jordan-love","16":"tag-micah-parsons","17":"tag-nfc-wild-card-game","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-nfl-playoffs","20":"tag-patriots","21":"tag-playoff-game","22":"tag-rams","23":"tag-saints","24":"tag-seahawks","25":"tag-soldier-field","26":"tag-win-percentage"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115875321305382541","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=668234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/668234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/668235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=668234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=668234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=668234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}