The Green Bay Packers are one of the NFL’s most storied franchises — some will scoff at the “one of” there — so it is no surprise that their historical performance in championship games has been tremendous. But their performance in NFC Championship Games might give Packers fans some pause heading into this Sunday’s showdown with the Chicago Bears.
Packers Vs. Bears: Green Bay Takes Mediocre NFC Championship Game Record To Chicago
Counting NFL Championships, Super Bowls, and NFC Championship Games, the Packers have one of the best “big game” records in the NFL. Green Bay defeated the Washington Redskins 21-6 for their first NFL championship decided by a single game in 1936, and the Packers are 13-5 all-time in those games.
Change the window to the post-merger NFL and look at NFC Championships alone, though, and the Packers are just 2-2 in such games, topping the Carolina Panthers in the 1996 season and the San Francisco 49ers in 1997 and losing to the Dallas Cowboys in 1995 and the New York Giants in 2007.
If you haven’t already guessed, there’s a common thread in those games: Brett Favre was the Packers’ starting quarterback. When Aaron Rodgers starts in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game, it will mark the first time the Packers have played for the right to go to the Super Bowl without either Favre or Bart Starr under center.
No pressure, Aaron.
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