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Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers

Final · Kickoff

2018 Regular season · Week 1 · Lambeau Field · Sunday Night

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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CHIChicago Bears23Away
GBGreen Bay Packers24Home
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Packers beat Bears 24–23 in 2018 Week 1

The Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears 24–23 at home at Lambeau Field in Week 1 of the 2018 regular season on September 9, 2018. The final margin was a single point.

The result moved the Packers to 1–0 and dropped the Bears to 0–1. The Bears finished 2018 at 12–4 and lost in the Wild Card round. The Packers finished 2018 at 6–9–1 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Green Bay Packers won 23–16 on November 12, 2017. When they met again, the Chicago Bears won 24–17 on December 16, 2018.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Packers lead the series 28–12 after meeting No. 40 since 1999 Full series history

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Marcus Davenport retires one day after his Bears debut

The former Saints first-round pass rusher asked Chicago to release him from its practice squad after playing 12 snaps against the Jets, ending a nine-season career with 25 sacks.