Packers vs. Bears live score, updates, highlights from NFL Week 18 game

By | January 7, 2024
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Win, and you’re in. Seem easy enough, Packers?

For the second straight year Green Bay has one job to do to make the playoffs: win the final game. Though, that always proves to be harder than it should be. While the Packers have won nine straight against the Bears, including a 38-20 victory in Week 1, Chicago could pull the upset.

The Bears have won four of their last five games, falling only to Cleveland. That includes wins over the Vikings, Lions and Cardinals. While Chicago has been eliminated from playoff contention, taking down its division rival would be quite a way to close out a season that started with four straight losses.

The Bears have a big advantage when it comes to the game on the ground. They average 145.3 yards per game, the second-best in the league. On the other side, the Packers have lost all four games in which they’ve allowed at least 155 rushing yards. If Justin Fields can avoid turnovers and get it done with his feet, there’s a chance Chicago could grab its eighth win of the season.

If the Packers lose, they’re not out of the playoff race completely. They would need losses from the Seahawks, Vikings and Saints to earn a wild card spot.

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The Sporting News is tracking the live updates and highlights from the Packers vs. Bears game in Week 18.

Packers vs. Bears score

  Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Packers 0 7      
Bears 3 3      

Packers vs. Bears live updates, highlights from Week 18 game

All times Eastern.

Halftime: Packers 7, Bears 6

5:31 p.m. – Wicks in tackled in-bounds by Stevenson, and the clock keeps running. With no timeouts left, the Packers leave a field goal on the board at the Bears’ 22 at halftime. It’s a crucially missed chance for Green Bay to extend its lead.

PACKERS 7, BEARS 6

5:21 p.m. FIELD GOAL – Chicago is within one with Santos’s 39-yard field goal attempt. There’s 1:17 left until halftime.

5:20 p.m. – Fields is sacked for the third time in the first half alone. This time, Kenny Clark gets the job done for a loss of eight yards.

5:12 p.m. – Fields keeps on 4th and 1 at Chicago’s 43, and after review it’s a, questionable, first down.

PACKERS 7, BEARS 3

5:05 p.m. TOUCHDOWN – Green Bay is on the board! Love goes off one leg to find Dontayvion Wicks in the end zone. The Packers take their first lead of the game with 7:20 left in the second.

4:57 p.m. – To the 45! Love connects with the wide-open Jayden Reed for 32 yards.

End of first quarter: Packers 0, Bears 3

4:48 p.m. – The Packers had a chance to score, but the rookie Tyrique Stevenson was too good.

4:44 p.m. – No good! Anders Carlson misses wide left on the 45-yard field goal attempt. The Packers remain scoreless.

4:41 p.m. – And Green Bay is in the red zone thanks to Aaron Jones. The running back has 23 yards on four carries this drive.

PACKERS 0, BEARS 3

4:32 p.m. FIELD GOAL – Cairo Santos doinks in the 50-yard field goal from the left post to put the Bears on top in their first drive.

4:30 p.m. – Sacked! Lukas Van Ness reaches Fields for a loss of six. It’s 2nd and 16 at Green Bay’s 32-yard line.

4:26 p.m. – Chicago is ready to go, taking the first possession. 

4:20 p.m. – The Bears haven’t won at Lambeau Field since December 2018. Could today be the day, and the Packers lose their final playoff-clinching game for the second straight year?

3:48 p.m. – With the Bucs win and the Saints a few minutes away from beating the Falcons, the Packers must win to clinch a wild card in the playoffs.

3:15 p.m. – The inactives have been released.

The Packers will be without:

  • WR Christian Watson
  • RB AJ Dillon
  • LB Brenton Cox Jr.
  • LB Isaiah McDuffie
  • T Caleb Jones
  • WR Grant DuBose

The Bears will be without:

  • CB Jaylon Johnson
  • WR Darnell Mooney
  • RB D’Onta Foreman
  • QB Tyson Bagent
  • DB Quindell Johnson
  • G Ja’Tyre Carter
  • DB Greg Stroman Jr.

2:26 p.m. – It’s a big game for the Packers already, but Jordan Love has more on the line than just the playoffs.

What channel is Packers vs. Bears on today?

CBS will broadcast the season finale between the Packers and Bears with Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson on the call.

Viewers can stream the game on Paramount+ or Fubo, which offers a free trial. Those in Canada can stream every NFL game on DAZN.


Packers vs. Bears start time

  • Date: Sunday, Jan. 7
  • Time: 4:25 p.m. ET / 3:25 p.m. CT

NFL’s Week 18 continues Sunday, Jan. 7, with the Packers-Bears kicking off at 4:25 p.m. ET live from Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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