Friday, January 21, 2011

Bears-Packers Rivalry-- Part 3

Bears first --//-- Packers second.


ALL-TIME RUSHING LEADERS: Walter Payton, 110 TDs, 16,726 yards (1975-87) --//-- Ahman Green 8,322 yards (2000-2006, 09), Jim Taylor 81 TDs (1958-66)

ALL-TIME RECEIVING LEADERS: Johnny Morris, 5,059 yards (1958-67), Ken Kavanaugh, 50 TDs (1940-50) --//-- James Lofton 9,656 yards (1978-86), Don Hutton 99 TDs (1935-45)

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE-BRED QB: Jay Cutler (Vanderbilt) --//-- Bart Starr (Alabama)

NOTABLE TEAM OR TOWN NICKNAME: Monsters of the Midway --//-- Titletown

NOTABLE PLAYER NICKNAME: Devin Hester, "The Windy City Flyer" --//-- Reggie White, "The Minister of Defense"

RETIRED NUMBERS: 13, including Gale Sayers '40 --//-- 5, including Reggie White's 92

FAMOUS WEATHER PLAYOFF GAME HOSTED: "Fog Bowl" (Bears beat Philadelphia Eagles 20-12 in 1988 divisional playoff) --//-- "Ice Bowl" (Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 21-17 for 1967 NFC Title.

STAGE AND SCREEN STAR: Movie Brian's Song --//-- Broadway play Lombardi

CHANGING UNIFORMS: Jim Grabowski and Edgar Bennett won titles with Packers before joining the Bears --//-- Bobby Douglass and Jim McMahon among those who first played for the Bears

Some Mighty Interesting Stuff. --Cooter

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