The Bears' offense struck quickly. Grossman heaved a 40-yard pass that Bernard Berrian pulled in before he was tackled at the 28-yard line for a 44-yard gain. After a roughing-the-passer penalty on Michael Montgomery, a Packers defensive end, the Bears had a first-and-goal at the 9.
Two plays later, Jones punched the ball in from the 2-yard line for a 14-7 lead.
Grossman and Favre traded interceptions after that, but Grossman was doing little to disprove the Bears' faith in him.
As the crowd filed in before the game -- many fans wearing orange hunting overalls on the 28-degree night -- it could muster only a few boos for the Bears, the Packers longtime rivals.
For years, the rivalry had taken on a lopsided feel -- unlike the always close games between the Packers and Vikings. Favre's career record against the Bears stands at 21-7. But when it was over Sunday, the Bears fans in attendance cheered with the knowledge that their team had swept the season series with Green Bay for the first time since 1991, the year before Favre joined the Packers.
Ravens 30, Vikings 23
At Baltimore, Kyle Boller went 24-for-34 for 289 yards and three touchdowns, and the Baltimore Ravens eliminated the Vikings (8-7) from the postseason hunt. The Vikings loss gave the New York Giants (10-5) a playoff berth.
Baltimore (6-9) trailed 20-17 before Boller threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Derrick Mason with 14:47 left. Then, after Minnesota punted from the Ravens 38, Boller directed a 68-yard drive that produced a 38-yard field goal by Matt Stover with 1:55 to go.
Any chance the Vikings had of winning their fourth straight road game vanished when quarterback Brad Johnson fumbled on a sack by Adalius Thomas.
Baltimore turned it into a field goal with 1:03 remaining, and the Ravens followed Paul Edinger's 46-yard field goal by recovering the ensuing onside kick.
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