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Green Bay, WI (Sports Network) - Ryan Longwell kicked four field goals as the Green Bay Packers came back from a 14-point deficit to beat the Chicago Bears 34-21 at Lambeau Field.
Longwell hit from 24, 38, 35, and 45 yards for 12 of the Packers' 27 unanswered points. Green Bay (7-6), which extended its winning streak over the Bears to seven, remained one game behind first-place Minnesota in the NFC North.
Green Bay has won three of its last four, with its only setback coming in its 22-14 Thanksgiving Day loss in Detroit.
Mike McKenzie had two interceptions that resulted in 10 points for the Packers, including a 90-yard return for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to put Green Bay up 27-14 with 9:16 to play.
The Bears (5-8), who had a two-game winning streak snapped, turned the ball over five times with Kordell Stewart throwing three interceptions. Stewart finished 17-of-40 for 256 yards and a touchdown.
Brett Favre completed 22-of-33 passes for 210 yards with one score and one interception.
Marty Booker caught five balls for 115 yards and a touchdown for Chicago, while Robert Ferguson set a career high with seven receptions, going for 79 yards for Green Bay.
Ahman Green rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on 30 carries for the Packers, and is 12 yards shy of breaking Jim Taylor's single-season club record of 1,474 rushing yards.
McKenzie's big play stopped a Bears drive as they looked to re-take the lead. Trailing 19-14, Stewart threw an out pattern intended for Dez White. McKenzie showed great anticipation, stepping in front of White for his second pick of the day and returned it 90 yards the other way for the score. Favre then hit Bubba Franks in the end zone for the two-point conversion to give the Packers a 27-14 edge.
"We figured they were going to try to pick up the first down," said McKenzie. "They threw a pass out to the flat and I made the play."
Bears' head coach Dick Jauron thought the play was the turning point of the game. "That was a point where you think you are going to end up being at the worst two (scores) down, and all of a sudden, the whole thing is turned around."
In a last-ditch effort to get back in the game, Chicago went for it on 4th- and-10 at its own 10-yard line, but was thwarted when Stewart was sacked for a nine-yard loss to give Green Bay the ball at the Chicago one with 3:15 left.
Green then walked it in from there for the touchdown, putting the Packers up decisively at 34-14.
On the ensuing kick, Jerry Azumah ran it back 88 yards for his first career touchdown return with 2:13 left, but the Bears could do no more as they failed to recover an onside kick just before the 2:00 warning.
The Bears struck first when Stewart hit Booker deep for a 61-yard score with just under two minutes left in the first.
Chicago doubled its lead to 14-0 just over a minute later on the Packers' next possession when linebacker Lance Briggs picked off Favre and ran it back 45 yards to the end zone. Favre made an ill-advised heave as he tried to avoid the oncoming rush by Phillip Daniels.
Green Bay got on the board with a 24-yard field goal by Longwell in the second quarter.
On the ensuing kickoff, Packers' tight end David Martin forced a fumble by Azumah to set up a 38-yard field goal by Longwell to make it 14-6.
The Packers then got it to 14-13 when Favre floated one to Javon Walker for a 22-yard touchdown reception. With the score, Favre tied a club record for consecutive games with a touchdown pass with 22 (Cecil Isbell).
After Longwell gave the Packers a 16-14 lead with a 35-yard field goal just over eight minutes into the third, McKenzie picked off Stewart for his first interception, setting up a 45-yard Longwell boot to make it 19-14 with under a minute remaining in the third.
With Stewart's sub-par performance, the Bears' quarterback situation may still be up in the air as Jauron said no decision will be made until Wednesday.
"I thought Kordell (Stewart) did a terrific job under the circumstances," Jauron said. "Obviously the interception at the end was disappointing."
Game Notes
Favre broke Forrest Gregg's team record of 187 consecutive games played. He now has thrown for a touchdown in 24 straight against Chicago to tie Dan Marino for the longest such streak against one opponent (24 against the New York Jets)...McKenzie's interception return was the fourth longest in team history...The Bears scored 14 points in the first quarter after posting only 19 first-quarter points in the previous 12 games...Booker became the third Bears' wide receiver to catch 300 career balls. He tied Neal Anderson (302) for fifth-most in team history.
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