Packers, Bears go to overtime

CHICAGO (AP) — Alex Brown blocked Mason Crosby’s 38-yard field-goal attempt after Matt Forte scored on a 3-yard touchdown run to forge a 17-17 tie with the Green Bay Packers and send the game into overtime on Monday night in the coldest game on record at Soldier Field.

With the Bears’ playoff hopes hanging in the balance, Brown knocked down a low kick to preserve the tie.

Forte came up big in the end after being held to 20 yards rushing through the first three quarters.

Trailing 17-10, the Bears had just taken over at their 49 when Forte broke off a 28-yard run around the left side and followed that with an 8-yarder, putting the ball on the Packers 15. On fourth down at the 4, he plowed through for a first down. Green Bay decided not to challenge the spot and Forte ran it in for the tying touchdown.

The Packers then took over on the Chicago 35 after a 28-yard kickoff return by Will Blackmon and an unnecessary roughness penalty against Adrian Peterson after he stepped out of bounds. Green Bay then drove to the 20, before Crosby’s field goal got blocked with 18 seconds left.

The Packers were leading 14-10 through three quarters after Aaron Rodgers threw for 226 yards and two touchdowns.

Rodgers hit Greg Jennings midway through the second quarter to break a scoreless tie and added a 17-yarder to Ryan Grant that made it 14-3 later in the period as the Packers heated up on a frigid night.

With their playoff hopes flickering, the Bears made it a four-point game on Kyle Orton’s 3-yard pass to Greg Olsen early in the third quarter after Brad Maynard’s punt deflected off a Green Bay player, keeping the drive going.

But Charles Woodson picked off Kyle Orton near midfield and returned it to the Chicago 30 late in the third, drawing .

That set up Mason Crosby’s 28-yard field goal.