NFC Central
1967-1969 NFL Western Conference, Central Division
1970-1997 National Football Conference, Central Division
Chicago
Bears
| 
Green Bay
Packers
| 
Detroit
Lions
| 
Minnesota
Vikings
| 
Tampa Bay
Buccaneers
|
The rivalries between these teams began with the Chicago Staleys
besting the Green Bay Packers 20-0 at Wrigley Field in 1921.
The nickname Black and Blue Division was
coined by Vikings' Public Relations Director Bill McGrane in the
1960s.
Yearly Results, 1967-1997
| Year
| First | | Second
| | Third | | Fourth |
| Fifth |
|
| 1967
| GB | 9-4-1 | Chi | 7-6-1
| Det | 5-7-2 | Min | 3-8-3 |
| 1968
| Min | 8-6 | Chi | 7-7
| GB | 6-7-1 | Det | 4-8-2 |
| 1969
| Min | 12-2 | Det | 9-4-1
| GB | 8-6 | Chi | 1-13 |
| 1970
| Min | 12-2 | Det | 10-4
| Chi | 6-8 | GB | 6-8 |
| 1971
| Min | 11-3 | Det | 7-6-1
| Chi | 6-8 | GB | 4-8-2 |
| 1972
| GB | 10-4 | Det | 8-5-1
| Min | 7-7 | Chi | 4-9-1 |
| 1973
| Min | 12-2 | Det | 6-7-1
| GB | 5-7-2 | Chi | 3-11 |
| 1974
| Min | 10-4 | Det | 7-7
| GB | 6-8 | Chi | 4-10 |
| 1975
| Min | 12-2 | Det | 7-7
| GB | 4-10 | Chi | 4-10 |
| 1976
| Min | 11-2-1 | Chi | 7-7
| Det | 6-8 | GB | 5-9 |
| 1977
| Min | 9-5 | Chi | 9-5
| Det | 6-8 | GB | 4-10
| TB | 2-12 |
| 1978
| Min | 8-7-1 | GB | 8-7-1
| Det | 7-9 | Chi | 7-9
| TB | 5-11 |
| 1979
| TB | 10-6 | Chi | 10-6
| Min | 7-9 | GB | 5-11
| Det | 2-14 |
| 1980
| Min | 9-7 | Det | 9-7
| Chi | 7-9 | TB | 5-10-1
| GB | 5-10-1 |
| 1981
| TB | 9-7 | Det | 8-8
| GB | 8-8 | Min | 7-9
| Chi | 6-10 |
| 1982
| GB | 5-3-1 | Min | 5-4
| TB | 5-4 | Det | 4-5
| Chi | 3-6 |
| 1983
| Det | 9-7 | GB | 8-8
| Chi | 8-8 | Min | 8-8
| TB | 2-14 |
| 1984
| Chi | 10-6 | GB | 8-8
| TB | 6-10 | Det | 4-11-1
| Min | 3-13 |
| 1985
| Chi | 15-1 | GB | 8-8
| Min | 7-9 | Det | 7-9
| TB | 2-14 |
| 1986
| Chi | 14-2 | Min | 9-7
| Det | 5-11 | GB | 4-12
| TB | 2-14 |
| 1987
| Chi | 11-4 | Min | 8-7
| GB | 5-9-1 | TB | 4-11
| Det | 4-11 |
| 1988
| Chi | 12-4 | Min | 11-5
| TB | 5-11 | Det | 4-12
| GB | 4-12 |
| 1989
| Min | 10-6 | GB | 10-6
| Det | 7-9 | Chi | 6-10
| TB | 5-11 |
| 1990
| Chi | 11-5 | TB | 6-10
| Det | 6-10 | GB | 6-10
| Min | 6-10 |
| 1991
| Det | 12-4 | Chi | 11-5
| Min | 8-8 | GB | 4-12
| TB | 3-13 |
| 1992
| Min | 11-5 | GB | 9-7
| TB | 5-11 | Chi | 5-11
| Det | 5-11 |
| 1993
| Det | 10-6 | Min | 9-7
| GB | 9-7 | Chi | 7-9
| TB | 5-11 |
| 1994
| Min | 10-6 | GB | 9-7
| Det | 9-7 | Chi | 9-7
| TB | 6-10 |
| 1995
| GB | 11-5 | Det | 10-6
| Chi | 9-7 | Min | 8-8
| TB | 7-9 |
| 1996
| GB | 13-3 | Min | 9-7 | Chi | 7-9 | TB | 6-10
| Det | 5-11
|
| 1997
| GB | 13-3 | TB | 10-6 | Det | 9-7 | Min | 9-7 | Chi | 4-12
|
| Team
| Division Titles | Average
Finish* | Super Bowl Record
| Perfect Division Record
|
| Min | 14 | 2.5 | 0-4
| 1969 (6-0), 1973 (6-0)
|
| Chi | 6 | 2.7 | 1-0
| 1985 (8-0), 1987 (7-0)
|
| GB | 6 | 2.8 | 3-1**
|
|
| Det | 3 | 3.5 | 0-0
|
|
| TB | 2 | 3.9 | 0-0
| |
* Since 1977
** Including
Super Bowl I, predating the formation of the NFC Central
All
figures include strike year of 1982
Head-to-Head All-Time Records
1921-1995
| Det
| GB | Min |
TB
|
| Chi
| 76-53-5 | 81-65-6
| 32-37-2 | 29-9
|
| Det
| | 57-67-7 | 24-43-2 | 19-17
|
| GB
| | | 34-36-1 | 22-13-1
|
| Min
| | | | 26-12
|
Head-to-Head Playoff Games
1932
Chicago Bears 9, Portsmouth Spartans 0 (later Detroit Lions)
1941
Chicago Bears 33, Green Bay Packers 14
1993 Green Bay Packers 28,
Detroit Lions 24
1994 Green Bay Packers 16, Detroit Lions 12
1994 Chicago Bears 35, Minnesota Vikings 18
1997 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20, Detroit Lions 10
Green Bay Packers 21, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7
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