It’s been a long time but the Packers have finally made it back to the Super Bowl. You can keep your Philly Cheese Steaks because if there’s one thing Packer fans know how to do, it’s eat (and drink… so I guess that’s two things).
With only a week left until the big game, it’s not too early to plan your Packers Super Bowl party. Let’s start with our two favorite food groups: beer and cheese.
Wisconsin Beer Dip:
(2) 8-oz packages cream cheese
1 package dry ranch dressing/dip mix (for example, Hidden Valley Ranch)
3/4 cup beer (Wisconsin-brewed, of course)
2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
Mix all ingredients well. Refrigerate for a few hours or overnight. Serve with pretzels.
More Beer-n-Cheese Recipes perfect for the Super Bowl:
A great idea we found on the Edible Antics blog is Deep Fried Cheese Curds! Beer + cheese + a deep fryer = Cheesehead Heaven!
Beer Cheese Soup- According to the chef, this recipe is from Curly’s Pub located in Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers.
With last week’s win over the number-one seed Atlanta Falcons, the No. 6-seeded Packers advance to today’s NFC Championship Game against Chicago, one win away from a trip to the Super Bowl and two wins away from the league title.
The Packers never lost a game by more than four points this season. Even more impressive, they never trailed by more than seven points at any point in a game this season. This makes the Packers the first team since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970 to accomplish that over the course of a full schedule.
Green Bay’s 3.33 average of margin of defeat this season was the lowest by a team with five or more losses since San Francisco’s 3.00 mark in 1995 when the 49ers finished 11-5.
For the third straight week in the playoffs, the Packers will be traveling to face a team they also visited in the regular season.
Today the Packers and Bears meet for game No. 182 in the all-time series and for just the second time ever in the postseason with a berth in Super Bowl XLV on the line.
No two franchises in the NFL have met more than Green Bay and Chicago. The Bears lead 92-83-6 in the series, which includes the one postseason matchup.
The one playoff the rivals had together was on December 14, 1941, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Unfortunately the Bears beat the Packers 33-14.
Not only is this only the second postseason meeting between the Packers and the Bears, but this is just the fourth time that both teams advanced to the playoffs in the same season.
The Packers and Bears split the season series, with each team winning on its home field. Chicago beat Green Bay, 20-17, at Soldier Field in Week 3 while the Packers clinched a playoff berth with their 10-3 victory at Lambeau Field in Week 17. With the games being decided by a total of 10 points, it was the lowest number in the season series since 1998 (Green Bay sweep, 26-20, 16-13).
Today the Packers look to become the first No. 6 seed in the NFC to advance to the Super Bowl since the NFL went to a 12-team playoff format in 1990. The 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers are the only other No. 6 seed to advance to the Super Bowl since 1990.