Jordy Nelson of the Green Bay Packers completes a pass for 60 yards in the fourth quarter against the Chicago Bears on Dec. 18, 2016.Joe Robbins/Getty Images
Aaron Rodgers hit Jordy Nelson with a 60-yard pass to set up Mason Crosby's 32-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Green Bay Packers to a 30-27 victory over the Bears in one of the coldest games ever played in Chicago on Sunday afternoon.
Wide receiver-turned-running back Ty Montgomery ran for a career-high 162 yards and two touchdowns, and the Packers (8-6) earned their fourth straight victory despite blowing a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter.
They also moved ahead of Minnesota for sole possession of second place in the NFC North and pulled within a game of division leader Detroit, with the Vikings getting pounded by Indianapolis and the Lions losing to the New York Giants.
The Bears (3-11) had tied it on a field goal by Connor Barth with 1:19 left. The Packers took over at their 27, and on third down at the 26, Rodgers unleashed a deep pass down the middle of the field to Nelson, who got behind Cre'Von LeBlanc.
With no timeouts, the Packers downed the ball before Crosby booted his winner.
The game-time temperature for their matchup against Green Bay on Sunday was -11 C with a wind chill of -20 C.
Chicago hosted the Packers in -16 C temperature and a -26 C wind chill – the lowest ever for a Bears home game – on Dec. 18, 1983. The Bears' coldest home game, temperature-wise, was against Green Bay on Dec. 22, 2008, when it was -16 C with a wind chill of -25 C.
Green Bay, of course, played the coldest NFL game on record when it beat Dallas in the 1967 NFL championship game – the "Ice Bowl."