Rodgers has 6 TDs in win
Scoring throws all come in first half
GREEN BAY, Wis. – Aaron Rodgers had a record-setting night for the Green Bay Packers. The Chicago Bears’ season is quickly turning into a nightmare.
Rodgers threw six touchdown passes to tie the franchise game record and match the NFL record for a half, and the Packers routed the reeling Bears 55-14 on Sunday night.
Rodgers was 18 of 27 for 315 yards, throwing touchdown passes of 73 and 40 yards to Jordy Nelson. The Packers (6-3) led 42-0 at halftime. Rodgers watched most of the second half from the sideline with the win well in hand.
He tied the team touchdown pass record that he shared with Matt Flynn and matched the NFL mark for a half set by Oakland’s Daryle Lamonica in 1969.
A night full of milestones included Rodgers’ 16th scoring pass of 70 yards or more to break the record he shared with Denver’s Peyton Manning and Rodgers’ predecessor in Green Bay, Brett Favre.
Rodgers looked just fine two weeks after tweaking his left hamstring.
The 55 points tied a Packers record at Lambeau Field.
Two weeks after giving up 38 points in the first half in a 51-23 loss to the Patriots, the Bears set a dubious franchise record by giving up 42 points in a half. They became the first team in 91 years to allow 50-plus points in consecutive games.