MINNEAPOLIS -- The 109th regular-season meeting between the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers will be the first time the teams have finished the regular season by squaring off for the NFC North division title. But it won't be the first winner-take-all division matchup between the clubs, and it will be just the latest in a string of high-stakes showdowns between the border rivals.
The Vikings and Packers will both be in the 2015 NFC playoffs, marking the third time in the last seven years they've both reached the postseason. Green Bay has reached the playoffs in each of those seven seasons, but neither the Chicago Bears nor the Detroit Lions have joined the Packers in the playoffs as often as the Vikings have during that stretch.