Chicago ? New Soldier Field or old Soldier Field, it makes little difference. Ahman Green, Brett Favre and the rest of the Green Bay Packers just love to play the Chicago Bears.

Green ran for 176 yards on 19 carries, and Favre threw three touchdown passes, leading the Packers past the Bears, 38-23, Monday night.

“I knew we would run the ball well,” Favre said. “Before the game, Ahman was fired up. And the offensive line — you could just tell they were ready to go.”

The Packers (2-2) won for the 17th time in the last 19 meetings between the NFL’s oldest rivals, building a 24-6 halftime lead against the Bears (0-3).

Favre improved his career record against the Bears to 19-4 and now has directed 10 straight road wins against them. He also reached another milestone, jumping ahead of Dan Fouts to No. 5 on the career passing yards list with a total of 43,089.

Asked why he’s been so successful against the Bears, Favre said: “I have no idea. But I’m not complaining.”

He completed 21 of 30 passes for 179 yards. Green ran for two TDs — one an early 60-yarder.

When the Bears got within eight points in the final quarter, Favre put it away with a pair of TD passes, a nine-yarder to Javon Walker with 8:51 remaining and a one-yarder to Bubba Franks with 4:21 left.

“I can’t understand why we don’t play better. We make the same mistakes over and over,” Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher said.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre scrambles out of the pocket in the second quarter against the Chicago Bears on Monday at Soldier Field in Chicago. Blocking on the Bears' Bryan Robinson (98) is teammate Marco Rivera.

“It’s frustrating right now. We had a chance to get back in the game, and we don’t make a play. It was a huge game, and we just embarrassed ourselves one more time.”

Favre also connected with William Henderson on a 14-yard scoring pass in the first half and now has 47 career TD passes against the Bears — his most against any team.

The Bears, booed in their new-look stadium that is part of a $606 million lakefront beautification project, appeared to get back in it with 12:36 left when Anthony Thomas broke off a 67-yard TD run to make it 24-16.

But then the Packers responded, moving 64 yards in seven plays. Green’s 32-yard run through the porous Chicago defense move the ball to the 13. Minutes later, Favre rolled right and found Walker alone in the corner of the end zone.

Green Bay put it away with a seven-play, 54-yard drive capped when Franks — wide open, as Packers receivers were all night — made the TD catch that made the score 38-16.

Bears quarterback Kordell Stewart, who was sacked five times, scored on a 1-yard run with 1:28 remaining. By that time, most of the crowd of 58,937 had gone home.

The Bears hoped to make it a gala night. They invited many of their stars of the past — including Dick Butkus — to line the field as the current team charged out for introductions.

But the Packers were ready to play from the outset.

Green wasted little time attacking the Bears. Three minutes into the game, he took a handoff, headed left, juked Chicago defensive back Jerry Azumah and raced from his 40 for a score.