1985 NFC Championship - Rams @ Bears
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- Eric Dickerson and the Rams travel to frigid Soldier Field to face Mike Singletary and the vaunted '85 Bears defense, coming off a shutout victory over the Giants in the Divisional Round, as Chicago continues their Super Bowl run.
I was at the game with my best friend Jim. We were able to get the tickets at face value from a co-worker. We were just 21, we were offered $500 each outside of Soldier Field. We looked at each other and I remember saying this is a once in a lifetime. Back then we did not know it may be the best time of our life. It was cold and windy and even a little light snow, but that day we did not care we were so fortunate to be there as the Bears went on to beat the Patriots in their next game to win the super bowl. I became emotional watching this...by far the best Bears team ever. I still have the ticket in a photo album in my basement. Thank you for posting...I have lost family members, friends (Jim) have moved away... RIP to all and John Madden, Pat Summerall.
Awesome story. Things have changed so much since the 70s and 80s that it feels like a former life, 100 years ago, almost. My best friend in '85 was named Jim too. ;)
@@DexterHaven Thanks for the reply, cannot agree with you more, take care.
Man there will never be another Jon Madden and Pat Summeral. So iconic.
Exsctly! Miss those guys!
Same. This was their prime too. They were so energetic
They were the dominate force of sports casting play by play of the 1980's and '90s.
Love Madden, but tone it down, dude!
@@kendallevans4079 what?
Pat Summerall and John Madden were the greatest team of sports announcers in broadcast history for any sport. Their passing has been a terrible loss to all us fans who followed their careers. God Bless both of those gentlemen. And that 1985 Bear team sure does bring back many memories for those of us Bear fans who never dreamed we would ever see the Chicago Bears win a Super Bowl. God Bless all of them.
No doubt.
Buddy, you said it for all of us. They were the best!
I agree completely
Factz All Day!!
I wish I was alive when they were calling games. It gives it a completely different feel to what you're watching. Makes it feel bigger, serious and more important somehow. Today's commentators are totally different, kind of silly "wow how cool!!" vibe to them.
I can't watch the current NFL games anymore so I will travel back in time to relive what football used to be... Thanks, Bart, for providing these great NFL games for all to enjoy!
I can relive the past on my Madden25 on Xbox 360. I play the 46 and my defense is even better than the 85 bears. And my offense while they can pass you dizzy, is the ultimate power team. Through 5 games of the season I started recently my defense has 78 sacks the sack leader having 34 himself. Even the 85 Bears didn't do that.
I don’t watch the joke the game has become.
You're not alone. The current NFL is not a good product unlike the 80s and 90s.
Todays game is arena ball on a larger field and there are no fundamentals any more. The 92 and 93 Cowboys would brutalize the soft finesse players of today. They cannot block or tackle worth a damn either.
@@stealthbomber2127 Exactly! Well-Said!
The 1985 Chicago Bears had two shutouts in one postseason. It is still a remarkable feat to this day.
A record that will never be broke.thats a guranteed.how football is played today to much scoring.there will never be a defense this great again.what a honor that it was to witness this.they just mauled everyone but the dolphins that year.buddy was to stubborn to put in the nickel back that game.18-1 was great either way.a combined 5 or 6 shutouts that year
They couldve had 3 if not for a early fumble by the bears offense in the superbowl
Would have been 3 total points allowed in the playoffs if the second string didn't give up a garbage time TD in Superbowl 20
10 points allowed in a postseason remains the all-time low for a team that played in the Super Bowl.
@@michaelkawell3300 I also heard Mike saying that about the nickel. That MNF game (still highest-rated ever) was a perfect storm. McMahon out. Marino was the ideal QB to have a chance against the 46 (at that time), and Nat Moore was an unexpected factor in that game.
No matter what anyone tells you, that Bear defense is the best there was or ever will be. They were relentless.
1985 at least.That season they were the best.
2015 Broncos & 2004 Ravens would complete the Trifecta of best defenses ever@@tanmarketingchannel3436
Bears defense was unreal in 1985.
Should have won many super bowls.
They are cartoonish they look so good here. It's ridiculous how good they were
Da best
RIP to Pat Summerall and RIP to John Madden. Legendary!!!
This game is forever etched into my soul. The dominating defense, the snow coming down at the end of game and knowing that our first Super Bowl was two weeks away.
Pat Summerall was the master of the understatement. That's the way play by play should be done. He was the best.
He was also half dead after 1995
None like him for sure.
The Duo of Madden and Summerall are absolutely iconic!
Kkk kk kk kkk
@@MikeBrownLegend That's a really fucked up thing to say.
I loved Keith Jackson calling college football
Jim Nance for the masters
Vin Scully and the Yankees John St3rling
And the hawk from white Sox in baseball
Damn...this brings back memories when the Bears were a football team. So good to hear Madden again. He too is truly missed!
That’s crazy bro miss his voice in the madden games
1986 was a good year for the Bears and me. They won the Super Bowl and I graduated high school. Two amazing feats!
Good ol days of Pat and John God I miss them and their voices
Man this broadcast duo is just greatness personified. Wow wow wow
This just popped up on my recommended. So good to listen to Pat and John again.
The older I get, the more I come to really appreciate announcers like Pat and John. They really were a lot of fun to listen to.
@@DaDitka They were the best football tv duo ever. 84 to about 94 or so was their prime. They are firing on all cylinders in this broadcast.
As a UK teenager in the 80s I became a Bears fan mainly because of Sweetness. He was something else. We used to watch the Channel 4 programme on Sunday evenings for our weekly fix back then. At the time I had no idea of how special that defense was. Looking back now with this wonderful footage you can see that they took no prisoners and must have scared the shit out of every quarterback they faced. It was a travesty that the Dolphins prevented them from a clean sweep that year, I remember the highlights of that game when Marino had a blinder and the luck was with them. The only blot on an otherwise immense season. Good times.
Some of the Channel 4 presenters were pretty rubbish though, especially that ex-Patriots kicker!
Still get the chills watching these and having grown up in Chicago as a kid in the 80s. Greatest group of characters that had characters. Relentless defense, and they took so much pride in it. It’s the bar all defenses are measured up to
Me too. Brighton Park, 4th grade Shields Elementary. 43rd and Rockwell.
The GREATEST year in my Bears history!!!!!
One of the most over hyped teams ever. They had a good year. Why didn't they go to the SB afterwards?
@@lesmowhomever174 Ego.
@@lesmowhomever174 They should have they were 14-2 in 1986 , then came the Redskins in the playoffs, same thing the next year
Greatest Defense Ever.
Greatest Season Ever.
Greatest Single Season in History.
Multiple Recods set, many still stand.
I would have a very difficult time trying to accurately explain how popular and transcendent these 1985 Bears were!
I'm not a Steelers fan (Giants), but I'll go with their 1976 defense as the best ever. They didn't even win the Super Bowl that year (Raiders), but that's only because their offense was ravaged with injuries. Check out the stats. They won their final 9 games. 5 of them were shutouts and that included 3 in a row. No doubt about the Bears in 1985, but I'll go with the Steelers in '76.
Not undefeated.
I think the 72 Dolphins may have something to say about that
@@mikehatch1967 you are correct and what they had to say about it 85 Miami relayed it.
@@mikehatch1967
The 85 Chicago Bears had something that the 72 Dolphins did not. Every player had a certain charisma. The coaches and owners also had the charisma. Nobody ever really talks about the 72 Dolphins other than to say they went undefeated… and even then, it’s only when people talk about how amazing the 1985 Bears were. Someone will always say “well, what about the 72 Dolphins? They went undefeated.”
Other than that, nothing really stands out about that team.
The 1985 Bears immortalized themselves.
This is the best CBS NFL Broadcast ever. The great comment lines by Pat Summerall and John Madden are CLASSIC. They are missed greatly and i loved their wonderful well delivered broadcasts. No one can match their quality and perfection
Greatest one season by a team I’ve ever seen! They should’ve won more than one Super Bowl! Great memories!
Pat and Madden were the best. They were fun to listen to. There's no one like that now.
Greatest defense in NFL history.
I was one of the 40k-plus people there for both the Giants game AND ‘this game in the South end zone. When it started snowing, we were cheering because it was George Halas celebrating with all of us. My friend whom I went to both of the games with, passed away very young. I have tears in my eyes now. Thanks Bart!
My only visit to Soldier field was the Seattle playoff game in 2010 sitting I think in section 427 or something. Loved it and loved it more when it started to snow in the second half and at that time I was thinking about watching this game.
Papa Bear scripted the ending; they only way it should end.
I was there too with my best friend he had moved away a few years later, still have the ticket. Had the same emotional feelings thinking about lost friends and family... maybe the best day of my life.
@@myjunkisstuffgarage967 you guys at least don't get 8 feet of snow for your home games that forces you to play them somewhere else. it's happened to Buffalo twice now, which is why teams don't want to go to Buffalo in January
That looked like a cool stadium, Now they want to cater everything to the rich.
Man miss those days. Real football real football plays and the greatest announcers
Now we got Joe Buck
@@zacharydavies7031 lol
Can’t stand him tho he’s atrocious
2 legendary running backs on the field at the same time. What a cool game to watch
Eric played Walter once in each of his first four years, .
going 3-1
Their not on the field at the same time (as you claim).
Their both on offense, so only one is on the field at a time.
@@johnwhyte2638 were they playing tiddlywinks or checkers??
@@cacornhusker2940 Football. Hard to believe but in the 4 games Eric played against Walter (83, 84, 85 and 86) Walter never scored a TD and never had a 100 yard rushing game. Even in this game Eric had the better day. Eric had 17 carries for 46 yards and 2 fumbles. Walter had 18 carries for 32 yards, no TDs and 1 fumble.
@@johnwhyte2638 you just don't get it. they didn't play against each other, both were on offense and the Bears were terrible when Walter set rushing records and they had no passing game. who cares who had the most yards??? Just win Baby. the BEARS Won this game and went to the SB. i rooted for the Rams when Vince Ferragamo was their QB...they lost.
I'm a diehard Giants fan. With all my great defenses, the BEST DEFENSE I EVER WITNESSED was the 85 Bears..hands down!
What made them special ?
@@ExcellentfinishLike Burt, marshall, carson. The heart of that team. The Giants game vs Bears was only a play from being a close one. The Landata punt was the play of the game. The wind pushed the ball a foot to his right. The north end was the worst of all winds . Kevin Butler made the coaches take him. The snapper, punter and holder to practice at Soldier Field 3 days a week. He showed them the how trickey the wind could be from all directions. He made at least 25 fgs at Soldier Field using the wind to push ball 5 10 yards.
After growing up on this type of football, watching them today running to the end zone to mug just seems so silly. These were much more exciting games to watch. No pointing for 1st downs
That’s the truth!
I hate the way they mug today. No class at all. These Bears really beat on people and you didn't see all the mugging from them. Or any of the other other teams either
As a life time Packer fan, I fell in love with the 85 bears.. I always thought Walter Payton was the best running back in history, and I was happy to see him finally get a ring. I loved their attitude, as frustrating as it was to see the Fridge plow over my Packer D line on Monday night, I enjoyed following them through the playoffs.. Ditka, McMahon, Payton, and my goodness that Defense!!! Nothing more warming than hearing Pat Summarl and John Madden announcing the game. My how things have changed.
Your packers are really doing well someday soon I hope the bears will be back and the games will be more entertaining
I thought the best running back I ever saw was Thurman Thomas, think about it. But sweetness was right there.
@@doubletake1238 Nothing to think about. Walter played on crappy teams from '77 to '83 and still ran for over 15K yards. Had he been playing for Pittsburgh, Dallas, etc. he'd have run for 20K.
Now that hits home
Rest in peace to the legend of the NFL, John Madden.
I’m not a Bears fan (Panthers) but this defense will ALWAYS be the best. The 2000 Ravens are second, but they didn’t go 15-1 AND shut out 2 teams in the playoffs. This defense is LEGENDARY!
@Avingay Anfordstay gcb xxv L.mm
@Avingay Anfordstay these playoffs were totally setup for Chicago to dominate. The giants were not ready yet and the Rams didn't have a quarterback until they drafted Jim Everett. You had so many transitions that season. The 49ers were transitioning from Solomon/Clark era to Rice/Taylor. Both Joe Theismann and John riggins retired. The giants were up and coming but not ready yet. And to add, somehow Miami couldn't beat the patriots at home.
@@olschool121 And how was this the Bears’s fault???
@@hazmathauler4536 no one said it was. I was explaining why the bears didn't win anything since then. Once teams figured out how to pass against the 46 defense it was over for them.
@@olschool121 no. McMahon got hurt from a cheap hit by GB and was never the same. the BEARS defense was better statsically in 86'. they just never had an offense that could stay on the field after McMahon got hurt.
I was 10 years old watching this. I remember my dad telling me all week leading up to this game saying "the Monsters are going to kick the shit out of the Rams."
My mom would get mad about the profanity but he'd just repeat "kick the shit out of them."
Boy was he right about that.
Sad part was the Rams played them better than anyone else that season. Held the Bears to just 14 points. I know the Dolphins beat them in Miami but that was the fluke of the century
@@KHayes666 Bears scored 24
@@wyliestivers2634 Not in this game
The Rams didn't have a QB.
@@KHayes666 The Dolphin win was not a fluke. I had been saying what the key to beating the Bears was and the Dolphins executed it to perfection. They went against one of the smartest coaches in Shula and a QB named Marino and receivers they couldn't cover.
23:49 The sound of Mike Singletary stopping Dickerson in his tracks. What a thunderous hit!
Hell yeah 😜 real football
Yo, Singletary fucking OWNED dickerson in this game LUL. well, as far as the first qtr goes anyways. IM druk af and havnt quite made it to halftime lu.
That one hit might have been the biggest turning point in the whole game. If Singletary doesn't stop Dickerson here, the Rams keep the ball and who knows what happens?
@@DaDitka the bears still win. The Rams didn't have enough of a passing game to complete.
2 hall of famers
WOW!!! Bears,what a team. Also Madden and Summerall are great! I am watching a game played 37 years ago and i don't want to miss a play! That's Football!!!
There will never, ever be a team like the '85 Bears. Payton, McMahon, the Fridge, Singletary, Hampton, Gault, Dent, Wilson, Butler, Da Coach, etc. An absolutely magical season! I still have the VHS 📼 tape from when we recorded the Super Bowl. What a magical season!🏈🏈
Commentators are legends as well as the players,coaches,and fans
I lived through this in Chicago. What a year! What a team! That defense not only thrilled, they made you howl and laugh with absolute joy. Greatest defense ever.
I can't imagine the comradery in Chicago then. People high fiving each other everywhere.
City of Chicago was the shit back then
@@voltrondefofunv5708 Yeah, now thanks to their hideous mayor, it's just shit.
Too bad that dirty ass GB player hurt our QB back then smh they prob would’ve won 3 in a row
@@MarcoLiftz Yeah, at least 2 in a row. And he got a 2 game suspension for that. What a joke.
Man I miss Pat and John announcing. When football was a great sport.
Hahaha
@@mikedrew8718 Football is still the best sport in the world all sports today have their problems
@@davidfox9947 but back then football was different
John Madden always makes me feel like I'm listening to John Candy' dad...lol
Had John Candy lived a little longer he would have been the right one to play John Madden in a biopic. They look so much alike.
"Helluva Game Helluva Game...Bears are going all the way this year."
Long suffering Bears' fans knew they were watching something special that season.
`85 everybody was a Bear fan...it was in the air.
@@moss8448 No, No everybody was not a bear fan. Do not put words in peoples mouths and lie.
@@joehackel8087 okay wet blanket...will say this..the Majority was
@@moss8448 No, No they were not. You can think they were but NO, Very few were.
@@joehackel8087 hey man I like the Patriots 'specially the old uniform guys..the originals..grew up dazzled by Johnny Unitas became a sorta Redskins fan...then the Vikings ..in `66 went to my first pro game, the nearby Falcons only a 3 hr drive...but seriously most ppl I personally talked to were on 'tha Bears wagon that yr..and that yr only really. been watching pro ftbll since `58 and all i can say is that was their yr...so I guess you're right, not everyone, but it sure seemed that way in my neck of the woods..
and what I meant by 'everyone' was in reality just a throw off para-phrase not to be taken in a literal sense...let's not nit-pick
The 1985 Chicago Bears team was awesome and the Bears had arguably the greatest defense in NFL history
Not arguable at all!
It’s a straight up fact!
This was the age of DEE-FENSE in the NFC. The Bears, Giants, Redskins and yes, even the Niners (Ronnie Lott, Fred Dean, Hacksaw Reynolds, etc.) were all defensively dominant. Each took turns winning the 80s decade Super Bowls with only the Raiders breaking through from the AFC. I'm not a Bear fan, but this defense was awe-inspiring to watch.
this game was a lot closer than i thought, the rams should have had at least 14 points.the bad call that took back that long reception, and then they were about to score a td before the half.
2:09:11 is iconic. An avalanche, Hampton ass-over-teakettle, wild dogs tearing apart a calf, and Marshall leading a convoy into the end zone in the snow
MORE LIKE WOLVES
I attended this game (42 yard line, row 22 on the Bears sideline) at Soldier's Field. The old school Bears fans truly erupted when the snow started to fall late in the game. I was wearing a Sony Walkman listening to the radio feed during the game. In the 4th quarter when Richard Dent sacked Dieter Brock and Wilbur Marshall picked up the fumble, I could hear Dick Butkus yelling in my ear "Ball! Ball!!" then "Ahhh Hahhh!" as Wilbur crossed the goal line for the final touchdown. Total euphoria. I was 22 years old at the time. That was one of the best moments of my life here in Chicago. Go Bears!!!
Avoid the southside young man, demonrat heaven there.
It was a great game, Chicago with a great team, a season of 15 wins and 1 loss, a very strong offense with RB- Walter Payton, QB- Jim McMahon and the best defense of all time with Richard Dent, William Perry, Mike Singlentary and a dominant secondary defense, thanks for uploading.🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇👍👍👍👍👍
How could you not be a fan, these guys just made a Bear fan one proud puppy! They kicked it, all there is to it. Still have my bears stocking hat from the 80's.
So much better than today, I can't remember the last time I watched a full current game, but I can watch 80's early 90's nfl all day any day
I got chills when Jim M ran in for the TD ... Memories flooding back.. I was 9 years old and I loved the Bears 🐻
Rock D same here brother, turning 44 this year and have always been a Bears/Cubs fan (for life)
I was 10 and I remembered them wrestling and the frig in the Big Mac commercials was not a football fan. The first time seeing the 1985 bears was just now what a treat.
I was 4
Life doesn’t get much better watching this 85 Bear team annihilate other teams. John M and Pat S are incredible. They make the game so interesting to hear and watch
Remember how many times the Bears got the "#1 Announcing Team" that Seaaon AND in 1986?!?
It was absolutely crazy! The Bears had Summeral and Madden 9 times that season, not including Playoffs!
And they were on Monday Night Football 2 or 3 times that Season as well, so the Bears had Summeral and Madden for about 75% of their braodcasts!
Not impressed with this game
Walter had a bad game
That season is still in the minds of Chicagoans. Can never forget that season. Unfortunately it hasn't repeated since then.
The 85 Bears are the only team where I actually enjoyed watching their defense more than their offensive.
Back when you had to wait for the commercial break to get the score.
Glad that feature didn’t stick around
That part of modern tv is a nice feature, but that fucking scroll got on my last nerve a long time ago.
Or call sports phone during a game you were watching!
Madden RIP. What an age in football. Go bears
Greatest team ever assembled! How this team only won 1 Super Bowl blows my mind.
Cos d year after, Jim McMahon got injured , he was out for d season, thats why
The arrogance of Mike Ditka
Because it wasn't the greatest team ever assembled.
The 70s Steelers where the greatest team ever assembled 4 rings. Proves it. Bud. Not 1.
Mccaskeys being cheap, Ditka worried about commercials, than getting Doug Flutie, slap in the face to Fuller and Thomsak, Ditka was under Halas and Landry, he should’ve known better, was thinking about commercials and restaurants
Just realized that Payton fumbled his first touch in each of the last two games of the year. Forgiven. Greatest all around RB of all time.
1985 Bears best team ever 💙 🇺🇸 🌟
What about the Packers of the 60's and the Dolphins of the early 70's.
@@flashbaneyify what about them ?
1985 Bears was the best defense ever. The offense was at best average.
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Rest in Love John and Pat 🙇🏽
That hit on Dickerson by Singletary, that just showed what an absolute bad ass Singletary was.
Not really, it shows the obvious. The D was keying on Dickerson because no one was afraid of Brock at QB. Btw Dickerson ran right over Mr. bad ass in 83, 84, and 86. So yeah he had an ugly game here, but vs the meat of the 83-86 Bears D he was 3-1 and 100+ yards in each win. Bears won when it counted though, no one was stopping them in '85, and Miami, the only team to figure them out, got upset by undermatched NE in the playoffs.
@@artistamisto Right on artist. Mikey in Indy wants to make it sound so good for his buddy yet Dickerson kicked their asses overall
yeah, but the Rams defense shut down Walter Payton too..he actually had a worse game than ED.....
Matthew Lepka
Agree Mathew. The other 3 dip shits act like my comment is some kind of insult to Dickerson . All I said was it was a good hit, which it was and Singletary was a great player (HOF). Some losers just look for somewhere to start shit when there’s no reason to. Crawl back down into your parents basement and think next time before you start typing.
@@mikeinindy2856 You are asking people to pay attention to what you say. That is asking WAY too much of many people. Don't get upset when people misinterpret what you say, it happens all the time and you can't expect anymore than what happens.
23:47 That hit by Singletary was epic!!
What a great time to be a kid and a Bears fan. I was 9 years old that year and remember it like it was yesterday. Still a die hard Bears fan to this day. #BearDown
it's an awesome memory! I completely agree. I was 25 at the time and had been a Bears fan since 1965, although I didn't fully understand it until 1967 and the first Superbowl. Everything was separate before then. But my father was born in Chicago so of course I was a fan. But the Bears like the Cubs sucked for along time, so it has been great to see both happen. It's too bad that George Halas died two years before in 1983. I became a Miami fan also when my grandparents moved to Florida in 1971. Both are great teams but the Bears are the oldest team in the league and helped invent the game. Only coach to beat George Halas as winning-est coach is Don Shula, who unfortunately passed away Monday. It should be the Halas Trophy - not lombardi
Unfortunately, the NFL became fixed about 20 years ago...so these moments are long gone
Will NEVER forget watching the 85' Bears!!!! Blessed to have watched the legendary Walter Payton!
Da BEARS ..... lifelong fan!!!
The only team in NFL history to have 2 shut outs in the playoffs period.
Bears=Irrelevant since 1985.....GB has flat out owned them since 1992.....
@@King-Alexander- ALL Bears fans said the exact same thing b4 2019 season. "GB will suck and take 3rd or 4th in division" I seen it a ton of times. How is 13-2 and NFC title game on way down?? seriously? Give Nears more consistent QB and they would have beat GB more?? hahahahaha BUT they have not had any good QB's. That's not my fault. We love Cutler and Trubisky in GB. All of you said the same thing when Favre left. GB will suck for years...How did that work out? No idea who they will get for Rodgers in few years....Time will tell
@@joehackel8087 Everyone thought the packers would be 3rd or 4th in the division this year at the beginning. Also about the fact when GB had Farve and Rodgers is very rare to have a HOF qb and have a HOF qb replace him eventually luck will run out.
@@Zach2017 I actually picked GB to win division in 2019....I said it on here talking with bears fan.
@@Zach2017 I said Gb wins division b4 season. I have it in here somewhere but not gonna try and find my comment. The bears having 30 QB's in last 27 years is very rare as well. I think DET is the only team that can compare to that.
McMichael should be a hall of famer. He has the 3rd most sacks in league history by an interior lineman and actually has better stats than Howie Long. Very under appreciated for his time.
#MongoForTheHall
He also was a wrestler in WCW
What a time that was. Tackling on concrete. You could hear the band playing. Presentation of trophy in the locker room. $18,000 bonus for winning the game. Great memories growing up before things got so big and expensive and ridiculous.
How is tackling on concrete a good time. That unnecessarily injures players
12th Man Pride Lol only part of football I never understood during this time period.
Bring back The Bear Down Band!
@@sreepam9480 Artificial turf was brutal on the players and it was just ugly to look at. It's one of those things about sports of the '80s that I absolutely do not miss, along with not having the score and clock on-screen at all times (my parents were BEGGING for a continuous score bug for as long as I've been alive, way before FOX actually implemented it).
As a Limey...I was 9yr old when I heard about American football and this season BLEW my mind 👍
I came here to listen to Madden and Summerall , they are by far the best in the business.
Pat Summerall and John Maddon "we havent seen a team score a single touchdown on this defense all season". This defense was utterly dominating in a way we haven't seen since, outscouring the opponents' offense in many games. Yes, there were some great defenses statistically but this team was so much more dominating then the stats even indicate. Great hits on Dickerson and Ellard. Hard to overstate the impact this team had on the city of Chicago, everyone in the whole city was watching the games on Sunday
One of the the most dominant team I've witnessed to this day. The defense!! Offense was enough! Great team.
Doug Plank and Gary Fencik were 2 of the hardest hitting db's in football.
And certainly two of the slowest.
The 85 Bears hands down had the GREATEST DEFENSE of all time and it is not even close
Eric Hagan
Agreed. 💪🏻. 👍👍👍👍
No doubt about that
2000 Ravens are close
@@bennyrobinson1935 maybe the Broncos defense as well.
For sure in the AFC championship vs. Pats and SB vs. Panthers.
Eric wht's your point? They have been irrelevant since 1985. You act like you have something to do with that team. If the DEF was that great how did Miami put up 38 on them???
Da Bears Of 85! GOAT
No they were the B.E.A.R. Best Ever All Real.
Whats a goat to a bear......
Get off that weak trendy saying already....
Goats get sacrificed
@@geeram516 Wow, B.E.A.R.? That was a reach
@@joehackel8087 Oh not at all. I came up with that one. Pass it on.
I.p.o
"This town has gone Bear-mad!"
--Pat Summeral
It's just amazing that Madden sees everything and 10 secs after the play, he can explain it perfectly to the audience. forgot how good he is
I'm from Winnipeg 🇨🇦 it's Awesome to see CFL & Winnipeg Blue Bomber legend Ralph "Dieter" Brock in the NFC title game👍 to bad it's against the '85 Bears.
I'm from close to Hamilton and remember when we got Brock from the Blue Bombers in '83...Lost to Winnipeg in the '84 Grey Cup. this was the last game Brock ever played. Even though I'm a Bears fan, I remember that last sack/ fumble recovery hoping he was OK...Oskee Wee Wee!!!
Same here Neil. He was fun to watch at the old Stadium!
What an epic duo, rest in peace fellas.
I played hockey the day this game was played...I couldn't concentrate on my game early cuz I wanted to know how my Bears were doing...once it was 10-0 I figured it was already over and I ended up scoring 2 goals and we won the game...then of course celebrated after the Bears game...great memories
I was at that game. The energy there was incredible, but I must admit that it's a lot more comfortable sitting in my living room watching on the screen than sitting in Soldier Field in January, and the Madden and Summerall broadcast makes it even better.
So was I. You are right the atmosphere was incredible. Everyone was so loud and excited, BUT everyone so so friendly and elated. You can't capture that on video or even begin to describe it. Best Bears game I ever saw.
Can't believe I watched the 1st qtr and no personal fouls. I was 15 when this game was played, I miss the NFL.
NFL was different then. Just like the NBA was different when Jordan was playing for the Bulls, fewer fouls called, teams like the Pistons and Knicks got away with thuggery.
Electric. I've watched tens of times and it never gets old. To have a day like this in Chicago again.
You've had 6 of them since with Jordan, 3 with Kane and the Blackhawks, and 1 with the Cubs
@@mm-gl7sz & the White Sox!
I cannot believe it has been 35 years. I remember all of us partying on Division St. in the bars the night before the game as if we had already won it, everyone was so confident. Shame we didn't face the Dolphins and avenge our only loss.
Being at the gamer and at Division and Rush throughout the playoffs... I remember every bar playing the Super bowl shuffle...it was a team of destiny.
GOD BLESS CHICAGO SPORTS FANS WE SO DESERVED THIS TEAM
Remember watching this my freshman year in highschool. This team is why I really started to get into football.
Thanks for bringing this one back as it disappeared for a bit. Summerall & Madden, what a team in the booth, too!
The 46 largely shut down Dickerson from the onset. With Summerall's immortal calling "back to the line of scrimmage and NOTHING else". So classic.
When the snow started that's what the fans wanted. Like it was magic dust for Wilber Marshall and result in a TD.
Man you're making me miss a time I wasn't even alive for haha
@@herbertt.viking1449 You indeed missed a lot. At least many of these games survive here on YT or with collectors who recorded them.
I was a senior in high school in 1985 when this game was played. So many of these names will go down in history. Amazing to see Singletary, Ditka and of course the legendary Walter Payton. I miss these days
Madden and Summerall made each game even better with their amazing coverage. Rest in peace John Madden… You will go down in history and we will never forget you
this game was actually played in 1986. January 12, 1986
i can smell, hear and feel the fire in the fireplace as we watched this one a quarter century ago
Watched this at CC's in Tampa with about 100 Bear's fans … One of the best times ever! .. The Super Bowl party and game there was legendary …. Big Screens, ice cold beer, and the place was packed with Bear's fans.. Almost as good as being there!
I miss john madden on color commentary. He was so knowledgeable about football
Had to come back to this game to hear Madden 🙏
John Robinson before the half...there are no words...
I was there. I will never forget that game. That place went nuts went that happened. Everyone thought of Halas sending down the snow from above. Awesome times! There were a few people carrying around some huge Rams head too around the stadium. I have never heard that place so loud before. Best game I ever went to and I saw a lot of great ones. My favorite thing to do was to watch the game with my dad. Thanks for taking me to all the games. I miss you.
I was lucky enough to be at this game. Had 45 yard line 25th row seats. The place was electric! A highlight for sure.
I was there too. Best game I ever saw there. The atmosphere was incredible.
The scariest defense in NFL history and it's not even up for discussion.
You must have been on the moon in 2000
@@ccncate I'm a Giants fan....I know Toomer and Hilliard were scared to come across the middle and catch anything in the 2000 Superbowl. But you must be too young to know the Bears led the league or were second to the Giants in putting Quarterbacks OUT OF THE GAME...to the point that there were countless games where announcers would routinely suggest taking your healthy quarterback out of the game to save your playoff hopes....I don't recall hearing that often during 2000 or any other time in football history. LOL
Bear defense is beastly......
You're right, it isn't up for discussion. The 85 Bears were the best team of my lifetime.
I'm not too young to know about the 85 Bears. I followed the NFL very intently that year as a Rams and Raiders fan, and it being my first year avidly following football. My objection here has to do with you suggesting no NFL defense was even close to the Bears. That's not true. Even if you believe they were the best (and they arguably were, and so was '86), historically they aren't on a level above everybody else.
There are several other teams in the conversation, most notably but not exclusively the '76 Steelers and the '00 Ravens. The fanboy in me wants to put the '83 Raiders after they traded for Mike Haynes, but that's an aside. I didn't see the Steelers team as I was only 4 y/o, but I did see the Ravens team.
I personally put the Ravens over CHI in retrospect. It's close. But my reasoning is that 1) they had the most dominant player in Ray Lewis 2) They allowed fewer ppg and ypg than CHI, and that's amazing considering the NFL in 2000 was more offense and scoring oriented, whereas in 1985 it was more plodding and conservative. 3) The Bears defense was bolstered by an offense that was 2nd in the league and could control the possession time with Walter, whereas the BAL offense was not amazing to say the least. This put the Ravens defense on the field much more often and put tremendous pressure on them to hold the opponent and never let them score.
Some of you may have noticed Jeff Fisher standing next to Buddy Ryan in street clothes. He looks a little different with the full beard and longer hair. Fisher was a backup safety on that team since 1981. He broke his leg returning a punt and because he was a bright guy who had always played for Buddy Ryan they decided to use him to help the coaching staff.
Of course Fisher would go on to be Buddy's secondary coach for the Eagles and later his DC. Then he would be a head coach for 21 years most of that for my Tennessee Titans.
An interesting anecdote is that the guy who tackled him and caused his broken leg was Bill Cowher the hall of fame coach for the steelers.
The 4th Quarter fumble return for a TD by Wilbur Marshall was one of the most exciting moments in the history of Chicago sports. It marked the end of 20+ years of suffering by Chicago teams chasing championships.
And how it started to snow just as he crossed the goal line!
The Bears broke my 11 year old heart when they beat my New England Patriots in the Super Bowl that season
@@stevengallant6363 So you got one less ring. Well boo hoo hoo.
@@boataxe4605 I was reminiscing about a memory I had when I was a young boy thanks for being a prick
Being there the memory of that is the one I remember the most. Exact feeling.
Man do I miss this. Not just the unparalleled gameplay of the fearsome ‘85 Bears - but the pace of the game, the commitment of the players, the intimacy of the stadium, and the way this team became heroes and a cultural phenomenon. There’s nothing like this anymore.
Jimmy mac was perfect qb at a perfect time.that goes for everyone on that team.dennis gentry was a baller.he was the under rated.miss this bear team
I love that the talent was so widespread on this Bears team.
Wow, I feel 30 again watching these old ‘85 Bears games…LOVE IT!!!
It’s 24 for me! Great football back then.
soldier field looks way better here, imo, and louder
It housed a lot more people back then I’m pretty sure
I always liked how clean the turf looked when I was a kid. amazing Walter's knees held up all those years on that stuff thougj
Agreed...but just don't try going to the bathroom pre-'renovation' as you would miss 1/2 the game.
Awesome video...Brought back many memories. I remember watching this game on CBS when I was little ... I was a Rams fan since 83'! A couple of weeks ago I watched the LA Rams win a Superbowl.... 😉
I really miss Pat and John ! Really !
My favorite line is by summerall “it’s going to be a hot time in the city tonight no matter the temperature.”
Can you imagine the party that night?
There's a book called Monsters about the 85 Bears and the author tells about the fan experience all year and including the playoffs.