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.
He was the greatest. He loved football. You can always hear the passion in his voice when he talked about players, positions and plays. I have missed his commentary .
@@ktcarl Ive been watching mid80s JM and Pat S games... mostly listening to Madden slobber Lawrence Taylor to re-live the sound of my youth... Side note: How cool was/is Jim McMahon on the field? ballsy RIP JM- BOOM!
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.
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.
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
@@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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
@@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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
@@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.
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!!!
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
@@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 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.
@@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.
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 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.
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!🏈🏈
@@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
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!!!
@@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
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.
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???
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?
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
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
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
@@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 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.
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.
@@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).
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
I wasnt born until 1988 so I never got to witness this live, but it just gives me goosebumps with how loud and rowdy the fans are! I don't think we will ever hear it like that again. The game also seemed a million times faster!
I'm not sure what it is about how they shot the game, by comparison, today, but if you've ever been on a sideline, this gives you an idea of the level of violence and bad intentions in the air. Today, the game appears to be glossed over by all of the upgraded production quality.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
This is when the NFL was truly the greatest sport going. Before all the BS penalties to protect the QB and defenseless player idiocy. Summeral and Madden calling it makes this game truly a classic.
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.
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.
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'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!!!
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
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.
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 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
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.
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.... 😉
1984-1987 was peak post-WW2 America. Ronald Reagan. '85 Bears. Michael Jackson in his prime. We are the World. Dale Earnhardt in his prime. Buick GNX. The Goonies. Nintendo NES (foreign, but whatever). What a time to be alive.
I had just turned 10 in 1985. The season was like a fairytale that I hoped would never end . Then came week 13 and Monday night against Miami. That was a horrible day I cried. But this game, this game and Super Bowl 20 made up for that night and the bears had the best season in football history that year imho. One of the best years of my life.
