Barry Barrages Bears on Thanksgiving! (Bears vs. Lions 1997, Week 14) 

Is it me or does anyone else miss that old Fox setup with graphics

In the 90s Thanksgiving football was Barry Sanders/Herman Moore followed by Emmitt Smith/Michael Irvin/Deion Sanders. Didn’t even need a night game back then…

There will never be another Barry sanders

One of my favorite Thanksgiving games of all time! Sanders, Moore, Madden, Summerall and family memories watching the Lions 🦁💙

Watching Barry on turkey day in the 90s was a treat.

Barry Sanders, one of the all-time greatest running backs in the history of the NFL

Best RB of all time. Would've had 20k rushing yards if he didnt retire early.

Jason Hanson one of the all time great kickers. 20 years with the lions

Barry Sanders is the greatest running back of all time

I know life isn't fair, but it's definitely unfair that Barry Sanders didn't get to even appear in a Super Bowl.

Oh my, I remember watching this game live at my grandparents house on Thanksgiving when I was 14. I remember these amazing plays by Barry Sanders but was always disappointed I could never find them on any of his highlight reels. SO STOKED this game was posted, it's confirming my memories.

Damn this hit me hard. I can remember being a 10 yr old at my grandpa’s house, the whole family eating the Thanksgiving meal and then watching football. Though I was a Cowboys fan, Barry was my favorite player. Every Thanksgiving I got to watch him and then my team after. Have a little family football game in the yard. That was true happiness for a kid like me. Side note, I wish Nike would re-release those Barry Sanders shoes. Couldn’t afford them when I was a kid but I’d buy 5 pairs now. Happy Thanksgiving everyone

You can watch an hour long highlight reel of Barry and then you watch this and it’s like well there’s 7 more laughter inducing moves he made in one game! I remember watching this game during one of the many wonderful thanksgivings we had.

Barry Sanders is EASILY the best running back of all-time. It's not even up for debate either. Emmit Smith, Walter Peyton, OJ Simpson, Bo Jackson etc just bow down to GREATNESS.

Barry Sanders is a legendary runningback

Thank you very much and if anyone who's ever followed Pro football that has any damn sense knows that Barry Sanders is and still the greatest Pro football running back of all time.

Watching Barry was a joy. Unfortunately, I was young and didn't fully realize it was only once in a lifetime to see a player like this.

If the Lions ever won anything, Herman Moore would be in the HOF conversation. Oh yeah...Barry = GOAT

@4:35 Quintessential BARRY right here.

Barry Sanders could make a 2 yard loss look spectacular. Greatest RB Ever!

I remember watching this on a little 19” tube TV. Watching it now still brings the same joy. Wow! Barry is the best!

Best running back of all time

In the open field, Barry was darn near impossible to catch...and his football game speed was impeccable. If you got to witness his greatness, you know what I mean.

I was at the game. The Sliverdome was rocking that day.

NFL Throwback truly happy thanksgiving to you and wow Barry Sanders , what a player

I need a throwback barry sanders jersey

This is why I laugh when people say “X” is the new Barry sanders 😂😂

I’m watching the bears lions game rn and I’m a bears fan

Herman Moore was always an underrated WR.

On Bears field goal play - Madden: ‘look at this stance pat.’ …circles stance. 😂 and, ‘you can’t be embarrassed when you miss a tackle on Barry Sanders.’

7:58- Nice block by Barry Sanders to give Scott Mitchell time to throw and find a wide open Johnnie Morton! 👍🏈

Barry is the GOAT of running backs! 🦁🦁#20🦁🦁

I wish Fox Sports would go back to the FoxBox for the game score again. It was simple and unobtrusive to game play. Sometimes less is more. Also, Pat Summerall never gets enough credit for how great of a play by play announcer he was. His play call was simple. He let the game do most of the talking. He understood it. Plus his partnership with Madden was legendary! There’ll never be a better duo in the booth

Been so long I barely remember that the Bears were able to score 20 points in a half!

That was a putrid Bears squad and Barry in 1997 was nearly unstoppable.

I remember watching this live when I was 12. Barry went off! My family was so mad at me rooting for him due to us all being Eagles fans but at the end they were all Barry fans.

That team was a FORCE. Love watching old school Lions

I think it says something that the thumbnail is just Barry.

Barry is the best Football player ever ! Imagine if he had a top front line. I was at this game.

Sat front row in the end zone for 2 of Barry’s TD runs! Great game, great memory. Go Lions!

Amazing video Thank you!! You guys are always showing love for the Detroit Lions always putting stuff up from Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson hell even putting up Matthew Stafford Spike game lol but Scott Mitchell had his moments that YEAR we had one hell of a good Offense that year and broke a few records that would be broken by the greatest show on Turf the 1999 Rams but still it shows you that our offense was pretty damn good that year too bad the defense couldn't show up sometimes I felt that it was Chris Spielman and Robert Porcher out there playing against 11 offensive players lol

You know you're a legend when NFL Throwback doesn't put anybody else in the thumbnail.

Barry Sanders had the best 'vision' and the best moves of any...ANY running back....EVER!

Whats crazy is that the NFL has this exact game in beautiful HD.

Wow, I watched almost every Thanksgiving game when I was younger but didn't remember putting up 55!

4:27 mins in and finally a Berry highlight shows

There was nothing better than watching football with Madden and Summerall on Thanksgiving!

Still, til this day his early retirement impacted me more than Jordan's first retirement. Those who know, Barry Sanders is the greatest rb to ever lace em up.

I just love to watch Barry run. He was only 5 foot 8 inches tall but was powerfully built. He had great moves, speed, he was the best. That was his next to last year, he got over 2,000 yards rushing and was the MVP in the 1997 season. He had an amazing season and was an amazing running back.

Barry Sanders had to be one of the most exciting players to watch, shame he was wasted on these Lions teams.

Heck yeah thanks for sharing!

Ah, the Silverdome, the place that imploded twice. The playing turf hurts my eyes to total blindness.

I got to watch Barry live in the 90's. He had the most yards for negative gains while still putting up unbelievable seasons and yds per carry avg. I thought Billy Sims was the greatest RB in Lions history until Barry came along. Billy was great. Injuries killed his career. But he was a worthy RB and could have gotten some records if he stayed healthy. But nobody compares to Barry. You can't compare Barry to a Jim Brown. What do you think Brown would do in today's NFL? Barry had tougher competition with a mediocre line. Well maybe a better than average line. But still, Barry performed miracles.

That Thanksgiving was pretty nondescript football wise. Lions won this game going away and then the Oilers (yes, youngins, the Titans were once the Oilers) smoked Dallas, continuing the freefall that started with their blowout loss in Green Bay. But I'll always remember it as the Thursday after graduating from United States Marine Corps basic training in San Diego. To be home for Thanksgiving and then to get food from my mom, grandma and my girlfriend's family...that's as good as it gets. Football is great, but family is everything. To everyone out there, Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving NFL Throwback

Barry is a beast!!!!

Look at the little juke at 10:41, where Barry sneaks through the line. It would be like trying to tackle someone, who from a dead sprint, can do a two footed jump stop into some contra direction. Amazing

90's football forever great games great players

Barry Sanders my all time favourite player followed by Jerome Bettis and Erick Dickerson.

One word demonstrates what type of player he is . And that word is WOW!!!

Haha, I would change the headline to "Remember when the Lions were Fun?" Great game for Barry but he's only in like 2 minutes of the video. Love watching this old stuff, even as a Niners fan I enjoyed this era of the Lions.

Barry Sanders is the 🐐 at running back

I’m 2/3 of the way into the video, and Barry has carried the ball one time. Don’t lie to me when it comes to Barry Sanders highlights man!

WinzTroit always wins this in our algorithm!

*_I WAS AT THIS GAME. WHEN IT ALL ENDED, I WAS IN THE TUNNEL DRINKING A COKE. BARRY SANDERS WALKED BY AND HE WAS HOBBLING AND I ASKED HIM IF HE NEEDED ANY HELP. I ALSO LET HIM KNOW THAT I THOUGHT HE WAS THE BEST FOOTBALL PLAYER OF ALL TIME._* *_I THEN OFFERED MY COKE TO BARRY AND HE TOOK IT AND HAD A DRINK. I WISHED HIM WELL AND WALKED AWAY, BUT AS I WAS WALKING, BARRY YELLS OUT "HEY KID, CATCH!" AND HE THREW HIS GAME-WORN JERSEY AT ME._* *_GREATEST MOMENT IN MY LIFE._*

I watched Raymont Falls from the beginning. A fine play.

Barry Sanders ❤️

Damm Barry was great

Barry!

people forget how good herman moore was

Pat Summerall and John Madden say all you need to know: "Barry Sanders is absolutely amazing." Salute to the greatest RB of all time.

Happy Thanksgiving Throwback

It's amazing - I don't just remember watching this game, I actually remember how I felt at certain spots. I specifically remember how angry I was at the FG after the big KO return. I thought that was it. I figured if the Lions couldn't get a TD on a spot like that, it just wasn't their day. Well, stay tuned...

I remember this game.

That run at 6:00 is the nightmare fuel of 90's defenses when playing the Lions. So fast yet agile, like a rabbit

The Chicago bears and Detroit lions were doing really good in 1997

They gave him the ball on 3rd and 10! You'd NEVER SEE THAT TODAY! 😭

I can't stop feeling high, I'll never come down!

B.S#20 and thanksgiving football go together better than anything else! Thxgiving and football not the same without the G.O.A.T! miss the good ol days!

Im loving this

Thanks for sharing this video. I hope the Lions have a half way decent day today, but not getting my hopes up. Rookie quarterback usually means disaster, but not always.

Barry Sanders was the only back in history who could still get the ball handed to him in the 4th quarter of a game, 3rd down and long to-go, when the Lions needed to be in hurry up mode. He was as dangerous, and as sure to move the ball as any passing game.

The fact the Lions didnt run the ball on the goal in the 3rd quarter shows how garbage the franchise is

I was just happy John Madden announced our game . #313 #humble

I wasn't old enough to watch Jim Brown or Gale Sayers but at least I got to see Barry's whole career.

Ever since Barry Sanders retired from Football, these Lions hasn't been the same since then. They may got their first win, but to tell the truth, the team has to find ways on how to play better in and off the field. 1997 was way more classic than it is now.

Pat & John, good memories

I vividly remember this game and Madden saying, "There may be a better runningback than Barry Sanders....but I haven't seen him." Wish NFL Throwback editors included that in this clip. Legendary performance nevertheless.

I forgot Ricky Proehl was a Bear.

What blows my mind is that Detroit always looks good on paper. In my opinion, it seems that they do have great players. They just dont, not that they can't, get a lot of wins. They are one of my underdog teams. They have great fans. Hopefully they will have a winning season soon!

If Barry were playing today he would rush for 1000 catch 100+ balls for over a 1000. He would be setting all kinds of crazy records. Especially if he played for even a decent team

IM PRETTY SURE I WAS AT THAT GAME 🏈 🎯🎮 It was always cool walking on that Bridge to The Pontiac Silverdome... Auburn Hills was always a good venue, as well. I remember A. Houston dropping monster numbers in NYC. It's like the State of Michigan never gets enough time with their superstars. Even Primetime Football wasn't as long lived as I had hoped, being a console gamer.

Goat

I love how the punts are filmed

6:01, 11:06 Wow 😲

So many memories of John Madden and the Turducken

Barry GOAT Sanders!

04:38-04:40...legend.

Barry got the turkey during the game and after.

Barry freaking Sanders 🤦🏻‍♂️