Epic Showdown in the Capitol City! (Bears vs. Redskins, 1984 NFC Divisional)) 

I love watching these old games from the 70's & 80's. After watching these, you watch today's NFL and it's like a completely different game.

The tough running by Walter Payton never gets old.

Joe Theismann and Warren Moon. Two college greats that the NFL overlooked and let the CFL groom them. Man, there was a awful lot of NFL greats on the field with this one. Thanks for the load.

I have so much respect for John Riggins. Can't think of many RBs who gained more tough yards (i.e., between the tackles) in their careers. The guy scored 128 touchdowns in the regular season and playoffs and never spiked the ball after any of them. Never bitched, never moaned, never talked smack (at least openly). Just went back to the huddle then lined up for the next play. That's what I call a man's man. #HOF

12:25 Darrell Green covering Willie Gault. 2 of the fastest players in NFL history to this day.

Despite the disappointing home playoff loss, this was one of my favorite years as a Redskins fan. They started 0-2 after playing their first two games against the two eventual Super Bowl contestants, the Dolphins and 49ers. Because of this they spent the rest of the year scrapping and fighting to stay in the playoff race. They suffered many injuries over the course of the season, but a career year from Art Monk and a timely defense kept them competitive. Entering the last two games of the year they had to come out on top both in Dallas and at home against St Louis to win the division. In Dallas in week 15 they had to overcome a 15 point halftime deficit and score late in the 4th to win by just 2 points. On the last day of the regular season they faced the Cardinals in a game that would determine the division champion. Art Monk came up big, scoring two touchdowns, gaining 136 yards, and breaking the record for catches in a season along the way. His last catch of the day was on 3rd and 18. He gained 19 and set up the game winning field goal from Moseley. Maybe they just didn't have enough left to take down this tough Bears team after all of that. Their usually great offensive line was held together by duct tape due to injuries, and it shows here. This was one of the great rivalries in the league from '84 to '91.

That hit on Joe Washington was brutal

Wow! Now that was football!

Holy cow, looking at the Bears defense play in '84 you could easily see what was coming for the 1985 Season. If only McMahon was healthy in '84 that NFC Champ game would've been one for the ages !

Say what you will about the 85 bears, THIS was when we as bears fans realizes how good we were. No one expected us to win this game. Ditka knew.

Payton, the best there ever was, the best there ever will be. Total energy E=mc^2. The total package. He'll lay down a block with as much enthusiasm as running with the ball. The goosesteps are the exclamation of confidence, scoping and anticipating the defensive players reactions and then exploding in acceleration accompanied by a 2×4 stiff arm. I'm glad I got to see Sweetness.

The Redskins’ only playoff loss at RFK Stadium.

8:42 That's how you celebrate a touchdown. Flip the ball to the official and walk off the field like a total badass.

Imagine how many roughing the passer calls there would be

Mike Singletary #50 of the Chicago Bears Career Accomplishments Chicago Bears (1981-1992) 10x Pro Bowl selection 8x All Pro selection 51 passes defended 7 interceptions 12 fumble recoveries 1,488 tackles (885 solo) 7 touchdowns Missed 2 games 1981 All Rookie Team 1980's All Decade Team 1985 Defensive Player of the Year 1988 Defensive Player of the Year 1985 Super Bowl Champion 1989 Byron “Whizzer” White Man of the Year Award 1990 NFL Man of the Year Award 1991 Bart Starr Award Hall of Fame selection

Richard Dent was incredible.

It's so interesting how the '85 Bears are revered in history but the defenses that sandwiched them are often forgotten. The '84 Bears still have the record for most sacks by a defense in a single season with 72 (!!!) and allowed fewer yards. And the '86 Bears actually allowed fewer yards and points than the '85 Bears, but were let down by their offense in the playoffs.

Theismann should be a HOF’er. The dude was a league MVP and took his team to back to back Super Bowls, winning one of them. Better stats than Joe Namath and more accomplishments, too.

Great little rivalry these two teams had in this era. Bears fan here and while I loved seeing them win here, the divisional losses in 86 and 87 to the skins still hurt to think about. Those teams were just as good as 85. If only McMahon wasn’t injured so often. The Bears win/loss record when he actually played was insane. Consistently having to start backups like Fuller, Tomczak and even Flutie for that 86 playoff game wasn’t ideal, even with the best running back and defense of all time.

I remember this game - Payton what a legend

Love to see these old games/highlights. Especially this one. Talk about two Mack trucks running into each other on the interstate. And Walter Payton... won't ever see a guy like him again. The Bears may not have hit their potential in the 1980s, but it was still a fun ride, and the rivalries are something you won't forget. Thanks so much for posting this.

This game was a stunner; However, we would repay the Bears with 2 consecutive defeats in the divisional playoffs in Chicago: '86 and '87

both Redskin fumbles would have been called incomplete passes today

We didn’t have much luck vs the Redskins in the late 80s but this was a gritty win on the road.

Thanks for continuing to do these. The visual and sound quality of these cutup highlights is superb, and it makes the viewing experience a lot better compared to other sources online :D

Awesome! Thanks! Lifelong Bear fan and grew up watching Sweetness. Forever the best. And, to be fair, I didn't realize what a cannon of an arm Theismann had!

Sweetness 🔥

2:54 So Joe Gibbs *WAS* lying when he said that he never used the Shotgun formation in his career prior to his return to coaching in the mid-2000s.....

Bears fan here but I did have a great admiration for the Redskins' John Riggins. Just behind Payton in moves but he was a fine athlete all around.

This was the season I started to become a Chicago Bears fan and still ✊🏾🐻⬇️

What a hit by Todd Bell at 3:02 Great throw by Walter Payton at 5:27

I love Joe Theismann!

Does ANYBODY have the 1985 New York Giants @ Chicago Bears divisional playoff game? I can't find THAT game anywhere. I loved that game.

This would be the only playoff game the Redskins would lose at RFK Stadium (11-1 postseason record)

This is the hardest hitting game Ive ever seen. Watched this game when I was 9 with my dad. First game I Remember.

NFL games aren't even close to being this entertaining....the game has changed so much that it's unrecognizable today.

It is so fun to watch Walter Payton run.

You know it's a crazy beginning when the show the opening kickoff in the highlights

Walter Payton could throw a pretty good pass too as well as being possibly the greatest runner ever to play the game. He would've been a ridiculously good triple threat QB on occasion

NFL Football in the 1980s was when real men played no complaining to the refs, you got hit hard plus

I believe that was Frank Glieber doing play-by-play, isn’t it?

This was one of the toughest hard hitting games from the Redskins glory days. When it was done you knew the Bears were special.

This was the beginning of the Bears Winning Window Years! Before this matchup, they hadn’t won a playoff game in 21 years dating back to 1963. The 85 Bears were like the ‘83 Philadelphia 76ers! Walter Payton was Dr J who added flash to the game. The Bears should’ve won two or three more Superbowls in the mid-80s (possibly a three peat) if it wasn’t for Mike Ditka’s ego. I always thought Ditka was overrated coach because the Bears team and the defense was shadow under Buddy Ryan, respectively.

Awesome Two great Defenses

You have to get this whole game it was a great game.

Back when the bears and redskins were very good teams

When Igor + friends went in 94 2 see Dead at RFK, hopped fence & 1st spot went to was about 30yd line 2 recreate Todd Bell/Joe Washington. Favorite hit of Bears youth

I wish you can do a reverse kickoff on Madden.

Great upload

How hard these guys played was awesome!!

"Washington is really clobbered!" I had to re-watch that a few times.

The defenses in the game were outstanding

Mark moseley only kicker to win mvp

Then next week, Bears get shut out by the 49ers.

out of all the great defenses the bears teams of the 1980's had both ditka and ryan said the 1984 bears defense was the best of them all. 1984 bears still hold nfl record for sacks in a season at 72! good to see games like this .. real football not the 2 hand touch we see in todays nfl.

I don't know how far this 84 Bears team will go but they might be pretty good in 85.

The Redskins Special Teams coach (Forget his name) was probably the greatest Special Teams coach of all time. He pulled off something similar the previous year in the NFC Championship against the 49ers that went for a touchdown, but it was called back due to a penalty.

What a great game. I was there with my dad

WALTER Payton was a beast when he runs RIP RUNNING IN HEAVEN NOW LOVE ❤️ WALTER

The game after this the Redskins got dominated by the Bears, but in 86 and 87 the Redskins beat the Bears in the playoffs. They figured out how to beat the Bears blitz and sadly Jim McMahon was never ever healthy. The Redskins would also win in 90 and 91 while the Bears would only win in 88. The Redskins would capture another 2 Super Bowls.

I remember this game kept waiting for the bears to choke. I could believe they won. First playoff vic in 21 years!!!

Joe Gibbs would return the favor twice to the Bears in Chicago the next few seasons and go on to be a legendary coach... booking 2 more Super Bowl wins.

I remember watching this game in a pool hall. Some poor guy had a nickel on Washington (if memory serves, he was laying 9 or 10 points) and he was pretty much dead by the early 3rd quarter, and while that was going on, he was in a straight pool money match and had to watch his opponent make around 80 balls in a row to beat him out of another few hundred. He then tried to get even betting the Broncos with Elway at home in the late playoff game laying 4 against visiting Pittsburgh and had to see Mark Malone (remember him?) and the Steelers rally and upset the Broncos outright. I'm sure he was a ray of sunshine by the time he finally made it home to his wife that night.

3:02 Every Bear fan remembers this hit. Todd Bell nearly be heading Joe Washington. Completely changed the course of this game.

This is FOOTBALL!!!

Walter Payton could have been an excellent QB.

I was this game as a kid at RFK this was Joe Gibbs only home lost in the playoffs in his career it was great to see my favorite running back in my lifetime the late great Sweetness Walter Payton

incredible game.those guys just fought and fought. Not Thesiemann or Fuller once phoned it in.

Future WFT head coach on winning side in this game.

I was 9 years old and a Redskins fanatic when this game was played. They were so dominant the previous two seasons that it seemed impossible that they could lose this game. I still remember bawling when it was over. Still hate the Bears and 49ers to this day. Hail to the Redskins!

Damn! They were hitting hard back than!

Walter Payton played like a 24 yrs old man! Hard to believe he was 30 in this game! He was truly inconquerable & special!

Great old game

The Bears knocked the Redskins out of the 84 playoffs. The Redskins knocked the Bears out of the 86 and 87 playoffs.

2:55 WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ONE OF THE HARDEST HITS I’VE EVER SEEN !!!! #MAKEFOOTBALLGREATAGAIN

great game

That Pass to guns more was crazy 🔥

Chicago Bears-🏈 NFC Central (1970-2001) NFC North (2002-present) Washington Redskins-🏈 NFC East (1970-present)

As great as '85 was, this is my all-time favorite Bears game. At the end when the Bears D should have been too tired, they went the other way and dialed it up.

That bears D- Line is relentless 😯

joe theisman, is my favorite qb (i’m a redskins fan) We had great qbs and a great coach i mean we had Record breaker wrs, Art monk Etc Before y’all say JERrY RiCe HolDs thE rEcord Before art monk was the record holder.

LOVE the violence, and how the refs let players CRIPPLE each other!

I miss those games, today is a video game.

The last playoff game for Joe Theismann. He would suffer that compound fracture of his leg on MNF the following season that would prematurely end his career.

These 2 teams would face each other in '84, '86, and 'the '87 playoffs and all 3 times the road team pulled the upset.

have you ever seen a reverse to a #51 on a kickoff before?

3:02 Bone crunching ☠☠☠ That's that encephalopathy.

So fresh to see the actual video in its original format. Too many people, pretty much everyone, stretches the screen and it looks lame.

2 of the goat running backs.

Daaa Bears💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 , we lost in San Francisco but then we wept those Niners next season 1985 and we all know the Shuffle , our 9th NFL Championship and yup the last one too. Its about time Bears lets go and get that 10th sooonnnn mtfks🙏

Redskins and Bears would square off in the divisional round of the playoffs 3x between 1984-87. Both teams would start 3 different QBs: 1984 - Bears @ Redskins: Steve Fuller vs. Joe Theismann. The road team won 23-19. Redskins K: Mark Moseley; Redskins Leading Rusher: John Riggins 1986 - Redskins @ Bears: Jay Schroeder vs. Doug Flutie. The road team won 27-13. Redskins K: Jess Atkinson; Redskins Leading Rusher: George Rogers 1987 - Redskins @ Bears: Doug Williams vs. Jim McMahon. The road team won 21-17. Redskins K: Chip Lohmiller; Redskins Leading Rusher: Timmy Smith Fun Fact: Mike Richardson had the Bears only interceptions in each of these games. He had 1 interception in each game.

Rip Todd Bell

The Bears' first postseason win since the 1963 NFL Championship game.

Clint Diddier was ahead of his time. He was a really good pass catching tight end for washington.

I remember this game when I was a teenager and can see why my Redskins lost...the officials really needed some good glasses some really horrible calls but oh well got even with them in 86 and 87 both at soilder field HTTR!!

I might be confusing this game with another but didn't Theismann take a hit(s) which lacerated his spleen in this game? I vaguely recall this game being summarized as brutal for him.

One reason the Bears only had one gr8 season, McMahon couldn't stay healthy.

Washington is almost back to playoff football

You Have Been Forgiven My Football Friend!

My first Bears away game and we won!