The Weirdest Super Bowl QB Matchup! (Colts vs. Bears, Super Bowl 41) 

Watching REX GROSSMAN lift the Lombardi Trophy…i don’t think peyton ever would have recovered from that

Devin Hester kickoff return was iconic.

Ironic that Indianapolis, a dome team, won their SB in less than perfect weather

Devin Hester got this one started with a bang, but Rex Grossman really let us bears fans down with his terrible performance

After 21 years at CBS Sports, this was Jim Nantz’s first Super Bowl play by play. His first play 0:18 Now, after 38 years at CBS Sports, this Sunday will be Jim’s 7th Super Bowl call.

"gets past the first wave, and here he goes, it's hester, inside the 30, hester's gonna take it all way the for a TOUCHDOWN !!!! NO FLAG AND 92 YARDS !!!" Best play call by Jim Nantz ❤❤❤

Even the NFl doesn’t know how Rex Grossman made a Super Bowl

Rex Grossman to Chicago is like Neil O’Donnell to Pittsburgh

A memorable Super Bowl for so many reasons-- Hester's iconic kickoff TD, my Colts won and Peyton got his first ring, first time in a Super Bowl that two black head coaches went at it, and Prince performed Purple Rain IN the rain. All kinds of awesome.

"get rex grossman in the groove a little bit, he should play better now" throws another pick next play

Bears had to deal with the rain and Rex grosman the worst combination.

Rex was a perfect example of a crappy qb but a elite defense

Bears maybe could have won this SB if they had at least Jay Cutler as QB, because Rex Grossman was a$$ but got carried by the Bears defense and running game

Devin Hester return will never get old

I remember watching this game as a kid thinking after the Hester TD and the Harris INT that "Chicago's got this! We're going to win the Super Bowl!" ... And then Rex Grossman reminded us he existed.

That Bob Sanders forced fumble was picture perfect.

5:02 Say what you want about Rex Grossman, but at least he dives for a fumble in the Super Bowl!

Not to discredit Peyton’s effort. But, real MVPs were colts offensive lines. They just rag dolled and manhandled Bears front all game long.

I remember before this game as a colts fan I was so nervous because it’s the Super Bowl. And my buddy from school kept informing me that we were gonna win and I asked him “how do you know?” And I’ll never forget him saying “you really think Rex Grossman is going to out duel Peyton manning?? And do you really think that defense is gonna be able to hang with that colts offense?” And I just sat there and said “…point taken” 😂

If the Bears had a better QB I believe they would have won this Superbowl because that defense was legit.

3:57 Thomas Jones stringing those cuts together 🔥

Why in the world was Chicago passing on 1st Down almost every time... Thomas Jones was your guy and your identity, but they went away from it and it cost them. Even when the Bears were down 22-17 they still coulda ran the ball heavy especially in the rain but they just... didn't

My favorite line leading up to this game…Tony Dunghy “We should play this one in Fort Wayne”. These are my two teams (I lean to the Bears because Indy didn’t have a team until I was 19) and I live in Fort Wayne. I loved that Peyton got us one in Indiana but it was a bitter pill against my beloved Bears.

Grossman didn’t consider wearing a glove after he fumbled the first he had to do it again

Dilfer vs. Collins. And it’s not close

First Super Bowl I ever watched my dad told me I’d never see a Super Bowl start like that ever again

My first thought when this game started was, Naturally it has to rain for Peyton’s first Super Bowl. Then when I saw Hester’s return for a touchdown, I thought , omg , it’s never going to happen 😂. Everything seemed to line up perfectly for Montana and Brady, and nothing came easy for Peyton. From the opening kick return for a touchdown, to the Saints recovering the onside kick to start the second half, to the opening snap going over his head vs the Seahawks. Has any top quarterback had to endure as many crazy plays/ situations in Super Bowls??

It should also be called 'The Rainy Bowl.' Good game though.

Prince Half Time Show

Comments keep talking about the Bears defense, but all I see is the Colts O-line mauling them.

This is why Hester is in the hall of fame. Biggest stage possible

Watching this after Super Bowl 58 thinking how nice it is not to hear a color commentator going "OOOHHHHHHH JIIIIIIIMMMMM!!!! LOOK JIIIIIMMMM OOOHHHHH!!!!!" every 10 seconds

The rain really wreaked havoc on this game. That's what I remember most about this Super Bowl.

The Bears had so many opportunities at the beginning of the game to really run away and put the game away early but they failed to capitalize on which kept the Colts in the game. I'll never forget watching this game as a kid and going absolutely nuts when Hester ran back the opening kickoff. It's a shame cause this Bears team really was a great team to watch, just needed a better QB and they would have probably won it.

Rhodes had himself a game!

Imagine your team has Super Bowl aspirations and your GM picks the 2nd RB in the draft with the 4th ovr pick. 2005 was so quaint and we didn't even know it. 🤣

First Super Bowl I ever watched.

Grossman cost the Bears the Super Bowl but with that being said my man Peyton manning deserve that super bowl win.

I Was Happy To See Peyton Manning get his 1st SuperBowl Ring and seeing the Bears Lose as an Packers Fan

Im Brazilian 🇧🇷🇧🇷 and that was the first Super Bowl ever I was watching and the very first play was that unforgettable return. In that moment I said "I didn't choose my team Hester did it for me". I hope he gets in the HOF this year what he did will never be done again! Even tho we lost that game Im still a die hard Bears fan 🐻⬇️

IT’S HESTER!

This matchup certainly was weird, 3 years later, we got an even better one.

Yes! Thank you for the upload! Even though my Bears lost its great to see Devin Hester again!

4:25 As a Bears fan I thought we won at that point. Colts had shown NOTHING on offense except turnovers and a blown coverage TD, and Rex was moving the ball. 😊😭

So you celebrate Devin Hester’s HOF induction by showing a game he lost out of all the iconic games he’s had.

Didn’t remember all these turnovers in first few minutes lol Side note: Bob sanders was tht dude 🤙🏾

This game is remeberes for the kickoff return and Prince halftime show. Not much to say about the game, like Superbowl 40 the year before. Its weird if you talk to Manning, he probbaly wouldnt say either of bis SB victories were hos most memorable moments, just because how much control his team had in them.

That kickoff return will forever be legendary 💙

Thanks NFL Throwback for these mini SB videos. The title I'm not sure I understand. My choice would have been 'Peyton's Singing in the Rain'.

Script foreshadowing for Sunday

Manning had to overcome the top 3 defenses in the league to get this Super Bowl. The Ravens (On the road), Patriots (Coming back from 21-3) and Bears (Playing in the rain and already down a TD thanks to Hester)

If it ever rains in the SB nowadays there would be a fleet of helicopters placing a shatterproof dome around the stadium

Hester returning the opening kick is legit the only play of this game that I remember. The pain of losing a winnable game is the only part I remember 17 years later.

Rex Grossman lmao 🤣

5:10 Rex Grossman diving for the fumble reminded me of cam newton not diving lol

Devin Hester’s 92-yard kickoff return for a touchdown is amazing.

I turned it off after the Hester return … all I was here for lol

I missed much of this game because of work. 1. Didn't realize how much it was raining 2. Which in turn led to so many fumbles 3. Chicago scored most their points in the 1st qt 💀

Your RU-vid Channel Is My Favorite NFL Throwback

I completely forgot that it was raining for this superbowl. I was just telling a coworker how Supperbowls always being in domes or in good wrather were annoying because weather is a part of the game.

This was the first Super Bowl I remember watching when I was 8 years old and as a colts fan it’s sad it’s all been down hill since then

As a Bears fan, I knew we had it won when Hester returned the kickoff for a TD…then Grossman took the field and I was snapped back to reality.

That game was won by Indy's Offensive Line. Period. As a Bears fan I was crushed but I never saw a better performance in my life as I did from the Colts O Line that night and it made all the difference.

Who's here after Devin Hester made it to the Hall of Fame? Congrats Devin Hester!!

4:59 Cam needed to take a look at this

I remember watching this game at a Superbowl party while still in highschool and being one of only two people there wanting the Colts to win. Devin Hester made that beginning part of the night pure hell with my ears ringing from the gloating around me, such a satisfying conclusion however with the only sound in the room coming from me.

And now Devin Hester is finally going to the Hall of Fame!!!

Urlacher and Hester both 100% deserved a ring. The problem is that their best shot at it was left in the hands of Rex Grossman.

That bears defense was underrated that year imo

Whatever the dude's name vs Elway and the Broncos in the sb was pretty random to me

If only this had been a "Good Rex" game.

People wanna blame Rex but if mike brown and tank Johnson play and they didn’t play in the pouring rain I think this Super Bowl is a different story. Nobody could hold on to the ball.

Both the CFB National Title game and the Super Bowl opened with KO return TDs in the 2006 season. Both teams that scored on those kicks lost.

I’ll never forget this Super Bowl as a kid i remember I was watching this in middle school as a die hard colts fan and right before it started school got called off for snow day the next day and the colts won the game. Best Super Bowl of my life

Bears gave this game away. Why did they have Grossman passing on 1st down with 11:47 left in the fouth when they have Thomas Jones is beyond me. They were only down 5 points. Fumbles didn't help either.

The flashing of cameras throughout the stands is something I really miss

That opening run is insane

One of the most boring superbowls this century

Letting the Super Bowl be played, in the modern era, in these conditions was criminal. Absolute mess

When I look back this game there were so many chances the Bears had to when this game, but it’s the QB that really makes a difference

Rex freakin Grossman. What a wild Super Bowl lol. Love the Dorktown recap of it.

At least we get an amazing matchup this year as opposed to 17 years ago. I'm ready to blare my favorite video game song in 3 days.

I had the bears d/special teams on my fantasy that year and it was literally my best player

It's a toss up between Rex Grossman and David Woodley for worst SB QBs of all time. At least this game has the iconic Devin Hester return.

This is why outdoor super bowls are very rare now.

man, that tampa 2 did its job and forced a ton underneath but manning diced them up and the colts RBs broke so many tackles

Yea it looked like Rex blew that game . Those turnovers by Cedric Benson , and the special teams didn’t help as well . The defense play well enough to win that game . They held a young MVP level Peyton Manning in check . They should’ve cashed in on that opportunity. I didn’t see the game because I had to work that day , but from the clips I have seen, that was the bears game to win . Rex didn’t help .

It wasn't a weird QB matchup. It was just clearly one-sided. Rex Grossman was not even a Superbowl caliber Quarterback. Peyton Manning carried his team and was going to be a franchise Quarterback. He was young back then and he was hungry. I'm a Bears fan and the only blossom of this game was........Devin Hester in the beginning and our legit defense.

Man what a huge play by bob sanders to cause that fumble, could have gotten dicey if bears made it 21-6

This is literally the game that made me fall in love with football

As a Bears I can't watch pass the kick off 😢😢

You did this because of hester getting in the HOF, didn't you

Collins vs grossman vs dilfer triple threat match for worst sb qb😂

So glad Hester and Freeney are getting the gold jackets.

Always have thought if the Bears had Mike Brown available (the brains in the defensive backfield) and Tommie Harris available (their best defensive lineman) they would have won the Super Bowl. Especially Harris. With him the Bears allowed 12.5 points per game. Without him doubled to 24.6 points per game

It's nice to see someone score a touchdown without them doing stupid excessive TD celebrations and dances.

Love Smith did a lot of great things as head coach for the Bears and deserves credit for leading them to the Super Bowl. But not pulling Rex Grossman, who was horrible all game, and replacing him with either Brian Griese or Kyle Orton was his biggest mistake during his tenure at Chicago.

Crazy fact : if Brady and the patriots hold the colts from making a comeback in the afc championship it would’ve been patriots vs bears instead lol

I remember it rained practically the entire game.

The first season I got into football was Kyle Orton's rookie season, the Bears have made horrible decisions since I was a wee lad. I remember being confused as to why they put Grossman back in against Carolina when Orton got us to the playoffs. Then the next season was this superbowl season and I'm still convinced they would've won if they'd have stuck with Orton. Dude never put up numbers, but that was an era where you could win with a Trent Dilfer, Kyle Orton wasn't a turn over machine. The Bears went to the superbowl with a 30 turnover QB, they should get a ring just for that. Then in the superbowl Grossman did what he does best and turned the ball over 3 times with a fumble, a pick, and another pick six. I've never seen an NFL QB fumble more snaps than Rex Grossman, the most basic of basic things were difficult, I've seen QBs fumble snaps maybe once or twice over their careers and Grossman seemed to do it multiple times a year over his few years as a Bear. The Bears would've been better off handing the ball to Thomas Jones 53 times rather than letting Grossman have the ball in his hands at any point.