I saw them play the Dolphins, a little later that season, on a Monday night down in the Orange Bowl. Had a little trouble with Marino and his quick release; its too bad they didn't meet again that year in super bowl. Their defense I agree was awesome
This is the most lopsided game of the last 50 years. There have been countless bigger point differentials but you never see a backfield get swarmed on every down like this. The QB takes the snap and the offense simply collapses in on itself. It's a thing of beauty, pure Hellenic perfection, right up there with Secretariat at Belmont. It's beyond rooting interest of Bears and Cowboys, it's about good and evil, the higher reaches of mankind versus the ordinary and mediocre. This game should be in the Smithsonian. I only wish AI will be able to restore this in 4k one day.
Wow that D for Da Bears was awesome! Great game. Shutout of the Cowboys, forced 5 turnovers, 4 ints , 7 sacks and scored 14 pts on D. Great game and great season
I was in the 7th grade and I was so disappointed I wrote an essay the next day in school about how bad that game was for a creative writing assignment.
This was the nail in the coffin for the Landry era Cowboys. It was all down hill from this point until Jerry bought the Cowboys. This was embarrassing even though the Bears had one of the greatest defenses of all time.
The 85 Cowboys were really only the 3rd best team in the NFC East, but some lucky bounces got them the division title. It was games like this that foreshadowed what was to come. This is still the worst beating I've ever seen them take.
I was there to. My first time at a Dallas game. Worst part of the loss was seeing Landry and his protege Ditka greeting each other at the end of the game. Sad, really sad.
I remember the ABSOLUTE HORROR I FELT while watching this game back when I was 15yrs old... I LITERALLY CRIED, YELLED AND THREW RANDOM THINGS AROUND THE LIVING ROOM AND AT OUR T.V. during this unprecedented MASSACRE OF MY *COWBOYS*!!! Several times during the beatdown, when it became TOO MUCH FOR ME TO BARE, I'd turn the t.v. off for a few minutes...only to turn it back on and see that the Bears had scored, or were in fact SCORING AGAIN AT THAT VERY MOMENT... It was a game I could not, and did not finish, as my mother heard my shreiks, screams and top- of- my- lungs- profanity...as well as her witnessing a plastic cup being "fast-balled" at the television from close range. My mother yelling over me: "THATS IT!! TURN IT OFF!! YOURE DONE!!!" I vividly remember that being fine by me. I couldnt take any more of the carnage. Being a life-long, die-hard, *COWBOYS* FREAK to this day, that Bears game in 1985 goes down as one of THE 3 WORST *COWBOYS* MEMORIES of my young life (the other 2 being the previous losses in the NFC Championship games to Washington in 82, and COMING IN AT #1 "the catch" vs San Francisco in 81. Losing to Philly in 80 hurt, too!!) I was so traumatized by this annihilation at Texas stadium way back then that I honestly could not bring myself to re-live it again until rather recently...and, now that I've faced it, I need never look upon it again...
you must be my twin brother from another mother because you just put my teenage football life into words. the pain was real...... and it hasn't left....
This was a beatdown of major proportion... a pummeling longtime coming..I saw the game when I was very young...always remember and never forget: no team dominates another forever, payback is a b**ch...Dallas dominated the Bears for years and suddenly the tables were turned. It was inevitable.
Best ever? That's a matter of opinion but they can be ranked among the best for sure. The offense however wasn't great. Overall the Bears don't stack up well vs the best teams ever because of the offense. Also a factor is in 84 & 85 the USFL was taking players, future NFL hall of fame players, and that impacted every team in the NFL. In 1986, post USFL, every NFL team gained starters and/or depth. The 49ers & Bears both went 15-1 in their respective super bowl runs in 84 & 85. The league changed in 1986 after the USFL folded. The 49ers did continue to build obviously but the Bears had some departures.
6:24 "White back to throw ... under pressure ... he has nothing ... lucky to stay alive!" - Pat Summerall on Danny White. I remember watching this game. It was a great year to be a Bears fan! As a former assistant coach for the Cowboys, and someone who had a lot of respect for Tom Landry, Mike Ditka later said he felt bad about the 44-0 score.
As a lifelong Bears fan, this was the most satisfying game of the year for me. After suffering through mediocrity, while constantly hearing about “America’s Team”, nothing was sweeter in this amazing year.
Of all the games I remember watching my Cowboys win, (which was rare in the mid to late 80's) I remember watching this butt kicking they got from the eventual SB Champs just as much. I sort of wish I didn't remember but I sadly do.
This was Mike Ditka whooping up on the Cowboys who had given him a home when George Halas had let him go. He was Tom Landry's TE in their first Super Bowl victory and his Assistant Head Coach in many more.
I remember watching this and thinking that in a season of making statements, the Bears really made one here. I think its the worse Cowboy loss ever, and certainly the worst in Texas Stadium. You wouldn't know it from watching this, but Dallas won the NFC East that year. Landry's last division title.
I knew Detroit RB Wilbert Montgomery and asked him once was there anyone he FEARED in his playing career? He thought for a moment and said " I don't know if I FEARED anyone but I certainly went out of my way to know where Wilbur Marshall was at all times because if a play was called to his side of the field? You just prayed someone would get to you before he did".... Now THAT'S a legacy!!
@@zacchaeuswilson6116 my point is you laughed at the cowboys getting dominated and I replied chances are that bears team dominated your team also. Without even knowing who your team was and now that you said it was Washington I looked it up and I was right. They got curb stomped 45-10. Not much better than 44-0.
85 Bears defense was 🐐. I don't wanna hear that Bull s!@# about the Ravens in the 2000's. They not in the Bears class. sacks, games shut outs, points allowed and yards . 🐐
I grew up a Redskins fan and one of my closest friends was (sorry for being redundant here... but) an obnoxious cowpies fan. I had to hear about that 45-10 loss at Soldier Field (a game where McMahon started--not Fuller like in this ass-whippin') until this game.
No one comes close to sweetness. I lost interest in the NFL after he retired. And lost all respect for McMahon and Ditka after the 85 Superbowl not allowing Payton to run in the touchdown instead of perry. After a whole career with the bears shame on them. God bless WALTER PAYTON
The Cowboys first loss against the Bears since 1971 when it was their last loss of that season on their way to their first SB title in franchise history.
I believe in that Soldier Field game, Dallas outgained the Bears huge (480-200) but had 7 turnovers to hand the game over, but I could be conflating it with another weird Cowboy setback.
This was the game when we all realized the Bears were for REAL in Chicago. They went into Dallas and just destroyed them. I remember when Otis Wilson was barking on the sidelines.... None of us in Chicago could believe this at the time. I'gotta say this too...... Walter Payton looks like he could dominate TODAY! I forgot how good he was. and this was late in his career.
Love these kinds of throwback videos of the Bears ... on a side note, there were definitely some hits on each teams QB that today would have netted a few roughing the passer penalties. I understand the need to protect players and some of the changes pertaining to that. But let's face it, today's best NFL teams would likely get their asses dominated by that eras worst teams
I went to a Cowboy watching party and the promo was the house bought everyone a drink each time the Cowboys scored however by halftime they changed it to every time the Bears scored the house bought the drinks.
I can see where someone might assume that but to us old Bear fans, Suhey and Payton was one of the best backfield combos in the league for a long time. Suhey's job was basically to block but showed a lot of power when he carried the ball, and even made some great receptions out of the backfield. I was lucky enough to meet him on the golf course years later and found him to be a very nice and approachable guy.
I headed to Great Lakes, 3 days after this beating. Right before Christmas, the USO put on a show for us, it featured the Bears cheerleaders. One of those girls could seriously play the drums. One of those things I'll never forget.
Suprised that no other team used the moving pocket and 4 WRs like Miami did when they handed the Bears that 38-24 defeat in Miami earlier that year. It neutraluzed that Bear pass rush and exposed the Bears defensive backs lack of man-to-man coverage speed.
me in the Chicago tv viewing area; then I worked with a guy (in a 3rd city) who was from Detroit - he had a diferent view of who was best. I saw Sayers while in high-school & J Brown. ?AD?
Late in the game, Ditka wanted to go easy on the Cowboys, but Buddy Ryan hated Ditka, so he had his Defense turn up the heat on the 'boys even more even though it was already a blowout.
Anytime you shut out both teams in the playoffs, and they both had Hall of Fame quarterbacks, running backs, and receivers, that's some serious defense. Just saying.
What a nice post! Fuller played well and the defense was...well...da DEFENSE, wow! This '85 team was designed to win 3 straight super bowls and then the shit hit the fan.
I remember my older brother watching this game. As an eight year old I thought the Cowboys were the "California Bulls" of the NFL. It was sad watching Chicago destroy Dallas but now that I understand the sport, this brings a smile to my face.
Fall 1985 I was in college. I was a Sports Illustrated subscriber. I remember reading the headline of the issue after the game 44-0 The Bears annihilated The Cowboys
The craziest thing about this day is that I was hoping to watch this game, and good thing it didn't air. It was switched to Tampa Bay/NY Jets as they had a technical glitch, and the Jets won...62-28!! Good thing they switched in my area.
I was born in 1985...Now I know were i get my attitude from! Respect the Bears! Best Defense of all time! 1985 Bears, 2002 Bucs, 2000 Ravens!!! Burn in Hell dallas!!! Y so serious 🃏😈🥃
I absolutely loved American Football in the 80s and 90s. The uniforms also looked so much better than todays. Chicago was absolutely amazing this season. They just beat the living daylights out of everyone except Miami who played the game of their lives to beat them. Steve 👍
I was 12 and a diehard Bears fan when this game was played. I had seen the Cowboys beat the Bears time and time again and, as a result, the Cowboys had become my least favorite team. At the time, this game was the greatest thing to happen in my life. I would love to see them return to this form.
I remember that... It the time, you would see them doing San Francisco, NY Giants, and Washington Redskins. For many years, the better part of a decade, the NFC Central was an also-ran. That would change with the Bears winning the NFC Central in '84 then for so many years thereafter. This is when the Bears became really known nationally, and accordingly, getting the Summerall/Madden team. Then after a couple wins by the Lions and Vikings, coupled with Tampa leaving, the Pack would effectively tske over the North...still to this day.
As a Bears fan I was kind of worried about this game. Playing at Dallas without McMahon. Dallas was a very good outfit that year. The Bears made them look almost like an expansion team. The Bears were playing great that season up to that point. But wow.
I was too young to see the Cowboys MNF loss to the Cardinals in 1970, so this was the first time I ever saw them shutout. Saw the pathetic 3 point losses to the Giants (1972), Steelers (1979) and Skins (1972 NFC Title Game), depressing all, but not this degree of devastation.
Otis Wilson has one of the all-time games for an NFL Linebacker. Numerous tackles & knocks the Dallas QB out of the game three times. Danny White takes the kind of beating NFL rules don't allow anymore & ends the game being taking off the field in a cart.
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Love the sound of 80s football with Pat Summerall and John Madden
Agreed, they were a great team.
Way better then crap we get Troy & Joe
John would say boom a lot not that day because it was a poop fest
@@brianrhodes1987 Those guys are Prejudiced and have their favorites not Pat and John they called it straight!
Yeah long John Madden he say boom , tackle went BOOM. As for barrs they wiped their butts on cowpokes
I was living in Chicago in 1985, but until now, never fully realized how awesome this defense was.
I saw them play the Dolphins, a little later that season, on a Monday night down in the Orange Bowl. Had a little trouble with Marino and his quick release; its too bad they didn't meet again that year in super bowl. Their defense I agree was awesome
You didn’t have tv🤔
I'm glad these old Bear clips are still around. Only time I get to see the Bears win convincingly.
This is the most lopsided game of the last 50 years. There have been countless bigger point differentials but you never see a backfield get swarmed on every down like this. The QB takes the snap and the offense simply collapses in on itself. It's a thing of beauty, pure Hellenic perfection, right up there with Secretariat at Belmont. It's beyond rooting interest of Bears and Cowboys, it's about good and evil, the higher reaches of mankind versus the ordinary and mediocre. This game should be in the Smithsonian. I only wish AI will be able to restore this in 4k one day.
@@guyincognito320well said
Well, here it is three years later and not much (If any at all) has improved.
I was 11 years old when the Bears won the SB. Great memories. It’s nice looking back when defense was actually played in the NFL.
I was the same age and remember Big Macs were 99 cents because the Bears won!!
Put any modern day defense against any offense from 1985 and they would get shut out
Wow that D for Da Bears was awesome! Great game. Shutout of the Cowboys, forced 5 turnovers, 4 ints , 7 sacks and scored 14 pts on D. Great game and great season
I remember this team like yesterday and I was only 11 when we won the Super Bowl that team was special. R.I.P to those no longer with us!!
As a 22 y/o, at the time, & a Cowboys fan, I had NEVER seen them so DOMINATED like that! 🏈
Nobody had
I was in the 7th grade and I was so disappointed I wrote an essay the next day in school about how bad that game was for a creative writing assignment.
They put on a football CLINIC against grown professional men!
@prh7361 to 13! Bears Goosed egg d them! Zilch! Nada! Oooo0000
@prh7361 It's happened to every team before, including the ViQueens. Just this past year, in fact...by Dallas. What goes around comes around.
Singletary, Marshall, and Wilson were unbelievable!!!
Monster of the midway perry to fridge add Brian Urlacher Devin Hester
Perhaps the best linebacking trio ever!
@@kevinparker5557 LT, Carson, and Banks, Giants are up there also!
@@leramfreeman2950 absolutely true, they were a damn scary trio also, loved watching them play also, lots of great linebacker trios during that era👍
Fencik and Frazier were no slouches!! That was probably the best defensive unit ever.
This was the nail in the coffin for the Landry era Cowboys. It was all down hill from this point until Jerry bought the Cowboys. This was embarrassing even though the Bears had one of the greatest defenses of all time.
Right. Cowboys won their division that year and lost in the divisional round of the playoffs. They had a good team, but the Bears were amazing.
The 85 Cowboys were really only the 3rd best team in the NFC East, but some lucky bounces got them the division title. It was games like this that foreshadowed what was to come. This is still the worst beating I've ever seen them take.
1985 Chicago Bears was unreal. Especially the bears defense.
Super bowl Champs that year da bears
They may only have the one Super Bowl, but that team is legendary.
Dallas QB:
"Please don't call a pass play..."
"Please don't call a pass play..."
"Please don't call a pass play..."
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I was at that game. That Bears team was the best ever, hands down
J I gotta go bears game this season go bears
I was there to. My first time at a Dallas game. Worst part of the loss was seeing Landry and his protege Ditka greeting each other at the end of the game. Sad, really sad.
I was a senior in highschool...I was in a state of shock the following day...it took me three days to recover.
Can’t believe … even in that era…. An offense line so overwhelmed 🐻
I remember the ABSOLUTE HORROR I FELT while watching this game back when I was 15yrs old...
I LITERALLY CRIED, YELLED AND THREW RANDOM THINGS AROUND THE LIVING ROOM AND AT OUR T.V. during this unprecedented MASSACRE OF MY *COWBOYS*!!!
Several times during the beatdown, when it became TOO MUCH FOR ME TO BARE, I'd turn the t.v. off for a few minutes...only to turn it back on and see that the Bears had scored, or were in fact SCORING AGAIN AT THAT VERY MOMENT...
It was a game I could not, and did not finish, as my mother heard my shreiks, screams and top- of- my- lungs- profanity...as well as her witnessing a plastic cup being "fast-balled" at the television from close range. My mother yelling over me: "THATS IT!! TURN IT OFF!! YOURE DONE!!!" I vividly remember that being fine by me. I couldnt take any more of the carnage.
Being a life-long, die-hard, *COWBOYS* FREAK to this day, that Bears game in 1985 goes down as one of THE 3 WORST *COWBOYS* MEMORIES of my young life (the other 2 being the previous losses in the NFC Championship games to Washington in 82, and COMING IN AT #1 "the catch" vs San Francisco in 81. Losing to Philly in 80 hurt, too!!)
I was so traumatized by this annihilation at Texas stadium way back then that I honestly could not bring myself to re-live it again until rather recently...and, now that I've faced it, I need never look upon it again...
you must be my twin brother from another mother because you just put my teenage football life into words. the pain was real...... and it hasn't left....
Somebody needs a big Bear hug! DA BEARS!!!
@@sportsmediaamerica 🤣🤣🤣👍
I understand that feeling when the Red Sox kept losing world series growing up as a kid
You should write a novel and get it published.
Trust me, Cowboy history by a fan perspective is cash in the bank.
I don’t care what anyone says water Payton is the greatest running back of all time
Goat greatest of all time Payton aby sport Amy star
I don't care what anyone says, no he isn't.
Peyton was the greatest
Water is great
Bo Jackson
85 Bears - Best defense I ever saw. And I'm a huge Giants fan.
Good old days.
Got to see the 2000 Ravens, as great as that defense was every real football fan knows the 1985 Bears was the best
I’ve been around since 1971, seen a lot of football, and this is still the best defense I’ve ever witnessed in my lifetime.
Maybe the most dominating performance I've ever seen.
I saw a stat Cowboys spent less the 1.5 mins in BEARS territory. And most of it was all in the first quarter.
When the quarterback doesn’t even have time to throw a screen pass, that’s a fierce pass rush.
The 80s nfl are my fave era of football
Era of everything nfl
I am 71yrs old. I remember this game and was happy for the Bears !!!
I was glad to have witnessed the best season ever of the Chicago Bears back in '85 with my father & brothers.
Good times. ☺️
To beat the Cowboys in Dallas 44-0, probably the '85 Bears at their most dominant! What a season!
Agree
The Cowboys were in a bad slump in the mid- to late 80s, and this is the year Chicago dominated the league and won their first Super Bowl.
And that was with the Bears backup quarterback.
Love the sound of Pat Summerall and John Madden to complete this. However, the Bears were the best defensive team ever. EVER.
Are you single?
This was a beatdown of major proportion... a pummeling longtime coming..I saw the game when I was very young...always remember and never forget: no team dominates another forever, payback is a b**ch...Dallas dominated the Bears for years and suddenly the tables were turned. It was inevitable.
The 85 bears had the best defense ever 🏈
100 percent
Buddy Ryan's 46 Defense
They had 2 playoff shutouts in consecutive weeks. Since 1950, no other team has had 2 playoff shutouts in the same *decade* .
Best ever? That's a matter of opinion but they can be ranked among the best for sure. The offense however wasn't great. Overall the Bears don't stack up well vs the best teams ever because of the offense. Also a factor is in 84 & 85 the USFL was taking players, future NFL hall of fame players, and that impacted every team in the NFL. In 1986, post USFL, every NFL team gained starters and/or depth. The 49ers & Bears both went 15-1 in their respective super bowl runs in 84 & 85. The league changed in 1986 after the USFL folded. The 49ers did continue to build obviously but the Bears had some departures.
I disagree. It was a very good defense, but I believe the 2000 Ravens were the best defense ever.
6:24 "White back to throw ... under pressure ... he has nothing ... lucky to stay alive!" - Pat Summerall on Danny White. I remember watching this game. It was a great year to be a Bears fan! As a former assistant coach for the Cowboys, and someone who had a lot of respect for Tom Landry, Mike Ditka later said he felt bad about the 44-0 score.
Now this was football without the flags!!
agree!
Watched this live, with my uncle Mike when I was 7. He's gone now. Thanks for the flash back.
Landry's last division winner. Not a good day today though ! Warched this after a sleep over at my buddies house in the 7th grade. Great memories
I think you meant to say watched, kindly.
Never has an NFL team been beaten down like this! Total domination
Hyperbole, look it up.
That statement tells me you're not an NFL historian.
@@richardheadly7466 Richard, take off your disgruntled Steelers cap!
@@samsonbabayan6894 It won't come off. It's on too tight.
@@richardheadly7466 This explains your shortsightedness Tom Brady would make the 70s Steelers look like little girls dressed in pink ballerinas🩰 🩰
As a lifelong Bears fan, this was the most satisfying game of the year for me. After suffering through mediocrity, while constantly hearing about “America’s Team”, nothing was sweeter in this amazing year.
Of all the games I remember watching my Cowboys win, (which was rare in the mid to late 80's) I remember watching this butt kicking they got from the eventual SB Champs just as much. I sort of wish I didn't remember but I sadly do.
This was Mike Ditka whooping up on the Cowboys who had given him a home when George Halas had let him go. He was Tom Landry's TE in their first Super Bowl victory and his Assistant Head Coach in many more.
6:42
You would *never* hear the broadcast team talk about a "slight concussion" during today's NFL.
The worst position to play in this game was the backup QB for the Cowboys, because sooner or later your number will be called to face that Bears D.
As a life long Dallas fan I did not enjoy this game when it happened live but I still love the super bowl shuffle song lol
OMG that song and video was played 24/7 here in chicago!
I still know the words…Better start making your super bowl plans 🙂
At least it wasn't as embarrassing as "Ram it!"
After all these years, I didn’t know Jim McMahon did not play in this game! I was in the military stationed in Germany at the time.
I remember watching this and thinking that in a season of making statements, the Bears really made one here. I think its the worse Cowboy loss ever, and certainly the worst in Texas Stadium.
You wouldn't know it from watching this, but Dallas won the NFC East that year. Landry's last division title.
I remember watching this game as a kid, I loved the Cowboys 🤠 back then. Great memories came back seeing all of my childhood heros on the Cowboys.
I knew Detroit RB Wilbert Montgomery and asked him once was there anyone he FEARED in his playing career? He thought for a moment and said " I don't know if I FEARED anyone but I certainly went out of my way to know where Wilbur Marshall was at all times because if a play was called to his side of the field? You just prayed someone would get to you before he did".... Now THAT'S a legacy!!
Marshall was something to behold like a poor man version of LT and that's no knock on him either. I remember Wilbert from the Eagles.
Post this comment twenty more times tool.
@@sirjer73marshall was just as good as lt maybe better
Not a Bears' fan, but I LOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVEEEEED every second of this domination. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hell yes!!!!! Lolol
Me too,....
Chances are they dominated your team also that year unless you were a dolphins fan.
@@jlobiafra .Redskin fan. And your point?
@@zacchaeuswilson6116 my point is you laughed at the cowboys getting dominated and I replied chances are that bears team dominated your team also. Without even knowing who your team was and now that you said it was Washington I looked it up and I was right. They got curb stomped 45-10. Not much better than 44-0.
I was at this game at Irving Stadium. Was the only Bear fan in my section.
85 Bears defense was 🐐. I don't wanna hear that Bull s!@# about the Ravens in the 2000's. They not in the Bears class. sacks, games shut outs, points allowed and yards . 🐐
I am a Dallas fan and it was tough seeing my team get beaten like this. But the Bears were awesome. They were all year.
I saw this game as a kid,and as much as I hate Dallas I almost felt sorry for them that day. Da Bears 44-0
Almost felt sorry...
I grew up a Redskins fan and one of my closest friends was (sorry for being redundant here... but) an obnoxious cowpies fan. I had to hear about that 45-10 loss at Soldier Field (a game where McMahon started--not Fuller like in this ass-whippin') until this game.
Got bears down Dallas
Almost seemed like elder abuse against Tom Landry.
I remember being a kid and seeing how pissed off my Dad was seeing his 'Boys destroyed!
This was a highly anticipated game that was Blacked out in the Houston Area.
Thanks for the upload.
I was 14 years old and was in shock and that's when I knew it was time to rebuild the team
12 in 85 good ol era 80s
I wish they included the play where Perry attempted to pick Payton up and carry him in to the endzone and get flagged for an "illegal use of hands."
No one comes close to sweetness. I lost interest in the NFL after he retired. And lost all respect for McMahon and Ditka after the 85 Superbowl not allowing Payton to run in the touchdown instead of perry. After a whole career with the bears shame on them. God bless WALTER PAYTON
a travesty couldn't agree more
❤
Monster's of the Midway. John and Pat sure could call those cowboys games and Chicago Bears.
The Cowboys first loss against the Bears since 1971 when it was their last loss of that season on their way to their first SB title in franchise history.
That’s good knowledge there
I believe in that Soldier Field game, Dallas outgained the Bears huge (480-200) but had 7 turnovers to hand the game over, but I could be conflating it with another weird Cowboy setback.
That part on 20:11 when the RB gets the balland is instantly surrounded by 3 Bears. 85 D was that good.
This was a brutal game for the cowboys. Remember it too well.
That long run by Dorsett would turn out to be false hope
This was the game when we all realized the Bears were for REAL in Chicago. They went into Dallas and just destroyed them. I remember when Otis Wilson was barking on the sidelines.... None of us in Chicago could believe this at the time. I'gotta say this too...... Walter Payton looks like he could dominate TODAY! I forgot how good he was. and this was late in his career.
Love these kinds of throwback videos of the Bears ... on a side note, there were definitely some hits on each teams QB that today would have netted a few roughing the passer penalties. I understand the need to protect players and some of the changes pertaining to that. But let's face it, today's best NFL teams would likely get their asses dominated by that eras worst teams
I went to a Cowboy watching party and the promo was the house bought everyone a drink each time the Cowboys scored however by halftime they changed it to every time the Bears scored the house bought the drinks.
Love these videos of the season....short but comprehensive
If only what happened at 3:50 was done to the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field... constantly. 😁
Best broadcast team. Probably watched with my dad and brother on a Sunday afternoon if it was on cbs
Incredible to think this was the same team Dallas beat easily the year before.
23-14 isn't a onesided score, Dallas led 20-17 after the 3rd quarter.
Truth
And Dallas 85 team was damn good too
Walter Payton was an awesome running back but I thought matt suey very underrated and I thought he was very good fullback
I can see where someone might assume that but to us old Bear fans, Suhey and Payton was one of the best backfield combos in the league for a long time. Suhey's job was basically to block but showed a lot of power when he carried the ball, and even made some great receptions out of the backfield. I was lucky enough to meet him on the golf course years later and found him to be a very nice and approachable guy.
Always great when somebody kicks that team from texas, no matter in what era it is.
Why would you say Suhey was underrated?? People knew he was good. Not even close to 34
Agree Payton the GOAT!!
Besides rushing, great blocker, pass catcher also.
Also, threw TD passes
The best all around back
LOVE my Chicago Bears and Chicago sports teams in general. I'm a PROUD Chicagoan, even though I live in Dallas now
I headed to Great Lakes, 3 days after this beating. Right before Christmas, the USO put on a show for us, it featured the Bears cheerleaders. One of those girls could seriously play the drums. One of those things I'll never forget.
Suprised that no other team used the moving pocket and 4 WRs like Miami did when they handed the Bears that 38-24 defeat in Miami earlier that year.
It neutraluzed that Bear pass rush and exposed the Bears defensive backs lack of man-to-man coverage speed.
Few other teams had multiple fast WRs back then. San Diego maybe San Francisco did.
Walter Payton the best running back of all time.
me in the Chicago tv viewing area; then I worked with a guy (in a 3rd city) who was from Detroit - he had a diferent view of who was best. I saw Sayers while in high-school & J Brown. ?AD?
Not best running back..best player
Mike Ditka and Buddy Ryan, had themselves one helluva team
I miss these times! Back when football was actually football!
Late in the game, Ditka wanted to go easy on the Cowboys, but Buddy Ryan hated Ditka, so he had his Defense turn up the heat on the 'boys even more even though it was already a blowout.
That's what I call the real MONSTERS OF THE MIDWAY.
The only time I ever rooted for the bears was during that 85 season, simply unstoppable, have never rooted for them since.
Can you imagine being an opposing quarterback against this defense? I've heard AstroTurf is an acquired taste. Cheers....
I’m a Chicago area resident, but a Raider fan, these bears were the meanest toughest team, they put us all in awe
Bears were kicking ass that year!
We need that squad to roar again 85 bears 2022 bears 🐻
Anytime you shut out both teams in the playoffs, and they both had Hall of Fame quarterbacks, running backs, and receivers, that's some serious defense. Just saying.
I was stationed in Texas. During that time. Texans hated me. I rubbed it in
My Baptist Church group went to watch this game when I was 10,. We left at halftime.
What a nice post! Fuller played well and the defense was...well...da DEFENSE, wow! This '85 team was designed to win 3 straight super bowls and then the shit hit the fan.
That team should have won at least two, the NFC was no joke back then
The Bears were fierce and unrelenting.
decades later we are STILL waiting. So many teams with 5, 6 , 7 super bowls and bears have only one lol Hell even tampa has two now!
85 Bears. Greatest defensive unit in NFL history
I remember my older brother watching this game. As an eight year old I thought the Cowboys were the "California Bulls" of the NFL. It was sad watching Chicago destroy Dallas but now that I understand the sport, this brings a smile to my face.
Fall 1985 I was in college. I was a Sports Illustrated subscriber. I remember reading the headline of the issue after the game
44-0
The Bears annihilated The Cowboys
I remember that game. As a longtime Cowboys hater that one stays with me. Still their worst defeat ever 😂😂
The craziest thing about this day is that I was hoping to watch this game, and good thing it didn't air. It was switched to Tampa Bay/NY Jets as they had a technical glitch, and the Jets won...62-28!! Good thing they switched in my area.
Just a wonderful game
Forgot how much fun this season was. It's been 40 plus years.
It used to be fun ! Not now folks. These days are gone.
LONG gone
I was born in 1985...Now I know were i get my attitude from!
Respect the Bears! Best Defense of all time!
1985 Bears, 2002 Bucs, 2000 Ravens!!!
Burn in Hell dallas!!!
Y so serious 🃏😈🥃
The 46 defense. There’s been nothing like it since in the NFL.
Fuller had a hell of a game
I absolutely loved American Football in the 80s and 90s. The uniforms also looked so much better than todays. Chicago was absolutely amazing this season. They just beat the living daylights out of everyone except Miami who played the game of their lives to beat them. Steve 👍
I was 12 and a diehard Bears fan when this game was played. I had seen the Cowboys beat the Bears time and time again and, as a result, the Cowboys had become my least favorite team. At the time, this game was the greatest thing to happen in my life. I would love to see them return to this form.
80s best era 12 73 baby's here
This was the 1st Bear game Pat and John would call that season. Kinda late being that the Bears were so dominant up to that point.
I remember that... It the time, you would see them doing San Francisco, NY Giants, and Washington Redskins. For many years, the better part of a decade, the NFC Central was an also-ran. That would change with the Bears winning the NFC Central in '84 then for so many years thereafter. This is when the Bears became really known nationally, and accordingly, getting the Summerall/Madden team. Then after a couple wins by the Lions and Vikings, coupled with Tampa leaving, the Pack would effectively tske over the North...still to this day.
As a Bears fan I was kind of worried about this game. Playing at Dallas without McMahon. Dallas was a very good outfit that year. The Bears made them look almost like an expansion team. The Bears were playing great that season up to that point. But wow.
I was too young to see the Cowboys MNF loss to the Cardinals in 1970, so this was the first time I ever saw them shutout. Saw the pathetic 3 point losses to the Giants (1972), Steelers (1979) and Skins (1972 NFC Title Game), depressing all, but not this degree of devastation.
Otis Wilson has one of the all-time games for an NFL Linebacker. Numerous tackles & knocks the Dallas QB out of the game three times. Danny White takes the kind of beating NFL rules don't allow anymore & ends the game being taking off the field in a cart.
I miss hearing Pat Summerall.
I'm not a Bears fan but I loved this game!
Back when you had to wait for a score or call SportsPhone to get it.
The 85 bears were dominate that year...but I'm very surprised they only won one super bowl...
When think of Tony Dorset, I think of him as a 1970’s running back.