1985 Bears: The Greatest Defensive Season of All-Time! | Legendary Teams

they were iconic william perry on a one-yard touchdown run they were legendary mike singletary he read it beautifully they were just a ferocious unit we're going to work we're going to run [Applause] and when it's all said and done we'll go to the dance [Music] first down tampa bay at their 39-yard line play action again de berg under pressure gets away and then it's route first down nine to go and it's intercepted by gary fenson bensick to the buccaneer 20-yard line short drop the ball is tipped intercepted leslie frazier 41. richard dent got a hand on the ball and leslie frazier alertly picked it off and took it into the end zone a 29-yard touchdown moorhead starts in motion reverses himself rolling out as mcmahon he will walk in [Applause] second and nine now for new england eason gets time he's intercepted defensive with his 30-second career interception now the patriots looking to move the ball they've been across midfield once in the game and that was for a moment intercepted singletary and then single jerry takes it down to the 16-yard line went to a draw got yarders do it again and singletary continues to be a force for the bears it is sacked for a fifth time here's eason from the shotgun on first down blitz marshall untouched and jim mcmahon is on the quarterback the chicago bears spent two nights at lake forest hospital for back spasms up near his neck and he's on to try to revive the bears offense i had a few painkillers in me and i was a little a little wobbly i almost fell right on my face as i got the snap vikings coming out of blitz mcmahon back to throw throws it deep down the middle will he goes out there makes the over the shoulder touchdown from there magic happens he's that ace that you have you don't know what it's going to be that wild card that you have that's what he is because you know it's going to be good you just don't know what it's going to be second touchdown of the day for dennis mckinnon third down and 10. the ball is loose and the bears get it getting a bit of a breather here second and along mcmahon back the other way peyton wide open touchdown cherry and wilburn are in defensively they give to peyton peyton wants to throw it again nobody open now peyton back to mcmahon touchdown riggins with wansley and it's riggins reagan's off the left side is hit at the line of scrimmage it'll be close first down redskins rogers hip and left for a lot and it is willie golf taking jeff hayes kickoff well in full flight [Applause] twice before the bears have stopped them on fourth and short wansley is stacked up oh 6 28 to play in the fourth quarter keizman for the tight end getting here intercepted by richardson feisman the only man that can get him heisman got a piece of him and he stopped at the one yard line third down mcmahon has time and it is complete touchdown dennis mckinnon they're at the four yard line pitch out peyton payton gets down close to the goal line touchdown and depending on what happens in the final 56 peyton starts inside goes outside and he will score what a run by walter payton did he fake hugh green 53 out he still has it and that pass is intercepted by leslie frazier he lateraled it to fencic and fencic looking to lateral it he thinks this is the stanford band play here there it goes too dewerson got to the 34-yard line first and ten at the 18 for joe montana in the 49ers montana finding russ francis and the niners tight end fumble it was dan hampton who recovered the fumble by russ francis and the bears get another big break [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] back to the 41-yard line in chicago territory and montana goes down at midfield and it was mike and michael again ball back at the 22-yard line montana steps up down he goes wilbur marshall and otis wilson the two outside linebackers come in and sack joe montana for the third time in the game second in one after 31 of chicago montana has some time and down he goes and it's waller payton gets a hole all the way touchdown and the chicago bears who were beaten 23 to nothing in the championship game last year here at candlestick park have broken this game open william perry off 315 pounds lining up in the uh fullback formation seeing fridge in the backfield that was incredible it was just incredible to see a guy that big moving with a football i said there's no way if i put him in front of water that anybody can get you know he's going to knock him right out of the way hangs in behind the refrigerator he looks like a mack truck just bowling over number 52. the sounds that it made when he hit guys just you just hear you know the boom and then here you go oh peyton following perry he cleaned out everything offensive backfield for the bears you'll be the lead blocker they're getting the football and terry touchdown william perry spikes the football and this crowd loves it right under pressure tries to get a deep in the end zone doesn't do so and it's picked off this throws another interception he was under pressure and vicki back at quarterback fires an interception taken there by marshall well seven turnovers and uh what 19 minutes i haven't seen that before ever in a football game they have been in trouble all night rush is on and perry has dreamer he's playing on defense now he just busting south through and goes five straight drop by kramer sideliner is picked up by dave newerson shotgun formation for kramer kramer and he was hit by dent and the pass picked off by horace wilson touchdown screen to peyton one hand catch gets a block and peyton touchdown two tight ends in for the packers he rushes on from hampton he gets it off and it's going to be picked up by gary fencic three wide receivers for the packers pressure hampton has zorn zord starts to roll and he is set and his third down into the end zone goes and he is [Applause] unbelievable he goes in motion they figured he's going to turn up for a block he just takes off they completely fool the green bay packers touchdown nipple already soar from being knocked out of the game last week against minnesota with couples and he is hit again and william perry 308 pounds lands on top of eric hipple [Applause] hayton with a big hole he breaks loose hippo play action perry in pursuit intercepted by duerson three wide receivers with lewis and a busted play in a sack jones the lone setback glitz the ball comes loose recovered by jones loose again picked up by the bear single terry telecast of the bears and lions and then into the evening of entertainment and that pass is intercepted by wilson the bears get the ball right back the fourth turnover of the day you know there's some guys on the bears like walter payton gary pence these guys have never beaten the cowboys that's a pretty big motivator i mean they were america's team it changed in a big way that day white back pedals underneath this crossbar fires the right side of the ball tipped in the air by hampton picked up by dead spin to the end zone touchdown and a slight concussion here is though they're flipping [Applause] [Music] [Applause] little fake here he puts the ball out and then he brings it back pushes on his hip starts to run there's a guy hanging on him locked hard hanging on him and still gets the ball downfield to tim wright breaks another tackle breaks all the time [Applause] once you put wisdom with will on top of talent you get what you call sweetness walter payton was a true warrior give me the hard work to pay there's never been a greater heart his quest to win a world championship kept the whole thing together first of ten and peyton swings wide to the right dancing down the sideline peyton touchdown archer outside the rig chased by william perry watch him sprint here he sees rick's he gets out there now that is a heck of a play holly is hitting the end zone if they want that defensive touchdown it's going to be close dent came from that side like he was shot out of a cannon he comes up from that back side we are live from the orange ball in miami florida the undefeated chicago bears are in town to meet the miami dolphins fuller is back gold right open goal had to come back for that pass by fuller we talked about his speed here they come and down both mourinho they have a great field position on their drives all night mourinho picked off rusty frazier low snap mourinho pulls it up and fires a strike to clayton he drops the football richard has it and get back to the 15-yard line marino goes down and the ball is loose mourinho is really smacked he's coming right around the horn is dent well needless to say there was something different about that game and there were some things happened that night that were really strange oh and are things going right for the dolphins tonight when that game was over we knew that wow what a wake-up call that was we came back together with a renewed focus and we kept that focus all the way to the super bowl hands it off to payton big hole up the middle to the 10 to the side to the end zone touchdown here's otis wilson who just loves the blitz he comes from one side richard dent comes from the other side there you see the monsters of the midway and what that term means they had this dominance on defense blitz all out the bears defense scared the bejesus out of quarterbacks as that season went on it became relentless we're not ducking and dodging we're going to have fun because the 46 defense was as physical and as nasty as you want to get hipple had his knee re-injured last week against greenway doctors advised against enjoying today play action on first down pressure from kerry see wilbur marshall come here and really flatten him oh boy did he really hit him [Music] [Applause] mike richardson dennis gentry touchdown and no flags with blockers [Applause] second and 17. [Applause] his helmet came off get their last shot here some points so the fridge with a sense of the dramatic and the final regular season game says it's fridge time that city is amazing when you're winning a citywide epidemic from nursing home cheerleaders to church services to the chicago symphony orchestra people were hey man you guys keep it up this is great you guys are going all the way and lendetta stands back in his end zone ortigo the kick is blocked sean gale number 23 scored the touchdown starts here look it's already it's almost to the ground he just dropped that ball and missed it here comes the blitz again that's richard dento he and phil sims had something going on and uh the rest of the game richard went after him with a passion and down those sims again richard dent sins with the wind at his back and pressure ball is on the ground once again and they're all over phil simm in motion flag is down in the end zone touchdown bensick jumped up the middle and got to sim mckinnon there's work to be done there's miles to go that's the way the poem goes we've got a little way to go yet i told the team i said they're the smiths they live out there in california they're the rich people they have all this hollywood stuff i said we're the we're the gabowskis we're the working class it's going to be them against us in that manner knickers in the tail back hand off dickerson he's hit by singletary mike singletary he read it beautifully [Applause] what's 55 here takes on the guard ken hill then he works back now watch him come back and watch that right hand go in and knock that ball out but he stays in the block [Applause] and takes it in touchdown mcmahon again sprints out for golf touchdown brock retreats and wilbur marshall put a hat on brock under pressure gets away from a couple but not all here's brock on third down chase fight can't get down the ball is loose and the bears have it this is wilbur marshall with the ball marshall if it's still alive he's in the end zone i can still see it in slow motion wilbur marshall picks up the ball and we all were just running with him when the snow starts coming down and the fans went absolutely crazy whoever they play is going to have their hands full all i could think about was three years ago this man walked in the room and said if you just stand with me if you just believe in me we'll be at the dance in three years there was never a doubt in my mind that we're gonna win that game it was just a matter of how many points what a hitter he is second down in ten eason dragged down by steve but michael fumbles the bears have it on the ground to craig james caught in the backfield and a bubble and the bears have it again 95 attacks the football look at him right here just stripping it away from james easton out of the shotgun and here they come oh my the pulse has given us that kind of yardage negative 25 for the patriots here they come [Applause] and intercept it for a touchdown the rookie reggie phillips mcmahon with good play action going for the bomb from his own end zone to galt they won't catch him except by the shirt's tail that one registered 3.8 could be the biggest route in history has all the ear marks doesn't it complete and then a fumble and the bears have it again wilbur marshall [Applause] gary granzi another bubble and the bears have it at the 43-yard line tight end was injured on the first scrimmage play another intercept on his way tim morrissey to the five-yard line the bears knew basically if they put their defense on the field new england was never going to score this defense has been incredible total decimation to the afc champion new england patriots well i've always said that was the greatest group of characters that had character just enjoyable to do those things that we did with those guys that we have it was coming together with a group of men and we did it the chicago bears are world champions of [Applause] football you

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