1965gotw SF VS CHI

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[@MovieMakingMan]

This was when football was football! They played in the rain, snow and mud. Receivers didn’t have flypaper like glue on their gloves. No 10 minute reviews of simple plays. No 5-6 hour games. No 5 minute commercial breaks. I watched this game with my dad. We watched almost all games together. I really miss him. Bring back old time football!

[@ldfreitas9437]

Same with me, lots of games seen with my dad and his comments about play. He taught me a lot about football. I was a huge 49er fan and so was he. Later in life I took him to some games at Candlestick. We never made it to Kezar together. In 1960 we were to go to a late season game, but it rained, and my dad said we weren't going. My uncle had extra tickets. It would have been miserable: 47F and rain, and the Packers winning to ruin 49er chances of the West Conference title. I finally went to a game at Kezar in 1969 with some buddies from high school, and it was October against the Rams and roasting, nearly 80F, and we sat all game in the sun in the east end under the scoreboard, sweating bullets. The last game I took my dad to Candlestick was another late season game in December 1990, and it was nearly a record setting day for cold weather in San Francisco, a high of 43F but sunny, though the sun went behind the second deck by the second quarter, so it was damn cold. Candlestick was cold at night for baseball, and cold in December for football. Just a huge piece of cold concrete right next to the Bay.

[@MovieMakingMan]

Thanks for sharing that. It’s great you got to share those moments with your dad. Twelve years ago I visited a friend in Oakland and she took me to candlestick park. It looked so majestic by the water. It looked like such a great place to watch a game. I was sad when they destroyed that historic place. They are destroying perfectly good stadiums across the country for no reason. I would have loved to have gone to a game there. I’m glad you and your dad did.

[@BIG-D-STAR]

THEY HAD STICKUM ON THEIR HANDS IN THE 70S...EVEN JERRY RICE ADMITTED HAVING IT ON HIS HANDS/GLOVES!!! STOP WHINING LIKE LITTLE BITCHES YOU F-ING CREAMPUFFS!!

[@blackhorse11thACR]

Rest in Peace "Kansas Comet" , I was blessed to have been able to see you play. You were the greatest. Knee surgeries were with a knife. No arthroscopic surgery then. The moves were magical. I'm really saddened upon hearing that you passed away. A great human being, then a great football player. Gale Sayers HOF

[@MyRobertallen]

I Am 3rd, his autobio, = great read. Real athletic, manly, deal. 'I love Brian Piccolo ... RFGA, Ph.D.

[@user-fy3kd9qf2m]

RIP, number 40! Gayle Sayers! Gone but never forgotten or loved.

[@lloydkline1518]

Gayer sayers was the Kansas comet: really

[@earlshannon1048]

I was 9 yrs old during this game greatest performance I ever seen by a football player. My 2 favorite players ever BUTKUS and SAYERS GOD BLESS THEM BOTH.

[@malbuff]

Incredible. The last time I saw this game, it was being played, and my dad and I were watching it from our home in Mill Valley, and I started crying when Gale Sayers returned the punt 85 yards for his 6th TD. He is still the greatest running back I've ever seen. There was no one like him. Thank you for uploading!

[@jabaricollins1472]

Besides barry sanders

[@fscap811]

@@jabaricollins1472 Jim Brown was the best, I loved Sayers but injuries limited his time

[@blackhorse11thACR]

He was greater than Barry Sanders. If not for injuries on his knees he would have had a longer career. I was blessed to see him play. Sorry Barry but "the Kansas Comet" was the greatest ever. Overshadowed by Jim Brown and "Sweetness" Walter Payton but he had moves nobody else ever had! I watched this game and was blessed have witnessed the greatest single performance ever. Love Sweetness, and Jim Brown but Sayers had moves that every kid wanted to be able to do.

[@williammorrison6311]

@@jabaricollins1472 You mean Mr Negative Yards, Mr Useless on Third Down, Mr Never Broke a tackle?

[@robertmasina4610]

He was a phenom in his rookie year.

[@syjo4701]

Sayers is the greatest running back ever. I saw this game on TV as it was being played. My love for Sayers was cemented. What's incredible is how little they used him in this game. Arnett and Bull were getting nearly all the calls. And what's incredible is they had Sayers as the up man receiving kickoffs, and he was blocking for Arnett, of all things. Sayers might have scored a half dozen more times if they'd used him more.

[@kurtgreaser8439]

He had 22 TDs on around 230 touchs. So TD about every ten touches.

[@charlesciminera5881]

Umm why didn't the bears just keep giving the ball to Sayers?

[@rockstrong4342]

@@charlesciminera5881 racism.

[@syjo4701]

@I'M ALL OUT OF BUBBLE GUM! You must be too young to have seen him actually play every Sunday during his career. There never has been and never will be anyone that had the body control and moves and speed that Sayers had. Everytime he got the ball there was this electric feeling that went through the crowd, the same as when Mickey Mantle would step up to the plate. Everybody held their breath aware that something amazing would probably happen.

[@ldfreitas9437]

I would agree. Who'd have known that three years later, Kermit Alexander would take out Sayer's knee somewhere between the shortstop position and third base on the infield.

[@millypoo7713]

This crystal clear video footage is amazing. Despite the muddy conditions, the Bears had 0 turnovers in this game. The Bears compiled 584 total yards... 401 yards were passing yards. Neither team allowed a sack. Sayers rushed 9 times for 113 yards 4 TD, and he caught 2 passes for 89 yards & 1 TD. He also had that 85 yard punt return for a TD. As a rookie... Sayers had 22 TD in the 1965 season.

[@evoman1776]

Halas said he had a premonition that Sayers would get hurt at the end of the game so he didn't have him go for a record 7th TD. 6 is still the record held by 3 players. Had Sayers scored one more, his 42 points would have tied for the most points in a single game. Ernie Nevers also scored 6 TD's in the 1930's - but kicked all 6 extra points too.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

SAYERS, if not THE best ever, was the most EXCITING player ever!

[@stephennixon9609]

It's amazing to me that he made cuts on that field like it was dry while everyone else looked like they were on ice skates. I saw the highlights of this game in 1965 and I was amazed then and still amazed today.

[@kurtgreaser988]

Of his first six touchs on offense 4 tds and two first downs. I think Sayers on touchrd the ball 10 or 12 times for Six TDs a couple first downs and another a solid punt return. Imagine if he hot more attempts. RIP Gale Sayers

[@dbeaus]

You are correct. I was there. The field was pudding, the rain was cold, and Sayers was making full speed cuts like it was dry in August. I have seem almost all the great runners once or twice and he is still the best. On top of that he was true gentleman, never trouble, never conceited. Did quite well as a stock broker after his football was over. Anybody remember Jack Brickhouse and his famous call, "galloping Gale carrying the mail"? We have to learn how to win in todays league. We will.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

@@kurtgreaser988 he...HOT??? stop that!!! :P

[@davidlafleche1142]

Beats the hell out of Astroturf.

[@fscap811]

The world has lost a great human being; his philosophy of "I am third" is something a lot more people should embrace. RIP Comet, there is a place for you in heaven.

[@frankzepeda8853]

Thank you #40 you will always be remember as one of the Greatest. Love you man this is why I became a BEARS fan as a kid watching you #40#51PAPA BEAR THANKS for the memories 🏉🏈#34

[@omeletpants]

I was 11 years old and at that game with my dad. He could only afford to take me to one game a year and it was in the standing room only section. Never had a seat. It's Thursday before the game and someone gives my dad 2 tickets. Turns out they were first row 24 yard line on the Bears side. Just a nasty day with all the rain and cold. Sayers was fabulous

[@blackhorse11thACR]

What a game to be at. I loved the Beard and Gale. Watched every game that was televised. Playing at Wrigley Field. Blessed to have seen him play myself.

[@frankzepeda8853]

They say PAPA would walk to the stadium and some times pass out tickets to people. Had a uncle that was bus driver and seen him once he gave him 2 tickets.. That made his day he always talk about it now he could take his son to game.!!🏉

[@Bearnut1978]

Same with me omelette. Standing room with my dad upper deck 3rd base side about the 20 yard line. The narrator kept saying it was raining but I think the rain stopped before the game. I forgot how good Jon Arnett was.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

I'm only a year older, but I hardly saw Bears games back then as few were televised in Vancouver, BC.

[@zekelucente9702]

I played in a golf tournament with Gayle Sayers in the late 90’s and I was so completely star struck. He was the best running back of his time and it’s too bad he couldn’t play longer.

[@tomcampbell6363]

I remember watching this game with my dad. I became a life-long bears fan after this. Then years later Mr Sayers bought house just a few miles from where I lived and live now....RIP Gale Sayers

[@ditto1958]

The amazing thing to me in 2022 is that Sayers was not a starter for the Bears, and was not in on very many plays in this game. He may have scored 8 or 10 TD’s had he been a starting halfback.

[@ldfreitas9437]

Jon Arnett started lots of games and played quite a bit. This was Sayers' rookie season. The Bears were rather deep at FB and HB: Bull, Marconi, Arnett, Sayers, Kurek, Bivens, Livingston. Two years earlier they had Bull, Marconi, Gallimore, Casares, and others on their championship team of 1963. Gallimore died in a car crash and Casares was let go after '64 and went on to play sparingly for the Redskins and then the expansion Dolphins in the AFL.

[@balrog322]

Actually, pro football reference records Sayers started 12 of Chicago’s 14 games, including this one, in the ‘65 campaign. Not that detracts from his extraordinary, unequaled performance this day-6 touchdowns on just 15 touches.

[@MovieMakingMan]

I love the announcer. No constant analysis and blather. Just good old fashioned play calling. And the screen isn’t cluttered with all kinds of ridiculous graphics.

[@Dex-mx4jg]

Beautiful ain't it?

[@MattSezer]

I don’t think this is the actual TV footage. It looks like 16mm film.

[@MovieMakingMan]

@@MattSezer There was one NFL game that didn’t have any announcers. It was like sitting in the stands watching the game. This wasn’t that game but it was nice without the constant commentary. The ‘silent game’ was an experiment. Some liked it and some didn’t. The NFL never did it again.

[@MattSezer]

@@MovieMakingMan I don’t know where the announcers are coming from, but the footage that you’re seeing here is photochemical film, not a live TV broadcast. Maybe they took the audio from the TV broadcast and combined it with this film footage at a later date?

[@RRaquello]

@@MattSezer It was one of the NFL's weekly highlights films that would be shown later in the week, syndicated, on local stations around the country. Definitely not a game broadcast.

[@JStarStar00]

This is one of the legendary games in NFL history.

[@ldfreitas9437]

Just a reminder, the 49ers kicked the Bears in the ass earlier in the season, winning 52 to 24.

[@michaelleroy9281]

​@@ldfreitas9437In week 1

[@buckzx12r]

That cut Sayers made on the punt return,like he had eyes in the back of his head,was one of the greatest runs i ever saw.And I saw all of his!

[@dapperdan251]

This was real football!! mud and guts.

[@lilykam5605]

Dave Parks used to be my favorite receiver in the 60's! Wow, so nice to remember how great football was back then!

[@MyRobertallen]

The blocking is splendid. Real men, real athletes.

[@hughcapetien]

Remembered Dave Parks as a standout receiver at Texas Tech in 1961-63.

[@JohnHoulgate]

A lot of legendary players in this game on both sides. Gale Sayers, Mike Ditka, Dick Butkus, Jon Arnett for the Bears; John Brodie, Bernie Casey, Kermit Alexander, Ken Willard, Dave Wilcox for the 49ers. Three seasons later Kermit Alexander put that hit on Gale Sayers that led to the end of his phenomenal but short career.

[@mrvlsmrv]

I saw more kickoff returns in this game. Than in all the NFL games I've watched so far this year. Also, if anyone accused Halas of running up the score. He could have said "If I wanted to run up the score, I would have got Gale more touches". Man he was fun to watch play.

[@kurtgreaser8439]

Was Bernie Casey that good? I know he was later known for his acting career.

[@JohnHoulgate]

@@kurtgreaser8439 you can look up his Wiki. He scored 40 touchdowns over an 8 year career in the NFL. I first learned about him 1967, his first year with the LA Rams. That was a great year the Rams and I recall him making some clutch catches. He was part of Roman Gabriel's receiving corp that included Jack Snow and Billy Truax.

[@ldfreitas9437]

I remember the hit by Alexander, about where the shortstop plays in the infield, though the baseball infield was turfed in by the time of that game. I saw it on the TV, KPIX, at home in Santa Clara, as all away games of the 49ers were televised then. It was in November of 1968. By then, with a change in divisions, the 49ers didn't play the Bears twice every year.

[@ldfreitas9437]

@@JohnHoulgate The 49ers were stupid to trade Casey to the Rams. Can you imagine the Giants trading Mays at that time for say, Johnny Roseboro of the Dodgers? Of course, San Francisco teams have a habit of letting good players go: the last one was Dubon for Papierski, who lasted five games with the Giants.

[@blq24]

I was 15 and My Dad Took Me to this Game I am so Very thankful and I saw Gale make TD'S .......OUR Seats Where near the 50yd up balcony back15rows or so

[@jackallen6562]

Rest In Peace, Gale. This game really goes to show you that on any given Sunday (TM?)..... The Niners came in 7-5 and had beaten the 8-4 Bears in their first meeting, 52-24 (albeit in wk1). In fact, S.F. bounced back the next week to tie first-place Green Bay, dropping them into the infamous 10-3-1 tie with Baltimore; meanwhile, Chicago, needing both the Packers and Colts to lose, lost at home to Minnesota

[@FWFrank]

Remember that season well Starting w three big losses The games w the Scrambling Tarkenton led Vikings were shootouts About 150 total points

[@katsleggsful]

No as torture here! This was the way it was played kids ... Down and dirty, in the mud ... Those were the days. I remember when as torture was new. Lots of players hated the stuff. Hard ground hurt a lot worse than being tackled I to earth. Thanks for sharing.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

UNGA BUNGA...SIMBA!

[@alland1023]

I was there!!! Wrigley was a great place to watch football.

[@cyyoung7840]

Man Gale Sayers was amazing. Shame his career got cut short due to injuries. He would have definitely broken Jim Brown's records. Good to see some old school NFL football on KZbin

[@mrj9224]

Def an all time classic game!!!

[@johnshields6852]

I was 5 back then, this was when I started watching the NFL with my dad,RIP. The Patriots were our team, Boston area, they usually had bad seasons, for decades.lol

[@stephenjackson5131]

He was my favorite. He had the moves. That's how I played schoolyard ball....lol

[@danielmedina54]

Now, this is what football is all about... rain or shine and played on real grass and mud!

[@jobu88]

Very interesting to see Dick Butkus on the line in a 3-point stance in a lot of plays. Also interesting how many plays the Bears ran on offense without Gayle Sayers on the field.

[@ldfreitas9437]

Yeah, Jon Arnett got a lot of time in this game and some ball carries. He only played one more year and retired. Marconi and Bull were on the Bears for many years as HB and FB.

[@RRaquello]

@@ldfreitas9437 Sayers is out there for just about every kick off and punt but the 49ers were desperately trying to kick the ball away from him.

[@g-luvbeans7799]

I love this! Real football, I’m 38

[@jimwelke1286]

Ditka maintains the catch show at 3:09 was the best his career. It got lost forgotten after Sayers' feat

[@sej4323]

Great game by Sayers. I remember watching that on black and white TV That was the year the Pack started their record breaking three titles in a row!

[@geoffreydevries9938]

Classic Gayle Sayers R.I.P

[@balrog322]

I wonder if Mike Ditka ever boasted about the game he and Gale Sayers combined for seven touchdowns?

[@JJJBRICE]

Jim Gibbons, the great old time NFL play by play man on the call. Pat Summerall started out as his color man . He along with Chuck Thompson , Ken Coleman , Chris Schenkel, Ray Scott were the teams NFL voice .

[@JJJBRICE]

As a side to the previous comment Jim Gibbins sounded similar to Ken Coleman .

[@tomloft2000]

at 18:02-Bernie Casey of the 49ers.he later became a prolific actor.

[@kurtgreaser988]

UN Jefferson

[@mindcontrol4618]

prolific actor??, let's just say he became an actor.

[@carlweaver3243]

Played JC Caroline in Brian's Song

[@donmaleto9211]

Sayers looks like a player from the future

[@shimmerdetail1]

I was 7 and my dad took me to the game. It was cold and miserable, but something beautiful was happening. RIP Mr. Sayers.

[@williammorrison6311]

One amazing thing about this game is that Johnny Arnett, not Gale Sayers, was the featured player at RB and on kickoff returns.

[@jefferyroy2566]

Who noticed the goal posts set right next to the goal line? They stayed there until 1974. There's a video on YT from the league called, "Evolution of the field goal posts" with further info.

[@rickygranderson9625]

Great video! I didn't see this game but Sayers's performance has to be one of the greatest individual performance in team sports.

[@Mryrhodesian]

I think Sayers was the most exciting runner or player for that matter ever. Also i never realized just how exciting the Western Conference was in '65.

[@MyRobertallen]

My dad, son of Lebanese immigrants, liked to point out our kinship with Bear's coach Abe Gibron. 'He eats kibbee, like us.' RFGA, Ph.D.

[@RRaquello]

A few years later when he was the Bears head coach he was about twice as fat as he was here, and he was already fat.

[@theallmightydef]

This is so awesome.. Thank you so much for uploading this dude

[@Caveboy0]

This footage looks amazing love the contrast

[@lookinforthe70s]

Some might recognize the name Bernie Casey. Long time actor. Sayers is the forgotten legend. He was so good. He had everything you would want in a running back.

[@forensicaccountant259]

Casey, ironically, also starred in Brian's Song.

[@bluekarma6849]

Wow,I was 10 years old when this game was played, fun to watch, thanks

[@fieldguy316]

RIP Gale Sayers

[@colinmerritt7645]

God, Sayers was a beast! I've never seen moves like that from a RB.

[@michaelpacini1332]

Sayres could've had 7 TD"s . For some reason Halas didn't have him in on the last series of plays . Probably because of a touchdown incentive in his contract . Halas was CHEAP . According to Ditka he threw nickels around like they were manhole covers.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

Great point about the TD incentives, and HalASS!

[@inktime]

Those were the golden days of football. The players cared about the game. They played with class. No grandstanding by individuals. They were team players. They didn’t check with their agents before they went on the field.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

EXACTLY! I don't want to see players dancing like FOOLs, and disrespecting their opponents! This great game has been DESTROYED!

[@jerryvan-hees7130]

Anyone notice the bears were up 34 points in the fourth quarter and still throwing the ball. Ha.

[@David-h4n9h]

Wow this is really good. Had lot dropped passes that game. Bears QB was pretty good. Before my time thank you this is great 👍

[@buckzx12r]

The Bears had a lot of great talent on this team,the greatest being Sayers,the most spectacular back i ever saw.

[@danielfrazier6548]

I gotta say the Referees were much better back then, they actually let the players play football, there was not one flag thrown in the entire game. Of course that was back before the NFL became like Pro Wrestling where the outcome of games are decided before the game starts.

[@kamaldhabliwala8321]

​@breadandcircuses812724:14

[@eddyfheff4810]

Rip Gale Sayers

[@conanlabiche]

great to see ditka and butkus too

[@andrewskokna9760]

Roses are red violets are blue Butkus will hit you and hit you and hit you what a draft Sayers and Butkus!

[@michaelleroy9281]

Deacon Jones said that same thing about Butkus

[@RRaquello]

It didn't do the Bears much good. Look at their record when Sayers & Butkus were there. They were one of the worst teams in football. And they had Ditka too.

[@jamiekeogh5393]

The day music died….Gale Sayers was never the same…Memories of his grace …will continue on ! The best of all time ..!

[@user-fy3kd9qf2m]

It’s a different game back then to now. Penalties for hard hits now? Mike Ditka playing a receiver and plain old tuff guy he has always been. Butkus is in his classic form of destroying all in his way!

[@justinallport9789]

This was also Brian Piccolo's first year in a Bears uniform, however, he was on the taxi squad, now known as the practice squad.

[@JohnNiemsMusic]

I watched this game as I was 13 and my memory was not very good after watching this. I cannot believe GALE only returned 1 punt for a TD and only ran the ball a few times here as I thought he ran back more kick offs. . 6 TD'S I remember but I swear watching this PAPA BEAR let too many other guys touch the ball or Sayers would have had 10 TD'S!

[@ldfreitas9437]

Well, why not let other backs play? Jon Arnett, Ronnie Bull, Joe Marconi, Andy Livingston? Are you kidding me? They had all sorts of great backs in the 60s. Heck, in '63 they still had Rick Casares and Willy Gallimore, along with Marconi, Coya, and Bull. The reason they got Arnett in '64 was to replace Gallimore, who died in a car crash a few days after the Bears won the NFL title.

[@denisceballos9745]

John Brodie (12) and Rudy Bukich (10) were the leading passers in the league that year. But Gale Sayers (40) stole the show scoring on 4 runs, a screen pass, and a punt return.

[@ldfreitas9437]

Brodie had some great receivers during his years as a 49er, whether early on Billy Wilson, RC Owens, then Bernie Casey and Dave Parks, and later Dick Witcher and Gene Washington. For one year he had Sonny Randle. At TE he had Monty Stickles, who caught quite a few TD passes, one in November of 1966 with ten seconds left in the game to beat the Lions.

[@your_royal_highness]

Dave Kopay came out ten years later. First pro player to do so. Kermit Alexander was mentioned here too….he was the guy who pretty much ended Sayers’ career.

[@collinwilson4223]

Gale my favorite from the first game I saw on TV 1966 butkus my second

[@kurtwehrmeister5684]

Pretty sure this is the only footage I've ever seen of Halas on a game sideline wearing cap and windbreaker; anything other than a fedora and a business suit (plus overcoat or parka if it were really cold). Have to presume he knew it would a complete slog in the mud and he figured, "why ruin a suit today?"

[@robleeatheart]

Love what the players do when they score … they shake hands … they shake hands!

[@spritbong5285]

Great to see the game played in real conditions not on fake astro - turf.

[@MyRobertallen]

Mud + Football = Heaven on Earth. $ wrecked it. Like lots else. RFGA, Ph.D.

[@jpallen719]

This was the year I was born……. It’s amazing how little flags were thrown or penalty’s given….. clearly pass interference wasn’t a thing…… it was a battle to the death.

[@josephpetrizzojr5340]

The Kansas comet was the all around best Running back in the NFL, he was phenomenal great vision great balance & great speed that's what made Mr GALE SAYERS aka"the Kansas comet" the best ALL around Running back ever to play in the NFL, R.I.P. MR GALE SAYERS YOUR WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND & TEAMMATE BRIAN PICCOLO, MAY YOU BOTH SLEEP IN PEACE AMEN.

[@Leader-fq1dq]

I love it. Making touchdowns without those silly a__ end zone celebrations. Gale Sayers just wonderful. R I P

[@donshearn8994]

I was there. With my father. Incredible

[@TWHISPERER]

These guys today would be equivalent of Div II football, maybe even Div III or High School level.

[@williamgullett5911]

Wrong

[@TWHISPERER]

@@williamgullett5911 Very right

[@williamgullett5911]

@@TWHISPERER you think kids from the age of 18 to 22 would beat men, REAL men, in their 20s and 30s? Really? Not even Division 1 college of today

[@TWHISPERER]

@@williamgullett5911 yep

[@williamgullett5911]

@@TWHISPERER How old are you? 20? Im sure you also think that today's basketball players are better than the guys playing in the 60s too.

[@chrispaul7849]

gawd what i would give to go back to this era, I was 10 and the world seemed so amazing. Sayers was my idol. The world is a toilet now with dictators everywhere forcing nonsense.

[@13TMO]

The football was the best in this era but the world was a toilet back then too.

[@warrenbfeagins]

The greatest draft in NFL history. Sayers & Butkus in the same damn draft. No playoffs. That's a crime.

[@davidoverstreet2875]

Field was in absolutely deplorable shape. My God. Still a lot of fun watching the highlights from old school game. I was a baby at the time.

[@tombrady2023]

if you notice only handshakes after TD's no dancing,show boating or ego trips. And watch closely after every tackle there was an elbow thrown. Players tackled and thrown out of bounds. Butkus hovering over injured injured player he just tackled. Man I miss football like that !

[@davidoverstreet2875]

@@tombrady2023 true that. By the way, you're not THE Tom Brady, are you?

[@mr.blackhawk142]

@@davidoverstreet2875 Nope....I AM!!!

[@larrylewis6771]

In Baltimore, Unitas gave the ball to Lenny Moore, who set a record with 20 touchdowns. Then along came Sayers who broke that record scoring 6 TDs in the mud bowl. The TV news maybe didn't like that because they disrespected Sayers by speeding up the replay for a joke so that all the TDs were scored in seconds. Or maybe the Baltimore news had a different reason.

[@CAMERONHAOL]

PAPA BEAR GEORGE HALAS WAS NOT JUST A COACH BUT A LIVING LEGEND---ONE OF FOUNDING FATHERS OF THE NFL . 🏈

[@abujay8796]

Awesome - thanks for uploading!

[@ThePasterio]

If any didn't notice. RB Gale Sayers ran 80 yards for a to touchdown. But after that, no where to be found until later in the game.

[@Cheryworld]

Such names. Butkus, Sayers, Ditka

[@joeblow2069]

Some trivia on this game and the players. Jon Arnett #21 the Bears other halfback and kick returner was the #2 pick in the entire NFL draft in 1957. Had a mediocre career but stayed around the league a long time. Dave Kopay the 49ers halfback was the first former NFL player to admit to being gay. #40 RIP...

[@jonnydanger7181]

Tearing the hell out of Wrigley Field 😂

[@jackndew2]

After watching the video I noticed by the end of the game, Bears quarterback Rudy Bukich's uniform was still relatively clean compared to the rest of the players on the field. Leads me to believe he had great pass protection and never got tackled, at least enough to stain his uniform. Says a lot for the O-line that game. Go back to the last 5 minutes and you'll see he's the cleanest guy on that muddy field.

[@garymartin1040]

Brodie was pretty clean to.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

@@garymartin1040 clean to...WHERE?

[@markhamilton8728]

Interesting how the goal post were about 2 yards inside the end zone.

[@David-h4n9h]

Gale Sayers was incredible he could have played been top player any era of pro football. Bears and 49ers both were good. Great c the old film of Mike Ditka he was dam good player

[@herbwhite7384]

My first game and I thought it was always going to be like this.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

You got spoiled! L0L

[@robertburke784]

If Sayers had as many carries as the great John Arnett had in this game, he might have scored 10 TD's!

[@mikevanriel7573]

The NFL wouldn’t even consider playing in Wrigley Field today, not even for a pre season game.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

It's ALL about the $HEKEL$ now!

[@timlevis3630]

I heard about Jaguar John Arnett, but never saw him in action.

[@jamesevans9007]

He was the star running back for the Rams earlier in his career.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

Tim, I've just started watching old clips of Da Bears the past few days! Today's version just don't cut it for me!

[@jk0897]

Wow. Now we know why Gale Sayers was all pro...playing against those statues

[@mariofanalex4455]

They need to return for a throwback game

[@MIKECNW]

As good as this game was, it's amazing with this being 2 years after the Championship the team would struggle a good deal and 20 more years would pass till they got their bigger momment.

[@Sashi0907]

Geez you can see the 49ers offensive line cut blocking Bears defenders, Real Men, playing tough football!

[@gh4121-b5n]

The Kansas Comet was the greatest mudder that ever lived.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

Not a bad Fodder eeder!!!!

[@espinosakids4]

If you sleep or nap or forget

[@buckzx12r]

The only other guy who was like Sayers was Barry Sanders.Both could literally turn on a dime.

[@Onemore59]

This is very satisfying. SHEESH. I hate modern football.

[@mr.blackhawk142]

DITTTTTO!!!!!

[@walkergillette3918]

can see why they changed the name of the show from, NFL PLAY BY PLAY REPORT TO NFL GAME OF THE WEEK