An Eerie Fog Rolls in During the Bears vs. Eagles 1988 Playoff Game | NFL Films | Timeline: Fog Bowl

"The Timeline" takes a look at how fog surrounded Soldier Field during the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles 1988 NFC Divisional game.
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[@KngOfHawk]

TF I wasn't paying attention for like 2 seconds and I look back and Bill Nye is there

[@joannerogers6852]

KingOfShock same with me, and his voice sounded like boomer esiason

[@mmundle941]

I laughed way to hard at this

[@TheCrusaderRabbits]

Nye knows more about fog than gender.

[@betterrightthanleft2981]

Bill Nye is a fake scientist

[@Dekufan22]

Aka fake scientist!

[@maza3291]

Whoever is the creative director for NFL Films is an absolute monster. This is fucking quality editing man

[@Miller2h41]

We need to thank Mike Ditka & Buddy Ryan for agreeing to continue to play because this game became unique and here we are talking about what we witnessed all these years and counting.

[@Harambea]

Rip to all the people who paid for that game...

[@Willsand5]

Harambe just like you rip

[@David-hr3gj]

Harambe I would be proud to say I went to the fog Bowl it wasn't just the same old thing it was different it was a once in a lifetime experience that we'll probably never see in and NFL game again

[@13hellokittyfan]

Harambe some of the stadium could see... just not the very top

[@Mthomas116-t1m]

Very memorable for those who attended it.

[@gagewhitman5018]

Harambe looking back on it I think it would be pretty cool to be able to say you went to the fog Bowl

[@Miller2h41]

I remember watching that game at a young age at the time live and I thought there was something wrong with the TV.

[@telamon1071]

Miller2h41 lol

[@Roadtosubsnovids-pu5mf]

Miller2h41 .

[@scorpionz44]

,

[@Trials_MEDIA]

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[@alexk1682]

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[@macvilliams]

If I were a QB dropping back for a pass, I’d totally run 20 yards back and lose everyone and find the furthest sideline to run towards a TD

[@Gfieldoneway]

A genius move! That’ll actually work 😂

[@kimblandino]

Cunningham probably could of pulled it off especially wearing all white.

[@Jonathan83X]

To this day, it boggles my mind why Cunningham never tried something like that. What did he have to lose? This was a playoff game with everything on the line. It's not like Buddy Ryan could stop him from doing it. The Eagles should have ran numerous trick plays too to really take advantage of the fog. What could the Bears have done to stop it? The fog made it nearly impossible to see, so if they timed it well, they could've had a guy running down the left or right side of field that nobody was paying attention to until it was too late.

[@pandavelli8176]

If the fog got so thick it actually obscured the field, I’d be running belly, veer and FB option like crazy 😂 how could they tell who really got the carry?

[@chase7137]

I just said the same thing out loud I’m like run backwards to your own endzone find the sideline and book it and pray someone like singletary don’t spear you 😭😅

[@dirtydann23]

I want this to happen again in my lifetime.

[@rude73dog]

USC played in a similar fog game in the late 2000s against an Oregon school. If I find a clip I'll post it

[@melissa2688]

@Orange- I'm an Eagles fan and this game was awful!!! This was, to me, our shot to win a playoff game. You couldn't see anything in TV. When you're on opposite end of this, it sucks. I can't see the NFL letting Brady or Mahomes play in this weather. I just can't. You take care and stay safe 😷

[@eprom239]

Army Navy game right now

[@MicahHeard]

Its almost happening during lsu vs fl

[@TheOfficialRandomGuy]

@@MicahHeard that’s why I’m here.

[@carlosurias7101]

Love how ditka kept his shades on. What an absolute legend 😂

[@chicagoeconomist1643]

He had to be completely blind

[@dennisgadulka6530]

"Leave it to Mike (Singletary) to get the Scriptures in there." LOL

[@erikdrum6934]

It was Dan Hampton that first said something about bible

[@KTF0]

@@erikdrum6934 Depending who they interviewed first, technically.

[@logalogalog]

Poor Steve. ALS is finishing him off rapidly.

[@fernspain]

Coolest game to play in the history of football for sure.

[@Miller2h41]

No doubt about it because here we are talking about all these years later. Mother Nature is unpredictable so she can the game even more interesting with weather.

[@ck-1649]

@@Miller2h41 and the mud bowl

[@marcuswatson4910]

CK16 Striker mud bowl is cool but it’s also something a lot of us did as kids once or twice. It’s rained for almost a two days straight one summer and their was already a dirt spot about the size of a wrestling ring in this big field that a church let us play in(really small town) And we just played 3 on 3 tryna get the ball to the either side of the circle. Turned into a literal mud pit after about 30 minutes and our parents all payed to redo the grass there😂we were covered in mud and our feet would sink about a half inch of mud everywhere. So much fun. But this fog weather is something so special that it’s the coolest thing. Literally never happens.

[@TheChicagOP]

"bro your stuff is on fire"

[@giraffelord3056]

oPtimus Someone better call the fire department

[@jackv2945]

Giraffe Lord "it's your stuff"

[@ho11ywood81]

Giraffe Lord what a fake

[@delbertgrady5492]

it was the fans smokin up😍

[@lightyagami3492]

how did the teams even throw the football in that lol

[@Josh-rf4bm]

rip btw

[@zynnertime1]

Light Yagami I'm pretty sure both teams ran the ball a lot when the fog got to its thickest point. It was only completely blinding for a little while

[@patrickh3895]

Both teams said later they could throw the ball only in the middle of the field because they couldn't see sideline to sideline.

[@Nautilus1972]

well, you grip the ball ....

[@VampireYoshi]

They didn't, at least once in the second half. Several Eagles commentators, in the decades since, have stated that they felt the fog truly shut down the Eagles passing advantage, and that they were screaming to the Commissioner for a postponement. It never came, because there's no real Safety Hazard from fog, and if the conditions favor the rushing game, them's the breaks.

[@SuperOmnicronsj44]

There is nothing in sports like this game...it is played in the elements ... it is primordial ..the test of man's concentration , focus and determination ...and we tap into a long dead essence and band together to win a game in the elements ... nothing like this game in all of sports.

[@Percyman-kp5gj]

SuperOmnicron amen.

[@kr-qe5xn]

Wrestling

[@BooserBoi]

+Kieran Ryan has zero to do with the elements but nice try lmao

[@BooserBoi]

+SuperOmnicron too bad there is no way the NFL would ever let teams play in that. They'd say it was "for safety" but really they wouldn't make that sweet TV money.

[@hamish7813]

I mean, it's not like you lazy Americans need 2 teams for defence and offence, it's not like there's a total of around 20 minutes of actual gameplay per game, it's not like everything is done for TV ratings... but uhh yeah sure it's the best I guess huh sure...

[@saynomore4393]

"It was rolling over the stands like in that movie 'The Ten Commandments'" lol I was thinking more like 'The Fog' John Carpenter's of course (:

[@Rohan-lh5je]

I am getting this recommendation now, a week before wild card weekend. I wonder why???? Totally has nothing to do with the fact that these 2 are squaring off in Chicago on sunday

[@bat4280]

It's the 30th anniversary of the game.

[@galagize9233]

I got the same recommendation

[@plainsimple2222]

We are all the same here brother

[@oneverse111]

Prolly cuz you’ve been clicking on videos that talk about eagles and bears. It’s science

[@Slap7481]

🦅

[@bloke_19xx33]

Eagles fan here. As of this writing (12.31.18), this marks the 30 yr Anniversary of the 'Fog' Bowl. Looking forward to playing the Bears next week...hoping for a good game and that the fog stays away.

[@bloke_19xx33]

@Sammy GG IKR...still can't believe it. St. Nick comes thru again. GO BIRDS!!!!!!

[@josh-ym8oi]

Dude they got Bill Nye the science guy 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ksedillo2233]

Joshua Meyer Who isn't even a real scientist

[@vaultsuit]

He's an engineer, that's enough.

[@spinner9057]

Still got more money than me and you combined I bet.

[@Vladpryde]

I know a guy who's an engineer for a construction company. That doesn't mean I value his intellect on large-scale issues of science. Fabio has more qualifications to be a scientist than Bill does. Seriously. Look it up.

[@cade579]

@@Vladpryde he never called himself a scientist... it was a kids show called "bill nye the science guy" sorry you're reaching there sweetheart.

[@manavkilla123]

some say it was the legend27

[@natea7736]

I bet he kicked there anises making whoever lost to lose

[@stuffstuff4438]

ManavKilla lol

[@MLCxD4RT]

ManavKilla some say he did a run play instead of a pass in super bowl 49

[@stuffstuff4438]

MLG Goose 😂😂😂

[@EdDeezNuts944]

Omg I love amazing references

[@themikeanic1535]

I was lucky enough to be at this game, the fog rolled in and in minutes day turned into grey night! had pretty good seats and still could barely any players thru the fog....so weird but was so exciting!! BEAR DOWN!!!!

[@jayste9334]

Rigged...they hated on randall...they pushed that fog in...😁

[@BrotherApexx]

Hampton and Singletary look like they can still play.

[@unityostara6380]

Remember watching this game on tv as a kid.

[@carltonbanks2865]

I was there in 88, the last day of the yr as an 11 yr old with my late uncle. It was unseasonably warm the next day. The only time I saw Cunningham live, Jerome Brown, Reggie White, RiH to the latter's. We won though...

[@metalmanny666]

I can't wait for this episode to air in its entirety on The Timeline!

[@ddilla3691]

12-31-18 watching this because here we go again Bears vs Eagles

[@carlsaganlives5112]

The 'Double Doink' bowl!! Nagy brought in like 10 kickers for camp the next year. Lol.

[@cdog3497]

I like how they could have had literally any basic scientist explain how fog works but they were extra and decided to get Bill Nye lmao

[@MA-vd3ln]

Solider field looks as smoky as the Cheech & Chong mobile 😂

[@bunnyfish714]

I remember having the game on,and not being able to see a thing,30 years ago today [01/01/19]

[@lurchlogan]

Randall Cunningham should've just ran the ball over and over, I mean the guy was elusive anyways and if defenders were having a hard time trying to find him in the fog,much less tackle him.Then they should've abandon trying to pass at all!

[@Nautilus1972]

Shows he wasn't very smart.

[@jameswoods5430]

@@Nautilus1972 Trying to run blind with the 80's bears defense out there would not be smart

[@geebee6010]

Typical black quarterbacks

[@JAWrightonline]

@@Nautilus1972 Well. well, well. What do we have here? Another cowardly, ignorant racist troll.

[@JAWrightonline]

@@geebee6010 Well. well, well. What do we have here? ANOTHER cowardly, ignorant racist troll.

[@connerchaney8365]

I like how they always go to Bill Nye like he is an actual scientist 😂

[@ladscrimpton8590]

ikr. The dude's a mechanical engineer... also, he probably hasn't done anything engineering-related in decades. The dude is further removed from science than I am. Sad!

[@MikeD-hs6pf]

Bill Nye the science guy

[@aidenarredondo3841]

GZSW Sports54 BILL BILL BILL BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY

[@Hitmawrkeble]

GZSW Sports54 eyyy my nigga bill nye

[@sosalish441]

Shame we need a science guy to explain fog to the superstitious.

[@thegorn68]

WTF are you talking about? Everyone knows it was fog that formed off Lake Michigan when it happened. Years before Bill Nye was on television.

[@MikeD-hs6pf]

thegorn68 yeah. Some idiot must of wrote that comment.

[@michaelsanders5401]

I will never forget watching this on tv with my Father

[@dontarguewithfools]

One good thing about watching that game live. The security guards couldn't see you drinking your crown Royal and Miller lights

[@randyjoe8253]

I was at this game. I sat near the goal line on the south end, so I got a good view of the fog when it first rolled in. It came over the south end like a tidal wave. It looked like white smoke more than fog, and after about 30 minutes, we couldn't see anything more than about 50 feet ahead of us. It was surreal. At that point the only way that we knew what was happening in the game was by word of mouth.

[@gavitorres-olivares]

NFL post this in its entirety!!

[@051moowap8]

Gosh I love playing in the fog it's so awesome my last game was in the fog and it was muddy

[@danieldougan8613]

I respect the "we'll play in any conditions" mentality, but the officials should have postponed this game until the fog thinned out. The fans, who paid good money for those tickets, deserved a game they could actually see.

[@Goodwinish]

C Mahoney whats your frustration?

[@juliansmith6291]

It's football not baseball were they postpone a game due to rainy conditions

[@mikee1967]

If it were a night game and the lights went out would they still play? I think the game should have been stopped, sad :-(

[@calcio23]

It wasn’t safe to keep playing. The refs screwed up.

[@23jakesmith23]

Nah, that would've stolen an all time iconic NFL game for us. I think most NFL fans are happy and thankful for the existence of this game.

[@mg19cal]

I was only 7 when this game happened but I do remember saying "they must be having fun out there" because I grew up in a area that had a LOT of winter time fog and recess was always fun in the fog

[@Miller2h41]

I don't think any of us who were alive to watch this game will ever see anything like that again but mother nature is unpredictable so never say never. Bill Nye is one of my favorite people.

[@mopbrothers]

Love the challenge of these kinds of games. We need more crazy games like this.

[@MikeHunt-ml5wf]

bruh we can't control mother nature

[@4-LOW]

I was watching this game at my buddy's house when this happened. We were around 10 years old. I'll never forget it.

[@suchhun]

Haha I just realized that they did the whole interview with smoke/ fog behind..😁😁

[@dannygarcia9119]

This video vividly captures the surreal and eerie atmosphere as a dense fog engulfed the field, turning a playoff game into an unforgettable spectacle of nature's unpredictability.

[@Julian-yc4hn]

This playoff game was played on my birthday back in the late 80s and watching it on Christmas holiday break at my late grandparents house in Columbus Georgia on their CBS station WRBL tv 3

[@bluepvp900]

Well done, I hope that whoever had the idea to get Bill Nye for this has gotten the raise they deserved.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

I was six years old and I still have vague memories of this game on TV. I've never seen anything like it to this day.

[@Crusher6436]

6:08 *I T W A S S O T H I C C*

[@Thecollectingman42]

These NFL Films are awesome.

[@william121852]

Love to watch the guys play outside in the snow and the rain instead of being inside a heated stadium !!

[@alexcika9906]

Ditka still had the sunglasses on during the entire Fog 🤣

[@wajeehsiddiqui549]

Im not really an NFL fan but I love the news and I can't believe I missed this.

[@gregory46236]

I so remember this game. Drinking with my buddies having a good time

[@shawnmichaels5934]

This is one of the best episodes bringing in the scientist was genius.

[@DOMinatorxXx42]

Ready for the fog bowl 2

[@TimC19]

Damn you Cody parkey

[@Jorich196]

Won't ever happen again that was once in million

[@danski6694]

This was on the cover of NFL Films “NFL’s Greatest Hits” A massive history lesson for a young lad like myself, prior to youtube and the internet at your fingertips. Used to watch it over and over again. Basically studying it.

[@americanswan]

This is my favorite game ever. Hilarious challenges for coaches, referees, fans, CBS, players. LOl

[@robertdirocco1885]

The fog rolled in 2019 and it was called Cody Parkey 😂😂

[@justinfacer6332]

I love how the NFL couldn't even afford an actual scientist to explain fog. Instead we get the engineer that identifies as a scientist. He's career fluid.

[@Adino1]

Surprised he didn't squeeze in how many genders he thinks there are.

[@lindseysummers5351]

Engineering is applied science, so...

[@shaskins15]

@@Adino1 lmaooooo

[@BeardofBeesPool]

Was Bill wrong in the video? Lol

[@joemamma137]

As long as he stays out of the ladies rooms.

[@walterlv01]

Strangest sporting event I have ever seen - I was 12 when this was played and it still is. Also odd is that it was 50 degrees in Chicago in January that day. The next week when the Bears played the 49ers it was about 6 degrees.

[@jeffreyrinkenberger8158]

I never knew about this. Great story and so crazy that it is real.

[@drcommunist0074]

Bill Nye played Strong Safety XD LMAO

[@owenguest7225]

So great they got Bill Nye

[@scottlawrence2638]

Owen Guest bill bill bill bill

[@austin-wj9tm]

Owen Guest bruh I thought ur thing was a hair on my phone

[@billyvanilla2813]

Same

[@shaskins15]

@Jonathan Parks ikr? Guys a friggin quack

[@mspionage1743]

How cool old Soldier Field looked with those Roman looking Pillars overlooking the field. DAMNIT they should have kept this same design.

[@lrodnyc9047]

I remember watching this game as a kid...it was pretty cool, never seen anything like it, then or now...

[@classichost]

I remember watching this game at Charlie Teague's Sporting Goods on a 5" black and white portable which made the experience more surreal.

[@arizonashane]

5:29: "It was like they were piping in crowd noise." Little did he know...

[@staceyworkman1274]

I just got this 😂

[@cheehee808_]

This would be wild if it happened nowadays, though I don't know if we'll ever see something like this in the modern NFL

[@Moneyaddthenmultiply]

Fog Bowl was AVENGED last night .... 🦅

[@DanhJrehle]

Nice Avection Fog like Fog over LA today, Thanks Bill Nye, Love NFL History!!!

[@matw3429]

BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL BILL!!!

[@1977raider]

80's NFL was the best & the golden era

[@danieldougan269]

The current #ATLvsNE game (10/22/2017) reminded me of this.

[@starks749]

Yeah right, you guys understood what Bill Nye was saying lol!!!!

[@ethanmichiels5870]

starks749 Umm it was not hard to understand at all.

[@ADSDoor]

lol, Bill Nye the Mechanical Engineer

[@lux5121]

“Sanders goes right, aaand disappears in the haze” lmaooo

[@michaelmoak1443]

If this happened during a Patriots home game Brady would be suspended at least 4 games lol.

[@hallo_welt_ag]

Its like NASCAR in Pocono 2016 when Chris Buescher won

[@robertmasina4610]

To those who regularly watch pro football on TV, I'm sure this was a once in a lifetime kind of thing.

[@chefboythirdy3998]

I love when it gets foggy in the field, not long ago in practice it was goofy as hell but it wasn’t as cold as other days

[@virginiaharper9644]

There is no way anyone is playing football in this, you can barely see anyone, they are going to be running at no one in this fog. Its really cool that they can see the fog roll in though, I have seen fog before but nothing this intense, fog like this is something I feel like many people dont see often.

[@sumu1663]

seems like a once in a lifetime moment

[@thegrandpencil4374]

No seems about it lol

[@tylerbridges1330]

Bill explained that poorely.

[@kingonipaayt3045]

Damnit Jim, I told him that was too many fog machines!

[@CoachJMagana]

At first I thought bill was going to start talking about the science of fog

[@thebignacho2]

1:11The announcer does “The Twilight Zone” theme 🤣

[@aaronlee5073]

I was at the Cincinnati vs Seattle playoff game while this was goin

[@yoshidinono8095]

Narrator: "An act of god." Mother Nature: Am I a joke to you?

[@seraphim_eternal]

Well God is the God of nature.

[@tempestfury8324]

It was eerie just as a television spectator!!!

[@alexthelegoguy4504]

I could only imagine the atmosphere created by the fog. It’s like going to war at this point lol

[@Jonathan83X]

What an amazing game this was. There's never been anything like it before and I doubt it'll ever happen again. I'm so glad it happened back then and not now because knowing how soft the NFL is getting, they would have postponed the game because derp... it's too tough for the players to handle. -.- For those who say the Eagles got cheated because of this, I call bull. The Eagles had plenty of chances to score, but didn't. Plus, they didn't even take advantage of the fog with alot of trick plays. That would have been the perfect time to call them because of how hard it was to see. A guy could run a reverse or a flea flicker and very few players would know what had happened until it was too late.

[@Miller2h41]

Never say never when it comes to mother nature, we will see something bizarre and out of this world in a game.

[@Jonathan83X]

Probably, but knowing the NFL, we'll never get to enjoy it because they're pansies who won't let football be played the way it's supposed to be.

[@telamon1071]

Jonathan83X The fact that your arguing about a game that happened almost 30 years ago is stupid asf.

[@Jonathan83X]

Because I want football to be as good as it was during that era? Whatever...

[@bigmillionare]

What does how the game was played have to do with the probability of this happening again? The only thing I can see happening is a game being delayed or moved because of weather related reasons. That has nothing to do with how football is played now, it's just player safety. It's not all about you.

[@croplaya]

I remember watching this on tv at my neighbors house. God it was awesome

[@keithwarner6997]

I was in Acapulco watching this gm ...

[@bamafpv1982]

I remember that day well!!

[@bodeezy78]

I remember this game I thought my TV antenna was messing up lol smackn my TV the whole time

[@patrickbanka7364]

An Eerie fog rolled over me when the legend 27 was kicking my ass😭

[@dragonfire3102]

DAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BEARS!!!

[@davidtorrez8460]

"Hands it off to Sanders, goes right. And he disappears into the haze" lmao 😂😂 now days they will probably delay the game 😒

[@talesofintrigue3315]

Or call him for unsportsmanlike conduct.

[@Jmmoffa]

I remember watching this game New Years Eve 1988. The players couldn’t even see the ball most of the game.

[@nicolastenorio7405]

I’m remember this game like yesterday we’re game Night

[@bradunderwood5684]

I watched this game in disbelief. As soon as the game was over...and the Bears won...the Fog lifted. 🤔

[@nadiakhamo3098]

I think everyone in this video is baked in addition maybe secretly everyone was passing blunts that day in the stadium.

[@DanhJrehle]

Nice Avection Fog like in LA today...Thanks Bill Nye

[@DanhJrehle]

😎