Epic Showdown in the Capitol City! (Bears vs. Redskins, 1984 NFC Divisional))

Check out the 1984 NFC Divisional Round game highlights between the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins!
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[@bishopman2308]

I love watching these old games from the 70's & 80's. After watching these, you watch today's NFL and it's like a completely different game.

[@caramanico1]

Yeah, waaaaaay less brutal.

[@Monk-Amani.]

Joe Theismann and Warren Moon. Two college greats that the NFL overlooked and let the CFL groom them. Man, there was a awful lot of NFL greats on the field with this one. Thanks for the load.

[@watsonroadster3707]

Joe Theismann on the Toronto Argonauts...Almost won the 1971 Grey Cup. Warren Moon,QB of possibly the greatest football team in any league EVER...The 1978 -1982 Edmonton Eskimos and 5 Grey Cups for Moon.

[@MaximusWolfe]

Theisman is a scumbag quisling. He flopped over to support the moronic name change and Dan Snyder for money. He’s a traitor to every true Redskins fan that ever was.

[@Train2kill00]

The tough running by Walter Payton never gets old.

[@RayManzarekRocks]

I have so much respect for John Riggins. Can't think of many RBs who gained more tough yards (i.e., between the tackles) in their careers. The guy scored 128 touchdowns in the regular season and playoffs and never spiked the ball after any of them. Never bitched, never moaned, never talked smack (at least openly). Just went back to the huddle then lined up for the next play. That's what I call a man's man. #HOF

[@cygnusx-3217]

Riggins was tough as hell. I remember that he was always bleeding. His hands were torn up. But he kept running.

[@ezsmith3765]

Diesel Riggins is one of my favorite NFL players of all time. For exactly the reasons you mentioned and more. The White House dinner party incident 🤣😂. I love his running style. He wasn’t all power like a Campbell or Alstott. Riggins had outstanding vision + he could turn it on for 50-60 yds for a big guy.

[@cardboardbelt]

Despite the disappointing home playoff loss, this was one of my favorite years as a Redskins fan. They started 0-2 after playing their first two games against the two eventual Super Bowl contestants, the Dolphins and 49ers. Because of this they spent the rest of the year scrapping and fighting to stay in the playoff race. They suffered many injuries over the course of the season, but a career year from Art Monk and a timely defense kept them competitive. Entering the last two games of the year they had to come out on top both in Dallas and at home against St Louis to win the division. In Dallas in week 15 they had to overcome a 15 point halftime deficit and score late in the 4th to win by just 2 points. On the last day of the regular season they faced the Cardinals in a game that would determine the division champion. Art Monk came up big, scoring two touchdowns, gaining 136 yards, and breaking the record for catches in a season along the way. His last catch of the day was on 3rd and 18. He gained 19 and set up the game winning field goal from Moseley. Maybe they just didn't have enough left to take down this tough Bears team after all of that. Their usually great offensive line was held together by duct tape due to injuries, and it shows here. This was one of the great rivalries in the league from '84 to '91.

[@nikosuavesworldofsportsmusic]

BIG DAMN FACTS!!!! As a Dallas Cowboys fan who loved the late great Don Coryell & ALL of his offensive disciples I had great admiration & respect for the legendary Joe Gibbs ESPECIALLY his 1st stint as Washington Redskins head coach from 1981-92 EASILY one of the greatest teams in NFL history & arguably the best coached team of that era.

[@ezsmith3765]

I too was a Dallas fan in the early 80s (I was a kid 10 yrs old in ‘82). In recent years thanks to KZbin the Redskins 1980-85 has become a team I really admire. I love watching their big games vs the Cowboys, 49ers, Bears, Raiders, Giants... -Theisman -Riggins -Monk -C.Brown -D. Green -Manly -The 🐽’s -The Smurfs Coach Gibbs I like this era Redskins more now than I ever did the Danny White era Cowboys. PS my idea a couple of years ago when they had to change their name/mascot was to keep things as close as possible and changing just enough to get the (whoever) off of their backs. Keep the helmet logo the same except remove the Native American head and replace it with a capital “W” inside the circle. Keep the hanging feathers. There’s no law against feathers (last I knew). Then change the name from the Redskins to “The Skins”. 💥 BAM.... done. Technically there wouldn’t be anything wrong with that. No more native head, no more word “Red”. I truly wish they would’ve done this. The Commanders is just dumb. Bland, meaningless.

[@johnaugsburger6192]

Payton, the best there ever was, the best there ever will be. Total energy E=mc^2. The total package. He'll lay down a block with as much enthusiasm as running with the ball. The goosesteps are the exclamation of confidence, scoping and anticipating the defensive players reactions and then exploding in acceleration accompanied by a 2×4 stiff arm. I'm glad I got to see Sweetness.

[@RayManzarekRocks]

Jim Brown was significantly better than Payton as a ball carrier. Then again, he was better than any RB who played the game. #GOAT

[@bhmch39]

Say what you will about the 85 bears, THIS was when we as bears fans realizes how good we were. No one expected us to win this game. Ditka knew.

[@flexiblestrategist9922]

Buddy Ryan claimed the '84 Bears D was better than the famous '85 D.

[@MaximusWolfe]

Ditka was and is an idiot. After Ryan left his teams routinely underperformed.

[@teeemm9456]

@@flexiblestrategist9922 '84 and '86 bears were a QB away from winning superbowls.

[@ChrisDelgaudio-m4x]

Ditka didnt know shit!!

[@Head318Hunter]

12:25 Darrell Green covering Willie Gault. 2 of the fastest players in NFL history to this day.

[@markaveryjr7463]

Why do teams wear the wrong color uniforms like this sometimes?

[@russellmurray3964]

@@markaveryjr7463 Starting in 1981, Washington predominantly wore white jerseys at home just to make sure that the Dallas Cowboys couldn't wear their white jerseys when playing on the road at RFK - it was basically payback against their NFC East rivals, just so Dallas couldn't get away with wearing the white jerseys all the time and feeling as if they were the home team and getting a psychological edge from it. It also had (I guess, if someone believes in these things) the effect of making Dallas play in their less familiar, less comfortable road blue jerseys. The only time Washington wore their dark jerseys in 1984 was in their week 15 game at Dallas, according to The Gridiron Uniform Database (www.gridiron-uniforms.com/GUD/controller/controller.php?action=teams-season&team_id=DAL&year=1984). The New York Giants also did this starting in 1980, and I think the other NFC East teams eventually followed suit (from what I can tell, the Philadelphia Eagles started doing this in 1986). The Cardinals seem to have been the earliest NFC East team to figure out this gambit, but oddly enough had given it up by the mid-80's.

[@zacchaeuswilson6116]

@@markaveryjr7463 The Redskins wore white as their home jerseys. From 1981-2000.....before Marty Schottenmeier changed it for some dumb reason. Smh

[@petegobeckli1386]

@@zacchaeuswilson6116 yeah. Oh Marty. May GOD rest his soul. This was the 1st '84 playoff game that,well I didn't see it while it was & happening, that the NFC would dominate for the next 13 SEASONS! Except for the PHILADELPHIA EAGLES , every team in the NFC EAST won at least 2! SB's. 49ers won 4 & the BEARS 1. Who knew.

[@RayManzarekRocks]

And one is in the Hall of Fame. #HailToTheRedskins

[@morrieswigs]

That hit on Joe Washington was brutal

[@JAWrightonline]

And perfectly legal. Fire Roger Goodell!

[@VolumedMusicMan]

That hit set the tone for the Bears. It was a statement maker!

[@kenanbulut9590]

Mark May should have been ejected, fined, and suspended for his assault on Otis Wilson.

[@VolumedMusicMan]

@@JAWrightonline Goodell turned the game into flag football...

[@billjames7495]

Seemed like the Bears sacked Joe Theismann 25 times in this game !!!

[@brianbachmeier34]

Mike Singletary #50 of the Chicago Bears Career Accomplishments Chicago Bears (1981-1992) 10x Pro Bowl selection 8x All Pro selection 51 passes defended 7 interceptions 12 fumble recoveries 1,488 tackles (885 solo) 7 touchdowns Missed 2 games 1981 All Rookie Team 1980's All Decade Team 1985 Defensive Player of the Year 1988 Defensive Player of the Year 1985 Super Bowl Champion 1989 Byron “Whizzer” White Man of the Year Award 1990 NFL Man of the Year Award 1991 Bart Starr Award Hall of Fame selection

[@jgamez5023]

Holy cow, looking at the Bears defense play in '84 you could easily see what was coming for the 1985 Season. If only McMahon was healthy in '84 that NFC Champ game would've been one for the ages !

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

It's so interesting how the '85 Bears are revered in history but the defenses that sandwiched them are often forgotten. The '84 Bears still have the record for most sacks by a defense in a single season with 72 (!!!) and allowed fewer yards. And the '86 Bears actually allowed fewer yards and points than the '85 Bears, but were let down by their offense in the playoffs.

[@ericsigersmith2831]

They are y he 1986 Mets of nfl history if that makes sense as where they were a historic one year team that makes you wonder how they couldn't win atleast one more ring or make a another super bowl even though buddy Ryan left for Philly

[@williamkoscielniak7871]

That's what not winning a Super Bowl will do for ya. People don't remember losers.

[@stevecvino]

Dynasty of one.

[@KT72273]

Al Harris and Todd Bell

[@stevecvino]

If McMahan could have stayed healthy they're might have been more championships for the Bears.

[@robkeel100]

Theismann should be a HOF’er. The dude was a league MVP and took his team to back to back Super Bowls, winning one of them. Better stats than Joe Namath and more accomplishments, too.

[@deebocj]

Wow! Now that was football!

[@chrisuncleahmad]

The Redskins’ only playoff loss at RFK Stadium.

[@dariuzjohnson9125]

@C. K. Thank you. I love NFL fun facts like this

[@quincee3376]

Wow. Impressive. Never knew that.thx.

[@tyreepowell8367]

@@dariuzjohnson9125 Do You Also Love The Late Icon Walter Payton As Well?

[@dariuzjohnson9125]

@@tyreepowell8367 Walter Payton had disowned his illegitimate son Nigel. Who does that? I don't love that

[@quincee3376]

@@dariuzjohnson9125 for real? NFL's Man of The Year award is named after Walter Payton..

[@dariuzjohnson9125]

This game was a stunner; However, we would repay the Bears with 2 consecutive defeats in the divisional playoffs in Chicago: '86 and '87

[@w41duvernay]

I still remember Theismann getting sacked 7 times, and thus Joe Gibbs changed the offensive against the BEATS to max protect for the next games.

[@olofpalme63]

God! Those 2 playoff loses in a row to the skins still sickens me...

[@millypoo7713]

And the Bears knocked the Redskins out of the playoffs in 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1984.

[@RayManzarekRocks]

The Redskins absolutely destroyed a potential Bears dynasty. #HailToTheRedskins

[@MaximusWolfe]

@@millypoo7713 Bears dynasty thwarted by the “braves on the warpath!”

[@ScaryAppul-114]

Imagine how many roughing the passer calls there would be

[@fess04]

i lost count of the sacks for both sides. Awesome battle.

[@CJinsoo]

Yeah, according to today’s rules, the entire defenses of both teams would be ejected.

[@Official_Kings_Versus]

@@CJinsoo FACTS 💯

[@TheVCRTimeMachine]

8:42 That's how you celebrate a touchdown. Flip the ball to the official and walk off the field like a total badass.

[@marley8318]

both Redskin fumbles would have been called incomplete passes today

[@MaximusWolfe]

They were incomplete passes.

[@marley8318]

@@MaximusWolfe they were catches that were fumbled

[@TheSands83]

Because it’s so technical today. They literally caught the fucking ball n got knocked the fuck out.. if you actually caught the ball back then.n then lost it.. it was a fumble . The way it should be. The first fumble he pulled it in even and started to turn n got knocked the fuck out! Fumble

[@TheSands83]

@@MaximusWolfenot in 1984 that’s a fumble son

[@MaximusWolfe]

@@TheSands83 I’m not your son, woman.

[@quincee3376]

Richard Dent was incredible.

[@lonniecraig5186]

Love to see these old games/highlights. Especially this one. Talk about two Mack trucks running into each other on the interstate. And Walter Payton... won't ever see a guy like him again. The Bears may not have hit their potential in the 1980s, but it was still a fun ride, and the rivalries are something you won't forget. Thanks so much for posting this.

[@craigburgess7105]

I remember this game - Payton what a legend

[@craigburgess7105]

Riggins also a total lej

[@michaelmadsen5678]

Awesome! Thanks! Lifelong Bear fan and grew up watching Sweetness. Forever the best. And, to be fair, I didn't realize what a cannon of an arm Theismann had!

[@rjam1974]

Before the devastating injury Theismann was the undisputed starting quarterback and was durable for 8-9years not missing a game.

[@nman2]

Great little rivalry these two teams had in this era. Bears fan here and while I loved seeing them win here, the divisional losses in 86 and 87 to the skins still hurt to think about. Those teams were just as good as 85. If only McMahon wasn’t injured so often. The Bears win/loss record when he actually played was insane. Consistently having to start backups like Fuller, Tomczak and even Flutie for that 86 playoff game wasn’t ideal, even with the best running back and defense of all time.

[@marcuslee1927]

This would be the only playoff game the Redskins would lose at RFK Stadium (11-1 postseason record)

[@dariuzjohnson9125]

During the '80's, RFK Stadium was a special place. I'd attended many free games via generous fans

[@pdgutierrez8784]

Bears won 23-19, very rough game. Bears would go to San Francisco and lose without Jim McMahon at QB. Had Jim stayed healthy, bears could have won a few more Super Bowls. Had a great defense thanks to Buddy Ryan.

[@randydubin7118]

2:54 So Joe Gibbs *WAS* lying when he said that he never used the Shotgun formation in his career prior to his return to coaching in the mid-2000s.....

[@Michael-ji8lu]

We didn’t have much luck vs the Redskins in the late 80s but this was a gritty win on the road.

[@scoobycarr5558]

Bears fan here but I did have a great admiration for the Redskins' John Riggins. Just behind Payton in moves but he was a fine athlete all around.

[@scott6828]

NFL games aren't even close to being this entertaining....the game has changed so much that it's unrecognizable today.

[@jeremythompson9122]

Walter Payton could throw a pretty good pass too as well as being possibly the greatest runner ever to play the game. He would've been a ridiculously good triple threat QB on occasion

[@dp233332]

Payton is the best all around player ever...Running catching it could throw and was an exceptional blocker...made one of the best open field blocks Ive ever seen anyone make lifted that defender completely off his feet absolutely singlehandedly cleared a path for McMahon on the run on one occasion also made the key blitz pickup block that bought mcmahon enough time to succesfully go deep on his 1st attempt of the game after coming in off the bench despite injury, against Minnesota in wk3 of that 85season...He actually did play QB, filled in as the emergency QB, for a game against GB a few yrs earlier.

[@ethanspencer152]

I love Joe Theismann!

[@JohnnyBallgame88]

What a hit by Todd Bell at 3:02 Great throw by Walter Payton at 5:27

[@JAWrightonline]

Hey, Johnny Ballgame, you know you disgusted Roger Goodell with your Todd Bell compliment. That was one of the greatest hits I've ever seen. Set the tone for the rest of this game.

[@pdgutierrez8784]

Both Todd Bell #25 and #90 Al Harris would sit out the 1985 super bowl season. Both wanted more money, Bears were just too stingy to grant that. Signed Mike Ditka head coach at $100,000 salary, as the head coach! Years earlier Ditka had said 'Halas throws around nickels like they were man hole covers'!

[@redmustangredmustang]

The game after this the Redskins got dominated by the Bears, but in 86 and 87 the Redskins beat the Bears in the playoffs. They figured out how to beat the Bears blitz and sadly Jim McMahon was never ever healthy. The Redskins would also win in 90 and 91 while the Bears would only win in 88. The Redskins would capture another 2 Super Bowls.

[@cardboardbelt]

You almost have this right. The Bears blew out the Redskins at RFK in 1988 and then came back in 1989 only to get dominated by the 'Skins in part due to 152 yards and 2 TDs from Art Monk.

[@PrinceTron1]

The 49ers, Redskins and Jim McMahon's injuries stopped the Bears from having a Super Bowl dynasty. Till this very day I still have disdain for the Redskins and 49ers.You can now add the Eagles to that.

[@rjam1974]

@@PrinceTron1 Till this day I hate the Raiders & 49ers in that they were the only teams that messed up a possible skins dynasty. lol

[@rjam1974]

@@PrinceTron1 In the 1980s a lot of disdain going on. I had major hate for Giants (we habitually found ways to lose to them) and 49ers. We got them a few times but they got us a few times in the playoffs. Rypien struggled mightily against them.

[@CWG-]

It is so fun to watch Walter Payton run.

[@johnnyreno7200]

I saw Walter's last regular season game in LA against the Raiders in 1987

[@RayManzarekRocks]

Yet Ditka gave the ball to Fridge Perry at the 1-yard line in Super Bowl XX. Talk about a big middle finger to the greatest Bears player of the modern era. Said a lot about why this team was a massive underachiever.

[@josephnicolino8529]

​@@RayManzarekRocks his job was to win the game not get Walter Payton a touchdown

[@RayManzarekRocks]

@@josephnicolino8529 The Bears had a 37-3 lead when Ditka decided to give the ball to Perry at the 1-yard line. Nice try, though.

[@TheSands83]

He was truly something special

[@juliansmith4352]

NFL Football in the 1980s was when real men played no complaining to the refs, you got hit hard plus

[@derpy.1]

There was always complaints sent the refs way for years, it's just that we have more cameras to catch the players complaining now 😂😂😂

[@solomonyanky]

I remember in the 80s the old guys like Butkus and Deacon Jones and Ray Nitschke saying that the guys from the 80s weren't as tough and the game was softer than it was in their time. Every generation thinks their generation had it tougher- I wouldn't want Khalil Mack hitting me.

[@juliansmith4352]

@@QuiltHoncho Mainly some quarterbacks in the 80s took some hard hits & got back up no whining to the refs now you touch or breath wrong on the qbs today

[@peterg5247]

During the 80s, you griped how they were soft, not like the 50s. In 2050, they'll talk about the glorious tough men of the 2020s Bitching about the good old days is a sign you're getting old. I know, I have been bitching about the good old days for years

[@shaydawg8415]

NFL football now where old timers complain about the "good ol" times as they continue to watch current football. And wtf is the NFL throwback page doing liking this. Wouldn't say this to any current NFL football players face

[@eldersamuelwilliams9779]

Does ANYBODY have the 1985 New York Giants @ Chicago Bears divisional playoff game? I can't find THAT game anywhere. I loved that game.

[@elbonian1166]

This? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZjYeH-jjrSpea8si=buMFooVUiLPkksAd

[@LunaticFringeReviews]

Sweetness 🔥

[@stivosimz]

This is the hardest hitting game Ive ever seen. Watched this game when I was 9 with my dad. First game I Remember.

[@JJMk3]

This was the season I started to become a Chicago Bears fan and still ✊🏾🐻⬇️

[@rdrock-vd2dw]

Walter Payton played like a 24 yrs old man! Hard to believe he was 30 in this game! He was truly inconquerable & special!

[@carloscolon3331]

Back when the bears and redskins were very good teams

[@sports3117]

I believe that was Frank Glieber doing play-by-play, isn’t it?

[@tommyparkerparker]

35 years ago today, Frank Glieber called his last football game before his untimely death 4 months later. He was one of the best. RIP Frank Glieber!

[@astrostar49]

Thanks for continuing to do these. The visual and sound quality of these cutup highlights is superb, and it makes the viewing experience a lot better compared to other sources online :D

[@terucks]

This was the beginning of the Bears Winning Window Years! Before this matchup, they hadn’t won a playoff game in 21 years dating back to 1963. The 85 Bears were like the ‘83 Philadelphia 76ers! Walter Payton was Dr J who added flash to the game. The Bears should’ve won two or three more Superbowls in the mid-80s (possibly a three peat) if it wasn’t for Mike Ditka’s ego. I always thought Ditka was overrated coach because the Bears team and the defense was shadow under Buddy Ryan, respectively.

[@matthewshortle5274]

Then next week, Bears get shut out by the 49ers.

[@1990Thunderbolt]

Matthew Shortle team of the 1980s - 49ers! Team of the decade - 1985 Chicago Bears!

[@derickarnold3301]

1990Thunderbolt yeah but people forget the 1991 Washington Redskins was the greatest single-season team in NFL history

[@1990Thunderbolt]

Derick Arnold it’s cause the redskins are one of the most underrated teams in the league! Lol

[@boxingoffice2766]

@@derickarnold3301 The 1991 Redskins had one of thr easiest post season runs in history. Beating the Lions, and the Falcons, give me a break

[@timlevis3630]

@@1990Thunderbolt The 85 Bears had the easiest schedule of all time. They played the Packers,Lions,Bucks,and Vikings twice in one year,in 1985 they all sucked. Then they got the afc east Jets,Colts,Pats,and Dolphins,who by the way,beat them. They all sucked,so much almost all made the playoffs,in a shitty conference. They got a gift against the Giants,then they get Dieter Brock in the title game. How can we make this any easier the 5th seed in the sad sack afc goes to the super bowl. Team that won the easiest super bowl,85 Bears. Got their ass kicked in 84,49ers,lost in 86 Skins,ass kicked in 88 49ers at Chicago in the cold,then they just did a disappearing act. Team of the decade,get a grip asshole.

[@matthewnikitas2904]

Mark moseley only kicker to win mvp

[@ethanspencer152]

Good football trivia

[@jimhyland256]

Lou Groza was NFL MVP in 1953.

[@leroystover1062]

WALTER Payton was a beast when he runs RIP RUNNING IN HEAVEN NOW LOVE ❤️ WALTER

[@carltoncherry1873]

You have to get this whole game it was a great game.

[@charlesdunn442]

The Bears knocked the Redskins out of the 84 playoffs. The Redskins knocked the Bears out of the 86 and 87 playoffs.

[@solice8844]

charles dunn The 49ers knocked the Bears out the following week and went on to win the Super Bowl over Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins.

[@hrtvfan2870]

While there was a historic rivalry between the Redskins and Bears during pro football's early days (with four NFL championship meetings between 1937-43; there could probably be a case made for the 1980s matchups being an overlooked rivalry between Da Bears and the 'Skins).

[@jmhydn58]

I'd rather it be the other way around.....frigging Ditka and the Qb's

[@rpm773]

@@jmhydn58 Sure...McMahon, Fuller, Tomczak, Harbaugh. But after over a quarter century since Ditka left, I think the Chicago/QB thing might be more endemic to the Bears than to Coach :)

[@jmhydn58]

rpm773 trying to make flutie a drop back passer for one game instead of , like in Secrtariat....”let him run Ronnie, let him run “. Bears wasted a great defense on an egotistical fragile punkie qb.

[@mmeatheaddd]

out of all the great defenses the bears teams of the 1980's had both ditka and ryan said the 1984 bears defense was the best of them all. 1984 bears still hold nfl record for sacks in a season at 72! good to see games like this .. real football not the 2 hand touch we see in todays nfl.

[@smokesletsgo8180]

You know it's a crazy beginning when the show the opening kickoff in the highlights

[@martyswaney1098]

This was one of the toughest hard hitting games from the Redskins glory days. When it was done you knew the Bears were special.

[@jackprecip5389]

I remember watching this game in a pool hall. Some poor guy had a nickel on Washington (if memory serves, he was laying 9 or 10 points) and he was pretty much dead by the early 3rd quarter, and while that was going on, he was in a straight pool money match and had to watch his opponent make around 80 balls in a row to beat him out of another few hundred. He then tried to get even betting the Broncos with Elway at home in the late playoff game laying 4 against visiting Pittsburgh and had to see Mark Malone (remember him?) and the Steelers rally and upset the Broncos outright. I'm sure he was a ray of sunshine by the time he finally made it home to his wife that night.

[@igorslocks]

When Igor + friends went in 94 2 see Dead at RFK, hopped fence & 1st spot went to was about 30yd line 2 recreate Todd Bell/Joe Washington. Favorite hit of Bears youth

[@duanegreen8984]

I wish you can do a reverse kickoff on Madden.

[@maddenking9616]

Yooo that’s a game changer

[@brucedavis3816]

I remember this game kept waiting for the bears to choke. I could believe they won. First playoff vic in 21 years!!!

[@TruthHurts58]

I was 9 years old and a Redskins fanatic when this game was played. They were so dominant the previous two seasons that it seemed impossible that they could lose this game. I still remember bawling when it was over. Still hate the Bears and 49ers to this day. Hail to the Redskins!

[@rjam1974]

I cried a bit two after the game, the previous year when we lost the superbowl I cried and tore my Jtheismann poster up ( I was 9years old then). Then I cried and hated the Payton and the Bears. Skins had their chances to score. WE had two turnovers that should not have happened

[@rjam1974]

The defenses in the game were outstanding

[@trevorhembrough1290]

3:02 Every Bear fan remembers this hit. Todd Bell nearly be heading Joe Washington. Completely changed the course of this game.

[@rjam1974]

I think JW was knocked out the game. I was in the 5th grade during that season but I remember that hit and I don't remember seeing him from that point onward

[@justcallmemister8584]

@@rjam1974 Believe it or not, Joe Washington did return to the game after that vicious hit. I was in the 6th grade during the '84 season. The Redskins got royally screwed on poorly called fumbles by Joe Washington and Calvin Muhammad, respectively. Of course, they had their chances to win the game irrespective of those calls (as they wasted three possessions in the 4th quarter where they were in the Bears' territory and wasn't able to put any points on the board), but those egregious turnovers (both called as the Redskins were on solid drives) turned out to be the difference in the game.

[@rjam1974]

@@justcallmemister8584 Moseley was missing some short kicks and that 25yarder he missed towards the end was a deflater. Ever since that MVP season he was started really tail off during that 83 playoffs

[@justcallmemister8584]

@@rjam1974 Moseley definitely started to tail off after his MVP season in '82. I had forgotten about his missed kick in the playoffs versus Chicago. I do remember him missing four FGs against the 49ers in the NFC Championship game in '83, which damn near cost us. But that's a subject for another day. The Redskins had their opportunities versus the Bears as they didn't muster any points from three possessions in Chicago's territory in the 4th quarter. That can't happen and shouldn't have happened in my opinion. Frankly, that cost the 'Skins the game.

[@RayManzarekRocks]

@@justcallmemister8584 Couldn't handle the pass rush with a depleted o-line. Theismann didn't have enough time to make longer throws. Needed five-step drops and shorter routes. Also gave up on the run too early. One touchdown drive would have made the difference.

[@marclaclear6628]

I don't know how far this 84 Bears team will go but they might be pretty good in 85.

[@sylvandelacruz]

"Washington is really clobbered!" I had to re-watch that a few times.

[@randydubin7118]

The Redskins Special Teams coach (Forget his name) was probably the greatest Special Teams coach of all time. He pulled off something similar the previous year in the NFC Championship against the 49ers that went for a touchdown, but it was called back due to a penalty.

[@TheLastRomantic68]

Wayne Sevier

[@tookmyjob]

Randy Dubin Ditka tried pulling that off on them the next season too.

[@samuelhain2712]

LOVE the violence, and how the refs let players CRIPPLE each other!

[@RayManzarekRocks]

Fewer players were injured and sat out games then than now. They were just tougher back then. #RealMen

[@r.williamcomm7693]

Walter Payton could have been an excellent QB.

[@jo23bulls]

So many trick plays!

[@briang768]

He has more career touchdowns than Johnny Manziel.

[@watsonroadster3707]

Payton was the Bears 3rd string QB many times. In '84, he ended up playing QB for a couple of quarters against the Packers at Soldier Field...

[@r.williamcomm7693]

Watson Roadster Watson Roadster Yes. Payton was the most versatile player in the modern era. Here’s an article about the game that you mentioned: joemontanasrightarm.com/2015/04/16/throwback-thursday-the-time-walter-payton-played-quarterback-for-the-bears/

[@yeeluvspizza]

Joe Gibbs would return the favor twice to the Bears in Chicago the next few seasons and go on to be a legendary coach... booking 2 more Super Bowl wins.

[@Dmarcoot]

What a great game. I was there with my dad

[@JohnnyBallgame88]

Awesome Two great Defenses

[@bobfole4781]

2:55 WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ONE OF THE HARDEST HITS I’VE EVER SEEN !!!! #MAKEFOOTBALLGREATAGAIN

[@erocs9747]

War damn eagle

[@Official_Kings_Versus]

Chicago Bears-🏈 NFC Central (1970-2001) NFC North (2002-present) Washington Redskins-🏈 NFC East (1970-present)

[@LE-ok2dm]

Redskins and Bears would square off in the divisional round of the playoffs 3x between 1984-87. Both teams would start 3 different QBs: 1984 - Bears @ Redskins: Steve Fuller vs. Joe Theismann. The road team won 23-19. Redskins K: Mark Moseley; Redskins Leading Rusher: John Riggins 1986 - Redskins @ Bears: Jay Schroeder vs. Doug Flutie. The road team won 27-13. Redskins K: Jess Atkinson; Redskins Leading Rusher: George Rogers 1987 - Redskins @ Bears: Doug Williams vs. Jim McMahon. The road team won 21-17. Redskins K: Chip Lohmiller; Redskins Leading Rusher: Timmy Smith Fun Fact: Mike Richardson had the Bears only interceptions in each of these games. He had 1 interception in each game.

[@debbiehenson1096]

One reason the Bears only had one gr8 season, McMahon couldn't stay healthy.

[@toddbiesel4288]

Future WFT head coach on winning side in this game.

[@darincornell5896]

As great as '85 was, this is my all-time favorite Bears game. At the end when the Bears D should have been too tired, they went the other way and dialed it up.

[@johnre5342]

They also did it to another great team that played offense with the same physicality as the bears defense.

[@MP0612A]

joe theisman, is my favorite qb (i’m a redskins fan) We had great qbs and a great coach i mean we had Record breaker wrs, Art monk Etc Before y’all say JERrY RiCe HolDs thE rEcord Before art monk was the record holder.

[@olofpalme63]

Chicago's 1st post-season victory since 1963,...at seasons end, the McCaskey's would begin the long process of removing 1 pro bowl player after another from their roster. The McCaskey's started to dismantle the '85 Bears before the '85 season even began. This franchise is a dime store joke...and it wasn't George Halas that won the '63 championship, it was George Allen...yes! The game completely evolved beyond Halas's comprehension.

[@russellmurray3964]

Papa Bear made a big mistake in turning over the coaching reins to Jim Dooley in 1968. Dooley was an able assistant, but was in way, way over his head as HC (and Abe Gibron was at def-con 4 "fuhgeddaboutit"). Should have handed it over to George Allen anytime from 1963-66. And what can be further said about the tragedy that is McCaskey family ownership, other than that they're the unwelcome answer to the question, "what if PK Wrigley had been an extended family instead of a single individual?"

[@UNUSUALUSERNAME220]

Absolutely! The Bears franchise plays the game that was played in 1922! They have not evolved as an organization and as long as that family own them they will continue down the same old road. Even today, with the way the game is played The Bears are stuck in the stone age. They have a QB that runs for 275 yards and people do not understand that is not a GOOD thing! It is useful, but your QB should NEVER be your leading rusher! The Bears have HAD rushing QB's, it does not win championships! It never has, and it never will! The game has passed them by and now they are moving to Arlington Heights, good riddance! I've learned through the years to not become emotionally involved with this team anymore, they are not worth the bother!

[@olofpalme63]

@@UNUSUALUSERNAME220 totally agree, Bobby Douglass rushed for 968 yards in '72, yet...they didn't win...the 2022 Bears look like the '72 Bears.

[@olofpalme63]

@@UNUSUALUSERNAME220 quite furthermore, you're absolutely right about the "emotional involvement" ...of which I gave up on after the '71 season...with the exception of the Ditka era, the Bears NEVER win by design, and when they do win, it's accidental. This team has flat lined for decades with only an occasional blip on the screen.

[@olofpalme63]

@@UNUSUALUSERNAME220 ...and since when is a running QB a good thing? It sure wasn't in the 70's. Bobby Douglass got boo'd for running (for his life), but now it's a good thing? Huh?

[@JGARY92]

Daaa Bears💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 , we lost in San Francisco but then we wept those Niners next season 1985 and we all know the Shuffle , our 9th NFL Championship and yup the last one too. Its about time Bears lets go and get that 10th sooonnnn mtfks🙏

[@jasonzaremba4551]

SHITCAGO is a fucking JOKE !!! Won't ever win it again 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 delusional pussy fans

[@fess04]

incredible game.those guys just fought and fought. Not Thesiemann or Fuller once phoned it in.

[@rice_goat80]

I was this game as a kid at RFK this was Joe Gibbs only home lost in the playoffs in his career it was great to see my favorite running back in my lifetime the late great Sweetness Walter Payton

[@jomei63]

This is FOOTBALL!!!

[@anthonybrooks5040]

The last playoff game for Joe Theismann. He would suffer that compound fracture of his leg on MNF the following season that would prematurely end his career.

[@urbanboy7324]

Walter payton was a beast

[@recessionfilmsAZ]

have you ever seen a reverse to a #51 on a kickoff before?

[@darincornell5896]

There was the Hollywood Henderson kickoff return in the Super Bowl.

[@bonganimkhwanazi2081]

3:02 Bone crunching ☠☠☠ That's that encephalopathy.

[@RayManzarekRocks]

The Bears were only a quarterback, a wide receiver, a tight end and a head coach away from being a pretty good team.

[@Mark-xl1ze]

The Bears' first postseason win since the 1963 NFL Championship game.

[@carmenruggiro8663]

I remember this game when I was a teenager and can see why my Redskins lost...the officials really needed some good glasses some really horrible calls but oh well got even with them in 86 and 87 both at soilder field HTTR!!

[@robertofigueroa465]

How hard these guys played was awesome!!

[@subtlebluntduality5997]

This was the last NFL game Frank Glieber ever called. He died five months later on May 1, 1985 of a heart attack while jogging.

[@erocs9747]

Wow thats sad

[@whataboutrob442]

So fresh to see the actual video in its original format. Too many people, pretty much everyone, stretches the screen and it looks lame.

[@the_mattescat8497]

That bears D- Line is relentless 😯

[@dat-boy-artking9342]

That Pass to guns more was crazy 🔥

[@jps101574]

These 2 teams would face each other in '84, '86, and 'the '87 playoffs and all 3 times the road team pulled the upset.

[@jorgeguardado6015]

I miss those games, today is a video game.

[@gatorbodine2011]

Washington is almost back to playoff football

[@Avendale]

Joe Theisman wearing a single bar face mask, so badass

[@tookmyjob]

Cɦʀɨs Fɨɛʟᴅ Last QB to wear the single bar.

[@moemoney1785]

Theisman was actually elite. No wonder he yapped his mouth on tv.

[@Head318Hunter]

The Bears "Blue & Orange" has always looked so much more like "Black & Red". WHY ??

[@russellmurray3964]

The navy blue is a really dark navy blue, and it shows up as black on television for some reason (I'm sure an expert out there in optics could explain it with much greater precision than I am able to). The fact that it appears to show up black also tricks the mind into seeing the orange as red. When I have attended Bears games, it's much easier to see it as a dark navy blue and orange. And, of course, in the several jerseys that I own.

[@jo23bulls]

Willie Gault had a 4.17 40????

[@alexjimenez3459]

he apparently ran a 4.4 40 at 50 years old and set 2 world records for his age group recently... unbelievable speed.

[@olschool121]

Clint Diddier was ahead of his time. He was a really good pass catching tight end for washington.

[@Will-q7c]

Bears won this game without a quarterback that’s how good that defense and Payton were. If the Bears had an above average quarterback in the 80’s they would have won at least 3 Super Bowls