1985 Chicago Bears season
| 1985 Chicago Bears season | |
|---|---|
 |
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| Head coach |
Mike Ditka (4th season) |
| General manager |
Jerry Vainisi (Since 1983) |
| Owner |
The McCaskey Family (Family control since 1921; Virginia McCaskey since 1983) |
| Home field | Soldier Field |
| Results | |
| Record | 15–1 |
| Division place | 1st NFC Central |
| Playoff finish |
Won Divisional Playoffs (Giants) 21–0 Won NFC Championship (Rams) 24–0 Won Super Bowl XX (Patriots) 46–10 |
| Pro Bowlers |
9
|
| AP All-Pros |
11
|
The 1985 Chicago Bears season was their 66th regular season and 16th post-season completed in the National Football League (NFL). The Bears entered 1985 looking to improve on their 10–6 record from 1984 and advance further than the NFC Championship Game, where they lost to the 15–1 San Francisco 49ers. Not only did the Bears improve on that record, they put together one of the greatest seasons in NFL history.
The Bears won fifteen games, as the 49ers had the year before, and won their first twelve before losing. The Bears' defense was ranked first in the league and only allowed 198 total points (an average of 12.4 points per game). The Bears won the NFC Central Division by seven games over the second place Green Bay Packers and earned the NFC's top seed and home field advantage throughout the playoffs at Soldier Field. In their two playoff games against the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams, the Bears outscored their opponents 45–0 and became the first team to record back-to-back playoff shutouts. Then, in Super Bowl XX in New Orleans against the New England Patriots, the Bears set several more records. First, their 46 points broke the record that had been set by the Los Angeles Raiders in 1984 and tied by the 49ers the following year with 38. Their 36-point margin of victory topped the 29-point margin of victory that the Raiders had put up in Super Bowl XVIII and stood as a record until the 49ers won Super Bowl XXIV, also in New Orleans, by 45 points over the Denver Broncos. It was the Bears' first NFL World Championship title since 1963.
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