{"id":6575,"date":"2018-10-11T08:20:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T13:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/?p=6575"},"modified":"2018-10-11T08:20:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T13:20:44","slug":"nfl-flashback-2018-week-6-dolphins-vs-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/nfl-flashback-2018-week-6-dolphins-vs-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Flashback (2018 Week 6) \u2013 Dolphins vs. Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know how almost every year, when the last undefeated team in the NFL finally loses, the ’72 Miami Dolphins bust out their tired routine of celebrating publicly? Well not too long (relatively) after that record was set, a current group of Dolphins seemed to be the only thing between that record actually falling.<\/p>\n

Twelve weeks into the 1985 season the Chicago Bears seemed to be unstoppable. They had an unblemished record and had just annihilated the Lions, Cowboys, and Falcons by a combined score of 104-3. Only two teams with winning records remained on their schedule: the Dolphins and New York Jets. And so the Bears arrived at the Orange Bowl for a week 13 showdown on Monday Night Football.<\/p>\n

\"MIAMI<\/a>
Dolphins vs. Bears cover featuring Jim Covert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Dolphins, defending AFC champions, seemed determined to stop Chicago’s march toward history. They piled up 31 first-half points thanks largely to a pair of Dan Marino<\/a> to Nat Moore<\/a> TD passes and a Ron Davenport<\/a> rushing TD. All the Bears managed was a single rushing score from backup QB Steve Fuller<\/a> — starting due to a Jim McMahon<\/a> shoulder injury — and a Kevin Butler<\/a> field goal.<\/p>\n

The Bears scored in the third quarter to pull within 14, but any momentum they gained was lost when Butler muffed the ensuing kickoff, which Dolphins rookie\u00a0Alex Moyer<\/a>\u00a0recovered at the Bears 46.\u00a0Dan Hampton<\/a>\u00a0then tipped a Marino pass into the air, but it sailed downfield for 30 yards before landing in the hands of Clayton, who scored to make it 38\u201317. Fuller hit\u00a0Ken Margerum<\/a>\u00a0for a 19-yard touchdown, but that would be the last score of the night for the Bears.<\/p>\n

\"Chicago<\/a><\/p>\n

One bright spot for Chicago, other than eventually winning Super Bowl XX of course, was that Walter Payton<\/a> collected his league record eighth consecutive 100-yard rushing game. He extended that streak to 9 the next week, but the record was short-lived as the Raiders’ Marcus Allen<\/a> broke it during the 1986 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week’s NFL flashback recalls a 1985 game between the Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears, and a successful stand to stop history in the making.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[55,194,624,176,91,14],"class_list":["post-6575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-classic-programs","tag-1980s","tag-chicago-bears","tag-flashback","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-nfl","tag-programs","wpcat-61-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6575"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6621,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6575\/revisions\/6621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}