Theismann Honored on Sunday

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Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I remember that game like it was yesterday. Late September 1985, Redskins had a 10 point lead then the tide suddenly turned when Willie Gault returned a kickoff 99 yards for a TD. And I remember Jim McMahon catching a TD pass from Walter Payton. Bears won 45-10.

I think it was the first time I realized the Skins might actually play a season and not make the playoffs

Okay. That was the Bears at the peak of their powers. They were a real juggernaut that year.

The fact that we were able to beat that team in Chicago two years straight (1987 and 1988) in January stands as one of the great achievements in NFL history.