Source:Bear Downs– Chicago Bears kicker Kevin Butler.

Source:The New Democrat

“1986 Chicago Bears Week 13
Pittsburgh Steelers at Chicago Bears
November 30th, 1986”

From Bear Downs

Going into this game, you might think that a team that was 4-8 going into this game, like the Pittsburgh Steelers, that finished 6-10 in 1986, playing a Chicago Bears team that was 10-2 going into this game, that finished at 14-2, that was the defending Super Bowl champions in 1986, you might think this game was a mismatch. But this is why sports is played on the field and not on paper and in the books.

This was an inter-conference game. Meaning that the Steelers and Bears only played each other at that point, at most, 1-3 years, at least in the regular season.

A cold weather game, between 2 cold weather teams.

Both teams being run and defensive oriented, that threw off of play action.

The Steelers being coached by Chuck Noll, who might be one of the 5 best NFL head coaches ever.

I don’t want to give the score away, assuming you haven’t seen this game yet, or have looked it up yourself. But this is a game where if the Steelers could avoid making key mistakes, especially in their own territory, their defense plays a great game, they run the ball enough to keep the Bears from attacking their QB every single play, this is a game where the Steelers could stay in the game the whole way and even have a chance to win it. Which is exactly what they did.