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On January 26, 1986 the New England Patriots faced arguably the best defense the NFL has ever seen in the Chicago Bears. Fans of the NFL witnessed an overall boring game though but watched the Bears win in spectacular fashion as their defense controlled the Patriots in basically every facet of the game. The most anyone really remembers about this game is that the William "The Refrigerator" Perry scored a touchdown while Walter Payton went without a score.
The Bears recorded seven sacks on Patriots quarterback Steve Grogan who finished the game throwing for 177 yards one touchdown and two interceptions. Grogan could not afford to rely on his run game to help get him going either since New England's leading rusher that night was Tony Collins, who rushed for four yards. He carried the ball three times and only got four yards. On top of that he was the Patriots leading rusher. That tells exactly how dominant Buddy Ryan's "46 defense" that the Bears ran was.
New England was the first team to score on that January night with a field goal but wouldn't score again until the fourth quarter with a touchdown pass from Grogan to Irving Fryar. The final score would be 46-10 as the Bears scored with field goals, rushing touchdowns, a pick-six and even a safety. Bears quarterback Jim McMahon didn't even throw a touchdown pass the entire game but he ran for two touchdowns, and didn't throw any interceptions. The game went in the Bears favor completely forcing the Patriots to turn the ball over six times.
This game could be broken down but in all honesty it was just so heavily one sided that the only thing people really need to know is that "Da Bears" defense was one of the greatest to ever play in the NFL and it was on full display that night.
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