1968 Colts 41 - 1986 Bears 28

The 86 Bears are a lot like the 85 Bears,with the exception that they are plagued with poor Quarterbacking. The 68 Colts have a very solid Earl Morrall at the helm, and a defense every bit as good as the Bears. The Bears picked off Morrall four times anyways, enough to keep them in the game, but their own QBing couldn't pull off the upset, and they go home. The Colts started strong, and ran up a 20 - 7 halftime lead. The only Bears TD came as a result of one of those Ints, as the Bears got down inside the ten - and between Walter Payton and Matt Suhey they can grind out short yardage redzone TD's better than almost anyone. In the Second half I got frustrated with an ineffectual Jim McMahon and brought in Mike Tomczak, who got things going in the right direction with passes to Kieth Ortego and a 55 yard bomb to Willie Gault. The problem is that when you get down to it Tomczak sucks, just like McMahon sucks, and he reverted to form after the Bears had closed to a 27 - 21 deficit, throwing three Interceptions of his own. The Colts for their part kept scoring, one on a return of one of the Tomczak picks, and won this one pretty handily. One of the things I love about this game is that it accounts for the effects of good or poor run blocking. A little over 10% of all running play results are determined by the caliber of the run blocking, rather than the defense or running backs. In this game those numbers seemed to come up constantly for the Colts, who have very average runners but superb run blockers. RB's who aren't especially dangerous kept ripping off 6, 7, and 8 yards runs courtesy of LT Bob Vogel and company, and they kept the Colts offense on the field an awful lot against an extremely stout run defense.

1968 Baltimore 41, 1986 Chicago 28
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1968 Baltimore	13	7	7	14	0	41
1986 Chicago	0	7	14	7	0	28

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	11:30	1968 Baltimore	R.Perkins 6 yd. pass from E.Morrall (kick blocked)	6-0 BAN
1	4:39	1968 Baltimore	W.Richardson 9 yd. pass from E.Morrall (L.Michaels kick)	13-0 BAN
2	5:18	1968 Baltimore	J.Mackey 29 yd. pass from E.Morrall (L.Michaels kick)	20-0 BAN
2	0:52	1986 Chicago	M.Suhey 2 yd. run (K.Butler kick)	20-7 BAN
3	13:35	1968 Baltimore	W.Richardson 21 yd. pass from E.Morrall (L.Michaels kick)	27-7 BAN
3	9:49	1986 Chicago	W.Payton 4 yd. run (K.Butler kick)	27-14 BAN
3	5:44	1986 Chicago	W.Payton 5 yd. run (K.Butler kick)	27-21 BAN
4	6:56	1968 Baltimore	W.Richardson 9 yd. pass from E.Morrall (L.Michaels kick)	34-21 BAN
4	6:19	1968 Baltimore	B.Boyd 43 yd. intercept (L.Michaels kick)	41-21 BAN
4	2:32	1986 Chicago	W.Payton 23 yd. run (K.Butler kick)	41-28 BAN

Team Statistics
	1968 Baltimore	1986 Chicago
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	6-17-1-24	6-9-0-15
Third Down Efficiency	7-12-58%	2-11-18%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-1-100%	1-1-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	21-21-100%	21-21-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	397-73-5.4	300-54-5.6
Total Net Yards Rushing	156	123
Total Rushes	34	27
Average Per Rush	4.6	4.6
Passes Completed/Attempted	20/37 (54.1%)	11/26 (42.3%)
Net Yards Passing	241	177
Avg Yards Per Pass	6.9	7.0
Sacked/Yards Lost	2/16	1/4
Punts/Average	2/34.0	7/34.7
Punts Received/Return Yardage	4/36	1/0
Kickoffs/Returns	4/118	7/137
Interceptions/Returns	3/43	3/59
Penalties/Yards	5/35	4/40
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	1/0	1/0
Time of Possession	32 mins 7 secs	27 mins 53 secs
Average Drive Start	BAN 42	CHN 30

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1968 Baltimore
Earl Morrall	37	20	257	54.1	6.9	5	13.5	3	8.1	29	2/16	81.9
1986 Chicago
Mike Tomczak	15	7	130	46.7	8.7	0	0	3	20.0	55	0/0	37.5
Jim McMahon	11	4	51	36.4	4.6	0	0	0	0	27	1/4	51.7

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1968 Baltimore
Tom Matte	12	64	5.3	17	0	0	1/0
Terry Cole	9	25	2.8	8	0	0	0/0
Jerry Hill	7	41	5.9	15	0	0	0/0
Timmy Brown	3	23	7.7	8	0	0	0/0
Earl Morrall	2	-2	-1.0	-1	0	0	0/0
Preston Pearson	1	5	5.0	5	0	0	0/0
1986 Chicago
Walter Payton	16	99	6.2	23	3	0	0/0
Matt Suhey	4	17	4.3	7	1	0	0/0
Calvin Thomas	2	5	2.5	3	0	0	0/0
Thomas Sanders	2	-4	-2.0	-1	0	0	0/0
Mike Tomczak	1	8	8.0	8	0	0	0/0
Neal Anderson	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0	0	0/0
Jim McMahon	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1968 Baltimore
Willie Richardson	5	68	13.6	21	3	0
John Mackey	4	69	17.3	29	1	0
Jimmy Orr	3	46	15.3	18	0	0
Tom Mitchell	2	7	3.5	10	0	0
Tom Matte	2	27	13.5	14	0	0
Ray Perkins	2	16	8.0	10	1	0
Terry Cole	1	6	6.0	6	0	0
Jerry Hill	1	18	18.0	18	0	0
1986 Chicago
Willie Gault	6	111	18.5	55	0	0
Keith Ortego	2	31	15.5	18	0	0
Dennis Gentry	2	31	15.5	16	0	0
Matt Suhey	1	8	8.0	8	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1968 Baltimore
Lou Michaels	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/2	0/1	0/3	0.0
1986 Chicago

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1968 Baltimore
David Lee	2	34.0	34.0	0	2	37	0
1986 Chicago
Maury Buford	6	40.5	34.5	0	2	45	1

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1968 Baltimore
Timmy Brown	3	68	22.7	29	0
Preston Pearson	1	50	50.0	50	0
1986 Chicago
Dennis Gentry	5	102	20.4	30	0
Thomas Sanders	2	35	17.5	18	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1968 Baltimore
Rick Volk	3	2	16	5.3	13	0
Timmy Brown	1	0	20	20.0	20	0
1986 Chicago
Lew Barnes	1	0	0	0.0	0	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1968 Baltimore
Mike Curtis	9	0	0
Lenny Lyles	5	0	0
Ron Porter	4	0	0
Billy Ray Smith Sr.	3	1	0
Rick Volk	3	0	0
Bubba Smith	3	0	0
Charlie Stukes	2	0	0
Fred D. Miller	2	0	0
Bobby Boyd	1	0	0
Jerry Logan	1	0	0
Ordell Braase	1	0	0
Dennis Gaubatz	1	0	0
Earl Morrall	0	0	1
1986 Chicago
Mike Singletary	14	0	0
Otis Wilson	10	1	0
Vestee Jackson	5	0	0
Dave Duerson	4	0	0
Gary Fencik	4	0	0
Wilber Marshall	3	0	0
Steve McMichael	2	0	0
Mike Richardson	2	0	0
William Perry	2	1	0
Dan Hampton	1	0	0
Richard Dent	1	0	0
Henry Waechter	1	0	0
Matt Suhey	0	0	1

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1968 Baltimore
Bobby Boyd	3	43	14.3	43	1
1986 Chicago
Mike Richardson	1	3	3.0	3	0
Dave Duerson	1	32	32.0	32	0
Vestee Jackson	1	24	24.0	24	0

Game Story

Earl Morrall completely dominated the action as the visitors from Baltimore defeated Chicago by the score of 41 to 28. Morrall threw for 257 yards and lit up the scoreboard for 5 touchdowns. Baltimore consistently beat Chicago on third down, converting on 7 of 12 opportunities. They won the air battle out-passing Chicago 257 to 181 yards. Baltimore had a good start outscoring Chicago 13 to 0 in the first quarter. They were ahead at halftime 20 to 7. Baltimore led after three quarters 27 to 21. Walter Payton rushed the ball 16 times gaining 99 yards for Chicago , in a losing effort.

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