1969 Chiefs 27 = 1985 Bears 13

Now this was an upset, and one of the better games I've played. How do you beat the 85 Bears? It can be done. First, get a lead. An early 70 yard TD strike from Len Dawson to Otis Taylor is helpful. Next, hang on for dear life. The 85 Bears are not especially good at playing from behind, as McMahon fades in the face of a pass defense determined to stop him, and the Bears pass blocking is quite weak. having a defense only a couple of notches weaker than the Bears helps too. Pick off a couple of passes. Then, its especially useful to have little waterbug HB Warren McVea bust a 71 yard end run to blow the thing open. Have a sound plan, then get lucky. Thats the ticket. Len Dawson was a brilliant 11 for 12 and over 180 yards, including the 70 yarder. I mentioned before that 69 Dawson is extremely deadly but throws interceptions by the bucketful. Once I had a lead I simply stopped throwing save for an odd throw on 3rd and one or such. On Third and Longs I was completely content to run a 3 yard draw play and then punt rather than risk disaster. The Bears simply don't have that much passing firepower, and the Chiefs run defense can at least keep WalterPayton slowed down

1985 Chicago 13, 1969 Kansas City 27
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1985 Chicago	0	6	0	7	0	13
1969 Kansas City	10	3	14	0	0	27

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	6:17	1969 Kansas City	J.Stenerud 21 yd. field goal	3-0 KCA
1	4:18	1969 Kansas City	O.Taylor 70 yd. pass from L.Dawson (J.Stenerud kick)	10-0 KCA
2	10:47	1985 Chicago	K.Butler 9 yd. field goal	10-3 KCA
2	5:03	1985 Chicago	K.Butler 35 yd. field goal	10-6 KCA
2	0:01	1969 Kansas City	J.Stenerud 36 yd. field goal	13-6 KCA
3	11:47	1969 Kansas City	F.Pitts 16 yd. pass from L.Dawson (J.Stenerud kick)	20-6 KCA
3	6:18	1969 Kansas City	W.McVea 71 yd. run (J.Stenerud kick)	27-6 KCA
4	0:45	1985 Chicago	W.Payton 8 yd. pass from J.McMahon (K.Butler kick)	27-13 KCA

Team Statistics
	1985 Chicago	1969 Kansas City
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	10-15-1-26	6-8-1-15
Third Down Efficiency	5-13-38%	4-13-31%
Fourth Down Efficiency	2-2-100%	0-0-0%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	10-14-71%	10-14-71%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	348-75-4.6	362-57-6.4
Total Net Yards Rushing	176	197
Total Rushes	38	42
Average Per Rush	4.6	4.7
Passes Completed/Attempted	19/32 (59.4%)	11/12 (91.7%)
Net Yards Passing	172	165
Avg Yards Per Pass	6.3	15.2
Sacked/Yards Lost	5/31	3/17
Punts/Average	4/45.5	6/44.3
Punts Received/Return Yardage	3/28	1/9
Kickoffs/Returns	4/107	2/53
Interceptions/Returns	0/0	2/0
Penalties/Yards	5/45	5/55
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	3/3	6/2
Time of Possession	33 mins 22 secs	26 mins 38 secs
Average Drive Start	CHN 29	KCA 28

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1985 Chicago
Jim McMahon	32	19	203	59.4	6.3	1	3.1	2	6.3	15	5/31	62.4
1969 Kansas City
Len Dawson	12	11	182	91.7	15.2	2	16.7	0	0	70	3/17	158.3

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1985 Chicago
Walter Payton	24	108	4.5	20	0	0	0/0
Jim McMahon	5	19	3.8	8	0	0	0/0
Matt Suhey	4	4	1.0	2	0	0	1/1
Dennis Gentry	2	29	14.5	20	0	0	0/0
Thomas Sanders	2	14	7.0	10	0	0	0/0
Calvin Thomas	1	2	2.0	2	0	0	0/0
1969 Kansas City
Mike Garrett	16	49	3.1	15	0	0	2/0
Robert "Tank" Holmes	11	40	3.6	18	0	0	2/1
Wendell Hayes	9	14	1.6	5	0	0	1/1
Warren McVea	5	94	18.8	71	1	0	1/0
Len Dawson	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1985 Chicago
Walter Payton	7	69	9.9	12	1	0
Ken Margerum	5	47	9.4	13	0	0
Dennis McKinnon	3	36	12.0	15	0	0
Willie Gault	1	10	10.0	10	0	0
Emery Moorehead	1	13	13.0	13	0	0
Matt Suhey	1	15	15.0	15	0	0
Tim Wrightman	1	13	13.0	13	0	0
1969 Kansas City
Otis Taylor	3	97	32.3	70	1	0
Frank Pitts	3	44	14.7	16	1	0
Fred Arbanas	2	4	2.0	3	0	0
Mike Garrett	2	24	12.0	15	0	0
Gloster Richardson	1	13	13.0	13	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1985 Chicago
Kevin Butler	1/1	0/0	1/1	0/0	0/0	2/2	100
1969 Kansas City
Jan Stenerud	0/0	1/1	1/1	0/0	0/0	2/2	100

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1985 Chicago
Maury Buford	4	45.5	33.3	2	1	69	0
1969 Kansas City
Jerrel Wilson	6	44.3	39.7	0	1	48	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1985 Chicago
Dennis Gentry	2	47	23.5	24	0
Willie Gault	2	60	30.0	30	0
1969 Kansas City
Warren McVea	2	53	26.5	30	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1985 Chicago
Ken Taylor	3	1	28	9.3	11	0
Keith Ortego	0	1	0		0	0
1969 Kansas City
Mike Garrett	1	0	9	9.0	9	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1985 Chicago
Mike Singletary	12	0	1
Otis Wilson	10	1	0
Wilber Marshall	7	1	1
Steve McMichael	6	1	0
William Perry	4	0	0
Dave Duerson	4	0	0
Reggie Phillips	3	0	0
Gary Fencik	3	0	0
Richard Dent	2	0	0
Leslie Frazier	1	0	0
Mike Richardson	1	0	0
1969 Kansas City
Willie Lanier	10	1	1
Jim Lynch	8	1	0
Bobby Bell	7	1	0
Johnny Robinson	7	0	0
Jim Marsalis	7	0	0
Curley Culp	6	0	0
Willie Mitchell	5	0	0
Buck Buchanan	5	2	0
Aaron Brown	3	0	0
Jim Kearney	2	0	0
Emmitt Thomas	1	0	0
Len Dawson	0	0	1
Jerry Mays	0	0	1
Mo Moorman	0	0	1
Jim Tyrer	0	0	3

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1985 Chicago
1969 Kansas City
Johnny Robinson	2	0	0.0	0	0

Game Story

With a solid effort Kansas City defeated Chicago by the score of 27 to 13. The fans were thrilled by a touchdown run by Warren McVea that gained 71 yards with 6:18 left in the 3rd quarter. Kansas City took the early lead outscoring Chicago 10 to 0 in the first quarter. They were on top at the half 13 to 6. Walter Payton carried the ball 24 times gaining 108 yards for Chicago , but his effort went to waste.

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