CBS Sports: NFL 1984-Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears: Full Game

Source:CBS Sports with perhaps the best Packers-Bears game from the 1980s.

Source:The New Democrat

"December 9, 1984

Play by Play - Tim Ryan

Color Commentator - Johnny Morris" 

From Jamie Johnson

"Dramatic Ending To Chicago Bears-Green Bay Packers game - 1984"

Source:CBS Sports- The Packers @  Bears from 1984. 

  

From CBS Sports

Here’s an example of why the Bears-Packers rivalry is so great: the Packers didn’t even make the NFC Playoffs in 1984. I think they finished 8-8 under their first-year head coach Forrest Gregg. 

The Bears were 10-6 and got to the NFC Final where they lost to the San Francisco 49ers, who were the eventual Super Bowl champion that year. 

The Packers come into Chicago and not only beat the Bears, but beat them in dramatic fashion at the end of the game. Costing the Bears 2nd place in the NFC and forcing them to win at least one playoff game on the road to get to the conference final.

The Packers not only beat the Bears in Chicago, a game the Bears needed to win, but they beat them without their starting quarterback Lynn Dickey. Who was a Pro Bowl caliber quarterback for the Packers in the 1970s and 80s. And beat them with a third-string quarterback. 

Now of course the Bears didn’t have Jim McMahon or even Steve Fuller as their quarterback for this game. But they still had their 46 Defense and were healthy there. Playing a Packers team that didn’t have any great players on offense, other than maybe wide receiver James Lofton.