1985 Week 13: Chicago Bears at Miami Dolphins at Orange Bowl. Kickoff time: 9:00pm.
1985 Week 13: Chicago Bears at Miami Dolphins at Orange Bowl. This is a regular-season game that earned its place on a curated list, which means the matchup itself carried some weight beyond a generic Sunday. Some regular-season games stick in the memory more than the playoff games of the same era. The names attached to Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins in 1985, the implications for division standing, or just the moment one play crystallized the season, made this one of those. Watch the early possessions for the read. Coaches treat curated-list games as their best stretches of preparation; the answers come quickly when the stakes are tangible.
1985 Week 13: Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins meet at a midpoint in the season, with the rest of the 1985 field watching to see how the result reshapes the conference standings. Around the league, the scouting departments take careful notes on regular-season games featuring contenders. The film here will be reviewed long after the final whistle by staffs who plan to face one or both of these teams later in the year.
1985 Week 13: Chicago Bears versus Miami Dolphins. Midseason analytics shift around what matters most on any given Sunday: takeaway differential and red-zone conversion lead the indicator list for both contenders and the teams hunting them. The on-screen scoreboard tells one story; the underlying drive efficiency tells the more durable one. Both staffs know which numbers travel through December and which evaporate after a hot start.
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | 8-8 | L1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 7-9 | L2 |
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-9 | L1 |
| Houston Oilers | 5-11 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 12-4 | W7 |
| New England Patriots | 11-5 | W1 |
| New York Jets | 11-5 | W1 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 5-11 | W2 |
| Buffalo Bills | 2-14 | L6 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Raiders | 12-4 | W6 |
| Denver Broncos | 11-5 | W2 |
| San Diego Chargers | 8-8 | L1 |
| Seattle Seahawks | 8-8 | L2 |
| Kansas City Chiefs | 6-10 | W1 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | 11-5 | L1 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 10-6 | W2 |
| New Orleans Saints | 5-11 | L3 |
| Atlanta Falcons | 4-12 | W2 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 15-1 | W3 |
| Green Bay Packers | 8-8 | W2 |
| Detroit Lions | 7-9 | L3 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7-9 | L2 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2-14 | L4 |
| Team | Rec | Strk |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 10-6 | L1 |
| New York Giants | 10-6 | W1 |
| Washington Redskins | 10-6 | W3 |
| Philadelphia Eagles | 7-9 | W1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 5-11 | L2 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 710242424 |
| Miami Dolphins | 10 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 1031383838 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Dolphins | Nat Moore 33 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Fuad Reveiz kick) | 0-7 |
| Bears | Steve Fuller 1 yard rush ( Kevin Butler kick) | 7-7 |
| Dolphins | Fuad Reveiz 47 yard field goal | 7-10 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Dolphins | Ron Davenport 1 yard rush ( Fuad Reveiz kick) | 7-17 |
| Bears | Kevin Butler 30 yard field goal | 10-17 |
| Dolphins | Ron Davenport 1 yard rush ( Fuad Reveiz kick) | 10-24 |
| Dolphins | Nat Moore 6 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Fuad Reveiz kick) | 10-31 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bears | Steve Fuller 1 yard rush ( Kevin Butler kick) | 17-31 |
| Dolphins | Mark Clayton 42 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Fuad Reveiz kick) | 17-38 |
| Bears | Ken Margerum 19 yard pass from Steve Fuller ( Kevin Butler kick) | 24-38 |
| Team | Play | Score |
|---|---|---|
| No scoring this quarter. | ||
| Bears | Dolphins | |
|---|---|---|
| Team totals | ||
| First Downs | 23 | 17 |
| Total Yards | 343 | 335 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp/Att | 14/28 | 14/27 |
| Pass yards | 211 | 270 |
| Pass TD | 1 | 3 |
| Interceptions | 3 | 1 |
| Sacks taken | 6 | 3 |
| Sack yards lost | 35 | 25 |
| Net pass yards | 176 | 245 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes | 37 | 24 |
| Rush yards | 167 | 90 |
| Rush TD | 2 | 2 |
| Discipline | ||
| Fumbles | 1 | 2 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties | 7 | 6 |
| Penalty yards | 65 | 61 |
| Player | C/A | Yds | TD | Int | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | |||||
| Steve Fuller | 11/21 | 169 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jim McMahon | 3/6 | 42 | 0 | 1 | |
| Walter Payton | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MIA | |||||
| Dan Marino | 14/27 | 270 | 3 | 1 | |
| Player | Att | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | ||||
| Walter Payton | 23 | 121 | 0 | 15 |
| Steve Fuller | 6 | 19 | 2 | 9 |
| Matt Suhey | 7 | 19 | 0 | 14 |
| Jim McMahon | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| MIA | ||||
| Tony Nathan | 15 | 74 | 0 | 22 |
| Woody Bennett | 5 | 12 | 0 | 5 |
| Lorenzo Hampton | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ron Davenport | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Player | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | ||||
| Willie Gault | 2 | 79 | 0 | 69 |
| Ken Margerum | 4 | 61 | 1 | 20 |
| Emery Moorehead | 4 | 33 | 0 | 12 |
| Walter Payton | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 |
| Tim Wrightman | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Dennis Gentry | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| MIA | ||||
| Mark Duper | 5 | 107 | 0 | 52 |
| Mark Clayton | 5 | 88 | 1 | 42 |
| Nat Moore | 4 | 75 | 2 | 33 |
Miami Dolphins defeated Chicago Bears 38-24 at Orange Bowl in Week 13. The final scoring play was Bears: Ken Margerum 19 yard pass from Steve Fuller ( Kevin Butler kick). Top line of the day: Dan Marino: 270 pass yards on 14-of-27, 3 TD, 1 INT.
Miami Dolphins walked out of Orange Bowl with a 38-24 Week 13 result Chicago Bears will replay all the way to the offseason. The final scoring play came from Bears: Ken Margerum 19 yard pass from Steve Fuller ( Kevin Butler kick). Whether it was the game-decider or just the period at the end of the sentence depends on what the camera caught earlier.
Miami Dolphins 38, Chicago Bears 24.
Game: 1985 Week 13. Q1: 3 scoring plays. Q2: 4 scoring plays. Q3: 3 scoring plays.
Top performers: - Dan Marino: 270 pass yards on 14-of-27, 3 TD, 1 INT - Walter Payton: 121 rush yards on 23 carries - Mark Duper: 5 catches for 107 yards
Week 13, played at Orange Bowl. Final: Chicago Bears 24, Miami Dolphins 38, with Miami Dolphins taking the result by 14.
**First quarter**
- Dolphins: Nat Moore 33 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Fuad Reveiz kick) - Bears: Steve Fuller 1 yard rush ( Kevin Butler kick) - Dolphins: Fuad Reveiz 47 yard field goal
**Second quarter**
- Dolphins: Ron Davenport 1 yard rush ( Fuad Reveiz kick) - Bears: Kevin Butler 30 yard field goal - Dolphins: Ron Davenport 1 yard rush ( Fuad Reveiz kick) - Dolphins: Nat Moore 6 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Fuad Reveiz kick)
**Third quarter**
- Bears: Steve Fuller 1 yard rush ( Kevin Butler kick) - Dolphins: Mark Clayton 42 yard pass from Dan Marino ( Fuad Reveiz kick) - Bears: Ken Margerum 19 yard pass from Steve Fuller ( Kevin Butler kick)
**Top performers**
- Dan Marino: 270 pass yards on 14-of-27, 3 TD, 1 INT - Walter Payton: 121 rush yards on 23 carries - Mark Duper: 5 catches for 107 yards