Opening blurb.

On a cold and blustery October afternoon, the 3–4 Chicago Bears squared off against the 3–4 Minnesota Vikings. In a back-and-forth battle, the Bears jumped out to an early 14–3 lead, highlighted by a 54-yard touchdown strike from Walter Payton to Brian Baschnagel, which would be the first of eight career touchdown passes for the Hall of Fame running back.

Chicago followed up with another score, this time a two-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Bob Avellini to Payton.

The Vikings answered in the second half, rallying behind two touchdown passes from Tommy Kramer to take a 17–14 lead in the third quarter.

But the Bears refused to fold. Kicker Bob Thomas connected on a pair of field goals, and Payton added another touchdown with a two-yard rushing scramble. That final sc

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