October 7, 1984 At Soldier Field, Sweetness broke

mbt8c · Wysłany: Pią 5:09, 18 Mar 2011

October 7, 1984: At Soldier Field, Sweetness broke two of Jim Brown’s long-standing records
MIKE DITKA – “WHEN GOD SAID HE WOULD MAKE THE BEST FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO EVER LIVED, HE PROBABLY SAID TWO MEN, JIM THORPE AND [link widoczny dla zalogowanych].”
On the second play from scrimmage in the third quarter, the Bears’ quarterback Jim McMahon called “Toss 28 Weak,” a pitchout for [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who ran to his left behind fullback Matt Suhey and left guard Mark Bortz for six yards and a place in history.
Those six yards gave [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] a career total of 12,317 yards, surpassing Jim Brown’s mark. [link widoczny dla zalogowanych] finished the day with 154 yards, the 59th game he had accomplished the feat, thus breaking another of Brown’s records.
The Bears beat the New Orleans Saints 20-7 and after the game, Bears’ coach Mike Ditka said, “When God said he would make a halfback, or a fullback, He might have said Gale Sayers or He might have said Jim Brown. But when He said he would make the best football player who ever lived, He probably said two men, Jim Thorpe and [link widoczny dla zalogowanych].”
*[link widoczny dla zalogowanych] retired in 1987 with 16,726 career rushing yards, but in November 1999 Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys broke his record.