Chicago Bears

Vs.

Miami Dolphins

August 9, 1969

Fist-Fight Fires Up Bears Over Dolphins

MIAMI (AP)- Chicago's slumbering Bears were awakened by the violence of a fist fight Saturday night and they finally chopped down the Miami Dolphins 16-10 in an interleague, pre-season football game in the Orange Bowl,

The AFL Dolphins clung to a 10-3 lead until a free-for-all appeared to fire up Chicago with 14:42 left in the game. The Bears' Dick Butkus, John Johnson and Boh Breitenstein were tossed out of the game along with Miami's Larry Little.

Jack Concannon rifled a 43 yard scoring pass to Dick Gordon to create a 10-10 tie at 11:58. Place kicker Mac Percival took over from there, as the Bears' defense suddenly shackled the young Dolphins.

Percival hit a 14-yard field goal at 8:26 to give Chicago a 13-10 lead and closed the scoring with a 24-yardcr in the final two minutes,

Percival had three field goals in all, and his 25-yard boot in the first period gave the Bear a 3-0 lead. Dolphin Rookie Karl Kremser tied the count with a three-pointer early in the second quarter.

Gale Sayers- hemmed up in his first start since last October for most of the balmy night- was smashed by Miami's Tom Beier and Dale McCullers from the kickoff return after Kremser's field goal, and the Chicago great fumbled the football.

Lloyd Mumphord covered it for Miami at the Bears' 21-yard line. A 16-yard scramble by Bob Griese and a seven-yard sweep by Jim Kiick gave the Dolphins their 10-3 lead with 10:21 to go in the first half.

Butkus got an interception, but later got tossed for fighting.

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

CHI- FG Percival 25

Second Quarter

MIA- FG Kremser 27

MIA- Kiick 7 run (Kremser kick)

Fourth Quarter

CHI- Gordan 43 yard pass from Concannon (Percival kick)

CHI- FG Percival 14

CHI- FG Percival 24

Att- 51,166

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