Full Text of HR1009 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives offer our sincere congratulations to the | 4 | | Chicago Bears on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of their | 5 | | Super Bowl XX win; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago Bears had a nearly untarnished record | 7 | | of 15-1 going into the post-season; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In the playoffs, the Bears dominated the New York | 9 | | Giants, and the Los Angeles Rams by a combined score of 45-0 | 10 | | and only allowed 301 yards of total offense to win the NFC | 11 | | title; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, The New England Patriots scored the first points | 13 | | of Super Bowl XX with a field goal, but the Bears quickly | 14 | | answered with a field goal of their own; Bears' defensive end, | 15 | | Richard Dent, forced a fumble which the Bears recovered, | 16 | | leading to another field goal that put the Bears above the | 17 | | Patriots 6-3; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The Patriots' drive had similar results, with Dent | 19 | | stripping Patriots' running back Craig James of the football, | 20 | | which led to a touchdown resulting in a 13-3 Bears lead; the | 21 | | Bears' relentless defense led to a switch from Patriots' |
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| 1 | | starting quarterback, Tony Eason, to back-up quarterback, | 2 | | Steve Grogan; however, the switch was to no avail, as the Bears | 3 | | scored another touchdown, followed by a field goal in their | 4 | | following drive to make the score 23-3 at half-time; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Steve Grogan was sacked twice in the Patriots' | 6 | | second half opening series, which led to Bears' quarterback, | 7 | | Jim McMahon, running in his second touchdown of the game; | 8 | | defensive back, Reggie Phillips, caught a deflected pass and | 9 | | ran it back 48 yards for a Chicago Bears' defense touchdown, | 10 | | making the score 37-3; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Another Bears' interception of Grogan, and a | 12 | | 27-yard pass from McMahon to Dennis Gentry set up William "The | 13 | | Refrigerator" Perry for a one-yard rush into the end zone, | 14 | | putting the Bears up 44-3; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The Patriots finally strung together a drive to | 16 | | make the score 44-10, but the Bears' defense answered with a | 17 | | safety of Grogan, which led to the final score of 46-10; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, We recognize the time, energy, and effort put | 19 | | forth by the coaching staff: Offensive Line Coach Dick Stanfel, | 20 | | Offensive Coordinator Ed Hughes, Defensive Coordinator Buddy | 21 | | Ryan, and Head Coach Mike Ditka; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, We also recognize the time, energy, and effort put | 2 | | forth by the entire 1985 Chicago Bears team: Jim McMahon, | 3 | | Walter Payton, Matt Suhey, Willie Gault, Dennis McKinnon, Emery | 4 | | Moorehead, Jimbo Covert, Mark Bortz, Jay Hilgenberg, Tom | 5 | | Thayer, Keith Van Horne, Dan Hampton, Steve McMichael, William | 6 | | Perry, Richard Dent, Otis Wilson, Mike Singletary, Mike | 7 | | Richardson, Leslie Frazier, Dave Duerson, Gary Fenick, Kevin | 8 | | Butler, Maury Buford, Ken Taylor, Brad Anderson, Tom Andrews, | 9 | | Kurt Becker, Mark Bortz, Brian Cabral, Andy Frederick, Steve | 10 | | Fuller, Shaun Gayle, Mike Hartenstine, Stefan Humphries, | 11 | | Tyrone Keys, James Maness, Ken Margerum, Wilber Marshall, Jim | 12 | | Morrissey, Keith Ortego, Reggie Phillips, Ron Rivera, Thomas | 13 | | Sanders, Calvin Thomas, Cliff Thrift, Mike Tomczak, Henry | 14 | | Waechter, and Tim Wrightman; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, The 30th Anniversary of the Super Bowl XX victory | 16 | | should be celebrated heartily by the Chicago Bears, their | 17 | | owner, Virginia Halas McCaskey, and Chairman George McCaskey; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 | | offer our sincere congratulations to Virginia Halas McCaskey, | 22 | | George McCaskey, and the Chicago Bears organization as a whole | 23 | | on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of their Super Bowl XX | 24 | | win, and wish them continued success in the years to come; and |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to Virginia Halas McCaskey, George McCaskey, and the | 4 | | Chicago Bears organization as a token of our esteem and | 5 | | respect.
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