Chicago Bears’ 1985 Super Bowl run: Don Pierson’s game-by-game breakdown from the ‘most memorable season’

Some of Don Pierson’s more than four-dozen reporter’s notebooks from 1985 when he covered the Chicago Bears’ Super Bowl season for the Chicago Tribune at his home on Sept. 4, 2025, in Lake Forest. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

Former Chicago Tribune sports reporter Don Pierson looks through his handmade large format scrapbook filled with his stories from the Chicago Bears 1985 season at his home on Sept. 4, 2025, in Lake Forest. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

A page from Don Pierson’s reporter’s notebook from Sept. 19,1985, during a game against the Vikings on Sept. 4, 2025, in Lake Forest. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

Former Chicago Tribune reporter Don Pierson holds some of his more than four dozen reporter’s notebook he filled during the Chicago Bears 1985 season at his home on Sept. 4, 2025, in Lake Forest. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)