NFL Game of the Week

Chicago Bears at Detroit Lions; Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints; Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Green Bay Packers, 1980 (16x3)

: 06, 1980

Never before had the tightness of the NFC Central Division shown itself more clearly. Chicago outpowered Detroit on Thanksgiving Day, November 27. Then came Minnesota's supposed no-contest with winless New Orleans–a game that was anything but easy. And then there was that Tampa Bay battle with Green Bay in Milwaukee. With the Bucs' triumph, all five NFC Central teams were still in the race.