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As Eagles and Bears prepare for another playoff matchup, looking back on the bizarre 1988 Fog Bowl

It was bizarre and unforgettable, but the 1988 Fog Bowl still has some former Eagles thinking: Why did they let us play in that mess? Did it have to do with big, bad Buddy Ryan?

Randall Cunningham scrambles in the fog at Soldier Field in Dec. 31, 1988. Cunningham and the Eagles were stymied by the Bears defense and the intense fog that swept into Chicago around halftime of an NFC divisional playoff game.
Randall Cunningham scrambles in the fog at Soldier Field in Dec. 31, 1988. Cunningham and the Eagles were stymied by the Bears defense and the intense fog that swept into Chicago around halftime of an NFC divisional playoff game.Read more