Editing Jim McMahon (section)

====1985====
[[File:1986 Jeno's Pizza - 11 - Jim McMahon (Jim McMahon crop).jpg|thumb|McMahon dives into the end zone to score a touchdown for the [[Chicago Bears]] during [[Super Bowl XX]]]]
[[File:1985 Chicago Bears Visit the White House.webm|thumb|The 1985 Chicago Bears' visit to the [[White House]] in 2011.]]
In [[1985 Chicago Bears season|1985]], the Bears had a tremendous season, later voted by ''Sports Illustrated'' magazine as the greatest of all time, winning their first 12 games and finishing at 15–1. McMahon became a media darling, not only for his outstanding play on the field, but also for his personality. He appeared in a [[hip hop music|rap]] record made by the team, "The [[Super Bowl Shuffle]]", in which he proclaimed, "I'm the punky QB known as McMahon." In an early-season Thursday night game at Minnesota, McMahon was slated to back up [[Steve Fuller (American football)|Steve Fuller]], as McMahon had missed practice time earlier in the week due to a neck injury that required an overnight hospital stay. Midway into the third quarter, the Vikings held a 17–9 lead. McMahon lobbied to get into the game until well into the third quarter. Once finally on the field, his first play was an opportunistic 70-yard touchdown pass to [[Willie Gault]]. After an interception by Wilber Marshall on the Vikings ensuing possession, McMahon's very next offensive play was a 25-yard touchdown pass to [[Dennis McKinnon]], making him 2–2 for 95 yards and two touchdowns. He followed up with another successful offensive drive, including a crucial third and short sneak to set up another 43-yard touchdown pass to McKinnon. The Bears led 30–17 and went on to win the game 33–24.

McMahon played solidly, throwing for career-highs of 15 touchdowns and 2,392 yards in 13 games and running well (5.4 yards per carry, three rushing touchdowns).<ref name="ESPN"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McMaJi00.htm |title=Jim McMahon Stats |website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] |access-date=December 21, 2020 |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204111149/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McMaJi00.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>

McMahon was notorious for head-first [[baseball]]-style slides when running the football, despite being coached to slide feet-first to protect his body. In the playoffs, McMahon heeded this coaching advice and was speared by a defender's helmet squarely in his buttocks, causing a painful deep bruise for which McMahon sought [[acupuncture]] treatment.<ref>In Life, First You Kick Ass: Reflections on the 1985 Bears and Wisdom from Da Coach, Mike Ditka with Rick Telander, Sports Publishing, 2005, {{ISBN|978-1-58261-977-4}}</ref> This led to a point of controversy before the [[Super Bowl]] in New Orleans, when McMahon "[[Mooning|mooned]]" journalists who were inquiring as to the status of the injury. Thursday morning before the big-game, McMahon made more headlines when a local television station reported that he had called women of New Orleans "sluts", an accusation he denied and which the announcer later admitted was made up.<ref name="ESPN"/> McMahon claimed in an interview, that he received death threats and wore a different jersey number during practice.<ref>{{cite web| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/H4iax_dcJjE| archive-date=December 5, 2021 | url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4iax_dcJjE&t=108s| title = Interview w/ Jim McMahon | website=[[YouTube]]| date = May 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

He ended the season with a strong performance in [[Super Bowl XX]], which the Bears won 46–10 over the [[1985 New England Patriots season|New England Patriots]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 27, 1986 |title=Bears Trounce Patriots, 46-10, in Super Bowl |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-01-27-mn-540-story.html |access-date=October 31, 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> In that game, McMahon became the first quarterback in the history of the Super Bowl to rush for two touchdowns.<ref>NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Edited by Randall Liu, p. 349, Workman Publishing, 2001, {{ISBN|0-7611-2480-2}}</ref> McMahon earned a spot in his only [[1986 Pro Bowl|Pro Bowl]].