Tom Hicks games I have on DVD or other source
GREEN = most recent addition ORANGE = 2013 addition RED = partial game
GRADE FORMAT GAME INFO
? MP4 10/10/1976 Bears @ Minn Game of the Week, ~23 min., shows ~5 plays Hicks is involved in
? DVD+MP4 11/7/1976 Oak @ Bears Game of the Week ~22 min, shows highlight of 1 tackle by Hicks + arguing with ref + celebrating team's onside kick recovery)
6.5 3 WMV 9/18/1977 Lions @ Bears (JIP late 1st qtr.) ~1.73 GB file size (Tom Hicks ~1 tackle, played special teams & LB in nickel defense ~2-3 plays)
7.7 3 DVD 9/25/77 Bears @ St. Louis (commercials, halftime, some postgame) (Tom Hicks plays special teams)
? 1 MP4 10/10/77 Rams @ Bears (9 minutes only of heavily edited big plays, Tom Hicks goal line tackle on 4th & Goal ~40 seconds included)
? DVD 10/16/77 Bears @ Minn
? DVD 10/23/77 Atl @ Bears
8.0 2 MP4 11/6/77 Bears @ Hou
8.0 1 DVD 11/20/77 Vikings @ Bears (30 MINUTE NFL GAME OF WEEK VERSION, Tom Hicks INT saves the day in his 1st career start, Payton record 275 rush yds)
? 2 DVD 12/4/77 Bears @ Tampa Bay (missing most of 4th qtr. & all scoring)
7.5 1 DVD 12/11/77 Packers @ Bears (starts early 2nd qtr & ends midway thru 4th qtr, during that time Tom Hicks 3 tackles) 3 degrees, -10 wind chill
7.7 2 DVD 12/18/77 Bears @ NY Giants (Tom Hicks 7 tackles, SNOW/SLEET, Bears clinch playoff spot 1st time since '63, commercials, halftime, postgame)
7.0 1 DVD 12/26/77 NFC Div. Playoff: Bears @ Cowboys (Tracking issues with picture, Tom Hicks career high 16 tackles, 10 solo)
? 2 DVD 9/10/1978 Bears @ 49ers 8.46 GB as VOB files (Tom Hicks ~14 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 FF on OJ but SF recovered))
? 2 DVD 9/17/78 Bears @ Lions (missing from late 2nd qtr. to early 4th qtr)
7.9 2 DVD 9/25/78 Mon Night, Vikings @ Bears (commercials, halftime, missing last 2 minutes just like all other copies of this game, Tom Hicks 7 tackles)
? 1 DVD 10/1/1978 Oak @ Bears (Joined in Progress 3:32 left in 1st qtr)
? 2 DVD 10/8/78 Bears @ Packers (missing ~5 minutes early in 1st qtr)
7.9 3 DVD 10/29/78 Lions @ Bears (Tom Hicks ~13 total tackles, 10 solo, 3 TFL)
? 1DVD or 2MP4 11/5/78 Sea @ Bears as 1 DVD or 2.50 GB as 2 MP4 files (Tom Hicks ~5 tackles, torn knee ligament in 1st qtr. missed rest of the year)
? 2 DVD 9/2/1979 GB @ Bears
? 2 DVD 9/9/79 Minn @ Bears
7.4 2 DVD 9/16/79 Bears @ Cowboys (Tom Hicks 4 tackles, 1 FR)
? DVD or MP4 9/23/79 Bears @ Dolphins (JIP mid 1st qtr) as 1 DVD or 1.17 GB as 1 MP4 file (Tom Hicks ~2 tackles)
? 2 MP4 9/30/79 TB @ Bears 1.8 GB as MP4 2 files (now also on 2 DVD's) (Tom Hicks ~8 tackles)
? 2 MP4 10/7/79 Bears @ Bills 1.6 GB as 2 MP4 files (Tom Hicks ~4 tackles)
7.4 2 DVD 10/21/79 Bears @ Vikings (Tom Hicks 4 tackles, 1 pass defensed)
7.6 1 DVD 10/28/79 Bears @ 49ers (Tom Hicks 6 tackles, Payton big game, OJ playing for SF)
? 2 DVD 11/4/79 Det @ Bears
7.5 2 DVD or 2 MP4 11/11/79 LA Rams @ Bears (Tom Hicks 4 tackles, FF, FR, INT) (Includes couple minutes of NE @ Denver in snow at end)
? 1 MP4 11/18/79 NYJ @ Bears 1.36 GB as 1 MP4 file (Tom Hicks ~6 tackles (1 TFL if count touching QB who fumbled snap & fell on ball)
7.5 2 DVD 11/22/79 Bears @ Lions (Thanksgiving, includes pregame, Tom Hicks 5 tackles)
? 2 DVD 12/2/79 Bears @ TB
8.0 2 DVD 12/9/79 Bears @ Packers (Tom Hicks 7 tackles, 1 TFL, 2 INT's, 1 for TD)
7.5 2 DVD 12/16/79 STL Cardinals @ Bears (cold/snow, Bears clinch playoff spot, Tom Hicks 2 tackles + would have blocked PAT if Alan Page hadn't blocked it in front of him, also includes 1979 Bears season highlight show which shows Tom Hicks INT for TD at Green Bay)
7.4 2 DVD 12/23/79 NFC Wild Card Playoff Bears @ Eagles (includes pregame, halftime and postgame, Tom Hicks 7 tackes, 2 pass breakups)
7.5 2 DVD 9/7/1980 Bears @ Packers (Tom Hicks 7 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 almost sack?)
? 2 DVD 9/14/80 Saints @ Bears
? DVD or MP4 9/21/80 Minn @ Bears 1 DVD or 1.87 GB as 1 MP4 file (Tom Hicks ~9 tackles)
? DVD or MP4 9/28/80 Bears @ Pitt (missing opening kickoff) 3.4 GB as VOB 4 files (Tom Hicks ~6 tackles)
7.7 2 DVD 10/6/80 Mon Night, Tampa Bay @ Bears (includes halftime, Tom Hicks 7 tackles, 1 TFL)
? 2 DVD 10/12/80 Bears @ Minn
7.5 2 DVD 10/19/80 Lions @ Bears (Tom Hicks' only career sack, 5 yard loss on Gary Danielson, 8 or 9 tackles, 1 or 2 TFL's)
? DVD or MP4 10/26/80 Bears @ Phi 1.3 GB as MP4 file (now also on 1 DVD, Tom Hicks ~10 tackles)
? DVD/MP4/AVI 11/16/80 Hou @ Bears (missing 1st 6 plays of game) 1.5 GB as AVI file or 500MB as MP4 (also on 2 DVD's, Tom Hicks ~9 tackles, 1 pass deflection)
7.5 2 DVD 11/23/80 Bears @ Falcons (Tom Hicks 3 tackles + INT, includes halftime interview w/ Dick Butkus+part 4th qtrs of Atl@Phi + Pitt@Buff from '80)
7.4 2 DVD 11/27/80 Bears @ Lions (Thanksgiving, includes pregame & halftime interview with President elect Reagan, Tom Hicks 10 tackles, 3-4 TFL's)
? 2 AVI 12/7/80 GB @ Bears 2.05 GB as 2 AVI files (Tom Hicks 6 tackles, 1 TFL)
7.4 2 DVD 12/20/80 Bears @ Tampa Bay (Tom Hicks' last game, 2 tackles including a tackle on his last play)
7.5 1 DVD 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 & 1979 Bears Season Yearbook Highlights (~25 minutes each, all on 1 DVD)
7.5 1 MP4 1980 Bears Season Yearbook Highlights, ~22 minutes, 208 MB file size
1978, 1979 & 1980 Chicago Bears Media Guides (I can scan & email pages from them as PDF or JPEG files to Bears fans)
1976, 1977, 1981 1 page bio of Tom Hicks from Chicago Bears Media Guides (I can also email these, or see these posted under "Photos" link)
ALSO HAVE ~19 GAMEBOOKS ~23 MB file size total for 1976-1980 Bears games (PDF files of Game Summary, stats, play by play of every play that happened)
GAMES TOM HICKS DID NOT PLAY IN I HAVE
1 DVD 10/2/1977 Saints @ Bears
1 MP4 11/26/1978 TB vs. Bears (he did not play, injured)
1 MP4 1980 Bears @ Clev, MNF
1 MP4 1980 Wash @ Bears
OTHER BEARS GAMES/YEARBOOKS/GAME OF THE WEEK SHOWS I HAVE FROM BEFORE & AFTER TOM HICKS CAREER
SEASON YEARBOOK SHOWS
1970, 1974, 1981, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2011
GOTW's or HIGHLIGHTS
NFL Championship for 1946, 1956, 1963 (30-50 min. each highlight show or game film)
1965 vs. SF
1966 vs. GB
1966 vs. Rams
1966 @ STL
1968 @ GB
1968 @ Rams
1971 @ Minn
1971 vs. Dallas
1982 vs. Detroit
1983 @ GB
1984 @ STL
1984 vs. Raiders
85 Bears games ~2-4 minute highlights for each from This Week in Pro Football + This is the NFL from 1968-1978 (a few include Hicks)
FULL GAMES
1969 Preseason game @ GB
1983 vs. SF
1983 vs. GB
1984 vs. Dallas
1985 @ Miami
1987 @ Denver
1988 vs. Phi (Fog Bowl, Div. playoffs)
1990 vs. KC (edited)
1991 vs. Miami
1991 vs. Dallas (NFC Wild Card)
1992 @ Saints
1994 @ Phi
1994 vs. GB
1994 vs. NE
1996 @ Denver
1996 @ GB
1997 @ GB
1997 vs. GB
2000 vs. Saints
2001 vs. SF
2002 vs. Phi
Below is my grading system for the games I currently have (most 70's/80's games will be 7.0 to 8.0):
10.0 = A+ = Hi Def TV quality
9.0 = A = copy direct from TV to DVD, Excellent copy
8.5 = B+ = Excellent VHS convert to DVD, very clear
8.0 = B = good copy VHS convert to DVD (no lines/fuzzy)
7.5 = C+ = fairly good (occasional lines and/or fuzzy, color bleeding)
7.0 = C = average (fuzzy/lines/color bleeding, but still watchable though)
6.0 = D = poor (barely watchable, die hard fans only)
I am looking for any of these below:
NFL
10/16/78 MNF Chicago @ Denver (Tom Hicks blocked PAT in 4th qtr) (only known video is ~15 minutes heavily edited game that is very rare & can barely see the block attempt)
~3 other games from late 1977-1980 of Tom Hicks' starts that I don't already have that there is no known video of:
1977 @Det
1978 vs. STL
1980 vs. Cin
.
NCAA Football
9/29/73 West Virginia @ Illinois (game or game film, Tom Hicks 23 tackles (See youtube "Tom Hicks Illinois highlights for ~30 seconds showing him in action during this game) + limited other '72-'74 Illinois games ('74 game film vs. Washington St. is on youtube)
.
I likely will not be getting below, available through University archives:
? MP4 10/10/1976 Bears @ Minn Game of the Week, ~23 min., shows ~5 plays Hicks is involved in
? DVD+MP4 11/7/1976 Oak @ Bears Game of the Week ~22 min, shows highlight of 1 tackle by Hicks + arguing with ref + celebrating team's onside kick recovery)
6.5 3 WMV 9/18/1977 Lions @ Bears (JIP late 1st qtr.) ~1.73 GB file size (Tom Hicks ~1 tackle, played special teams & LB in nickel defense ~2-3 plays)
7.7 3 DVD 9/25/77 Bears @ St. Louis (commercials, halftime, some postgame) (Tom Hicks plays special teams)
? 1 MP4 10/10/77 Rams @ Bears (9 minutes only of heavily edited big plays, Tom Hicks goal line tackle on 4th & Goal ~40 seconds included)
? DVD 10/16/77 Bears @ Minn
? DVD 10/23/77 Atl @ Bears
8.0 2 MP4 11/6/77 Bears @ Hou
8.0 1 DVD 11/20/77 Vikings @ Bears (30 MINUTE NFL GAME OF WEEK VERSION, Tom Hicks INT saves the day in his 1st career start, Payton record 275 rush yds)
? 2 DVD 12/4/77 Bears @ Tampa Bay (missing most of 4th qtr. & all scoring)
7.5 1 DVD 12/11/77 Packers @ Bears (starts early 2nd qtr & ends midway thru 4th qtr, during that time Tom Hicks 3 tackles) 3 degrees, -10 wind chill
7.7 2 DVD 12/18/77 Bears @ NY Giants (Tom Hicks 7 tackles, SNOW/SLEET, Bears clinch playoff spot 1st time since '63, commercials, halftime, postgame)
7.0 1 DVD 12/26/77 NFC Div. Playoff: Bears @ Cowboys (Tracking issues with picture, Tom Hicks career high 16 tackles, 10 solo)
? 2 DVD 9/10/1978 Bears @ 49ers 8.46 GB as VOB files (Tom Hicks ~14 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 FF on OJ but SF recovered))
? 2 DVD 9/17/78 Bears @ Lions (missing from late 2nd qtr. to early 4th qtr)
7.9 2 DVD 9/25/78 Mon Night, Vikings @ Bears (commercials, halftime, missing last 2 minutes just like all other copies of this game, Tom Hicks 7 tackles)
? 1 DVD 10/1/1978 Oak @ Bears (Joined in Progress 3:32 left in 1st qtr)
? 2 DVD 10/8/78 Bears @ Packers (missing ~5 minutes early in 1st qtr)
7.9 3 DVD 10/29/78 Lions @ Bears (Tom Hicks ~13 total tackles, 10 solo, 3 TFL)
? 1DVD or 2MP4 11/5/78 Sea @ Bears as 1 DVD or 2.50 GB as 2 MP4 files (Tom Hicks ~5 tackles, torn knee ligament in 1st qtr. missed rest of the year)
? 2 DVD 9/2/1979 GB @ Bears
? 2 DVD 9/9/79 Minn @ Bears
7.4 2 DVD 9/16/79 Bears @ Cowboys (Tom Hicks 4 tackles, 1 FR)
? DVD or MP4 9/23/79 Bears @ Dolphins (JIP mid 1st qtr) as 1 DVD or 1.17 GB as 1 MP4 file (Tom Hicks ~2 tackles)
? 2 MP4 9/30/79 TB @ Bears 1.8 GB as MP4 2 files (now also on 2 DVD's) (Tom Hicks ~8 tackles)
? 2 MP4 10/7/79 Bears @ Bills 1.6 GB as 2 MP4 files (Tom Hicks ~4 tackles)
7.4 2 DVD 10/21/79 Bears @ Vikings (Tom Hicks 4 tackles, 1 pass defensed)
7.6 1 DVD 10/28/79 Bears @ 49ers (Tom Hicks 6 tackles, Payton big game, OJ playing for SF)
? 2 DVD 11/4/79 Det @ Bears
7.5 2 DVD or 2 MP4 11/11/79 LA Rams @ Bears (Tom Hicks 4 tackles, FF, FR, INT) (Includes couple minutes of NE @ Denver in snow at end)
? 1 MP4 11/18/79 NYJ @ Bears 1.36 GB as 1 MP4 file (Tom Hicks ~6 tackles (1 TFL if count touching QB who fumbled snap & fell on ball)
7.5 2 DVD 11/22/79 Bears @ Lions (Thanksgiving, includes pregame, Tom Hicks 5 tackles)
? 2 DVD 12/2/79 Bears @ TB
8.0 2 DVD 12/9/79 Bears @ Packers (Tom Hicks 7 tackles, 1 TFL, 2 INT's, 1 for TD)
7.5 2 DVD 12/16/79 STL Cardinals @ Bears (cold/snow, Bears clinch playoff spot, Tom Hicks 2 tackles + would have blocked PAT if Alan Page hadn't blocked it in front of him, also includes 1979 Bears season highlight show which shows Tom Hicks INT for TD at Green Bay)
7.4 2 DVD 12/23/79 NFC Wild Card Playoff Bears @ Eagles (includes pregame, halftime and postgame, Tom Hicks 7 tackes, 2 pass breakups)
7.5 2 DVD 9/7/1980 Bears @ Packers (Tom Hicks 7 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 almost sack?)
? 2 DVD 9/14/80 Saints @ Bears
? DVD or MP4 9/21/80 Minn @ Bears 1 DVD or 1.87 GB as 1 MP4 file (Tom Hicks ~9 tackles)
? DVD or MP4 9/28/80 Bears @ Pitt (missing opening kickoff) 3.4 GB as VOB 4 files (Tom Hicks ~6 tackles)
7.7 2 DVD 10/6/80 Mon Night, Tampa Bay @ Bears (includes halftime, Tom Hicks 7 tackles, 1 TFL)
? 2 DVD 10/12/80 Bears @ Minn
7.5 2 DVD 10/19/80 Lions @ Bears (Tom Hicks' only career sack, 5 yard loss on Gary Danielson, 8 or 9 tackles, 1 or 2 TFL's)
? DVD or MP4 10/26/80 Bears @ Phi 1.3 GB as MP4 file (now also on 1 DVD, Tom Hicks ~10 tackles)
? DVD/MP4/AVI 11/16/80 Hou @ Bears (missing 1st 6 plays of game) 1.5 GB as AVI file or 500MB as MP4 (also on 2 DVD's, Tom Hicks ~9 tackles, 1 pass deflection)
7.5 2 DVD 11/23/80 Bears @ Falcons (Tom Hicks 3 tackles + INT, includes halftime interview w/ Dick Butkus+part 4th qtrs of Atl@Phi + Pitt@Buff from '80)
7.4 2 DVD 11/27/80 Bears @ Lions (Thanksgiving, includes pregame & halftime interview with President elect Reagan, Tom Hicks 10 tackles, 3-4 TFL's)
? 2 AVI 12/7/80 GB @ Bears 2.05 GB as 2 AVI files (Tom Hicks 6 tackles, 1 TFL)
7.4 2 DVD 12/20/80 Bears @ Tampa Bay (Tom Hicks' last game, 2 tackles including a tackle on his last play)
7.5 1 DVD 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 & 1979 Bears Season Yearbook Highlights (~25 minutes each, all on 1 DVD)
7.5 1 MP4 1980 Bears Season Yearbook Highlights, ~22 minutes, 208 MB file size
1978, 1979 & 1980 Chicago Bears Media Guides (I can scan & email pages from them as PDF or JPEG files to Bears fans)
1976, 1977, 1981 1 page bio of Tom Hicks from Chicago Bears Media Guides (I can also email these, or see these posted under "Photos" link)
ALSO HAVE ~19 GAMEBOOKS ~23 MB file size total for 1976-1980 Bears games (PDF files of Game Summary, stats, play by play of every play that happened)
GAMES TOM HICKS DID NOT PLAY IN I HAVE
1 DVD 10/2/1977 Saints @ Bears
1 MP4 11/26/1978 TB vs. Bears (he did not play, injured)
1 MP4 1980 Bears @ Clev, MNF
1 MP4 1980 Wash @ Bears
OTHER BEARS GAMES/YEARBOOKS/GAME OF THE WEEK SHOWS I HAVE FROM BEFORE & AFTER TOM HICKS CAREER
SEASON YEARBOOK SHOWS
1970, 1974, 1981, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2011
GOTW's or HIGHLIGHTS
NFL Championship for 1946, 1956, 1963 (30-50 min. each highlight show or game film)
1965 vs. SF
1966 vs. GB
1966 vs. Rams
1966 @ STL
1968 @ GB
1968 @ Rams
1971 @ Minn
1971 vs. Dallas
1982 vs. Detroit
1983 @ GB
1984 @ STL
1984 vs. Raiders
85 Bears games ~2-4 minute highlights for each from This Week in Pro Football + This is the NFL from 1968-1978 (a few include Hicks)
FULL GAMES
1969 Preseason game @ GB
1983 vs. SF
1983 vs. GB
1984 vs. Dallas
1985 @ Miami
1987 @ Denver
1988 vs. Phi (Fog Bowl, Div. playoffs)
1990 vs. KC (edited)
1991 vs. Miami
1991 vs. Dallas (NFC Wild Card)
1992 @ Saints
1994 @ Phi
1994 vs. GB
1994 vs. NE
1996 @ Denver
1996 @ GB
1997 @ GB
1997 vs. GB
2000 vs. Saints
2001 vs. SF
2002 vs. Phi
Below is my grading system for the games I currently have (most 70's/80's games will be 7.0 to 8.0):
10.0 = A+ = Hi Def TV quality
9.0 = A = copy direct from TV to DVD, Excellent copy
8.5 = B+ = Excellent VHS convert to DVD, very clear
8.0 = B = good copy VHS convert to DVD (no lines/fuzzy)
7.5 = C+ = fairly good (occasional lines and/or fuzzy, color bleeding)
7.0 = C = average (fuzzy/lines/color bleeding, but still watchable though)
6.0 = D = poor (barely watchable, die hard fans only)
I am looking for any of these below:
NFL
10/16/78 MNF Chicago @ Denver (Tom Hicks blocked PAT in 4th qtr) (only known video is ~15 minutes heavily edited game that is very rare & can barely see the block attempt)
~3 other games from late 1977-1980 of Tom Hicks' starts that I don't already have that there is no known video of:
1977 @Det
1978 vs. STL
1980 vs. Cin
.
NCAA Football
9/29/73 West Virginia @ Illinois (game or game film, Tom Hicks 23 tackles (See youtube "Tom Hicks Illinois highlights for ~30 seconds showing him in action during this game) + limited other '72-'74 Illinois games ('74 game film vs. Washington St. is on youtube)
.
I likely will not be getting below, available through University archives: