*Sportswriters from across the nation made their picks for Super Bowl XX between the Chicago Bears and the New England Patriots at the Louisiana Superdome. Here are the final-score predictions they made before the Bears' 46-10 victory on January 26, 1986.
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| Howard Balzer The Sporting News  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 13-0 | 
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| Christine Brennan Washington Post  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 28-10 | 
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| Bryan Burwell New York Daily News  |  
                      ![]()  |  Â | 20-6 | 
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| Vic Carucci Buffalo News  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 24-0 | 
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| Mike Dodd Cincinnati Enquirer  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 24-7 | 
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| Larry Dorman Miami Herald  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 17-13 | 
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| Gordon Forbes USA Today  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 24-7 | 
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| Joe Gergen Newsday  |  Â | 
                      ![]()  |  10-0 | 
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| Rick Gosselin UPI Kansas City:  |  Â | 
          
        
          ![]()  |  17-14 | 
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| Tony Grossi Cleveland Plain Dealer  |  Â | 
          
        
          ![]()  |  17-10 | 
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| Phil Hersh Chicago Tribune  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 17-0 | 
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| Michael Janofsky New York Times  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 20-13 | 
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| George Kimball Boston Herald  |  
                      ![]()  |  Â | 20-7 | 
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| Peter King Newsday  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 31-3 | 
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| Paul Lafond Lawrence (Mass.) Eagle-Tribune  |  Â | 
          
        
          ![]()  |  24-16 | 
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| Bernie Lincicome Chicago Tribune  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 35-0 | 
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| Robert Markus Chicago Tribune  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 23-3 | 
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| Will McDonough Boston Globe  |  Â | 
                      ![]()  |  13-10 in OT | 
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| Tom McEwen Tampa Tribune  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 24-17 | 
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| Ira Miller San Francisco Chronicle  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 13-3 | 
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| Terence Moore Atlanta Constitution  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 27-0 | 
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| Don Pierson Chicago Tribune  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 20-0 | 
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| Gary Pomerantz Washington Post  |  Â | 
                      ![]()  |  16-14 | 
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| Rich Roberts Los Angeles Times  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 24-17 | 
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| Cooper Rollow Chicago Tribune  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 24-10 | 
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| Glenn Sheeley Atlanta Constitution  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 31-10 | 
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| Ed Sherman Chicago Tribune  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 17-6 | 
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| Lynne Snierson Boston Herald  |  
                      ![]()  |  Â | 24-10 | 
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| Art Spander San Francisco Examiner  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 13-3 | 
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| Curt Sylvester Detroit Free Press  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 17-0 | 
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| Rick Telander Sports Illustrated  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 21-7 | 
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| Mike Tully UPI-New York  |  Â | 
          
        
          ![]()  |  21-10 | 
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| Bob Verdi Chicago Tribune  |  
                      ![]()  |  Â | 24-7 | 
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| Paul Zimmerman Sports Illustrated  |  
          
        
          ![]()  |  Â | 17-10 | 
    













