| | Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| | Foreword | p. xi |
| | Foreword | p. xv |
| | Introduction | p. xvii |
| | | |
| | The Jauron Era | p. 3 |
| | The Wannstedt Years | p. 24 |
| | Ditka After xx | p. 42 |
| | 1985 | p. 77 |
| | Early da Coach | p. 87 |
| | The "Between Years" | p. 92 |
| | '63 Champions and the Sixties | p. 102 |
| | The Original Monsters | p. 115 |
| | The Old Man | p. 129 |
| | Walter | p. 138 |
| | Butkus | p. 148 |
| | The Pack | p. 153 |
| | Afterthoughts | p. 161 |
| | | |
| | The Early Years | p. 165 |
| | The Criminal Element | p. 177 |
| | The Cast of Characters | p. 189 |
| | The Dawn of Ditka | p. 215 |
| | The Super Season | p. 241 |
| | Bear Weather: The 1985 Playoffs | p. 265 |
| | The Big Easy | p. 275 |
| | A Farewell to Kings | p. 293 |
| | Random Notes from Trail's End | p. 321 |
| | Mongoisms and Other Flotsam | p. 345 |