I was at this game. Our high school football team (Pattonville Pirates) got free tickets to sit in the Flash card section of the stands where we held up orange and black colored cards to make a pumpkin jack-o-lantern face. Seeing Larry Wilson intercept three passes including a pick 6 was quite a thrill. So sorry to hear that Larry Wilson passed away today. May he rest in peace in the ultimate hall of fame.

This was the Bears' first game in St. Louis. They beat the Cardinals at Wrigley Field in 1965, but before that the teams hadn't played since 1959, the Cardinals' final season in Chicago.

@ldfreitas9437

Жыл бұрын

Yes, and this was a Monday night Halloween night game, a pre-cursor to Monday Night Football by four years. NFL was experimenting on this night.

8 Larry Wilson, one of the best safetys ever. Not just interceptions, look at his tackling...

@sdgakatbk

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely one of the greats. Was defensive player of the week after this game. I think in Instant Replay by Jerry Kramer, he writes about playing the Cardinals and how good Wilson was, saying he just might be the best player in the game.

@hdproductions5869

3 жыл бұрын

@Matt Pizzano yeah or at least made it popular

@hdproductions5869

3 жыл бұрын

Larry Wilson, died last Thursday, VS Gale Sayers, died yesterday. Rest in peace to the greats of the game.

@frankdenardo8684

2 жыл бұрын

Larry Wilson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1978. His first year of eligibility.

@rogerwilliams5366

2 жыл бұрын

Devastating tackler

Larry Wilson is so under appreciated, top 5-10 safety of all-time easily

@tp10488

4 жыл бұрын

He's in the Hall of Fame. I don't know how much more you can show appreciation.

I clearly remember watching this game after trick-or-treating. We were living in New Orleans at the time. I assumed that the combination of Halloween + night time football surely meant that we didn’t have school the next day. I was incredulous when my father informed me otherwise.

Cool to see Johnny Roland in action. He led one of our local high schools to a state championship.

@michaelleroy9281

Жыл бұрын

I believe he was the rookie of the year in 1966

St. Louis, back then had a defense that was ranked #1 in total defense and they were every bit as menacing as the Bears. They had some wars with their arch neumesis, the Browns, during that era. Bears were struggling badly in 1966. Injuries late in the season crippled the Cards and they gave the expansion, 3-11 Falcons their frst home win that season.

Cardinals running back Johnny Roland was rookie of the year that season. He also was the longtime running backs coach for the Bears, his tenure highlighted by the Super Bowl championship season of 1985.

Nice channel; appreciate the Cards history. I liked the Neil Lomax' era Cards.

Dont see much of Butkus in this game.

I wonder what the deal was with St Louis being sort of a "test lab" for Monday night games back then, in the days before it became a regular part of the NFL schedule. They also hosted a Monday night game in '67. Maybe the league wanted it in the central time zone so it would be easier for the entire country to watch? That sounds archaic but in the 60s who knows?

@JIMOTOOLE1949

3 жыл бұрын

Dallas was the only other city to host NFL Monday night games more than once in the 1960s, hosting them in 1968 and 1969.

@olofpalme63

2 жыл бұрын

...yes, against the Packers

@ldfreitas9437

Жыл бұрын

There were Friday night games played in LA in 1966, at least two of them, one against the 49ers early in the season that saw the two teams go at it in a huge on field fight. Rams won, but later in the season the 49ers beat them in San Francisco, and that would be the last 49er win in SF against the Rams until 1981 and Montana's 49ers.

@jamesbafaro-ou6hj

8 ай бұрын

Per the book America's Game, NFL wanted to see what night football would look like, in advance of what eventually would become Monday Night Football. Busch 2 was the newest stadium in the league, with state-of-the-art lighting, so it was chosen for the experiment

This game pre-empted Family Affair, The Jean Arthur Show, and I've Got a Secret on CBS that night - except in St. Louis and several nearby markets, due to blackout rules of the time. These stations probably ran a 90-minute movie up to 10 PM CT, at which point the newscasts aired.

Larry graced the cover of The Sporting News the following week.

Johnny Roland superb and coach of Walter Payton

The oldest rivalry in football between the two oldest teams.

I've watched two other Cardinal games, from this era, on KZread. It seems like Larry Wilson was in on nearly every play in those two also. Where was Butkus during this game? I think I only saw him twice.

The Cardinals had other seasons that came up a little short in the 1960s from playing in the title game, but this was likely their best team over-all during their years in St. Louis from 1960-1987, and that includes the Don Coryell years of the 1970s lacking on defense. The Cardinals were 7-1-1 with Charley Johnson as QB. Then a season ending knee injury. I still remember the name Terry Nofsinger so well who was their back-up qb and went 1-4 under him. Their only win with him was due to terrfic defense that game. Sonny Randle, Bobby Jo Conrad, Jackie Smith, Larry Wilson, Larry Stallings, Johnny Roland, just to name a few. I look back at the over-all stats on Charley Johnson and they do not stand out as much, but he got the job done.

Larry Wilson is in the Hall of Fame.

The wildcat #8 strikes again Larry Wilson was the best

Good ol LINDSEY NELSON he of the Broadcasting team of the NEW YORK METS and technicolor ties and Sport Coats!

So all I've ever known about the 1966 NFL is that the Packers beat the Cowboys in a playoff and then won the first Super Bowl. The 1966 standings show St. Louis in 4th place at 8-5-1 behind Dallas, Cleveland and Philly. After watching these "Game of the Week" films, I looked at pro-football-reference to see that the Cardinals started 5-0 and went into a week 12 game vs Dallas tied at 8-2-1, with no one else even close in the standings. Apparently Charley Johnson was lost after week 9 but there is NOTHING on the internet explaining why. I hope this Dallas game gets uploaded, it was clearly the game of the year although the Cardinals were fading with a really poor backup QB. They still had a shot at the division after losing that game, but a week 13 loss to 2-10 expansion Atlanta eliminated them. Cleveland and Philly won meaningless games down the stretch to pass St. Louis in the final standings. How did I never know this? It's typical of the lack of interest in the Cardinals during their St. Louis years. Their 1966 highlight film makes no mention of how close this team had been to the playoffs, and there was only a very brief mention of Johnson's expected return in 1967.

@StLouisFootballCardinals

4 жыл бұрын

Johnson was injured on a non-contact play against the Giants at Yankee Stadium. It was a fluke injury. Backup QB was Terry Nofsinger and many players still talk about how the Bidwills were too cheap to spend $$ on a good backup QB. Especially considering how a similar thing happened in '65 when Johnson got hurt against the Steelers after a 4-1 start. He wasn't out for the season, but he missed time and wasn't the same. They only won one more game.

@larrymelman

4 жыл бұрын

@@StLouisFootballCardinals I found this page which mentions Johnson's knee injury, and reviews the franchise history during Hart's years. thebigredzone.com/2020/04/25/big-red-legends-jim-hart/

It's a shame Charley Johnson got injured this season or else the Cards would likely have been playing for the NFL Championship. They were 7-1-1 with Johnson, 1-4 without him.

@StLouisFootballCardinals

4 жыл бұрын

Terry Nofsinger was the backup QB and was horrible.

@martinober249

4 жыл бұрын

Jim Hart would join the Cardinals the following season

@russellseilhamer4552

4 жыл бұрын

I never realized how good Charley Johnson was until I saw mid 70s Denver Bronco highlights. A very underrated quarterback. He also had a good year in 1968 when the cards came within a half game of Cleveland for the division title. I did like Jim Hart, a big Neil Lomax fan. Lomax was very underrated as well. Kyler Murray was so much fun to watch last year as a rookie

@andrewlarson7

4 жыл бұрын

I think this was the season of Super Bowl 1 as well. Imagine he stayed healthy and the Cardinals won it all

@sdgakatbk

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewlarson7 They'd probably still be in St. Louis.

Back then, the Cardinals were The Larry Show: Stallings and Wilson. And then came a swirl of Wehrli.

...it's only at the halfway point of the season and the playing surface at Busch Stadium looks like the wake of a monster truck rally, by the end of December it must have been a complete sand pit.

@brianruyack7632

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't any better for the first game of the season either! Brand new stadium, looked like a cow pasture.

@olofpalme63

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianruyack7632 They must've used Busch Stadium for other events, I find it hard to believe that the Cardinals MLB team put that much wear & tear on the surface.

@bemore1134

Жыл бұрын

@@olofpalme63 Their season had recently ended at the time of this game. I believe it was Yadier Molinas' rookie season.

@olofpalme63

Жыл бұрын

@@bemore1134 their season was over when they played the bears on mnf?

Larry Wilson is fantastic athlete.

There was Monday Night Football before it premiered on ABC in 1970

Those were the Days when it was pro football on Halloween. It was cool.

Monday Night Football on CBS

Does anyone have the 1922 Bears-Cardinals game on KZread?

Was this like one of the first Monday Night games?

I didn't know their were night games in the NFL back then. I thought the first night game was Cleveland vs. Jets in 1970.

@brianruyack7632

2 жыл бұрын

The Rams had some also.

@michaelleroy9281

Жыл бұрын

There were Monday Night games before 1964 Packers at Lions 1965 Cowboys at Cardinals 1966 Bears at Cardinals 1967 Packers at Cardinals 1968 Rams at Cardinals Packers at Cowboys 1969 Giants at Cowboys I forgot another from 1964 Cardinals at Colts and another from 1969 Eagles at Colts

One of the NFL's first few Monday night games.

@michaelleroy9281

3 жыл бұрын

2 were played in 1964 1 each from 1965 1966 1967 2 were played in 1968 1 in 1969 before the merger and Monday Night Football

@MKisJ

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelleroy9281 Pretty good, do you know which teams played?

@MKisJ

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelleroy9281 hi Michael i scrolled down and saw that you answered the question in another reply thanks.

@michaelleroy9281

15 күн бұрын

​@MKisJ 1964 Packers at Lions Cardinals at Colts 1965 Cowboys at Cardinals 1966 Bears at Cardinals 1967 Packers at Cardinals 1968 Rams at Cardinals Packers at Cowboys 1969 Giants at Cowboys

@JIMOTOOLE1949

15 күн бұрын

@@michaelleroy9281 I think that was every pre-1970 Monday night NFL game.

Kind of surprised that Halas didn't install Butkus at the Middle LB role. Halas being loyal to his old vets stuck with old pro Joe Fortunato over the younger Butkus. This was undoubtedly Fortunato's last year in pro football after a decade playing for his old coach.

@ldfreitas9437

Жыл бұрын

Well, the year before, 1965, Butkus replaced Bill George at middle linebacker. George only played in two games, and in 1966, finished his career as middle linebacker on the Rams. He started most of the games, but by the end of the season Myron Pottios was the starter.

I never understood why they took the Cardinals out of the Bears' division while both were still in Chicago, and did not put them back together while the Cardinals were in STL. Chicago and St. Louis are so close to each other that they have rivalries in baseball and hockey. The Rams were never with the Bears while in St. Louis either.

@ldfreitas9437

Жыл бұрын

Already earlier in the 50s the Cardinals got placed in the Eastern Conference. The team that didn't belong in the West was Baltimore. And later, Dallas should have been put in the West, and Detroit into the East.

1:05. Hey Jackie Smith didn't drop a pass.

@brianruyack7632

2 жыл бұрын

Check 17:30. Poor Jackie.

Was this Jack Whittiker? Pro Football Hall of Fame members. Chicago Bears: Dick Butkus, Gale Sayers, Mike Ditka, George Halas. St. Louis Cardinals: Jackie Smith, Larry Wilson.

@StLouisFootballCardinals

2 жыл бұрын

Jay Randolph

@hughcapetien

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't he say "...this is Lindsey Nelson..." at the beginning of the film?

@dtkProf48

Жыл бұрын

It's Lindsay Nelson

@dtkProf48

Жыл бұрын

Mike Ditka also HOFamer

Jon Arnett's last season in pro ball. It got pretty ugly late in the year against the 49ers in San Francisco for the Bears. Rudy Bukich stunk and was replaced by Billy Wade during the game, also in his last season, and he was just as bad. The highlight of that game is here on You Tube. The 49ers and Bears had a good rivalry going in the mid-60s. SF usually won at home but had trouble at Wrigley Field. They tied that year in Chicago mid-season. The year before in Chicago Sayers scored a bunch of TDs in the mud.

Damn that field looks like s#it

Ah yes. Another Cardinals team to start off hot then flop the rest of the way. Started the season 5-0-1 only to go 3-5 to finish 8-5-1 and in 3rd place.

A game of perennial losers: Chicago 5-7-2 and St. Louis surprisingly 8-5-1, but still out of the playoff picture.

@StLouisFootballCardinals

4 жыл бұрын

The Cardinals were championship material in 1966. They had the league's top defense and were 7-1-1 before Charley Johnson's injury in New York. Lack of backup QB doomed the '66 team.

@PrinceTron1

3 жыл бұрын

If the Bears were perennial losers at the time of this game, then explain the Bears 8 NFL titles between 1921-1963? Obviously a biased and ignorant Packers fan.

@drbonesshow1

3 жыл бұрын

@@PrinceTron1 Again the year is 1966 not 1921 - 1963. You might as well go pack to 1866. Not a Packers fan or fan of any team. You ass-u-me...

@drbonesshow1

3 жыл бұрын

@@StLouisFootballCardinals Reminds me of Dallas in 1977: 8-0 then lost to St. Louis on MNF and the next week to Pittsburgh. However, unlike your 7-1-1 Cardinals did not lose again winning 7 games in a row including the SB. The St. Louis Cardinals were never the Cowboys RIP. I was a fan of Jim Hart who is NFL HOF caliber.

@michaelleroy9281

3 жыл бұрын

The Bears were predicted to challenge the Packers for the Western Conference title in 1966 because of a great 1965 season ( 9-5) they just didn't have it this year

This game was a Monday night game on Halloween. I saw the last part of it after getting home from trick or treating.

@michaelleroy9281

Жыл бұрын

I didn't trick or treat watching Gale Sayers in action was worth giving that up

@ldfreitas9437

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelleroy9281 Well, we in the San Francisco area didn't like Sayers. We liked Ken Willard and John David Crow. One thing for sure: seeing the St. Louis Cardinals on TV then was a treat, as not too many Eastern Conference games got televised on the West Coast. They were my second favorite team.