This is a partial reconstruction of the 1970 AFC Championship game. This utilizes footage mainly from the two half-hour NFL Films programs that were produced for the game, and I've merged that with a crude recording of the original NBC TV broadcast audio, which featured Curt Gowdy, Kyle Rote, and Charlie Jones. All of the big plays are here, along with a bunch of other ones. Still, this is by no means even close to all the plays. If I had to guess, I'd say I was able to find footage for maybe 35% of the total plays in the game. All of the plays presented here are in order as they occurred. The TV audio had a lot of hiss to it and was difficult to understand at times. I applied noise reduction and applied a 'telephone' effect to it to bring out as much clarity as I could. This is as good as it gets, and it actually isn't that bad. It actually sounds better if you listen via speakers and not headphones. The audio is very rough though for a few plays when Blanda first enters the game in the second quarter, but it improves again. The second half seems better than the first. I tried to incorporate as much interesting commentary as I could, and you really get a feel for the game this way. It was exciting and tense, and the Baltimore crowd was very loud. Unitas and Blanda, two legends facing off against one another. Gowdy states that the Oakland Raider uniform numbers are hard to see, as they are silver against white and the sun is shining on them. There are a few times where he mentions the wrong player on a play because of this. Another classic brought back to life. I've been wanting to do this for quite a while, but only recently got hold of the audio. I wish there was more footage available to flesh this out even more, but this is by far the best representation of the game you'll ever see/hear, unless you watched it live 52 years ago.

@DaffyDuck007

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dave for your tireless dedication to the preservation of NFL History. The Sabols are smiling today.

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Daffy!

@johnmanier7968

2 жыл бұрын

This game-matching powers from the AFL and NFL-seemed more like a Super Bowl than the actual Super Bowl, which matched two pre-merger NFL teams. They’d met in the January 1966 Playoff Bowl in Miami, with Baltimore crushing Dallas 35-3.

@mmcginnity

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting this together!

@johntabler349

Жыл бұрын

An absolutely wonderful job, I wish the complete game was preserved but you have provided the next best thing

I love those silver numbered jerseys. The Raiders should make them their full time road uniforms again.

@davidhughes9970

Ай бұрын

Dolphins fan but I'm a uniform fan of many teams,the silver numbers are the shit.

Pure Madden….28 degrees and he’s wearing short sleeves!

@theprofessor8589

3 ай бұрын

WTF are you talking about????? Madden has on a LONG SLEEVE windbreaker jacket!!!! Stop with the Hyperbolic LIE!

Trees visible in the background, and John Madden without a coat in 34 degree weather...can't beat that!

I was just a kid a very young Raiders fan. I remember watching this game on NBC in Chicago like it was yesterday.

No gloves on the receivers, and a dirt field! Now this is NFL!

@mouchiecat1

Жыл бұрын

Amazingly, the colts didn’t have a facility of their own so during the season they used the stadium as their practice field which was a big reason it became a dirt surface by December & January. I’m guessing that was still better than playing on Astro turf in those days. The colts called it Astro dirt.

@leogetz3570

11 ай бұрын

People smoking in the stands, coaches smoking on the sidelines, and a referee shooting a starting pistol at the end of the 1st half... won't see that stuff today!!!

@bloqk16

11 ай бұрын

This is where John Madden felt most at home in such elements.

@bloqk16

11 ай бұрын

@@mouchiecat1 The NFL back then was run on shoestrings, nowhere making the big monies as they would in the future. I recall many many years ago a Wall Street Journal article about the Colts, which hinted that the owner was operating the team on-the-cheap. The tell-tale sign was with the team's uniforms looking rag-tag; with the NFL officials putting heat on the Colts organization to shape up with providing the players with new uniforms.

@billyidol2115

11 ай бұрын

When Bubba Smith slammed Daryle Lamonica on his ass in about snapped his neck, you knew it was baseball field football. LOL. They had to bring the in the old man George Blanda

Despite Oakland losing this game, it's amazing how prolific a team they were for well over a decade. Seems like they were consistently in the AFL and AFC Championship game each year from the late 60s and 70s. They just ran into some really good Steeler teams.

@jefferyroy2566

11 ай бұрын

They ran into the "Immaculate Reception," then the defending NFL champs in 1973. The 1974 AFC Semis, the "Sea of Hands" game, took too much out of Oakland. Their 29 yards rushing and three picks by Stabler sealed their fate in the AFC Championship game. I was never a Raiders fan, but always a solid supporter of the AFC. When they finally made a post-merger Super Bowl, my allegiance was satisfied by the way they manhandled the Vikings in SB XI. Their subsequent wins in SBs XV and XVIII were even better. Al Davis eventually ran this iconic franchise into the ground, aided by Amy Trask. The organization jerked around their Oakland fans as if they never existed, pulling up stakes for a Vegas pipe-dream that will never come true. I don't yearn for the old days of pro football, but no NFL fan base has ever screwed like old-school Raider fans.

THK YOU 4 your hard work ,saw the game at 13 yrs old on NBC.DIEHARD BALTIMORE COLT fan and JOHNNY U Fan.This might be as much as we'll ever get,thats as may be thks again.To hell with Indy and ravens-browns carpetbaggers who extort the cities and taxexemptions.At least the PACK don't have to worry about that so far as i know that Town and state is safe? THKS AGAIN!

Excellent work! Because of the difficulty in seeing Oakland’s silver numbers on the white jerseys, NBC got the Lions to wear white when they hosted the black-jersey Raiders on Thanksgiving 1970. Evidently the Colts wouldn’t agree to wear white in the AFC Championship (although they did wear white at home in 1964-1965). If the Raiders had beaten Baltimore, I’ll bet NBC would’ve induced the “home” Cowboys to wear white and the Raiders black in Super Bowl V. Instead, Dallas famously lost to Baltimore in what they’d call their “bad luck blue” jerseys.

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks John! That is an interesting story about the uniforms.

@michaelleroy9281

Жыл бұрын

The Raiders first wore those white jerseys with the silver numbers in week 2 at the Chargers( 27-27 tie) NBC had trouble with those numbers right there

@rocketmanVA703

11 ай бұрын

Other than the occaisonal throwbacks (94, 09, etc.) which have much thicker black outlines, this is the last game for which the Raiders wore silver #s on white jerseys. They did part time in 63 and fully in 64, then went to the black on white - not sure why they went to the silver in 70

@Manolo0528

11 ай бұрын

You’re wrong about the SB5 uniforms. Although the home team had the option of wearing white or dark uniforms during the pre-season, regular season & playoffs the NFL still mandated that the designated home team had to wear dark uniforms in the SB. The NFC is the designated home team in the odd-numbered SBs. Therefore in SB5 the Cowboys, as NFC Champion and designated home team, were required by the league to wear their dark jerseys. The NFL changed the rule after SB5 so that, like in the rest of the season the designated home team could wear whatever color they wanted requiring the designated visitors to wear the opposite. Btw there is no way the Cowboys would have voluntarily wear their blue jerseys. 🤣

@rickcolbert3102

6 ай бұрын

SB V was known as the Blunder Bowl.

I remember watching this game when I was 9 years old. The 1970 NFL playoffs were games that were mostly defensive struggles as the 27 points the Colts scored in this game marked one of only two times any team reached 20 points in the playoffs that year. The scores: Baltimore 17 Cincinnati 0 Dallas 5 Detroit 0 San Francisco 17 Minnesota 14 Oakland 21 Miami 14 Baltimore 27 Oakland 17 Dallas 17 San Francisco 10 Baltimore 16 Dallas 13

@Gzimkodra

11 ай бұрын

Should of been 21-17 Niners over cowgirls they were beating them but that last lucky td. Also a penalty called va Niners. If it were Niners colts Niners would have won. Good bye people. Or maybe Niners raiders been better

@aarondigby5054

10 ай бұрын

Those games in the playoffs were close hard hitting competitive; the first year the league's merged.

SO glad you’re back Dave. Your work remains exceptional as alway. This remains a game that I remember well but your reconstruction really brings it to life again…Thanks again!!!!

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Danny! You're welcome :)

This restoration looks far superior than what I remember watching on my local NBC affiliate.

@humanbeing2420

11 ай бұрын

It should - it's the filmed version rather than the television broadcast.

Steve Sabol would be proud of your work! I was there as a 13 year old.

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

Жыл бұрын

Nice! Thank you :)

This game was played on the eve of my tenth birthday. Thank you MISTER Volsky!

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome :)

Dave I love your game reconstructions. Just great stuff. Thanks for doing it!

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Paul!

This is great, Dave. Thanks for putting it together!

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tom! Been wanting to do this one for quite a while.

What a playing surface they had in Baltimore by the end of every season. This was the second year in a row that Lamonica got knocked out of the league or conference title game and was relieved by George Blanda. Thank you for your hard work and restoring as much of this game as you did. Especially since there’s not much video tape footage of the game that exists.

@JCKAMK

Жыл бұрын

There was almost no grass. If they had had rain it was a mud hole. If not it was a dust bowl. Worst natural facility in the NFL. Vet Stadium was worse but had plastic surface.

@Arturo-sm1tb

11 ай бұрын

DUST...

@michaelwoolsey3886

11 ай бұрын

That's Astrodirt! What plagued the Colts was the fact that the Orioles typically played into late September & sometimes October every season.......the Oakland A's did the same thing to the Raiders in the early 70's.

@christopherhoffman201

11 ай бұрын

Virgil Moody has nearly the entire 1970 NFC Championship which includes video of the highlights of this game because it was played earlier in the day

@camoss3724

7 ай бұрын

@@michaelwoolsey3886 By the end of the football season, the sod which had been placed over the infield had been completely destroyed, and the crabgrass which dotted entire playing surface had died out, resulting in clumps of dead grass flying out on every play. The joke around here back then was the Colts had home dirt advantage. Could you imagine the NFL even allowing a game to be played on a surface like that today?

Fantastic job putting this together. Thanks.

As a Baltimore Colts fan growing up, I was only 18 when they left, I can't get enuff of your videos, and hope that there are more of the Baltimore Colts coming... The Baltimore Colts have two of the top 10 defensive teams in NFL history : 1968 Baltimore Colts & 1971 Baltimore Colts. This team is the same defensive team basically. A tribute to them from Mr. Volsky might be in order as they are all but forgotten when the best defensive teams in NFL history are mentioned!! The 2000 Baltimore Ravens are in the top 10 All Time NFL defenses, as well! So, Baltimore has about 1/3 of the NFL's All Time defenses. Defense in Baltimore didn't start with Ray Lewis, it started with Mike Curtis and the Baltimore Colts...

@chas.5009

Жыл бұрын

Did I see ted hendricks the "stork" on that baltimore defense. had no idea he was a colt first..

@leogetz3570

11 ай бұрын

Yes, he was drafted by the Colts in 69 I believe. He was a Colt for 4 or 5 years, went to Green Bay for 1 year, then finished the rest of his career with the Raiders@@chas.5009

@rocketmanVA703

11 ай бұрын

Yup, he was.

Wow! That opening actually gave me goosebumps! Thanks, Dave!

Awesome video! I was kicking in my mom’s belly trying to get a view of the TV for this one.

Wow! I was like 13 an watched this game,what a treat after all these years,great vid loved it HUGE THX!!

These Games & These Men are all larger than Life, that truly Built the Foundation of what the NFL is today

Looks like they're playing on natural dirt!! Awesome. Unitas was my favorite player back in the day and seeing him late his career still working his magic (the bomb to Perkins) is a privilege. Thanks so much.

The good old days. Back when the Colts were in Baltimore.

marvelous, as always, Dave. The NFL should hire you.

@jefferyroy2566

11 ай бұрын

Those of us who either lived through this ancient era, or gained some nostalgia for it from here and there, are a tiny minority of today's NFL audience. The differences we might enjoy in these games, including no gloves, ridiculous field conditions, vicious contact, etc., are of little interest to most fans. If those fans look at something like the career interception numbers for Blanda, Lamonica and Stabler, many end up considering them incompetent QBs instead of a product arising from a different offensive philosophy for the forward pass. Two of those three made it to Canton with more picks than scores, a standard that would put them out of the league now. It's for these reasons and others the NFL Network rarely shows games from the AFL-NFL merger era. They only entertain a certain segment of today's audience, and don't contribute to adding new fans, which remains a serious issue for pro football. You and I enjoy it, and we have KZread to thank for the opportunity. How long watching for free continues is a question yet to be answered. Thanks for your comment, it obviously got me going.

Great job of putting this together Dave! So clear. I can think of about a hundred other games I'd love to throw your way... 😄

Fabulous video! Oops! Your intro reads the Colts record was 12-2, but the 1970 Baltimore Colts regular season record was 11-2-1. A suprising November 17 tie against the Buffalo Bills.

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Norris! Yeah, realized pretty quick after posting this vid that I screwed up on the Colt record :)

Glory Days! Priceless! Thanks for posting!

There was nothing like a game played on a dirt field. I wonder how many of the hits in this game in 1970, would now be penalized in 2023. When I see Mike Curtis, I think of the time where he took care of field maintenance when a fan came running onto the field. Check out the video. This was an interesting game with many storied HOF players. Thanks for posting this.

@pep590

4 ай бұрын

Yes, in this video, when Bubba Smith sacks Lamonica, he lands with his full weight on the QB. "Unnecessary roughness". Lol.

@kenyongray2615

4 ай бұрын

Makes you wonder if Smith would have been ejected in 2023 football. A penalty for sure.@@pep590

Old man George Blanda had a season for the ages but would unfortunately run out of miracles on this day..

@sammyvh11

2 жыл бұрын

Madden says best player he ever coached

@jdsoultrn

2 жыл бұрын

@@sammyvh11 Wow! That’s saying something when you consider ALL the great players he has coached.

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

2 жыл бұрын

Blanda played in 4 different decades, 1949-1975. When he entered the league they were still wearing helmets without a face guard, and the NFL still had 10 years to go before it became a truly national sport (1958 championship broadcast). He played in the NFL and AFL throughout the greatest years of football's past. Guy played till he was frickin' 48 years old! Absolutely nuts.

@jdsoultrn

2 жыл бұрын

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 Totally agree and especially insane that he played that long in that era. Unbelievable!!

@ibbetn1

Жыл бұрын

I believe he was the MVP that year.

Awesome video..I love it.classic footage.

Thanks for the upload as I was Born in 1974❤and i wrote to Eddie Hinton and roy Jefferson and they signed my card ❤nice of Eddie and Roy ☺️

The Dust Bowl, great work Dave

Great job. Very interesting that the Raiders were favorite to win on the road in Baltimore.

I like how this opens with the same music NFL films used to show the Raiders annihilation of the Vikings in Super Bowl XI in 1977!

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

11 ай бұрын

Paul Lewis' 'Conquest' from 1968 -- kzread.info/dash/bejne/X6h929qNmN3ggpc.html&t

The brilliance continues 👍

Interesting note on O'Brien from Curt Gowdy around the 8 minute mark as he referred to the Colts kicker being a WR at U of Cincinnati..catching passes from Greg Cook. Colts had beaten the Bengals 17-0 in the prior playoff game at Memorial Stadium but Cook missed the '70 season with a shoulder injury (basically ending his career save for a brief cameo in '73)-you have to wonder if Cook was healthy would he have been able to solve the Colt defense? Virgil Carter couldn't..

From 1967 to 1983 the Raiders played in 11 conference championship games winning 4 and losing 7 every team the Raiders lost too would end up winning the super bowl except for Denver.

Awesome, thanks!

Wow. This game pitted two of the greatest Quarterbacks of all time in Johnny U and George Blanda. I was 21 when this game was played and being an Oilers fan, Blanda was a hero of mine since he led the Oilers to 2 AFL Championships. I never liked the Oilers letting him go but he had the last laugh with a great stint as kicker and backup QB with Oakland.

Really well done.

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rick!

Great job Dave!

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Comrade!

Bless you

I was only about a year and a half old so of course I don’t remember the game. My mother kept a diary for years, I looked it up and she said my older brother (10 at the time) couldn’t watch the game because it was blocked out locally, something unheard of today!

This game was more exciting than the Superbowl that year.

It amazing how great the raiders used to be. They played In the last three AFL championship games, 67, 68, 69. And the first AFC championship game, 1970. In fact they played in six of the first eight AFC championship games between 1970 and 1977.

@johnwalker4329

Жыл бұрын

Sadly during these games they only made it to 2 superbowls

@johnwalker4329

Жыл бұрын

I know this particular game was played at Shea stadium in New York, but the very last AFL championship game was played at the oakland alameda county coliseum in 1969. Kansas city 17. Oakland 7

One of the Raiders' 2 ties were against the San Diego Chargers @ Jack Murphy Stadium in the 2nd game of the 1970 season.

25 year old Kenny Stabler was in the Raiders organization in 1970, yet 83 year old George Blanda took the snaps from Jim Otto in the 1970 AFC Championship game.

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

Жыл бұрын

Stabler was a rookie in 1970 and his total NFL experience at the time of this AFC Championship was just 1 game two weeks prior against the 49ers. In that game he attempted 7 passes, completed just 2, and threw an interception. He was definitely the 3rd-string quarterback at that point and NO WAY were they going to throw him into the mix in a playoff game unless Blanda, who had TWENTY-ONE years of experience, got injured also.

@radar0412

Жыл бұрын

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 That's what You said in 72 when Stabler shocked you guys in the playoff game against the Steelers. Nobody knew Stabler was capable of heroics. Until we gave him a chance.

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

Жыл бұрын

I don't know who 'you guys' is, but it wasn't me. I was BORN in 1972 for one thing, plus I wasn't a Raiders fan either. Also considering the miracle year that Blanda had in 1970 with all the comeback wins, once again Stabler was never going to sniff that game unless Blanda goes down.

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

Жыл бұрын

Blanda was no slouch in that Championship game - the Raiders put up 17 points after he came in for an ineffective and injured Lamonica in the 2nd quarter. That ain't exactly stinkin' up the joint. Rookie Stabler with practically no experience wasn't going to put up 17 points on the road in a playoff game against a tough Colt defense.

@radar0412

Жыл бұрын

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 So since you were born in 72 you're not qualified to make a determination on Stabler in 70. Ok, acceptable.

Good teams.thank you.

Just heard today on Fox the last time the AFC Championship was in Baltimore was against the Raiders in 1970 and oddly enough, this year the SB will be held at Raiders stadium, but in Raiders new town, where Baltimores team with a new name may play in the SB.

I was ten years old when this game was played. The Baltimore Colts were my first favorite team and Johnny Unitas my first favorite player.

VOLSKY IS A GENIUS!

@franksantore2810

Жыл бұрын

Volsky is king of the universe!

Ah! This was back in the TV era where local NFL games were blacked-out. *Even for the Championship Games!* The locals in Baltimore could not view this live. Possibly the Baltimore NBC affiliate would play a tape-delay of this game late Sunday night, such as what was done for the San Francisco 49ers game against the Dallas Cowboys. With this Raiders/Colts game, it's possible the New York City and Washington DC area hotels/motels got an uptick of business for that Sunday, as the Baltimore citizenry renting those rooms could view the game live on the NBC stations in those respective markets. I was living in the SF Bay Area at the time, with the 49ers vs Cowboys 1970 NFC Championship game, played in San Francisco, was blacked-out. The Bay Area people rented motel rooms in Fresno or Redding, California, to watch the game on TV live. The CBS affiliate in SF, KPIX, did rebroadcast the game late Sunday night. It was several years later that the Feds, the FCC, and the NFL came to agreements to televise the NFL local games, provided the game was sold-out 48 hour prior to kickoff.

Dr. Sam Havrilak! After he retired from football, he ran a dental practice here in Baltimore County. His office was only a couple of blocks from my house.

John Madden wearing his finest winter clothes.😅

Everyone in this video is pushing 80 or dead. Thank God for KZread, a portable time machine

The last time the city of Baltimore would host the AFC Championship game until 2023.

Jesus that opening song. From SB 11 I believe. Love it.

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, used in the XI film. Paul Lewis' 'Conquest' from 1968

Hearing Curt Gowdy's voice brings back so many childhood memories.

Last game for the great Warren Wells

@mitchellmelkin4078

11 ай бұрын

@SheltonWalden, Actually, he did play in the Pro Bowl three weeks later, FWIW. Immediately after that game, he was arrested for the parole violation, which resulted in little more than a year's time, his ability to play pro football ever again, having been lost.

Stabler was sitting on the bench, should have put him in. In those days young QBs really had to wait.

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

11 ай бұрын

Stabler was a distant 3rd-stringer in 1970. He'd had exactly ONE game of experience, 2 weeks earlier in SF, and was just 2 of 7 with an interception. No way was he going into a playoff game on the road instead of the miracle man of 1970 George Blanda - not in a million years.

@DiversityDragons

11 ай бұрын

That is said with complete hindsight. No coach in their right mind would put in a rookie with 7 attempts in his career up to that point. Also, why do you guys think Blanda played so terrible? He played rather well in relief. I doubt even the Snake would say he was ready to come in at this point, in this situation.

That field looks great

Love the NFL Music

great memories

Curtis playing a big factor.

Ted Hendricks and Bubba Smith made such an impression on Al Davis that he made them both Raiders the next year.

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

8 ай бұрын

Actually no. Bubba Smith didn't join Oakland till '73 and Hendricks not till '75

Football from my era.

Super Bowl that year was actually 2 NFC teamx.

Just curious. Does anyone know why Oakland would be a 1.5 pt favorite @ a 12-2 Baltimore Colt team?

@ibbetn1

Жыл бұрын

Ponitspread made by the same people that had the Redskins a two point favorite over the undefeated Dolphins in the Super Bowl two years later.

@mitchellmelkin4078

11 ай бұрын

@JD-fb1pp, Because the Colts weren't a dominant team, despite their record. They had a number of close and/or late comeback victories against mediocre (or worse) teams throughout the season. Yes, they did wind up winning the Super Bowl, but I believe Dallas was the better team and almost certainly would have prevailed if not for getting screwed by the egregious fumble call at the Colts' 1 yard line.

I was 14 yrs old and attended this game, From the upper deck it was hard to read Oakland's uniform numbers,

@RJ-un1lt

10 ай бұрын

It was even harder seeing the snowballs hitting the Raiders white jerseys. Biletnikoff was pelted mercilessly coming out of the dugout at the beginning of the game. Last Colts championship win in Baltimore.

Back again,Ben Davidson.trippedand/or kicked Johnny U at around 38:30 UNITAS was tuff as we know.ben couldn't make with the Pack,as Kramer said in INSTANT REPLAY. And In SUPER BOWL 2, Ben Wilson on the ground and guess who late,late hit. Handlebar and Jets had some nice ones,though The Famous Photo of Namath helmet coming off ,jaw cracked,even OLE BEN said like the credit but it was Keating or some other player.

@mitchellmelkin4078

11 ай бұрын

@keithmotsinger918, He was an egregious cheap shot artist, which accounted for more attention given to him than was warranted by his actual play. It was only his diving header into Dawson after the latter was stopped and on the turf, that most likely allowed the Raiders to even make the playoffs in '70, rather than the Chiefs.

Bubba Smith had friends on Oakland who confidently shared they brought their luggage with them to Baltimore, to take directly to Miami afterward. Bubba asked them if they had tickets to the SB.

A number of drops by Colts receivers.

@patricksmith5282

2 жыл бұрын

@@jckyhn7329 the Colt drops were in the end zone too.

Bulaich was going to score at that point anyway, but I've found it impressive how Hinton wiped out 3 Raiders near the goal line at 33:07.

The Very First American Football Conference Championship Game

Classic

I strongly sensed early on that the Colts were on their way to the Super Bowl.

These teams needed more guys who were 6’4”, 244 and could run 4.44

that field looks just like shea stadium in the day

Remember Mike Curtis? He was the Jack Tatum of Baltimore!

@calvinballew5411

11 ай бұрын

@@nala3038 I remember. He was in the defensive huddle. Stepped out and dropped that dude. Good times!

@46:35 or so, kind of surprised to see Billy Ray Smith wearing his upper teeth retainer?

2 things: I used to love listening to Curt Gowdy and 2) Did they play this game on dirt or is that just very brown grass?

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

Жыл бұрын

For all intents and purposes it's dirt, or as Bill Curry called it 'astrodirt'.

With a 9-4-2 record, how were the Raiders favored over a 13-2 Colts' team playing at home? Was there some understanding that Baltimore had an easier schedule?

@mitchellmelkin4078

11 ай бұрын

@sportshistorybuff1319, Because the Colts weren't a dominant team, despite their record. They had a number of close and/or late comeback victories against mediocre (or worse) teams throughout the season. Yes, they did wind up winning the Super Bowl, but I believe Dallas was the better team and almost certainly would have prevailed if not for getting screwed by the egregious fumble call at the Colts' 1 yard line.

Wait a second. Oakland was FAVORED to win this game?!?!?! I never knew that! Holy socks!

shame that Baltimore never erected a stadium to keep Colts in town

Thank you for this. Is there any hope of getting the Colts - Bengals playoff game?

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome :) The NBC audio for that game and a couple mock highlights are on KZread. The actual video of the broadcast doesn't exist unfortunately.

@TuberOnTheLoose

Жыл бұрын

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 I can understand not having film of games before the merger, but it seems insane that from 1970 forward that no film exists from a playoff game. Even if the networks didn't save it you would think that NFL Films themselves would have been there because it was a playoff game. C'est la vie.

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

Жыл бұрын

@@TuberOnTheLoose Oh, well NFL Films of course was there, but only about 15 minutes of the game film has ever been publicly released.

In week 2 before the Monday Night Football game against KC Howard Cosell asked Unitas about loosing his accuracy on long throws and Unitas ducked the question ironically Unitas tried to play that game on a bad knee and performed poorly (though Morrall did rally the Colts for a couple of late scores) and KC looked like the super bowl contender, even in this game I think Johnny U was showing the wear and tear but he still got it done when rubber meant the road

@johntabler349

Жыл бұрын

@@robertsprouse9282 correct again

@johntabler349

Жыл бұрын

@@robertsprouse9282 whoops

@johntabler349

Жыл бұрын

@@robertsprouse9282 not where I am from

@johntabler349

Жыл бұрын

@@robertsprouse9282 here in the WV hills make any joke you want I wouldn't be from anyplace else if I could

@johntabler349

Жыл бұрын

@@robertsprouse9282 some of em can even do ciphers and such,

Unitas had a good game would have been better but his guys dropped a few. Ray Perkins sealed the deal. Worst field in the league players called it asrtodirt. Memorial Stadium what a dump but I loved it. Mike Curtis and Ted Hendricks in blue. Irsay trading Ted to Green Bay was a bottle of gin move what a dumbass drunk. If the Colts had both those guys for ghost to post they win several years lol after.

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

2 жыл бұрын

Still can't believe Unitas' stat line that game - just 11 of 30. There were at least 3 passes though that were dropped by his receivers, two that would have been TD's.

@rocketmanVA703

11 ай бұрын

My seats in 96-97 were smack dab middle of the horseshoe, right behind the goalposts, 3 rows from the top!

I'm a Steelers fan, but I love those Raiders unis!!

Raaaaaaaaiders!

Blanda !

This Unitas was a shell of himself. After his arm injury in 1968 he was an average player!

@jacksmith5692

Жыл бұрын

@@danorthsidemang3834 The 1970 John Unitas sucked and was carried by his defense. Anyone who is honest acknowledges that! How did he do in SB 3 and SB 5? 14 for 33 for 198 yards and 1 lucky touchdown to John Mackey for 75 yards on a deflection and 3 interceptions. Then in the 1971 playoffs he threw 57 passes for a paltry 367 yards and ZERO touchdowns and 4 interceptions! In 1970 he wins a SB and goes 20 for 56! The defense allowed 30 points in 3 playoff games. From 1968 to 73 after his arm injury he threw 38 touchdowns and 64 interceptions! He sucked! The Unitas up to 1967 for his era was amazing. 243 touchdowns from 1957 to 67. The 1968 to 73 Unitas was awful carried by great defenses from 1968 to 71. The 1971 Colts won 10 of 14 games and Unitas and Morrall threw 10 touchdowns with 21 picks and sucked! They had a passer rating of 55 and yet won 10 games. The defense allowed 140 points in 14 games or 10 points a game! To suggest Unitas of 68 to 73 was better than the physical skills of a Mahomes as an example is ridiculous! Put down the booze and in that era, the best thrower of the football was Sonny Jurgensen who at age 40 led the NFC in passing and in 1972 to 74 at age 38 to 40 completed 66.1%, 60% and 64.1% at age 40 and retired! To be a plus 60% passer in that era was amazing and would be 75% today! In 1969 Jurgensen playing for Lombardi completed 62% of his passes leading the NFL with 3,102 yards but the Redskins defense stunk. In 1969 Unitas hit 54% of his passes with 12 touchdowns and 20 picks and sucked. Nevermind 2022, Unitas couldn't carry Sonny Jurgensen's jockstrap head to head in 1969. With a defense around him, Jurgensen was 11-2 playing for George Allen. In 1969 and 70, Jurgensen hit 61% of his passes for 45 touchdowns and 25 interceptions and Unitas hit 52% of his passes for 26 touchdowns and 38 interceptions. I watched in 1973 Kilmer get hurt against the Giants and Sonny came in and my late Dad said he's going to pick us apart! We were winning 24 to 13 and here comes Sonny! He went 12 for 15 for 135 yards and won the game with a late 16 yard touchdown. Amazing passing and accuracy at age 39. There was no better thrower of the football in the history of the NFL. In that era to be over 57% amazing! Sammy Baugh was amazing also hitting 56.5% of his passes from 1937 to 1952. To be able to complete over 56% from 1937 to 52 was amazing and forgotten. Unitas was a 54% passer! We need to grow up and be honest!

@jeffreyamster6020

Жыл бұрын

For you youngsters, if there were 2 minutes to go and I needed to score, I would take Johnny U every day and twice on Sunday. Not Brady, Montana or anyone else. And, the Colts belong in Baltimore!

@jacksmith5692

Жыл бұрын

@@jeffreyamster6020 Roger Staubach was the best!

@petercena9497

11 ай бұрын

In 1970 he was a game manager, but a very good one.

@jacksmith5692

11 ай бұрын

@@petercena9497 He had a great defense that carried him. The Unitas after 1967 was horrible! 38 touchdowns and 64 interceptions for 7,488 yards in 1,079 passes. He went from a guy consistently around 8 yards per attempt on average to around 6.7 yards per attempt and 38 touchdowns in 1,079 passes sucked! He had 252 touchdowns in 4,107 passes that was excellent to 38 touchdowns in 1,079 passes. The 1968 to 73 Unitas was awful!

it was nice watching real football again. not flag football like today

Can't win when you turn the ball over four times and the other team zero. Another thing. Man playing football on a baseball field near the end of December, really must suck. Is there any stadium in the NFL where they still play on a baseball field?

0:22 The Colts were 11-2-1, not 12-2

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

11 ай бұрын

Yes, been pointed out in other comments. Typo on my part

I was only 3 when this game was played but I always loved the gritty look of the players, unis and stadiums of this era. Smash mouth football should be played in the elements come rain or shine. I absolutely hate the gloss, glitz and plastic look of today’s NFL. No matter how they script the ending it’s still boring as hell.

Football the way it out to be.

Baltimore AstroDirt...1970.

Don’t know if you are aware but there is a couple of minutes of network footage of this game. Here’s the link kzread.info/dash/bejne/h5t7srOInrmvp6Q.html

@davevolskysbackdoor5673

Жыл бұрын

Hey Kevin - that's actually my video :) That footage was actually silent and came from the halftime segment of the 1970 NFC Championship broadcast that exists. I took the appropriate Gowdy calls from the TV audio that I used for my reconstruction video here and matched them up to that footage.

@kevinevans5921

Жыл бұрын

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 oh wow duh I didn’t even pay attention to who posted it. Well thanks for doing so!