49ers by 1972 were falling apart, but with division opponents like the Saints , Falcons and a down Rams team was another division title

Was a huge Rams fan during the 70's, but the 49ers were my other favorite team. Love seeing games from this era, music by Sam Spence and William Loose are what made NFL films great.

Worst day in bay area sports history. The Raiders lose to the Steelers on the "Immaculate Reception" and the 49ers blow a 15 point lead in the 4th quarter to the Cowboys. The days of Bill Walsh, Joe Montana and Dwight Clark were in the distant future and the 49ers sank back into mediocrity. From 73 to 80 those were eight painful football seasons. You know you were a 49er fan for sure if you hung in for the bad times and still were rooting for them. Better days were coming, but not for awhile.

@SunshineDave

11 ай бұрын

That music. Those memories of that day. Driving to Chico to watch the blacked out 49ers game on TV. I saw both games in a motel room TV sitting at a desk. Giants losing game 6 of the 2002 World Series right up there too.

@plantfeeder6677

10 ай бұрын

Yes but the hope started in '79 if you were paying attention, which unfortunately many 49er fans were not.

@nealbfinn

10 ай бұрын

@@plantfeeder6677 Agreed. Walsh arrived in '79. But they logged a miserable 2-14 behind an injury plagued OJ and a terrible defense. Some of the pieces were there (Clark, Solomon, Joe, Hofer). But we weren't paying much attention. Walsh said at the end of '79 "We are two drafts away from being a contender" A slight improvement in '80 to 6-10 (with an incredible comeback over the winless Saints) At the beginning of '81, the sportswriters said "Don't expect much". Then they lost two of their first three to start off '811 and we said "Ho-hum, another 6-10 season." Nobody expected what was to come

@plantfeeder6677

10 ай бұрын

@@nealbfinn ahhhhmm! I DID! But oh that magic feeling...so far away, so far away

That Thanksgiving day victory over Dallas was so sweet. Made the whole season and the holidays just that much nicer.

@drbonesshow1

7 ай бұрын

Yes, 31-10 over Morton and Dallas, but losing 30-28 to Captain Comeback in the playoffs had to sting.

Love to see the 1970 49ers highlights I guess it's rare

@shannonrhett3304

Жыл бұрын

John Brodie said, in an episode of NFL Films' "The Lost Treasures", that when the DeBartolo family bought the 49ers and hired Joe Thomas to run the team in 1977, Thomas ordered virtually all film archives be disposed of. In his mind, apparently, the 49ers had no past; only a present and future. Brodie himself had not seen a lot of what NFL Films had managed to salvage until he sat down with them to film his interview.

@barbaracaroll

Жыл бұрын

I saw it on KZread only last year then all the sudden it's gone same thing with 1970 Lions maybe it's something with the 1970 team highlights I'm not sure

@ldfreitas9437

Жыл бұрын

It's here on You Tube.

@barbaracaroll

Жыл бұрын

@@ldfreitas9437 tell me where to view 1970 Lions and 1970 Rams 30 minute NFL films version what person is showing those on KZread for free

For 3 years the Niners ruled the division, but they would have to wait another 9 years before they started to rule the NFL

@ldfreitas9437

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, and I blame the fake turf at Candlestick for that to a degree.

Fortyniner Faithful Forever!

50 Years Ago. WOW 😲😳.

at 16:32 John Brodie watch out for that piano!! lol.

Does anyone know where the NFC title game would have been played had the 49ers beaten the Cowboys? I know the games back then were scheduled on a rotating basis, and not won-loss record.

The HOF for Brodie. If only he could have beaten Dallas in the 1971 or 1972 NFC Championship. He was better than the over-rated HOF Namath: Brodie 214 TDs : 224 INTs. Namath 173 TDs : 220 INTs.

Not bad to squeeze a divisional title out of a decent 8-5-1 record. You'd wonder how SF could rout the Cowboys 31-10 in Texas Stadium on Thanksgiving Day, but only go 7-5-1 otherwise.

Luv Charlie Krueger baleful eye

Did Charlie Krueger ever missed a game in his whole career? He looked old and beat up for his age.

@skorzeny012

Жыл бұрын

49er organization butchered his knees with bad surgeries, taking pain meds and other lies coupled with his unbreakable work ethic to play with pain. He was forced to sue the 49ers and he won $2.38 million from them in 1988. That was unprecedented back then and still is. Kruger missed half the season in 1963 and one game in 1967. Other than that, he played in all the other 191 games.

As much aa I love watching these highlights, I cringe seeing that God awful hard atroturf at the Stick. It was worse than playing on concrete.

That hit on Chicago Bears Ron Smith at 21:21, that made Jack Tatum blush!!

1973 would the year of the Ram with several more following

@ldfreitas9437

Жыл бұрын

But no SB for many more years, and finally, in St. Louis!😂!

@michaelleroy9281

11 ай бұрын

​@@ldfreitas9437 and 2021 back in LA

@plantfeeder6677

10 ай бұрын

Yep and it took all your talented players to come to SF to get a ring.

John Isenbarger played rugby for the Peninsula Ramblers. 49er Dan Olerich played rugby for the Olympic Club. They did so right after the football season would end, January through April. That wouldn't happen in these times today.

Ed Beard: he'd been a 49er since 1964. Long time player.

@michaelleroy9281

11 ай бұрын

Actually 1965-72

@plantfeeder6677

10 ай бұрын

Same year Dave Wilcox came in. But the one that isn't there that played earlier was Matt Hazeltine. #55 played lb for the 49ers for 14 seasons from 1955-1968 when they drafted Skip Vanderbundt who took his place