I like how the players make a tackle and then jsut go back to the huddle. No flexing, no dancing, no celebrating. I wish the league would get back to this.

@simonheadington5895

4 жыл бұрын

I know, now every play is celebrated like winning the Super Bowl.

@Maal7432

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds boring as hell.

@therose8521

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your comment, I too wish they would go back to the old days. I'm so glad baseball players still have style. Show me your class not your a_ _.

@devares2006

4 жыл бұрын

In short, act like you been here before.

@edscottable

4 жыл бұрын

Damn Mark Gastineau

My Beloved Baltimore Colts. Mike 'Mad Dog' Curtis, Bubba Smith, Johnny U and others are gone but never forgotten...

Dec 19 and already in the playoffs. The way it should be. Not playing until mid February 😁

@jon8062

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I was thinking. Super Bowl will be in March in 5 years.

@Biggdoom344

5 ай бұрын

SB was in Mid January and started early enough it was over by dinner time. The first late SB was #12.

Watching this brings back so many memories of yesteryear. My beloved Steelers were the king of the NFL in this era!! I will the rest of my life never forget growing up in this great time of the 70s when football was played by Ironmen like here!!💪

@tacey01

Ай бұрын

Look at how many hall of fame players start for the Steelers in this game.

My father took us on a bus trip from Trenton, NJ to this game when I was 12 and my brother was 10. After the game we went a local restaurant buffet and we saw the plane crash into the upper deck. I can’t believe I found this game on KZread !

Growing up, I always remembered the opening credits to games and pregame shows. The best were NBC, The NFL Today, and Monday Night Football. That’s what made me a football fan when I was little. The game has changed so much in those years.

@kentkearney6623

Жыл бұрын

Snoopy Dolly Madison, the spinning SpEcIAL. WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS. The agony of defeat.

Jim Simpson wow. I'd forgoten that he did the nfl. I remember him doing the usfl on espn. Way better than what we have now.

i always loved the nbc opening back then the music and images; so perfect for football ...and so classic now; and i was such a steelers fan as a kid and was so proud of this team after starting 1-4 and losing bradshaw to injury winning 9 straight with the greatest defense of all time i was crushed when franco and rocky were injured and could not play vs the raiders for the afc championship...i KNEW they stood no chance without them; but i will always remember how great this team was without winning the superbowl

As a lifer Cowboys fan this is omg REAL FOOTBALL. Bert Jones was sooo great, very underrated.

@shrapnel77

Жыл бұрын

Hurt all the time. This was his best season.

@ms.felonystrutter2472

Жыл бұрын

@@shrapnel77 Wrong, not hurt all the time...Dak has missed more time.

@shrapnel77

Жыл бұрын

@@ms.felonystrutter2472 Missed the entire 1978 season, played 4 out of 16 in 79', had two decent seasons, then his last season, played 4 out of 16 games. Out of the league at 31 years old. Great QB, but just oo injury riddled. I am not even sure why you are bringing up Dak Prescott, but he has missed way less time in his career than Jones. Out of a possible 114 games, Dak has played in 97. Not great, but FAR lass than Jones.

@ms.felonystrutter2472

Жыл бұрын

@@shrapnel77 I didn't bring Dak up at all. Also playing with that Colts offensive and are relying on those wide receivers to get open would get most QB's killed.

@Condorman12

Жыл бұрын

@@ms.felonystrutter2472 read your own message. You DID mention Dak.

I was at that game!!!!! A Steeler in the den of the Colts. This is when football was football.

@kentkearney6623

Жыл бұрын

Did you buy the PRO official program ?

@CaptainOracle786

10 ай бұрын

you were lucky to see the greatest team ever with the best most perfect defense anyones ever seen played

Now this is football. None of that dancing goofy stuff. Nothing but hard hitting football.

@will.a.benjamin

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, I stopped watching football years ago because of all the stupid showboating.

@dawoool

Жыл бұрын

@@will.a.benjamin I stopped for that and other reasons.

@JohnQuincyPublicShow

Жыл бұрын

Unless you count the ref

@MikeAndersonvinyloldies

Жыл бұрын

@@will.a.benjamini guarantee you havent stopped watching football. If you did, you’re a moron.

@will.a.benjamin

Жыл бұрын

@@MikeAndersonvinyloldies I honestly haven't watched a live NFL game in about 3 years...is that clear enough for you? Douchebag.

A few years after this, I wrote to several national sportscasters for help with a senior paper for college. Some sent form letters but two sent personal responses ... Keith Jackson and Jim Simpson.

Thx! I love old football games, especially playoff games.

@moemoney1785

4 жыл бұрын

I'm obsessed with watching these old football games without knowing who won.

Two things I remember about this game 1-that plane crashing into the stands. 2-Pittsburgh dominating but losing Franco and Rocky Bleier to injury, along with Roy Gerela and being weakened going into the AFC title game against Oakland

@lincolnmaceachern2410

Жыл бұрын

I never saw this game ( didn't know about the plane ), but I know the history. This defense was historic; when Terry was injured in 1976, it absolutely shut down their opponents. Going against Oakland without Franco and Rocky made a threepeat and 5 out o6 titles impossible.

@123slasher.16

Жыл бұрын

@@lincolnmaceachern2410 Pittsburgh won 40-14, complete domination. Yeah a small plane crashed into the stands if I recall just as the game ended. In fact, years later I covered a Baltimore (CFL game) Colts versus a Doug Flutie team at Memorial Stadium and asked a reporter from there about it and he pointed to the area where the plane actually landed. I was told that what saved fans from being killed was that Baltimore fans left early since the Colts were getting slapped around and why that part of the upper deck was empty.

@rayley1

Жыл бұрын

I also remember a young Bert Jones arrogance and cockiness !

@funtyes1970

Жыл бұрын

sound like excuses to me all teams have injury's and know how to over come them .

@123slasher.16

Жыл бұрын

@@funtyes1970 dumb comment. Both Harris and Bleier were 1000 yards rushers in 1976, back in a 14 game schedule . Pittsburgh was a running team and without them, they became one dimensional because Terry Bradshaw was either going to throw a bomb or throws INTs because he was not a accurate passer . They also played without their FG kicker . These were 3 key players to their offense . You must be under 30?

I always was amused by Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. I don't ever remember a football game there where the grass was green and lush. It was always brown, worn and often dusty even much earlier in the year. But, there was always something special about the Colts in Baltimore that the Colts in Indy will never have. I guess as a kid growing up watching Unitas marching down that worn yellow brown field is what did it (and I'm not a Colts fan).

@MaximusWolfe

Жыл бұрын

Correct. The Indy Colts never had the kind of close relationship with the city that Baltimore players had. That was a love affair that deeply wounded Marylanders when it ended so surreptitiously.

@jackprecip5389

Жыл бұрын

Heck, watch some game tape of the 1979 World Series played in Memorial, and even then there were large patches of dead grass. The field must of been grown on top of a toxic waste dump or something.

@OaksArmorial

Жыл бұрын

The toxic waste dump is called Baltimore.

@russs7574

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but did Baltimore ever have a "mud bowl" game where a punt actually stuck in the turf where it landed? In it's own way the field at the "Stadium Formerly Known as Heinz Field" sucks just as badly.

@danconroy8293

Жыл бұрын

All Baltimore had to do is give Irsay a new stadium and Colts would still be there.

Man that first TD drive by the Colts was a thing of beauty. Lydell Mitchell was so tough.

Real Football. Real Hitting. Real Men.

@robertkroberjr.157

Жыл бұрын

@Paul Feldner And respect for our Flag! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

@steveyoung4584

Жыл бұрын

Except for the CTE and other conditions. Some of those old players were really messed up later in life but, I agree about the great memories.

@dallasbrubaker6054

Жыл бұрын

Yep....and if you think that they're not real men today then you need glasses.

@mrtnt3462

Жыл бұрын

REAL STUPID!!

@heavenlydays2838

Жыл бұрын

Dusty dried out winter fields. Miss it!

Compare the level of violence at this time and today. Today's players would have a hard time in this time. What hits on every play! Franco gets hit, goes off the field, gets smelling salts, and is back in the game.

@kentkearney6623

Жыл бұрын

Just a concussion. Get in there Franco......

@brianbarefoot6574

Жыл бұрын

Jack Lambert said about quarterbacks: "Put skirts on them".........and they did.

@dallasbrubaker6054

Жыл бұрын

And backtrack 25 years from this era and you can say that too

What great memories! I can't help but notice how much players got away with back then, from yelling in ref's faces to late hits out of bounds to piling on the QBs. I love it! The way football used to be and should be!

@mcmillenandwife

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they certainly called it differently in those days. Not quite like hockey where they let them duke it out, but there was a lot of piling on and "rough stuff" that would never fly today.

@patrickallan481

Жыл бұрын

"Late hits out of bounds." Sigh. Sincerely, The Cincinnati Bengals, 2022-3.

@mcmillenandwife

Жыл бұрын

@@patrickallan481 😂

@MichaelMurphy-kj3xf

Жыл бұрын

And the game wasn't delayed by 10 minute challenges and reviews

@Arturo-sm1tb

Жыл бұрын

@@MichaelMurphy-kj3xf Replays have helped the NFL though, more fair outcomes today. There was some bad ref calls that screwed over teams in the old days

This announcer is really on the ball also.

The Steelers were a dominant force in the 70's

I loved it back when NBC televised AFC football. My favorite broadcaster was Dick Enberg. His legendary Oh My after a great play still rings in my ear.

@mcmillenandwife

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, Enberg and Olsen were my favorite booth team ever.

@indy_go_blue6048

2 жыл бұрын

I did too. I still liked CBS coverage but Fox has always sucked especially with its main announcer Joe Sux. (His dad was great, that's what got him the job.)

@markhall6306

Жыл бұрын

@indy_go_blue60 John Madden and Pat Summerall were great Joe Buck and Aikman are garbage 🗑

@davidkopec9442

Жыл бұрын

Dick Enberg and Merlin were awesome. Madden And Summerall were even better.

@tommyparkerparker

Жыл бұрын

Enberg was great oh my.

I remember when it snowed, we'd go outside and play some tackle football...man those yrs were great....right after watching the Steelers, raiders or the vikings....cowboys too play.

The Colts had a great regular season team in 1976, but were clearly out coached by the Pittsburgh staff. They weren't ready for the Steeler offense.

@funtyes1970

Жыл бұрын

yeah to bad steelers got there ass kick next game by raiders

@debrachampagne7715

Жыл бұрын

COLTS > steelers

What struck me immediately was how small a lot of these players look, especially on defense. You knew it was going to be the Steelers' day when Frank Lewis actually held onto that scoring pass from Bradshaw. Lewis lightning speed and granite hands.

This was the game where the dude lost control of his Cessna and crashed into the upper deck... luckily the game had ended...Colts got smoked..luckily no casualties!!

@earlrudis2034

4 жыл бұрын

I was there! Lucky it was a blow-out, most folks in the upper deck had left early in the 4th

@jetjack74

4 жыл бұрын

Which is why there became more enforced temporary flight restrictions over games becuase of this.

@jaygreider4753

4 жыл бұрын

@@jetjack74 I was a Steeler fan to watch the destruction of the Colts during that game. Fortunately, most Colts fans had left by the time the Cessna crashed. I was sitting in the end zone.

At 15:40, they show Lydell Mitchell holding the Colt season rushing record of 1200... Current record holder is Jonathan Taylor, who went to the same high school as Mitchell, Salem High in South Jersey.

As a young Colts fan, this was one of the saddest days of my youth

@mcmillenandwife

Жыл бұрын

Understandable. That was an excellent Colts team. Seriously great offense, best year of Bert Jones' career.

@Lewis9700

Жыл бұрын

@@mcmillenandwife And then 2 years later Bert Jones was injured by a Bubba Baker cheap shot, the team turned to crap, and Bert was never the same.

@johnraven7445

Жыл бұрын

Yes, just an unlucky draw to have to see Steelers in the Divisional Round. As I recall, the Raiders got to face Steelers in the AFC Championship Game without Franco nor Rocky B at RB. Game over, ‘76 Raiders will win that game 11 times out of 10. Colts likely could have at least gotten to face Oakland and possibly further that year. Jones was a gamer - tough guy as was Lydell Mitchell, Bruce Laird and of course Stan White. Too bad the Colts moved out of Baltimore - I’m still sad about that.

@Lewis9700

Жыл бұрын

The Colts really f**ked up by not drafting Walter Payton in '75. I was never impressed w/Mitchell. Not a very good RB, IMHO. The Steelers still probably would've won, but if the Colts had sweetness, the game might've been more competitive.

@OaksArmorial

Жыл бұрын

@@johnraven7445 I saw Stan White at Pastore’s while I was passing through not too long ago. It was a nice little Baltimore occurrence.

Every time you watch a Steelers game from the ‘70’s, you can count on Gerela shanking an extra point or hooking a chip shot field goal. He wouldn’t make it as a Div I kicker nowadays 😂

@michael.prescott4016

Жыл бұрын

the cowboys kicker, Herrea was awful in 77.

@tomodonovan5931

Жыл бұрын

He was damn lucky the Steelers could put the ball into the end zone! Any other team, he would have been in the soup line for sure! You and I could have kicked for the Steelers back then, and got away with missing field goals, and PATS'

@d0nKsTaH

Жыл бұрын

The ONLY good they got out of ole Roy... was his nasty kickoffs. Teams hated fielding them. They often fumbled them (like the first kickoff in this video)... But yeah his FG and XP tries were horrid

@tomodonovan5931

Жыл бұрын

@@d0nKsTaH Didn't Randy White fumble that one shanked kickoff in the Super Bowl? Pittsburgh scored 2 TDs' in less then 20 seconds. Cowboy fans were peeved about that flag when Swann was tripped by I think Barnes, and the Steelers got the ball deep in Dallas territory. Those two plays were probably the biggest reason the Steelers won that game. The dropped pass in the end zone did not help the Cowboys one bit, so there is always good plays, and bad plays that can decide a football game.

@haroldmccoy6748

Жыл бұрын

@@tomodonovan5931 The Swann Barnes incident didn't provide Pittsburgh with a first and goal and the Smith TD drop if caught only ties the game .Neither moment determined the games eventual outcome ,teams have recovered from having opposing teams offenses having superb field position via reason of turnover ,1976 raiders forcing turnover at their one TD line after Vikings blocked a Ray Guy punt ,or questionable call against them , 1974 Steelers forcing a fumble on 1 yd line after Vikings got pass interference call on Mike Wagner . A unfortunate incident dosent mandate the defense surrenders a TD . Steelers were simply the superior team . Plus Pittsburgh had a little SB history flavor in their favor for SB 13 cowboys rematch .Every team who had defeated that same opponent in a previous SB matchup ,always won the rematch if the second contest was within a 8 year time frame , examples cowboys Steelers 75,78, Bengals 49ers 81,88, Bills ,Cowboys 92,93, Patriots ,Giants 2007,2011 , and typically both contest were in the same fashion as the original . Too many times for ut to be merely coincidentally .

The picture for this video. Jack Lambert would probably get jailed for this tackle in todays NFL.

I'll take watching a game at a grass/dirt field like this instead of some luxury megadome that is paid for by taxpayers any day of the week.

It's kind of interesting that Terry requested that the WRs send in the plays as they had been doing for Krukzak, and had one of the most dominant games of his career. He must have felt rusty, because he could kill you calling his own plays also.

Thanks for sharing. Tremendous quality for something from 1976!

I remember this game. This was the game that a plane crashed into the stadium after the game and I said afterwards, the man should've died. Immediately my mother smacked me and said that I should never wish anyone dead. Funny, how you can recall when you learned a valuable life lesson. We were on our way to perform our Christmas play at church. I had a busted lip.

@MarloSoBalJr

Жыл бұрын

That idiot was careless. It was actually a good thing the Steelers did blow the Colts out cos the upper deck was cleared

Bert Jones always seemed to throw the ball with a near perfect spiral.

@ronhoover5516

8 ай бұрын

He was a very underrated QB.

Colts got their asses handed to them by the Steelers this game. As a Colts Fan it was a devastating end to a great season

@Biggdoom344

2 жыл бұрын

As a Steelers fan I was surprised at how badly the colts got beat that game. They had a good team.

Jim simpson was underated a nice announcer

The right defensive end here for the Colts was traded to The Dallas Cowboys in 1979, and became their left defensive tackle next to Randy White (John Dutton).

I was at this game. The famous plane crash game.

I was at this game. Woo Hoo go Steelers!!! As we were leaving, a single engine plane, crashed in the upper stands

@jaygreider4753

4 жыл бұрын

At the game too!!!!!!!! GO STEELERS!!! Cut me - I bleed Black and gold - since the 60's

@wglide444

Жыл бұрын

Just saw this - commented on it beforehand - thanks

very excited to watch that awesome pittsburgh defense video quality is beyond belief great

@mcmillenandwife

4 жыл бұрын

Edgar Phuquett, be sure to check out our site. Tons of great quality Steelers games to watch. www.mcmillenandwife.com

Great game! I'm a Steeler fan 100%, but I admired Bert Jones and the Colts. We lost to a great Raider team the next week - no excuses - they were better that day. Also, if memory serves me, didn't a small plane crash into the upper deck seats after the game was over? Anybody remember?

@mcmillenandwife

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, a plane crashed into the upper deck. If you go to our version of this game with the radio version dubbed in, they talk about the plane crash at the end: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lWidkrh-ZJmzcsY.html

@wglide444

Жыл бұрын

@@mcmillenandwife thanks

@russs7574

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't go that far, wglide. The Steelers would have been more competitive that day (the game wasn't even as close as the 24-7 score looked) had they been able to use their whole offense. Chuck Noll was so damn stubborn about getting both Franco and Rocky out of the game in the 2nd half of the Colts game, and got both of them injured to the extent that they couldn't play vs. Oakland. Plus, the Steelers had no kicker...Roy Gerela had gotten hurt as well, and center Ray Mansfield (who had done some kicking years earlier when he was a member of the Eagles) "handled" the kicking duties. Noll is especially guilty with Bleier. With the Steelers well in control of the Colts game, the moment that Franco got hurt, he should have had Bleier out of the game as well. But we all know how stubborn Noll was. All they had to hand the ball to that day was Reggie Harrison, not exactly a starting-caliber running back.

@mcmillenandwife

Жыл бұрын

@@russs7574, Rocky got hurt immediately and never returned after Pittsburgh's opening drive. He was in the game for exactly 3 plays.

@michaelconnor5378

Жыл бұрын

@@wglide444as a Raider fan, I have four things to say. A clip on Villapiono; Fuqua touched the ball; Harris caught the ball off the ground; and Swann jumped offsides

wow thks for this upload ...i so appreciate folks who upload these games i was too young to have watched being only six yrs old in 76 ..but i do recall the ambience and sounds of these retro games(mostly as background mostly images and noise in the living room ) as my kid watched pretty regularly ....the presentation was so "bare bones" and toned down corporate compared even to the early 80s games i i started watching around 12 and 13

@mcmillenandwife

Жыл бұрын

Reese, if you haven’t seen it, be sure to check out our site: www.mcmillenandwife.com/steelers_mp4.html

That ref on the first missed extra point putting on a show out there.

Can't ever imagine Tom Brady and company ever playing drop-back passing in the dust-field, especially in a playoff game. They probably wouldn't even allow it today. The NFL today is pathetically SOFT!!

@Maal7432

4 жыл бұрын

TROY BARNETTE If Brady and company had to, I’m sure they would!

@wbmstr24

2 жыл бұрын

@@KS-xo3oh yeah, three time loser, spygate Tommy? Choked against eli twice? Choked against a backup qb against Philly ? Yeah, no, give me a real qb undefeated in sb, called his own plays, and didn't have speshul referee treatment

Mike Kruzeck was QB at BC along with my brother who was his Fullback! 1972-75. Ah, memories!

@kentkearney6623

Жыл бұрын

Cheers

I played freshmen high school football the same fall that this game was played. I loved that Baltimore Colts team. Lydell Mitchell was one hell of running back; Bert Jones was one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL--what a game--the hitting etc.

C-O-L-T-S! I absolutely love the Colts!

Like the theme song, brings me back to being a kid. This guys (players) were the top back in the day! Half the games were played on green cement.

I watched this game in 76 and have been a Steelers fan for over 50yrs. The games back then were football minus the silly showboating. The Colts were just overwhelmed.

This was definitely the best Steelers team that didnt win the Superbowl. 5 shutouts and 3 pts given up in 2 other games! 6pts from shutting out half their games, can you imagine? Great team!

Love the opening video montage, much different from the original from 1973.

On the first TD /Bradshaw 65 yards with flick of his wrist wow

@brianstupar7433

Жыл бұрын

I remember thinking the same thing! How the hell did the ball travel that far when he didn't even seem to put energy into the throw? Bradshaw had one of the most economical throwing motions in NFL history. He could generate power just bringing the ball from his hip and behind his ear before releasing it.

Two of the four best teams in the AFC that season -- any of which would have easily beaten the Vikes in Super Bowl 11.

@trevorlee7945

Жыл бұрын

as a Vikings fan of that 76/77 team I have to admit its most likely true

@mickeylynch8982

Жыл бұрын

Vikes were 11-2-1 in 76 so this was their last really good team of the 70's. Let's remember that Vikes had the best record in NFC and handled the Rams. I think they could beat Balt, who was not a very physical team, evidenced by Pitt steamrolling them on both sides of the ball. Pitt and Oak would've crushed any other team that yr.

@trevorlee7945

Жыл бұрын

@@mickeylynch8982 The Vikings beat the Stealers early in that season with Bob Lee subbing for Fran during the game .

@mickeylynch8982

Жыл бұрын

@@trevorlee7945 saw that game recently. A Mon night game w' awful QB play. Vikes had bout 170yds and 4 TO's and still won cause Pitt had 6 as Bradshaw threw 4 Int.

Pittsburgh won an incredible 9 in a row to get there! That Game would be #10.

@giseleigoa4941

3 жыл бұрын

Including 5 shutouts !

I really bought into Jim Simpson's "The irresistible force vs the immovable object" buildup for Steelers vs Colts playoff game 1976. Physics were on the Steelers side that game. My team was Bert Jones and the Colts. I don't need to watch this whole game again Thank you very much! 😅

@mcmillenandwife

Жыл бұрын

You might enjoy the version of this we dubbed with the Baltimore radio crew of Chuck Thompson, Vince Bagli and Art Donovan. I realize the game might be painful to watch, but listening to Art Donovan alone is worth the price of admission. Funny stuff! LOL kzread.info/dash/bejne/lWidkrh-ZJmzcsY.html

Every late season and playoff game in Baltimore was a Dust Fest, the grass died in November and the field was hard dirt by December. NFL films made a great video on this for the 1970 AFC Champ game.

I remember this game for Chuck Noll putting in Ray Mansfield to kick that final extra point. Noll broke character and was all smiles after the kick.

Recorded off of Channel 11, WIIC-TV (now WPXI) Pittsburgh. How this was not for the AFC championship given all those stats, I'll never know. Then again, no flashy graphics, competent announcers and smash mouth balling...THAT'S OLD SCHOOL!

At the start of the 1976 season, 8 of the 10 AFL teams were beginning their 17th season. Miami was starting their 11th season, and Cincinnati their 9th

Playing QB in the 1950s, 60s and 70s was much harder than today. Plus less games. When they count the best passing QBs of all time they really need to distinguish that .

@mcmillenandwife

Жыл бұрын

No question. The rules surrounding the QB were so different then. It was open season on QBs. Only in the late 70s did they start to protect them a little, and by the mid-80s, the pendulum had swung wildly the other way. It’s ridiculous today. You can barely breathe on them. QBs still take hard shots, it’s still rough out there. But nothing like it was pre-80’s.

My love for the Pittsburgh Steelers almost cost me my salvation. This team was a spiritual idol of mines for 37 years.

@SillyGoose2024

Жыл бұрын

Wut

@SGtem

Жыл бұрын

@@SillyGoose2024 they are confessing that their love for the Steelers was greater then their love for God which may have put their salvation in spiritual jeopardy

@kentkearney6623

Жыл бұрын

Welcome back home.

I remember as a 13 yr old screaming at the tv after halftime "Pull Franco from the game." By Noll not pulling Franco, it cost them a Super Bowl.

Third play of the freaking game. The best defense, coupled with the offense that had two 1,000 yd rushers. And then Bradshaw unloads a 75 yd bomb to their #3 WR to start things off. I was rooting for Baltimore, and quickly knew that the Super Steelers were going to win.

@mcmillenandwife

8 ай бұрын

🎯🖤💛

I like old football cuz plays were sent in by players not today with helmet head set . 70's ,80's and 90's football I love watching .

@indy_go_blue6048

2 жыл бұрын

'60s football was good too. Packers were terrific, and those AFL games were a blast to watch.

@haroldmccoy6748

Жыл бұрын

During the 1950's ,Cleveland Browns Goat Paul Brown authored in the radio head set communication system , crafting extensive communication between QB and offensive personel .

This is football. The Jogger Football League IS NOT.

@muffs55mercury61

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, good old smashmouth.

@MaximusWolfe

Жыл бұрын

Correct. Fuck the imposter NFL of 2023.

Good to hear Jim Simpson again

Pittsburgh won the game, but lost their season due to injuries to both star running backs. Bummer. Healthy, it would have been an awesome game against the Raiders.

@Biggdoom344

4 жыл бұрын

Ken Arthur it would have definitely helped. Lack of a running game allowed Oakland to eventually wear down the D. A one dimensional Steelers offense was a dead duck v that raider defense.

@dchometownboy

4 жыл бұрын

And Roy Gerela got hurt too...

@eltonrainner1982

4 жыл бұрын

I remember that game Oakland players had all that glue on them the glue championship cheaters but good game

@johnwiseman17

4 жыл бұрын

Not just both star running backs, but EVERY running back with the exception of Jack Deloplane. The NFL also had a cap on roster moves for the season, which the Steelers had reached.

@keithclark7266

2 жыл бұрын

@@dchometownboy Gerela wasn't a factor in the playoff game against Oakland. He had just 2 kickoffs and made his lone P.A.T.

People forget how great the Steeler defense was and how good Jones was. Injuries killed his career.

@Maal7432

4 жыл бұрын

Ron Miles What? Who forgets how good their defense was? People talk about it all the time.

@MaximusWolfe

Жыл бұрын

@@Maal7432 Yup. The steel curtain is synonymous with dominating defensive football yet somehow forgotten? Strange comment. He’s right about Bert Jones though.

@ozzieray

Жыл бұрын

Bert Jones would not take care of himself,he would take on the defense by himself

@Fernando-R

Жыл бұрын

If I could compare Bert Jones to a more recent qb, it would be John Elway. He was tough, gritty, and had an accurate cannon of an arm. The 75, 76, and 77 colts were very, very good teams. They ran into some legendary teams during that era which kept them out of the Super Bowl.

@kennyhuskisson2684

Жыл бұрын

@@Fernando-R Agreed, Jones & Bradshaw both had cannons, both could throw the ball 100 yards👍✌️

That team was just amazing. That defense was ruthless. It was like the apposing offense didn't even want to step on the field. Really they probably got a nervous twitch when they got to Three Rivers Stadium.

@clifftanton8385

5 ай бұрын

Hel the only team that matched them in my opinion as far as sheer terror was my Cowboys and a few time the Raiders

The announcer (Jim Simpson, who was superb) said the Steelers gave up 138 points in the season. That would be over 14 games. Average points allowed per game: 9.8. The Colts were a powerful team, just unfortunate they played one of the greatest teams of all time

This was probably the best Steelers team of all of them however the injuries were impossible to overcome and when they went to Oakland the raiders knew the Steelers were limping in there missing some of their best players. The game was 1 sided Pittsburgh went home regrouped came back n won another 2 Superbowl championships in a row. Proving they are were and always will be the greatest football team in NFL history.

Niicccee. Great quality too! Thanks so much.

I'm an old Oiler fan but I've always thought the 75-76 Steelers were the best team I've ever seen. Better than Walsh's 49ers, better than Jimmy Johnson's Cowboys. Even better than the 78-79 Steeler teams. The last nine regular season games in 76 by Steelers may be the very best ever played by a team in the modern era.

@jackprecip5389

Жыл бұрын

I strongly disagree. The last nine games of the '76 regular season saw 7 games against losing teams, some VERY inept like the 0-14 expansion Bucs, and the 3-11 NY Giants, who both failed to score more than 200 points for the year, and the Chargers, who were also shut out twice that same year by the Broncos and also by the Raiders. The only decent team they beat during those last 9 games were the Bengals, and one of those games was played in a blizzard with a foot of snow on the ground. The '76 Steelers did not perform too well against other good teams that year, something the '74,'75,' 78 and '79 Steelers did. Comparing teams from different seasons is always tricky with different rules and things, but everybody talks about the '85 Bears, the '89 49ers, the '92 Cowboys, the '07 Patriots, but the 1991 Redskins deserve as much love as anybody for a dominating season. They destroyed almost everybody they played during the season with a great offense, stout defense, and went 14-2 (the second loss coming on the final week with nothing to play for and subs playing), and just steamrolled everybody in the playoffs, including the 37-24 Super Bowl win which was 37-10 in the 4rth quarter and completely decided before a couple of meaningless scores. Probably what keeps them out of the conversation is the fact that they were old and went south so fast, going 4-12 just 2 years later.

@kissherlips1

Жыл бұрын

@@jackprecip5389 Sure, they had an easy schedule, but they still shut out professional football teams. No doubt teams didn't score as much as they did later in the 80s and certainly now, but, still, no matter how easy the schedule was, when has any team ever only given up 28 points in 9 games and 16 in one of those 9? Anyone even get close to that? Especially in the modern era, post 1969? Ravens, Bears, Falcons had historic defenses at one time, but none came close to that dominance.

@dreman1970

Жыл бұрын

@@jackprecip5389 well that may be so....but in THIS game they played the #1 offense in the league and shut THEM down so..... 🤷

@jackprecip5389

Жыл бұрын

@@kissherlips1 Like I've said, those games were against cupcakes who were getting shut out by the entire league as well that year. Heck, I'm more impressed with the '69 Vikings, who never gave up more than 14 points for the last THIRTEEN games of the year, and 7 of those were against winning teams, including two division winners. In addition, the average points per game in the NFL was 41.8 in 1969, in 1976 it was 38.3 per game. The '77 Falcons gave up 25 points in 7 games and 55 points in 10 games (not consecutively), and unlike the Steelers, they weren't very good on offense and didn't keep the ball with their ground game for 40 minutes a game like the Steelers could. If the '76 Steelers were as "dominant" as you say, they wouldn't have given up so many yards and points to teams like the Raiders and the Patriots, which they did. Heck, the '76 Browns, who were pretty good, had over 300 yards against them TWICE that year as well. It isn't anything today, but in 1976, giving up 300 yards in a game was a LOT.

@kissherlips1

Жыл бұрын

@@jackprecip5389 Wow, you really did your homework! Really impressive! I won't even go that far to prove a point and I go to some lengths. Anyway, we were talking about the best teams ever and certainly neither the 69 Vikings or the 77 Falcons will ever be part of that conversation, no matter how good their Ds were. Certainly, the 69 Vikings couldn't stop the Chiefs in the SB and the 77 Falcons lost to the putrid Saints who were the first team to ever lose to the Bucs that year! Again, as I said in the beginning, I believe the 75-76 Steelers are the best ever and I believe the last 9 games of their 76 season "may" be, yes, that's how I characterized it, the best ever played in the modern NFL. HOFers all over the roster and maybe the best front 4 ever, although the Reggie White Eagles front 4 was really, really good. They had 10!!! HOFers among their 22 starters and a couple who should have been like Ernie Holmes who, at his prime, was probably the very best of that front 4. Check out the 80s 49ers or the 70s & 90s Cowboys. How many HOFers did they have??? Now, go do some more homework and get back to me.

I just watched the Steelers/Cowboys '78 game, and wasn't going to watch any more football today....but then i saw the thumbnail of Jack "hayseed" Lambert trying to rip an opponent's head off, and had to watch it.

The Rush that intro gave a ten year old me.

The Steelers only allowed 2 touchdowns in 9 games! Wow!

Because of Bradshaw's arm strength he had the deepest drop back in that era. I'm a Steelers' fan so I might be just a little bit bias. So don't hold me to that if you think there's another quarterback with a stronger arm.

@tonyg.3696

4 жыл бұрын

In that era you could make the case that Oilers qb Dan Pastorini had the strongest arm. He could flick the football 50, 60 yds and did - especially before a certain running back named Earl Campbell joined the team.

@giseleigoa4941

3 жыл бұрын

Bert Jones, and fellow Louisianan, could give Bradshaw a run for his money in arm strength.

@indy_go_blue6048

2 жыл бұрын

I think Terry is one of most underrated QBs ever to play the game.

@nyterpfan

2 жыл бұрын

@@indy_go_blue6048 Agree 100%--no way they win 4 Super Bowls without him!!

@MaximusWolfe

Жыл бұрын

@@indy_go_blue6048 Underrated is the most overused term on earth. He’s in the hall of fame and revered as one of the best ever. Give it a rest.

Nice interception and he's holding the football out like a loaf of bread lol...Great commentary

38minute mark - rushing TD on 3rd and 1. Easy TD. So used to watching the Tomlin teams unable to convert I am startled to remember how great the short ground game was under Noll and Cowher when these were almost automatic

When Bradshaw connected with Frank Lewis on that opening drive TD I knew in my gut it was going to be a rough day for Baltimore.

@vancedurbin1132

Жыл бұрын

He wasn't Lynn Swann or John Stallworth!

Thing about the 1976 season: was there any game in which the Steelers were all healthy at the same time? IIRC, even in the opener they had injuries on the OLine. They accomplished some pretty remarkable things with makeshift teams, then just as they were starting to get healthy, Franco and Rocky both go down and that's all she wrote. Wasn't meant to be.

Man . . .these two guys from Louisiana playing QB can sure toss that bean . . ..

@mcmillenandwife

Жыл бұрын

Two of the strongest arms in NFL history. It’s a shame we didn’t get to see this matchup more often.

@robbie192

Жыл бұрын

@Tim McMillen - mcmillenandwife oh ya...Bradshaw flicked 50 yard darts

This was the 2nd of 5 playoff victories against the Colts without a loss

Jim Simpson and John Brodie commenting Roy Gerela pulled his calf, which is why he hadn't been kicking well as of late. It seemed like Gerela was in an eternal slump from the Steelers games I watched.

@giseleigoa4941

3 жыл бұрын

That would explain the Ray Mansfield kickoffs in this game.

@lemontadams3029

Жыл бұрын

Roy was awful

Without a doubt the best D ever. And I’m a Raven fan. Totally dominant. It’s too bad the injury bug hit this Steeler team.

@russs7574

Жыл бұрын

As a Steelers fan, I say you can make the argument that the Steelers and Ravens defenses of the early 2000's...the ones featuring Troy Pulamalu, James Harrison, Ray Lewis and Ed Reed were every bit as good....the reason being that they were as great as the were while playing under a whole lot of limitations that the '76 Steelers did not have to deal with. Today, quarterbacks might as well be playing in tutus. DB's cannot so much as breathe on a WR without getting flagged. OL are permitted to clutch and grab DL, almost at will. OT's are allowed to get "head starts" on their pass blocks without being flagged for a false start. And on and on and on. It is terrifying to think what both of those defenses would have been like had they been free to play under the rules of the 1970's.

@evinhindes9776

Жыл бұрын

Actually free agency messed it up. Back then, the team that drafted you maintained your rights throughout your career unless they traded you. The draft had 17 rounds back then and it wasn’t the fan fair crap it is now

@CaptainOracle786

10 ай бұрын

@@russs7574 no argument this steelers defense permitted 27 pts over the last 9 games of the season including 4-5 shutouts ... greatest defense anyones ever seen; basically every yr from like 72 -79 they were absolutely dominant ... no defense has ever been that good for that long

@user-ys2wp4cr9g

9 ай бұрын

​@@CaptainOracle786Though the 1977 Atlanta Falcons allowed fewer points than these 1976 Steelers 129-138 for a season.

@stephencabrera9476

9 ай бұрын

Without injury,they beat Oakland and do something only the packers did (three in a row). To me the greatest dynasty of all time

Man I love watching the Steelers of the 70s and the Niners of the 80s

agree Bert Jones underrated. what a great quarterback. and Terry Bradshaw always threw a beautiful deep ball. i loved these 70's playoff games.

@CaptainOracle786

10 ай бұрын

bert jones was NOT under rated... just people don't know nfl history that's all; he was widely regarded as maybe the most gifted qb out there at the time with stabler and roger staubach maybe being favored a bit at times... bert jones to roger carr was the best combo pretty much from 75 to 77

@mullen25

10 ай бұрын

@@CaptainOracle786 im talking underrated today dude. Not the 70's.

@CaptainOracle786

10 ай бұрын

@@mullen25 not amongst true fans who were around then; of course he and many others are underrated to those who never saw them play...dan fouts for example i even hear clowns saying the "namath wasn't really that good" after checking his stats...people are just clueless

43:21 *_”Hey! HEY!! You hold that stick and don’t officiate!!”_* … *PRICELESS!*

you are dead on , the greatest team in nfl history !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is fantastic quality, many thanks!

@mcmillenandwife

Жыл бұрын

Glad to share it! If you haven’t seen our site, check it out. Many classic games available to watch that strangely get blocked on KZread: www.mcmillenandwife.com

So sorry to hear that tm101956 has his page deleted. In addition to this game he had the Steelers at Bengals "snow game", also from 1976. I haven't seen it in about a year so I suppose it was from his page.

@mcmillenandwife

4 жыл бұрын

Gary, that '76 Steelers at Bengals game from tm101956 is available to watch on our site: www.mcmillenandwife.com/steelers_pre_1977.html

@garybolton1810

4 жыл бұрын

@@mcmillenandwife Thanks .. I know you've referenced your site in the past but this is the first time I've visited it..as advertised. Thanks again Mac.. give my best to Sally.

@garybolton1810

4 жыл бұрын

@Joe Mackojc You may be too young to remember. There was an old TV series called McMillan and Wife... Tim probably knows about it...Google it.

Bradshaw in the post season was the best long ball passer in history!

@mcmillenandwife

4 жыл бұрын

Harris Howard... TRUTH.

@brianstupar7433

Жыл бұрын

What strikes me watching Bradshaw during this era was how compact his throwing motion was. Nobody threw the ball like that before or after. He brought the ball from his hip right behind his ear and the ball was out of his hand fast! You'd think he wouldn't be able to generate that much power with that motion, but he sure did. That pass to Lewis in the first quarter is a great example. 65 yards in the air and it looked like he just flicked it with his wrist.

@tacey01

Жыл бұрын

@@brianstupar7433 his passes really zing. Not much arc at all. Amazing strength and talent.

BRADSHAW STARTING TO FORGE HIS IDENTITY! BETWEEN 76, 77, 78, BRADSHAW really started to flourish in 77, and 78 he went over the top.

Jones and Mitchell would fit perfectly in todays up tempo offensive schemes.

Reggie Harrison running in the touchdown where he stumbled through the endzone reminded me of Bettis.

Greatest Era of football.

I was lucky to be in the stands for this game. However when Franco and rocky went down with injuries, I knew we were not going back to the super bowl. Sure enough we lost next week to Oakland and lost the chance to three peat.

Someone may have already posted it but this was the game a guy crashed his small plane into the upper deck just after the game ended. I was just 7 but remember the picture of the plane on WJZ Baltimore.

@mcmillenandwife

Жыл бұрын

Yes, this was the plane crash game. If you watch our version of this game dubbed with Chuck Thompson, Vince Bagli and Art Donovan, they cover the crash just after it happened. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lWidkrh-ZJmzcsY.html

@kevinevans5921

Жыл бұрын

@@mcmillenandwife thank you will check out

Old school, best EVER

@CaptainOracle786

10 ай бұрын

awesome ain't it!