That Henderson pick six is still just as epic as when I saw it, live.

I’m now 59 and these truly were absolutely wonderful classic times 🏈❤️✊ All sports and the music too of course ⭐️

Scott Laidlaw was a heck of a player, Good solid running back who was very versatile, Run, block, catch.

@CarlettoPuglia

10 ай бұрын

Great blocker, he gave Jack Lambert a pretty good lick on the play in which Smith drops the TD pass.

Those 'jinxed' unis might be the best looking non-Raiders NFL unis I've ever seen. Just a perfect aesthetic.

@davidmoorecatdaddy6994

Жыл бұрын

I like the old school unis better than the new ones .

Man, they played some tough football back then.

16:57 Randy White makes amazing backfield stop.

Miss the 70s...I really liked the RUNNING GAME

I worked at the Exxon Car Care Center on Oaklawn in Dallas when I was in high school, and one day Hollywood Henderson stopped in for some minor car repair (like a new battery, don't recall exactly) and asked to use the phone. I'm thinking it was 1975. He was such a funny guy, and super friendly. He wound up waiting probably 30 minutes for someone he'd called to call him back, He just hung out with us smiling and joking around. Such a fun guy, and really down to Earth. Wasn't pretentious, just treated us pump jockeys like we were his best pals.

Poor Jackie Smith. Finally made a Super Bowl and then...I felt so bad for him. He was a great guy.

I liked the Cowboys uniforms of this time period.

@80steen44

Жыл бұрын

It's not the period it's their away jerseys. They wear white at home

I've always loved those 1970's era Cowboys blue jerseys

Them boys were hittin' back then. QBs took a beatin' regular like.

If the rams had a good quarterback instead of Haden they might have won 2 Super Bowls their defense was scary good in 78-80

@williamhicks7736

Жыл бұрын

Their defense was top notch …. Every bit as good as the Steelers… They needed that QB….

@ckobo84

Жыл бұрын

Funny thing is in the Oilers game in '79 everyone has the impression Earl Campbell destroyed the Rams defense and made them his bitch off of that one run. The Rams won that game 10-6 and knocked Campbell out of the game on his very next carry.

@harrycallahan5018

Жыл бұрын

@@ckobo84 That's why you lost four Superbowls

@richardwhite795

Жыл бұрын

Or a field goal kicker.... 😂

@victorestrada7559

Жыл бұрын

The problem was Los Angeles is enamored with SUC football Ferragamo should've been paid but Georgia was a grifter

I believe it was earlier this season that Nyland said "Waiting for the Rams to win a Super Bowl is like leaving the porch light on for Jimmy Hoffa." I was a Ram fan. This one stung. As so many Ram games did.

This is 1978 NFC title game.

@jaylucien669

3 жыл бұрын

Yup always need to go by the season.

@rkid727

Жыл бұрын

He’s not calling the 1979 NFCCG. He’s just posting the date it was played on.

@kevinmac1989

Жыл бұрын

Was this at the coliseum

@daleburrer1546

Жыл бұрын

@@kevinmac1989 yes it was

I’ve forgotten how nice it was to watch a football game without all of the divas celebrating after every stinking play.

@usmc6004

Жыл бұрын

Can't stand that bs, celebrate when you make a touchdown or get a big stop to get off the field not every freaking play.

@dicktipton5912

Жыл бұрын

Yeah but the speed of the players then was awful. and the fact the rams qb has the mechanics of a 7th grader makes today's game better. I've seen present day high school teams with players more fluid than these "nfl" players.

@SACBENT05

Жыл бұрын

YES, and today’s players have no pride. They celebrate even when getting their hats handed to them!!!!

@glennhubbard5008

11 ай бұрын

I resent someone celebrating a touchdown when they were trailing 35-7.

Billy Waddy was from Boling Texas 15 minutes from Wharton Texas from where I was born

I'll never get tired of those blue jerseys

@chrishall6419

3 жыл бұрын

Michael Leroy I agree but seems like they lost a lot of gut wrenching games in them...

@Tonyconner74

Жыл бұрын

@@chrishall6419 They did...

@michaelj529

Жыл бұрын

Same here. Beautiful

@JayDogTitan-he6wo

Жыл бұрын

During the 70s It was the Cowboys blue jerseys and the Dolphins aqua jerseys.

@ms.felonystrutter2472

Жыл бұрын

I have 8 of them and my favorite player Charlie Waters who should be MVP of this game. This is non Super Bowl top 3 wins all time....never get tired of this game

Roger Staubach was always fun to watch.

Watched this game. Loved the blue jersey’s back then

"The protection is adequate, the throw is not"

So much for putting the "curse" on Dallas making them wear the blue jerseys. I think that was their first time in them in a postseason game since Super Bowl 5. Dallas was the "home" team for Super Bowl 13 and that was the first year the NFL gave the home team the option for what color jersey they wanted. They obviously went with the white. Maybe should have kept with the blue.

@SACBENT05

Жыл бұрын

I still believe Dallas would have won SB13 if Dorsett was given the ball 5-10 more times. Landry was just too stubborn when it came to feeding the ball to one specific player.

@shadowseeker7567

Жыл бұрын

Wasted a lot of plays giving it to Newhouse in SB13

At 17:50, Rod Perry stays with Dorsett stride for stride. I watched this game live but did not remember that play. Rod Perry , Pat Thomas, Nolan Cromwell (QB in college) , and Dave Elmendorf were good secondary.

@billplaney2585

Жыл бұрын

I remember Nolan Cromwell from my interest in track and field - he was a talented hurdler and decathlete.

Randy White by himself took out 2/3rds of the Rams backfield. He separated John Cappelettis shoulder, and Pat Haden broke his thumb off Randy's helmet.

@shadowseeker7567

Жыл бұрын

Manster !

Glad I Saw Roger The Dodger Bob Hayes Lance Alworth & Mike Ditka Win Super Bowl 6 .. All in The Hall of Fame

You just don't see hitting like this today!

Great night for me as a kid...cowboys win this game plus we had a snow storm where I live so School was canceled the Monday after...they even canceled on the radio at night so we already knew..Bonus😁

@SACBENT05

Жыл бұрын

Yep, our school was close because of deep snow the entire mouth of January….best of times!

No sliding in that era

This great win was overshadowed by the crushing defeat in the Superbowl by the Steelers. Dallas was a great team in the 70s, so that should give you a little insight to how good the Steelers were! DC4L! Go Cowboys!

Wow, I hadn't seen Frank Glieber in a looonngg time. He was the commentator at the end, for Channel 4, in Dallas.

@billplaney2585

Жыл бұрын

I believe he also was a radio commentator with Verne Lundquist for Cowboy games on KRLD before Brad Sham came along. Didn't he generally cover sports for the NBC affiliate, channel 5? I remember when he passed away suddenly.

This rams fan is still upset about this game

Today Randy White gets called for roughing, targeting, fined on the play where Haden was hurt.

This is 1978 championship game. The Rams won in 1979 and met the Steelers in the Super Bowl

@Orange6921

Жыл бұрын

Actually this one took place in Jan '79. Its the '78 season, but the 1979 championship game because its January.

As for that touchdown reception by Billy Joe Dupree right near the end, the description in the sports illustrated article a day or two later was really deflating. "Was so wide open the closest thing to him was the Colosseum peristyle" I don't even have to go find that issue it's etched in my mind forever.

Awesome cowboys win ! Charley Waters had a career game with three interceptions .

Home team got routed in this one.

how the hell do the cowboys not bring those blue unis back is beyond me. untouched. 🎯👌

@rshelley7496

Жыл бұрын

Amen....those are legendary

@fredgarv79

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. I used to just Hate Dallas with a passion because I hated staubach so much, but those were great uni's. the rams should go back to those uni's also, instead of the neon nike shiny helmets and the skinny horns. Used to hate jerry jones also, but when I saw him work so hard to get the rams to move back to LA, I gained respect for him. He just loves his team and I would now root for Dallas any day, at least they kept their classic uniforms, didnt change the classic star on the helmet, etc, didn't switch to some neon chrome stupid stuff. Wow, I remember all these players like it was yesterday

@jadentrez

Жыл бұрын

The problem with those blue uniforms was that whenever Dallas wore them, they seemed to be like, "Hey everybody, look at our cool blue uniforms!" And they'd proceed to lose the game, and wonder why the blue uniforms failed to work.

@33baugh

Жыл бұрын

Cuz they lose in them !!

@zvbx

Жыл бұрын

I’m not a Cowboys fan but I’ve always liked this blue uniform much better than the ones they wear now.

Henderson wrote in his book that his drug use had taken such a toll on him, that he was gassed on the pick six and couldn't dunk the ball over the goal post. He would be traded two seasons later in 1980 to SF for a measly 4th pick after his infamous handkerchief incident during a game against washington 1979 season. He was waived after one game. He eventually suffered a career ending neck injury with miami. He retired at age 27. Such a waste of talent.

Much closer game than the final score indicates #41 free safety Charlie Waters really won this game with his 3ints.

@rufuspipemos

Жыл бұрын

Player of the game, no doubt.

@billplaney2585

Жыл бұрын

He also had 3 interceptions a year earlier in the 1st round playoff game against the Bears at TX Stadium which, IIRC, the Cowboys won 37-7. One of the best players from the best era.

@chgibbons1

Жыл бұрын

Agree. Rams not converting 4th and 1 and fumbling near the goal line in the 3rd quarter were huge momentum shifts

Before expansion these teams had all pro teams, loaded!

Footballs where apparently a lot more slippery back in those days.🤣

Dude why does Dallas bring those uni's back

This game was actually pretty close most of the way…. Charlie Waters had the game of his life! Was reading Haden like a book….

It is really insane to think that following this game months later in the NFL draft that the Rams did not do anything necessary to draft a top quarterback. Even if the Rams wanted to use the conventional wisdom and say that Joe Montana was not big and physical enough not strong enough in his arm there was a great option in the first round ahead of him. That would be Phil Simms who had all the arm strength in the world to reach anywhere the Rams fastest receiver Billy Waddy might run.

@georgegaona9509

Жыл бұрын

Billy Waddy was from Boling Texas

My first year at the age of ten really getting into football growing up in Dallas. The entire rosters names are familiar, probably from the McDonald's cowboys poster from my bedroom wall.

Dude this is sad! It's like a bloopers reel with all the fumbles & terrible passes for interceptions. Also the speed & skill difference schemes & what not, it's like going from a PS5 back to your Nintendo

Ron Jessie, the former Detroit Lion.

My God an early Omen of what Jackie Smith would do to us in the Super Bowl the following week ! In the third quarter of this game versus the Rams Staubach handed off to him on an end around and he tripped over his own feet and fell flat on his face ! 😠

I remember it well. I was 10 and I had an uncle 1yr older. The girl next door was a Rams fan and came over to watch it with us. We laughed until she cried and went home. I think she was a lesbian.

The game was actually close for the first half

Ferragamo was aces those couple years

Nevergettiredotoucheowntony

@garyfaught3769

Жыл бұрын

Got some redemption in SB XXX though

Dallas 28, Los Angeles 0.

Not sure about that. They had a better record in 1977 and destroyed Chicago, Minnesota, and Denver in the postseason. In the 1978 playoffs they barely beat Atlanta in a come from behind and were tied 0-0 at halftime against the Rams in the NFC Championship until some fine defense and turnovers in their favor led the way to a victory. In the SB they lost to Pittsburgh in a game in which their offense should have played better contributing only 10 points until the last few minutes........ (14 points were scored in the final minutes when the Steelers pretty much had the game)

17:20 Randy Hughes blazing speed ran down rams receiver.

@kirkindog

Жыл бұрын

Randy Hughes did show some "blazing speed" on that play. However, Rod Perry’s speed is even more "blazing" @ 17:59 in chasing down a young Tony Dorsett.

@SACBENT05

Жыл бұрын

@@kirkindog It looked to me that he had the angle.

Every time I see my Rams highlights it shows a Cappeletti fumble.

Another pathetic no-show at home in the NFC Championship game by the Rams courtesy of the Dallas Cowboys! Their last NFC title until 1992.

Bring back the royal blue!

Good old days of football commentating. Makes me want to get out the beer cheese and crackers.

As a rams fan, this is just so sad. I mean look how great the ram defense played, they were maybe the best defense of the entire decade, yet they never had a QB the entire time. Haden would make some great throws, scramble, he looks really good, but wait, another INT. But look at stabauch, he threw a few picks also in this game they had a great offensive line, some good if not great RB's, yet they would just loose every critical playoff game. over and over again. At first I thought well it's because they never get home field advantage, they always have to play in Minnissota then they finally get home field, in front of actual rams fans, unlike today who are screaming and yelling, and they go out and lay not one but two duds against Dallas. They finally get a home field against the vikings, and there is record rain and a muddy field and they can't do anything. . even in this game you can see how crappy this field was. Mike Fanning, RIP. A decade of utter frustration, then out of the blue the next year they go to the super bowl and almost beat pittsburg with a different qb. I will never forget after they lost that super bowl, the announcers were very impressed and were saying well they may have lost, but look out for this team in the years ahead. Then they just tank until they get dickerson years later, but again, they have no QB. Dieter Brock? Then dickerson leaves and they finally get a good qb in Jim Everett, until he tanks in the 89 championship game and became known as chrissy everett, never to be the same again.

@chipgaasche4933

Жыл бұрын

Best "D" of the decade?? Laughable.

Dang, missed FG's in a crucial game, no weather😐 70s Rams qb situation was pathetic! About the time i lost interest in them. The Raiders were coming...

Many forget how great the Rams defense of the 70s where. They where right there with the Doomsdays, Steel Curtains, Purple Gangs, No Names etc. But their offense always let em down when it mattered. Haden was a solid QB, probably would've been great if he were at least 6'2. Great receivers, capable O-line, but average running backs. In those days teams needed stud backfields to win it all. The Rams just didn't have it.

@davidlucasmachado2831

3 жыл бұрын

They couldn't get pass Dallas / Minnesota in the playoffs

@americangiant1003

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidlucasmachado2831 Yup. And when the Rams did make their only Super Bowl Appearance after the 1979 season it with the last of their great late 60's/70's core. While both the Cowboys Mini Dynasty teams led by Starbach and the Purple People Eaters stint as the best in the NFC was coming to an end as well.

@michaelleroy9281

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidlucasmachado2831 The Rams beat the Vikings in playoff game in 1978 34-10

@michaelleroy9281

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidlucasmachado2831 The Rams beat the Cowboys 21-19 at Texas Stadium in 1979

@robertogonzales1956

3 жыл бұрын

Stud backfields? The two best RBs from the 70s were Payton and OJ, and neither one of them won a championship during the 70s. Pittsburgh and Dallas were the best because they were complete teams. Followed by Minnesota, Oakland and Miami, (before they broke up to play in the WFL). The Rams, we just had the worst offensive play calling in the league.

James Harris was a better QB than Hayden, but he sat the bench for unknown reasons..

@JAWrightonline

Жыл бұрын

"Unknown reasons." Yeah. He didn't have blond hair and blue eyes.

@williamhicks7736

Жыл бұрын

Harris wasn’t on the team in 1978…. The Rams traded him after the 1976 season I believe … he got hurt … and some other things happened…. It was stupid letting him go…

@howl_with_the_wolves2861

Жыл бұрын

James Harris sucked started the 1975 NFC championship game and got benched + he had drug problems. Haden and Harris both sucked Ferragamo got them to 1 SB but he to flamed out after the 1980 season.

@rahlohmcdonogh4855

Жыл бұрын

@@howl_with_the_wolves2861 Harris didnt have any drug problems.WTF.He was on the Chargers at this time!

@martinishot

Жыл бұрын

I saw James Harris in the 1975 postseason and I'm pretty sure it was the Cowboys also. He sucked and sucked hard but still the Rams continued to try with him. By the time they finally gave up and pulled him and sent Ron jaworski to take his place the Dallas cowboy blowout was just way too far gone.

That was before the cowboys sucked for 2 decades.

@LajitasRain

Жыл бұрын

One decade. They won 3 Superbowls in the 90's.

Pat Haden was the worst QB the Rams ever had.

Well, we got ‘em the following year…

@rshelley7496

Жыл бұрын

Yeah you did get us that year damn it lol, I still remember Billy waddy's catch ...ugh

@mikethebike2456

Жыл бұрын

🏍️ Billy Waddy. 😟

At the very least the Cowboys should wear the blue jerseys as a throwback. Btw, the following season the Rams wd knock the Cowboys out of the playoffs, in what wd be Roger Staubach’s final game, and advance to the SB themselves. 🏈

@garyfaught3769

Жыл бұрын

Prior to losing that game to the Rams (Staubach's last) he had engineered a comeback against the Redskins from a 34-21 deficit to a 35-34 win in the final 2 minutes, not only securing the division for the Cowboys but knocking Redskins out of the playoffs. I can still see the Redskins prematurely celebrating on the sidelines. Truly one of Roger's greatest moments

@shadowseeker7567

Жыл бұрын

They gave Pittsburgh all they could handle in SB 14

Only to loose to the stealers again !🖕

Only to lose to the steelers again...

Man these guys are slow! Like watching today's game at 0.75 speed. And the qbs throwing motion looks like a 7th grader. Today's athletes are far superior and it's not even close. George kittle runs smoother than Tony dorsett for God's sake

So glad Pittsburgh kicked their a%s in the Super Bowl!

@80steen44

Жыл бұрын

Dude I'm a Steelers fan. No need to be a douche. It's the greatness of Dallas that made two of our 4 rings in 6 years during the 70s, so significant

cowgirls Sucked then and they suck now. Rams are #1

@chipgaasche4933

Жыл бұрын

Your bias has made you stupid, stevie. Lol

Rams 🐏 kicker sucks 😂