“The Diesel” would run through you, around you, didn’t matter. John would do 30 + carries a night. Defenses even knew what was coming....and for a guy with his power, his speed was dazzling.

Rest in peace Chief Zee.

@nickhalden9220

2 жыл бұрын

He's gone?

@codecmgs

Жыл бұрын

@@nickhalden9220 yeah he passed away a long time ago. Legend!

@feloniousfloyd2203

11 ай бұрын

He’s still alive, fa&&ots.

@kevinburke4544

3 ай бұрын

Yes indeed, he put alot of smiles on my face during the games😊

I remember playing running back as a kid, and the coaches would always say "when you get hit, keeps your legs moving". When I saw that run by Riggins, I understood why.

The run on 4th and 1 told of Riggins' power and speed, but the ball toss to the ref afterward (0:56) told of his character. No celebration, no taunting, no "look at me, everybody!" He did his job, and now he'll make his way to the sideline. He was the best.

@justinpettit3432

8 жыл бұрын

Smh

@GaryClutchClark

8 жыл бұрын

Not sure why you are shaking your head. He's right.

@Number1Dougster

7 жыл бұрын

"No celebration, no taunting, no 'look at me, everybody!'"Agreed. He was classy as well as dominant.

@mitchyoung8791

4 жыл бұрын

Same thing with Gale Sayers.

@ronin120

4 жыл бұрын

@@mitchyoung8791 And Barry Sanders if I recall correctly.

Riggins and the Redskins are the best. I have my garaged all Redskins out. Everyone who see's' it can't believe how cool it is. And I'm from calif. And been a Redskins fan since 1972.

@dennismazza4233

4 жыл бұрын

@Richard Castillo : I've been following the Washington Redskins since 1970. John Riggins would have more career rushing yards and touchdowns had it not been for two idiots. I could not stand the way HC George Allen UNDERUTILIZED John Riggins in his game plans. Then came along HC Jack Pardee who was a clueless cement head. So glad that HC Joe Gibbs understood and used the talents that Riggins gave the Redskins and its fans.

@httrcarson235

3 жыл бұрын

It’s always HTTR4LIFE

My all time favorite Redskin and running back. I'm from the DC area and we loved him, he was a renegade and man could he play. He dominated the playoffs and the super bowl.

@randymillhouse791

5 ай бұрын

Do you recall when the Redskins arrived in, I think Dallas, wearing COMBAT FATIGUE clothing? That was Riggo. He said "This IS a war."

I'm a Patriots man from Boston but I loved John the Diesel Riggins back in the day . Loved watching that crazy ass locomotive !

John Riggins was not only big, he was a freaking sprinter, the dude was a freak of nature, very athletic

Riggins is one of my all time favorite players even though I'm not a redskins fan. Watch his "Football Life" episode. It'll make you appreciate him even more.

@ronin120

4 жыл бұрын

I am a skins fan and started watching football the season after this Super Bowl. His is the only jersey I would buy.

John Riggins Thanks for the memories. You were one of the best. Hail to the Redskins

@LowkeyFish

9 ай бұрын

HTTR!

wasn't expecting that last line lol

@Tyrunner0097

6 жыл бұрын

That's classic Riggo.

You cant take anything away from Mcneil he was the best at his position for years not to many guys could stop Riggin's one on one!!!

The "Head Dress Guy" was Chief Zee who passed away this past spring.

@SJM6791

6 жыл бұрын

bison4me-Guys like Chief Zee made the NFL great. Today, they’d throw him out of the stadium for being offensive to Native Americans.

@Freddie_Rock

6 жыл бұрын

He was always amazing to see at games.

@quasimoto7662

6 жыл бұрын

You do realize redskins fans would never throw him out. The 5 protesters in front of the stadium would cower at the sight of chief zee Rest In peace

@redskinsman10

5 жыл бұрын

RIP Chief Zee

@luisbohorquez7096

5 жыл бұрын

Crank up that diesel, crank up that diesel , Vroom....Vroom........ He was awesome . Sorely missed ....R.I.P Chief...Httr...

God bless John Riggins...and Chief Zee of blessed memory

What doesn't get talked about much is the block that #39, Otis Wansley, threw on Miami linebacker #55, Earnest Rhone. Wansley literally launched himself in the air and took out Wansley, leaving only one defender for Riggo to deal with.

I'm just glad that Chief Zee never had to see what PC did to his beloved Redskins!! _Rest in Peace Chief... you are remembered very fondly!!_

This is the GREATEST SINGLE PLAY in NFL history. Here's why: 1. IT HAPPENED IN A SUPER BOWL. For any individual play to the be considered the greatest it has to happen with the most on the line and against the very best competition. 2. IT WAS SCORING PLAY. The Tyree catch and the Swan catches were spectacular to look at but didn't score a single point. Other plays like "The Tackle" or "Wide Right" also just kept the score the same. 3. IT WASN'T A KICK. Last second field goals are exciting but for a sport like pro football to say it's single greatest play was made by a kicker would be embarrassing. 3. IT WAS A COME-FROM-BEHIND, GO-AHEAD SCORE. The Redskins were losing 17-13 with 10:10 left in the game. Other famous plays like Elway's helicopter TD or Warner to Bruce's touchdown broke ties that may or may not have been broken on the very next down anyway. 4. IT WAS FOURTH DOWN. This is significant because it separates this play from others that are considered great. Unlike other notable Super Bowl plays, if Riggins does not shake off the tackle just behind the line of scrimmage the Dolphins take over on downs and have the ball on the 42 yard line in the 4th quarter with a 4 point lead versus a team they have held to only 1 touchdown at that point. The Dolphins' "Killer Bees" defense was #2 in the NFL that season. 5. IT WAS 43 YARD RUN FROM SCRIMMAGE. It was Riggins longest run of the season and one of only a dozen runs by any team the entire year. 6. IT FOOLED NO ONE. The Redskins handed the ball to Riggins 38 times that game. Everyone knew it was coming and yet the 'Skins still executed it. It was the ultimate, in-your-face, ball control, tear-your-opponent's-heart-out 4th quarter rushing score. 7. THE REDSKINS WERE UNDERDOGS. The Dolphins were a 3 point favorite. Montana to Taylor (XXIII) was a good play but it was ultimately it was a case of the 7 point favorites completing a 10 yard pass to win a game by 3.

@zac5434

7 жыл бұрын

Tru he was the best and im glad he is related to me

@christianmargris

6 жыл бұрын

Anyone has is own preferences. Best play scoring in Super Bowl history ? James Harrison pick six of Kurt Warner. It was at the end line and interception that denied 7 points to the Cardinals, last play of the half 100 hundred yards run record at the time, a 14 point swing thanks to one of the greatest defensive play in the SB. And it was a throw from Kurt Warner an Hall of famer QB. Best play than Riggings run by this standard for me. For none scoring play I will go with Malcolm Butler INT or Julian Edelman Amazing catch un Super Bowl LI.

@pauljohnson3340

5 жыл бұрын

@@calvinmontague4615 I remember them showing that in the replay after the play. He was following Don Warren's motion and slipped. Riggins must have been a monster to tackle.

Easily Frank Herzog's greatest call.

The radio producer who had the presence of mind to hit that Diesel sound button at the right time of the call is the real MVP

I remember one of the Dolphin's defensive players saying, after the game that "When you hit him, it hurts".

what people never talk about is if you watch the whole play, McNeel, on changing back directions from the motion, slipped and fell all the way to the ground and still got back over to try to make the tackle.unbelievable speed

Like a semi heading down I-395.

I know that John Riggins was not born and raised in the DC area. But he had that attitude that either fit in well with who we were OR educated us as to how to make our own luck. I feel so blessed to have grown up watching the Redskins of that era. The Smurfs, the Hogs, THE DIESEL! That team was alternative rock and ROLL! So were Jim McMahon's Bears. There was just a magic going on like the Beatles.

I was 10 and I haven't jumped up and down and screamed my head off like I did the day that Riggo made that run.

Man Im glad to be related to the diesel.

@cgottabag7654

2 жыл бұрын

Lies

@koaguilds

6 ай бұрын

@@cgottabag7654 You're obviously not familiar with his kin.

I always felt he looks like Tommy Lee Jones. Riggins was a different kind of dude!

@hodell82

6 жыл бұрын

He was. Before he came to the Redskins he was with the Jets, and he had a mohawk And this was when mohawks were NOT fashionable.

Riggins wouldn't just run over you, he'd run by you. He had some good speed for 235 pounds.

@johnliberty3647

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, he avoided contact or minimized contact before he lowered the shoulder but he could lower that shoulder if he had to.

@rockabye_baby187

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

@poindextertunes

2 жыл бұрын

thats a big 235 too. I would’ve guess 250-260 the way linebackers are bouncing off him

@NickWuebker

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnliberty3647 He wasn’t afraid to lower that shoulder and put a linebacker on his ass.

Best play ever. 👍🏿

John Riggins is my friend's grandpa or something like that

@richym3899

8 жыл бұрын

I am John Diesel

@tylerdoestech4299

4 жыл бұрын

Liar

@user-sz1td5bu3y

3 жыл бұрын

Stop trying to get attention from other people’s fame

@johnconnell4503

3 жыл бұрын

My dad knows a guy who saw a guy who talked to a guy who rode with a guy who once whipped johns ass because he was too drunk to do it..

@jimhayes7594

3 жыл бұрын

I got tooth knocked out in the 7th grade playing tackle football with John and his brother Frank me and John won when the giant blew his trombone meant it was time to get home so it was last play we had the ball and I faked the ball to John and ran for the touchdown my brother kicked me in the mouth and broke my tooth off at the gum line.

I am 57 years old born & raised in DC. I WILL NEVER FORGET! Thank you Riggo, Hogs, Coach Gibbs, Art Monk, Darrell Green, Sean Taylor - PROUD REDSKINS! ILL NEVER BE A "comnanders" fa. EFF THAT GREMLIN dan snyder - I hope those ladies testifying against that terrible little man end up getting him removed from DC and hopefully locked up. 26 years of Dan Snyder and he has literally broken an NFL franchise and fan base.

John riggins lives in the same neighborhood as me. no joke. his daughter went to the same high school as me

@zac5434

7 жыл бұрын

I believe you if you believe me im his cousin no joke my last name is r

@zac5434

7 жыл бұрын

riggins

@MrJlee93

7 жыл бұрын

+NotBryce0408 I believe you. it's hard to believe people here on KZread. that icon doesn't exactly make me believe you more.

@koaguilds

6 ай бұрын

South Lakes High in Reston?

@MrJlee93

6 ай бұрын

@@koaguilds I wish. For his privacy, I am not naming it. Also this was years ago

I have a poster of mcneil missing riggins and its awesome

@Colstonewall

7 жыл бұрын

"Miss" him? No, McNeil didn't miss him, he hit him squarely and got run over, lol.

@AirLanMan

6 жыл бұрын

This Super Bowl remains the only NFL game I've ever attended. The house about came down when Riggins broke free. The Rose Bowl is a huge place and with over 100,000 people in the stands it got quite loud!

@pauljohnson3340

4 жыл бұрын

I still remember the replay. Don Warren went in motion from left to right and came back. McNeal slipped so he couldn't hit Riggins squarely.

Riggo was a legit Track star at Kansas. he ran the 100 and 200 and relays and some other stuff.

The play that made my brother a lifelong Washington fan.

He was friends with my uncle. As a kid, my dad and I used to go hunting with him and my uncle.

Might be the most majestic filmed run in super bowl history !

That was the "old" Marshawn Lynch

"I-Left, Tight Wing, 70 Chip"

@patrickboozer8371

7 жыл бұрын

Alexi Tzamaras it's I right 70 chip

@joesandri5044

6 жыл бұрын

Top g

The thing we keep over looking is the o line made a massive hole for big John and by the time the dolphins player hit him he had the first down…..the rest was just epic

@austindenotter19

7 ай бұрын

As Cowboy fan i hated that offensive line.

I'm the biggest Redskins fan EEVVEERR

@Chris-yy1ox

8 жыл бұрын

+Maxwell Mentlow I'll be the first to shoot that statement down for myself. HTTR

@AlexBigShid

8 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry for your disappointment.

@AnthonyCirillo1

8 жыл бұрын

Oh look a little Cowboys fan they suck

@hogsnation248

6 жыл бұрын

Step down

@asg1860

4 жыл бұрын

Naw I am

I grew up in dc. HTTR baby

My favorite of all time. 44 diesel! HTTR!

One of the best, The “Diesel” John Riggins!!!

Frank herzog is so underrated

That was a man playing with boys, crank up that Diesel!!

Miami fans like to point out that McNeil slipped early in the play and got there a half-step late. I like to counter with a full season's worth of highlight films showing Riggins knocking aside and carrying multiple defensive players on his back as he motored up the field. He ran like Earl Campbell that season.

There is a reason his nickname was the diesel. The best running back ever, sanders and the others were great but this man iwas the best, watch his videos, if you like nfl videos, you will be carried away by the diesel, john Riggins

@davidbusciglio5529

2 жыл бұрын

One of the all time greats, for sure. A freight train in the open field. He didn't just shed tacklers. He stunned them !

Pump up that diesel!

One of the best

I was proud to be a Skins fan then

@httrcarson235

3 жыл бұрын

HTTR Forever

my favorite player the diesel

It's a shame I wasn't born five or ten years sooner to have some notion of the '80s and early 90's WSH Redskins.... HTTR!

Best running back of all times.

Can’t take away from Don McNeil. He slipped and came back to try and tackle Riggins. I’m glad he slipped! 😁

I would love to see the Redskins perform somewhere near the glory days and yes I still call them Redskins.

0:18 Unfortunately Chief Zee passed away a few years ago.

@manish8397

4 жыл бұрын

pump up that diesel pump up that diesel

Loosen up Sandy baby. You're too tight.

@Colstonewall

6 жыл бұрын

And then he went to sleep on the floor for about 45 minutes, lol. And everyone just left him there and had a great time.

@marlenegb3267

6 жыл бұрын

Storm Supreme Court Justice O'Connor sent him roses when he went into the Hall of Fame. She loved him being at her table, they all did!

@rayjr62

5 жыл бұрын

And when the Redskins intimated that he needed to retire, he challenged anyone (and everyone) on the team to a 50 yard dash. Then they cut him.

Got a story about the guy hat goes "rrrum, ruum .... pump up that Diesel". I used to work with a die hard Eagles fan, and according to him he lost all his front teeth when Eagles fans threw him from the stands at the old Veterans stadium. My coworker is known to embellish stories, but then I wouldn't put anything Eagles fans back then lol

Great video...yep really great 👍👍

@duanemarshall7612

4 жыл бұрын

The running play seen around the world.

John "The Diesel" Riggins Hall Of Famer, 6'2" 238lbs.

Anyone else always get the usaa or bud light commercial?

00:34 "Here comes the Diesel, here comes the Diesel" and again at 01:12. The late, great linebacker Sam Huff (#70 Washington Redskins, 1964-1969 / New York Giants, 1956-1963) was part of the great radio trio, "Sonny, Sam and Frank" on WMAL broadcasting the Redskins' games through the great Joe Gibbs era. People would turn down the sound on their televisions and turn up the game on the radio because QB Sonny Jurgensen (#9 Washington Redskins, 1964-1974 / Philadelphia Eagles, 1957-1963), Sam Huff and Frank Herzog were more informative, funny and quite frankly, lovable "Homers" when they called the games. Frank Herzog called the play by play and was the straight man to Sonny and Sam's frequent hilarity. 00:43 is Frank, calling Riggo's run, ending with his trademark call, "Touchdown, Washington Redskins!" I still get chills when I hear that line and I was a diehard Baltimore Colts fan. That diesel horn sound-bite was a constant during the games. In November of 2021, Sam Huff was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. RIP, Sam.

Beast mode before Beast mode

Goaline, I-left, tightwing, 70 Chip on white.

@johnliberty3647

3 жыл бұрын

Didier in Motion

Imagine John Diesel Riggins nowa days he'd make elite running backs like leveon bell ezekiel elliot or even marshawn lynch look like amateurs. Whew!

I was about 11 years old when i saw this happen on TV. I have no memory of anything football prior to this. I remember hearing the playback, and hearing the horn sound, and the announcer yelling " hes gone!! hes gone!!" I was at the dinner table, and my back was facing the TV. I quickly turned around, and saw what the commotion was all about. A REDSKINS fan was born. I am now 50, and thought the name has changed, the memories are as fresh as they were 39 years ago.

RIggo the GOAT 👏🔥🙌🐐

Riggins says that if he didn't break that lame tackle attempt, he didn't deserve his game check. The best part of that run is what he does with the ball after he scores.

Just scored and tossed the ref the ball....no showboating!

The greatest

The play: I-right, Fake Zoom, 70 chip, on 2!! That tells you complicated the play is!!

They named Tim Riggins after John. That says a lot.

The greats scored and just handed the ball to the ref!

From a cowboy fan growing up in DC... Football fan before foolish pride that alcoholic kicked ass hard or harder than anyone on GameDay...😂Get it?🎉🎉🎉. Then damn hogs. I'll never forget though the year we only won one game. I hung my hat up on that win against those hogs. That's all we had to be proud of that year😢😅😂. Did some serious gloating about that Haaaaaaa... Fact😅

Hogs baby. Good blocking and Riggins can’t go wrong

Typical Riggins response lol

Diesel Power!!

Jayhawk great

DAM THAT MAN RAN HARD AS ANY OF THE OTHER GREATS IN HISTORY.... RIGGINS WAS A BEAST AND GLAD HE PLAYED ON MY SKINS AND HTTR AND WE WILL FOREVER BE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS !!!!!!

badman!

Rev up that Diesel!

James Harrison's 100 yard INT needs to be top 10 :(

@mrkackerwacker

8 жыл бұрын

it is

Old school … Riggins has the bar down the middle - Theisman with the single cross bar face masks … it’s tough smash mouth football the Redskins way.

SHAQ BE KNOWIN ABOUT "LORD RIGGINS"!!!!😅USED HIS NAME!!I TOLD THEM,THAT RIGGS WAS A DIFFERENT BEAST!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉

I honestly think Dan Marino deserved a super bowl. Would've cemented himself as THE best QB in NFL history.

@GaryClutchClark

8 жыл бұрын

Marino wasn't on the Dolphins in '82.

@AlexBigShid

8 жыл бұрын

Gary Clutch Clark You must've read my comment wrong.

@steve21061

7 жыл бұрын

Don Shula never got him the kind of premier running back to bail him out, a bunch of 3rd down guys..when Marino had a bad day the Dolphins lost every single time

Are all #44 fullbacks awesome?

@ericmatterson9905

3 жыл бұрын

Earl Campbell, Mike Alsott

i played ‘diesel’ in west side story in college at salisbury. just sayin 😎

Deceptively fast. Wasn't like a cheetah. Got to top speed slowly, like a diesel truck.

@Tyrunner0097

4 жыл бұрын

He was a sprinter in college, so he did have some wheels. Combine that with his size, that's a lot of momentum you're not stopping. He was like Juggernaut.

I have John riggins football card

I wonder how many times on 3rd and 1 or 4th and 1 Riggins was ever stopped? It had to be a single digit...

Thanks Riggins for ripping apart the Name. #HTTR

Redskins forever baby!!! Chief Zee has to be rolling in his grave with all this dropping the name/cancel culture nonsense! RIP Chief!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Riggo!

As a Fins fan back in the day. Worst run ever. The one the Chiefs just broke off in LVI in Maimi reminded me of this.

Yeah we remember them day I'll remember they call him the mack truck he ran over Defender and bite semi truck ran over a deer good busting wide open

look at those helmets ? wow...

that wasnt even a bad tackle attempt.

Riggins...big..fast..strong and crazy....deadly combination...lol

Chad

why isn’t this guy as talked about as other RBs?

@larrym5120

3 жыл бұрын

He's too white.