Man, I sure do miss the Oilers!!

I was never gonna rest until they put him in the Hall of Fame. R.I.P. Ken Stabler, the most entertaining QB to ever play the game. He will be forever missed across the land.

I grew up in Houston, Texas! Dad is a Cowboys fan so I grew up a Cowboys fan also...but I remember the luv ya blue era! I was 7 years old in 1980. I do miss them H town Oilers!

Always moved to tears whenever I watch his highlight videos. The Snake was the man for the Raiders and the Oilers. He will always remain my favorite all-time QB, even in the days today of Brady and Brees. Nothing will ever shake my loyalty to Kenny. I really miss him, a forever fan.

I love that good old boy

This is one HELLUVA tribute! Two of my favorite people in all of football. Coach Bum Phillips QB Kenny Stabler

Stabler said he had more respect for Earl Campbell than any player he ever with.

Raiders fan here, really like the Snake and Luv Ya Blue tribute. Well done.

don't ever disrespect Kenny he is an immortal legend rest in peace snake your my qb

I miss these days..in every aspect of life! These 2000's just flat out SUCK!!

@rockzhard2009

5 жыл бұрын

if they ever do invent a real time machine i'm first in line to go back. miss those times more and more every day NOW.

@mikedaughtery9094

4 жыл бұрын

Fred Thompson Damn right. Just a bunch of tide pod eating pussies nowadays

@ldprod8990

4 жыл бұрын

Ok boomer

@shannonrhett3304

4 жыл бұрын

😆 @ "Okay, Boomer"!

@g.r.x.racer-1737

2 жыл бұрын

+@@ldprod8990 O.K. Mr. Garbage Generation.

Snake was my idol as a kid. I played QB in high school and watched him my whole youth and learned a lot by watching him. He’s the most underestimated QB ever, you never hear him mentioned with the greats.

Nice tribute to *The Snake*. One thing about that 1980 game at the Jets... when *Kenny* threw FOUR 4th quarter touchdown passes, he became the FIRST to ever do so. How hard is that to do? It's only been tied - never broken - two times. By *Joe Montana* in 1989, and Vinnie Testaverde in 2000. *The Snake* was the best!!!

@mrHoppedupford

5 жыл бұрын

@Greg Hubbard he was the 3rd best QB of the 70s

@2274brian

3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately for him and the Oilers on that day the first half counts. The comeback ended up 3 points short and the Jets won 31 to 28. Had they won that game they would have won the Central Division and had home field advantage. Instead they lost all the tie breakers first to the Browns for the Division and to the Raiders for the Wild Card game.

@georgeharleydavidsonrider156

2 жыл бұрын

Your right 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Looked good in Blue as well Snake! RIP Brother, God bless you and your family &friends as well!

When it's 4th and a mile than I'll worry if Campbell can run a mile or or not. - Bum Phillips

I'm not even an ole Oilers fan...But I do remember dan pastorini. He went to my mom's school.... Santa Clara university... " the snake" was a good QB ... us country folk loved him...🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

Outstanding tribute to The Snake and the finale of the Luv Ya Blue era. That 1980 team was a juggernaut on defence and offense. Could've/Should've kinda team. Campbell's finest season and Snake's thunderous swan song. Thanks!

@ricktheitalianrebel6687

4 жыл бұрын

Juggernaut on offense? They were once of the lower scoring teams that year. Their defense got them by.

Love this video, kenny stabler was the man, never another like the snake, thats for damn sure. #snake

Billy "White shoes" Johnson

What a torpedo of an arm! I love it!

Bum phillps was the best coach in the football for the Houston Oilers from. Houston they don't make them bum anymore

Bad ass video of the Oilers and Kenny Stabler We miss them both!

Would love to see the Houston franchise somehow buy those uniforms and name back from whoever owns the rights now...

@thegamebeforethemoney4960

7 жыл бұрын

The Titans likely own the rights....be great to see the Oiler uniforms on the field again....

@raydeen1

7 жыл бұрын

Will never happen.

@fredthompson7947

6 жыл бұрын

The old bluish gray helmets with the oil tower. Would had been good to see. And name the " replacement expantion" team THE. HOUSTON. DRILLERS. Only if the Adams family approved. Houston Texans uniform just blinds in with like teams.

@houstonrebel4449

5 жыл бұрын

@@fredthompson7947 I always liked those bluish gray helmets.

@AnubisXII

5 жыл бұрын

Man I don't know. I think they should stay with the Titans. Like I did. Thats their history and it's their story. I loved the Oilers and they broke my heart over and over again. Unlike a lot of fans, I couldn't just flip a switch and become a Texan fan just because they were in Houston. I never understood how someone could do that. Next week they could love the Lions if they wanted to. I don't get it. But if you wanna see the old Oilers back out on the gridiron, you're welcome to stop by and watch them. Of course they'll be wearing the Titans uniform the following week. Go Oilers!

an awesome slice of history!!!

Man, the quality of the game clips is unbelievable. You should upload more of the footage.

damn i STILL miss my team.

Love ya snake

Miss the old Houston Oilers. 🏈🏈🏈

OAKLAND ENDED UP KICKING THAT DOOR IN.

To bad they didn’t get Stabler when he was younger. Might of got them to a Super Bowl.

Great tribute...thanks

Plus the fact that everyone in Houston had a chance to party with him, 'cause he sure was easy to find out and about town. lol

@kevincwatson6922

3 жыл бұрын

That's why he was TERRIBLE with the Oilers.

@shannonrhett3304

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevincwatson6922 😆

i never saw Ken Sabler play and most of the highlights that i have seen are from his Raider days.......the Hall Of Fame Came Too Late for him.

Snake looks like the 52 year old dad but was in his mid 30's. The partying caught up to him

Wow. I didn't know Stabler died. RIP Kenny.

I always loved Stabler. He never looked like a passer, though, to me. More like a baseball player (which he was) tossing the ball and making it look easy.

I remember that game against the Jets. What a comeback (almost).

5:15, The Funky Chicken. Love Billy White Shoes.

Huge Steelers fan but lived Blue as well..unfortunately, Blue’s time overlapped Steelers. When the Steelers were finally gone, blue lost that Oakland game in large part because Stabler and Casper hit the wall and imploded in that Oakland game. Sad, the aging process seen right in front of us.

I remember hearing the Houston plane had to land in Reno on the way to Oakland. Stabler had a warrant out for back child support. Houston got that all paid up. That was the story anyway, not sure how true it is.

When football was football 🏈 Just a bunch of overpaid half a sissies nowadays. God I miss real football.

"The perfict Raider" : John Madden.

Very cool

The Snake!

Having Casper in Houston was big for Stabler.

@kevincwatson6922

3 жыл бұрын

...and he was still a turnover machine.

That is a man with fucking heart!

RIP Snake.

The Oilers were floundering and 3-3 after six games in 1980. The acquired all-pro tight end Dave Casper and proceeded to go on an 8-2 tear with Campbell having several 200 plus yard performances. The two games they lost they very well could have won. A 17-14 home loss to Cleveland in the Dome. Toni Fritsch missed a makeable field goal which would have tied the game. Casper had a breakout game: 7 catches for 150 yards and a TD. Although he did have costly fumble after being hit by defense back Justin Flint. He caught an amazing over the shoulder bomb from Stabler deep in the 4th quarter ala: Ghost to the Post. But Toni missed the kick. The Jet game saw an incredible comeback which came up just short. Casper was knocked out of the game at the end of second quarter trying to defend an interception being accident kicked in the head by Mark Gastineau. But Richard Caster came in and caught 2 touchdowns including a 68 yard bomb. He was an ex-Jet who was Joe Namath's favorite target in the early 70's. Great speed for a big man. Rob Carpenter suffered a fractured cheek and Cambell was held to 60 yards on 15 carries. The Oilers had to pass on every down because they were trailing badly. Stabler was intercepted by Ken Shroy in first quarter trying to hit Casper and Shroy took it to the house. Mike Barber had incredible game. Jack Tatum made key interception. I had went to the Raiders-Eagles game in Veteran's stadium in Philly and watched 4th quarter on way home in my friend's father's car. It was incredible. Leon Gray was having life and death trying to stop Joe Klecko in first half. But settled in in the 2nd half. Good times.

Stabler, el mejor de todos no importa cuántos gane Brady, Stabler el mejor.por este mariscal y equipo RAYDERS me gusta el fut bol americano.luego oillers, ni modo.sabler y RAYDERS.

Good year for Houston sports regardless, circa 1980-81. Oilers made the AFC championship game, the Astros were a game away from the World Series, and the Rockets made the NBA Finals.

Although Stabler showed some flashes of his old brilliance with the Oilers, his decline was already showing and probably hung on too long as a player, especially with the Saints.

@ricktheitalianrebel6687

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. THe oilers won in 1980 primarily because of their defense and Cambell. They did not even score 300 points in 1980.He was terrible in the playoff game against the raiders. It was all downhill for him after 1980.

The Oilers seemed pretty well-liked by the Raiders. The Oilers were like a cool cousin to the Raiders.

Snake was from an era when QB's would drink a beer, not a protein shake like today.

@ChildOfThe1970s

4 жыл бұрын

I don't drink beer anymore but plenty of QBs do, trust me.

@MENFUSSMIKE

2 жыл бұрын

Or snort a line

@lutherp.smithjr.5842

10 ай бұрын

Or be like Bobby Layne

The same thing that doomed the Raiders in '79 did in the Oilers in 1980...Snake's penchant for the INT. 22 in '79 (after 30! in 1978) and then 28 in 1980, followed by two more killer ones to Lester Hayes (arguably the NFL MVP in '80), including the game sealing pick six in the wildcard return to Oakland.

@obbor4

5 жыл бұрын

Apparently, you read the stats, but never actually saw the games. As a fan who watched every single Raiders game from 1971 to 1980, I can tell you that, of the 30 picks in 1978, over half bounced off of normally sure handed Raiders receivers into the arms of defensive backs or backers, costing the Raiders many touchdowns and extended drives. As for the Oilers (saw at least 10 of those games, too), after Ken Burrough went down with a broken leg during the pre- season Bum went with a double tight end offense (reuniting Snake with the great Hall of Fame tight end, Dave Casper) with just possession receiver, Mike Renfro, as their main wide out. Earl was the main focus of the offense, as well he should have been, but, make no mistake about it, there can be no blame placed on Stabler for the Oiler loss to his far superior former team, the Raiders, in the playoffs. The of the 70's and early 80's were as good as any team that ever existed in the NFL. Anyone alive at the time could not look you in the eye, with a straight face, and tell you anything different. Nobody ever picked up a single one of those backside corner blitzes and Snake wore Lester Hayes, and the Raider line like a boa constrictor throughout the game. The better team won. Plain and simple.

Love the sign at 7:37. Read the notice sign all the way to the end.

@iangalannicolas3471

3 жыл бұрын

Name song????

@dexm8846

3 жыл бұрын

@@iangalannicolas3471 The song being played at 7:37 is called Looking for Love by Johnny Lee

I literally have a six pack of that from the 70s

Stabler probably took some speed in the 4th quarter to overcome that hangover. Apropos that the Allman Bros. band is featured in this video. "As Gregg Allman recounted in his memoir, My Cross to Bear, as the Allman Brothers got more successful, they increasingly devoted themselves full time to drugs."

@MENFUSSMIKE

2 жыл бұрын

Or Coke

In case you're wondering, Jets 31 Houston 28 in OT was your final

@quincee3376

3 жыл бұрын

Cool. Thx

@2274brian

3 жыл бұрын

Had the game ended in a tie Houston would have been the #1 seed in the AFC playoffs instead of the #5 seed.

He would've done a neck of a job racing NASCAR or owning a race team

What is the name of the song at 0:38?

at 1:31 the pic kenny is in he wearing his ring he won with oakland

the way he drops back...looks a lot like Dan Marino

@kevincwatson6922

3 жыл бұрын

Except for the excessive interceptions.

This was back when Men actually played this game. Not like the panty wastes of today!

I had no idea they brought Casper to Houston

@howardcosell2022

Жыл бұрын

Should have made the pro-bowl in 1982

El "cubas " Stabler

I guess beards were popular in Houston in 1980.

We're going to kick the goddamn door down

Song at 1:25

From the outside looking in -- how did the Oilers go 11-5 that year with Stabler having 13 Tds and 28 INTs?

@fearthemunky

6 жыл бұрын

They had some guy named Earl Campbell who rushed for nearly 2000 yards. That probably helped.

@thomaswarner9918

6 жыл бұрын

They had a really and team plus they had the best running back in football. It allowed them to overcome bad play by their quarterback.

@thomaswarner9918

6 жыл бұрын

Why were the Raiders so quick to get rid of Stabler? Maybe they knew he was washed up when they traded him. And the Oilers were so desperate to win a super bowl that they were willing to do anything.

@adamthornberry8475

6 жыл бұрын

Dan Pastorini was several years younger than Stabler, and a decent QB in his own right, with less "miles" on his body. Also, RB's Pete Banasak & Clarence Davis had grown older, injured & were gone after 1978. As was - if you'll recall - Coach John Madden, gone after 1978. It was the "perfect storm" then for Houston & Oakland to make deals in 1980. The Raiders re-loaded with Pastorini & RB Kenny King under new Coach Tom Flores, while Houston (feeling they were a player or two away from unseating Pittsburgh) obtained All-Pros Stabler, TE Dave Casper & DB Jack Tatum - ALL from Oakland's playoff core of the 1970's.

@carinduncan7594

6 жыл бұрын

They had Earl Campbell

The real cryin' shame is that that trade really ended up screwing up Pastorini's career. He broke his leg against the Chiefs in Game 5 and was replaced by Jim Plunkett. Plunkett ended up having a career season, leading the Raiders to a win in Super Bowl XIV over the Eagles. Dan, meanwhile, ended up getting screwed over by Al Davis and his career never recovered.

@g.r.x.racer-1737

2 жыл бұрын

Al Davis screwed everybody over. Most of all Oakland.

Became an Oiler fan during the '80 season. The problem was that Stabler simply was old and couldn't throw the football anymore. It also didn't help that he drank and partied before games. He cost them that Jets game in '80...a game they should have never lost. He threw nearly 30 interceptions that season. Poor Earl Campbell, always saddled with average/below average quarterbacks.

@thomaswarner9918

6 жыл бұрын

The Oilers had a really good team during that three year stretch they just didn't have a great quarterback. It was probably one of the things that prevented them from winning a super bowl. Just imagine if they would have had a quarterback like Brian Sipe who made it possible for an average team like the Browns to be competitive against the Steelers during the late 70's.

@briggscharleton6139

4 жыл бұрын

@@thomaswarner9918 Sipe? How far did ever take the Browns? Pastorini at least brought the Oilers to 2 championships. The Oilers were also the only AFC Central to ever beat the Steelers at Three Rivers in the 70s

Yeah, so much for that. 😆

Funny how Stabler and the Oilers were whacked by the Raiders in the 1980 playoffs

stabler shoul made hof in 1991

Kenny Stabler the snake

Bum thought they could all go to the saints after they were 65

Sorry I know this wont be popular as I am a fan of Stabler BUT trading Pastorini for Stabler was an awful move and the beginning of the end. Pastorini had them on the cusp of a championship.

@jab1289

Жыл бұрын

@Alex D Tom Danyluk, author of the NFL book The Super 70's, interviewed Bum, and asked him about that trade. Bum claims that Dan wanted to be traded. Although, that wasn't really the case, as Dan explained. It was a mix-up (at about the 8:00 mark): kzread.info/dash/bejne/dJypk9KeaZzOYdo.html

He was really good for Houston. Too bad he let the alcohol and other drugs do him in. 😢

You do realize that he threw 28 interceptions that season, don't you? I'm not sure how he managed to do it, as much as the Oilers relied on Earl Campbell, or how he kept his job, but somehow he pulled off another miracle. Houston, not so much.

@kevincwatson6922

3 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY

Kenny stabler alabama to houston to Oakland

C'mon guys. Stabler had one good year with the Oilers. Only played 2. Stabler was a great, great QB, but I don't quite think his heart was in Houston.

@OilersLuvYaBlue

11 ай бұрын

No heart? Stabler's 4 TD's in the 4th quarter of the Oilers-Jets game in 1980 still ties the record of most 4th quarter TDs in a single game....only Tom Brady threw more in one quarter (5). As the announcer said, with the Oilers down 21-0 in the 4th quarter most QBs would have "gone into the tank." Hangover from the night before or not, Stabler came back to rally the Oilers to a 28-28 tie. You can't do that without heart.

@ballingdave05madrid91

7 ай бұрын

​@OilersLuvYaBlue whats that oilers song called in the beginning of the video

Should have kept Pastorini. Stabler was pretty well washed-up by 1980.

@howardcosell2022

Жыл бұрын

His time with Houston should have kept him out of the hall of fame

Al Davis is like a hero to me but trading stabler and casper away wasn't a smart decision for me although it worked for the Raiders because kenny king was explosive untapped talent but pastorini was a miss thank the lord plunkett was there to right that wrong.

@howardcosell2022

Жыл бұрын

Without King, the Raiders do not win in 1980, plain and simple

Screw the Oakland la lasvegas raiders

Stabler should not be in the HOF. he only had a few good seasons 1974-77 and he 2as a disaster in houston and new orleans. There is a reason it took 30 years to be enshrined. He spent more time partying than studying football.

It's absolutely crazy how Oilers fans romanticize Ken Stabler's two year stint in Houston. He was TERRIBLE!!!!

he couldnt win big games

@454sschevelle7

7 жыл бұрын

i correct myself he couldn't win in the playoffs cry puck

@DrDeath26

7 жыл бұрын

Well he won a Super Bowl easily, 32-14 over the Vikings. And he was great at dramatic come from behind wins. What about *The Sea Of Hands* game, beating Miami who had won the previous two Super Bowls. Or *The Ghost To The Post* ? You're full of shit that he couldn't win big games. He is the ONLY QB from the 70's to have a winning record over the Steelers. In a run era when most QB's completed 50 to 55% of their passes, *Snake* hit on 60%. Your comment is a bunch of shit.

@kirkfrench1311

5 жыл бұрын

454ss chevelle Bradshaw didn't own shit it was the Steelers defense that did without that defense Bradshaw would not have one ring and 4 no way

I love Kenny Stabler, but he STUNK as a Houston Oiler, FACT! Kenny was a HUGE FLOP as a Houston Oiler, his one winning year on the Oilers, he threw only 13 touchdowns but threw for 30 interceptions. The Oilers won games that year, but none of the winning had anything to do with him. Coach Bum Phillips got fired for trading away winning quarterback Dan Pastorini to bring way over the hill Kenny Stabler to Houston. Kenny Stabler turned hero Bum Phillips into a disgraced loser. TRUMP 2020

@kevincwatson6922

3 жыл бұрын

You just had to ruin your good point. SMH

@adambaum9732

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevincwatson6922 Oh, you one of those "Never Trump" voters. SHM

@kevincwatson6922

3 жыл бұрын

You made a good point about Stabler and the Oilers. There was no need to "bring politics into it", especially considering that it didn't age well, at all. LOL

@adambaum9732

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevincwatson6922 What world are you living in, TRUMP WON AND BY A LOT, FACT! The Supreme Court will fix all of the voter fraud and declare President Trump the winner, also fact!

@g.r.x.racer-1737

2 жыл бұрын

+@@adambaum9732 Still dreaming. Huh! Loser.

too bad they sucked