I was only 8 during the 1976 season and being a football fan was still years away for me. It's amazing watching the way the game was played back then. Those "closeline" hits on players look just nasty. It's a wonder more players didn't get crippled with what was allowed back then.
@ 11:30.....I love that music they use for the Raiders/Chargers highlights. And then the following game (Falcons/Saints) has awesome music too. Then comes the Bills vs Jets...and the music is even better. Finally, the Bears vs Vikings takes it up even another notch with a great piece of music as well. Just great stuff....Love these clips.
Colts-Dolphins music is pretty good too. That's the song my brother and I would hum when we were kids and pretending to be on NFL highlights, including running and tackling in slow-mo lol.
Raiders v. Chargers is an unnamed song by Bill Loose, Falcons v. Saints might be Man with a Mission by either Weber or Hermann, Jets v. Bills is another unnamed tune by Loose, then finally Disco Theme by Hermann for the Vikings.
Prior to fracturing a finger on his throwing hand, Staubach was on his way to having the greatest season of any QB in NFL history. Three games after this Week 5 win over the Giants, Staubach was still completing over 70 percent of his passes which is an insane statistic in the bump and run era. Roger remains the only QB to successfully transition from the bump and run era to the current 5 yard chuck rule. The 1977 season was the last season in the bump and run era and Staubach led the Cowboys to their 2nd Lombardi Trophy. The new rules were implemented prior to the 1978 season and all Roger did was lead the NFL in passer rating in 1978 and 1979. When it came to the QB position, Staubach filled every box (e.g., strong arm, accurate, mobile, a leader, thrived in the clutch, and he retired prior to the 1980 season with the highest QB rating in NFL history), and is easily one of the Top 5 QB's in NFL history.
At 2:58 Cincinnati cornerback (#37) Tommy Cassanova ran the ball in on a fumble. Cassanova went on to a career as a ophthalmologist in his native Louisiana and was elected to the Senate there as well
That play at 7:00 where Rick Upchurch almost got his head taken off today would be a penalty and suspension, good God!!! This was the game where Broncos offensive coach Max Coley missed because he was sick in the hospital and head coach John Ralston took over play calling and they were lost and only scored 3 points. It was soon after this that the players realized that while he was good at drafting talent and being positive that they needed someone with a bit more football gameday coaching and the "dirty dozen" sent that petition around trying to get him fired and it worked.
@Mac of All Trades Yes, owner Gerald Phipps gave Ralston the choice to be either coach or GM and he wanted to stay on as coach. Phipps figured he would choose that over GM, and they thought that Ralston the GM was spending too much money on Ralston the coach. Fred Gehrke was promoted to GM from assistant GM and director of player personnel, but he didn't fire Ralston right away. The player revolt "the Dirty Dozen" was going to hold a press conference to tell everyone how they didn't feel they could win a championship with Ralston as coach, but Phipps and Gehrke met them before they spoke and talked them out of doing so, had Billy Thompson read a very watered down statement saying that the players would back Gehrke as GM, but someone left the original statement out for the press to see and they had a field day with that! Ralston decided that he was going to fire offensive coordinator Max Coley who had not gotten along with Ralston, Gehrke got mad at that saying that he was in charge not Ralston and he had the last say, and it was then that Ralston was fired and the announcement came on 1/31/77, and Red Miller was announced as head coach the next day. And the management knew that keeping Ralston on after such a disruption wouldn't work, the players wouldn't have respected him and it just wouldn't have worked out keeping him on, that was plain to see.
@@howardcosell2022 metcAlf led in total yards. Gray led in tds and yards per game because he missed a lot with injuries. Still voted in by his peers to the pro bowl. When he played still took up the attetion of the entire secondary Harris and Otis don’t make pimples on those twos ass
@@finnfinn7703 Otis led his team in rushing the prior three years as it was a heavy loaded FB caring football era thanks to Jim Brown, Larry Csonka, and Franco Harris. Ike was on his way to stardom before going to the Saints and being overshadowed by one Wes Chandler
@@howardcosell2022 Ike Harris was in no way on his way to stardom. He was a jag. Benefited from the attention defenses gave to Gray. Much like Earl did before him.
@@finnfinn7703 I beg to differ. Ike held his own in the WFL playing with former first round picks Dave Parks and Dave Williams as well as great athletes and potential first round picks Kermit Johnson and James McAlister. Had Coryell brought him to San Diego, he would have been remembered as more then just a 'JAG'
Craig Morton quarterbacking (and losing with) the Giants vs. his former team - the Cowboys...whom he'd face again (and lose to again) in 1977...in the Super Bowl. The football gods have a weird sense of humor.
20:52 Love the Turkey Jones historic spiking of Bradshaw ....love the way he was just convulsing after the play. Imagine that in todays game...Jones would've went to JAIL
Wow - 20:54 - this is the famous clip of the Browns D-lineman doing a WWF takedown of Terry Bradshaw and slamming him on his head! I saw that game live as a kid! (Western PA family.) To this day I'm surprised TB didn't get his neck broken.
Yet one element was missing. That element came the next season. It came in the form of #33 Tony Dorsett. Then they became champs. How Bout Them Cowboys
Yet one element was missing. That element came the next season. It came in the form of #33 Tony Dorsett. Then they became champs. How Bout Them Cowboys
I’m a Giants fan ! Watching Joe Pisarack Quarter back was painful 😣! Look I can’t even spell his name ! All you Giants fans know what I’m talking about 😬😬
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I remember it well. At the time I was 6 going on 7 years old. Living in a city called Burnsville, Minnesota. Was very close to Bloomington. That might have been the first time I paid attention to a whole season. Super Bowl 11 was my first SB also. That was the last of the great Vikings Super Bowl run. They havent been there since. Maybe this is the year.
On a certain level I enjoy these videos...this was the NFL I grew up watching. But anyone who thinks this era was superior to today’s is kidding themselves. Far less talent than today’s players, but they made up for it with a juvenile appetite for stupid violence.
I think there is special talent in each era. The sizes and conditioning of the athletes sure has changed over the years. But the nature of this great game has not. That is the great drama of this game is always there. And I disagree on calling this game violent. It's hard physical contact. It's a collision sport not a violent one.
I doubt any players today work as a dentist in the offseason (like QB David Mays). When you make millions playing football, you can spend all year long with a private fitness instructor, nutritionist, life coach & many other people to help your career. In 1976 the average player in the NFL was working a part-time job in the offseason. If they had access to the medical innovations & support networks of today, they would be just as good.
YOU'RE HIGH if you think today's NFL is superior, esp if you're simply thinking of it in terms of talent level(s). Who gives a $hit about comparing talent levels?!?!?? The 70s are/were MILES above today's bull$hit and little bitch athletes and all the extra non-game related crap that goes along with it. You can keep today's players and today's NFL (I won't be watching or spending a fuckin' dime on any of it). The 70s are/were better b/c they NEVER avoided the rain, snow, or mud....b/c tackling was fucking tackling, violent (you're right on that) at times, but that was the chance you took if you agreed to be in THIS NFL. The players were REAL PEOPLE without Twitter accounts. They had FANS-not followers. They didn't waste time or money on tattoos or political agendas. They stood for the National Anthem, and they fucking played hurt frequently. Maybe today's players are more talented (not gonna argue that), but so what?? The guys/teams had magic and style without being prima donnas or show boats. They had immense respect for the game, and it showed. I'll take the 70s NFL ANY DAY over anything from the NFL in the last 35-40 years.
❤️ 1970s NFL football 🏈
NFL films music is just stellar.
Boy that music was really addictive NFL films had ! So good 👍👌
FKN awesome!!
1976 Cardoba
And a money belt
Jim "Red Wine" Merlot!! Only a true Saints fan would remember him!
I was only 8 during the 1976 season and being a football fan was still years away for me. It's amazing watching the way the game was played back then. Those "closeline" hits on players look just nasty. It's a wonder more players didn't get crippled with what was allowed back then.
@ 11:30.....I love that music they use for the Raiders/Chargers highlights. And then the following game (Falcons/Saints) has awesome music too. Then comes the Bills vs Jets...and the music is even better. Finally, the Bears vs Vikings takes it up even another notch with a great piece of music as well. Just great stuff....Love these clips.
Colts-Dolphins music is pretty good too. That's the song my brother and I would hum when we were kids and pretending to be on NFL highlights, including running and tackling in slow-mo lol.
@@raelraven3
I still remember pick sixes in the street or fields...it was hum the music, or belt out Howard Cosell impression. 😃
@@raelraven3 The Over the Hill Gang by Sam Spence, one of the all time classics.
Raiders v. Chargers is an unnamed song by Bill Loose, Falcons v. Saints might be Man with a Mission by either Weber or Hermann, Jets v. Bills is another unnamed tune by Loose, then finally Disco Theme by Hermann for the Vikings.
Bum Phillips - sweet jacket. Fashion icon!
Please more about this week in pro football... Thank you
@7:47 Joe Theismann did not win the Heisman Trophy.
Right...Jim Plunkett won it in '71
Lmbo...I didn't think so
Arrogant Theismann changed the pronunciation of his last name to rhyme with Heisman.
@@cschoen100 Yeah, it was pronounced "Theese-man" Theismann for Heisman was the slogan.
4:06 John Facenda would use that line three and a half years later in another NFL Films production....
Bradshaw to Swann, Super Bowl XIV film. Great ear.
I am going to listen right now and see if I recognize it. I should because I loved those SB highlights.
Oh hell yeah I recognize that. Great job. LOL I am glad I saw this comment or I'd have not watched that part.
Good catch!
When Jones spiked Bradshaw, that was criminal.
6:03...so how many teams had that red, white, and blue striping on the helmets? Nice little touch in the bicentennial year.
twit
I miss the old days of astroturf, the mud, snow, and rain, not to mention the clothesline tackle.
Amen to everything accept the astroturf.
Prior to fracturing a finger on his throwing hand, Staubach was on his way to having the greatest season of any QB in NFL history. Three games after this Week 5 win over the Giants, Staubach was still completing over 70 percent of his passes which is an insane statistic in the bump and run era. Roger remains the only QB to successfully transition from the bump and run era to the current 5 yard chuck rule. The 1977 season was the last season in the bump and run era and Staubach led the Cowboys to their 2nd Lombardi Trophy. The new rules were implemented prior to the 1978 season and all Roger did was lead the NFL in passer rating in 1978 and 1979. When it came to the QB position, Staubach filled every box (e.g., strong arm, accurate, mobile, a leader, thrived in the clutch, and he retired prior to the 1980 season with the highest QB rating in NFL history), and is easily one of the Top 5 QB's in NFL history.
screw dallas
Bob Griese
21:52: Pretty sure that’s the one that ‘The Duke’ was wearing at the end of Midnight Run.
At 2:58 Cincinnati cornerback (#37) Tommy Cassanova ran the ball in on a fumble. Cassanova went on to a career as a ophthalmologist in his native Louisiana and was elected to the Senate there as well
That play at 7:00 where Rick Upchurch almost got his head taken off today would be a penalty and suspension, good God!!!
This was the game where Broncos offensive coach Max Coley missed because he was sick in the hospital and head coach John Ralston took over play calling and they were lost and only scored 3 points. It was soon after this that the players realized that while he was good at drafting talent and being positive that they needed someone with a bit more football gameday coaching and the "dirty dozen" sent that petition around trying to get him fired and it worked.
And Turk Jones, would've been suspended for what he did to Terry Bradshaw.
@Mac of All Trades Yes, owner Gerald Phipps gave Ralston the choice to be either coach or GM and he wanted to stay on as coach. Phipps figured he would choose that over GM, and they thought that Ralston the GM was spending too much money on Ralston the coach. Fred Gehrke was promoted to GM from assistant GM and director of player personnel, but he didn't fire Ralston right away. The player revolt "the Dirty Dozen" was going to hold a press conference to tell everyone how they didn't feel they could win a championship with Ralston as coach, but Phipps and Gehrke met them before they spoke and talked them out of doing so, had Billy Thompson read a very watered down statement saying that the players would back Gehrke as GM, but someone left the original statement out for the press to see and they had a field day with that! Ralston decided that he was going to fire offensive coordinator Max Coley who had not gotten along with Ralston, Gehrke got mad at that saying that he was in charge not Ralston and he had the last say, and it was then that Ralston was fired and the announcement came on 1/31/77, and Red Miller was announced as head coach the next day. And the management knew that keeping Ralston on after such a disruption wouldn't work, the players wouldn't have respected him and it just wouldn't have worked out keeping him on, that was plain to see.
I bet Staubach really enjoyed all those Zippo lighters and that paperweight looking thing he won
Especially because I doubt a straight arrow guy like Staubach has ever smoked.
8:40 very cool. Some real hitting in those days.
Metcalf, Hart and Grey were awesome for the Cardinals that year
Jim Otis and Ike Harris led the team in rushing and receiving
@@howardcosell2022 metcAlf led in total yards. Gray led in tds and yards per game because he missed a lot with injuries. Still voted in by his peers to the pro bowl. When he played still took up the attetion of the entire secondary Harris and Otis don’t make pimples on those twos ass
@@finnfinn7703 Otis led his team in rushing the prior three years as it was a heavy loaded FB caring football era thanks to Jim Brown, Larry Csonka, and Franco Harris. Ike was on his way to stardom before going to the Saints and being overshadowed by one Wes Chandler
@@howardcosell2022 Ike Harris was in no way on his way to stardom. He was a jag. Benefited from the attention defenses gave to Gray. Much like Earl did before him.
@@finnfinn7703 I beg to differ. Ike held his own in the WFL playing with former first round picks Dave Parks and Dave Williams as well as great athletes and potential first round picks Kermit Johnson and James McAlister. Had Coryell brought him to San Diego, he would have been remembered as more then just a 'JAG'
Craig Morton quarterbacking (and losing with) the Giants vs. his former team - the Cowboys...whom he'd face again (and lose to again) in 1977...in the Super Bowl. The football gods have a weird sense of humor.
The Raiders showing the form that would take them to a Super Bowl title.
20:52 Love the Turkey Jones historic spiking of Bradshaw ....love the way he was just convulsing after the play. Imagine that in todays game...Jones would've went to JAIL
As he should. The NFL in this era was shameful.
Browns' fan here. It was a horrible tackle. Jones shouda been thrown in jail
@@gleeb2888 he was a typical dirty headhunter like charles martin
love convulsing?? what the hell's wrong with you??
the steelers were very dirty themselves, a little pay back never hurts.
The halcyon days of old ushering in the modern era of football.
Wow - 20:54 - this is the famous clip of the Browns D-lineman doing a WWF takedown of Terry Bradshaw and slamming him on his head! I saw that game live as a kid! (Western PA family.) To this day I'm surprised TB didn't get his neck broken.
How about the Steelers, winning 9 straight after that game and only giving up 28 points along with 5 shutouts during that span.
Pittsburgh ran the table after that loss until the AFC title game.
The only thing that mattered this week was the opening of the brand new Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands against the Cowboys.
98% of NFL fans couldn't give 2 fucks
Honestly, it was a drab and dismal stadium. ..as was the vet in philly, or three rivers, or riverfront....
The architect of the Lions defense that stifled the Pats that day? Bill Belichick
No he was their receivers coach
@@hetch71 No, he was the assistant special teams coach to Jerry Glanville
When football was REAL!!!!!
Going through the whole season....cowboys look tough to beat
Yet one element was missing. That element came the next season. It came in the form of #33 Tony Dorsett. Then they became champs. How Bout Them Cowboys
Yet one element was missing. That element came the next season. It came in the form of #33 Tony Dorsett. Then they became champs. How Bout Them Cowboys
Love listening to Ted Jackson
Prefer Harry Kalas, BY A COUNTRY MILE.
@@arthurbishop3173 not me. kalas is a BORE
That music in the tampa cincy game....nice
4:30 Fun Fact: The Cards beat the Cowboys in week 6 21-17.
I LOVE these highlights, but it's not the same without Harry Kalas 6/
When defensive players were allowed to hit someone without looking over their shoulder
Basically.
Great Memories
I’m a Giants fan ! Watching Joe Pisarack Quarter back was painful 😣! Look I can’t even spell his name ! All you Giants fans know what I’m talking about 😬😬
Miracle of the Meadowlands.
Back when all of the NFL teams had good uniforms.
awesome! I love classic football. I hope the nfl and UA-cam dont pull it 😔✌🏽
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@@jstube36 That's great! Appreciate the uploads.
@@civlyzed Glad you enjoy them. I've posted some more yesterday. Enjoy. Peace
I wouldn't put it past Goodell, that dirty, rotten, arrogant son of a bitch.
Script said Joe Thiesmann was a former Heisman Trophy winner which is not true!
that hit at 3:45... oh dear god-
Man Terry Bradshaw was frickin slammed.
Theismann did not win the Heisman. That was Jim Plunkett. Joe was runner-up.
The Pittsburgh Steelers, won 9 straight games after that and only gave up 28 points along with 5 shutouts, in those 9 games.
@macofalltrades6396 yep.tell me whom did they beat?
I wonder if Roger still has his "Cash Belt"? Can someone call him and find out? I'd like that "Cash Belt" myself.
with all of the money he has now, he has his own bank.
Narrator is a little harsh, eh?
Fun Fact in 1976 The Vikings beat the Bears by one point in Minnesota the Bears beat the Vikings by one point in Chicago in their 2 meetings
I remember it well. At the time I was 6 going on 7 years old. Living in a city called Burnsville, Minnesota. Was very close to Bloomington. That might have been the first time I paid attention to a whole season. Super Bowl 11 was my first SB also. That was the last of the great Vikings Super Bowl run. They havent been there since. Maybe this is the year.
The Bears also lost to the other Super Bowl team Oakland by 1 point 28-27
That hit on Bradshaw could have been career threatening. Trying to beat the best team in the divison since 1972 by means of playing dirty never works.
My favorite decades of football 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's after Goodell took over it's turned to crap!!!!!
Bart Starr in a leather jacket
maybe vinyl
On a certain level I enjoy these videos...this was the NFL I grew up watching. But anyone who thinks this era was superior to today’s is kidding themselves. Far less talent than today’s players, but they made up for it with a juvenile appetite for stupid violence.
I think there is special talent in each era. The sizes and conditioning of the athletes sure has changed over the years. But the nature of this great game has not. That is the great drama of this game is always there. And I disagree on calling this game violent. It's hard physical contact. It's a collision sport not a violent one.
I doubt any players today work as a dentist in the offseason (like QB David Mays). When you make millions playing football, you can spend all year long with a private fitness instructor, nutritionist, life coach & many other people to help your career. In 1976 the average player in the NFL was working a part-time job in the offseason. If they had access to the medical innovations & support networks of today, they would be just as good.
YOU'RE HIGH if you think today's NFL is superior, esp if you're simply thinking of it in terms of talent level(s). Who gives a $hit about comparing talent levels?!?!?? The 70s are/were MILES above today's bull$hit and little bitch athletes and all the extra non-game related crap that goes along with it. You can keep today's players and today's NFL (I won't be watching or spending a fuckin' dime on any of it).
The 70s are/were better b/c they NEVER avoided the rain, snow, or mud....b/c tackling was fucking tackling, violent (you're right on that) at times, but that was the chance you took if you agreed to be in THIS NFL. The players were REAL PEOPLE without Twitter accounts. They had FANS-not followers. They didn't waste time or money on tattoos or political agendas. They stood for the National Anthem, and they fucking played hurt frequently. Maybe today's players are more talented (not gonna argue that), but so what?? The guys/teams had magic and style without being prima donnas or show boats. They had immense respect for the game, and it showed. I'll take the 70s NFL ANY DAY over anything from the NFL in the last 35-40 years.