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  • 80's Forgotten Playoff Classic Lions vs. 49ers 1983, NFC Divisional)
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  • @chriscastaneda9362
    @chriscastaneda9362 6 місяців тому +116

    4:42 "where's America's team? At home watching." 😂 words still true to this day

    • @Mark-xl1ze
      @Mark-xl1ze 6 місяців тому +3

      Unfortunately. Thanks a lot, Jerry.

    • @jeromenichols1154
      @jeromenichols1154 6 місяців тому +4

      And that's why Dallas is America's Team, because people like you can't keep them outta your mouth. America's Team, doesn't mean you win all the time, it means ur the most popular, most viewed, most merchandise, most hated, and most loved. You people can't get that through your head....the Lions haven't won since the 50's & the 49ers since 94. Going & losing, is worse than not going at all

    • @starguy2718
      @starguy2718 6 місяців тому +8

      How 'bout them Cowgirls!
      😄😄😄

    • @Mark-xl1ze
      @Mark-xl1ze 6 місяців тому +3

      @@starguy2718 Who are the Cowgirls?

    • @3N2sw
      @3N2sw 6 місяців тому +2

      😂

  • @JD-ib9zd
    @JD-ib9zd 6 місяців тому +157

    NFL throwback never misses with the timing of these uploads 🔥

    • @splitman1129
      @splitman1129 6 місяців тому +9

      They strategically release them to get us more excited for the games for more hype. Great marketing.

    • @goofyappleman
      @goofyappleman 6 місяців тому

      @@splitman1129 shut up nerd

    • @natecavender897
      @natecavender897 6 місяців тому +3

      This is a true deep cut

    • @djeanpierre
      @djeanpierre 6 місяців тому

      @@splitman1129and for the algorithm. 😎

    • @IlluminovaNibiru
      @IlluminovaNibiru 6 місяців тому +2

      That last field goal was on target man the wind blew that one away.

  • @minnielady7876
    @minnielady7876 6 місяців тому +21

    All 3 playoff meetings between them have been legendary

    • @the406seadonkey6
      @the406seadonkey6 6 місяців тому +1

      True. Good point. Few and far between but substantial.

    • @thefrase7884
      @thefrase7884 Місяць тому +1

      Entertaining and close does not equal legendary

    • @MarvinClay-ck7zj
      @MarvinClay-ck7zj Місяць тому +1

      ​@@thefrase7884legendary for the teams that won.

  • @manuginobilisbaldspot2
    @manuginobilisbaldspot2 6 місяців тому +113

    Gary Danielson threw FIVE INTS and the Lions still should've won. Whole different game 40 years ago. Shoutout Billy Sims, the original running #20 for Detroit (don't wanna snub the great Lem Barney).

    • @davidroberts7282
      @davidroberts7282 6 місяців тому +8

      Danielson was a very mediocre-at-best QB during his career and even that description maybe too kind and polite because a lot of other times, frankly he just sucked. Eric Hipple wasnt much better, but he did show flashes of being a really good, not Pro-Bowl caliber QB but above-serviceable.
      Thats one major reason why those early 80's Lions teams only went so far despite being loaded with great, Pro-Bowl talent on both sides of the ball but like the then-L.A. Rams, what kept them from going further was terrible, woeful QB play. If they had had a Joe Ferguson, Steve Bartkowski, or Steve Grogan second-tier like QB's back then, they wouldve won 2-3 games then they did and gone further in the post-season.
      Detroit Lions, at least in the context of the 1980's, their run ended when Billy Sims suffered an ACL injury next season in a game vs. Vikings and these injuries, back in that time-period were usually career-enders.
      It's very likely that if Sims had never gotten injured, remained healthy for well over a decade or so, Detroit achieves a lot more success but there's a catch...
      They likely don't end up needing a RB in the 1989 draft and probably aren't in the high position to get one anyway so Barry Sanders never plays for the Lions.

    • @JAWrightonline
      @JAWrightonline 6 місяців тому +3

      ​@@davidroberts7282Good points, except...JOE FERGUSON?!?!?

    • @jamesgoines7663
      @jamesgoines7663 6 місяців тому +2

      What about that Heisman winner name Barry Sanders, a HOF great who wore #20?

    • @ChrisHonowayOFFICIAL
      @ChrisHonowayOFFICIAL 6 місяців тому

      @@davidroberts7282 I thought about if Billy never got hurt but by 1989 he would have been a bit past his prime. Sanders never had a decent backup running back and he desperately needed one.

    • @lzv6990
      @lzv6990 6 місяців тому +3

      @@davidroberts7282
      Why did the Lions draft a fullback in James Jones in the quarterback rich draft of 1983 when they were so in need of one?

  • @blakebrown84
    @blakebrown84 6 місяців тому +30

    Joe Montana finished the game completing 18 of 31 passes for 201 yards and a touchdown, with one interception, while also rushing for 16 yards. Lions quarterback Gary Danielson finished his only career playoff game completing 24 of 38 passes for 236 yards, but was intercepted five times. Lions running back Billy Sims was the top rusher of the game with 20 carries for 116 yards and two touchdowns. He also caught four passes for 26 yards. That’s a classic playoff performance!!!

    • @thewkovacs316
      @thewkovacs316 6 місяців тому +4

      danielson had a good arm....but no mobility
      sims was a heck of a back

    • @blakebrown84
      @blakebrown84 6 місяців тому +1

      Yeah Gary Danielson is a quarterback playing for his hometown Lions. Billy Sims was heck of a great back during his playing days

    • @sebastiangonzalez-pf7zi
      @sebastiangonzalez-pf7zi 6 місяців тому

      This game lions fail 2 fielgoals 41 years play same equipment and fail 2 -4 downs

  • @stoak3803
    @stoak3803 6 місяців тому +10

    The intro music though 😮‍💨

  • @RLFLOWS
    @RLFLOWS 6 місяців тому +74

    I was lucky enough to have 49ers season tickets in 1983 as a 15 year old. I was at this game. The 49ers were lucky they won this game because of the missed field goal. Great memories.

    • @donnix1192
      @donnix1192 6 місяців тому +8

      One of my first NFL heartbreaks involved the 80s 49ers. It was the 1988 NFC Championship Game, January 6, 1989 at Soldier Field in Chicago. I was 7, first year with vivid memories of the Chicago Bears. I was not old enough to remember the 85 team but this was going to be another trip to the Super Bowl, number XXlll to play the Bengals in Miami. I remember my dad saying that SF wouldn’t be able to win in freezing temperatures on the lakefront, we were going to watch the game at a coworker of my dad’s house. It was a disaster , 28-3-I remember going downstairs in the late second half to watch some kids play Castlevania. My dad’s cousin in SF ,a diehard Niners fan,sent us a copy of the San Francisco Chronicle after they beat Cincinnati-I still have that paper.

    • @djeanpierre
      @djeanpierre 6 місяців тому

      @@donnix1192 I remember that game clearly. I was 10 years old in the south suburbs of Chicago watching with my dad (RIP). I remember before the game everyone was saying how the 49ers were a "sunshine" team and how they couldn't play in the cold. I remember the morning of the game I was in the car with my mom and I remember Al Joyner on WGCI FM radio saying "I think it's time for the Bears to kick some 49er butt!" My dad didn't think so. He said that the 49ers would go downtown to Marshall Field's, buy some thermal underwear, and kick the Bears' butt, and that's exactly what they did. We were all Bears fans, but my dad knew that San Francisco was the better team. That game was such a disappointment and the Bears wouldn't seriously contend for Super Bowl for a long time after that.
      In 2010 I saw Jerry Rice in Las Vegas signing autographs and I asked him did he remember this game and he said "IT WAS COLD!!!!"

    • @smoothALOE
      @smoothALOE 6 місяців тому +6

      It’s amazing to me that the Lions were even in it with their QB throwing 5 INTs. That’s how good their defense was. What a game!

    • @seancanova7396
      @seancanova7396 6 місяців тому +6

      You notice how weak and inaccurate the kickers were back then. Today they kicking 'em from sixty and hitting the net.

    • @smoothALOE
      @smoothALOE 6 місяців тому +3

      @@seancanova7396 well, I think the field conditions and equipment played a part, too. Today, they have better balls and shoes and fields and play inside of domes and all that. The skill set has probably improved, but I think that’s only one aspect of it.

  • @JStantonX
    @JStantonX 6 місяців тому +12

    It’s crazy to know the outcome of the game and STILL be on the edge of my seat watching it 😅😅😅

  • @caddyman1962pp
    @caddyman1962pp 6 місяців тому +11

    The look on monte Clark’s face at the end, made me teary eyed 😢

    • @kidmack3556
      @kidmack3556 4 місяці тому

      I remember when he coached the Forty Niners.
      So I feel bad for him too.

  • @tufstuff2586
    @tufstuff2586 6 місяців тому +20

    Billy Sims was awesome

    • @jeffreyfertuck9369
      @jeffreyfertuck9369 6 місяців тому

      Always remember that high step into the end zone

  • @mellhumphrey5870
    @mellhumphrey5870 6 місяців тому +8

    I'm glad i wasn't old enough to have watched this game live.
    5 ints and 2 missed FGs wow!

  • @donnix1192
    @donnix1192 6 місяців тому +19

    Danielson taking 7 step drops out of the Shotgun…….. damn

  • @planetp0sitions
    @planetp0sitions 6 місяців тому +16

    the crowd reaction after Montana’s game winner was insane. chills

  • @jwhite514
    @jwhite514 6 місяців тому +12

    Look I’m a bears 🐻 fan but I love the throwback lions uniforms that silhouette of the lion is classic and needs to be brought back

    • @buckjones4901
      @buckjones4901 3 місяці тому

      I agree those uniforms and helmets were the best.

  • @eMCEe131
    @eMCEe131 6 місяців тому +26

    I almost passed out watching this game. We was all praying. And this was only the beginning of the hurt. The great Billy Sims never got this far again and the legendary Barry Sanders would go through the same heartbreak. We are finally back! And again with #16 at quarterback! WILL🏈WE🏈FINALLY🏈BREAK🏈THE🏉CURSE??? A tough task....but if the Wolverines can get over, so can the LiONS! gO-HONOLULUBLUE!!!🏈 And thank you NFL Throwback...MUCH❣

  • @quasimoto7662
    @quasimoto7662 6 місяців тому +49

    That one was a heartbreaker. The lions really should’ve won that one… if Danielson didn’t have a career bad day, and if Murray, one of the best kickers at that time, could make a (for the time) difficult but reasonably plausible field goal.

    • @travisfinucane
      @travisfinucane 6 місяців тому +4

      Looks like niners kicker missed a couple gimmes, too (by modern standards)

    • @igorslocks
      @igorslocks 6 місяців тому +6

      Was just saying how much the state of Kicking -punting & field goals- has improved throughout the entire league. By leaps and bounds compared to the 80s

    • @sludge8506
      @sludge8506 6 місяців тому

      @@igorslocks That first punt was ugly.

    • @davidroberts7282
      @davidroberts7282 6 місяців тому +1

      Unless you had a Morten Andersen or Gary Anderson on your team back then as PK, most NFL PK's 40 years ago are mediocre, underachieving noobs compared to their modern successors.

    • @davidroberts7282
      @davidroberts7282 6 місяців тому +4

      Although, I will say their were some very good, reliable PK's back then like Norm Johnson of Seattle, Raphael Septien of Dallas, and Eddie Murray of course with Detroit. The thing is or the problem with Eddie Murray is that most seasons during his career, he'd be the kind of PK who makes 35-44 and 35/35 on XP's but he tended to have a knack for missing potential game-winning FG's or FG's that closed games. He was extremely accurate except sometimes when you really needed him to be, he choked or missed. In other words, Murray wasnt always the best clutch kicker. Other PK's during that era were much more reliable (and Clutch) like Norm Johnson, and Morten Andersen and when you have the whole world on your shoulders, hopes and dreams of your entire team riding on making that game-winning FG in OT that takes you to the playoffs or wins a playoff game, that's the sign of how great a PK you really are.
      Murray didn't always rise up to that ultimate challenge when his team's and city's hopes were depending on him the most.

  • @kbob1163
    @kbob1163 6 місяців тому +16

    I watched this back in '83 and haven't seen it since. I only remembered that it came down to a missed field goal. The shot of Walsh letting out a sigh of relief looks very familiar. I had forgotten about all the interceptions.

    • @thewkovacs316
      @thewkovacs316 6 місяців тому +3

      i had forgotten that ray had missed a 45 yarder

    • @glennhubbard5008
      @glennhubbard5008 6 місяців тому +1

      I had thought it was a 50-yard attempt all these years.

  • @jeffreekoch9298
    @jeffreekoch9298 6 місяців тому +6

    Oh damn! I remember this game. Watched this when I was a kid with our older neighbors after we had finished playing football outside. I recall the game was going back and forth with the Lions almost pulling off the upset. We were all pulling for Detroit. They shoulf have won. Danielsen kept thowing interceptions and the missed FGs. Their defense played well during that game. We were bummed out when Murray missed the FG at the end. Weird, he was a long time good kicker too.

    • @jeraldmccarthy785
      @jeraldmccarthy785 6 місяців тому +2

      He got his super bowl ring finally wen the lions let him go and Dallas picked him up .part of that Dallas teams with smith and Aikmen

  • @adamzielinski2001
    @adamzielinski2001 6 місяців тому +35

    People forget just how good Billy Sims was

    • @Mark-xl1ze
      @Mark-xl1ze 6 місяців тому +2

      Yep. Boomer!

    • @sludge8506
      @sludge8506 6 місяців тому +4

      Nobody forgot how good Billy Sims was, except you, champ.

    • @adamzielinski2001
      @adamzielinski2001 6 місяців тому +2

      @@sludge8506 I’m sure someday did genius. Nice sn btw 🤭

    • @adamzielinski2001
      @adamzielinski2001 6 місяців тому +3

      @@sludge8506 Next all you hear or associate with The Lions is Barry Sanders so don’t tell me people didn’t forget how good Billy Sims was. You’re probably a bot 🤖 boy anyways 😂

    • @Riles3152
      @Riles3152 6 місяців тому +2

      Billy Simms was tremendous! Barry Sanders was the most dynamic and electrifying running back ever, but all things considered, Billy was a more versatile and prototypical style of running back.

  • @starguy2718
    @starguy2718 6 місяців тому +18

    Lions: "Wide right!"
    Bills: "We feel your pain."

    • @guyincogneto8979
      @guyincogneto8979 6 місяців тому +2

      Or, " I hope that doesn't happen to us".

  • @Mark-xl1ze
    @Mark-xl1ze 6 місяців тому +34

    This game took place on New Year's Eve 1983. The first postseason meeting between these two teams since the 1957 Western Conference Playoff game and the last postseason meeting between these two until the 2023 NFC Championship game.

    • @LiamDeege
      @LiamDeege 6 місяців тому +4

      I remember seeing something about how the Lions were trailing by a ton in 1957 and people thought the 49ers would roll away with it and started making tickets for the championship game which would’ve been Cleveland and San Francisco, only for the Lions to spoil the day for everyone.

    • @Mark-xl1ze
      @Mark-xl1ze 6 місяців тому +3

      @@LiamDeege Yeah... the Lions trailed, 24-7, only to come back and win, 31-27.

    • @LiamDeege
      @LiamDeege 6 місяців тому

      @@Mark-xl1ze Yeah I was in Canton last summer for my graduation and I went to an exhibit where they told the audience that I was a part of the story of that game.

    • @Mark-xl1ze
      @Mark-xl1ze 6 місяців тому +1

      @@LiamDeege Nice

    • @vincesmith2499
      @vincesmith2499 6 місяців тому +4

      First postseason meeting @ Kezar. Then Candlestick. Now Levi's.

  • @caddyman1962pp
    @caddyman1962pp 6 місяців тому +17

    The missed field goal was the most devastating as a 45 year lion fan

    • @camiloalarcon4924
      @camiloalarcon4924 6 місяців тому +5

      Not taking field goals is worst! 😂

    • @Vic-Vega
      @Vic-Vega 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@camiloalarcon4924😅😂🤣

    • @jameslawson2663
      @jameslawson2663 2 місяці тому

      That was the great Eddie Murray to. Mr automatic. That was one of very few he ever missed at that range over a very long career.

  • @LiamDeege
    @LiamDeege 6 місяців тому +43

    40 years later and the Lions put together their greatest season in the Super Bowl era

    • @kevinuchiha6830
      @kevinuchiha6830 6 місяців тому +4

      Will they win the sb?

    • @LiamDeege
      @LiamDeege 6 місяців тому +5

      @@kevinuchiha6830 Probably not but it would be insane if they somehow did.

    • @walterwhite1
      @walterwhite1 6 місяців тому +4

      0-16 never forget.. 😂 GO PACK GO

    • @pi_dev
      @pi_dev 6 місяців тому

      16 years ago. irrelevant@@walterwhite1

    • @LiamDeege
      @LiamDeege 6 місяців тому +1

      @@walterwhite1 If only we got Packers Lions in the NFC Championship this year. It would’ve been a great must watch.

  • @caiusKeys
    @caiusKeys 6 місяців тому +23

    Pro-tip: 49ers went on to lose to the Washington R3dskins on a TOTALLY BOGUS INTERFERENCE PENALTY in the NFC Championship, but Joe, having some extra time on his hands, did a razor commercial and ended up marrying the model, Jennifer, so it all worked out.

    • @finchborat
      @finchborat 6 місяців тому +8

      And the Redskins went on to get blown out vs the Raiders. That would be the Raiders last title and their last SB trip until 2002.

    • @therealjaystone2344
      @therealjaystone2344 6 місяців тому +2

      NFL didn’t want the most violent SB matchup between SF & LA. There is a documentary video explaining about the rivalry.

    • @therealjaystone2344
      @therealjaystone2344 6 місяців тому +1

      @@finchboratand their last ever SB ring to this day. LA didn’t win another SB ring til 2021 Rams.

    • @caiusKeys
      @caiusKeys 6 місяців тому +2

      @@therealjaystone2344 Know about the rivalry, but didn't put it together with the bogus pass interference call -- good point.

    • @jeraldmccarthy785
      @jeraldmccarthy785 6 місяців тому +1

      If you watch that whole game redskins had some B's calls go against them in that game as well.andvwhats up w/the kickers in them two games with missed FG's Murray missed 2 or 3 and Mosley missed 4or 5 in championship game.

  • @plainsimple244
    @plainsimple244 6 місяців тому +3

    There are times I watch old games or TV shows and I wish I could just dive into that time period and live life and visit myself as I grew during those times while enjoying those times as an adult. HAHAHA!

  • @isaiahwest-sp1bm
    @isaiahwest-sp1bm 6 місяців тому +11

    It’s amazing that with all the ineptitude of Gary Danielson showed they Lions still had a chance to steal that game

  • @eulissbenoit816
    @eulissbenoit816 6 місяців тому +8

    Football was glorious back then

  • @dredhead117
    @dredhead117 6 місяців тому +7

    7:11 - that banner says"Where is America's team? At home watching", proving that our parents and grandparents trolled fans of opposing NFL teams the same way we do

  • @jeffdew7110
    @jeffdew7110 6 місяців тому +10

    Remember this as a kid. Murray’s 2 missed fgs killed us. Don’t win many w 5 ints, but for as good as he was, Eddie killed us

    • @buckjones4901
      @buckjones4901 6 місяців тому +4

      Yup the Lions basically lost the game more than the 49ers won it.

    • @PhilJHaast7695
      @PhilJHaast7695 6 місяців тому +1

      He hit one over 50 yards out.

  • @Inzaynmembrain97
    @Inzaynmembrain97 6 місяців тому +30

    Kinda crazy the lions threw 5 picks and still quite honestly should’ve won the game this lions defense must’ve been really good because the 49ers seemed to only have one really good drive the whole game

    • @JES408
      @JES408 6 місяців тому

      The 49ers had 5 or 6 turnovers during the catch gane against the cowboys and still won so no excuse to the lions for losing 😂

  • @fortynights1513
    @fortynights1513 6 місяців тому +148

    Detroit’s last playoff appearance until 1991.

    • @chrisuncleahmad
      @chrisuncleahmad 6 місяців тому +22

      And their only playoff appearance from 1971-1990

    • @swirly3643
      @swirly3643 6 місяців тому +11

      @@chrisuncleahmadI was just bouta say I’m shocked anytime I see Detroit in a playoff matchup on here 😂

    • @finchborat
      @finchborat 6 місяців тому +6

      @@chrisuncleahmad Actually, 1 of 2. They were in the expanded playoffs in 1982.

    • @JAWrightonline
      @JAWrightonline 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@finchboratGood catch.

    • @walterwhite1
      @walterwhite1 6 місяців тому +2

      Hahaha, never forget there 0-16 season worst team in NFL history 😂. Scrubs of the NFL

  • @123slasher.16
    @123slasher.16 6 місяців тому +10

    WR Mark Nichols was the Lions first round pick in 1981.
    During the air traffic controller strike in July of that year, I was at the Lions training camp at Oakland University playing basketball with him and he took his wet jersey off and threw it on the floor and I went up for a rebound and slipped on his wet jersey and sprung my ankle, the day before I was supposed to leave for Marine Corps Boot camp.

  • @wizard1687
    @wizard1687 6 місяців тому +2

    Gary Danielson displaying pinpoint accuarcy with finding the Niners secondary...

  • @kevinblanch
    @kevinblanch 6 місяців тому +4

    chip SHOT WIDE RIGHT ;; 41 year later THEY MEET AGAIN in San Fran Jan. 28 2024 NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LONG LONG LONG WAIT ;;

  • @brianivey73
    @brianivey73 6 місяців тому +6

    Excellent upload! What a game...injuries to Dwight Clark and QB Eric Hipple made both teams dig deeper on the depth chart. What game by Sims and Russ Francis!

  • @that_dave_show
    @that_dave_show 6 місяців тому +2

    Good Morning Football had Gary Danielson on and they featured highlights of this game. Danielson threw 5 picks in this game.

  • @sftheletters
    @sftheletters 6 місяців тому +29

    Roger Craig was so ahead of his time as a duel threat RB. Deserves to be in the HOF

    • @user-wx8uj4xr2q
      @user-wx8uj4xr2q 6 місяців тому +3

      He was also a great Wordl Series pitching coach for the Tigers.

    • @drae1976
      @drae1976 6 місяців тому +3

      The fumble keeps him out.

    • @albertomolina3868
      @albertomolina3868 6 місяців тому +1

      The fact that he is not in the hall of fame is disgraceful. One of if not the best halfback in history

    • @lemontadams3029
      @lemontadams3029 6 місяців тому

      Hardly the 1st duel threat

    • @albertomolina3868
      @albertomolina3868 6 місяців тому +2

      @@lemontadams3029 Is absolutely a dual threat. 3 rings to prove it. This is a perfect example of the man not getting the respect he deserves. The 40 niners would not have won without him. It was a juggernaut of a team effort

  • @mandeango1
    @mandeango1 6 місяців тому +4

    As a native Detroiter I forgot all about this game until my former co-worker (as I now live in the Bay Area) told me about it. Danielson threw 5 picks - WOW, and they still had a chance to win this game. That was a really good defense with Doug English, and Bill Gay. Shout out to James Jones an excellent fullback, and no.20 Billy Sims (if only he could have stayed healthy). The best team the Lions have ever had in my lifetime. Maybe this weekend the outcome will be different.

    • @Nhamp2000
      @Nhamp2000 6 місяців тому +1

      Don't forget Bubba Baker.

    • @walterwhite1
      @walterwhite1 6 місяців тому

      Detroit was the first non-expansion team to lose every game in a full season since World War II. This was their second winless season in franchise history (1942, see below). With this season, the Lions became only the second NFL franchise with two full winless seasons, and the only one still in existence; this was also the first winless season since the institution of the 16-game schedule in 1978 (that was used until 2020). 😂😂😂😂
      GO PACK GO!!

  • @watsonroadster3707
    @watsonroadster3707 6 місяців тому +4

    Look...I'm a Chicago Bears fan and we play the Lions twice a year I hope the Bear whip the Lions every time we play them...I'm rooting for the Lions today and I know a lot of Bear fans are, as well...Now, can Detroit please bring back these uniforms again??...P.S. I remember watching this game and Detroit should have won this one...

  • @jomei63
    @jomei63 6 місяців тому +7

    The comeback kid never disappoints😅

    • @kidmack3556
      @kidmack3556 3 місяці тому

      He was such a phenomenon...
      I kinda remember watching this game, dont remember how close it really was, and I remember not being concerned in the least that they were going to win.
      That's what being one of the Faithful meant to me during the Montana/Walsh era.

  • @philroche4792
    @philroche4792 6 місяців тому +2

    I too was fortunate enough to have attended this game. Great fun from a simpler time.

  • @Yungdikdong
    @Yungdikdong 6 місяців тому +5

    Meatloaf was a pretty good head coach. Good thing he fell back on music.

  • @GoLions67
    @GoLions67 6 місяців тому +2

    Eddie Murray and his misses… great

  • @leventahmed82
    @leventahmed82 6 місяців тому +2

    I remember watching this game it was on New Year's Eve Lions fan I remember thinking this game is a lot closer than it should have been. And now that I rewatch it I can see why.

  • @charlespapineau5428
    @charlespapineau5428 6 місяців тому +4

    I remember this game very well. I still feel the pain of Murray's missed field goal.

  • @OTRTrader
    @OTRTrader 6 місяців тому +1

    I was 13 YO while watching this game with my parents and brother. I was convinced that the 49ers weren't going to make it, but when the missed FG attempt happened, I jumped up, started running through the house completely ecstatic and tackled the closet door, making a mess inside. I heard one of the commentators then say "the 49ers should not have won". I'm hearing so many people say that this week. My father inspected the closet door and concluded that there was no damage and I wouldn't be in trouble, and then he reminded me every year during 49er playoffs not to tackle the closet door. I went to my neighbors house one year during one of the 49er games, so he called over there and said "make sure he doesn't attack the closet door!" The neighbor was like "huh"? This past Sunday evening I didn't have a closet door to tackle because I was in a hotel room, so I thought about going after the bathroom door, but I figured the neighbors would have called downstairs to complain, I could hear my father laughing and rubbing it in "haha whatcha gonna tackle now?". I also kept hearing something in the background to the effect of "history repeats itself, and we're here to confirm it." Good memories, good times!

  • @astrostar49
    @astrostar49 6 місяців тому +5

    And special shoutout to Billy Sims. Hell of a player that would have had a more memorable career if it wasn't for that knee injury.

    • @curtisrodriguez938
      @curtisrodriguez938 6 місяців тому +1

      He was an awesome running back. I remember him as being a very dangerous running back.

  • @user-nc6iy9gz9r
    @user-nc6iy9gz9r 6 місяців тому +4

    The heartbreak ends, today

  • @csnide6702
    @csnide6702 6 місяців тому +1

    The sight of Monte praying on the sideline before Murray's kick has stayed with me all this time...... 🤣

    • @alpardo4124
      @alpardo4124 6 місяців тому

      Well, he couldn't go unto a closet....

  • @sonofrobert
    @sonofrobert 6 місяців тому +2

    The crowd and announcers are so much better than today's NFL.

  • @ervinghenderson4780
    @ervinghenderson4780 6 місяців тому +3

    NFL Throwback... easily the best channel on UA-cam. Great upload.

  • @vesubioromo9425
    @vesubioromo9425 6 місяців тому +2

    Danielson, Simms, Murray, Marlborough ads.
    Classic indeed.

  • @rjpsuh06
    @rjpsuh06 6 місяців тому +12

    Frank Glieber and Dick Vermeil called this one on CBS.
    Lions Quarterback Gary Danielson would end up with the SEC Football on CBS as the analyst 23 years later.
    Frank Glieber’s last game before he passed away was a Trail Blazers-Lakers NBA Playoff game on CBS in 1985. His analyst? James Brown, who now hosts The NFL Today on CBS.

    • @rayj1013
      @rayj1013 6 місяців тому +6

      Gary was with ABC college football for a while with Brent Musburger and Jack Arute. They had some great calls

    • @packersauburneric3625
      @packersauburneric3625 6 місяців тому

      Ya the sec guy everyone loved lmao

    • @packersauburneric3625
      @packersauburneric3625 6 місяців тому

      ​@@rayj1013the Brady drew Henson years remember and atrain)

    • @BC16808
      @BC16808 6 місяців тому +1

      Interesting information. Didn't know all of it.

    • @rayj1013
      @rayj1013 6 місяців тому

      @@packersauburneric3625 yup! That's when I became a Mich fan. I loved David Terrell

  • @ludvigborga3676
    @ludvigborga3676 6 місяців тому +3

    This was a very talented 49er team the Lions almost defeated. The next year, the Niners would put together the most dominant NFL season in history - missing perfection by only a field goal.

  • @playdiscgolf1546
    @playdiscgolf1546 6 місяців тому +3

    Both quarterbacks are wearing #16. Let’s get it today Jared Goff!

  • @Bigd2k
    @Bigd2k 6 місяців тому +4

    These are some of my favorite throwback games. The ones before I started watching football (starred early 90’s). All the better getting to see my Niners win.

  • @ssjay5393
    @ssjay5393 6 місяців тому +7

    Malborro advertisement lol

  • @glennhubbard5008
    @glennhubbard5008 6 місяців тому +4

    I could not believe Murray choked like that. Great teams always get the breaks.

  • @bocagoodtimes1460
    @bocagoodtimes1460 2 місяці тому

    The joy of those Forty Niner fans!!! The 80's were glorious days!

  • @greencm7142
    @greencm7142 6 місяців тому +3

    Amazing divisional playoff! Thrilling ending.

  • @willmack5909
    @willmack5909 6 місяців тому +2

    I miss these classic looking uniforms. I remember the 70s so well when Detroit and San Fran were bottom feeders. Would be cool if Detroit actually wins tomorrow but I have my doubts. This reminds me of the USFL as most of the team helmets in that league were silver or gold just like here! I also miss the Lions old wordmark font, that "western" font that San Fran and Dallas both still use.

  • @bjarczyk
    @bjarczyk 6 місяців тому +4

    So the Bills aren’t the only one with a heart breaking wide right loss.

    • @kidndrei998
      @kidndrei998 6 місяців тому

      Wide right before wide right became a thing

  • @kidmack3556
    @kidmack3556 4 місяці тому

    You're absolutely right about this and some other playoff games being forgotten...
    I watched this game, I remember where I watched it and who I watched it with and that the Forty Niners won... But that's all.
    1983 was my ALL TIME favorite Forty Niner campaign too!

  • @tonj02
    @tonj02 6 місяців тому +3

    Thanks for this!
    I was looking for this game a while back and nobody had it

  • @royboy9361
    @royboy9361 6 місяців тому +1

    The Lions were resilient to have a chance to win with five interceptions. I was sicker than a dog that day, heard the crowd cheer from bed after Murray missed from 43.

  • @fixxxer3456
    @fixxxer3456 6 місяців тому +4

    Oh wow! Beautiful shot around 1:25 of the seats used for baseball at Candlestick Park

    • @scotttild
      @scotttild 6 місяців тому

      All the empties at the football games always made for a bad look.

    • @timburr4453
      @timburr4453 3 місяці тому

      ​@@scotttildThose seats werent sold they were mostly obstructed views

  • @ColoradoSportsFan178
    @ColoradoSportsFan178 6 місяців тому +9

    Back in the day. Back when there were only 2 Wild Card games, the Seahawks were in the AFC, and of course the Detroit Lions were in the infamous NFC Central! I hate to say it like this, but the original wide right!? What an interesting NFC Championship that would have been..Detroit and Washington. Well, the Lions are here now, and this is their chance! Super excited for this NFC Championship Game 🔥

    • @chrisuncleahmad
      @chrisuncleahmad 6 місяців тому +4

      Those Seahawks you mentioned won at Miami earlier on the same day as this DET/SF game

    • @ColoradoSportsFan178
      @ColoradoSportsFan178 6 місяців тому

      @@chrisuncleahmad They sure did! They beat my Broncos to get to that game😭

    • @greencm7142
      @greencm7142 6 місяців тому

      Yep! The NFC Central division was no joke!

    • @finchborat
      @finchborat 6 місяців тому +1

      @@chrisuncleahmad Like the 49ers, they won in come from behind fashion on the road.
      And that yr, the Seahawks made their lone AFC title game and lost to the final Raiders team to win the SB. The anniversary of Super Bowl 18 was earlier this week.

    • @JAWrightonline
      @JAWrightonline 6 місяців тому +1

      The Washington-Detroit matchup wouldn't have been interesting. The Lions:
      A) Hadn't beaten Washington since 1965
      B) Had never beaten Washington in Washington.
      And the season before, they annihilated the Lions in the playoffs in RFK Stadium.

  • @sycasey
    @sycasey 6 місяців тому +1

    Field goal kicking sure was an adventure back then!

    • @timburr4453
      @timburr4453 3 місяці тому

      As it should be. Nowadays it just seems to be robokickers kicking in perfect conditions. Back then you had different types of grass fields...sometimes ok conditions, sometimes not at all good. Also some crazy winds in some places. Shea, Meadowlands, Chicago. Minnesota in the dead of winter wasnt easy to kick in

  • @steelersfan1903
    @steelersfan1903 6 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for the video NFL Throwback! I didn’t even realize that these 2 teams actually faced each other in the playoffs before.

    • @ntgr87
      @ntgr87 6 місяців тому +1

      they also played way back in 1957, a divisional tiebreak game (both teams had gone 8-4). the Lions trailed 27-7 but scored the last 24 points to win

  • @cameoxvilb3174
    @cameoxvilb3174 6 місяців тому +1

    I was there at this game. Never saw the actual broadcast. Thanks for posting. What memories. Go NINERS!

  • @TheAlfrulz
    @TheAlfrulz 6 місяців тому +5

    6:16 - An overlooked but critical play by #21 and 22 for the 49ers. What should of been a long TD run turns into just a field goal. That was four points left off the board by Detroit in a game they lost by one.

    • @ivanb___2217
      @ivanb___2217 6 місяців тому

      21 - Eric Wright. 22 - Dwight Hicks.

  • @anthonyrivera4735
    @anthonyrivera4735 6 місяців тому +3

    Happy 40th anniversary to this playoff game 1983/84-2023/24

  • @Cuphead_Fan01
    @Cuphead_Fan01 6 місяців тому +6

    Hey script writers, don't mind about the Super Bowl logo color theory, america wants the Lions in the big game

  • @daneroosma2959
    @daneroosma2959 6 місяців тому +4

    Anyone else here after the niners just won the nfc championship against the lions

  • @aintnohalfsteffen
    @aintnohalfsteffen 6 місяців тому +1

    Always liked that the kid in Barry Sanders wanted Billy Sims number as a Lion

  • @HumanBeanbag
    @HumanBeanbag 6 місяців тому +3

    One of the greatest Detroit Lions teams of all time.

    • @jimnfl7134
      @jimnfl7134 6 місяців тому

      Before this year, the Lions never had a good team.

    • @MrSammyG2
      @MrSammyG2 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@jimnfl7134 yes they did, they dominated the 50's and were still good from 1962-1970

    • @jkbezo1
      @jkbezo1 6 місяців тому +1

      @@jimnfl7134 '90s and '50s (NFL titles). Also a few good teams during the 2010s.

  • @Aikidragon_Prime
    @Aikidragon_Prime 6 місяців тому +6

    I was at this game in the end zone of the game losing missed FG. I was one of the people who rushed the field and promptly got yelled at by Hacksaw Reynolds to get of the field, there was still time left.

  • @jcorey68
    @jcorey68 6 місяців тому +1

    This was a great game. Lions had a lot of INTS and still had a chance!

  • @juliocesarpereira4325
    @juliocesarpereira4325 6 місяців тому +1

    Fantastic! Even a great team specially with an extraordinary quarterback such as Joe Montana sometimes have to count on luck to win games.

  • @Mark-xl1ze
    @Mark-xl1ze 6 місяців тому +12

    Murray would help the Cowboys win Super Bowl 28 a decade later.

  • @jefferyrobertson7520
    @jefferyrobertson7520 6 місяців тому +4

    Detroit Lions Was Member NFC Central Division From 1970 To 1993 Against San Francisco 49ers Was Member NFC West Division From 1970 To 1993 Thanks For Uploading

    • @99tjpro
      @99tjpro 6 місяців тому +2

      i also know how to speak potato

    • @Official_Kings_Versus
      @Official_Kings_Versus 6 місяців тому +2

      That's that bullshit

    • @djeanpierre
      @djeanpierre 6 місяців тому +3

      And you are wrong. The NFL realigned the divisions after the 2001 season, so they were both members of those divisions until then.

  • @smoothALOE
    @smoothALOE 6 місяців тому

    I’m glad I got to see this one. Excellent game! Hopefully more games like these will be revisited as history allows. Good luck on Sunday, Detroit.

  • @ltahoe7195
    @ltahoe7195 6 місяців тому +1

    I remember watching this game new year's eve Dec. 31, 1983. I completely forgot that Detroit's quarterback Gary Danielson threw five interceptions !! FIVE INTs and the 49ers barely won 24-23.

  • @youngguru007
    @youngguru007 6 місяців тому +2

    Man it’s crazy you had to watch a football game without a scorebug or first down lines. I grew up in a great era of football TV being born in late 80’s

    • @timburr4453
      @timburr4453 3 місяці тому

      We didnt need it, the football was great. It's a luxury but if the scorebug and 1st down line vanished I would love football all the same
      I think one of the reasons they really took a while introducing it is that they wanted the fans to be told the score/time. That way they would linger and stay with the game longer. If you tuned into a game and it's 35-0 in the 3rd you'd probably tune out faster than if the score wasnt posted. Back then you had to stay on the game longer

  • @Redmenace96
    @Redmenace96 6 місяців тому +3

    After Danielson's 5th INT did everyone say, "Turn the clicker over to 'Moonlighting'. I hear that Bruce Willis guy is pretty funny." ????

    • @timburr4453
      @timburr4453 3 місяці тому

      Moonlighting iirc was mid 80s. Used to watch it with my future wife. We like to think we "discovered" Bruce Willis

  • @thinkbeforyouvote
    @thinkbeforyouvote 6 місяців тому +1

    Wow, I forgot about these other 2 Divine Child alumni who played for the Lions. Always remember Gary Danielson, but forget about Jeff Chadwick.

  • @Mark-xl1ze
    @Mark-xl1ze 6 місяців тому +4

    I wish CBS would bring back this theme song. It's so much better than the one they play today. Don't care if it's from the early-to-mid '80s.

    • @greencm7142
      @greencm7142 6 місяців тому +1

      I respect your view, but also respectfully disagree. Today's theme gets me hyped! If any old time theme should come back, it's NBCs theme from the early and mid 70s.

    • @yourboyken7871
      @yourboyken7871 6 місяців тому +2

      I'll take NBC's mid 90s NFL theme. Classy yet energetic

    • @djeanpierre
      @djeanpierre 6 місяців тому +1

      Nah, I prefer the theme from 1986 “pots and pans” sound.

    • @brandedmcgowan9414
      @brandedmcgowan9414 6 місяців тому +1

      NFL on CBS 1992-1993 theme for me.😊

    • @Mark-xl1ze
      @Mark-xl1ze 6 місяців тому

      @@brandedmcgowan9414 That's a good one too.

  • @casper1995able
    @casper1995able 6 місяців тому +1

    Commentators Sunday said oh look there's Barry Sanders in that last contest. No that's Billy Sims know your history lol

  • @tyreepowell8367
    @tyreepowell8367 6 місяців тому +2

    Thank You For Uploading This Video 📸 NFL Throwback

  • @riofest8893
    @riofest8893 6 місяців тому +2

    This video two days ago, 2023 NFC Championship game on yesterday, that's some kinda INSANITY

  • @ignaciopaulito2186
    @ignaciopaulito2186 6 місяців тому +1

    This really was a classic!
    Now, 4 decades later, these same teams face each other for the NFC championship and the right to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl.
    Best of luck to the Lions and the 49ers!

  • @kamehamehey22615
    @kamehamehey22615 6 місяців тому +1

    I was hoping this game would come up! It's the playoff meeting between 49ers and Lions in the Super Bowl era

  • @americanuprising7628
    @americanuprising7628 6 місяців тому

    It works! I own this game on DVD and it's way better than even what you can hear or what you read in the bottom line. It was a great game. Detroit should have won.

  • @SPTO
    @SPTO 6 місяців тому +2

    That is indeed one of the unsung playoff games of the '80s. That Lions team wasn't the greatest but they pieced together a pretty solid season and gave the Niners everything they had and then some.
    Oh and yes, visual proof that Danielson was a serviceable NFL QB.

    • @walterwhite1
      @walterwhite1 6 місяців тому

      Detroit was the first non-expansion team to lose every game in a full season since World War II. This was their second winless season in franchise history (1942, see below). With this season, the Lions became only the second NFL franchise with two full winless seasons, and the only one still in existence; this was also the first winless season since the institution of the 16-game schedule in 1978 (that was used until 2020). 😂😂😂😂
      GO PACK GO!!

  • @Jay-yf8sy
    @Jay-yf8sy 6 місяців тому +3

    I remember it oh so well! 14 years old & I idolized Billy Sims! The Lions scratched & clawed all day despite Gary Danielson quarterbacking like “Mr Magoo”. I will never forget the drama with the field goal & Monte Clark 🙏 for it to clear the uprights. I remember how dejected I was. I remember I punched a hole in my bedroom wall & I never did that again! 😂

  • @thebourg
    @thebourg 6 місяців тому +1

    Never even knew about this game wow

  • @mhedrick2323
    @mhedrick2323 6 місяців тому

    This is awesome .. thank you for the memories

  • @DavidBrown-wm1up
    @DavidBrown-wm1up 2 місяці тому

    Been wanting to see this game for 40 years. Such a barren postseason history for Detroit. It was kind of an off-year for the 49ers, but I always wondered how the very mid Lions even stuck with them at Candlestick. Billy Sims was special, but after seeing Danielson throw five picks, I'm still not sure how they hung in. Always felt bad for Eddie Murray, who was a good kicker for his time, but obviously unpredictable this day.

  • @williamhobbs-zu7de
    @williamhobbs-zu7de 6 місяців тому

    I'm from Boone county Kentucky right over the river from Cincinnati believe me I know the heartbreak of Joe Montana never leave anytime on the clock for Cincinnati fans we're still not over them games I was 16 in 1980 so that's my he broke our hearts

  • @CArchivist
    @CArchivist 6 місяців тому

    Sigh. Was watching this as a teenager as a Lions fan. My second taste of a lifetime of football misery after attending the 1989 Thanksgiving Day game. Thanks a bunch 😢