I watched that game. Wanted the Eagles that day, but a week later, I was so glad they lost. I shall explain. I had tickets to the Rams playoff opener. LA finished with best record in the NFC, but couldn't open against a team from its own division (Atlanta). So, the choices were Philly or get forced to host Vikings. No way anyone wanted the Vikes to eliminate the Rams for a third straight year. Minnesota had the Rams' number. I think the Vikes were 4-0 in the playoffs against LA in the prior 10 years. So hoped to face Eagles. Due to Falcons defeating the Eagles, the following week, I attended the Rams-Minnesota game. This time the Rams finally beat that team, and it turned out to be Fran Tarkenton's final NFL game. Pretty cool. In retrospect, knowing that I got to attend the Rams' first playoff win over Minnesota, and to be at Tark's final game, I'm so glad Atlanta beat Philly!
Scoring playoff tickets shouldn't put your life in danger. The Falcons' lack of organization with their ticket sales nearly cost fans in Metro Atlanta to not be able to watch the game on WAGA Ch. 5. Thank goodness nobody died in that stampede.
Eagles needed a miracle from the Giants to win. Falcons benefited from a pass interference call against the Saints to win. That's what made this wildcard playoff game possible. Never knew a fan almost lost his life trying to buy a ticket for this game. Scary times back then.
Not NFL/Sports related but this occurred a year before the tragic The Who(the legendary Rock band)stampede incident in Cincinnati, that killed 11 people.
I watched this game here in my parents house. I was 18yrs old. I now live in this house and they are deceased&I'm 62yrs old.The memories this brings back.
This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made videos about the following: 1. How Falcons Quarterback Steve Bartkowski saved his career with his effort against the Giants. 2. The ticketing disaster that threatened to mar the Bengals first home playoff game in 1981.
Been watching your content for a few weeks now very impressed love all the history that you talk about from the NFL I also like the Jags while I'm a fully a Ravens fan another team I always liked was the Jags wish them the best in the playoffs as well as the Ravens and Bill's 😎
Imagine yourself at the Golden 1 Center box office, when the Sacramento Kings clinch a NBA playoff spot you want to be the first person to buy NBA playoff tickets @ the Golden 1 Center,on the day after the Kings clinch the NBA Post Season spot and you see a wall of people right behind you. They would be a big crowd of Kings fans that they want to see NBA Post Season 🏀 in Sacramento since 2006. When that day might happen,they better be a lot of Sacramento Police officers on standby to handling the big crowd of Kings fans want to get Kings NBA Playoff tickets
That's a great defense that not a lot of people know about; not a lot of videos made about the late '70s Falcons. It's great that JG9 is here to tell people about it, those of us who weren't around to remember it. I remember watching an NFL Films segment about it a few years ago, and that was the first time I'd ever heard of the Grits Blitz.
Roger Staubach said the hardest he was ever hit was by Falcon's MLB'er Robert Pennywell the following week in Dallas. He was knocked out and out of the game. Unfortunately Danny White came in and lead a Cowboy comeback!
It was also a big disaster because it's absolutely never fun having two 9-7 teams play each other in the playoffs, it hasn't happened since 2007 and hopefully it doesn't ever happen again.
Unfortunately, with 17 games on the schedule and only 6 of them being division games, there is also another bleak playoff possibility, that all four teams in a division can have a bad season and a 10-loss team wins a division and makes the playoffs and hosts a playoff game. The Buccaneers came awfully close to doing that this year. Unless there's realignment or some scheduling or rule changes coming soon, I can just about bet there will be a 7-10 team making the playoffs in the future, at least once. I think I speak for most of us when I say I do not want to see that.
I saw this game. The Falcons played the Cowboys the next week in the divisional rd and gave Dallas everything they could handle. Had a 20-13 lead late until the Cowboys came back to win 27-20.🏈🏈
Only themselves to blame? How about how stupid fans can get over a football game? It's just a game but people quit thinking and become like mindless animals over stupid stuff,this will always be a possibility but it was on the Falcons AND the fans! I guess the Falcons put too much credit into civilization being....well...civilized.
You should do a video about all the teams that defeated the Jaguars in the playoffs. I think that 9 times out of 10 the team that defeated them ended up not winning the Superbowl. Including all three AFC Championship games.
I watched that game. Wanted the Eagles that day, but a week later, I was so glad they lost. I shall explain.
I had tickets to the Rams playoff opener. LA finished with best record in the NFC, but couldn't open against a team from its own division (Atlanta). So, the choices were Philly or get forced to host Vikings. No way anyone wanted the Vikes to eliminate the Rams for a third straight year. Minnesota had the Rams' number. I think the Vikes were 4-0 in the playoffs against LA in the prior 10 years. So hoped to face Eagles.
Due to Falcons defeating the Eagles, the following week, I attended the Rams-Minnesota game. This time the Rams finally beat that team, and it turned out to be Fran Tarkenton's final NFL game. Pretty cool. In retrospect, knowing that I got to attend the Rams' first playoff win over Minnesota, and to be at Tark's final game, I'm so glad Atlanta beat Philly!
Scoring playoff tickets shouldn't put your life in danger. The Falcons' lack of organization with their ticket sales nearly cost fans in Metro Atlanta to not be able to watch the game on WAGA Ch. 5. Thank goodness nobody died in that stampede.
When fans were asked about not getting tickets that day they simply replied "it's crushing". I'll show myself out now
The exit's over there --->
Ugh! 😂😂😂
Dude...🤨
Golf clap??
wow I saw this game on television and I don't remember hearing about this at all. Excellent video
Reminds me of the Who concert disaster in Cincinnati in 1979.
I did a video on that and how it related to another disaster in Cincinnati a few years later: ua-cam.com/video/WNJiYArpFOQ/v-deo.html
Eagles needed a miracle from the Giants to win. Falcons benefited from a pass interference call against the Saints to win. That's what made this wildcard playoff game possible. Never knew a fan almost lost his life trying to buy a ticket for this game. Scary times back then.
Thank god that no one died
Not NFL/Sports related but this occurred a year before the tragic The Who(the legendary Rock band)stampede incident in Cincinnati, that killed 11 people.
I watched this game here in my parents house. I was 18yrs old. I now live in this house and they are deceased&I'm 62yrs old.The memories this brings back.
This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made videos about the following:
1. How Falcons Quarterback Steve Bartkowski saved his career with his effort against the Giants.
2. The ticketing disaster that threatened to mar the Bengals first home playoff game in 1981.
The morten anderson kick is easily the best moment in Falcons history
As a Falcons fan wow 😳
Those are our best uniforms.
Agree 100%
And to think 1978 was the only time the Falcons beat the Eagles in the playoffs
If it were still on TV, I would love to see JG9 try to "Stump the Schwab".
RIP Stuart Scott and his lazy eye.
They should bring that show back
I have to imagine the pecan farmer was like the video with the old guy in the Kelvin Benjamin jersey while watching the end of Super Bowl LI.
Been watching your content for a few weeks now very impressed love all the history that you talk about from the NFL I also like the Jags while I'm a fully a Ravens fan another team I always liked was the Jags wish them the best in the playoffs as well as the Ravens and Bill's 😎
Do a video on the Falcons playoff win against the Saints in 1991
Imagine yourself at the Golden 1 Center box office, when the Sacramento Kings clinch a NBA playoff spot you want to be the first person to buy NBA playoff tickets @ the Golden 1 Center,on the day after the Kings clinch the NBA Post Season spot and you see a wall of people right behind you. They would be a big crowd of Kings fans that they want to see NBA Post Season 🏀 in Sacramento since 2006. When that day might happen,they better be a lot of Sacramento Police officers on standby to handling the big crowd of Kings fans want to get Kings NBA Playoff tickets
wow falcons fans really wanted to see their first playoff game ever real bad.
A classic falcons moment. Nothing like it
Grits blitz
That's a great defense that not a lot of people know about; not a lot of videos made about the late '70s Falcons. It's great that JG9 is here to tell people about it, those of us who weren't around to remember it. I remember watching an NFL Films segment about it a few years ago, and that was the first time I'd ever heard of the Grits Blitz.
Roger Staubach said the hardest he was ever hit was by Falcon's MLB'er Robert Pennywell the following week in Dallas. He was knocked out and out of the game. Unfortunately Danny White came in and lead a Cowboy comeback!
It was also a big disaster because it's absolutely never fun having two 9-7 teams play each other in the playoffs, it hasn't happened since 2007 and hopefully it doesn't ever happen again.
I can guarantee it won't ever happen again unless the NFL decides to revert back to a 16 game season.
If it where to happen again. Ticketmaster would be blowing up an in the spotlight again for crashing like it's doing with concert tickets.
Unfortunately, with 17 games on the schedule and only 6 of them being division games, there is also another bleak playoff possibility, that all four teams in a division can have a bad season and a 10-loss team wins a division and makes the playoffs and hosts a playoff game. The Buccaneers came awfully close to doing that this year. Unless there's realignment or some scheduling or rule changes coming soon, I can just about bet there will be a 7-10 team making the playoffs in the future, at least once. I think I speak for most of us when I say I do not want to see that.
I saw this game. The Falcons played the Cowboys the next week in the divisional rd and gave Dallas everything they could handle. Had a 20-13 lead late until the Cowboys came back to win 27-20.🏈🏈
Talk about how good pickett got
If that man saw Super Bowl 51, I'm betting he didn't see Super Bowl 52.
Guess the eagles luck ran out after the meadiwlands
He was. He said "It snowing in Hell."
Dont forget SB51.... falcons!! Smh
I expected such behavior for a Raiders game, but the Falcons...? 🤨
Fans were crushed when tickets sold out.
Only themselves to blame? How about how stupid fans can get over a football game? It's just a game but people quit thinking and become like mindless animals over stupid stuff,this will always be a possibility but it was on the Falcons AND the fans! I guess the Falcons put too much credit into civilization being....well...civilized.
You should do a video about all the teams that defeated the Jaguars in the playoffs.
I think that 9 times out of 10 the team that defeated them ended up not winning the Superbowl. Including all three AFC Championship games.
28-3 is the best game in Falcons history-A Saints fan