Die hard Steelers fan since 78 but a bigger fan of the game....love seeing greats and games from the past ...I absolutely love time travel via videotape. ..
love the intro, love the atmosphere, love the history lessons by Cosell, love the aged Snake Kenny Stabler with Earl Campbell. In 1980, I started to watch MNF and remember the games, always heard the both was lively during the '70s and so glad I got to hear Cosell, Dandy Don Meredith, and since '71 Frank Gifford. Well, we have the 20th Century NFL, it was not perfect but its was so much better than the shat we have seen since at least 2001 and especially since Goodell came in in '05
Recalls a good era, at least, for me. Good era for the NFL and for the fans. Those teams played like gangbusters. And, the atmosphere of that place - the turf, the lighting, old, old stadium, the boistrous crowd, the play-by-play and color commentary - just very genuine and down to earth, compared to the media circus it later became. And snazzy orange uniforms for the Browns. I liked the Oilers' silver helmets from long back (1970, 1971).
Chris Snyder + Whats up Bronco fan? Of course you have fond memories... The Drive! I was a diehard Oilers fan living in Cleveland. Loved old Muny Stadium!
40 years later and both cities lost and got back their teams, yet still no Super Bowl appearance, both are deserving of a title. Sad to think that Frank, Don, and Howard are gone...Alzado late hit on Stabler also made me sad, both guys gone. Man I hope there's football in heaven.
You have to think that if they could have just gotten an average QB, a "game manager," they might have been able to get over the hump. I wish they had kept Pastorini. Stabler was horrible. And, their offensive game plan was sooooo lacking in imagination. That's why Bum got fired.
When this game was over, if you had told either a Houston or Pittsburgh fan that Cleveland would go on to be the AFC Central division champions, they would have laughed.
Indeed. This was the Browns' worst start since 1975, when they began 0-9 and ended 3-11. They'd had fast starts the previous three years, but faded at the end. The opposite happened in 1980. The key was a comeback win over the Steelers in week 8. The Steelers had beaten the Browns 6 straight times and 11 of the previous 12, and ran up a 26-14 lead before the Browns rallied to win 27-26. That put the Browns 1 game ahead of the Steelers. Pittsburgh evened up the race when they won the rematch 3 weeks later, but the Browns lost only one game after that (on a Hail Mary at Minnesota).
Yup. Bring back the Oilers. Get rid of the Texans brand. Texans shoukd BUY the rights from the Titans. Or the Titans should GIVE the Oilers brand to the people of Houston
@@erichhartmann9797 No way... If the city of Houston wanted the uniforms so bad they should have gave them support in 94-96. Titans own those colors. Texans are garbage.
Earl Campbell was an amazing player. He was a tough runner with a punishing style. Even though he was only 25 years old here it was obvious his body was beaten up.
brianbachmeier34 + He sure was beaten up. It always amazed me how long James Brooks played, and was still running all over teams 7 years into his career.
brianbachmeier34. He was so beat up after 15 games in 1980 he sat out the last week of the season 2 rest for the playoffs !! Even though he had 1934 yards and could of broken OJ s record of 2003 easily 👍 but he didn't really care about that either !!
Jj Pesty + In 1980 Earl Campbell didn't sit out last 2 games. I know he was injured in the 79 Playoffs but they still beat the Chargers. Not sure what season your talking about.
Dude I have been requesting this game forever. Did I ask you? Probably did. This was my 2nd NFL game I attended, I was age 11. I remember the injury that held up the game in the 3rd or 4th quarter. It was obviously removed from this video. This was like 15 minutes with someone laid out.
Classic NFL + Oh yes, I watched it in its entirety the day I made that comment to you. I was at this game, I was 11 years old. I live in Cleveland, but Earl Campbell was my favorite!
A time when pro football was really great just look at the uiforms after the game Oilers truly deserved Superbowl appearance Earl Campbell was true warrior.
What's with you mental midgets who always claim everything was so great just because you grew up in that era [I did too, btw] in sports, etc, but conveniently omit all the shit that was going on in the world as if it was some kind of utopia or something...THE WORLD HAS NEVER ALWAYS BEEN SUNSHINE & RAINBOWS!! and football is still a man's game [Modern day Safety Rules or Not,] so put your big boy pants on & stop your bitching about today's NFL vs yesterdays NFL.
Nah, not a fan of the Disco era orange pants regardless of their nostalgia value. I wouldn't mind them for occasional throwbacks, but I'd LOVE to see the Browns return to their iconic all-white uniforms that they wore for most of their history including all eight of their championships. I love Brian Sipe and the Kardiac Kids, but Otto Graham, Jim Brown, Leroy Kelly, and Bernie Kosar wore better uniforms.
As a life long Houstonian, 1980 would mark the end of the "Luv Ya Blue" era as Bum Phillips would be fired after the season & the team would enter a 7 year playoff drought. The Oilers (RIP) would finish 11-5 but have to settle for the wildcard as, surprisingly, the Browns would win the division that year. The Oilers would lose to the eventual Super Bowl champion Oakland Raiders in the playoffs as would the Browns (any Browns' fans remember "red-right-88'?). Btw, 1980 would also mark the height of Earl Campbell's career as he would win his 3rd straight & final NFL rushing title by rushing for a career high 1,934 yards including 3 200 yard games that season. Given that he sat out the 2nd half of this game & still had over 100 yards rushing he might have gone over the 2000 yard mark for the season had he played the whole game.
I know 1980 NFL was a different game but Cleveland accepting the penalty and not taking that interception at their own 2 yard line in hopes of getting better field position was a horrendous decision. Of course they roughed Stabler on the next play and Houston put it out of reach with a FG. So much fun to watch Campbell play. Miss these days
GERALD WILHITE wore #47 for Denver from 1982-88. STEPHEN DAVIS and DARYL JOHNSTON both wore #48 for their entire careers. Why are you guys giving this comment a 👍??
@@kevin2400 Along with cookie cutter stadiums, ugly ass uniforms, high definition tv, rubber pellet grass fields, instant replay for microscopic calls, too many penalties and officials determining games, insane relocation of teams: (Colts go from Baltimore to Indianapolis then Baltimore is given the Cleveland Browns who change their name to the Ravens, then Cleveland is given back the Browns. The Cardinals move from St Louis to Phoenix, then the Rams go from LA to Saint Louis then back to LA. The Raiders go from Oakland to LA then back to Oakland and then to Las Vegas. The Houston oilers move to Tennessee and become the Titans then Houston is given the Texans.) Then the classic and wonderful NFL Films are ignored until you can't tell if they even exist anymore.. But hey the NFL's great, right???
Impressive watching Stabler the magician, looks like a statue, but still moves his pegs enough and he gets ball out quickly with sidearm sling. He may have retired before kosar started with browns, but would like to see the 2 of them play head-to-head in their primes-the battle of the unorthodox QBs. The Oilers dominated the 3rd quarter, so hoping to see brian Sipe work some magic in the 4th. This was Sipe’s MVP season, as he had an incredible year. Ended sadly with loss to Raiders in playoffs. Update: no Sipe magic from the Kardiac Kids-Oilers just dominated this game at the line. Browns hardly had the ball in 2nd half.
Howard: “ There is Roy Rogers on the sideline.” Don: “Looks like Bum Phillips to me Howard!” LOL 😂 PS they try to link Sam Rutigliano with a Brooklyn connection to Bum Phillips. It took them a while to correct it and link it to Lyle Alzado 😉!
Bum deserved to get canned after the way the Oilers finished in 1980. This same team came into Houston and took the division from us. The 1980 Oilers had a tendency of playing down to the weaker teams. Just look at the losses in 1980.
Just finished watching. Never saw such a one sided time possession game like this. And wow did they destroy that field. Ground crew must have been like damn where do we start?
@@tonyiacomi4822 playoffs 71, 72. 9-5 in '76. In '78 and '79 they started 4-0 but injuries kept them back. '73 was 7-5-2. '74 and '75 team got old and started rebuild. Not too bad of a decade.
@@MeIn321 The question would be what Browns you were watching. Here are their records from that era: 1975 3-11 And you call this damn good? 1976 9-5 1977 6-8 1978 8-8 1979 9-7 1980 11-5 1981 5-11 1982 4-5 1983 9-7 1984 5-11 1985 8-8
Die hard Steelers fan since 78 but a bigger fan of the game....love seeing greats and games from the past ...I absolutely love time travel via videotape.
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love the intro, love the atmosphere, love the history lessons by Cosell, love the aged Snake Kenny Stabler with Earl Campbell. In 1980, I started to watch MNF and remember the games, always heard the both was lively during the '70s and so glad I got to hear Cosell, Dandy Don Meredith, and since '71 Frank Gifford. Well, we have the 20th Century NFL, it was not perfect but its was so much better than the shat we have seen since at least 2001 and especially since Goodell came in in '05
Love these old NFL games…. No social justice crap written on both endzones… no politics.. just pure in your face action
It was strange watching Snake play for the Oilers. He was beat up and not the same as he was in Oakland. He was one of my all time favorites.
Dandy Don and Cosell were the best! Th Giffer, Frank Gifford was icing on the cake. Perfection!
It took me back in time when I was in grade school. No other announcers will ever top these guys.
Perpetual.Art 💯💯💯💯
MNF was one of the 5 best shows ever. Period. Timing has a lot to do with it. The chemistry was off the chain.
Recalls a good era, at least, for me. Good era for the NFL and for the fans. Those teams played like gangbusters.
And, the atmosphere of that place - the turf, the lighting, old, old stadium, the boistrous crowd, the play-by-play and color commentary - just very genuine and down to earth, compared to the media circus it later became.
And snazzy orange uniforms for the Browns. I liked the Oilers' silver helmets from long back (1970, 1971).
not even a browns fan but this a great upload! I am one of few who have fond memories of this old stadium. ty
Chris Snyder + Whats up Bronco fan? Of course you have fond memories... The Drive! I was a diehard Oilers fan living in Cleveland. Loved old Muny Stadium!
Chris Snyder + ua-cam.com/video/UCpZppaPPjI/v-deo.html
I saw Pink Floyd there. 1987 I think.
@@condoruite Yep, they played the Stadium a few times.
40 years later and both cities lost and got back their teams, yet still no Super Bowl appearance, both are deserving of a title. Sad to think that Frank, Don, and Howard are gone...Alzado late hit on Stabler also made me sad, both guys gone. Man I hope there's football in heaven.
One of only 3 games in 1980 where Stabler did not have an INT. So this was arguably one of his best Oiler performances.
You have to think that if they could have just gotten an average QB, a "game manager," they might have been able to get over the hump.
I wish they had kept Pastorini. Stabler was horrible. And, their offensive game plan was sooooo lacking in imagination.
That's why Bum got fired.
Howard cosell, what a legend
When this game was over, if you had told either a Houston or Pittsburgh fan that Cleveland would go on to be the AFC Central division champions, they would have laughed.
Indeed. This was the Browns' worst start since 1975, when they began 0-9 and ended 3-11. They'd had fast starts the previous three years, but faded at the end. The opposite happened in 1980. The key was a comeback win over the Steelers in week 8. The Steelers had beaten the Browns 6 straight times and 11 of the previous 12, and ran up a 26-14 lead before the Browns rallied to win 27-26. That put the Browns 1 game ahead of the Steelers. Pittsburgh evened up the race when they won the rematch 3 weeks later, but the Browns lost only one game after that (on a Hail Mary at Minnesota).
When football was great played in the dirt
It sucked when team played in baseball parks. It was unfair. It was a era if great players,especially quarterbacks who were actually part of the game.
Thank you so very-very much!!! My American Uncle was truly entertained by THIS!!!
This version of oilers was the best.oilers look a thousand times better than Texans
Yup. Bring back the Oilers. Get rid of the Texans brand. Texans shoukd BUY the rights from the Titans. Or the Titans should GIVE the Oilers brand to the people of Houston
Loved Houston uniforms,I actually thought they were better with pastorini in 78 and 79 they should of beat the steelers in 79
@@erichhartmann9797 No way... If the city of Houston wanted the uniforms so bad they should have gave them support in 94-96. Titans own those colors. Texans are garbage.
I love watching these old games. Thank You
Nostalgia is great and all, but some of these games are DULL ASF!!
@@mrtnt3462 I can agree with that lol
Earl Campbell was an amazing player. He was a tough runner with a punishing style. Even though he was only 25 years old here it was obvious his body was beaten up.
brianbachmeier34 + He sure was beaten up. It always amazed me how long James Brooks played, and was still running all over teams 7 years into his career.
brianbachmeier34. He was so beat up after 15 games in 1980 he sat out the last week of the season 2 rest for the playoffs !! Even though he had 1934 yards and could of broken OJ s record of 2003 easily 👍 but he didn't really care about that either !!
Jj Pesty + In 1980 Earl Campbell didn't sit out last 2 games. I know he was injured in the 79 Playoffs but they still beat the Chargers. Not sure what season your talking about.
I said he sat out the last game of the 1980 season ! When he had 1934 yards after 15. Games ! Not sure what u don't understand ??
Not sure why u r talking about 1979. When the game in question against the Brown's is 1980. That's why I commented about 1980
oilers had the swag the texans can only dream of
And just as many championships.
AND NO THE TENNESSEE TITANS DON'T COUNT!!!
@@mrtnt3462 Titan up!
If the Browns brought back these old uniforms, they would start having winning seasons again.
Loved them, absolutely loved them, best uniforms ever!!
Dude I have been requesting this game forever. Did I ask you? Probably did. This was my 2nd NFL game I attended, I was age 11. I remember the injury that held up the game in the 3rd or 4th quarter. It was obviously removed from this video. This was like 15 minutes with someone laid out.
Glad I could post it for you - don't recall us talking before. This broadcast is as-is to me - didn't record it but hope you are enjoying it. Cheers
Classic NFL + Oh yes, I watched it in its entirety the day I made that comment to you. I was at this game, I was 11 years old. I live in Cleveland, but Earl Campbell was my favorite!
@@classicnfl8200 Can you find any Saints Football 🏈 games please 🥺?
Those uniforms are awesome
A time when pro football was really great just look at the uiforms after the game Oilers truly deserved Superbowl appearance Earl Campbell was true warrior.
What's with you mental midgets who always claim everything was so great just because you grew up in that era [I did too, btw] in sports, etc, but conveniently omit all the shit that was going on in the world as if it was some kind of utopia or something...THE WORLD HAS NEVER ALWAYS BEEN SUNSHINE & RAINBOWS!! and football is still a man's game [Modern day Safety Rules or Not,] so put your big boy pants on & stop your bitching about today's NFL vs yesterdays NFL.
Cleveland was just loaded with talent.
Yeah but a casual NFL fan would ignore them as a good team.
Now if the Browns would go back to these original uniforms ...
Scooby Carr couldn't agree more they are supposed to next year
Nah, not a fan of the Disco era orange pants regardless of their nostalgia value. I wouldn't mind them for occasional throwbacks, but I'd LOVE to see the Browns return to their iconic all-white uniforms that they wore for most of their history including all eight of their championships. I love Brian Sipe and the Kardiac Kids, but Otto Graham, Jim Brown, Leroy Kelly, and Bernie Kosar wore better uniforms.
@@mkeogh76 I disagree. And they do wear the orange pants on the road.
Talk about out of uniform , Stables an Oiler, Unitas a Charger, Orr a blackhawk. Some guys just don't look right in the wrong uniforms
Now that was the DOG POUND!! Look at that energy.
A number of NFL Hall of Fame people in this game.
As a life long Houstonian, 1980 would mark the end of the "Luv Ya Blue" era as Bum Phillips would be fired after the season & the team would enter a 7 year playoff drought. The Oilers (RIP) would finish 11-5 but have to settle for the wildcard as, surprisingly, the Browns would win the division that year. The Oilers would lose to the eventual Super Bowl champion Oakland Raiders in the playoffs as would the Browns (any Browns' fans remember "red-right-88'?). Btw, 1980 would also mark the height of Earl Campbell's career as he would win his 3rd straight & final NFL rushing title by rushing for a career high 1,934 yards including 3 200 yard games that season. Given that he sat out the 2nd half of this game & still had over 100 yards rushing he might have gone over the 2000 yard mark for the season had he played the whole game.
Bud Adams, the Oilers' owner, was an idiot!
@@michaelbanaszak7775 yup...bum had his problems but ed biles was not the answer,,lol
Bum was an average coach when it came down to it.
I know 1980 NFL was a different game but Cleveland accepting the penalty and not taking that interception at their own 2 yard line in hopes of getting better field position was a horrendous decision. Of course they roughed Stabler on the next play and Houston put it out of reach with a FG. So much fun to watch Campbell play. Miss these days
Little known fact...Ronnie Coleman was the last NFL running back to wear a number above 46
GERALD WILHITE wore #47 for Denver from 1982-88. STEPHEN DAVIS and DARYL JOHNSTON both wore #48 for their entire careers. Why are you guys giving this comment a 👍??
Tony Paige wore #49 for the Dolphins from '90-'92. Better research next time, kid.
Man this games 40 years old but it still reeks of atmosphere. The NFL was sooooooooo much better back in the 70s and 80s.
I agree…. Politics has ruined the NFL
@@kevin2400 Along with cookie cutter stadiums, ugly ass uniforms, high definition tv, rubber pellet grass fields, instant replay for microscopic calls, too many penalties and officials determining games, insane relocation of teams: (Colts go from Baltimore to Indianapolis then Baltimore is given the Cleveland Browns who change their name to the Ravens, then Cleveland is given back the Browns. The Cardinals move from St Louis to Phoenix, then the Rams go from LA to Saint Louis then back to LA. The Raiders go from Oakland to LA then back to Oakland and then to Las Vegas. The Houston oilers move to Tennessee and become the Titans then Houston is given the Texans.) Then the classic and wonderful NFL Films are ignored until you can't tell if they even exist anymore.. But hey the NFL's great, right???
Mike Pruitt nailed more broads in one night in Houston than little earl could get in a year!
Don't sully the good name of Jimmy Joe Meeker with comments like that.
I was so glad ABC had other broadcasters to balance Howard Cosell with.
A hard-nosed Cleveland defense. Oilers had all kinds of trouble running outside on them. Campbell was tired. That was a hard-hitting, physical game.
21:26 "hey everyone! I'm coked tf outta my gourd right now! And it will cause me to piss my career down the shitter! Hi Mom!"
Far better games then in the 80s ................
Cleveland Browns,"The Roar on the Shore"
Or the "Kardiac Kids"?
That Monday Night Football theme doesn’t sound right??
Curley Culp was a beast!
Impressive watching Stabler the magician, looks like a statue, but still moves his pegs enough and he gets ball out quickly with sidearm sling. He may have retired before kosar started with browns, but would like to see the 2 of them play head-to-head in their primes-the battle of the unorthodox QBs.
The Oilers dominated the 3rd quarter, so hoping to see brian Sipe work some magic in the 4th. This was Sipe’s MVP season, as he had an incredible year. Ended sadly with loss to Raiders in playoffs. Update: no Sipe magic from the Kardiac Kids-Oilers just dominated this game at the line. Browns hardly had the ball in 2nd half.
It's funny, Bum Phillips didn't look like a head coach....must have been the cowboy hat, lol.
Thanks...but... feedback, is too much. Luv Ya Blue!!!👍😄
At 1:34:29 Innovative use of the Ticker to announce an Eyewitness Sports Advisory...Only thing missing was Marvin Zindler-Eyewitness News!
Howard: “ There is Roy Rogers on the sideline.”
Don: “Looks like Bum Phillips to me Howard!” LOL 😂
PS they try to link Sam Rutigliano with a Brooklyn connection to Bum Phillips. It took them a while to correct it and link it to Lyle Alzado 😉!
Does everyone old enough to remember how much people used to complain about Costello?
Actually I always liked Costello, but that Bud Abbott, he could really be annoying at times.
Stabler was at a stripper bar all night in downtown Cleveland the night before...lol 😂
Snake was only 54 in this one.
MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
Why no instant replay on the alleged roughing the passer call towards the end of the 3rd quarter?
Hi guys take it easy, the Indians need to play on that field.
Good teams Oakland Raiders won the super bowl in 1980
Didn't they have a 40 second clock the reason I ask is earl Campbell took forever to get up
The freaks never should have changed browns jerseys 4th from this
And yes Howards intro ....80000, in the seats
Bum said there are two types of football coaches; those that have been fired and those who will be fired.
Tim Wilson better than Jim Braxton? WTH is Howie smokin?
Alzado playing dirty what’s new
todays player wouldnt last 10 minutes in that era, they would be sent home in body bags before half time
Bum deserved to get canned after the way the Oilers finished in 1980. This same team came into Houston and took the division from us. The 1980 Oilers had a tendency of playing down to the weaker teams. Just look at the losses in 1980.
Just finished watching. Never saw such a one sided time possession game like this. And wow did they destroy that field. Ground crew must have been like damn where do we start?
Opening to MNF 1980, MEH!!!
Of course not this bull s
man i miss the houston oilers, texans suck
I'm from Cleveland. Man the Browns sucked back then. Still do although there is hope this year
@George Washington In general they sucked back then though. The mid 80's were good with Bernie Kosar but the 70's were generally dismal.
@@tonyiacomi4822 playoffs 71, 72. 9-5 in '76. In '78 and '79 they started 4-0 but injuries kept them back. '73 was 7-5-2. '74 and '75 team got old and started rebuild. Not too bad of a decade.
I dont know what Browns you were watching. The were damn good back then.
@@MeIn321 The question would be what Browns you were watching. Here are their records from that era:
1975 3-11 And you call this damn good?
1976 9-5
1977 6-8
1978 8-8
1979 9-7
1980 11-5
1981 5-11
1982 4-5
1983 9-7
1984 5-11
1985 8-8
@@thetruthissweet2847 Not bad when you had the best team and possibly the second best team in your division.