I grew up 2 hours west of NOLA I was 14 that year. My dad never missed a Saints game unless it was on cable no access on the farm back then. We picked all games every week and he wrote every score of every game and division standings win percentage, he hated figuring out tie percentage. I moved to Atlanta September of 09. I flew down for the Superbowl to watch it with him. He passed in 11. I can just imagine his reactions for this game. The deflected pass Tice and Bobby caught. The penalty on Denver in the end zone, and getting the final scores and writing them down. Thanks for taking the time to post the game.
Totally agree. I cannot stand navy blue. I wish the Eagles would go back to the true green instead of that crappy metallic, green ish blue crap they have now.
Eric Martin: one of the best and most reliable receivers who is an unknown to many fans....even BACK THEN. Definitely one of the most reliable receivers in the NFL back then, an ol’ skool guy like Fred Biletnikoff and Charlie Joiner. Not the fastest, not the biggest, but one of the smartest and a precise route-runner. And don’t even let me get started on Mel Gray! One of the best return men EVER! And he did it well for a LOOOOONNNNGGG time!!
The Saints had some super bowl caliber teams in the late 80s and early 90s. The 49ers were the only team stopping them from dominating the NFC. If it wasn't for some bad luck and perhaps a little more speed at the wide receiver position, they definitely would have won a super bowl during this era. The defense was unbelievably good. Hebert was underrated. The O line, running backs and tight ends were solid. Eric Martin was a great. They just needed maybe one more weapon at wide receiver.
Saints fan perspective needed here :) This wasn't a playoff year for the Saints; lost three of the last four and lost a three-way tiebreaker in the division. But it was perhaps Mora's brightest-shining moment. The running game and special teams were still complementing the Dome Patrol defense. For 23 years, it was the largest margin of victory in team history, until a 55-point win over the Colts in 2011.
Still our largest shutout at least as far as I know. The 41-0 win over the Bucs a few years ago came close though. The 2011 Colts game was swell though. Might be the only time in NFL history that a team scored 30+ unanswered twice in the same game.
I think there is a newscast from WAFB in Baton Rouge, floating around UA-cam, recounting one of the last games of this season, after it was apparent that the Saints would miss due to the tie-breaker to the Rams
As a long time Broncos fan this game for some reason always stuck to my head just because we lost 42-0 😡..how is that possible i thought back then lol...I was 12-13 in 88
Broncos should have known what kind of day they were going to have after the Saints first play from scrimmage. I still recall the emotional high I felt watching this game and the real hope I had that the Saints were going to break through and finally win that first playoff game. Unfortunately, I also remember the crushing 13-12 loss to the Giants the following Sunday night.
Oh man. I was a busboy that started at R & O's restaurant on this day. Let me say it felt like half the Superdome came to eat after this shellacking. I quit after my shift ended at around 1 a.m.😃
The Broncos were bad on the road in general, and far worse on artificial turf. In 1988, they were 2-6 away and 0-4 on fake grass. Somehow they managed to eke out a 16-13 OT win at San Francisco., which got rid of their Astroturf 9 years earlier.
@@johnmanier7968 They were better in 1989 on the Astroturf though. Actually went 3-0 until getting blitzed on the surface at this same Superdome to the 49ers in the Super Bowl. 1990 Bears were also similarly inept on Astroturf like the 1988 Broncos but still went 11-5 and won the NFC Central somehow.
Welll...these are two favorite teams, so thanks for posting. But the Broncos are my home town team and this is one of the worst regular season losses they ever had. They never had a chance. Go Saints, haha!
1988 Astroturf. FUGLY 55 points given up to the Colts on Halloween Night vs Dickerson. This disaster in New Orleans, giving up 42. 42 allowed at Seattle in a showdown game for 1st place late in the year, which was also the Steve Largent revenge hit on Mike Harden. And 39 allowed at Pittsburgh, even though the Steelers rolled out a total scrub Offense. Then look at their 3 road games on grass. A 16-13 win at Candlestick against the eventual champion Niners. Giving up only 215 yards at the Raiders in LA. Abd a 12-0 shutout win at San Diego. Think the Turf was a bad deal for Denver?
The Saints seemed to have the division sewn up after this game, but they lost their next 3 and ended 10-6. The Rams won the tiebreaker for the final wild card spot over the Saints and Giants.
Yep the 49ers beat the Saints in Week 15 and won the NFC West at 10-6 over them and the Rams. SF got hot and won Super Bowl 23 over the Broncos. Great year for the World Champion 49ers of 1988 and Repeated in 1989.
I grew up 2 hours west of NOLA I was 14 that year. My dad never missed a Saints game unless it was on cable no access on the farm back then. We picked all games every week and he wrote every score of every game and division standings win percentage, he hated figuring out tie percentage. I moved to Atlanta September of 09. I flew down for the Superbowl to watch it with him. He passed in 11. I can just imagine his reactions for this game. The deflected pass Tice and Bobby caught. The penalty on Denver in the end zone, and getting the final scores and writing them down.
Thanks for taking the time to post the game.
those sound like wonderful times, nowadays in the times i grow up in we can see whats going on in a NFL game the second we open any social media app
Yes I was a little younger but loved these days! Who Dat 4 life! and Cha-Ching!!
Liked those uniforms that the Broncos used to wear before 1997 much better than what they've been wearing for the last 22 years
Totally agree. I cannot stand navy blue.
I wish the Eagles would go back to the true green instead of that crappy metallic, green ish blue crap they have now.
@@Head318Hunter and the silver wings on helmet
Yeah once they went to navy blue and changed their unis they pretty much are a copy cat of the Bears
To date, this remains the last Saints home won against the Broncos.
i had a tape of this game and i would watch it every month to enjoy such a great shutout blowout win.
Eric Martin: one of the best and most reliable receivers who is an unknown to many fans....even BACK THEN. Definitely one of the most reliable receivers in the NFL back then, an ol’ skool guy like Fred Biletnikoff and Charlie Joiner. Not the fastest, not the biggest, but one of the smartest and a precise route-runner. And don’t even let me get started on Mel Gray! One of the best return men EVER! And he did it well for a LOOOOONNNNGGG time!!
The Saints had some super bowl caliber teams in the late 80s and early 90s. The 49ers were the only team stopping them from dominating the NFC. If it wasn't for some bad luck and perhaps a little more speed at the wide receiver position, they definitely would have won a super bowl during this era. The defense was unbelievably good. Hebert was underrated. The O line, running backs and tight ends were solid. Eric Martin was a great. They just needed maybe one more weapon at wide receiver.
I say moderate offense for the Saints because they needed a second wide receiver to go with Eric Martin.
Could you imagine if the saints had been an AFC team?
Saints fan since 1970. Grown old during that time but still there. Who Dat!
I still remember the Times Picayune headline the next day. “Orange Crushed”!!
Yep. My dad kept it in an empty dresser drawer to avoid it accidentally being thrown away with the normal newspapers.
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The Dome patrol vs Elway and the Broncos. 27:37 look at those names, all four linebackers made the pro bowl in 1992.
Saints fan perspective needed here :) This wasn't a playoff year for the Saints; lost three of the last four and lost a three-way tiebreaker in the division. But it was perhaps Mora's brightest-shining moment. The running game and special teams were still complementing the Dome Patrol defense. For 23 years, it was the largest margin of victory in team history, until a 55-point win over the Colts in 2011.
Still our largest shutout at least as far as I know. The 41-0 win over the Bucs a few years ago came close though. The 2011 Colts game was swell though. Might be the only time in NFL history that a team scored 30+ unanswered twice in the same game.
I think there is a newscast from WAFB in Baton Rouge, floating around UA-cam, recounting one of the last games of this season, after it was apparent that the Saints would miss due to the tie-breaker to the Rams
As a long time Broncos fan this game for some reason always stuck to my head just because we lost 42-0 😡..how is that possible i thought back then lol...I was 12-13 in 88
Mora and Bobby Hebert the first saints to give hope
Broncos should have known what kind of day they were going to have after the Saints first play from scrimmage. I still recall the emotional high I felt watching this game and the real hope I had that the Saints were going to break through and finally win that first playoff game. Unfortunately, I also remember the crushing 13-12 loss to the Giants the following Sunday night.
Oh man. I was a busboy that started at R & O's restaurant on this day. Let me say it felt like half the Superdome came to eat after this shellacking. I quit after my shift ended at around 1 a.m.😃
Back in the day, if the Broncos played on artificial turf, it was an automatic win for the opponent
The Broncos were bad on the road in general, and far worse on artificial turf. In 1988, they were 2-6 away and 0-4 on fake grass. Somehow they managed to eke out a 16-13 OT win at San Francisco., which got rid of their Astroturf 9 years earlier.
@@johnmanier7968 They were better in 1989 on the Astroturf though. Actually went 3-0 until getting blitzed on the surface at this same Superdome to the 49ers in the Super Bowl. 1990 Bears were also similarly inept on Astroturf like the 1988 Broncos but still went 11-5 and won the NFC Central somehow.
C. K. Unless it was in Seattle or KC. That was 50/50 but it was automatic blow out city anywhere else.
Amazing how the didn't make the playoffs this year, lose ing their next 3
55:30 Broncos 1988 first round pick Ted Gregory gets the only sack of his career.... on Elway. A true low point in Bronco history!
Eric Martin is one of my all-time favorite Saints. He was slow as molasses, but he caught everything that was thrown to him. #whodat
Seemed that he never dropped a bad pass.
Welll...these are two favorite teams, so thanks for posting. But the Broncos are my home town team and this is one of the worst regular season losses they ever had. They never had a chance. Go Saints, haha!
31:42 great play by Elway, as always under pressure in the Dan Reeves era
The whole team was probably hung over ,
They only got to go to New Orleans once every eight years .
1988 Astroturf. FUGLY 55 points given up to the Colts on Halloween Night vs Dickerson. This disaster in New Orleans, giving up 42. 42 allowed at Seattle in a showdown game for 1st place late in the year, which was also the Steve Largent revenge hit on Mike Harden. And 39 allowed at Pittsburgh, even though the Steelers rolled out a total scrub Offense.
Then look at their 3 road games on grass. A 16-13 win at Candlestick against the eventual champion Niners. Giving up only 215 yards at the Raiders in LA. Abd a 12-0 shutout win at San Diego.
Think the Turf was a bad deal for Denver?
No Mora excuses
The Saints in this 1988 game scored more points in this game then the 1977 Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl game vs the same Denver Broncos.
Drew Brees was 9 years old at this time.
Any thumbnail with Ruben Mayes has my click
Gayle Gardener would go to ESPN.
I miss the state picture of Louisiana on the Saints jerseys.
That and the big fleur dis li on the helmet. Their current logo is too small
this looks like a Super Bowl for the 80s Broncos haha
Not even their worst-ever defeat in the Superdome. That would come 14 months after this game.
Yes SF 49ers embrassed Denver 55-10 after the 89 NFL Season.
Jim Mora. It's fourth and a centimeter let's kick a 60 yard field goal
that was amazing at the time.. it was like the saints did what.
Total domination by the Saints.
I love how in the first quarter Mr. Enberg says, "The Saints don't really beat up on anyone."
I guess NBC didn't have a stat department to point him to the 38-0 game against Atlanta just the year before.
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@@brandonfregoso9833 ingles por favor.
Dick Enberg played an interviewer on the TV 📺 show EMGERECY. Sorry 😞 for the mispell.
53:17 that's what you call a bazooka arm. He only put about 60% of his strength too.
Basically the Saints had in the late 80s great defense moderate offense.
Since the saints play ▶️ in the Superdome, the other team's uniforms would be so clean. No mud or dirt.
The Roanoke, VA market got this game, but after the Mel Gray punt return for a touchdown, we were switched to the Chargers-Rams game haha.
I remember that too, because the Saints ran the Broncos out of the stadium, we were switched to the Chargers-Rams game.
Interestingly enough, Denver had run the Browns out of the stadium the week before and NBC shifted to Oilers-Seahawks.
I've never seen Denver take an ass whippin like this ,EVER.
I guess you missed Super Bowls XXI-XXII & XXIV
13:43 ... Sam Mills not fooled by the reverse
Both Sam Mills and Doug Flutie small men big football players.
Sam mills is finally in the Hall of Fame
Wonder what kind of damage a young Tony Dorset and Elway could have caused.
Great upload! Thanks! More old Broncos games?
I want more old bronocs games
The late Dick Jorgensen was the referee for this game!
Rest in ☮️ Dick J.
Would you call 🤙 the Saints 1988 season a let down 👎 from their great 👍 1987 season?
The Saints seemed to have the division sewn up after this game, but they lost their next 3 and ended 10-6. The Rams won the tiebreaker for the final wild card spot over the Saints and Giants.
Yep the 49ers beat the Saints in Week 15 and won the NFC West at 10-6 over them and the Rams. SF got hot and won Super Bowl 23 over the Broncos. Great year for the World Champion 49ers of 1988 and Repeated in 1989.
I was Just thinking about how much I'd like to watch one of Bobby Herbert's old games... sarcasm.
What do you have against Hebert? He was a very accurate passer, he just needed a couple more weapons on the offense.
The Saints never got a second receiver to go with Eric Martin 😒.
In the 80s, which TV 📺 network 🤔 did a better job showed other teams' games 🎮 . CBS or NBC?
Elways helmet logo (left side) is soooo crooked. Haha ... Odd
Broncos D this year couldn’t stop 11 turtles going uphill.
Always a pleasure to see the elway-era broncos get thumped
Bobby the father of the who dat nation
Go Broncos.