Facenda was the best. By this time he was 70 years old but still the same. 1984 would be his last. After that the old NFL music was changed in favor of the synthesized stuff that was the thing for the 1980s.
After Facenda starting with SB XIX with Miami & San Francisco there were 3 straight years where different guys did the SB narrations. Then it was Jeff Kaye for many years in a row. It started to go down hill for me after SB XXV. The music wasn't the same anymore was my biggest complaint.
I am not a redskins fan but I still get goosebumps watching this film. There may be no better NFL film than this one and the portion from 13:00 to 18 minutes--culminating in Riggins TD-- is absolutely brilliant. A play of a lifetime.
Jay Company he'll he was a superstar. I don't think he was underrated at all. They had his helmet from this year on display in Jack Kent Cooke stadium,when I went and saw them play.
@@robertwoods2272 he wasn't known in NYC....Gibbs, Manley, grant,theismann, Jacoby n I forget...the cb....they were talked about after games.....he wasn't underrated in DC..that's all
Woodley was sadly an alcoholic. If you ever read the book “It Never Rains In Tiger Stadium” written by John Ed Bradley, an LSU teammate of Woodley’s, he explains the sadness of David Woodley. It’s a great book outside of that part too, highly recommend
You gotta add = Rusty Chambers (wrong way driver head on collision), Larry Little (Heart attack in off season due to OVER conditioning), and David Overstreet ( Killed in a gas station explosion). Hell for awhile I was considering them changing the mascot to THE GRIM REAPER.
It's an injustice that the most famous Hog was passed over in the HoF voting again and again. Joe was on the All-Decade Team of the 1980s. Funny that among all 4 tackles on that All-Decade 1st and 2nd teams, Joe was the only one not in the HoF. Munoz, Covert and Zimmermann are all in.
In fact, those great Redskins teams of the 80s and early 90s might be the most forgotten-about great team in modern NFL history, because when the greatest teams are mentioned, even those from that era, the Redskins always seems to rate small type, but from 1981-'91, they were every bit as successful as the era's most dominant team, the San Francisco 49ers. In fact, the Redskins and 49ers went to the same number of Super Bowls (4) and were the measure against which everyone else compared themselves. But even the Giants and Bears teams that won three Super Bowls from 1985-'90 (and even the Raiders team that beat the Redskins in Super Bowl XVIII) are remembered more than those Redskins teams are.
@@cjs83172 yeah I agree with you, very sad. I am an American that grew up overseas, and was first introduced to football as a freshman at Georgetown, so the Redskins became my team! Loved them
@@helenrussell5634 I believe there are a couple of reasons why those Redskins teams have always been overlooked when it comes to the truly great teams in the sport's history. The first is that they really didn't have any superstar players on the roster. Yes, they guys like John Riggins, who carried the load for their first two Super Bowl teams, as well as Joe Theismann, who was the NFL's MVP in 1983, but when you look at the roster, they really didn't have any bonified superstars on it, such as what the 49ers had in Joe Montana, what the Bears had in Walter Payton, and what the Giants had in Lawrence Taylor. Another reason they're often overlooked is that they were not a flashy team, nor did they go after the headlines the way other teams like the Bears and Giants did during the same period. But in retrospect, they won the same way Vince Lombardi's Packers won in the 1960s and Don Shula's Dolphins won in the early 1970s. They beat you as a team with execution, and by not making mistakes. You were going to have to beat the Redskins because they were not going to beat themselves, and during one 42-game span (from the sixth game of the 1981 season through the 1983 NFC Championship Game), they won 36 of 42.
That play changed everything. Like Facenda said, it would have forced Washington into a passing game. Score would have been 24-13. Bokamper had position on Theismann but evidently didn’t realize he was there and thought it was a can of corn. I’ll bet he still plays that out in his mind today
I would have to Disagree with you in that. The 1984 Super Bowl was their last Hay Day. Once the great John Facenda died in late 1984, it was NEVER the same. No offense to the other Narraraters, but Facenda was a GENIUS!!! And to think when the Sabol's hired him for NFL Films, from what I heard he knew Nothing about Football. I think he may have been a former Lawyer. But God Bless Mr. Facenda.
@@michaelmcmillan1425 You’re 100% right about Facenda. I agree the narrators that followed weren’t nearly as good. Can’t fill those shows. NFL Films still could make a great video. The music also started to fade around this time too. Overall I agree with you.
This was a rarity in football in that the offensive line, usually unsung & seldom mentioned, were of celebrity status known as the Hogs. It was also unusual but not unheard of that a player (Riggins) who was nearing the end of his career when he had some of his finest games. Narrator John Facenda was then 70 years old but hardly an iota of a change since he started narrating 17 years earlier. Totally on cue and legendary.
I would refine your comment about a player having such great games near the end of his career. What was really unusual about Riggins was that he was a running back reaching the end of his career. Riggins had thousand-yard rushing seasons at age 33 and 34, the only other running backs with that kind of production at that age in the history of the game are John Henry Johnson and Frank Gore. The only other back I can think of to have a similar impact in a Super Bowl at a similar age was OJ Anderson.
Till the day I die, I'll never forget Riggins on 4th and 2 (officially 4th and 1), "70 Chip" off tackle for the first and the touchdown to win Super Bowl 17. Damn, those are some great memories.
There was great blocking on the play. Even if McNeal had dropped Riggins in his tracks right where he hit him, he already had a five-yard gain and a first down. The Raiders must have studied the film to see what the Dolphins did wrong, because next year on a 4th and 1 in the SB the blocking wasn't nearly as good and three guys stopped Riggins 6 inches short.
Yeah, the '83 Super Bowl (Raiders) was and still is a mystery to me. I can't quite figure out what went wrong for Washington. They had a stronger team, more experience than the previous year, but just came out flat and got their ass kicked. I never dreamed the Skins would get blown out.
@@Colstonewall I was surprised too, the redskins were by far the dominant team in the NFL that year going 14-2 and steam rollin their way thru the playoffs.
@@jonburrows8602 Totally agree with you. I remembered these two teams played earlier in the season and it appeared the Raiders were mostly in control of that game until Washington mounted a comeback and won. I think the Raiders speed on both sides of the football made the difference. No doubt Washington that year was a bit stronger than the Raiders. But from what someone mentioned from a famous quote: Speed Kills! And the Raiders were just flat out the better team.
As an official resident of Fort Worth, I can empathize. As Sean Connery said to Harrison Ford in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," "We're pilgrims in an unholy land, my boy." Keep the faith and HTTR!
These highlights of super bowls past are so much better than today's nfl, I would rather watch the old highlights than sit and watch modern football lol
This whole time i'd been thinking it was Riggin's run that was the best play of the game but it was Joe Theismann knocking the ball out of Bokamper's hands.
It may not have been Facenda's swan song, but I do think it was his final great effort. Jeff Kaye who replaced him was not bad, and Harry Kalas was wonderful in his own right but even today Facenda is still the Platinum standard
This game occurred in 1983. More than 30 years later, Joe Gibbs is STILL winning championships in the top tier of professional sports. Kyle Busch just took home Gibbs' fourth NASCAR championship to add to his three Super Bowl championships. And as was the case with the Redskins, Gibbs has now won championships in NASCAR's highest series with three different drivers (Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart, and now Kyle Busch), and coupled with his NFL success, Gibbs' NASCAR championship with Kyle Busch now means he has won championships in four decades (80s and 90s with the Redskins and the 2000s and 2010s with Joe Gibbs Racing).
@@philwidmor1164 And he's still winning. I posted that comment over 8 years ago, and since then, his NASCAR organization has won another championship at NASCAR's highest level with Kyle Busch, while Denny Hamlin, another one of his drivers who's about to start his 19th full season with Joe Gibbs Racing, has won the Daytona 500 three times, including becoming only the fourth driver to successfully defend a Daytona 500 title, and last year, joined the exclusive 50-win club in NASCAR's premier series, becoming the second drive to bag over 50 wins for Gibbs' team. Sadly, since I posted that comment, he's also lost both of his sons, J.D. in early 2019 and Coy the night after Ty Gibbs, Joe's grandson, won the 2022 XFinity Series title. In fact, JGR considered pulling all four of it's cars out of the 2022 Cup Series finale at Phoenix the morning of the race upon learning of Coy Gibbs' shocking death, but decided against it.
I'm a Jets fan but I loved the Redskins radio team of Frank Herzog, Sam Huff & Sonny Jourgensen. Always funny & passionate & Herzog always brought his A game, great play by play man.
Herzog was a perfect play by play. Like Dick Enberg, he knew the game like the back of his hand and he LOVED the game. Also a great voice; a crisp announcer.
@@JCFRFutterman He wouldn't understand today's Arena Football. I can't understand it and it has cheapened what football is supposed to be about. Last Super Bowl-Eagles 41 Patriots 33. Scores like that are all over the place,all passing.
Rusty Kuntz I’m always curious how would the Jets have done against Washington in that Super Bowl that year had they beaten Miami in that AFC title game?
John Massoud especially in that 2nd half. That Washington OL (Hogs), would’ve worn down the New York Sack Exchange of a DL and Gastineau on the outside would have been neutralized.
Shula was never able to capture that muscle running game he had with Czonka, Kiick, and Mercury Morris. Nathan was reliable but not having a consistent 100 yard rusher really cost them for many years.
I think a big part of football's untouchable popularity in America today is attributable to NFL Films. Though I'll insist forever that baseball is the greatest sport in history, football easily has the biggest and best collection of photography, film, and associated music. There aren't as many memorable Hollywood films about football as there are about baseball (Bull Durham, original Bad News Bears, The Natural, etc), but honestly football doesn't need to go to Hollywood when its highlight reels are so marvelously shot, edited, and narrated. This was truly groundbreaking stuff - no sport made legitimate dramatic presentations exclusively from non-fictional sources before NFL Films did. NFL Films did it first and they still do it the best.
NFL Film's innovations with the long camera lenses and their extraordinary cinematographers who followed the action expertly all blended with the dramatic music and the voice. That great voice.
Talk about poetic justice.... after what Larry Csonka did against the Redskins Defense in Super Bowl VII, it was nice to see a little payback with the way John Riggins ran the ball ten years later!
Riggins fumbling before Charlie Brown's clinching TD isn't shown. He absolutely fumbled. Would've been interesting if Don Strock had a drive to tie or win the game.
Every one in 1982 thought this game would suck and would not be entertaining because neither team was flashy and both won football games the old fashion way... running the ball & great defense. The game was close throughout and really came down to the 4th quarter. Was not your typical Super Bowl blowout.
Like I tell all my Dolphin friends last time the Dolphins were legitimate threat was the mid-eighties Super Bowl 17 lost and then then went back again too short years later and loss to the 49ers they won the AFC Crown twice in three years
@@ivansanta-maria1328 I think that they now have a good chance of being a contender for a few years. They have a capable QB in Tua and some serious weapons for him.
But I remember this Super Bowl I didn't get to watch it live but over the years I've watched the films and stuff on it is that Dolphin Safety taking on John Reagan's one-on-one and trying to tackle him high touchdown Washington if he goes low and up ends him he stops him that safety was stupid and arrogant enough to think he could go up high one-on-one with John Riggins and take him down ain't nobody could do that at that time
I think seeing his team complete all of four passes in the Super Bowl really clinched it for Don Shula that he needed better QB play. Unfortunately he overcorrected and de-emphasized defense.
@@MatthewChristianMurray When the Dolphins were up 17-10 at Halftime, going into the Second Half you know damn well Dan Marino would have complained at least one pass and have also built on that lead as he would have carved that Hogs Defense like a Turkey at Thanksgiving! And no, I am not a Miami Fan. I’m just stating facts!
@@Jiltedin2007 Those are NOT facts. You can't do revisionist history. No one predicted Miami would play as well as they did in 1984, offensively. But the defense was horrible as they got stomped in Super Bowl 19 as Montana carved them up and where Dan Marino did nothing through great stretches of the game. And the rest of his Marino's playoff history was disastrous including the 1985 and 1992 AFC Championship games which he had horrible performances at home in both games with all the turnovers against New England(1985) and Buffalo(1992) seasons, respectively. The 1982 Skins' offensive line wore down that smaller and weaker Dolphins defensive line. It was only matter of time they would bend.
@@ChrisC709 I bet you anything Dan Marino(If he was playing at Miami in 1982) would’ve carved that Hogs Defense like a Turkey at Thanksgiving. Remember, Miami was up 17-10 at Halftime at Super Bowl XVIII. Since the Redskins scored 17 points in the Second Half, I guarantee you Marino would have thrown at least 3 passes in the End Zone. Don’t forget, Marino was A Senior at Pittsburgh during the 1982 Season.
@@Jiltedin2007 I didn't forget anything. I remember everything about that game and how they got up on them. They gained that lead on 2 big plays but did nothing else in the game against the defense. And what I said stands. You can't do revisionist history. And what I said still stands. Marino only played in 1 Super Bowl in 36 years. I guess Aaron Rodgers is going to same route too. Anyway, Marino was talented but an overhyped qb who had no defense and was mostly terrible in playoff games. Again, what you said has no validity and what I said about Marino stands. He has NO Super Bowl rings and will be remembered that way. Don Shula got outcoached and their offense couldn't run the football and the defense wears down. I could do revisionist history against almost every team that has lost in the 55 Super Bowls. There's a reason why every team lost the Super Bowl on that particular day. If Tom Brady didn't take over Drew Bledsoe's job after he got injured, would the Patriots have won 6 Super Bowls? Probably not. If Pittsburgh didn't get that Immaculate Reception in 1972 would the Raiders have won the Super Bowl? I don't live my life on should've, could've, and would've. What you should be doing is pondering when is the next time the Dolphins will be back in the Super Bowl. Marino is in the same category as Charles Barkley and other star players who never won a championship and Marino has no excuse, he played for 17 seasons. Elway finally got a done but Marino didn't.
What an interesting season this was. The NFL strike, Mark Henderson and the snowplow bowl (didn't know the Patriots cheated in their past as well) and this Super Bowl. Poor Woodley.
Had Miami won the snowplow game they would have been the 1 seed in the AFC and the Raiders would have been the 2 seed. Also The Pats would have been the 8 seed and the Browns the 7 seed. So the first round would have had the same games being played. However, the 2nd round would have been different as Miami would have hosted the Jets and the Raiders the Chargers. Assuming both home teams winning the AFC Championship game would have been the Raiders at the Dolphins. The Raiders were probably the only team in the AFC that could have beat Miami..........so, the snowplow game may have worked to Miami's advantage.
One of the most devastating losses as a Dolphins fan. Was 8 yrs old at the time..Was pleading to Shula please put Don Strok in Woodley Was God awful after that TD he threw 😢
I’m a Skin and a South Floridian. This game brings tears to my eyes. We’re Floridians but I was raised in Langley Park, MD. I’ve lived most of my life in South Florida and will always be a Skins fan. In that time period Skins > Dolphins, now Dolphins > Commanders. Skins and Fins forever!
I was overseas on assignment, but got a recorded VCR airshipped to me courtesy of the fine family gentleman, Ray Rogers. Even though I knew the result, enjoyed tremendoysly watching this game a werk later with coworkers. We had a ball. #HTTR
I'm a diehard Cowboys Fan but more than that I'm a "Football" man and I get chills listening to Coach Joe Bugel breakdown 70 chip & Joe Theismann make the call at the line :Goal line Goal line I Lft Tight Wing 70 Chip on Rt!! With NFL Films music & cinematography along with the voice of John Facenda ?!? NFL Films GOLD!!
I'm a redskins fan . Buy at least back then you knew who your enemies were. In today's league riggins , Theismann, 2 hogs , dexter Manley would all be traded. Staubach we be quarter backing the redskins and drew pearson would be in Minnesota.
BRIEF COMMENT: THIS WAS JOHN FACENDA'S NEXT TO LAST SUPER BOWL BROADCAST. HIS FINAL BOW WAS THE FOLLOWING YEAR W/HIS BROADCAST OF SUPER BOWL 18 WHICH RESULTED IN A 38-9 OAKLAND RAIDER WIN & TOTAL DOMINANCE OF THE FORMER SUPER BOWL CHAMPS WASHINGTON REDSKINS. TRULY ANA AMAZING RAIDER PERFORMANCE EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS LATER.
Autumn Reid So be it but find it hard to believe since he is from Ohio, was a redshirt freshman and you recognized him. Oh well, good observation if that's the case.
Joe Jacoby dominated 3 Super Bowls. One of the greatest offensive lineman ever. 3 super bowls victories, 3 different QBs, different RBs. He just dominated. And he's still not in the Hall of Fame. That's just so wrong.
Dwight Stephenson #57 of the Miami Dolphins Career Accomplishments Miami Dolphins (1980-1987) 5x Pro Bowl selection 5x All-Pro selection 1980's All-Decade Team 1985 NFL Man of the Year Award Pro Football hall of Fame selection AFC Offensive Lineman of the Year by the NFLPA five consecutive times (1983-87) Seagram's Seven Crowns of Sports Offensive Lineman of the Year three consecutive times (1983-85) With the exceptionally explosive Stephenson as offensive captain, the Dolphins offensive line gave up the fewest sacks in the NFL for a record six straight seasons, from 1982 to 1987
One of the coolest things I've ever seen was years later the Redskin's organization named their all-time greatest players and honored them on the field at halftime during a game at RFK Stadium. When the long retired John Riggin's name was called he ran onto the field in full uniform.
@Randall Denison I know that play. McNeal had no chance. It was more impressive that he could shrug off Bokamper who was quite a bit bigger and stronger than poor Don McNeal. Ten Don McNeal's could not have brought down Riggins.
Awesome game, l lived in West Palm beach , Floiida at the time this game happened, l was the only Redskin fan at the bowl party, that memory is forever carved in stone!
This might have been Don Shula's greatest accomplishment as a coach, getting this team into the Super Bowl. Either this one or the one 2 years later. David Woodley? Jimmy Cefalo? Andra Franklin? They really had no business being there except for an all-time great coach.
@Dicky Jones Yup, Riggins and the Hogs just wore them down. Classic use of a running game, keep it close and win it in the 4th quarter by controlling the ball and the clock.
Don Shula had six hours to think about his wretched QB situation on the flight back to Miami. It probably took him six minutes to realize he needed a serious upgrade. Being the devout Catholic he was, Shula began offering novenas to make sure Marino (or Kelly) would be available for him.
Here's a question I've always had with Miami. When the offense tanked in the 2nd half with a lead, why didn't shula pull Woodley and put in strock to finish the game. It was obvious that Woodley was good but not elite. Once the offense was completely in the tank and Woodley threw that 3rd quarter pick, i would have sat him down and let strock close out the game.
When Joe Bugel was talking about AJ Duhe, he said that Duhe had a lot of sacks throughout the season and playoffs. Duhe did have 3 sacks during the playoffs, but only 2 during the regular season. Granted there were only 9 regular season games in 1982, but Duhe was still only on pace for about 3.5 sacks over a full 16 game season. So I don’t agree that he had a lot of sacks during the regular season.
I’ll throw this at you and say if it’s the Jets instead of Miami, Joe Bugel probably would’ve been talking about Mark Gastineau as the guy they had to stop. But that Jets front would have been tougher to deal with even with Klecko on the inside not at 100%.
NFL Films never did get anyone else to even come close to John Facenda's voice. I kind of wished NFL Films would have had open auditions for a voiceover. People could have sent in a video of them reading a makeshift script. There may have been someone else with a Voice of God. Mr. Facenda belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
John Riggins said " it's 4th and 1, is there anybody on this planet that doesn't know Ima get the ball" . If you think you can stop me, go ahead make my day.
To this day, my brother pines about missing the play. He was sitting on the couch, and as soon as Riggins broke McNeil's tackle everybody sitting on the floor in front of him jumped up yelling and waving their arms. His view was probably also obscured by flying bowls of munchies and cans/bottles of soda/beer. Cleaning up the detrius was my absolute pleasure. Maybe again someday...
Redskins need to bring these uniforms back. White over burgundy at home and on the road whenever the opponent wears dark color jerseys. Road games in Dallas and in games where the home team wears white, wear the burgundy jerseys over white pants. HTTR!
As of the early 2000's before this painful last 20 years hit, the Miami Dolphins were the most successful team(winning percentage) of any professional team in the world. Bring back the original logo & the uniforms of the late 90's or early 2000's(shiny aqua pants)
This game was a blessing in disguise for Miami, as they realized they had a QB issue, leading to their drafting Dan Marino (PITT). Not a Dolphins fan per se, but it's too bad they didn't have him that night. They probably would've won.
@@usa-rb5fi And one of those wins was by a team that hasn't been in the AFC East for almost 20 years, the Colts, who beat the Cowboys in the first post-merger Super Bowl.
I have seen numerous comments talking about the fact that Dan Marino wasn’t drafted one year earlier than the 1983 draft. I don’t know if people are aware of this but there is no way that Marino would have been draft eligible in 1982. Back then the rules stated that a player had to either graduate from college as a student, or exhaust all of his playing eligibility to be eligible for the NFL draft. Marino had done neither at the time of the 1982 NFL Draft. Under today’s rules a player can enter the draft early if he has been out of high school for three years. So Dan Marino would have had the option to enter the 1982 NFL Draft IF the current rules would have been in place back then.
Dont forget the redskins champion ship season During the strike witch was a 12 game season if i am not mistaken. 87 season the replacement players RUNNING BACK TIMMY SMITH 275 YARDS A THEN SUPERBOWL RECORD .DOUG WILLIAMS. THE FIRST BLACK QB TO START &WIN THE SUPER BOWL
ROBERT NELSON JR It was 208 yards for Timmy Smith. Walter Payton ran for a then-record 275 yards in a regular season game, I believe in 1977. Interesting thing about the Redskins roster in 1987 (because the NFL used replacement players for three games, it was a 15-game season): even though Timmy Smith started and could have been MVP, George Rogers was introduced with the starting lineup. That's how much respect the team had for him.
It never gets mentioned but the block by Joe Washington is what sprang Riggins. If he doesn’t give up his body Rhone #55 is able to scrape and help McNeal on the tackle. Textbook aggression and technique shown be Washington.
The week before they beat the Dallas cowboys 31 to 17 and they won this game wearing out the defense and opening up the holes that a truck could run through and this allowed big john riggins to run into Superbowl history what a win for the Redskins
I'm a steeler fan but born and raised in miami love my home town but when it comes to football I'm from steel city but that being said last time dolphins were a true contender mid 80s
+MrBaddog7676 Yes.... Bill Arnspargers was one of the best defensive coaches in NFL history. He was the architect of the No Name Defense of the 1970s and the Killer Bees in the late 70s and early 80s. Also was the guy who helped find Junior Seau in San Diego in mid 90s before he retired.
I was really young and don't remember much of Superbowl 7 but when I finally watched it back in its entirety a couple years ago the Redskins seemed to dominate that game. If it had not been for 3 big plays from Miami and that goal post getting in the way!
13:04 This incompleted pass attempt is the play of the game. If you're a Miami fan, it pains to watch it. And, this play is the closest the Dolphins have come to winning a Super Bowl in 38 years. (Super Bowl XIX, played two years later against SFO, was a non-contest for Miami.)
That play changed history. If Bokamper gets that TD Miami likely wins that game. Theismann may have saved his career. If the Redskins lost that game the draft order would have been flipped with Washington 27th and Miami having the 28th and final pick of the first round. With Theismann coming up small in the SB Gibbs would be thinking they need an upgrade at QB to get them over the hump. Marino could have easily ended up being a Redskin. They would have sacrificed a SB and in return possibly had one of the greatest dynasties in sports history. MIami would have had a Lombardi trophy but a mediocre at best future ahead with no franchise QB.
@@KevinT7274 Very true! Geez, that makes me feel a bit better about Miami losing SB XVII. The Monday after I didn't go to school, I was grief-stricken. 😆
@@zoso73 You never feel good about losing a SB, especially as a Dolphins fan you saw that as one that got away. As a Redskins fan it would have been a dream to have Marino, Riggins, and the Hogs together.
@@KevinT7274 Obviously I'm a huge Marino fan, but I would have taken that single Superbowl victory over 17 seasons of a legendary player. I think. 🤔 Maybe. Probably not. No.
The Dolphins got Marino too late, a couple years sooner and that SB may have been a blowout in the Dolphins favor. When Marino was peaking the defense went south. The 49ers SB showed that side of the ball wasn't good enough. Everyone wanted to see a Bears-Dolphins rematch the following season to get the answer whether that Monday night game was a fluke or if the Dolphins were the Bears kryptonite. We'll never know.
How great was nfl films back then. The music, John Facenda. Absolutely sensational!
Facenda was the best. By this time he was 70 years old but still the same. 1984 would be his last. After that the old NFL music was changed in favor of the synthesized stuff that was the thing for the 1980s.
John Facenda AKA The Voice of God :)
Terrence Davis
Miss his stoic voice.
After Facenda starting with SB XIX with Miami & San Francisco there were 3 straight years where different guys did the SB narrations. Then it was Jeff Kaye for many years in a row. It started to go down hill for me after SB XXV. The music wasn't the same anymore was my biggest complaint.
“Like Edgar Allen Poe’s Telltale Heart, the Dolphins defense was still beating.”
All of these Super Bowl highlight films with John Facenda, are god damn works of art.
They are, but the NFL quit showing them because they hit too hard.
I agree with you 1000%!!!!
Yep
Well I'm a redskins Fan
YES!
When number 44 John Riggins broke that 4th and 1, it was one of the most happiest days of my life. The whole city seemed to erupt! How sweet it was!
I am not a redskins fan but I still get goosebumps watching this film. There may be no better NFL film than this one and the portion from 13:00 to 18 minutes--culminating in Riggins TD-- is absolutely brilliant. A play of a lifetime.
No one could narrate like the late John Facenda.
Riggins was garbage average 2.8 per carry
Of all of the Super Bowl Highlights films ever, that is my favorite, the last 5 minutes. "The hogs made the holes, and Riggins found them."
@@tsmar9939 Over 30 times per game wearing out the defensive line. Yeah. DIESEL!
David Butz what a great d-tackle for the redskins, very underrated.
Jay Company he'll he was a superstar. I don't think he was underrated at all. They had his helmet from this year on display in Jack Kent Cooke stadium,when I went and saw them play.
Jay Company agreed, didn’t get the national credit for how well he played...
Agreed. Nose/Defensive tackles always get overlooked by Defensive Ends and Linebackers.
@@robertwoods2272 he wasn't known in NYC....Gibbs, Manley, grant,theismann, Jacoby n I forget...the cb....they were talked about after games.....he wasn't underrated in DC..that's all
Yes. Butz should probably be a hall of famer...I also think Washington's defenses of the 80's were underrated
RIP Fulton Walker and David Woodley. Damn, life is short...
I didn't know about Woodley
Woodley was supposed to be the next great Dolphins qb, then Marino was
Woodley was sadly an alcoholic. If you ever read the book “It Never Rains In Tiger Stadium” written by John Ed Bradley, an LSU teammate of Woodley’s, he explains the sadness of David Woodley. It’s a great book outside of that part too, highly recommend
You gotta add = Rusty Chambers (wrong way driver head on collision), Larry Little (Heart attack in off season due to OVER conditioning), and David Overstreet ( Killed in a gas station explosion).
Hell for awhile I was considering them changing the mascot to THE GRIM REAPER.
Joe Jacoby should be in the HoF.
It's an injustice that the most famous Hog was passed over in the HoF voting again and again. Joe was on the All-Decade Team of the 1980s. Funny that among all 4 tackles on that All-Decade 1st and 2nd teams, Joe was the only one not in the HoF. Munoz, Covert and Zimmermann are all in.
The gold old days... Before Dan Snyder. Joe Gibbs teams of the 80s were some of the best. HTTR!
Snyder SUCKS!
In fact, those great Redskins teams of the 80s and early 90s might be the most forgotten-about great team in modern NFL history, because when the greatest teams are mentioned, even those from that era, the Redskins always seems to rate small type, but from 1981-'91, they were every bit as successful as the era's most dominant team, the San Francisco 49ers. In fact, the Redskins and 49ers went to the same number of Super Bowls (4) and were the measure against which everyone else compared themselves. But even the Giants and Bears teams that won three Super Bowls from 1985-'90 (and even the Raiders team that beat the Redskins in Super Bowl XVIII) are remembered more than those Redskins teams are.
@@cjs83172 yeah I agree with you, very sad. I am an American that grew up overseas, and was first introduced to football as a freshman at Georgetown, so the Redskins became my team! Loved them
@@helenrussell5634 I believe there are a couple of reasons why those Redskins teams have always been overlooked when it comes to the truly great teams in the sport's history. The first is that they really didn't have any superstar players on the roster. Yes, they guys like John Riggins, who carried the load for their first two Super Bowl teams, as well as Joe Theismann, who was the NFL's MVP in 1983, but when you look at the roster, they really didn't have any bonified superstars on it, such as what the 49ers had in Joe Montana, what the Bears had in Walter Payton, and what the Giants had in Lawrence Taylor.
Another reason they're often overlooked is that they were not a flashy team, nor did they go after the headlines the way other teams like the Bears and Giants did during the same period. But in retrospect, they won the same way Vince Lombardi's Packers won in the 1960s and Don Shula's Dolphins won in the early 1970s. They beat you as a team with execution, and by not making mistakes. You were going to have to beat the Redskins because they were not going to beat themselves, and during one 42-game span (from the sixth game of the 1981 season through the 1983 NFC Championship Game), they won 36 of 42.
*Hail to the Football Team
That Riggins TD was one of the biggest turning point plays in SB history if not the biggest one
the bigger play that didn't make the stat sheet was Theisman preventing that tipped ball touchdown.
@@bconni2 true
The horn when Riggins while was running too
@@bconni2 That play by Theisman was the most heads-up play I've ever seen. It should be on every highlight reel of great Super Bowl plays.
That play changed everything. Like Facenda said, it would have forced Washington into a passing game. Score would have been 24-13. Bokamper had position on Theismann but evidently didn’t realize he was there and thought it was a can of corn. I’ll bet he still plays that out in his mind today
NFL Films was so good back then. Probably their peak was from 1971-1986. Their shows were so dramatic. Players weren't such A Holes either.
I miss it back then. No free agency made this a Fan's game.
So we know. Limited media access. If they had the same treatment...they'd be the same! LOL!
I would have to Disagree with you in that. The 1984 Super Bowl was their last Hay Day. Once the great John Facenda died in late 1984, it was NEVER the same. No offense to the other Narraraters, but Facenda was a GENIUS!!! And to think when the Sabol's hired him for NFL Films, from what I heard he knew Nothing about Football. I think he may have been a former Lawyer. But God Bless Mr. Facenda.
@@michaelmcmillan1425 You’re 100% right about Facenda. I agree the narrators that followed weren’t nearly as good. Can’t fill those shows. NFL Films still could make a great video. The music also started to fade around this time too. Overall I agree with you.
Rah rah Redskins destroyed da dolphins then flushed them down da drain in da super Bowl
This was a rarity in football in that the offensive line, usually unsung & seldom mentioned, were of celebrity status known as the Hogs. It was also unusual but not unheard of that a player (Riggins) who was nearing the end of his career when he had some of his finest games. Narrator John Facenda was then 70 years old but hardly an iota of a change since he started narrating 17 years earlier. Totally on cue and legendary.
I would refine your comment about a player having such great games near the end of his career. What was really unusual about Riggins was that he was a running back reaching the end of his career. Riggins had thousand-yard rushing seasons at age 33 and 34, the only other running backs with that kind of production at that age in the history of the game are John Henry Johnson and Frank Gore. The only other back I can think of to have a similar impact in a Super Bowl at a similar age was OJ Anderson.
Don't you know any former New York Jet moves on to Superstar Status?? 🤣
it's all media based. almost every team that's ever won a SB had dominant O line play.
Facenda, sadly, was near the end at this point-he would only narrate one more Super Bowl film (XVIII) before his passing in September 1984.
Till the day I die, I'll never forget Riggins on 4th and 2 (officially 4th and 1), "70 Chip" off tackle for the first and the touchdown to win Super Bowl 17. Damn, those are some great memories.
There was great blocking on the play. Even if McNeal had dropped Riggins in his tracks right where he hit him, he already had a five-yard gain and a first down. The Raiders must have studied the film to see what the Dolphins did wrong, because next year on a 4th and 1 in the SB the blocking wasn't nearly as good and three guys stopped Riggins 6 inches short.
Yeah, the '83 Super Bowl (Raiders) was and still is a mystery to me. I can't quite figure out what went wrong for Washington. They had a stronger team, more experience than the previous year, but just came out flat and got their ass kicked. I never dreamed the Skins would get blown out.
@@Colstonewall I was surprised too, the redskins were by far the dominant team in the NFL that year going 14-2 and steam rollin their way thru the playoffs.
@@Patrick-gl4lu Yeah, but they weren't dominant in the playoffs and the Raiders were, just hitting their peak.
@@jonburrows8602 Totally agree with you. I remembered these two teams played earlier in the season and it appeared the Raiders were mostly in control of that game until Washington mounted a comeback and won. I think the Raiders speed on both sides of the football made the difference. No doubt Washington that year was a bit stronger than the Raiders. But from what someone mentioned from a famous quote: Speed Kills! And the Raiders were just flat out the better team.
NFL Films is the greatest tv production to ever bless our screens...yes I'm a Skins fan in Texas one of many by the way...
As an official resident of Fort Worth, I can empathize. As Sean Connery said to Harrison Ford in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," "We're pilgrims in an unholy land, my boy." Keep the faith and HTTR!
Me too
Die hard Skins fan living in CAPITAL OF TX
Dallas too
These highlights of super bowls past are so much better than today's nfl, I would rather watch the old highlights than sit and watch modern football lol
This whole time i'd been thinking it was Riggin's run that was the best play of the game but it was Joe Theismann knocking the ball out of Bokamper's hands.
"The killer B's, tired and battered, no long had the strength to stop Washington's procession into history!"
It took Dan Snyder to stop their history and erase it.
And conveniently show a dolphin with an ice pack.
It may not have been Facenda's swan song, but I do think it was his final great effort. Jeff Kaye who replaced him was not bad, and Harry Kalas was wonderful in his own right but even today Facenda is still the Platinum standard
Remember next year "on came Marcus Allen running with the night"
Facenda is and will always be the best Rip
@@biggrobbnelsonjr5675 Yes he was gone in '84 too bad he was I would have liked to have heard his voice in '88 when Doug Williams made history.
@@bearcattony00 "17 Bob Trey 0" 74 yd TD run and John Riggins was forced to watch his former record get destroyed.
Facenda on Riggins "Might as well die with your boots on"
This game occurred in 1983. More than 30 years later, Joe Gibbs is STILL winning championships in the top tier of professional sports. Kyle Busch just took home Gibbs' fourth NASCAR championship to add to his three Super Bowl championships. And as was the case with the Redskins, Gibbs has now won championships in NASCAR's highest series with three different drivers (Bobby Labonte, Tony Stewart, and now Kyle Busch), and coupled with his NFL success, Gibbs' NASCAR championship with Kyle Busch now means he has won championships in four decades (80s and 90s with the Redskins and the 2000s and 2010s with Joe Gibbs Racing).
It's funny this comment is 6 years old and Joe Gibbs just won a NASCAR championship again last year!!!
Joe Gibbs is what we like to call a "Winner "!
@@philwidmor1164 And he's still winning. I posted that comment over 8 years ago, and since then, his NASCAR organization has won another championship at NASCAR's highest level with Kyle Busch, while Denny Hamlin, another one of his drivers who's about to start his 19th full season with Joe Gibbs Racing, has won the Daytona 500 three times, including becoming only the fourth driver to successfully defend a Daytona 500 title, and last year, joined the exclusive 50-win club in NASCAR's premier series, becoming the second drive to bag over 50 wins for Gibbs' team.
Sadly, since I posted that comment, he's also lost both of his sons, J.D. in early 2019 and Coy the night after Ty Gibbs, Joe's grandson, won the 2022 XFinity Series title. In fact, JGR considered pulling all four of it's cars out of the 2022 Cup Series finale at Phoenix the morning of the race upon learning of Coy Gibbs' shocking death, but decided against it.
Yeah lol he was out standing in his 2nd term in Washington lol. He definitely stole money 😂
For the strike shortened 1982 season however the Redskins took advantage of an unusual situation just like they did in 1987
I'm a Jets fan but I loved the Redskins radio team of Frank Herzog, Sam Huff & Sonny Jourgensen. Always funny & passionate & Herzog always brought his A game, great play by play man.
Herzog was a perfect play by play. Like Dick Enberg, he knew the game like the back of his hand and he LOVED the game. Also a great voice; a crisp announcer.
@@JCFRFutterman He wouldn't understand today's Arena Football. I can't understand it and it has cheapened what football is supposed to be about. Last Super Bowl-Eagles 41 Patriots 33. Scores like that are all over the place,all passing.
Rusty Kuntz I’m always curious how would the Jets have done against Washington in that Super Bowl that year had they beaten Miami in that AFC title game?
@@dannyboy34677 Redskins would have killed the Jets
John Massoud especially in that 2nd half. That Washington OL (Hogs), would’ve worn down the New York Sack Exchange of a DL and Gastineau on the outside would have been neutralized.
38 tough carries for the Diesel...still a Super Bowl record
Shula was never able to capture that muscle running game he had with Czonka, Kiick, and Mercury Morris. Nathan was reliable but not having a consistent 100 yard rusher really cost them for many years.
Totally agree! Tony Nathan was solid. But NEVER a total workhorse. Like a Barry Sanders.
That and the Dolphins defense got worse after the 1984 season. It gave up too many points and relied too much on Marino to win games for them.
Wonder if David Overstreet could've been that guy...sadly we never got to find out.
Shula should have kept benny malone
Everything about the 80's aesthetic is pure magic.
I think a big part of football's untouchable popularity in America today is attributable to NFL Films. Though I'll insist forever that baseball is the greatest sport in history, football easily has the biggest and best collection of photography, film, and associated music. There aren't as many memorable Hollywood films about football as there are about baseball (Bull Durham, original Bad News Bears, The Natural, etc), but honestly football doesn't need to go to Hollywood when its highlight reels are so marvelously shot, edited, and narrated. This was truly groundbreaking stuff - no sport made legitimate dramatic presentations exclusively from non-fictional sources before NFL Films did. NFL Films did it first and they still do it the best.
NFL Film's innovations with the long camera lenses and their extraordinary cinematographers who followed the action expertly all blended with the dramatic music and the voice. That great voice.
WTF? Do you have any clue how the ratings and game attendance have plummeted?
@@pretorious700 none of that has to do with the fact football is still the most popular sport in America hands down. You're an idiot
@@pretorious700Re-read the original comment again with better comprehension.
I was at this game, it was a thrill for me, my relative had tickets from his job. Glad I was able to be there.
When regular fans could attend a Super Bowl.
Just the announcer saying "John Riggins The Ball Carrier!!!" gives me chills.
Sabol wrote the scripts for these. Facenda would tell him to "give me a horse I can ride." He sure did!
somewhere Vince Lombardi isn't smiling with all the pass happy offense is in the NFL today
steelcity9778 true nfl fans don’t question it people with brains just go along with it
Lombardi opened up his own offense in Washington to make them a winner. I think he'd care about winning.
A product of the dumbing down of blocking schemes and the running game. A definite result of the diminishment of training camp length and intensity.
He'd say " What the hell is going on out there!"
Talk about poetic justice.... after what Larry Csonka did against the Redskins Defense in Super Bowl VII, it was nice to see a little payback with the way John Riggins ran the ball ten years later!
"Here comes the Diesel." "Here comes the Diesel!" "Should come, with John Riggins, right up the middle!
Riggins rushed for 166 yards and caught 1 pass for 15 yards. Total yards for Riggins 181....total yards for the Dolphins offense 176.
And 76 of them came on one play with the Cefalo touchdown.
Riggins fumbling before Charlie Brown's clinching TD isn't shown. He absolutely fumbled. Would've been interesting if Don Strock had a drive to tie or win the game.
Every one in 1982 thought this game would suck and would not be entertaining because neither team was flashy and both won football games the old fashion way... running the ball & great defense. The game was close throughout and really came down to the 4th quarter. Was not your typical Super Bowl blowout.
Like I tell all my Dolphin friends last time the Dolphins were legitimate threat was the mid-eighties Super Bowl 17 lost and then then went back again too short years later and loss to the 49ers they won the AFC Crown twice in three years
@@ivansanta-maria1328 I think that they now have a good chance of being a contender for a few years. They have a capable QB in Tua and some serious weapons for him.
But I remember this Super Bowl I didn't get to watch it live but over the years I've watched the films and stuff on it is that Dolphin Safety taking on John Reagan's one-on-one and trying to tackle him high touchdown Washington if he goes low and up ends him he stops him that safety was stupid and arrogant enough to think he could go up high one-on-one with John Riggins and take him down ain't nobody could do that at that time
Dan Marino was A Senior at Pittsburgh during this Super Bowl.
I think seeing his team complete all of four passes in the Super Bowl really clinched it for Don Shula that he needed better QB play. Unfortunately he overcorrected and de-emphasized defense.
@@MatthewChristianMurray
When the Dolphins were up 17-10 at Halftime, going into the Second Half you know damn well Dan Marino would have complained at least one pass and have also built on that lead as he would have carved that Hogs Defense like a Turkey at Thanksgiving! And no, I am not a Miami Fan. I’m just stating facts!
@@Jiltedin2007 Those are NOT facts. You can't do revisionist history. No one predicted Miami would play as well as they did in 1984, offensively. But the defense was horrible as they got stomped in Super Bowl 19 as Montana carved them up and where Dan Marino did nothing through great stretches of the game. And the rest of his Marino's playoff history was disastrous including the 1985 and 1992 AFC Championship games which he had horrible performances at home in both games with all the turnovers against New England(1985) and Buffalo(1992) seasons, respectively.
The 1982 Skins' offensive line wore down that smaller and weaker Dolphins defensive line. It was only matter of time they would bend.
@@ChrisC709
I bet you anything Dan Marino(If he was playing at Miami in 1982) would’ve carved that Hogs Defense like a Turkey at Thanksgiving. Remember, Miami was up 17-10 at Halftime at Super Bowl XVIII. Since the Redskins scored 17 points in the Second Half, I guarantee you Marino would have thrown at least 3 passes in the End Zone.
Don’t forget, Marino was A Senior at Pittsburgh during the 1982 Season.
@@Jiltedin2007 I didn't forget anything. I remember everything about that game and how they got up on them. They gained that lead on 2 big plays but did nothing else in the game against the defense. And what I said stands. You can't do revisionist history. And what I said still stands. Marino only played in 1 Super Bowl in 36 years. I guess Aaron Rodgers is going to same route too. Anyway, Marino was talented but an overhyped qb who had no defense and was mostly terrible in playoff games.
Again, what you said has no validity and what I said about Marino stands. He has NO Super Bowl rings and will be remembered that way. Don Shula got outcoached and their offense couldn't run the football and the defense wears down.
I could do revisionist history against almost every team that has lost in the 55 Super Bowls. There's a reason why every team lost the Super Bowl on that particular day. If Tom Brady didn't take over Drew Bledsoe's job after he got injured, would the Patriots have won 6 Super Bowls? Probably not. If Pittsburgh didn't get that Immaculate Reception in 1972 would the Raiders have won the Super Bowl?
I don't live my life on should've, could've, and would've. What you should be doing is pondering when is the next time the Dolphins will be back in the Super Bowl. Marino is in the same category as Charles Barkley and other star players who never won a championship and Marino has no excuse, he played for 17 seasons. Elway finally got a done but Marino didn't.
This has to be one of my favorite Super Bowl films.
Mine too.
“Somewhere, Vince Lombardi must have smiled his approval…”
What an interesting season this was. The NFL strike, Mark Henderson and the snowplow bowl (didn't know the Patriots cheated in their past as well) and this Super Bowl. Poor Woodley.
Had Miami won the snowplow game they would have been the 1 seed in the AFC and the Raiders would have been the 2 seed. Also The Pats would have been the 8 seed and the Browns the 7 seed. So the first round would have had the same games being played. However, the 2nd round would have been different as Miami would have hosted the Jets and the Raiders the Chargers. Assuming both home teams winning the AFC Championship game would have been the Raiders at the Dolphins. The Raiders were probably the only team in the AFC that could have beat Miami..........so, the snowplow game may have worked to Miami's advantage.
@@2274brian That's a good point. The Raiders used to own Miami in those days.
One of the most devastating losses as a Dolphins fan. Was 8 yrs old at the time..Was pleading to Shula please put Don Strok in Woodley Was God awful after that TD he threw 😢
I’m a Skin and a South Floridian. This game brings tears to my eyes. We’re Floridians but I was raised in Langley Park, MD. I’ve lived most of my life in South Florida and will always be a Skins fan. In that time period Skins > Dolphins, now Dolphins > Commanders. Skins and Fins forever!
Nothing like hearing Frank Herzog say " touchdown! Washington Redskins!". An institution here in the D.C. area. They'll always be the Redskins.
I was overseas on assignment, but got a recorded VCR airshipped to me courtesy of the fine family gentleman, Ray Rogers. Even though I knew the result, enjoyed tremendoysly watching this game a werk later with coworkers. We had a ball. #HTTR
I'm a diehard Cowboys Fan but more than that I'm a "Football" man and I get chills listening to Coach Joe Bugel breakdown 70 chip & Joe Theismann make the call at the line :Goal line Goal line I Lft Tight Wing 70 Chip on Rt!! With NFL Films music & cinematography along with the voice of John Facenda ?!? NFL Films GOLD!!
I'm a redskins fan . Buy at least back then you knew who your enemies were. In today's league riggins , Theismann, 2 hogs , dexter Manley would all be traded. Staubach we be quarter backing the redskins and drew pearson would be in Minnesota.
BRIEF COMMENT: THIS WAS JOHN FACENDA'S NEXT TO LAST SUPER BOWL BROADCAST. HIS FINAL BOW WAS THE FOLLOWING YEAR W/HIS BROADCAST OF SUPER BOWL 18 WHICH RESULTED IN A 38-9 OAKLAND RAIDER WIN & TOTAL DOMINANCE OF THE FORMER SUPER BOWL CHAMPS WASHINGTON REDSKINS. TRULY ANA AMAZING RAIDER PERFORMANCE EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS LATER.
I was at this game and Jim Harbaugh sat behind me. He was with a couple of beautiful girls which was a major distraction for me LOL
+autumn1231 Jim Harbaugh was a redshirt freshman for University of Michigan in 1983. How would you of know it was him sitting behind you?
+nymike06 I hail from the Wolverine state and bleed maize and blue. I knew very well who he was.
Autumn Reid So be it but find it hard to believe since he is from Ohio, was a redshirt freshman and you recognized him. Oh well, good observation if that's the case.
+nymike06 he went to Ann Arbor Pioneer hs
Lucky Duck!
I get so motivated watching this lol idk why
Woodley, probably the most tragic qb in super bowl history. The Griese-Marino Bridge ended up as an alcoholic recluse and dead.
he drank so much, he destroyed 2 livers..
So sad to
Pretty sad
Joe Jacoby dominated 3 Super Bowls. One of the greatest offensive lineman ever. 3 super bowls victories, 3 different QBs, different RBs. He just dominated.
And he's still not in the Hall of Fame. That's just so wrong.
now you know how us Los Angeles Rams' fans feel....we got about 6 guys who deserve to be in the hall...
Good chance Jacoby gets in this year
Dwight Stephenson #57 of the Miami Dolphins
Career Accomplishments
Miami Dolphins (1980-1987)
5x Pro Bowl selection
5x All-Pro selection
1980's All-Decade Team
1985 NFL Man of the Year Award
Pro Football hall of Fame selection
AFC Offensive Lineman of the Year by the NFLPA five consecutive times (1983-87)
Seagram's Seven Crowns of Sports Offensive Lineman of the Year three consecutive times (1983-85)
With the exceptionally explosive Stephenson as offensive captain, the Dolphins offensive line gave up the fewest sacks in the NFL for a record six straight seasons, from 1982 to 1987
One of the coolest things I've ever seen was years later the Redskin's organization named their all-time greatest players and honored them on the field at halftime during a game at RFK Stadium. When the long retired John Riggin's name was called he ran onto the field in full uniform.
On one play, Riggins shrugged off Kim Bokamper like he was not even there! Riggins's strength was incredible.
@Randall Denison I know that play. McNeal had no chance. It was more impressive that he could shrug off Bokamper who was quite a bit bigger and stronger than poor Don McNeal. Ten Don McNeal's could not have brought down Riggins.
I still have the original VHS tape
Awesome game, l lived in West Palm beach , Floiida at the time this game happened, l was the only Redskin fan at the bowl party, that memory is forever carved in stone!
16:35 - Never saw this piece before. What a great block by Didier.
HEY!!! Ray Finkle didn"t miss a game winning field goal to win Superbowl XVll !!!
Laces out Dan!
This might have been Don Shula's greatest accomplishment as a coach, getting this team into the Super Bowl. Either this one or the one 2 years later. David Woodley? Jimmy Cefalo? Andra Franklin? They really had no business being there except for an all-time great coach.
@Dicky Jones Yup, Riggins and the Hogs just wore them down. Classic use of a running game, keep it close and win it in the 4th quarter by controlling the ball and the clock.
Redskins fan for life here, I'll never forget the "70 Chip"!!!
DC was louder than New Year's Eve that night!!!
Don Shula had six hours to think about his wretched QB situation on the flight back to Miami. It probably took him six minutes to realize he needed a serious upgrade. Being the devout Catholic he was, Shula began offering novenas to make sure Marino (or Kelly) would be available for him.
Here's a question I've always had with Miami. When the offense tanked in the 2nd half with a lead, why didn't shula pull Woodley and put in strock to finish the game. It was obvious that Woodley was good but not elite. Once the offense was completely in the tank and Woodley threw that 3rd quarter pick, i would have sat him down and let strock close out the game.
The build up to climax of Riggins run is epic from 15:00 on.The slow beatdown is dragged out
Not gonna lie. I was a huge dolphins fan. After the game I was in my room crying and cutting a redskins pennant to pieces. As a kid the losses hurt. 😀
I’m here after Riggins said take my name off the commander’s jersey. True man not like the soy boys of today. #HTTR4LIFE
Great players aren’t always great they are just great when they have to be!
I love these films. they capture the action from every angle. Riggin's face!
Amazing how NFL Films made the football game seem like a movie...🙂
When Joe Bugel was talking about AJ Duhe, he said that Duhe had a lot of sacks throughout the season and playoffs. Duhe did have 3 sacks during the playoffs, but only 2 during the regular season. Granted there were only 9 regular season games in 1982, but Duhe was still only on pace for about 3.5 sacks over a full 16 game season. So I don’t agree that he had a lot of sacks during the regular season.
I’ll throw this at you and say if it’s the Jets instead of Miami, Joe Bugel probably would’ve been talking about Mark Gastineau as the guy they had to stop. But that Jets front would have been tougher to deal with even with Klecko on the inside not at 100%.
NFL Films never did get anyone else to even come close to John Facenda's voice.
I kind of wished NFL Films would have had open auditions for a voiceover. People could have sent in a video of them reading a makeshift script.
There may have been someone else with a Voice of God.
Mr. Facenda belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
John Riggins said " it's 4th and 1, is there anybody on this planet that doesn't know Ima get the ball" . If you think you can stop me, go ahead make my day.
Love that version of HTTR at 7:41. Reminds me of watching NFL Films on ESPN Classic as a kid.
Love seeing all the pre-SB42 info on the ticker at the bottom of the screen. Oh man, if we only knew what we were in for…
The strike year. Teams played 9 regular season games
That stadium announcer sounds like Ted Knight (Judge Smails) 15:19
It was the late john Ramsey la legendary pa announcer dodgers rams usc angels some la kings lakers before jerry buss bought team
@@dickjohn2673 THanks
To this day, my brother pines about missing the play. He was sitting on the couch, and as soon as Riggins broke McNeil's tackle everybody sitting on the floor in front of him jumped up yelling and waving their arms. His view was probably also obscured by flying bowls of munchies and cans/bottles of soda/beer. Cleaning up the detrius was my absolute pleasure. Maybe again someday...
No mention of Riggins’ fumble that wasn’t called the play before the Redskins final TD.
Frank, Sonny, and Sam were the best to call Redskins games on radio.
Redskins need to bring these uniforms back. White over burgundy at home and on the road whenever the opponent wears dark color jerseys. Road games in Dallas and in games where the home team wears white, wear the burgundy jerseys over white pants. HTTR!
I myself hate those throwback yellow pants. They need to go back
+Sir Aaron Rowell yellow is original jersey not throw back
I know.
They used the yellow pants back in the 70s. They even had yellow helmets. I just like the uniforms they wore during their championship run
Dan Hanna #46 looks stupid. Noway he was gonna catch Fulton Walker. Guess he was trying to impress Joe Gibbs.
Dan Hanna I'll agree
Crank up dat diesel 16:41 brum brum
As of the early 2000's before this painful last 20 years hit, the Miami Dolphins were the most successful team(winning percentage) of any professional team in the world.
Bring back the original logo & the uniforms of the late 90's or early 2000's(shiny aqua pants)
Joe Theisman definitely saved the day
THE LACES WERE IN! THEY WERE IN!!!!
Frank Herzog was an institution.
Snyder fired him and brought in that guy who sounds like he's got tissues up his nose.
for the Bullets too...
Riggo!!! Legendary run on 4th and 1. 70 chip…the diesel got warm
The Superbowl should always be played in the grand daddy of them all In the Roes Bowl stadium
I agree it has not been played there since super bowl 27 they should for a future super bowl. 👍
@@alexanderreyes2381 SB LVI will be in the new Los Angeles Stadium
With a 2:00 kickoff. Sunshine from whistle to whistle. While we're at it, bring back Up With People for the halftime show.
Crank up that diesel! Varoom, varoom, varoom. Let's go diesel.
john Ramsey. ..best pa announcer ever
This game was a blessing in disguise for Miami, as they realized they had a QB issue, leading to their drafting Dan Marino (PITT). Not a Dolphins fan per se, but it's too bad they didn't have him that night. They probably would've won.
Blessing they never won a title after 1974.
@@mr.majestic2667 Please provide us with more of your brilliant insights.🙄
Does anyone have the full game? I thought I saw it before on UA-cam. Thanks.
Anyone notice that the nfc east seems to rule the afc east?
Tom Brady's 3 losses all to the NFC East, twice to the Giants and once to the Eagles. Buffalo 4 straight losses to the NFC East.
The afc east is 2-8 against the nfc east in the super bowl
@@usa-rb5fi And one of those wins was by a team that hasn't been in the AFC East for almost 20 years, the Colts, who beat the Cowboys in the first post-merger Super Bowl.
Laces out Dan, oh wait
Two years later...allegedly 😆
Dan Marino was A Senior at Pittsburgh.
I have seen numerous comments talking about the fact that Dan Marino wasn’t drafted one year earlier than the 1983 draft. I don’t know if people are aware of this but there is no way that Marino would have been draft eligible in 1982. Back then the rules stated that a player had to either graduate from college as a student, or exhaust all of his playing eligibility to be eligible for the NFL draft. Marino had done neither at the time of the 1982 NFL Draft. Under today’s rules a player can enter the draft early if he has been out of high school for three years. So Dan Marino would have had the option to enter the 1982 NFL Draft IF the current rules would have been in place back then.
Dont forget the redskins champion ship season During the strike witch was a 12 game season if i am not mistaken. 87 season the replacement players RUNNING BACK TIMMY SMITH 275 YARDS A THEN SUPERBOWL RECORD .DOUG WILLIAMS. THE FIRST BLACK QB TO START &WIN THE SUPER BOWL
ROBERT NELSON JR It was 208 yards for Timmy Smith. Walter Payton ran for a then-record 275 yards in a regular season game, I believe in 1977. Interesting thing about the Redskins roster in 1987 (because the NFL used replacement players for three games, it was a 15-game season): even though Timmy Smith started and could have been MVP, George Rogers was introduced with the starting lineup. That's how much respect the team had for him.
It never gets mentioned but the block by Joe Washington is what sprang Riggins. If he doesn’t give up his body Rhone #55 is able to scrape and help McNeal on the tackle. Textbook aggression and technique shown be Washington.
You’re right, that block was amazing. He left his feet and torpedoed #55, taking him out of the play. no one ever mentions that.
Lead back was Otis Wonsley, not Joe Washington. But yes, amazing block
I wonder where did they get the horn from when John Riggins got that 4th & 1 touchdown run
The week before they beat the Dallas cowboys 31 to 17 and they won this game wearing out the defense and opening up the holes that a truck could run through and this allowed big john riggins to run into Superbowl history what a win for the Redskins
Was the touchdown at 21:02 a push out? because he didn't have either of his feet in bounce.
Yes.
24SpaceAce Charlie Brown's touchdown at 21:02 would have been an incomplete pass under today's rules.
The Brilliant Joe Gibbs! Before he went to Washington he worked in San Diego where it was really " Air Gibbs".
Forgot to include Ray Finkel's missed field goal in the closing seconds costing Miami the game
I'm a steeler fan but born and raised in miami love my home town but when it comes to football I'm from steel city but that being said last time dolphins were a true contender mid 80s
RIP John Facenda, Joe Bugel, Bob Kuchenberg, David Woodley, Fulton Walker, Don Shula
Randall Denison I know right.
David Woodley QB, Jimmy Cefalo WR , Andra Franklin RB. How did the Dolphins ever make it to the Super Bowl with these offensive starters?
Their defense carried them
+MrBaddog7676 Yes.... Bill Arnspargers was one of the best defensive coaches in NFL history. He was the architect of the No Name Defense of the 1970s and the Killer Bees in the late 70s and early 80s. Also was the guy who helped find Junior Seau in San Diego in mid 90s before he retired.
Dolphins had a great head coach as well.
Daniel Faircloth Indeed, Shula was pretty damn amazing.
Imagine if the Dolphins had Dan Marino then.
The rematch to Super Bowl VII, but this time, the Redskins got their revenge on Miami.
Basically if these two teams play in the Super Bowl then the team scoring a TD on special teams loses.
Gotta love Riggins!No stupid spiking the ball just toss it to the Ref!
@@johnnyangel3683 or the smugness of Emmitt Smith after a score, removing his helmet
I was really young and don't remember much of Superbowl 7 but when I finally watched it back in its entirety a couple years ago the Redskins seemed to dominate that game. If it had not been for 3 big plays from Miami and that goal post getting in the way!
@@jasonsmith6408 Goal post was stationary the passer threw the ball into it .
I was waiting for Al Pacino isn't he the star of Hog Day Afternoon? 🤔
13:04 This incompleted pass attempt is the play of the game. If you're a Miami fan, it pains to watch it. And, this play is the closest the Dolphins have come to winning a Super Bowl in 38 years. (Super Bowl XIX, played two years later against SFO, was a non-contest for Miami.)
That play changed history. If Bokamper gets that TD Miami likely wins that game. Theismann may have saved his career. If the Redskins lost that game the draft order would have been flipped with Washington 27th and Miami having the 28th and final pick of the first round. With Theismann coming up small in the SB Gibbs would be thinking they need an upgrade at QB to get them over the hump. Marino could have easily ended up being a Redskin. They would have sacrificed a SB and in return possibly had one of the greatest dynasties in sports history. MIami would have had a Lombardi trophy but a mediocre at best future ahead with no franchise QB.
@@KevinT7274 Very true! Geez, that makes me feel a bit better about Miami losing SB XVII. The Monday after I didn't go to school, I was grief-stricken. 😆
@@zoso73 You never feel good about losing a SB, especially as a Dolphins fan you saw that as one that got away. As a Redskins fan it would have been a dream to have Marino, Riggins, and the Hogs together.
@@KevinT7274 Obviously I'm a huge Marino fan, but I would have taken that single Superbowl victory over 17 seasons of a legendary player. I think. 🤔 Maybe. Probably not. No.
The Dolphins got Marino too late, a couple years sooner and that SB may have been a blowout in the Dolphins favor. When Marino was peaking the defense went south. The 49ers SB showed that side of the ball wasn't good enough. Everyone wanted to see a Bears-Dolphins rematch the following season to get the answer whether that Monday night game was a fluke or if the Dolphins were the Bears kryptonite. We'll never know.