I had forgotten how much I enjoyed watching This Week In The NFL back in the 1970s. In the fall of 1974 I was a high school sophomore. Back then long before sports networks and the internet this show helped me keep up with what was going on around the entire NFL. Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier were a class act all the way. And that classic music gave the game a sense of majesty.
These days they need six guys, all trying to be "funnier" than the others, to do the same job. I never watch. But then Mel Allen used to do it alone. Brookshire and Sumerall were an excellent team in the booth too, as well as in the bar after the game, lol! I loved these guys, sad to see them gone.
Sports and color commentating was overtly professional ... because it had to be. Although some of todays commentators are not bad none of them come close to Brookshire/Summerall. And with today's sports overtly politicized, "the billion dollar product" about glitz, hype and not about teamsports and true sportsmanship is easy to see why a lot of football fans are turned off to the modern game but remain turned on to rewatching old games on UA-cam. Having grown up in the 70's one of my fav sports commentating teams were Olson/Criqui although I really liked listening to Ray Scott, Brad Sham and a few others.
No Rulers, you can find the music here on youtube. Dave Volsky has hundreds, you can download to your computer, then to a disc. I play this music at home and in the car. Some of this music is by William Loose, which was never released, and of course Sam Spence is the other. Great music.
@@lloydkline1518 It went downhill after Mel Allen passed away, Fox tried to revive it but it was more of a magazine type show near the end. I'd like to see MLB Network bring back the "Baseball Bunch" but with new hosts and guest. Get your target audience when they're young.
Long lost memories...John Hadl Rams QB, fading QBs Joe Namath, Len Dawson, and “ young promising rookie” John Stallworth.” Indeed. Thanks for posting this, was my favorite program back then!
I miss how the NFL used to be. I miss these quality announcers. I loved it when the NFL felt more special and more like an event. For years now with the advent of cable TV, internet and other mobile devices, coupled with the advent of Thursday night games and fantasy football, there has been an over-saturation of the product. Less is more as they say. Now the NFL is like having Christmas every single day. It has worn out its welcome for me between the legislating of defense out of the game, adding games to the schedule, adding more playoff teams thus watering down the post-season qualfiers and lessening the importance of the regular season, playing several games outside the U.S.A. as well as other disrespect shown by a great many of the current players, owners, etc. in the league. RIP NFL. I'll always have fond memories of you from the 1970s through the mid 2000s.
What a blast from the past! I couldn’t wait to see this show when I was a kid. These guys were great and the music brought it all together. I miss these days of football. RIP Pat, Steve and Tom.
I remember watching these highlight shows under the " This is the NFL " title, it was the only way to see the teams that never received much coverage on national TV, I grew up in a city that had a lot of pro football televised because of the proximity of a perennial division winner but we rarely got Falcons or Saints games broadcast live unless they were playing against the Giants or Dallas, even though I lived in the Southeast, there were so many New York transplants locally that we seemed to get EVERY Giants game except the one I always wanted to see, the 1973 Oakland 42-0 annihilation of the Giants.
The game today is a product of what was evolving in the 70's. But I can say the fever and the drama of NFL Football remains. Next week the Conference Championship games, and the Super Bowl are going to be very exciting.
This is sooooo much better than what we get today. Men screaming over each other. Cement-head gibberish while clumsily diagramming plays on some stupid touch screen. Former players in suits and tennis shoes on a quasi-studio field awkwardly reenacting blocks or runs or pass routes. Noise. Clutter. BS.
Seeing these classic NFL Films 🎥 shows are so awesome! This Week in ⚾️Baseball⚾️was my favorite show as a kid. I also loved football but I played Little League, and I went to over 150+ Brewers games from 1976-1982. I LOVED⚾️BASEBALL!⚾️ Still do, but my love for the NFL has grown a lot! By 1985, my Brewers had sputtered out a bit. The Packers were hit and miss as well, most miss....lol. but I got into it more and more. Looking back now, I do remember some iconic 70's players I loved! Larry Csonka, Mercury Morris, John Brockington, MacArthur Lane, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Namath, Roger Starbauch, his coach the iconic Tom Landry, the Vikings Bud Grant and his QB, as Howie Cosell called him, "Sir Francis" Tarkenton, the Steel Curtain in Pittsburgh, and so many more memories. I do remember loving football, not like now where every game is a possible watch. But seeing these classic highlights brings back so many epic memories! I do remember loving the Monday Night Football broadcasts. Especially Half-Time! I'd beg Mom and Dad PLEEEEASE!! PLEEEASE! LET ME STAY UP UNTIL HALF-TIME! PLEEEASE! I loved the Half-Time Highlights! It was my chance to watch and see teams I rarely ever saw. One thing the 70's did bring me was some of the most PRECIOUS MOMENTS, the most BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES, and the most SPECIAL TIMES I ever had as a boy. My Grandparents took care of me off and on as a younger boy. They weren't young either. Both born in 1897, they married each other in 1915 when they turned 18. So in 1975 they were 79 years old. Yet every summer we'd load up the car, my Grandfather's 1970 Impala, and we'd head north to Green Bay from Milwaukee. We'd leave sometime in the morning. Hit interstate🛣highway🛣 I-43, and off we'd go. We'd find a small hotel in Green Bay near Lambeau Field. This trip was for one main reason and a couple of other reasons. The MAIN REASON? Or the reason for the yearly traditional "vacation"? The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. It was across the street from Lambeau Field. A Packer player stood outstretched reaching for the 🏈🏉football🏉🏈and it was awesome. It was a unassuming building, not massive or gaudy looking, but it was so much fun INSIDE! The first day was usually a quick walk through. We'd usually get to Green Bay by noon, and after we'd check into the hotel/motel, Grandma would rest and Grandpa and I would take a fast tour of Lambeau or a quick walk through of the Hall of Fame. I'd usually spend the last 15 minutes of the "tour/walk through" in the HOF Store. The 70's had some great memories and some of them were the little plastic NFL Helmets from the quarter machines. The ones you'd have to add the stickers to the sides of the helmets, and in some cases the stripe down the middle. I loved these little replicas, but I could never find the Packers helmets!? They had individual helmets and they also had full divisional sets and full conference sets. Both NFC & AFC were there. They came with a white base with a grass green overlay a 🏈NFL 🏈Football🏈 sticker, and a yellow goal post that connected to the base. The goal posts had notches where the 🪖helmets🪖 could attach for the purpose of keeping tabs on the division standings and also the conference standings as well. I loved these cheap little things! Now the second day was really great!👍👌 On day two we'd take more time and explore more of the Hall of Fame. Then I found it! They had a small projection roo, that showed the most iconic games in Packers history. They'd show classic NFL games 🏈 of the Packers as well as their rivalries and other important games, or historical events and games, like the 🧊Ice🧊Bowl!🧊 As a kid getting to witness these epic games that impacted so much of the seasons, the teams, and the Championships. It put it in a better perspective for me as a kid! We sadly stopped going on these trips by the late 70's. By 1978 they were both 80 years old. They stayed Married until my Grandfather passed away in 1982. 67 years of marriage. I was their only grandchild from their son. They spoiled me. Their caring and loving gave me some wonderful and beautiful memories and adventures. I wish I had just 2-3 minutes to THANK THEM! TELL THEM WHAT THEY MEANT TO ME! These highlights are awesome, but for some they can also bring back some of the most incredible memories I ever had! It was a awesome time to be a kid! The 70's were great!
Pat and Tom both went 2-1-1 on their picks. Miami beat Buffalo, St. Louis upset Washington, Oakland drilled KC, and Pittsburgh tied Denver in the first regular-season OT game.
They had to change the title to This Week in the NFL because of the World Football League. It aired in New York on Saturday nights at 7:00 on WPIX-TV, Channel 11
just watched the 1970 version of this. nfl is like night and day in 4 years, summerall looks like he aged 10 years. pat passed away in 2013 at 82. but the camera work for nfl films has always been the best. ed and steve sabol are to thank for all these amazing video's and historical records. an unfortunate change from 1970 to 1974 was all the new stadiums with astro-turf. lol, the mention of the houston oilers going 2-26 over two years made me remember a monday night game in the astrodome, many fans were wearing bags over their heads, and towards the end of another oiler blowout loss the announcers were running out of things to talk about, a camera focused in on two oiler fans amongst many empty seats, who both had bags on their heads. while the announcers were joking about the hapless oiler fans one of the fans flipped off the camera. while cosell and frank gifford were stunned, don meredith quickly says "they're saying they're number 1". lol, 16:45 "pundints". what's interesting is how many of those stadiums on opening day aren't even close to being filled up.
The Turf started in Houston in the Astrodome. That's why it's called astroturf. The Eagles began playing on it in 1969. And yes many others followed in the 70's. Including Chicago of all teams. As far as attendance. The NFL was still growing. That started to change with the expansion of TV coverage. And League marketing began to grow.
Been trying to remember what show it was that I used to watch as a kid that had that classic narration by Summerall (I'm pretty sure it was now after seeing this). I learned more about football and really became interested in the game by seeing this show presenting the summary of the past week's game with Pat's stentorion voice booming in my ears as he talked about the warriors of the gridiron. It was his almost poetic descriptions of plays and players that more than anything made me fall in love with the game.
You should check out Pat Summerall-A Football Life. John Madden would say that Pat was THE "Voice of Football". I add that if the football itself could talk, it would sound like Pat Summerall.
@harrylongbaugh1 lol, project much? you seem to be the one who needs to "calm down"... lmao! "or as i call her, nancy", if it isn't that dangerous why is it shaped, and shot like a gun? lol, the "gun grabbers" now want our starter pistols and water pistols, *where will it all end?* arrrrrgggghhhhhhh….. quick someone call fox, tell donald trump and alex jones and the nra!!!! thanks for the laughs.
Steelers had the best draft in history in 1974. Just learned they had a massive qb controversy that year and Sports illistrated said they were the only playoff team "without a qb". As an old cowboys fan I hated them. I don't even watch football anymore but for some reason I will like to watch these old videos sometimes.
That scene at about 13.50 is so classic 1970,s. Gosh, how we have fallen and lost the beauty of simple things. A joy to see that. Made the game and the innocent atmosphere wonderful.
...yeah he led the Big 8 in total offense his senior year at Iowa State in '72...as the quarterback...btw...Johnny Rodgers won a Heisman at Nebraska, Greg Pruitt was tearing it up at Oklahoma and Charlie Davis at Colorado was I believe a 1,000-yard rusher...so yeah, Amundson was kinda good...he was also a great trackman at Ames...I think he threw discus & still holds some records...
Awesome indeed! My son could not believe the vicious head hits that were labeled on QBS! Clothelines and spearing into the pile were common, but this football is the best. The refs were so fast and decisive, spotting the ball, calling turnovers, put the human element into the game! Loved Hart, Metcalf and Gray...those were my boys!
Watching Gilliam was like watching Randell Cunningham in the late 80s and 90s...He could have been great in the right system.....The Chargers system would have loved him in the 70s...,
What a Steeler defense. Looked like 10 of them in on that 4th and one goal line stuffing. Beatiful Oiler Uniforms. I always liked the Sky blue helmets better than their white ones. This was the year the Atlanta Falcons fell apart after a 9-5 season and seven consecutive wins in 1973, and The Dutchman was out as coach before the season ended.
I can't believe they didn't give credit to the voiceover guy. I can't remember his name right now but his last name was Ference or something like that. He was a big part of the mystique of the show.
They couldn't pay poor Isaac enough in 1974 dollars to go rolling around in the concrete off-track of Riverfront Stadium! And I thought the fact that Milwaukee County Stadium couldn't even fit the whole football field was bad...
Gerard Giudice mine too....I grew up in the 70s and was so into the NFL. Such a great era. I can’t take watching today’s game. Stupid penalties, immature hot dogging on almost every play, way too many commercials, no mud on jerseys, and inflated egos that just want to be on sports center.
There was never a weak link with the steeler,s, even the new commer,s played great , 2nd 3rd string guys coming of the bench, played like 1st string player,s, just a great ownership to the position coaches, the rooneys were great for the game
Archie Manning was an excellent QB he just didnt have the offensive line or a stingy defense to get him to the next level... But his sons made up for all the humiliating defeats he endured during his career...
49'ers QB Tom Owen had a season to forget with 1,327 yards with 10TD's and 15 Ints. with a QB rating of 56.1%..Montana was a freshman at Notre Dame looking for some snaps.
I always wondered how it was that the Falcons, 9-5 in 1973, could come back with almost the exact personnel - and totally collapse? They'd win only three games in 1974.
Dick Shiner and Bob Lee both left. As a result, the offense scored a then record low 111 points in a 14 game season. And for the first time ever, they were swept by the Saints, 13-3 in Atlanta and 14-13 in New Orleans.
You mean Irv Cross and Jimmy " The Greek " Snyder, Irv Cross began his playing career for the Eagles then he was with the Rams for 3 seasons before coming back to play for Philadelphia, he turned 80 last month.
Browns, Chargers, Falcons, Giants and Packers were entering a very bleak period in those franchises' histories. But, Baltimore ( a young team here and no match for the tough, experienced Steelers) Houston, and the Cardinals would move up and become quite formidable in the mid 1970s.
Swan and Stallworth rookies. Catching passes from Broad Street Joe. I was a kid when Joe Gilliam got to the Saints rumor was he wore all the wristbands to hide his track marks. Sad, if that was even true. I know he had a tough life
Pre-wall to wall access to highlights, We waited a week to watch this show, back in the early 70's this ran on Saturday afternoon 6 days later. And they were allowed to say "Redskins" before LibTarded Logic and everyone being offended by everything.
Does anyone know the music from the broncos -rams highlights starting at 33.12......please please been looking for it,,,,, by the way LOVE LOVE LOVE these old highlights.
I remember traveling in Europe in the fall of 74 as a 12 year old dedicated Ram fan. The only way i got the results were the newspaper called the International Herald Tribune, Some times it would take until the Tuesday following the game to find out the New York Jets beat my Rams
Interesting how two talent-laden teams (New York Giants, Atlanta Falcons) who'd had winning seasons with mainly the same personnel, were such flops in 1974? The Giants were in a lot of their games. Not sure about Atlanta.
It's sad Houston Oilers no longer in Houston Popular LUV YA BLUE! famous head coach was BuM Phillips in Houston Oilers and best Steeler Quarterback was Terry Bradshaw and Dan Fouts was best throw in San Diego chargers and Oakland raiders player ken stabler and Dave Casper
The '74 Cardinals and 2021 Cardinals have a lot in common. Both won their first 7 games both lost their first games by 3 points and both stumbled down the stretch. The '74 Cards lost 4 games by a combined 28 points with only 1 loss being more than 4 points which was a 14-0 loss to the Saints in week 13. They would get steamrolled by the eventual NFC champion Vikings in the playoffs.
Just saw this show in 1975 Vikings Bill in that game Chuck Forman was going for the triple crown most "Td's, Running Yards & Most Recieving Yards- He needed 4 tds but Oj only needed one for the most TD"S Forman got 4 but Oj got the one he needed and Tarkington broke the all time record for most TD passes passing Johnny U, the Bill fans were throwing snowballs at the vikings all game long Chuck Forman had to leave the game he got hit in the eye - they playd in New York i remember watching that game here in Glen Cove Long Island i was 12 it was a Saturday game i was a viking fan rotting hard for my vikings- Them was the good old days- in them days players did not dance when they made a good play- not when a player makes a tackle even on a kick off they do like a stripper pole dance yuk
I had forgotten how much I enjoyed watching This Week In The NFL back in the 1970s. In the fall of 1974 I was a high school sophomore. Back then long before sports networks and the internet this show helped me keep up with what was going on around the entire NFL. Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier were a class act all the way. And that classic music gave the game a sense of majesty.
Yes indeed
The best of the golden era❤
LOVE Brookshier's and Summerall's low-key, non rah-rah demeanor. And that old NFL Films music, wow! So nostalgic.
And the players not celebrating every play!
These days they need six guys, all trying to be "funnier" than the others, to do the same job. I never watch. But then Mel Allen used to do it alone. Brookshire and Sumerall were an excellent team in the booth too, as well as in the bar after the game, lol! I loved these guys, sad to see them gone.
@@Mr.56Goldtop They were a great combination.
@@Mr.56Goldtop or yelling louder to show how important they are
Sports and color commentating was overtly professional ... because it had to be. Although some of todays commentators are not bad none of them come close to Brookshire/Summerall. And with today's sports overtly politicized, "the billion dollar product" about glitz, hype and not about teamsports and true sportsmanship is easy to see why a lot of football fans are turned off to the modern game but remain turned on to rewatching old games on UA-cam. Having grown up in the 70's one of my fav sports commentating teams were Olson/Criqui although I really liked listening to Ray Scott, Brad Sham and a few others.
This was classic. Summerall and Brookshier were the team, and the music put the icing on the cake.
This was must-see TV when I was a young sports fan.
No Rulers same here. Grateful I grew up in the 1970s.
Loved this show on Saturday afternoon during the season
No Rulers, you can find the music here on youtube. Dave Volsky has hundreds, you can download to your computer, then to a disc. I play this music at home and in the car. Some of this music is by William Loose, which was never released, and of course Sam Spence is the other. Great music.
@@primateproductions126 Back in the B.C. era, Before Cable.
@@rockvilleraven I still miss this week in baseball ⚾️ tv show; cable tv broke that up
@@lloydkline1518 It went downhill after Mel Allen passed away, Fox tried to revive it but it was more of a magazine type show near the end. I'd like to see MLB Network bring back the "Baseball Bunch" but with new hosts and guest. Get your target audience when they're young.
Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier are both in Heaven...may they both rest in peace!
Amen
How they filled my life with pleasure. Brilliant comment.
I wish that somehow I can be transported back in time to that era.
You wish!
Pat summerall. & Tom Brookshire live on youtube forever doing NFL oldies replays
Thank You For This REAL Football!!!!!-Hardline Redskin Fan Here-Pat and Tom Were The Best!!-Tom T. Germanton N.C. 27019
I probably watched this when I was 9! The music is incredible ... Mike Phipps, Jim Hart, Dan Fouts, Roman Gabriel ... oh man, so cool!
I'm getting old, I remember watching that season at 13 yrs old. That was the first year the goalpost was moved to the back of the endzone.
Great memories. I grew up watching this. Loved Summerall and Brookshier. RIP Pat and Tom!
You should check out Pat Summerall A Football Life. Shows how close the two were.
Growing up in the1970s, I couldn’t wait for Saturday’s at 4:00 to watch this show. What a great era.
@@primateproductions126 Many including myself share that sentiment.
Long lost memories...John Hadl Rams QB, fading QBs Joe Namath, Len Dawson, and “ young promising rookie” John Stallworth.” Indeed. Thanks for posting this, was my favorite program back then!
Glad you enjoyed it. Happy Holidays
❤️ oldies NFL football 🏈
thanks for taking me back to this classic
show
Thanks for viewing
I miss how the NFL used to be. I miss these quality announcers. I loved it when the NFL felt more special and more like an event. For years now with the advent of cable TV, internet and other mobile devices, coupled with the advent of Thursday night games and fantasy football, there has been an over-saturation of the product. Less is more as they say. Now the NFL is like having Christmas every single day. It has worn out its welcome for me between the legislating of defense out of the game, adding games to the schedule, adding more playoff teams thus watering down the post-season qualfiers and lessening the importance of the regular season, playing several games outside the U.S.A. as well as other disrespect shown by a great many of the current players, owners, etc. in the league. RIP NFL. I'll always have fond memories of you from the 1970s through the mid 2000s.
Wow. I remember this was my favorite TV program from about the age of 10-14.
Love that NFL films music
My junior high PE teacher used to show us these on Rainy Days! Great memories. Also..Dan Fouts first NFL game!
Lucky: wow my teachers used to show oldies movie 🎬 Red 🎈 balloon movies 🎬; I think came out late 1950s
Dan Fouts's first game was in the 1973 season.
Just curious…how did he show it to you? Back then, not sure if videotape was widely used. Did he have film of it?
What a blast from the past! I couldn’t wait to see this show when I was a kid. These guys were great and the music brought it all together. I miss these days of football. RIP Pat, Steve and Tom.
So Classic! We will never ever see anything like this again.
Thank you for sharing!
Loved this show in the 70s......I saw more reruns than actual live, but these are so cool
To me it's a treat to see how much the game evolved over the years.
I remember watching these highlight shows under the " This is the NFL " title, it was the only way to see the teams that never received much coverage on national TV, I grew up in a city that had a lot of pro football televised because of the proximity of a perennial division winner but we rarely got Falcons or Saints games broadcast live unless they were playing against the Giants or Dallas, even though I lived in the Southeast, there were so many New York transplants locally that we seemed to get EVERY Giants game except the one I always wanted to see, the 1973 Oakland 42-0 annihilation of the Giants.
What memories the way the game was meant to be played thanks cant wait for more
The game today is a product of what was evolving in the 70's. But I can say the fever and the drama of NFL Football remains. Next week the Conference Championship games, and the Super Bowl are going to be very exciting.
Always looked foward to watching this show every week as a youngster
so great someone posted this
Glad you enjoy it.
Love seeing the NBC and CBS banners.
NBC & CBS dominated Sundays,ABC on Monday night.
This is sooooo much better than what we get today. Men screaming over each other. Cement-head gibberish while clumsily diagramming plays on some stupid touch screen. Former players in suits and tennis shoes on a quasi-studio field awkwardly reenacting blocks or runs or pass routes. Noise. Clutter. BS.
Pat Summerall the goat great voice classic films love the NFL
Seeing these classic NFL Films 🎥 shows are so awesome! This Week in ⚾️Baseball⚾️was my favorite show as a kid. I also loved football but I played Little League, and I went to over 150+ Brewers games from 1976-1982. I LOVED⚾️BASEBALL!⚾️ Still do, but my love for the NFL has grown a lot! By 1985, my Brewers had sputtered out a bit. The Packers were hit and miss as well, most miss....lol. but I got into it more and more. Looking back now, I do remember some iconic 70's players I loved! Larry Csonka, Mercury Morris, John Brockington, MacArthur Lane, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Namath, Roger Starbauch, his coach the iconic Tom Landry, the Vikings Bud Grant and his QB, as Howie Cosell called him, "Sir Francis" Tarkenton, the Steel Curtain in Pittsburgh, and so many more memories. I do remember loving football, not like now where every game is a possible watch. But seeing these classic highlights brings back so many epic memories! I do remember loving the Monday Night Football broadcasts. Especially Half-Time! I'd beg Mom and Dad PLEEEEASE!! PLEEEASE! LET ME STAY UP UNTIL HALF-TIME! PLEEEASE! I loved the Half-Time Highlights! It was my chance to watch and see teams I rarely ever saw. One thing the 70's did bring me was some of the most PRECIOUS MOMENTS, the most BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES, and the most SPECIAL TIMES I ever had as a boy. My Grandparents took care of me off and on as a younger boy. They weren't young either. Both born in 1897, they married each other in 1915 when they turned 18. So in 1975 they were 79 years old. Yet every summer we'd load up the car, my Grandfather's 1970 Impala, and we'd head north to Green Bay from Milwaukee. We'd leave sometime in the morning. Hit interstate🛣highway🛣 I-43, and off we'd go. We'd find a small hotel in Green Bay near Lambeau Field. This trip was for one main reason and a couple of other reasons. The MAIN REASON? Or the reason for the yearly traditional "vacation"? The Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. It was across the street from Lambeau Field. A Packer player stood outstretched reaching for the 🏈🏉football🏉🏈and it was awesome. It was a unassuming building, not massive or gaudy looking, but it was so much fun INSIDE! The first day was usually a quick walk through. We'd usually get to Green Bay by noon, and after we'd check into the hotel/motel, Grandma would rest and Grandpa and I would take a fast tour of Lambeau or a quick walk through of the Hall of Fame. I'd usually spend the last 15 minutes of the "tour/walk through" in the HOF Store. The 70's had some great memories and some of them were the little plastic NFL Helmets from the quarter machines. The ones you'd have to add the stickers to the sides of the helmets, and in some cases the stripe down the middle. I loved these little replicas, but I could never find the Packers helmets!? They had individual helmets and they also had full divisional sets and full conference sets. Both NFC & AFC were there. They came with a white base with a grass green overlay a 🏈NFL 🏈Football🏈 sticker, and a yellow goal post that connected to the base. The goal posts had notches where the 🪖helmets🪖 could attach for the purpose of keeping tabs on the division standings and also the conference standings as well. I loved these cheap little things! Now the second day was really great!👍👌 On day two we'd take more time and explore more of the Hall of Fame. Then I found it! They had a small projection roo, that showed the most iconic games in Packers history. They'd show classic NFL games 🏈 of the Packers as well as their rivalries and other important games, or historical events and games, like the 🧊Ice🧊Bowl!🧊 As a kid getting to witness these epic games that impacted so much of the seasons, the teams, and the Championships. It put it in a better perspective for me as a kid! We sadly stopped going on these trips by the late 70's. By 1978 they were both 80 years old. They stayed Married until my Grandfather passed away in 1982. 67 years of marriage. I was their only grandchild from their son. They spoiled me. Their caring and loving gave me some wonderful and beautiful memories and adventures. I wish I had just 2-3 minutes to THANK THEM! TELL THEM WHAT THEY MEANT TO ME! These highlights are awesome, but for some they can also bring back some of the most incredible memories I ever had! It was a awesome time to be a kid! The 70's were great!
Pat and Tom both went 2-1-1 on their picks. Miami beat Buffalo, St. Louis upset Washington, Oakland drilled KC, and Pittsburgh tied Denver in the first regular-season OT game.
They had to change the title to This Week in the NFL because of the World Football League. It aired in New York on Saturday nights at 7:00 on WPIX-TV, Channel 11
I used to get ch WPIX & WOR in PA
...good eye!
Hey, it's always 1974 somewhere.
:D
And that's ok with me.
The Steelers will always be the 1974 Super Bowl Champions
13:45 How freaking awesome is that?! Really cool to see female fans so excited and enjoying themselves at these classic games!
All time classic
Used to watch this on Thursday night, hard to imagine a world without ESPN and the ability to see highlights whenever you want
Issac Curtis was one of the greats of the 70’s
just watched the 1970 version of this. nfl is like night and day in 4 years, summerall looks like he aged 10 years. pat passed away in 2013 at 82. but the camera work for nfl films has always been the best. ed and steve sabol are to thank for all these amazing video's and historical records. an unfortunate change from 1970 to 1974 was all the new stadiums with astro-turf.
lol, the mention of the houston oilers going 2-26 over two years made me remember a monday night game in the astrodome, many fans were wearing bags over their heads, and towards the end of another oiler blowout loss the announcers were running out of things to talk about, a camera focused in on two oiler fans amongst many empty seats, who both had bags on their heads. while the announcers were joking about the hapless oiler fans one of the fans flipped off the camera. while cosell and frank gifford were stunned, don meredith quickly says "they're saying they're number 1".
lol, 16:45 "pundints".
what's interesting is how many of those stadiums on opening day aren't even close to being filled up.
The Turf started in Houston in the Astrodome. That's why it's called astroturf. The Eagles began playing on it in 1969. And yes many others followed in the 70's. Including Chicago of all teams. As far as attendance. The NFL was still growing. That started to change with the expansion of TV coverage. And League marketing began to grow.
Pat Summerall In 1974 was only 44 years old.
@@mikevanriel7573 And his legendary voice would never change.
jstube36 He would be doing NFL games into the Tom Brady era nearly 30 years later.
@@mikevanriel7573 True. In fact I believe the first Patriots v Rams Super Bowl was the last game for Pat Summerall and John Madden.
Been trying to remember what show it was that I used to watch as a kid that had that classic narration by Summerall (I'm pretty sure it was now after seeing this). I learned more about football and really became interested in the game by seeing this show presenting the summary of the past week's game with Pat's stentorion voice booming in my ears as he talked about the warriors of the gridiron. It was his almost poetic descriptions of plays and players that more than anything made me fall in love with the game.
You should check out Pat Summerall-A Football Life. John Madden would say that Pat was THE "Voice of Football". I add that if the football itself could talk, it would sound like Pat Summerall.
That's one thing you'll never see again, a referee shoot a gun, even if it is full of blanks
good, no need for that at all.
They got rid of the starters pistols around 1980 and replaced them with whistles.
@harrylongbaugh1 lol, project much? you seem to be the one who needs to "calm down"... lmao! "or as i call her, nancy", if it isn't that dangerous why is it shaped, and shot like a gun? lol, the "gun grabbers" now want our starter pistols and water pistols, *where will it all end?* arrrrrgggghhhhhhh….. quick someone call fox, tell donald trump and alex jones and the nra!!!! thanks for the laughs.
Saints Needed a 50 Cal. After The Loss to The Rams...
Still see them in track and field, even at the high school and middle school levels.
Love those Oiler uniforms.
bax323 yep love the helmets better than their white ones. Titans just switched from white to a darker blue in fact.
interesting that some of the Oiler helmets are light blue and some are a darker blue.
Steelers had the best draft in history in 1974. Just learned they had a massive qb controversy that year and Sports illistrated said they were the only playoff team "without a qb". As an old cowboys fan I hated them. I don't even watch football anymore but for some reason I will like to watch these old videos sometimes.
23:29 Tom describes the Dallas defense as ‘a very healthy corpse’ lol. Maybe he means corps!
That scene at about 13.50 is so classic 1970,s. Gosh, how we have fallen and lost the beauty of simple things. A joy to see that. Made the game and the innocent atmosphere wonderful.
Pat and Brookie were always an awesome team together in whatever announcing they did...and I absolutely love those Giant uniforms...
George Amundson scored 3 TDs for the Oilers vs the Chargers that week. He scored 5 his entire NFL career.
kinda feel bad for george knowing houstons gonna draft that kid outta tyler texas. he was a monster. i forget the name... earl something or other-
...yeah he led the Big 8 in total offense his senior year at Iowa State in '72...as the quarterback...btw...Johnny Rodgers won a Heisman at Nebraska, Greg Pruitt was tearing it up at Oklahoma and Charlie Davis at Colorado was I believe a 1,000-yard rusher...so yeah, Amundson was kinda good...he was also a great trackman at Ames...I think he threw discus & still holds some records...
Played QB his 2 out of 3 seasons in college but was drafted as a RB. Should have gone to the WFL to play QB
Man, the quality on this is awesome. I wish I could find these on DVD ;-)
You have to go back many years to find a great Chicago Bear qb. I remember Gary Huff Bob Avellini Bobby Douglas Jack Conannon etc.
Virgil Carter as well.
@@pursang833 And Vince Evans. And Larry Rakestraw...
Bobby Scott.🤔🐻🏈B.W.
Not to mention Kent Nix, Rudy Bukich, and Mike Phipps.
Awesome indeed! My son could not believe the vicious head hits that were labeled on QBS! Clothelines and spearing into the pile were common, but this football is the best. The refs were so fast and decisive, spotting the ball, calling turnovers, put the human element into the game! Loved Hart, Metcalf and Gray...those were my boys!
Watching Gilliam was like watching Randell Cunningham in the late 80s and 90s...He could have been great in the right system.....The Chargers system would have loved him in the 70s...,
Gilliam died of a cocaine overdose[17] on Christmas Day, 2000 shortly after watching an NFL game between the Dallas Cowboys and Tennessee Titans.
@@jimdep333 The last place I remember him playing was the USFL's Washington Federals as a back up QB.
Just TREMENDOUS .
thank you. I had almost forgotten
What a Deja Vu. I remember watching these games and watching this show as a kid.
What a Steeler defense. Looked like 10 of them in on that 4th and one goal line stuffing. Beatiful Oiler Uniforms. I always liked the Sky blue helmets better than their white ones. This was the year the Atlanta Falcons fell apart after a 9-5 season and seven consecutive wins in 1973, and The Dutchman was out as coach before the season ended.
Tommy Thomason Norm Van Brocklin was a Hall of fame quarterback.
I like the white helmets.
I was 13 when this aired and loved every second of it
The first game shown was the Steelers- about five months after the team had the greatest draft in history.
Pat Summerall was rare being that he was a player who turned into play-by-play announcer.
Theres nothing like real football😊
I remember Jefferson Street Joe Gilliam. He was very good.
I can't believe they didn't give credit to the voiceover guy. I can't remember his name right now but his last name was Ference or something like that. He was a big part of the mystique of the show.
Did you see Isaac Curtis catch the ball then fall into the stones off the field.....ouch!!!
They couldn't pay poor Isaac enough in 1974 dollars to go rolling around in the concrete off-track of Riverfront Stadium! And I thought the fact that Milwaukee County Stadium couldn't even fit the whole football field was bad...
I so miss these days.. and also the real NFL.
THIS IS MY NFL
Gerard Giudice mine too....I grew up in the 70s and was so into the NFL. Such a great era. I can’t
take watching today’s game. Stupid penalties, immature hot dogging on almost every play, way too many commercials, no mud on jerseys, and inflated egos that just want to be on sports center.
Yes sir. When football was football.
I suffered with my team for many years. I wouldn't trade those memories for anything
There was never a weak link with the steeler,s, even the new commer,s played great , 2nd 3rd string guys coming of the bench, played like 1st string player,s, just a great ownership to the position coaches, the rooneys were great for the game
It's funny how the one game they differed on in their predictions (PIT at DEN) at the end of the video ended in a tie.
Archie Manning was an excellent QB he just didnt have the offensive line or a stingy defense to get him to the next level... But his sons made up for all the humiliating defeats he endured during his career...
This might be the only highlights you saw of the games. As a Vikings fan in NY, most games I only saw this, or a play or two on MNF halftime.
The writing for this piece is extraordinary. The music is classic. And the missed tackles by the Browns on a punt return is certainly familiar. *sigh*
49'ers QB Tom Owen had a season to forget with 1,327 yards with 10TD's and 15 Ints. with a QB rating of 56.1%..Montana was a freshman at Notre Dame looking for some snaps.
Baltimore Colts! Yes the way it should be.
wonderful stuff!
Yes indeed
Bongo drums and NFL action. We kids thought the NFL was amazing,
We were glued to the TV.
Wow this is great to see again.
I always wondered how it was that the Falcons, 9-5 in 1973, could come back with almost the exact personnel - and totally collapse? They'd win only three games in 1974.
Dick Shiner and Bob Lee both left. As a result, the offense scored a then record low 111 points in a 14 game season. And for the first time ever, they were swept by the Saints, 13-3 in Atlanta and 14-13 in New Orleans.
Football was GREAT back then.
Remember Herb Cross & Jimmy the Greek?
Memories of bygone days always makes them seem like they happened just yesterday. This is part of what keeps these those days alive.
Now we have fraud football enjoy
Wafflezombies1964 😂so damned true
*Irv Cross
You mean Irv Cross and Jimmy " The Greek " Snyder, Irv Cross began his playing career for the Eagles then he was with the Rams for 3 seasons before coming back to play for Philadelphia, he turned 80 last month.
Cool red blazers....
These guys were indeed great but John Facenda was God.
Nbc had the afc game,s cbs had the nfc games, the super bowl would rotate between the two stations
Yes, the way it should be(LOL). Can't get into this "Flex" game CR*P(LOL).
Yes and Monday Night Football was on ABC.
and, thank GOD, no joe buck...
Funny how you can tell about what year it was filmed just looking at the guys hairstyles.
Occasionally either Tom or Pat would not show up. They were both heavy drinkers.
Frank Lamagna gee I wonder why?
@@drieaz That's why they were separated, they were both drinking too much, later Pat give up drinking.
Referees got to carry guns back then. Maybe some players wouldn't think they were bigger than the Game if refs today were packing heat
Those red blazers are sweet.
Browns, Chargers, Falcons, Giants and Packers were entering a very bleak period in those franchises' histories.
But, Baltimore ( a young team here and no match for the tough, experienced Steelers) Houston, and the Cardinals would move up and become quite formidable in the mid 1970s.
Swan and Stallworth rookies. Catching passes from Broad Street Joe.
I was a kid when Joe Gilliam got to the Saints rumor was he wore all the wristbands to hide his track marks.
Sad, if that was even true. I know he had a tough life
Love the music, Great memories.
Pre-wall to wall access to highlights, We waited a week to watch this show, back in the early 70's this ran on Saturday afternoon 6 days later. And they were allowed to say "Redskins" before LibTarded Logic and everyone being offended by everything.
Why did they get rid of the table shaped like a football? If that's not epic I don't know what is
steve lundquist awesome comment 😁
Does anyone know the music from the broncos -rams highlights starting at 33.12......please please been looking for it,,,,, by the way LOVE LOVE LOVE these old highlights.
Used to come on Saturday afternoons in LA..when I was a Teen...
I remember traveling in Europe in the fall of 74 as a 12 year old dedicated Ram fan. The only way i got the results were the newspaper called the International Herald Tribune, Some times it would take until the Tuesday following the game to find out the New York Jets beat my Rams
The best draft class in NFL history took the field in week 1 the 1974 Steelers
Interesting how two talent-laden teams (New York Giants, Atlanta Falcons) who'd had winning seasons with mainly the same personnel, were such flops in 1974?
The Giants were in a lot of their games. Not sure about Atlanta.
A quarter of a century later, Dick Jauron would become head coach for the Bears!
Great music!
15:53 Jackie Smith just hammers Bill Bergey. Ouch...
41:52 Jim Plunkett running the option... not good for a QBs health...
It's sad Houston Oilers no longer in Houston Popular LUV YA BLUE! famous head coach was BuM Phillips in Houston Oilers and best Steeler Quarterback was Terry Bradshaw and Dan Fouts was best throw in San Diego chargers and Oakland raiders player ken stabler and Dave Casper
Love the pistol at the beginning.
Love the music
Why was there always 3 or 4 cars in Three Rivers stadium in the background?
How the f**k is Lem Barney clone Lemar Parrish not in the Hall of Fame?
Ken Riley is in though another Bengal
Without question, the best broadcasting team of all time; I didn't think Summerall/Madden was even close. Enberg/Olsen #2.....
The '74 Cardinals and 2021 Cardinals have a lot in common. Both won their first 7 games both lost their first games by 3 points and both stumbled down the stretch. The '74 Cards lost 4 games by a combined 28 points with only 1 loss being more than 4 points which was a 14-0 loss to the Saints in week 13. They would get steamrolled by the eventual NFC champion Vikings in the playoffs.
Just saw this show in 1975 Vikings Bill in that game Chuck Forman was going for the triple crown most "Td's, Running Yards & Most Recieving Yards- He needed 4 tds but Oj only needed one for the most TD"S Forman got 4 but Oj got the one he needed and Tarkington broke the all time record for most TD passes passing Johnny U, the Bill fans were throwing snowballs at the vikings all game long Chuck Forman had to leave the game he got hit in the eye - they playd in New York i remember watching that game here in Glen Cove Long Island i was 12 it was a Saturday game i was a viking fan rotting hard for my vikings- Them was the good old days- in them days players did not dance when they made a good play- not when a player makes a tackle even on a kick off they do like a stripper pole dance yuk
me and you yes December 20 1975 Sat game was televised by CBS Buffalo NY and it was legendary.
Used to like watching this, plus the one from NFL Films narrated by John Frzenda.
Big thumbs up 👍
@ 8:43 it was Ron Carpenter, not Ken.
Man... football in the 70s and 80s was so much better...
Schnellenberger followed up a 4-10 season with a 0-3 start and then was fired. So much for the youthful coach.