The WORST GAME in Monday Night Football HISTORY | Colts @ Cowboys (1978)

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  • What happens when, to open up the season, you have the defending Super Bowl champion go up against a team that is starting their 3rd string quarterback due to being decimated with injuries, and said quarterback has not only never completed a pass before in the NFL in a regular season game, but completed just 25% of his passes in the preseason? You get the 1978 week 1 NFL matchup between the Baltimore Colts and the Dallas Cowboys, which might just be the worst game in the over 50-year history of Monday Night Football
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    Members of the 1978 Colts:
    Toni Linhart
    Bert Jones
    Bill Troup
    Mike Kirkland
    Joe Washington
    Don McCauley
    Ray Oldham
    Dwight Harrison
    Doug Nettles
    Ron Lee
    Glenn Doughty
    Don Hardeman
    Bruce Laird
    Lloyd Mumphord
    Norm Thompson
    Lyle Blackwood
    Mike Siani
    Tim Baylor
    Roosevelt Leaks
    David Lee
    Forrest Blue
    Calvin O’Neal
    Tom MacLeod
    Stan White
    Sanders Shiver
    Stu O’Dell
    Ed Simonini
    Ken Mendenhall
    Derrel Luce
    Ron Baker
    Robert Pratt
    Ken Huff
    Mike Barnes
    Greg Marshall
    Bob Van Duyne
    Wade Griffin
    Mike Ozdowski
    Fred Cook
    Dave Rowe
    George Kunz
    Joe Ehrmann
    John Dutton
    Don Morrison
    Marshall Johnson
    Roger Carr
    Mack Alston
    Randy Burke
    Reese McCall
    Herb Orvis
    Ted Marchibroda (head coach)
    Members of the 1978 Cowboys:
    Glenn Carano
    Roger Staubach
    Danny White
    Alois Blackwell
    Larry Brinson
    Tony Dorsett
    Scott Laidlaw
    Robert Newhouse
    Preston Pearson
    Tony Hill
    Butch Johnson
    Drew Pearson
    Robert Steele
    Billy Joe DuPree
    Jackie Smith
    Jim Cooper
    Pat Donovan
    John Fitzgerald
    Andy Frederick
    Burton Lawless
    Tom Rafferty
    Tom Randall
    Herbert Scott
    Rayfield Wright
    Larry Bethea
    Larry Cole
    Ed "Too Tall" Jones
    Harvey Martin
    Jethro Pugh
    Dave Stalls
    Randy White
    Bob Breunig
    Guy Brown
    Mike Hegman
    Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson
    Bruce Huther
    DD Lewis
    Benny Barnes
    Cliff Harris
    Randy Hughes
    Aaron Kyle
    Dennis Thurman
    Mark Washington
    Charlie Waters
    Rafael Septien
    Tom Landry (head coach)
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  • @ericschminke8233
    @ericschminke8233 Рік тому +19

    For me, the NFL Monday Night game that'll live in the greatest infamy was "The Monday Night Massacre" that occurred on Nov. 16th, 1970, when the Cardinals clobbered the Cowboys 38-0 in the Cotton Bowl. It was so bad that in the 4th quarter, they showed Don Meredith in the booth who probably wanted to have Craig Morton sentenced to life in prison. When Morton threw another interception, Meredith remarked, "Well, someone was open." The Cowboys were the team that "couldn't win the big game". That 38-0 demolition prompted critics to say that the Cowboys couldn't even win the little game.
    But man, did they turn it around. They went on a 7-game winning streak that started with a 45-21 romp over the Redskins the next weekend. Then the defense didn't allow a touchdown for 5 consecutive games. Among them were 2 shutouts, one of them 34-0 over the Redskins. They would, though, lose Super Bowl V 16-13 to the Colts.
    I had been an avid Cowboys fan since 1967. I will always remember the 1970 season. Obviously, the next season is the one I'll treasure the most as that was when they won their first Super Bowl, 24-3 over Miami.
    Sorry about the lengthy post, but this video opened the memory bank to 2 of the most memorable seasons I had as a Cowboys fan. Geez Louise, that was 52 years ago.

  • @DolFan316
    @DolFan316 Рік тому +36

    Showing a chart of every winning team's total yards in the'78 opener is a level of dedication that's quite honestly superhuman. I am legit in awe.

    • @Ims51
      @Ims51 Рік тому +1

      Glad someone pointed this out. Got to respect anyone who puts this much time and effort into these videos.

  • @titojohnson7141
    @titojohnson7141 Рік тому +35

    This was the start of a chain of events that would lead to the Colts moving to Indy in the middle of the night in '84. Baltimore's next playoff appearance would be with the 2000 Ravens Super Bowl win.

    • @zachcantrell4416
      @zachcantrell4416 Рік тому +4

      I always wondered do the Colts stay in Baltimore if Bert Jones never got hurt and got to have a full career.

    • @ericschminke8233
      @ericschminke8233 Рік тому +1

      Remember that this was just 5 years after the move from Cleveland. I'm convinced that if the team had remained in Cleveland that they would still be looking for their first Super Bowl championship. After all, Cleveland is "The Land Of Losers".

    • @robertwilloughby8050
      @robertwilloughby8050 Рік тому +1

      @@zachcantrell4416 I've wondered that too. The Ruston Rifle was really good (Hello, Alexandra! Yes, your third cousin, once removed is the chap I'm talking about!) and I have always speculated about what a fit Bert would have done.

    • @anotherrudeawkening2k610
      @anotherrudeawkening2k610 Рік тому +1

      I remember these years! Besides Unitas Jones was my favorite player ! Detroit really ended Jones career! I use to live down the road from the colts training camp and witnessed that snowy night THE MAYFLOWER TRUCKS SNEAKING THE COLTS OUT OF BALTIMORE! ALTHOUGH BALTIMORE HAS THE RAVENS IT IS STILL A TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW SINCE ALL MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD FOOTBALL PLAYERS WORE A COLTS HELMET!

  • @generalnuisance91
    @generalnuisance91 Рік тому +10

    In 1978, Al "Bubba" Baker had one of the greatest rookie seasons ever by recording 23 sacks.

  • @foxyfoxington2651
    @foxyfoxington2651 Рік тому +16

    You know you're in for a rough evening when the Costco guy is your starting quarterback.

    • @pintorpi333
      @pintorpi333 Рік тому +2

      Not necessarily. Kurt Warner was stocking groceries at a Hy-Vee grocery store before ultimately ending in the HoF.

    • @foxyfoxington2651
      @foxyfoxington2651 Рік тому +1

      @@pintorpi333 Well, Hy-Vee is a completely different store.

  • @mountaineernews2
    @mountaineernews2 Рік тому +5

    And that’s why I learned something new every day thank you

  • @jehobden
    @jehobden Рік тому +7

    When I saw 38-0 and the Cowboys involved, I thought this would be the MNF game in 1970 when the Cardinals beat the Cowboys 38-0. During the game Don Meredith, the former Cowboys QB doing color commentary alongside Howard Cosell, complained about Cosell's big words used to put down the Cowboys that night.

    • @jessiehenry5405
      @jessiehenry5405 7 місяців тому

      It Seem like That Howard Cosell and Don Meredith Didn't Like Each other

  • @DolFan316
    @DolFan316 Рік тому +9

    Fun fact: against the Dolphins in '78 Troup and Kirkland combined for one TD pass and 10 INTs. 😎

  • @thomascrowley9122
    @thomascrowley9122 Рік тому +17

    Over 40 years later they're playing in a unappealing Sunday night game

    • @SuperCrazyDiscoKangaroo9001
      @SuperCrazyDiscoKangaroo9001 Рік тому +6

      If I was the NFL, I would had flexed it out for either Jets-Vikings or Chiefs-Bengals
      Patrick Mahomes vs Joe Burrow would be an exciting SNF matchup

    • @raymondhopwood9393
      @raymondhopwood9393 Рік тому

      And tonight, the Cowboys clobbered the Colts once again, winning by the score of 55-19, scoring 33 points in the final quarter.

    • @jeremyherberich2087
      @jeremyherberich2087 Рік тому +4

      Ain’t no way they were gonna flex, Cowboys always get big ratings regardless of who they play

    • @warrenkemmer1307
      @warrenkemmer1307 Рік тому

      nope that's the Indy colts

    • @michaelleroy9281
      @michaelleroy9281 Рік тому

      @@raymondhopwood9393 Not that good for the Cowboys the score was 54-19

  • @bullinmd
    @bullinmd Рік тому +7

    The same thing could be said about tonight's game that one team didn't belong.

  • @mangrove
    @mangrove Рік тому +61

    The 2001 MNF game between the Lions and Rams was horrible. The highlight for Lions fans was when the remaining Silverdome crowd started chanting “Let’s go Red Wings” out of boredom.

    • @leogetz3570
      @leogetz3570 Рік тому +2

      same year with the Colts and Dolphins was equally as bad

    • @scottfarmer8758
      @scottfarmer8758 Рік тому +4

      I was at a Bills game against the Patriots in 2005. The Patriots were killing us and the crowd started chanting Let's Go Sabres!

    • @generalnuisance91
      @generalnuisance91 Рік тому +5

      Uhhhh, that was during the horrible tenure of Matt Millen and Marty Morningweg. Before that season the Lions used to be at least competitive. They were 9 and 7 the year before under Bobby Ross. That season ushered in 22 and counting years of total Lion incompetence..

    • @patrickstogsdill74
      @patrickstogsdill74 Рік тому +1

      That's hilrious

    • @67marlins
      @67marlins Рік тому +3

      @@generalnuisance91 Was Bobby Ross praised in the local Detroit press? Just curious, as he seemed to be respected in our Maryland papers during his college years.

  • @luisignaciopenaespinoza6038
    @luisignaciopenaespinoza6038 Рік тому +2

    Basically we got the same point difference Last night between colts and cowboys

  • @YTPFLIMS
    @YTPFLIMS Рік тому +22

    The worst Monday night football game of my lifetime was no doubt he Dolphins and Steelers 2007. I remember the day it came on, I was still in elementary school but I missed the majority of the game. The next day my friends told me the Steelers won 3-0 with a field goal on the last play, and I couldn't believe it. Nothing like that has even happened since.

    • @andrewgrove1691
      @andrewgrove1691 Рік тому

      The field was soiled

    • @andrewpadaetz5549
      @andrewpadaetz5549 Рік тому +2

      #MudBowl

    • @Giantsfanlewis
      @Giantsfanlewis Рік тому +2

      The game with the kick stick

    • @princealigorna7468
      @princealigorna7468 9 місяців тому

      That punt that dive bombed nose-up into the dirt and just stood there is still the funniest thing I've ever seen in a football game. My Grandpa and I almost died laughing. Only entertaining moment of that miserable game.
      Honestly, if this were a sane sport, that game would have been called way earlier because that field was unplayable. But that's half the fun of the NFL. It's not a sane sport, nor a sane league. So long as there's no lightning, fuck the weather/field conditions. If you can suit up and play, you're gonna play

  • @DolFan316
    @DolFan316 Рік тому +9

    Marchibroda: Admits in print that his team is completely dependent on Bert Jones.
    Also Marchibroda: Who needs Jones? We'll whip Dallas without him!

  • @thomascrowley9122
    @thomascrowley9122 Рік тому +5

    Now you have to make a vid about the 4th quarter

  • @ProdigyBowlersTour
    @ProdigyBowlersTour Рік тому +1

    You fail to mention the fact that in the final minute of the game, in a last ditch attempt to avoid the shutout, Baltimore had the ball at the Dallas 35 yard line when Kirkland hit a wide open tight end Reese McCall who caught it at the 12, broke a tackle and raced for the goal line, only to get stripped of the ball less than a yard from breaking the plane, fumbling the ball and having Dallas recover in the end zone for a touchback to preserve the shutout. A terrible game for ABC-TV, perhaps. But for those of us living in Dallas at the time who were rooting for the Cowboys, it was a very fun game to watch, and it had a perfect ending. Dallas fans were still steamed, eight years later, over Super Bowl V.

  • @anthony0358
    @anthony0358 Рік тому +15

    I remember that game. Because of Jones’ injury we all knew the colts would be terrible. They really never recovered for many years

    • @rockinmosquito
      @rockinmosquito Рік тому +1

      The next year when the Lions lost Garry Danielson, they went from first to worst.

  • @toddbiesel4288
    @toddbiesel4288 Рік тому +4

    The next meeting between these clubs was in 1981, between two quarterbacks who each made their only career start in that game.

  • @NomadicBrian
    @NomadicBrian Рік тому +2

    I remember those Bert Jones years with the Baltimore Colts. Seemed like it was either the Raiders or the Steelers that sunk us in the playoffs. This Monday night game I don't remember. I think because I was in basic training at Fort Leonard Wood in MO or at training in Ft. Benjamin Harrison in IN.

  • @84sp84
    @84sp84 Рік тому +5

    I remember Troup’s time with the Colts, they would’ve still been slaughtered had he played against the Cowboys.

  • @lunarstain7545
    @lunarstain7545 Рік тому +10

    This literally needs to be a shirt: Worse than if you spiked the ball on every single play

  • @CTubeMan
    @CTubeMan Рік тому +9

    Fun Facts: Kurt Warner’s first start for the Rams after Trent Green got injured in the preseason was against the Baltimore Ravens. Baltimore was also the opponent for the Cowboys last game in Texas Stadium in 2008.

    • @MarloSoBalJr
      @MarloSoBalJr Рік тому

      That final game in Irving was so great from a Ravens fan perspective.
      Those back-to-back TDs by Willis McGahee & LeRon McLain to shutdown the Cowboys hopes were Chef's Kiss 💋👌🏾

  • @johnnysama
    @johnnysama Рік тому +1

    Lost in all this is the fact that as the game went on, Mr. Cosell was served a plate of this dish called "nachos" which up until that point, was a mostly regional Tex-Mex dish), and he kept on referencing them - skyrocketing their popularity, and the rest is history.

  • @brentlyons7806
    @brentlyons7806 Рік тому +1

    This is my favorite one so far 😊.

  • @wewin03
    @wewin03 Рік тому +8

    It’s a shame because that Bert Jones injury ultimately derailed his career. Everyone who saw him believes he would be a hall of famer today if not for the injuries. It also set off the chain of events that led to Baltimore losing the Colts.

  • @tgfabthunderbird1
    @tgfabthunderbird1 Рік тому +8

    I remember this game, but went to bed early because of school. Glad I didn't miss much--I do remember the Cowboys went down the field the first time, and Rafael Septien missed a field goal! I remembered thinking how awful he was with the Rams the previous year, and saw he hadn't changed much. Well, he did become one of the better kickers in the league. I also remember the Colts got crushed by the Dolphins the following week, 42-0, and they were being made fund of on NFL Today incessantly. Mike Kirkland has become one of those trivia questions few people will get.

    • @zachcantrell4416
      @zachcantrell4416 Рік тому +2

      The following week after losing 80-0 those first two games was the famous Joe Washington game against the Pats on MNF. Howard Cosell shit on the game all night and then said “What a football game this turned out to be!”

  • @Damned_DasKar
    @Damned_DasKar Рік тому +14

    Holy hell, and just moments ago the Cowboys turned tonight's game against the Colts into a massacre in the 4th quarter. Final score, 54-19. Is this mere coincidence??? 🤔

    • @michaelleroy9281
      @michaelleroy9281 Рік тому +3

      The only thing different is that the Colts from 1978 were in Baltimore, the current Colts are in Indianapolis

    • @haroldmccoy6748
      @haroldmccoy6748 Рік тому +2

      Like 78 ,I've got the cowboys advancing into a SB ,and losing ,this time against the Bengals .

    • @jimnfl7134
      @jimnfl7134 Рік тому +1

      @@haroldmccoy6748 cowboys not in the Super Bowl. will CHOKE again!

    • @samuelrosenbalm
      @samuelrosenbalm Рік тому +1

      ​​@@jimnfl7134 Cowboys didn't choke. A week after retiring Brady, they lost on the road to a superior defense. They just need to get better. Nothing to do with choking.

    • @jimnfl7134
      @jimnfl7134 Рік тому +1

      @@samuelrosenbalm sounds like excuse making.

  • @benighted09
    @benighted09 Рік тому +1

    583 yards for Dallas....Sounds like the main issue is the Baltimore D did not show up.

  • @pharoah418
    @pharoah418 Рік тому

    Sprinkle that image of Bert Jones throwing practice passes In an Orioles cap with Old Bay and you have the most Baltimore thing ever

  • @allthingsgaming6
    @allthingsgaming6 Рік тому +1

    2007 Dolphins vs Steelers

  • @terraceavery4125
    @terraceavery4125 Рік тому +2

    I just came off watching the biggest mismatch in the fourth quarter between the same two teams on Sunday Night Football.

    • @TigerWoodsLibido
      @TigerWoodsLibido Рік тому

      The Triangles-Colts franchise spent 1 season in DFW in 1952. It would seem things worked out better for the Cowboys in the metroplex. The Triangles franchise did eventually settle in Indy, just 117 miles west of Triangle Park.

  • @nymike06
    @nymike06 Рік тому +3

    Remember the game well. The 1977 Super Bowl Winning Cowboys would show how good they were on that Monday Night!

  • @angelsfancrc1
    @angelsfancrc1 Рік тому +5

    The Colts really could’ve used a chance encounter by a staff member with a recently released QB who happened to be in attendance at the game

  • @cpcva724
    @cpcva724 Рік тому +3

    History repeats itself

  • @AustinCDavis
    @AustinCDavis Рік тому +1

    Great video as always, but I’d argue the 2007 “Mud Bowl” between Pissburgh & Miami was the worst, with Pissburgh kicking a FG with time expiring in overtime to win 3-0. Ugh. At least watching a blowout is fun for the fans of the winning team. That Mud Bowl was a showcase of ineptitude in all phases of the game.

  • @rog9601
    @rog9601 Рік тому

    As a long time Cowboys fan I remember this game like it was yesterday.

  • @CTubeMan
    @CTubeMan Рік тому +4

    Is this “Ted Marchibroda Getting Beaten Like a Government Mule Weekend”?

    • @DolFan316
      @DolFan316 Рік тому +2

      When OJG9 doesn't like somebody, he needs to stop being so shy about expressing it 😋 😉

  • @rudebodega
    @rudebodega Рік тому +2

    11:44 lol I just watched this episode the other night
    “Jimmy might have a compound fracture! Jimmy’s going into shock…”

    • @CTubeMan
      @CTubeMan Рік тому +1

      Jimmy holds grudges!

  • @TigerWoodsLibido
    @TigerWoodsLibido Рік тому +3

    The 33 points the Triangles-Colts franchise gave up in the 4th quarter of the 12-4-2022 game vs the Cowboys, I believe is the most they have ever given up in a single quarter going all the way back to 1913 when they were still in the Ohio League. Even worse than their 1928 and 1929 seasons.

  • @kingofallmediums2123
    @kingofallmediums2123 Рік тому +2

    Excellent content! Thanks for the hard work!

  • @707Southpaw
    @707Southpaw Рік тому +1

    I got the same score that day with the same teams on Electronic Football by Tudor.

  • @drbonesshow1
    @drbonesshow1 Рік тому +1

    I saw the game in high school. I thought how Dallas lose a game this season?

  • @pjtheory
    @pjtheory Рік тому +1

    Nice job, but it's important to note that the 1977 Cowboys actually led the NFL in Total offense AND defense. The Cowboys also outscored their playoff opponents 87-23, not 86-23.

  • @sr7312
    @sr7312 Рік тому +1

    So that dude was worth than Nathan Peterman? You've uncovered several QBs who were real dogs - in the dog shit way rather than the 'dawg' way.

  • @luisvaldes1568
    @luisvaldes1568 Рік тому

    I was 12 and this was in week one a Super Bowl match up.

  • @tm-cv3qt
    @tm-cv3qt Рік тому +3

    It's absolutely critical for me to watch these videos each day, the daily videos from the man we've been talking about this whole time, the Official Jaguar Gator 9 (and 8). If I ever miss even one of these? Talk about a dumb decision. Keep teaching us football stuff, you rock.

  • @altfactor
    @altfactor Рік тому +3

    The defending Super Bowl champions traditionally hosted the first "NFL Monday Night Football" game of the season until the NFL decided to begin their regular season on a Thursday night.
    Since then, the defending Super Bowl champs host the first NFL game of the season on that Thursday night.

  • @DolFan316
    @DolFan316 Рік тому +4

    In that game the Cowboys also had the biggest net yardage margin of any Monday night game ever BTW. So yeah, this really might be the worst one.

  • @MartinMcCauslin
    @MartinMcCauslin Рік тому

    I love it when the qbr would have been better if they had spiked the ball on every down

  • @Lewis9709
    @Lewis9709 Рік тому +1

    The Irsay Colts were a joke. All they had was Bert Jones, and when Bubba Baker ended Bert's career with a cheap shot in preseason, the Colts were exposed as frauds.
    As a Baltimore resident I'm much happier with the Ravens.

  • @LegendaryDorkKnight
    @LegendaryDorkKnight Рік тому

    22:05
    I was not only not born yet when this game was played, but my dad and mom were 6 and 3 respectively. And we all managed to post more passing yardage than him.

  • @d0nKsTaH
    @d0nKsTaH Рік тому

    Artifical turf is like concrete.
    He got slammed onto his shoulder on that play...
    Also, Andrew Luck reminded me a lot of Jones..
    Both played for the Colts and both retired much too earlier due to injuries

  • @jab1289
    @jab1289 Рік тому +1

    There were people that picked Miami to win the East that year. SI had them playing Dallas in the Super Bowl. Also, some people picked the Raiders go to back to the SB that year (LOL! That was a team that was getting older).

  • @billrusso6422
    @billrusso6422 Рік тому +1

    The game tonight wasn't much better

  • @princealigorna7468
    @princealigorna7468 9 місяців тому

    I thought Secret Base said the worst Monday Night was the '07 Mud Bowl between the Dolphins and Steelers. The 0-3 debacle that hilariously had a punt end up standing pretty much upright in the ground

  • @royveteto4134
    @royveteto4134 Рік тому

    it's wild that the narrator of this video keeps saying what a great matchup and yet this game didn't sell out so it wasn't shown in the dallas area

  • @eromitlabhitw
    @eromitlabhitw Рік тому +1

    Coming up tomorrow: more dunking on Ted Marchibroda, lol

  • @kingofallmediums2123
    @kingofallmediums2123 Рік тому

    That Cowboy team was named “ South America’s Team.” 😆

    • @michaelleroy9281
      @michaelleroy9281 Рік тому

      They used to be called " Next Years Champions " before they won Super Bowl VI

  • @KNS1996DFS
    @KNS1996DFS Рік тому

    What about that Raiders-Oilers game when the guy flipped off the camera?

  • @zachcantrell4416
    @zachcantrell4416 Рік тому +5

    I always thought the worst MNF game was the Seahawks beating the corpse of the Eagles 42-0 in 2005 on three defensive TDs. It was called the “Monday Night Massacre” by NFL films. But this might’ve sold me. BTW you should do a video on the Seahawks scoring four defensive TDs against the Chiefs in 1984

    • @markmiller3308
      @markmiller3308 Рік тому

      As a Hawks fan that was the best. Loved every second of it after years of being the prey in the AFC and NFC. We were finally the hunters.

  • @Namath1000
    @Namath1000 Рік тому

    Worst Monday Night Game is history was the Bills @ Jets fiasco in the 90s. The Jets fans were setting the stadium on fire.

  • @aaronholcomb237
    @aaronholcomb237 Рік тому

    It actually got worse for the Colts in a week 2 loss to the Dolphins by a score of 42-0.

  • @johnmanier7968
    @johnmanier7968 Рік тому

    This game was played the night before my first day of high school. I remembered Bert Jones being injured and everyone expecting the Colts to lose big. But I’d forgotten that the second stringer was also out and that the Colts had traded away Lydell Mitchell, their top rusher for each of the previous 5 seasons. That ripped the guts out of their offense, although the player they got for Mitchell. Joe Washington, was pretty damned good and led the Colts to a huge upset at 17.5-point favorite New England in a Week 3 Monday night game. (Washington didn’t play at Dallas.) I still don’t know what happened to the Colts’ defense, which hadn’t been their strong suit since the early 70s, but was positively dreadful in 1978. I do know Bob Irsay was one of the worst owners of all time.

  • @topJimmyP1984
    @topJimmyP1984 Рік тому

    I remember it well, and loved Every minute as a Cowboys fan! ... although it did lull the Cowboys into thinking they were that great and could sleepwalk through the season. They eventually came around finishing the season strong with eight consecutive wins going into Super Bowl XIII.

  • @joerules829
    @joerules829 Рік тому

    10:56 HE SAID IT!!!

  • @6400az
    @6400az Рік тому +1

    Coincidentally, the Cardinals lambasted the Cowboys by the same 38-0 score in a MNF game back in 1970.

  • @BlueOpinion
    @BlueOpinion Рік тому

    Only 11 point spread.. damn betters didn't even want to touch the game in first place.

  • @stuartdollar9912
    @stuartdollar9912 Рік тому +2

    Poor Bert Jones. He was a great QB who wound up injured more often than he was healthy, particularly in the back half of his career. In an alternate universe, he sets a ton of passing records that Dan Marino ultimately breaks, and the Colts remain in Baltimore.

  • @johnsjn1966
    @johnsjn1966 Рік тому

    Broncos vs Seahawks 1991. 6-3 in overtime was the worst MNF.

  • @vict4451
    @vict4451 Рік тому

    Saw one play when the RB didn't even get out of his stance. Just said screw it. This is what happened when you lose your star QB in a game he shouldn't even have dressed for.

  • @sunniblacc78
    @sunniblacc78 Рік тому

    I was just a newborn baby when this happened lol

  • @stevenbauer4799
    @stevenbauer4799 Рік тому +2

    the '22 colt/boys fame was one of the worst on snf. noys scored that many pts. in the fourth quarter alone. and colts back then were garbage when bert jones was injured. which was alot.

  • @ciesaro
    @ciesaro Рік тому +1

    Mike Kirkland was a participant in the old Punt Pass and Kick competition

  • @ronsmac
    @ronsmac Рік тому

    The Colts defense was showing cracks even in 1977 as the sack pack wasn’t performing as well. Combine that with no Bert Jones and the Colts were toast.

  • @DolFan316
    @DolFan316 Рік тому +3

    10:08 TBH it doesn't look that bad. Certainly nothing malicious about the sack. But I played on turf once and it really is basically green concrete.

  • @morningwaves
    @morningwaves Рік тому

    Wait, if Bert Jones was 2nd to Ken stabler in touchdowns and passer rating, how did the Snake not win MVP??

  • @JLH111176
    @JLH111176 Рік тому

    the turf was just carpet over the top of the concrete floor wasn't it? land shoulder first onto that instead of grass would contribute to injury I'd think

  • @chrisheyne9617
    @chrisheyne9617 8 місяців тому

    Bert jones really never came back from that injury. The two teams had played a great game in 76 won also by the cowboys.

  • @TomG1555
    @TomG1555 Рік тому +4

    1) The video does a good job making a blowout half-way interesting, but I think JG9 lets the Colts' defense off far too easily. In the circumstances, everybody knew the Colts offense wasn't likely to do much against Doomsday (another factor I don't think was mentioned was that Lydell Mitchell had been traded away, but his replacement - Joe Washington - hardly played in this game)...but the Colts' D was #11 in points against in '77, and 3rd overall in forcing turnovers. They knew they had to play one of their best games to give Baltimore any hope of staying close, and instead gave up 38 points and almost 600 yards to Dallas.
    2) Bert Jones should have been the league MVP for most of the late '70s, not so much in terms of being the absolute best player in the league, but the Colts were like Jekyll and Hyde depending on whether he was healthy enough to play that week (or not). If Jones wasn't playing, odds are you'd have an easy time against Baltimore...but if he was, look out. From '77-'79, the Colts were 15-6 in games Jones started...and 5-20 in games he didn't.

    • @DolFan316
      @DolFan316 Рік тому +1

      Seems like the 2022 Dolphins. Can't lose when Tua starts and finishes the game healthy, can't win if he doesn't.

    • @CTubeMan
      @CTubeMan Рік тому +1

      Great point about the defense, since neither Bert Jones, Lydell Mitchell, nor Raymond Chester played defense.

    • @CTubeMan
      @CTubeMan Рік тому +1

      Great point about the defense, since neither Bert Jones, Lydell Mitchell, nor Raymond Chester played defense.

  • @BuccaneerBruce
    @BuccaneerBruce Рік тому +3

    The turf caused that injury.

  • @scotttrammell3913
    @scotttrammell3913 Рік тому

    So Mike Kirkland was the sacrificial lamb in this game, I see.

  • @mysticx0
    @mysticx0 Рік тому

    this is FAR from the worst MNF game......

  • @gregster61
    @gregster61 Рік тому +1

    Mike Kirkland, for all purposes, won his roster spot by looking good late in a CBS televised exhibition game. CBS' announcers raved about his comeback, against backups, against (I think) the Oilers.

  • @marcus813
    @marcus813 Рік тому +2

    I've seen some massive blowouts in all the times I've watched MNF, but I never heard about this one. It took place a few years before I was born. As for Mike Kirkland, I wonder why the Colts drafted him given how bad of a passer he was at Arkansas.

  • @tubesocksbrigade3031
    @tubesocksbrigade3031 Рік тому +1

    If I remembered correctly, didn't ABC aired a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader special before this game? Another reason the Colts didn't belong on National TV that night

    • @mikedecarlo9057
      @mikedecarlo9057 Рік тому +1

      Yes!! I remember it. They did a live performance at Texas Stadium before the MNF lead in.

  • @MarloSoBalJr
    @MarloSoBalJr Рік тому

    As a Ravens fan, I was born in '93 and have no connection with the Colts outside of the archives for being a natural-born Baltimorean.
    Seeing the Colts be great from the 50s-70s then falling off a cliff after Carol Rosenblum sold (or traded) the team to Irsay is heartbreaking cos we all know the inevitable fate for my beloved Baltimore's team.
    I imagine the Colts stay in Baltimore had Maryland not called deny Irsay's bluff and built that damn dome stadium. 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @ronsmac
    @ronsmac Рік тому

    The colts were shutout again the following week.

  • @garytruex6906
    @garytruex6906 Рік тому +21

    As a 50 year old, lifelong Cowboys fan, this was a great game. Tom Landry's Cowboys at there peak. Big stars making big plays all night long.

  • @timkumpost6036
    @timkumpost6036 3 місяці тому

    A close second (unless of course you're a Cowboys fan), the Cowboys stomping the Giants on Week 1 MNF in 1995. Personally, I loved that game.

  • @scottfarmer8758
    @scottfarmer8758 Рік тому +1

    I heard that the worst Monday Night football game was in 1983 between the Giants and Cardinals in St. Louis. Both teams played horribly and the game ended in a tie.

    • @leogetz3570
      @leogetz3570 Рік тому

      The rumor is that game pushed Howard Cosell into retirement. At least that game wasn't a one sided blowout

    • @CTubeMan
      @CTubeMan Рік тому +1

      @@leogetz3570 Normally Leo Getz it done, but I think it was another NFC East battle that year on Monday Night that started causing him to leave the booth.

    • @leogetz3570
      @leogetz3570 Рік тому

      @@CTubeMan I always try and Getz it done....

  • @Chris-lp2ok
    @Chris-lp2ok Рік тому

    D.D. Lewis got ejected from that game.

  • @ciesaro
    @ciesaro Рік тому +1

    Baltimore and Irsay traded Lydell Mitchell and Raymind Chester before the 1978 season. John Dutton held out and eventually went to Dallas later in the season

  • @chadadams6052
    @chadadams6052 Рік тому +1

    And I'm betting tonight's game maybe a repeat of that one.

  • @chrisuncleahmad
    @chrisuncleahmad Рік тому +3

    Even that 1988 Broncos at Colts 55-23 game (which JG9 also did a video on) as lopsided as it was......
    at least Elway played, the Broncos were not shutout and had more than 9 1st downs

    • @CTubeMan
      @CTubeMan Рік тому +1

      You’ve earned a Cognac for that!

    • @67marlins
      @67marlins Рік тому

      I remember that....weren't the Colts up 55-0 at halftime?

  • @ryanstrnad1852
    @ryanstrnad1852 Рік тому +2

    12 minutes ago! Wow, your fast.

  • @MisterRickSinister
    @MisterRickSinister Рік тому

    Inner conference? In 1978?

  • @brockgeorge777
    @brockgeorge777 Рік тому +1

    …Depends on if you were a Dallas fan. It was a *great* Monday night if you were one of us!!!

  • @jbratt
    @jbratt Рік тому

    I was a young Cowboy fan and remember this game very well. My family had a VCR machine (it’s like a DVR sort of for the young out there). My parents taped it because it was a school night and i had to go to bed at halftime. Anyway, I watched that tape several times. It was awesome.

  • @aaronholcomb237
    @aaronholcomb237 Рік тому

    How about the 1995 opener between Dallas and the New York Giants on Monday night. Before that season began there was talk that the Cowboys had the talent to go 16-0 (obviously they didn't) and the Giants were a mediocre 9-7 in 1994 and would go 5-11 that season. The score was 35-0 in favor of Dallas.

  • @olofpalme63
    @olofpalme63 Рік тому +1

    I remember watching this game, the fact that Dallas won wasn't surprising, but 38-0?.…guess I didn't pay too much attention to injury reports.