Strange symmetry between 1978 and 1975. In both seasons, the Rams defeated the Steelers in the Coliseum late in the season, then LA was routed by the Cowboys on their home field, then the Cowboy lost close ones to the Steelers in the SB.
yeah, Kalas had a great voice, but the writing was idiotic...calling the Rams "pedestrian"..and saying it was a "surprising victory" clearly illustrates either a bias for Dallas or a complete lack of awareness regarding how good the Rams were in the 1970's...
yup....the 70's Rams were strong in every aspect of the game, with the exception of the QB position...if they had a marquee QB like their NFC rivals, i'm pretty sure they would have won at the very least, one SB...
I was at this game. Happy to see a recap of it here on RUclips. I was just 16 years old at the time. My dad took me (and probably my younger brother). I was a Cowboys fan and it was the first time I was able to see them play in person. In fact, this was only my second live NFL game. (We also went to the Rams/Falcons game in Week 13 of the '77 season.) I remember being impressed with the size of Robert Newhouse's thighs.
Actually in his book, a very interesting read, he talks about that incident. Roger admits to not being a regular trash talker, but after a 4th qtr sack near the Rams sideline he responded with that line. And said he used the words "front runners" not chokers. He was mad at the Rams sideline for hooting and hollering at him after that play because the game was won at that point. So front runners meant talking trash while ahead or in control of the game.
@@Jiltedin2007 Dallas was favored in this game AND the NFC Championship. So. if you're favored on the road, against the team that won home-field advantage, that goes to show you who claearly is the superior squad. Kind of like the 04 Patriots going into athe AFC Championship at a 15-1 Steeler squad that had blasted them 3 months before on the same field. Pat's won 41-27 to advance to the Super Bowl in a game that was nowhere near as close as the score would indicate.
Well For those that think Dallas owned the Rams in the playoffs you couldn't be more wrong. The Cowboys and Rams would trade off victories from 75-83. What's odd is EACH victory except two out of 7 games was on the on the road!!! Cowboys win in LA 75, Rams win in Dallas 76, Cowboys win in LA in 78, Rams win in Dallas 79 and Cowboys win in Dallas in 80, Rams win in Dallas in 83, Rams FINALLY win in LA in 85 and break the every other meeting in the playoffs. Don't think they have played in the playoffs since...
you forgot 1973...but yeah, basically these two NFC powerhouses squared off 8 times in the post season in just a 13 year period, from 1973-1985, with the two teams splitting the 8 games ..Cowboys winning in 1973, 75, 78 & 80, and Rams winning in 1976, 79, 83 & 85...never in NFL history have two teams faced each other in the post season that many times in such a short duration of time... it truly is one of the greatest playoff rivalries in NFL history, that for some strange reason sports writers have chose to shelve away in the annals of NFL history
This was an Injured Dallas Cowboys Team that the Rams defeated in the Regular Season. Later in the season(Also in Los Angeles), the Rams would face an even healthier Cowboys Squad in the NFC Championship Game who in turn shut out the Rams 28-0.
Injured? Who? The Rams lost Tyler for the year and McCutcheon for most of it. Cowboys got beat straight up in this game, then later beat an injured Rams in the playoffs. No excuses just facts.
During the 1970s the Los Angeles Rams beat some strong teams during the regular season. They beat the Vikings in 74, the Steelers in 75, the Raiders in 77 ,& both the Cowboys & Steelers in 78. I think they should have played in more than one Super Bowl, if they had & had been at full strength they would have beaten both the Steelers & the Raiders.
Yup. In the regular season those 70's Rams could beat anybody. In the postseason they were outplayed, outcoached, had more turnovers and had less breaks go their way in their losses. When they finally made it to the SB they had to deal with Youngblood's injury which greatly hampered their pass rush, and Cromwell's dropped int on a pass thrown right to him.
exactly...not too many people are aware that the Rams would have busted that game open and made things real difficult for Pitts had Cromwell not dropped that pick 6...i believe it would have put the Rams up by 14 at that point in the game..another pivitoal moment in the game in which the Rams blew it was when Waddy was wide open in the end zone and Ferragamo didn't see him..
They were only missing that high caliber QB, someone to match a Staubach, Tarkenton, Stabler, Bradshaw, Greise... etc... The Rams had extraordinary talent in every area outside of QB, especially on defense... A very good team, just not quite good enough...
that score is misleading. it was a low scoring close game for most of it, then things fell apart in the last 5 minutes for L.A. but last i checked L.A Rams have an all time post season winning record against Dallas of 5 - 4 .
This was an injured Dallas team the Rams defeated. The following time they met later that season(Also at Los Angeles), the Dallas Cowboys soundly beat the Rams at the 1978 NFC Championship Game 28-0.
Only that game the rams were beat up. Started the game w Cullen Bryant at RB ( he was a FB) then he got hurt forcing them to go with their third string RB. Haden mercifully got hurt in the second half as well. With no running threat Dallas just teed of on the rams offense all day.
@@Biggdoom344 Then the following year when the Rams went to Dallas on a Special Sunday Night Edition of Monday Night Football on ABC, the Cowboys kept the beat going on the Rams to the tune of a 30-6 thumping. The Following Morning, the sports section headline on The Los Angeles Herald Examiner read: COWBOYS ADD INSULT TO INJURY
@@Jiltedin2007 yeah. The 79 rams had major injury problems but they got healthy by the playoffs then beat Dallas and Tampa..two teams they had no business beating..then had the Steelers on the ropes. They got hot at the right time.
@@Jiltedin2007 you only want to talk about the times the Cowboys beat L.A. how bout the times it went the other way.? like in the 1976, 79, 83, 85, 2018 post seasons.
@@Biggdoom344 I know, and I loved it! The Rams were very much on a magic carpet ride in the 1979 playoffs when they beat the Cowboys in Dallas first, then defeating the Bucs at Tampa Bay for the 1979 NFC Championship. Had it not been for that Bomb Terry Bradshaw threw to John Stallworth late in the 4th Quarter of Super Bowl XIV, the Rams could’ve also pulled off The Upset Special!
Rumor has it someone from the rams sideline told him it was time for his old ass to retire. Of course that would set off any competitor. Rams were not totally wrong. Cowboys were losing to Atlanta in the nfc divisional playoffs before roger got knocked out. Danny White led the comeback. Roger did play great in the SB v the Steelers only throwing for 176 yards and threw a horrible pass with minimal pressure to a painfully open Jackie smith. If roger throws a decent ball it’s an easy TD. Instead he threw a ground ball smith still should have caught. Ironically After the NFC title game roger would never win another playoff game.
Interesting. All teams talk trash at some point, but that explains the fuel and Hollywood Henderson's antics. Then the Rams used some fuel of their own to beat the Cowboys in the 1979 playoffs. Following season the Cowboys used some more fuel after that MNF butt-kicking they received to knock the Rams out of the playoffs that year. These teams just did not like each other, obviously. Pretty even in overall talent, though the Rams were clearly missing consistency and experience at the QB position. And coaching edge to Landry for the most part.
The rams were mouthy but Dallas was the epitome of arrogance then. As a Steelers fan that’s why Pittsburgh despised Dallas. Between 75-82 the Steelers never lost to Dallas going 5-0 including two SB wins. Even in 77, the year Dallas won the SB the Steelers spanked them 28-13 in a game Jack Lambert and starting FS mike Wagner didn’t play in.
During the decade of the 70s the Rams should have been in at least 1 Super Bowl. They had a great defense but quarterback was not a settled position as they had everybody playing QB it seems including Joe Namath. I'll bet you all didn't know the only other teams the Rams met in the playoffs were the Washington Redskins in 1974 and St. Louis Cardinals in 1975. Rams beat Redskins 19-10 and Rams beat Cardinals 35-23.
the uniforms for both teams are better than what they wear today
Strange symmetry between 1978 and 1975. In both seasons, the Rams defeated the Steelers in the Coliseum late in the season, then LA was routed by the Cowboys on their home field, then the Cowboy lost close ones to the Steelers in the SB.
That Cheerleader at the beginning of the clip is Apollonia from "Puple Rain".
Yup, I know. I have a preseason game program from 1978 and it has individual pics & info of all the cheerleaders and her real name is Patty Kotero.
And prince said he didn’t hit that. Well if he didn’t he is crazier than I thought lol.
Gorgeous uniforms! Love the velvety voice of Harry Kalas and the 70s NFL Films music
yeah, Kalas had a great voice, but the writing was idiotic...calling the Rams "pedestrian"..and saying it was a "surprising victory" clearly illustrates either a bias for Dallas or a complete lack of awareness regarding how good the Rams were in the 1970's...
@@bconni2 Well the Dallas Cowboys were the defending world champions and a 4 point favorite playing on the road.
classic uniforms for both
L.a ram had pretty cheerleaders
i don't know why i don't remember this game. but i remember the NFC championship game that season, especially hollywood henderson's pick-6.
Same here....it was yet another playoff loss to Dallas or Minnesota. One disaster after another in the 70s....
This game was a regular season game
i know why you don't remember this game...you're a Dallas fan...you only remember the games you won...selective memory
@@bconni2 you know, this would make perfect sense, except i remember super bowl XIII quite well.
Damn you for reminding me, it's still clear in my mind him dunking over the crossbar.
Rams of 70s had fab team with no quarterback. Should have kept jaws they might have won a superbowl.
yup....the 70's Rams were strong in every aspect of the game, with the exception of the QB position...if they had a marquee QB like their NFC rivals, i'm pretty sure they would have won at the very least, one SB...
Chuck Knox didn’t value the QB position..mainly because he wanted to run all the time. Some SB caliber rams defenses were wasted by erratic QB play.
I was at this game. Happy to see a recap of it here on RUclips.
I was just 16 years old at the time. My dad took me (and probably my younger brother). I was a Cowboys fan and it was the first time I was able to see them play in person. In fact, this was only my second live NFL game. (We also went to the Rams/Falcons game in Week 13 of the '77 season.)
I remember being impressed with the size of Robert Newhouse's thighs.
That was a good rivalry in the 70s
yup...and 80's too
That cheerleader in the beginning of this was Apolonia from Purple Rain. She was a Ram cheerleader for year or two in the late 70’s.
This was my first NFL game as a cowboy's fan, I was 18 and getting ready to join the Air Force in October.
The rams had all the talent and roster in the 70s the missing link was always at quarterback
yup
Dallas 28 -Rams 0 in NFC championship game the same year.
Roger told one of the defenders that gave him a cheap shot...We will see you chokers in the playoffs.
Actually in his book, a very interesting read, he talks about that incident. Roger admits to not being a regular trash talker, but after a 4th qtr sack near the Rams sideline he responded with that line. And said he used the words "front runners" not chokers. He was mad at the Rams sideline for hooting and hollering at him after that play because the game was won at that point. So front runners meant talking trash while ahead or in control of the game.
That's because the Cowboys were a much healthier squad in the NFC Championship than they were in this game.
UGH....Don't remind me...
@@Jiltedin2007 Dallas was favored in this game AND the NFC Championship.
So. if you're favored on the road, against the team that won home-field advantage, that goes to show you who claearly is the superior squad.
Kind of like the 04 Patriots going into athe AFC Championship at a 15-1 Steeler squad that had blasted them 3 months before on the same field.
Pat's won 41-27 to advance to the Super Bowl in a game that was nowhere near as close as the score would indicate.
Dang, the Rams had the best uniforms back then! They should have gone back to these threads; the ones today look like pajamas.
Changing the helmet horns was the absolute biggest mistake. You don't change an iconic classic helmet design, but they did
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I always liked this music
Love the Music too
Well For those that think Dallas owned the Rams in the playoffs you couldn't be more wrong.
The Cowboys and Rams would trade off victories from 75-83. What's odd is EACH victory except two out of 7 games was on the on the road!!!
Cowboys win in LA 75, Rams win in Dallas 76, Cowboys win in LA in 78, Rams win in Dallas 79 and Cowboys win in Dallas in 80, Rams win in Dallas in 83, Rams FINALLY win in LA in 85 and break the every other meeting in the playoffs. Don't think they have played in the playoffs since...
you forgot 1973...but yeah, basically these two NFC powerhouses squared off 8 times in the post season in just a 13 year period, from 1973-1985, with the two teams splitting the 8 games ..Cowboys winning in 1973, 75, 78 & 80, and Rams winning in 1976, 79, 83 & 85...never in NFL history have two teams faced each other in the post season that many times in such a short duration of time... it truly is one of the greatest playoff rivalries in NFL history, that for some strange reason sports writers have chose to shelve away in the annals of NFL history
@@conni70 yeah. I think that’s because the rams didn’t win a SB during that time. But these two went at at seemingly year after year.
Dallas never played as well when they wore their away uniforms.
There really isn't a home or away uniform anymore
Their white jerseys also serve as an away uniform
Wish we could see this whole game.
This was an Injured Dallas Cowboys Team that the Rams defeated in the Regular Season. Later in the season(Also in Los Angeles), the Rams would face an even healthier Cowboys Squad in the NFC Championship Game who in turn shut out the Rams 28-0.
Injured? Who? The Rams lost Tyler for the year and McCutcheon for most of it. Cowboys got beat straight up in this game, then later beat an injured Rams in the playoffs. No excuses just facts.
@@artistamisto Mccutcheon had a good game that day and so did Harold Jackson. I remember watching this game with my dad and hated the Rams
just another Dallas fan boy who can't take their defeat like a man.
During the 1970s the Los Angeles Rams beat some strong teams during the regular season. They beat the Vikings in 74, the Steelers in 75, the Raiders in 77 ,& both the Cowboys & Steelers in 78. I think they should have played in more than one Super Bowl, if they had & had been at full strength they would have beaten both the Steelers & the Raiders.
Yup. In the regular season those 70's Rams could beat anybody. In the postseason they were outplayed, outcoached, had more turnovers and had less breaks go their way in their losses. When they finally made it to the SB they had to deal with Youngblood's injury which greatly hampered their pass rush, and Cromwell's dropped int on a pass thrown right to him.
exactly...not too many people are aware that the Rams would have busted that game open and made things real difficult for Pitts had Cromwell not dropped that pick 6...i believe it would have put the Rams up by 14 at that point in the game..another pivitoal moment in the game in which the Rams blew it was when Waddy was wide open in the end zone and Ferragamo didn't see him..
I take it that either you are not a Rams fan, or You probably did not think they were all that great.
They were only missing that high caliber QB, someone to match a Staubach, Tarkenton, Stabler, Bradshaw, Greise... etc... The Rams had extraordinary talent in every area outside of QB, especially on defense... A very good team, just not quite good enough...
Dallas would beat them in NFC Championship game later that year, by a score of 28-0
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that score is misleading. it was a low scoring close game for most of it, then things fell apart in the last 5 minutes for L.A. but last i checked L.A Rams have an all time post season winning record against Dallas of 5 - 4 .
This was an injured Dallas team the Rams defeated. The following time they met later that season(Also at Los Angeles), the Dallas Cowboys soundly beat the Rams at the 1978 NFC Championship Game 28-0.
Only that game the rams were beat up. Started the game w Cullen Bryant at RB ( he was a FB) then he got hurt forcing them to go with their third string RB. Haden mercifully got hurt in the second half as well. With no running threat Dallas just teed of on the rams offense all day.
@@Biggdoom344
Then the following year when the Rams went to Dallas on a Special Sunday Night Edition of Monday Night Football on ABC, the Cowboys kept the beat going on the Rams to the tune of a 30-6 thumping.
The Following Morning, the sports section headline on The Los Angeles Herald Examiner read: COWBOYS ADD INSULT TO INJURY
@@Jiltedin2007 yeah. The 79 rams had major injury problems but they got healthy by the playoffs then beat Dallas and Tampa..two teams they had no business beating..then had the Steelers on the ropes. They got hot at the right time.
@@Jiltedin2007 you only want to talk about the times the Cowboys beat L.A. how bout the times it went the other way.? like in the 1976, 79, 83, 85, 2018 post seasons.
@@Biggdoom344
I know, and I loved it! The Rams were very much on a magic carpet ride in the 1979 playoffs when they beat the Cowboys in Dallas first, then defeating the Bucs at Tampa Bay for the 1979 NFC Championship.
Had it not been for that Bomb Terry Bradshaw threw to John Stallworth late in the 4th Quarter of Super Bowl XIV, the Rams could’ve also pulled off The Upset Special!
Those Blue Jerseys!
“We’ll see you bleepin chokers in the playoffs” - Roger Staubach
Roger's last game resulted in a playoff loss to the Rams...so i guess L.A got the last laugh....
Rumor has it someone from the rams sideline told him it was time for his old ass to retire. Of course that would set off any competitor. Rams were not totally wrong. Cowboys were losing to Atlanta in the nfc divisional playoffs before roger got knocked out. Danny White led the comeback. Roger did play great in the SB v the Steelers only throwing for 176 yards and threw a horrible pass with minimal pressure to a painfully open Jackie smith. If roger throws a decent ball it’s an easy TD. Instead he threw a ground ball smith still should have caught. Ironically After the NFC title game roger would never win another playoff game.
although I don't remember exactly, theres no way I wasn't watching this at home as a Rams lifer yoot.
Pat Haden looked like a high school sophomore
Is this game at Anaheim or the Coliseum ?
In '78, the Rams were still at the Coliseum. They didn't move to Anaheim till '80.
I was there at 12 or 13
wow 1978
I was there
Charlie Waters said that the Rams were talking all kinds of shit during that game. It fueled the ass- kicking the Cowboys gave them in the playoffs
Interesting. All teams talk trash at some point, but that explains the fuel and Hollywood Henderson's antics. Then the Rams used some fuel of their own to beat the Cowboys in the 1979 playoffs. Following season the Cowboys used some more fuel after that MNF butt-kicking they received to knock the Rams out of the playoffs that year. These teams just did not like each other, obviously. Pretty even in overall talent, though the Rams were clearly missing consistency and experience at the QB position. And coaching edge to Landry for the most part.
The rams were mouthy but Dallas was the epitome of arrogance then. As a Steelers fan that’s why Pittsburgh despised Dallas. Between 75-82 the Steelers never lost to Dallas going 5-0 including two SB wins. Even in 77, the year Dallas won the SB the Steelers spanked them 28-13 in a game Jack Lambert and starting FS mike Wagner didn’t play in.
"Tiny" Pat Haden. Lol
Same teams in NFC championship later
During the decade of the 70s the Rams should have been in at least 1 Super Bowl. They had a great defense but quarterback was not a settled position as they had everybody playing QB it seems including Joe Namath. I'll bet you all didn't know the only other teams the Rams met in the playoffs were the Washington Redskins in 1974 and St. Louis Cardinals in 1975. Rams beat Redskins 19-10 and Rams beat Cardinals 35-23.
Dale Burrer: The Rams did appear in a Super Bowl in the 70s against the Steelers. I think that it was in 78, with quarterback Vince Ferragamo.
Stop the press! 0:00 to 0:06
Duck Fallas.
What do really mean ? LOL!