Surprised to find you here commenting in a Browns video. I still remember Metcalf making that zig zag hop into the end zone against the Bengals on Monday Night Football. Or his two TD returns against the Steelers for the win in a night game. Even so, Belichick utilized him poorly. Metcalf up the middle was one of the worst designed plays of that era.
@@ClevRocker are you talking about the '94 game in Cleveland? If so, that game just finished during the evening. I think it started in the afternoon late slot
As a Bills fan, this game broke my heart, but man I'll tell you....THIS was real football. Ancient stadium, beat up turf, rabid fans, hard hits, two blue collar Rust Belt cities squaring off in a playoff game that literally went down to the wire. I miss the old NFL man.
It's funny you mention it, because number 82 rite there, Ozzy Newsome, is part of the reason the NFL is as pathetic as its become. As he was a member of the league's Competition Committee that instituted this asinine 'No touch of the helmet too an opponent when initiating contact', penalty this past off-season. Which essentially eliminates true tackling from the game.
That dawg pound roar is unforgettable...and I love how Charlie and the announcers of the past let you live in and relish the moment. Today's announcers love to talk over these big moments and beat it to death...
Its just sickening when you have to mute a game to watch it .. .. like prtty much ALL televised sports now. The art form of televised sports is dead , lets face facts.
The good old days,now every player has to dance and mock for the camera.it is a shame that is why i watch these old games on RUclips they are all I have left.jdt2003 you put the hammer right on the nail,everything about football today is wrong,that is why i no longer watch it.
@@ll-SNARL-ll The Broncos were up at the half. They didn’t really romp them despite the score. The Redskins had one blowout quarter but the other three quarters were pretty close. The 9ner’s game none of the Broncos showed up that game. Denver had played San Fran earlier in the year and it was close like 16-13 or 19-16, something like that. Despite Elway later saying they didn’t even belong on the field with San Fran, I think they at least could have been competitive if they actually showed up. It was like the Manning/Seahawks blowout.
I was at this game. I was 13 years old and it was my first Browns game. Incredible game. Some amazing sights in and outside the stadium that day. I'll never forget it.
Love the way NBC broadcasts this game - after each Browns score, Jones and Olsen stay silent and let the insanity of that stadium crowd just wash over you....thrilling. The pace, intensity of the home crowd, the human drama of it all is conveyed vividly. Today's NFL TV producers should pay close attention to these games of the late 1980's/early 90's - this is the apex of NFL broadcasting. By the way, the Browns fans of the Municipal Stadium era have never been equaled by any other fan base before or since in their devotion and enthusiasm...even the din in Minnesota after the "Minneapolis Miracle" pales in comparison to the bacchanalian mayhem that was regularly on display in Brownstown when Kosar had the Browns in yearly contention. If the Browns ever get back to the top...this is a taste of what it might feel like.
I don't think it will be exactly like this, but pretty darn close. Crowds back then we're more blue-collar. Especially in cities like Cleveland. Today it's just not the same.
@@timlevis3630 The Browns are my AFC team due to my utter hatred for the Steelers. Lol. My favorite team in all of sports are the Eagles. I'm rooting hardcore for the Browns fans. They deserve a championship more than any fan base in all of sports. We Philadelphians got ours last year. Hoping the Cleveland folks get theirs soon. :)
In this era, Buffalo{Rich Stadium}, Washington{Rfk Stadium}, Kansas City{Arrowhead}, Denver{Mile High Stadium} were just like this. 3 Rivers got in on the act a few years later when the Steelers got good. These were the "Glory Years" of NFL crowds.
What a thrill to watch, Great game!! The dirt, the puff dusk, the old Brown's uniforms, the throwback to the late 80's!! The Dawg pound-what a noise!! A great game with all the conditions, great end to the game. Charlie Jones, I love his commentary..just his voice alone sets the tone. Jim Kelly, Andre Reed, Kosar, Matthews, Smith, Thomas, Metclaf a All star line up. GREAT GAME, Pleasure to watch it!!
Call me crazy but I love the Cleveland Browns colors and uniforms. They are so classic, so simple, so football perfect. I love that they have only made moderate changes, if any, through the years. I see very good things coming Cleveland’s way, all that suffering is not going to be in vain. I’m stuck here in Seattle with arguably the most hideous uniforms ever. I grew up in Connecticut and did like the Patriots as a kid, especially their old uniforms. Really wish they’d go back to them. But the Browns have always had a place in my heart. Great city, great fans. I’d love to see a game there someday.
Bernie Kosar looked like he clanked when he ran. And yet, he was one of the top 2-3 QB's of his era, just an amazing player. Disappointing that the Browns couldn't quite get to the SB, but watching him run that offense was a joy and a thing of beauty forever.
@@jeremykrause4665 Moon was the better overall player. he just played in a gimmick offense and only had a few good defenses in his career. his numbers are way better too.
@@pocobull I don't seem to find much stuff about him. Only very few playoff games and some Notre Dame games. He's really good. I wish there would be some highlight reel of his calls on RUclips. I've found for many other announcers but never one of him
@@otaviofrnazario Unfortunately it is difficult to find many of his NFL games, but you can if you are patient and click on all the AFC games on RUclips during the 80's and early 90's. You can also look up the Fiesta Bowl games during the 80's as he was the announcer for those games.
I'm a lifelong Browns fan, lifelong Clevelander, and I was 12 years old when this game was played and I remember every second of it. I just watched the whole thing and at 41 I have chills down my spine. For those of you not from Cleveland, you have no idea what it was like at that old Municipal Stadium for a Browns game when our team was really good. What that guy in that owners box did (who btw has our current President sitting with him) to this city when he stole our team to Baltimore will never be forgiven. It has never been the same since we lost those original Browns. This game is one for the ages. Amazing.
Put yourself in Baltimore’s shoes for losing their Football team overnight. At least you got the Browns name back unlike the Colts. The Browns name is stupid to begin with.
Steve Tasker or Kent Hull will be the next Bills player from that era to make it to the HOF. Cornelius Bennett and Darryl Talley may end up in Canton someday too. Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed, James Lofton, Bruce Smith, Marv Levy, and GM Bill Polian are already in and more will likely follow
@Dave Wesley Wolford was really good. But Kent Hull is one of the better centers who have ever played in my opinion. Howard Ballard and Joe Devlin were good tackles too. The Bills just had a really solid team all across the board. Their only disadvantage was their D-Line was a little undersized besides Bruce Smith. Jeff Wright, Leon Seals, and Phil Hansen would get pushed around by bigger offensive lines like Washington and Dallas did in the Super Bowls
@@jeremythompson9122 Their misfortune was in all SBs that undersized D was over hugely matched by huge and talented NFC East O-Lines. They would have beat any other NFC Conference team like SF.
@@54GARYBOY That's a fact many have forgotten with time. The entire AFC was like that though. The Browns lost to the same Bills team the following year, 42-0. But our roster was much worse.
The last year of the Browns 5 year run. The 2nd year of the Bills 6 year playoff run. 3 thru 6 were to the SB. Both of these teams should of had at least one SB win each during their runs. Love watching these old games
This was my first live football game, I moved to Madison Ohio from Buffalo. I was in third grad and still remember this game, very underrated game in NFL history!
Y'all really do.....loyal as hell too!! Im.a seahawk fan for life, but one if my favorite memories back when the Brownies were good was watching the dawg pound crazies get into it for their team. Exhillerating.
@cacable7 Agreed. The '87 Browns are arguably the best team the Browns have fielded since the mid-60's. It was a more confident and experienced version of the '86 team. It took a while for the '86 team to figure-out they were good enough to be serious contenders. The '87 team knew it from season's start and played like it. The strike and maybe too much confidence hurt their record, but the '87 team in terms of talent and ability is the best Browns team since the Merger. Although it appears the '80, '86. and '87 teams will FINALLY have rivals for that title in the upcoming seasons.
@@mkeogh76 you get it! I'd take the '88 team had they stayed healthy. I will always wonder how the '88 and '89 teams would have done with a healthy roster. The '87 team got blown out by the 49ers though and many I knew were worried.
Wow!...video quality is so good it seems like it could have been played today!...Charlie Jones and Merlin Olsen (RIP to both) in the booth with both being classic voices of a generation of NFL fans, oh and dirty jerseys being played on natural grass BASEBALL FIELDS!!...does NOT get better then this!!!
My whole life a browns fan. Still sends chills up my spine. Really amazing how a sports team can become part of your family. I still watch this game, and I was in eighth grade then.
1989 was the season where numerous Cleveland Browns Players spray painted their cleats orange and then spated them with white tape. That was an awesome look.
I’m 55 years old and I remember this game like it was yesterday. I was 24 years old then and in the Navy stationed in California. I just hope all young Browns fans can watch these old games to get a sense of what it was like to be a Browns fan when they were actually good. The Browns was an elite franchise then.
Two teams from blue collar Lake Erie cities, who have never one a super bowl, in the cold, in the dog pound, in cleveland municipal stadium, playing an incredible game that went back and fourth all day. If you don't love that, I don't know what to do with you...
I was at this game when I was 10. It was frigid and wild. Don Beebe being knocked on his head. The stadium shook that day. I've never been to a game like it in my life. I miss Municipal Stadium.
Man, this is a NFL aficianado's dream right here. 2 of the best teams and QBs of the 80s. Game down to the final wire, and one of the greatest defensive players of all-time in Clay Matthews making the final stand on the crunch time play. What a show!
This is the game that won me over as a Bills fan. Coming up on my 33rd year w the team. Hopefully this is the one we win a Super Bowl! Let's go Buffalo!!
I totally forgot about this game!! I like those Bills uniforms a whole hell of a lot better than the ones they got today. It's amazing the think that the Browns went to 3 AFC title games in 4 years. A guy named Clay Matthews with a game ending interception, imagine that!!
This is my favorite game from my childhood, I'm from Cleveland so biased, but what a great game, Bills would never lose to another AFC team in the playoffs after this game, 4 straight Super Bowls, amazing
And this was actually the game that prompted the Bills to go no huddle as their base offense. Saw this game up on RUclips and figured I'd watch it again. As a Bills fan it was a fun run, but this was the catalyst game that pushed them over the top, even with the loss.
Bernie was awesome. Such confidence and savvy. Injuries - Bernie loved the beat the blitz even if it mean getting hit - prematurely shortened his career. But in his prime years he was as good as any QB in the NFL. And considering the high quality of QB play in that era, that’s really saying something.
19:19 Jim Kelly to Andre Reed for 72-yard TD 31:33 Bahr 45-yard Field Goal 43:46 Bernie Kosar 52-yard TD Pass 49:25 Jim Kelly 33-yard TD Pass 1:09:09 Kosar 3-yard TD Pass 1:31:29 Kosar to Slaughter for 44-yard TD 1:47:28 Kelly to Thurman Thomas for 6-yard TD Pass 1:48:56 Eric Metcalf 90-yard Kick Return TD 2:03:41 Scott Norwood 30-yard Field Goal 2:14:29 Bahr 47-yard Field Goal 2:24:44 Kelly to Thomas for 3-yard TD 2:50:14 Kelly Intercepted by Matthews to end game
Surprised you didn't mark the Don Beebe "pogo stick" play where he bounces on his head. Probably the single-most notable play from this game. (1:14:22)
@@budx55 hahaha don't know if this is a joke but NOT winning is never better than winning. Brady has more rings than your entire franchise history ever will.
An incredible clutch kick by Matt Bahr at 2:14:35 46 yards, on the painted dirt of Municipal Stadium, and into the east end (Dawg Pound). Has always been one of the toughest kicks to make in the NFL, and Bahr did it while hurt. He was the perfect kicker for the Browns of that era. In 1990 Bahr went to the Giants, and made a pretty clutch kick for them too to beat the 2-time defending champion 49ers in muddy Candlestick, and send the NY Giants to the Super Bowl.
This was such an under rated playoff game, and some how got lost in time. I guess bc neither team made the super bowl, but it's a shame, bc it's a classic. There are other great games people forget about, like the Jets and browns in 86. I love reliving these games from the 80's. Some truly compelling games that today's youth doesn't even know happened.
It was underrated because of the teams and cities in the game. The major networks hated both cities with their dreary weather and small local fan bases. If this were Pittsburgh-Oakland? Instant classic would have been bestowed upon this game.
Not a Browns fan myself, but Webster was one of those receivers who you had to keep close tabs on; if you let your eyes off of him even one second, he'd burn you.
Living in Buffalo. I was there Sat near the dog pound. Drank shots all game with my boss who was from Cleveland. I wore a pair of Bills boxer shorts on my head under my Bills cap. They burned it at the end of the game. Went somewhere on the flats got totally wasted seperated from my friend. found the car some how and slept on the hood till he came to the car. No idea how I found the car. I remember buying a taco or something from a street vender and I dropped it I'm looking down at it and it looked like some type of a tie dye decoration, made it home to Buffalo alive. what an experience. Decided after that , no more tacos lol
Desmond Anderson The Bills last made the playoffs in 1999-losing the music city miracle to the Titans while the Browns last appearance was in 2002-losing a heartbreaker to the Steelers in the 3rd biggest comeback in playoff history.
Thanks for this classic. Watched entire game here again and still got the chills and disappointment (Bills fan). Look how simple on the graphics- Listen to the crowd noise WITHOUT electronic music and screens encouragement! Great game in great stadium -weather and fans- OLD SCHOOL tough football. That old place really could rock and Browns have NO home field crowd advantage after leaving it. We got the best of Charlie Jones and his old AFL voice with Merlin Olsen- guys who called the game and let you enjoy it! But damn Harmon !
F*cking awesome! One of the few times I'm glad that I'm 40 and was able to see this team when they weren't an f'n joke! Swear one of the reasons I started liking the Browns was the atmosphere at Muni. It was insane.
This turned out to be the last stand for the mid to late 1980's era Browns, as contract discord, age, and further deterioration of the offensive line led to a complete rebuild after that awful 1990 season.
So true. There’s a book called “Sundays in the Pound” and it talks about all of that stuff you mentioned. The author believes the Decline of the late 80’s Browns began when they traded away Center Mike Baab. He said that effected Kosar tremendously because Baab was superb at calling out blocking assignments and thought exactly like Kosar offensively. So, they would often see the same things and when Kosar would audible Baab always got his other linemen on point. PS- Marty Schottenheimer insisted on trading Baab away because he was infatuated with Greg Rakoczy, an inferior center that the Browns had drafted early in the second round-32nd overall.
@@robkeel100 Wow, I have to check that book out; I'm fond of the Browns anyway (old Browns, Ravens, New Browns, Einhorn is Finkle, Finkle is Einhorn), but I know Kosar also had to plant his foot a certain way to have an effective drop back (I loved the unique way Kosar did things, and so intelligent). Centers are also very smart, and Baab was a good one. But yeah, Gregg Rakoczy had journeyman ability, and ended his career with those bad early-1990's Patriots. Marty Schottenheimer though Rakoczy was an upgrade over Baab, but not even a little that was.
This was Merlin Olsen's last game he analyzed for NBC. He left NBC and went to CBS the following season because he was demoted from the # 1 analyst in favor of Bill Walsh.
Desmond Anderson I think it was a more exciting game overall. The best part of the Jets game was last few minutes. The bills 89 game was good all the way through. Just my opinion.
Eric Metcalf was my favorite player as a student at Texas. Many people didnt know about him but the Browns drafted him in the 1st round. He was also the NCAA champion in the Long Jump one year and ran track all 4 years. His agreement to be a Longhorn was that he would not play Spring football so he could improve his speed in Track. He was from Virginia.
That full minute and twenty-four seconds of silence from the announcers, while the crew finds and delivers a twenty-one shot montage of victory and defeat is absolute television magic. The announcers even let the winning snap happen in silence. Such restraint, such respect for the spectacle. They don't do broadcasts (or play games) like that anymore.
19:19 Jim Kelly to Andre Reed for 72-yard TD 31:33 Bahr 45-yard Field Goal 43:46 Bernie Kosar 52-yard TD Pass 49:25 Jim Kelly 33-yard TD Pass 1:09:09 Kosar 3-yard TD Pass 1:31:29 Kosar to Slaughter for 44-yard TD 1:47:28 Kelly to Thurman Thomas for 6-yard TD Pass 1:48:56 Eric Metcalf 90-yard Kick Return TD 2:03:41 Scott Norwood 30-yard Field Goal 2:14:29 Bahr 47-yard Field Goal 2:24:44 Kelly to Thomas for 3-yard TD 2:50:14 Kelly Intercepted by Matthews to end game
Before Fox, NBC Sports was the most maverick and innovative brand in television. The introduction of recognizing 3rd down passing "lineups" and "nickle packages" on defense. That was totally different. It's fascinating to see back then how far away the crowd is between the 20's. And the inconvenience of playing on packed sand is better than playing on glorified concrete with no resistance. Great broadcast.
@@JSSTyger this was way bigger. The Bills were an elite team in the 80's, and I dunno how they didn't win multiple SB's, so many HOF'ers on that Bills team.
JSSTyger The 94 WC win over NE was big, but that team wasn’t nearly as fun the Kosar Browns. The 1994 season was all about defense (lowest points in NFL) and ball control, but they were excruciatingly frustrating to watch on offense. Belichick really struggled with the O in that era...he was still a work in progress as a HC. In ‘93 BB cut Kosar, and I’ve always wondered what the Browns might have accomplished in ‘93 and ‘94 with Bernie at QB instead of Testeverde. In ‘89 the Browns O had issues as well (not in this game, though) due to injuries on the OL and Marc Trestman’s oddball playcalling. Bernie was so clutch getting the Browns back on track in December with wins over Houston and Minnesota - setting up this tilt against the Bills.
@@Hotspur77 GREAT post. I wonder how the '85-89 Browns would have done against the NFC in the SB. They were built fundamentally like an NFC team. The '94 team was a tease--like '02--but in reverse (defense vs. offense as the team's strength). That is why they got Andre Rison. BAD choice, but GOOD idea--a 3rd WR to stretch the Steelers out and give us room to run.
Billy I'm someone who hates Hillary and trump but can we not talk about politics on a football video people like you ruin these normal non political videos.
Amazing, the video quality of this nearly 30-year old recording to tape is better than what I get from my Direct TV 90% of the time. If it's raining, 100% of the time.
Browns stadium, the telecasters, the environment..this was amazing
It was a great game and the first time I watched it was just now.
Eric Metcalf is one of the most underrated players ever. He could do everything
Surprised to find you here commenting in a Browns video. I still remember Metcalf making that zig zag hop into the end zone against the Bengals on Monday Night Football. Or his two TD returns against the Steelers for the win in a night game. Even so, Belichick utilized him poorly. Metcalf up the middle was one of the worst designed plays of that era.
Metcalf should be in the PFHOF. Way ahead of his time. Could take over whole games by himself.
@@ClevRocker are you talking about the '94 game in Cleveland? If so, that game just finished during the evening. I think it started in the afternoon late slot
@@otaviofrnazario You may be right about that. I remember tuning into HBO's Inside the NFL later that week just to watch the NFL Films game recap.
@@ClevRocker I believe the zigzag double hop was against the Jets wasnt it??
Charlie Jones and Merlin Olsen, great combo. R.I.P. gentlemen.
As a Bills fan, this game broke my heart, but man I'll tell you....THIS was real football. Ancient stadium, beat up turf, rabid fans, hard hits, two blue collar Rust Belt cities squaring off in a playoff game that literally went down to the wire. I miss the old NFL man.
Ditto--my sentiments exactly.
It's funny you mention it, because number 82 rite there, Ozzy Newsome, is part of the reason the NFL is as pathetic as its become. As he was a member of the league's Competition Committee that instituted this asinine 'No touch of the helmet too an opponent when initiating contact', penalty this past off-season. Which essentially eliminates true tackling from the game.
Absolutely 💯 agree
Clevelanders have mad respect for the Bills and their fans. Football the way it is supposed to be.
@@fcruz43215 yep. They are so much like us. They are our lake erie brothers
That dawg pound roar is unforgettable...and I love how Charlie and the announcers of the past let you live in and relish the moment. Today's announcers love to talk over these big moments and beat it to death...
👍 you got it right, the announcers today want to be the story, not what they report
I posted the same thing. I should have read more, first, cuz you beat me to it.
Nah not really
Its just sickening when you have to mute a game to watch it .. .. like prtty much ALL televised sports now.
The art form of televised sports is dead , lets face facts.
No replay challenges, no cell phones, no targeting penalties. On a baseball field. Glorious.
The good old days,now every player has to dance and mock for the camera.it is a shame that is why i watch these old games on RUclips they are all I have left.jdt2003 you put the hammer right on the nail,everything about football today is wrong,that is why i no longer watch it.
Shuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut up
I'll agree except when it comes to challenges.
EXACTLY ......tru hardnosed football
yes sir!
I'm not a Browns fan but I do enjoy watching the Browns in the 80's. It's too bad that they didn't win at least one Super Bowl during that era.
Imagine being a Bills fan... Not winning even one out of the 4 Super Bowls still haunts me
@@IanMalcolm-rw5pn Giants romped em too....
Broncos "winning" FG in the Drive game was wide. Video evidence is clear.
MikeBee I agree the Browns were so awesome in the late 80's!! And I should know because I live in Houston!!
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The Broncos were up at the half. They didn’t really romp them despite the score. The Redskins had one blowout quarter but the other three quarters were pretty close. The 9ner’s game none of the Broncos showed up that game. Denver had played San Fran earlier in the year and it was close like 16-13 or 19-16, something like that. Despite Elway later saying they didn’t even belong on the field with San Fran, I think they at least could have been competitive if they actually showed up. It was like the Manning/Seahawks blowout.
I was at this game. I was 13 years old and it was my first Browns game. Incredible game. Some amazing sights in and outside the stadium that day. I'll never forget it.
That's you isn't it 1:32:13
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Love the way NBC broadcasts this game - after each Browns score, Jones and Olsen stay silent and let the insanity of that stadium crowd just wash over you....thrilling. The pace, intensity of the home crowd, the human drama of it all is conveyed vividly.
Today's NFL TV producers should pay close attention to these games of the late 1980's/early 90's - this is the apex of NFL broadcasting.
By the way, the Browns fans of the Municipal Stadium era have never been equaled by any other fan base before or since in their devotion and enthusiasm...even the din in Minnesota after the "Minneapolis Miracle" pales in comparison to the bacchanalian mayhem that was regularly on display in Brownstown when Kosar had the Browns in yearly contention.
If the Browns ever get back to the top...this is a taste of what it might feel like.
I don't think it will be exactly like this, but pretty darn close. Crowds back then we're more blue-collar. Especially in cities like Cleveland. Today it's just not the same.
@@footguy215 Hey,they may be on there way,pro football is better when the Browns are good,not a fan i am just saying,Go Browns!
@@timlevis3630 The Browns are my AFC team due to my utter hatred for the Steelers. Lol. My favorite team in all of sports are the Eagles. I'm rooting hardcore for the Browns fans. They deserve a championship more than any fan base in all of sports. We Philadelphians got ours last year. Hoping the Cleveland folks get theirs soon. :)
@@footguy215 I have an utter hatred for the Steelers as well.
In this era, Buffalo{Rich Stadium}, Washington{Rfk Stadium}, Kansas City{Arrowhead}, Denver{Mile High Stadium} were just like this. 3 Rivers got in on the act a few years later when the Steelers got good. These were the "Glory Years" of NFL crowds.
What a thrill to watch, Great game!! The dirt, the puff dusk, the old Brown's uniforms, the throwback to the late 80's!!
The Dawg pound-what a noise!! A great game with all the conditions, great end to the game. Charlie Jones, I love his commentary..just his voice alone sets the tone.
Jim Kelly, Andre Reed, Kosar, Matthews, Smith, Thomas, Metclaf a All star line up.
GREAT GAME, Pleasure to watch it!!
Bravo NFL for uploading this under rated, great game
Hands down one of the greatest playoff games of the 1980's in the NFL.
Big Mack attack 🍔
Although this game was played January 1990.
The Slaugther/Langhorne high five was so freaking cool. Not even a Browns fan.
Call me crazy but I love the Cleveland Browns colors and uniforms. They are so classic, so simple, so football perfect. I love that they have only made moderate changes, if any, through the years. I see very good things coming Cleveland’s way, all that suffering is not going to be in vain. I’m stuck here in Seattle with arguably the most hideous uniforms ever. I grew up in Connecticut and did like the Patriots as a kid, especially their old uniforms. Really wish they’d go back to them. But the Browns have always had a place in my heart. Great city, great fans. I’d love to see a game there someday.
I actually like their uniforms as well. In fact I think this look in particular was Top 5 in football.
Perfectly said. I have always loved their classic, basic look.
Bernie Kosar looked like he clanked when he ran. And yet, he was one of the top 2-3 QB's of his era, just an amazing player. Disappointing that the Browns couldn't quite get to the SB, but watching him run that offense was a joy and a thing of beauty forever.
he ran like a dead duck and threw sidearm, but he was amazing to watch, my favorite Browns player of all time.
Montana, Elway, Marino, Kelly, Moon all better.
I just ordered his Jersey. Lol
Buck Futtler moon was great but he never got to a conference championship game. Kosar got to 3.
@@jeremykrause4665 Moon was the better overall player. he just played in a gimmick offense and only had a few good defenses in his career. his numbers are way better too.
Charlie Jones will forever be the most underrated football commentators in history.
I constantly search RUclips to find any and all games I can, with Charlie Jones as the announcer. He was simply sublime.
@@pocobull I don't seem to find much stuff about him. Only very few playoff games and some Notre Dame games. He's really good.
I wish there would be some highlight reel of his calls on RUclips. I've found for many other announcers but never one of him
@@otaviofrnazario Unfortunately it is difficult to find many of his NFL games, but you can if you are patient and click on all the AFC games on RUclips during the 80's and early 90's. You can also look up the Fiesta Bowl games during the 80's as he was the announcer for those games.
@@pocobull ha. Me too. I skip around and listen for a sec to see if Charlie is doing the game. My favorite of all time.
Absolutely! He was brilliant!!!
I'm a lifelong Browns fan, lifelong Clevelander, and I was 12 years old when this game was played and I remember every second of it. I just watched the whole thing and at 41 I have chills down my spine. For those of you not from Cleveland, you have no idea what it was like at that old Municipal Stadium for a Browns game when our team was really good. What that guy in that owners box did (who btw has our current President sitting with him) to this city when he stole our team to Baltimore will never be forgiven. It has never been the same since we lost those original Browns.
This game is one for the ages. Amazing.
Put yourself in Baltimore’s shoes for losing their Football team overnight. At least you got the Browns name back unlike the Colts. The Browns name is stupid to begin with.
One of the best playoff games I have ever watched. Miss you Dad, we loved this one.
Andre Reed was AWESOME!!!!!!!! Finally got deserved HOF!
Steve Tasker or Kent Hull will be the next Bills player from that era to make it to the HOF. Cornelius Bennett and Darryl Talley may end up in Canton someday too. Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed, James Lofton, Bruce Smith, Marv Levy, and GM Bill Polian are already in and more will likely follow
@Dave Wesley Wolford was really good. But Kent Hull is one of the better centers who have ever played in my opinion. Howard Ballard and Joe Devlin were good tackles too. The Bills just had a really solid team all across the board. Their only disadvantage was their D-Line was a little undersized besides Bruce Smith. Jeff Wright, Leon Seals, and Phil Hansen would get pushed around by bigger offensive lines like Washington and Dallas did in the Super Bowls
@@jeremythompson9122 Their misfortune was in all SBs that undersized D was over hugely matched by huge and talented NFC East O-Lines. They would have beat any other NFC Conference team like SF.
@@jeremythompson9122 Even CLE pushed them around a bit but we had huge OLs in that era.
@@54GARYBOY That's a fact many have forgotten with time. The entire AFC was like that though. The Browns lost to the same Bills team the following year, 42-0. But our roster was much worse.
The last year of the Browns 5 year run. The 2nd year of the Bills 6 year playoff run. 3 thru 6 were to the SB. Both of these teams should of had at least one SB win each during their runs. Love watching these old games
I was just going to make a similar comment. The Browns at the end of their run and the Bills at the beginning.
This was my first live football game, I moved to Madison Ohio from Buffalo. I was in third grad and still remember this game, very underrated game in NFL history!
Very glad u got to go in person!!!
Yeah man that's a dope game to of seen live except for the Bills losing of course! Lol
I’d go back to old stadium in heartbeat
When both of our teams were always in the mix of the playoffs and playing well.... us bills fans and you brown fans deserve better.
Y'all really do.....loyal as hell too!! Im.a seahawk fan for life, but one if my favorite memories back when the Brownies were good was watching the dawg pound crazies get into it for their team. Exhillerating.
Bills are finally starting to look good again
NO, YOU DON'T!!
@@CKWolf-kq5wz they do look good buddy, they just went 10-6 and only got better
Bills are getting on the right track again
Charlie Jones, such a great play by play guy.
Joe Buck should take note!
Football Granddad..Charlie Johns.
Yes indeed. He was great
Him & Olsen were my favs, such a great team
I loved him from the AFL along with Curt Gowdy.
Browns had a pretty good decade in the 80's. Playoffs in 80, 82, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89 under 3 different coaches. 80 and 86 were their best teams.
@cacable7 Agreed. The '87 Browns are arguably the best team the Browns have fielded since the mid-60's. It was a more confident and experienced version of the '86 team. It took a while for the '86 team to figure-out they were good enough to be serious contenders. The '87 team knew it from season's start and played like it. The strike and maybe too much confidence hurt their record, but the '87 team in terms of talent and ability is the best Browns team since the Merger. Although it appears the '80, '86. and '87 teams will FINALLY have rivals for that title in the upcoming seasons.
@@mkeogh76 you get it! I'd take the '88 team had they stayed healthy. I will always wonder how the '88 and '89 teams would have done with a healthy roster. The '87 team got blown out by the 49ers though and many I knew were worried.
I still watch both Sipe and Kosar here on You Tube when I need a lift.
If I had to pick, I think the '87 Browns were the best team of the decade
Wow!...video quality is so good it seems like it could have been played today!...Charlie Jones and Merlin Olsen (RIP to both) in the booth with both being classic voices of a generation of NFL fans, oh and dirty jerseys being played on natural grass BASEBALL FIELDS!!...does NOT get better then this!!!
No doubt.........RIP Merlin and Charlie
Mad respect to old Lakefront Stadium and the Cleveland fans. They really know how to show up for a big game.
My whole life a browns fan. Still sends chills up my spine. Really amazing how a sports team can become part of your family. I still watch this game, and I was in eighth grade then.
Haha!! I was in seventh grade. Orange Park, Florida.
Browns Backer bars in most major U.S. cities. Wild crowds.
1989 was the season where numerous Cleveland Browns Players spray painted their cleats orange and then spated them with white tape. That was an awesome look.
I’m 55 years old and I remember this game like it was yesterday. I was 24 years old then and in the Navy stationed in California. I just hope all young Browns fans can watch these old games to get a sense of what it was like to be a Browns fan when they were actually good. The Browns was an elite franchise then.
Might get a chance to rematch this game this year
Yall did well this year #ChiefsKingdom
Browns were extremely tough in the 80's. They were a fumble away from a Super Bowl
So elite but never went to a superbowl 😂
Clay Mathews Jr should be in the hall of fame
His father yes but jr no
Good news! He is a finalist for the 2021 Class. He could get in soon!
SMH
@@rhuss2322 - SMH
You know, instead of RUclips ads during commerical breaks, we should see "throwback" ads from 1989.
@John(open): Amen; if I'm watching a recording of sports or other programs from a given time, it only fits that we see commercials from that same era.
Um no... Because they need to make money lol
Great commentary. No need for words at the end. Just listen to the crowd!
As a Browns fan for over 50yrs. now... this was a great time and great game.
Two teams from blue collar Lake Erie cities, who have never one a super bowl, in the cold, in the dog pound, in cleveland municipal stadium, playing an incredible game that went back and fourth all day. If you don't love that, I don't know what to do with you...
I was at this game when I was 10. It was frigid and wild. Don Beebe being knocked on his head. The stadium shook that day. I've never been to a game like it in my life. I miss Municipal Stadium.
One thing that really sticks out is how massive the shoulder pads were back then.
Man, this is a NFL aficianado's dream right here. 2 of the best teams and QBs of the 80s. Game down to the final wire, and one of the greatest defensive players of all-time in Clay Matthews making the final stand on the crunch time play. What a show!
This is the game that won me over as a Bills fan. Coming up on my 33rd year w the team. Hopefully this is the one we win a Super Bowl! Let's go Buffalo!!
One of the best games I’ve watched growing up
Two of my favorite teams. Both blue collar thru and thru. What a game!
I totally forgot about this game!! I like those Bills uniforms a whole hell of a lot better than the ones they got today. It's amazing the think that the Browns went to 3 AFC title games in 4 years. A guy named Clay Matthews with a game ending interception, imagine that!!
This is my favorite game from my childhood, I'm from Cleveland so biased, but what a great game, Bills would never lose to another AFC team in the playoffs after this game, 4 straight Super Bowls, amazing
And 4 straight superbowl losses
And this was actually the game that prompted the Bills to go no huddle as their base offense. Saw this game up on RUclips and figured I'd watch it again. As a Bills fan it was a fun run, but this was the catalyst game that pushed them over the top, even with the loss.
Bernie Kosar could flat out ball
I agree .. He was a good QB!
Greg Martin Glad he got a ring with America’s Team.
He was not pretty and awkward looking but when he was on - he was tough to stop.
oh heck yes , he drew up the defensive back fields on a pump
Bernie was awesome. Such confidence and savvy. Injuries - Bernie loved the beat the blitz even if it mean getting hit - prematurely shortened his career. But in his prime years he was as good as any QB in the NFL. And considering the high quality of QB play in that era, that’s really saying something.
RIP Charlie Jones/Merlin Olson
19:19 Jim Kelly to Andre Reed for 72-yard TD
31:33 Bahr 45-yard Field Goal
43:46 Bernie Kosar 52-yard TD Pass
49:25 Jim Kelly 33-yard TD Pass
1:09:09 Kosar 3-yard TD Pass
1:31:29 Kosar to Slaughter for 44-yard TD
1:47:28 Kelly to Thurman Thomas for 6-yard TD Pass
1:48:56 Eric Metcalf 90-yard Kick Return TD
2:03:41 Scott Norwood 30-yard Field Goal
2:14:29 Bahr 47-yard Field Goal
2:24:44 Kelly to Thomas for 3-yard TD
2:50:14 Kelly Intercepted by Matthews to end game
NFL Bills are da Best
HOstiLe TEntacLE MoNster m
@Rusty Shackelford Getting to four straight Super Bowls is a better accomplishment than winning one. No other team has done it.
Surprised you didn't mark the Don Beebe "pogo stick" play where he bounces on his head. Probably the single-most notable play from this game. (1:14:22)
@@budx55 hahaha don't know if this is a joke but NOT winning is never better than winning. Brady has more rings than your entire franchise history ever will.
This is a great game from my hometown. Beautiful
I really do miss this era of football.
Back when America was still America and the NFL was good.
Thad tuiol amen
America was still america??
I didnt see any native indians
...same with NBA..
Thad tuiol Shut up, boomer
No America was America back when baseball was King👑
When football was football
Metcalf was was a young beast on Tecmo Bowl
An incredible clutch kick by Matt Bahr at 2:14:35
46 yards, on the painted dirt of Municipal Stadium, and into the east end (Dawg Pound). Has always been one of the toughest kicks to make in the NFL, and Bahr did it while hurt. He was the perfect kicker for the Browns of that era.
In 1990 Bahr went to the Giants, and made a pretty clutch kick for them too to beat the 2-time defending champion 49ers in muddy Candlestick, and send the NY Giants to the Super Bowl.
I was at this game sitting in the dawg pound. What a great time.
One of the nice things about the broadcasts these days that is conspicuous by it's absence here is the score being on the screen the whole game.
This was such an under rated playoff game, and some how got lost in time. I guess bc neither team made the super bowl, but it's a shame, bc it's a classic. There are other great games people forget about, like the Jets and browns in 86. I love reliving these games from the 80's. Some truly compelling games that today's youth doesn't even know happened.
It was underrated because of the teams and cities in the game. The major networks hated both cities with their dreary weather and small local fan bases. If this were Pittsburgh-Oakland? Instant classic would have been bestowed upon this game.
Loved that pick by Matthews. He's my all time favorite player and deserves to be in the Hall of Fame!
Good player, but not HOF level.
@@Roman-tw5xw He absolutely is. Way more deserving than a lot of players who have gotten in.
Webster slaughter was my favorite wide receiver back in the day
nikki3415 He was a good one
Not a Browns fan myself, but Webster was one of those receivers who you had to keep close tabs on; if you let your eyes off of him even one second, he'd burn you.
I was in the Dawgpound for this game. Epic.
This is perfect. The broadcast is an A+
Living in Buffalo. I was there Sat near the dog pound. Drank shots all game with my boss who was from Cleveland. I wore a pair of Bills boxer shorts on my head under my Bills cap. They burned it at the end of the game. Went somewhere on the flats got totally wasted seperated from my friend. found the car some how and slept on the hood till he came to the car. No idea how I found the car. I remember buying a taco or something from a street vender and I dropped it I'm looking down at it and it looked like some type of a tie dye decoration, made it home to Buffalo alive. what an experience. Decided after that , no more tacos lol
*back when the browns were good*
*back when the bills were good*
Since when are they bad?
Both teams have not made the playoffs sense and they never won a superbowl
Desmond Anderson either way, doesn't mean they're bad, it means there are better teams
Desmond Anderson The Bills last made the playoffs in 1999-losing the music city miracle to the Titans while the Browns last appearance was in 2002-losing a heartbreaker to the Steelers in the 3rd biggest comeback in playoff history.
Thanks for this classic. Watched entire game here again and still got the chills and disappointment (Bills fan). Look how simple on the graphics- Listen to the crowd noise WITHOUT electronic music and screens encouragement! Great game in great stadium -weather and fans- OLD SCHOOL tough football. That old place really could rock and Browns have NO home field crowd advantage after leaving it. We got the best of Charlie Jones and his old AFL voice with Merlin Olsen- guys who called the game and let you enjoy it! But damn Harmon !
I was AT this game. It was crazy awesome.
Still a Browns fan, and it's still crazy awesome.
F*cking awesome!
One of the few times I'm glad that I'm 40 and was able to see this team when they weren't an f'n joke!
Swear one of the reasons I started liking the Browns was the atmosphere at Muni. It was insane.
The only playoff win i can remember is the 94 season over the pats.
Sup Bills fans. Hope we meet y’all in the playoffs this season! Best of luck.🤝 a fellow Browns fan!
We need this in 2023 -???
I miss so many of these TV announcers. These guys were fantastic as well. Merlin and Charlie
This turned out to be the last stand for the mid to late 1980's era Browns, as contract discord, age, and further deterioration of the offensive line led to a complete rebuild after that awful 1990 season.
So true. There’s a book called “Sundays in the Pound” and it talks about all of that stuff you mentioned. The author believes the Decline of the late 80’s Browns began when they traded away Center Mike Baab. He said that effected Kosar tremendously because Baab was superb at calling out blocking assignments and thought exactly like Kosar offensively. So, they would often see the same things and when Kosar would audible Baab always got his other linemen on point. PS- Marty Schottenheimer insisted on trading Baab away because he was infatuated with Greg Rakoczy, an inferior center that the Browns had drafted early in the second round-32nd overall.
@@robkeel100 Wow, I have to check that book out; I'm fond of the Browns anyway (old Browns, Ravens, New Browns, Einhorn is Finkle, Finkle is Einhorn), but I know Kosar also had to plant his foot a certain way to have an effective drop back (I loved the unique way Kosar did things, and so intelligent). Centers are also very smart, and Baab was a good one.
But yeah, Gregg Rakoczy had journeyman ability, and ended his career with those bad early-1990's Patriots. Marty Schottenheimer though Rakoczy was an upgrade over Baab, but not even a little that was.
Announcers 10 times better then too. This is why i try to play retro on my 4 main ps4 sports games. Lovvvveee me some retro. This is epic.
This was Merlin Olsen's last game he analyzed for NBC. He left NBC and went to CBS the following season because he was demoted from the # 1 analyst in favor of Bill Walsh.
Best Browns game I've seen in my lifetime.
+Chris Marrs Is it better than the Browns facing the Jets in a double Overtime playoff game in 1986
Desmond Anderson I think it was a more exciting game overall. The best part of the Jets game was last few minutes. The bills 89 game was good all the way through. Just my opinion.
Chris Marrs
I will never ever forget this game.
Especially when the crowd went nuts after the Metcalf run back.
Same man 🙅🙆
Agree
What a great, great game! Outstanding commentary
Eric Metcalf was my favorite player as a student at Texas. Many people didnt know about him but the Browns drafted him in the 1st round. He was also the NCAA champion in the Long Jump one year and ran track all 4 years. His agreement to be a Longhorn was that he would not play Spring football so he could improve his speed in Track. He was from Virginia.
1:32:20 the sound of the Dawg Pound barking was deafening..
NewWaveFan1 dont get that sound in stadiums anymore. Too many fans selling tickets online to make a buck.
That full minute and twenty-four seconds of silence from the announcers, while the crew finds and delivers a twenty-one shot montage of victory and defeat is absolute television magic. The announcers even let the winning snap happen in silence. Such restraint, such respect for the spectacle. They don't do broadcasts (or play games) like that anymore.
When the Browns actually had a real Franchise Quarterback
Fingers crossed for Baker Mayfield. Browns looking playoff ready this year.
I'm a Bears fan, Bernie Kosar was a straight up beast
19:19 Jim Kelly to Andre Reed for 72-yard TD
31:33 Bahr 45-yard Field Goal
43:46 Bernie Kosar 52-yard TD Pass
49:25 Jim Kelly 33-yard TD Pass
1:09:09 Kosar 3-yard TD Pass
1:31:29 Kosar to Slaughter for 44-yard TD
1:47:28 Kelly to Thurman Thomas for 6-yard TD Pass
1:48:56 Eric Metcalf 90-yard Kick Return TD
2:03:41 Scott Norwood 30-yard Field Goal
2:14:29 Bahr 47-yard Field Goal
2:24:44 Kelly to Thomas for 3-yard TD
2:50:14 Kelly Intercepted by Matthews to end game
They have an even better one now !!!!!
What about now!
Before Fox, NBC Sports was the most maverick and innovative brand in television. The introduction of recognizing 3rd down passing "lineups" and "nickle packages" on defense. That was totally different.
It's fascinating to see back then how far away the crowd is between the 20's. And the inconvenience of playing on packed sand is better than playing on glorified concrete with no resistance.
Great broadcast.
Love the quality!!!!
Fantastic football game! Great players and coaches here and NBC always has great coverage.
....Jim Kelly. Bernie Kosar, Mark Richt and Vinny Testaverde were all on the Miami Hurricanes roster at one time....🙌
Love it!! Bernie and the Brownies... man, I'm 66... please give me some more seasons like these... money games, clutch, fun!! Bernie!!
who’s watching this in 2021
Really wanted that to be AFC Championship, it's just the Browns have bad luck against AFC WEST teams in the playoffs
The Browns' last biggest win. My how I long for those days.
Well they did beat the Patriots in the 94 playoffs.
JSSTyger
And with them HC Bellichick
@@JSSTyger this was way bigger. The Bills were an elite team in the 80's, and I dunno how they didn't win multiple SB's, so many HOF'ers on that Bills team.
JSSTyger The 94 WC win over NE was big, but that team wasn’t nearly as fun the Kosar Browns. The 1994 season was all about defense (lowest points in NFL) and ball control, but they were excruciatingly frustrating to watch on offense. Belichick really struggled with the O in that era...he was still a work in progress as a HC. In ‘93 BB cut Kosar, and I’ve always wondered what the Browns might have accomplished in ‘93 and ‘94 with Bernie at QB instead of Testeverde.
In ‘89 the Browns O had issues as well (not in this game, though) due to injuries on the OL and Marc Trestman’s oddball playcalling. Bernie was so clutch getting the Browns back on track in December with wins over Houston and Minnesota - setting up this tilt against the Bills.
@@Hotspur77 GREAT post. I wonder how the '85-89 Browns would have done against the NFC in the SB. They were built fundamentally like an NFC team.
The '94 team was a tease--like '02--but in reverse (defense vs. offense as the team's strength). That is why they got Andre Rison. BAD choice, but GOOD idea--a 3rd WR to stretch the Steelers out and give us room to run.
wow ! that crowd is something else
Man, oh man. If the Browns return to greatness, it’ll be an amazing site. The crowds will be Rockin’. The atmosphere will be electric.
The sign at 1:48:17
*Im dead* omfg
lmao.
That's real tho
Billy - This is a football video. Leave your politics at the door.
Billy I'm someone who hates Hillary and trump but can we not talk about politics on a football video people like you ruin these normal non political videos.
Alex N I hate politics, religion and talks about race.
I wish all the videos on RUclips for this quality Bravo
We will we will rock you. At the beginning
And that was the last song we heard- no blasting of rock anthems-just pure loud fan noise- how refreshing.
SURPRISED THAT STADIUM HELD UP TO THE ROAR OF THE CROWD IT HAD TO BE LIKE A EARTH QUAKE WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN FANS VERY LOAD!!!!!
It’s a shame the Browns’ equipment guys couldn’t find Kevin Mack a bigger set of shoulder pads. 9:40
Amazing, the video quality of this nearly 30-year old recording to tape is better than what I get from my Direct TV 90% of the time. If it's raining, 100% of the time.
Also, the TD at 43:46 is the Browns' Up + B pass from Tecmo Super Bowl. QB Browns to Webster Slaughter, works anywhere on the field 90% of the time.
Jim Kelly and Bernie Kosar were teammates at the University of Miami football team.
Yep.
RIP Multi-purpose stadiums
1961-2020😥
Actually it's 1932-2020
Thanks for posting!
The glory days of Browns' football
This was my first ever NFL game to attend, I still love the Browns
That Cleveland secondary was legit!!
What A great memory, My best friend, Dave Stienoff, And I at this game.
I just always liked these Cleveland browns uniforms...
LoL UGh Why
Wow what a game! I really enjoy watching the Browns in the 80s they had some great teams
Donald Trump congratulates Modell after Metcalf kickoff return...how weird to see that 31 years later