I'm impressed with George Allen turned this franchise around with a winning attitude. And led the Redskins to the playoffs. He never had a losing team.
@@davidcobb2693, LOMBARDI SUCKED.. That one and I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY SAY BECAUSE I KNOW THE WORLD IS FLAT..come from the same ignorant impulse. Pay attention, Einstein. LOMBARDI took a GBAY PACKER TEAM THAT WAS 1-10-1, AND WENT 7-5-0, AND THEN 8-4 and into the CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, losing his only playoff game by 4 pts on the road before winning 5 NFL TITLES(INCL. FIRST TWO SUPER BOWLS' PRO CROWNS= 7 CROWNS) IN THE NEXT SEVEN SEASONS..never losing an NFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OR THE TWO SBOWLS. Washington had not had a winning record in 12 years, but in VINCE's first season, they went 7-5-2.. LOMBARDI according to qback SONNY JURGENSEN was the best head coach the REDSKINS ever had to that point in '69, or that JURGY had ever played under including BUCK SHAW who won a title in 1960 with PHILLY. You need to sit down and read how LOMBARDI turned that '68 typical crap season into almost making the four-team NFL playoffs in 1969. If LOMBARDI who was the one who championed LARRY BROWN as a rookie starter, had been able to live and head coach, he would've had better results than ALLEN ever had as a head coach WITH WDC. They would not have struggled in 1970 because LOMBARDI would not have allowed it. And, he would've developed that team, building off the momentum from 1969.. You know how I know that? He did it with GBAY. That's how. He did it with GBAY before..BEFORE REVENUE SHARING, doing it with fundamentals and flawless, for the most part, execution, and motivating a team that had not had a winning season in a decade before he arrived, playing an unknown qback from the 17th. round of the NFL DRAFT, someone few teams wanted.. HIS NAME WAS BART STARR. You simply do not know what you are talking about. Name one big game that ALLEN as head coach won before 1973 and after it, while using veteran stars who wanted too much money from their previous teams, signed after being traded from teams that ALLEN head coached, or that previously played on winning teams, signed in the non-salary cap era. Don't tell me that LOMBARDI turning around a smallest market team with fewer resources, and mostly sticking to the team's draft in the present and future, trades acquiring unknowns like WILLIE DAVIS, HENRY JORDAN, and young vets from losing PACKER squads left behind when LISLE BLACKBOURNE AND RAY MCLEAN the last two head coaches at GB before LOMBARDI arrived, were canned, just don't say he was crap. ALLEN did no such thing. The only big gamble he took was getting qback BILLY KILMER from NEW ORLEANS..who won 3 playoff games in 7 tries.. There is no comparison.. none.
Thank you for posting this. Jeff Jordan, one of the players brought over from the Rams to the Redskins, is a good friend of mine. We finally brought him and our group of friends to watch this at my place all together. Jeff hadn't seen it in over 50 years! He and everyone really enjoyed themselves. Great video!
I remember when George came to DC in 1971. I had no doubt that the Redskins were going to be winners. I still say that he started the Redskin winning tradition before Synder. Lombardi passed away before he had a chance to complete his mission. The 1971 season is still one of my favorites.
For much of the history of NFL Films, its greatest narrator and voice was John Facenda. The films of the Redskins during the 1960s were helmed by former broadcaster Jim Gibbons. Ives made one mistake in this video; he said the team was in the Capitol Division. Washington was in the NFC East in 1971, along with Dallas, Philadelphia, the New York Giants and the then St. Louis Cardinals. The Redskins were in the Capitol Division of the Eastern Conference from 1967-69 during the "Four C's" era.
John Riggins came to D.C. from the Jets at the end of George Allen's era with the Redskins in 1976 - Riggins was frustrated playing in an offense where Joe Namath was the featured player - and George Allen - who seemingly loved the running game - seemed like a good fit - but Riggins would later say of Allen that he really hated the offense all around - he put all of his energy into the defense & special teams - he said the perfect winning score in George Allen's mind was 2 - 0. Vince Lombardi OTOH appreciated the talent he had in Sonny Jurgensen - he pushed Sonny to get into better shape and the results were promising in 1969 - Allen OTOH never liked Jurgensen for whatever reason and let him languish - only playing him if Kilmer was injured - and Kilmer was a very tough player who didn't get hurt often - when Washington lost Super Bowl 7 to Miami in early 1973 - even Don Shula said it would have been a better game if the injured Jurgensen had played - but would Allen have even pulled the struggling Kilmer in that game ??
That belief the coach Allen had by not building through the draft hurt him in the playoffs I heard because they ran out of gas in a firm believer you build through the draft look at the Steelers of the early to mid 70s
I was apart of that 71 team as a rookie…for 2 weeks.
Two weeks many of us wish we could have. That had to be exciting
I wish someday i can get into the nfl
Why did they go to those God awful yellow helmets? The solid burgundy with the spear was boss, to add insult to injury "Commanders"
@@aarondigby5054 I agree. Name should have been Washington Foot Ball Club.
You were to do for two weeks what hundreds and even thousands college football players could never have the opportunity. You are blessed
Underrated highlight film
I'm a cowboy fan boy do I miss those days
The Rookies Singing A Temptation Song ........ " Get Ready " ....With Speedy duncan On Lead Is Priceless ................
I'm impressed with George Allen turned this franchise around with a winning attitude. And led the Redskins to the playoffs. He never had a losing team.
The franchises "turnaround" began with Vince Lombardi.
@@davidcobb2693
That’s like saying Allen is responsible for Gibbs success. Allen brought in so many new players all the credit goes to him
@@mikepainter3111 You're right, genius, Lombardi sucked! FYI, Edward Bennett Williams was the man who hired George Allen.
@@davidcobb2693, LOMBARDI SUCKED..
That one and I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY SAY BECAUSE I KNOW THE WORLD IS FLAT..come from the same ignorant impulse.
Pay attention, Einstein.
LOMBARDI took a GBAY PACKER TEAM THAT WAS 1-10-1, AND WENT 7-5-0, AND THEN 8-4 and into the CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, losing his only playoff game by 4 pts on the road before winning 5 NFL TITLES(INCL. FIRST TWO SUPER BOWLS' PRO CROWNS= 7 CROWNS) IN THE NEXT SEVEN SEASONS..never losing an NFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OR THE TWO SBOWLS.
Washington had not had a winning record in 12 years, but in VINCE's first season, they went 7-5-2..
LOMBARDI according to qback SONNY JURGENSEN was the best head coach the REDSKINS ever had to that point in '69, or that JURGY had ever played under including BUCK SHAW who won a title in 1960 with PHILLY.
You need to sit down and read how LOMBARDI turned that '68 typical crap season into almost making the four-team NFL playoffs in 1969.
If LOMBARDI who was the one who championed LARRY BROWN as a rookie starter, had been able to live and head coach, he would've had better results than ALLEN ever had as a head coach WITH WDC. They would not have struggled in 1970 because LOMBARDI would not have allowed it. And, he would've developed that team, building off the momentum from 1969..
You know how I know that?
He did it with GBAY.
That's how.
He did it with GBAY before..BEFORE REVENUE SHARING, doing it with fundamentals and flawless, for the most part, execution, and motivating a team that had not had a winning season in a decade before he arrived, playing an unknown qback from the 17th. round of the NFL DRAFT, someone few teams wanted..
HIS NAME WAS BART STARR.
You simply do not know what you are talking about.
Name one big game that ALLEN as head coach won before 1973 and after it, while using veteran stars who wanted too much money from their previous teams, signed after being traded from teams that ALLEN head coached, or that previously played on winning teams, signed in the non-salary cap era.
Don't tell me that LOMBARDI turning around a smallest market team with fewer resources, and mostly sticking to the team's draft in the present and future, trades acquiring unknowns like WILLIE DAVIS, HENRY JORDAN, and young vets from losing PACKER squads left behind when LISLE BLACKBOURNE AND RAY MCLEAN the last two head coaches at GB before LOMBARDI arrived, were canned, just don't say he was crap.
ALLEN did no such thing.
The only big gamble he took was getting qback BILLY KILMER from NEW ORLEANS..who won 3 playoff games in 7 tries..
There is no
comparison..
none.
*72 not '73..
"The Redskins are racing toward a future that will never again be built in the image of the past". Pretty awesome, around 20 min mark.
Thank you for posting this. Jeff Jordan, one of the players brought over from the Rams to the Redskins, is a good friend of mine. We finally brought him and our group of friends to watch this at my place all together. Jeff hadn't seen it in over 50 years! He and everyone really enjoyed themselves. Great video!
it's a nice slice of live of DC in 1971
What an inspirational story. HTTR!
Hail to the Redskins, fight for old DC( I said the name, the hell with it)
Count me in, too, Michael!
No way I'm going to sing Hail to the Commies
I mean that was their name at the time so….
When the Rams fired him in 1968, the players revolted. How many times has that happened.
He was head coach of LA from 1966-1970
@@Fireyninjadog they were forced in reinstate him, and he finished out his contract.
Ironically 10 years later they walked out on him in LA
The Great Burl Ives on the mic ("Holly Jolly Christmas")
I remember when George came to DC in 1971. I had no doubt that the Redskins were going to be winners. I still say that he started the Redskin winning tradition before Synder. Lombardi passed away before he had a chance to complete his mission. The 1971 season is still one of my favorites.
I still have this on a VHS cassette, great film in 1971 it was not called a video
Nobody had VHS machines in 1971 and it's credited "NFL Films Video Library."
George said, Lets go get those Cowboys. Cowboys won the Superbowl that year.
Burl Ives narrating
For much of the history of NFL Films, its greatest narrator and voice was John Facenda. The films of the Redskins during the 1960s were helmed by former broadcaster Jim Gibbons. Ives made one mistake in this video;
he said the team was in the Capitol Division. Washington was in the NFC
East in 1971, along with Dallas, Philadelphia, the New York Giants and the then St. Louis Cardinals. The Redskins were in the Capitol Division of the
Eastern Conference from 1967-69 during the "Four C's" era.
Wow??
Boyd Dowler was retired in 1970 was a coach for George Allen in LA came back to play for Allen in 1971
Three cheers for the Washington Football Team
The only thing missing on George Allen's resume is, never winning a playoff game on the road, and never winning a Superbowl.
You younger people watching this need to understand that when a grown man in those days used the word "Goddammit" it was a VERY hardcore word to use.
John Riggins came to D.C. from the Jets at the end of George Allen's era with the Redskins in 1976 - Riggins was frustrated playing in an offense where Joe Namath was the featured player - and George Allen - who seemingly loved the running game - seemed like a good fit - but Riggins would later say of Allen that he really hated the offense all around - he put all of his energy into the defense & special teams - he said the perfect winning score in George Allen's mind was 2 - 0. Vince Lombardi OTOH appreciated the talent he had in Sonny Jurgensen - he pushed Sonny to get into better shape and the results were promising in 1969 - Allen OTOH never liked Jurgensen for whatever reason and let him languish - only playing him if Kilmer was injured - and Kilmer was a very tough player who didn't get hurt often - when Washington lost Super Bowl 7 to Miami in early 1973 - even Don Shula said it would have been a better game if the injured Jurgensen had played - but would Allen have even pulled the struggling Kilmer in that game ??
Jurgensen was hurt quite often in the Allen years
Redskins were just season away from appearance in Super Bowl, VII against Dolphins 🐬
The redskins first playoff appearance since 1945
True fact. Between 1946-70, the Redskins had only four winning seasons during that span.
All the video is missing is Allen calling them the GD Cowboys
Loved those helmets in 70 and 71 too bad George Allen got rid of them the next year
defensive master. what the team needed. after losing lombardi.
great uniforms
That belief the coach Allen had by not building through the draft hurt him in the playoffs I heard because they ran out of gas in a firm believer you build through the draft look at the Steelers of the early to mid 70s
never came back to bite the team. even after allen, pardee and gibbs stayed very successful.
7:43 Tommy Prothro told George Allen "FUCK YOU" to the Larry Smith trade request.
Coach Allen finally got Larry Smith...in 1974, which would be his final season. He was hardly a factor by then.
Go Washington football team, George Allen was the only coach in nfl history to never have a losing season
Vince Lombardi's never had one. Mike Tomlin never had one
John Madden never had a losing season.
He was the Chicago Bears Defensive Coordinator in 1964, the 5-9-0 Bears.
@David Cobb He was the DC from 1959 -65 the Bears won the NFL championship in 1963
Tomlin will get one very soon.
They don't make'm like George Allen anymore
Opening Day in 1971 was September 19, not September 21
Brain: George Allen
My ears: Ronald Reagan makes a great coach.
And now they are the Commanders what a lame name
I am not arguing.
The lamest name ever.
What got me he stuck with Billy Kilmer. He had some bad years But stuck with him.
Sonny was dinged up.
@@habbadabbado5765 I disagree, Allen tried to put a wedge between those two. Plus he damn near pushed Sonny out the door. Got tired of I want SONNY
@@strothermartin5368 Sonny had numerous injuries during this time, including a torn Achilles and separated shoulder.
And they WOULD indeed have a championship team the following year...NFC Champions, but losing to the Dolphins in the Super Bowl
A game they could've easily won, I was hoping Allen would open up the offense, he coached to conservative. They should've easily beat the 'Phins
@@aarondigby5054WRONG!
No longer the Washington Redskins they are now known as WTF? Oh, excuse me - I meant WFT.
You got it right the first time enough of PC
@@michaelleroy9281 Yes, but physics professors are never right the first time and maybe not ever in the PC-classroom.