I've watched just about every Super Bowl since 1973. Super Bowl XI is my most memorable. I grew up in Santa Rosa, California, which is where the Raiders had their training camp. This was in the 1960s and 1970s, so I was a major Raider fan. In January of 1977, I was stationed as a young US Army soldier in Germany. I was extremely disappointed when my 1st Seargent ordered me to perform guard duty on the same day the Raiders were playing in Super Bowl XI. My plan was ruined to watch the game on Armed Forces TV. that night. My platoon was taken out to the NATO 12 ammo facility near Erlangen Germany to guard. I had a plan not to miss the game. Around 10 p.m. I smuggled a small transistor radio up into the guard tower with my weapon. I tuned to Armed Forces Radio and listened to my Raiders win the Super Bowl. Up there in that guard tower, I was screaming and yelling in the dark, and no one could hear me! What a great memory.
@TheGlass50 That same night around 0100 hours after listening to the game and finishing my guard duty shift, I returned back to the NATO 12 ammo facility barracks and ran into a guy who was a Minnesota Vikings fan who told me all week before the game how the Vikings were going to destroy the Raiders in this Super Bowl. When I saw him, I said, "Oakland Raiders World Champions." He was silent.
@@GeorgeFitness-yo8bl Yeah...that team would beat most teams that had come before or after them. They were LOADED!!! And they would've smacked the 49ers if they had beaten Washington in that year's NFC title game. The sad travesty from that era of Raiders football was: The Raiders should have had at least one more Super Bowl title from '83 through '86, at least another SB appearance. Al Davis's undying love for the horrific Marc Wilson, doomed the Raiders on many occasions during that time period.
@Jim Stark a lot of players are fine. That is why they get the big bucks. The NFL sucks now, because they minimize the risk. You can watch mediocrity, I won't. Besides, they didn't headhunt and use the crown back then --- it was hard hitting football. The game today has been ruined by both owners and the Union.
Is not that NFL doesn't want to, it's partly because the city of Pasadena doesn't want it. Traffic and resources is a headache to deal with, even during the NCAA Rose Bowl.
What’s wrong with celebrating you can appreciate every era of Football instead of downplaying a whole generation for no reason other than you’re nostalgic for this era of football
@jack brandt The first Patriot Super Bowl winner got there via the absurd call, famously called "the tuck rule game." No one, in the history of football, has been the victim of more officiating mistakes than The Raiders. The blown call on the Lytle fumble cost the country a chance to see The Raiders matched up against the Cowboys, in 78. Imagine that, Snake versus Roger the Dodger. The best Superbowl that never happened...
Love how all the Pats fan complain about a call that was conclusively an elbow to the the quarterback's head. When you ask them why it should not have been called, all they have is because they are SAD. I've watched it 20 times and Papa Bear slams Stabler in the head. Still couldn't stop the Raiders after that and all they had to do was hold them to a field goal......
Man I loved this Raider squad. Casper, Villapiano, Van Eighen, Hendrix, Tatum, and my all-time hero, Kenny Stabler. Finally in the HOF. Love ya and miss ya Kenny. RIP my hero.
keith clark yeah it was although I think Super Bowl 12 between Denver and Dallas was also during the day but since it was it the Superdome it was hard to tell. I hate the fact the Super Bowls at night now I don't see any reason why I can't be at 4 Eastern Time 1 in the West.
Our 25" RCA color console TV, the kind of TV that was in a bulky wooden cabinet, crapped out a few days before that Super Bowl so we wound up watching the game at my grandparents house on their new 19" Zenith Chromacolor II my grandfather bought himself for Christmas 2 weeks before, he bet on the Vikings and lost $50
God bless you Madden even though I was a young 7 year old Viking fan when this game was played I still respect the win and the joy you brought my son years later playing Madden NFL.
It was a weird game for MVP selection. Davis was great but he didn’t score. Stabler had an average game and Belitnikoff only caught four passes and didn’t score. Casper actually played better than Belitnikoff and he scored a touchdown. The Raiders missed two extra points and still won by eighteen points.
As a coach, John Madden was a Hall of Famer and one of the all time greats. As a broadcaster, he was even better than he was as a coach. Most people never find one thing they are truly great at. He was one of the best that ever lived in two careers.
I believe this was also the last Super Bowl that had two placekickers that kicked straight away, not soccer style, Earl Mann and Fred Cox. You don't see these type of kickers anymore.
@@davidr5961 .....stop...Raider beat the Steelers 31-28 in the regular season in 1976, then again 24-7 in the playoffs in 1976 ....and beat the Steelers again in Pittsburgh in the second game of the 1977 season. In fact, Raiders offense ran all over the Steelers defense in the '76 playoffs and the Steelers had no injuries on that side of the line. Raiders were just stronger in that part of the decade. In the 1970's, the Steelers and the Raiders played each other 14 times and had a 7-7 record. They met in the playoffs 5 times during the '70's and the Steelers had a 3-2 record although the Steeler wins were very close (immaculate reception, 24-13 and 16-10) and the Raider wins were blowouts (33-14 and 24-7). Great rivalry. Can't speak for the Vikings but they had great players but were just smaller than their AFC opponents (Dolphins, Steelers, Raiders).
I love how when the game is over, the players just run off the field. No tee shirts, no hats, no confetti, etc. No post game on field celebration whatsoever!
Greatest Raider play of ALL time, Stabler's TD run before Franco's Immaculate Reception. I didn't think the Raiders would ever win a Super Bowl. I thought they had no chance in this one. Raider magic.
I remember watching this game as though it was yesterday. What a bunch of great players the Raiders and the Vikings had. Kenny The Snake Stabler was my favorite and Dave Casper was a monster. Thank you for the memories.
The Oakland Raiders of the Madden Era... My most cherished memories of the NFL...much more than tough, blood & bones competition, the Raiders played with a reckless passion that made football so much fun to watch.. miss you guys!
This was back in the day when I would know every starter on all the good teams. There were sometimes a player or two that were replacements for injured guys that I didn’t know. For the most part there was much less turnover in player personnel over the years that gave the league continuity.
Exact same with baseball. Those powerhouse '70s teams were fixed and iconic so much so that 50 years later I can tell you the Dodgers, Reds, Yankees, A's, Phillie's, Royal's, and Padre's lineups without hesitation. Boxing was GREAT, and the Olympics still meant something. What a time to be a sports fan.
@@patrickbrowder6857 yes. I'm not even a huge baseball fan (that happens when your team is the Astros) but I could name all the infielders for the big Red Machine.
He was fun, but he probably would have been fired in today's PC age. I have a MNF game from Denver in 1973 and whenever they showed a closeup of a female, he would be all over it, "Look at that one Frank!" You know the crew was all men and it was a big frat party to them. Those days are long gone from TV.
Can you post that game? I love watching old MNF games from the 1970s. Meredith, Cosell and Giffords had great chemistry, the kind you just cannot find anymore these days.
Yeah, but....but....but....players can't have any fun unless they're allowed to act like showgirls after they score a touchdown. I mean, not a single player in this game had any fun. [/sarcasm]
Thanks for posting !!! As a kid this was the 1st Super Bowl I watched from beginning to end. I miss the day time Super Bowls. Greed really has ruined the NFL. Used to love the NFL, not so much anymore.
indeed. all sports pretty much stink now. greed and stupid athletes that look and play like robots. is it real or just a video game? no one knows anymore. every game looks the same. sad indeed
If the NFL was still like this, I'd still be a fan. That Tatum hit was like a car crash, helmet goes one way, chinstrap the other but he held onto the ball!
Even though I always hated Al Davis and the Raiders. I loved John Madden. Such a loveable talented coach and broadcaster. He passed away 12/28/21. R.I.P. Uncle John. Thanks for so many wonderful memories. Love You!
Back when they hadn't the foggiest clue about the long-term brain-damaging effects of frequent hits and blows to the head. A lot of these guys ended up with CTE and died with it, including Stabler. The other great Raider quarterback from back in those days, Jim Plunkett, gave an interview about how much his life sucks now -- he's in constant pain and has serious trouble remembering things. The bodies are bigger and stronger and faster -- but the brains remain the same.
1:39:15 Jack Tatum demonstrates the difference between football then and football now. That hit on Sammy White would probably get him ejected, fined, and possibly placed under arrest today. All it drew back in 1977 was an instant replay. Also, Sammy White hangs onto the ball despite being decapitated and being named “Sammy.”
While it definitely shows the difference between eras, I think the change was for the better. It should have never been legal to target someone's head like that. You didn't have to have all the medical information on concussions to know that knocking someone out is a cheap blow. And that was a cheap blow.
Actually Tatum would have been legal with that hit today. He hit with a shoulder and did not hit the receiver in the head/neck area. The penalty would have been on Raiders number 26 for going to the Head. Tatum was legal watch the slow-motion replay.
Ken Stabler was my favorite all time player...went to Canton to see him get inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame...it was a bittersweet thrill without him there to give his acceptance speech but I am sure it would have been a good one with a story or two about this 1976 team...the best of all Raider teams in my opinion...they were awesome that season!
Wins one Super Bowl don't think so Gibbs is far better and won 3 super bowls with 3 different QBs and then there's that guy out on the east coast Bill, Jimmy Johnson was better than Madden
John madden the greatest coach or al Davis: coaching; laugh ; laugh; Oakland raiders won another superbowl with similar Oakland raiders football team Jim Plunkett as quarterback & different coach
My dad was a life long Raiders fan, he tragically passed away in 2015 and ever since the Raiders have been 1 of my 2 teams as I just don't have the heart to hate on them. To see this game in 2020, all I can do is imagine watching this through the 11 year old eyes my father would have had at that time and feeling what he would have felt seeing his favorite team win their 1st Superbowl.
One aspect I saw in this game that I never saw before on the field-of-play: Biletnikoff running after the catch. In all the years I followed the Raiders back then, Biletnikoff always fell to the ground after the catch; so to see him running with the ball after the catch was a rarity, indeed!
New NFL is juts money hungry machine! Back then it was about the game and the cities the teams played for. There was loyalty for both the city and the team and fans. Now it’s like you build a 5 billion dollar stadium and you get a team and we will have the refs help you win a Súper bowl.
WhT makes these historic games so special are the play by play led by the great Curt Gowdy and Dandy Don" Meredith. Truly a treat to listen to their musical voices...this Raiders team was arguably the finest of all time. Stacked with talent!
God bless John Madden the architect of teaching the game of professional football to the masses. He was a man well loved. Someone who lived life with gusto and passion. He was definitely a hurricane but at his center, at the heart, you as an observer felt a quiet confidence that this man knew the game of football and how to live the things he loved.
Golden age of the NFL. No politics, no BS sideline reporting, no sideline trophies and no silly individual celebrations after each play. Pure football by skilled players for an appreciative fan base. I haven't watched the NFL since the kneeling BS started. This was refreshing.
In the super bowl era, the 1976 Raiders are so underrated among the great 1-year title teams in league history. Teams besides the obvious '72 Dolphins, '85 Bears, '89 49ers etc. overshadow to date the best Raiders team ever.
I know Geek that all of the sb's until the Pats/Rams game following the '01 season (first ever Feb. championship game)was played in January. My point was that this SB Raiders/Vikings was the last ever one played before January 15. FYI. The NFL went to the current 16 game regular season soon after and the first prime time super bowl (kickoff around 6pm et) was the next year (Dallas/Denver.) Finally before the AFL/AFC merger created the super bowl, following the '66 season, the NFL Championship game was played by no later than New Years Day.
Still had a handful of players from HBC schools in this game. More defensive lineman helping up QBs than you'll ever see today. No obvious jawing going on during the game. It was a gentleman's game back then.
Thankfully, NBC would dump Gowdy and Meredith for Enberg and Olsen shortly after this. And with all due respect to Jack Buck and (later) Tom Brookshier, John Madden would turn out to be Pat Summerall's best partner.
This was the first time I saw Football game back in 1975; ever since than I got hooked to watch the Raiders Games every Season. I didn't understood NFL then, but it sure feels good when your team wins.....
I WISH I GREW UP IN THIS ERA OF RAIDERS FOOTBALL. THIS IS WHAT COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IS ALL ABOUT!!! 1976 NFL SUPER BOWL 11# CHAMPIONS!!! MVP: FRED BILENTIKOFF
I don't think so: everything on internet; I ❤️ oldies football; I ❤️ Watching my hero play football:: : first superbowl I do not think they a whole game
Severely underrated. I would love to find some compilation of his calls. Saw some greats and even complete games, really liked him with Raider great Todd Christensen
Loved Tarkenton and the Vikings as a kid growing up. By this point I had decided I wouldn't get my hopes up and get my heart broken again. And then I still did.
I've watched just about every Super Bowl since 1973. Super Bowl XI is my most memorable. I grew up in Santa Rosa, California, which is where the Raiders had their training camp. This was in the 1960s and 1970s, so I was a major Raider fan.
In January of 1977, I was stationed as a young US Army soldier in Germany. I was extremely disappointed when my 1st Seargent ordered me to perform guard duty on the same day the Raiders were playing in Super Bowl XI. My plan was ruined to watch the game on Armed Forces TV. that night. My platoon was taken out to the NATO 12 ammo facility near Erlangen Germany to guard.
I had a plan not to miss the game. Around 10 p.m. I smuggled a small transistor radio up into the guard tower with my weapon. I tuned to Armed Forces Radio and listened to my Raiders win the Super Bowl. Up there in that guard tower, I was screaming and yelling in the dark, and no one could hear me! What a great memory.
That is one of the coolest stories I’ve heard! Raiders for life, man! 🏴☠️
Coolest raider story ever. Thank you for your service.
Wow. That’s a great story. You adapted, improvised & overcame. I hope that you were able to enjoy Super Bowl XV and XVIII.
@TheGlass50
That same night around 0100 hours after listening to the game and finishing my guard duty shift, I returned back to the NATO 12 ammo facility barracks and ran into a guy who was a Minnesota Vikings fan who told me all week before the game how the Vikings were going to destroy the Raiders in this Super Bowl.
When I saw him, I said, "Oakland Raiders World Champions."
He was silent.
Went to this game 44 years ago today and absolutely cannot believe it's been that long. What a team the '76 Raiders had, favorite team ever..
Yes very roided up and masters of cheap shoting defenseless people. Alvin Roy the human steroid pez dispenser should have got the Lombardi Trophy.
@d0xin the (Fr)auditors you’re weird
Raiders 83 team was light years better than this team!
@@GeorgeFitness-yo8bl Yeah...that team would beat most teams that had come before or after them. They were LOADED!!! And they would've smacked the 49ers if they had beaten Washington in that year's NFC title game.
The sad travesty from that era of Raiders football was: The Raiders should have had at least one more Super Bowl title from '83 through '86, at least another SB appearance. Al Davis's undying love for the horrific Marc Wilson, doomed the Raiders on many occasions during that time period.
Oakland raiders left side offensive line maybe the greatest ever, few time to beat 1970s Pittsburgh steelers in playoff
Even though I'm not a raiders fan, I'm gonna watch this for the late great legend, Mr. John Madden. May you rest in peace🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊
I'm amazed he lived so long.
How we all wish the NFL was still like this!!
PRHILL9696 gracias Raiders space SPAWN nación thanks
I don't miss the headhunting at all. Talk to Darryl Stingley's family.
Younger generation is too stupid to know about anything.
@Jim Stark a lot of players are fine. That is why they get the big bucks. The NFL sucks now, because they minimize the risk. You can watch mediocrity, I won't. Besides, they didn't headhunt and use the crown back then --- it was hard hitting football. The game today has been ruined by both owners and the Union.
Nope. Slow.
Growing up I loved Ken Stabler . He was always calm under pressure.
The Snake😎
Unfortunately his hard-partying ways caught up with him a few years later. That's when his career went down hill.
It's a shame that the NFL hasn't had Pasadena host a Super bowl since January of 1993. What an awesome venue for a football game.
Is not that NFL doesn't want to, it's partly because the city of Pasadena doesn't want it. Traffic and resources is a headache to deal with, even during the NCAA Rose Bowl.
100,000 seats....5,000 parking spots
@@timmcgovern6221 That comes to 20 people in every vehicle.
There's already SoFi Stadium, which hosted last year's Super Bowl. The next LA Super Bowl would most likely be held at SoFi Stadium again.
With the Rams chargers new stadium there never will be another SB in Rose Bowl shame
Professionals. Each one of them. Not a single pose or warrior scream after making a play. No whining, just playing ball. I miss this NFL.
Me too
Agree
What’s wrong with celebrating you can appreciate every era of Football instead of downplaying a whole generation for no reason other than you’re nostalgic for this era of football
@@ixg1297There’s much more than nostalgic reasons as to why this generation of football is so frowned upon. Has very little to do with nostalgia.
Ok boomer
That Willie Brown slow-mo interception is just inspirational.
It's awesome; takes so long for him to reach the end zone, it's like a lifetime victory lap.
Coach Madden said it was his favorite play in NFL Historyistory.
@@rickjohnson1266 Mine too. I've been thinking about it for 3 days and decided to watch the game again.
RAIDER IN PEACE...,🖤 WILLIE BROWN 24# RN4L!!! ☠️🏴☠️☠️ BUMP & RUN SHUT DOWN CORNERBACK!!!
The '76 Raiders was a badass team, after years of tough playoff losses the Raiders made '76 their year. Great Team!!
74 would have been the best
They wouldn’t have made it if Franco Harris,Rocky Bleier and Sidney Thornton had been healthy for the Steelers in the AFC championship game.
Yes C. D .they should have waited till the Steelers where all better.hahaha.
@jack brandt The first Patriot Super Bowl winner got there via the absurd call, famously called "the tuck rule game." No one, in the history of football, has been the victim of more officiating mistakes than The Raiders. The blown call on the Lytle fumble cost the country a chance to see The Raiders matched up against the Cowboys, in 78. Imagine that, Snake versus Roger the Dodger. The best Superbowl that never happened...
Love how all the Pats fan complain about a call that was conclusively an elbow to the the quarterback's head. When you ask them why it should not have been called, all they have is because they are SAD. I've watched it 20 times and Papa Bear slams Stabler in the head. Still couldn't stop the Raiders after that and all they had to do was hold them to a field goal......
Man I loved this Raider squad. Casper, Villapiano, Van Eighen, Hendrix, Tatum, and my all-time hero, Kenny Stabler. Finally in the HOF. Love ya and miss ya Kenny. RIP my hero.
Gotta love ol' Villapiano, he needs to be interviewed on every football show
I couldnt agree more. My favorite all time team by far and man do I miss snake
it is Hendricks
@@mikey7189 I almost forgot, big John (ya don't get bruised when ya cruise with the Tooz) Matuzak.
You're forgetting Highway 63 Gene Upshaw. The Greatest Raider of them all.
Ray Guy has yet to be replaced. He's without question the best punter any pro football league has ever seen.
Super Bowl XI was the LAST Super Bowl played in total daylight
keith clark yeah it was although I think Super Bowl 12 between Denver and Dallas was also during the day but since it was it the Superdome it was hard to tell. I hate the fact the Super Bowls at night now I don't see any reason why I can't be at 4 Eastern Time 1 in the West.
I wish they would go back to it, and natural grass as well. Today's SBs feel colorless and sterile, like the game is in a big shopping mall.
Nick. Dallas and Denver Started at 5 Pm
Kenneth Futch And it was another boring game.
The earliest super bowl ever,9 January 1977
I remember watching this game on a 20 inch RCA Color TV.
@steeler63 . . . Yep! I remember those days, as 20 inches was about as affordably big a TV set could be at that time.
Our 25" RCA color console TV, the kind of TV that was in a bulky wooden cabinet, crapped out a few days before that Super Bowl so we wound up watching the game at my grandparents house on their new 19" Zenith Chromacolor II my grandfather bought himself for Christmas 2 weeks before, he bet on the Vikings and lost $50
Lot of legends in this game.... amazing how much better the kickers are today.
God bless you Madden even though I was a young 7 year old Viking fan when this game was played I still respect the win and the joy you brought my son years later playing Madden NFL.
I know Madden was relieved to finally win it all. They had entered their 4th straight afc championship game prior to winning this Superbowl
Farewell John Madden.
The NFL wouldn't be where it's at without your influence.
Thats nothing to be proud of. I don't blame Madden for how the league sucks so much now.
Clarence Davis deserved the MVP. 16 carries for 137 yds. 8.56 ypc!!!
Shell and Upshaw.
@@1981expos greatest left side ever offensive line; jim otto too
Yeah, I was surprised by that, too.
Belitnakoff was the sentimental pick
It was a weird game for MVP selection. Davis was great but he didn’t score. Stabler had an average game and Belitnikoff only caught four passes and didn’t score. Casper actually played better than Belitnikoff and he scored a touchdown. The Raiders missed two extra points and still won by eighteen points.
I will never understand how Cliff Branch isn't in the Hall of Fame.
Will E. because HOF is bullshit
Will E. it really baffles me.
Or Andre Rison, How about Gary Clark. You got non football players voting players in.
I agree.....and Jim Marshall
Also Otis Taylor - he was Terrell Owens before there was a Terrell Owens.
As a coach, John Madden was a Hall of Famer and one of the all time greats.
As a broadcaster, he was even better than he was as a coach.
Most people never find one thing they are truly great at. He was one of the best that ever lived in two careers.
John madden was a great NFL 🏈 football coach ; he retired young
Your second phrase was right. The first was in error because Al Davis was the real coach. Madden was just a figurehead.
@@abcall-timesboxingchanneln7076 yeah, okay pal.
NFL can you please upload more Ken Stabler games? Ghost to the post, Holy Roller, Sea of Hands? these games deserve to be seen in high quality!
Yep I love hearing Dandy Don Meredith on the game
If the full Sea Of Hands game tape exists, anywhere, I haven't seen it, I am pretty sure there is a full Holy Roller game that can be found.
Kyle Damron I have scheduled an upload of the Holy Roller game and it should be available at midnight EST, December 4, 20200.
@@davidcobb2693 thanks a ton!
@@kyledamron You're welcome!
This was the last Super Bowl that ended with the sun still shining!
I didn't know that.
I believe this was also the last Super Bowl that had two placekickers that kicked straight away, not soccer style, Earl Mann and Fred Cox. You don't see these type of kickers anymore.
Major respect to Sammy White for being able to hold on to the ball after a hit like that.
THIS. One of the most famous hits in NFL history -- it is often overlooked that White held on to the ball!
man that raiders team was loaded.
LOL In more ways than one!!
They were fortunate to catch a steelers team that year, plagued with injuries
@@davidr5961 .....stop...Raider beat the Steelers 31-28 in the regular season in 1976, then again 24-7 in the playoffs in 1976 ....and beat the Steelers again in Pittsburgh in the second game of the 1977 season. In fact, Raiders offense ran all over the Steelers defense in the '76 playoffs and the Steelers had no injuries on that side of the line. Raiders were just stronger in that part of the decade. In the 1970's, the Steelers and the Raiders played each other 14 times and had a 7-7 record. They met in the playoffs 5 times during the '70's and the Steelers had a 3-2 record although the Steeler wins were very close (immaculate reception, 24-13 and 16-10) and the Raider wins were blowouts (33-14 and 24-7). Great rivalry. Can't speak for the Vikings but they had great players but were just smaller than their AFC opponents (Dolphins, Steelers, Raiders).
They had a super great left side offensive line; skill players they had a legendary wide receiver other than that regular skill players
@@r8ersfan lol Peruvian marching powder...
I love how when the game is over, the players just run off the field. No tee shirts, no hats, no confetti, etc. No post game on field celebration whatsoever!
Love these classics games !and even though I'm a packers fan i respect the raiders blue blood franchise history if that makes sense
Greatest QB Oakland ever had.
Here,here .🍺.🤙"The Snake" was the greatest. My favorite Raider and my favorite player. R.I.P. Ken Stabler 🏈🏈🏈💛❤💛🏆🏆🏆
You can pick any position on this team and the starter could easily have been pro bowlers if not all pro. This a top 5 team of all time
You're forgetting Todd Marinovich? (Sarcasm)
Greatest Raider play of ALL time, Stabler's TD run before Franco's Immaculate Reception. I didn't think the Raiders would ever win a Super Bowl. I thought they had no chance in this one. Raider magic.
What about gorge blanda?
I remember watching this game as though it was yesterday. What a bunch of great players the Raiders and the Vikings had. Kenny The Snake Stabler was my favorite and Dave Casper was a monster. Thank you for the memories.
The Oakland Raiders of the Madden Era... My most cherished memories of the NFL...much more than tough, blood & bones competition, the Raiders played with a reckless passion that made football so much fun to watch.. miss you guys!
This was back in the day when I would know every starter on all the good teams. There were sometimes a player or two that were replacements for injured guys that I didn’t know. For the most part there was much less turnover in player personnel over the years that gave the league continuity.
Absolutely! Teams were together for years.
Before players made real money.
Exact same with baseball. Those powerhouse '70s teams were fixed and iconic so much so that 50 years later I can tell you the Dodgers, Reds, Yankees, A's, Phillie's, Royal's, and Padre's lineups without hesitation. Boxing was GREAT, and the Olympics still meant something. What a time to be a sports fan.
@@patrickbrowder6857 yes. I'm not even a huge baseball fan (that happens when your team is the Astros) but I could name all the infielders for the big Red Machine.
Curt Gowdy may just have had the best voice of all time. Him being teamed with Don Meredith just doesn't get any better than that.
Don Criqui was right up there with his magnificent voice for football
Gowdy's great, Meredith stinks.
@@dominictant Naah, that's just tuna salad in your moustache.
Gowdy will always be the voice of MLB for me..70's baseball was the best...
Please! Meredith was a TERRIBLE commentator! Did not shut up! Constantly interrupting the call! Worse than Howard Cosell!
i loved when the Super Bowl was played in the Rose Bowl.
Me too!!! Just a beautiful venue for a game. Super Bowl
XXI Giants vs Broncos was one of my all time favorite games
Rosebowl isn't good enough for a superbowl today
I miss Don Meredith. He brought a breath of sanity to the game. And hell of a QB as well.
He was fun, but he probably would have been fired in today's PC age. I have a MNF game from Denver in 1973 and whenever they showed a closeup of a female, he would be all over it, "Look at that one Frank!" You know the crew was all men and it was a big frat party to them. Those days are long gone from TV.
Can you post that game? I love watching old MNF games from the 1970s. Meredith, Cosell and Giffords had great chemistry, the kind you just cannot find anymore these days.
He got beat up in the Ice Bowl I felt bad for him I think he broke his nose dandydon should have won a Superbowl rest in peace brother
And he taught us that it was OK to like iced tea in winter.
Whining milionares are not just a vehicle of the left, Robert Kraft is a prime example of whiney right wing millionare/billionare.
Fred bilitnikov played in this game wearing no shoulder pads what an animal
Bilitnikoff sounds like the name of a bad ass Russian assassin with a ton of kills to his credit
Back when players still had class!! Didn't act like they won the lottery on a 1st down!!
So damn true.
Yeah, but....but....but....players can't have any fun unless they're allowed to act like showgirls after they score a touchdown. I mean, not a single player in this game had any fun. [/sarcasm]
"Yessir"
Yup! Snake, Ghost, Fred B even Ray Guy......Just don't make 'em like that anymore...
Helping guys on the other team back up
Bless you John Madden Raider Nation and all of NFL lose a legendary man What warmth he brought into our lives and homes
Thanks for posting !!!
As a kid this was the 1st Super Bowl I watched from beginning to end. I miss the day time Super Bowls. Greed really has ruined the NFL. Used to love the NFL, not so much anymore.
indeed. all sports pretty much stink now. greed and stupid athletes that look and play like robots. is it real or just a video game? no one knows anymore. every game looks the same. sad indeed
This was my 1st superbowl too.....this was the most complete raiders team ever.....great watching it again
Much better having night games
This is the first Superbowl I remember watching the pregame show for.
This is it Curtis! Yeah!! Snake and company finally brought the title to Oakland during the 76 NFL season. Greatness.
The Oakland raiders was my dad's favorite team i also loved the raiders in the 70s
Then you should be a fan if not your not a real son!
❤️ 1970s/ 1980s Oakland raiders football teams
If the NFL was still like this, I'd still be a fan. That Tatum hit was like a car crash, helmet goes one way, chinstrap the other but he held onto the ball!
One of the greatest teams in NFL history
Yup. Vikings were a good team.
@@toscodav I think the 1975,1974, etc etc Vikings were better
Art shell , gene upshaw jim otto best left offensive left side ever
Oakland raiders 1876/ 1977
This was the last time a Super Bowl was played in its entirety in daylight.
It would be interesting to see a Super Bowl with the Vikings vs the Bills!!
That’s what I’ve always said
It. Would end in a tie 😂
Even though I always hated Al Davis and the Raiders. I loved John Madden. Such a loveable talented coach and broadcaster. He passed away 12/28/21. R.I.P. Uncle John. Thanks for so many wonderful memories. Love You!
I love that the NFL is posting full games. I MISS FOOTBALL!!!
Rip John Madden 1936-2021
I was 9 years old. Bought a book called 'Ken Stabler and The Oakland Raiders' . Became Silver & Black for life. Mark VanEeghen was my hero
hahahaha... i was 6 years old and i got that same book out of the RIF book mobile... raider fan ever since.
Brian Powers read the year of the snake
11 years old for me a Dallas fan do feel bad for Grant never won a SB
Back when quarterbacks played tackle football along with everyone else!
AND called the plays
Back when they hadn't the foggiest clue about the long-term brain-damaging effects of frequent hits and blows to the head. A lot of these guys ended up with CTE and died with it, including Stabler. The other great Raider quarterback from back in those days, Jim Plunkett, gave an interview about how much his life sucks now -- he's in constant pain and has serious trouble remembering things. The bodies are bigger and stronger and faster -- but the brains remain the same.
Yeeeeeeesssssssssss
@@JustCallMeKen Stick to hopscotch 😂
Casper was gronk in the 70s
True
The og gronkowski
you mean gronk is the new casper
+Breezy Brees lol you wish
+Breezy Brees comeback to me when jimmy graham has a season that comes to even close to the 17 td and 1300+ yard season.
Its easy to forget how good Dave Casper was. He was the essential offensive playmaker and you know The Snake trusted him.
1:39:15 Jack Tatum demonstrates the difference between football then and football now. That hit on Sammy White would probably get him ejected, fined, and possibly placed under arrest today. All it drew back in 1977 was an instant replay. Also, Sammy White hangs onto the ball despite being decapitated and being named “Sammy.”
No kidding!
While it definitely shows the difference between eras, I think the change was for the better. It should have never been legal to target someone's head like that. You didn't have to have all the medical information on concussions to know that knocking someone out is a cheap blow. And that was a cheap blow.
@todd long It would only be illegal because he hit with his helmet. But if Tataum hit him a little lower, that would still be a legal hit today.
@@kennethsmith1636 Ask any receiver if given a choice would he rather take a hit to his head or to his knees, he choose his head
Actually Tatum would have been legal with that hit today. He hit with a shoulder and did not hit the receiver in the head/neck area. The penalty would have been on Raiders number 26 for going to the Head. Tatum was legal watch the slow-motion replay.
Alan Page was one of the best defensive linemen to ever play in the league.
Forgotten great.
Ken Stabler was my favorite all time player...went to Canton to see him get inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame...it was a bittersweet thrill without him there to give his acceptance speech but I am sure it would have been a good one with a story or two about this 1976 team...the best of all Raider teams in my opinion...they were awesome that season!
Same here...the greatest 🏈🏈🏈He was the reason I became a Raider fan... He was the face of the Raiders...R.I.P. snake 🤙🍺🏈🏈🏈🏆🏆🏆
The REAL G.O.A.T. #12 Ken the "Snake" Stabler!
Jim Plunkett two superbowl victories
The greatest coach of all time john madden
Wins one Super Bowl don't think so Gibbs is far better and won 3 super bowls with 3 different QBs and then there's that guy out on the east coast Bill, Jimmy Johnson was better than Madden
John madden the greatest coach or al Davis: coaching; laugh ; laugh; Oakland raiders won another superbowl with similar Oakland raiders football team Jim Plunkett as quarterback & different coach
Clearance Davis should have been MVP in this super bowl.
My dad was a life long Raiders fan, he tragically passed away in 2015 and ever since the Raiders have been 1 of my 2 teams as I just don't have the heart to hate on them. To see this game in 2020, all I can do is imagine watching this through the 11 year old eyes my father would have had at that time and feeling what he would have felt seeing his favorite team win their 1st Superbowl.
I was also 11 during Super Bowl 11. I was in Glendale, California watching the
Raiders win. Most Marines know why they are called Raiders.
1:57:58 the great James Garner, legendary actor of TV series Maverick and The Rockford Files who was a diehard Raider fan..
He was a Korean War vet with two purple hearts as well.
The Raiders had an awesome offensive line for this game
My absolute favorite sports team is the Raiders!!!
Miss legendary oakland raiders owner al Davis
Oakland raiders has the greatest logo in sports
Legend has it, Biletnikoff never once dropped a pass and van Eeghen never once fumbled.
One aspect I saw in this game that I never saw before on the field-of-play: Biletnikoff running after the catch.
In all the years I followed the Raiders back then, Biletnikoff always fell to the ground after the catch; so to see him running with the ball after the catch was a rarity, indeed!
Raaaaaaaaaaiders 4 ever . Madden rest in paradise.Long live the 🐍
You listen to Don Meridith, and you realize how GREAT Al Derogatis was as Curt Gowdy's partner in the booth all those years.
Different styles. I enjoyed both "Dero" and Dandy Don"
The Tooz...what a character...great in North Dallas Forty and died at age 38.
His autobiography was interesting as well.
John Matuszak also played the giant human monster called "Sloth" in the movie "The Goonies".
Rest In Peace John Madden. Thank you for helping my Raiders win their first super bowl and for idolizing the nfl video game franchise known as Madden.
The greatness of the Raiders is in its history.
I was born this year. This is the wonderful part of RUclips and the internet. We can see these treasures from the past
one of the best franchises in the. nfl
Why name your channel that when you barely even make highlights? Scrub
+Yours Truly because I can
Football Highlights smh just another failed "highlight" channel
You really should learn how to spell "hating"... Good God...
rob s lol seriously...
New NFL is juts money hungry machine! Back then it was about the game and the cities the teams played for. There was loyalty for both the city and the team and fans. Now it’s like you build a 5 billion dollar stadium and you get a team and we will have the refs help you win a Súper bowl.
practically every player on this oakland raiders offense is in the hall of fame.
Oh, the joy of seeing Sunday afternoon Super Bowls!
WhT makes these historic games so special are the play by play led by the great Curt Gowdy and Dandy Don" Meredith. Truly a treat to listen to their musical voices...this Raiders team was arguably the finest of all time. Stacked with talent!
God bless John Madden the architect of teaching the game of professional football to the masses. He was a man well loved. Someone who lived life with gusto and passion. He was definitely a hurricane but at his center, at the heart, you as an observer felt a quiet confidence that this man knew the game of football and how to live the things he loved.
Golden age of the NFL. No politics, no BS sideline reporting, no sideline trophies and no silly individual celebrations after each play. Pure football by skilled players for an appreciative fan base. I haven't watched the NFL since the kneeling BS started. This was refreshing.
Well said
In the super bowl era, the 1976 Raiders are so underrated among the great 1-year title teams in league history. Teams besides the obvious '72 Dolphins, '85 Bears, '89 49ers etc. overshadow to date the best Raiders team ever.
FYI. The last sb (probably forever in the early part of January (1977).)
AmericanGiant100 No they were all in January until the NFL added a bye week and expanded to 32 teams
I know Geek that all of the sb's until the Pats/Rams game following the '01 season (first ever Feb. championship game)was played in January. My point was that this SB Raiders/Vikings was the last ever one played before January 15.
FYI. The NFL went to the current 16 game regular season soon after and the first prime time super bowl (kickoff around 6pm et) was the next year (Dallas/Denver.) Finally before the AFL/AFC merger created the super bowl, following the '66 season, the NFL Championship game was played by no later than New Years Day.
The Dolphins won back to back in 1972 AND 73, they weren't a great 1 year title team. Do some homework first
AFL/AFC merger in '66? The first year of the AFC was 1970 season.
Still had a handful of players from HBC schools in this game. More defensive lineman helping up QBs than you'll ever see today. No obvious jawing going on during the game. It was a gentleman's game back then.
Awesome video!!!! Back when football was football!!!
Thankfully, NBC would dump Gowdy and Meredith for Enberg and Olsen shortly after this.
And with all due respect to Jack Buck and (later) Tom Brookshier, John Madden would turn out to be Pat Summerall's best partner.
Wow I seen assistant coach for Vikings on the sidelines smoking a cigarette😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 those were the days
Do a quick google image search and I'm sure you'll find pix of Fred Biletnikoff burning a Pall Mall in the locker room.
This was the first time I saw Football game back in 1975; ever since than I got hooked to watch the Raiders Games every Season. I didn't understood NFL then, but it sure feels good when your team wins.....
I WISH I GREW UP IN THIS ERA OF RAIDERS FOOTBALL. THIS IS WHAT COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IS ALL ABOUT!!! 1976 NFL SUPER BOWL 11# CHAMPIONS!!! MVP: FRED BILENTIKOFF
First SB that I ever watched.
If the NFL ever released these games in their entirety on DVD, that's make millions.
Ur damn right
I don't think so: everything on internet; I ❤️ oldies football; I ❤️ Watching my hero play football:: : first superbowl I do not think they a whole game
Towards the end, Curt Gowdy: that's the toughest job Oakland has had today (carrying John Madden off the field)
😳🙄😅😂🤣😎🤓🏈🏆
Something so awesome and so pure about these old games. love it
Im only 30yrs old, nothing is more enjoyable to me these days then watching these old football games.
raiders had one of the greatest O lines in history
Charlie Jones was another great AFL voice.
Severely underrated. I would love to find some compilation of his calls. Saw some greats and even complete games, really liked him with Raider great Todd Christensen
@@otaviofrn_adv Nowadays we have to listen to crap like Al Michaels... What a joke.
The voice of sports, the best ever- Curt Gowdy.
"Siemen has been on about every tackle..."😁
Goldman's Sack He’s been everywhere today for the Vikings
We used to laugh about that back in the '70's; "Siemon's hanging all over the guy!"
@@kennethlatham3133 "There's Siemon covering the tight end!" lol
Great player, unfortunate name.
I'm amazed the clarity of this video
I love watching old time power football and great offensive line play
What a great Super Bowl for the Raiders Ken Stabler, Fred, Cliff, Caper when football was tough then Al Davis Just Win Baby.
1976-1977 Oakland Raiders.......the team's original famous ....... And it's have a name written all over it 😂👍🎇.🥧🇺🇸💖♥️🏈☕
Rest in piece john madden 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
Curt Gowdy with Dandy Don Meredith ahhhhhh so good. Loved those days!!! Me and my dad together watching TV.
me to.....you just knew it was big game when gowdy was on the call with dandy don
Love coach John Candy
man the raiders ol is just amazing specially the left side
Rip John madden
When the refs didn't throw a flag on every down.
What about the other officials in the game?
One thing you will never see again: A Super Bowl that starts at 2:00pm on the east coast or 12:00pm on the west coast.
I believe this game started at 12:45 PST/3:45 EST. Could you imagine that now?
Or a white running back (Van Egan)
Dude everybody commenting the same ish
Loved Tarkenton and the Vikings as a kid growing up. By this point I had decided I wouldn't get my hopes up and get my heart broken again. And then I still did.
Branch Biletnikoff Casper, what a crew !!