I was 9 years old watching this game. My dad had just purchased a color television June of 1968. Thanks for the posting. Now I'm waiting for someone to come up with the USC vs UCLA game of 1969 we would have the 67, 68, 69, games here on RUclips.
That is a great story. You were leading the good life if you had a color TV set back in 1968. As for the 1969 game, that may be more difficult. I have never seen that listed anywhere. And none of the collectors I purchase games from have ever seen it. Maybe someone out there has it somewhere. Thanks for the comments.
1969 UCLA-USC full game (not from TV, just film) can be found on Randy Gaschler's page. One of the great defensive wars in Pac-8/10/12 history. Gaschler was an offensive lineman at UCLA from 69 (frosh)-72, and had several Bruin game films from that era...
This '68 game was an underrated classic in the USC-UCLA series. The fog rolling in lent a Candlestick Park-like dramatic vibe to proceedings. Inspired effort by Tommy Prothro's 2-TD underdog, injury-hampered Bruins, who had Trojans on ropes in 4th Q. My cousin was at the game, sitting in the closed end zone, and said the crowd noise kept getting progressing louder on that late UCLA march which almost got Bruins the lead deep into 4th Q. Refs had to quiet the crowd several times on that late drive. High drama late in game as Trojans seemed ready to be knocked from top of polls! Jim Nader played well for Prothro in relief of Bill Bolden that night, and save for a couple of runs, OJ had mostly tough sledding. The last TD with 25 seconds left was decorative for SC, this was a game Trojans could have lost. SC had many close calls in '68 (as in '69) and was knocked from top of polls after this close shave, with resurgent Ohio State, off of 50-14 romp past Michigan, moving up. SC was fortunate to escape with 21-21 tie vs ND next week in one of Joe Theismann's early highlights, and the Buckeyes took care of Trojans in Rose Bowl. It was still a very exciting year for SC...
If you want to see the way a sporting event should be, and the way a TV sportcast should be, look up the 2019 Women's College World Series between Oklahoma and UCLA.
This game started at 3 pm in Los Angeles, 6 pm Eastern Time. It was only the second nighttime live network telecast of a college football game. The first was the preceding week - Alabama at Miami.
I had no idea. That's really interesting to find out. I'll have to see if I can dig up the 'Bama at Miami game. Considering college football games have been broadcast since 1939 [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football_on_television], it's somewhat surprising to me that it took around 30-years before a nighttime game was broadcast live. I realize it's tough to shoot video without proper lighting, but I am still surprised. Thank you for that bit of information.
@@WallytheBronco LIghting certainly was an issue. Most football stadiums didn't have lights, and portable lights weren't in wide use until 1982 (Michigan at Notre Dame). Those that did have lights were mostly either in the Deep South or Southwest, or NFL stadiums (usually shared with MLB teams). The other issue may have been the NCAA, which strictly limited telecasts of regular season games, but bowl games were outside their TV contract. The first bowl game televised at night was on January 1, 1965, when Texas upset Alabama in the Orange Bowl -- the same location of the first regular-season prime time telecast. There were several night telecasts in 1969 and later years, and they became an every-week thing starting in 1984 when the NCAA TV contract was voided by the US Supreme Court on antitrust grounds.
@@byrd56 Namath scored when he called a sneak down at the Texas goal line. I know texas said he didn't but years later Tommy Nobis from texas admitted namath was across the goaline and refs called him short
@@johnmanier7968 Thanks for your comments in this thread. I'd like to contribute to the discussion by pointing out that the LA Coliseum hosted Super Bowl 1 with it being broadcast on TWO networks (there was one contract for the AFL and another for the NFL). Despite that happening, no intact recording of the broadcast has ever been located for either network. The Coliseum was the home field for both UCLA and USC in 1968 with significant TV production technical capabilities in the stadium. Therefore, it makes sense that a game in this stadium would be technically capable of being broadcast. The LA Coliseum was the site of the 1932 Olympics and the then-future 1984 Olympics. It will also partly host the 2028 Olympics.
After this game, Southern Cal remained #1 in the coaches’ poll, but the AP dropped them to 2nd, behind Ohio State, who demolished Michigan, 50-14. The following week, Notre Dame tied Southern Cal, 21-21, and had a big statistical edge in the game but blew a 21-7 halftime lead. Joe Theismann also threw a pick-6 on the opening series of the game. Ohio State rose to #1 in both polls and was named national champion by the coaches, who wouldn’t have a post-bowl poll until after the 1974 season. Southern Cal was #2 in both polls and could’ve won the AP national championship with a Rose Bowl win over OSU. But the Buckeyes won, 27-16, and were the consensus champions. The AP started conducting an annual post-bowl poll in 1968, after a one-off experiment in 1965.
I recall that Rose Bowl game where the Ohio State key starters were sophomores. Come January 1, 1971 with those same Ohio State players, now seniors vying for a National Championship, playing against underdog Stanford, were in for a big surprise with Stanford's defense and the passing offense from QB Jim Plunkett.
I was in the card section at Texas between 1981 and 1985. We put up the cards by the count of 1, 2, Stunt! I could hear the calls for the UCLA stunt during halftime.
Ah! I was always wondering back, many decades ago, why the night games at the Coliseum seemed dim on my TV. I thought it was the brightness/contrast settings to my TV, which I didn't bother to adjust for those night games.
They left the playing field all the way at the closed end even after removing the end zone bleachers. It wasn't until the 70s that the field would be shifted when the bleachers were removed. Interesting that they used the mechanical clock instead of switching to the numeric clock once it got dark.
Or Byron Nelson among others. Mr. Chris Schenkel broadcast PGA Golf events and NBA Games as well. And I enjoy his and Bud Wilkinson's Commentary to this day!🤔🎤🏈🏌️♂️⛳🏀📺B.W.
that halftime show is about as much a time capsule onto late 60s america as you could get. glee clubs. ucla's band playing christmas music and a christmas tree (they'd be on an apology tour at 9 a.m. the next morning today). the flag in the card section. what's with the dry ice? was that a usc gag on ucla's band (pretty creative if it was)? anyhow, a very interesting window into what the country was like in 1968.
I was 9 years old watching this game. My dad had just purchased a color television June of 1968. Thanks for the posting. Now I'm waiting for someone to come up with the USC vs UCLA game of 1969 we would have the 67, 68, 69, games here on RUclips.
That is a great story. You were leading the good life if you had a color TV set back in 1968. As for the 1969 game, that may be more difficult. I have never seen that listed anywhere. And none of the collectors I purchase games from have ever seen it. Maybe someone out there has it somewhere. Thanks for the comments.
1969 UCLA-USC full game (not from TV, just film) can be found on Randy Gaschler's page. One of the great defensive wars in Pac-8/10/12 history. Gaschler was an offensive lineman at UCLA from 69 (frosh)-72, and had several Bruin game films from that era...
This '68 game was an underrated classic in the USC-UCLA series. The fog rolling in lent a Candlestick Park-like dramatic vibe to proceedings. Inspired effort by Tommy Prothro's 2-TD underdog, injury-hampered Bruins, who had Trojans on ropes in 4th Q. My cousin was at the game, sitting in the closed end zone, and said the crowd noise kept getting progressing louder on that late UCLA march which almost got Bruins the lead deep into 4th Q. Refs had to quiet the crowd several times on that late drive. High drama late in game as Trojans seemed ready to be knocked from top of polls! Jim Nader played well for Prothro in relief of Bill Bolden that night, and save for a couple of runs, OJ had mostly tough sledding. The last TD with 25 seconds left was decorative for SC, this was a game Trojans could have lost. SC had many close calls in '68 (as in '69) and was knocked from top of polls after this close shave, with resurgent Ohio State, off of 50-14 romp past Michigan, moving up. SC was fortunate to escape with 21-21 tie vs ND next week in one of Joe Theismann's early highlights, and the Buckeyes took care of Trojans in Rose Bowl. It was still a very exciting year for SC...
Thank you so much for posting this epic video. The telecast is such a time capsule of American society and athletics.
If you want to see the way a sporting event should be, and the way a TV sportcast should be, look up the 2019 Women's College World Series between Oklahoma and UCLA.
This was the same day as the Houston 100, Tulsa 6 game. We need that footage!
This game started at 3 pm in Los Angeles, 6 pm Eastern Time. It was only the second nighttime live network telecast of a college football game. The first was the preceding week - Alabama at Miami.
I had no idea. That's really interesting to find out. I'll have to see if I can dig up the 'Bama at Miami game. Considering college football games have been broadcast since 1939 [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football_on_television], it's somewhat surprising to me that it took around 30-years before a nighttime game was broadcast live. I realize it's tough to shoot video without proper lighting, but I am still surprised. Thank you for that bit of information.
@@WallytheBronco LIghting certainly was an issue. Most football stadiums didn't have lights, and portable lights weren't in wide use until 1982 (Michigan at Notre Dame). Those that did have lights were mostly either in the Deep South or Southwest, or NFL stadiums (usually shared with MLB teams).
The other issue may have been the NCAA, which strictly limited telecasts of regular season games, but bowl games were outside their TV contract. The first bowl game televised at night was on January 1, 1965, when Texas upset Alabama in the Orange Bowl -- the same location of the first regular-season prime time telecast. There were several night telecasts in 1969 and later years, and they became an every-week thing starting in 1984 when the NCAA TV contract was voided by the US Supreme Court on antitrust grounds.
Unless you want to count the 1965 Orange Bowl on NBC between 'Bama (with a QB named Joe Namath) and Texas (who upset the top-ranked Tide).
@@byrd56 Namath scored when he called a sneak down at the Texas goal line. I know texas said he didn't but years later Tommy Nobis from texas admitted namath was across the goaline and refs called him short
@@johnmanier7968 Thanks for your comments in this thread. I'd like to contribute to the discussion by pointing out that the LA Coliseum hosted Super Bowl 1 with it being broadcast on TWO networks (there was one contract for the AFL and another for the NFL). Despite that happening, no intact recording of the broadcast has ever been located for either network. The Coliseum was the home field for both UCLA and USC in 1968 with significant TV production technical capabilities in the stadium. Therefore, it makes sense that a game in this stadium would be technically capable of being broadcast. The LA Coliseum was the site of the 1932 Olympics and the then-future 1984 Olympics. It will also partly host the 2028 Olympics.
After this game, Southern Cal remained #1 in the coaches’ poll, but the AP dropped them to 2nd, behind Ohio State, who demolished Michigan, 50-14. The following week, Notre Dame tied Southern Cal, 21-21, and had a big statistical edge in the game but blew a 21-7 halftime lead. Joe Theismann also threw a pick-6 on the opening series of the game. Ohio State rose to #1 in both polls and was named national champion by the coaches, who wouldn’t have a post-bowl poll until after the 1974 season. Southern Cal was #2 in both polls and could’ve won the AP national championship with a Rose Bowl win over OSU. But the Buckeyes won, 27-16, and were the consensus champions. The AP started conducting an annual post-bowl poll in 1968, after a one-off experiment in 1965.
Scott Hempel missed two field goal attempts for ND, including one very late in the game, that would have won it. ND held Simpson to 55 rushing yards.
I recall that Rose Bowl game where the Ohio State key starters were sophomores.
Come January 1, 1971 with those same Ohio State players, now seniors vying for a National Championship, playing against underdog Stanford, were in for a big surprise with Stanford's defense and the passing offense from QB Jim Plunkett.
Thanks for uploading this so much
45:00
I was two when this game was played. But we were a UCLA family. But when I went to Cal, I transformed into a Golden Bear. LOL
Pretty neat to see card sections! They should bring them back!
I was in the card section at Texas between 1981 and 1985. We put up the cards by the count of 1, 2, Stunt! I could hear the calls for the UCLA stunt during halftime.
37:42 - ABC was using RCA TK-41 cameras that day, which resulted in "blooms" around the Coliseum's light towers.
The lights were so bad at the Coliseum, Bill King used to say they did not even light the field when it was dark.
Ah! I was always wondering back, many decades ago, why the night games at the Coliseum seemed dim on my TV. I thought it was the brightness/contrast settings to my TV, which I didn't bother to adjust for those night games.
The same day as Harvard beats Yale, 29-29
"You're unlikely to even lay a glove on him (Simpson)..."
Yeesh....
1968 was the worst UCLA team of the Prothro era. 3-7 they finished that year.
They left the playing field all the way at the closed end even after removing the end zone bleachers. It wasn't until the 70s that the field would be shifted when the bleachers were removed. Interesting that they used the mechanical clock instead of switching to the numeric clock once it got dark.
17:38
WAIT A SECOND!
"SS" means Chevrolet's Sports Shop?
I've always thought it meant Super Sport...
Anyone else grow up thinking Chris Schenkell was just a bowling analyst? Where's Bo Burton Jr.?
I grew up seeing him as a college football announcer in the early 70s. I thought he went to bowling after he stopped announcing football.
He was a terrible football commentator. They gave him all the big games but should of been giving them to a young Keith Jackson
Or Byron Nelson among others. Mr. Chris Schenkel broadcast PGA Golf events and NBA Games as well. And I enjoy his and Bud Wilkinson's Commentary to this day!🤔🎤🏈🏌️♂️⛳🏀📺B.W.
@@kevbomevbo3492 He did bowling before he was taken off football.
Schenkel was their go-to guy for live events until the mid 70s. Guys like Al Michaels and Keith Jackson started to take over soon after.
2:31:40 they talk about the 29-29 harvard yale tie
The Juice !
Commentators:
Chris Schenkel & Bud Wilkinson.
And working the sidelines for that game was some young guy named Keith Jackson, who would take Chris' place nearly a decade after.
Thanks
@@byrd56 Jackson was already 40. Schenkel was 45, and Wilkinson was 52.
@@byrd56 Whoa, Nellie!
5:38 Keith Jackson as a sideline reporter.
Jackson interviewed ND quarterback Terry Hanratty a week later.
not maroon
that halftime show is about as much a time capsule onto late 60s america as you could get. glee clubs. ucla's band playing christmas music and a christmas tree (they'd be on an apology tour at 9 a.m. the next morning today). the flag in the card section. what's with the dry ice? was that a usc gag on ucla's band (pretty creative if it was)? anyhow, a very interesting window into what the country was like in 1968.
I’d never heard “It’s Great to Be a Trojan” before. I guess they phased it out.