Frozen Fight Between Iconic Rivals! (Raiders vs. Steelers 1975, AFC Championship)

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  • Check out the 1975 AFC Championship game highlights between the Oakland Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers!
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  • @calvinbealer7264
    @calvinbealer7264 Год назад +100

    Hard to Believe this game was 47 Years Ago. I remember watching this game as a 11 Year old. RIP Mr Franco Harris.

    • @kentkearney6623
      @kentkearney6623 Год назад +2

      Coke tabs for jerseys"Hey kid."

    • @jameswilson7790
      @jameswilson7790 Год назад +6

      Same here. I was 11 years and 2 and a half months old when this game took place.

    • @robertdore9592
      @robertdore9592 Год назад +2

      Big respect to Franco from a UK Raider fan, this game was full of mistakes uncharacteristic of player of this calibre.

    • @markcianfarani8777
      @markcianfarani8777 Год назад +1

      Steelers should bring back these older
      Uniforms..with the large numbers... the ones they use now. Dont really like them.
      In all honesty..

    • @markcianfarani8777
      @markcianfarani8777 Год назад

      I was 11 also..5/29/ 64..

  • @epm5433
    @epm5433 2 года назад +206

    This was one of the greatest rivalries in NFL history.

    • @peterferraiolo4071
      @peterferraiolo4071 2 года назад +12

      If not, it was the best. I’ll tell you one thing. It was definitely the most physical rivalry.

    • @jaycompany4886
      @jaycompany4886 2 года назад +5

      @@peterferraiolo4071 yes it was, they were clobbering every one in sight, especially Jack Tatum n Lambert

    • @peterferraiolo4071
      @peterferraiolo4071 2 года назад +2

      @@jaycompany4886 Also, when you see players like Swann and Bradshaw leaving the field like the way they did, you know it’s a rough game.

    • @CarlettoPuglia
      @CarlettoPuglia 2 года назад +3

      @@jaycompany4886 Also Atkinson, Blount, Villapiano, and Glen Edwards

    • @adamdorgant9454
      @adamdorgant9454 2 года назад +1

      You’re right about that!!!!

  • @fencer5411
    @fencer5411 2 года назад +186

    This is one of the great, unrecognized NFL games of all time. As a kid and a die-hard Raider fan, this was a tough loss. Even now, though, I appreciate what an incredible battle this was. Two outstanding, physical teams with a great deal of mutual dislike beating the tar out of each other on a frozen field in sub-zero wind chill and a Super Bowl berth on the line. Truly a man's game out there that day.

    • @jaycompany4886
      @jaycompany4886 2 года назад +6

      I agree....i was 11 then but, i loved the raiders....the following yr the raiders destroyed the vikes to win the SB...alot of characters on those 70 raider teams, starting with their head coach madden

    • @CarlettoPuglia
      @CarlettoPuglia 2 года назад +11

      @@jaycompany4886 yes and the Raiders should have won the AFC Championship in 1977 except the blind refs didn't see the fumble caused by Jack Tatum's harsh hit that knocked out the running back Rob Lytle. They would have played Dallas in the 1977 Super Bowl which would have been a great game.

    • @stephenlewis8498
      @stephenlewis8498 2 года назад +10

      If you are a Raider fan there are two little known facts about this game that would end an era for the Raiders. The first was this was the last game John Madden would wear a necktie as a coach. After this Madden would wear a more casual look. The second is this is the last game Stabler would hold for placekicks. The Raider would bring in a backup Quarterback who was also left handed named David Humm who would take over the holding duties and for the rest of his career Stabler would not have to do that.

    • @justjeph6927
      @justjeph6927 2 года назад +3

      Ok, die hard. I'm the only one picking up the Raider hate from the announcers? Subtle, but definitely present.

    • @louisalvarado4272
      @louisalvarado4272 2 года назад +3

      I’m a Texan, but since the days of Daryl Lamonica and George Bland, a die-hard Raider for life!!

  • @007ndc
    @007ndc 2 года назад +39

    As a kid I lived for these legendary AFC playoff games. Classic rivalry

  • @Fireyninjadog
    @Fireyninjadog 2 года назад +84

    The afc's powerhouses of the 70s. Can't get quite better than this

    • @chadanderson9872
      @chadanderson9872 2 года назад +8

      Really of the NFL as a whole. Whoever won these AFC Championships went on to dominate in their Super Bowls.

    • @stephaniegormley9982
      @stephaniegormley9982 2 года назад +6

      The only NFC team that had a 'snowball's chance in heck' was Dallas.

    • @CapeFear1
      @CapeFear1 2 года назад +12

      Dont forget Miami.

    • @adamdorgant9454
      @adamdorgant9454 2 года назад +4

      Not to mention the Miami Dolphins!!!!🏈🏈

    • @adamdorgant9454
      @adamdorgant9454 2 года назад +1

      @@CapeFear1 True!!!

  • @eric194
    @eric194 2 года назад +64

    Ray Guy is one of the best to ever do it every one of his punts shown impacted the game crazy

    • @luvlethr
      @luvlethr 2 года назад +6

      He hit the roof in the Super Dome once too! Had a hell of a leg.

    • @eric194
      @eric194 2 года назад +1

      @@luvlethr that’s insane! Never knew that lol

    • @jaycompany4886
      @jaycompany4886 2 года назад +7

      Best punter ever.

    • @ralphmelvin1046
      @ralphmelvin1046 2 года назад +4

      The man had a leg of steel, boy could he punt so high and so long

    • @timothykozlowski2945
      @timothykozlowski2945 2 года назад +3

      Still the only punter to be a number one draft pick.

  • @elijahhartle749
    @elijahhartle749 2 года назад +139

    This Steelers defense was so unbelievably good

    • @fredthompson4568
      @fredthompson4568 2 года назад +9

      Its intreaging to see this game from 1975, and then compare it to last Sunday's game in 2021.

    • @allanfuentes9694
      @allanfuentes9694 2 года назад +13

      More defense then before all the rule changes

    • @yeathatsright369
      @yeathatsright369 2 года назад +4

      Since the merger until now , the steelers are just that team 🏈

    • @jamesc5209
      @jamesc5209 2 года назад +11

      The Oakland D was not too shabby either back then. Arguably the most fearsome secondary of the 70s. Tatum and Atkinson were beasts.

    • @billm3706
      @billm3706 2 года назад +2

      @James Jones one of the most overated QBs ever. And a real jack ass.

  • @theoneandonlystork
    @theoneandonlystork 2 года назад +147

    Honestly, seeing all these primitive camera graphics actually feels good for some reason. It's weird, I wasn't even alive then, but it just feels nostalgic.

    • @robbierob808
      @robbierob808 2 года назад

      it's better then Black & white 😅🤣😂

    • @MisterMasterShafter1
      @MisterMasterShafter1 2 года назад +23

      Because it was much more about the game then, without all the shiny balls and commercial glitz.. ie; crap.

    • @stephaniegormley9982
      @stephaniegormley9982 2 года назад +5

      Video tape, even those of poor quality or black & white, always have that "live" quality to them.

    • @fredthompson4568
      @fredthompson4568 2 года назад +10

      I was 15 yo in 1975 and I sure miss these days..the 2000' suck.

    • @Sirharryflash82
      @Sirharryflash82 2 года назад +14

      @@MisterMasterShafter1 It was a better game then, they actually played defense. Now days the NFL has turned in to touch football and NBA fast break offense.

  • @ST0NE_206
    @ST0NE_206 2 года назад +139

    That was quite the decade for NFL. Great matchups, amazing dynasties (Steel Curtain), hilarious misery (Vikings), but most importantly… actual football.

    • @ST0NE_206
      @ST0NE_206 2 года назад +8

      @@QuiltHoncho What I mean by actual football is the Officiating wasn’t ruining games and screwing teams over. Oh and I first started watching football in *2008.*
      I still enjoy today’s football regardless, and I wasn’t even complaining. So chill out.

    • @MrBeyondbelief
      @MrBeyondbelief 2 года назад +2

      @@QuiltHoncho Like defying the law of gravity when you land on the QB??

    • @sandrabecht4489
      @sandrabecht4489 2 года назад +6

      No one ever thought there would be something stupid like a black national anthem....

    • @Lunzie
      @Lunzie 2 года назад +5

      Absolutely true!!!! Football was fun to watch back then!!!! Not now!!!!

    • @williamgessler1759
      @williamgessler1759 2 года назад +2

      Watching football in the late 60s and 70s as a kid was truly a Golden age.
      AFC Central was a dogfight year after year. The Wild card usually came out of that division.

  • @DeepH2Ov1
    @DeepH2Ov1 Год назад +51

    For those old enough to remember those Raiders vs Steeler games were war. They were the first 2 teams to meet 5 straight years in the playoffs. If I told people the number of Hall of Famers from these two teams that met repeadily, people wouldn't believe it. These two teams were so good, there were *12* turnovers and the two teams combined for only 26 points.

    • @1981expos
      @1981expos Год назад +8

      Just think that the Raiders QB TE 2 WR and 3 OL are HOF..Pitt had QB RB 2 WR and C in Canton.
      Oak D had 1 CB 1 LB and Pitt had 2 LB 1S and 1 CB and 1 DL
      Oak have K and P in HOF
      And the 2 coaches are top 10 and both in hall.

    • @jamesdye8473
      @jamesdye8473 Год назад +4

      When they played, it was respect personified!

    • @robbie192
      @robbie192 Год назад +2

      Yes, we can add 16 and 10
      5 straight times in the playoffs with the winner of the last 3 winning the super bowl

    • @ltjjenkins
      @ltjjenkins Год назад +5

      They need a 30 for 30 on this amazing rivalry. Oakland outplayed Pittsburgh in more than one. Oakland was considered an under achieving team by some.

    • @DeepH2Ov1
      @DeepH2Ov1 Год назад +4

      @@ltjjenkins, look at it this way, Under John Madden's 10 years coaching at that time the Raiders played in 7 AFC Championship games. In the 6 losses only Denver(and the Raiders got jobbed in the game. They would've repeated)didn't win the Superbowl, all the other teams they lost too in those games won the Superbowl. I don't think losing to the eventual Superbowl champs on 6 different occasions is underachieving. The Raiders lost to some great teams during that stretch.

  • @michaeldehass8626
    @michaeldehass8626 Год назад +29

    I'm almost sixty and I remember these games like it was yesterday watching them with my dad. Man those guys were so tough back then. Thank you for posting.

    • @g.t.richardson6311
      @g.t.richardson6311 Год назад +3

      I’m 61 , same

    • @rileyjackfansmithandjones8238
      @rileyjackfansmithandjones8238 Год назад +5

      So I'm 60.....can we all agree we had heart surgery? , I played hockey till 43, heart attack at 49.....still blame the Raiders

    • @davey6022
      @davey6022 Год назад +3

      @@rileyjackfansmithandjones8238 Watching the Raiders now days is going to give me a heart attack.

  • @SPTO
    @SPTO 2 года назад +56

    Now this is OLD SKOOL! It's before my time but as someone that appreciates history (and I was born in '79 so not TOO far behind my time) I really love this kind of stuff. This is what the young ones gotta see to learn the real history of the NFL. Great stuff here!

    • @randallbexell3481
      @randallbexell3481 2 года назад +6

      Amen, it's nice to watch a REAL football game and not see penalties for sneezing on the quarterback or the ticky tack interference penalties too. Thanks for posting.

    • @henrybrowne7248
      @henrybrowne7248 2 года назад +6

      Wonderful comment. I'd like to urge all RUclips users to explore our past. I'm doing it with music.

    • @davey6022
      @davey6022 Год назад +2

      True that

    • @Frip36
      @Frip36 7 месяцев назад

      Robert R Moore Esq. "Mr. Lambert I suspect you're going to make contact with me after the play is whistled dead. And with flagrant mal intent. Which WILL be caught on camera. As a lawyer I strongly advise you to reconsider. I'm sure you'll do the right thing." 11:17

  • @davidvenesky9053
    @davidvenesky9053 2 года назад +76

    Just listening to these names......Tatum, Atkinson, Hubbard, Stabler, Hamm, Swan, Bradshaw, Harris, Chuck Knoll, John Madden!!!! Just awesome! GOD? Can I please go back to 1975?

    • @davidvenesky9053
      @davidvenesky9053 2 года назад +13

      And oh by the way I forgot to mention Jack Lambert lol

    • @terrancethomas9792
      @terrancethomas9792 2 года назад +4

      There’s a commercial in about lawyers in Raleigh.:::
      Tatum and Atkinson, we’re the heavy hitters.
      I think the Raiders can sue them.

    • @terrancethomas9792
      @terrancethomas9792 2 года назад +9

      Branch, Biletnikoff, Casper, Swann and Stallworth.
      The Snake, the Mad Stork, the Ghost, Mean Joe, and Arrowhead.
      Now we know why they were great.

    • @josealfredohernandezuribe6163
      @josealfredohernandezuribe6163 2 года назад

      Yeap, good times

    • @radar0412
      @radar0412 2 года назад +1

      And Highway 63 Gene Upshaw. The Greatest Raider of them all!

  • @angrytacos5497
    @angrytacos5497 2 года назад +24

    70s raiders were a thing of beauty

  • @cshaffer8258
    @cshaffer8258 2 года назад +71

    God!! I miss those days! What a rivalry those 2 teams were! It seems like every year it was the Steelers and Raiders in the playoffs. Thank you for posting this! It was awesome to see even though I hated the outcome. Seeing the Snake and the Ghost connect again was really special! Wasn’t this the game that coach Knoll called the Raiders secondary a bunch of convicts? He was very upset about Swann getting knocked out. It might have been the following year! Lol 😂 if that game were played today, there would be a penalty flag on every play! That’s when football was at its best! Great years!

    • @osaji922
      @osaji922 2 года назад +4

      Knoll called them that after the '76 opener when Atkinson knocked Swann out again and Swann didn't even have the ball.

    • @terrancethomas9792
      @terrancethomas9792 2 года назад +4

      Frozen Rivers Stadium.
      The Steelers and, excuse me as I go into my John Facenda voice, Oakland Raidas.

    • @norbertrossi7925
      @norbertrossi7925 2 года назад +4

      Yes, indeed. Football as it was meant to be played.

    • @ThatGuy-xg5hj
      @ThatGuy-xg5hj 2 года назад +3

      Go Steelers 🔶♦️🔷🖤💛

    • @phishfearme2
      @phishfearme2 2 года назад +1

      criminal element

  • @MilePost106
    @MilePost106 2 года назад +28

    These were the best years of football!!!! They played the game and didn’t act childish like you see today!

    • @sludge4125
      @sludge4125 2 года назад

      TV ratings are sky high this year. The public loves today’s game. Maybe the problem is you. 🤪🤪🤪

    • @Artamusgordon
      @Artamusgordon Год назад

      @@sludge4125
      The NFL today is a mere shadow of what is was Back then. The players now jump up & down like they just won the SuperBowl after making a tackle, first down, or any other basic fundamental football move. It’s ridiculous. There’s no problem other than you not respecting someone’s opinion. Besides, TV ratings are different now & you’ve got more brain-dead morons that watch their Television Brainwashing Machine.😎

    • @robertferguson533
      @robertferguson533 Год назад +1

      @@sludge4125 I hear what you’re saying but there’s a whole lot of lamé stuff that’s popular today

  • @sports3117
    @sports3117 2 года назад +76

    This took place the year before Madden finally got a ring and then became what we all know him to be the greatest NFL color analyst of all time

    • @JamesGrinstead
      @JamesGrinstead 2 года назад +6

      Madden had to wait until 2006 to finally be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

    • @tyreepowell8367
      @tyreepowell8367 2 года назад +3

      @@JamesGrinstead He is a true football legend

    • @jefflouis3113
      @jefflouis3113 2 года назад

      Until Tony Romo

    • @PelicanGuy
      @PelicanGuy 2 года назад +1

      @@jefflouis3113 Nah, Romo can't touch Madden.

    • @8avexp
      @8avexp 2 года назад +2

      "Boom! Whap! Bang! Doink!"

  • @robertwallace183
    @robertwallace183 2 года назад +166

    Steelers/Raiders in the 1970's was Real Football. Back when Men were Men and Women were glad that they Were!

    • @jaycompany4886
      @jaycompany4886 2 года назад +18

      Yeah, not like today...when a player scores n waves bye bye, back in day do something like that....next time they see you're the one who's going bye bye, after a Jack Tatum hit.

    • @adamp3765
      @adamp3765 2 года назад +7

      Amen brother

    • @RodneyRae
      @RodneyRae 2 года назад +13

      And us little boys at the time grew up to be the masculine men we are today; and I have no desire to be a woman!!

    • @kd78orangerangerpete30
      @kd78orangerangerpete30 2 года назад +9

      What normal men should think like. 👍
      There have been far too many raised the wrong ways since this game took place. I am fortunate I was not. 🙏

    • @jrwoodson3927
      @jrwoodson3927 2 года назад +9

      Yeah girls was girls and men were men 🎼

  • @90sSportsNostalgia
    @90sSportsNostalgia 2 года назад +23

    Keep producing these classics from the '70s. Thanks a lot.

  • @drewcolquitt1288
    @drewcolquitt1288 2 года назад +9

    I remember watching this game on my grandfather's TV. A seven year old boy was reborn.
    Raider fan for life.

  • @mr.mendez9378
    @mr.mendez9378 2 года назад +9

    I remember these games like it was yesterday…. A young boy from Oakland watching these two rivals go at it.
    Thanks for the memories.

  • @chadanderson9872
    @chadanderson9872 2 года назад +57

    The best defense of the 70s vs the best o-line of the 70s. These games were brutal.

    • @kennycarlson9654
      @kennycarlson9654 2 года назад +3

      thought dallas had the best offensive line of the 70s

    • @chadanderson9872
      @chadanderson9872 2 года назад +7

      @@kennycarlson9654 Dallas had the best QB but Oakland had HOF’s Art Shell and Gene Upshaw at Tackle/Guard. Both are widely considered their best duo in Raiders history.

    • @davidcobb2693
      @davidcobb2693 2 года назад +8

      @@chadanderson9872 In 1975 Jim Otto retired after starting 210 consecutive games at Center, 1960-1974, so the Raiders had THREE Hall Of Fame offensive linemen in the 70's. How many HOF offensive linemen did Dallas have in the 70's besides Rayfield Wright? NONE! Mike Webster was a rookie for Pittsburgh in 1976 but he wasn't Pro Bowl caliber until 1978 so the Steelers 70's offensive line ranks 4th best of the 1970's,
      1. Oakland, 2. Miami, 3. Dallas, 4. Pittsburgh.

    • @johnnypastrana6727
      @johnnypastrana6727 2 года назад

      Pitts' D line won that battle multiple times.

    • @Lunzie
      @Lunzie 2 года назад +4

      You are so right!!! They hated each other there was no ands, if’s, or buts about it!!! The way football was supposed to be played!!!! Now you can’t even look at a QB!!!!!

  • @sports3117
    @sports3117 2 года назад +91

    The introduction to this game was something that is missing in today’s world

    • @ericpackers1700
      @ericpackers1700 2 года назад

      We need the 90s more it was more passing and smashmouth

    • @osaji922
      @osaji922 2 года назад +7

      @@ericpackers1700 No, screw the 90s as far as NFL goes. 70s all day.

    • @ericpackers1700
      @ericpackers1700 2 года назад +2

      @@osaji922 more offense in the 90s but still cracking heads on the field

  • @tino6846
    @tino6846 5 месяцев назад +2

    I had just turned 65 watching this game well I never would have thought I would still be alive

  • @benaiahyaaharalah7937
    @benaiahyaaharalah7937 2 года назад +12

    THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS VIDEO ON RUclips .I REMEMBER THIS BRUTAL. RIVALRY . I HAVE BEEN A STEELER FAN FOR 46 YRS BUT I RESPECTED THE RAIDERS RIP TO KENNY THE SNAKE STABLER.

  • @jasonllerena5526
    @jasonllerena5526 2 года назад +51

    This was George Blanda's last official game that he played in. What a great career he had. 26 consecutive years playing pro football.

    • @kennycarlson9654
      @kennycarlson9654 2 года назад +4

      tom brady, hold my beer lol

    • @davidcobb2693
      @davidcobb2693 2 года назад +3

      I loved George Blanda and one of my greatest memories is that I got to see him play in person, but he did NOT play in 26 consecutive years, he played in a total of 26 seasons, he did not play in 1959, he had retired. He played in 10 consecutive years from 1949-1958, retired and then he came back to play in 16 consecutive years from 1960-1975.

    • @mayhemjr.803
      @mayhemjr.803 Год назад

      Blanda was mathusula at the end of his career. He played in the 20's when players had to play in leather helmets!

    • @g.t.richardson6311
      @g.t.richardson6311 Год назад

      @@davidcobb2693 another western pa product

    • @davidcobb2693
      @davidcobb2693 Год назад +1

      @@mayhemjr.803 George Blanda was born in 1927, I don't think he was slinging TD passes and kicking FG's and extra points in 1929, though it was rumored he knocked out a sibling when he threw his baby bottle 50 yards striking them in between their eyes!

  • @cosmoevents21st56
    @cosmoevents21st56 2 года назад +273

    Back when football was football. Jack Lambert recovered the fumble like it was no big deal. He just got up and started running to the sideline. No running into the end zone doing stupid antics and showing off.

    • @justinhainley9663
      @justinhainley9663 2 года назад +25

      Couldn’t agree more

    • @Last_brain_cell555
      @Last_brain_cell555 2 года назад +41

      lol old men on the porch yelling for kids to get off the lawn type of dude right here

    • @timg2088
      @timg2088 2 года назад +26

      Didn't take the whole team to the endzone (where the cameras are) to help celebrate an interception or a 4th down stop.
      Fans would have thought you were a showboat.

    • @cosmoevents21st56
      @cosmoevents21st56 2 года назад +31

      @@timg2088 Yup. Different world back then and one I miss.

    • @timg2088
      @timg2088 2 года назад +13

      @@cosmoevents21st56 Ain't that the truth?!?!
      I would sit between my Dad and my big brother. Two men that I looked up to the most. Such great times and great memories over 40 years later.

  • @tedskins
    @tedskins 2 года назад +26

    Now this is a throwback!

  • @JayDogTitan-he6wo
    @JayDogTitan-he6wo 2 года назад +11

    This is awesome footage, I watched this game when I was 11 years old, I just remember that icy field.

  • @timg2088
    @timg2088 2 года назад +6

    These were the days of my youth. Such great memories watching this. Remembering how my dad would come outside and we'd throw the ball at halftime.
    This was around the holidays and my brother was in town. Good times...Great times! Curt Gowdy was one of the voices of my youth. Along with Dick Enberg, Pat Sumerall and of course John Madden.
    I enjoy watching these, and it just reminds me of how much the game has changed from the 70's when I was a football crazy kid to now and these 45+ point games and targeting issues.
    Thanks for posting

  • @seanpollack5897
    @seanpollack5897 2 года назад +7

    1975 football between oakland and Pittsburgh three afc title games from 74to76 will go down as the greatest football as ever played in any time span then or now

  • @chrismccormick6371
    @chrismccormick6371 Год назад +3

    I'm a lifelong VIKINGS FAN from Loudoun County, Virginia! I was going on 10 when this game was played! I couldn't stand these 2 teams! But I respected them ! I remember this game well! Love Curt Gowdy! The Pittsburgh Steelers/ Oakland Raiders games in the 70s were the best ever! Many stars! My choice for the two best teams ! As a kid you were in awe! Today's game is soft! I'm 56 now! Time marches on! 😎😎

  • @jtb3333
    @jtb3333 2 года назад +22

    I wish I was alive during this era of football. They style of play the camera angles and the commentary just feels good.

    • @jweyek
      @jweyek 2 года назад +3

      You are right. I'm 69 years old, and I miss the way they used to broadcast the games. The camera work was simpler. The announcers didn't run their mouths as much (hello Chris Collinsworth). It was more like being at the game.

    • @GBU61
      @GBU61 2 года назад +1

      I am old enough to remember watching the transition from the late 60s when there were two leagues into the 70s when, in my opinion, pro football was at its best. Games in the 70s, like this one, were fantastic!

    • @markheithorn3905
      @markheithorn3905 2 года назад

      Curt Gowdy was great.

    • @Lunzie
      @Lunzie 2 года назад +1

      It was good!!! I’m so glad I lived it!!!! I’ve been a Steelers fan for over 55 years!!!!!

    • @LiveINtheGood53
      @LiveINtheGood53 2 года назад

      I was a live then but I was 6 then and probably didn't remember a lot about this game, haha.

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 2 года назад +23

    Nice last minute for the Raiders. Needed one more play !

  • @sweetrobertos
    @sweetrobertos Год назад +8

    Best Decade of football. Several dominant teams. I am old enough to remember watching these games live.

    • @davey6022
      @davey6022 Год назад

      Same here

    • @Frip36
      @Frip36 7 месяцев назад

      You only have to be in your 50s to remember these games. So...

  • @alfaman4113
    @alfaman4113 2 года назад +20

    Players in those days never carried on with stupid antics after they made a good tackle or sack or touchdown or interception

    • @adamdorgant9454
      @adamdorgant9454 2 года назад

      You’re right about that!!!!

    • @haroldmccoy6748
      @haroldmccoy6748 Год назад

      The 70's was the decade in which players were promoting themselves with TD endzone celebrations ,celebratory motions after a good defensive play , the 70's ushered in a era in which the late baby boomers were eager to separate from various culture mandates of the previous silent generation. Every sport was populated with a fresh improv from it's younger late baby boomer brigade that challenged the old guards unwritten regulations rule of thumb . From uniform attire ,white shoes , gestures like ball spikes hi five ,dance routines , peace signs , mugging for the television camera inthe sign line ,the 70's were filled with game time extracurricular cantor by players . You can observe those actions on practically many 1970's decade teams season high lites .

  • @tomfrankiewicz7951
    @tomfrankiewicz7951 2 года назад +14

    Two great teams. Would love to see this game in its entirety

  • @fpopee
    @fpopee 2 года назад +16

    Football with actual hitting.... minimal pass interference calld....tackling by the head, forearm shivers, holding up ball carriers to force fumbles, trap blocking, high hits, low hits....great football. Watched this game on TV as a teenager

    • @sludge4125
      @sludge4125 2 года назад +2

      I question the maturity level of all these armchair warriors doing 12 ounce curls while whining that today’s warriors aren’t “real” men.
      Mike Webster used to use some type of stun gun so he could get a little sleep.
      It broke my heart to see Gale Sayers practically brain dead in his later years.
      Ever see Jim Otto in his later years?

    • @davey6022
      @davey6022 Год назад +1

      True football

    • @richardrobinson9815
      @richardrobinson9815 Год назад +3

      @@davey6022but it was also bad. Dropped passes. Inaccurate throws. QBs taking 5 mins to get the pass off. They’d get killed by a last place nfl team today. I loved the old Steelers but that was a display of errors not great plays

    • @michaelconnor5378
      @michaelconnor5378 Год назад

      @@davey6022Steelers won the Super Bowl on that field. Then two weeks later they played an exhibition against the Computer nerds (Cowboys) and collected trophy. It didn’t get any better than Steelers-Raiders

    • @joeseddit
      @joeseddit Год назад

      @@sludge4125 Uhhh...waitaminut. this is a rerun, innit?

  • @MaxAmerica.Freedom
    @MaxAmerica.Freedom 2 месяца назад +1

    Authentic NFL. Not the crap they've shown the past 30 years. Thanks for the upload.

  • @rafaelramirez1507
    @rafaelramirez1507 2 года назад +9

    Wow man those Raiders look incredibly tough , very impressive 👏

  • @chuckgraham1695
    @chuckgraham1695 2 года назад +12

    My first ever NFL game was watched in Sears, on the TV display they had. It was the 1972 playoff game between the Steelers and the Raiders. Even as a young kid, I fell in love with the brutalities of that game, the hits that just kept coming, the defense was surreal. (had no clue till later in my teens)
    Now in my late 50's, I still love those two teams, want them to be special again. The NFL is not the same, it's become more pussyified than ever (no offense to anyone) as they want more scoring. NOTHING says NFL more than brutal defense, players knocking the shit out of each other and coming back for more. To this day, I'm STILL a huge Steelers/Raiders fan.

    • @deaterk
      @deaterk 2 года назад +3

      Agreed on all counts Chuck! I am a Steelers fan by birthright (Born & raised not far from Pittsburgh) but a Raiders fan by choice! It doesn’t get any better than 70s Steelers AND Raiders.

    • @mayhemjr.803
      @mayhemjr.803 Год назад

      You're definately old school if you watched any sporting event at a Sears back then, or and shop that had TV''s in the windows

    • @Frip36
      @Frip36 7 месяцев назад

      "Even as a young kid, I fell in love with the brutalities of that game." Let me guess the style of t-shirt you wear.

  • @Jimmy_Hopkins15
    @Jimmy_Hopkins15 2 года назад +51

    Is just me or did football look more physical back then all those turnovers and hits

    • @7omni748
      @7omni748 2 года назад +10

      Football now might as well be flagged football.

    • @mr.majestic2667
      @mr.majestic2667 2 года назад +5

      Less rules.

    • @andrewlarson7
      @andrewlarson7 2 года назад +4

      i understand why they’ve made all these rules geared towards safety, but i still miss the older style with defenses actually being allowed to play defense...

    • @juandsilvera4634
      @juandsilvera4634 2 года назад +1

      Noticed that too ... much more dynamic (and violent) back in the day

    • @tonyreid3188
      @tonyreid3188 2 года назад +2

      NO YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY FING RIGHT IT'S A VIOLENT GAME AND YOU NEW THAT GOING IN NIT THIS BS OF TODAY!!!!!! BACK WHEN IF YOU WERE SCARED STAY ON THE PORCH!!!!!!

  • @montanaelkwhisperer1744
    @montanaelkwhisperer1744 2 года назад +7

    Jack Lambert was such an animal. One of the greatest players to ever wear the black and gold.

    • @thefrase7884
      @thefrase7884 2 года назад +2

      One word describes him. Awesome!!!! And I’m not even a Steeler fan

    • @montanaelkwhisperer1744
      @montanaelkwhisperer1744 2 года назад +1

      @@thefrase7884 and even awesomener that after his football career ended, he had a second career as a Game Warden!!

    • @aarondigby5054
      @aarondigby5054 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@montanaelkwhisperer1744wtf? I did not know that !!!

  • @CarlettoPuglia
    @CarlettoPuglia 2 года назад +6

    One of the hardest hitting games ever ! An NFL classic. Must be in the Top 10 games of all time.

    • @classicgalactica5879
      @classicgalactica5879 2 года назад +3

      Yep. This and the 1990 NFC Championship Game between the New York Giants and the San Francisco 49ers were the two most brutal Championship games ever played.

  • @robfalter2522
    @robfalter2522 2 года назад +7

    this along with the 1990 nfc title game between the niners and giants are the 2 most physical games i ever saw

  • @davidmurray5399
    @davidmurray5399 2 года назад +13

    You'll never see fans charge on to the field like that anymore.

  • @ericc2083
    @ericc2083 2 года назад +7

    I always loved Dandy Don Meredith, but he sure sounded totally gooned during this game. "Uuuhhhhhhh" followed by "Uuuuuuhhhhhhh" followed by "gulp, gulp, gulp". Classic Don.

  • @CutandShoot5x5
    @CutandShoot5x5 2 года назад +31

    The “Golden Era” of Football 🏈

  • @metalbent9078
    @metalbent9078 2 года назад +18

    Two awesome teams in that tough 70's AFC. I think these guys duked it out like five times in the playoffs 1972 to 1976.. 3 were for the AFC title if I'm not mistaken but what a rivalry.

    • @peterferraiolo4071
      @peterferraiolo4071 2 года назад +1

      During that stretch from 1972-76, The Raiders and Steelers met a total of 10 times. Once in the regular season and then once in the playoffs. That was for 5 consecutive years. My cousin Nick, who introduced me to the then Oakland Raiders in 1978 as a fan, was always on the edge of his seat 💺 when these 2 teams met. Great memories of watching football 🏈 like this from my youth.

    • @peterferraiolo4071
      @peterferraiolo4071 2 года назад +1

      Just a side note 📝 I watched football 🏈 around 1973-77 with my father but had no favorite 🤩 team at the time. I just enjoyed watching it. Thus, that’s where I came up with the watching football 🏈 from my youth comment. Still, it was so much more fun 🤩 watching the game flow back then.

  • @mshahnazi7636
    @mshahnazi7636 2 года назад +9

    The Great Curt Gowdy and Dandy Don Meredith commentary was fantastic for such an awe inspiring game. Raiders back then broke all of the rules and injured a lot of receivers and QBs. However, Steelers of 1970s were not a team to trifle with. The Awesome Steel Curtain of Mean Joe Green, L.C. Greenwood, Ernie Holmes and Dwight White along the magnificent Line backers of Andy Russell, Jack Lambert and Jam Ham. The secondary boasted Mel Blount, Donnie Shell, Mike Wagner and Glen Edwards. The great Terry Bradshaw was great QB under Horrible conditions with WRs John Stallworth and Lynn Swann along with TE Randy Grossman. What can you say about Rocky Bleier and Franco Harris as running Backs. This was a Loaded team and just the fact that Raiders kept it as close as they did in that Icy condition in Three River Stadium demonstrated their tremendous Mental and physical toughness. In this video I did not once hear the name of Raiders Hall Fame Wide receiver Fred Biletnikoff, however plenty of Dave Casper, Cliff Branch and Mike Siani. Kenny the Snake Stabler was also pretty good under that icy condition. There was genuine hate between these two teams, but also great respect. There were punches, Horse collar tackles, helmet slaps and were always after the whistle shenanigans going on. It was BRUTAL AND BEAUTIFUL at the same time. I watched this video with my 2 teenage sons, and they said: Dad in your youth people didn't play football; they killed each other. To which I said that' why it was so great. Just Magnificent.

    • @regano6775
      @regano6775 Год назад

      Fred Biletnikoff did not play in this game. I cant remember what his injury was but he was out. In fact, he did not play in the Raiders previous playoff game against the Bengals, or in the final regular season game against the division rival Chiefs.

    • @Frip36
      @Frip36 7 месяцев назад

      I believe Fred is Canadian. So he may have been fishing. @@regano6775

  • @jimmyplenderleith9471
    @jimmyplenderleith9471 2 года назад +5

    72-76 they played every year in the playoffs......Steelers won 3 and Oakland 2. Both won AFC Titles from the others (2 for PIT and 1 for OAK) One of the best rivalries in NFL History. Hatred, brutal play between two Championship caliber teams.......From 1972 - 1979 at least one of these teams played in the AFC Championship Game.....

    • @tonybunting1828
      @tonybunting1828 2 года назад +1

      They also played some great regular season games against each other during that same period. Truly an exceptional rivalry.

  • @selfdiscardedkingofruin7291
    @selfdiscardedkingofruin7291 2 года назад +4

    Born in '72. Been a Steelers fan before I can remember. Still have all my cards from the 70s on including a couple Bradshaw rookies.

  • @mekyelhall6041
    @mekyelhall6041 2 года назад +7

    When I imagine NFL throwback… this what I be thinking😂😂😂

  • @jorad4887
    @jorad4887 Год назад +7

    Hard hits, no silly calls, all brute strength and no referee biases!! No rigged games by the NFL this is what football should be played!

    • @Frip36
      @Frip36 7 месяцев назад

      "No silly calls" let certain players know that they should feel free to put a player in the hospital. Have you ever played football Jorad?

    • @jorad4887
      @jorad4887 7 месяцев назад

      @@Frip36 if that's the case how about boxing? Should we let them out on a helmet? This is a violent sport and should be violent and yes I played football and I'm still hurting from the hits 30 years so let's put more regulations on the sport soon it will be flag football

  • @blazer7731
    @blazer7731 2 года назад +8

    Watching these old games makes you realise how much we take the constant score box, timer and virtual 1st down markers for granted.

    • @JAWrightonline
      @JAWrightonline 2 года назад

      I like the scoring/timer graphic but the virtual first down marker is overkill. Like most of today's TV, too much on the screen. I pray theater movies don't deteriorate into that.

    • @blazer7731
      @blazer7731 2 года назад +1

      @@JAWrightonline I guess, but it does make it a lot easier to watch for the casual fans

    • @wastedanguish9927
      @wastedanguish9927 2 года назад +2

      Makes you realize how annoying all that crap is.

    • @JAWrightonline
      @JAWrightonline 2 года назад +2

      @@wastedanguish9927 I'm with you, W.A.

  • @Bigrosty44
    @Bigrosty44 2 года назад +7

    That was a whole lot of hard hitting with no flags. God I miss those days. The Raiders got em the next year. That was a real rivalry between 2 great teams.

    • @earachemyeye1751
      @earachemyeye1751 2 года назад

      No shit about the flags huh ! did you catch Swan getting carted off forearm to the head ☠️

    • @sludge4125
      @sludge4125 2 года назад

      Yep, as did so many others.
      I question the maturity level of all these armchair warriors doing 12 ounce curls while whining that today’s warriors aren’t “real” men.
      Mike Webster used to use some type of stun gun so he could get a little sleep.
      It broke my heart to see Gale Sayers practically brain dead in his later years.
      Ever see Jim Otto in his later years?

  • @smoothALOE
    @smoothALOE 2 года назад +8

    Damn, nice game! I need to watch more of these old school matchups.

  • @dsfddsgh
    @dsfddsgh 2 года назад +11

    Man Bradshaw had a gun for a arm.

  • @DASwitcha
    @DASwitcha 2 года назад +6

    They're playing like NFL Blitz on the PS1 out there

  • @robertdore9592
    @robertdore9592 Год назад +1

    Even though we lost...I love this game..

  • @akumawani
    @akumawani 2 года назад +38

    back when it was still a mans game- falling on that that field has gotta feel like falling on cold concrete..

    • @erik6162
      @erik6162 2 года назад +2

      Put some dirt on that wound
      Youll be fine

    • @sure2fckitupguy
      @sure2fckitupguy 2 года назад +1

      Pop that blister

    • @sludge4125
      @sludge4125 2 года назад

      Watch Franco run...out of bounds.

  • @danieljones8876
    @danieljones8876 2 года назад +6

    Randy Grossman and Mike Wagner were standouts in this game.

  • @oakchar
    @oakchar Год назад

    Thank you for showing VIDEO TAPE from the actual broadcast. Much better than the theatrical NFL Films.

  • @joeseddit
    @joeseddit Год назад +1

    During the 70s, this was a great rivalry in the playoffs. In the regular season, the whole AFC Central had a rivalry going on with each other.

  • @trevorhembrough1290
    @trevorhembrough1290 2 года назад +14

    Blanda’s last game

  • @brettshepherd5240
    @brettshepherd5240 2 года назад +4

    I'm so glad I was around to see this...later on that day, my rams got lit up by dallas

  • @kidmack3556
    @kidmack3556 Год назад +1

    I watched this game with my Step-Dad (finally lost him to Agent Orange poisoning about three years ago)
    These were my two favorite teams in the '70s, and this is still one of my all-time favorite games.
    Hoping someone posts the entire game, including the commercials.

  • @onepumpedbysweat
    @onepumpedbysweat 2 года назад +9

    Can’t wait for this weekend! Gonna be a really interesting and hard game!

  • @mikehelak8874
    @mikehelak8874 2 года назад +4

    When football was football. Pittsburgh was a running team for their first two Superbowls and a passing team for their last two. The Raiders were just tough, period. The only reason they knelt back then was because they usually just got done throwing up. Aahhh the good old days. Saw this live back in the day, I was a HUGE Steelers fan.

  • @edupbeat
    @edupbeat 2 года назад +4

    Terry had a canon!

  • @scottmitchell3641
    @scottmitchell3641 Год назад +3

    There are so many future NFL Hall of Fame players in this game. Amazing.

  • @rollotomassi6374
    @rollotomassi6374 Год назад +1

    I was a Baltimore Colts season ticket holder back then, and we had our hands full playing both of these powerhouses…..but the games were so different than they are now……the hitting was ferocious…..

  • @jaycompany4886
    @jaycompany4886 2 года назад +3

    Loved the intro, this was a fierce rivalry in the 70's, rip to my all time favorite QB Ken "the snake" Stabler

  • @princezaahir
    @princezaahir 2 года назад +4

    Classic 70s football. Being a Raider fan I hate the loss but love this era of football.

    • @davey6022
      @davey6022 Год назад

      I agree, they were special times.

  • @recoilrob324
    @recoilrob324 2 года назад +2

    I was at that game...two rows from the top of Three Rivers Stadium and -10F wind chill. Man...it was cold, so cold that the fellow behind me dropped a bottle of Sloe Gin that broke right between my feet and when I turned around to see what had happened I nearly fell down because that stuff froze solid almost instantly. Was there with my brother...and we left before the first quarter was over, hopped in the car and was home with a blanket and big bowl of popcorn for the start of the second half. Will NEVER go to another cold game like that again.

  • @Sweeney-Kubach
    @Sweeney-Kubach 2 года назад

    Two of the greatest Defenses ever to play the game of Pro Football. I was 4 years old when I watched this game with my family. There was a lot of cursing going on in my House that day. It was so cold in PA that words can't describe it. Thank you for sharing this video to the World.

    • @sludge4125
      @sludge4125 2 года назад

      You must be a wussy. It was 18 degrees Fahrenheit *above* zero that day.

  • @kenwesaw1944
    @kenwesaw1944 2 года назад +4

    Two very tough teams and teams kept their players for a long time so you knew both team's personality

  • @0668mpu
    @0668mpu Год назад +3

    That Pete Banezak fumble after the Raiders recovered a muffed punt was the play of the game. The Raiders failed to capitalize on all those Steelers mistakes and couldn't score. The first game I remember watching was the Sea of Hands game, became a Raider fan for life after that. Was crying after the '74 championship, and was equally disappointed in '75. Those games between the Raiders and Steelers were so intense, so brutally violent.

    • @marcuswilliams6840
      @marcuswilliams6840 Год назад

      @0768mpu Steeler fan here. Much respect for the Raiders and hope the two teams get back to that level soon. Then we can start seeing games like this again between you guys again!

    • @marcuswilliams6840
      @marcuswilliams6840 Год назад

      @0668mpu Sorry for the name misspelling, Raider Nation!😉

  • @douglasbagshaw807
    @douglasbagshaw807 2 года назад +2

    One of the greatest games ever played

  • @erics2739
    @erics2739 2 года назад +14

    real smashmouth football! No meek bs to say the least!

  • @dwaynegreen1786
    @dwaynegreen1786 2 года назад +3

    I’m a lifelong Raider fan and the Steeler defense was so great I remember the entire starting defense with arguably the best trio of linebackers ever. More than I can say for the Pittsburg stadium security. On that last play you couldn’t tell if Branch was in or out of bounds because of all the fans on the field. Great rivalry, great channel.

    • @MrBeyondbelief
      @MrBeyondbelief 2 года назад +1

      You sound exactly like the late owner of the vegabond RAIDERS, CRY CRY CRY CRY!!! GO STEELERS!

    • @24quorthonschuldiner62
      @24quorthonschuldiner62 2 года назад +3

      @@MrBeyondbelief Fuck the Squealers WE DA BEST!!! GO RAIDERS

  • @georgejones3104
    @georgejones3104 2 года назад +6

    The decade of 12 and they're all in the hall of fame so many greats and Staubach was my favorite and Bradshaw ripped my heart out twice lol but he had a cannon for an arm just flicked it from the elbow perfect spiral what a great decade of football

    • @pulsarlights2825
      @pulsarlights2825 Год назад

      Joe Namath, Ken Stabler, Bob Griese all wore number 12. and Tom Brady was born in 1977, does that count?

  • @bwicked3059
    @bwicked3059 2 месяца назад

    Awesome game. Thanks bud 🤜🏻🤛🏻

  • @markshuput5228
    @markshuput5228 Год назад +1

    This was real football. No roughing the passer flags, no targeting, no down by contact. I liked this video.

  • @johnward6699
    @johnward6699 2 года назад +8

    Listening to Gowdy and Meredith brings back so many memories. Much more enjoyable than Troy and Buck. Ugh

  • @leoderosia9279
    @leoderosia9279 2 года назад +4

    They had some brutal games ....the Steelers were the one team who would never back down to raiders

  • @devinjerryfreedomisfree4599
    @devinjerryfreedomisfree4599 2 года назад +1

    So cool to watch this old film.

  • @charliebabbitt3314
    @charliebabbitt3314 Год назад +1

    WOW!!!!!! What a game!!!!!!!! I felt every hit these guys were taking. Man did they put their bodies on the line. Very impressive on both sides!!!

  • @georgem3673
    @georgem3673 2 года назад +5

    It was a completely different game in the 70's. However, the players are so much better today that they wouldn't last if they played by 70's rules. That's why QB's like Brady last so long.

  • @bridesblade5307
    @bridesblade5307 2 года назад +4

    The punt at 3:31 was one of many of which Ray Guy would make in his career. It seemed like everytime he punted the other team was pinned in their own red zone.

  • @trailcutterii9827
    @trailcutterii9827 2 года назад +2

    What a Glorious Battle!

  • @jacksonj3082
    @jacksonj3082 6 месяцев назад +1

    Lot of head hunting in this game - and the sound of gun shots (or fire cracker) at 23:53 and nobody bats an eye - Madden walking off the field with no security at 26:08 - indeed, a different era. Loved how Stable often stood in the pocket, planted, no happy feet or hopping around, a statue scanning the field.

  • @xDomenator8796x
    @xDomenator8796x 2 года назад +6

    This is what we want!!!

  • @panama8009
    @panama8009 2 года назад +4

    Funny how Bradshaw try coming at Otis Sistrunk. Hilarious

  • @darrylsmith1471
    @darrylsmith1471 2 года назад +1

    Immaculate Reception in '72, then from 74, 75,76 the raiders and steelers met in the AFC title game to go to the Super Bowl.

  • @hammer44head
    @hammer44head Год назад

    It isnt till you get a bit older that you can truly appreciate how good we had back in the day, heck, even the broadcasters were legends, Gowdy and Dandy Don. Though i have always been a Viking homer those Raider/Steelers games were epic in the 70's and really enjoyed watching their games. AFC teams were so stacked in the 70's only the Cowboys from the NFC got a couple SB wins.

  • @redpillfreedom6692
    @redpillfreedom6692 2 года назад +5

    That old artificial turf combined with the icy conditions...yikes. That's a torn ACL waiting to happen.

    • @yancyjenkinssr1824
      @yancyjenkinssr1824 2 года назад

      But torn acl's weren't common bak then. That's the funny part

  • @pastorjimwalls5924
    @pastorjimwalls5924 2 года назад +3

    I watched this game as a nine year old kid in 75. This was REAL Football played by a tough caliber of men who loved contact !! We had community teams that played with helmets & shoulder pads and old blue jeans. We loved the full contact as well. In my opinion today's soft breed of players would have never made it back then.

    • @richardrobinson9815
      @richardrobinson9815 Год назад

      Pure delusion. teams today are coached by players from that era and would destroy those old teams

  • @adamdorgant9454
    @adamdorgant9454 2 года назад

    Great video!!!🏈🏈🏈🏈

  • @davidlee4446
    @davidlee4446 2 года назад +2

    It was this season I became a Steelers fan and have been one since