Houston Oilers uniforms were perfect. In today’s NFL all the best uniforms are from the 70s. Such as the Raiders, Cowboys, Steelers, Chargers, and Packers.
@@oldhickory4686 The 70's had the most iconic, most amazing helmets and uniforms. I LOVED the 1975(I think?) N.Y.Giants logo. The double lined NY. They used it for only a year if I remember correctly, but it was so cool of a logo. So unique and a really cool upgrade from the plain ny logo. Also the late 60's Washington Redskins helmet had a epic design. The Florida State Seminoles have a similar logo. A spear with a feather🪶, except the Redskins had a maroon colored helmet. Then the 1970 Redskins' helmet. The yellow🟡helmet with the ®️🪶 logo. These three examples are my all-time favorites. Also the 70's Philadelphia Eagles helmet and uniform were made extremely well too. The "Creamsicle" Tampa Bay Buccaneers 70's and early 80's uniforms were MUCH BETTER than the newest version by far! No offense to the Bucs. The classic Seahawks gray or silver looked better as well. As you both commented the 70's uniforms were much better than their 2020 counterparts. Especially the classic teams like you mentioned the ⭐🤠Cowboys🤠⭐, ⚡⚡Chargers⚡⚡, Steelers, Packers, and one of my favorites as a kid the🐬🐬Dolphins!🐬🐬 Yes looking back they all looked better. Even the Browns who weren't beaming with colors.....lol. Oh I forgot about one team, the Oilers. I forget the exact time or year, but the Houston Oilers before the white helmet had a blue version that was awesome! I grew up in the 70's, born in 1967, so many of the best versions of the 60's I missed out on and some of the early 70's as well. Except for magazines and old highlights, until I was so lucky and found these channels that show these legendary teams and games from my childhood. Until 1975-76, 77 I was a little kid with the concentration of a gnat. I was all over the place...lol. I do remember my Dad and Grandpa taking me to a Packers game @ County🏟Stadium🏟 in Milwaukee. Green Bay Packers versus the Detroit Lions🦁 and we got our butts kicked. I can't remember exactly what the score ended up as. It was 30? to 13? 17? Again I can't remember exactly. But the 70's & 80's hold some amazing memories, childhood experiences, adventures, friends, and family. Everything was better it seems. 📺📺TV📺📺 shows back then? Much better. M*A*S*H, S.W.A.T., Emergency!, the Brady Bunch, and movies? Smokey & the Bandit! Epic! 🎃👻🎃🎃🎃👻🎃Halloween👻🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃👻 , Friday the 13th (1980 still epic!), Alien, and my all-time favorite STAR WARS! Some of the most iconic and outrageous horror movies as well... as I've mentioned above 🎃Halloween🎃, 👽Alien👽, Rosemary's Baby, the Omen, and the mother of all horror 🎬movies🎬 the Exorcist.
@@EdsterIII Yes, I read the whole thing. Lol! I had to look at that NY helmet, because it was before my time. Looks great, but I always loved the GIANTS name on it, maybe because L.T. looked so tough with him glaring out the facemask. Back then times were more creative, and ideas were allowed to flow. As compared to now, where if you oppose the official narrative, your comment/idea will be deleted or dropped down the memory hole. It's George Orwell's book 1984 coming to life. Those things you mentioned hold great memories for me. I'm a Christian, so I now view those as passing pleasures of life. I look for an eternal home now. The antichrist is soon to appear and times will get worse and worse until the end.
From 1978-80 Houston was GREAT ✊Pastorini took a pounding from the AFC Central back then 💪 I’m now 59 and loved The Vikes 💔 Classic era to have been young ✨
Not quite............the Players back then did not make the kind of money that Players make today. MEANING.......a lot of these guys had to have regular jobs in the off season. 1973 Defensive Player of the Year, Dick Anderson of the Dolphin's "No Name Defense" from the early '70's was also a Lawyer during his playing days. Hall of Famer Bobby Bell of the late '60's and early '70's Chiefs was a used car salesman during the off season. Chuck Bednerik of the 1960 NFL Champion Philadelphia Eagles was a Concrete Construction Worker in the off season, earning the nickname "Concrete Charlie". MEANING.........these Players from that era weren't full time Athletes. The Players today are Bigger, Stronger, and Faster than what we saw back then, making the Games we see today better. 1971 NFL MVP Alan Page of the Famed "Purple People Eaters" played Defensive Tackle at a mere 240Lbs!!!!!!! Can you picture ANYONE playing that position at that weight nowadays???????
@@markparker1353 What a myopic POV. These players would have access to modern training, etc, so they WOULD be as big. C'mon, man. Please continue reading... What SB Mang means is the game was more enjoyable. Teams stayed together for years.They started out going 4-12, then 6-10, then 9-7, before finally getting to the playoffs. They'd lose to a great team, then come back the next year and win to get to then conference championship. Then they might eventually get, and perhaps win a SB. Fans watched the growing pains, and relished in the ultimate victories. Today, one of your favorite players just gets up and leaves for more money. Teams win a SB, like the Rams, and then they can't even make the playoffs the next year. That sucks. Today, you might have 5-6 dudes who play for the same team more than 5 years, Back then, you knew all the players on your team. Today, you might be able to name the QB and a few skill players, and a few key defenders. There's no cohesiveness. Even great franchises like Pittsburgh, have a revolving door. SB Mang means the GAME was better, not that the players were better or bigger or faster. You rooted for your team, and you loved your players, many of them on the team for more than 10 years, through good times and bad. They were heroes, and they were a huge part of the community. Most of them retired in the cities they played in, and built businesses and raised their families. $$$ has ruined that part of the game of the 70'-80's. Take the Oilers - Pastorini went 1-13 in each of his first two seasons. Elvin Bethea was on those teams too. Then, they got Sid Gillman, with Bum as the DC. They started building the team over 4-5 years, adding Ken Burrough, Mike Barber, Tim Wilson, Rob Carpenter, Ronnie Coleman, and the stout defense... until they finally got a HOF player named Earl Campbell. He was the missing ingredient to a solid team. To watch the Oilers finally, FINALLY, be competitive was so so so satisfying. Pastorini was abused and sacked for years. Bethea anchored a solid defense that played hard, but lost a lot. To watch these guys, who you knew were talented, get to play on a winning team? Ecstasy. Pure joy. Houston didn't win a SB, but it sure FELT like they did. After the '78 AFC Championship game loss to the Steelers, 25,000 of us showed up at the Astrodome, and welcomed them home. The next year, over 100,000 people showed up. EVEN THOUGH THEY LOST!!! We appreciated the heart and effort, and the perseverance of the guys who played through the lean years. We celebrated them. Denver was the same way. They finally traded for a good QB, Morton, and got to the Super Bowl. Denver became a football crazy town. Today, you just go overpay for a few players and compete for a few years, then disintegrate. If you're not old enough to have experienced this older era, you will never understand what he's talking about. Peace
@@comfortat completely agree. The game was more rooted...it had a soul. You saw teams steadily climb up, and sometimes great teams with veteran cores that would disintegrate with age. The NFL had more of a lifectycle back then. Today it's...hey let's build a super team of mercenaries. The Bucs of late with Brady...mercenaries. The Broncos when they went all in with Manning. The Rams of a few years a go. And yes there is far too much player movement, the teams themselves have lost their identities. Teams go from bad to good to bad to good to bad to good
NBC usually had the AFC teams (often a 4:00 game involving a West Coast AFC team)-CBS had the NFC (usually one of the teams had to be Dallas), and ABC had Monday Night Football. What a great setup.
@@kevinjohnson4599 Well it's not crap, but I agree it's gotten pathetic to watch. This entire PG-ERA crap, nothing offensive, could be considered remotely offensive, or anything that can be taken as rude, obnoxious, cruel, or has any possibility of possibly becoming or making someone offended somewhere in the galaxy or beyond. The SJW has made everything so weak, so pitiful, and so friggin' BORING!😴💤😴💤😴! Okay yeah it's crap, you are right, I apologize, sorry, now that I've remembered what it's become NOW.... UGH!💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩 What a load of💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩!
Thankfully with RUclips we can go back to relive it. Only one Wild card game per conference. Now I believe we are up to 3 apiece. My appreciation begins as I recall knowing all the names of players on both of these teams on offense and defense. It was difficult to crack the starting lineup back then and with good reason-veteran stalwarts on both defenses. Oilers holding opposing team to under 100 yards passing for most of the game and then sacking Morton repeatedly. Steinfort’s missed FG attempt which faked out the truck that put up the wrong graphic, and Dawson confused an upright from a crossbar. That sequence was riveting as it was a crucial moment that played into strategy for remainder of the game. Nielsen, Carpenter and other backups to save the day. Bingham to pick off a late pass attempt … Haven Moses with a key play while trying to drive for the winning score. An amazing game to see with the reflection from seeing it live as a 14 year old and seeing it again with the unfortunate lens of a now strangely diluted game of pinball offense of the 2020’s.
I was an ecstatic 14 year-old Oilers fan, who's dad was the best on that day in scoring us nice tickets to that game. Seats around the 30 yard line, pom-poms & Luv Ya Blue cards in hand & the roof off the ol' Astrodome barely staying on.! 🏈 Thank you Dad & love you..! 💔
That is an awesome memory! Thank you for sharing this with us. My Dad and Grandpa I remember taking me to a Packers game at Milwaukee County 🏟Stadium🏟 back in the 70's. We lost, but it was a awesome memory and an adventure that as a kid I watched in awe! Much later I got to see more games and I was lucky enough to see the Packers play the Lions again but this time at Lambeau Field in a playoff game and this time we won! I have some amazing memories from the NFL and especially the MLB! The Brewers were awesome! I really miss the 70's! They were awesome in every way, shape, and form!
@@terryfonteno431 I suppose that is me as well. I was born in 1967. My childhood memories are from the 70's and early 80's. We didn't need📱📲Smart🤳📱📲Phones🤳📱📲 or the🕸world🕸wide🕸web🕸🕸 instead we used out imagination! I remember the NFL Today, Irv Cross, Brent Musberger, Jayne Kennedy, Phyliss George, and Jimmy the Greek. It was epic! Monday Night Football was at its best in the 70's. I used to love the Half-Time Highlights! I'd beg Mom and Dad to let me stay up and watch them. Everything was so much better, safer, life was just amazing compared to the lunacy of today.
I don't recall why I missed this game and the game the following week. This game was played 23 December 1979. The Oilers offense was just adequate this day but except for the Broncos first possession the defense did the bend but not break and at times absolutely shut the Broncos down. The Oilers had lost Pastorini, Campbell and Burrough by early in the second half. Also In the second half the Oilers defensive line caused the Broncos offensive line to hold on some critical situations and sacked and intercepted Morton on other critical situations. Admittedly it was just a Wild Card playoff game but it was one fourth of the high water marks of the Luv Ya Blue era of the Houston Oilers.
Last year the Broncos would be in the play-offs until 1983.... John Elway's rookie year. They would go 9-7... and lost at Seattle in the WC game...which also saw Randy Gradishar retire at the end of the season... This was really the last year the 4 Great Bronco LBs of Gradishar,Swenson,TJ and Joe Rizzo... Bob Swenson and Joe Rizzo both were hurt early in 1980 and missed most of the season...in 1981 when Dan Reeves took over for Red Miller ...Reeves cut Rizzo coming off a knee inury..Swenson was all-pro and made the Pro-Bowl in 1981... 82 was a mess cuz of the strike... 1983 Swenson was hurt again early in the season at Baltimore I think..season ending injury never played again...I really loved watching those Bronco defenses of the late 70s..Broncos always have had great defenses.... 2015 Super Bowl winning team arguably the nest Broncos defense ever ...but the Original Orange Crush of 1977.... even if they came up short in SB-12 vs the Cowboys....they were something special...as well..
Denver had such a great Cinderella season in 1977, it's sad they couldn't repeat the magic. Either they regressed after Broncomania, or they played over their heads with enthusiasm that season. They were routed by Pittsburgh in 1978, 33-10, then this and any players left over by 1983 experienced the trouncing by Seattle, 31-7. Both these last two losses happened indoors which was a far cry from Denver's strength at Mile High. A dynasty that never happened, just like Philadelphia, San Diego, Tampa Bay and Atlanta around the same time.
The broncos were stilled outstanding. The steelers game was very competitive until a costly turnover led to a score and then a fumble on the kick I believe Bradshaw goes for the juggler to slam the door on a good bronco team. Lyle alzado leaving Haven Moses retiring billy Thompson and Morton as well not too mention Swenson constant injuries really took a toll but from 76 to that 83 team the broncos were always a tough order on the schedule. Soon Elway arrived was it 84? and the rest is history
There is a point where the Announcer runs through injuries of several players...all were still playing in spite off. Todays players? Otis Armstrong a gifted runner also played through injuries his whole career. Ironically he was like a player today physically imposing although just 5ft 9 he was an amazing 220 pounds. Yet like today's backs he was always hurt. This was a great game between two great teams and the game was won by the home crowd team. The one game where the homefield meant the winning team.
Love that era of Football but it is amazing that so many teams were so set with the mindset that the only way to pass the Football was the traditional 3 step drop and throw. Dallas was really the only team I remember really using a lot of the shotgun formation. Houston had use it with Pastirini but not so much. Morton was getting killed back there. He was playing injured and it seemed like everytime he got set to throw he was getting hit or about to be hit. Now a days every team is practically playing out of the shotgun even on running plays. Teams using 4 receiver sets and with the rules protecting the QB's it's just a totally different game. I bet some of these old school QB's wish they could play with today's rules that so favor the passing game and would have had these 4 receiver sets to work with.
One of these days, Morton will get his due. His stats were way better than Namath's, and his teams were much more successful. He led two different franchises to their first Super Bowls, and was in the playoffs 8 different times, and at age 38, threw 21 TDs and only 14 INTs with a QBR of 90.5. In 1981, the Broncos were 10-5 under Craig's leadership, losing the only game he did not start in Dan Reeves first year as head coach, missing the playoffs. He would play sparingly the following season, his last, giving way to Steve DeBerg. If you discard the 3 years he played for the woeful Giants in the mid 70's, he threw 154 TDs and 138 INTs. He was a tough, solid QB in the age of knocking the Quarterback out anytime you could. On second thought, if they haven't recognized him by now, they never will. I'm not saying he was as good as Bradshaw, but, just as a case study: Morton 54.2%, 27908 yds, 183/187 TD/INT, 2 SBs, 73.5 QBR Bradshaw 51.9%, 27,989 yds, 212/210 TD/INT, 4 SBs, 70.9 QBR And Bradshaw was finished at age 35. Peace
The 1981 Broncos & Craig Morton were very good thru most of that season. But, he faded some & with virtually no running game, the 10-5 Broncos stalled in the season finale & missed the postseason. That was Morton's last full year & Elway arrived by 83 to usher in a new era for Denver. 🏈
I grew up a Steelers fan, but admired the Oilers under Coach Phillips. So glad Houston shoved denver out of the playoffs here. I honestly wish they had got past my Steelers just once to win a Super Bowl of their own. The Oilers deserved to win one.
Great game, thanks for uploading. I like the chess-like games like this. The most recent example was the Baltimore v Pittsburgh encounters with Ed Reed and Troy Polamalu etc. Low scoring, bruising match ups. I find the modern game of short passing a little tedious sometimes.
2:06:40 .... What a play in the clutch. Listen to Charlie Jones with the call. Wow. Vernon Perry had one of the greatest playoff performances I ever witnessed a player have that season. This play, then the unbelievable game he had against SD, made him look like a hall of famer. Then in the AFC Championship game, he picked off Terry Bradshaw and took it to the house to put Houston up 7-0. Amazing!
Hearing Charlie Jones reminds me so much of a 4pm game every Sunday on NBC.....San Diego, Oakland, ect... It's weird how just hearing peoples voices on the call vividly takes you back to your youth.
@@beeemm2578For whatever reason Listening to Charlie is the one thing that takes me back to my childhood. I loved the 4pm game. Especially during an Indiana winter. It was cool to see sunshine and it seems like Charlie called all those games.
That catch by Ronnie Coleman @ the 6:00 mark would’ve been reviewed a dozen times in today’s NFL before they FINALLY ruled it a catch. Miss this era of football... 🏈
This game marked the beginning of the end for the Red Miller era. It became apparent that he went to the Super Bowl mostly with John Ralston players. He couldn't elevate the team to the next level. After the 80 season he was gone. Rip.
Growing up in Houston during the Oilers hey day ~~ I thought Dan Pastorini was the greatest. Truth is ~~ he was terrible. Even in his best season he threw more interceptions than touchdowns. Thank God for Earl Campbell.
@@barrye5376 Barry E You are correct, today's game is made for video game stats. During the 70's football was football, played by men and NFL management hadn't yet fully restricted defensive players.
He was okay... not a great QB but still pretty good. That era was different. Timing routes and the execution of a pass game was way different back then. If a quarterback completed 52-55% of his passes, he was alright. TD to interceptions ratios weren’t the greatest. Even Terry Bradshaw threw a lot of interceptions - his 1979 numbers weren’t so hot....
Dude truth be told a lot of them struggled. Fouts, Bradshaw, Namath, and Stabler to name a throw. Defense could jam bump after 5. Just a different era. They would probably be gods nowadays.
You've sure got that right. Very difficult to compare eras. Case in point: Terry Bradshaw - four Super Bowl rings, 212 career TD passes, 210 career INT''s. He was only +2 for his career, and he actually had fewer TD passes than INT''s until his last two seasons. his career completion percentage? 51.9%. He played for a team that had smart college scouts, a great coach, a solid system, a VERY good offensive line, a better-than-average running back, two absolutely-superb wide receivers, and a top-notch, stifling defence. A lot of QB careers are the product of timing and opportunity. Take away a couple of those items above, and Terry Paxton Bradshaw doesn't even get the chance to play in a Super Bowl, let alone win four of them. Although he's considered one of the greats at his position, his personal statistics don't bear that out. But then again, as someone smarter than me once said, "statistics are for losers".
Unfortunately, the Oilers always had problems with quarterback. Pastorini was mediocre, then they were smart to get a new quarterback but stabler was shot by then.
Dan Pastorini had requested the trade the previous year, after losing to Pittsburgh at three rivers stadium. It was and still is considered one of the most heartbreaking losses for Houston. Pastorini acknowledged to his head coach ; that when they meet Pittsburgh in the next years championship. Two years in a row, 78-79 seasons. Pastorini said that should he lose the second championship in a row, he wanted to be traded. Bum Phillips took Pastorini up on his request on the flight back from the second three rivers loss. Ken Stabler 'R.I.P.! became available due to some legal troubles, Stabler was allegedly carrying a large quantity of an illegal grass across state lines. His home was in Alabama. This embarrassed Mr. Davis. so the trade was mutually satisfactory for both Quarterbacks. Pastorini had also punched a reporter after a game. He was perfect for the Raiders. 1980 he was injured in the fourth game. Plunkett in relief. Pastorini was traded after recovering from his broken fibula to the Los Angeles Rams. He competed and won the starting position in a number of games . Pastorini ended his career as a Philadelphia Eagles. Jawz, was traced to the Chiefs. it was his last year in the NFL. Dan Pastorini is a Class act. Oakland would have won the super bowl with Pastorini had his injury not sidelined for the season. Pastorini matched up very well against Bradshaw, Morton, Zorn, Sipe, Stabler, Ferguson. He had zip.
Same pattern as the previous year's Wild Card game, when the Dolphins scored an early TD to tie the game against Houston, then spent the rest of the game being curb stomped by the Oiler defense. Not sure if the Denver offense was s_____ or Houston's D was great and in peak form. About a decade later, Denver got playoff revenge dealing Houston one of it's seven straight playoff exits (1987-1993) in Mile High.
The most stupid trade in NFL history. Pastorini for Stabler. Gave Al Davis 2 Superbowls while Houston does not even have a whole football team. Except a bunch of clowns with USFL underwear.
I am still asking myself how did this Houston Team without Dan Pastorini and Earl Campbell go into San Diego the following week and defeat the mighty Chargers.
@@Jiltedin2007 From what I remember the Charger defense was awful. But Fouts had interceptions as well. I like him as a QB, but in the Houston game, he was throwing some Oregon Ducks up there.
When miami won back to back chiefs an colts were still great teams. Then take raiders, steelers. Then broncos in 75 on oilers77on. You have7 teams who won a Super bowl or played i or lost in afc final 3 yrs in row. San diego, cinn, browns. Afc was brutal. Bills an pats also had 2 3 years runs. Nfc. Vikes, dallas,rams, skins were only teams who were solid in that decade.
Earl Campbell was in avg shape,but still he ran all day,according to Bum Philips that's the way he liked it,But when the snake arrived..Earl seemed to enjoy sharing the backfield with another legend,because they thought Kenny would put them over where Dante Anthony Pastorini Jr. failed in his 2 losses against the mighty PITTSBURGH STEELERS. Of course they were WRONG!!!
The Broncos had so many chances. They can only blame themselves. Tony Fritsch looked like a guy they recruited from a bar, and put a helmet on his head and told him to "kick it". That interception Pastorini threw was awful.
I have to say these older games are just better all around! Everything from the 70's and 80's seems to be better in every aspect! From Football, to Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, and even Pro Wrestling. Actually especially Pro Wrestling. Everything now has such a pathetically inept worry system it makes NOTHING fun anymore. What if someone says the New York Giants team name is offensive to "little people" or even really tall people? OMG! Or if the Arizona Cardinals name, you learn that 🐦Birds🐦 are offended by it?!? Or even the N.Y.Jets? What if pilots or worse yet the ✈✈airplanes✈✈ themselves are offended by this blatantly rude, insensitive, and offensive name. Or wait, what about those 🤠🤠COWBOYS?🤠🤠 I mean THEY were the ones who murdered the Redskins! OMG WHY ARE WE GLORIFYING THEM? GIVING THEM A⭐STAR?⭐ Oh man! Or the 🐻🐻❄Bears?🐻❄🐻 the🦁🦁Lions?🦁🦁, the 🐯🐯🐅Bengals?🐅🐯, or the🐎🐎Broncos?🐎🐎 or even the 🐴🐴Colts?🐴🐴 What about the 🦅🦅Eagles?🦅🦅 First their used as a mascot for the🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 without their permission I might add and now they are slapped on the side of a helmet? I am outraged, NAY OFFENDED! HOW CAN WE STAND BY WHEN ANIMALS, Warehouse workers (Packers), and even fish and 🐬🐬Porpoises🐬🐬 are being used? Yes this is a ridiculous and foolish comment. But so is the Situation that we live in nowadays! Where a fart can be deemed offensive to a gender or race. Or a burp or sneeze can become a offensive thing. Instead of worrying, crying, or renaming NFL, MLB, or ANY OTHER TEAMS, WHY NOT WORRY ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IMPORTANT! THINGS THAT AFFECT US! THINGS THAT ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE FOR REAL AND NOT SOME MADE UP WASH AWAY GUILT CRAP YOU HAVE? Instead of GASP A TEAM CALLED THE REDSKINS? EEEEK! Maybe put your efforts towards people STARVING? OR KIDS WITH NO FOOD?! BTW I AM A INDIAN! Ooops a Native American Indian, I'M SORRY! SO SORRY! Actually I'm only sorry for the rant! For the SJW's I couldn't care less!
Does anything make your blood boil more than lazy clock management? Around the 2::00:30 mark we see Morton ambling back to the huddle, briefly put his hands on his waist like it's the opening drive of the game. Was Mike McCarthy an assistant coach with Denver???? Was Morton channelling Donovan McNabb scratching his ass in the dying minutes of the SB 25 years later against the Pats?
The Broncos slow demise after the '77 season is partly because the incipedly daft front office wouldn't give Alzado the contract he deserved. NFL franchises ask players to restructure their contracts all the time, but the fact that a player is outplaying his pay rate means nothing to the franchise. The fants ought to be duly pissed when somebody like Alzado is traded over money, but they generally side with the franchise like they hate the player they think of as greedy, but don't bat an eye at the franchise which is also greedy.
Denver front office didn't like Alzado-he came to Cleveland and did OK for a few years but wasn't the force he was in Denver-later went to the Raiders and resumed a great career. RIP Lyle Alzado. Great guy who was a lot nicer than his persona was made out to be.
The 1979 Oilers were very good - probably their best team - the defense in particular. Very tough to beat. Curly Culp had a whale of a game! (And the Houston punter should be recognized - not sure how many times he punted out of bounds inside the 20 but he seemed uncanny at being able to do it!) Poor Craig Morton! Not very mobile and his pocket instincts were awful. Notice how he tried to step up several times as his protection was collapsing and ended up being sandwiched by Houston’s linemen.... If only he had the ability to move outside better, he could’ve done real damage. Oh well!
I heard or read a story bout Pastorini . Bum took the team out fo barbecue at the swinging do restaurant in Richmond and pastorini walked in with Farrah Fawcett if your to young to know who she is to bad for you for being young
It’s sad the oilers just never could get it done and win a Super Bowl. For me the Warren Moon era was much better than the Pastorini / Campbell era. Pastorini was horrible and Campbell was way over rated.
Campbell overrated ? I respectfully disagree my fellow knowledgeable sports fan . What else was he supposed to do ,sale team merchandise during time outs . Earl Campbell was The Oilers ,the defense complimented him second .The Oilers depended upon him so much ,that Bum Philips and his offensive coordinator literally ran him into the ground .Pastorini wasn't good enough as a passer to relieve Campbell of incessant game winning ball carrying duties .Earl Campbell is a top 100 all time player ,top 10 all time Rb. Pound for pound ,one of the most impactful non QB offensive players in NFL history ,pre/ current modern NFL era . His duration wasn't lengthy ,but his emmense impact was ,Gayle Sawyers ,Terrel Davis hof performance years in short time frame .
One mistake ..they (todays players)are not as athletic or as gifted. Today athletes have all the advantages of training apparatus and facilities, dieting, and intense coaching. But take this away they have no advantage whatsoever. The difference is yesteryears players magnificent desire to play a game that for most was a step up in life. The players were motivated by passion of the game. Team owners must have had billions in just thier savings account due to gross underpay of the pkayers. Anyway back to the point the athlete was more naturally gifted and tougher especially the athlete from the country deep south. These players were better and like Earl, Louis Wright, Tom Jackson, Dan Pastorini, Gradishar and others from other teams like Walter Payton, Dorsett were just better period and with all those training advantages if they were in todays game in thier primes, the players starting for those teams today would be backups or looking for a job.
What an awful playoff game !!! Even with the new Mel Blount rule !!! How many pass completions did either have to a WR ?? Seems only backs and TE caught the ball !!!! The QB s were TERRIBLE!!! More int than tds. I see why the Steelers won back to back Super Bowls they got the ball to their receivers and ran 3 receiver sets and became a passing team the majority of the NFL teams were stuck in the 60s.
I agree 👍 💯, also the Steel Curtain was still top tier formidable in 78and 79 ,which also greatly contributed to that NFL record second repeat ,still never equaled or surpassed 43 years later . The Steelers offense were a turnover parade waiting to happen , especially in a vast near top league abundance in both 78'79 .The Steel Curtain minimized the severity of those Barnum and Bailey circus turnovers ,not allowing opposing offenses to register any points or occasionally limiting them to a fg . Mel.l Blount ,and his fellow Steelers defensive backs adjusted well to the rule change as well as the iconic Steelers offense .Worst kept secrete about those 78'79 Steelers,they were still a dominant defensive team , Steel Curtain personified ,without that defense being adamant in stuffing offenses ,the Steelers don't capture another SB after 75 . If Pittsburgh dosent go into a prevent defense after roaring out to a 35 -17 lead over cowboys in SB 13 ,with 6 minutes left in contest ,stay in basic 43 personell ,they shut cowboys out ,remainder of game . Steelers defensive coordinator stated afterwards,if they remained in basic defense ,cowboys could have had 2 extra periods and they weren't going to score anymore points against that defense .NFL history would remember the 78 Steelers defense more favorably if they had .
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Houston Oilers uniforms were perfect. In today’s NFL all the best uniforms are from the 70s. Such as the Raiders, Cowboys, Steelers, Chargers, and Packers.
I agree. And I love the helmet logo. The Broncos pants needed to go though.
@@oldhickory4686 The 70's had the most iconic, most amazing helmets and uniforms. I LOVED the 1975(I think?) N.Y.Giants logo. The double lined NY. They used it for only a year if I remember correctly, but it was so cool of a logo. So unique and a really cool upgrade from the plain ny logo. Also the late 60's Washington Redskins helmet had a epic design. The Florida State Seminoles have a similar logo. A spear with a feather🪶, except the Redskins had a maroon colored helmet. Then the 1970 Redskins' helmet. The yellow🟡helmet with the ®️🪶 logo. These three examples are my all-time favorites. Also the 70's Philadelphia Eagles helmet and uniform were made extremely well too. The "Creamsicle" Tampa Bay Buccaneers 70's and early 80's uniforms were MUCH BETTER than the newest version by far! No offense to the Bucs. The classic Seahawks gray or silver looked better as well. As you both commented the 70's uniforms were much better than their 2020 counterparts. Especially the classic teams like you mentioned the ⭐🤠Cowboys🤠⭐, ⚡⚡Chargers⚡⚡, Steelers, Packers, and one of my favorites as a kid the🐬🐬Dolphins!🐬🐬 Yes looking back they all looked better. Even the Browns who weren't beaming with colors.....lol. Oh I forgot about one team, the Oilers. I forget the exact time or year, but the Houston Oilers before the white helmet had a blue version that was awesome! I grew up in the 70's, born in 1967, so many of the best versions of the 60's I missed out on and some of the early 70's as well. Except for magazines and old highlights, until I was so lucky and found these channels that show these legendary teams and games from my childhood. Until 1975-76, 77 I was a little kid with the concentration of a gnat. I was all over the place...lol. I do remember my Dad and Grandpa taking me to a Packers game @ County🏟Stadium🏟 in Milwaukee. Green Bay Packers versus the Detroit Lions🦁 and we got our butts kicked. I can't remember exactly what the score ended up as. It was 30? to 13? 17? Again I can't remember exactly. But the 70's & 80's hold some amazing memories, childhood experiences, adventures, friends, and family. Everything was better it seems. 📺📺TV📺📺 shows back then? Much better. M*A*S*H, S.W.A.T., Emergency!, the Brady Bunch, and movies? Smokey & the Bandit! Epic! 🎃👻🎃🎃🎃👻🎃Halloween👻🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃👻 , Friday the 13th (1980 still epic!), Alien, and my all-time favorite STAR WARS! Some of the most iconic and outrageous horror movies as well... as I've mentioned above 🎃Halloween🎃, 👽Alien👽, Rosemary's Baby, the Omen, and the mother of all horror 🎬movies🎬 the Exorcist.
@@EdsterIII Yes, I read the whole thing. Lol!
I had to look at that NY helmet, because it was before my time. Looks great, but I always loved the GIANTS name on it, maybe because L.T. looked so tough with him glaring out the facemask. Back then times were more creative, and ideas were allowed to flow. As compared to now, where if you oppose the official narrative, your comment/idea will be deleted or dropped down the memory hole. It's George Orwell's book 1984 coming to life. Those things you mentioned hold great memories for me. I'm a Christian, so I now view those as passing pleasures of life. I look for an eternal home now. The antichrist is soon to appear and times will get worse and worse until the end.
Current Broncos ,Bengals ,Eagles ,are better then 70''s unis
Oilers baby powder blue . i never liked their uniforms
From 1978-80 Houston was GREAT ✊Pastorini took a pounding from the AFC Central back then 💪 I’m now 59 and loved The Vikes 💔 Classic era to have been young ✨
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Love Charlie Jones and Len Dawson was great too.
Charlie Jones will always be the voice of the AFL/AFC until Enberg-Olsen emerged
Brutal game. The Oilers survived more than they won. Thank you for sharing this.
I agree. The Broncos had so many chances.
Typical Bum Phillips. He's lucky they won this game.
Loved the uniforms of both teams and the game too.
Not those orange pants though.
@@oldhickory4686Agree. Really ugly
From tackling to officiating, football back then was just a better game.
Not quite............the Players back then did not make the kind of money that Players make today. MEANING.......a lot of these guys had to have regular jobs in the off season. 1973 Defensive Player of the Year, Dick Anderson of the Dolphin's "No Name Defense" from the early '70's was also a Lawyer during his playing days. Hall of Famer Bobby Bell of the late '60's and early '70's Chiefs was a used car salesman during the off season. Chuck Bednerik of the 1960 NFL Champion Philadelphia Eagles was a Concrete Construction Worker in the off season, earning the nickname "Concrete Charlie". MEANING.........these Players from that era weren't full time Athletes.
The Players today are Bigger, Stronger, and Faster than what we saw back then, making the Games we see today better. 1971 NFL MVP Alan Page of the Famed "Purple People Eaters" played Defensive Tackle at a mere 240Lbs!!!!!!! Can you picture ANYONE playing that position at that weight nowadays???????
@@markparker1353 What a myopic POV.
These players would have access to modern training, etc, so they WOULD be as big. C'mon, man. Please continue reading...
What SB Mang means is the game was more enjoyable. Teams stayed together for years.They started out going 4-12, then 6-10, then 9-7, before finally getting to the playoffs. They'd lose to a great team, then come back the next year and win to get to then conference championship. Then they might eventually get, and perhaps win a SB. Fans watched the growing pains, and relished in the ultimate victories. Today, one of your favorite players just gets up and leaves for more money. Teams win a SB, like the Rams, and then they can't even make the playoffs the next year.
That sucks.
Today, you might have 5-6 dudes who play for the same team more than 5 years, Back then, you knew all the players on your team. Today, you might be able to name the QB and a few skill players, and a few key defenders.
There's no cohesiveness. Even great franchises like Pittsburgh, have a revolving door. SB Mang means the GAME was better, not that the players were better or bigger or faster. You rooted for your team, and you loved your players, many of them on the team for more than 10 years, through good times and bad. They were heroes, and they were a huge part of the community. Most of them retired in the cities they played in, and built businesses and raised their families. $$$ has ruined that part of the game of the 70'-80's.
Take the Oilers - Pastorini went 1-13 in each of his first two seasons. Elvin Bethea was on those teams too. Then, they got Sid Gillman, with Bum as the DC. They started building the team over 4-5 years, adding Ken Burrough, Mike Barber, Tim Wilson, Rob Carpenter, Ronnie Coleman, and the stout defense... until they finally got a HOF player named Earl Campbell. He was the missing ingredient to a solid team.
To watch the Oilers finally, FINALLY, be competitive was so so so satisfying. Pastorini was abused and sacked for years. Bethea anchored a solid defense that played hard, but lost a lot. To watch these guys, who you knew were talented, get to play on a winning team? Ecstasy. Pure joy.
Houston didn't win a SB, but it sure FELT like they did. After the '78 AFC Championship game loss to the Steelers, 25,000 of us showed up at the Astrodome, and welcomed them home. The next year, over 100,000 people showed up. EVEN THOUGH THEY LOST!!! We appreciated the heart and effort, and the perseverance of the guys who played through the lean years. We celebrated them.
Denver was the same way. They finally traded for a good QB, Morton, and got to the Super Bowl. Denver became a football crazy town.
Today, you just go overpay for a few players and compete for a few years, then disintegrate.
If you're not old enough to have experienced this older era, you will never understand what he's talking about.
Peace
Totally agree with this comment. Teams now look radically different from year to year.
@@comfortat completely agree. The game was more rooted...it had a soul. You saw teams steadily climb up, and sometimes great teams with veteran cores that would disintegrate with age. The NFL had more of a lifectycle back then. Today it's...hey let's build a super team of mercenaries. The Bucs of late with Brady...mercenaries. The Broncos when they went all in with Manning. The Rams of a few years a go. And yes there is far too much player movement, the teams themselves have lost their identities. Teams go from bad to good to bad to good to bad to good
@@timburr4453Something is definitely missing. The game seems plastic. No heart. No soul. No spirit.
Back in the day when there were only three channels on television.
And you had to "dial" it in! Our TV, my dad used tinfoil.
NBC usually had the AFC teams (often a 4:00 game involving a West Coast AFC team)-CBS had the NFC (usually one of the teams had to be Dallas), and ABC had Monday Night Football. What a great setup.
Campbell vs. Gradishar. Football back in the day was awesome
That was Dan Pastorini's last game ever played in the Astrodome.
I just love watching these oldy but goody NFL games from the 70s and 80s
Same here pal because this was when football was football. The NFL is now CRAP & isn't worth watching anymore.
@@kevinjohnson4599 Well it's not crap, but I agree it's gotten pathetic to watch. This entire PG-ERA crap, nothing offensive, could be considered remotely offensive, or anything that can be taken as rude, obnoxious, cruel, or has any possibility of possibly becoming or making someone offended somewhere in the galaxy or beyond. The SJW has made everything so weak, so pitiful, and so friggin' BORING!😴💤😴💤😴! Okay yeah it's crap, you are right, I apologize, sorry, now that I've remembered what it's become NOW.... UGH!💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩 What a load of💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩!
Same here 👀I’m 59 now and loved my Vikes 💔 ( 1969-2009) 40 years was enough, but these were wonderful years ✨
Me too!
Wish I could jump into a time machine and goo back remember watching this game when i was 14
I was 16 and watched this ad a fan of both teams
Thankfully with RUclips we can go back to relive it. Only one Wild card game per conference. Now I believe we are up to 3 apiece.
My appreciation begins as I recall knowing all the names of players on both of these teams on offense and defense. It was difficult to crack the starting lineup back then and with good reason-veteran stalwarts on both defenses. Oilers holding opposing team to under 100 yards passing for most of the game and then sacking Morton repeatedly. Steinfort’s missed FG attempt which faked out the truck that put up the wrong graphic, and Dawson confused an upright from a crossbar. That sequence was riveting as it was a crucial moment that played into strategy for remainder of the game. Nielsen, Carpenter and other backups to save the day. Bingham to pick off a late pass attempt … Haven Moses with a key play while trying to drive for the winning score. An amazing game to see with the reflection from seeing it live as a 14 year old and seeing it again with the unfortunate lens of a now strangely diluted game of pinball offense of the 2020’s.
I was an ecstatic 14 year-old Oilers fan, who's dad was the best on that day in scoring us nice tickets to that game. Seats around the 30 yard line, pom-poms & Luv Ya Blue cards in hand & the roof off the ol' Astrodome barely staying on.! 🏈 Thank you Dad & love you..! 💔
Seems most people who love this era of football where between 12-16.... The years you DREAM FOOTBALL
That is an awesome memory! Thank you for sharing this with us. My Dad and Grandpa I remember taking me to a Packers game at Milwaukee County 🏟Stadium🏟 back in the 70's. We lost, but it was a awesome memory and an adventure that as a kid I watched in awe! Much later I got to see more games and I was lucky enough to see the Packers play the Lions again but this time at Lambeau Field in a playoff game and this time we won! I have some amazing memories from the NFL and especially the MLB! The Brewers were awesome! I really miss the 70's! They were awesome in every way, shape, and form!
@@terryfonteno431 I suppose that is me as well. I was born in 1967. My childhood memories are from the 70's and early 80's. We didn't need📱📲Smart🤳📱📲Phones🤳📱📲 or the🕸world🕸wide🕸web🕸🕸 instead we used out imagination! I remember the NFL Today, Irv Cross, Brent Musberger, Jayne Kennedy, Phyliss George, and Jimmy the Greek. It was epic! Monday Night Football was at its best in the 70's. I used to love the Half-Time Highlights! I'd beg Mom and Dad to let me stay up and watch them. Everything was so much better, safer, life was just amazing compared to the lunacy of today.
Great hard hitting game.
From 78 to 81, Campbell was the best running back i ever watched.
Brian Boyle He was outstanding.
No question about it! He was incredible!
@CJ So?
I don't recall why I missed this game and the game the following week. This game was played 23 December 1979. The Oilers offense was just adequate this day but except for the Broncos first possession the defense did the bend but not break and at times absolutely shut the Broncos down. The Oilers had lost Pastorini, Campbell and Burrough by early in the second half. Also In the second half the Oilers defensive line caused the Broncos offensive line to hold on some critical situations and sacked and intercepted Morton on other critical situations. Admittedly it was just a Wild Card playoff game but it was one fourth of the high water marks of the Luv Ya Blue era of the Houston Oilers.
Hard hitting game and beautiful picture quality
Remember watching this game
Robert Brazile and Randy Gradishar.
Both underappreciated.
I think Brazie is in the HOF, which is something you can't say for Gradishar, who had a HOF career if anybody did.
@@paulmicheldenverco1 Brazile is in the hall of fame.
Thank you dad for getting me in to see this close one.! What a thrill for this then 14 year-old.! Love & miss you pop & "Luv Ya Blue".!
Last year the Broncos would be in the play-offs until 1983.... John Elway's rookie year. They would go 9-7... and lost at Seattle in the WC game...which also saw Randy Gradishar retire at the end of the season... This was really the last year the 4 Great Bronco LBs of Gradishar,Swenson,TJ and Joe Rizzo... Bob Swenson and Joe Rizzo both were hurt early in 1980 and missed most of the season...in 1981 when Dan Reeves took over for Red Miller ...Reeves cut Rizzo coming off a knee inury..Swenson was all-pro and made the Pro-Bowl in 1981... 82 was a mess cuz of the strike... 1983 Swenson was hurt again early in the season at Baltimore I think..season ending injury never played again...I really loved watching those Bronco defenses of the late 70s..Broncos always have had great defenses.... 2015 Super Bowl winning team arguably the nest Broncos defense ever ...but the Original Orange Crush of 1977.... even if they came up short in SB-12 vs the Cowboys....they were something special...as well..
Thank you for posting this video
And the video quality is awesome!
@@oldhickory4686sure is
The great Charlie jones
Denver had such a great Cinderella season in 1977, it's sad they couldn't repeat the magic. Either they regressed after Broncomania, or they played over their heads with enthusiasm that season. They were routed by Pittsburgh in 1978, 33-10, then this and any players left over by 1983 experienced the trouncing by Seattle, 31-7. Both these last two losses happened indoors which was a far cry from Denver's strength at Mile High. A dynasty that never happened, just like Philadelphia, San Diego, Tampa Bay and Atlanta around the same time.
The broncos were stilled outstanding. The steelers game was very competitive until a costly turnover led to a score and then a fumble on the kick I believe Bradshaw goes for the juggler to slam the door on a good bronco team. Lyle alzado leaving Haven Moses retiring billy Thompson and Morton as well not too mention Swenson constant injuries really took a toll but from 76 to that 83 team the broncos were always a tough order on the schedule. Soon Elway arrived was it 84? and the rest is history
There is a point where the Announcer runs through injuries of several players...all were still playing in spite off. Todays players? Otis Armstrong a gifted runner also played through injuries his whole career. Ironically he was like a player today physically imposing although just 5ft 9 he was an amazing 220 pounds. Yet like today's backs he was always hurt. This was a great game between two great teams and the game was won by the home crowd team. The one game where the homefield meant the winning team.
Elvin Bethea #65 of the Houston Oilers
Career Accomplishments
Houston Oilers (1968-83)
8x Pro Bowl selection
5x All Pro selection
Hall of Fame
Bring on the Oiler videos! Thanks for upload.
When the NFL was awesome.
Love the houston oilers and earl campbell
Love that era of Football but it is amazing that so many teams were so set with the mindset that the only way to pass the Football was the traditional 3 step drop and throw. Dallas was really the only team I remember really using a lot of the shotgun formation. Houston had use it with Pastirini but not so much. Morton was getting killed back there. He was playing injured and it seemed like everytime he got set to throw he was getting hit or about to be hit. Now a days every team is practically playing out of the shotgun even on running plays. Teams using 4 receiver sets and with the rules protecting the QB's it's just a totally different game. I bet some of these old school QB's wish they could play with today's rules that so favor the passing game and would have had these 4 receiver sets to work with.
One of these days, Morton will get his due. His stats were way better than Namath's, and his teams were much more successful. He led two different franchises to their first Super Bowls, and was in the playoffs 8 different times, and at age 38, threw 21 TDs and only 14 INTs with a QBR of 90.5.
In 1981, the Broncos were 10-5 under Craig's leadership, losing the only game he did not start in Dan Reeves first year as head coach, missing the playoffs. He would play sparingly the following season, his last, giving way to Steve DeBerg.
If you discard the 3 years he played for the woeful Giants in the mid 70's, he threw 154 TDs and 138 INTs. He was a tough, solid QB in the age of knocking the Quarterback out anytime you could.
On second thought, if they haven't recognized him by now, they never will. I'm not saying he was as good as Bradshaw, but, just as a case study:
Morton 54.2%, 27908 yds, 183/187 TD/INT, 2 SBs, 73.5 QBR
Bradshaw 51.9%, 27,989 yds, 212/210 TD/INT, 4 SBs, 70.9 QBR
And Bradshaw was finished at age 35.
Peace
Kenny Andersen. Bengals.
@@dskywalker3397 He should be in the HOF. He was way better than Fouts.
They should only allow shotgun on 3rd and 4th down in todays game. Would make everything more interesting including defensive play and running plays.
Ironically, this is the last playoff game the Broncos would play in before John Elway came to Denver.
What is ironic about it?
The 1981 Broncos & Craig Morton were very good thru most of that season. But, he faded some & with virtually no running game, the 10-5 Broncos stalled in the season finale & missed the postseason. That was Morton's last full year & Elway arrived by 83 to usher in a new era for Denver. 🏈
This was also the first and last playoff game at the Astrodome until the Warren Moon era.
What does it say about this era of the NFL that I come on here to read everyone's comments more than viewing the game. Amazing stuff!
I grew up a Steelers fan, but admired the Oilers under Coach Phillips.
So glad Houston shoved denver out of the playoffs here.
I honestly wish they had got past my Steelers just once to win a Super Bowl of their own.
The Oilers deserved to win one.
I'll go as far as to say the Oilers should still be in Houston.
My personal time machine
Love both teams unis back then.
The Broncos unis are outstanding
The great Charlie Jones doing the game
Wow. Guys making big plays and walking back to the huddle like they have done it before.
Amazing, isn't it? pro football used to be great back then.
I can't believe Tom Jackson & Randy Gradishar aren't in the Hall of Fame.. It's Sad Canton Continually Disappoints Me SMFH
Great game! I watched this game from northern CA. It was pouring rain that day!!!
Great game, thanks for uploading. I like the chess-like games like this. The most recent example was the Baltimore v Pittsburgh encounters with Ed Reed and Troy Polamalu etc. Low scoring, bruising match ups. I find the modern game of short passing a little tedious sometimes.
Same here
2:06:40 .... What a play in the clutch. Listen to Charlie Jones with the call. Wow. Vernon Perry had one of the greatest playoff performances I ever witnessed a player have that season. This play, then the unbelievable game he had against SD, made him look like a hall of famer. Then in the AFC Championship game, he picked off Terry Bradshaw and took it to the house to put Houston up 7-0. Amazing!
Hearing Charlie Jones reminds me so much of a 4pm game every Sunday on NBC.....San Diego, Oakland, ect... It's weird how just hearing peoples voices on the call vividly takes you back to your youth.
@@beeemm2578For whatever reason Listening to Charlie is the one thing that takes me back to my childhood. I loved the 4pm game. Especially during an Indiana winter. It was cool to see sunshine and it seems like Charlie called all those games.
1:43:10 Damn, he had some major league distance on the FG attempt.
Morton took a beating
The game back then was much more authentic the players played with more passion for the team and its fans
Thanks Virgil Moody
That catch by Ronnie Coleman @ the 6:00 mark would’ve been reviewed a dozen times in today’s NFL before they FINALLY ruled it a catch. Miss this era of football... 🏈
Boy you're sure right about that
This game marked the beginning of the end for the Red Miller era. It became apparent that he went to the Super Bowl mostly with John Ralston players. He couldn't elevate the team to the next level. After the 80 season he was gone. Rip.
Fun fact: Huston Oliers mascot, Roughneck was at the game during wild card playoffs
Growing up in Houston during the Oilers hey day ~~ I thought Dan Pastorini was the greatest. Truth is ~~ he was terrible. Even in his best season he threw more interceptions than touchdowns. Thank God for Earl Campbell.
That was pretty standard back when the defense could be alot more physical - by todays stats its considered terrible
@@barrye5376 Barry E You are correct, today's game is made for video game stats. During the 70's football was football, played by men and NFL management hadn't yet fully restricted defensive players.
He was okay... not a great QB but still pretty good. That era was different. Timing routes and the execution of a pass game was way different back then. If a quarterback completed 52-55% of his passes, he was alright. TD to interceptions ratios weren’t the greatest. Even Terry Bradshaw threw a lot of interceptions - his 1979 numbers weren’t so hot....
Dude truth be told a lot of them struggled. Fouts, Bradshaw, Namath, and Stabler to name a throw. Defense could jam bump after 5. Just a different era. They would probably be gods nowadays.
You've sure got that right. Very difficult to compare eras. Case in point: Terry Bradshaw - four Super Bowl rings, 212 career TD passes, 210 career INT''s. He was only +2 for his career, and he actually had fewer TD passes than INT''s until his last two seasons. his career completion percentage? 51.9%. He played for a team that had smart college scouts, a great coach, a solid system, a VERY good offensive line, a better-than-average running back, two absolutely-superb wide receivers, and a top-notch, stifling defence. A lot of QB careers are the product of timing and opportunity. Take away a couple of those items above, and Terry Paxton Bradshaw doesn't even get the chance to play in a Super Bowl, let alone win four of them. Although he's considered one of the greats at his position, his personal statistics don't bear that out. But then again, as someone smarter than me once said, "statistics are for losers".
A 50.3 percent completion rate, 14 touchdowns and 18 interceptions? A QB with those stats wouldn't make the practice squad today.
Truth.
Today's QBs throw 14 TD in a month
it was a lot harder to throw the ball back then.
what a catch by Coleman at 6:00.
Muy buen juego
Mike Adamle reminding me how much I miss Pam Oliver or Armin Katayen 1:45:16
Unfortunately, the Oilers always had problems with quarterback. Pastorini was mediocre, then they were smart to get a new quarterback but stabler was shot by then.
Why did the Oilers trade Pastorini for Stabler ?
Dan Pastorini had requested the trade the previous year, after losing to Pittsburgh at three rivers stadium. It was and still is considered one of the most heartbreaking losses for Houston. Pastorini acknowledged to his head coach ; that when they meet Pittsburgh in the next years championship. Two years in a row, 78-79 seasons. Pastorini said that should he lose the second championship in a row, he wanted to be traded. Bum Phillips took Pastorini up on his request on the flight back from the second three rivers loss. Ken Stabler 'R.I.P.! became available due to some legal troubles, Stabler was allegedly carrying a large quantity of an illegal grass across state lines. His home was in Alabama. This embarrassed Mr. Davis. so the trade was mutually satisfactory for both Quarterbacks. Pastorini had also punched a reporter after a game. He was perfect for the Raiders. 1980 he was injured in the fourth game. Plunkett in relief. Pastorini was traded after recovering from his broken fibula to the Los Angeles Rams. He competed and won the starting position in a number of games . Pastorini ended his career as a Philadelphia Eagles. Jawz, was traced to the Chiefs. it was his last year in the NFL. Dan Pastorini is a Class act. Oakland would have won the super bowl with Pastorini had his injury not sidelined for the season. Pastorini matched up very well against Bradshaw, Morton, Zorn, Sipe, Stabler, Ferguson. He had zip.
Same pattern as the previous year's Wild Card game, when the Dolphins scored an early TD to tie the game against Houston, then spent the rest of the game being curb stomped by the Oiler defense. Not sure if the Denver offense was s_____ or Houston's D was great and in peak form. About a decade later, Denver got playoff revenge dealing Houston one of it's seven straight playoff exits (1987-1993) in Mile High.
Love Houston Oilers fight song
Stolen from the Miami Dolphins
The most stupid trade in NFL history. Pastorini for Stabler. Gave Al Davis 2 Superbowls while Houston does not even have a whole football team. Except a bunch of clowns with USFL underwear.
I am still asking myself how did this Houston Team without Dan Pastorini and Earl Campbell go into San Diego the following week and defeat the mighty Chargers.
I just finished watching that game. Fouts was awful, throwing 5 picks, and not even close. He stunk in big games.
@@oldhickory4686
Is that why in the following year, also at San Diego, the Chargers lost The AFC Championship Game to the Raiders?
@@Jiltedin2007 From what I remember the Charger defense was awful. But Fouts had interceptions as well. I like him as a QB, but in the Houston game, he was throwing some Oregon Ducks up there.
Did the Houston Oilers become the Tennessee Titans?
They did indeed in 1997
When miami won back to back chiefs an colts were still great teams. Then take raiders, steelers. Then broncos in 75 on oilers77on. You have7 teams who won a Super bowl or played i or lost in afc final 3 yrs in row. San diego, cinn, browns. Afc was brutal. Bills an pats also had 2 3 years runs. Nfc. Vikes, dallas,rams, skins were only teams who were solid in that decade.
Agree. TRemember when GB was terrible? They wee bad for many years.
@@ronhoover5516 late 70s
Clock management wasn’t a thing back then.
46:03 - Throws like that are what compelled Oiler management to trade Pastorini to the Raiders in the off-season.
Remember when the raiders got stuck with him. Best thing he did was get hurt and give plunkett a chance.
I don't mind the Broncos new uniforms BUT I WISH they'd wear the Orange pants. All white on the road sucks!
That hit on Jim Jenson you cant do nowadays.
That hit on Jenson was so violent, it bent the bars on his face-mask!
@@alice_evermore 👍💯💯💯
Jim Jensen...there's a blast from the past. Great football player.
hit the crossbar? uh upright
Completely random and frankly rather meaningless fun fact: this was the last time the Broncos would wear orange pants until 2016.
Earl Campbell was in avg shape,but still he ran all day,according to Bum Philips that's the way he liked it,But when the snake arrived..Earl seemed to enjoy sharing the backfield with another legend,because they thought Kenny would put them over where Dante Anthony Pastorini Jr. failed in his 2 losses against the mighty PITTSBURGH STEELERS. Of course they were WRONG!!!
+Carlyle Kingston Houston could not even get homefield advantage 78-79-80. Losing to a lot of crappy teams.
Oiler QB Dan Pass-to-the-other-teamie was inaccurate in this game.
That one pick he had was awful.
Thats funny. Gotta remember that
2:10:52 - Weave the magic wand.
The Broncos had so many chances. They can only blame themselves. Tony Fritsch looked like a guy they recruited from a bar, and put a helmet on his head and told him to "kick it". That interception Pastorini threw was awful.
I have to say these older games are just better all around! Everything from the 70's and 80's seems to be better in every aspect! From Football, to Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, and even Pro Wrestling. Actually especially Pro Wrestling. Everything now has such a pathetically inept worry system it makes NOTHING fun anymore. What if someone says the New York Giants team name is offensive to "little people" or even really tall people? OMG! Or if the Arizona Cardinals name, you learn that 🐦Birds🐦 are offended by it?!? Or even the N.Y.Jets? What if pilots or worse yet the ✈✈airplanes✈✈ themselves are offended by this blatantly rude, insensitive, and offensive name. Or wait, what about those 🤠🤠COWBOYS?🤠🤠 I mean THEY were the ones who murdered the Redskins! OMG WHY ARE WE GLORIFYING THEM? GIVING THEM A⭐STAR?⭐ Oh man! Or the 🐻🐻❄Bears?🐻❄🐻 the🦁🦁Lions?🦁🦁, the 🐯🐯🐅Bengals?🐅🐯, or the🐎🐎Broncos?🐎🐎 or even the 🐴🐴Colts?🐴🐴 What about the 🦅🦅Eagles?🦅🦅 First their used as a mascot for the🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 without their permission I might add and now they are slapped on the side of a helmet? I am outraged, NAY OFFENDED! HOW CAN WE STAND BY WHEN ANIMALS, Warehouse workers (Packers), and even fish and 🐬🐬Porpoises🐬🐬 are being used?
Yes this is a ridiculous and foolish comment. But so is the Situation that we live in nowadays! Where a fart can be deemed offensive to a gender or race. Or a burp or sneeze can become a offensive thing. Instead of worrying, crying, or renaming NFL, MLB, or ANY OTHER TEAMS, WHY NOT WORRY ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IMPORTANT! THINGS THAT AFFECT US! THINGS THAT ACTUALLY HELP PEOPLE FOR REAL AND NOT SOME MADE UP WASH AWAY GUILT CRAP YOU HAVE? Instead of GASP A TEAM CALLED THE REDSKINS? EEEEK! Maybe put your efforts towards people STARVING? OR KIDS WITH NO FOOD?! BTW I AM A INDIAN! Ooops a Native American Indian, I'M SORRY! SO SORRY!
Actually I'm only sorry for the rant! For the SJW's I couldn't care less!
Does anything make your blood boil more than lazy clock management? Around the 2::00:30 mark we see Morton ambling back to the huddle, briefly put his hands on his waist like it's the opening drive of the game. Was Mike McCarthy an assistant coach with Denver???? Was Morton channelling Donovan McNabb scratching his ass in the dying minutes of the SB 25 years later against the Pats?
Pastorini was in pain when he pulled his balls muscle
1:01:30 !!!!!! Luv Ya Blue
The Broncos slow demise after the '77 season is partly because the incipedly daft front office wouldn't give Alzado the contract he deserved. NFL franchises ask players to restructure their contracts all the time, but the fact that a player is outplaying his pay rate means nothing to the franchise. The fants ought to be duly pissed when somebody like Alzado is traded over money, but they generally side with the franchise like they hate the player they think of as greedy, but don't bat an eye at the franchise which is also greedy.
Add to that were some lousy draft picks from Red Miller.
Denver front office didn't like Alzado-he came to Cleveland and did OK for a few years but wasn't the force he was in Denver-later went to the Raiders and resumed a great career. RIP Lyle Alzado. Great guy who was a lot nicer than his persona was made out to be.
Didn't realize Tom Jackson was such a mean tackler. Good player but that was a dirty play when he clubbed Rob Carpenter.
The 1979 Oilers were very good - probably their best team - the defense in particular. Very tough to beat. Curly Culp had a whale of a game!
(And the Houston punter should be recognized - not sure how many times he punted out of bounds inside the 20 but he seemed uncanny at being able to do it!)
Poor Craig Morton! Not very mobile and his pocket instincts were awful. Notice how he tried to step up several times as his protection was collapsing and ended up being sandwiched by Houston’s linemen.... If only he had the ability to move outside better, he could’ve done real damage. Oh well!
I heard or read a story bout Pastorini . Bum took the team out fo barbecue at the swinging do restaurant in Richmond and pastorini walked in with Farrah Fawcett if your to young to know who she is to bad for you for being young
It’s sad the oilers just never could get it done and win a Super Bowl. For me the Warren Moon era was much better than the Pastorini / Campbell era. Pastorini was horrible and Campbell was way over rated.
Campbell overrated ? I respectfully disagree my fellow knowledgeable sports fan . What else was he supposed to do ,sale team merchandise during time outs . Earl Campbell was The Oilers ,the defense complimented him second .The Oilers depended upon him so much ,that Bum Philips and his offensive coordinator literally ran him into the ground .Pastorini wasn't good enough as a passer to relieve Campbell of incessant game winning ball carrying duties .Earl Campbell is a top 100 all time player ,top 10 all time Rb. Pound for pound ,one of the most impactful non QB offensive players in NFL history ,pre/ current modern NFL era . His duration wasn't lengthy ,but his emmense impact was ,Gayle Sawyers ,Terrel Davis hof performance years in short time frame .
What? Earl Campbell overrated?
A player wearing 00 or o
Now a lot of teams have them. It's another dumb "improvement" by the NFL.
One mistake ..they (todays players)are not as athletic or as gifted. Today athletes have all the advantages of training apparatus and facilities, dieting, and intense coaching. But take this away they have no advantage whatsoever. The difference is yesteryears players magnificent desire to play a game that for most was a step up in life. The players were motivated by passion of the game. Team owners must have had billions in just thier savings account due to gross underpay of the pkayers. Anyway back to the point the athlete was more naturally gifted and tougher especially the athlete from the country deep south. These players were better and like Earl, Louis Wright, Tom Jackson, Dan Pastorini, Gradishar and others from other teams like Walter Payton, Dorsett were just better period and with all those training advantages if they were in todays game in thier primes, the players starting for those teams today would be backups or looking for a job.
What an awful playoff game !!! Even with the new Mel Blount rule !!! How many pass completions did either have to a WR ?? Seems only backs and TE caught the ball !!!! The QB s were TERRIBLE!!! More int than tds. I see why the Steelers won back to back Super Bowls they got the ball to their receivers and ran 3 receiver sets and became a passing team the majority of the NFL teams were stuck in the 60s.
I agree 👍 💯, also the Steel Curtain was still top tier formidable in 78and 79 ,which also greatly contributed to that NFL record second repeat ,still never equaled or surpassed 43 years later . The Steelers offense were a turnover parade waiting to happen , especially in a vast near top league abundance in both 78'79 .The Steel Curtain minimized the severity of those Barnum and Bailey circus turnovers ,not allowing opposing offenses to register any points or occasionally limiting them to a fg . Mel.l Blount ,and his fellow Steelers defensive backs adjusted well to the rule change as well as the iconic Steelers offense .Worst kept secrete about those 78'79 Steelers,they were still a dominant defensive team , Steel Curtain personified ,without that defense being adamant in stuffing offenses ,the Steelers don't capture another SB after 75 . If Pittsburgh dosent go into a prevent defense after roaring out to a 35 -17 lead over cowboys in SB 13 ,with 6 minutes left in contest ,stay in basic 43 personell ,they shut cowboys out ,remainder of game . Steelers defensive coordinator stated afterwards,if they remained in basic defense ,cowboys could have had 2 extra periods and they weren't going to score anymore points against that defense .NFL history would remember the 78 Steelers defense more favorably if they had .