Thank you for posting this! I was at this game with my brother and father. The first game I ever attended and have been a diehard Pats/NFL fan ever since, even after moving to MPLS in '77.
1974 was a tale of two seasons for the Pats. They started off 6-1 with defeats of the Dolphins, Rams and Vikings among the 6 wins. They finished with a record of 1-6, including losses to the Bills and Jets. Combined record of 7-7 for the season.
they had great everything, with the exception of where greatness matters most, the QB position. if they had a franchise QB they would have won at least one SB if not 2 in that decade.
@@ciesaro yeah. I remember watching a pro bowl game back in about 1980 and at one point the whole OL was Rams. Too bad they didn't have an elite qb at that time or they would have had some Championships.
Awesome uniforms, best era for the Rams domination of the NFC West. Patriots uniforms look great too. But dear god, nice records, Rams defense matched the Cowboys during that era (1973-1980).
Awesome! Why did it take until year 5 of the merger before they played? Guess with only 14 games in a season back then. Love seeing Merlin Olsen with Fred Dryer and Jack Youngblood. The two eras coming together. And Plunkett before his epic run with the Raiders.
For the first eight years (1970 thru 1977) of the post AFL-NFL merger, regular season AFC-vs-NFC game scheduling was not done on a division-vs-division basis. Instead, one team's other conference opponents (3 or 4 teams) would come from different divisions. In 1974, New England's NFC opponents were the Rams, NY Giants and Minnesota Vikings. New England beat all three. On the flip side, the Rams faced four AFC opponents: the Patriots, to whom they lost; as well as the Denver Broncos, NY Jets and Buffalo Bills, each of which Los Angeles defeated. Beginning with the 1978 season, AFC-NFC regular season matchups would be on a rotating division-vs-division basis.
@@tubiephrank0707 I remember Dallas played the 13 AFC teams 3 at a time: (1970)-Kansas City, Cleveland, Houston; (1971)-Buffalo, New England, New York Jets; (1972)-Pittsburgh, Baltimore, San Diego; (1973)-Cincinnati, Miami, Denver; (1974)-Houston, Cleveland, and Oakland (finally) to cover all 13 AFC teams. The record for Dallas those first five years of the merger was 13 wins and 2 losses. The AFC was starting to dominant the NFC, but Dallas was not one of them. The only NFC to win the Super Bowl in the 1970s was Dallas. As one LA writer lamented when Staubach retired in the spring of 1980, "Staubach had to leave the Cowboys, but did he have to leave the NFC, too."
44 years later, Tom Brady and Company, at New England, defeated the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII. This 1974 Version of the Patriots was just as good as Brady and Belichick’s Patriots. The only difference between this team was the fact that they didn’t have Brady’s O-Line Protection, which made Jim Plunkett Injury Prone during his Patriots Days. Had Plunkett got That Much Needed O-Line Protection Brady Had, the Patriots would’ve been A Force in the 1970’s.
Anybody hoping that Daryl Stingley would have a career ending injury on that first drive ? A couple of years later he was nearly killed by Jack Tatum. I agree with the rules changes intended to protect defenseless players.
Love these vintage videos. Always wondered why the Patriots and visiting teams entered/left Schaefer stadium up those ramps and into oblivion? There were no tunnels inside the stadium to the locker rooms? They had go up the ramp and around the end of the complex to get to the locker room? Who the hell designed that?
What do you want for only $7.1 million? The shortest walk to the locker rooms was, in fact, to walk straight across the field to the building in the end zone. The Astrodome was far more complex. It was so complex that, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers played their first game there, they actually got lost between the locker room and the field! They wandered for a while until a ground crewman led them to their sideline.
at the 14:42 mark of the video THAT WAS A FUMBLE JY JOHN HADL not an incompletion!!!!!!!!!! ,,,,,,,,,rentzel's mis timed leap before the bocked kick turned the game around !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Chuck Knox to me was the greatest coach to never go to the Super Bowl. When he left LA he took over a Buffalo Bills team that had been 1-13 and within three years made them AFC East Champions. It always saddens me that if Knox had coached the Bills in the early 1990's they would have easily won several of those Super Bowls. The Bills coach of that era-Marv Levy was handed a team with multiple HOF players (Kelly, Thomas, Smith etc) and yet couldn't win one SB. He was grossly overrated
@Matt Pizzano It was great to see the Patriots beat Hadl after what he did to the PATRIOTS 11 years earlier in the AFL championship game! A measure of revenge! I wish New England would've kept Ron Bolton & Reggie Rucker. They would both later play for Cleveland & MAKE them a better franchise! If only the PATRIOTS would've kept BOTH of them a couple more seasons......
They had set uniform numbers by position as part of the merger although many players such as Hadl were allowed to continue wearing their particular numbers as they were grandfathered in until they retired.
ironically #18 randy vataha was cut by the rams in the 1972 preseason because of lack of size he was reluctant to go across the middle of the field and he did not play special teams !!!!!!
These Patriots jerseys are 100 times better than anything they wait now
Love the three point stance. The Patriot with a football
Those were LOSER UNIFORMS..The patriots went to 1 super bowl in those uniforms..10 in the new ones
i get you're all about the nostalgia, but the Patriots never won anything wearing these.
Same goes for Rams uniforms
Please go back to the old jerseys!
Both teams had classy uniforms in those days.
Thank you for posting this! I was at this game with my brother and father. The first game I ever attended and have been a diehard Pats/NFL fan ever since, even after moving to MPLS in '77.
I Remember Watching this Game on Television along Time Ago.
Love the old style Patriots Red Jerseys with the White Pat Patriot Helmet.
1974 was a tale of two seasons for the Pats. They started off 6-1 with defeats of the Dolphins, Rams and Vikings among the 6 wins. They finished with a record of 1-6, including losses to the Bills and Jets. Combined record of 7-7 for the season.
Rams had great OL's in the 70's.
they had great everything, with the exception of where greatness matters most, the QB position. if they had a franchise QB they would have won at least one SB if not 2 in that decade.
Iman, Schbell,i Mack, Williams, Cowan and later Saul, Smith, Kent Hill, Harrah, France and Slater
@@ciesaro yeah. I remember watching a pro bowl game back in about 1980 and at one point the whole OL was Rams. Too bad they didn't have an elite qb at that time or they would have had some Championships.
Thanks, Bart Dude
Steve Preece out of Oregon State, was a QB there, played with Bill 'Earthquake' Enyart.
1974, when Mack Herron was my favorite player even though I'm a Pittsburgh boy.
The dislikes, lmfao. Does nobody here appreciate old-school football?
Quite a shame. This type of football is good to watch especially if anyone is considered a football fan
@@Stay_ClassyYT This is the best type of football
Love old school football
Dick Hardy
People are still hating on the Patriots!
i appreciate old school football. but i still prefer the modern game, which is played at the highest level ever.
Awesome uniforms, best era for the Rams domination of the NFC West. Patriots uniforms look great too. But dear god, nice records, Rams defense matched the Cowboys during that era (1973-1980).
September 29,2024 the 50 anniversary of the two teams first meet hoping it on Sunday night Football on NBC or crossflex on CBS on that day
Awesome! Why did it take until year 5 of the merger before they played? Guess with only 14 games in a season back then. Love seeing Merlin Olsen with Fred Dryer and Jack Youngblood. The two eras coming together. And Plunkett before his epic run with the Raiders.
OLSEN, DRYER and YOUNGBLOOD........YES !
For the first eight years (1970 thru 1977) of the post AFL-NFL merger, regular season AFC-vs-NFC game scheduling was not done on a division-vs-division basis. Instead, one team's other conference opponents (3 or 4 teams) would come from different divisions. In 1974, New England's NFC opponents were the Rams, NY Giants and Minnesota Vikings. New England beat all three. On the flip side, the Rams faced four AFC opponents: the Patriots, to whom they lost; as well as the Denver Broncos, NY Jets and Buffalo Bills, each of which Los Angeles defeated.
Beginning with the 1978 season, AFC-NFC regular season matchups would be on a rotating division-vs-division basis.
@@tubiephrank0707 I remember Dallas played the 13 AFC teams 3 at a time: (1970)-Kansas City, Cleveland, Houston; (1971)-Buffalo, New England, New York Jets; (1972)-Pittsburgh, Baltimore, San Diego; (1973)-Cincinnati, Miami, Denver; (1974)-Houston, Cleveland, and Oakland (finally) to cover all 13 AFC teams. The record for Dallas those first five years of the merger was 13 wins and 2 losses. The AFC was starting to dominant the NFC, but Dallas was not one of them. The only NFC to win the Super Bowl in the 1970s was Dallas. As one LA writer lamented when Staubach retired in the spring of 1980, "Staubach had to leave the Cowboys, but did he have to leave the NFC, too."
44 years later, Tom Brady and Company, at New England, defeated the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII.
This 1974 Version of the Patriots was just as good as Brady and Belichick’s Patriots. The only difference between this team was the fact that they didn’t have Brady’s O-Line Protection, which made Jim Plunkett Injury Prone during his Patriots Days.
Had Plunkett got That Much Needed O-Line Protection Brady Had, the Patriots would’ve been A Force in the 1970’s.
Patriots had John Hannah and Leon Gray. I thought the line was good from 1974 - 1978.
Joe Della Selva
If it was so good, why did Jim Plunkett get sacked too many times during his Patriots Days?
@@joedellaselva1251 The HOG!!!
@@Jiltedin2007 Lack of mobility. The Pats had a good O Line at this point. Plunkett's wheels were not great.
@@erichammer2751
Oh yeah! Good, but shaky.
Ray Scott, whoa
Anybody hoping that Daryl Stingley would have a career ending injury on that first drive ? A couple of years later he was nearly killed by Jack Tatum. I agree with the rules changes intended to protect defenseless players.
Just think, given the age of this game, those young ladies seen at the beginning of this video could very well be grandmothers nowadays.
@Joe Jordan I already am: A grandfather and into my eighth decade of living.
Ground Chuck! Always running McCutcheon and Berteleson
Yes. Also great OL. At one point in the late 70's they had the entire OL in the Pro Bowl.
Don’t forget John Cappilleti.
I HIGHLY question starting a 5'4 running back.
Before he was signed by Oakland Jim Plunkett was 2-2 against the Rams 1-0 w/New England 1-2 w/ San Francisco
He was 2-3. 1-3 with the 49ers
Love these vintage videos. Always wondered why the Patriots and visiting teams entered/left Schaefer stadium up those ramps and into oblivion? There were no tunnels inside the stadium to the locker rooms? They had go up the ramp and around the end of the complex to get to the locker room? Who the hell designed that?
thats what i was thinkin" ........
What do you want for only $7.1 million? The shortest walk to the locker rooms was, in fact, to walk straight across the field to the building in the end zone.
The Astrodome was far more complex. It was so complex that, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers played their first game there, they actually got lost between the locker room and the field! They wandered for a while until a ground crewman led them to their sideline.
at the 14:42 mark of the video THAT WAS A FUMBLE JY JOHN HADL not an incompletion!!!!!!!!!! ,,,,,,,,,rentzel's mis timed leap before the bocked kick turned the game around !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Could someone look at the SB prediction I made?
Maybe you should upload a Saints vs Pats game in case the NFL loses the lawsuit and has to replay the game. Hahahahaha!!
Narrated by Green Bay Packers broadcaster Ray Scott.
Chuck Knox to me was the greatest coach to never go to the Super Bowl. When he left LA he took over a Buffalo Bills team that had been 1-13 and within three years made them AFC East Champions. It always saddens me that if Knox had coached the Bills in the early 1990's they would have easily won several of those Super Bowls. The Bills coach of that era-Marv Levy was handed a team with multiple HOF players (Kelly, Thomas, Smith etc) and yet couldn't win one SB. He was grossly overrated
Marty Schottenheimer?
didn't lance rentzel expose himself to children?
Artificial turf at schaefer stadium in 1974
The Patriots always had trouble with grass fields.
Go Rams!
Hadl’s tank was nearing empty, but wonderful memories of Hadl to Jackson are still in my mind ........
You don't see nfl qb's having jersey numbers in the 20's anymore.
@Matt Pizzano It was great to see the Patriots beat Hadl after what he did to the PATRIOTS 11 years earlier in the AFL championship game!
A measure of revenge!
I wish New England would've kept Ron Bolton & Reggie Rucker. They would both later play for Cleveland & MAKE them a better franchise! If only the PATRIOTS would've kept BOTH of them a couple more seasons......
They had set uniform numbers by position as part of the merger although many players such as Hadl were allowed to continue wearing their particular numbers as they were grandfathered in until they retired.
6:25
Horse collars were prevelant in them days going out of bounds...
Can you please upload Raiders VS Chiefs 2001?
ironically #18 randy vataha was cut by the rams in the 1972 preseason because of lack of size he was reluctant to go across the middle of the field and he did not play special teams !!!!!!
foxxborough Massachusetts.
John Hadl was just a leftover from the 60s garbage QBs days.
let me see you throw the ball like one of those "garbage qb's"