To see before/after screenshots of this enhancement, check out this image gallery - imgbox.com/g/5E4axDlg3Y The existing TV broadcast of Super Bowl V had a lot of analog noise to it. I ran the video through Topaz Video AI and it MAJORLY improved it, much more than I ever expected. VERY clean picture now. I also upscaled it to 1080p and doubled the framerate. I then color-graded it in Da Vinci Resolve, eliminating existing over-saturation and a yellowish hue that was present. Both the broadcast and the commercials look like they should now. As I'm sure you're aware, the broadcast recording ends at the beginning of the 4th quarter. I've subbed in NFL Films footage and surviving broadcast snippets the rest of the way, matching them up with 4th quarter Curt Gowdy audio of the game that has survived.
It looks amazing. I would be awesome if you or someone could upload an original with the corrected side by side. I'm interested in seeing the difference between the original and 60FPS.
Nicely done. And thank you for bringing that cherished memory from when I was 9 years old, back to life. I think if Unitas hadn't been hurt the Colts would have won more handily. But the ball still goes through the goal posts.
You're welcome :) As for Unitas - he was definitely past his prime at that point. He looked horrible in that game, and the Mackey TD was a fluke. Hate to say it, but Morrall coming in probably made the Colts better off.
My dad was a Colts fan, I am a Cowboys fan. I sat next to my dad watching this game. I opened his beer at the commercials and I drank about a dozen Pepsi’s. Mom’s pigs in a blanket. You are THE MAN for bringing this memory back I living color. Thank you very much.
If we never see the invention of a time-machine, I’ve always thought RUclips is the next best thing. Lovely memory by the way…sweet of you to share it.
I watched all games with my dad growing up. I still remember the crushing feelings we had after the Ice Bowl. I started watching Dallas when they were alternating between Don Meredith a md Eddie Lebaron. Eddie Labaron was so short it seemed he ran under linebacker’s legs. When my parents moved to the country we’d watch the same game together and when there were big plays we’d call each other. Man I loved watching games with my dad. I miss him.
Johnny U. Love that guy. Old old school mans man. You wouldn’t dare hear a QB nowadays admit “I don’t have the speed on the ball I use to” Honest and made adjustments. No drama No BS. Where did these guys go? Thanks for all the hard work to bring these classics alive!
This Super Bowl makes me feel so cozy and safe! I was all of 4 years old when this game was played, and my Dad was a Baltimore Colts fan back then. I have no memory of this game but the "feel" of it reminds me of my childhood and my childhood home during the early 1970s. I love that this game was played entirely in daylight! I really am sad that it won't happen anymore, and that it last happened in Super Bowl XI in January 1977 (the first Super Bowl I remember watching). Curt Gowdy's voice harkens me back to my youth, the music used in the pre-game show, Namath with the very 70s looking shirt, the commercials...oh so nostalgic. And an odd bit of trivia, this was the first Super Bowl where both team's helmet logos were just a picture of something, with no lettering at all. This would be the last Super Bowl where this would take place for another 21 years. Super Bowl 26 XXVI between the Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins would be the next Super Bowl where neither team helmet featured any lettering as part of their logo. And before someone objects, the Dolphins back in the day had a tiny capital letter "M" on the helmet that the Dolphin was wearing on his head.
But very poor microphone technique which his floor director should have corrected him on...he was too close to the micr. on his close up green screen shot. And kept calling penalties "fouls." It's not basketball, Curt.
Namath had it right, practically saying the Colts would win it on a field goal. I suspect he expected better play from both teams. Even Namath's lousy Jets, with Namath playing with a broken hand, would have beaten either of these two teams that afternoon.
Although you’re totally right, and the differences between the broadcast, then and now, this spectacle of a show for 71 is the foundation for all of this advertising hoopla. These commercials are the 1970s equivalent of expensive advertising. The details change, but the foundation of all of this was laid in the first NFLAFL game.
It was indeed referred to as the Blunder Bowl. That was the more common nickname given the game. But it was also called the Stupor Bowl by more than a few pundits at the time.@@robertecker4377
I had seen games played as a young child since around 1968 and 1969. I balled when NBC broke away from the Jets / Raiders game in '68. I didn't have a full understanding of the game yet, since I was about 3, but I did like the action going on. Today, if that were to happen, I probably would've gotten pissed and throw something at the T.V. screen. lol.
Stop thinking the world began in 94 for starters. Two, this video probably wasn't put out for the likes of you. Why are you here? No one is forcing you to be nostalgic anyway.
I remember watching this and wondering why the Colts were celebrating when the game wasn't over yet. But I was only 9 years old. I wasn't rooting for either team. I was already a Bengals fan.
I was born in 1970. I very vaguely remember watching Super Bowl 14. I have not much better memory of SB 15, only because I didn’t like either team. I vividly remember SB 16. As a kid I loved reading Julian Bond’s Super Bowl Champion books in my school library. I also loved NFL Films. Watching these old games is surreal for me. Thank You!
I had just turned 10 the previous December to this 71 super bowl. I wasn't into football yet. But boy! I sure was swept up in Steelers rampage 2 years later.
This game started my obsession with the Dallas Cowboys. Thanks so much for the amazing restoration and posting this lifetime memory, although it does still sting a bit...
I was only 10 years old but in Dallas even 3 years olds knew what the Dallas Cowboys meant to Dallas folk! A very painful game. Craig Morton was pathetic. Roger Staubach should have been sent in but Tom Landry was fixated on Morton. Thanks Tom....anyway you finally got it right midway through the '71 season.
I remember watching the 30 minute highlight show hosted by Steve Sabol. He recounted a story where, in deciding what inscription to put on the championship ring, the Colts coach suggested "Thank God."
The guy just knew the future. SB 3: he guaranteed victory SB 5: he says it’ll be decided by a field goal. SB 8: he said that if Miami scores on their opening drive, The game is over.
@@DeplorableJaredBrodersen Yeah, what are the odds he would guess the winner correctly with 2 whole possible outcomes. Nostradamus level prognostication.
Somehow you actually corrected most of the "banding" (the equalization difference between the 4 video heads on a 2"quadruplex recording) in the pre-game. Great work!
Cool opening music. Curt Gowdy's measured calling of games. No announcers going ballistic over 7 yards gains. No ESPN ruining sports. No nerdy iPhone commercials. No management types like Jerry Jones or Epstein. No histrionics after a pass breakup. Brings back wonderful childhood memories when the Orioles and Colts ruled.
You are spot on. No ESPN ruining sports. No greedy NFL/TV Network putting the game on as late as possible to get it into "Primetime". No Peacock pay per view. Oh and the pre-game was 30 minutes long. Pre-game today 10 hours.
Yeah, I’m still young, but I feel like so many people around my age equate enthusiasm and passion in broadcasting to shouting. So, if you’re not shouting like Gus Johnson, you’re not passionate about the sport and you’re a bad commentator. The thing is, when you see an incredible play, sometimes it’s best to just let the moment speak for itself. Shouting doesn’t make legendary moments better. I think a good example is with the miracle on ice game. At the time Al Michaels wasn’t shouting “THE AMERICANS WIN THE AMERICANS WIN!”. He just simply asked “Do you believe in miracles?”. That’s a much better way to sum up a legendary moment without being too over the top.
It was the game that caused me to jump off the Cowboys band wagon which I had been on since the mid '60's. I was so tired of them coming close only to get beat. Of course the next year they won the Super Bowl. Oops.
@@michaelleroy9281 Yep, the Cowboys were heavily favored in that game. Most everybody thought the NFL championship game would come down to Dallas vs. Baltimore.
I was 16 at the time. Had been a colts fan since I was 10. I watched this entire game sitting on the living room floor as close to the black and white TV as I could get. Thanks for showing this!!
I was 4 or 5 years old and was rooting for the Colts. My brother was a Dallas fan. We collected small helmets and put them both on top of the small TV every sun of the teams playing. Great game. 👍
Wow, Unitas looked like an old man out there. Amazing to think he kept going for another 3 years after this game. Should have called it a career after getting his Super Bowl win.
Back then he had no way of making much money after retiring. This was before players, especially all time greats, could make enough to be wealthy for life.
The very first NFL game I can remember watching. I was just a little kid and I remember I liked the Colts helmets so I wanted to see them win. I'm a Vikings fan but to this day I keep half and eye on the Colts LOL.
Just listen to that national anthem, love it. If this game was played today, the way they’re hitting they’d be flags flying everywhere and people kicked out of games these days and quarterbacks didn’t wear a dress. They were part of the team and took hits just like the team. I wish we had halftime like this again.
and when any big play happened - even a TD - very little, if any celebration - no dancing or back flips or jumping into the stands etc . just back to the bench or the huddle - and back to business - the way it should be - no nonsense ..
You are truly passionate... amazing... and dedicated! THANK YOU! I have three different copies of this game from other collectors. First, I found part of the game via VHS tape. Then I upgraded with dvds, complete game, with NFL Films mixed in. I watched Super Bowl V live with my dad. Your cleaned version is sharper than what I watched with my dad. The audio is so clear. Awesome! Continued Success for you!
The NBC peacock at 0:00 is so brilliant. Better than anyone ever saw it for real. You should post that separately for the geeks that collect that kind of thing.
Actually Larry, the peacock was a cheat on my part :) I replaced the original one with one that I found on RUclips that I believe was computer-generated.
@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 Lots of people never actually saw the peacock in color. By the time my family finally got a color TV, they weren't using the peacock any more, LOL.
One of those games that Dallas should have crushed the Colts by 14 plus points but they failed in the red zone especially the Duane Thomas fumble. That would have iced the game. It also would have given Craig Morton as the permanent starter if he won that game for the next year.
The Thomas fumble would not have been such a big play save for a poor call. Dave Manders (51), the Cowboys center, came out of the pile with the ball but referee Norm Schacter was listening to Billy Ray Smith (74) of the Colts say "our ball" and awarded the Colts possession. If the Cowboys maintain possession they likely score and it's 20-6-likely game over especially with Unitas hurt.
Craig Morton was terrible, so stiff in the pocket. Him being the starter would come to an end, the following year. Roger Staubach era would begin the next year. Roger Staubach was on the sideline for this Super Bowl lose, shameful.
The Colts would have crushed the Cowboys if not for all their turnovers. The Colts had 7 and still won. Dallas had 4, one coming on the last play of the game. Morrall threw one interception in the Dallas end zone and Hinton fumbled through the Dallas end zone and that’s only two of the examples. The Colts had 260 yards passing on only 11 completions against the vaunted Cowboy secondary. They played horribly and still won. The Colts were the much better team by far.
Rick Volk visited a Baltimore area bakery 2 weeks after Super Bowl V. He said, "I'd like a dozen turnovers. The clerk said, "I would have thought after that Super Bowl you'd be sick of turnovers."
this is fantastic! the first Superbowl that I watched live. A nine year old Colts fan who got to run thru the house waving my Baltimore Colts pennant once the game was over. Thanks for your work on this vid
Cheers to you Dave. This is the first Super Bowl I could remember and I have very fond memories of watching this game. Love how you have cleaned up the video to play on todays TV.
Agreed! This is a masterful and greatly appreciated piece of video work. I'm 64 and it brings back so many wonderful memories I don't even know where to begin.
Dave, I thought your Cowboys/Redskins game from '75 was great!.....This is 4 years earlier....and it looks like it was played yesterday 🤯. I don't know how you do what you do...but damnit keep doing it...cause I love this stuff and could watch this all day! (Much to the wife's chagrin 🤦😆)
I'm a Dallas Cowboys fan. This is the first time I ever seen this Colts vs. Cowboys game. It's disappointing that you weren't able to obtain the full game and that half of the 4th quarter was not there. But I'm happy that you managed what you could. You did a great job. What really breaks my heart about this game, as a Cowboys fan, was that the Cowboys had this game dead to rights. The Cowboys led for most of the game. The Colts did everything they could to give the game away to the Cowboys with 7 turn overs. And yet, the Cowboys did a better job than the Colts did in regards to giving the ball game away. I knew what the outcome of the game was before I ever watched it, and yet I was still frustrated with the game as if I never knew what the outcome was before watching it. I was so frustrated with the stupid play calling by Tom Landry. I know that sounds surprising to say because Tom Landry is one of the greatest head coaches to have ever coached the game. But I must call "balls and strikes" here. With there being about 8 minutes left in the 4th quarter, Craig Morton got careless with the football and threw it too high, which resulted in an interception. I understand he was under pressure, but the Cowboys had a 7 point lead to protect. If anything, just take the sack. Your defense has been stopping the Colts all day long. It won't hurt to punt the ball in that situation. Besides, why even decide to throw the ball in that situation??? I know it was 3rd and 7, but the best bet was to call a run play anyhow. No big deal if you don't get the first down. Like I said before, your defense is playing really well. Just punt the ball and let your defense win the game for you. Damn, it was frustrating to see that game. My goal now is to watch the two Superbowl losses to the Steelers. I have already seen all of their victories. It took a lot out of me just to watch this one particular loss. But, I still want to see those other two games, yet another part of me dreads seeing those games because I hate seeing the Cowboys lose. But, as a true Cowboys fan, I feel I must watch those games...
Fellow Dallas fan here. The Steelers games are painful to watch for me, even today, but man. What a beautiful team the 1970s Steelers were. Dallas almost bested them, but you could put those Steelers against any team from the 50s through today and they would be terribly difficult to beat. What a great team that was. I hated them at the time, but beautiful to watch now, like a humming, powerful engine.
At half time they had Anita Bryant sing. That woman is my hero. I'm on her side with trying to protect our children. There was child grooming back in those days. But nowadays, they've taken child grooming to a whole nother level. Because she was standing up for what was right, the world turned against her. She was forced to file bankruptcy due to this.
For a game everyone thought was horrible it gets talked about very often on NFL retro channels . My only beef with it was the MVP was from Dallas. It should have been Mike Curtis or Roy Hilton of Baltimore.
Actually better than live for most people, like me, because when I watched it live it was on a black & white TV. Color TV was still very expensive in 1970.
Thank you for posting this, Dave! I really enjoyed watching this game. I have a new perspective on this particular game now, as I had only seen the NFL Films highlights through the years. Thanks, again. Well done!
Robbie Nichols is the player who returns Bob Lilly's helmet to him after he hurled it after the O'Brien FG. Nichols said "I think this is yours Mr. Lilly."
Wow, what an excellent job you did on the audio and video! I watched this game at home on TV in January 1971. On the Duane Thomas fumble, 2:24:52 which Dave Manders recovered, ref Jack Fete was standing back from the pile and signaled colts ball immediately. Very fishy, in today's world, refs wait a while now to see who recovered the ball before giving the signal.
Yeah, that call by Jack was completely wrong, and he was nowhere near the play or the angle to make the call. He just immediately signaled Colt ball. I'm not one to believe in fixes, but I almost think he was told to take the first available opportunity to give Baltimore an advantage.
@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 What gets me is how the announcers say nothing about Dave Manders with the ball in his hands. It's almost as if they weren't watching the game. And for such a pivotal moment in the game, the play was only replayed once. Today, the officials would've taken an eternity reviewing it. Funny thing is you don't actually see Manders recover the ball, so the ruling on the field would've stood. A sad postscript to that play was that Jim Duncan of the Colts was credited with the recovery, but less than two years later took his own life.
@@paulschwarz5927 Seems that neither NBC nor NFL Films got a clear view of that fumble recovery, and understandably so. View was obscured it seems on all sides. I've seen multiple angles of the play from NFL Films and none of them afford any sort of unobstructed view of the ball. In terms of the number of replays, they certainly didn't have as many cameras back then, plus the games weren't so EXTREMELY overproduced like they are these days. Even the Mackey TD didn't get much review either. I always thought that Billy Ray Smith was credited with the recovery - never knew it was Duncan. The story goes that when Thomas fumbled, Smith immediately yelled "I've got it!!" and Fette raced in with his arm already signaling Colt ball. I'd really love to know if Fette was every questioned about the call.
The Mackey TD was just as bad, you can clearly see Hiton touched the ball before it got o Mackey and no one from the Cowboys did, it should have been incomplete,,,,but still Cowboys made too many mistake, they should have one going away.
Best video of this SB yet! Great job. This was the very 1st game that I watched as an 8-year-old living in the Scranton, PA area. It kickstarted my love for the game of football at all levels. I also became a Dallas "follower" as I predicted, as a child might do, that Dallas would come back from this disappointment and win the next year. I watched Dallas throughout the next year right up until they won SB VI. I was very proud of myself, LOL.
Every time this game gets reposted, I’ll always point out the lunacy and likely sinister awarding of the Duane Thomas fumble at 2:24:55 to the Colts. The official (Jack Fette?) charges in and demonstrably declares Colts ball when clearly (from his angle and the viewer’s) Billy Ray Smith does NOT have the ball and is trying to wrestle it away from the Cowboys’ Dave Manders who did recover it. To me (and yes, I’m a biased Cowboys fan) this has to be some sort of determination on that official’s part to award that ball to the Colts no matter what. Why? Guess we will never know.
Neither the TV cameras nor the NFL Films crew captured a good angle on that fumble (or did they and they just never released it?), but Fette, who isn't even near the pileup, declares 150% that the Colts recovered? I never realized this was a horrible call until I saw the 1971 Cowboys America's Game episode and they flashed back to it. After seeing that, I'm convinced that Dave Manders came up with it. The Facenda NFL Films show, with Steve's Sabol's artistic license in overdrive, made no mention of the controversy and the Dallas players reacting to the call. I hate to say it, but from the way Fette came charging in so emphatically, it makes me think he was lying in wait for just the right moment to take advantage of any call that he could turn toward Baltimore's favor. Was he instructed to do so at halftime by higher-ups? Maybe I'm crazy, but I can't think of another reason for the call and his subsequent refusal to listen to Morton and Manders, threatening to throw them out of the game if they kept arguing. That would've been interesting though, as then Staubach would've entered and, well, according to most people who comment on this game, Staubach (who absolutely sucked that season and had only started 4 games in his career) would've run circles around the Colts and put 50 points up on the board.
@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 yep, that was me as the pied piper in favor of Staubach over in the comments on your Cowboys/Lions 1970 Divisional video. 😊 Without rehashing the merits of getting Roger in the game, the Cowboys offense did virtually nothing in the 2nd half so it’s possible Staubach wouldn’t have made much of a difference with the Colts defense doing so well. The pro-Cowboys conspiracy theorist in me says that either Fette had some sort of personal rooting or financial interest in the Colts winning. Unfortunately, the umpire on that play got jostled out of position to have a really good angle on the recovery to where he might have objected to Fette’s call.
Haha! Hey Brian, it's cool :) We'll never know what would've happened had Staubach entered. Who knows? I also didn't realize till recently either that Morton's arm was injured the last 5 or 6 games either, so with a strong-armed and mobile Staubach in the mix, maybe the Colts have fits with him. On my 1970 AFC Championship reconstruction video I had a guy ragging on an 80-year-old Blanda being in there for the injured Lamonica, and blasting Madden for not bringing in Stabler, convinced that Stabler would've saved the day. Huh? First off, Blanda put 17 points on the board after entering, both with his arm and his foot, so he didn't exactly suck that day. Second, Blanda was the miracle man that entire season, and you're telling me that rookie Stabler, who had thrown just 7 passes that year with 1 interception, was going to enter, on the road, in a playoff game, against the league's second-best defense, and outperform what Blanda did? Rose-colored hindsight glasses to the max. At least Staubach had A LOT more experience than Stabler at that point. As for Fette - yes, I thought about him possibly having money on the game or something. Or maybe the mafia threatened to kill his wife if he didn't try to throw the game somehow :) Just very, very odd.
Of course it was fixed...Earl Morrall and the Colts got rewarded for throwing Super Bowl 3. The NFL is a business! It was all about the money, and Super Bowl 3 was worth billions (eventually). @@davevolskysbackdoor5673
Oh, the memories! Always better when Dallas loses, even all these years later. A walk down memory lane to a time when a marching band was the halftime entertainment, joined by Anita Bryant, who (as my Dad used to say) could turn any song into a funeral derge. Thanks for preserving this bit of sports history!
I was so happy this day. We were ice skating at our friends house - in Michigan City. Then we went in to watch the game. Our home town hero, Tom Nowatske scored a touchdown for The Colts. Talk about being happy. I was from Baltimore. My Dad transferred with Bethlehem Steel to Indiana. This was a magical day. Also. I have Tom Nowatske's autograph on the wall.
Another great upload! Tom Landry lost this game by not playing Roger Staubach. As a small boy I cried in anger of Coach Landry not playing my hero at qb.
2:24:52 Yes Dallas fumbled but they also recovered it. The refs were very quick to call it Colts ball before even going through the pile up and see clearly a cowboys ending up with the ball. That was a blown call.
Total blown call. And no replay shown by NBC in a game where they showed many replays. Disgraceful but back then, horrendous calls and unfathomable broadcasting decisions were not as big a deal as they are today.
I was 13 then. It was the first time I remember it was officially called a Super Bowl and started calling it by the Roman Numerals, i.e., Super Bowl V. It was also the first of the merger of the AFL and NFL into the American Football Conference and National Football Conference we know today as the NFL. The then Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers who were in the NFL pre merger, joined the AFL to be the AFC. That's why you heard Curt Gowdy and Joe Namath talk about how there was no traditional AFL team in the Super Bowl. The previous 4 seasons the game was called The AFL- NFL World Championship Game.
Johnny Unitas - one of the greatest of all time but here he was injured and didn't play well. Earl Morrall came in and led the Colts to victory. Morrall played in the NFL into his forties - incredibly durable player.
Fantastic! Thanks much for the restoration. The video is about as clear as we could hope for....super cool that the pregame and commercials are included. When watching these old games, I am always amazed at how fast and violent the action in the trenches is.... linemen are much lighter and far quicker off the ball that today's players..... pay attention on running plays up the middle how the O line fires out and clashes helmet to helmet, and shoulder to shoulder with the defenders!! The running backs also charge fast and furious into the line. By contrast, in today's game, on running plays, when the ball is snapped, the huge linemen stand up straight and just try pushing defenders with their hands, and the O linemen end up on their feet at the end of most plays, as if their Mom told them not to get their uniform dirty😂. Also pay attention to the violence of the tackling in the old games, helmet to hemet..... shoulder to head hits......hits on the QB after the ball is released...... and defenders jumping on top of the ball carrier a split second after he hits the turf. Today's game is a lot safer, better for the longevity of player's careers and long term health.
Anita Bryant singing “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” at halftime really can’t be compared to anything else now. The big hair, the garish green outfit, the overly dramatic delivery, backed by the Southeast Missouri University marching band. It isn’t great, but it sure is interesting
Question: Are the commercials in this video from the original game broadcast in 1971? I'm asking because the first commercial appears to be based on Jackie Gleason's character in Smokey and the Bandit which came out in 1977. If this is the original commercial, I guess perhaps they got the idea for the Buford T. Justice character in the movie from watching this ad!
Yes, these are the original commercials. All of the games posted on my channel have the original commercials. These games would never have been re-aired again, thus these are original broadcast recordings.
No, it was also termed 'Super Bowl' before this, in addition to 'AFL/NFL'. The beginning of the Super Bowl III broadcast displays it very clearly -- ruclips.net/video/RW5GnZCxqIw/видео.htmlsi=rprbEQMnflmshily&t=19
All of Baltimore's points came as a result of a tipped pass. Their 1st touchdown was tipped by Eddie Hinton, then Cornel Green and into John Mackey's hands. Their 2nd touchdown was set up by tipped pass by Walt Garrison and intercepted by Rick Volk, who ran it down to the two-yard line setting up the TD. Later, Dan Reeve's tipped a pass that was intercepted by Mike Curtis that set up the game winning field goal.
It was actually Mel Renfro (20) who tipped it to Mackey. The first replay after the TD does show Renfro's tip-had Renfro not tipped it, the rules at the time would have disallowed the completion.
To see before/after screenshots of this enhancement, check out this image gallery - imgbox.com/g/5E4axDlg3Y
The existing TV broadcast of Super Bowl V had a lot of analog noise to it. I ran the video through Topaz Video AI and it MAJORLY improved it, much more than I ever expected. VERY clean picture now.
I also upscaled it to 1080p and doubled the framerate. I then color-graded it in Da Vinci Resolve, eliminating existing over-saturation and a yellowish hue that was present. Both the broadcast and the commercials look like they should now.
As I'm sure you're aware, the broadcast recording ends at the beginning of the 4th quarter. I've subbed in NFL Films footage and surviving broadcast snippets the rest of the way, matching them up with 4th quarter Curt Gowdy audio of the game that has survived.
It looks amazing. I would be awesome if you or someone could upload an original with the corrected side by side. I'm interested in seeing the difference between the original and 60FPS.
Appreciate your hard work in restoring this!
Me too!
Nicely done. And thank you for bringing that cherished memory from when I was 9 years old, back to life. I think if Unitas hadn't been hurt the Colts would have won more handily. But the ball still goes through the goal posts.
You're welcome :) As for Unitas - he was definitely past his prime at that point. He looked horrible in that game, and the Mackey TD was a fluke. Hate to say it, but Morrall coming in probably made the Colts better off.
My dad was a Colts fan, I am a Cowboys fan. I sat next to my dad watching this game. I opened his beer at the commercials and I drank about a dozen Pepsi’s. Mom’s pigs in a blanket.
You are THE MAN for bringing this memory back I living color. Thank you very much.
If we never see the invention of a time-machine, I’ve always thought RUclips is the next best thing.
Lovely memory by the way…sweet of you to share it.
I watched all games with my dad growing up. I still remember the crushing feelings we had after the Ice Bowl. I started watching Dallas when they were alternating between Don Meredith a md Eddie Lebaron. Eddie Labaron was so short it seemed he ran under linebacker’s legs.
When my parents moved to the country we’d watch the same game together and when there were big plays we’d call each other.
Man I loved watching games with my dad. I miss him.
Johnny U. Love that guy. Old old school mans man. You wouldn’t dare hear a QB nowadays admit “I don’t have the speed on the ball I use to” Honest and made adjustments. No drama No BS. Where did these guys go?
Thanks for all the hard work to bring these classics alive!
I loved listening to Curt Gowdy calling NFL games. There are many great announcers but he was very special.
This Super Bowl makes me feel so cozy and safe! I was all of 4 years old when this game was played, and my Dad was a Baltimore Colts fan back then. I have no memory of this game but the "feel" of it reminds me of my childhood and my childhood home during the early 1970s. I love that this game was played entirely in daylight! I really am sad that it won't happen anymore, and that it last happened in Super Bowl XI in January 1977 (the first Super Bowl I remember watching). Curt Gowdy's voice harkens me back to my youth, the music used in the pre-game show, Namath with the very 70s looking shirt, the commercials...oh so nostalgic. And an odd bit of trivia, this was the first Super Bowl where both team's helmet logos were just a picture of something, with no lettering at all. This would be the last Super Bowl where this would take place for another 21 years. Super Bowl 26 XXVI between the Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins would be the next Super Bowl where neither team helmet featured any lettering as part of their logo. And before someone objects, the Dolphins back in the day had a tiny capital letter "M" on the helmet that the Dolphin was wearing on his head.
Namath offered some very interesting and insightful perspective on the game. Curt Gowdy is always a classic and top shelf all the way 👏
But very poor microphone technique which his floor director should have corrected him on...he was too close to the micr. on his close up green screen shot. And kept calling penalties "fouls." It's not basketball, Curt.
Namath had it right, practically saying the Colts would win it on a field goal. I suspect he expected better play from both teams. Even Namath's lousy Jets, with Namath playing with a broken hand, would have beaten either of these two teams that afternoon.
the striking QUIET of this Superbowl vs current OVER THE TOP Superbowl broadcasts is pretty amazing
You can thank the 80s for that
@@RubensBarrichello. somewhat... I think mid 90s was when over the top status was certified
Although you’re totally right, and the differences between the broadcast, then and now, this spectacle of a show for 71 is the foundation for all of this advertising hoopla.
These commercials are the 1970s equivalent of expensive advertising. The details change, but the foundation of all of this was laid in the first NFLAFL game.
I'm 62 yrs old and this is the first superbowl I can seriously remember as a kid... I was 8 yrs old...
Amazing clear footage of a classic game. Your channel is a gift. Keep up the good work
Agreed, but at the same time it has to be done by one person, why the No Fun League with its professional staff can't put these up is really dumb.
Classic indeed. There's a reason they called it the Stupor Bowl.
@@winsomepickett7694 Not the Stupor Bowl. This classic Super Bowl game was called The Blunder Bowl.
It was indeed referred to as the Blunder Bowl. That was the more common nickname given the game. But it was also called the Stupor Bowl by more than a few pundits at the time.@@robertecker4377
The first Super Bowl I remember watching.
Super Bowls can mark the passage of time for many of us. The first I remember is the 1984 game between the Raiders and Redskins
I had seen games played as a young child since around 1968 and 1969. I balled when NBC broke away from the Jets / Raiders game in '68. I didn't have a full understanding of the game yet, since I was about 3, but I did like the action going on.
Today, if that were to happen, I probably would've gotten pissed and throw something at the T.V. screen. lol.
My first Super Bowl I remember was Super Bowl VI. Watching with my family.
Mine is SB 20 Bears Pats
Watching with my parents who both Colts fans
One of my favorite Super Bowls to watch. Despite the blunders, an exciting ending to this Super Bowl!
Thanks for keeping those classic commercials in.
I was born in ‘94. How can one be nostalgic for a time decades before one was born? 😊
Stop thinking the world began in 94 for starters. Two, this video probably wasn't put out for the likes of you. Why are you here? No one is forcing you to be nostalgic anyway.
@@rtee48”The likes of you” man dude… everything okay? Why so mad? The guy was saying something nice. Weird.
Cheers to you my friend. This old generation appreciates you very much.
Great job restoring Super Bowl history..this really does look like what my Grandma's Philco TV displayed 50 years ago.
The quality of this game is amazing. Loving the old commercials too
I wish more of the people who shared these NFL games especially the older ones would leave the commercials in
I hope somebody clips all the commercials and uploads them separately, I love watching them
The fact that the Colts turned the ball over 7 times and still won is astounding.
The Boys only converted one third down..lol
Plus the Colts couldn't score from inside the 5, then their 4th down pass into the end zone by rule gives it to Dallas at the 20 yard line. WTF?
I remember watching this and wondering why the Colts were celebrating when the game wasn't over yet. But I was only 9 years old. I wasn't rooting for either team. I was already a Bengals fan.
Wasn;t called the Blunder Bowl for nothing.
7 turnovers for Baltimore. Probably at least 5 for Dallas. What a shit game!
It's hard to overstate how much the NFL and TV loved Joe Namath in the early 70's. Guy was everywhere-commercials, etc.
he was the Taylor Swift of his era
Who could forget the famous Joe Nameth appearance on the Brady bunch
He was even on the Simpsons
True, he was everywhere. I noticed that he slouched in his chair. Bad posture or some kind of unspoken pain.
He was the first real "face" for the NFL. The league's popularity skyrocketed in the late 60s and early 70s thanks to him.
This is great. As an 11 year old Colt fan, I watched this. And boy, was I happy.
Me too! 15 year old Colt fan.
You could thank Coach Landry for not playing the best qb in the 70's and one of the top five all time.
I was born in 1970. I very vaguely remember watching Super Bowl 14. I have not much better memory of SB 15, only because I didn’t like either team. I vividly remember SB 16.
As a kid I loved reading Julian Bond’s Super Bowl Champion books in my school library. I also loved NFL Films.
Watching these old games is surreal for me. Thank You!
I was born in 1969 and the first one I watched was Super Bowl 13. I remember that one quiet well. It was the first year I really got into football.
Glad you like to watch the "old games". Sadly you missed an era when the game was the main event not all the nonsense we see today.
I was born in 1961 and THIS was my first Super Bowl.
I had just turned 10 the previous December to this 71 super bowl. I wasn't into football yet. But boy! I sure was swept up in Steelers rampage 2 years later.
Always loved the superbowls when they were played during the day! The color of the uniforms look so much better.
This game started my obsession with the Dallas Cowboys. Thanks so much for the amazing restoration and posting this lifetime memory, although it does still sting a bit...
What a big mistake
I was only 10 years old but in Dallas even 3 years olds knew what the Dallas Cowboys meant to Dallas folk! A very painful game. Craig Morton was pathetic. Roger Staubach should have been sent in but Tom Landry was fixated on Morton. Thanks Tom....anyway you finally got it right midway through the '71 season.
Dave, this is incredible. You are a magician. Mistake-filled game... but so many great players.
I remember watching the 30 minute highlight show hosted by Steve Sabol. He recounted a story where, in deciding what inscription to put on the championship ring, the Colts coach suggested "Thank God."
Yeah. Unitas looked awful!!!!
The Joe Namath interview was great, too! This is really cool. Thank you!
Wow! Joe Namath nailed it with his prediction at 21:30, "it could be decided by a field goal" and "it's definitely going to be close"
@@DeplorableJaredBrodersenit does help to be friendly with the Mafia and Joe definitely had some business with them
The guy just knew the future.
SB 3: he guaranteed victory
SB 5: he says it’ll be decided by a field goal.
SB 8: he said that if Miami scores on their opening drive, The game is over.
@@DeplorableJaredBrodersen Yeah, what are the odds he would guess the winner correctly with 2 whole possible outcomes. Nostradamus level prognostication.
Those floats at halftime representing all the teams... That was so awesome, so wholesome that halftime show!
Somehow you actually corrected most of the "banding" (the equalization difference between the 4 video heads on a 2"quadruplex recording) in the pre-game. Great work!
Absolutely excellent work 📺👀 I’m now 60 and this was the first Super Bowl I remember watching ✨
It's great and authentic by keeping the commercials. Thank you
They may have been "unlucky," but the Cowboys dark jerseys were beautiful.
Cool opening music. Curt Gowdy's measured calling of games.
No announcers going ballistic over 7 yards gains. No ESPN ruining sports. No nerdy iPhone commercials. No management types like Jerry Jones or Epstein. No histrionics after a pass breakup.
Brings back wonderful childhood memories when the Orioles and Colts ruled.
You are spot on. No ESPN ruining sports. No greedy NFL/TV Network putting the game on as late as possible to get it into "Primetime". No Peacock pay per view. Oh and the pre-game was 30 minutes long. Pre-game today 10 hours.
Yeah, I’m still young, but I feel like so many people around my age equate enthusiasm and passion in broadcasting to shouting. So, if you’re not shouting like Gus Johnson, you’re not passionate about the sport and you’re a bad commentator. The thing is, when you see an incredible play, sometimes it’s best to just let the moment speak for itself. Shouting doesn’t make legendary moments better.
I think a good example is with the miracle on ice game. At the time Al Michaels wasn’t shouting “THE AMERICANS WIN THE AMERICANS WIN!”. He just simply asked “Do you believe in miracles?”. That’s a much better way to sum up a legendary moment without being too over the top.
Joe Namath was a prophet on this game!!!! He predicted how the game would end!!!!
Maybe because it was fixed.
Really amazing work. Thanks for being dedicated to all of these older games. They look terrific.
Improving on one of your classics! These re-imaginings/reconstructions are priceless.
This was the game that inaugurated the idea of the "Blue Jersey Jinx". Another heartbreak for Dallas, after almost beating Green Bay in recent years.
That actually started in 1968 when they lost a playoff game in Cleveland 31-20
It was the game that caused me to jump off the Cowboys band wagon which I had been on since the mid '60's. I was so tired of them coming close only to get beat. Of course the next year they won the Super Bowl. Oops.
@@michaelleroy9281 Yep, the Cowboys were heavily favored in that game. Most everybody thought the NFL championship game would come down to Dallas vs. Baltimore.
The Colts themselves are 0 - 2 in Super Bowls when wearing blue.
@@richardrice8076 Cowboys don't need the bandwagon fans anyway.
Fantastic, Dave! Thank you, once again, for sharing your restoration work with us.
I was 16 at the time. Had been a colts fan since I was 10. I watched this entire game sitting on the living room floor as close to the black and white TV as I could get. Thanks for showing this!!
Great Work Dave on restoring Super Bowl V!!!!! I love these historic games!!!!
I was 4 or 5 years old and was rooting for the Colts. My brother was a Dallas fan. We collected small helmets and put them both on top of the small TV every sun of the teams playing. Great game. 👍
My brother and I did the same thing
I like how they introduce the players with who they are about to play against.
2:49:54 “A look at the slow-motion replay reveals the extemporaneous quality of this play.” Wrong passer to wrong receiver, fumbled out of end zone.
Ah, the Facenda narration...
You could tell he was going to fumble by the way the guy was carelessly holding the ball while running.
Wow, Unitas looked like an old man out there. Amazing to think he kept going for another 3 years after this game. Should have called it a career after getting his Super Bowl win.
Back then he had no way of making much money after retiring. This was before players, especially all time greats, could make enough to be wealthy for life.
The very first NFL game I can remember watching. I was just a little kid and I remember I liked the Colts helmets so I wanted to see them win. I'm a Vikings fan but to this day I keep half and eye on the Colts LOL.
The quality in all of your videos is amazing. Thank you for doing these. I think I enjoy reliving these more than watching the current NFL
That shaving blade commercial wasn't messing around!!!
Wow what a beautiful restoration on this classic game. Incredible color and crisp video. Thanks.
Just listen to that national anthem, love it. If this game was played today, the way they’re hitting they’d be flags flying everywhere and people kicked out of games these days and quarterbacks didn’t wear a dress. They were part of the team and took hits just like the team. I wish we had halftime like this again.
and when any big play happened - even a TD - very little, if any celebration - no dancing or back flips or jumping into the stands etc . just back to the bench or the huddle - and back to business - the way it should be - no nonsense ..
You are truly passionate... amazing... and dedicated! THANK YOU! I have three different copies of this game from other collectors. First, I found part of the game via VHS tape. Then I upgraded with dvds, complete game, with NFL Films mixed in. I watched Super Bowl V live with my dad. Your cleaned version is sharper than what I watched with my dad. The audio is so clear. Awesome! Continued Success for you!
The NBC peacock at 0:00 is so brilliant. Better than anyone ever saw it for real. You should post that separately for the geeks that collect that kind of thing.
Actually Larry, the peacock was a cheat on my part :) I replaced the original one with one that I found on RUclips that I believe was computer-generated.
@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 Boooo!!!
@@larrymelman LOL.
@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 I love that faithful recreation.
@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 Lots of people never actually saw the peacock in color. By the time my family finally got a color TV, they weren't using the peacock any more, LOL.
One of those games that Dallas should have crushed the Colts by 14 plus points but they failed in the red zone especially the Duane Thomas fumble. That would have iced the game. It also would have given Craig Morton as the permanent starter if he won that game for the next year.
The Thomas fumble would not have been such a big play save for a poor call. Dave Manders (51), the Cowboys center, came out of the pile with the ball but referee Norm Schacter was listening to Billy Ray Smith (74) of the Colts say "our ball" and awarded the Colts possession. If the Cowboys maintain possession they likely score and it's 20-6-likely game over especially with Unitas hurt.
Craig Morton was terrible, so stiff in the pocket. Him being the starter would come to an end, the following year. Roger Staubach era would begin the next year. Roger Staubach was on the sideline for this Super Bowl lose, shameful.
The Colts would have crushed the Cowboys if not for all their turnovers. The Colts had 7 and still won. Dallas had 4, one coming on the last play of the game.
Morrall threw one interception in the Dallas end zone and Hinton fumbled through the Dallas end zone and that’s only two of the examples.
The Colts had 260 yards passing on only 11 completions against the vaunted Cowboy secondary.
They played horribly and still won.
The Colts were the much better team by far.
@@bryanbradford4708and to think that Tom Landry was still undecided between the two in 1971.
Rick Volk visited a Baltimore area bakery 2 weeks after Super Bowl V. He said, "I'd like a dozen turnovers.
The clerk said, "I would have thought after that Super Bowl you'd be sick of turnovers."
this is fantastic! the first Superbowl that I watched live. A nine year old Colts fan who got to run thru the house waving my Baltimore Colts pennant once the game was over. Thanks for your work on this vid
You rock.... Thank you for posting this. I could never find a full version. You did great on this one.
Cheers to you Dave. This is the first Super Bowl I could remember and I have very fond memories of watching this game. Love how you have cleaned up the video to play on todays TV.
Agreed! This is a masterful and greatly appreciated piece of video work. I'm 64 and it brings back so many wonderful memories I don't even know where to begin.
Wow. You did an excellent job.
Thanks for another great one
Dave, I thought your Cowboys/Redskins game from '75 was great!.....This is 4 years earlier....and it looks like it was played yesterday 🤯. I don't know how you do what you do...but damnit keep doing it...cause I love this stuff and could watch this all day! (Much to the wife's chagrin 🤦😆)
I'm a Dallas Cowboys fan. This is the first time I ever seen this Colts vs. Cowboys game.
It's disappointing that you weren't able to obtain the full game and that half of the 4th quarter was not there. But I'm happy that you managed what you could. You did a great job.
What really breaks my heart about this game, as a Cowboys fan, was that the Cowboys had this game dead to rights. The Cowboys led for most of the game. The Colts did everything they could to give the game away to the Cowboys with 7 turn overs. And yet, the Cowboys did a better job than the Colts did in regards to giving the ball game away.
I knew what the outcome of the game was before I ever watched it, and yet I was still frustrated with the game as if I never knew what the outcome was before watching it.
I was so frustrated with the stupid play calling by Tom Landry. I know that sounds surprising to say because Tom Landry is one of the greatest head coaches to have ever coached the game. But I must call "balls and strikes" here. With there being about 8 minutes left in the 4th quarter, Craig Morton got careless with the football and threw it too high, which resulted in an interception. I understand he was under pressure, but the Cowboys had a 7 point lead to protect. If anything, just take the sack. Your defense has been stopping the Colts all day long. It won't hurt to punt the ball in that situation. Besides, why even decide to throw the ball in that situation??? I know it was 3rd and 7, but the best bet was to call a run play anyhow. No big deal if you don't get the first down. Like I said before, your defense is playing really well. Just punt the ball and let your defense win the game for you.
Damn, it was frustrating to see that game.
My goal now is to watch the two Superbowl losses to the Steelers. I have already seen all of their victories. It took a lot out of me just to watch this one particular loss. But, I still want to see those other two games, yet another part of me dreads seeing those games because I hate seeing the Cowboys lose. But, as a true Cowboys fan, I feel I must watch those games...
Fellow Dallas fan here. The Steelers games are painful to watch for me, even today, but man. What a beautiful team the 1970s Steelers were. Dallas almost bested them, but you could put those Steelers against any team from the 50s through today and they would be terribly difficult to beat. What a great team that was. I hated them at the time, but beautiful to watch now, like a humming, powerful engine.
The two toughest Cowboy losses of all: Green Bay in '66 and '67.
@JGldmn333 ... I have yet to watch those two games. But I will soon enough when I find the time and courage.
The crowd singing to the national anthem what happen to you America 😢
Watched this game with my late Dad and Granddad, the memories it brings back even though it was a bitter loss for my Cowboys.
Appreciate the work you did putting this video out here especially after the live feed is done.
At half time they had Anita Bryant sing. That woman is my hero. I'm on her side with trying to protect our children. There was child grooming back in those days. But nowadays, they've taken child grooming to a whole nother level. Because she was standing up for what was right, the world turned against her. She was forced to file bankruptcy due to this.
For a game everyone thought was horrible it gets talked about very often on NFL retro channels . My only beef with it was the MVP was from Dallas. It should have been Mike Curtis or Roy Hilton of Baltimore.
It was universally panned mostly because of the Turf and the turovers. I do agree that Mike Curtis should have been MVP
They chose the MVP much too early. The game wasn't over yet. The outcome was still in doubt.
@@johnrowland5496 It was Americas team you know lol
Absolutely great picture quality over 50 years old and looks live!
Actually better than live for most people, like me, because when I watched it live it was on a black & white TV. Color TV was still very expensive in 1970.
wow what a great job, the clarity is amazing.
Thank you for posting this, Dave! I really enjoyed watching this game. I have a new perspective on this particular game now, as I had only seen the NFL Films highlights through the years. Thanks, again. Well done!
Robbie Nichols is the player who returns Bob Lilly's helmet to him after he hurled it after the O'Brien FG. Nichols said "I think this is yours Mr. Lilly."
Beautiful 🌟📺👀 my first Super Bowl I ever watched myself ✨ I’m almost 61 and these were wonderful times to have been young 💫
Wow, what an excellent job you did on the audio and video! I watched this game at home on TV in January 1971. On the Duane Thomas fumble, 2:24:52 which Dave Manders recovered, ref Jack Fete was standing back from the pile and signaled colts ball immediately. Very fishy, in today's world, refs wait a while now to see who recovered the ball before giving the signal.
Yeah, that call by Jack was completely wrong, and he was nowhere near the play or the angle to make the call. He just immediately signaled Colt ball. I'm not one to believe in fixes, but I almost think he was told to take the first available opportunity to give Baltimore an advantage.
@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 What gets me is how the announcers say nothing about Dave Manders with the ball in his hands. It's almost as if they weren't watching the game. And for such a pivotal moment in the game, the play was only replayed once. Today, the officials would've taken an eternity reviewing it. Funny thing is you don't actually see Manders recover the ball, so the ruling on the field would've stood. A sad postscript to that play was that Jim Duncan of the Colts was credited with the recovery, but less than two years later took his own life.
@@paulschwarz5927 Seems that neither NBC nor NFL Films got a clear view of that fumble recovery, and understandably so. View was obscured it seems on all sides. I've seen multiple angles of the play from NFL Films and none of them afford any sort of unobstructed view of the ball. In terms of the number of replays, they certainly didn't have as many cameras back then, plus the games weren't so EXTREMELY overproduced like they are these days. Even the Mackey TD didn't get much review either. I always thought that Billy Ray Smith was credited with the recovery - never knew it was Duncan. The story goes that when Thomas fumbled, Smith immediately yelled "I've got it!!" and Fette raced in with his arm already signaling Colt ball. I'd really love to know if Fette was every questioned about the call.
The Mackey TD was just as bad, you can clearly see Hiton touched the ball before it got o Mackey and no one from the Cowboys did, it should have been incomplete,,,,but still Cowboys made too many mistake, they should have one going away.
@@mrmojorisin2 I agree with you 100%, Mel Renfro never touched the ball.
Those Chrysler commercials are awesome.
Thanks Dave these bring back great memories….🤙🏻🤙🏻😊
Thank you for doing this and sharing these games with us. Love it. Great stuff!
Best video of this SB yet! Great job. This was the very 1st game that I watched as an 8-year-old living in the Scranton, PA area. It kickstarted my love for the game of football at all levels. I also became a Dallas "follower" as I predicted, as a child might do, that Dallas would come back from this disappointment and win the next year. I watched Dallas throughout the next year right up until they won SB VI. I was very proud of myself, LOL.
This is awesome. I was just turning 3 years old. Remember the game like it was yesterday
1:18:56 botched call by Gowdy, assuming the pass would be ruled illegal.
Thanks for salvaging this footage. 🙏🏻 Your 4th Qtr editing heroics are particularly appreciated.
Every time this game gets reposted, I’ll always point out the lunacy and likely sinister awarding of the Duane Thomas fumble at 2:24:55 to the Colts. The official (Jack Fette?) charges in and demonstrably declares Colts ball when clearly (from his angle and the viewer’s) Billy Ray Smith does NOT have the ball and is trying to wrestle it away from the Cowboys’ Dave Manders who did recover it. To me (and yes, I’m a biased Cowboys fan) this has to be some sort of determination on that official’s part to award that ball to the Colts no matter what. Why? Guess we will never know.
Neither the TV cameras nor the NFL Films crew captured a good angle on that fumble (or did they and they just never released it?), but Fette, who isn't even near the pileup, declares 150% that the Colts recovered? I never realized this was a horrible call until I saw the 1971 Cowboys America's Game episode and they flashed back to it. After seeing that, I'm convinced that Dave Manders came up with it. The Facenda NFL Films show, with Steve's Sabol's artistic license in overdrive, made no mention of the controversy and the Dallas players reacting to the call. I hate to say it, but from the way Fette came charging in so emphatically, it makes me think he was lying in wait for just the right moment to take advantage of any call that he could turn toward Baltimore's favor. Was he instructed to do so at halftime by higher-ups? Maybe I'm crazy, but I can't think of another reason for the call and his subsequent refusal to listen to Morton and Manders, threatening to throw them out of the game if they kept arguing. That would've been interesting though, as then Staubach would've entered and, well, according to most people who comment on this game, Staubach (who absolutely sucked that season and had only started 4 games in his career) would've run circles around the Colts and put 50 points up on the board.
@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 yep, that was me as the pied piper in favor of Staubach over in the comments on your Cowboys/Lions 1970 Divisional video. 😊
Without rehashing the merits of getting Roger in the game, the Cowboys offense did virtually nothing in the 2nd half so it’s possible Staubach wouldn’t have made much of a difference with the Colts defense doing so well.
The pro-Cowboys conspiracy theorist in me says that either Fette had some sort of personal rooting or financial interest in the Colts winning. Unfortunately, the umpire on that play got jostled out of position to have a really good angle on the recovery to where he might have objected to Fette’s call.
Haha! Hey Brian, it's cool :) We'll never know what would've happened had Staubach entered. Who knows? I also didn't realize till recently either that Morton's arm was injured the last 5 or 6 games either, so with a strong-armed and mobile Staubach in the mix, maybe the Colts have fits with him.
On my 1970 AFC Championship reconstruction video I had a guy ragging on an 80-year-old Blanda being in there for the injured Lamonica, and blasting Madden for not bringing in Stabler, convinced that Stabler would've saved the day. Huh? First off, Blanda put 17 points on the board after entering, both with his arm and his foot, so he didn't exactly suck that day. Second, Blanda was the miracle man that entire season, and you're telling me that rookie Stabler, who had thrown just 7 passes that year with 1 interception, was going to enter, on the road, in a playoff game, against the league's second-best defense, and outperform what Blanda did? Rose-colored hindsight glasses to the max. At least Staubach had A LOT more experience than Stabler at that point.
As for Fette - yes, I thought about him possibly having money on the game or something. Or maybe the mafia threatened to kill his wife if he didn't try to throw the game somehow :) Just very, very odd.
Of course it was fixed...Earl Morrall and the Colts got rewarded for throwing Super Bowl 3. The NFL is a business! It was all about the money, and Super Bowl 3 was worth billions (eventually). @@davevolskysbackdoor5673
Gowdy at 30:55: "a unique event that has become a happening on the American scene." What an understatement that would turn out to be.
Oh, the memories! Always better when Dallas loses, even all these years later.
A walk down memory lane to a time when a marching band was the halftime entertainment, joined by Anita Bryant, who (as my Dad used to say) could turn any song into a funeral derge.
Thanks for preserving this bit of sports history!
Love these commercials! It's been a while.
Great video! Thanks for sharing! I have never before seen so many different shots of the game winning field goal.
These enhanced videos are incredible! Thanks to all involved.
These videos are extremely enjoyable to watch. Great channel!
I was so happy this day. We were ice skating at our friends house - in Michigan City. Then we went in to watch the game.
Our home town hero, Tom Nowatske scored a touchdown for The Colts. Talk about being happy.
I was from Baltimore. My Dad transferred with Bethlehem Steel to Indiana. This was a magical day.
Also. I have Tom Nowatske's autograph on the wall.
Another great upload! Tom Landry lost this game by not playing Roger Staubach. As a small boy I cried in anger of Coach Landry not playing my hero at qb.
2:24:52
Yes Dallas fumbled but they also recovered it. The refs were very quick to call it Colts ball before even going through the pile up and see clearly a cowboys ending up with the ball. That was a blown call.
Total blown call. And no replay shown by NBC in a game where they showed many replays. Disgraceful but back then, horrendous calls and unfathomable broadcasting decisions were not as big a deal as they are today.
Oh how I waited to see this since ever. Mike Curtis should have been MVP as helped caused Thomas fumble, planty of tackles and Morton INT.
I was 13 then. It was the first time I remember it was officially called a Super Bowl and started calling it by the Roman Numerals, i.e., Super Bowl V. It was also the first of the merger of the AFL and NFL into the American Football Conference and National Football Conference we know today as the NFL. The then Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers who were in the NFL pre merger, joined the AFL to be the AFC. That's why you heard Curt Gowdy and Joe Namath talk about how there was no traditional AFL team in the Super Bowl. The previous 4 seasons the game was called The AFL- NFL World Championship Game.
Johnny Unitas - one of the greatest of all time but here he was injured and didn't play well. Earl Morrall came in and led the Colts to victory. Morrall played in the NFL into his forties - incredibly durable player.
Thgis was the first football game I ever watched,...I was 10 years old....Incredible it's on here!
Wasn’t it said that the commercials are the best part? Thank you for creating and sharing these amazing videos
I didn't start following football until the next year. Thanks for posting!
Fantastic! Thanks much for the restoration. The video is about as clear as we could hope for....super cool that the pregame and commercials are included. When watching these old games, I am always amazed at how fast and violent the action in the trenches is.... linemen are much lighter and far quicker off the ball that today's players..... pay attention on running plays up the middle how the O line fires out and clashes helmet to helmet, and shoulder to shoulder with the defenders!!
The running backs also charge fast and furious into the line. By contrast, in today's game, on running plays, when the ball is snapped, the huge linemen stand up straight and just try pushing defenders with their hands, and the O linemen end up on their feet at the end of most plays, as if their Mom told them not to get their uniform dirty😂. Also pay attention to the violence of the tackling in the old games, helmet to hemet..... shoulder to head hits......hits on the QB after the ball is released...... and defenders jumping on top of the ball carrier a split second after he hits the turf.
Today's game is a lot safer, better for the longevity of player's careers and long term health.
3:28 they stold this for Smokey & the Bandit 100%
This was 6 years before Smokey and the Bandit.
I was 9 years old and remember this broadcast like it was yesterday.
Anita Bryant singing “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” at halftime really can’t be compared to anything else now. The big hair, the garish green outfit, the overly dramatic delivery, backed by the Southeast Missouri University marching band. It isn’t great, but it sure is interesting
Question: Are the commercials in this video from the original game broadcast in 1971? I'm asking because the first commercial appears to be based on Jackie Gleason's character in Smokey and the Bandit which came out in 1977. If this is the original commercial, I guess perhaps they got the idea for the Buford T. Justice character in the movie from watching this ad!
Yes, these are the original commercials. All of the games posted on my channel have the original commercials. These games would never have been re-aired again, thus these are original broadcast recordings.
This is the first time the game is called the Super Bowl. The first four iterations was the AFL/NFL World Championship.
No, it was also termed 'Super Bowl' before this, in addition to 'AFL/NFL'. The beginning of the Super Bowl III broadcast displays it very clearly -- ruclips.net/video/RW5GnZCxqIw/видео.htmlsi=rprbEQMnflmshily&t=19
I enjoyed watching this. It was really interesting and neat to watch and listen to Anita Bryant at halftime. Times sure have changed.
This was the year that the Baltimore Colts, Baltimore Orioles and Baltimore Bullets all were champions.
Bullets lost to the Bucks in the NBA Championship
All of Baltimore's points came as a result of a tipped pass. Their 1st touchdown was tipped by Eddie Hinton, then Cornel Green and into John Mackey's hands. Their 2nd touchdown was set up by tipped pass by Walt Garrison and intercepted by Rick Volk, who ran it down to the two-yard line setting up the TD. Later, Dan Reeve's tipped a pass that was intercepted by Mike Curtis that set up the game winning field goal.
It was actually Mel Renfro (20) who tipped it to Mackey. The first replay after the TD does show Renfro's tip-had Renfro not tipped it, the rules at the time would have disallowed the completion.