Damn you read my mind I was about to say the same thing! I would have gone with a darker shade of orange, but they're no more unusual than the Dolphins and Bengals uniforms from the same time.
We sure miss Pat Summerall's Voice on a bright and sunny Sunday during NFL Football Season Games between Dallas and Washington. R.I.P. Pat you are truly missed.
And John Madden. Watching this game made me remember how he was probably the greatest color guy in NFL broadcasting history until he sold out late in his career. But there is no current color guy anywhere like him now.
@@JAWrightonline True, but during the 80's and 90's, I remember reading theories that the reason why the team lost was because of a psychological effect caused by wearing weak colors. Which is ridiculous, of course, but I think it's the reason why the Buccaneers changed their uniform design. It's worth noting that the Buccaneers are still the losing most team in NFL history, despite changing their uniforms. Which proves that the uniforms had nothing to do with it.
I still believe that if the buccaneers hadn't loss the nfc title game in1979 to the rams. They would have given Terry Bradshaw a run for their money in that super bowl.. With that defense hell they probably would have won...
Many thanks for uploading, please keep them coming, these videos really take me back to my childhood when I dreamed of being a pro football player, and the world was a better place.
I may need to go to Binge Watching Football Anonymous or something. All of these games I get to watch - way better than the current version of football and I can't get enough of the announcing crews and nostalgia. I may need some serious help.
I remember this game on TV. Was so happy to see the Buc put up a good fight against the Cowboys. This was the first real look at Doug Williams. Loved those cream-sicle uniforms!
Bucs owner, Hugh Culverhouse, refused to pay Doug Williams what even coach John McKay knew he was worth, prompting him to leave for the USFL in the off-season. The end result? The Bucs went 2-14 in 1983 and didn't make the playoffs again for 14 years. When Williams was named MVP of Super Bowl XXII, Tampa Bay fans must have looked at Culverhouse with total disgust.
I always believed John McKay to be one of the best judges of talent. Culverhouse probably held John McKay back from doing his job properly. You just gave one example. There are probably others. Seems some owners like to play the " I'm the owner, so you are going to do what I say, even if you disagree" card. Jerry Jones might be one of those.
Those Orange creamsicle unis 👍 Dallas was America's team during this era 1966-1985,but they got old in a hurry after this season and blew the 1983 draft by not taking Dan Marino @ pick 16 🤦♂️
I’ve got to admit, the Cowboys teams from 1980-1983 were absolutely loaded. But like Romo and now Dak, Danny White just couldn’t get them over the hump
Wayne Fontes LOL I saw those Detroit Years up close and personal with him as head coach. It's sad he's our most successful coach for the lions in the Super Bowl era. It's rough right now as a Detroit native for sports, but I stay loyal.
I can't believe I found this game.It's what turned me onto and into a Bucs fan.I was only 8 yrs old. Figures Tampa defense was banged up! Story of our lives!
Doug Williams ended his Tampa Bay Career here, the next season that he ended as a started QB he was breaking Super Bowl Records and winning a SB MVP award.
very average but he's black so wow what a quarterback, what a groundbreaker, released by the Bucs and Redskins because of racism of course, not because he had more picks than td's.
@@clubhouseme I agree that celebrating his skin color was silly but he was above average. Its not like they put him in the hall of fame or they gave him token pro bowl appearances. He was a decent QB and good leader and what the Redskins needed to win a Super Bowl. Save the criticism for a POS like Crapernick (won't waste time looking up how to spell that losers name)
I remember how scared I was to losing to this team! People like Tampa Bays cream cycle uniforms now but back then everyone made fun of them! I was relieved to get pass them!
McKay's Tampa Bay team was just about to get over the hump, and the Cowboys were aging. Had they kept Williams, the history of the 1980s NFC might read a lot differently today (definitely the NFC Central anyway). The Cowboys were always the ultimate obstacle (kind of like they were for Favre in the 90s), and Tampa almost had them in this season. They were probably a year away from peaking...and then Culverhouse screwed everyone over. (Sigh) What could've been....
@@tomservo75 Well, boneheaded mistakes were always part of the Buccaneers’ fabric for the first 20 years of their existence…and it didn’t take 5 years for their effects to be felt. Most of the time negative effects were pretty IMMEDIATE: signing Steve Spurrier, drafting Booker Reece; NOT re-signing Williams; signing Jack Thompson; drafting Bo Jackson (despite being told not to); etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
Yep last game ever for Doug WILLIAMS and end of the Bucs first glory years of 79-82. Ricky Bell was gone also by this point. James Wilder was just starting his run but without a QB he was the only offense. The Bucs defense also were not as dominant after this season too. The end of an era. In this game the Bucs D dominated the second quarter even with the offense having zero first downs.
Thomas Danyluk -the defense was very imposing from 79-82. Number one defense in NFL in 1979 was not the Steelers, it was Lee Roy Selmon and Co. The offense not....other than some flashes of brilliance at times from Doug Williams.
More competitive game than I remember, actually. The Bucs were in this until late in the game. Apparently, Doug Williams had to catch the ball for his wide receivers, too, especially in the first half. As the other post says, it was indeed a long time before the Bucs made it back to the playoffs after they let Williams out the building.
That penalty for blocking in the back by Hannah, couple with Hannah kicking the flag on that play, the team never recovered from those two flags on that one play. It didn’t appeared to be a hold.
This was their first year together. Madden actually split time between Summerall and Scully on the year, as I believe they were essentially auditioning the #1 team of the future. Summerall won the job, Scully and Hank Stram got to call the NFC Championship Game as sort of a consolation prize, and Vin bolted for NBC the next year to become their #1 baseball man.
When Dallas was the #2 Seed and Tampa Bay was the #7 Seed in the NFC. Considering that 1982 was A Strike Shortened Season with all teams playing 9 Games for that season. The NFL Welcomed 8 Playoff Teams each Conference. The 8 NFC Teams in the Playoffs 1. Washington 2. Dallas 3. Green Bay 4. Minnesota 5. Atlanta 6. St. Louis 7. Tampa Bay 8. Detroit After the Cowboys won this game, the following week the beat the Green Bay Packers at Dallas en route to the NFC Championship Game at Washington where the Redskins prevailed over Dallas.
won a ring as a damn good punter and a backup QB. But I do believe White started a game or two for an injured Roger that year. I loved Danny White, he had a rocket arm and won a lot of playoff games, but lost to three straight number one seeds on the road in NFC champ games.@@russellkempe3231
So many early drops for the Bucs receivers in this game including Doug Williams favorite target at the time-Kevin House who would go on to be one of the best Bucs WR in team history.
I love watching your videos can you please post more 80’s Cowboys? Also do you have Landry’s last game of his coaching career ? Can you please post 80’s Chiefs games too... Thanks so much!!
JayEd KC 80’s cowboy games often time resulted in a loss. As for the last game of Landry’s coaching career...that was a great day: we lost; Green Bay won. We drafted Aikman. They took Mandrich at number 2. Rest is beautiful history. Landry has to go. Here’s a book for you to read: “Breakthrough Boys” the story of the 71’ cowboys. Goes into detail of Landry’s handling of QB situation. Not a high water mark on his resume for sure. Landry meant a lot to organization but Jimmy was their best coach. Hands down.
Buccaneers defense was great that year. Hugh green was great and underrated. Buccaneers 1st logo was great. Buccaneers should have focused on red on their uniforms than orange. This game was the start of the buccaneers following into a losing team. By not resigning Doug Williams was a huge mistake.
At half time it looks to me that Williams is throwing the game.this is his last time playing for the bucks.only getting 120k a year.12 back up quarterbacks are making more.....Williams has definitely retired from the bucs but he just didn't get off the field. He made sure the cowboys are going to win this game
No. This was the expanded 82 playoffs in January of 83. The players strike gutted the season and they turned the wild card round into a 16 team (8 in each conference) playoff. The Chargers beat the Steelers that day.
I honestly think that had the buccs beating the Los Angeles Rams in that 1979 NFC title game they would have given the defending champion Pittsburgh Steelers a run for they're money in super bowl 13 in Pasadena CA... The Steelers probably don't win super bowl #4 until later down the line.... Just saying though!!! The 1979 Tampa bay buccaneers defense was very good...
Doug Williams was treated so poorly by Bucs management. Dude took an expansion team to the playoffs 3 times, can't believe they forced him out. That said, he was an absolutely terrible playoff quarterback UNTIL that fateful Super Bowl against the Broncos. What a time to have one of the best games in NFL history!
I was in the Cal Neva sports book. Bet on the Cowboys, even though I disliked them. And late in the 4th qtr, I needed a td to win my money to cover the point spread. College tuition $$, I might add. Timmy Newsome.... wherever you are, THANK YOU! Your td saved my ass. *we were all cheering you at the end in the casino.
how come nobody see's Phyllis George? anyway that green fumble rec reminds me of that int Taylor made on turkerday but green doesn't get the noteriety even though green did his in the playoffs.
Too much Cowboy defense again for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I don't think Tampa Bay would have done much in the 80s with Doug Williams the Bears were up and coming. Tampa Bay's defense started to go downhill in 1984
Ben Kuxhouse Well, look at it this way...if they had Williams maybe they wouldn't have had to waste picks on guys like Testaverde. Maybe Bo Jackson would've considered playing for them. Perhaps they wouldn't have needed Bo at all. Maybe they would've drafted a stronger defense. The general consensus among players on the team, though, was that when Williams left, the team lost its leader. They really haven't had a consistent one at QB since (even though they've won a Super Bowl).
Odawg96 Tampa Bay would have been a better team no doubt but I don't think they would have had the Firepower to take on the Chicago Bears. Chicago was putting together a championship defense and Tampa Bay's very good defense was on its way to becoming one of the worst. 1984-85 86 Tampa Bay's defense was one of worst in the NFL
Scott Davidson We don't dispute that his passing numbers were average. However, he possessed those "intangibles" and leadership qualities that can't be captured in a stat book. His Tampa Bay teammates can attest to that...especially since "above-average" QBs arrived in Tampa Bay after him and couldn't produce victories tve way did. Here in the Baltimore-Washington area, though, "average" QBs with superior leadership skills and toughness have helped win 5 or 6 Super Bowls. Two of the greatest every played in these parts (Unitas and Jurgensen), but guys named Morrall, Dilfer, and Flacco helped Baltimore teams to championships in the modern era, and down the road Joe Gibbs won championships with QBs named Theismann, Rypien, and (dramatic pause)...Doug Williams. Honorable mention to average and tough guys like Billy Kilmer and, the one who got away, Stan Humphries. Also to an above average tough guy who was awesome for a short period of time: Bert Jones.
I believe that if the buccaneers would have won the nfc title game in 1979 against the rams They would have given Terry Bradshaw a run for his money in that super bowl hell they probably would have beating the Pittsburgh Steelers to. Who knows with the defense they had...
I don't know if you're a Cowboy fan or a Bucs fan, but would you, by chance, have the 1982 game between Tampa Bay and New Orleans? If so, I would really appreciate it if you put that on here. Thanks!
That was the most one sided two score game you will ever see. In reality the Cowboys should have won by 4-5 touchdowns. 445-218 in yards and 29 first downs to 8. The fluke fumble recovery TD and missed tackle TD pass by Tampa were the only reason the score was remotely competitive.
I think part of the issue I barely being a sellout as Dallas didn't know who they would be playing until late Monday night the week before. In those days the NFL had a week 16 Monday night game and this year in the strike year it was Minnesota/Dallas. also Tampa wasn't the team to really drive ticket sales. also something I just realized as I w as typing this. Both Minnesota and Dallas who played the previous Monday night and were at home this Sunday got late afternoon(4 PM ET) starts
Don't care what anyone else says, those original orange Bucs uniforms were freaking awesome! Distinctive and cool.
100% My man...👍🏈
Damn you read my mind I was about to say the same thing! I would have gone with a darker shade of orange, but they're no more unusual than the Dolphins and Bengals uniforms from the same time.
At the time they were NOT awesome!
They were awesome and unique
University of Tennessee Volunteers.
We sure miss Pat Summerall's
Voice on a bright and sunny
Sunday during NFL Football Season Games between Dallas and Washington.
R.I.P. Pat you are truly missed.
And John Madden. Watching this game made me remember how he was probably the greatest color guy in NFL broadcasting history until he sold out late in his career. But there is no current color guy anywhere like him now.
i so agree
I love the old uniforms the Tampa Bay Bucaneers had.
They changed them because of a superstitious belief that their orange and white scheme was effeminate and made them weak.
@@tomcollins5112 It wasn't the uniforms, but the performers in the uniforms.
@@JAWrightonline True, but during the 80's and 90's, I remember reading theories that the reason why the team lost was because of a psychological effect caused by wearing weak colors. Which is ridiculous, of course, but I think it's the reason why the Buccaneers changed their uniform design. It's worth noting that the Buccaneers are still the losing most team in NFL history, despite changing their uniforms. Which proves that the uniforms had nothing to do with it.
I still believe that if the buccaneers hadn't loss the nfc title game in1979 to the rams. They would have given Terry Bradshaw a run for their money in that super bowl.. With that defense hell they probably would have won...
Yeah same here I wish they would bring them back.
Cowboys have been blessed with so many really good TEs over the years. Ditka, DuPree,, Cosbie, Novacek, Witten
Dalton Schultz might be the next!
Jackie Smith
@@TDL-xg5nn yes, MY FAVE DALLAS TE - dropped what would have been a TD vs Steelers in SB.. Love Jackie Smith, THANKS JACKIE.
I'm a lifetime Dallas Cowboys fan and Billy Joe Dupree is one of my all-time favorites
@@TDL-xg5nn the only thing about Jackie Smith was that he was a Cardinals player before coming to Dallas, Ditka wasn't homegrown either.
Pat Summerall the best RIP (1930-2013).
My favorite NFL broadcast team ever
Greatest ever
Man Hugh Green was a hell of a ball player.
Monster player. That guy was a one-man wrecking machine - LT was the greatest but Hugh Green is very underestimated.
So was Hugh Jass.
Leveler
Many thanks for uploading, please keep them coming, these videos really take me back to my childhood when I dreamed of being a pro football player, and the world was a better place.
Doug Williams was an underrated trailblazer
I guarantee that in Redskins country he is fully appreciated
Phyllis george she was gorgeous and charming
She was definitely hot in the day, too bad she died fairly young last year at the age of 70.
A beautiful lady from Texas. Who wouldn't want her on their team?
I may need to go to Binge Watching Football Anonymous or something. All of these games I get to watch - way better than the current version of football and I can't get enough of the announcing crews and nostalgia. I may need some serious help.
I appreciate you uploading this Richard! It was a joy being able to rewatch this game.
Rest in peace Leroy Selman
❤️ Selman brother's Oklahoma football
Those Tampa unis were awesome
Ron Springs😥RIP.
I remember this game on TV. Was so happy to see the Buc put up a good fight against the Cowboys. This was the first real look at Doug Williams. Loved those cream-sicle uniforms!
If you call 38-0 a good fight. Lol
Doug Williams went on win a Superbowl with the the Washington Football Team & won Superbowl MVP🖐️♥️♥️🎉!
This was 1982....Williams was the QB in the 1979 NFC championship game..for Tampa Bay.....this wasn't the first real look at Williams..
@@cheebateam - good point !
@@johnwiley9973 38-0 was the previous year. This one was 30-17.
Bucs owner, Hugh Culverhouse, refused to pay Doug Williams what even coach John McKay knew he was worth, prompting him to leave for the USFL in the off-season. The end result? The Bucs went 2-14 in 1983 and didn't make the playoffs again for 14 years. When Williams was named MVP of Super Bowl XXII, Tampa Bay fans must have looked at Culverhouse with total disgust.
I always believed John McKay to be one of the best judges of talent. Culverhouse probably held John McKay back from doing his job properly. You just gave one example. There are probably others. Seems some owners like to play the " I'm the owner, so you are going to do what I say, even if you disagree" card. Jerry Jones might be one of those.
SingleTax he's a cheap ass
Williams did not play in USFL in 1983.
+SingleTax Culverhouse was a prick like Eugene Klein, Chargers. He allowed Fred Dean and John Jefferson to go because he was a Damn Cheapskate.
@@snakeoiler1292 fred dean big reason why sf won in 84
Rest in peace Phyllis George and Jimmy the Greek
Well, I agree with the Phyllis George part.
@@JAWrightonline she was super gorgeous looking woman; too pretty to die
Those Orange creamsicle unis 👍
Dallas was America's team during this era 1966-1985,but they got old in a hurry after this season and blew the 1983 draft by not taking Dan Marino @ pick 16 🤦♂️
So many teams passed on Marino
And this would be the last playoff appearance for the Bucs until 1997, a year after Tony Dungy took over the team, going 6-10 the year he did.
I’ve got to admit, the Cowboys teams from 1980-1983 were absolutely loaded. But like Romo and now Dak, Danny White just couldn’t get them over the hump
So true !!
Wayne Fontes LOL I saw those Detroit Years up close and personal with him as head coach. It's sad he's our most successful coach for the lions in the Super Bowl era. It's rough right now as a Detroit native for sports, but I stay loyal.
Cocaine Wayne!...lol
@@diaz5292 yeah, got busted, blamed his son.
Real exciting update Brent Mustardburger @ 47:39 with that field goal... couldnt have lived without that update...lol
exciting conventional style kicker! Do not see that anymore and it was rare that season outside of the league MVP lol.
Godspeed Phyllis. You were a pioneer.
Gorgeous looking woman
Tampa Bay's last playoff game & winning season for the next 15 years.
this was their last game playoff game in those amazing uniforms
Brent, Phyllis, Irv, Jimmy for pregame. Then bring in Summerall and Madden for the game? Talk about a golden age.
The best that ever was or will be.
I can't believe I found this game.It's what turned me onto and into a Bucs fan.I was only 8 yrs old. Figures Tampa defense was banged up! Story of our lives!
Doug Williams ended his Tampa Bay Career here, the next season that he ended as a started QB he was breaking Super Bowl Records and winning a SB MVP award.
John Liberty he didn't win Super bowl until Super Bowl 22. Not following year.
my bad, I left out an important word... fixing it now
very average but he's black so wow what a quarterback, what a groundbreaker, released by the Bucs and Redskins because of racism of course, not because he had more picks than td's.
@@clubhouseme I agree that celebrating his skin color was silly but he was above average. Its not like they put him in the hall of fame or they gave him token pro bowl appearances. He was a decent QB and good leader and what the Redskins needed to win a Super Bowl. Save the criticism for a POS like Crapernick (won't waste time looking up how to spell that losers name)
I remember how scared I was to losing to this team! People like Tampa Bays cream cycle uniforms now but back then everyone made fun of them! I was relieved to get pass them!
McKay's Tampa Bay team was just about to get over the hump, and the Cowboys were aging. Had they kept Williams, the history of the 1980s NFC might read a lot differently today (definitely the NFC Central anyway). The Cowboys were always the ultimate obstacle (kind of like they were for Favre in the 90s), and Tampa almost had them in this season. They were probably a year away from peaking...and then Culverhouse screwed everyone over. (Sigh) What could've been....
Not really you actually think they could compete with chicago in that era?
William's dropback was horrible....cleaned it up in Washington
The Bucs were just known for boneheaded mistakes like that, and it would really come back to haunt them five years later...
@@tomservo75 Well, boneheaded mistakes were always part of the Buccaneers’ fabric for the first 20 years of their existence…and it didn’t take 5 years for their effects to be felt. Most of the time negative effects were pretty IMMEDIATE: signing Steve Spurrier, drafting Booker Reece; NOT re-signing Williams; signing Jack Thompson; drafting Bo Jackson (despite being told not to); etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
@@Odawg96 Actually what I meant was Williams winning Super Bowl MVP 5 years later.
Yep last game ever for Doug WILLIAMS and end of the Bucs first glory years of 79-82. Ricky Bell was gone also by this point. James Wilder was just starting his run but without a QB he was the only offense. The Bucs defense also were not as dominant after this season too. The end of an era. In this game the Bucs D dominated the second quarter even with the offense having zero first downs.
Astrosjer Not a very imposing era, however.
I will always wonder the kind of stats Wilder would have put up in a great offensive system.
JD McNugent I agree. He was good especially in 1985 with 1500 plus rushing yards. May have been 1984. But he was a good back.
Thomas Danyluk -the defense was very imposing from 79-82. Number one defense in NFL in 1979 was not the Steelers, it was Lee Roy Selmon and Co. The offense not....other than some flashes of brilliance at times from Doug Williams.
Last game for Doug Williams as a Buccaneer, you mean.
Yes me too I love those orange bucs uniforms with the white helmet bucco Bruce the winking pirate ☠.
Gotta Love those Creamsicle and Red Uniforms of The Tampa Bay Buccaneers.NEVER EVER should they have changed the logo.😡😡😡
Agree...👍🏈😊
absolutely
Phyllis George was a hot little beaver box.
The 1982 playoffs can be best described as the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins show. Both basically were the best teams in the playoffs.
More competitive game than I remember, actually. The Bucs were in this until late in the game. Apparently, Doug Williams had to catch the ball for his wide receivers, too, especially in the first half. As the other post says, it was indeed a long time before the Bucs made it back to the playoffs after they let Williams out the building.
Ikr, cowboys fan here, Tampa receivers should feel free 2 catch the ball
That penalty for blocking in the back by Hannah, couple with Hannah kicking the flag on that play, the team never recovered from those two flags on that one play. It didn’t appeared to be a hold.
Tampa Bay gave a much better account of themselves than they did in the year before's playoffs, when they took that 38-0 walloping from Dallas.
I kinda miss these Tampa bay buccaneers uniforms though.... They were very unique compared to the rest of the NFL....
Love the NFL today. Summerall and Madden were together back then? What a great broadcasting team.
The best
This was their first year together. Madden actually split time between Summerall and Scully on the year, as I believe they were essentially auditioning the #1 team of the future. Summerall won the job, Scully and Hank Stram got to call the NFC Championship Game as sort of a consolation prize, and Vin bolted for NBC the next year to become their #1 baseball man.
loved the nfl today pre game show. thats all we needed unlike today with a million meaningless shows over analyzing things to death
It was the only time I remember cheering for Dallas to win, as a Redskins fan I didn't want anyone to illuminate Dallas before they got to RFK
The old Texas Stadium was probably the toughest stadium for visiting teams to play in. "Jerry World," not at all.
80s games are fun even if they aren't your team. Just something about them from your youth
I could watch old games all day.
So glad Williams won a super bowl , with Washington..
I love reading the comments on these old games. Learning a lot.
That was a good Buc defense back then....really good
Hugh green underrated
Yeah...that’s why Dallas won 38-0
It was the 2003 Bucs with the metal-grinding defense, like the '85 Bears and '86 Giants.
@@RobertJohnson-mn3br that's the score from the year before
My favorite pre game group
Greatest pre game NFL football
When Tex's Stadium was demolished...a part of my spirit was gone. So much success...just a memory.
When Dallas was the #2 Seed and Tampa Bay was the #7 Seed in the NFC. Considering that 1982 was A Strike Shortened Season with all teams playing 9 Games for that season. The NFL Welcomed 8 Playoff Teams each Conference.
The 8 NFC Teams in the Playoffs
1. Washington
2. Dallas
3. Green Bay
4. Minnesota
5. Atlanta
6. St. Louis
7. Tampa Bay
8. Detroit
After the Cowboys won this game, the following week the beat the Green Bay Packers at Dallas en route to the NFC Championship Game at Washington where the Redskins prevailed over Dallas.
1:03:50 Hugh Green for a TD
1:12:57 Mark Cotney w the INT
2:04:30 Gordon Jones w big TD!
Danny White was tough as nails, very underrated
Danny White has a Super Bowl ring and nada for Tony Romo and Dak Prescott. That says a lot.
won a ring as a damn good punter and a backup QB. But I do believe White started a game or two for an injured Roger that year. I loved Danny White, he had a rocket arm and won a lot of playoff games, but lost to three straight number one seeds on the road in NFC champ games.@@russellkempe3231
So many early drops for the Bucs receivers in this game including Doug Williams favorite target at the time-Kevin House who would go on to be one of the best Bucs WR in team history.
Yet it was "all Doug Williams fault" that his passing percentage was low.
Hof, stop playin and put pearson, Walls, and too tall in
Loved summerall's nothing doing n almost broke it
Don't forget "Running to daylight" 😂🙌🏾
Who is here for the rematch?
God bless Phyllis George
I love watching your videos can you please post more 80’s Cowboys? Also do you have Landry’s last game of his coaching career ? Can you please post 80’s Chiefs games too... Thanks so much!!
JayEd KC 80’s cowboy games often time resulted in a loss. As for the last game of Landry’s coaching career...that was a great day: we lost; Green Bay won. We drafted Aikman. They took Mandrich at number 2. Rest is beautiful history.
Landry has to go.
Here’s a book for you to read: “Breakthrough Boys” the story of the 71’ cowboys. Goes into detail of Landry’s handling of QB situation. Not a high water mark on his resume for sure. Landry meant a lot to organization but Jimmy was their best coach. Hands down.
Buccaneers defense was great that year.
Hugh green was great and underrated.
Buccaneers 1st logo was great.
Buccaneers should have focused on red on their uniforms than orange.
This game was the start of the buccaneers following into a losing team.
By not resigning Doug Williams was a huge mistake.
playoff rematch 40 yrs later
At 2:04:35, I thought Tampa had this game wrapped up with this Williams-to-Jones touchdown!!
At half time it looks to me that Williams is throwing the game.this is his last time playing for the bucks.only getting 120k a year.12 back up quarterbacks are making more.....Williams has definitely retired from the bucs but he just didn't get off the field. He made sure the cowboys are going to win this game
FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THIS GAME..OUR DEFENSE WAS PRETTY DAMN GOOD..
this is a minute before my time. I looked it up. It was the 1981 season divisional game. The Chargers played the Dolphins on the same day
No. This was the expanded 82 playoffs in January of 83. The players strike gutted the season and they turned the wild card round into a 16 team (8 in each conference) playoff. The Chargers beat the Steelers that day.
I honestly think that had the buccs beating the Los Angeles Rams in that 1979 NFC title game they would have given the defending champion Pittsburgh Steelers a run for they're money in super bowl 13 in Pasadena CA... The Steelers probably don't win super bowl #4 until later down the line.... Just saying though!!! The 1979 Tampa bay buccaneers defense was very good...
Falcons uniforms were sweet.
By any chance do you have 1982 playoff game between the packers and cowboys
Doug Williams was treated so poorly by Bucs management. Dude took an expansion team to the playoffs 3 times, can't believe they forced him out. That said, he was an absolutely terrible playoff quarterback UNTIL that fateful Super Bowl against the Broncos. What a time to have one of the best games in NFL history!
I was in the Cal Neva sports book. Bet on the Cowboys, even though I disliked them. And late in the 4th qtr, I needed a td to win my money to cover the point spread. College tuition $$, I might add. Timmy Newsome.... wherever you are, THANK YOU! Your td saved my ass. *we were all cheering you at the end in the casino.
Doug Williams had a solid career.
that buccs defense was good
McKay got the bucks to the playoff a few times. Not bad considering he built it from literally nothing.
What a babe Phyllis George was.
how come nobody see's Phyllis George? anyway that green fumble rec reminds me of that int Taylor made on turkerday but green doesn't get the noteriety even though green did his in the playoffs.
Phyllis George was very, very beautiful!! Always enjoyed her work on the TV.
The lady’s look on the preview…….
Priceless
Back when quarterbacks who finished with 150 yds passing was considered a good day lol...
Wayne’s Fontes, a blast of the Detroit’s past.
Former Lions HC Wayne Fontes at 51:39 in orange sweater
hunter's orange for the big buck. likely would have to be in Detroit at to get that big buck reference
9:39 their aggressive touchdown celebration back then lol
Back in the day when everyone in the stands weren't wearing jerseys.
yea it's a lot better now at least
Interesting at halftime they mention a rumor that Bill Walsh was going to step down from coaching after the 49ers missed the playoffs.
But that didn't happen, as Walsh stayed with the 49ers until 1988, winning a pair of Super Bowl championships along the way.
Ron Hill was benched after the missed tackle on the Gordon Jones TD. His replacement Monte Hunter.
And Hill fumbled away the NFC Championship in Washington soon thereafter.
3 out 4 positions played for the first time by Bucs secondary for first time all year.Nothing like the playoffs for that to happen.
rest in peace tom landry
Too much Cowboy defense again for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I don't think Tampa Bay would have done much in the 80s with Doug Williams the Bears were up and coming. Tampa Bay's defense started to go downhill in 1984
Ben Kuxhouse Well, look at it this way...if they had Williams maybe they wouldn't have had to waste picks on guys like Testaverde. Maybe Bo Jackson would've considered playing for them. Perhaps they wouldn't have needed Bo at all. Maybe they would've drafted a stronger defense. The general consensus among players on the team, though, was that when Williams left, the team lost its leader. They really haven't had a consistent one at QB since (even though they've won a Super Bowl).
Odawg96 Tampa Bay would have been a better team no doubt but I don't think they would have had the Firepower to take on the Chicago Bears. Chicago was putting together a championship defense and Tampa Bay's very good defense was on its way to becoming one of the worst. 1984-85 86 Tampa Bay's defense was one of worst in the NFL
Odawg96 Doug Williams was a average QB. 1 good Super Bowl. But a very very nice man
who has suffered his share of life heartbreaks.
Scott Davidson We don't dispute that his passing numbers were average. However, he possessed those "intangibles" and leadership qualities that can't be captured in a stat book. His Tampa Bay teammates can attest to that...especially since "above-average" QBs arrived in Tampa Bay after him and couldn't produce victories tve way did. Here in the Baltimore-Washington area, though, "average" QBs with superior leadership skills and toughness have helped win 5 or 6 Super Bowls. Two of the greatest every played in these parts (Unitas and Jurgensen), but guys named Morrall, Dilfer, and Flacco helped Baltimore teams to championships in the modern era, and down the road Joe Gibbs won championships with QBs named Theismann, Rypien, and (dramatic pause)...Doug Williams. Honorable mention to average and tough guys like Billy Kilmer and, the one who got away, Stan Humphries. Also to an above average tough guy who was awesome for a short period of time: Bert Jones.
Odawg96 blah blah blah. Williams was average. Got a ring. Wonderful human being. I stand on my point. He was 2nd minority QB to win a Super Bowl.
Wow, 1:32:15 Randy White ran down bucs running back. Super athlete.
Tampa defense kept them in the game..
"Well when you get shot, that tends to happen to you " lol
22:25 That would be 15 yard penalty today unnecessary roughness roughing the passer after blowing the whistle
I believe that if the buccaneers would have won the nfc title game in 1979 against the rams They would have given Terry Bradshaw a run for his money in that super bowl hell they probably would have beating the Pittsburgh Steelers to. Who knows with the defense they had...
O so that Jimmy the Greek and Phyllis George... wow
Monty "big game" Hunter
I'll always remember his INT vs the Packers that one time, late in the game to save the game!
I don't know if you're a Cowboy fan or a Bucs fan, but would you, by chance, have the 1982 game between Tampa Bay and New Orleans? If so, I would really appreciate it if you put that on here. Thanks!
Was looking for their 1981 playoff game but this one instead
1981 NFC Divisional Playoff Game Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Dallas Cowboys photos.app.goo.gl/nkmrk4HrDLW5fgLN8
The Buccaneers had better uniforms back then.
The Refs over officiating at 2:13.20 is were the game changes The Bucs had em on the ropes !!!
That was the most one sided two score game you will ever see. In reality the Cowboys should have won by 4-5 touchdowns. 445-218 in yards and 29 first downs to 8. The fluke fumble recovery TD and missed tackle TD pass by Tampa were the only reason the score was remotely competitive.
2:32:17 that clearly was an incomplete pass
Ironically Hugh Green was traded to Miami
43:51 - CBS switches some viewers to another game.
46:20 - Game was barely a sellout.
Can you imagine that happening now?
I think part of the issue I barely being a sellout as Dallas didn't know who they would be playing until late Monday night the week before. In those days the NFL had a week 16 Monday night game and this year in the strike year it was Minnesota/Dallas. also Tampa wasn't the team to really drive ticket sales. also something I just realized as I w as typing this. Both Minnesota and Dallas who played the previous Monday night and were at home this Sunday got late afternoon(4 PM ET) starts
John Paulson : Still, it was a playoff game.
@@paulsonj72 Nowadays, i wonder if either Falcons-Vikings or Jets-Bengals would be on Sunday Night instead?
The Bucs receivers were horrible !!!