1995 AFC Championship: "If I don't see it hit the ground.. the wrong team goes to the Super Bowl"
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It's crazy how ancient footage from 95 looks now. The player expressions, styles, movements etc all look more 70's to me, despite having watched this game live in 95
Times change. It was a game of size and strength back then. Now it is about speed.
i mean, it was over 26 years ago, sooo....
Haha true
I agree for instance astroturf how did they play on that love the old stadiums btw too
I remember seeing this on a small TV in the distance at 11 years old at a birthday party. And lots of other games of that era. They look older than today, but way way more modern than 60s and 70s and even 80s stuff. Its what I am used to in present as it is what I grew up with.
R.I.P Kevin Greene
I use to think as a kid nfl films were way longer and now seeing this I remember right. Be cool if they did this again
I remember ESPN airing NFL's Greatest Games frequently instead of extending SportsCenter with analyst talking heads to come up with more opinions to fill in time.
They haven't even been doing turning point this year. That show was awesome.
They just did the Hail Murray and Browns Steelers playoff games from last year
I wish they had the old NFL Game of the Week episode available again. I loved the ones from the early 2000s.
I want to emphasize what folks have mentioned earlier: Please continue to upload the whole series of Greatest Games.
These bring back memories of some amazing games and well worth watching. Thanks for uploading.
I hope they upload old episodes of NFL Game of the Week.
1998 Packers-49ers was one of my favorite episodes.
1:09:28 "Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose"
This moment between Bill Cowher & his daughter after the Steelers Superbowl loss always stuck with me for some reason
I remember watching this game, the entire bar exploded thinking the pass was caught and Colts won. That team overachieved and was alot of fun all year long.
Memories! I used to love watching NFL Greatest Games on ESPN 2 back in the day.... Three Rivers Stadium was CRAZY
Ya, I went there once as a kid to see a Cubs vs. Pirates game. Nowhere near as nutty as an NFL environment but it was definitely a cool place.
amen
I was 5 then and my ears were ringing. I had to cover my ears because 3RS was so damn crazy. I didn't know what was going on and I didn't care. My dad and brother were having a blast man.
Agree, used to love NFL greatest games on the duce
As a Colts fan...this was a great game...kudos to both teams...so many great players, and great clutch plays in a single game. As a TE in college at the time I loved Dilger and Bruener competing as great blockers and receivers. The 90s were so great for football.
The stillers TE in the previous season Eric Green (Liberty) was super fun to watch. Could block like an O-lineman and catch like a WR. I think if the stillers still had green, they'd have beat the cowboys in the SB that yr.
@@atrain818 nah, Neil still would've thrown that game
@@berlin040909 Sadly, Neil gave that game away..
" The 90s were so great for football."
Not for Bills fans.
@@berlin040909exactly. He made a millionaire out of a roll player in Larry Brown. Lol.
We know him a lot better as a head coach at the college and NFL level, but Jim Harbaugh was an underrated QB in his day.
Jim sucked as a Bears QB
@@john-smith. better than Kramer
Marshall Faulk deserves a lot of credit for that Cinderella season, too.
@@blakelip3 You got that right!
@@alphaomega8373 🤣🤣🤣 now he sucked lol I’d put Rex grossman over him
I remember this game. Ted Marchibroda did a hell of a job that postseason.
As a Steelers fan I remember running up my grandma’s who lived behind me during Colts last drive...started to cry when I thought they caught it on the last play, then remember my grandma saying “it’s a no catch” than I started crying because we won lol. I felt bad for Colts coach Ted Marchibroda, guy seemed like a very good person. Then Neil O’Donald crapped the bed in the SuperBowl to lose the game for us.
Had you watched the game the previous year against the Chargers?
Jesse Stevenson: Yeah, that was bad but I didn’t take it as bad as the next year when I thought we chocked again.
Well ten years later the NFL handed the Steelers SB40 on a silver platter. I'm sure that more than made up for losing SB30.
His name is O' Donnell.
You don' t know the starting QB' s name of your favorite team?
First time Steelers lost a SB against f.....americas team.
@@davidpaz9389 I always liked the Steelers but this story ended with Big Ben "howeverhisnameisspelled."
Couldn' t stand this guy.
I was 12 years old watching this game with my dad and my brother. As good Hoosiers we were used to watching Notre Dame football on Saturday and playing outside on Sunday afternoons, but not after that season. We thought Bailey caught it and we jumped up and down yelling "we're going to the Super Bowl" and hugging each other, then turned back and found out he dropped it. What a heart breaker. My brother called it the worst day of his life. It made finally going to the super bowl 11 years later that much sweeter.
I was 13 watching it as well. He most definitely dropped that ball as Steelers fan I thought he caught it at first . Absolutely classic game and these 2 teams always make for great game 2024 season will make for another classic Game when Steelers vs Colts play again.
My mom is a huge Steelers fan, she thought Bailey caught the ball. The devastation in her face, (especially after the year before) I'll never forget even if it was for seconds. Then pure joy.
Steelers really should just go back to the classic block numeral jerseys.
Hell of a game, one of my all time favourites
Yup and The Last Play Was Almost a Catch in The Endzone by The Colts!
My earliest memory ever of watching a NFL game at 6yrs old. Been a Colts fan ever since.
That dropped INT should have ended it. And the Mills catch would not have counted in todays game. The ball popped out when he hit the ground.
And as a Steelers fan, the Kordell Stewart TD shouldn’t have counted either. Luck I guess!
I low-key miss three rivers stadium was a intimidating place in the Steelers glory days.
Three Rivers was deafening because of the bowl shape. Heinz field doesn't sound as loud.
"2min, how many times you want us to score?" I'm a die hard Steelers fan & was at the game, but that's a great line. Always respected Harbaugh.
Man I couldn’t imagine having to make that call. The fate of two teams in your hands and tbh they could’ve called it either way
Then they would've had to decide by getting together and finding out how the NFL would've preferred it to be scripted.
Both teams deserved all the credit in the world for this classic game.
The 9-7 #5 seed Colts in their first playoff appearance in eight years (after having gone 24 years without a playoff win) coming literally within inches of an out-of-nowhere AFC title against the Steelers looking to wash away the bad taste of the previous year's shocker to the Chargers. They very nearly met the same fate but came up big when needed.
There are 100s of these “greatest games” videos and you can’t find them anywhere. Plz upload more NFL
I CANNOT thank you enough for uploading even just ONE of these. Every time I see one of the “Greatest Games” episodes on NFL Network I dvr it and try to keep em for years, they are so well done. THANK YOU THANK YOU 🙏
Marchibroda alluded to it at the start of this video - that Colts team played so many games that came down to the last play, whether it was against the defending Super Bowl champion 49ers or two games against the God-awful Jets. They could have gone 12-4 and they could have just as easily gone 6-10. Teams like that tend to be dangerous in the playoffs if they get there.
Man I remember how exciting this game was as a 14 year old. I thought they won it on the Hail Mary at the end but it bounced out. That was a crazy game. This past weeks game with the Bills and Chiefs was even crazier. I love the NFL!
This is the one and only game, of any sport, that was so emotional I actually shed tears at the end. One of the absolute best ever NFL games👍👍👍👍
Well, remember,pro sports leagues are sports entertainment. National Fixed League, National Hoax League, National Bribery Association and Money League Ball. Mahomes,Allen, Wilson, Prescott etc are all in on it. Nobody really loses because they still get paid. Just watch it for what it is, sports entertainment.
@@quentincampbell612 Nowadays yes, but I don't think it was fixed in the 90's? I could be wrong, but it seems like the rigging started in the new millennium?
Neil O' Donnell's clutchiest performance as Steelers QB. Lots of tough, gutsy catches by the receivers too, both in this game and the Super Bowl.
He threw the Superbowl
@@georgecoull1883 Who on Earth would throw a super bowl? O'Donnell just sucked. That's all.
People in this city have this weird mindset that if a quarterback isn't a Hall of Famer, they're complete irredeemable garbage. O Donnell wasn't that good, but he wasn't awful either. He was the most accomplished QB for the Steelers in the 20 year drought between Bradshaw and Roethlisberger. Remember how bad the Mark Malone and Bubby Brister days were? Here's the stat lines for each starting QB from 84-2003:
Bubby Brister: 55/57 (TD/INT), 69.8 (Rate), 52.5% (Cmp%)
Mark Malone: 54/68 (TD/INT), 62.4 (Rate), 50.2% (Cmp%)
Mike Tomczak: 37/43 (TD/INT), 71.6 (Rate), 56.1% (Cmp%)
Kordell Stewart: 70/72 (TD/TNT), 72.3 (Rate), 56.5% (Cmp%)
Tommy Maddox: 42/40 (TD/INT), 76.7 (Rate), 58.2% (Cmp%)
Now here's O'Donnell:
Neil O' Donnell: 68/39 (TD/INT), 81.8 (Rate), 57.1% (Cmp%)
@@bjblastyoass O'Donnell lost our team a super bowl.
And then he threw straight to Larry brown twice in the Superbowl
Walked into an Indianapolis sports bar at the exact moment the final play happened. It was like a lightning bolt hit the place. Inches away from a Super Bowl and every replay showed it was closer to a catch than you would ever believe.
Hey I'm a Steelers fan and when it happened I thought the guy caught it too
Greg "Just Plain Nasty" Lloyd
#95 Brutality In Shorter Package
This kind of magic is what the eagles needed in 2023.
I watched this game with my homies..these teams werent our favorites but it had us yeahing on our seats the whole time...i miss this kinda football!! 90sfootball rule !!
Indianapolis Colts Against Pittsburgh Steelers From The 70s 80s And Early 90s ☺🏈
Damn this film 25 years old Harbaugh looking young af
It's pretty crazy how there is zero difference between Bill Hillgrove's calls in 1995 compared to 2022.
I watched that game live and the Colts were so underdog and kept finding ways to win. The week prior against the AFC’s best team and Marchibroda telling Harbaugh “Let’er rip”. And he did.
As a kid in southern Indiana, this is the team that made me love the Colts as a 10 year old. This game is also the first time I got grounded because I cussed at the tv absolutely sure Aaron Bailey caught that ball. Think about this game multiple times a year. So close.
I never liked the Colts after they moved to Indianapolis. Can't stand Payton Manning.
lol man, it's amazing how we all have our own personal recollections of amazing moments in sports history, huh? i'm a steelers fan, i was 14 years old at the time, and i had a *ahem* reputation for blowing a gasket and flipping out when the steelers lost, and my 10 year old brother was well aware of it. when harbaugh put that ball up in the air and it looked like it had been caught by bailey, i jumped out of my chair and literally screamed "NOOOOO!" like a woman who just found out her child died, and my brother (not a steelers fan) immediately ran out of the living room because he knew he would've probably have been in the crossfire of me throwing stuff. for a split second, i wanted to die, but when i realized the ball hit the ground, it was pure bliss.
I was a kid in southern Indiana rooting for the Steelers
After last night I think we have another entry for the NFL's Greatest Games series.
No question it will be mentioned in the episode list.
Meh... placeholder
They should do one regarding all 4 games this past weekend.
I became a Colts fan on this day and remain a HUGE Colts fan to this day..27 years ago..dam sure doesnt seem like its been 27 years...I remember this game like it was last week or sumthin...))
An absolute hidden gem of an AFC Title game; people forget about this game and the ENDING.......wow.
Smashmouth days
If not mistaken 94-95 Colts Appeared in Both Seasons A.F.C Title Games.Scrappy Bunch Like Their QB
I remember watching this live as a kid. Good times back then
This channel is genuinely interesting
That was one hell of a post season run by the Colts that year.
I can’t find this game anywhere finally thank you
I still remember "AND DRIVING INTO THE ENDZONE IS BAM MORRIS" I was like 10 and my 1st yr watching football
I’ve watched this game so many times. I’m only 17 min in and this is such a great recap
Amazing finish to this game. Watched it on TV as it was happening and recorded it on VHS 📼. I STILL HAVE IT TIL THIS DAY. I loved that 95' blitzburgh defense. #STEELERNATION.
Yes we in Pittsburgh would love to see this again……..
Man what an awesome game man i really wish i could hear Myron Cope live again bring bck great memories Double Yoi, mmmm ha
One of my favorite games I ever watched.
That game introduces to the Steelers for me that and the towels lol
Easily one of the most underrated games in NFL history.
Upload ALL of the John Madden Greatest Games like Ghost to the Post, loved that one, watched it so much as a child.
28 years ago today. (January 14,1996)
The only football game i’ve ever gone to. I was 14. It was amazing. Thanks for getting tickets Dad, sorry we don’t talk anymore. We’ll straighten things out in the afterlife ✌🏻
I can’t wait to see the NFL films documentary of the Chiefs Vs Bills playoff game 26 years from now
"13 seconds" 😂😂
Only time I ever cried over a game, in happiness ofcourse. I had been a football fan since 83, and FINALLY my team the Steelers was going to a superbowl during my time. Pure 💯 AWESOMENESS
The same year this video came out--2005, Cowher won the Super Bowl (2005-06 season).
That’s what I figured, those guys still looked young. Ted and Kevin would go on to pass away (RIP)
1:04:55 As a Niners fan, I remember being more nervous the previous year about the Steelers going against them because they did have a great defense and high spirits. Once the Bolts came on top, I thought "Niners got this!" - San Diego with all due respect, had neither.
Thing is,the Chargers were the more physical team than the 49ers. They wanted to do to the 49er's what the Giants did to the Bills in Super Bowl XXV. They just couldn't stop the 49er's offense.
@@quentincampbell612 Physicality doesn’t matter when you’re giving up touchdowns on the third play of the game. The Chargers had no chance. 18.5 dogs and the Niners still covered.
@@quentincampbell612What?????? The Chargers were more physical than the 49ers????? The 49ers had the number 2 defense against the run that year. You don't have that without being physical. Plus they beat on Dall-ass twice that year and then in Dec they blew out the Chargers like 38 -15 . I'm just wondering how you came up with the Chargers being more physical. SMH.....
@@eac1235 because they wanted to rush the ball and take time off the clock in this Super Bowl.
@@eac1235 well, the 49ers offense scored so much,it would cause the other teams to abandon the run game and have to pass nearly every down to try to keep up with the 49ers.
So glad this video at 18:30 with the replays show Kordell getting interfered with because on other videos they don't show it and Colts fans complain about Kordell stepping out of bounds and coming back in on his TD at the end of the half.
Watched parts of this game at work and did see the end of it. Watched the Super Bowl too, second one in a row, at work. These were the Go-Go '90s. There were no more Super Bowls at work after '96.
1:00:48 "STILLERS GAHANTA SUPA BOWL!" -UrinatingTree and Myron Cope
Love 90s football ! I couldn’t wait for the next match up for the Steelers!
Can't wait to see the Bills vs Cheifs 2022
And Chiefs Bengals 2022
@@quentincampbell612 Maybe they just make a separate documentary about the playoffs as a whole. Almsot every game has been amazing
MORE OF THESE PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I still think he caught it
It Was Close Though!
14:36 those headphones are heat!
Great game.one of my favorites.
This was a helluva game ! I remember it well....
I’ve only watched two of these so far, and as a lions fans I couldn’t be happier that they were both against the packers
I still cannot watch the SB which followed this game against Dallas. Neil throwing those 2 unforced interceptions cost the game.
"He caught it. He caught the ball."
No he didn't Har-bawl. 😭 It hit the turf.
Solid coach at Michigan now
Pretty sure 95 Greg Lloyd could be a pro bowler now in the NFL
Haha, probably. Avoid Lloyd!!!
such an underrated great game
Thank you for uploading a small amount of this series. It still does not replace having the entire ESPN Plus library (which didn’t even have the whole series) removed recently with zero explanation. In the age we live in with every network having a streaming service, why is this ENTIRE series not available for purchase somewhere? Moreover, why is there not an NFL Films app? I would pay $20 month easily to be able to watch every NFL’s Greatest Games episode. I’m sure you could think of other content to put on there as well. It’s a literal joke these are nowhere to be found for purchase.
Still can't believe Neil O'Donnell was in the super bowl. If Bill Cowher had a better qb he probably would have won a ring sooner. I do appreciate the Steelers standing by their coaches. They rarely ever change their HC
The Ol 3 river Stadiums have great memories growing up . But the New Stadium with the grass that’s real FB. Nothing like them outdoor stadiums. Grass , snowy muddy fields . The Hail Mary pass by Harbaugh still is taller about to this day lol. What a classic game and Bam Bam Morris played like The Bus that year
One of the first games I watched as a 6 year old kid. Made me fall in love with the NFL and a Colts fan.
My all time favorite Cokts QB. Manning had the arm and the audible but, J8m had GRIT and DETERMINATION. He was QB and played with the heart of a LB
Harbaugh when surrounded with good talent like he had in 95 was a good leader. I remember thinking he was horrible when he was a Bear then really becoming a fan of his during this season. This colts team kind of reminds me of the 1980 Browns cardiac kids team. They didn't quit even when the other team was probably better. I was definitely pulling for them during this game. I'm a Raiders fan so come playoff time and we weren't in I went with the underdog colts. I was just sick of the cowboys and 49ers winning the super bowl all the time. Little did I know what was to come with Tom Brady winning all but 3 of the 10 or so he was in. Just to go to the super bowl that many times is crazy. Now that he seems to be retiring I wonder what team will be the next dynasty
Upload all of these "NFL Greatest Games" episodes
For real War eagle Auburn
Wow....another Marty Ball classic...double digit favorites and the Chiefs at home muster up 7 pts...heckuva regular season coach...deer in the headlights come playofffs...ONE PLAY AT A TIME!!!...Marty was hilarious
Love how on the Mills catch, the ball pops out immediately when he hits the ground. Wouldn't have been anywhere near a catch today.
@1:09 It's so sad to see Bill Cowher with his daughters after the Superbowl loss, but it makes it that much sweeter when they win the Superbowl 10 years later (Feb 5th, 2006), and he is hugging them afterwards.
Man I remember this game very well. I was 9 years old. Had just started watching football like 2 years prior. By now was really getting into it. Playing at school and stuff. My dad went to this game so I was solo watching it at home. Hell of a game. Insane how it came down to a Hail Mary attempt. My dad said you could literally hear a pin drop in the stadium on that last play lol. Crazy. Sucks though too because we went on to lose to Dallas in the Super Bowl in a rough game. I actually cried tears when we lost. It was heart wrenching but it was definitely a point where I knew I was a true Steelers fan. Now here I am 26 years later… die hard.
Today's replays would have shown it was a completed catch. Indy should have gone to the Superbowl
That probably would've been a SB that no one would have watched, outside of Indiana and West Texas.
@@kidmack3556 Everyone would have watched. The Colts beat the Cowboys earlier that year and people would have tuned in to watch the underdog.
@Shane Trimble
Your'e right.
Back in '88 there was a strong possibility of a Bills vs Saints SB.
Although I would rather drive rusty nails through my fingertips, a lot of people would've enjoyed that match-up.
I think most people watch the SB no matter what teams are playing... I don't!
I didn't watch any of the Bill's SBs, because I just knew they were going to lose, unfortunately
It's so weird to see Jim Harbaugh talk all normal.
As a Colts fan ,
Marshall Faulk was injured that game . Zack Crockett was good that playoff.
About "didn't see it " , refs missed the Kordell Stewart out of bound back to receive the ball on that Touchdown.
Anyway it was really a good game .
Tip the hat to Steelers
Harbaugh and Faulk made me a Colts fan that year of their fighting spirits and their Cinderella story. Before Peyton Manning era.
Faulk really won his SB with greatest show on turf Rams ( 1999 )
Jim finally won Big ten championship this season. ( Finally 26 years )
Thanks to Ted Marchiborda for that run.
RIP
Zack Crockett was great against the Chargers and didn't really do anything against KC and Pittsburgh.
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424
The chiefs and Steelers had a pretty good run defense
Steelers loved to blitz
He caught it
But It Was Close by Bailey!
This game was literally a game of inches for both teams. I still think the key play of this game was Willie Williams shoe string tackle on Lamont Warren on a third and one that got the Steelers the ball back, if he doesn't make that tackle the game probably ends.
You see other plays, the Colts drop an interception on the final offensive possession the Steelers have, O'Donnell completes a fourth and three pass to Andre Hastings to keep a drive alive for the Steelers, Chris Oldham drops an interception that could've ended the game for the Steelers, Randy Fuller literally saves the game on the final play, Classic game by both teams.
This is the 1st Steelers game I ever attended.I been to dozens since still one of my favorite games I’ve ever been to.i went through the gate with about 10 other people we each paid our friend who worked at the gate $20 bucks!! Best 20 I ever spent at 3 river’s stadium.
I remember this as a kid hearing it on the radio with my dad
Those NFL "out of market blackouts" used singe my keester. When I was living in Los Angeles, the 1984 NFC playoffs were all blackouts!
Why were there blackouts@@kidmack3556
NFL can you upload the original broadcast of this game as well? I prefer to watch the game as it aired on tv.
My cousin was the starting right guard for the steelers. 95 was his rookie year.
Dang lol, that was my cousin who dropped the hailmary
shame Faulk couldnt play in this game...history might have been different....that was a huge deal
I will always miss Myron Cope, nothing better than listening to him call Steeler games
Still appreciate Bill Cowher & Neil O’Donnell for getting us there. He gave us consistent QB play that combined with defense & special teams to make us relevant again. No one even mentions how far these Colts got with Harbaugh after Mel Kiper’s criticism for not drafting Trent Dilfer.
1995 nfl season introduced me to all the teams including this game…..this game has a ripple effect colts has the worst record in 96 and 97 then they draft manning Steelers after the lost to the cowboys hard AFC title losses and divisional playoff in 97 and 01, 02 and 04 finally in 05 then colts meet the Steelers again this time divisional in Indy and they beat Indy and finally the beat the broncos follow week beat the Seahawks in SB XL. Oh in circa 99 the finally introduced the instant replay
I remember this game I was like 11 I was convinced the Colts completed that hail mary obv they didnt had they that would still be one of the greatest plays of all time.
Awesome game!! Imagine a COLTS vs COWBOYS SUPERBOWL that year😮don't get me wrong STEELERS/COWBOYS SUPERBOWL was just as good and intense😊
How come the final play is not a conservatial call in NFL history
Because it was clearly not a catch. The ball hit the ground.
Along with Greatest Games, they need to upload the old episodes of NFL Game of the Week. I loved the ones from the 2000s until it came to an end.