The year of Bobby Scott and Bobby Douglass as the Saints' QBs. Just goes to show you that a pair of Bobbys weren't as good as an Archie, as Manning was no.1 again in '77 (though he later provided bulletin board material that may have inspired the Bucs to their first-ever win-to the embarrassment of the New Orleans Saints).
@@areguapiri I agree that’s an issue, but the size and speed of today’s pro football players compared to those 40-50 years ago is so much greater that the reality of injury is far more devastating today. When stars don’t or can’t play, ticket sales and ratings decline and money along with it. The modern salary structure of the league has played its part in making this “sissified” penalty policy a reality. Plus, if you notice, those guys did not lead with the crown of the helmet as much. Before Jack Tatum, it wasn’t done deliberately very often. Helmets weren’t as good then either. Then there’s the thing about young players chasing highlight film celebrity that also changed all that. One more thing ESPN screwed up for everybody.
Ken Anderson should be in the Hall of Fame. If he had won his only SuperBowl, there'd be way more consideration. He put up impressive numbers many times on weak Bengal teams.
1976 - John Riggin's first season with the Redskins. 7 years later he would be Superbowl MVP and 16 years later he would be inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
@@denisceballos9745 I think he went in the first free agency. Either way the Jets blew it. They wanted to throw with Joe all day. Weeb Ewbank was a genious but not in regaurds to Riggo. Neither was George Allen. Gibbs figured it out.
this is 10 years before i was even born, it's funny to think this is what the game looked like when my dad was a young teen, he's loved the game his entire life and we finally saw a super bowl win last season. i was glad to see it but even happier for him, he deserved it.
Though i was a VIking fan in those days, i really liked Bert Jones, freakin cannon arm. He just was too aggresive when he ran upfield and took some serious punishment, which eventually wrecked his shoulder.
Terry Bradshaw said Bert Jones had the strongest arm he's ever seen and Terry could throw it 80 yds. Jones could have been a Hall of Famer if he had a better O line.
@@standave57 standave57 do yourself a favor. go watch some ballet. Or modern dance. On a Saturday night. Then get ripped and wake up at when ever. Then watch football after what you saw the night before. Then ask yourself if 2021 uniforms look the same!
Oh thank god, somebody feels the same way I do about these uniforms!! It's one of the reasons why i don't watch football nearly as much as I used to watch it. I must say it's not just football, but other sports as well. I'm a big hockey fan and some of the nhl uniforms are a damn eye sore. In the end, many of these teams have uniforms that look like a rorschach test!!
That was back when the Raiders were the Raiders, and the fans weren't criminals. I went to see them for the first time that year when I was 11 years old just me and my best friend, nobody was screaming F bombs or drinking til they were sh**faced, and nobody dressed up in Halloween costumes or beat up fans of the other team, granted there weren't many and the Raiders always won but the fans had class back then.
1976: The Bicentennial year, the Big Red Machine, and a peanut farmer from Georgia. The Patriots were the surprise team in the NFL, and this time it wasn’t just for the first half of the season. The AFC was loaded with strong teams; Steelers, Raiders, Bengals, Colts, and the Broncos and Browns were coming on. It was an expansion year also - for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks. Good year to be a football fan!
I was 7 years old living in the Washington DC suburbs. 1976 was the first season I really followed the Redskins. I even watched all of the pre-season. I vividly remember the opening game v. the Giants and Killer breaking his nose. Notice how humble and professional he sounds in the post game interview. Class act.
I remember watching the Bal-NE game at my grandmother's house in Cumberland, MD. She had cable and we didn't because we lived outside of the city limits. Colts won the game 27-13.
Chiefs are doing better now so can honestly say I don't agree. Back in 76 in a transition period. They fired at end of 74 Hank Stram and in 75 Len Dawson retired after being injured. Chiefs spent the rest of the 70s losing. They didn't make the playoffs between 72 and 85. They didn't make a Superbowl between 71 and 2019. Until Mahomes arrived they were the winningest team to not win a super bowl as they had good records between 1990 and 2019 mostly.
Dan Pastorini was in an episode of The Love Boat, Terry Bradshaw sang in a battery commercial and Joe Namath wore panty hose. Ah, back when men were men!
for some reason the highlights neglected the Dallas 27 - 7 victory over Philadelphia in Texas Stadium and the MNF matchup where Miami defeated Buffalo 30 - 21 at Rich Stadium in Orchard Park. Also there was no Thursday Night Football. On the Bye Week: Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans
The quality of this Week 1 highlight video is actually higher than current weekly league highlight videos in every way other than sharpness of the picture. In terms of the music and narration, it crushes today's highlights.
There was more time than the “less than three minutes” after the Steelers went up, 28-14. It was crazy, PIT immediately picked off Stabler and the Steelers were read to ice the game but Franco fumbled. There was around 5:42 left in the game when OAK gained possession and scored 17 unanswered.
I was 14 at the time and remember these wonderful games. I laugh when I think about the fact that not one player in the NFL today was even thought about being BORN in 1976!! Also, younger viewers will note that there was NO stupid showboating and clowning that, sadly, most players today love to engage in, even when their team hasn't scored. THESE were the real NFL games and players, not the (mostly) trash that's put on display nowadays
Oh, that week 1 matchup in Oakland! The announcer was prophetic as the Steelers' season would end on that same field in the AFC title game (27-7 OAK). The defending champs knew opening the season against the Raiders would be more than intense; especially early when Oakland's George Atkinson delivered a forearm blow to Pittsburgh's Lynn Swann's head and knocked him out of the game. That's part of what makes rivalries.
@GIL Favor Being a Raiders fan since 1976, I must reluctantly agree with you. Thuggery in any sport is downright inexcusable! As we already know, lives can be severely altered, at least.
14:18. Bud Grant taking a shot at Hank Stram when he had the far superior talent on his side. Must have been still burning over the ass kicking Stram’s Chiefs gave him and his boys in the Super Bowl 7 years earlier.
@@erichaynes7502 he sure was when, at age 80, he walked out to handle the coin toss between the Seahawks and Vikings outdoors in minus 10 weather wearing only a short sleeved shirt.
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 I think so. It was something to watch Bud walk onto The Univ. Of Minnesota football field in that fridgid weather wearing clothes like he would in Florida.
its unlikely the NFL had the rights to the footage, probably the networks who taped and aired the games and who knows if they even still have them. storage for this type of thing used to be bulky and expensive, life before the digital age was much different.
How could the 1976 Seahawks aquire a reputation for coming back from behind at week one of their maiden season in the league?...It's week one of your first year ever...You have no reputation whatsoever....lol
I had almost completely forgotten who George Plimpton (2:02) was until this old broadcast reminded me of the legendary man. Thanks so much for these wonderful ole 'Memory Lane' videos, so nice to go back in time and relive these great times! *GO CHICAGO 🐻 BEARS!*
I was born in 78 but that means I was 12 in 1990 and 19 in 97 and 22 in 2000. So too young to remember. Barely recall the late 80s but too young to have lived life. Only now enjoying life.
I looked up why Ted Marchibroda wanted to leave Baltimore after one season. Owner Robert Irsay (the Saint he was) berated the Colt players after an exhibition loss and Marcibroda retired. After a couple of assistant coaches threatened to quit and when some players threatened to boycott practice Marchibroda was rehired.
An injury to the erratic Mike Phipps week 1 finally cleared the way for Browns all time great Brian Sipe to permanently take the QB job. Should have happened a couple years earlier.
Sipe threw for over 2000 yards and 17 TDs that season and the Browns finished 8-6. From a 3-11 season in 1975. In 1977, they were in first place at midseason, then Sipe was lost for the season, and they were reduced to Dr. David Mays as their QB and they collapsed, finishing 6-8. Ironically, Phipps was in Chicago by that time, but CLE might have salvaged a playoff spot, had he still been on the team, as inconsistent as he was.
Ole Jim Plunkett. He had a couple of tough seasons in SF, before going to the Raiders, riding the bench for two years, then winning two Super Bowls in four years.
@@phelpsmarc Buddy Ryan was the Vikings Defensive Line coach in 1977, the Bears hired him as Defensive Coordinator in 1978. Jerry Glanville was on the Falcons coaching staff in 1977, I believe he was their Defensive Backs Coach. You should really check out pro-football-reference.com sometime.
It was Jerry Glanville who helped vastly improve the Falcons defense in 1977. He was the DB coach. They used a blitzing style. I thought it was Buddy Ryan but he did his work as Defensive Coordinator in Chicago with the Bears.
@@phelpsmarc The '77 Falcons lead the NFC with 26 Interceptions, the Steelers had 31 to lead the NFL. The Falcons Defense was coached by a committee of 3 as they had Jim Champion (Defensive Line)and Doug Shively (Linebackers) joining Glanville in drawing up defenses. Buddy Ryan's tenure as the Bears Defensive Coordinator, 1978-85 was legendary. Having Hall Of Fame Defensive End Claude Humphrey and the NFC's Interceptions leader, Rolland Lawrence, who picked off 7 passes and was named First-Team All-Pro, didn't hurt the '77 Falcons D.
Today's equipment, especially the helmets, are clearly improved technology. Also, we now see that Smaller shoulder pads across all positions are definitely better comfort wise, and still give enough protection. The massive shoulder pads of the 1980s especially were way over the top, and the old mantra bigger is better does not always apply to shoulder pads.
Tommy Nobis was awesome and toiled in obscurity for a very weak Falcons franchise. I mean, when’s the last time a linebacker was chosen first in the NFL draft? Anybody since him?
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Oilers Patriots Bucs Bengals Falcons...awesome uniforms and logo 👍
@Greg Rooker my top helmet logos are NE Pat the Patriot then Oilers then TB Bucco Bruce
I love the old uniforms better the falcons and broncos much better than today's. Also the bucs, Patriots, and Seahawks 🤔
Yeah that’s right tough guy!! Today’s uni’s are sad compared to the good ole days!!
@@budbinner2276 You are correct rubberneck 😂 The old days were so much better. Merry Christmas to you and your family 😁🎄
Tampa Bay Houston New England Cincinnati Atlanta...awesome logos and uniforms...👌
@@frankrizzo4460 well Frank a very Merry Christmas to you and yours also!! 🤟😎
The Eagles from 1974-84!
Archie Manning would miss the entire season but 1976 would be a productive year for him producing Peyton Manning
That's a good one.
Funny!
Eli would come at a later date
Hate to rain on your parade but Peyton Manning was born on March 24, 1976, meaning Archie Manning "produced" him in June 1975.
The year of Bobby Scott and Bobby Douglass as the Saints' QBs. Just goes to show you that a pair of Bobbys weren't as good as an Archie, as Manning was no.1 again in '77 (though he later provided bulletin board material that may have inspired the Bucs to their first-ever win-to the embarrassment of the New Orleans Saints).
The blaring horns and groovy guitar cords is what makes these 70's highlights riveting...
The football itself was not bad either.
as a Lions fan I just want to make sure we started out with an L
they were pretty cool
As a Bears fan, I appreciate your comment.
I see that you weren’t disappointed. ☹️
As a lifelong Browns fan I can feel this comment
Don’t worry. That’s assured
6:11 “But Jack Patera’s Seahawks have acquired a reputation as a come-from-behind football team.” In the first game they ever played????????
lmao
I was thinking the same thing! I had to google to make sure I had the right year
Jack Patera is Olympic Weight Lifter & Pro Wrestler Ken Patera’s brother.
@@johnguedel7119 same!
Back when they played 6 preseason games.
1:05 - if that isn't impressive, I don't know what is. Nobis was one of the best LB's there ever was.
He said GTFOH...brutal
I LIVED for the weekly highlight show, I loved the music as well.
17:19 When Pittsburgh played Oakland, it was a matchup that you simply had to watch.
I did hell of a game Raiders 31 28
I hated Oakland 🖕but Cliff Branch belongs in The HOF !
The greatest Week 1 game ever.
Like a prison yard game
Being a QB back then was rough.
Assault and battery every Sunday. Had to be a man to thrive in the league then. You remember when men played and hit and tackled each other hard?
I remember watching this as a kid. Thanks for the memories.
When football was football loved the video
I like watching old videos of football.
By todays standards there were about 700 penalties for roughing in those highlights. Not a game for the faint of heart back then.
Yeah like everything else today its all geared for puzzies!
And yet so called fans don´t realize that those penalties nowadays are necessary. Maybe learn something about the evolution of the NFL.
Men have become sissified in America. There is no more masculinity..
@@areguapiri masculinity a casualty of cancel culture
@@areguapiri I agree that’s an issue, but the size and speed of today’s pro football players compared to those 40-50 years ago is so much greater that the reality of injury is far more devastating today. When stars don’t or can’t play, ticket sales and ratings decline and money along with it. The modern salary structure of the league has played its part in making this “sissified” penalty policy a reality. Plus, if you notice, those guys did not lead with the crown of the helmet as much. Before Jack Tatum, it wasn’t done deliberately very often. Helmets weren’t as good then either. Then there’s the thing about young players chasing highlight film celebrity that also changed all that. One more thing ESPN screwed up for everybody.
Started to watch in the early 70's , I still remember some guys in the late 60's...nice to hear all those names again.
These videos are the only NFL football I have watched this year. Thank you for posting all these great memories!
The ONLY ones worth watching imo.
seems foolish.
Ken Anderson should be in the Hall of Fame. If he had won his only SuperBowl, there'd be way more consideration. He put up impressive numbers many times on weak Bengal teams.
1976 - John Riggin's first season with the Redskins. 7 years later he would be Superbowl MVP and 16 years later he would be inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
He was great with the Jets - they should never have traded him.
@@denisceballos9745 They didn't trade him, he signed with the Redskins as a free agent for big bucks, You know how George Allen liked old pros
@@denisceballos9745 I think he went in the first free agency. Either way the Jets blew it. They wanted to throw with Joe all day. Weeb Ewbank was a genious but not in regaurds to Riggo. Neither was George Allen. Gibbs figured it out.
The good ole 70’s, when linemen and quarterbacks were Polish and running backs were named Bubba.
Also Italian QBs
this is 10 years before i was even born, it's funny to think this is what the game looked like when my dad was a young teen, he's loved the game his entire life and we finally saw a super bowl win last season. i was glad to see it but even happier for him, he deserved it.
This brought a tear to my eye
Bert Jones had an incredible arm too bad his shoulder problems cause him to retire earlier than he should have
Though i was a VIking fan in those days, i really liked Bert Jones, freakin cannon arm. He just was too aggresive when he ran upfield and took some serious punishment, which eventually wrecked his shoulder.
Terry Bradshaw said Bert Jones had the strongest arm he's ever seen and Terry could throw it 80 yds. Jones could have been a Hall of Famer if he had a better O line.
@@Mr1gladiatore And a owner who not a drunken asshole then throw some arthroscopic surgery too. Peace
Loved watching Bert Jones, Raymond Chester, Lydel Mitchell and Roger Carr, I grew up a Packer fan and they sucked back then, so cheered for Baltimore.
@@Spitz79 - Pack had a good team in 72 - then just capsized for years.
0:22 Ah, 1976, when we only had 15 states.
The rest were a State of Confusion
😆 I noticed that too.
Lol
Colorado the sunshine state
200th anniversary of America
Pay attention, Nike. This is what football uniforms are supposed to look like.
@@standave57 standave57 do yourself a favor. go watch some ballet. Or modern dance. On a Saturday night. Then get ripped and wake up at when ever. Then watch football after what you saw the night before. Then ask yourself if 2021 uniforms look the same!
Oh thank god, somebody feels the same way I do about these uniforms!! It's one of the reasons why i don't watch football nearly as much as I used to watch it. I must say it's not just football, but other sports as well. I'm a big hockey fan and some of the nhl uniforms are a damn eye sore. In the end, many of these teams have uniforms that look like a rorschach test!!
I'm sorry but those jerseys were ugly as hell. You need to learn how to evolve.
Exactly
Ok BOOMERS
That was back when the Raiders were the Raiders, and the fans weren't criminals. I went to see them for the first time that year when I was 11 years old just me and my best friend, nobody was screaming F bombs or drinking til they were sh**faced, and nobody dressed up in Halloween costumes or beat up fans of the other team, granted there weren't many and the Raiders always won but the fans had class back then.
Grow up.
Absolute chills about the hope that every NFL franchise has on opening day!
1976-77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 2-26. 1979 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 10 points from going to the Super Bowl. That's how you build a franchise.
1976: The Bicentennial year, the Big Red Machine, and a peanut farmer from Georgia. The Patriots were the surprise team in the NFL, and this time it wasn’t just for the first half of the season. The AFC was loaded with strong teams; Steelers, Raiders, Bengals, Colts, and the Broncos and Browns were coming on. It was an expansion year also - for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Seattle Seahawks. Good year to be a football fan!
Unless you were a fan of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
A great year for football except for the Buccaneers and their execution, I'm in favor of it
The Patriots were a surprise when they clobbered the Raiders 48-17 in week 4 , that would be the Raiders only loss for the year
Oh that highlight music. Getting teary from nostalgia
That NFL FILMS music by Sam Spence!!!!!!! Run through my viens!
At least Spurrier knew how to coach. So he has that going for him. Which is nice.
Sensational camera work imagine if this was in HD.
I'm glad it isn't.
When the washington football team had a name!
A damn good name at that! Go Woke, Go Broke! Done with the NFL and other alphabet soup leagues.
They still have a name, they’re just too damn cowardly to say it.
Hail to the Redskins
Shame they can't use that redskins name because of racism.
Thanks for the look back at when real men played the game
Wow! I never knew Steve Spurrier was the QB of the Buccaneers during the team's first season in the league.
Best none as a Punter in the NFL. The high(low)lights here showed why...
Back when Ruffin the passer didn’t exist
I was 7 years old living in the Washington DC suburbs. 1976 was the first season I really followed the Redskins. I even watched all of the pre-season. I vividly remember the opening game v. the Giants and Killer breaking his nose. Notice how humble and professional he sounds in the post game interview. Class act.
Kilmer
I remember watching the Bal-NE game at my grandmother's house in Cumberland, MD. She had cable and we didn't because we lived outside of the city limits. Colts won the game 27-13.
How are things in Cumberland? I passed through that city in the 1980s and really liked it.
Thank you so much! Immensely grateful regarding 1976 full show posts. Rejuvenating pleasant memories.
I liked football in the 70's and 80's. The game has changed a lot now
And not for the better...
Chiefs are doing better now so can honestly say I don't agree. Back in 76 in a transition period. They fired at end of 74 Hank Stram and in 75 Len Dawson retired after being injured. Chiefs spent the rest of the 70s losing. They didn't make the playoffs between 72 and 85. They didn't make a Superbowl between 71 and 2019. Until Mahomes arrived they were the winningest team to not win a super bowl as they had good records between 1990 and 2019 mostly.
DOBLER !!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL !!!
Raiders vs Steelers...classic comeback from Oakland.
Thanks for the memories.
Tommy Nobis was Mr Falcon and still is to me.
Another should be Hall of Famer
That was one hell of lick Nobis
layed out at 1:06.
Nobis is long overdue for the HOF.
Nobody else has come close to being another Mr Falcon
It's a crime that he is not in the Hall of Fame.
Ted Jackson was awesome. No Facenda, but his contributions make the '76 season that much better.
so Ted Jackson is the narrator here--can't find anything on him looking up NFL films or any place else
He's boring compared to Harry Kalas. He reads the script like we're watching tennis or golf.
Dan Pastorini was in an episode of The Love Boat, Terry Bradshaw sang in a battery commercial and Joe Namath wore panty hose. Ah, back when men were men!
I was unaware that Lou Holtz coached the Jets in 1976. The 70s orchestra makes the highlights more enjoyable.
He walked out on them before the last game of the season, took the job at Arkansas
I LOVED NFL films back in the day. I wish whomever owns those would put them all up on YooToob
Old man Kilmer saves the day!
He was not called Billy the Kid for nothing. No one was tougher than Old Billy.
Ahhh! The oh so cool 70's.😎
Atlanta had cool uniforms,not like the soccer style today
Name any team , the unis are awful as to what they were in 1976
@@michaelleroy9281 not washington
@@michaelleroy9281 Actually I like the Giants' current unis better than their 1976 ones.
great script , great music , nfl films at is best ! respect
If they had Harry Kalas as the narrator, these '76 highlights would be PERFECT.
for some reason the highlights neglected the Dallas 27 - 7 victory over Philadelphia in Texas Stadium and the MNF matchup where Miami defeated Buffalo 30 - 21 at Rich Stadium in Orchard Park.
Also there was no Thursday Night Football.
On the Bye Week: Baltimore Ravens, Carolina Panthers, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans
In our NFL, highlights actually highlight many players.
Players were legitimately tough back then.
Thanks for uploading the Season--76' was a great year and expansion year..
The one-hour weekly show was history; this show (Pro Football Playback hosted by unknown Ted Jackson) was a half hour.
I loved those days when most of the quarterbacks looked like John Wayne. Now half of them look like Justin Bieber.
lol, that's funny
The quality of this Week 1 highlight video is actually higher than current weekly league highlight videos in every way other than sharpness of the picture. In terms of the music and narration, it crushes today's highlights.
There was more time than the “less than three minutes” after the Steelers went up, 28-14. It was crazy, PIT immediately picked off Stabler and the Steelers were read to ice the game but Franco fumbled. There was around 5:42 left in the game when OAK gained possession and scored 17 unanswered.
The Buccaneers got lost in the Astrodome in their first game
🤣😂
Namath and the Jets were really strug-gel-ling! 😆
That would be Joe' s last year with the Jets
I was 14 at the time and remember these wonderful games. I laugh when I think about the fact that not one player in the NFL today was even thought about being BORN in 1976!! Also, younger viewers will note that there was NO stupid showboating and clowning that, sadly, most players today love to engage in, even when their team hasn't scored. THESE were the real NFL games and players, not the (mostly) trash that's put on display nowadays
Bill M. Tom Brady was consummated in '76. 🤣🤣🤣
Vinateri might be gone now finally , but for a long time he was the only player in league older than me ( I took comfort in this ). I was born in 78
Oh, that week 1 matchup in Oakland! The announcer was prophetic as the Steelers' season would end on that same field in the AFC title game (27-7 OAK). The defending champs knew opening the season against the Raiders would be more than intense; especially early when Oakland's George Atkinson delivered a forearm blow to Pittsburgh's Lynn Swann's head and knocked him out of the game. That's part of what makes rivalries.
@Christopher Hagee that's what happens when people like me go from memory ☹
@GIL Favor Being a Raiders fan since 1976, I must reluctantly agree with you. Thuggery in any sport is downright inexcusable! As we already know, lives can be severely altered, at least.
@@anthonybrooks5040 Raiders Steelers took each other to court in the late 70's for all the hits
@Christopher Hagee I remember Christmas Day 1971 Cowboys Vikings and Dolphins Chiefs ( the game that wouldn't end) ruined alot of Christmas dinners
@Christopher Hagee good call, Christopher! Another solid broadcasting team right there from CBS in the '70s.
14:18. Bud Grant taking a shot at Hank Stram when he had the far superior talent on his side. Must have been still burning over the ass kicking Stram’s Chiefs gave him and his boys in the Super Bowl 7 years earlier.
I think you're right Bud Grant never won a Super Bowl but wow I think he's STILL alive!
@@erichaynes7502 he sure was when, at age 80, he walked out to handle the coin toss between the Seahawks and Vikings outdoors in minus 10 weather wearing only a short sleeved shirt.
@@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736 He was much older than 80. I think he was 88.
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 I think so. It was something to watch Bud walk onto The Univ. Of Minnesota football field in that fridgid weather wearing clothes like he would in Florida.
In the 1970 season opener , Chiefs vs Vikings Bud Grant used that film to get them ready , This time the Vikings kicked their ass 27-10
LOVE THIS VINTAGE FOOTAGE
@ 6:24 Sam McCullum Seattle Seahawks..Flathead High School...Kalispell Montana.
Why doesn’t the NFL offer a streaming service for old games?
I'm for it!
They could absolutely take my money if they had that. A streaming service for old games with the NFL Films library to boot? Yup.
Fantastic idea and I also would pay for it. These are Gems.
I'd buy/stream the Raiders 1976 season in a heartbeat!
its unlikely the NFL had the rights to the footage, probably the networks who taped and aired the games and who knows if they even still have them. storage for this type of thing used to be bulky and expensive, life before the digital age was much different.
You would have thought St Louis Cardinals would of made a couple of super bowls with all that Talent they had on that team
Had the misfortune to be in the same division as Dallas and Washington
How could the 1976 Seahawks aquire a reputation for coming back from behind at week one of their maiden season in the league?...It's week one of your first year ever...You have no reputation whatsoever....lol
Maybe referencing the preseason.
Bubba Bean was same age as my mother and was born two weeks before her in 1954. Both turned 22 in 1976. Mom gave birth to me two years later in 78.
Billy Kilmer was one tough dude in that game vs Giants
Oakland's game 1 victory over champs Pittsburgh was a sign of things to come (Oakland Raiders would be champs).
I had almost completely forgotten who George Plimpton (2:02) was until this old broadcast reminded me of the legendary man. Thanks so much for these wonderful ole 'Memory Lane' videos, so nice to go back in time and relive these great times! *GO CHICAGO 🐻 BEARS!*
Plympton. The Paper Lion.
@@ciesaro How ironic I just watched that movie right here on youtube.
@@phoenixrison9883 Which movie?
I remember when John McKay was asked about his team's execution he said "I'm for it."
McKay was the best quote in nfl history.
Should have asked for his old job back at usc& exchange& jobs with Johnny Robinson usc football coach
I love the NFL of the 70s
Otis A could flat run, great burst RIP
Back when nfl wasn't PC
i wasn’t alive back then but i love the vibes of older videos like this
I was born in 78 but that means I was 12 in 1990 and 19 in 97 and 22 in 2000. So too young to remember. Barely recall the late 80s but too young to have lived life. Only now enjoying life.
I looked up why Ted Marchibroda wanted to leave Baltimore after one season. Owner Robert Irsay (the Saint he was) berated the Colt players after an exhibition loss and Marcibroda retired. After a couple of assistant coaches threatened to quit and when some players threatened to boycott practice Marchibroda was rehired.
Irsay would be heard from again on a snowy night in March 1984
An injury to the erratic Mike Phipps week 1 finally cleared the way for Browns all time great Brian Sipe to permanently take the QB job. Should have happened a couple years earlier.
Cleveland obviously still was trying to justify the trade of Paul Warfield.
That's why the Dolphins were going up and the Browns on the way down- trading Warfield
Cleveland made that trade because they needed another QB because of Bill Nelsen's bad knees
Sipe threw for over 2000 yards and 17 TDs that season and the Browns finished 8-6. From a 3-11 season in 1975. In 1977, they were in first place at midseason, then Sipe was lost for the season, and they were reduced to Dr. David Mays as their QB and they collapsed, finishing 6-8. Ironically, Phipps was in Chicago by that time, but CLE might have salvaged a playoff spot, had he still been on the team, as inconsistent as he was.
Weird seeing San Francisco QB #16 before Joe Montana.
Ole Jim Plunkett. He had a couple of tough seasons in SF, before going to the Raiders, riding the bench for two years, then winning two Super Bowls in four years.
1:06 Damn!!! And this is the second Rams highlight video that said even George Plimpton could lead a team to victory.
Everyone is named Otis or Bubba.
Ah The Oakland Raiders loved that music when they were doing their highlights almost said George Blandas name. Now they are The Las Vegas Raiders
Love 70s and 80s football. Don't care about today's NFL.
The Week 13 rematch in LA was an epic blowout, 59-0.
The Falcons vastly improved defensively in 1977. I believe they hired Buddy Ryan as Defensive Coordinator He got rid of some players.
@@phelpsmarc Buddy Ryan was the Vikings Defensive Line coach in 1977, the Bears hired him as Defensive Coordinator in 1978. Jerry Glanville was on the Falcons coaching staff in 1977, I believe he was their Defensive Backs Coach. You should really check out pro-football-reference.com sometime.
It was Jerry Glanville who helped vastly improve the Falcons defense in 1977. He was the DB coach. They used a blitzing style. I thought it was Buddy Ryan but he did his work as Defensive Coordinator in Chicago with the Bears.
@@phelpsmarc The '77 Falcons lead the NFC with 26 Interceptions, the Steelers had 31 to lead the NFL. The Falcons Defense was coached by a committee of 3 as they had Jim Champion (Defensive Line)and Doug Shively (Linebackers) joining Glanville in drawing up defenses. Buddy Ryan's tenure as the Bears Defensive Coordinator, 1978-85 was legendary. Having Hall Of Fame Defensive End Claude Humphrey and the NFC's Interceptions leader, Rolland Lawrence, who picked off 7 passes and was named First-Team All-Pro, didn't hurt the '77 Falcons D.
That would be Merlin Olsen's last home game
Conrad would get personal fouls in today's game for half his plays. Scary guy to have across from you.
has anyone ever done a study on whether or not old-school pads and helmets like we see here are better than what we see dudes wearing now?
Today's equipment, especially the helmets, are clearly improved technology. Also, we now see that Smaller shoulder pads across all positions are definitely better comfort wise, and still give enough protection. The massive shoulder pads of the 1980s especially were way over the top, and the old mantra bigger is better does not always apply to shoulder pads.
Yeah, I would say old number 60 can sure break up a sweep alright, geez.
Tommy Nobis was awesome and toiled in obscurity for a very weak Falcons franchise. I mean, when’s the last time a linebacker was chosen first in the NFL draft? Anybody since him?
That hit was hellacious!
10:29 Oh Those Buccaneers
11:03-Steve Spurrier...and a cloud of dust!
@ 10:58, Steve Spurrier is sacked at pitcher's mound.
Sadly, that was about the ol' Bucs 4th or 5th best play that day! Holy moly they were bad in '76.
Tommy Nobis the ole and Budda Bean the new....both Atlanta Falcons....from the past....🏈
As are we all.
13:58 sad how the '76 Saints sometimes resembled the inaugural Bucs.
"But Jack Patera's Seahawks acquired a reputation as a come from behind football team." Um, this was their first ever game.
I remember watching the Killer broken nose game ....
Lol, did he really say John Madden had a snake in his pocket??
He had one on the field, and a damn good one
"He-Hey, watch your mouth young man"...
"unruly behavior will not be tolerated"
Yep in the 60s madden briefly did porn. Beast
Giants leading 17-12 late in the 4th quarter , Where did I hear that before?
Actually 2 years later when that game was played
So it was Jim Plunkett who wore 16 before Montana got there
GREAT TIME'S
Dallas Cowboys had a red white and blue stripe on the helmets for the season
And a nice yellow stripe down each of their backs ever since they came into the NFL.
@@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736 I get it, another hater, one of many
@@michaelleroy9281 and proudly still going on till this day.
@@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736 America's Hated Team, right?
@@michaelleroy9281 but, of course.
Bubba Bean now works for Burger King in the Bryan/College Station area.
There’s a video on the former Texas A&M Aggie; “Where are they now - Bubba Bean”. Some good insight into being a RB in the NFL in the 70’s.
At least he is working and not the millions who are unemployed. He doing better than many..
Should have invested some of that money. He'd OWN the BK by now instead of working there.