Great comment. My father died in 1979 at age 68. Some of my favorite memories with him include watching Monday Night Football (after my high school football games on Saturday afternoons.
The 70s weren't without its problems, but it was definitely a less PC, less uptight culture. People could still be happy without making everyone miserable.
Thanks for the chuckle.. Brings to mind Twitter "throwing a flag on almost every tweet" in our time also. Just a bit of "harsh talk" and the politically (in)correct FEMALE bitches go running and crying to "Mommy Twitter" to 'report', instead of merely muting or blocking someone. Ridiculous!!! Things are getting too pussified! - if you know what I mean....
I especially like these unedited games with or without commercials (the commercials are nice though for us nostalgic folks) While I'm grateful for the NFL releasing some games, some are often cut up so bad it makes me think I'm watching highlights instead. An unknown Randy Cross who played during the '80s glory years was drafted in '76 but was on the practice squad (then called the taxi squad) & did not play this year. Monte Clark was let go after the season having been given only a year to turn the team around. I think he did a good job finishing at 8-6 and should have been given a second shot.
After watching this video (thanks for posting), I'm about to climb in my time-machine and going back to 1976. The NFL was much better (watchable) back then.
I remember listing to this game on the living room couch with my dad. I am 51, a life long 9er fan and I remember when they couldn't sell out Candlestick so the Monday Night games would be blacked out.
I WAS THERE at age 13 with Nick Sr. and a group of 30+ friends /us kids from our hometown of Pittsburg, Ca. ...A huge fight broke out in the last 2 min. THAT WAS US !!
Ha, I was 12 and that was my first NFL game. You aren't kidding about the fighting. There must have been a half dozen fights in my section by halftime. It was "Battle of the Drunks" everywhere you turned!!🍺🍺🍺
I was so shocked to see him. He had a pretty long career of about 12 years for six different teams. I remember him on my Orioles during the two playoff teams they had in the 90’s. Not surprised he he was a multi sport athlete. He was a big dude with a lot of power. Second time I now have seen a future sports name in one of these ppk competitions. Saw Andy Reid during a Rams v Redskins game once. Pretty cool.
The 49ers certainly didn't play like a team that had a mid season collapse. Great ground running game here on their part. Tarkenton didn't get much of a chance to scramble in this game as the pressure was too much.
@Greg Pettis really? So celebrating as the player isnt cool with you? Everybody else gets to celebrate the big play made by the player except the player? Why can't fans act like they "seen it before" and just stay seated and quiet? See how stupid it sounds?
Interesting theres always somebody pointing out this useless fact about celebrations smh...nobody cares the games now are way better you snowflake whiner
I recall hearing about this game, but didn't watch it, had college homework/studies to do on that night. That artificial surface at Candlestick was no more than thinly carpeted concrete. I had the opportunity to walk on that surface after the 49ers played the Steelers on MNF in 1978; with the hard-soled boots I was wearing, I was appalled that the playing surface was that hard for football and baseball play.
The 49ers' visitors uniforms are maybe the NFL's most striking. The blood-red striping and bold numbers on the jerseys. I think this was the year the uniform accentuated more white, as the stripe on the pants was widened. They, and Denver, had the best, IMO.
Chris Miller was on the show, he later played for the Atlanta Falcons. Pete Incavelia who was from Salinas, California played baseball with The Texas Rangers.
Candlestick Park was expanded in 1971, to accommodate the 49ers. At the same time, they installed Astroturf, for easier conversion. Everyone hated it. They tore it out and put in grass in 1979.
They had AstroTurf from when they moved from Kezar Stadium in 1971 through 1978. One night after the final 1978 home game, the midfield white oval with the SF emblem was cut out and stolen.
Pat I was working at the McDonald's just down from the Lackland main gate on Military Drive. I remember the lunch rush was a sea of Lackland trainees, who were friendly, polite and funny guys. I was the shaggy haired French fry cook by the drive thru summer 76 to spring of 77! Small world!
Metro Promise Wow! That is crazy! You're right it's a small world, I didn't get to McDonald's when I was in there, They did let us out one day to go into San Antonio and I walked around with one of the guys. Long time ago. But these old football games bring back good memories.
Notice the predominance of the ground game and very few flags. This was real and honest football, before big money started deciding ahead of time who was going to win.
i wish they would like play one of these games on abc channel 7 and do like a game on a day when there is crap tv on the channel.and it can be any game from 1966-now
40:30-40:41 Anyone else notice the Berkeley Farms Junior 49er Minor Club sign which was always situated in that same exact location for all 49ers home games in the years before the team started winning Super Bowls?
Being (CHIP), my absolute favorite player was: (FOONMAM!!!) A Jim Coghill insider joke! Only Knowen by Steve, Scott, Jim, & Chip!!!!! But we will always love good ol, Howard Cossell !!!! Yah buddy!
Loved Karras. Wasn't afraid to "tell it like it is." Role model for guys like Olsen & Dierdorf. If a player did a stupid mistake they called them out. No excuses.
Wasn't Monday night football great back then? The only things better in today's game then they were back then, wait a minute I can't think of anything!
Not really. His arm strength was actually below average (if only slightly) when compared to other NFL quarterbacks. That's why he relied so heavily upon the short passing game -- particularly quick dump-offs to his running backs. What made him above average was his ability to read defenses and to make something out of nothing when his pass protection broke down (which it did all too often).
Ugh, I'd forgotten how grating Howard's voice can be.... But it's not near as bad as having to endure Cris Collinsworth..... Cris makes Howard look calm....
at 2:47:22 this is 1976. pictured is a Burlington Northern GP30 and what is supposed to be a U30C. The Burlington northern is gone , so is all the U30Cs, there may be a few rebuilt GP30s running around and sadly ole Johnny is gone too.
Those U30Cs were good engines and I think the C30-7s were identical, except had easier to work on electrical components. I heard someone from BN say "they can really dig down and lug" those heavy coal trains coming out of Wyoming.
In the 1970s, the 49ers were a major PITA for the Vikings good/great teams; win or lose, it was always a tough, close, game....esp in the playoffs. Think S.F. record was pretty good vs. Vikes. Don't know the 60s or the 80s but i'd guess it'd favor S.F. also, as they climbed to greatness in the 80s - 90s. (minus that '87 upset yr in S.F. playoffs....Go Vikes!!!) Surprisingly, S.F. is wearing white at home this game. Do any S.F. fans here know when/how often they did this sort of thing? I don't recall them ever doing that before or since this game. Only Miami, L.A., & Dallas were prone to wearing white at home during the 70s (this game's era)....oh, & sometimes Cleveland. (Jets did it occasionally in late 60s)
Vikings enjoyed a good run of three straight wins against the Niners in the mid-80s, beginning with defeating the 1984 World Champion 49ers in the opening game of the 1985 season followed by a regular-season win in the 1986 season, followed by the 1987 playoff game.
Wilbur Jackson and Delvin Williams were one helluva 1-2 punch. Unfortunately, Eddie Debartolo wanted "Star Power" and traded for an over-the-hill OJ Simpson the following season. If it wasn't for the fortunent drafting of Joe Montana, Debartolo would've faded off into NFL history as a "never was".
allpar300_ M Few of the linemen had guts! Teams ran power run offenses, and the linemen were lighter and looked much quicker. My kind of football. I get bored watching today’s “2 minute drill” style offenses.
Boy San francisco sure gave away an awesome backfield in 77 and for what? Thanks Joe Thomas, I still hate you to this day even if we got Walsh after 2 horrible years!
The Vet, Three Rivers, Old Busch, Riverfront all had turf in the 70s and 80's and had both NFL and MLB teams play on it in. Later on Riverfront and Busch made the switch to grass before they closed and got demolished.
@Joshua Kline . . . and as what I wrote in a recent comment with this video post: The artificial turf was nothing more than thinly carpeted concrete. I walked on that field after the 1978 MNF game between the Steelers and 49ers, and was appalled at the hardness of the playing surface.
I'm a shoe geek and one thing that strikes me about these mid-70s games is, wow, Adidas had 90% of the NFL market back then. Nike really wasn't in football yet-a couple players here are wearing them-but it was mostly Adidas.
Evey team had the same strategy. Tarkenton was an option QB. Beating him was easy: Don't try to sack him, but keep him in the pocket, and force him to beat you with his arm. If you're playing a 3-4, man-to-man defense, you'll rattle him, eventually. The Vikings never made adjustments! The Houston Oilers were the same way. They were determined to play a ground-and-pound game. All the Steelers had to do was stuff Earl Campbell. That's why the Patriots win a lot. They're not afraid to throw out the game plan, and do something totally different (i.e., using Brady as a receiver in a halfback-option).
You'd think before the 5 yard bump rule (1979) Tarkenton would've done better. Tells you some thing about the Steelers & Raiders cornerbacks. Equally critical was Grant's letting go Alan Page. Don't short '70s Vikes. (4) SBs is impressive, but opponent just better.
Because its scripted & involves blood rituals & human sacrifice. Letters & numbers.Its all encoded but you can decode it applying gematria. The create & script all of these "dramatic" circumstances to keep us interested & distractrd.
I think some of my don't remember or I don't realize until I hear from you guys so my apologies on that my intent is to have full games but I've had some has been missing parts that I either didn't know or didn't remember I've also said some it's messed up when I ripped them to MP4 from video DVD
I miss the passion for the game and players who were loyal, worthy with their teams and the fans! Free agency created the game we see today! I lost my interests completely after Kaeperdick's knee taking debacle! I don't care about jerseys, players & teams! We financed these embiciles outrageous salaries! With 10-20 million sign on bonuses? It's a joke when the NFL Commissioner gets an additional $34 million bonus to compliment his outrageous & unearned current salary! These are some crafty & greedy ponzi scheme manipulators!
@@bonanzatime Back in the 70s, (and 80s) it was pretty much the same teams dominating their divisions. You had a couple of second-tier teams per conference and every now and then a dog team would catch lightning in a bottle and give their fans a good year before being mediocre again. If you were a fan of the Vikings, Steelers, Raiders, Cowboys, Rams, or Dolphins, you were loving life in the 70s. If you liked the Oilers, Chargers, Broncos, Redskins, Eagles, Colts, or Bears you had a little hope. And sometimes you got the Bucs or the Patriots who had miracle seasons that came up just short. Everybody else had bad football and no real expectation their teams would turn around in a few years. As far as the salaries go, it was the TV contracts with the networks that were making even incompetent owners wealthy because they shared equally in the NFL TV rights pie. Many owners were happy to be doormats for years because they were still making plenty of money and fans were still showing up for cheap tickets and cheap beer. It was a total disrespect to the fans.
These were not good times for the 49ers, obviously except for this nice win over the powerful Vikings, but that running back tandem was terrific that would have been great for Joe Montana years later.
Things got worse for the 49’ers after 1976. The team would be sold to Eddie Debartolo Jr and he brought in Joe Thomas as GM. They tried to convince Monte Clark to gibe up personnel decisions and since he knew what Joe Thomas would do to the team(they were in Miami at the same time) he refused. Clark was fired and San Francisco would have three coaches in two seasons and have personnel that was worse than an expansion team by the time Bill Walsh took over in 1979 as Head Coach/GM.
Those were the good days of football. Watching MNF with my father. RIP Dad. I will always cherish those times.
Great comment. My father died in 1979 at age 68. Some of my favorite memories with him include watching Monday Night Football (after my high school football games on Saturday afternoons.
Nice seeing guys just walk back to the huddle after big plays.
only in the 70's-commentator smoking a cigar!! Awesome
Football was presented much better then with Howard and Alex and his cigar. Better time to live in America too.
Eh. Some things are worse, some are better - lower rates of lung cancer for one. Far lower rates of violent crime for another.
The 70s weren't without its problems, but it was definitely a less PC, less uptight culture. People could still be happy without making everyone miserable.
Well worded! The thing I note a lot is it was an era that America kept it's people working as most manufacturing of our good was right here.
Men were men and women were women.
NFL was simpler and better. MNF was much better as well
You speak the truth.
Definitely simpler and less sophisticated, but better?
Another good one: Patriots vs. Jets, October 18, 1976.
It's weird watching football without a flag on every play.
So many rule changes in the last 43 years.
Thanks for the chuckle.. Brings to mind Twitter "throwing a flag on almost every tweet" in our time also. Just a bit of "harsh talk" and the politically (in)correct FEMALE bitches go running and crying to "Mommy Twitter" to 'report', instead of merely muting or blocking someone. Ridiculous!!! Things are getting too pussified! - if you know what I mean....
Plus so many punts and kickoffs actually run back.
@@sirtalkalotdoolittle There was one season when the Colts had more punts than points.
Or a review
Karras smoking a cigar while doing his on-air analysis. Just ... awesome!! :)
Howard Cosell was a blowhard, but that's what made him so fun to listen to. The 70's had the BEST ERA of Monday Night Football, period!
YES!
My dad used to smoke big cigars like Alex is here, reminds me of him. RIP, Pop.
A lot of people probably don't know that Candlestick once had astroturf for a while during the 70's. Went back to a grass turf in 79.
1980 actually
@@mayhemjr.803 You are wrong. 1979 was when they switched back to grass. Do your research.
I especially like these unedited games with or without commercials (the commercials are nice though for us nostalgic folks) While I'm grateful for the NFL releasing some games, some are often cut up so bad it makes me think I'm watching highlights instead.
An unknown Randy Cross who played during the '80s glory years was drafted in '76 but was on the practice squad (then called the taxi squad) & did not play this year.
Monte Clark was let go after the season having been given only a year to turn the team around. I think he did a good job finishing at 8-6 and should have been given a second shot.
70s were great as a kid. All that lead paint, asbestos, rusted swings and slides and saturday morning cartoons
Creature Double Feature on Channel 56, then FREE Red Sox games on Channel 38.
After watching this video (thanks for posting), I'm about to climb in my time-machine and going back to 1976. The NFL was much better (watchable) back then.
Definitely
Sure remember those intros back then, this one that ran from 1976 to 1980. Those were the days and when players were more into the sport than the $$$.
I think money was just as important back then. I think the difference was that the players & teams weren't as public about it.
I remember listing to this game on the living room couch with my dad. I am 51, a life long 9er fan and I remember when they couldn't sell out Candlestick so the Monday Night games would be blacked out.
I WAS THERE at age 13 with Nick Sr. and a group of 30+ friends /us kids from our hometown of Pittsburg, Ca. ...A huge fight broke out in the last 2 min. THAT WAS US !!
You sound proud of the fact that you were part of the fight.
jOE Marchand ....I was 13 , I wasn’t fighting Joe! Sit down Joe ! ⚡️
Ha, I was 12 and that was my first NFL game. You aren't kidding about the fighting. There must have been a half dozen fights in my section by halftime. It was "Battle of the Drunks" everywhere you turned!!🍺🍺🍺
@@oldschool6448 🏈🎉✊ ….wild times
In the half time passing competition is Pete incaviglia . He played about five seasons with the Texas Rangers
I was so shocked to see him. He had a pretty long career of about 12 years for six different teams. I remember him on my Orioles during the two playoff teams they had in the 90’s. Not surprised he he was a multi sport athlete. He was a big dude with a lot of power. Second time I now have seen a future sports name in one of these ppk competitions. Saw Andy Reid during a Rams v Redskins game once. Pretty cool.
Homerun leader in college also.
The 49ers certainly didn't play like a team that had a mid season collapse. Great ground running game here on their part. Tarkenton didn't get much of a chance to scramble in this game as the pressure was too much.
Fran Tarkenton played at both Kezar Stadium and at the Stick with the Minnesota Vikings.
It’s interesting to see that there is hardly any celebration after a score.
@Greg Pettis really? So celebrating as the player isnt cool with you? Everybody else gets to celebrate the big play made by the player except the player? Why can't fans act like they "seen it before" and just stay seated and quiet? See how stupid it sounds?
Interesting theres always somebody pointing out this useless fact about celebrations smh...nobody cares
the games now are way better you snowflake whiner
@@goldenthug9 then why you here ?
@@magnegrofromx-people4325 for the jokes!
I recall hearing about this game, but didn't watch it, had college homework/studies to do on that night.
That artificial surface at Candlestick was no more than thinly carpeted concrete. I had the opportunity to walk on that surface after the 49ers played the Steelers on MNF in 1978; with the hard-soled boots I was wearing, I was appalled that the playing surface was that hard for football and baseball play.
The 49ers' visitors uniforms are maybe the NFL's most striking. The blood-red striping and bold numbers on the jerseys. I think this was the year the uniform accentuated more white, as the stripe on the pants was widened. They, and Denver, had the best, IMO.
It's all about those 3 stripes on the sleeves.
This was San Francisco home uniforms as they were playing at home
Alex Karras smoking the cigar during the pre-Webster years.
Howard Cosell could read a shopping list and make it sound exciting. And Karras with a cigar! The good ol' days.
Alex Karras with a cigar and bed head...classic.
Wow a plush riding Mercury Monarch near luxury sedan with a manual transmission???
Back when manual was still called standard.
@@hillsofwi Yepper
One of the biggest improvements of football broadcasts was the score and down and distance in the corner of the screen.
My little brother Aaron Paulsen was the 11 year old winner! 1976
Lisa Rivera Cool👍☺
Chris Miller was on the show, he later played for the Atlanta Falcons. Pete Incavelia who was from Salinas, California played baseball with The Texas Rangers.
70's football: run the ball, throw it 40 yards downfield. No one gave a F about their QBR!
I never knew Candlestick had AstroTurf. Good video!
Candlestick Park was expanded in 1971, to accommodate the 49ers. At the same time, they installed Astroturf, for easier conversion. Everyone hated it. They tore it out and put in grass in 1979.
49ers wore white at home the entire 1976 season.
They had AstroTurf from when they moved from Kezar Stadium in 1971 through 1978. One night after the final 1978 home game, the midfield white oval with the SF emblem was cut out and stolen.
The Vikings uniforms almost look navy blue instead of purple. TV color has definitely improved in 40 years.
Purple
People
Eaters
Alex Karras looks like he was out cold on a couch a half hour before airtime.
The Niners didn't even have Joe yet! This is cool footage.
lol they didn't even have Steve DeBerg yet (who was starting at San Jose State in '76).
@@bananaspartan2234 Jim Plunkett played football at Stanford just about a thirty minute drive down the Bayshore Freeway.
Wonderful
Spectacular
Marvelous
O boy how i miss when i loved to watch the game
Bizarre, as I remember this game as a kid. Even more bizarre, Tom Brady wasn't even born yet.
I remember watching it too. That was a long time ago. What happened?
Tom Brady born in August 3 1977
@@MateusHenrique-of4bc i was born aug 23 1976 all sports was great then
At that time, the Giants were threatening to move to Toronto.
If you've got the time we've got the beer 🍻☺️ I still enjoy it
I was at Lackland AFB in Basic Training when this game was broadcast.
Pat I was working at the McDonald's just down from the Lackland main gate on Military Drive. I remember the lunch rush was a sea of Lackland trainees, who were friendly, polite and funny guys. I was the shaggy haired French fry cook by the drive thru summer 76 to spring of 77! Small world!
Metro Promise Wow! That is crazy! You're right it's a small world, I didn't get to McDonald's when I was in there, They did let us out one day to go into San Antonio and I walked around with one of the guys. Long time ago. But these old football games bring back good memories.
Commentators:
Howard Cosell, Frank Gifford & Alex Karras
Notice the predominance of the ground game and very few flags. This was real and honest football, before big money started deciding ahead of time who was going to win.
And now with gambling widely accepted everywhere now, even more so.
I missed all these games from the 70s
i wish they would like play one of these games on abc channel 7 and do like a game on a day when there is crap tv on the channel.and it can be any game from 1966-now
40:30-40:41 Anyone else notice the Berkeley Farms Junior 49er Minor Club sign which was always situated in that same exact location for all 49ers home games in the years before the team started winning Super Bowls?
Alex Karras smoking a stogie on camera, I love it. :0)
It’s a classic with Howard and the guys during mnf era. They were the best!
I miss Howard Cosell using the word “avuncular” and saying that Richard Caster of the Jets was running like a “antelope.”
The speed of this niner defense reminds me of all that followed to this day.
No obnoxious touchdown celebrations. Even the commercials are decent.
Bud Grant frowned upon celebrations after a TD. He would tell the players "try to act like you have been in the endzone before".
Being (CHIP), my absolute favorite player was: (FOONMAM!!!) A Jim Coghill
insider joke! Only Knowen by Steve, Scott, Jim, & Chip!!!!! But we will always
love good ol, Howard Cossell !!!! Yah buddy!
one of those kids went on to play major league baseball. pete inconvigia however u spell it
Ahh yes im so glad i was around for this era
Seems more exciting back then...and simple.
Fred Cox just passed away recently.
Alex had no chemistry with Howard and Frank😂
Me and my brother Scott (Andy) loved old howard Cosell, we watched All the games he hosted!!! And I'm sure Steve Coghill saw all, or most of them too!
And so did Jim Coghill !
We wathched alot of those games at homes in Northern Hills, or at Northern Beach at the pool or in the park!!!
Refreshing to see the players act like mature men when they score, unlike the childish brats you see today.
Times (or rather, people) have changed drastically, no doubt about it.
I agree. Players carried themselves way more professionally back then.
You said it!
It's weird the NFC West standings mention Seattle. FFWD to 2002 and the Seahawks would rejoin the NFC West.
straight on kicker
54:43 Wtf?! Not only was there no flag, nobody even mentioned it!
R.I.P. Mick Tingelhoff HoF from Nebraska.
Loved Karras. Wasn't afraid to "tell it like it is." Role model for guys like Olsen & Dierdorf. If a player did a stupid mistake they called them out. No excuses.
Wasn't Monday night football great back then? The only things better in today's game then they were back then, wait a minute I can't think of anything!
Today's NFL game sucks...to many lawyers ....
Catch future MLB er Pete Incaviglia in PP and Kick? Cool.
finaly, i can stay up late & watch thes games . . .
Old Fran could toss a ball back in the day..
Not really. His arm strength was actually below average (if only slightly) when compared to other NFL quarterbacks. That's why he relied so heavily upon the short passing game -- particularly quick dump-offs to his running backs. What made him above average was his ability to read defenses and to make something out of nothing when his pass protection broke down (which it did all too often).
@@SingleTax Frans ball- handling was amazing also, great fakes , pumps , etc....
Classic opening
Lol I remember it used to give me goosebumps. .. Now Nothing Does.😅
Ugh, I'd forgotten how grating Howard's voice can be.... But it's not near as bad as having to endure Cris Collinsworth..... Cris makes Howard look calm....
at 2:47:22
this is 1976.
pictured is a Burlington Northern GP30 and what is supposed to be a U30C.
The Burlington northern is gone , so is all the U30Cs, there may be a few rebuilt GP30s running around and sadly ole Johnny is gone too.
Those U30Cs were good engines and I think the C30-7s were identical, except had easier to work on electrical components. I heard someone from BN say "they can really dig down and lug" those heavy coal trains coming out of Wyoming.
In the 1970s, the 49ers were a major PITA for the Vikings good/great teams; win or lose, it was always a tough, close, game....esp in the playoffs. Think S.F. record was pretty good vs. Vikes. Don't know the 60s or the 80s but i'd guess it'd favor S.F. also, as they climbed to greatness in the 80s - 90s. (minus that '87 upset yr in S.F. playoffs....Go Vikes!!!)
Surprisingly, S.F. is wearing white at home this game. Do any S.F. fans here know when/how often they did this sort of thing? I don't recall them ever doing that before or since this game. Only Miami, L.A., & Dallas were prone to wearing white at home during the 70s (this game's era)....oh, & sometimes Cleveland. (Jets did it occasionally in late 60s)
Vikings enjoyed a good run of three straight wins against the Niners in the mid-80s, beginning with defeating the 1984 World Champion 49ers in the opening game of the 1985 season followed by a regular-season win in the 1986 season, followed by the 1987 playoff game.
THE NINERS WITHOUT JOE COOL 1979 TO 1993
Joe Cool was with the Niners in 1979 that was his rookie year
Real nice finish
Memo to Vikings: Go back to these uniforms ASAP!!!
Agreed! Loved the old darker shade of purple.
I was watching as a 10 yr old Vikings fan. This game was weird. 48ers were good but this night was odd.
hmm Pete Incaviglia MLB player 1:38:07
Back when they never showed you the score or the time haha.
Wilbur Jackson and Delvin Williams were one helluva 1-2 punch. Unfortunately, Eddie Debartolo wanted "Star Power" and traded for an over-the-hill OJ Simpson the following season. If it wasn't for the fortunent drafting of Joe Montana, Debartolo would've faded off into NFL history as a "never was".
Yep and then the Niner's pulled a scum job on GOAT MONTANA. I liked the CHIEFS before but they became my team after that.
Chances of being 2 Pete Incaviligias? That was likely Inky doing PPK. Later became an outstanding MLB slugger.
I like too how they just showed a graphic and gave the names of the starters. Not like these stupid self introductions they do now.
Wow! their uniforms are not skin tight .👍👍
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Few of the linemen had guts! Teams ran power run offenses, and the linemen were lighter and looked much quicker. My kind of football. I get bored watching today’s “2 minute drill” style offenses.
how is this going to be a good game when scott bull is one of the qb's
50:30 live action replay courtesy of goodyear blimp cam. i was still in tacoma, and wouldn't arrive in s.f. for eight months. 40 degrees!
Boy San francisco sure gave away an awesome backfield in 77 and for what? Thanks Joe Thomas, I still hate you to this day even if we got Walsh after 2 horrible years!
For one game this is the greatest backfield ever❤️👊🏻☝🏿
amazing. thank you
Candlestick Park with an artificial turf field in the 1970's looked out of place
Probably why they went back to real grass a couple years later.
Artificial turf was all the rage back in the 70's and 80's. The majority of NFL & MLB stadiums had it.
The Vet, Three Rivers, Old Busch, Riverfront all had turf in the 70s and 80's and had both NFL and MLB teams play on it in. Later on Riverfront and Busch made the switch to grass before they closed and got demolished.
@Joshua Kline . . . and as what I wrote in a recent comment with this video post: The artificial turf was nothing more than thinly carpeted concrete. I walked on that field after the 1978 MNF game between the Steelers and 49ers, and was appalled at the hardness of the playing surface.
I'm a shoe geek and one thing that strikes me about these mid-70s games is, wow, Adidas had 90% of the NFL market back then. Nike really wasn't in football yet-a couple players here are wearing them-but it was mostly Adidas.
Hard to figure out these gr8 Vikings teams of 70's. Why so good in playoffs n so bad n superbow!?.
Evey team had the same strategy. Tarkenton was an option QB. Beating him was easy: Don't try to sack him, but keep him in the pocket, and force him to beat you with his arm. If you're playing a 3-4, man-to-man defense, you'll rattle him, eventually. The Vikings never made adjustments! The Houston Oilers were the same way. They were determined to play a ground-and-pound game. All the Steelers had to do was stuff Earl Campbell.
That's why the Patriots win a lot. They're not afraid to throw out the game plan, and do something totally different (i.e., using Brady as a receiver in a halfback-option).
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You'd think before the 5 yard bump rule (1979) Tarkenton would've done better. Tells you some thing about the Steelers & Raiders cornerbacks. Equally critical was Grant's letting go Alan Page. Don't short '70s Vikes. (4) SBs is impressive, but opponent just better.
Because its scripted & involves blood rituals & human sacrifice. Letters & numbers.Its all encoded but you can decode it applying gematria. The create & script all of these "dramatic" circumstances to keep us interested & distractrd.
AFC won most of the 70s Super Bowls. Vikings were damn good, but the '73 Dolphins, '74 Steelers and '76 Raiders would've beaten any NFC team.
love alex karros smoking a footlong stogie while doing intro w cosell 😂😂😊
Virgil, I really like your uploads but you need to tell us if you don't have the ending!
I think some of my don't remember or I don't realize until I hear from you guys so my apologies on that my intent is to have full games but I've had some has been missing parts that I either didn't know or didn't remember I've also said some it's messed up when I ripped them to MP4 from video DVD
I miss the passion for the game and players who were loyal, worthy with their teams and the fans!
Free agency created the game we see today! I lost my interests completely after Kaeperdick's knee taking debacle! I don't care about jerseys, players & teams! We financed these embiciles outrageous salaries! With 10-20 million sign on bonuses? It's a joke when the NFL Commissioner gets an additional $34 million bonus to compliment his outrageous & unearned current salary! These are some crafty & greedy ponzi scheme manipulators!
Why so pessimistic? Nowadays we get a Super Bowl victory celebration after every first down.😂
@@bonanzatime
Back in the 70s, (and 80s) it was pretty much the same teams dominating their divisions.
You had a couple of second-tier teams per conference and every now and then a dog team
would catch lightning in a bottle and give their fans a good year before being mediocre
again. If you were a fan of the Vikings, Steelers, Raiders, Cowboys, Rams, or Dolphins,
you were loving life in the 70s. If you liked the Oilers, Chargers, Broncos, Redskins,
Eagles, Colts, or Bears you had a little hope. And sometimes you got the Bucs or the Patriots
who had miracle seasons that came up just short.
Everybody else had bad football and no real expectation their teams would turn around
in a few years.
As far as the salaries go, it was the TV contracts with the networks that were making
even incompetent owners wealthy because they shared equally in the NFL TV rights pie.
Many owners were happy to be doormats for years because they were still making
plenty of money and fans were still showing up for cheap tickets and cheap beer.
It was a total disrespect to the fans.
This was the only year the 49ers wore white at home. I don't like it.
These were not good times for the 49ers, obviously except for this nice win over the powerful Vikings, but that running back tandem was terrific that would have been great for Joe Montana years later.
Things got worse for the 49’ers after 1976. The team would be sold to Eddie Debartolo Jr and he brought in Joe Thomas as GM. They tried to convince Monte Clark to gibe up personnel decisions and since he knew what Joe Thomas would do to the team(they were in Miami at the same time) he refused. Clark was fired and San Francisco would have three coaches in two seasons and have personnel that was worse than an expansion team by the time Bill Walsh took over in 1979 as Head Coach/GM.
MNF was best when it was on regular TV .. pay TV sucks ...
So weird seeing AstroTurf at Candlestick Park.
THIS WAS WHEN THE VIKINGS WERE KNOWN AS THE PURPLE PEOPLE EATERS IT'S TRAGIC THEY WENT 2 THE SUPERBOWL 4 TIMES AND LOST EVERYTIME SAME AS THE BILLS
Quit SHOUTING
This is not even the same game that is played now. Just the field and team names are familiar. This is way better to watch.
Was that Texas Rangers Peter Incaviglia competing in the ppk at halftime?
Pete Incaviglia of Monterey, CA. The one and only. www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-02-25-1997056085-story.html
2:50:45 Watch a camera guy on the sidelines get flattened at the end of the play.
4:11 today is Guy use cigarretes in mouth is fired
Love the music.
Bob Grimm , does he ever catch a pass?
Alex Karras: The Sheriff in Porky's.
@The big man is in the house! "Mongo's not a 'who,' he's more of a 'what.'"
@The big man is in the house! "Mongo only pawn in game of life."
Alex Karras was in Webster. The 80's sitcom show.