1978 Steelers vs Saints - TV dubbed w/Fleming & Cope
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- Опубликовано: 3 янв 2023
- We painstakingly synced this recording of the CBS TV broadcast with the iconic WTAE radio call of the late, great Jack Fleming and Myron Cope, making a great matchup between Terry Bradshaw and Archie Manning even better!
The Saints play their hearts out in a very entertaining game which probably should've been much higher scoring for both teams. Bradshaw (16 of 23, 200 yds, 2 TDs) and Manning (22 of 32 for 344 yds, 1 TD) are both outstanding.
The Steelers play very well offensively when they're on the field, but the Saints are able to capitalize on turnovers and drive-extending penalties to keep the Steeler offense on the bench for much of the afternoon. Amazingly, the Steelers have only 3 possessions during the entire first half.
Despite dominating time of possession, the Saints find points tough to come by. Jack Lambert ends one promising drive with a leaping INT at the Steeler 17. Then with just 12 seconds left in the half and the Saints poised to take a 14-3 lead at the Steeler 5-yd line, great coverage by Mel Blount forces a HUGE sack/fumble of Archie Manning (who has a jailbreak of 6 Steeler defenders converging on him) and Joe Greene recovers to end the threat and the half.
The 3rd quarter begins with Bradshaw engineering a textbook 12-play 77-yd TD drive highlighted by a pair of great Lynn Swann catches (the first a leaping grab for 21 yds on 4th & 4, the second a tipped ball in tight double coverage for the TD) and Gerela later adds a FG for a 13-7 lead.
But early in the 4th, a red-hot Manning brings the Saints storming down the field on an 80-yd drive to retake the lead. With time running short, Bradshaw coolly rallies the troops and caps a brilliant 8-play drive with a 3rd down swing pass to Rocky Bleier for the 24-yd winning TD (surprisingly, the first regular season TD reception of Rocky's career) in the final 2 minutes to preserve a Steelers victory. 
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Mike Webster’s son here ! I love this ! I didn’t get to see dad play much so it’s a treat to see this and hear old double YOI !
So glad you enjoy these, Garrett! Your dad was the anchor of this offense and a truly AMAZING player. Always more fun watching the games with Myron adding color. 😁
I have been enjoying these combo broadcasts for a while now and I am glad you have discovered them. Your father was the Anchor and the Heart of the Offense Line. Without him we wouldn't have reached the pinnacle of success we did. I am also very sorry for your loss and empathize with what you had to go through. Amen.
Your dad was a vital cog on this team ... what a champ!!!!
Good to hear from you Garrett.
I am almost age 70 so I was able to see many of these home games in person (my dad was a true NFL nut who had season tickets for over 6 decades). Your dad was a terrific player! The Steelers trap blocking was absolutely lethal!
Myron Cope was just beautiful. 😂 At 28:18, Cope calls punter Craig Colquitt "Craig Cold Cut" and says his 21-yard punt was "a baloney. of a kick." 🤣
As always, I truly appreciate all you do for us who bleed black and gold. Sincerely.
Glad to do it, Anthony. 👍
ditto. Steeler nation!
45 years later and so exciting!! Big game for Rocky. Thank you McMillen and Wife. 👊
Agreed, brilliant game for the Rock, and fun game to watch.
I'm not from Pittsburgh but I enjoy hearing Myron Cope. By the time the Steelers were in their 1970s glory years, Cope was then getting known outside of the area. Jack Fleming was great too! When football was great.
The Saints still had 9 years to go to notch their first winning season. So sad Archie Manning never played on a winning team.
The 1978 Steelers are considered by some as the peak team of the Steeler glory days.
Chuck went for it on 4th down, that's always awesome
1978 Pittsburgh Steelers, the greatest of ALL time. - from a Pittsburgh kid.
Franco Rip love the steel curtain years
Agreed. Greatest era of football IMO.
the commentators refer to someone saying Jack Lambert "lacks drive" or some such.....then proceed to end the next forty plays with the words...."Lambert makes the tackle!" dude was a beast!
I know, that was an almost unfathomable comment! Made me blink my eyes and do a double-take. It proves the people who called into radio shows were just as unreasonable in the '70s. 😂
And yes, Lambert was a BEAST for sure!
Jack Lambert is my favorite Steeler ever and he always will be.
Interesting that Shram was in the booth the same season that he was fired by the Saints. What a fun game. Go Rock!!
I know he loved Chuck Muncie. Every Saint or Charger game he called, he talked about how great a player he was.
Great video. Thank-you!
Thanks a million lads, cause nowadays football is a joke, watching this real legends play real football, legit O-Lines blocking techniques, running backs in three points, true Ofensive Formations and well the True Steel Curtain And Those Two BIG MONSTERS 58 & 59 JUST THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS EVER !!!!
Look what Rocky Bleier does when he scores at 2:04:41 if you want to see a gigantic difference between football 45 years ago and the dance fest insanity that is today.
@@Muffinarm_ Exactly (no jokes ,no bs dances BUT PURE CLASS) !!!! Real Football Ofensive Strategy Executed By Real Football Players (Legends) !!!!
@@enriqueham4947 Agreed, I really enjoyed this era of pro football.
Goodell has destroyed football.
@@karlc2869 real players and real fans have to recover it from that woke mafia.
Mike Webster is the standard for all Steelers to meet. He inbodied everything it ment to be a Steeler. RIP Mike, and Franco and all the Steelers we have lost.
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That interview with Bradshaw at the end was interesting as he pointed out that the offense was playing well, but the defense was lacking. Not that he was wrong, but that would blow up big time on social media today for a QB to call out the defense. I wonder how that went over in the locker room. Of course, we know how the season turned out so it all worked out in the end. This was a great game. Archie Manning gave them all they could handle.
R. Bleier should be hall of fame.
If the Hall of Fame was about heart, he'd definitely be there.
Rocky had an excellent game in this one.
@@muffs55mercury61, he really did! Rocky had some DOMINANT performances in his career that jump well beyond what the stat page shows. This was one of them. He was the difference-maker.
Bleier had a excellent Steelers career ,but he wasn't distinguish enough from a elite rushing perspective to be a NFL hofer , a multitude of 1970's multiple 1000 yd rushers aren't deservingly in the Hof ,who reserve a better opportunity for a potential induction then him , Chuck Foreman , John Brockington ,Larry Brown , Lawrence McCutcheon,Mike Pruitt, Mark Van Eeghen, Llydel Mitchel , Calvin Hill .
Fleming was so good not a screaming play by play like some today
And when pregame shows were serious compared to the comedy crap fest now (NBC's FNIA is the only serious NFL pregame show nowadays IMO).
Rocky Bleier had a helluva game. Underrated
Agreed, very underrated. 👍🏻 I think Pittsburgh fans understood his value, though.
Thanks folks!🏈
Just discovered McMillen and Wife two days ago with Superbowl IX. Love this and much appreciate all the work that went into it. I watch it with a definite melancholy for days gone by that will never be the same. The stadium is gone, the announcers are gone, SO many of these great players and coaches are gone. I don't need to make a list. Any Steeler fans know who they all are.
As Bob Hope used to sing, "Thanks for the memories"
Thanks for the kudos. 👍🏻 Glad you’re enjoying the channel!
I agree, these games are becoming more and more bittersweet as we get older.
Bradshaw throws a pass so hard at 7:12 that my eyes can't even track it. It's a frickin' laser beam (with apologies to Dr. Evil). 😁 Unparalleled arm strength. 💪
This is epic!
This is a great, competitive game and the only "real" matchup between Bradshaw and Manning. They both play great.
They also met in '74, but it was ugly (Manning was 2 of 10 for 9 yds and 3 Ints).
Wow Manning drilled the Steel Curtain for 344 yards on 22 completions!. Never thought I would see that. I don't think The Steelers played that well on this game. Hard to believe that this is the same team that won The Super Bowl that year defeating a good Dallas team.
Awesome
204:43 - Bradshaw-to-Blieier, 24-yard TD pass. I don't remember seeing the game when it happened, but someone told me about that play, how the Saints defensive back went for the ball and not the man, allowing for the touchdown catch-and-run.
Nice to see a young Tony Dungy in there making a play or two. Shoulda had that pick though.
Crazy thing, Dungy led the Steelers in interceptions in 1978 as a backup/nickel back.
@@mcmillenandwife that's actually not that surprising as a lot of free safeties snagged up the massive amounts of errant passes thrown by 70s QBS. Stars often had 15-20 or more ints. per season on the regular. That's why two old school safeties have the most and second most ints. in league history but yet are almost never talked about as being a top ten or even top 20 db all-time.
Eli Manning looks so much like his father
Thanks for posting... one thing that I was always curious about... there were always cars parked in the end zones during the games.. I could never figure out why? Would you know?
It was marketing for new car models, kind of like putting them in malls or airports. It put a lot of eyeballs on them, both in terms of the fans in attendance and being seen on camera. During the '79 game vs. Cleveland, Lynn Swann jumped over a car going for an overthrown pass. 😂 ruclips.net/video/K8LPuuIzsqs/видео.html
@@mcmillenandwife thanks! I’m sure the car companies didn’t appreciate the producer’s comments, which is why he told the broadcaster to stop 😂
@@mcmillenandwife I remember seeing swan jump over that car on TV! Awesome that you have the entire game!
@@richardcampbell2261, and a great game it is! 👍🏻
Thank you for this. I was working every Sunday back then and missed a number of Steeler games. Good game. I wonder if the Saint receiver Mauti is related to another Penn State player Mike Mauti who (in 2013 ?) went on to play in the NFL - including the Saints.
Running back Chuck Muncie,Wide Reciever Wes Chandler,and Defensive lineman Don Reese from the Saints would all be traded to the Chargers soon after this season.
is that Boss Hogg playing a jogger at 1:23:23?
😂 I don't think it's him, but it does look a lot like him!
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NOTHING like 70's football...that Bill Walsh BS ruined the game...
Thanks for sharing this. Love it, this is when real mean played pro football. I don't watch the New NFL, It's a joke.