@@waynejohanson1083 they were quite dominant. They held the Raiders to 29 yards rushing that day. And the previous week, against O.J. Simpson, and the bills, they held him to about 40 yards or so. You just couldn’t run on them. And their linebackers were phenomenal.
Thank you for putting this on. This was perhaps the most important game in Steelers history. Having achieved being a playoff contender, to get to a championship level, they needed to beat a great team on their home turf. IMO this was a tougher opponent than the Vikings team they faced in SB IX.
MIND-BOGGLING The Steeler defense holds the Raiders to an incredibly low 29 yards rushing in 21 carries. On to the Super Bowl. In that game, the Steeler defense holds the Vikings to an absurd 17 yards rushing in 21 carries. So, in back to back playoff games the Steeler defense gives up an overall total of just 46 yards rushing ---in 42 carries. That is unheard of !!
Your painstaking work really pays off here. I haven't seen this game since it's original telecast. The great Charlie Jones was one of a kind. The Steelers really shut down the Raiders running game---period (29 yards total if I remember right)
Whenever these teams met during the 70s, it was like Ali vs Frazier or Kong vs Godzilla. It was mean, nasty and highly competitive. But the Steelers were on their way to their first ring and had to go through Oakland to get there. They prevailed impressively.
These were two teams that really loved each other. At Christmas, instead of cards they sent each other Molotov Cocktails. No love lost here. In '74 I was 17. This was a great football period for me. I loved my Baltimore Colts.
Colts should Always be in Baltimore.....I respected them. The Ratbirds came in and screwed over Cleveland......Never will have my Respect....Cleveland Deserved those Players and Super Bowls........and Indianapolis, deserved to start like Tampa.....0-26
I'm a Viking fan :( and was only 3 when this game went down so I don't remember it. After what they did to my purple in their next game, I consider it a blessing that I don't remember it!! Anyway, the 70's Steelers are still my favorite football dynasty ever. Thanks for all of your work on this channel!!
Thank you for this. I didn’t see the game on TV live because where I lived(in Canada) only the NFC championship game was available. My, how times have changed.
Yes, unfortunately, a full broadcast recording of Myron and Jack hasn’t surfaced for this game. There are only clips. The same is true of the Immaculate Reception game. Someone from the NFL actually contacted me prior to the 50th Anniversary celebration to see if I had a complete Myron and Jack recording of it, which I sadly do not. It doesn’t seem to exists.
That Franco Blast up the Gut at the End Taught me that the Underdog who could never do it, can rise up and Close the Deal. Never got the Delicious , Malicious , Satisfaction that the Steelers did this on Oaklands Home Field, until i was Older, and started learning NFL History.
Joe Greene said that the 1974 AFC Championship game against the dreaded Oakland Raiders was the only Steelers game that provided him with the feeling of truly being, "in the zone".
I was 14 when I watched this game and it was heartbreaking! I was a big Raider fan and I really thought they had the best team that year, but Pittsburgh's defense dominated! Their line completely manhandled the Raiders vaunted offensive line the entire game. This game was one reason the Raiders had a reputation for not being able to win the big games during this time.
Stabler drops back and immediately launches bomb. You think, well that's going to be ridiculously over-thrown because no man can get down the field that fast. But there Branch is, right under the ball in the endzone. 1:23:51
These perennial meets between these two teams were one of the great happenings of the early to mid 1970's I watched this one and the next two. Always a "Win-Win" for me because I liked both teams because I knew both would beat the cowboys should either make it to SB Sunday.
This game is the greatest win in Steeler history. It set the stage for the rest of the 1970s. The Raiders were always great but on that day the Steelers were better. I was 11. My dad, who watched the Same Old Steelers, was thrilled. My little brothers were jumping all over the couch. My then 15 old baby brother enjoyed his first cold one..a Stroh's. (Mostly, I think it was a little bit at the bottom of the bottle. slept well that night.) Swann was interfered with late in the game when it was still 17-13. Notice that the Steelers punted when they had the ball at the Oakland 30. Gary Anderson, Norm Johnson, Jeff Reed, Sean Suisam and Chris Boswell would alll have buried that kick. Gerela was lousy. So was Walden. Noll never paid much attention to special teams. Gerela missing a chip shot, Stallworth's touchdown catch called back...Pittsburgh beat the Raiders worse that day than the scoreboard showed. The 1975 AFC Championship was much closer.
@@jjmill5209 As best I can tell by looking carefully at the slow motion replay, Lambert was pulled deep because he was keeping close coverage on the Raider tight end (number 88). That's how he wound up back there so deep. If you stop everything right at 1:47:04, you can see Lambert and the Raider tight end down in the very lower left corner of the picture. Lucky for the Steelers!!
The NBC TV broadcast had the legendary Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis (a good analyst, somewhat reedy voice but a truly nice person), and Don Meredith (a poor fit with this crew, more suited to MNF). I always liked Charlie Jones and how he called a game.
I was hoping this was going to be Pittsburgh Style, with Jack Fleming and Myron Cope. That's the only way we would watch in Pittsburgh. We' d synch up a Vcr, and Delay the watch for 12 to 15 seconds, and the radio would match the TV broadcast.
Yeah, I’ve done a bunch of “Pittsburgh style” games with Fleming and Cope, but so far, their broadcast of this game doesn’t exist. Hopefully it will turn up one day. If you’re interested, here’s the ‘78 AFC Championship with Fleming & Cope: www.mcmillenandwife.com/1978_AFC_Championship_Steelers_34_vs_Oilers_5_fleming_cope.html
@@mcmillenandwife thanks for the share, hoping your wife is as fine as Sue St James.....Great Steeler Golden Era RUclips Handle! Sure do miss Myron, and Sadly Mike Lange! We had it so good in the 'Burgh in the 70's! Even like hearing the Gunner Bob Prince, I find stuff when the Buccos go to Bradenton
I was 8 years old when I started watching the Steelers and I kepted saying that the Steelers will get to the Superbowl in the 70’s but know one believes me back then because it seemed impossible for the Steelers to win more than one game but each year I would see improvements that apparently many people was not seeing ! But I could see better players doing their job better than the last guy and did not matter if it was a running play or pass play they did the job that was needed to get the best from that play period !!
@@waynejohanson1083Raiders defense played valiantly with their backs to their goal line many times. When you realize that Tatum was the only big name on that defense, they were underrated as a defense
This was the game the world saw how good the Steelers were us locals knew and was waiting for the game. Imho this Steelers team showed "what ever it takes" can overcome a ugly start.
Good question. VCRs weren't commercially available when this game was played (Sony Betamax came out in 1975, followed by VHS in 1976), so someone who had direct access to NBC's video archive recorded it at some point. I don't know if the original source tapes were damaged, or if the recorded version got damaged at some point. Regardless, I've never seen a fully intact video version of this game.
Im watching and enjoying this better that the games that are live on television today as i Type this ......these guys here are playing football.....and the stuff on television looks like men in a job interview for cheerleaders jobs 😅
Unbelievable 😍!!!!!!! Beginning of the dynasty and the GREATEST team in history which NEVER cheated to win like the bastards in New England!!!!! They won 4 Superbowls in 6 years and should be won 5 in 6 years if it wasn't for the running back injuries in the 76 Steelers season which statistics wise was the greatest team ever!!!!!!!! WAY BETTER than the 85 Bears!!!! NOT even close!!!!!
It's kind of funny listening to these announcers as the game was decided talking up the Vikings, downplaying the Steelers, not realizing this was the beginning of the dynasty.
Not what you consider how long the Steelers had been bad and the Vikings were heading to their third Super Bowl. Nobody could have predicted the Steelers would win four the next six
1:57:00 would never happen today. PIT punts on 4th & 5 at the OAK 30. The THIRTY! That's a chip shot even for today's worst kickers. Instead, PIT punts and it's a touchback netting them a paltry 10 yards.
@@SpottedSharks Yes, crazy to see a punt at the opponent’s 30! Nothing has changed more in the NFL over the years than kicking efficiency and distance.
As per the description, this is Charlie Jones and Sam DeLuca of the Mutual Broadcast Network. You can find a bunch of TV synced with Fleming and Cope here: www.mcmillenandwife.com/steelers_mp4.html Look in the middle column, Fleming and Cope games are highlighted in red.
@@waynejohanson1083and the next year, the Squealers left the tarp off the sidelines during a three day ice storm and killed the Raiders air attack......one of the happiest days in my life was a year later when the Raiders spanked the Squealers in the title game
@@anthonydileonardo8156 And that was a huge advantage for the Steelers and it nullified the Raiders passing game and their speed. Those field conditions really favored the Steelers and Al Davis was pissed about it. The truth is the Steelers organization obligation was to make the field in the best possible playing conditions. And they did not. Maybe Art Rooney is not the so called great honest man we are told he is.
Wayne and Anthony....what a pair. Whining about a game played 49 years ago. The Raiders were a perpetual playoff choke artist. They were not even the best team in 1976. The Patriots were and the Raided needed a roughing the passer penalty on a 4th and 17. Keep whining. It shows your lack of character...indicative of a franchise that has moved three times and played in front of countess empty seats in both Los Angeles and Oakland.
@@penguinsfan251 Hey I am not a Raiders fan. In fact I am glad Pittsburgh won the game. But you have to admit the weather conditions favored the Steelers. But hey that is home field advantage for you.
You must be daft. 271 yards passing, averaged over 14 yards per completion and his dinking and dunking sent the redoubtable Mel Blount to the bench. Their uncharacteristic inability to run was the difference in this contest.
@@balrog322 Ahhh... you mean you're one of the blind and unknowing and unrealistic who rave about Stabler who had MORE interceptions than touchdown passes LOL
Bobby Walden punts from the Raiders 40 yardline and it ends up a touchback. Walden punts again from the Raiders 30 yardline and another touchback!! LOL!! What a joke!!
Agreed. Special teams in general during the '70s were bad, but the Steelers seemed especially bad at kicking/punting. Walden and Gerela each had NUMEROUS major gaffes in the playoffs and Super Bowls. Craig Colquitt was pretty strong and broke the curse at punter when he arrived, but we suffered with bad placekickers until Gary Anderson showed up in '82.
@@mcmillenandwife I was nearing #3 years old this playoff game in '74. I grew up enamored by the adults being excited at what was going on inside that box in Living Room.. MY VERY 1st cognizant Steelers game (while I watched, I was creating memory of it; that is making the adult style memory in my "brain") was Terry Bradshaw's very last game ever played Jets Oct. 12th 1983. I watch the entire game; I remember think'n why not use that guy all the time? B/C the ENTIRE game was a struggle except when he was in there ( #5 completions on #8 Attempts #2 TD's). I wasn't up to speed yet; I asked dad.. "why not use him ALL the time"? He smiled at his #Preteen kid(#11).
I saw this game as a kid (12 years old) and then have had the opportunity to study it as a coach now and the greatest thing about the raiders is that you could have a good game plan, get ahead and they'd still beat you. In this particular game, the steelers were petrified that the powerful Oakland offensive line would pound them like they did in last years playoff game (rushed for 232 yds), & lose by 20 again. So they ran out of fear and desperation not dominance. Swann and stallworth were rookies and hadn't emerged yet. So, they were lucky they got the raiders exhausted from the previous weeks' playoff game against Miami. That's why the raider defense was terrible against the run in this game. The steelers didn't lead until the 11:00 of the 4th qtr. They weren't kickin' ass the whole game.
The Raiders had the extra day to rest because they played their previous game on Saturday against the Dolphins. The Raiders also did not have to travel since the week before they were home. The only team that was lucky was the Raiders when Gerela missed a chip shot 20 yard field goal attempt and the referees negated an obvious John Stallworth TD catch at the end of the 2nd quarter.
you must coach at the University of X-CUSES..Raiders wrer bludgeoned at their own dirty unsportsmanlike penalty getting AZZes!!! WAAAAAHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@@BlackMan614
Glen Edwards should have been called for unsportsmanlike conduct at 2:05:44 for picking up the penalty flag and throwing it hard to the ground, but the referee actually goes up to him and pats him on the but. That is the typical attitude the refs had with Pittsburgh in the 1970s. They would let them get away with a lot especially in Super Bowl X when Edwards and Blount harassed Golden Richards and broke his ribs. Plus there were other non-calls in SB X such as Mullins tripping Randy White, Dwight White facemasking Burton Lawless to the ground, and Jack Lambert's unnecessary roughness on Cliff harris !!
I remember this game like it was yesterday. Oakland gave this game away. They were clearly the superior team. They came into this game flat as hell after beating the Dolphins and they got caught looking ahead to the Super Bowl. This might have been the best game the Steelers ever played. Oakland beat them 17-0 earlier in the season and 33-14 in the playoffs the year before. The 74 Raiders might be the greatest Raiders team of all time and certainly one of the greatest, if not greatest team not to win the Super Bowl. They lost 2 games by a total of 4 points. They just didn’t show up in this game and still went into the 4th quarter ahead 10-3 before their lack of energy caught up to them.
Try again. 1) The Steelers had 5 future Hall of Fame players in 1974 that they didn't have in 1973. 2) Because of the '74 preseason strike, Joe Gilliam (not Terry Bradshaw) was under center during the week 3 loss. 3) Oakland led at halftime because the officials robbed John Stallworth of a beautiful one-handed TD catch. 4) Oakland was humiliated in the trenches and got outrushed 224 to 29 in this game. 5) Madden's Raiders were a great REGULAR season team, but they WILTED in the postseason (again and again and again) like no other team in NFL history.
What a stupid comment. The Oakland Raiders won a division with an ordinary team..the Broncos..and two bad teams in KC and SD. In the fourth quarter the Steelers smacked the Raiders in the mouth again and again. On Oakland's home field, no less.
I always loved Charlie Jones’ delivery of a football game. He was one of the best.
Fantastic… I was there…11 years old. A Christmas present from my parents. Went with my father. Will never forget it.
Oh how I envy you!!! In a decent way though. To see my Steelers then , and literally in their prime.
@@kevincostello3856 thanks… to this day I realize I was pretty fortunate
I wasn't 4yrs old yet....the Stillers were just beginning to find their stride/greatness !!
Watching them live, how good was that defense really.
@@waynejohanson1083 they were quite dominant. They held the Raiders to 29 yards rushing that day. And the previous week, against O.J. Simpson, and the bills, they held him to about 40 yards or so. You just couldn’t run on them. And their linebackers were phenomenal.
Much better than anything on TV. Thank you!
Tell me about it!
We lived in northern Japan in 74 and I listened to this exact radio cast of this game on military AFRTS wow
Thank you for putting this on. This was perhaps the most important game in Steelers history. Having achieved being a playoff contender, to get to a championship level, they needed to beat a great team on their home turf. IMO this was a tougher opponent than the Vikings team they faced in SB IX.
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@@robbie192 don’t be a doink
Professional announcers and real professional football, with receivers AND running backs. Thank you for the upload.
And no dancing or celebrating like a bunch of monkeys.
I saw some kids on your lawn.
MIND-BOGGLING The Steeler defense holds the Raiders to an incredibly low 29 yards rushing in 21 carries. On to the Super Bowl. In that game, the Steeler defense holds the Vikings to an absurd 17 yards rushing in 21 carries. So, in back to back playoff games the Steeler defense gives up an overall total of just 46 yards rushing ---in 42 carries. That is unheard of !!
EVERY TIME I WATCH ONE OF THESE "OLD" GAMES I GET SO PISSED, BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY PLAY FOOTBALL. I miss the old days !
They ignore Lineman Names in today's Football
Your painstaking work really pays off here. I haven't seen this game since it's original telecast. The great Charlie Jones was one of a kind.
The Steelers really shut down the Raiders running game---period (29 yards total if I remember right)
Thank you McMillenandWife for putting this game together. I was always hoping to see it and I am hoping you have more to go. Thanks again.
This is so freaking awesome, Mr. McMillan. These games are so hard to find. Thank you so much!!🏈🎁
You're welcome! If you haven't already, go to our site. Countless games there that aren't available on RUclips. www.mcmillenandwife.com/
@@mcmillenandwifeits a great site and lots of great games. however jack lambert is not the best middle linebacker of all time. its dick butkus
Whenever these teams met during the 70s, it was like Ali vs Frazier or Kong vs Godzilla. It was mean, nasty and highly competitive. But the Steelers were on their way to their first ring and had to go through Oakland to get there. They prevailed impressively.
This is the second time in a month this channel has showed up in my recommendations. I subscribed, time for some beers and binge watch.
Cheers! 🍻
These were two teams that really loved each other. At Christmas, instead of cards they sent each other Molotov Cocktails. No love lost here. In '74 I was 17. This was a great football period for me. I loved my Baltimore Colts.
And now do you love the Indianapolis Colts.
@@waynejohanson1083 No.
Colts should Always be in Baltimore.....I respected them.
The Ratbirds came in and screwed over Cleveland......Never will have my Respect....Cleveland Deserved those Players and Super Bowls........and Indianapolis, deserved to start like Tampa.....0-26
Excellent and creative use of replacing the 'missing TV broadcast footage'. A service to all real Football fans everywhere.
Nasal radio voices back then.
Great job, thanks! It was fun to watch the young superstars having fun on the sideline after Franco’s last minute TD.
I'm a Viking fan :( and was only 3 when this game went down so I don't remember it. After what they did to my purple in their next game, I consider it a blessing that I don't remember it!! Anyway, the 70's Steelers are still my favorite football dynasty ever. Thanks for all of your work on this channel!!
So many future Hall of Famers in this game. Remember being so happy the Steelers won. HATED the Raiders.
hows piss burgh doin in 2023 lol
Jack Ham said that's the best game they ever played. They being those 70's dynasty teams.
Thank you so much for these videos. I brings back memories of my teenage years.
Thank you for this. I didn’t see the game on TV live because where I lived(in Canada) only the NFC championship game was available. My, how times have changed.
In case anybody doesn't know, Jack Ham was really good. Cliff Branch was really good. He got Mel Blount benched....Holy Cow.
This is awesome, thanks so much!
what a fantastic job!! A perfect combination, Love the radio in perfect sync with the enhanced video!!! A perfect time machine!!❤❤❤❤
Watching this game, just look at how Ernie Holmes plays against Gene Upshaw, Holmes dominanted him through- out.
Ernie was a BEAST. That whole front line The Original Steel Curtain should be in the HOF.
When I saw that it had the radio broadcast, I had hoped it would be Jack and Myron!
Yes, unfortunately, a full broadcast recording of Myron and Jack hasn’t surfaced for this game. There are only clips.
The same is true of the Immaculate Reception game. Someone from the NFL actually contacted me prior to the 50th Anniversary celebration to see if I had a complete Myron and Jack recording of it, which I sadly do not. It doesn’t seem to exists.
That Franco Blast up the Gut at the End Taught me that the Underdog who could never do it, can rise up and Close the Deal.
Never got the Delicious , Malicious , Satisfaction that the Steelers did this on Oaklands Home Field, until i was Older, and started learning NFL History.
Cool idea. Awesome video!!
Awesome! Thank you once again, Tim!
I remember watching this game.. after it was over Pittsburgh was so happy and excited.. they were singing pittsburgs going to the Superbowl 😊I was 11
Joe Greene said that the 1974 AFC Championship game against the dreaded Oakland Raiders was the only Steelers game that provided him with the feeling of truly being, "in the zone".
Steelers 224 yds on the ground, Raiders 29 yds !!
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I was 14 when I watched this game and it was heartbreaking! I was a big Raider fan and I really thought they had the best team that year, but Pittsburgh's defense dominated! Their line completely manhandled the Raiders vaunted offensive line the entire game. This game was one reason the Raiders had a reputation for not being able to win the big games during this time.
Stabler drops back and immediately launches bomb. You think, well that's going to be ridiculously over-thrown because no man can get down the field that fast. But there Branch is, right under the ball in the endzone. 1:23:51
These perennial meets between these two teams were one of the great happenings of the early to mid 1970's
I watched this one and the next two.
Always a "Win-Win" for me because I liked both teams because I knew both would beat the cowboys should either make it to SB Sunday.
The mighty STEELERS love these games from the seventies been a STEELERS Fan starting 1976 over 40 yrs BEAT THEM ALL
Wow this is amazing.
This game is the greatest win in Steeler history. It set the stage for the rest of the 1970s. The Raiders were always great but on that day the Steelers were better.
I was 11. My dad, who watched the Same Old Steelers, was thrilled. My little brothers were jumping all over the couch. My then 15 old baby brother enjoyed his first cold one..a Stroh's. (Mostly, I think it was a little bit at the bottom of the bottle. slept well that night.)
Swann was interfered with late in the game when it was still 17-13.
Notice that the Steelers punted when they had the ball at the Oakland 30. Gary Anderson, Norm Johnson, Jeff Reed, Sean Suisam and Chris Boswell would alll have buried that kick. Gerela was lousy. So was Walden. Noll never paid much attention to special teams.
Gerela missing a chip shot, Stallworth's touchdown catch called back...Pittsburgh beat the Raiders worse that day than the scoreboard showed.
The 1975 AFC Championship was much closer.
"The Super Bowl is three weeks from now. The best team in the National Football League is sitting right here in this room." Chuck Noll
Nice work👍
LAMBERT Jack Lambert saves the day! 1:46:36 Critical, critical, critical tackle
Agreed, huge tackle. HUGE. A linebacker making a solo open-field tackle on Cliff Branch -- in full stride downfield -- is truly remarkable.
@@jjmill5209 As best I can tell by looking carefully at the slow motion replay, Lambert was pulled deep because he was keeping close coverage on the Raider tight end (number 88). That's how he wound up back there so deep. If you stop everything right at 1:47:04, you can see Lambert and the Raider tight end down in the very lower left corner of the picture. Lucky for the Steelers!!
When the Steelers were mighty.
They've been mighty ever since.
Lo mejor de lo mejor en la vida muchas gracias por compartir 🙏🙏✌️😷☘️🐰🇲🇽
This is literally a Hall of Fame Game
This is awesome. Not sure who is broadcasting because the game on NBC was done by Curt Gowdy and Don Meredith.
This is the NBC Radio feed with Charlie Jones and former NY Jet Sam DeLuca commentating.
The NBC TV broadcast had the legendary Curt Gowdy, Al DeRogatis (a good analyst, somewhat reedy voice but a truly nice person), and Don Meredith (a poor fit with this crew, more suited to MNF). I always liked Charlie Jones and how he called a game.
I was hoping this was going to be Pittsburgh Style, with Jack Fleming and Myron Cope. That's the only way we would watch in Pittsburgh.
We' d synch up a Vcr, and Delay the watch for 12 to 15 seconds, and the radio would match the TV broadcast.
Yeah, I’ve done a bunch of “Pittsburgh style” games with Fleming and Cope, but so far, their broadcast of this game doesn’t exist. Hopefully it will turn up one day. If you’re interested, here’s the ‘78 AFC Championship with Fleming & Cope: www.mcmillenandwife.com/1978_AFC_Championship_Steelers_34_vs_Oilers_5_fleming_cope.html
@@mcmillenandwife thanks for the share, hoping your wife is as fine as Sue St James.....Great Steeler Golden Era RUclips Handle! Sure do miss Myron, and Sadly Mike Lange! We had it so good in the 'Burgh in the 70's! Even like hearing the Gunner Bob Prince, I find stuff when the Buccos go to Bradenton
Where is ur VCR recording?
I was 8 years old when I started watching the Steelers and I kepted saying that the Steelers will get to the Superbowl in the 70’s but know one believes me back then because it seemed impossible for the Steelers to win more than one game but each year I would see improvements that apparently many people was not seeing ! But I could see better players doing their job better than the last guy and did not matter if it was a running play or pass play they did the job that was needed to get the best from that play period !!
Does anyone have the footage of the Raiders/Miami game from the week before? It was one of the best playoff games ever...
I didn't realize that the future hall of famer, Mel Blunt was benched in the second half. Thats crazy
Yeah, I can't recall Blount ever having a worse game. Thankfully, the rest of the defense was in the zone so it didn't matter.
He did not play well for a hall of famer. He sure got burned on that Branch Touchdown.
@@waynejohanson1083Raiders defense played valiantly with their backs to their goal line many times. When you realize that Tatum was the only big name on that defense, they were underrated as a defense
Well Done.
YES! this is REAL football!! I wish the picture quality was a little better, I know it didn't look this poor live on TV, even back then.
This was the game the world saw how good the Steelers were us locals knew and was waiting for the game. Imho this Steelers team showed "what ever it takes" can overcome a ugly start.
The last pick was brutal.
Yep. Ugly. They were in Stabler's head.
Roy Gerela should be in hall of fame.
😂
Emptying the trash cans?
Never forget this game. Watched it on TV. I was 14. It was so great to eliminate the Raiders.
I was there great game
How is it a championship game doesn’t have complete tv broadcast with audio?
Good question. VCRs weren't commercially available when this game was played (Sony Betamax came out in 1975, followed by VHS in 1976), so someone who had direct access to NBC's video archive recorded it at some point. I don't know if the original source tapes were damaged, or if the recorded version got damaged at some point. Regardless, I've never seen a fully intact video version of this game.
Im watching and enjoying this better that the games that are live on television today as i Type this ......these guys here are playing football.....and the stuff on television looks like men in a job interview for cheerleaders jobs 😅
Couldn't stand Roy Gerela.
They would have been better off letting Franco kick the extra points and FG's...
Commentators:
Charlie Jones & Sam DeLuca
Unbelievable 😍!!!!!!! Beginning of the dynasty and the GREATEST team in history which NEVER cheated to win like the bastards in New England!!!!! They won 4 Superbowls in 6 years and should be won 5 in 6 years if it wasn't for the running back injuries in the 76 Steelers season which statistics wise was the greatest team ever!!!!!!!! WAY BETTER than the 85 Bears!!!! NOT even close!!!!!
It's kind of funny listening to these announcers as the game was decided talking up the Vikings, downplaying the Steelers, not realizing this was the beginning of the dynasty.
Not what you consider how long the Steelers had been bad and the Vikings were heading to their third Super Bowl. Nobody could have predicted the Steelers would win four the next six
Football was grittier then.
1:57:00 would never happen today. PIT punts on 4th & 5 at the OAK 30. The THIRTY! That's a chip shot even for today's worst kickers. Instead, PIT punts and it's a touchback netting them a paltry 10 yards.
@@SpottedSharks Yes, crazy to see a punt at the opponent’s 30! Nothing has changed more in the NFL over the years than kicking efficiency and distance.
IF this is supposed to be synced with the radio broadcast where's Myron Cope voice at YOI !!
As per the description, this is Charlie Jones and Sam DeLuca of the Mutual Broadcast Network. You can find a bunch of TV synced with Fleming and Cope here: www.mcmillenandwife.com/steelers_mp4.html Look in the middle column, Fleming and Cope games are highlighted in red.
Vikings just folded in every Super Bowl
This game killed me...I loved the Raiders
That had the lead 10 to 3 in the 3rd quarter and then they folded like a tent in the 4th.
@@waynejohanson1083and the next year, the Squealers left the tarp off the sidelines during a three day ice storm and killed the Raiders air attack......one of the happiest days in my life was a year later when the Raiders spanked the Squealers in the title game
@@anthonydileonardo8156 And that was a huge advantage for the Steelers and it nullified the Raiders passing game and their speed. Those field conditions really favored the Steelers and Al Davis was pissed about it. The truth is the Steelers organization obligation was to make the field in the best possible playing conditions. And they did not. Maybe Art Rooney is not the so called great honest man we are told he is.
Wayne and Anthony....what a pair. Whining about a game played 49 years ago. The Raiders were a perpetual playoff choke artist. They were not even the best team in 1976. The Patriots were and the Raided needed a roughing the passer penalty on a 4th and 17.
Keep whining. It shows your lack of character...indicative of a franchise that has moved three times and played in front of countess empty seats in both Los Angeles and Oakland.
@@penguinsfan251 Hey I am not a Raiders fan. In fact I am glad Pittsburgh won the game. But you have to admit the weather conditions favored the Steelers. But hey that is home field advantage for you.
I would trade 5 first round picks to get Lambert!
This is the NFL I watch. Forget today's NFL.....pure crap!
Kenny Dink N Dunk Stabler the original dink n dunk passer couldn't do a damned thing against this defense!!
You must be daft. 271 yards passing, averaged over 14 yards per completion and his dinking and dunking sent the redoubtable Mel Blount to the bench. Their uncharacteristic inability to run was the difference in this contest.
@@balrog322 Steelers owned Kenny Dink N Dunk through out his sketchy career....
@@jnyfumare Ah, one of the mindless Stabler critics. Blow that smoke someplace else.
@@balrog322 Ahhh... you mean you're one of the blind and unknowing and unrealistic who rave about Stabler who had MORE interceptions than touchdown passes LOL
@@jnyfumare I grew up on the Raiders and The Snake. Maybe some day you’ll grow up, though I’m not sanguine about that prospect.
So much better than the 2023 Steelers
Bobby Walden punts from the Raiders 40 yardline and it ends up a touchback. Walden punts again from the Raiders 30 yardline and another touchback!! LOL!! What a joke!!
Agreed. Special teams in general during the '70s were bad, but the Steelers seemed especially bad at kicking/punting. Walden and Gerela each had NUMEROUS major gaffes in the playoffs and Super Bowls. Craig Colquitt was pretty strong and broke the curse at punter when he arrived, but we suffered with bad placekickers until Gary Anderson showed up in '82.
@@mcmillenandwife This is my most favorite Steelers game ever. i truly believe when the Steelers won this game, they won the real Super Bowl.
77 year old George Blanda.
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Blanda was from Youngwood, Pennsylvania, less than an hour from Pittsburgh.
7 AFC Championship Games losses in 10 years. The Raiders choked year after year in the playoffs.
at 17:51 that had to hurt..lol.
Thats GREAT; ya premising... "longest run of day"!
I know, it’s incredible how completely the Steelers dominated Oakland’s heralded O-line.
@@mcmillenandwife I was nearing #3 years old this playoff game in '74. I grew up enamored by the adults being excited at what was going on inside that box in Living Room.. MY VERY 1st cognizant Steelers game (while I watched, I was creating memory of it; that is making the adult style memory in my "brain") was Terry Bradshaw's very last game ever played Jets Oct. 12th 1983. I watch the entire game; I remember think'n why not use that guy all the time? B/C the ENTIRE game was a struggle except when he was in there ( #5 completions on #8 Attempts #2 TD's). I wasn't up to speed yet; I asked dad.. "why not use him ALL the time"? He smiled at his #Preteen kid(#11).
Who the f was stabler throwing to
The Raiders didn't have the great RB's the Dolphins and Steelers had....if they had, more SB rings for sure
....when MEN played FOOTBALL...
Thanks for sharing...
steeler fan 70, 80, 90 and Cowher...
They SUCK NOW...thanks Tomlin...
J. Madden… turducken after this game.
He’s busy watching films of a certain 5 year old playing catch in Kiln,MS.
I saw this game as a kid (12 years old) and then have had the opportunity to study it as a coach now and the greatest thing about the raiders is that you could have a good game plan, get ahead and they'd still beat you. In this particular game, the steelers were petrified that the powerful Oakland offensive line would pound them like they did in last years playoff game (rushed for 232 yds), & lose by 20 again. So they ran out of fear and desperation not dominance. Swann and stallworth were rookies and hadn't emerged yet. So, they were lucky they got the raiders exhausted from the previous weeks' playoff game against Miami. That's why the raider defense was terrible against the run in this game. The steelers didn't lead until the 11:00 of the 4th qtr. They weren't kickin' ass the whole game.
The only thing the Raiders could do this game was pass to Branch. Absolutely nothing else.
The Raiders had the extra day to rest because they played their previous game on Saturday against the Dolphins. The Raiders also did not have to travel since the week before they were home. The only team that was lucky was the Raiders when Gerela missed a chip shot 20 yard field goal attempt and the referees negated an obvious John Stallworth TD catch at the end of the 2nd quarter.
Joe Greene humiliated Otto. Total domination. If you can't see that... you're not much of a coach.
you must coach at the University of X-CUSES..Raiders wrer bludgeoned at their own dirty unsportsmanlike penalty getting AZZes!!! WAAAAAHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@@BlackMan614
Ummm..... I must have been watching a different game than you.
Mel Blount was abused this game. Got better over time.
Would've been nice to hear Fleming or King instead of these guys
Agreed, but sadly, that audio hasn’t surfaced yet.
The Raiders had a better record than the steelers that year
im taking steelers over the vikings 😁
Glen Edwards should have been called for unsportsmanlike conduct at 2:05:44 for picking up the penalty flag and throwing it hard to the ground, but the referee actually goes up to him and pats him on the but. That is the typical attitude the refs had with Pittsburgh in the 1970s. They would let them get away with a lot especially in Super Bowl X when Edwards and Blount harassed Golden Richards and broke his ribs. Plus there were other non-calls in SB X such as Mullins tripping Randy White, Dwight White facemasking Burton Lawless to the ground, and Jack Lambert's unnecessary roughness on Cliff harris !!
Yeah. And I'm sure no teams or players ever did dirty stuff to the Steelers. Sore loser.
Another whiner and complainer. Here's a suggestion. Get to Costco and buy a package of Puffs with lotion.
Lynn Swann looked completely out of his element returning punts, not really built for taking a lot of hard hits.
Swann set an NFL record for punt return yardage in 1974.
Oops. Guess you have no idea what you're talking about.
😂 @@danacoleman4007 Oops is right. Meant to say led the NFL for punt return yardage in 1974.
@@mcmillenandwife I was talking to the original poster. That's why I didn't tag you in my reply.
Ah, good. 👍 Even so... I felt compelled to correct my error.
i have and always will hate the pissburgh steelers.
Pissburgh..love it
I THINK U MAY HAVE SPELLED PITTSBURGH WRONG... OH U WERE HAVING A PLAY ON WORDS... VERY CREATIVE OF U
Come on, man. Be a good sport 🤣
😂😂😂😂 I'm sure they're all broken up about that.😂😂😂😂
Raider fan no doubt. In the 70s we owned the Raiders.
I remember this game like it was yesterday. Oakland gave this game away. They were clearly the superior team. They came into this game flat as hell after beating the Dolphins and they got caught looking ahead to the Super Bowl. This might have been the best game the Steelers ever played. Oakland beat them 17-0 earlier in the season and 33-14 in the playoffs the year before. The 74 Raiders might be the greatest Raiders team of all time and certainly one of the greatest, if not greatest team not to win the Super Bowl. They lost 2 games by a total of 4 points. They just didn’t show up in this game and still went into the 4th quarter ahead 10-3 before their lack of energy caught up to them.
Try again. 1) The Steelers had 5 future Hall of Fame players in 1974 that they didn't have in 1973. 2) Because of the '74 preseason strike, Joe Gilliam (not Terry Bradshaw) was under center during the week 3 loss. 3) Oakland led at halftime because the officials robbed John Stallworth of a beautiful one-handed TD catch. 4) Oakland was humiliated in the trenches and got outrushed 224 to 29 in this game. 5) Madden's Raiders were a great REGULAR season team, but they WILTED in the postseason (again and again and again) like no other team in NFL history.
@@mcmillenandwife a VERY convincing argument..
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What a stupid comment. The Oakland Raiders won a division with an ordinary team..the Broncos..and two bad teams in KC and SD.
In the fourth quarter the Steelers smacked the Raiders in the mouth again and again. On Oakland's home field, no less.
For God’s sake. If you are going to sink it with the radio, Sink it with Bill King’s radio call !😤
Does a recoding of Bill King’s radio broadcast of this game exist?