“This is Charlie Jones along with Randy Cross. It is a very cold afternoon but it is clear, the sun is shining, but it is not shining in the hearts of the Cleveland fans here today Randy.” - Intro to the last home game of the original Browns, December 95
You know what NBC should do one Sunday night, have a throwback telecast. Have original graphics and theme for just one evening. They could use this theme or another theme and have the graphics from that era. That would be awesome to watch.
That would be great. The old 70's intro. Then the disco theme from the 1980 and 1981 seasons. Maybe some "Send Them Victorious", which they sadly only used in 1985 (my first year watching the NFL as a kid), and of course, this theme.
I remember as a kid anticipating and waiting patiently at 11:59 PM Eastern Time so that at 12:00 PM this theme song would blare loudly on my television. So many memories soo many great football games were played during those years. Soo many great NFL superstars some still here some are dead and gone. Just soo much nostalgia i knew when this song would come on at 12:00 then the 1:00 games that you were going to witness some memorable memorable football games be played.
This longer version was actually played during the closing credits of NBC's coverage of Super Bowls XXX and XXXII, and was also played during the end credits of the Hall of Fame game during the 2006 preseason.
19 years ago today was Super Bowl XXXII. January 25, 1998. The last broadcast of NBC having the AFC. I cannot believe it has been that long. Such great memories. Next season will mark the 20 year anniversary of the last season NBC had the AFC package and this awesome theme was on the air. Cannot believe how long it has already been.
My goodness how time flies. Sadly when I posted this almost 7 years ago now, my company and job went to crap with the worst office politics ever following July 2017 before the 20 year anniversary when this theme was last used January 25, 1998. It was the worst treatment and betrayal from upper management I once strongly believed in not even 6 months after I made that post.And it was not economic nor monetary related either. Coming to work for the 3 months from July 2017 to October 2017 was painful and an ordeal. Me and friends lost trust in upper management and one friend quit and then I quit a year later. Its a shame because the place once was great to work at. A shame not to celebrate what was once a given and also eventual Michigan football greatness because management became so bad almost overnight July 2017 and rest was history. But whatever, its been a while and this theme was great and almost 26 years now since it was last used regularly for NBC NFL telecasts in Super Bowl XXXII.
Such an inspiring and triumphant tune. Makes you just wanna get off your bed, go outside, and chuck a bit of the old pigskin around with others in the neighborhood. Wish I was alive for this era of football.
@@DPK01-c1xYou know what’s funny? I pretty much share the same arc as you. I was indifferent to this theme until Super Bowl 32 when the extended version was played and they asked AFC players who they thought was going to win the Super Bowl. I still remember Jerome Bettis saying: “Denver is going to win because they beat us and the represent the AFC”. From that point on, there has been no peer in NFL themes to this one. It’s been 27 years and nothing, NOTHING comes close.
Now this is a theme I would call heroic! Fits right there with Roundball Rock for the best sports intro theme songs on TV, both of which aired on NBC of course. =D Never forget the good days!
I think of the 1995 AFC Championship game between the Colts and the Steelers when I hear this theme. Jim Harbaugh throws a Hail Mary on the game's last play and Aaron Bailey nearly makes a miraculous catch but misses and Pittsburgh went to the Super Bowl.
Indeed. The 1995- 96 season. Just didn't possess the ball long enough to haul it in. Pit played Dallas in the sb. The Colts had beaten Dallas earlier in the year. I'm just sayin...
TheRetro64 honestly that was the Chiefs best shot. Marty couldn’t win in the playoffs and the Chiefs had a shitty QB and f’ing Lin Elliot. Dallas vs. Kansas City in ‘95 would have been a great Super Bowl
@@terryonleflore6710 not true, Dallas lost to Washington twice for some odd reason, eagles, and niners. I wanted the colts to win because I was more worried about the steelers.
@@terryonleflore6710 yes I don't remember the following year that we'll but I think ur right but I was referring to the year the Dallas won the superbowl as ur message implies for 95-96 season. Definitely the good Ole days!
This takes me back to 6th grade when John Elway won his first Super Bowl ring after getting beat so badly in his first three attempts. I remember NBC playing this song when they went to break after Elway's iconic helicopter spin and throughout the telecast. After that play, I just knew the Broncos would not be beaten in that game, despite being 14-point underdogs - it always gives me the chills. I wasn't even the biggest Elway fan, but he was the sentimental favorite that year. This music just fit the mood so perfectly and I love how this video incorporates images from XXXII, the last time NBC used this theme.
Correct. Though I did not like sports until the early 2000s, as an "'80s Baby" who grew up in the 1990s in an AFC market, this song became an indelible part of my childhood. It is still my favorite NFL TV theme of all time.
We welcome you to a rocking SAP Center in San Jose, California as tonight, an old NorCal-SoCal rivalry is renewed again. Tonight, Chris Streveler and the San Jose Sabercats take on the Anaheim Avengers in the second game of our doubleheader. Welcome to NBC Arena Football Saturday Night, presented by Net10 Wireless. Hello everybody, Chris Cuthbert alongside the former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, and Zora Stephenson down at field level...
Dude! You have no idea how long I have been looking for this. What happened to it? I remember hearing it, and then I didn't hear it any more. Much better than anything they have done since.
Yes awesome theme. It was 19 years ago today on August 31, 1997 the 1st day of the regular season and only time ever the NFL regular season started in August and the last season NBC had the AFC package and this awesome theme music. The Michigan Wolverines won the national title that year. Every year since when NBC o longer had thew AFC, Michigan has never won even a Big Ten title without losing at least 3 games. I expect Michigan to have their best year since 1997 in 2016.
I can reply now. We finally had great seasons in 2021 and 2022 especially 2022. Winning Big Ten titles both years and going 12-2 and 13-1 and trips to CFP. We were oh so close in 2016 in a 50-50 spot. It was a long 5 year wait but it happened at last and then even better in 2022.
Welcome to Baltimore where the Inaugural season of the new Baltimore Ravens will take on the Oakland Raiders. We see the old Baltimore Colts here embracing the new team as if they are a continuation of the old Colts. It's the Ravens vs. the Raiders here to start a new chapter of Baltimore football. It's September 1, 1996 and it's here only on the NFL on NBC!
@@TheLocalLt the best version of the theme was used in the 1998-99 season and only 98-99. It was essentially the same theme that was used by CBS for Super Bowl XXVI and the 1992-93 and 93-94 season, only with a more powerful sound. Then for the 1999-2000 season and the 2000-2001 season up until the AFC Championship Game for that season, a new version of the theme was used. It was a lot different than the theme that was used from Super Bowl XXVI to the 98-99 season. A revised version of the 1999-2001 theme was introduced for Super Bowl XXXV in 2001 and was used for the 2001-02 and 02-03 seasons. Then beginning in the 03-04 season, CBS changed the NFL theme to Posthumus Zone which they continue to use to this day. I wish CBS would go back to the old theme, even if it's the 1999 version or the 2001 version. But I agree and say that both the 1999 version and the 2001 version of the old NFL on CBS theme are not nearly as good as the original version and the 1998 version of the theme.
Randy Edelman composed the Last NFL on NBC Theme Song from 1995 to 1997. This was also the BGM of the Final NFL Season covered by GMA Network, Inc. under the auspices of Television and Production Exponents, Inc. and SilverStar Communications, Inc.
I know that during the 2008 season, for Sunday Night Football online (Sunday Night Football Extra), they played this theme if you opened the feed prior to the start of the game. It wasn't the pregame show though they were showing unlike on the television broadcast. There were different camera angles you could click on. The broadcast cam just showed the Sunday Night football logo prior to the start of the game while this theme was playing.
Although if you clicked on one of the alternate camera angles, you could see different areas of the stadium and the players warming up from both teams while this theme was playing. Brings back so many great memories to watch players warming up while this great theme was playing. Also, about 15-30 minutes before the Cowboys-Packers game last season, even when on the broadcast cam, they showed some sideline reporter interview some Packer player while this theme was still playing in the background.
Yep, that's the one! I guess I haven't followed the Olympics quite as closely over the years. If you listen to the Brisco Country Jr. theme starting at around 0:20, and then listen to this one, it's virtually an identical chord progression...this one is just a faster tempo. Both are great themes.
In a perfect world, Sunday NFL coverage would be split between CBS (with the Frankie Vinci theme song for Sunday games), FOX and NBC (with this music for the afternoon games). All 3 networks get a weekly 1 PM/4 PM doubleheader as well as a Thanksgiving Day matchup. NBC retains Sunday Night Football with the John Williams music package. ABC would get Monday Night Football back with Hank Williams Jr. doing his famous 'ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?' before each game. CBS retains Thursday Night Football aside from Thanksgiving Night, which will go to NBC. ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX would rotate airing the Super Bowl.
This is around the time I first got into the NFL really. I was only 11 at the time of Denver's first Super Bowl win but I remember staying up late for so many games during the 1997 season (I'm from the UK), and this theme just reminds of them great times for the Broncos. They will come again, no matter what happens in one season nobody can ever rule Denver out the next, and that's what I love about them. There will come a time when we are the top dog in the West again!
I cannot even bare to watch college football and basketball anymore as bad as things have gotten with no hope in sight for basketball. Hearing this theme brings back great memories even more so now than ever because it was used by NBC during their NFL coverage during a time when I was actually proud to be a Michigan Wolverine and the hated Spartans and Buckeyes didn't own Michigan in both major sports,
Man, Super XXXII was such a great one. Many of us though the Green Bay Packers were going to start a dynasty where they were going to go on a streak of winning a number of Super Bowls in a row. A player I have always loved and respected but unfortunately on the opposite end (Raiders fan and proud of it here) John Elway to me will always be one of the ultimate guys in the sport. As a football fan, Im glad he had his great moments. He went through the ups and the downs. Congrats to him!!!
Wolverine607, I feel your pain. As a young Lions fan in the 1990s, I just wanted Barry to win one so bad. Hearing this theme makes me want to cry, because this song was the glory days of the Lions. Ahh the good old days of the Lions are gone. Now as a grown man, i can't even watch them anymore, because 0-16 nearly broke my heart. All I wanted was to bring one Superbowl home. Thank you for uploading this, god bless you.
Your right about the television broadcast. I was talking about Sunday Night Football online if the feed is opened prior to the start of the football game in 2008, this theme was played. Once the game started though, it was exactly the same as the television broadcast with the SNF theme music between commercials and during the intro. Sunday Night Football Online is coming back for 2009, and I was predicting they would do the same thing that they did in 2008.
I so agree with you. The glory days of the Lions were when this theme song was played. And even those glory days were not that great as they could never win a playoff game and thus no Super Bowl. But they were light years ahead of what we have now. We used to be respectable. The last two times the Lions played in a game televised by NBC, they were victorious beating the Colts 32-10 and the Jets 13-10 and this great theme music was used.
I wish NBC would bring this theme song back for its NFL telecasts. A timeless, classic piece of music that evokes some great memories as a football fan.
This is so nostalgic. I heart this song! My fondest memory of this theme song is when I was 10 and/or 11 yrs. old. It was the Steelers vs. Colts. in the AFC Final... when the Steelers won after Jim Harbaugh's pass rolled off his receiver's chest and fell... incomplete. GO STEELERS!
Craizest part of that is the guy who dropped that pass in the AFC Championship, Aaron Bailey, played in NBC's final season with the AFC (1997 Colts), "final" (only) year broadcasting the XFL (Chicago Enforcers) and final year broadcasting the Arena League (2006 with the Grand Rapids Rampage)
As a youngster at the time this theme would give me a raging boner from rapidly elevating my testosterone. It appears that decades later not much has changed. Please bring this back NBC.
@DTownBBall07 Oh Yeah, I was so happy about the Sugar Bowl win. Brady Hoke did a great job with Michigan football turning them around after the mess Rich Rod left. And the future is so bright with Hoke and a great staff at the helm!! I am finally excited about Michigan football again!! And I sue do miss the 1995-97 NFL on NBC theme. It was a great one and wish NBC would use it for some sports telecast.
@Wolverine607 The 1996 season was the first year I got into the Broncos. We didn't get so much exposure to the NFL in the UK back then but I just loved watching Elway, TD, Atwater, Romo, Crockett, and although only a kicker Elam was just the king. It was hard to see that Jacksonville loss, huge upset, but they looked so cool in navy blue. The second Super Bowl winning season in 1998 was just amazing to watch, I haven't seen that many totally dominant teams in a season since except the 18-1 Pats.
I always thought with this theme, it was the end of an era for NBC because they gave up rights to the AFC to CBS after the '97 season. Glad they have the Sunday Night game back and that theme's alright, just not the Faith Hill bit of it, but nothing beats this theme.
NBC is using something very, very similar for the Olympics this year. It's not quite the same theme, but it's in the key of D and has the same chord progression. The Olympics are not as cool as Elway dueling against Jim Kelly or Marino airing it out against Harbaugh, but it definitely brought back some memories...
@seahawks3414 I do remember them wearing the orange crush uniforms in 1996. I was only 12 at the time and I also remember watching the AFC divisional playoff game in which they were upset by Jacksonville. I remember seeing the new uniforms and my Grandpa said he didn;t care for them. I didn't have a preference and just thought they were way different which they were. When I think back about it, the new uniforms I htink are better looking.
@bakerandbaker1 I totally agree it should absolutely be used for something. Football Night in America may be a good idea. Or perhaps they should use it for their Saturday Wild Card day games as that really isn't SNF because it happens during the day. Also, I heard the new NBC Sports Network is going to have a morning NFL pregame show as part of the new NFL television package deal. Perhaps they could use this theme on NBC Sports Network for the morning pregame show.
This theme is such music to my ears. Brings back so many great memories even more so now than ever. The same time this theme was used by NBC for their NFL coverage was also the last time Michigan football and basketball were actually both good at the same time. Oh how times have changed for the worse. As a Michigan fan now, it couldn't be worse. Seeing hated MSU go to yet another Final Four while Michigan is bad in both football and basketball makes me sick to my stomach.
Here are the team records only for NBC games under this theme from 1995-1997 San Francisco 49ers: 4-0 Green Bay Packers: 6-1 Carolina Panthers: 5-1 Detroit Lions: 5-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 4-1 Dallas Cowboys: 5-2 Pittsburgh Steelers: 27-12 Chicago Bears: 4-2 New Orleans Saints: 4-2 Minnesota Vikings: 4-2 Kansas City Chiefs: 23-12 Denver Broncos: 24-13 New England Patriots: 23-15 Philadelphia Eagles: 3-2 Miami Dolphins: 18-15 Buffalo Bills: 18-15 Houston/Tennessee Oilers: 13-13 Houston, 6-7 Tennessee, 19-20 Total Jacksonville Jaguars: 20-23 Seattle Seahawks: 18-21 San Diego Chargers: 17-22 Washington Redskins: 2-3 Oakland Raiders: 12-20 Indianapolis Colts: 15-26 Cincinnati Bengals: 14-25 Cleveland Browns: 4-8 St. Louis Rams: 2-4 Atlanta Falcons: 2-4 Baltimore Ravens: 8-18 New York Jets: 11-28 New York Giants: 1-4 Arizona Cardinals: 1-4
No surprise the Arizona Cardinals are on the bottom of the list. What a pathetic organization before Larry Fitzgerald (and maybe Kurt Warner) showed up.
You know what, I DO actually miss this theme song on NBC's coverage of NFL Football in the mid late 1990's. I remember when I first started getting into football in my early pre-teens & this was a good theme, FOX was better of course but still.
@Wolverine607 no, it was probably when I watched the first broadcast. i think they were running promos before the first game that used the theme from pirates of the caribbean.
Indeed he was; personally, I think that when Enberg joined CBS Sports in 2000, they should have made him and Dan Dierdorf the #1 broadcasting team for CBS' NFL coverage as well and knocked Greg Gumbel and Phil Simms back to the #2 team. Better yet, I think that when CBS brought on Enberg, they also should have lured Paul Maguire over from ESPN and reunited him with Enberg and Simms to be CBS' #1 NFL broadcasting team and put Dan Dierdorf in with Greg Gumbel as the #2 team.
@Wolverine607 That reminded me to look at what happened today for Signing Day. Top 4 recruiting classes according to MaxPreps: Bama, Texas, OSU, UM. A bunch of the classic teams at the top. It's going to be a tough schedule but I think we'll have a good year again, could see 10-2. As for the theme, unfortunately I don't think NBC will ever bring it back. There are some good NFL themes today but I don't think any are as good as this one.
This was never one of my favorite NBC sports themes, but I always felt like I should be ice skating or walking to the 18th hole at Pebble Beach each time I heard this theme song
If that Ravens-Steelers game had aired on Sunday afternoon like it was originally re-scheduled to, NBC would've had a really cheeky sense of humor to break this theme out. Oh well.
0:16 These few seconds that recur throughout the theme have always and will always sound like they've been lifted from Felix Mendelssohn's Wedding March.
@Wolverine607 How about that Sugar Bowl win? And yeah, this is one of the best sports themes ever. Reminds me of the Lions clinching the playoffs by beating the Jets in '97, in the game when Barry Sanders went over 2000 yards for the year.
I believe NBC actually brought this back for the Hall of Fame game in 2006 between the Raiders and Eagles, then also used it again for the regular season Sunday night opener before going to the new theme with Faith Hill.
“This is Charlie Jones along with Randy Cross. It is a very cold afternoon but it is clear, the sun is shining, but it is not shining in the hearts of the Cleveland fans here today Randy.”
- Intro to the last home game of the original Browns, December 95
I love the way the way the composer puts the NBC chime in there..pure genius , and classic composition all around!
That was Randy Edelman who composed this "NFL on NBC" theme.
Now I'll admit it not Gridiron Dreams but its very underrated
Just realized that. After all these years...lol
What is the NBC chime?
Rob Smith That beginning part, if i remember correctly, that chime would play on the news
You know what NBC should do one Sunday night, have a throwback telecast. Have original graphics and theme for just one evening. They could use this theme or another theme and have the graphics from that era. That would be awesome to watch.
Richard Gustason That would be awesome. I bet it would attract millions of NFL viewers as a way to remind them of the modern day NFL.
Their mid-70s theme was pretty awesome, too-- and surprisingly timeless.
ESPN actually did this in select games in 2003-2004.
That would be great. The old 70's intro. Then the disco theme from the 1980 and 1981 seasons. Maybe some "Send Them Victorious", which they sadly only used in 1985 (my first year watching the NFL as a kid), and of course, this theme.
I mean, they already do it for NASCAR, and ESPN will probably do it for opening night of the NHL's new contract next season, why not?
Rest In Peace Dick Enberg! Thank you for helping me become the NFL fan I am today
I wish nbc could use this old theme on Thanksgiving.
that would be really cool as a throwback touch....
I remember as a kid anticipating and waiting patiently at 11:59 PM Eastern Time so that at 12:00 PM this theme song would blare loudly on my television. So many memories soo many great football games were played during those years. Soo many great NFL superstars some still here some are dead and gone. Just soo much nostalgia i knew when this song would come on at 12:00 then the 1:00 games that you were going to witness some memorable memorable football games be played.
This longer version was actually played during the closing credits of NBC's coverage of Super Bowls XXX and XXXII, and was also played during the end credits of the Hall of Fame game during the 2006 preseason.
Does anyone have an upload of the 2006 hall of fame preseason game where this theme was played during the closing credits.
19 years ago today was Super Bowl XXXII. January 25, 1998. The last broadcast of NBC having the AFC. I cannot believe it has been that long. Such great memories. Next season will mark the 20 year anniversary of the last season NBC had the AFC package and this awesome theme was on the air. Cannot believe how long it has already been.
My goodness how time flies. Sadly when I posted this almost 7 years ago now, my company and job went to crap with the worst office politics ever following July 2017 before the 20 year anniversary when this theme was last used January 25, 1998. It was the worst treatment and betrayal from upper management I once strongly believed in not even 6 months after I made that post.And it was not economic nor monetary related either. Coming to work for the 3 months from July 2017 to October 2017 was painful and an ordeal. Me and friends lost trust in upper management and one friend quit and then I quit a year later. Its a shame because the place once was great to work at. A shame not to celebrate what was once a given and also eventual Michigan football greatness because management became so bad almost overnight July 2017 and rest was history. But whatever, its been a while and this theme was great and almost 26 years now since it was last used regularly for NBC NFL telecasts in Super Bowl XXXII.
Seems like NBC always had Denver on the late afternoon games
Such an inspiring and triumphant tune. Makes you just wanna get off your bed, go outside, and chuck a bit of the old pigskin around with others in the neighborhood. Wish I was alive for this era of football.
One of the great themes of music ever.
Best NFL theme ever, hands down. I actually didn't care for it in 1995. The NBC 1994 theme is second best.
@@DPK01-c1xYou know what’s funny? I pretty much share the same arc as you. I was indifferent to this theme until Super Bowl 32 when the extended version was played and they asked AFC players who they thought was going to win the Super Bowl. I still remember Jerome Bettis saying: “Denver is going to win because they beat us and the represent the AFC”. From that point on, there has been no peer in NFL themes to this one. It’s been 27 years and nothing, NOTHING comes close.
Dick Enbergs “Oh My!” was the best in broadcasting! RIP Mr. Enberg. You are sorely missed!
This brings back memories watchin games with my dad
Replace Raiders with 49ers...
Gold49ersFan I think he's got all Los Angeles teams on there, even though there's no longer an NFL team in Los Angeles.
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+EricEbac22 The NFL is back in LA (:
Make that 2 teams. Still kinda feel bad for San Diego.
Oh My! Gonna miss ya Dick Enberg! Thanks for the memories!
RIP Dick Enberg
RIP
Now this is a theme I would call heroic! Fits right there with Roundball Rock for the best sports intro theme songs on TV, both of which aired on NBC of course. =D Never forget the good days!
I think of the 1995 AFC Championship game between the Colts and the Steelers when I hear this theme. Jim Harbaugh throws a Hail Mary on the game's last play and Aaron Bailey nearly makes a miraculous catch but misses and Pittsburgh went to the Super Bowl.
Indeed. The 1995- 96 season. Just didn't possess the ball long enough to haul it in. Pit played Dallas in the sb. The Colts had beaten Dallas earlier in the year. I'm just sayin...
TheRetro64 honestly that was the Chiefs best shot. Marty couldn’t win in the playoffs and the Chiefs had a shitty QB and f’ing Lin Elliot. Dallas vs. Kansas City in ‘95 would have been a great Super Bowl
@@terryonleflore6710 not true, Dallas lost to Washington twice for some odd reason, eagles, and niners. I wanted the colts to win because I was more worried about the steelers.
Frankhtlll The Colts ended up beating the defending champ cowboys in the 96-97 regular season the next yr. The good ole days
@@terryonleflore6710 yes I don't remember the following year that we'll but I think ur right but I was referring to the year the Dallas won the superbowl as ur message implies for 95-96 season. Definitely the good Ole days!
This takes me back to 6th grade when John Elway won his first Super Bowl ring after getting beat so badly in his first three attempts. I remember NBC playing this song when they went to break after Elway's iconic helicopter spin and throughout the telecast. After that play, I just knew the Broncos would not be beaten in that game, despite being 14-point underdogs - it always gives me the chills. I wasn't even the biggest Elway fan, but he was the sentimental favorite that year. This music just fit the mood so perfectly and I love how this video incorporates images from XXXII, the last time NBC used this theme.
hearing this again gives me goosebumps
I really love FOX's NFL theme song. I also love this theme song. They are both great NFL themes. Two of the best themes ever.
Ahh these were the days. You knew it was a big game when Dick Emberg called the game
This Theme Song and the CBS theme from 1992-2002 I miss the most. RIP Dick Enberg
Classic. Loved hearing this when I was a kid.
I wish NBC brought this back. I'd rather they use this over the Carrie Underwood theme.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_on_NBC_music Read the last line of 1990's. Better than nothing, right?
Even better would be the theme from 1973: ruclips.net/video/nv-datkQYUU/видео.html
I prefer the John Williams over this though
Carrie Underwood is cheesy as her bulletproof makeup.
The official theme of the '95 colts, 95 steelers. '96 jags, '96 patriots
And of course the ‘97 Broncos who won it all and finally ended that 13 year streak the NFC once had.
I believe it the most beautiful NFL theme ever.
Correct. Though I did not like sports until the early 2000s, as an "'80s Baby" who grew up in the 1990s in an AFC market, this song became an indelible part of my childhood. It is still my favorite NFL TV theme of all time.
We welcome you to a rocking SAP Center in San Jose, California as tonight, an old NorCal-SoCal rivalry is renewed again. Tonight, Chris Streveler and the San Jose Sabercats take on the Anaheim Avengers in the second game of our doubleheader. Welcome to NBC Arena Football Saturday Night, presented by Net10 Wireless. Hello everybody, Chris Cuthbert alongside the former Texas quarterback Colt McCoy, and Zora Stephenson down at field level...
Dude! You have no idea how long I have been looking for this. What happened to it? I remember hearing it, and then I didn't hear it any more. Much better than anything they have done since.
Yes awesome theme. It was 19 years ago today on August 31, 1997 the 1st day of the regular season and only time ever the NFL regular season started in August and the last season NBC had the AFC package and this awesome theme music.
The Michigan Wolverines won the national title that year. Every year since when NBC o longer had thew AFC, Michigan has never won even a Big Ten title without losing at least 3 games. I expect Michigan to have their best year since 1997 in 2016.
I can reply now. We finally had great seasons in 2021 and 2022 especially 2022. Winning Big Ten titles both years and going 12-2 and 13-1 and trips to CFP. We were oh so close in 2016 in a 50-50 spot. It was a long 5 year wait but it happened at last and then even better in 2022.
Welcome to Baltimore where the Inaugural season of the new Baltimore Ravens will take on the Oakland Raiders. We see the old Baltimore Colts here embracing the new team as if they are a continuation of the old Colts. It's the Ravens vs. the Raiders here to start a new chapter of Baltimore football. It's September 1, 1996 and it's here only on the NFL on NBC!
Tom Hammond lead commentary of that game
Hearing this theme reminds me of a crisp October Sunday in 1996.
You can NOT beat a classic! I so wish like many others they would return to this to intro football games.....please!
This is the best theme for NFL on NBC and the best CBS theme is the 92-93 version later used again from 98 to 02.
bergencountylegend perfect it was only used in 1998. The 99-02 version was different and sucked
@@TheLocalLt the best version of the theme was used in the 1998-99 season and only 98-99. It was essentially the same theme that was used by CBS for Super Bowl XXVI and the 1992-93 and 93-94 season, only with a more powerful sound. Then for the 1999-2000 season and the 2000-2001 season up until the AFC Championship Game for that season, a new version of the theme was used. It was a lot different than the theme that was used from Super Bowl XXVI to the 98-99 season. A revised version of the 1999-2001 theme was introduced for Super Bowl XXXV in 2001 and was used for the 2001-02 and 02-03 seasons. Then beginning in the 03-04 season, CBS changed the NFL theme to Posthumus Zone which they continue to use to this day. I wish CBS would go back to the old theme, even if it's the 1999 version or the 2001 version. But I agree and say that both the 1999 version and the 2001 version of the old NFL on CBS theme are not nearly as good as the original version and the 1998 version of the theme.
Tyler Nersinger bro that’s exactly what I said but in way less words.
I was a huge fan of the “Pots and Pans” theme CBS used. Very underrated
Agreed!!
Randy Edelman composed the Last NFL on NBC Theme Song from 1995 to 1997. This was also the BGM of the Final NFL Season covered by GMA Network, Inc. under the auspices of Television and Production Exponents, Inc. and SilverStar Communications, Inc.
He also did the theme for the 1985-92 ABC/Paramount TV series "MacGyver"!
I know that during the 2008 season, for Sunday Night Football online (Sunday Night Football Extra), they played this theme if you opened the feed prior to the start of the game. It wasn't the pregame show though they were showing unlike on the television broadcast. There were different camera angles you could click on. The broadcast cam just showed the Sunday Night football logo prior to the start of the game while this theme was playing.
Although if you clicked on one of the alternate camera angles, you could see different areas of the stadium and the players warming up from both teams while this theme was playing. Brings back so many great memories to watch players warming up while this great theme was playing. Also, about 15-30 minutes before the Cowboys-Packers game last season, even when on the broadcast cam, they showed some sideline reporter interview some Packer player while this theme was still playing in the background.
this takes me back when i was 6 when this theme came out
"This one's for John!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Love it. Rest in peace to my uncle. A big Vikings fan
Packers vs Broncos Sept 22 2019. One of the best Super Bowls ever back on Sunday January 25 1998 San Diego
Rest in Paradise Mr. Enberg
Brings back so many Memories 😎👍🏾
I wish they’d use this for their new Big Ten Coverage
Yep, that's the one! I guess I haven't followed the Olympics quite as closely over the years. If you listen to the Brisco Country Jr. theme starting at around 0:20, and then listen to this one, it's virtually an identical chord progression...this one is just a faster tempo. Both are great themes.
In a perfect world, Sunday NFL coverage would be split between CBS (with the Frankie Vinci theme song for Sunday games), FOX and NBC (with this music for the afternoon games).
All 3 networks get a weekly 1 PM/4 PM doubleheader as well as a Thanksgiving Day matchup. NBC retains Sunday Night Football with the John Williams music package. ABC would get Monday Night Football back with Hank Williams Jr. doing his famous 'ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?' before each game. CBS retains Thursday Night Football aside from Thanksgiving Night, which will go to NBC. ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX would rotate airing the Super Bowl.
that could be Good Idea
NBC would get all the inter conference matches, CBS all AFC, FOX all NBC. NBC would get a triple header every third week.
Who wouldn't want to see a revamp of this season for the 2019 season (which so happens to be the NFL's 100th season)
Damn. took me back to Super Bowl XXX when the cowboys won it that year!
theme bring back memories of sundays with my brothers wacthing nbc
NBC should play this theme for the Stanley Cup Playoffs/Final. Captures the excitement and emotion of playoff hockey.
eh, this sounds more like a "football" type theme. tough and rough, yet amazing and sports fanatic
That gives me chills. Broncos super bowl years! Sounds special on super bowl Sunday.
This is around the time I first got into the NFL really. I was only 11 at the time of Denver's first Super Bowl win but I remember staying up late for so many games during the 1997 season (I'm from the UK), and this theme just reminds of them great times for the Broncos.
They will come again, no matter what happens in one season nobody can ever rule Denver out the next, and that's what I love about them. There will come a time when we are the top dog in the West again!
This sounds like a good theme for baseball to me ---- lots of tradition, apple pie, etc.
I cannot even bare to watch college football and basketball anymore as bad as things have gotten with no hope in sight for basketball.
Hearing this theme brings back great memories even more so now than ever because it was used by NBC during their NFL coverage during a time when I was actually proud to be a Michigan Wolverine and the hated Spartans and Buckeyes didn't own Michigan in both major sports,
Man, Super XXXII was such a great one. Many of us though the Green Bay Packers were going to start a dynasty where they were going to go on a streak of winning a number of Super Bowls in a row. A player I have always loved and respected but unfortunately on the opposite end (Raiders fan and proud of it here) John Elway to me will always be one of the ultimate guys in the sport. As a football fan, Im glad he had his great moments. He went through the ups and the downs. Congrats to him!!!
Wolverine607, I feel your pain. As a young Lions fan in the 1990s, I just wanted Barry to win one so bad. Hearing this theme makes me want to cry, because this song was the glory days of the Lions. Ahh the good old days of the Lions are gone. Now as a grown man, i can't even watch them anymore, because 0-16 nearly broke my heart. All I wanted was to bring one Superbowl home. Thank you for uploading this, god bless you.
Your right about the television broadcast. I was talking about Sunday Night Football online if the feed is opened prior to the start of the football game in 2008, this theme was played. Once the game started though, it was exactly the same as the television broadcast with the SNF theme music between commercials and during the intro. Sunday Night Football Online is coming back for 2009, and I was predicting they would do the same thing that they did in 2008.
I started getting into football while this theme was being used and BOY does hearing this bring back fond memories... *sigh* U_U
I so agree with you. The glory days of the Lions were when this theme song was played. And even those glory days were not that great as they could never win a playoff game and thus no Super Bowl. But they were light years ahead of what we have now. We used to be respectable.
The last two times the Lions played in a game televised by NBC, they were victorious beating the Colts 32-10 and the Jets 13-10 and this great theme music was used.
And how long have we had to deal with that stupid Sunday Night football theme? Can we just get back to this?
I wish NBC would bring this theme song back for its NFL telecasts. A timeless, classic piece of music that evokes some great memories as a football fan.
As a Steelers fan this is the song of 90s disappointments
Happy retirement Mr. Enberg!
Wow! This brings back some great memories! They should bring this back! Long time Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks fan!!!
This is so nostalgic. I heart this song!
My fondest memory of this theme song is when I was 10 and/or 11 yrs. old. It was the Steelers vs. Colts. in the AFC Final... when the Steelers won after Jim Harbaugh's pass rolled off his receiver's chest and fell... incomplete. GO STEELERS!
Craizest part of that is the guy who dropped that pass in the AFC Championship, Aaron Bailey, played in NBC's final season with the AFC (1997 Colts), "final" (only) year broadcasting the XFL (Chicago Enforcers) and final year broadcasting the Arena League (2006 with the Grand Rapids Rampage)
love this theme, brings me back to 95
What a great announcer Dick Enberg was for NBC for many years!!!
As a youngster at the time this theme would give me a raging boner from rapidly elevating my testosterone. It appears that decades later not much has changed. Please bring this back NBC.
Why the hell didn't NBC go back to this theme?! Much better than the Carrie Underwood song they got now.
The Carrie Underwood theme is awful
@DTownBBall07
Oh Yeah, I was so happy about the Sugar Bowl win. Brady Hoke did a great job with Michigan football turning them around after the mess Rich Rod left. And the future is so bright with Hoke and a great staff at the helm!! I am finally excited about Michigan football again!! And I sue do miss the 1995-97 NFL on NBC theme. It was a great one and wish NBC would use it for some sports telecast.
@Wolverine607 The 1996 season was the first year I got into the Broncos. We didn't get so much exposure to the NFL in the UK back then but I just loved watching Elway, TD, Atwater, Romo, Crockett, and although only a kicker Elam was just the king. It was hard to see that Jacksonville loss, huge upset, but they looked so cool in navy blue. The second Super Bowl winning season in 1998 was just amazing to watch, I haven't seen that many totally dominant teams in a season since except the 18-1 Pats.
Actually, mrmajikjr, this is an HQ (Higher Quality) version, that's why it sounds so weird to some people.
This was amazing!
I always thought with this theme, it was the end of an era for NBC because they gave up rights to the AFC to CBS after the '97 season. Glad they have the Sunday Night game back and that theme's alright, just not the Faith Hill bit of it, but nothing beats this theme.
NBC is using something very, very similar for the Olympics this year. It's not quite the same theme, but it's in the key of D and has the same chord progression. The Olympics are not as cool as Elway dueling against Jim Kelly or Marino airing it out against Harbaugh, but it definitely brought back some memories...
Thanks, but as soon as I noticed it too, I already adjusted the volume on the copy I had with some audio editing software.
@seahawks3414
I do remember them wearing the orange crush uniforms in 1996. I was only 12 at the time and I also remember watching the AFC divisional playoff game in which they were upset by Jacksonville. I remember seeing the new uniforms and my Grandpa said he didn;t care for them. I didn't have a preference and just thought they were way different which they were. When I think back about it, the new uniforms I htink are better looking.
@bakerandbaker1
I totally agree it should absolutely be used for something. Football Night in America may be a good idea. Or perhaps they should use it for their Saturday Wild Card day games as that really isn't SNF because it happens during the day.
Also, I heard the new NBC Sports Network is going to have a morning NFL pregame show as part of the new NFL television package deal. Perhaps they could use this theme on NBC Sports Network for the morning pregame show.
@Wolverine607 Hey, it was all about the new uniforms. If you remember, they were still wearing the orange crush uni's in 96
This theme is such music to my ears. Brings back so many great memories even more so now than ever. The same time this theme was used by NBC for their NFL coverage was also the last time Michigan football and basketball were actually both good at the same time. Oh how times have changed for the worse. As a Michigan fan now, it couldn't be worse. Seeing hated MSU go to yet another Final Four while Michigan is bad in both football and basketball makes me sick to my stomach.
This theme was cool!
Here are the team records only for NBC games under this theme from 1995-1997
San Francisco 49ers: 4-0
Green Bay Packers: 6-1
Carolina Panthers: 5-1
Detroit Lions: 5-1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 4-1
Dallas Cowboys: 5-2
Pittsburgh Steelers: 27-12
Chicago Bears: 4-2
New Orleans Saints: 4-2
Minnesota Vikings: 4-2
Kansas City Chiefs: 23-12
Denver Broncos: 24-13
New England Patriots: 23-15
Philadelphia Eagles: 3-2
Miami Dolphins: 18-15
Buffalo Bills: 18-15
Houston/Tennessee Oilers: 13-13 Houston, 6-7 Tennessee, 19-20 Total
Jacksonville Jaguars: 20-23
Seattle Seahawks: 18-21
San Diego Chargers: 17-22
Washington Redskins: 2-3
Oakland Raiders: 12-20
Indianapolis Colts: 15-26
Cincinnati Bengals: 14-25
Cleveland Browns: 4-8
St. Louis Rams: 2-4
Atlanta Falcons: 2-4
Baltimore Ravens: 8-18
New York Jets: 11-28
New York Giants: 1-4
Arizona Cardinals: 1-4
Hero.
@BrutalA Master He said it was only for games broadcast on NBC; were all 48 of those games on NBC?
@@kjuergens1985 6 of those games were on Fox, 6 were on ABC, 2 on TNT, and 1 on ESPN.
No surprise the Arizona Cardinals are on the bottom of the list. What a pathetic organization before Larry Fitzgerald (and maybe Kurt Warner) showed up.
You know what, I DO actually miss this theme song on NBC's coverage of NFL Football in the mid late 1990's. I remember when I first started getting into football in my early pre-teens & this was a good theme, FOX was better of course but still.
If you go onto nbc sports online, i believe they still play this theme during the pregame show for sunday night football
@Wolverine607 no, it was probably when I watched the first broadcast. i think they were running promos before the first game that used the theme from pirates of the caribbean.
I want this back.
Dick Enberg was the best announcer for both the NFL and NBA on NBC.
Indeed he was; personally, I think that when Enberg joined CBS Sports in 2000, they should have made him and Dan Dierdorf the #1 broadcasting team for CBS' NFL coverage as well and knocked Greg Gumbel and Phil Simms back to the #2 team. Better yet, I think that when CBS brought on Enberg, they also should have lured Paul Maguire over from ESPN and reunited him with Enberg and Simms to be CBS' #1 NFL broadcasting team and put Dan Dierdorf in with Greg Gumbel as the #2 team.
Oh, My. He was.
+Peter Bautista the games would be so much better with enberg, Maguire. also jay Randolph & don crique
OMG. I never thought this day would come. The NFL on NBC theme in high quality! Please, you must send me this file!
NBC Sports is bringing back Sunday Night Football online for the 2009 regular season. Hopefully they use this theme again. I think they will.
@Wolverine607 That reminded me to look at what happened today for Signing Day. Top 4 recruiting classes according to MaxPreps: Bama, Texas, OSU, UM. A bunch of the classic teams at the top. It's going to be a tough schedule but I think we'll have a good year again, could see 10-2. As for the theme, unfortunately I don't think NBC will ever bring it back. There are some good NFL themes today but I don't think any are as good as this one.
This was never one of my favorite NBC sports themes, but I always felt like I should be ice skating or walking to the 18th hole at Pebble Beach each time I heard this theme song
NBC should use this theme again!
I would love the NFL to go back to somewhat of a new/old tradition when the next tv deals are being negotiated
This theme is s*itting on the new theme! They need to bring this one back! For old times sake! #90'sbabyspaeaking
If that Ravens-Steelers game had aired on Sunday afternoon like it was originally re-scheduled to, NBC would've had a really cheeky sense of humor to break this theme out.
Oh well.
0:16
These few seconds that recur throughout the theme have always and will always sound like they've been lifted from Felix Mendelssohn's Wedding March.
This brings me back to when the Denver Broncos ruled the football world at the end of the century
Thanks for the Lions love...we need it these days!
majestic theme
@Wolverine607 How about that Sugar Bowl win? And yeah, this is one of the best sports themes ever. Reminds me of the Lions clinching the playoffs by beating the Jets in '97, in the game when Barry Sanders went over 2000 yards for the year.
2019 and still 🔥
This music reminds me so much of the music from Angels in the Outfield.
+Escobar Salvador More like "Angels in the Endzone" if you ask me.
+Daniel Dejesus But yes. I agree that it sounds like "Angels in the Outfield.
+Escobar Salvador randy edelman did both angels in the outfield and the theme to nbc football
Didn't know that!
This music is so much better and more iconic than the current NFL on NBC theme
I remember this theme. I like it, but always thought that it sounds more Olympics than football.
I believe NBC actually brought this back for the Hall of Fame game in 2006 between the Raiders and Eagles, then also used it again for the regular season Sunday night opener before going to the new theme with Faith Hill.