Nick Buoniconti had this funny line on the Dick Anderson pick six: "You're so slow I went out for a hot dog, came back and you were still running,." Anderson's response? "You're the only one who didn't throw a block."

Some of the best blocking you'll ever see on that Anderson interception, from defensive players, no less.

19:04, Paul Warfield was so good he could juke you with his back turned.

Warfield starts in a three point stance. My Dad played American Legion baseball against him. Said it seemed like he took two strides and was on first base.

Legendary Curt Gowdy at his Best PERIOD.

That pass was a little under thrown. If it had been thrown long enough, it would have been a touchdown for the Colts.

I remember watching this game live on a black and white television 🤣

I’m 59 now and these days were absolutely wonderful ⭐️

If you want to know how valuable Bill Arnsparger was to the Miami Dolphins , he is the Only Defensive Coordinator to RECORD 2 Shutouts in the AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME in 2 Different Decades , 1971- 4 - 3 - Defensive Alignment and 1982 - 3 - 4 - DA, Footnote.... Arnsparger won an AFC championship with Chargers in 1994 - 4 - 3 - DA , as Defensive Coordinator .

I WAS 5 YEARS OLD WHEN I SEEN THIS LIVE

Unitas in his last playoff game

Check out the while handkerchiefs.

1971 Dolphins ended two eras on the way to their first Super Bowl. First was the great Chiefs teams of the mid-60s to early 70s. Second was the Johnny Unitas Colts from the late-50s to the early 70s.

"Luck is the residue of DESIGN", wisely insists the incomparable Curt Gowdy>>GOTTA LOVE it!!!!!

8 years old, I watched the Dolphins-Chiefs game on the sofa, sick with pneumonia, clutching my Miami Dolphins football helmet Christmas present. Two days later, I was hospitalized, and watched this game from an oxygen tent. I missed most of the first half, and was totally pleased they won, thinking they'd get beat bad by the Colts like they had been a few weeks before. I got out of the hospital just before the Super Bowl, and looked like a skeleton for almost 2 years. I got a lot of cards from my classmates while in the hospital. That was great, but one thing that annoyed me were the cards saying how happy I should be that the Cowboys were going to the Super Bowl. I think I started hating the Cowboys right then.

Before there was Montana to Rice, there was Griese to Warfield.

Anyone notice the way Warfield reacted on that first touchdown reception? Finds the official hands him that ball and goes to his teammates. This says “Yea I found the endzone, I’ve done it many times before and I will be back soon” so much class. And Curt Gowdy damn what a wonderful commentator. I could listen to him all day.

At 9:50 Gowdie says Miami up 7-0 but it say Baltimore 7-0 . Oops.

Interesting to see sunlight on the field during a championship game, and even more interesting that this was the late game that night. Does not happen nowadays. Even more interesting was Earl Morall the 1968 NFL MVP being on the bench for the Colts. And the starter Johnny Unitas would be benched the next season, while Morall helped the Dolphins to a perfect season in 1972. Still you have difficulty forgetting Morall's terrible performance against the Jets in Superbowl III. He was 6 of 17 with 2 interceptions and 2 fumbles. Not really worthy of the title MVP and the Jets knew it and proved it in the 1969 Superbowl.

It's been 50 years! As of today. I remember this day like if it happened yesterday!!

Greatest interception in history.incredible blocking..anderson was one of the all time great safeties

That Dick Anderson interception! One of my favorite plays of all time and made by a really good player and a good man, met him years later. Yes, I was there, 12 years old. The excitement of that game and shutting out Shula’s old team and going to our first Super Bowl was something really really special. And yes the earlier commentator is correct, it was doomsday at the Super Bowl a few weeks later, but this day was really really special. Believe it when people say to you that there was absolutely nothing like the atmosphere of the old Orange Bowl! Such memories!

Used to love listening to gowdy and derogotis.

That interception return for a touchdown was the first score I ever saw my Miami Dolphins score, and the only play I remember from that game. This was the first Dolphin game I ever saw, and I’ve been a fan ever since.

How many of those blocks on the pick six would have been flagged today?

I mean three straight Super bowls, should have beat the raiders in sea of hands, they would have beat the Steelers because Steelers were still young.

I use to LOVE Curt Gowdy he was the goat for football announcers at that time back when the game was real. Outdoor stadiums, snow, grass fields, mud. dirty jerseys the Raiders vs steeler, raiders vs KC, raiders vs Denver etc.................I miss those great days.

Wasn't for Stenerud, the Chiefs would be playing in this game.

Typo on the graphic after the Warfield TD..score shows Balt 7 Miami 0 when it should be the other way around.

I saw this game in color....as a (former) Colts fan , it was depressing 21-0

One of the greatest plays and players in Dolphins history.

Dick Anderson. Former CU Buff.

a painful one, always ironic, Colts vs Ewbank=loss, Colts vs Shula=loss, No Cowboy vs Colt Super rematch sadly. McCauley looked good! but Nowatzke misses block! 15:08 #75 Guard John Williams obviously frustrated

its a shame that miami never had a super bowl contenting team like the early 70s, i know they went to the super bowl twice in the early 80s, losing in 82 to the redskins or should i say the washington football team, witch is totally rediculous, then there was the marino loss to joe cool and the 49ers, who would have thought that marino would never return to the super bowl after reaching the game in only his 2nd year in the league, the nfc owned the afc in the 80s Super Bowls, i think the only afc team that won a superbowl in the 80s were the radiers in 80 and 83

man there was no mistaking curt gowdys voice , what a great voice of 70s football

When Pro Football was entertaining, fun and exciting!

The dolphins were a bitch in that orange bowl. Probably the best home advantage in the league during the 70s. This was the end of the colts run, the week before the end of the KC run and the beginning of the Miami run.

NFL Films cut: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4WYqYpmiJeLfLc

I'd love to see the NFL Films cut of it.

so fitting....1/12/69.....jets16-colts 7.....and this...a great way to frame the orange bowl, and to wipe out the STAIN of the cowboys losing to a much inferior team....

the great johnny unitas...shut out twice in championship games...0-27....0-21....

Love this game. I as happy when Dick stole the brick.

That blocking tho and from defensive players. Practicing fundamentals actually works.

That type of FB hasn’t existed for a long time The basics of blocking and tackling are long gone Very hard to watch any current games

RIP Jake Scott.

Let Johnny Unite us!

17:27-17:44 "Yeah.Well, the writers got mad at me for calling it 'sudden victory.' I still think you should accent the winner instead of the loser. Give the winner the credit." Curt Gowdy was so correct!

A week earlier Miami ended another era. The former champion Chiefs aged quickly after that Christmas double OT instant classic, opening the door once and for all for the Raiders. The Dolphins would appear in the next three super bowls, winning two of them.

We were at our Uncle's house for New Years and this game was on the TV and everyone was watching and I remember on the Dick Anderson interception return, everyone was hooting and hollering, and since we lived in NY, nobody was either a Colts or Dolphins fan. Unless somebody had a bet on the game, we were all neutral observers. But it was a great play. I was a very young kid at the time (about 9 years old) and was already a big football fan, but that's been over for a long time. Stopped watching in the early 90s because I just got very bored with it. Now it's become a lesson in civics (or, really, un-civics) and a complete joke. Who needs it? But there are some good memories left of when it was something you wanted to watch.

Great resolution on an almost 50 year old video.