1/7/1996 Indianapolis Colts at Kansas City Chiefs AFC Divisional Playoff

[@spencerpalmer7118]

This memorable Colts playoff win was on my 17th birthday. A great birthday gift 🎁. What a run the 1995 Indianapolis Colts had. Go Colts!

[@middlefingermotionpictures4772]

Loved the headlines in KC leading up to this one. Completely overlooked the Colts and paid the price.

[@naderthomas690]

I wonder what happened to Lin when he returned to the locker room.

[@PhilJHaast7695]

When they put Rich Gannon in late in the game, he looked like he lived for this moment.

[@CaptainTunnel]

Which makes it all the more frustrating that they couldn't see him as a starter over Grbac. At best Elvis could pad stats in garbage time. Gannon went on to be an MVP and lead the Raiders to the super bowl.

[@christophersantiago171]

It was definitely a big mistake by Marty Shottenheimer especially in 97 I think Gannon went 6-1 when Grbac was hurt and for some reason Marty though since Grbac didn't lose the starting role he made the decision to start Grbac instead of Gannon in the Divisional Game against Denver which it was crazy cause Gannon Beat the Broncos 24-21 while Grabac lost 19-3 and Denver defense had problems stopping a slippery scrambler in Gannon but had a field day against a pocket passer Grbac

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

The irony of Gannon pulling the Raiders out of the wilderness, in no small part by being clutch and pulling a comeback off IN KANSAS CITY to knock them out of the playoffs and send THEM in to mediocrity, is not lost on me. I defend Rich Gannon to this day as a Raiders fan. I have had ONE great run in 37 years as a fan and he was the major reason for it.

[@briancusack4386]

​@@manuginobilisbaldspot424Well said.

[@deacongowan117]

Marty always benched Gannon. If he was smart and kept Gannon in, they win the Super Bowl in 95/97.

[@EMAINIE]

I miss these types of games.

[@redmustangredmustang]

There is a reason why the Cowboys got rid of Lin Elliot after the Bills game in 93. The Chiefs learned the hard way and continued to choke at home in the playoffs until finally winning a game at home last year.

[@jasonwalker9091]

redmustang04 redmustang04 He reminds me of that song by Adam Sandler of " The Lonesome kicker" lol 😂😂, if your ever listen to it Its a dedication to him,Scott Norwood, etc

[@redmustangredmustang]

@@jasonwalker9091 if the Bills had Steve Christie who was with the Bucs at the time, they would have at least beaten the Giants with that kick.

[@PhilJHaast7695]

The frozen tundra of Kansas City made for pretty bad kicking conditions; Cary Blanchard (R.I.P.) was only 1 for 3.

[@jamescabral2756]

I'm surprised that the Chiefs didn't let Louie Aguiar try and Kick a Field Goal after Lin Elliott missed twice. I would have, anyway. That's always killed Marty Schottenheimer's Good Teams. Bad Play calling in the Postseason & Bad Special Teams. The 86 & 89 Cleveland Browns, 95 & 97 Chiefs, & 04 & 06 Chargers. All were Teams that he put together that should have Won Super Bowels.

[@Bull1908]

Cary was NEVER a good kicker. RiP to.him as a man but he was horrible with the Jets and he cost the Jets the playoffs in 93.

[@coreyhicks2239]

I was around 4 years old at the time of this depressing game lol. I didn't watch Football back then. This happened a couple weeks before my Birthday. All I have to say is that started a bad horrible playoffs storm drought for my Chiefs for about 25 years of always losing the playoffs but they ended that losing streak last season in the playoffs against the Colts and I celebrated a Chiefs Victory over the Colts last January lol. They almost beat New England after. Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes will get to that SB and win it in the future someday it might take a couple or few years. I've been a Die hard Chiefs fan for 20 years I started rooting for them in 1999 when I was 7 years old lol. Go Chiefs and Hulkamania Red and Yellow lives forever brother lol

[@clevelandbci9562]

Someday my ass😂😂😂🏆🏆🏆Browns fan but so happy for another great football city. Congrats

[@brandonohara4865]

this happened when I was 5 and it was also a couple weeks before my bday

[@zachrizzo6525]

Back when the Smashing Pumpkins were the biggest band on the planet

[@TheRcm2012]

That reaction between Marty and Derrick Thomas pretty much sums up the 90s Chiefs

[@badgerden7080]

You just got to love Chris Berman.

[@jonvisser1509]

Jimmy Harbaugh was the man for this little window. So fun to watch. 1 hail Mary pass away from the Super Bowl

[@BAYAREA-kd1ig]

This and the 1996 season. Just really fun to watch

[@Bacalao2929]

first colts qb to win back to playoff games since johnny U

[@PhilJHaast7695]

Even though the Chiefs finally won it again in 2020, I still keep watching this highlight.

[@CaptainTunnel]

We have to remember the pain to stay humble lol

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Losing hurts more than winning feels good. You never forget the losses.

[@christopherwellman2364]

@@CaptainTunnel The struggle is real! (Colts fan here lol)

[@daviddibble2744]

I cried watching this game in 9th grade. I wanted it so bad that year. I’ve been a fan ever since!!! Feels good to have a real qb instead of guys like gannon and Bono 😂

[@hitman321100]

🤣

[@alexcharles2716]

Rich Gannon was a fantastic quarterback for the Raiders.

[@Bull1908]

Chiefs never should have let him.go. I remember in 95 several times Bono got pulled or injured and Rich played and he looked great. Bono held team away from SB he was surrounded by great players cause they thought Montana would return in 95 and instead he retired and they went ALL IN with Bono

[@daviddibble2744]

@@Bull1908 I hated Bono. Rich was ok but still nothing special.

[@Bull1908]

@daviddibble2744 yeah but remember how great he was with the Raiders. Gannon got better with the Raiders but the Chiefs should have gave him legit shot and he would have passed with flying colors.

[@zack1610]

Steve Bono deserves just as much blame as Elliot

[@typorter-pp6lh]

Arguably more.

[@Bull1908]

Bono should have got pulled for Gannon earlier in the game than he did. I remember watching Gannon play several times that year when Bono got hurt and very impressed with him especially with knack for running with the ball and getting rushing TDs. Eventually he learned to throw 1st with the Raiders but Gannon should have started for Chiefs in 96 they would have had something special with him over Bono or Grbac.

[@brockhershey414]

The game was on a frozen field . Even the greats like Bono couldn't pull off a win in those conditions.

[@christopherwellman2364]

These aged tears are delicious! 😃

[@chadkcmo]

That PI call against James Hasty was Bush League

[@lealoo6287]

Oh God, I was at that game. I went with friends in a Limo and BBQ tailgating, great seats (for a change) and then our kicker missed 3 FGs. So effing cold and we lose.

[@christopherwellman2364]

If the Colts didn't win this game, the AFC Championship game against the Steelers with that epic near Hail Mary upset would have never happened! 🐎

[@NickIntoTech]

🔥🔥🔥 Colts fans enjoy this game because of what came after!

[@cbod14]

The Blizzard Of 96 was going on during this game.

[@BondsSin]

What

[@BondsSin]

This is 95

[@cbod14]

@@BondsSin This game was played January 7th 1996. A blizzard walloped the east coast and record cold temperatures were all over The US.

[@cbod14]

@GIL Favor I remember both as I was living in Jersey City, NJ & saw three cars stuck in the middle of the street one hour into the storm

[@ivanr4300]

True! I remember that ,it was bad.

[@KilldozerNY]

The game where i became a Colts fan , can believe it's almost 30 years

[@deacongowan117]

I loved this game. I lived in Augusta Kansas and for a week everyone was depressed.

[@barbariansinbattle1687]

Absolutely gross. Wow I never actually watched this playoff loss until today. What a stinker by the Chiefs.

[@user-rb8hg3mj5s]

Elliot (The Kicker that Shall Not be Named) smartly left town right after the game

[@StFidjnr]

4:24 the 1st playoff showing of Rich 'loose' Gannon

[@jbsmg]

I remember watching this game convinced the Colts were going to the Super Bowl. Had it not been for a shoestring tackle the following week, they would have. What a run by the Colts.

[@cbod14]

jbsmg And a dropped INT. Quentin Coryatt dropped a sure pick six

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

What a lucky run. The 1995 Colts were one of the luckiest teams ever. Seriously, this team could have easily gone 6-10, but they caught every break under the sun, you shouldn’t need a pick 6 and a big 2nd half comeback to beat Kotite’s Jets

[@justinturley7071]

A Jim Harbaugh vs Troy Aikman Super Bowl would've been a classic.

[@AmirKhan-yv8jm]

@@justinturley7071it would have been a SB rematch but Cowboys would have won lol!

[@roguegust8832]

As lucky as the KC was in 95 this has to be the one Chiefs fans lose sleep over.

[@redmustangredmustang]

that or 1997 when they got home field advantage

[@roguegust8832]

Yeah but 97 Denver realistically was a better team despite the record. The AFC was theirs for the taking in 95.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

If KC was lucky in 95, the Colts were luckier

[@wq113ca]

Denver was really the better team Indy was not!!! Wish Montana stayed another year

[@brandonherman426]

@@roguegust8832 no they weren't if kc has stuck with gannon theyw ould have made the superbowl easily

[@roguegust8832]

The ghosts of this game can finally rest for Chiefs fans.

[@CaptainTunnel]

I wish 😂 My kids don't understand that this team used to be cursed.

[@bobstevens2888]

Nah dude. Elliot and Bono can F off forever. Bono talked shit about KC too

[@joshuaepling1976]

What could've been if Faulk wasn't out that playoff run. The Comeback Kid.

[@walterlv01]

Most NFL kickers couldn't make field goals in these conditions back then. Most of them had maximum 50-52 yard range indoors, and outdoors in good conditions 45-50 yards was their max. Outdoors in zero-degree weather generally knocked 5-10 yards off their range, putting even 40-yard attempts in peril. I remember watching games in frigid conditions where teams would punt from the opposing team's 30-yard line on fourth down. Kickers nowadays can make them from anywhere in any conditions.

[@agoo7581]

Of all the things that changed since the 90s, the quality of field goal kickers have by far made the biggest leap. I remember growing and announcers being impressed when kickers made 51 yard field goals. lol

[@Bull1908]

If the Chiefs had won that game Gannon should have started the AFC Championship and been starting QB going into 1996 season no matter what happened in AFC Championship or even Super Bowl XXX.

[@joshdchiefman1]

So glad we have Pat

[@derekseifert7]

man, I sure miss real ESPN.

[@glynncolwell1966]

RIP Marty but his offense style was the reason he never had postseason success

[@tk6137]

now you know why jimmy johnson got rid of lin elliot.. after week 2 of the 93 season..😒😏

[@Peezster]

Rich "Joe Nieuwendyk" Gagnon.

[@bullock4211]

Chiefs really thought they could win a Superbowl with Steve Bono?

[@Bull1908]

Guess they thought Montana's other backup QB can win his own SB. Figured Bono (who backed up Montana in SF and KC) can do the same lol. Huge reason Marty didn't get his ring that year.

[@danieldougan269]

As a Colts fan, this makes me smile.

[@EdmacZ]

You'd think after the Colts beat the Chargers last week they shouldn't be be overlooked. Don't care what their record was prior. They're there.

[@SkolneyVikings]

Poor Marty Schottenheimer

[@jasonwalker9091]

Skolney The playoffs curse would continue through out Marty's career from KC and San Diego.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

To think he never got to a SB yet Barry freaking Switzer has a ring

[@jasonwalker9091]

Today's lesson is in the Cinderella Colts and the lucky Chiefs is in late action on NBC at 4pm in a very cold with wind chill under 20 in the AFC Divisional round is : "Screw The Kicker " 😑🏈. If anybody have ever listened to Adam Sandler song called ' The Lonesome kicker ' this is a tribute to Lin Elliott also as his misses 3 field goals with home field advantage through and dreaming of Phoenix is slammed right in their faces as they let one door adjar and the Colts defense pick apart Steve Bono ( who made it to the Pro bowl also) and not even Rich Gannon could save the Chiefs as Jim Harbaugh and the Colts dance their way to the Championship game in Pittsburgh next Sunday, while the playoffs curse continues for Marty as with Lin Elliott misses saying " Times up!!!! ⌛⌛⌛. End of lesson.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

Frozen Lake Dawson

[@kevinsb70]

I have hated the colts and Harbaugh since that game....not to mention all the times since then the colts have knocked the chiefs out.

[@roguegust8832]

In those conditions, Under 41.5 was an easy bet.

[@rkid727]

How weak was the AFC when this particular Chiefs team was the top seed. All you need to know.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

AFC was actually getting better by this point. SF/SD was the end of the AFC is super weak era. Gap began to close with the more competitive DAL/PIT and SF/SD SB’s Plus, the NFC was not exactly as deep by 1995 as it was in the early 90s.

[@justinyoung8062]

@@chrisuncleahmad789 afc should have won in 88, 90. Gap closed in 97

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

Justin Young 89 was the low point

[@sycasey]

@@justinyoung8062 Not sure about "should have" in '88. Niners had bad luck on turnovers and missed FG, and Cincy's only TD was on a kick return. SF dominated in yardage gained, just couldn't punch it in until the 4th quarter. The next season proved that the roster was still dominant, they just underperformed in the regular season. In '90, yeah, that game was statistically even and Buffalo had the better team. Just missed the last kick that would have won it.

[@briancusack4386]

​@@sycaseyWell said. The 49ers were a juggernaut. Had Roger Craig nit fumbled in the closing minutes of the NFCCG, I believe SF three-peats in 1990. I think Steve Young would have outdueled Jim Kelly. Leonard Marshall's hit on Joe Montana would have rendered the latter inactive.

[@cbod14]

Question: If The Chiefs won would they have beaten Pittsburgh? Yeah I know the game was at Arrowhead but I think The Steelers win

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

KC was actually 2-0 in playoff games at Arrowhead before this and their playoff curse really started here. Without that weighing them down.... plus, O’Donnell probably would have thrown those INT’s to Hasty instead of Larry Brown. Oh , and KC had beaten Pittsburgh 2 years ago in the playoffs which was essentially the same roster in 95 minus Eric Green and an injured Rod Woodson

[@charleyromaigne7385]

No kicking game vs stormin norman yeah steelers definitely but the colts matchup was gold

[@Bull1908]

If Gannon started and they signed a new kicker that week, Chiefs would have won.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

"Harbaugh has played cold weather games all his life- Bears, Michigan. He may play in a dome now but that doesn't count...." Actually, you can balance that out because Harbaugh was in a cold weather division- Buffalo, Foxboro, and the Meadowlands.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

The 1995 Colts- one of the luckiest teams of all time

[@jona_toro5282]

And that team could've been playing the SB against the Cowboys if that Hail Mary pass against Pittsburgh would've been complete

[@redpillfreedom6692]

@@jona_toro5282 Should have been anyway. Kordell Stewart's TD should have been disallowed.

[@2riverageo]

You gotta have luck on your side as well, specially if you're an Underdog

[@BAYAREA-kd1ig]

Not even a Colts fan, however your vitriol for the 1995 Colts is freaking hilarious. Keep yelling at the clouds Abe Simpson

[@Kai_Oti]

​@@redpillfreedom6692 I'm still bitter about this

[@carsonc29]

the Colts continued to plague KC in the playoffs until their 1st SB run in 2019-2020 when they finally beat them

[@deacongowan117]

Should have kept Gannon in.

[@gtrpkr2487]

I froze my ass off at that game.

[@thepostfk]

2:05 defenseless receiver.

[@veritas1007]

Every one the following year predicted the chiefs would win the super bowl in 1996

[@jasonwalker9091]

veritas1007 Reality kicked in when they missed the playoffs for the 1st time in the 90's and it was Neil Smith final year in Kansas City before becoming a Broncos. They started out good then late season losses hurt like with the Chargers in Nov, they beat the Lions on Thanksgiving, they lost to the Raiders on Monday Night they won against the colts, lost the finale to Buffalo two days before Christmas and with Morten Andersen miss in Jacksonville put the Jags in the playoffs and the Chiefs were history.

[@agoo7581]

People don't really remember the end of the 96 season collapse, partly because that was the catalyst for the Jags Miracle run.

[@mjb3798]

Colts would have won in Pittsburgh the following week, if they had worn their blue pants! 😉

[@durkadurkamohammedjihad956]

Well if you know or remember Kordell Stewart ran out of bonds and ran back in to score a td and there were instant replay in 95/96 so they counted that as a touchdown. Colts should of won that game.

[@CaptainTunnel]

Thanks, I hate it.

[@merrickonfire]

I'm sorry this is the funniest shit of all time, imagine having Steve bono as your starting qb, throw 687 ints in the game, your kicker miss 45 field goals and call in your backup "normally a running qb" rich Gannon into the game to save you cuz your starting qb sucks so bad lmao...same rich Gannon who was a multiple year pro bowler and mvp for the raiders who was a straight up pocket passer. wtf