1960 Colts vs. 49ers

Rare original TV Broadcast footage from the 1st Quarter of the 1960 Baltimore Colts vs. the San Francisco 49ers. This was the season that Niners Coach Red Hickey introduced the Shotgun Formation which was later popularized by the Dallas Cowboys and is now used by virtually every team in Pro Football.

[@BrotherApexx]

Wow, so many legends on the field. I love how the Colts go into formation and snap the ball at the end of introductions. Awesome stuff.

[@frankdenardo8684]

A lot of them are in The Pro Football Hall of Fame

[@44032]

This is November 27, 1960. The Niners finished 7-5, the two time defending champion Colts 6-6. I love seeing actual broadcasts of vintage games.

[@frederickrapp5396]

If anybody still cares after all these many years, Niners won the ballgame 30-22.

[@frankdenardo8684]

@@frederickrapp5396 The old Kezar Stadium

[@44032]

@@frankdenardo8684 But this is at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.

[@frankdenardo8684]

@@44032 The 49ers wear the red uniforms at home

[@44032]

@@frankdenardo8684 And they wearing white in this clip. The Colts are in their blue uniforms. 2:35

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

R.I.P....... Gino Marchetti🏈

[@willbergie55]

I remember San Francisco quarterback John Brodie at the end of his career. Raymond Berry was the head coach of the New England Patriots in the 1980s.

[@JStarStar00]

Bill Bergendahl Brodie was a very good QB until the mid 70s but he was always overshadowed by Unitas and Starr.

[@67marlins]

Thanks for posting, this is football history GOLD.....

[@josephgeorge7385]

Thanks for posting

[@robertsaul234]

Colts unis are timeless. Johhny U was the man.

[@howardcosell2022]

He wasn't just the man, he was the league

[@frankdenardo8684]

@@howardcosell2022 The best ever quarterback. He was one of a kind, from the crew haircut to the black high top shoes.

[@balrog322]

At 5:50 reference is made to Johnny Unitas’ streak of touchdown passes in 45 straight games-a remarkable feat for the day, which he extended to 47. It stood for another half century until Drew Brees surpassed it.

[@howardcosell2022]

Brees and every other QB had streaks during the 2010's due to the restrictions placed on defenses because of the CTE epidemic of former players

[@toddstein5407]

Dallas Texans were in the AFL at the time, I think the announcer meant the Cowboys

[@JJJBRICE]

After reading the other commenters mention Bob Fouts , father of Dan calling this game . About twelve years in the future at the end of his career in San Diego Unitas was a sort of mentor to young Dan .Every generation passes on knowledge to the next .

[@frankdenardo8684]

Hall of Fame members. Baltimore Colts Johnny Unitas, Jim Parker, Art Donovan, Gino Marchetti, Raymond Berry, Lenny Moore, Weeb Ewbank. San Francisco 49ers Y A Tittle, Joe Perry, Leo Nomellini, Hugh Mcihenni, Bob St Clair.

[@jholtgym]

I saw this game on tv in Tacoma Washington as a little kid....the Colts were my favorite team and this is the game where Alan Ameche tore his achilles and started the 4 game slide that prevented the Colts from three-peating as NFL Champs.......I still loathe Robert irsay and remain an "NFL orphan" since "my" team was sent away from Baltimore on 3/29/84.....any bitter-old Brooklyn Dodgers (the baseball kind) out there who can comiserate with me?

[@rammilan4546]

Very nice

[@alijes827]

Jim Holt Ah yes, the Dodger caper. I have a little more sympathy with Walter O'Malley's move though. He had wanted to build a new stadium right in the heart of Brooklyn, an urban renewal project in a very nasty part of town, but somehow he had some local politicians the wrong way and was denied the building permit based upon the city's wish to put a shopping centre there and stabilize the social climate ... or so they said. The Public Works head, Robert Moses, also refused to give him the permit to build a stadium. O'Malley wasn't even asking for any local money. Anyway, the combination of an aging stadium, an overwhelming financial and property deal offered by the city of Los Angeles, and a hint of a racially based decision, i.e., more Blacks now lived in Brooklyn than ever before and it seemed the MLB still fought that angle, offered Walter O'Malley a new start, but he could still claim honestly to have been a prime mover in shifting baseball racially and geographically to the new era. Now Mr. Irsay ...well, now that is a different story to be sure.

[@davidjames7949]

+Wellington J. Flute ebbets field, where the Barclays center is right near there now!

[@elshpen]

+Jim Holt My mom was a huge Brooklyn Dodgers fan; in fact, she gave up baseball completely when the Dodgers moved to LA.

[@elshpen]

And the Baltimore Orioles were the St. Louis Browns . . .

[@king_supreme1102]

That was really cool how they introduced the players. Can we do that now plz?

[@andrewgriffin9258]

Great film. The announcer mistakenly says the 49ers beat the Dallas "Texans" in their last game. They actually beat the Dallas "Cowboys ". The Texans (now the Kansas City Chiefs) were in the rival AFL in 1960.

[@stevechase6342]

1st yr or 2 dallas was what he said

[@frankdenardo8684]

Andrew Griffin dall Cowboys lost all of their games in the first season.

[@hughcapetien]

The Baltimore Colts were originally the "Dallas Texans" back in 1952. There were a few old "Texans" on this 1960 Colt team - Gino Marchetti and Art Donovan.

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

@@frankdenardo8684 Cowboys..... 0-11-1

[@frankdenardo8684]

@@t4texastomjohnnycat978 they had Growing Pains but by 1965 they were in contention for an NFL Eastern Conference title.

[@spectrum7virkeytroni]

I only saw Unitas in his last few years. But his passing style was so distinctive that it has stayed with me until now. And when I saw a younger Unitas drop back and pass in this video, it was immediately obvious it was him -- even if no one had said so.

[@smilanesi98]

Very good fundamentals for someone who may not have had a physical presence. Very savvy and very observant on the field.

[@ebf1957]

Lenny Moore wearing the spats was the only thing considered flashy. BTW. Johnnie Sample, who later played for the Jets and wrote the book "Confessions Of A Dirty Ballplayer" was for a time tennis umpire. He worked a few U.S. Open tournaments after he retired.

[@jbratt1082]

Nice to hear the opposing team crowd clap for the visitors...

[@fligemon]

The Colts Belong to Baltimore!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@willmack5909]

+fligemon I agree. What's truly amazing to realize is they have now been the Indianapolis Colts longer than they were the Baltimore Colts.

[@RockerWasRight]

But they're NOT the "real" Colts, plastic Geldings with a crack head for a owner.

[@jeffreyoertel5593]

I agree too. The Colts belong in Baltimore. Imagine Peyton Manning playing in Baltimore, and Super Bowl 41 being the Baltimore Colts against the Chicago Bears. The worst part is that in one night, the Colts left Baltimore without telling anybody.

[@king_supreme1102]

fligemon Ha! Nope

[@rickhunter6415]

fligemon not anymore

[@Tommy-76]

The 49ers defeated the Dallas COWBOYS earlier that season. The announcer referred to them as the TEXANS, a team in the AFL

[@gilbertgiles]

Amazing how Ameche got "boos mixed in with cheers" Man, one week later he'd get that Achilles tear and be gone forever, and the Colts would never be the same again.

[@lsmftymf]

Obviously a 49ers broadcast (Bob Fouts & Gordy Soltau) on CBS. Baltimore Colts games in 1960 & 1961 were televised on NBC.

[@lsmftymf]

Mingus Pingus CBS wasn't able to televise all NFL matches until the 1962 season. It needed passage of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 to make that possible.

[@davidwhite7942]

Mingus Pingus KEEP UP THE GREAT RESEARCH WORK!! JOE HORRIGAN IS A FRIEND OF MINE , HE RUNS THE HALL OF FAME IN CANTON OHIO!! DONT TAKE ANY CRAP FROM ANYONE OK!!

[@coreylevine3856]

+lsmftymf I think the steelers have their games on NBC also in 1960 and 1961

[@ebf1957]

+lsmftymf didn't local stations air the games?

[@lsmftymf]

+ebf1957 Prior to 1973 all home games for every NFL team were blacked out in their own markets within a 75-mile radius regardless of any sellouts. The above telecast, for example, was shown on San Francisco's CBS affiliate, but Colts fans in Baltimore who weren't at Memorial Stadium had to travel to places beyond the radius like Bethlehem, PA which was within the radius of both Eagles & Giants markets. Couldn't watch the Washington home matches in Baltimore, either.

[@kristinotto9918]

By any chance do you have footage of the Colts band in action or the National Anthem being sung? My dad was the drum major and I've never seen him in action.

[@derricklucas2507]

Dan Fouts' dad Bob is doing the play by play

[@kingbee1500]

Good catch, dude! Thanks for the info...

[@robbybonfire9944]

Bob Fouts used to call the blitz "the red dog" before the blitz name was adopted around the league.

[@paganjew0108]

Dan would be Johnny's disciple

[@selfwitness]

@@robbybonfire9944 That's even a better name!

[@frankdenardo8684]

@@paganjew0108 Johnny Unitas spent the final year with the San Diego Chargers. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979 his first year of eligibility.

[@efilwv1635]

Back when the grass was grey and every team wore the same colors...black and white. Those were the days.

[@johnnyo3220]

As a San Francisco native, this game was a shocker as I still remember watching it on TV back then. The shotgun formation had the Colts tied up in knots and for some reason the video shut down after just a couple 1st quarter plays, bummer. I believe the score was a rout, 49-0 in favor of the Niners.

[@refealibazeta7886]

Love to watch old school football. I like those stripes on the shoulder for both teams. I wish the niners had them today. Like the Colts have now.

[@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane]

Back then, the Colts and the 49ers were... oh wait, there were no divisions back then, but they were in the Western Conference together. This was the year before my father (a 49er fan) was born.

[@Celluloidwatcher]

This goes back to the days when NFL games were locally or regionally televised before CBS took over the games in 1962. Another example would be the Cleveland Browns games being televised in Cleveland and throughout Ohio and its neighboring states through the Hughes Sports Network. Ken Coleman and Warren Lahr called those games.

[@algee8415]

1964 championship game v. Colts was blacked out in Cleveland.

[@Celluloidwatcher]

@@algee8415 I know. Before the Blackout Rule was lifted in 1973. In regards to 1964, people who couldn't see the NFL title game at Municipal Stadium or home TV traveled to Youngstown, Warren, and other Ohio cities, plus Erie, PA to watch the Browns-Colts matchup. What a day December 27 was that year. Cleveland 27 Baltimore 0. The next day, WJW-TV (then a CBS affiliate station) showed a taped rerun of the game in the Cleveland area.

[@algee8415]

@@Celluloidwatcher I even remember as a kid On a clear day with a good OTA you could pick up a snowy broadcast from the Toledo station

[@Celluloidwatcher]

@@algee8415 Ah, I remember those days, too. It was like sneaking into a back door, if you will, and peering through a doorway. I used to get those Toledo stations to watch a blacked out Browns game when analog ruled commercial TV. Thought it was fun.

[@mikeodell9688]

this game started a skid for the colts who ended up in fourth place in the west.

[@alijes827]

They were all announced sounding failrly tall: 6'1, -6'9 but their weights were so relatively small; 220-250, about 50 lbs less that today. I also noticed they looked heavier, but it seemed the loose fitting uniforms of the day added some weight. The tight fitting stuff of today streamline the players.

[@alijes827]

Mingus Pingus 6' 9" is tall in any generation to be sure. It's the 260 part that is probably the biggest cultural change. It seems our present day dependence upon genetically modified foods, high fructose corn syrups in almost everything, and sugars in many forms, and not to forget steroids, have made our general body weights excessively and needlessly high. In the athletic world there is also that every present awareness of performance enhancing drugs. I have an old 1971 NFL FOOTBALL magazine that lists rookie first round draft choice LB Isaiah Robertson of the Los Angeles Rams, as 'large' at 235 lbs. That same period also saw very respected Def. End Jim Marshall, Vikings, at 190 lbs. ... that would NEVER happen today ... by the end of his career, say '73 or so, he would succumb to his own age and advancing steroids in the monsters of 280+ set before him. However there still very large men: Buck Buchanan, Ben Davidson, that 6.9 guy for the early KC Chiefs AFL, one of the Black players not given his deserved chance in the racially divided NFL. Thanks for sharing friend.

[@hrtvfan2870]

Mingus Pingus The only player I can think of that was taller was Richard Sligh; who was part of the first Oakland Raider Super Bowl team and was the only 7-footer in the history of professional football (could definitely picture Sligh being sent in to block kicks)

[@alijes827]

HRTVFan2 I googled it up and yes, Richard Sigh appears as the tallest at 7 feet even, but it appears that his ability was not as good as his height - didn't last too long and never started. I remember Ben Davidson (Oakland) 6'8", Ed 'too tall' Jones (Dallas) 6'9", Ted Hendricks (Colts/Raiders) 6'7", but weighed 'only' 220 ... tall, lanky, strong as hell, big with a very strange sense of humour. John Ogden(Ravens) 6'9" and 345 is listed as one of the tallest and THE heaviest ... teammate Jared Gaither also 6'9", 340 massive people. That weight level is what marks the difference between the golden days of the NFL and modern times. To illustrate that size is not the only thing, witness Doug Flutie, all 5'10" of him goes down as one of the greatest to play the game in the NFL, CFL (Canadian Football), USFL, and not to mention winning the Heisman at Boston College.

[@homoerectussemenallyretent6638]

Wellington J. Flute That's why Jim Brown use to run over them, I think him and Sam Huff were the same height.

[@homoerectussemenallyretent6638]

HRTVFan2 Harold Carmichael was 6'8" & I never could understand how that corner back for Washington could contain him, also there was a receiver for Kansas City who was 6'9" who caught a Super Bowl touchdown in '70, who was also used to block field goal attempts.

[@therighttobeararns9393]

And the first play from scrimmage is what is commonly known as "power-o", a play run by every real football team at all levels.

[@willmack5909]

Do you think they were thinking about the Jacksonville Jaguars or Seattle Seahawks or Cincinnati Bengals when this game was being played? Silly question. This is a treat to find this! Thank you!

[@rockvilleraven]

+Will Mack Back then on NFL broadcasts, they didn't even mention the American Football League or their scores.

[@rockvilleraven]

***** The NFL finally mentioned them, around the time the merger was being phased in between the two leagues starting in 1966, after making peace between a bidding war for players for the last couple of years.

[@howardcosell2022]

@@rockvilleravenMentioned the Dallas Texans by mistake

[@misternewoutlook5437]

I was just settling in for a Unitas Brodie duel... I forgot it was a short video

[@frederickrapp5396]

What network is broadcasting this game? Is it NBC?

[@nflbetteroldstyle]

Who broadcasted this?

[@johnnysama]

It sure seems weird to see the two teams uniforms look almost similar to each other, especially that this was in the days LONG before HDTV.

[@Flockengruven]

johnnysama Other that the fact that the 49'ers were wearing very dark tops and the Colts very wearing very light tops , yes, the uniforms look almost similar. Many people confuse dark tops for light tops.

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

@@Flockengruven ?? Colts wearing home blue jerseys, 49ers wearing road white.

[@Sobolady89]

I have a Johnny U bobblehead that use to sit in the back window of our car when I was a kid.

[@stevjoh]

Colts belong in Baltimore

[@wiedep]

Great kinescope, any more of it?

[@kingbee1500]

Just for grins and giggles...this tape (or kinescope) is so devoid of graphics, I'd like to see NFL Films or one of the nets overlay today's typical graphics (score bug, PVI first down graphic, player photo intros, etc.) onto it. To see what it would look like if a time warp gave a 1960 TV director the visual power the 2014 directors have. Sure wish Steve Sabol was still around...I'd pitch the idea to him directly!

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

@Dave Volsky Sir, I T O T A L L Y agree with you.

[@airforceveteran71]

Art "Fatso" Donovan breakfast was dozen pancakes, six eggs, slab of bacon, pot of coffee and a cigarette..love old school guys better than the primos of today.

[@willieclark7065]

I thought it was so cool to see when the Colts offense was introduced and the lined up into their offensive formation and Johnny U hands the ball off to his running back and the run to the bench . I guess that was also their way of telling the 49ers , we'll be coming at you like this from time to time .

[@paganjew0108]

Lenny Lyles playing AGAINST the Colts

[@calvinbealer7264]

Was this Football Game on ABC TV.

[@airforceveteran71]

49'ers had a great defense that year...allowed the fewest points in the NFL with 205 but a so-so offense and finished 7-5-0.

[@ThunderPants13]

Players back then were small and lumpy, but very tough.

[@fredrickm4436]

small and lumpy..hahahahaha 😆

[@johns2453]

My Baltimore Colts

[@kevinw8688]

Did anyone catch this? 0:40 "The 49ers defeated the Dallas Texans"? The Dallas Texans were an NFL team from 1952 or in 1960 they were an AFL team, but the 49ers certainly never played the Dallas Texans in 1960. Appears it was the Dallas Cowboys.

[@radar0412]

Let Johnny Unite Us!

[@rudimwongozi2169]

This broadcast was with the 49ers broadcast team. Gordy Soltau the color man or analyst and Bob Fouts the play by play man. Bob Fouts was the father of NFL hall of fame quarterback Dan Fouts. The 49ers looked like UCLA in those days. What the Baltimore team was doing playing in the western division in those days? The NFL owners probably had their reasons for it.

[@howardcosell2022]

The original Baltimore Colts of the AAFC were placed in the National Division along with the 49ers when they merged with the NFL and opposed the Cleveland Browns of the American Division. The National became the West while the American became the East in 1953. The AAFC Colts folded after one season in 1950 and the inception of the current Colts franchise with their several identities took the original Baltimore Colts place in the East Division

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

The 49ers wearing SILVER and red. No helmet logo.🏈

[@georgeplace7329]

Yes, I just noticed that. I am so used to seeing the 49ers helmets with the team logo on it. It took me a minute to figure it out, no logo on helmet. Nice to see this classic football 🏈 clip. 10/27/20.

[@homoerectussemenallyretent6638]

How were the Colts in the west?, never understood that when the first year I watched pro football, 1967, they were tied with the Los Angeles Rams.

[@robbybonfire9944]

The Colts were in Dallas, the year before they moved to Baltimore. However, you make a good point in that the Colts were the NY Yanks, playing in Yankee Stadium before they moved to Dallas for one year. The East should have been NY - PHILA - Wash - Baltimore - Pittsburgh and Cleveland. The West should have been Chi Bears - Chicago Cards - Detroit - Green Bay - LA Rams and SF 49ers - in a perfect world.

[@jpherling]

@@robbybonfire9944 They started in 1944 as the Boston Yanks and played as the New York Bulldogs in 1949, New York Yankees 1950-52, and Dallas Texans in 1952. They moved to Baltimore in 1953.

[@howardcosell2022]

The original Baltimore Colts of the AAFC were placed in the National Division along with the 49ers when they merged with the NFL and opposed the Cleveland Browns of the American Division. The National became the West while the American became the East in 1953. The AAFC Colts folded after one season in 1950 and the inception of the current Colts franchise with their several identities took the original Baltimore Colts place in the East Division

[@hotdogwater7037]

Is it me, or do the colts linemen look like theyre twice the size of the 9ers linemen?

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

Bob St.Clair 49ers..... 6'9". The announcer said 265lbs. He was obviously heavier.

[@melbea03]

in 1960 the Eagles upset the apple cart

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

AND the Packers.

[@janettemcclelland2959]

Bob Fouts on the play-by-play.

[@pv032]

Yes Bob Fouts, the father of San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame QB Dan Fouts (Dan also used to be a ballboy at 49ers home games).

[@janettemcclelland2959]

pv032 And a San Francisco broadcasting legend.

[@martinober6345]

Janette McClelland I remember Bob Fouts. In those days on CBS, each NFL team had their own play by play man and analyst. In New York where I grew up, the Giants announcing team was Jack Whitaker and Frank Gifford(before Gifford moved on to Monday Night Football)

[@GSMillion]

Linemen were so much smaller back in the day

[@hughcapetien]

Bob St. Clair of the 49ers could hold his own against today's linemen!

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

GSMillion Players weren't fattasses back then like today's linemen.

[@keithmotsinger918]

"The Horse" got a few boo's ? Like Johnny U. said " A hero when you win , a bum when you lose " But damn the game hadn't started yet , did Ameche deserve that? The myth of the fan.

[@pbrickley6247]

Not many people know this but Johnny Sample "borrowed" Unitas watch from his locker at halftime.

[@fairfaxcat1312]

What do you mean "'borrowed' his watch? Additionally anybody who knows anything about Balto. knows that game was not played in "Municipal Stadium" as the opening announcer indicated. That guy's way of speaking sounded anachronistic even for 1960.

[@normanrust5910]

Story goes that at some point after the Jets beat the Colts in the 1969 AFL - NFL Champions' Exhibition Game (Super Bowl III), Sample was running his mouth to his former teammates about how his Jets had won. Unitas was there listening and after Sample bragged on for a bit, Unitas turned to him and said, 'By the way Johnny, do you still have that watched you lifted from my locker?' lol...Sample apparently stopped talking. That's how the story goes anyway.

[@pbrickley6247]

I never said it was played at Baltimore. As for Johnny Sample...well... both men are dead. So I apologize for bringing it up.

[@pbrickley6247]

Sorry about it.

[@lorenzobeckmann3736]

video: 7:58; kickoff: 6:08

[@holkn]

Wow they ran slow

[@yomasane3670]

The 49er offensive linemen all look like the Michelin Man or R. Crumb characters. Their heads seem too small for their bodies.

[@efrem1]

The announcer got his leagues mixed up. Texans?

[@kingbee1500]

Think he meant the original Dallas Texans (1952 NFL only), a team so bad that they finished their season on the road. Baltimore did well as an AAFC city, but wasn't included in the 1950 merger with the NFL. The Texans' colors and records were sold to Baltimore businessmen, and the NFL agreed to bring them back as the Baltimore Colts, the same name as the AAFC team there earlier. Confused yet? It really went down that way. Fast forward to 1984...no, better stop!

[@Dachshund]

King Bee Actually, the AAFC Colts were included in the merger. Those Colts played only one season, finished 1-11, then threw in the towel on the eve of the 1951 NFL college draft.

[@murdough208]

Your right i checked the score they did play the cowboys and beat them and were 4 and 4

[@richardgillespie7014]

efrem1 He definitely meant to say Cowboys, but this was their inaugural season as well as the AFL Texans and Soltau would have played against the '52 Dallas Texans. Definitely easy to be confused back then!

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

The Dallas Texans played just one NFL season in 1952, and because the franchise was so terrible and drew flies at the Cotton Bowl, it finished its season on the road and moved to Baltimore to become the Colts. Dallas had the newly-formed Cowboys in 1960; the Texans played in the new American Football League (AFL) that season. In 1963,despite winning the AFL Champion- ship, the Texans moved to Kansas City to become the Chiefs.

[@timculp4126]

why did they boo ameche?

[@robbybonfire9944]

They confused him with Don Ameche, the actor.

[@howardcosell2022]

@@robbybonfire9944Alan was his cousin

[@Snoopy380]

The 49ers defeated the Dallas Texans? The Texans were in the AFL. How can he mistaken the Cowboys for the Texans?

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

There's really nothing here to see! I was expecting a good part, if not the whole game!

[@tonywilx26]

Re-enactment of the coin flip??

[@allanohare7934]

+Tony Wilkins That's how they used to do it back in the '50s and '60s. I'm not sure why, but the actual coin flip used to be held well before the game, during warmups. The refs would then "re-enact" the coin flip just before kickoff for the benefit of the fans and the TV viewers.

[@jwr7138]

I recall this still going on in the 70s when I started watching football. From time to time they would mention this procedure of the coin flip having already been settled and I could hardly believe what I was hearing. I still don't understand why.

[@comeacross9]

@@jwr7138 The league believed teams needed the extra time to formulate their game plan.

[@georgeplace7329]

Wow. I never knew that they did that. You learn something new every day. I wonder when they stopped doing this? 10/27/20.

[@leavemealone6179]

I think these people look scary xD

[@Mark-sj3xb]

I love how the players being introduced just put their nose to the grindstone and run as fast as they can with no grandstanding and saying “look at me” with their actions. Just very innocent

[@fredkruse9444]

Six minutes of pregame.

[@smilanesi98]

Colts were not as good in 1960 as the previous 2 years. Lost an impossible game with seconds left against the Lions 20-15. Did not play prevent defense.

[@solong9414]

Real men do not wear facemasks on their helmets! The great quarterback Bobby Layne, tough as nails, one time said, "Facemasks are for sissies!" 1960 was when real men still played the game!

[@Flockengruven]

So Long Except they all have facemasks on. Facemasks in the NFL became mandatory in 1955 for all new players. Players already in the league had the option of using one and almost all of them did. I don't see anyone in this game without a facemask on.

[@Flockengruven]

Mingus Pingus Except that neither Tommy McDonald, Bobby Layne, Bobby Joe Green or anybody on the Eagles is playing is this game. Everybody in this game has a facemask on whether its one bar, two bar or more. I consider them real men even though they have facemasks on.

[@bigboymf]

So Long oh shut the fuck up. who cares. fuck the 1960s

[@comeacross9]

@LD Jess Richardson was the lineman. Chuck Bednarik the NFL's last two way player-center and middle lb was also on the 1960 Eagles that beat Lombardi's Packers.

[@t4texastomjohnnycat978]

@@bigboymf Good gosh, dude.... obviously everyone on here loves 50s & 60s football. Like the other guy said..... if you don't like 1960s NFL, why are you watching this. Get back to your msnbc & cnn.

[@ldfreitas9437]

Too bad two weeks later the 49ers lost to the Packers at Kezar in SF in the cold, rain and mud. They'd have been going to Philly the day after Christmas to take on the Eagles and the original 49er coach, Buck Shaw.

[@JJJBRICE]

The famous RC Owens , who was regularly mentioned by Summerall/ Brookshire in the 1970s when a late game pass was needed in the end zone . They always mentioned the Alley Oop pass from YA Tittle to which Owens out jumped the defenders for the touchdown .