1969 #20 Ole Miss @ #15 Alabama No Huddle

[@JJG84679]

Johnny Musso - My first memories of watching CFB on TV. His son started for Northwestern with their magical season run to the Rose Bowl

[@DaveLynchJazzGuitar]

Archie was really great! Alabama played well too. What a rivalry ! Love watching games from the 60's ! Thanks.

[@thomascoaker5111]

This has got to be one of the first Instant Classics since it was the first primetime game. Very cool to see college passing games this crisp in 1969. Thanks for uploading this. Hope you enjoyed it, too.

[@steelbuck6777]

I did, thanks again for pointing me to it.

[@Bamruff62]

I remember this game. This was the first Alabama game I ever watched. Believe it or not, we watched this game up in Pittsburgh, Pa. I was 7 years old. It was a real barn burner.

[@Mark-sj3xb]

Somehow, Archie’s mobility and running ability escaped his sons...

[@brianruyack7632]

Eli escaped pretty well on the "helmet catch" play in the Super Bowl!

[@rogerwilliams5366]

I was thinking the same thing. Archie was a great runner

[@dhand34]

Yeah but now there is Arch Manning

[@johnmanning4097]

So true I watched Archie Manning play for the Saints as a kid and remembering how mobile he was I was really surprised Peyton and Eli were not mobile at all

[@dhand34]

@@johnmanning4097 he was Patrick Mahomes without a team

[@northover]

I am a Mississippi State grad, but I was at that game with old high school friends who went to Ole Miss. State played Houston that same night in the old astrodome. I listened to State on my transistor radio as I watched this one. Houston beat State 74-0. When they scored their 72nd point, they went for two. I like that Chris Schenkel called Ole Miss “Mississippi” most of the game.

[@notyourpuppet5975]

First time I ever saw Archie ever play. I'm impressed

[@snapmalloy5556]

Shame he never had the chance to play on a good football team in the NFL. He was special

[@rogerwilliams5366]

Me too. I remember watching this game.

[@dailyplanet9348]

On TV he was impressive. In person he was beyond spectacular. His patented retreat-and-reverse scramble to escape pressure when passing was so unbelievable it's impossible to describe how superhuman it was. If he had played in an offense comparable to today's Air Raid, he would still hold ALL the NCAA passing records -- by a large margin.

[@aaronrider4051]

Wow, what a cool upload. This is the game where Bear Bryant and the Ole Miss coach both complained to each other afterward, because they were both defensive guys who hated the amount of scoring! Thanks!

[@williamjordan5554]

Bear played on offense in college, but yes, his teams were known for their defense in the 60s.

[@MichaelGunner123]

The Ole Miss HC was longtime, famed HC, Johnny Vaught.

[@countalucard4226]

I remember watching that game. I can’t remember individual plays but I remember being glued to the tv.

[@FreddieArnold-o6e]

His sons could never be as tough as their dad. I was alittle kid when these games were played but i remember thinking that man was tough. Later on he was even tougher with the saunts

[@FreddieArnold-o6e]

I meant saints

[@kjothomas]

Archie sure had some zip on that ball 👌🏾

[@martinmasten4107]

Fun game. It is amazing how often teams go for 2 points and it comes back to haunt them.

[@josephhebert3073]

Archie came to play, but so did Scott Hunter. The 'Bama #12 nobody talks about. Roll Tide.

[@kenperk9854]

There's a guy in the Muscle Shoals area of North Alabama named Scott Hunter. He's 6 foot ten and about 280 pounds. If i'm not mistaken, he was a QB TO.I think he signed with Bama but transferred to North Alabama.

[@keithbrewer9927]

RTR!

[@Nastyfinger1444]

I attended this game with my Grandfather.

[@binxbolling]

This game held the record for most combined yards in the SEC for decades as I recall.

[@johnm8096]

Johnny Musso. The original Italian Stallion.

[@dexculpepper-py1jr]

When college football was GREAT

[@dexculpepper-py1jr]

The start of the Mannings legend.

[@vanhouten64]

"ABC-tv's doing the game, network brass don't want to do anything to disrupt their top show - Lawrence Welk" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@binxbolling]

Everyone wearing the 100 decal to commemorate the 100th anniversary of college football. Thank god no one did that for the 150th anniversary season.

[@margaretjiantonio939]

Archie had to be fast. In the pros, he played for New Orleans. Most of the time, he was running for his life.

[@jamesthomas7405]

They wrote a song about Archie Manning, The ballad of Archie Manning. I have it on Pandora.

[@dailyplanet9348]

"The Ballad of Archie Who." That was soon after Ole Miss disassembled #3-ranked University of Tennessee 38-0 in Jackson's Mississippi Memorial Stadium later in 1969.

[@carseye1219]

Sometimes when I think that we haven't advanced as a society, I look at one of these games, without a person of color anywhere, and realize how great that the fans cheer just as loud today for predominantly African-American lineups.

[@jgringo5516]

I agree. Way back in the day, Black Universities had their own football teams and played each other. Still do. To me, it’s kinda weird all these years later these universities haven’t recruited a more diverse group of players like the rest of the schools have. Idk, maybe it has something to do with their funding and Alumni?

[@rogerwilliams5366]

Is this all of the actual audio? Chris Shenckel hardly ever mentions who carried the ball, including on a 60 yard run. And Bud Wilkinson never says anything.

[@lackdeaver9934]

Did he say Leon Phelps? The Ladies Man.

[@dailyplanet9348]

Leon Phelps. Running back from Winona, Mississippi. Signed with Ole Miss the same year as Archie, in 1967.

[@williamjordan5554]

Film quality makes it look like 1959.

[@MichaelGunner123]

So.... better than nothing.

[@MichaelGunner123]

Heartbreaking loss for Ole Miss.

[@darrylking2500]

All White Guys Wow The ole SEC.

[@sonnyboy8957]

No wimps allowed in this game!!!!