1970 Week 2 Howard Cosell Halftime Highlights * RESTORED * ABC Monday Night Football - 1440p/60fps

I've restored all 6 games of the 1970 Week 2 Howard Cosell halftime highlights segment, shown during the ABC Monday Night Football broadcast, Chiefs at Colts, on September 28, 1970.
The halftime highlight segments were always notorious for using awful-quality clips (way too bright, blown out, not crisp, etc). I found high-quality clips of the same shots/plays from the 1970 Week 2 'This Week in Pro Football' show and replaced the original clips with these.
I have re-created the original ABC on-screen graphics.
In some cases the original clips were a bit longer than the replacement shots and so I truncated parts of the narration to make things fit.
I worked on the original audio a bit, applying hiss and noise reduction.
For comparison's sake, you can see the original quality segment here and be blown away by the upgrade --- • 1970 MNF KANSAS CITY C...

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

I've restored all 6 games of the 1970 Week 2 Howard Cosell halftime highlights segment, shown during the ABC Monday Night Football broadcast, Chiefs at Colts, on September 28, 1970. The halftime highlight segments were always notorious for using awful-quality clips (way too bright, blown out, not crisp, etc). I found high-quality clips of the same shots/plays from the 1970 Week 2 'This Week in Pro Football' show and replaced the original clips with these. I have re-created the original ABC on-screen graphics. In some cases the original clips were a bit longer than the replacement shots and so I truncated parts of the narration to make things fit. I worked on the original audio a bit, applying hiss and noise reduction. For comparison's sake, you can see the original quality segment here and be blown away by the upgrade --- kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3rJgoZvds2qbKc

[@bobgehret2102]

Good stuff!

[@gregggibson8784]

Incredible! I lived for these highlights as a kid. They never looked or sounded so good though. Great job Dave! Thank you!!

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thanks Gregg! :)

[@haerfgvbag7050]

The NFL in the 70s. More class, passion, humility, raw talent, integrity, toughness, literally any positive attribute you can assign something. The NFL nowadays is a shadow of it's former glory. God you old people had it so much better, must've been nice.

[@docnoc66]

Nice high quality video Dave - thanks

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

You're welcome :)

[@NCFiteFan]

Thanks for all the hard work. This is great!

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thanks NC!

[@romelovesdan]

Brilliant idea! Expertly executed.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thank you very much!

[@paulpetri8738]

Fantastic!!

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thanks Paul!

[@romelovesdan]

@ 1:37 -Love the Bengals QB "Sam Why-see" Wyche....@2:19 The Jets playing without their uniform sleeve stripes...Their Pre-season jerseys.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Haha! I noticed that mispronunciation too :)

[@dwaynecoy1871]

This week the Bears played their home game at Northwestern and the Patriots played theirs at Harvard. What a strange world it was back then. Though the Pats had my all time favorite logo on their helmets that year - Pat Patriot.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Just one game at Northwestern for the Bears, the Patriots played the whole season at Harvard

[@dcinsc7]

That hit on Jim Hart - now that’s REAL football!

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

I agree, but even THAT hit was too rough for back then, hence the flag

[@j6t714]

McLinton and Hart shook hands after the game (at the end of that highlight).

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

@@j6t714 Great eye j6t. I didn't even pick up on that!

[@howardcosell2022]

73 Ernie McMillan also gets knocked out with an unintentional clip

[@drbonesshow1]

Greatest TD throw ever by a wide receiver: 5:27 Too bad Lance couldn't keep his pants on after the game.

[@jimdandy7323]

God Bless Videotape...

[@kevindouglas5333]

How was the last touchdown by GB only 76 yards when the ball was on about the 10

[@kevindouglas5333]

I looked it up. It was 89 yards. Howard might have had a cocktail or two before these highlights

[@DNSKansas]

Howard is wrong when he says Harvard Stadium is in Cambridge, Mass. While most of the campus is in Cambridge, the stadium is in Boston proper (Allston neighborhood).

[@reverend_wintondupree]

5:44 Landry really wanted to stick it to NY and Allie Sherman. 22 seconds left up 11 and still airing it out on a 30 yard pass play.

[@davanmani556]

The coach was Alex Webster. But, he still wanted to stick it to the Giants specifically to the Mara’s for picking Sherman over him and Vince.

[@drbonesshow1]

The Jets were done by 1970. Wouldn't have a winning record until 1981.

[@howardcosell2022]

The other NFL teams were frothing at the mouth to take out Namath

[@michaelleroy9281]

​@@howardcosell2022And they did just that in the Super Bowl rematch in week 5

[@howardcosell2022]

@@michaelleroy9281 Billy Ray Smith jammed Namath's wrist into the turf on the Jets' last possession of the game causing Joe to miss 19 straight games over the next two seasons

[@drbonesshow1]

Two bad teams in a good game: 1:24

[@tommythomason6187]

Cardinals and Giants were strong squads back then. Cardinals rampaged through the better half of the schedule before imploding at the end of the season. Giants really should have gone 10-4, but lost the New Orleans game, when TE, Aaron Thomas' touchdown catch was erroneously ruled out of bounds.

[@30RonJon]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZy7emebZZ11gtE

[@reverend_wintondupree]

0:30 The Bears' final season at Northwestern University's stadium. Despite the Soldier field renovations in the 00s, the Bears would not use Northwestern again and instead play at Illinois' facilities.

[@michaelleroy9281]

They only played one game at Dyche Stadium that wasn't a season 1970 was the last season at Wrigley Field they played at the University of Illinois in 2002 when Soldier Field was being renovated they moved to Soldier Field in 1971

[@darylevrba6705]

notice the two goal post ...one for college back of the end zone... second one on the goal line pro ball

[@dwaynecoy1871]

And the Patriots played their game this week in 1970 at Harvard University.

[@michaelleroy9281]

​@@dwaynecoy1871 The Patriots played the whole 1970 season at Harvard University