1977 Alabama at USC 4th Quarter

[@tmo4330]

oct 8 1977 my wedding day. we listend to the game on the car radio all the way to the hotel 150 miles away. one of the most memorable days of my life! (yes we're still married)

[@stevemtc1]

Awesome

[@ben-ladenbernanke5374]

The game was on October 8th 1977

[@courtneyduncan6106]

Don't tell divorced!!lol

[@stevestringer7351]

Did you at least wait till the end of the game to celebrate? LOL

[@kenperkins7921]

I played against ozzy Newsome in Leighton Alabama in youth football even though he was a couple of years older.

[@cubkid82]

Like watching the older games when players weren’t celebrating every play they made.

[@creepycrespi8180]

Also nice to see a game where the announcers aren't pontification about every player that makes a play.

[@t.balognavich221]

our society today is based on exageration of everything.

[@texasrockshillcountry6574]

So true...

[@reubenblanco3021]

Think Saban would be willing to do a home and away series with SC ?🙄

[@jmm1817]

Yes even when they're behind by 4 touchdowns

[@derekohlander3722]

Whoa Nellie! I do miss Keith Jackson terribly.

[@tidefanyankee2428]

Yep, he is the yardstick by which all announcers are, or should be judged, in my humble opinion.

[@patgalvez4563]

F-UU-U-U-U-U-U-U-MBLE

[@kch7051]

This game brings back an amazing memory. I was supposed to go to this game with my best friends family. My soccer game went into OT and ran late, so they left without me. I was so bummed. My single mom knew how bad i wanted to go to this game, and she decided her 7 year old son wasnt going to miss this game. It was sold out, and she drove us down to the coliseum from Manhattan Beach (which was WAY different than it is today), in hope that we could somehow see the game. As we walked up to the east end, the peristyle end, they had these big black iron rod gates. The game had already kicked off and I could hear the public address announcers familiar voice boom over the loudspeakers. Tears were streaming down my face outside the gates. A gigantic police officer walked over and started talking to my Mom and I from inside the gates. He was a big black cop, and after awhile of talking to me while i was sobbing, he told my mom he would be right back. He returned about 10 minutes later with 2 tickets in his hand and said "lady, any kid that wants to see this game as bad as your son does, deserves to see this game" and he handed my mom 2 tickets. We were seated in the old east end zone bleachers, right in the Alabama fan sections, and with all my SC gear on. Those people treated me great too. I wish i had the name of the officer, I would have loved to tell him that the memory and his gesture has stuck with me, even 45 years later. Whoever you were, Bless you sir and THANK YOU

[@michaelokeefe8709]

Such a great story!

[@kch7051]

@@michaelokeefe8709 I thank my Mom often regarding that day. She didn't have to drive me down there, and she was doing this under the premise that she thought they could page him over the PA system, which is insane in hindsight. I'm just grateful all those pieces came into place on that day. MY sweet Mom for making the effort and that Huge black police officer, who handed this little white kid two tickets to see Bear Bryant and Alabama play his Trojans.

[@NoName-up1px]

Great story YT smh

[@Jiltedin2007]

This game also brings an amazing memory for me. Living in Los Angeles, I remember later that night, the Dodgers beat the Phillies at Philadelphia to win the 1977 National League Pennant.

[@Jiltedin2007]

What a beautiful story!

[@michaelnobles6774]

Keith Jackson the greatest football announcers.

[@Loydstardeli2017]

Keith k Jackson greatest college football announcer

[@dtfaaron]

Bear Bryant, John Robinson......... and Keith Jackson on the call........... what a game

[@jamesfields2916]

USC and Alabama played home & home in 70,71 and 77,78. The road team one every time.

[@halwarner3326]

I love college football now, but man, back in the day when we had a different vibe , it was special. More meaningful in the intersectional battles.

[@adambaum9732]

At 1:04 Keith Jackson," I don't imagine she'll have any trouble getting the troops to stand up" BOING!!!

[@BobPapadopoulos]

Just think, they fried Musberger just for calling McCarron's old lady attractive in a way more subtle way than that. lol

[@melbias5046]

+Adam Baum she was hot!

[@davidclements1130]

he'd probably get in trouble for saying something like that now, even though it wasn't meant to be lewd.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

+David Clements Yes, he was talking about the guys sitting in the aisle standing to let her by. Although after he said it he probably thought to himself "oh no".

[@1977raider]

Right what a hottie!She looks a little like Suzanne Summers replacement when she left Threes Company can't think of her name.She always hit "Jack" John Ritter with the door

[@chief9116]

I wish, i could go back... i miss the people that used to be here. Their homes, stores, cars.

[@bayousmackerdixford3389]

Oui us too cuz@

[@windridr66]

Bama running the wishbone. Be still my heart.

[@tonycrabtree3416]

Shealy was probably the best option QB for Bama.

[@robertkline8458]

❤️ wishbone offense, bear bryant,, barry switzer& oklahoma wishbone offensive &billy sims

[@larrytischler570]

Emmory Bellard, Texas backfield coach invented the wishbone in 1967. Steve Worster was the blocking fullback. Steve died this year.

[@robertkline8458]

@@larrytischler570 thank for college football history lesson

[@michaelokeefe8709]

My first football game as a college freshman at U.S.C.....my how time flies!

[@debzfiedler6100]

Me, too!

[@elvinware8033]

Gotta love the asst.coach smoking a cigarette on the Bama sideline lol

[@Boomhower89]

Dennis Thurman was one of the smartest defensive backs to play for Dallas especially in the 80s. Wow just a smorgasbord of future pro players in this game. Ozzie Newsome, Tony Nathan, tatuapua, to name but a few and the game was still outshined by the girls in attendance

[@ccth22]

I was thinking as I watched Ozzie & Thurman talking to those officials. Two of the highest football IQ’s to play in the NFL right there...

[@jeffreybeshears8211]

Hard to believe that hot blond jackson pointed out would be about 65 or more now.

[@slidefirst694]

She's still hot I bet.

[@ericmcgowan1993]

At what time in the clip?

[@small-townhero4386]

Not really

[@LeskoBrandon2x]

I’d still hit

[@djrand90]

Those 70's California girls.

[@stevestringer7351]

List as I read your comment .... she walked by... 1.04

[@adamwyker4800]

Today: no comprende

[@Keith_McDaniel]

Yessir

[@wimsele]

Aye aye Captain...

[@RollumsTidums34]

Wonder what that girl looks like today. She was 🔥

[@danielcorreard3746]

god what a blast from the past ozzie newsom jeff rudledge tony nathan great to see all of this again.

[@tomislavmamic1586]

Keith Jackson!! You know it’s a big game if he’s calling it

[@lyndonwatson757]

I miss the running back of the kickoffs and the hitting of the quarterbacks.

[@ben-ladenbernanke5374]

Thanks to YT, I watched this a few years ago in a battle of two titans of college football lore (since at the time I was only 3). In the four regular season meetings in the 1970's the decade of dominance of each team in their respective conferences, they split 2-2 winning all games on the other teams' fields. Bama is 5-2 overall. Having defeated USC in their first meeting, 19-7 in LA in 1938. And in their last meeting 52-6 to start the 2016 season in Dallas. The only bowl battle was in 1985 in the Aloha Bowl. Mike Shula through 3 TD's in a 24-3 win over Ted Tollner's Trojans. That was the prize for Bama beating Auburn (and eventual Heisman Winner Bo Jackson) on a last-second FG by Van Tiffin one month prior.

[@kramsdrawde8159]

I remember that van tiffin Kick, my dad(auburn fan) was at my place in N.O. La, and I had lost hope bcuz it was a very long FG so long I was shocked he had made it.

[@Bossrich6287]

One more,Alabama beat USC in the 1946 rose bowl 34-14.

[@larrysmith1568]

I think that is Ara Parsechian working with Keith.

[@larrybrewer9550]

They should find that blond and interview her now

[@ezmoney5087]

It's great to be a BAMA fan, the GOAT then Bear Bryant and the GOAT now Nick Saban how Sweet it is ROLL TIDE ROLL

[@2and26]

ROLL TIDE!

[@tonyu2298]

@3:10 that guy smoking on the side lines.Nice!

[@BeautyandtheBeach1]

"they got a name for the winners in the world, and I want a name when I lose. They call Alabama the Crimson Tide, call me Deacon Blues"

[@gregwatson8219]

yes Andy!!

[@gregwatson8219]

Today they couldnt focus on women

[@gregwatson8219]

Shazam Gomer!!

[@donaldtittle349]

Man I loved Ozzie Newsome, bama great and Cleveland Browns great!! such a classy man

[@DiversityDragons]

20 seconds in and Keith has mentioned Ozzie Newsome and Dennis Thurman. Damn what a time.

[@RedElephantStampede]

I would love to see Alabama and USC lock into a series like we did with Penn State in the 1980's.

[@BobPapadopoulos]

RedElephantStampede USC is the season opener next year in Arlington.

[@marketingheavydutytowcompa6996]

No way USC would set their self up to be slaughtered in this day and age because Alabama would absolutely decapitate USC

[@reubenblanco3021]

⁠no they wouldn’t and they’re not afraid , I think bama learned their lesson from going to Austin last yr , what were they thinking ?

[@michaelleroy9281]

Tony Nathan who scored on the hook and ladder played later with the Dolphins in the Epic in Miami

[@markmoore4237]

*lateral

[@MrDanty64]

Have to just simply love the big ass shoulder pads and the sports car grill helmets and the wat they were shaped...none of this instant replaying if the dude 's breath was offsides...you get the feeling dudes could really hit then.

[@lloydkline1485]

a dream college football matchup

[@dantheman1984]

1:13 ahhh and remember when Musberger said less than this and got in trouble.

[@MrDanty64]

Keith J was never more in need than that!

[@brianroberts6127]

dantheman1984 Yep!

[@musama8771]

@Joe Williams Calm down snowflake

[@BAYAREA-kd1ig]

@Joe Williams Lol Triggered righties

[@HandleThisSelection2]

Happy Birthday Tony Nathan.

[@Martin-pt5on]

Talk about old school jerseys!!! Those Bama tear aways wouldn't be used for practice today!

[@NashvilleRebel]

3:10 Guy smoking a cigarette next to Bear Bryant. ;-)

[@bigbennelson000]

Shorty White, I believe

[@Americasdummy]

Bear smoked to

[@biggobot3253]

just 10 days later Keith was calling Reggie's 3 homers!

[@michaelleroy9281]

All the future NFL players in this game

[@therealfronzilla]

Alabama and defense, you can't say one without the other 😊

[@2and26]

Roll Tide!

[@RedElephantStampede]

Bama and USC once again, the opening game of 2016. Let's get it on!

[@Nonpeon]

+RedElephantStampede Poor Alybamy

[@1977raider]

ROLL TIDE ROLL! I seen the game last time we played them in 85 Aloha Bowl..Bama killed them 24-3...Was super cold in Bama & I remember thinking I wish I was there in Hawaii lol

[@gvalley07]

LOL!! The cameraman is totally preoccupied with that blonde! Can't blame him, she is a looker.

[@sewashburn0529]

It sounds like Mel Brooks calling the game with Keith Jackson.

[@Jiltedin2007]

Coming into this game, USC was ranked #1 overall before Alabama upset them at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The following year, at Tuscaloosa, Alabama was ranked #1 and USC were ranked #7 before the Trojans would return the favor defeating the Top Ranked Crimson Tide in their backyard.

[@Scorpio_1974]

Well, Alabama too beat them in their backyard!

[@oldmusclecars9419]

Pretty sure that the Alabama home game was played in Birmingham at Legion Field which was much larger than Bryant Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa at that time.

[@mickeylynch8982]

The difference was, USC beat Bama by 10 on the road and yet, voters managed to give Bama a split NC w' USC that yr!! 2nd time for Bama in the 70's, Voters sure loved the Bear.

[@oldmusclecars9419]

@@mickeylynch8982 you managed to omit the part where Alabama beat the undefeated and #1 ranked Penn State in the Sugar Bowl while USC got to go up and play some weak big 10 team in the Rose Bowl. If your going to tell the story, tell the whole story.

[@mickeylynch8982]

@@oldmusclecars9419 so the head to head win on the road meant nothing cause USC didnt finish w' more losses than Bama. We ALL know USC didn't have a choice of not playing in the Rose Bowl and Mich was #5 and 10-1

[@stephenjackson7099]

Keith Jackson......could take a slow play and make it exciting.

[@kenperk9854]

Gomer Pyle was on the Bama sideline.

[@1977raider]

Jim Neighbors graduated from there before becoming an actor

[@robertkline8458]

My hero Gomer Pyle

[@yeildoo]

I love how Robinson went for two. Couldn't get the edge blocked and lost but I still love not playing for the tie.

[@patgalvez4563]

Bear bryant is 64 years old here...he looks 84

[@RedElephantStampede]

Also notice that the Million Dollar band was unable to make the trip to California

[@andyhyatt8104]

Who was the gal in the stands?🤩

[@carloslyons3835]

Football was football those were the days

[@dennisstanley1965]

@3:12--love the old guy smoking.

[@Bossrich6287]

that's jim goostree,the trainer.

[@1977raider]

Another world back then lol.Sometimes during close Bama games you will see the Bear puffing on one on the sidelines :)

[@boringlyawesum]

back when america was still great

[@alexcurry9388]

who was the blonde woman the commentators kept talking about? The one in the stands, I mean.

[@bonholio0o]

I heard the name Clay Matthew at 13:53 that sounds familiar?! This is 1977???

[@djsjetsteve1]

Clay Matthew’s Sr

[@JohnHoulgate]

So that's what was happening across the street from where I was during this game. I caught a glimpse of Harris Plaza during one of the aerial shots from the Goodyear Blimp. It's no longer there.

[@charlesdarks8850]

Damn the blonde goddess was even better than the game 😁

[@phillipcotton833]

A simple compliment Jackson made regarding the gorgeous blonde would (likely) be scrutinized by today's "woke" watchers. Whoa Nellie😞

[@Keith_McDaniel]

Exactly why I can't stand "woke" society 🤦🏾‍♂️ Smh

[@Redleg7]

My God. He’d be fired forced to apologize and cancelled on social media. Remember the Brent Musberger incident with the Alabama QB girlfriend?

[@beeemm2578]

Right. Keith Jackson is still a man....lol. She was struttin her stuff obviously knowing every set of man eyes would be on her...well an important pair in Keith Jacksons(and the camera man) saw her. Peacock at your peril.

[@josecervantes7803]

Well obviously we are in different times now. It flew back then and it doesn’t now. Not too hard to understand.

[@bdub4335]

not true stop crying over fake outrage

[@RedElephantStampede]

One of the Tide's greatest victories. A day when the Million Dollar Band was absent, Alabama beat the #1 team in the nation in their backyard.

[@orangekush101]

USC came right back and beat Alabama in their own house the next year. If you search "1978 alabama" youll see for yourself. USC is the reason Alabama doesnt have segregation in football. After USC dominated Alabama the first time they met, 42-21, bear bryant decided it was time to include black players.

[@RedElephantStampede]

Ben Dover I am well aware. I attended the '78 game at Legion Field.

[@vickijohnson2873]

Ben Dover Bear Bryant wanted black players, but the "powers that be" would not allow it. After USC beat Bama at Legion Field, they decided it was time! Bear Bryant was smart to have the game in Birmingham to get his point across.

[@kenperk9854]

Vicki Johnson That's a good story but it's not really true. That Alabama team was not very good. They were stomped by all-white Ole Miss and Tennessee much worse than southern cow.

[@JRF1961]

Ken Perk What if Alabama had 'stomped' an all-black Grambling, Southern or Florida A&M, would that have made the '77 team a 'good' team?

[@richardhague3034]

So Alabama traveled to USC and Nebraska in 1977. What happened? They would never do that today.

[@davewithad4166]

They played Texas in Austin last September. They’ve changed their schedule to get rid of the neutral site games.

[@debbiehenson1096]

Gr8 win for Bama .

[@ripperduck]

They have to revive this series....

[@cbenson5]

+ripperduck Alabama and USC will open the season in 2016 in Dallas. I can't wait. Roll Tide.

[@1977raider]

Gonna play again in Dallas in a few weeks for the first time since the 85 Aloha Bowl where Bama beat the crap out of USC 24-3.Watched that game with my Dad

[@dodgermartin4895]

#7 USC was on my high school football team.

[@reginaldgreen9753]

Keith Jackson was a class act!!

[@kevinlwallace3809]

Real football 🏈

[@shawnflanagan4995]

bear, at 3:00, looking cool as always. short-sleeve dress shirts are underrated

[@herecomesforego1787]

omg i forgot about major ogilvie what a fabulous name -- lotta nfl'ers here

[@davidorme1993]

Didn't know Agnetha was a football fan. Waterloo.....

[@loriwilliams2667]

10:40. If you showed that today, you'd be in trouble. Back when P.C. didn't matter

[@stevengriffin5349]

check out those cut off jerseys........LSU used to do that in that era too

[@michaelleroy9281]

Dennis Thurman would go on to be a hard hitting safety with the Dallas Cowboys

[@ethanpoole8967]

Thank you algorithm

[@Britton_Thompson]

Who is that lady they keep showing? She's obviously a celebrity or movie star of that era watching USC play since it's a major game and it's in Los Angeles. But who is she exactly? Anyone know?

[@1977raider]

She kind of looks like Suzanne Summers replacement off Threes Company can't think of her name, but that woman didn't get the part till about 80 or 81 and this was 77...I think she was just a super hot babe they kept showing because she was so beautiful.On a scale of 1-10 I get her an 11!

[@MrDanty64]

What about the one at 1:13?!?!

[@kenperk9854]

A lot of the beauties you see in the crowd or cheerleading got jobs in the nearby San Fernando Valley starring in porn.

[@kidmack1121]

@@MrDanty64 I think the one that keeps walking around is sitting with Harrah the O linesman with the Rams

[@Britton_Thompson]

@@kenperk9854 Not in the 70s they wouldn't. The porn industry was still 90% based out of New York with the Mafia still running the show. Porn didn't really move to the west coast until the 80s according to Ron Jeremy

[@gregorypatton4706]

roll Tide best quarter I've ever seen in college football close to it

[@soulpatrolhawaii5409]

Bear owes some of his success to USC - after USC and Sam Cunningham routed the Tide in 1970, Bear was convinced he needed to have Black players on his team, which helped the Bama teams greatly after that.

[@treesloth9]

first time besides the Fernando NO No at Dodger stadium that i was there moment. Im sitting in the Bama section at the East End of the stadium Great game USC goes for two at the end

[@ezmoney5087]

Oh my, wow that blonde is 🔥 and ROLL TIDE ROLL, 🎵 wish they all could be Alabama girls 🎵

[@thescatman5029]

1) You don't have to be a Tide fan, to love the word, "Alabama," roll off Keith Jackson's lips! 2) Man, you watch USC, on TV, and you see them girls, in the Coliseum. Talk about a recruiting advantage.....!

[@Jiltedin2007]

USC came into this game Top Ranked in the polls. After this game, the Trojans faltered all the way to needing to beat UCLA after Thanksgiving to earn a spot in the Bluebonnet Bowl.

[@MikeTeaveeJr]

I'd love these teams to battle it out at the next Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl, which happens to be one of the two semis. I don't remember what bowl Bama went to that season, but Troy went to the Bluebonnet Bowl at the Astrodome and won.

[@marktastic86]

They open the season against each other in 2016.

[@whpw]

MikeTeaveeJr Alabama beat Ohio State 35-6 in the Sugar Bowl,and was the highest rated team to win a bowl that season

[@michaeltaylors2456]

NGL, Here for the thumb !

[@dianatralli4099]

I know this game was played almost 47 years ago, but wow , it's crazy to think that model looking blonde woman is not in her 70's and probably someone's grandma.

[@MrShonH]

- - SWOON - - Old school football was so CLASSY but MAN those are some low quality jerseys sheesh! Interesting how the players are so similarly sized instead of all the contrast in body types and sizes you see now.

[@ezmoney79]

What a game ROLL TIDE ROLL

[@loyevangelists]

Here in 2022 it sounds strange to hear of Alabama being a huge underdog

[@PouonoHB]

A coach smoking a cigarette on the sideline is classic

[@RedElephantStampede]

Hertel was down anyway after Wayne put him down.

[@huncho8888]

10:53 what's her @

[@mattbradford3510]

Alabama and USC, 1970s college football royalty in a game for the ages. Keith Jackson and Ara Parseghian in top form on the call. This was when being on TV was a privilege. Like the blonde in the low cut blouse that the ABC cameras couldn't get their eyes off of in the second half. Third of four meetings in the decade in which the road team won every game. Woe Nelly the Bear beat #1 and would not lose but once more until Oct 1980. And it was a young QB Paul McDonald and the veteran Charles White who got them in Birmingham the next year. Woe Nelly Bama beat #1.

[@davidmc1489]

Wonder if they gunna put Gump in

[@davidorme1993]

If he plays well, they'll give him a box of chocolates.

[@mychannel-su1bx]

back in the days and those ABC camerman that loved the ladies.

[@montecarlo4294]

Was Nick Saban the coach at Alabama back then?

[@courtneyduncan6106]

silly question fucking goofy. Its Ok the greatest symbol one of them for college football coached Alabama The Bear .aka Paul Bear Bryant a legend . 77 Saban was about 27 and he coached at Syracuse ....excuse my language I'm just a football College fanatic ........

[@tonycrabtree3416]

@@courtneyduncan6106 Saban would have been 25 at the time of this game.

[@tonycrabtree3416]

@@courtneyduncan6106 You wrote Saban was 27 in 1977. He wasn’t.

[@courtneyduncan6106]

@@tonycrabtree3416 game Oct 27/77 Saban born Oct 31/51. 4 days later 26 lol we both wrong he's 25.96 years old. I only pointed out Bear Bryant name we should all know him as the legend when he ruled

[@tonycrabtree3416]

@@courtneyduncan6106 I only pointed out Saban’s age.

[@williamdunphy352]

Commentators: Keith Jackson, Ara

[@powerboatguy2308]

Can you imagine what would happen if the announcers were keying in on a hot blonde in the stands in the modern era?

[@johnm8096]

From the beautiful blonde to Jim Nabors. Talk about a contrast.

[@PouonoHB]

USC v Bama should play each other every season

[@Carolinian4372]

I think there was more footage of the gorgeous blonde than there was of the actual ball game. 😆 🤣 😂

[@kramsdrawde8159]

Kieth Jackson, I loved when he would call a ball game for bama. I remember every one of these players... a much simpler world then, before internet and the woke studity. The wishbone was such a fun offense to watch.

[@debbiehenson1096]

Gr8 to see Bama go to Southern California and beat USC.

[@petersabourin1276]

Keith effin Jackson!!! YES!!!!

[@johnmac3410]

I guess by 1977 the Bear learned he needed to recruit not only quick players but stout ones as well.

[@michaelstallings5824]

4th quater bama on 8 yrds passing and usc 83 when football was actually football