1977 Baltimore Colts

I Post these shows purely to show the history of the game for football fans enjoyment, Please do not re-post this video. Thanks!

[@jamesdavis8731]

Christmas Eve 1977, not a happy night for most Colt fans. I was 14 years old and a die-hard Colt fan and an even bigger fan of Bert Jones. No one knew at that time that it was all downhill for Jones and the Colts from that game on. Oh what could have been. The Ghost To The Post will haunt me even after I am dead.

[@robbarnes4744]

Wow I could’ve written the exact same post, except I was 15 😜I loved this era of the Colts. What a great film!

[@sdm12342002]

I was a big Roger Carr fan when I was a kid. I had the pleasure of meeting him at a Bonanza in Salisbury, MD (where I still live). It's been several businesses and restaurants over the years, but I still think about meeting Carr every time I ride by it.

[@gregorycyr9272]

I was 14 as well.What a game we played a great game.I very tough loss.

[@mikevanriel7573]

The Baltimore Colts last great season.

[@adamdorgant9454]

And in 1984, the Colts move to Indianapolis!!!!

[@frederickjohnpicarello1909]

I remember as a kid those 3 yrs 75/77 waking up every sunday morning & the FIRST! thing I would do was read the sports section of the sunday paper until the game started @ 1 & 4' Remember VERY WELL the 77' season. & comeback against Miami & later New England.. Aside from the playoff loss against Oakland it was a great year!

[@patrickomalley3311]

The Baltimore Colts and Bert Jones last hurrah. We just couldn't break throuh.

[@dwightlove3704]

6:24 Jones to Carr was just as good as any QB/WR combo in the '70s

[@ronaldcammarata3422]

The '77 Oakland playoff game was the first NFL game I ever went to. Just moved to Baltimore to go to college.

[@latkagravas986]

Too cool.

[@erubenst1]

Oh man, thank you! I was 9 y/o, at that Raiders playoff loss, but at some of the other wins that year. I still remember the names and numbers. Brings my childhood back, in a good way!!

[@petrofor3430]

Not even a colts fan but I love this nice older film. Great hearing the stories of great but forgotten teams

[@previnlubom8094]

Ruston Rifle Bert Jones 🏈🏆

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

1977 Baltimore Colts last playoffs Run lose to Raiders known as ghost to the Post for the next 6 years never recover to the playoffs in 1984 the Colts snuck out Baltimore move to Indianapolis

[@depaola63]

@5:36 The GREAT Gino Marchetti { He passed at 93 in April of this year } went to the east bay high school of Antioch } I am also from the east bay, Pittsburg ..Antioch's rival these past 101 years ! ......Bert Jones threw darts !! { 1975-77 } he was great, there were just so many SUPER teams in that era !

[@frankdenardo8684]

He went to Antioch High School and the field is named after him.

[@dwightlove3704]

Jones threw darts and they were caught by Carr!!!!!

[@rjohnson1569]

I remember my dad talking about Gino Marchetti. I believe what Tom Matte said, " the Baltimore Colts were truly America's team!"

[@dwightlove3704]

@@rjohnson1569 Yes they were long before Dallas stole that title

[@dwightlove3704]

@@rjohnson1569 Bert Jones was the ORIGINAL JOHN ELWAY!!!!!!

[@marcusanderson4652]

Before John Elway wore the #7, it was Bert Jones rocking the #7.

[@davidcobb2693]

Dan Pastorini wore #7 before them both.

[@stevep8445]

@@davidcobb2693 And he sucked.....

[@davidcobb2693]

@@stevep8445 I never said Pastorini didn't suck, I just pointed out he wore #7 before Bert Jones and Elway.

[@cs1992]

@@stevep8445 hardly

[@howardcosell2022]

John Elway should have worn Bert Jones' 7 and maybe they would still be the Baltimore Colts

[@russellseilhamer4552]

Thank you for this upload

[@MGAF688]

One final playoff appearance for the Baltimore Colts. The next 6 seasons would be a far cry from what the Colts did in 75-77.

[@MGAF688]

26-62-1 record in those last 6 seasons. An average of about 4 or 5 wins a season. 1983 suggested the team was back on the upswing with the 7-9 record. But Irsay pulled up stakes in the middle of the night.

[@kencummings953]

Bert Jones would suffer a series of nagging, then chronic shoulder problems, helping perpetuate their slide into mediocrity. The Dolphins run from 1978-85 was fool's gold-the AFC east was the weakest division in the NFL for a long time.

[@kencummings953]

@harold mccoy the AFC east was definitely the weak link of the conference for a couple of those years. I will agree that they did become stronger by about 1982 as the Chargers, Oilers, Steelers and Browns showed some age. The Dolphins, from 1978-81, played what I would call "get by" football. In their division it was enough to get by, then they would run into the Oilers or the Steelers or the Chargers in the postseason. The Dolphins had set a high bar with their 1971-73 success which I was fortunately old enough to see, albeit in grade school. The next era, even with two super bowl appearances, rang a little hollow by comparison.

[@anthonyjohns5092]

Last time I saw the colts play was the playoff game on Christmas eve against Oakland

[@depaola63]

I was 14 on that now classic day, one of the BEST NFL games ever !!

[@marcuskuppens4331]

Starting off 9-1 then losing their last 3 out of 4 caused them not to have the home field advantage. Instead the Broncos got the #1 seed

[@marcuskuppens4331]

That did not matter the colts would have still played the Raiders cause they hosted the wildcard game

[@marcuskuppens4331]

Oh yeah that's true

[@cremiumplustv9922]

This real fucking football

[@mesocorny4366]

6:51 briefly shown a clip of jets 1st ever home game in nj - during jets lease dispute w/ nyc the team agreed to do 1 nj game

[@depaola63]

@3:18 that was just as PERFECT of a pass in NFL history as you can get { between 3 guys !! } CLUTCH !! Kenny put it the only place it could have worked !! GREAT catch by Casper too of course, I was NOT a Raider fan at all, but always respected greatness ! I was 14 on this now all time NFL classic day ! { 12/24/77 }

[@frederickjohnpicarello1909]

Nicky I live in Baltimore & remember that game very well but didn't remember it being the day b4 Christmas..Must have been a terrible Christmas and holiday season that year! lol

[@depaola63]

Frederick John Picarello only reason I remember was because we were late getting to Grandmas house for Christmas Eve dinner due to the double OT 🌈

[@christophercarpenter2496]

Remember that a prop plane crashed into the seats, prior to game. Narrator of NFL's Greatest Games said it was a harbinger of things to come, a foreshadowing of things going wrong for Baltimore Eerie!

[@jasonreome4992]

The Colts never recovered from the Ghost to the Post. I t lead to there move to Indianapolis in 1984.

[@Ram44]

They never recovered because Bert Jones missed most of the next two seasons. Had he been healthy they likely would have remained a playoff contender for years.

[@gregorypower9385]

And that was the worst day in Baltimore history her she lied about he wouldn't move in team anymore the team we got the Ravens that's all that matters but one thing I can say you can't take out history away from Baltimore colts not Indianapolis clowns colts

[@sammyvh11]

It was Berts injuries and the back end of the defense being overrated then then trade Dutton for a bag of balls. Just think if Hendricks and Curtis where still Colts for Ghost to Post?

[@howardcosell2022]

@@Ram44 To make matters worse, heir apparent to Jones, Elway spurned the Colts hurting season ticket sales

[@dwightlove3704]

The Colts also wanted a new stadium but the city balked at this idea and that helped Irsay on his way out of Baltimore.

[@dwightlove3704]

Where was Roger Carr for this game he was their top deep threat.

[@ThePilotTTV]

Idk man but I can ask him when he’s done with his sermon here in a bit 😂

[@ThePilotTTV]

He said he had a torn lateral meniscus in pre season and as a result didn’t play in that game. His words “if I had played we’d have won”

[@dwightlove3704]

@@ThePilotTTV I agree with him he was the Don HUTSON of the '70s.

[@ThePilotTTV]

@@dwightlove3704 oh yeah no doubt. Of course I don’t talk football with him a whole lot cause that’s what everybody talks to him about

[@dwightlove3704]

@@ThePilotTTV Carr was said to have been a 9.3 man in the 100yd dash.

[@frederickjohnpicarello1909]

Seasons 75' 76' & 77' were all very good Colts seasons.. However they were at they're peak in 77' & If they hadn't lost to an exceptional Raiders team in the 1st round of the playoffs..In all likelihood would have gone to the Super Bowl..

[@davidcobb2693]

I disagree, they would have gone to Denver to play for the AFC Championship, a place they lost a month earlier in Week 11 by 2 touchdowns, 27-13. The Colts were 4-3 on the road that season, 6-2 at home counting the playoff loss to Oakland.

[@frederickjohnpicarello1909]

No doubt Denver had a damn good team that year but it would have been very diffucult for them to beat that "Ted Marchibroda" Colts team twice in one year!..However thats all hypothetical and doesn't really matter now does it..

[@davidcobb2693]

@@frederickjohnpicarello1909 Difficult but not impossible, but a Dallas vs. Baltimore or Oakland Super Bowl would have been a more competitive game than what we got in Super Bowl XII.

[@frederickjohnpicarello1909]

@@davidcobb2693 Well anything is possible..However a 2nd Baltimore/Dallas Super Bowl would have been awesome 2say the least!..Incidentally the Oakland/Minnesota Super Bowl was the first one I ever watched. Was 10' years old & can still remember the mud hole that The Raiders stomped in the Vikings!'

[@davidcobb2693]

@@frederickjohnpicarello1909 Super Bowl XI was played one month before my 11th birthday and we had to watch the game at my grandmother's house because our big 25 inch color console TV died the Saturday night before the game.

[@k.d.1555]

Stampede Blue!!!

[@sammyvh11]

I was in a motel near Atlantic City for the Ghost to the Post because it was blacked out around Baltimore. After Ted blew the game half the place emptied out ......

[@russellmitchem5465]

Like them second best behind raiders in afc...

[@anthonyjohns5092]

I WAS 6YRS OLD

[@stevep8445]

The Raiders got screwed in the AFC title game on another no call on a fumble (Rob Lytle)

[@latkagravas986]

That should had been our Back-to-Back SB win seasons. I recall that Fn call.

[@mcdonoghrahloh459]

Denver was much better.Raiders were luck the Steelers we're down.Phucdaraidas

[@mcdonoghrahloh459]

@@latkagravas986 They were lucky to get that one.Phucem

[@latkagravas986]

@@mcdonoghrahloh459 - Not at all. Just a one year wonder and Oakland did not get up for that game as should. Craig Mortenson looked like Staubach and Doomsday exposed they werent better than Oakland.

[@latkagravas986]

@@mcdonoghrahloh459 - Yep luck and Doomsday took care them for me.

[@kennethbeck8334]

I was a kid I remember all of this,my favorite football team is still the Baltimore Colts ravens fans root for someone else's team I'm 51 I couldn't root for some one else team. Had season tickets the last two years sad. 31 row 9 sat 13.

[@georgefernandez202]

I'm 51 too, Bert Jones fumbled. It should have been Oakland in the Orange Bowl against the Dolphins.

[@georgefernandez202]

We had to wait 4 years for our playoff classic against San Diego in 1981.

[@georgefernandez202]

Wish the Colts were still in Baltimore was a great rivalry with the Dolphins.

[@kencummings953]

@@georgefernandez202 It was an "inadvertent whistle" that some how blew the play dead. IIRC, that drive was kept alive by at least two pass interference penalties as well. New England also had postseason to play for. But a Raider win earlier that day shut the door on the Patriots. It would be another quarter century before Belichick would come along and help level the playing field any way he could😋

[@patrickcolon8809]

@@kencummings953 Actually, the door was shut the day before when the Dolphins won their game against the Bills. The Dolphins had the tiebreaker over the Patriots for the division title, and the Raiders had the tiebreaker against the Patriots for the Wildcard. All 4 of the Patriots' previous losses were against AFC teams, while one of the Raiders' losses was to an NFC team. So even if the Raiders had lost their game earlier that day, they still would have been the Wildcard winner had the Patriots won this game against the Colts.

[@marcuskuppens4331]

Horrible call in the colt vs patriot game. That would have given the Dolphins the division title

[@Ram44]

Patriots got screwed in the Colt game (although honestly - what do they care? They were eliminated from the playoffs anyway), and of course the controversial call against the Raiders the year before. They made up for it with their own controversial call - the Tuck Rule!

[@generationll]

Hard to understand why this website insists in shoving these idiot ads in this for cow manure I not interested in.Big turn off

[@NuisanceMan]

Isn't it cool how the season ended with that great comeback win against the Patriots that qualified the Colts for the playoffs? Kind of strange they never actually PLAYED the playoffs. You would think there would have been at least ONE MORE GAME, but the video ends there, so I guess it must not exist...

[@miamimartin2195]

Because they shouldn't have been in the playoffs....New England and Miami got screwed when Jones "Fumble" was blown dead....

[@mauricescribner7025]

Video begins with the playoffs against the Raiders and then stats over with the regular season

[@PerpetualArt]

I thought everyone knew of the Ghost to the Post playoff game....

[@stevep8445]

@@miamimartin2195 New England was out of contention (eliminated when Miami beat Buffalo the day before). Miami needed the Pats to win to make the postseason. As a lifelong Miami fan, I was so pissed. I was a kid and NEVER forgot the ref's name. Fred Silva...