1977 Green Bay Packers Team Season Highlights

(Time: 22:14) Narrated By: John Facenda

[@EdsterIII]

I grew up watching these games in Milwaukee during the 70's. These years were rough as far as Wins and Losses went but the Packers always had HEART! The offense was stagnant for many years. When Lynn Dickey played in Houston he was a punching bag too. He seemed to always be chased, hit, hurt, or bashed. The defense of the Packers has it's moments. As this video showed, they had some good defensive linemen and linebackers. BUT when you are facing guys like Walter Payton, you know you can't STOP them every time. Payton's abilities were unstoppable and he always seemed to Torch us for 100+ yards. He was one of the best running backs ever! No doubt he deserves every accolade, every award, and every bit of praise he has been given. Yes I am a Packers fan, but I also respect a true champion and a iconic player and Payton was just that. Seeing those big hits and tackles for losses on him were few and far between...lol. Still the Pack were fun to watch! Great video sir!

[@johnblaesel5493]

I was 21-years-old back in 1977 and a very frustrated Packer fan. The 1970s were indeed the dark years of the Pack. Four wins against New Orleans, San Francisco, Tampa Bay and Detroit. Four very lousy teams at the time. Since then, the Saints won a Super Bowl, the 49ers won five Super Bowls, Tampa Bay two Super Bowls, the Packers two Super Bowls since then and the hapless Lions still remain hapless. As I watched this “highlight” reel, they showed the Packers playing only one AFC team, that being the Houston Oilers. I think because the Packers could not beat the AFC back in the 1970s.

[@davidgrillo9928]

Any video with John Facenda is great

[@501764727]

The Voice of God. Chills

[@russellseilhamer4552]

No doubt. How can someone make a 4-10 season sound interesting? Fascenda could read the phone book and I’d still be listening

[@markkeegan7535]

Wow. Level of play looks a semipro team compared to today. They were so bad by the 4th quarter my dad and i were the only two in front of the TV at sunday dinners. Everyone else was doing other things. Ahhh memories.

[@EdsterIII]

I could seriously watch every year from every team's history. These videos are so awesome and interesting, as well as informative. Truly a great 📹video📹 Thank you!

[@russellseilhamer4552]

I like watching highlights of bad teams in the 70s. They show plays from 5 or 6 different angles; every team no matter how bad has a bunch of plays where they stop the run cold. They’ll isolate a few plays, a few games and stretch it out to 22 minutes. John Fascenda and the music always makes these highlight films interesting. In. 1978, Green Bay was one of the surprises of the NFL with James Lofton and Terrell Middleton. Dickey was hurt and Whitehurst was OK. They were 6-1-1 at the midway point but collapsed badly in the second half finishing 8-7-1. The defense as shown in this video was a major strength.

[@joealbanese3153]

Great seeing these old highlights!

[@jamesguitarshields]

1:16 “They were never blown out of a game” - if that statement makes your highlight reel then you know that you’ve had a rough season.

[@tommythomason6187]

HA HA!

[@cfoster81]

During the days when the Packers split their home games between Lambeau Field in Green Bay and County Stadium in Milwaukee. I always wondered how the Packers decided which home games would be played in Green Bay and which games that would be played in Milwaukee

[@johnblaesel5493]

Milwaukee usually got the dud teams except for Dallas once in a while.

[@benwollner193]

11 TDs from scrimmage that season. Yikes. Things will get better. I love watching these.

[@howardcosell2022]

Things would not get better until they would get Lynn Dickey back as a F/T starter in 1980

[@russellseilhamer4552]

The Pack lacked a breakaway back like a Walter Payton, their biggest problem was keeping any QB upright in those days. And the receiver position was lacking; they did draft James Lofton in 1978. Even bottom tier teams played defense back in 1977, they were above average there but not enough to overcome their expansion team quality offense

[@jordandr.j4789]

Ah yes, David Whitehurst, father of Clipboard Jesus, Charlie Whitehurst

[@SamWesting]

Fred Carr & Willie Buchanon deserve to be in the HOF. But because they played for GB during the lean years, they have no SB rings & rarely got national TV exposure.

[@edpinkerton7947]

Not a chance

[@edpinkerton7947]

Carr was a very good linebacker was he as good as Dave Robenson he’ll no that’s why he’s not in the HOF

[@SamWesting]

@@edpinkerton7947 Carr didn’t have the same level of talent supporting him like Robinson did (Nitschke, Davis, Adderley Wood, Jordan, etc.) Not much of a football mind if you didn’t recognize that.

[@edpinkerton7947]

You sir are correct me & all the HOF voters are all simple minded unlike your superior intelligence & pro scouting experience you possess. I hope whatever NFL team your running wins the super bowl every year 🤣😂🤣😂

[@SamWesting]

@@edpinkerton7947 Sorry if you don’t understand the concept that players are more easily able to establish HOF credentials & receive recognition when they play for winning teams & are surrounded w/talent.

[@tommythomason6187]

At least, this one wasn't called, "The Road Back," lol. That's reserved for teams that have crashed and burned.

[@scottconner3726]

43 Years Ago

[@JoshZepnick]

Just go away

[@brettfavreify]

If you wonder why NFL Films won so many Emmy awards, it's because they could make chicken salad out of chicken sh*t with the '77 Packers.

[@anthonyhengst2908]

And then James Lofton came along and won a game or two more.

[@ianross806]

There's a reason why NFL Films won all those Emmy awards. They can make chicken salad out of chicken...

[@russellseilhamer4552]

I love John Fascenda but the writing was funny stuff like at the end of the video where he says the Packers are “2 or 3 players away from having a very good defense lol or this team has the capabilities of being very good but they just lack consistency 😜. The 78 Packers featured James Lofton as a rookie, Terdell Middleton had 1000 yards rushing and Ezra Johnson had 20.5 sacks. They began the year 7-2 and finished 8-7-1. Over the final 9 games they averaged a paltry 7 points a game in one of the worst collapses in NFL history. The offense was atrocious in the second half of the season

[@travismiller4320]

61-49-6 Bears ( 26-0 Chicago ) 62-49-6 Bears ( 21-10 Chicago )

[@charleswoodhouse4754]

God them , the Lions and Bears sucked in the 70s

[@Fireyninjadog]

A historicaly terrible offense. 11 tds all year. Their pass defense was strong, but could only win 4 games because lynn dickey and David Whitehurst can't throw a football

[@brians7181]

lipstick on a pig