1978 11 27 MNF Pittsburgh Steelers at San Francisco 49ers

[@muffs55mercury61]

Amazing that the 49ers were 2-14 for the year and would be winning the Super Bowl a little more than three years later. When Walsh became head coach, he inherited quite a piece of work (just like Chuck Noll did nine years earlier with Pittsburgh) and did an amazing turnaround. 1978 had some good games on MNF. R.I.P. Candlestick Park. PS: Thank you for the Moscone-Milk news coverage clips.

[@WaltGekko]

Actually, the 49ers by this point already had some key players of those first two Super Bowl teams. It took Walsh time to get the rest of the pieces.

[@johnmarshall6088]

And 2-14 the next year under Bill Walsh

[@paulsonj72]

@@johnmarshall6088Same record but I would say a much better team as they lost a lot of close games in 1979.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Im surprised they played this game after what happened earlier in the day in SF

[@macktravels68]

I was at this game and met both O.J Simpson and Howard Cosell. I was 10 years old.

[@frankandrews9522]

I was there, too. Dad & I were in upper reserve, section 46. No such luck in meeting the Juice and Cosell, but good for you, Michael!

[@jasonbertalotto2355]

@@frankandrews9522 Did you know that this was blacked out on ABC because of the situation in City Hall?

[@frankandrews9522]

@@jasonbertalotto2355 No, I don't recall that.

[@joseph60us]

My dad and I, along with a couple of friends, attended this game! We sat in some of Candlestick's worst sets, in the lower corner of the end zone. It was really quite the yawner of a game; the Steelers were 11 point favorites as I recall, so they covered. One thing I remember: a large banner over the upper deck railing that read, in big red letters, BLANK HOWARD. It stayed up until well into the third quarter, when a couple of guys in 49er blazers came up there and ripped it down.

[@artytoons]

Bradshaw and the Steel Curtain vs the going-to-be 2-14 49ers. No contest.

[@jadentrez]

At this point in the season, the Steelers needed an easy game like this. After a hot 7-0 start, they stumbled in tough losses to Houston and L.A. Their offense was sputtering. This game allowed them to get back on track, and the rest of the season they went 8-0, including the Super Bowl.

[@jamalmccoy1982]

1978 was such a dominating year for the steelers 14-2 in the regular season. ....

[@ronvandergroen419]

I was there , back when fans would get onto the field after the game .

[@geebee380]

I was born on this day in San Francisco. Lifelong niner fan what are the chances.

[@mikegarcia7672]

Powerful stuff about Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Milk.

[@frankdenardo8684]

Yuckity Yucks Tees I remember watching Van Amburg on KGO, ABC 7 News and speaking about the events at San Francisco city Hall.

[@paulsonj72]

@@frankdenardo8684 This game was blacked out in San Francisco so it didn’t air. I wonder what would have happened if the game had not been blacked out via TV coverage.

[@frankdenardo8684]

@@paulsonj72 KGO AKA ABC 7 was heavily covering the murderers of George Moscone and Harvey Milk and it was a local news story. Van Amburg and Jerry Jensen were in the studio providing updates on this incident along with the field reporters. Also KPIX 5, and KRON 4 also pre-empted regularly scheduled programming as well.

[@jasonbertalotto2355]

@@paulsonj72 That would have been interesting

[@tommyparkerparker]

This was 45 years ago tonight.

[@toddpence1970]

49er receiver Mike Shumann tells the story about how he was lined up across from Pittsburgh cornerback Mel Blount. Blount was taunting him, yelling "Where do you think you're going, son?" Shumann replied "Wherever you want me to go, Mr. Blount." Hard to believe this 49er team would be champs in just three years.

[@shannonrhett3304]

😆

[@alexciocca4451]

I love to arch Franco run he even had strut walking back to the huddle

[@kidmack1121]

Holy Cats! I certainly remember what happened that day. The Principal cancelled the rest of the school day and told us to go home. What I didn't remember is that is was on a Monday. Eerie ...

[@SEATTLEPOSEIDON32]

This game was a black out in NorCal

[@gregcrane4953]

Cosell: The Steelers defense is great, but predictable. Therefore the young 49ers might do well against this defense. 49ers offense: ...

[@82dorrin]

The Steelers' defense was the goddamn Steel Curtain. One of the greatest defenses of all time. The 1978 49ers averaged 13.7 points a game on offense.

[@davidclaycomb4287]

Cosell seemed to want to talk shit on the Steelers. Useless

[@williamhicks7736]

I wouldn’t take that as a dig. Howard said they were ‘great’…. the add on of ‘predictable’ means “you can see that they know what they’re doing…”

[@skipbolance]

Need to find a way to Digitally clean up video

[@muffs55mercury61]

VHS players had to be frequently cleaned which probably many didn't do. Also people often bought cheap tapes which never produced a good picture, tracked poorly and often failed prematurely.

[@SingleTax]

By the end of this season, the 49ers were in obvious need of a new quarterback. If you examine the 1979 NFL draft, it's absolutely amazing how many times *several* teams (e.g. Chicago, Denver, etc.) who were equally desperate for a new quarterback *passed over* Montana before San Francisco finally selected him at the very end of the 3rd round.

[@frankdenardo8684]

SingleTax they only beat the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa bay buccaneers. this game features hall of famers such as Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Lynn swann, Joe Greene, Jack Lambert, Jack ham, O J Simpson. also Don Meredith and Frank Gifford doing the game

[@conni70]

and i guarantee you, there's not a single person in that stadium who would have guessed in just 3 seasons they'd be SB champs...

[@conni70]

don't underestimate how valuable hiring Bill Walsh and drafting Ronnie Lott was

[@DNSKansas]

@@conni70 And trading for Fred Dean

[@kidmack1121]

@@DNSKansas And Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds He was the equivalent of a player/coach for that young team.

[@LogoAttitude]

Blacked out on KGO Bay Area, KNTV Monterey Bay (now NBC Bay Area), and KOVR Sacramento (now CBS)

[@paulsonj72]

Blacked out due the 72 hour in advance sellout rule. Prior to that ALL home games were blacked out within a certain distance of the home teams stadium.

[@davidmadras721]

This game (directly or indirectly) was the impetus for which led to the decisions that had become the 80’s dynasty; ironically.

[@DNSKansas]

4:35 Roberson, Lewis, Jury and Crist. Not quite as good as Hicks, Wright, Lott and Williamson.

[@ernestboykin3rd706]

Not even in the same galaxy as those 4 my man lol

[@buckwheatROCKS]

OJ was running for the 49ers that year

[@matta3968]

He sure did, and 17 years later he murdered his wife and her fling.

[@kidmack1121]

I thought he came the next year along with the installation of "natural" turf.

[@paulsonj72]

@@kidmack1121 He was traded in the 1978 offseason back home to San Francisco.

[@kidmack1121]

@@paulsonj72 I was still confused, as to why I remembered the '79 season being his first, so as always when I want to know anything FOOTBALL, a brief vist to Profootballref. tightened things up. He only played in the first 10 games of the season, missed the last four starts including this MNF game against the Steelers. I believe he received more press on his return for the '79 season (possibly because of his announced retirement) than he did on debut for the scarlet and nugget gold in '78 I more so remembered it being rumored that he wanted to finish up here, rather than his actual coming, arriving. That, and as I mentioned, the grass being put in at Candlestick for '79. Well, it's all gone now...

[@grxracer-1606]

The weekend of the Jim Jones terrorisim and suicide massacre in Jonestown, Guyana. 900 dead. So called Peoples Temple. My God. I was in Jr. High remember feeling so sorry for the people of San Francisco losing their mayor and their city supervisor to a deranged ex-cop loser Dan White. He got off on manslaughter. He ate to many Twinkies. Well it wasn,t the Ho Ho,s. Steelers- 24/49ers-7. I will never forget.

[@paulsonj72]

That was the weekend before. Here on You Tube there is an NFL today had time show with a CBS news special report regarding the assassination of Congresman Leo Ryan

[@rmh3283]

Horrible video quality

[@castiellight4142]

On a scale of 1 to 10?🤔

[@chrissnyder3430]

Post your better quality copy then! Oh wait, you ain't got one! Sit down, shut up, and pass the popcorn you over opinionated bitch!😁

[@davidclaycomb4287]

Poor quality but still glad it's posted up.

[@jasonxland4399]

actually not that bad for a 40+ year old vcr recording