1978 NFL Pittsburgh at Cleveland 10 15 1978

[@re8746]

I am 54 and remember I could not wait to watch football on Sundays with my dad. This is what I grew up with. I was eight years old in 78.

[@user-ob6tl8sx6r]

I was 7 years old at the time and every Sunday we would all go to my friends house who used to live right down the hall from me and crowd around the TV with snacks waiting for the halftime highlights 😉

[@jacobm5167]

Are you from western pa?

[@graysonbillings6400]

i thought i wrote this comment. my sentiments, EXACTLY. i am the same age too. I COULDN'T WAIT for the NBC pregame show every Sunday starting at 12:30pm. Also, being a Steeler fan living in Cleveland, i didn't get to see all the Steeler games. but ALWAYS when playing Cleveland of course. And when i couldn't see my Steelers, i couldn't wait to watch the highlights from the day before on Monday Night Football!!!

[@re8746]

@@graysonbillings6400 I grew up in Austin. We got Dallas as did most and the Oilers every Sunday.

[@graysonbillings6400]

@@re8746 my FAVORITE games to watch were when the Steelers played the Cowboys. of course. But maybe even more so, when the Steelers played the Oilers. Especially the Monday Night Games i can still see the signs in the Astrodome, "LOVE YA BLUE"; and that song, "Houston Oilers, Houston Oilers, Houston Oilers Number One!" I wish the Oilers would go back to Houston. Such a great Era

[@GeorgeWashingtonX]

I miss the games played on leftover baseball diamonds.. Rams used to do this down in Anaheim too..

[@hocusfokusdotcom]

this is the football i grew up watching. maybe it's just me but it seemed rougher in those days, yardage was hard to gain, and scrimmage play was brutal. lots of helmet first collisions. thanks for posting!

[@joesloadeddiaper3007]

Football is still the sport to watch. Baseball used to be exciting but now it's boring to watch, too many homeruns and not enough good pitching anymore, and the season is way too long, and NBA basketball is boring.

[@hocusfokusdotcom]

@@joesloadeddiaper3007 the nfl has changed the rules up drastically for the modern game so the scoring would open up. and the air game is so precise, with so many of the qb's being top notch, double threat athletes. you know, that cte thing is for real, and last sunday's games i noticed that many of the stadiums were almost half empty. a sports writer for my local paper told me that the nfl is going to be struggling in the next 15 years. the refs are calling the head first hits super tight as well, look at the penalty assessed to vontaze the other day. pretty trippy.

[@PRHILL9696]

We all miss real football like this

[@primateproductions126]

PRHILL9696 Amen to that!

[@muffs55mercury61]

Yes it was smashmouth in those days. Fun to watch and remembering our younger days.

[@helpinghal]

"Tackle made by Tony Dungy" on the opening kickoff

[@SCRANE1115]

Also, at 9:00, announced as an extra DB. All good stuff.

[@jsbc1988]

Dungy was a good QB in college

[@123slasher.16]

@@jsbc1988 from Jackson, MI, home of Jackson State Prison.

[@depaola63]

I was 15 on this day ! THIS, IS FOOTBALL !! Classic era ! I am so blessed to have come up when I did ! { 1970's & 80's !! BEST EVER in many ways !! The Music too !

[@dannyjohnson8122]

We've got a lot in common. I too was 15 living in Pittsburgh. Haven't watched the full video yet but this could be my one and only game I attended. Agree about the music too.

[@depaola63]

@@dannyjohnson8122 ✊❤️

[@depaola63]

✊ I was in Pitt ,California East Bay Area 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@darthhappy577]

I was at this game with my grandfather. I was 14.

[@primateproductions126]

Nice! I was 15. I also attended some games during the 70s. Wasn’t this a great time to be a kid ? Also the NFL was so much better during this era. No player acting like A complete idiot after they make a great play. Glad I grew up when I grew up

[@muffs55mercury61]

@@primateproductions126 Oh same here. I wouldn't want to be 24 now (my age in 1978)

[@OSUalum41]

The audio is from the Pittsburgh radio broadcast. Cool video.

[@chicken_953]

Yea, your right! Jack Fleming! R.I.P.

[@sipesthebest128]

Nice upload, but the announcers are absolutely unlistenable. Shanley and Mueller forever!

[@tacey01]

sipesthebest Jack Fleming and Myron Cope. Legendary. Steeler trivia: Cope invented the iconic Terrible Towel®️. The trademarked Towel has produced a lot of money for charity since Cope thought it up back in ‘74. Lots of other teams have tried to start waving a team flag, but the Towel was the first and no team has come close to its popularity.

[@steeler63]

I was 15 years old and grew up watching those great 70's Steelers teams and watched all the Super Bowl victories under Chuck Noll. Jack Lambert was my favorite Steeler of all time. I had a giant Sports Illustrated poster of Jack Lambert on my bedroom wall. 4 Super Bowls in 6 years made the Steelers a dynasty in the 70's. Those were good times that I will never forget.

[@amoskowitz0103]

We're the same age. I was born in January 1963 - graduated from High School in Cumberland, MD in 1981 (Fort Hill High School)... I'll tell you what I like about these old broadcast the best - MYRON COPE! Mr. Pittsburgh!!! "Did yinz see 'at? He picked off a pass at the Brahns 47 yard line and took it dahn to the 15..." Brings back some GREAT memories.

[@bethgollmar1640]

I’m a few years younger, but I remember thinking that the Steelers were *supposed* to go to the Super Bowl very year. Then at my first job my telephone extension was 5658

[@dustyrustymusty3577]

Those were the days. Can never forget them.

[@sergiomenezes1236]

absolute gem to post this ... thank you.

[@user-ot9pt1sw6i]

Vikings,raiders, Steelers,rams,cowgirls, dolphin's,epic battles,wow

[@tennessee2828]

Wow. This was the day before I was born. Crazy.

[@zcam1969]

Cleveland Stadium always had 88,000 fans in that place

[@SixFeetUndr101]

I was just over 5 weeks old when this game was played. Love my Steelers!!!

[@joepalmieri530]

The steeler’s were just an amazing team! Watch them when I was young & to me that was football! Had so much talent!

[@GF-uj3ep]

Jack Lambert is a national treasure.

[@Bubbleb2]

Yes he is! Damn! Jack Lambert is what Steeler football is all about!!!!!

[@p.j.4738]

He never took any BS, He's always been my favorite Steeler.

[@thelouster680]

Those were the days

[@buckeyevinnie8456]

Agree we need those days back!!!

[@JonathanEBryant]

Thing I like back then was the an called his own plays

[@BASHEM72]

I was a Redskins fan in the early years of my life. I can truly say as a Redskins fan back then, that we loved the Steelers. Because they always beat those damn Cowboys that we couldn’t ! Lol

[@christophertracy2807]

Yes - because the Cowboys owned the Redskins back then

[@pittgradwayne]

57:14 mark, right after Larry Anderson's kickoff return for a TD, they show the Steelers sideline, and watch Dick Hoak flip off the Browns! Camera cuts away as soon as he does it! Just noticed that for the first time!

[@rudolphguarnacci197]

Wow! Wow+! Just finished the first half. Possibly the best first half i've ever watched!

[@jackkitchen737]

I watched both games that year between these two teams. What's amazing is Myron Cope, at 57:00, really comes up with some good analysis. That looks exactly like what happened on that kickoff return. Great rivalry back then.

[@SouthBaySteelers]

The great Jack Fleming. What a great voice of the Steelers.

[@raganpheneger]

Love my Browns - Crazy to see them lose. I grew up in the 80s when playing the Steelers were good for two of your wins in a season.

[@ohguy1991]

Me being a lifelong Steelers fans remember those days all to well. The 80's Steelers had some bad teams that got beat up on frequently

[@muffs55mercury61]

Back when the rivalry was something to write about. If a time machine existed I would have loved to go to one of these in the 70s or 60s. Of the Chuck Noll teams, the '78 was probably the best.

[@tacey01]

‘76 was the Steelers best team ever. Bradshaw injured in game 3. The D only gave up about 20 points the rest of the year. Amazing. That D started 9 players in the pro bowl.

[@oynque27]

I remember watching this game at the Delta Chi house in Erie in college. The local channel switched in the 3rd quarter to the Bills game. They said they were contractually obliged to show Bills games, which they had NEVER done before! Unbelievable.

[@yellowveedub]

When football was real. Make football great again

[@garynixon9035]

my Dad used to take me to the old Municipal Stadium to watch the Browns loved how the baseball infield is part of the playing field OLD SCHOOL FOOTBALL AT ITS BEST !!!!!

[@huxleykylo5711]

sorry to be so off topic but does anyone know of a method to log back into an instagram account?? I somehow forgot my password. I would love any tricks you can give me.

[@joelernesto7327]

@Huxley Kylo Instablaster :)

[@user-ot9pt1sw6i]

Watch Steelers at vikings Monday night football October 4,1976 holy moly, a battle with probably 20 hall a famers

[@vincentveliz5118]

How many hall of famers,all pros,and super bowl winning players are on that team...dam

[@KeithFroehlich07]

57:10 Steelers assistant I believe Dick Hoak giving the Browns the cross arm salute with an added middle finger.

[@williamyanosko4010]

Jack Fleming and Myron Cope...what a great local broadcast team...this is when they were really at the top of their game...this is so much better than todays grossly overhyped over officiated and grossly overanalyzed imitation of this example of what classic football was... this is a typical example of what football was and why it was so popular....tough men playing ball....no overanimated buffoons mugging for the camera after every play....name one of todays players who would have been dragged off the field and gone back in the game like Jack Ham did...they would have just called it a day and collected the paycheck in todays game..

[@muffs55mercury61]

Not from Pittsburgh but I always like to hear local personalities such as this.

[@tacey01]

Mark B Fensler the nasal announcer is Myron Cope. A wonderful human being.

[@RabahRayanNabilEl16]

1:13:45 is one of my favorite throws of all time, come to think of it in my top ten throws of all time Terry Bradshaw has three of em in there, I just love the way he threw the rock, I would always see this in the highlights but to finally see it here is GREAT

[@lindamerchant123]

Great rivalry no pushovers

[@Miadolph]

Love football back then, don’t watch it today. Don’t like the pristine fields, protecting quarterbacks like they are made of glass, the crappy people who play the game, the wokeness. Give me a field with mud and baseball diamond on it. Players played then, not the specialization they have today.

[@jaycompany4886]

This era was the Brown's best days ever

[@howardklein2368]

Memories. Jack Fleming and the great Myron Cope. The Terrible Towel. All we need is Bob Prince and Nellie King. That would be nifty.

[@dustyrustymusty3577]

Sometimes I was surprised that Myron Cope didn't have a heart attack.

[@charlesboone9547]

My sister was born during this game was played WOW

[@johnbroadway4196]

OH how I remember that game.

[@ozzieray]

All the calls on the field are called by the officials. No having to wait five minutes for them to watch the replay.

[@pianomanfred1948]

I"d rather wait and get it right!

[@EatinOffMyOwnPlate]

@@pianomanfred1948 not me

[@ronflatter1235]

Goal posts were not cantilevered. Had to be because the Indians did not want the one on the south end driven into the mound. Look closely, and with the padding right on the line, the crossbar was apparently a foot behind the end line.

[@KeithFroehlich07]

Jack Fleming was so good. Even during his final seasons in 1992 and 1993 was still calling the good game and had to put up with Cope's ever-increasing drunken ramblings. Fleming never sounded as bad as Bill Hillgrove does now.

[@Phan-Xu]

I’m m convinced; Gerela was paid to kick for the other team!

[@mrg8581]

Roy Gerela one of the last NFL players to wear a long sleeve football jersey. 0:04

[@KeithFroehlich07]

Not true. A lot of people didn't know this but Jack Lambert also wore long jersey's every game he played. The long sleeves were covered by his arm pads.

[@tommythomason6187]

By late in the 1st quarter, it's obvious that Pittsburgh's defense is no ordinary defense. They are everywhere.

[@marshja56]

Myron Cope, yoy!

[@josephanderson7237]

Mr. March Double yoy!

[@conditionallyunconditional5691]

Some real raw football! 👏👏🤩

[@mikeborgmann]

I went to the last ever steelers Brown's game in Cleveland municipal stadium... It was 95 and art model would take his team to Baltimore the next year

[@igotchu4233]

This quality pretty for😂 for the 70s😊

[@user-ys2wp4cr9g]

Jack Lambert a.k.a Count Jackula 🦹

[@sdkgboe]

Is this Pitt radio timed up to the TV broadcast or was this the national tv feed ?

[@fpopee]

Dirt Winston was bookin' on that kick return. Impressive

[@martyyoung3611]

The 2019 Steelers need a head coach like Chuck Noll.

[@ozzcooper]

He merely needs to bring Bradshaw, Harris, Stallworth, Swann, Webster, Greene, Ham, Lambert, and Blount with him....and those are just the hall-of-famers.

[@martyyoung3611]

@@ozzcooper, he could do it, if he was still around, with the current team. All they need is their lazy asses kicked and motivated. The Affirmative Action coach they have now just pats their ass and lets them get by with playing sloppily.

[@PRHILL9696]

I am shocked they have not fired the coach in all these years!

[@PRHILL9696]

@Deese Knutz true

[@mcdonoghrahloh459]

They actually do.

[@mikebridges7294]

I know this may not be extremely important BUT, I believe it's extremely rare...as a matter of fact I have never seen this before, and it just caught my eye when he caught the ball. I don't really know how long Rucker (#33 Browns) was on the field or, if what he was wearing near the end of the game was a replacement but, he had a 2 bar gray facemask, and in today's Football the NFL takes continuity very seriously. I figured the same would have been the norm in the '70s or any other time. Like I said, it's something I don't ever remember seeing watching games back in the '70s, and up until now....including College Football.

[@kellygrudzinski184]

Notice the kicker didn't flop to the ground!

[@ClemsonVOCFB]

They say Reggie Rucker was in his 6th year and went to Oklahoma. They were reading Gregg Pruitt's bio.

[@KeithFroehlich07]

56:38

[@krisscanlon4051]

Ham stuffed Pruitt! Cope Fleming calling it! Watch Greene jumped past a low block when Sipe is intercepted by Blount!

[@erichammer2751]

What a good football game.

[@SS-th9wz]

Late 1970s NFL football-where every team shifts 3 times and guys go in motion multiple times before every play is run - LOL. Started by Dallas Cowboys.

[@123slasher.16]

Dallas did all that shifting and the Steelers kicked their asses twice in 2 Super Bowls, beat them when Franco had his longest run ever and when LC Greenwood sent Staubach into retirement.

[@anthonybatulis6516]

Steeler radio announcers not NBC announcers. Many Steeler fans like me would listen to the radio while watching the game.

[@Steve-nm9qy]

The NFL before it was touch football

[@Biggdoom344]

Browns should have beat the Steelers the first game. They were looking game in this one but the KO return right before the half broke em. Steelers cruised from that point.

[@nickbigmann5228]

Do any Steeler fans know why they changed the numbers from these classic 70s - 80s uniforms to the way it looks now. ??

[@chicken_953]

I don't see the difference???

[@nickbigmann5228]

@@chicken_953 numbers are smaller, I dont think current unis look as good.

[@sdj6353]

Nick Big Mann Because there’re dumb.

[@tacey01]

Nick Big Mann the throwback jerseys and other odd stuff is to get fans to buy more merchandise. It’s about the money.

[@KeithFroehlich07]

1997 It was when they changed companies and their jerseys were made by Nike. They did it basically for money The fans want them to change it back but they won't listen. But they do wear these classic jerseys at least once a year plus color rush and those are also blocked numbers.

[@sharksbreath7]

I imagine Cleveland is sick of Steelers fans taking over their stadiums once every season.

[@dougprostak2932]

Not in the last few years

[@chicken_953]

Jack Fleming was a great radio broadcaster for the Steelers. However, it seemed like he was going denial his last year's.

[@fpopee]

Myron cope and jack flemming

[@gforce4all]

I never knew Gilbert Gottfried did football games.

[@marksweeney6869]

2 months old when this game was played. Fascinating watch

[@Watsonanaim]

It's amazing just how many of these players I remember. You can see how much faster and bigger todays players are. This is like Div iii college fb today. Note: My wife's cousin played with Brian Sipe on the 1961 El Cajon, Ca LLWS Champions team. Back then they played only other US teams (I forget the team they beat-from Texas, I know that).

[@leramfreeman2950]

Ridiculous comment by you. SMH

[@lindamerchant123]

Wasn't Tony Dungy colts head coach

[@robertdefrancesco949]

Yes

[@williamyanosko4010]

Wow..a trip down memory lane....Tony Dungy, Jack Hydroplane Deloplaine....all the classic Steelers of course....Randy Reutershan..sadly was killed in a training camp car accident the next year I believe....I got to see and meet a lot of these guys over the years as I grew up near St Vincent college where they still have their summer camp.....great times

[@larrymelman]

Reutershan's Wikipedia page says a November 1978 accident ended his career but is still alive as I write this.

[@williamyanosko4010]

@@larrymelman I thought someone got killed in that accident

[@3243_]

Well, the Giants' Troy Archer and the Cardinals' J.V. Cain both lost their lives in car accidents prior to the 1979 season.

[@larrymelman]

@@3243_ So what?

[@wetones]

44:30 Lambert ejection

[@depaola63]

That was a MAD CHEAP SHOT !! Shipe was already down and out of bounds !! HEADFIRST here comes Jack !! The Oakland Raiders of the 1970's were the dirty players of ALL TIME , but Pittsburgh was a close 2nd for playing dirty too !! Mel Blount tried to kill Cliff Branch every chance he got that decade ! I am 56 now and remember so well and LOVED The NFL from 1969-1999...Heartbreak Hotel every year for me as a Minnesota Viking fan ! ....2009 too vs, The Saints !! I don't even watch sports anymore, again, The NFL, NBA & MLB of my days were THE BEST EVER !!

[@jadentrez]

At the 56:00 mark, the Steelers look a little bit troubled. But then Larry Anderson runs a kick off back 96 yards for a TD. Myron Cope: THAT'LL TEACH THE BROWNIES!

[@steveconley4351]

The announcers are funny. One of them sounds like Joe Peci

[@VolumedMusicMan]

Pittsburgh radio station....

[@GF-uj3ep]

That is Myron Cope. was Pittsburgh's announcer for years. I would always turn the tv sound down and turn on the radio to hear him.

[@urdude67]

@@GF-uj3ep Thanks for the name. When I first heard his voice it made me laugh, but he grew on me. I like him! Nice duo.

[@tacey01]

Benji Ur-Dude Cope was an awesome guy and wonderful writer too. He had many articles published in sports illustrated over the years.

[@martyyoung3611]

Beaten Peters @ 1:14:12.

[@steelermia]

46:25 only lambert can do that with noll whoa lol

[@JohnDoe-nj3vj]

Voice of Roy Gerela? (6:56)

[@makingwaves4649]

The audio is from the radio broadcast. The Gerela font refers to the audio NBC was providing.

[@123slasher.16]

The flea flicker to Bennie Cunningham for the game winner. One of my greatest memories as a teenager.

[@pianomanfred1948]

That was the other game, at Three Rivers; this one was in Cleveland. And the Steelers never should've had the ball. Larry Anderson fumbled the overtime kickoff. The officials blew it. (hahaha, Browns fan, can you tell?). 8 years later, when Kosar to Slaughter TD in overtime beat the Steelers in Cleveland, Chuck Noll said it was the worst way to lose a football game. Much respect for former Brown Noll, but no Chuck, the flea-flicker was the worst way.

[@rileyjackfansmithandjones8238]

Would have loved to see Lambert, Skull slam that Ref off the Turf, and drag his lifeless body back to the Sideline. That is the beginning of "Don't touch the QB" and don't hit a receiver.

[@williammizebee]

Quite a few HOF guys on steelers 12 #32 #47 #58 #59? #75 WOW!!! Oh#88 #82 #52? #68 greenwood get in there LC

[@CJinsoo]

Man, this broadcast is hilarious, it is so much better than the game. There is righteous vindication from the crew when the Steelers run the kickoff back. Whoever these clowns are, their pictures are next to definition for “Homer” and “Bias” .

[@williamyanosko4010]

Hey dickhead...the broadcast team is Jack Fleming and Myron Cope the local Pittsburgh radio broadcast team...many people turned down the volume on their tvs and played the radio to hear these guys because they were Homer's as you put it....is another reason why the Steelers are still so popular to this day....Cope invented the terrible towel that you see everybody wave at steeler games and the millions generated in revenue by its sale go to a school for autistic that cared for his severely challenged son...I'm happy I was able to school you you smug dickhead millenial....

[@CJinsoo]

William Yanosko If you prefer a homer and bias, then this crew is the “best.” I can see why you’d turn down the TV.

[@tacey01]

William Yanosko it’s ok man. The Steelers are the World’s Team! Can you imagine even having to root for the Browns?? Lol!!

[@beaumichael6359]

The Browns colors were orange?

[@robertgates5164]

Orange, Brown and White.

[@oynque27]

Still are.

[@Ohionortheast]

When football players were men not brands

[@CJinsoo]

Broadcast is such a homer crowd. Lambert comes in late trying to spear the QB out of bounds, he charges the ref for throwing the flag, then turns and throws a punch at a Browns player on the sideline. The color commentator can’t believe it because he was reading the Steelers Program during the replay. Also, the homer broadcast never showed the full replay of the punch. Wait, finally the color broadcaster acknowledges, “maybe he threw a punch.” Too funny, what a broadcast crew.

[@darrylgriffin4650]

It's the Steelers radio broadcast with Jack Fleming on play by play and Myron Cope is the analyst

[@dougprostak2932]

Maybe he threw a punch Lambert did throw a punch what were u watching cope

[@CJinsoo]

@@dougprostak2932 46 years later, youtube serves as cold case solvers pursuing justice. Lambert gets a ding for dirty play.

[@johnglenn30csardas]

The inimitable Myron Cope!

[@Phan-Xu]

The Brownies! lol 😂!

[@HockeyMetalRPG]

My 8th birthdat

[@SteveAustin.]

I was almost 7.5 yrs...still remember these days

[@jaycompany4886]

Anyone who knows wrestling....the commentator sounds like. "Wrestling manager Jim the tennis racket. Cornette"

[@joeylyons4549]

This is just old time hard hitting football. No BS. No half of the crowd and viewers worshiping Taylor Swift and that asshole Travis Kelce. That shit wouldn’t fly then. Oh for the old days

[@watchalay74]

3 time Super Bowl Champion asshole is his correct title.

[@briansmith8730]

57:08 THAT'LL TEACH THE BROWNIES!!!

[@Fireyninjadog]

Jack fleming and myron cope

[@CJinsoo]

I thought that was an alien talking when the color broadcaster piped up, who was that?

[@skullthumper8646]

Myron cope.

[@tacey01]

Hurricaneplays Cope invented the Terrible Towel. Google it.

[@sgt.barnes5218]

Todays Steelers can't hold a candle to this team, too many soft guys on the team.

[@a1aprospects470]

Wasn't this the year the Browns won the Super Bowl? Wait... that's right. The Browns have never even been to a Super Bowl.

[@watchalay74]

They've won 2 as the Baltimore Ravens.

[@a1aprospects470]

@@watchalay74 Nope. The BALTIMORE Ravens won 2 Super Bowls. CLEVELAND has won ZERO. Do people in Minneapolis lay claim to the LA Lakers rings since 1960, or does Philly claim the Oakland As world series rings? Sad man. Meanwhile, growing up as a kid in Pittsburgh the Steelers won 4 and they've played in a Super Bowl every decade of my life except the current one, which isn't even half over yet.

[@Retiredmco]

When football was real!!! Not the 2 hand touch game of today!!!!

[@brianbrowley1249]

Game looks boring 😴 😒 😑

[@cortchiewelch9492]

them steelers look like they're on steroids.

[@Moment-14]

They are

[@mattwatters5702]

What an annoying announcer with his New York accent.

[@garthornspike3648]

I didn't know Gilbert Gottfried was a football commentator.