1981 AFC Championship GOTW - Chargers vs Bengals - The Freezer Bowl

[@Coop886]

Harry Kalas, Howard Cosell and John Facenda, legendary voices and the music is just the cherry on the top

[@adamdorgant9454]

True!!!!

[@thrillagorilla11]

BIGTIME

[@frederickjefferson2289]

You lost me at Cosell, but I agree with the other two.

[@howardcosell2022]

@@frederickjefferson2289 What?

[@Tomk914]

I love Harry Kalas for his duties with the Phillies, and he also does a great job with these old NFL films.

[@jamesmccormick875]

I remember this game, I was in first grade. This was the first year Cincinnati had new helmets and uniforms. My dad is a die hard Bengals fan and a giant Kenny Anderson fan. We lived in Youngstown/Warren OH area where I grew up. It was very cold there too and we were getting snow. My dad was worried that the tv antenna would freeze up and we wouldn’t get a great reception of the game on our big heavy counsel tv. We had that rotor that sat on top of the tv and the giant antenna on the roof with the metal ladder going up to it. We had no remote and got 3 channels and 4-5 on a really good day. My dad screamed and yelled the entire game as was usual for him, but he was so happy at the end. I could have sworn I saw some idiot drunk fan with their shirt off during this game. I remember that years super bowl as well. My dad didn’t take any chances on missing that game. We went to my Aunt and Uncles house where they had cable to watch that game. San Fran was the bane of the Bengals in the 80’s. Two super bowl losses, both to the 49’s and to a head coach that worked for the Bengals under Paul Brown (and created the west coast offense for Cincinnati) Bill Walsh.

[@adamdorgant9454]

Thanks for Sharing!!!!

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

Great story! Your memory is correct in that there were several crazy drunk fans who had their shirts off during the game. There are photos of them online even. Completely insane.

[@mrg8581]

@@PhilAndersonOutside The booze must have warmed them up.

[@joellynshort3949]

I remember the game too - only we we were in Michigan cheering on the chargers 😂 It was cold there too, we had no power so we sat in my grandparents house with a wood burning stove and a radio.

[@MeIn321]

The greatest game I ever saw was the week before, Miami and San Diego. This was the winner's reward..the Tundra!

[@adamdorgant9454]

You’re right about that!!!

[@sidneymcdavid]

It’s too bad Ken Anderson is not in the hall of fame. He deserves to be. I watched this game live. I was so happy the bengals won and I was confident before the game that they would

[@LesterMoore]

A tremendous asset to those Bengal clubs.

[@beeemm2578]

Kenny absolutely should be in. He played the hell out of the QB position. The difference between him and Bradshaw was the amount of Hall of Famers surrounding them.

[@nymike06]

Remember this like yesterday. Kind of felt bad for the Chargers. They were coming off the epic OT win the week before vs Miami in Miami. Many key players were drained and dehydrated from the humid weather and then one week later the Chargers were forced to play in one of the coldest games in league history. They simply didn't have a chance despite having an excellent, explosive team.

[@beeemm2578]

As do I. Football was at its zenith. So many good games. I miss this era. I live in NE Ohio so we were sharing in that weather. 'Brutal ' doesn't even begin to cover it. 🥶

[@nymike06]

@@beeemm2578 I also miss that era of the NFL. The league has changed so much since then and for the worse. Nevertheless, it's a historical game due to the extreme temperatures.

[@thelonerick]

I remember that day so well. Had the worst hangover in my life due to over indulgence in moon shine at a bachelor party.

[@nymike06]

@@thelonerick Moon Shine is no joke lol

[@efrenwilliams9118]

Ken Anderson underrated. Great season, great dropback technique. Just ran up against Super Joe

[@jlh4jc]

In 1967, Forrest Gregg played in the Ice Bowl for the Packers. About 15 years later, he coached the Bengals in the Freezer Bowl.

[@adamdorgant9454]

You’re right about that!!!!

[@RoyPage1970]

The Bengals game was colder​@@adamdorgant9454

[@RoyPage1970]

The Bengals game was colder​@@adamdorgant9454

I remember this game.. I remember watching it on television.. I was 8 years old.. January 10,1982

[@sebastiangonzalez-pf7zi]

One of the greatest games ....gracias señor to upload .

[@adamdorgant9454]

I know Right!!!!

[@ChristopherHagee]

Game played on January 10, 1982 (Sun.) in Cincinnati, Ohio's former Riverfront Stadium

[@juliansmith1951]

The San Diego chargers in 1981 went from playing in 95 degrees Miami to the freezing weather conditions in Cincinnati

[@edmondwynn174]

WOW !!!!! IT WAS - 9 IN Cincinnati that day Dick Enberg & Merlin Olsen called game for NBC that day and they looked like they were FREEZING!!!!!!

[@juliansmith1951]

@@edmondwynn174 Think the phone walk up call good morning Mr Fouts the weather conditions is very cold the windchill is -9 degrees have a pleasant day

[@adamdorgant9454]

I know Right!!!

[@adamdorgant9454]

@@edmondwynn174 True!!!!

[@edwardoutlawjr8154]

Talk about two extremes

[@vincentd9531]

I grew up around Dan Ross. My father was partners with him in business and had been friends long before that in Boston. Guy was a beast. One of the nicest dudes I ever met. RIP.

[@adamdorgant9454]

Thanks for Sharing!!!!

[@adamdorgant9454]

Great video!!!!

[@mrg8581]

Rest in peace Riverfront Stadium.

[@smoothoperator7023]

Ken Anderson knocked silly with a concussion & comes right back in the game....🤕

[@craighouse1279]

I remember playing in this game. My joints still ache every morning from the frostbite I received. I peed down my leg and it froze in place, leaving an icicle of desecration in place.

[@erichagan8992]

What position did you play?

[@craighouse1279]

@@erichagan8992 Lapham here, played at Guard.

[@adamdorgant9454]

Is that Right?

[@erichagan8992]

@@craighouse1279 Went on the Bengals roster for 81 season and don't see your name

[@craighouse1279]

@@erichagan8992 This is an alias. Lapham here.

[@mrg8581]

8:55. Nice catch Collinsworth

[@xdmaster7888]

People who hear the stats on the weather here may not realize how incredibly dangerous it was to be outside on this day. This is the kind of cold that can kill people.

[@RedtheCat2014]

Today they would postpone it

[@xdmaster7888]

That's an interesting consideration@@RedtheCat2014. AFAIK, there has never been an NFL game that was so much as paused for freezing conditions.

[@JAWrightonline]

Didn't know that Roger Goodell had a burner account.

[@Jdwify]

I remember watching this game on tv that absolutely FRIGID Sunday afternoon. I never doubted for a moment that the Bengals would win. The Bengals were ultimately much better prepared for the weather conditions and their opponent, the San Diego Chargers. I only wish that later on that day that Dwight Clark of San Francisco had NOT made the heroic catch against Dallas. I really think that Cincinnati could've beaten the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl 16.

[@jeremykrause153]

Just watching this makes me feel cold.

[@donwilcox728]

Wow I never realized that the Bengals beat the Chargers in the regular season or else this game would have been played in San Diego.

[@franksylva9031]

Bengals clobbered Chargers 40-17 in San Diego

[@Jdwify]

Yes, Cincinnati won the game played in San Diego in early November, 1981 by a final score of I think 40-17.

[@thequintanashow5058]

On artificial turf!?!? Holy sh*t!!!!

[@adamdorgant9454]

Sadly yes!!!

[@mrg8581]

More like painted concrete.

[@jcdova29]

A missed field goal and two end zone interceptions thrown by Fouts were the difference in the game. Then there were the two fumbles by the Chargers. One team adapted to the weather better than the other.

[@LesterMoore]

Which game was more cold. This one or the Green Bay/Dallas Cowboy Ice Bowl? Both were miserable for the players I'm sure. At least the fans had hot coffee and knit face covering like armored car robbers used back then.

[@sportsfisher9677]

Cincinnati

[@danreed5619]

I love it: Freezer bowl weather. Today they would never play a game like that in those conditions

[@adamdorgant9454]

Probably not!!!

[@mrg8581]

Nor will it be that cold again. Thanks to Weather modification, Chemtrails and Geoengineering.

[@sportsfisher9677]

Well in KC yesterday was -4 so yes they would.

[@mariepavlov2425]

can u upload NFL Review and Preview - 1981 AFC and NFC Championship Game review and a preview of Super Bowl XVI and NFL Review and Preview - 1981 Divisional Playoffs review and a preview of the AFC/NFC Championship Games and NFL Review and Preview - 1981 AFC and NFC Wild Card Playoff review and a preview of the AFC/NFC Divisional Playoffs?

[@edmondwynn174]

AFC Wild Card - Buffalo at N.Y. Jets - NBC NFC Wild Card - N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia- CBS

[@mrg8581]

Bengal Tiger outfit. 2:25.

[@jasonwardy8192]

Home.field.advantage, plain and simple. Cincy played just fine, Chargers were corpses at kickoff.

[@Eazy-ERyder]

13:03 God awfully Obvious DROP 13:30 Break for the Chargers or Karma?

[@michaelliebers3211]

Ken Anderson and Cincinnati Bengals beat Air Coryell San Diego Chargers 27-7 with minus 13 degrees and beat chargers earlier 40-18 at San Diego with Bengals Hall Of Fame player Packers Forrestt Gregg a vince Lombardi packer player.

[@toddm9501]

This is The Raiders music!

[@michaelliebers3211]

Cris Collinsworth a rookie Wide Receiver greatest bengals player usc Anthony Munoz guard Hall Of Famer

[@craighouse1279]

I was a good one, but playing next to Anthony Munoz, he was always the best one. Before every game he would eat a big plate of refried beans and then shit on himself. His steaming loads would keep the defenders away and make him slippery. That day was so cold he had shitcicles stuck to his hairy legs.

[@adamdorgant9454]

Yes, now that you mentioned it!!!!

[@donkeydnd]

Hi jeff

[@FaceManBuddha]

🙏🕉🌸

[@jeffcooper4605]

Hey sis

[@RoyPage1970]

Remember it like it was yesterday also and the chargers never stood a chance in the bloody pits of Hades of winning the game in that kind of weather and that 50 yard field goal attempt is still the most stupidest play in the history of the playoffs

[@Clint45s]

…Noooo wayyyy, I just so happen to click on this vid, and today’s date is January 10th 2022, and this game???January 10th 1981…Nooo wayyyyy!!! Say…what time is it??? Why, well… it’s 10:00pm January 10th 2022… noooo wayyyyy??? Yes… wayyyyy !!! Here’s the reality: Biden sucks , covid was a plot, and we suck as a dummied down Nation… and the rest is, yessss, the Huey Lagumby wayyyyy..lol

[@jillconner5062]

This game was played in 82 after the 81 season

[@adamdorgant9454]

You’re right about that!!!!

[@adamdorgant9454]

@@jillconner5062 You’re right about that!!!

[@williammorton3359]

Cin. Should have won the super bowl that year. They had the best team. But they took the 49er’s light. That’s why they are losers.

[@sportsfisher9677]

They did not take SF Fran light. SF was also great.