1981 NFL Season Highlights & Super Bowl XVI Highlights

[@MadAngel209]

Bill Walsh was actually using the same plays that he used when he was an Offensive Coordinator for The Bengals.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Yup...the touchdown Montana threw to Earl Cooper was a play they hadn't used since Walsh's first season in 1979, a staple play from the Bengals of the early to mid 70's.

[@thedarkchild86]

The decade of the 80s football was the best .....

[@vinnydepasquale3207]

Real football!!!

[@theeditorialsuite1070]

And my Niners were its KING.

[@adamdorgant9454]

True!!!

[@adamdorgant9454]

@@vinnydepasquale3207Agreed!!!!

[@bb-gc2tx]

@@adamdorgant9454 everything was the best especially in early 80s from sports movies indiana jones rocky 3 poltergeist music van halen billy squier journey tv chips dallas threes company and just life in general society today is a disaster compared to back then

[@battlestarmarc]

super bowl xvi was great. 49ers were awesome in the 80's.

[@arturowagner4728]

I was 10 in 1981. First NFL season I watched religiously. Almost every game. My dad flew us in his plane to San Francisco for the NFC Championship game. I was fullly decked in Cowboy merchandise. Just imagine my ten year old heart breaking when Steve Clark made "The Catch"..... I respected the Niners, but was sore at them for beating my team. Bet one dollar against them in the Superbowl against a friendnof my father's Needless to say, my dad.made me pay. Cured me from gambling... Miss you, dad...

[@gluserty]

The fan at the 3:14 mark with the "C'mon New York, don't give up New York, get tough, get tough, New York" dialogue has always touched a nerve with me since I think he says it with so much heart.

[@gluserty]

@GIL Favor A.J. Duhe (loved his turn as "Hammer" in the Miami Vice episode 'Walk-Alone': "Please Hammer, don't hurt 'em"--well, he did!) picked off three that day, Todd tossed five favors to the Dolphins overall. Definitely not the most popular Jets QB ever was Todd.

[@gluserty]

@GIL Favor Yeah, the Jets hammered the Bengals 44-17 in their 1982 playoff run. As much derision directed the Jets way by critics and even their fans, it is a franchise that's participated in 5 AFL/AFC Championship games and won a Super Bowl (an extremely significant one, in fact).

[@reginaldrocco7906]

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[@luissalvador6711]

@Reginald Rocco instablaster :)

[@MGAF688]

Emphasis on "New York". He views his team through the lens of "New York". He has great pride in New York and belief that New York should never get up no matter what the odds.

[@jimirwin5623]

Eric Hipple - the Ryan Fitz"Magic" from 40 years ago. Beard and everything. LOL

[@gluserty]

@GIL Favor I feel that Ryan Fitzpatrick has had a unique & special career. I mean, who would think a modern-day Ivy League quarterback would have the type of success (admittedly never sustained in one place, but still...) he's had, and for so long a period.

[@howardcosell2022]

@@gluserty His career is no different from Marty Domres or Jay Fiedler. He is playing in a very friendly quarterback era where they make more money and doesn't get hit so he doesn't have to retire

[@gluserty]

@@howardcosell2022 I honestly think Fitzpatrick is a little bit better than those two (I thought Fiedler had some nice moments & could make plays, and although Domres was before my time, I'm aware of him and he seemed like an okay backup; maybe not Earl Morrell good, but alright), I grab what you're saying. By the way Howard, I loved your interview with John Lennon!

[@curtispatton2415]

Damn Eric Hipple you have a good memory to remember him

[@victorkreitner754]

Joe Delaney is a Hall of Famer in the game of life for saving those 3 children from drowning, and sacrificing his life in the process. Even though he was a great athlete, he couldn't swim, but that never stopped him from wanting to help a person in need. Hard to believe that happened 40 years ago this year.

[@mf7482]

But he could have saved his own life by throwing the drowning kids a line they could grab on to and get reeled in to safety.

[@nala3038]

@@mf7482he doesn’t matter how he saved them, the fact that he saved them is all that matters

[@EL-ERIC]

Memories👊🏽

[@cfoster81]

I was born during the preseason of 1981 in mid August and it is hard to believe that Joe Gibbs was almost fired in-season by Jack Kent Cooke after getting off to an 0-5 start in Washington and did a complete 180 to finish 8-8. I think as a whole, the 1981 NFL season was just so good across the board, it was one for the history books. Even the 1981 Draft launched many who would wind in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the 1981 postseason was just amazing from the "Epic in Miami", "The Catch" and Super Bowl XVI, which for the first time since Super Bowl III that two new teams participated in the Super Bowl and had probably had one of the more memorable goal line stands in both Super Bowl history and NFL history and was the launching point for the 49ers dynasty through the 80's. Furthermore, the Bengals debuted their iconic tiger stripe helmets and uniforms which were more distinctive than the 1968-80 uniforms as well as the first year of Super Bowls dominated by the National Football Conference in the 80's save for the Raiders wins in Super Bowl XV in 1980 and Super Bowl XVIII in 1983.

[@hrebec97]

Always enjoyed the original Tampa Bay and Seattle uniforms.

[@dorianedwards8522]

Ken Anderson was the Matt Stafford of the NFL back then. A stat machine who could throw a pick at any time. Sometimes they were at the worst time. But he had grit and was tough. He usually lost to elite defenses, which is what happened in the Superbowl XVI

[@oliverferreirajr4525]

I disagree Bengals woke up late partially

[@michaelleroy9281]

The Jets and Giants finally got off the deck and both made the playoffs

[@dwightlove3704]

Steve Watson could have been the deep threat Elway wanted in his early years before the THREE AMIGOS.Watson had good size 6'4 205 I wonder if he had a track background.

[@frankdenardo8684]

John Facenda should have narrated this

[@jimirwin5623]

He did in another version of this same video.

[@frankdenardo8684]

@@jimirwin5623 John Facenda was the man

[@DGarcia879]

@@jimirwin5623 and i cant seem to find that version on KZbin

[@untexan]

The version Facenda narrated had pop, rock, and movie soundtrack music instead of songs from the NFL Films library. Unless someone recorded the show when it aired on whatever channel it was on that year, you’ll never get to see that version. The cost to license all that music for reruns, tapes, DVDs, etc. would be much too high for it to be worth paying.

[@marcomustang876]

I remember that season of the 1-15 colts vs the 1-15 Patriots , the loser would draft Texas Longhorns defensive tackle Kenneth Simms and the winner would draft Mississippi State outside linebacker Johnie Cooks 1&2 respectively 😊

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Wild how that game would've been for LT or George Rogers the year before or Elway and Dickerson the year following. Timing is everything. Then the Pats got the #1 pick in '84...and ended up with Irving Fryar. When you suck is just as important it seems.

[@frankdenardo8684]

The New England Patriots finished with a 10-6 record for the 1980 season. Unfortunately, there are losses to the Houston Oilers, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, and Miami Dolphins. They won the final game against the New Orleans Saints, but the Buffalo Bills won their final game against San Francisco, and the post-season quest was over for the New England Patriots. They went from play-off contender to division celler dwellers.

[@curtisthomas2457]

Awsome thx

[@adamdorgant9454]

Great video!!!!

[@ciesaro]

Joe Delaney. What could've been.

[@Jgleaves4949]

Doug Williams was the man in Tampa

[@howardcosell2022]

Just didn't get paid

[@thedarkchild86]

Stingy owner refused to pay him ...

[@dwightlove3704]

Culverhouse was cheap bastard!!!!!

[@Booth1667]

@@dwightlove3704 tax attorney

[@mrg8581]

@@howardcosell2022 Like most NFL players during the early 1980s. That why the players went on strike twice during the decade.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

16:10..."NOW THERE'S A GUY THAT'S GONNA BE TALKIN' ABOUT FOOTBALL IN A FEW YEARS!"

[@davidpollard4051]

Bet the fans loved the trip to Detroit in January for the SB. Who the hell decided it should be played there ?

[@bOmBAsTiK]

Ford Motor Company dollars...

[@howardcosell2022]

@@bOmBAsTiK It was called the 'Pontiac' Silverdome. Pontiac is produced by GM

[@bOmBAsTiK]

@@howardcosell2022 I do hope you're trolling and not that clueless lol. No stadium corporate sponsorship back then. It was located in the CITY of Pontiac. Only way for the Super Bowl to come there in the dead of winter was Ford family corporate clout or Pete Rozelle lost a bet...

[@howardcosell2022]

@@bOmBAsTiK Detroit had a committee when the league awarded the XVI to Pontiac which included Governor William Milliken, Pontiac Mayor Wallace Holland, and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young. Because the Lions were one of the longest tenured teams, they had the blessing of the older franchises and Pontiac offered rent-free to the NFL to host the game. The Pontiac group presented the NFL weather reports to show big mid west storms actually went south of their area each year

[@michaelleroy9281]

@@bOmBAsTiK for the 2013 season Super Bowl 48 came to NY/ NJ in the dead of winter outdoors , times have changed

[@rogergriffith212]

Raiders being shut out 3 games in a row you would think you could luck into a field goal somewhere lol

[@aarondigby5054]

I remember when the champion Raiders lost three games in a row and missed the playoffs, that hadn't happened before to a defending champion

[@bb-gc2tx]

29:08 every gen x kid in the 1980s knew when they heard that music they were about to witness some awesome sports highlights 😂

[@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide]

Sweet Super Bowl 16 this video highlights the patriots and colts as the worst team in the leagues As the Bengals win their first AFC championship, I was 5 years old.

[@arturowagner4728]

The Patriots and Colts match ups that season were called "The Stupid Bowl"

[@nala3038]

@@arturowagner4728the toilet bowl

[@goldeneve]

This was the first and only time facendia talk about 49ers in that film….after that XIX XXIII XXIV and XXIX was different narrators

[@mf7482]

Because John Fasenda died before those 4 Super Bowls were played.

[@777radius5]

The recovery at 2:26 😄

[@leroystover1062]

What great memories what a 49ers defense the gold rush

[@mrg8581]

Smiling orange with crown on its head. 10:54.

[@craigjordan7701]

14:36 JOOOOEEEE

[@michaelleroy9281]

The Patriots Colts game was a battle for the worst the last game of the season

[@adamdorgant9454]

You’re right about that!!!

[@timswauger8381]

Pro football in the 1960's, 70's, 80's was the best. The NFL has gotten progressively worse since the turn of the millenium.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Super Bowl Champion San Francisco 49 ers ( first of five)

[@adamdorgant9454]

True!!!

[@1USACitizen192]

You knew it would be a terrible year when the steelers lost to krapa city chiefs.

[@arturowagner4728]

I remember that game like yesterday!

[@1USACitizen192]

@@arturowagner4728 yep. My dad took me to this game for my birthday. I was crushed when Frank O'Harris and Terry fumbled.

[@michelmelani3249]

@@1USACitizen192 Franco Harris became irish...

[@nala3038]

They’re not crappy anymore that’s for sure

[@utahsilvey5930]

That cheifs victory against the cheifs they jumped offsides I remember that game even shows it in the video

[@nala3038]

Chiefs

[@georgevila122]

Sports Odyssey : From the impressive dvd collection which you currently own, please post NFL ' 82 with the highlights of Super Bowl XVII, and NFL' 83 with the highlights of Super Bowl XVIII. I would deeply appreciate it. Thank you so much.

[@SportsOdyssey2019]

I have tried and it gets blocked.