1997 Sunday Night Football Intro (TNT)

[@andyrose5616]

The play-by-play man you hear in the open is Bucs announcer Gene Deckerhoff, who is retiring after the 2023 season.

[@danalong1237]

The narrator heard in the beginning is Earl Mann, who narrated many projects for NFL Films back then. Other NFL Films narrators included the late Pat Summerall, the late Andy Musser, Bob Delaney, Jack Whitaker, the late Jefferson Kaye, the late Harry Kalas, James Birdsall, current narrator Scott Graham, Corey Burton, Frank Welker, John Rhys-Davies, the late Don LaFontaine, the late William Conrad, longtime Disney staff announcer Mark Elliot, the late Ray Scott, Gil Santos, Quinton Flynn, Jason Marsden and the late John Facenda, etc.

[@jjjrjjjr1]

Talk about nostalgia

[@gdv355]

I love this football theme. Thanks for sharing this.

[@dannyboy34677]

I was at this game in person and I have to tell you, it was electric that night.

[@jjjrjjjr1]

You were at the Big Sombrero,was the traffic bad on Mabry?

[@dannyboy34677]

@@jjjrjjjr1 it wasn’t that bad on Dale Mabry that night

[@thacozzman89]

Gotta love that old-school NFL on TNT theme...It's so good, that TBS used the same theme song for their Senior Bowl coverage from 1996-2000 (or 2001), Carquest/MicronPC.com Bowl coverage from 1995-2000 and their Pac-10/Big 12 coverage from 2002-2003.

[@danalong1237]

Composed by the legendary Edward Woodley “Edd” Kalehoff.

[@Felipepavzin92]

Bring back the #NFLONTNT

[@DevynDuffyOriginal]

The intro talks about the Dolphins as if they were 0-3, but then it says they're 2-1.

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Earl Mann FTW. Used to love the spots he'd do with David Letterman..."CRANBERRIES MAKE MY JAWS HURT"

[@Felipepavzin92]

And of course need to have aew's Jim Ross,Tony Schiavone,Chris Jericho, plus Mário Lopez,Kevin Harlen and Micheal Irwin on the call

[@mariapavzin_2023]

I think the same

[@mariapavzin_2023]

100%

[@slickrick51583]

When TBS broadcasted college football games from 2002-2006, they used this same theme.

[@jerseyfla]

I think this was the first game in a while that sold out and avoided a blackout.

[@superoctane]

Opening theme gives me cold chills.such great games were on TNT.Different times,better days.Before Bush and 9/11.

[@PredatorKingdom]

Sunday September 21, 1997

[@GetBenched2010]

The most badass intro ever.

[@danalong1237]

The NFL would later use the NFL on TNT theme for its Thursday Night Football telecasts on Amazon Prime Video/FreeVee, arranged by Catt Sadler and Bridgit Mendler!

[@marcus813]

I don't know how I stayed a Bucs fan when I was growing up because of all that losing, but I was rewarded not only in 1997, but also in Jan. 2003, when they won Super Bowl XXXVII.

[@eazyduzitbro5648]

Congrats on another

[@TimFrith24]

Imagine when TNT brings back the NFL for its Thursday night package with Adam Schein as the pre-game and post-game show host and Ben Roethlisberger, Calvin Johnson, Luke Keuchly and Sean Payton as his analysts and Josh Zerkle, the lead NFL writer for Bleacher Report, as the NFL insider at the Atlanta studio and Joe Tessitore as the play-by-play announcer and Tony Gonzalez and Vince Wilfork as the color analysts and Melissa Stark as the sideline reporter.

[@jjjrjjjr1]

Imagine only being able to watch NFL on KZbin or Amazon only & costing 399.99 year plus whatever the streaming monthly subscription fee is,it’s coming.

[@theicchamp06]

I've been a Bucs fan for 15 straight years. Tampa Bay will always be my favorite NFL team.

[@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane]

1997: Gone are the orange and white Jokecaneers and bring in the Red, Pewter and Black Buccaneers.

[@MrMuaythai84]

shut up i like bucco bruce

[@slickrick51583]

Yeah, Mark May used to be a game analyst for TNT's Sunday Night Football coverage. When TNT lost the broadcast rights to SNF, May went to CBS and was a game analyst for 3 years there before coming to ESPN in 2001 primarily as a studio analyst. TNT's broadcast booth then for Sunday Night Football was really good with Verne Lundquist, Pat Haden, and Mark May.

[@TheLocalLt]

slickrick51583 yep except it wasn’t called Sunday night football

[@surethingbaby]

Hard to believe this used to be on TNT.

[@diamondaveincali]

I worked on this show.

[@guido072]

TNT thursday night football games would be so exotic to me if I happened to catch a game...I grew up without cable so it was a treat to see a shitty team like the Patriots or cardinals

[@crazypackersfan]

Lol "not-so-great Mark May"! You got that right!

[@Moltar_Railfan]

Warner media needs to bring this back

[@danalong1237]

It is now Warner Bros. Discovery.

[@ianward776]

in 1997 The White Helmet with Bucco Bruce was Replaced with The Pewter Helmet with A Pirate Flag and 17 Years Later The Flag was Enlarged and The Pewter Face Mask was Replaced with A Chrome Face Mask that's Silly.

[@mark224]

Always loved the Bucs original Pewter helmet. Why they decided to make the logo obnoxiously large and put an unnecessary chrome facemask on it, I'll never know. The Bucs went from one of the cleanest (yet modern) uniforms in the NFL to a nightmare of a uniform when Nike got their hands on it.

[@theicchamp06]

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31, Miami Dolphins 21

[@targettoad691]

+Gsand8236 the only team were loyal to here in Tampa is the Arena Football League's Storm. I'm not even making that up. We have the best attendance in the league (11,000-12,000 per game), despite not having a winning season since 2010.

[@stevenwalsh7705]

Music composed by Edd Kalehoff

[@jessicamcneill2463]

The rocker, the roller, the out of controller, Warren Sapp.

[@Jean0987654321]

DID PEYTON MANNING'S FIRST EVER NFL GAME AS WELL WITH IAN EAGLE FOR CBS

[@dannyagundez9639]

97 Bucs Team was Great!

[@damianboggan3432]

1997 Tuesday Night Football Intro (EA)

[@forrestgump5728]

3 years later Trent Dilfer won a super bowl after the buc released him

[@Gsand8236]

@Anthony Gironda I feel I'll give credit to some of the Bucs fans that has been loyal to them but some of them are bandwagon fans when they become good because when they are bad they can't sell out their games and the game is always blacked out at home all the time so I'll give u credit because you've been a fan since day one but there is a lot of them only root for them when they are good and that's not being a real fan

[@sabster74]

Houlihan's Stadium AKA "The Big Sombrero"

[@Gsand8236]

Oh look at those bandwagon fans smh Tampa Fans are not loyal to their teams and its sad smh

[@pp3k3jamail]

I must be trippin because I do not remember TNT having NFL games in the 90s

[@ntcw]

From 1990-1997 TNT and ESPN split the Sunday night package.

[@theicchamp06]

Tampa Bay

[@thearcadeproductions1140]

wait. TNT did football too? sorry i'm only 16.

[@Jean0987654321]

For a little bit (1990-97). They used to do SNF for the 1st half of the seaon and then ESPN took the other half.

[@thearcadeproductions1140]

Jean0987654321 oh cool. that would be great today too.

[@Mattnova_116]

+Jean0987654321 Yup remember that as well.

[@danalong1237]

It's a shame that NFL football was nearing the end of its 7-year run on TNT, unless Turner Sports and the NFL are able to renegotiate.

[@astrobear5353]

TheArcadeProductions oh yes it was way before your time i was 14yrs old in 1997

[@alman666]

Mark May analyzed NFL games? Oh man. It's bad enough listening to him during college football halftime shows. He's TERRIBLE.

[@PredatorKingdom]

+Balon Greyjoy He did CBS games later in the decade as well, he was okay there though.