80's Forgotten Playoff Classic (Lions vs. 49ers 1983, NFC Divisional)

[@JD-ib9zd]

NFL throwback never misses with the timing of these uploads 🔥

[@splitman1129]

They strategically release them to get us more excited for the games for more hype. Great marketing.

[@goofyappleman]

@@splitman1129 shut up nerd

[@natecavender897]

This is a true deep cut

[@djeanpierre]

@@splitman1129and for the algorithm. 😎

[@IlluminovaNibiru]

That last field goal was on target man the wind blew that one away.

[@chriscastaneda9362]

4:42 "where's America's team? At home watching." 😂 words still true to this day

[@Mark-xl1ze]

Unfortunately. Thanks a lot, Jerry.

[@jeromenichols1154]

And that's why Dallas is America's Team, because people like you can't keep them outta your mouth. America's Team, doesn't mean you win all the time, it means ur the most popular, most viewed, most merchandise, most hated, and most loved. You people can't get that through your head....the Lions haven't won since the 50's & the 49ers since 94. Going & losing, is worse than not going at all

[@starguy2718]

How 'bout them Cowgirls! 😄😄😄

[@Mark-xl1ze]

@@starguy2718 Who are the Cowgirls?

[@3N2sw]

😂

[@minnielady7876]

All 3 playoff meetings between them have been legendary

[@the406seadonkey6]

True. Good point. Few and far between but substantial.

[@thefrase7884]

Entertaining and close does not equal legendary

[@MarvinClay-ck7zj]

​@@thefrase7884legendary for the teams that won.

[@JStantonX]

It’s crazy to know the outcome of the game and STILL be on the edge of my seat watching it 😅😅😅

[@blakebrown84]

Joe Montana finished the game completing 18 of 31 passes for 201 yards and a touchdown, with one interception, while also rushing for 16 yards. Lions quarterback Gary Danielson finished his only career playoff game completing 24 of 38 passes for 236 yards, but was intercepted five times. Lions running back Billy Sims was the top rusher of the game with 20 carries for 116 yards and two touchdowns. He also caught four passes for 26 yards. That’s a classic playoff performance!!!

[@thewkovacs316]

danielson had a good arm....but no mobility sims was a heck of a back

[@blakebrown84]

Yeah Gary Danielson is a quarterback playing for his hometown Lions. Billy Sims was heck of a great back during his playing days

[@sebastiangonzalez-pf7zi]

This game lions fail 2 fielgoals 41 years play same equipment and fail 2 -4 downs

[@manuginobilisbaldspot2]

Gary Danielson threw FIVE INTS and the Lions still should've won. Whole different game 40 years ago. Shoutout Billy Sims, the original running #20 for Detroit (don't wanna snub the great Lem Barney).

[@davidroberts7282]

Danielson was a very mediocre-at-best QB during his career and even that description maybe too kind and polite because a lot of other times, frankly he just sucked. Eric Hipple wasnt much better, but he did show flashes of being a really good, not Pro-Bowl caliber QB but above-serviceable. Thats one major reason why those early 80's Lions teams only went so far despite being loaded with great, Pro-Bowl talent on both sides of the ball but like the then-L.A. Rams, what kept them from going further was terrible, woeful QB play. If they had had a Joe Ferguson, Steve Bartkowski, or Steve Grogan second-tier like QB's back then, they wouldve won 2-3 games then they did and gone further in the post-season. Detroit Lions, at least in the context of the 1980's, their run ended when Billy Sims suffered an ACL injury next season in a game vs. Vikings and these injuries, back in that time-period were usually career-enders. It's very likely that if Sims had never gotten injured, remained healthy for well over a decade or so, Detroit achieves a lot more success but there's a catch... They likely don't end up needing a RB in the 1989 draft and probably aren't in the high position to get one anyway so Barry Sanders never plays for the Lions.

[@JAWrightonline]

​@@davidroberts7282Good points, except...JOE FERGUSON?!?!?

[@jamesgoines7663]

What about that Heisman winner name Barry Sanders, a HOF great who wore #20?

[@ChrisHonowayOFFICIAL]

@@davidroberts7282 I thought about if Billy never got hurt but by 1989 he would have been a bit past his prime. Sanders never had a decent backup running back and he desperately needed one.

[@lzv6990]

@@davidroberts7282 Why did the Lions draft a fullback in James Jones in the quarterback rich draft of 1983 when they were so in need of one?

[@caddyman1962pp]

The look on monte Clark’s face at the end, made me teary eyed 😢

[@kidmack3556]

I remember when he coached the Forty Niners. So I feel bad for him too.

[@RLFLOWS]

I was lucky enough to have 49ers season tickets in 1983 as a 15 year old. I was at this game. The 49ers were lucky they won this game because of the missed field goal. Great memories.

[@donnix1192]

One of my first NFL heartbreaks involved the 80s 49ers. It was the 1988 NFC Championship Game, January 6, 1989 at Soldier Field in Chicago. I was 7, first year with vivid memories of the Chicago Bears. I was not old enough to remember the 85 team but this was going to be another trip to the Super Bowl, number XXlll to play the Bengals in Miami. I remember my dad saying that SF wouldn’t be able to win in freezing temperatures on the lakefront, we were going to watch the game at a coworker of my dad’s house. It was a disaster , 28-3-I remember going downstairs in the late second half to watch some kids play Castlevania. My dad’s cousin in SF ,a diehard Niners fan,sent us a copy of the San Francisco Chronicle after they beat Cincinnati-I still have that paper.

[@djeanpierre]

@@donnix1192 I remember that game clearly. I was 10 years old in the south suburbs of Chicago watching with my dad (RIP). I remember before the game everyone was saying how the 49ers were a "sunshine" team and how they couldn't play in the cold. I remember the morning of the game I was in the car with my mom and I remember Al Joyner on WGCI FM radio saying "I think it's time for the Bears to kick some 49er butt!" My dad didn't think so. He said that the 49ers would go downtown to Marshall Field's, buy some thermal underwear, and kick the Bears' butt, and that's exactly what they did. We were all Bears fans, but my dad knew that San Francisco was the better team. That game was such a disappointment and the Bears wouldn't seriously contend for Super Bowl for a long time after that. In 2010 I saw Jerry Rice in Las Vegas signing autographs and I asked him did he remember this game and he said "IT WAS COLD!!!!"

[@smoothALOE]

It’s amazing to me that the Lions were even in it with their QB throwing 5 INTs. That’s how good their defense was. What a game!

[@seancanova7396]

You notice how weak and inaccurate the kickers were back then. Today they kicking 'em from sixty and hitting the net.

[@smoothALOE]

@@seancanova7396 well, I think the field conditions and equipment played a part, too. Today, they have better balls and shoes and fields and play inside of domes and all that. The skill set has probably improved, but I think that’s only one aspect of it.

[@mellhumphrey5870]

I'm glad i wasn't old enough to have watched this game live. 5 ints and 2 missed FGs wow!

[@planetp0sitions]

the crowd reaction after Montana’s game winner was insane. chills

[@kbob1163]

I watched this back in '83 and haven't seen it since. I only remembered that it came down to a missed field goal. The shot of Walsh letting out a sigh of relief looks very familiar. I had forgotten about all the interceptions.

[@thewkovacs316]

i had forgotten that ray had missed a 45 yarder

[@glennhubbard5008]

I had thought it was a 50-yard attempt all these years.

[@jeffreekoch9298]

Oh damn! I remember this game. Watched this when I was a kid with our older neighbors after we had finished playing football outside. I recall the game was going back and forth with the Lions almost pulling off the upset. We were all pulling for Detroit. They shoulf have won. Danielsen kept thowing interceptions and the missed FGs. Their defense played well during that game. We were bummed out when Murray missed the FG at the end. Weird, he was a long time good kicker too.

[@jeraldmccarthy785]

He got his super bowl ring finally wen the lions let him go and Dallas picked him up .part of that Dallas teams with smith and Aikmen

[@starguy2718]

Lions: "Wide right!" Bills: "We feel your pain."

[@guyincogneto8979]

Or, " I hope that doesn't happen to us".

[@quasimoto7662]

That one was a heartbreaker. The lions really should’ve won that one… if Danielson didn’t have a career bad day, and if Murray, one of the best kickers at that time, could make a (for the time) difficult but reasonably plausible field goal.

[@travisfinucane]

Looks like niners kicker missed a couple gimmes, too (by modern standards)

[@igorslocks]

Was just saying how much the state of Kicking -punting & field goals- has improved throughout the entire league. By leaps and bounds compared to the 80s

[@sludge8506]

@@igorslocks That first punt was ugly.

[@davidroberts7282]

Unless you had a Morten Andersen or Gary Anderson on your team back then as PK, most NFL PK's 40 years ago are mediocre, underachieving noobs compared to their modern successors.

[@davidroberts7282]

Although, I will say their were some very good, reliable PK's back then like Norm Johnson of Seattle, Raphael Septien of Dallas, and Eddie Murray of course with Detroit. The thing is or the problem with Eddie Murray is that most seasons during his career, he'd be the kind of PK who makes 35-44 and 35/35 on XP's but he tended to have a knack for missing potential game-winning FG's or FG's that closed games. He was extremely accurate except sometimes when you really needed him to be, he choked or missed. In other words, Murray wasnt always the best clutch kicker. Other PK's during that era were much more reliable (and Clutch) like Norm Johnson, and Morten Andersen and when you have the whole world on your shoulders, hopes and dreams of your entire team riding on making that game-winning FG in OT that takes you to the playoffs or wins a playoff game, that's the sign of how great a PK you really are. Murray didn't always rise up to that ultimate challenge when his team's and city's hopes were depending on him the most.

[@jwhite514]

Look I’m a bears 🐻 fan but I love the throwback lions uniforms that silhouette of the lion is classic and needs to be brought back

[@buckjones4901]

I agree those uniforms and helmets were the best.

[@Mark-xl1ze]

This game took place on New Year's Eve 1983. The first postseason meeting between these two teams since the 1957 Western Conference Playoff game and the last postseason meeting between these two until the 2023 NFC Championship game.

[@LiamDeege]

I remember seeing something about how the Lions were trailing by a ton in 1957 and people thought the 49ers would roll away with it and started making tickets for the championship game which would’ve been Cleveland and San Francisco, only for the Lions to spoil the day for everyone.

[@Mark-xl1ze]

@@LiamDeege Yeah... the Lions trailed, 24-7, only to come back and win, 31-27.

[@LiamDeege]

@@Mark-xl1ze Yeah I was in Canton last summer for my graduation and I went to an exhibit where they told the audience that I was a part of the story of that game.

[@Mark-xl1ze]

@@LiamDeege Nice

[@vincesmith2499]

First postseason meeting @ Kezar. Then Candlestick. Now Levi's.

[@donnix1192]

Danielson taking 7 step drops out of the Shotgun…….. damn

[@ervinghenderson4780]

NFL Throwback... easily the best channel on KZbin. Great upload.

[@brianivey73]

Excellent upload! What a game...injuries to Dwight Clark and QB Eric Hipple made both teams dig deeper on the depth chart. What game by Sims and Russ Francis!

[@philroche4792]

I too was fortunate enough to have attended this game. Great fun from a simpler time.

[@eulissbenoit816]

Football was glorious back then

[@tufstuff2586]

Billy Sims was awesome

[@jeffreyfertuck9369]

Always remember that high step into the end zone

[@plainsimple244]

There are times I watch old games or TV shows and I wish I could just dive into that time period and live life and visit myself as I grew during those times while enjoying those times as an adult. HAHAHA!

[@mandeango1]

As a native Detroiter I forgot all about this game until my former co-worker (as I now live in the Bay Area) told me about it. Danielson threw 5 picks - WOW, and they still had a chance to win this game. That was a really good defense with Doug English, and Bill Gay. Shout out to James Jones an excellent fullback, and no.20 Billy Sims (if only he could have stayed healthy). The best team the Lions have ever had in my lifetime. Maybe this weekend the outcome will be different.

[@Nhamp2000]

Don't forget Bubba Baker.

[@walterwhite1]

Detroit was the first non-expansion team to lose every game in a full season since World War II. This was their second winless season in franchise history (1942, see below). With this season, the Lions became only the second NFL franchise with two full winless seasons, and the only one still in existence; this was also the first winless season since the institution of the 16-game schedule in 1978 (that was used until 2020). 😂😂😂😂 GO PACK GO!!

[@stoak3803]

The intro music though 😮‍💨

[@caddyman1962pp]

The missed field goal was the most devastating as a 45 year lion fan

[@camiloalarcon4924]

Not taking field goals is worst! 😂

[@Vic-Vega]

​@@camiloalarcon4924😅😂🤣

[@jameslawson2663]

That was the great Eddie Murray to. Mr automatic. That was one of very few he ever missed at that range over a very long career.

[@adamzielinski2001]

People forget just how good Billy Sims was

[@Mark-xl1ze]

Yep. Boomer!

[@sludge8506]

Nobody forgot how good Billy Sims was, except you, champ.

[@adamzielinski2001]

@@sludge8506 I’m sure someday did genius. Nice sn btw 🤭

[@adamzielinski2001]

@@sludge8506 Next all you hear or associate with The Lions is Barry Sanders so don’t tell me people didn’t forget how good Billy Sims was. You’re probably a bot 🤖 boy anyways 😂

[@Riles3152]

Billy Simms was tremendous! Barry Sanders was the most dynamic and electrifying running back ever, but all things considered, Billy was a more versatile and prototypical style of running back.

[@LiamDeege]

40 years later and the Lions put together their greatest season in the Super Bowl era

[@kevinuchiha6830]

Will they win the sb?

[@LiamDeege]

@@kevinuchiha6830 Probably not but it would be insane if they somehow did.

[@walterwhite1]

0-16 never forget.. 😂 GO PACK GO

[@pi_dev]

16 years ago. irrelevant@@walterwhite1

[@LiamDeege]

@@walterwhite1 If only we got Packers Lions in the NFC Championship this year. It would’ve been a great must watch.

[@fortynights1513]

Detroit’s last playoff appearance until 1991.

[@chrisuncleahmad666]

And their only playoff appearance from 1971-1990

[@swirly3643]

@@chrisuncleahmad666I was just bouta say I’m shocked anytime I see Detroit in a playoff matchup on here 😂

[@finchborat]

@@chrisuncleahmad666 Actually, 1 of 2. They were in the expanded playoffs in 1982.

[@JAWrightonline]

​@@finchboratGood catch.

[@walterwhite1]

Hahaha, never forget there 0-16 season worst team in NFL history 😂. Scrubs of the NFL

[@isaiahwest-sp1bm]

It’s amazing that with all the ineptitude of Gary Danielson showed they Lions still had a chance to steal that game

[@123slasher.16]

WR Mark Nichols was the Lions first round pick in 1981. During the air traffic controller strike in July of that year, I was at the Lions training camp at Oakland University playing basketball with him and he took his wet jersey off and threw it on the floor and I went up for a rebound and slipped on his wet jersey and sprung my ankle, the day before I was supposed to leave for Marine Corps Boot camp.

[@sftheletters]

Roger Craig was so ahead of his time as a duel threat RB. Deserves to be in the HOF

[@JimBobson-r4y]

He was also a great Wordl Series pitching coach for the Tigers.

[@drae1976]

The fumble keeps him out.

[@albertomolina3868]

The fact that he is not in the hall of fame is disgraceful. One of if not the best halfback in history

[@lemontadams3029]

Hardly the 1st duel threat

[@albertomolina3868]

@@lemontadams3029 Is absolutely a dual threat. 3 rings to prove it. This is a perfect example of the man not getting the respect he deserves. The 40 niners would not have won without him. It was a juggernaut of a team effort

[@jeffdew7110]

Remember this as a kid. Murray’s 2 missed fgs killed us. Don’t win many w 5 ints, but for as good as he was, Eddie killed us

[@buckjones4901]

Yup the Lions basically lost the game more than the 49ers won it.

[@PhilJHaast7695]

He hit one over 50 yards out.

[@caiusKeys]

Pro-tip: 49ers went on to lose to the Washington R3dskins on a TOTALLY BOGUS INTERFERENCE PENALTY in the NFC Championship, but Joe, having some extra time on his hands, did a razor commercial and ended up marrying the model, Jennifer, so it all worked out.

[@finchborat]

And the Redskins went on to get blown out vs the Raiders. That would be the Raiders last title and their last SB trip until 2002.

[@therealjaystone2344]

NFL didn’t want the most violent SB matchup between SF & LA. There is a documentary video explaining about the rivalry.

[@therealjaystone2344]

@@finchboratand their last ever SB ring to this day. LA didn’t win another SB ring til 2021 Rams.

[@caiusKeys]

@@therealjaystone2344 Know about the rivalry, but didn't put it together with the bogus pass interference call -- good point.

[@jeraldmccarthy785]

If you watch that whole game redskins had some B's calls go against them in that game as well.andvwhats up w/the kickers in them two games with missed FG's Murray missed 2 or 3 and Mosley missed 4or 5 in championship game.

[@Bigd2k]

These are some of my favorite throwback games. The ones before I started watching football (starred early 90’s). All the better getting to see my Niners win.

[@OTRTrader]

I was 13 YO while watching this game with my parents and brother. I was convinced that the 49ers weren't going to make it, but when the missed FG attempt happened, I jumped up, started running through the house completely ecstatic and tackled the closet door, making a mess inside. I heard one of the commentators then say "the 49ers should not have won". I'm hearing so many people say that this week. My father inspected the closet door and concluded that there was no damage and I wouldn't be in trouble, and then he reminded me every year during 49er playoffs not to tackle the closet door. I went to my neighbors house one year during one of the 49er games, so he called over there and said "make sure he doesn't attack the closet door!" The neighbor was like "huh"? This past Sunday evening I didn't have a closet door to tackle because I was in a hotel room, so I thought about going after the bathroom door, but I figured the neighbors would have called downstairs to complain, I could hear my father laughing and rubbing it in "haha whatcha gonna tackle now?". I also kept hearing something in the background to the effect of "history repeats itself, and we're here to confirm it." Good memories, good times!

[@eMCEe131]

I almost passed out watching this game. We was all praying. And this was only the beginning of the hurt. The great Billy Sims never got this far again and the legendary Barry Sanders would go through the same heartbreak. We are finally back! And again with #16 at quarterback! WILL🏈WE🏈FINALLY🏈BREAK🏈THE🏉CURSE??? A tough task....but if the Wolverines can get over, so can the LiONS! gO-HONOLULUBLUE!!!🏈 And thank you NFL Throwback...MUCH❣

[@muchacho0821]

Nobody cares bout no wolverines.

[@Inzaynmembrain97]

Kinda crazy the lions threw 5 picks and still quite honestly should’ve won the game this lions defense must’ve been really good because the 49ers seemed to only have one really good drive the whole game

[@JES408]

The 49ers had 5 or 6 turnovers during the catch gane against the cowboys and still won so no excuse to the lions for losing 😂

[@cgpapineau]

I remember this game very well. I still feel the pain of Murray's missed field goal.

[@dredhead117]

7:11 - that banner says"Where is America's team? At home watching", proving that our parents and grandparents trolled fans of opposing NFL teams the same way we do

[@leventahmed82]

I remember watching this game it was on New Year's Eve Lions fan I remember thinking this game is a lot closer than it should have been. And now that I rewatch it I can see why.

[@John-p7o3y]

The heartbreak ends, today

[@tonj02]

Thanks for this! I was looking for this game a while back and nobody had it

[@kevinblanch]

chip SHOT WIDE RIGHT ;; 41 year later THEY MEET AGAIN in San Fran Jan. 28 2024 NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LONG LONG LONG WAIT ;;

[@cameoxvilb3174]

I was there at this game. Never saw the actual broadcast. Thanks for posting. What memories. Go NINERS!

[@greencm7142]

Amazing divisional playoff! Thrilling ending.

[@jomei63]

The comeback kid never disappoints😅

[@kidmack3556]

He was such a phenomenon... I kinda remember watching this game, dont remember how close it really was, and I remember not being concerned in the least that they were going to win. That's what being one of the Faithful meant to me during the Montana/Walsh era.

[@watsonroadster3707]

Look...I'm a Chicago Bears fan and we play the Lions twice a year I hope the Bear whip the Lions every time we play them...I'm rooting for the Lions today and I know a lot of Bear fans are, as well...Now, can Detroit please bring back these uniforms again??...P.S. I remember watching this game and Detroit should have won this one...

[@that_dave_show]

Good Morning Football had Gary Danielson on and they featured highlights of this game. Danielson threw 5 picks in this game.

[@steelersfan1903]

Thanks for the video NFL Throwback! I didn’t even realize that these 2 teams actually faced each other in the playoffs before.

[@ntgr87]

they also played way back in 1957, a divisional tiebreak game (both teams had gone 8-4). the Lions trailed 27-7 but scored the last 24 points to win

[@bocagoodtimes1460]

The joy of those Forty Niner fans!!! The 80's were glorious days!

[@wizard1687]

Gary Danielson displaying pinpoint accuarcy with finding the Niners secondary...

[@ludvigborga3676]

This was a very talented 49er team the Lions almost defeated. The next year, the Niners would put together the most dominant NFL season in history - missing perfection by only a field goal.

[@Yungdikdong]

Meatloaf was a pretty good head coach. Good thing he fell back on music.

[@glennhubbard5008]

I could not believe Murray choked like that. Great teams always get the breaks.

[@csnide6702]

The sight of Monte praying on the sideline before Murray's kick has stayed with me all this time...... 🤣

[@alpardo4124]

Well, he couldn't go unto a closet....

[@riofest8893]

This video two days ago, 2023 NFC Championship game on yesterday, that's some kinda INSANITY

[@vesubioromo9425]

Danielson, Simms, Murray, Marlborough ads. Classic indeed.

[@astrostar49]

And special shoutout to Billy Sims. Hell of a player that would have had a more memorable career if it wasn't for that knee injury.

[@curtisrodriguez938]

He was an awesome running back. I remember him as being a very dangerous running back.

[@kidmack3556]

You're absolutely right about this and some other playoff games being forgotten... I watched this game, I remember where I watched it and who I watched it with and that the Forty Niners won... But that's all. 1983 was my ALL TIME favorite Forty Niner campaign too!

[@rjpsuh06]

Frank Glieber and Dick Vermeil called this one on CBS. Lions Quarterback Gary Danielson would end up with the SEC Football on CBS as the analyst 23 years later. Frank Glieber’s last game before he passed away was a Trail Blazers-Lakers NBA Playoff game on CBS in 1985. His analyst? James Brown, who now hosts The NFL Today on CBS.

[@rayj1013]

Gary was with ABC college football for a while with Brent Musburger and Jack Arute. They had some great calls

[@packersauburneric3625]

Ya the sec guy everyone loved lmao

[@packersauburneric3625]

​@@rayj1013the Brady drew Henson years remember and atrain)

[@BC16808]

Interesting information. Didn't know all of it.

[@rayj1013]

@@packersauburneric3625 yup! That's when I became a Mich fan. I loved David Terrell

[@royboy9361]

The Lions were resilient to have a chance to win with five interceptions. I was sicker than a dog that day, heard the crowd cheer from bed after Murray missed from 43.

[@Aikidragon_Prime]

I was at this game in the end zone of the game losing missed FG. I was one of the people who rushed the field and promptly got yelled at by Hacksaw Reynolds to get of the field, there was still time left.

[@TheAlfrulz]

6:16 - An overlooked but critical play by #21 and 22 for the 49ers. What should of been a long TD run turns into just a field goal. That was four points left off the board by Detroit in a game they lost by one.

[@ivanb___2217]

21 - Eric Wright. 22 - Dwight Hicks.

[@smoothALOE]

I’m glad I got to see this one. Excellent game! Hopefully more games like these will be revisited as history allows. Good luck on Sunday, Detroit.

[@anthony_rivera4735]

Happy 40th anniversary to this playoff game 1983/84-2023/24

[@bjarczyk]

So the Bills aren’t the only one with a heart breaking wide right loss.

[@kidndrei998]

Wide right before wide right became a thing

[@wcarroll920]

Been waiting to see my Lions in this playoff game, thanks for the download☺️

[@patrickpower3992]

Danielson wasn't a great quarterback, but to come back with only a minute to go and get the team into field goal range with a chance to win after five interceptions showed some intestinal fortitude.

[@ColoradoSportsFan178]

Back in the day. Back when there were only 2 Wild Card games, the Seahawks were in the AFC, and of course the Detroit Lions were in the infamous NFC Central! I hate to say it like this, but the original wide right!? What an interesting NFC Championship that would have been..Detroit and Washington. Well, the Lions are here now, and this is their chance! Super excited for this NFC Championship Game 🔥

[@chrisuncleahmad666]

Those Seahawks you mentioned won at Miami earlier on the same day as this DET/SF game

[@ColoradoSportsFan178]

@@chrisuncleahmad666 They sure did! They beat my Broncos to get to that game😭

[@greencm7142]

Yep! The NFC Central division was no joke!

[@finchborat]

@@chrisuncleahmad666 Like the 49ers, they won in come from behind fashion on the road. And that yr, the Seahawks made their lone AFC title game and lost to the final Raiders team to win the SB. The anniversary of Super Bowl 18 was earlier this week.

[@JAWrightonline]

The Washington-Detroit matchup wouldn't have been interesting. The Lions: A) Hadn't beaten Washington since 1965 B) Had never beaten Washington in Washington. And the season before, they annihilated the Lions in the playoffs in RFK Stadium.

[@fixxxer3456]

Oh wow! Beautiful shot around 1:25 of the seats used for baseball at Candlestick Park

[@scotttild]

All the empties at the football games always made for a bad look.

[@timburr4453]

​@@scotttildThose seats werent sold they were mostly obstructed views

[@tyreepowell8367]

Thank You For Uploading This Video 📸 NFL Throwback

[@Redmenace96]

After Danielson's 5th INT did everyone say, "Turn the clicker over to 'Moonlighting'. I hear that Bruce Willis guy is pretty funny." ????

[@timburr4453]

Moonlighting iirc was mid 80s. Used to watch it with my future wife. We like to think we "discovered" Bruce Willis

[@youngguru007]

Man it’s crazy you had to watch a football game without a scorebug or first down lines. I grew up in a great era of football TV being born in late 80’s

[@timburr4453]

We didnt need it, the football was great. It's a luxury but if the scorebug and 1st down line vanished I would love football all the same I think one of the reasons they really took a while introducing it is that they wanted the fans to be told the score/time. That way they would linger and stay with the game longer. If you tuned into a game and it's 35-0 in the 3rd you'd probably tune out faster than if the score wasnt posted. Back then you had to stay on the game longer

[@ssjay5393]

Malborro advertisement lol

[@willmack5909]

I miss these classic looking uniforms. I remember the 70s so well when Detroit and San Fran were bottom feeders. Would be cool if Detroit actually wins tomorrow but I have my doubts. This reminds me of the USFL as most of the team helmets in that league were silver or gold just like here! I also miss the Lions old wordmark font, that "western" font that San Fran and Dallas both still use.

[@jcorey68]

This was a great game. Lions had a lot of INTS and still had a chance!

[@astrostar49]

HEY THANKS BOSS!!! This is way better than the one I have in my archives. SO CLEAR!!! Appreciate you coming through with this underappreciated gem. 49ers should have lost this game even though they intercepted Gary Danielson 5 times. Credit to the Lions for hanging in there tough, and nearly winning the game as 7.5 point underdogs.

[@sycasey]

Field goal kicking sure was an adventure back then!

[@timburr4453]

As it should be. Nowadays it just seems to be robokickers kicking in perfect conditions. Back then you had different types of grass fields...sometimes ok conditions, sometimes not at all good. Also some crazy winds in some places. Shea, Meadowlands, Chicago. Minnesota in the dead of winter wasnt easy to kick in

[@kamehamehey22615]

I was hoping this game would come up! It's the playoff meeting between 49ers and Lions in the Super Bowl era

[@ignaciopaulito2186]

This really was a classic! Now, 4 decades later, these same teams face each other for the NFC championship and the right to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. Best of luck to the Lions and the 49ers!

[@clarkvaughan]

In this day and age, those missed field goals would be career ending. Murray survived this and is in the alions HOF.

[@mhedrick2323]

This is awesome .. thank you for the memories

[@official13dvls_broknlnk_16]

The Lions will see you boys next year at the NFC divisional championship for part 3.

[@HumanBeanbag]

One of the greatest Detroit Lions teams of all time.

[@jimnfl7134]

Before this year, the Lions never had a good team.

[@MrSammyG2]

​@jimnfl7134 yes they did, they dominated the 50's and were still good from 1962-1970

[@jkbezo1]

@@jimnfl7134 '90s and '50s (NFL titles). Also a few good teams during the 2010s.

[@kevinhouston7274]

The offensive pass interference was crazy

[@Mark-xl1ze]

Murray would help the Cowboys win Super Bowl 28 a decade later.

[@redmustangredmustang]

he was on fire with the Cowboys only season there.

[@CFB_Fan01]

Hey script writers, don't mind about the Super Bowl logo color theory, america wants the Lions in the big game

[@Jay-yf8sy]

I remember it oh so well! 14 years old & I idolized Billy Sims! The Lions scratched & clawed all day despite Gary Danielson quarterbacking like “Mr Magoo”. I will never forget the drama with the field goal & Monte Clark 🙏 for it to clear the uprights. I remember how dejected I was. I remember I punched a hole in my bedroom wall & I never did that again! 😂

[@williamhobbs-zu7de]

I'm from Boone county Kentucky right over the river from Cincinnati believe me I know the heartbreak of Joe Montana never leave anytime on the clock for Cincinnati fans we're still not over them games I was 16 in 1980 so that's my he broke our hearts

[@andrewdunn49ers]

Thanks for sharing! Not a lot of great content on this game, you’re a savior!

[@playdiscgolf1546]

Both quarterbacks are wearing #16. Let’s get it today Jared Goff!

[@afridgetoofar1818]

Lions choked

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

Detroit Lions Was Member NFC Central Division From 1970 To 1993 Against San Francisco 49ers Was Member NFC West Division From 1970 To 1993 Thanks For Uploading

[@99tjpro]

i also know how to speak potato

[@Keith_McDaniel]

That's that bullshit

[@djeanpierre]

And you are wrong. The NFL realigned the divisions after the 2001 season, so they were both members of those divisions until then.

[@Silencedogood1974]

This is the first game I remember as a lions fan. It’s been a rough ride!

[@SPTO]

That is indeed one of the unsung playoff games of the '80s. That Lions team wasn't the greatest but they pieced together a pretty solid season and gave the Niners everything they had and then some. Oh and yes, visual proof that Danielson was a serviceable NFL QB.

[@walterwhite1]

Detroit was the first non-expansion team to lose every game in a full season since World War II. This was their second winless season in franchise history (1942, see below). With this season, the Lions became only the second NFL franchise with two full winless seasons, and the only one still in existence; this was also the first winless season since the institution of the 16-game schedule in 1978 (that was used until 2020). 😂😂😂😂 GO PACK GO!!

[@americanuprising7628]

It works! I own this game on DVD and it's way better than even what you can hear or what you read in the bottom line. It was a great game. Detroit should have won.

[@aintnohalfsteffen]

Always liked that the kid in Barry Sanders wanted Billy Sims number as a Lion

[@jesusacosta5176]

Another heartbreaking loss for the Lions 😢

[@ALastShotonTwoGoodHorses]

Some teams like the Bills, Browns and Lions always suffer these types of losses. While other franchises get all the great breaks.

[@jeffreekoch9298]

​@@ALastShotonTwoGoodHorsesDont forget the Saints. Besides the one year that they got lucky in, 2009.

[@KevinJL]

r.i.p. Russ Francis

[@ltahoe7195]

I remember watching this game new year's eve Dec. 31, 1983. I completely forgot that Detroit's quarterback Gary Danielson threw five interceptions !! FIVE INTs and the 49ers barely won 24-23.