1970 AFC Championship - Raiders at Colts - "Duel In The Dust"

[@jeffholt3113]

Always love listening to ANYTHING John Facenda narrated. He was THE best, no question.

[@tony84.]

John Facenda, no one EVER had a voice like that. He is the greatest of all time.

[@brainscott8198]

Born to be the voice of NFL Films. Fun Fact: Facenda did 2 voice over characters on Gilligan's Island.

[@mikeheffner1895]

If God had a voice it would be his. Love it

[@tommitchell8425]

Obviously you never listened to play by play by Mr.Bill King.RIP

[@brainscott8198]

@@tommitchell8425 He can be Facenda's color guy...lol...of course I've heard of Bill King..."The Raaaaiiiiderzzzzzz"...and "Madden's grin is split open like a watermelon from ear to ear!!!..." ( January, 1977, Super Bowl XI, win over Minn.) and "There's nothing real in the world anymore!!! Madden wants to know if it's a touchdown, the ref says yes, get your big butt outta here!!! This play will live on...forever!!! (The Holy Roller, vs. San Diego,1978). He was also the voice of the Warriors and the A's!!💘💘😄😄

[@shawnyoung8752]

Cmon. The Frozen Tundra of Lambeau Field.

[@drewhunt9205]

Ah yes, the 70's, when football was played in slow motion to the sound of an epic soundtrack.

[@wvu05]

The NFL really should be thanking their lucky stars every day that Ed Sabol was a football fan. He sold the game better than anyone else.

[@brainscott8198]

@@wvu05 His son Steve, R I P, took it to another level...they worked side by side for many years.

[@jefferyroy2566]

@@wvu05 Great observation. Credit also goes to John Facenda and Steve Sabol. The voice of the NFL during its stunning growth years from the mid-1960s to his death in 1984, Facenda sounded like a cross between the Almighty and Walter Cronkite while turning the most mundane game into a epic struggle. Steve Sabol was almost as prosaic himself, becoming not just the face of NFL Films, but the most trusted presenter of the game that supplanted baseball as America's Pastime. All these men are part of my life as a pro football fan stretching back to the year of the AFL-NFL merger, 1966. They are missed but forever memorialized among all those cans of film on all those shelves in Mount Laurel, NJ.

[@wvu05]

@@jefferyroy2566 Definitely. If you drive down City Line Ave. in West Philadelphia, you can still see a street named John Facenda Way in order to get to WCAU (now an NBC station, it was CBS in his day). I mentioned Ed because he's the one who got the ball rolling. One of my favorite stories of serendipity is that Ed Sabol brought footage from what would be the first NFL Films presentation to a bar frequented by TV news personalities (most recently, it was a very fancy KFC, but the building is still there) and John Facenda started narrating as a lark. What would have been had he not decided to hang out after work that day?

[@dustydiciurcio137]

John facenda what a legendary voice 🙏✝️🏈

[@MisterFridayOMG]

Why can't we just bring this back. This has so much heart and soul. The narration is so on point with John you can follow this like he is reading a book out loud.

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

GREAT game, and thank you Comrade. This was truly a great AFC Championship Game. And although the Raiders lost, they were winners in terms of UNIFORMS. That 1970 Raiders road uniform was probably my favorite of all time. Pure silver and white.

[@phillipmennor2585]

I love these old football videos from the 60's and early 70's, especially with John Facenda's commentary!

[@nicholasmccullough8167]

THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP IS FINALLY BACK IN CHARM CITY

[@jonathanjohnson9236]

Baltimore Hosting AFC Championship First Time in 53 Years Ravens

[@MrTotalluck]

Im watching these films trying not to find beforehand the exact results of some games. AND they aré geniune film masterpieces . They display action, suspense, thrill, drama And unexpected endings. All under crafty use of cameras, photographic angles and sound. The best kind of films you could ever get.

[@sammyvh11]

I want to thank you for putting this video up. I am one of those Baltimore Colts fans not dead yet. I want to say this game was a blow out. Johns passes where dropped and the score should have been much higher. He did not have his old standout Ray Berry who had retired. I want the world to know that this organization was a great one until the gangster owner Carrol Rosenbloom swapped the team for the LA Rams with a drunk for an owner who had no intentions of ever winning a championship. Instead of keeping some key vets and bringing in some rookies he cleaned house and then when the team got better again he refused to pay anyone and traded all them away. Robert Irsay was a drunken sob who would sell his own mother for a buck. He is the epitomy of what the NFL is now a cartel. A criminal cartel. Long live the past and real contact football. RIP to all who have left us.

[@mmcginnity]

I couldn't agree more with this. Rosenbloom/Irsay ruined one of professional sports great franchises.

[@NuisanceMan]

No, this game was not a blowout. It was in the balance deep into the fourth quarter. Passes were dropped? Well, with all the comparisons between football then and now, one thing hasn't changed: you don't get credit for a completion unless you catch the ball. It's part of the game.

[@jameshuseby6290]

Couldn't have said it better not just about the owner but about the current greedy corporate culture that is today's ping pong game NFL

[@sammyvh11]

@@mmcginnity Thank you brother

[@Tron-Jockey]

You nailed it Sammy. I'll never forget the The Old Gray Lady of 33rd Street, the Outdoor Insane Asylum and the "Commander" Johnny Unitas.

[@mukinmukin6352]

I loved the look, feel, and atmosphere of old Memorial Stadium on those grey football Sundays. The dust...you could even see the suburban homes beyond the open end of the stadium

[@rogerwilliams5366]

This game looks like a Saturday afternoon brawl on a sandlot field by 2 semi-pro teams, which is what makes it so great. The intensity, brutality and passion by players of both teams is phenomenal to watch.

[@jeremy28135]

No excessive offseason weight programs or supplements or Analytics; just real tough men lining up and playing the game. 🏉

[@rogerwilliams5366]

Truth

[@tino6846]

They are all dead now as we will be

[@jeph33]

​@@tino6846 and then?

[@igluver15]

That wasn't a football field.....that was a sandlot! WOW!!! Could you imagine today's players (2021) stepping out on that field?

[@brainscott8198]

lmao...not even for practice!

[@rollotomasi8116]

The “ Easy Rider “.....coach Don McCafferty.......brought the first Super Bowl win to Baltimore as a rookie head coach, RIP Mr. Mac.....

[@peace-yv4qd]

Watched Johnny U play in the LA Colisium back in the 50's 60's and early 70's. Very magical. First time was in 1959 with my dad.

[@brainscott8198]

I can't believe The Coliseum sold naming rights...saw it the other day..United Airlines?..i think...i was gobsmacked..didn't even say Eastern Airlines' The Coliseum..just Eastern Airlines Stadium...smh.

[@nowar4me1]

I was an old Colt fan and was at this game. It still breaks my heart what happened.

[@williamweiss6128]

I was just a kid. Loved all these players back then. Good times.

[@brainscott8198]

John Mackey died from dementia at age 69. He was one of the first NFL players to be posthumously diagnosed with CTE.

[@1sttvbn]

Not a Raiders fan but, those white road jerseys with the silver numerals trimmed in black, are hands down the most glorious uniforms in NFL history. Nothing is even close.

[@barbaradarnell7376]

They didn't use them after that season for very long.This may have been the last game with them.

[@TheLAGopher]

@@barbaradarnell7376 I think the Raiders first used those silver and white road uniforms in the AFL days. 63 through 66 before trying to bring them back their first year in the NFL.

[@osaji922]

@@TheLAGopher In '63 they had silver numbers on the front and back and black numbers on the sleeves. Then in '64 they had the silver numbers all around. Then they stopped wearing them until '70.

[@michaelalbertson7457]

I have to agree, the Oakland Raiders white uniforms with the silver numbers, are the most glorious uniforms in AFL, NFL history. In about the mid 60s and early 70s, the Cowboys uniforms, blue and white, were the 2nd best. The Raiders silver and black were either right before or after the Cowboys uniforms, depending on how they looked on TV. LOL

[@michaelalbertson7457]

@@osaji922 I'm going to go back and look at the Clem Daniels video to see it. I saw on a card or picture with Daniels wearing 41, had to be in his early days, but the first year in Oakland it reads he wore 35. Do you know anything about that? Of course 36 was his main number.

[@benc6252]

I have no idea how this got recommended to me, an irish guy who has never watched a game of American Football in my life.

[@osaji922]

You're in luck. This is NFL Films gold. This was the NFL's best era in its most raw authentic form. Old school Raiders, John Facenda "the voice of god" doing narration, classic scores by Sam Spence, this is honestly the best way to expose a non american football fan.

[@benc6252]

@@osaji922 to be honest. I have no idea about the sport and I dont care about it either. But I'm gonna watch it anyways. You've sold me.

[@whataboutrob442]

@@benc6252 I just can't imagine not knowing or liking football - USA style.

[@dcbandnerd]

If nothing else, it shows off NFL Films' excellent film making. Football itself can be a miserable sport to watch but NFL Films brings out the drama of the game.

[@whataboutrob442]

@@benc6252 Because you watch "Football" in Ireland, that's why they assumed you would like it. Anyways give it a try.

[@johnparks9986]

They really played on a dirt field!!! That is BLASPHEMY in this day and age!!!

[@laotse_]

But it's not this day and age

[@richardmorris7063]

Now that was a football game! Two badass teams on a plot of dirt.

[@clintscroggs65]

An overlooked game, and one of the best NFL Films productions. The biggest moments, mainly the last two Colts' TD's, are backed by my two favorite NFL Films pieces of music. Funny how Unitas was so clutch here and looked like such an old man in the Super Bowl. Steve Sabol was a Colts fan and it's not surprising he spent so much time on the reaction to the win. Knowing he's a Colts fan, go back and look at the SB III movie and see how it sneaks through several times. He later admitted as much.

[@dcbandnerd]

Memorial Stadium - one of Maryland's great, lost gems.

[@dougnoble8762]

Baltimore's golden era of sports.

[@braderwin9620]

Yeah, that dirt field looked like a real gem.

[@Bob31415]

@@braderwin9620 You wouldn't understand.

[@martinleavitt6094]

👍🇺🇸

[@ronsmac]

It was the worst stadium in sports. We were a national laughingstock. The mayor played hardball on a new stadium even though memorial stadium was an absolute dump and we lost the Colts. The Orioles threatened to move to D C and we finally got Camden Yards.

[@mluongo5689]

18+ years before i was born, that was fun to watch. Number of hall of famers in this game. Unitas, Upshaw, Blanda, Biletnikoff, Mackey, Hendricks, Otto, Shell and Brown. Neat to finally watch this game

[@marcusanderson933]

R.I.P Ray Perkins who scored the clinching TD!

[@cliftonbolden8015]

Yeah R.I.P to coach Perkins he served as Offensive coordinator for the Raiders in the mid 90's

[@jonburrows8602]

@@cliftonbolden8015 Plus, as HC of the NY Giants, he ended their 17 year playoff drought and got the franchise headed in the right direction before leaving to coach at Alabama.

[@joxertheagitator8999]

According to my dentist, #17, Sam Havrilak, Ray Perkins played that game with a broken toe and got a cortisone shot in said toe to play the game.

[@TuberOnTheLoose]

@@joxertheagitator8999 That might explain Perkins' practical non-existence in Super Bowl V.

[@timtebowsleftarm5368]

This game, the NFC title game film with Facenda and the Super Bowl that year, were perhaps the best championship film trilogy NFL Films ever did. Everything was just incredible with these films.

[@jonburrows8602]

I agree, best blend of music and narration this year. I always told people that SB was the best NFL films SB recap ever, even though the game was nothing to write home about.

[@timtebowsleftarm5368]

@@jonburrows8602 Who else could make a game epic where the winner committed seven turnovers?

[@theequalizer9614]

Man, those were the days. The Colts in Baltimore and the Raiders in Oakland in a playoff game played outside on the grass/dirt.

[@Stacie45]

Sadly it will never be like that again.

[@theequalizer9614]

@@Stacie45 No it won't. Definitely not the game I grew up with.

[@jackcrumbliss1583]

They called it "Astro-dirt"

[@ronsmac]

Way more dirt than grass.

[@jameshuseby6290]

The very best of times for the NFL and the working class who were unlike today true football fans who built the NFL into a success and now can't afford to afford to attend games cause of today's greedy corporate culture and won't want to anymore

[@PresidentGas1]

This was the culmination of a magical Raider season in which George Blanda performed miraculous feats to lift the Raiders to victory in the regular season. It was truly superhuman what that man was able to do that year. The gods were looking down on him that season.

[@jeph33]

Dont know about any gods; just hard, smart work and determination

[@jonburrows8602]

@@jeph33 George drank whiskey, smoked cigarettes and gave life advice to Ken the Snake Stabler.

[@martinleavitt6094]

#19..........the "Old Pro"...not much else to add..Bravo!!.....👍🇺🇸

[@sammyvh11]

Lots of dropped balls Ed Hinton had a great game

[@lutherp.smithjr.5842]

George Young coached the Colts offensive line of that year

[@williamhicks7736]

Another great Sabol production! Love that music combined with Facenda’s great narration! Breathtaking stuff!

[@brainscott8198]

IKR! That music brings out the pirate swashbuckler in me...lol...i feek like i'm on the SS Bounty...ay, matey! Arrrgh!

[@jeph33]

​@@brainscott8198 ookay...

[@rjohnson1569]

This looked like the most fun the Colts ever had. Too bad Tom Matte was injured. I'm sure he misses be out there with his friend, Johnny U.

[@brainscott8198]

And Raymond Berry, too.

[@jaymoon5906]

John Unitas mike Curtis and Ted Hendricks 3 of the greatest players to ever play the game

[@jeph33]

Yes, so glad the Raiders got 'the Stork'

[@patrick_m_GA]

Great game and awesome highlight video narrated by Philadelphia legend John Facenda.

[@XMLarry]

Johnny Unitas was quoted after then game , "It's not often that I'm the youngest quarterback on the field." (when Blanda replaced Lamonica)

[@Jleed989]

What a great thanksgiving game that year in Detroit. The Raiders came to Tiger Stadium. Back when the Lions won on thanksgiving

[@brainscott8198]

Every mid-December since KZbin was born or on NFL Network, I've loved watching these old NFL Films w/ John Facenda narrating, the jolly roger music, the mic'd up players...the whole damn thing...gets me juiced and primed for college bowl games, National Championships, and of course, NFL PLAYOFFS!!!!!! God I love American football.

[@Stacie45]

This is a gem! All I have ever seen of this game is short highlights, always wanted to see the full game or at least a full highlight film like this. It is a historically significant game, the first AFC Championship Game ever....what I think today is for the Hunt Trophy. Thanks for posting!

[@tedlee1734]

Look at those old uniforms wow😎👍🏈👈

[@jackkitchen737]

You never cease to amaze with these gems

[@JayDogTitan-he6wo]

Gene Upshaw talkin it up, No.63 was one of the greatest Raiders of all time.

[@Ispeakthetruthify]

One of the greatest players PERIOD of all time.

[@brainscott8198]

He and Art Shell combined for 6 holding calls between them from 1968 to 1981. Only Ron Yary and Milt Sunde of the Vikes had a better record. Yary one holding call in 14 years.

[@lloydkline1518]

@@brainscott8198 ❤️ Ed white e ; mick tingelhoff Minnesota viking other great offensive linemen

[@brainscott8198]

@@lloydkline1518 just off the top of my head... O Line was ...Ron Yary, Milt Sunde, Mick Tinglehoff, Ed White, Grady Alderman...Stu Voight at TE. Ed White finished his career as a Charger, had many good years there after being a Vike....those were the days when men were men. I was 11 yrs old in 1969 and just nuts about stats and rosters, starting lineups...I can't wait for this weekend.

[@lloydkline1518]

@@brainscott8198 thank for the Minnesota viking history; I remember Ed white for Ricky Young trade: remember Ed white crazy glue commercial too

[@panama8009]

That left kick on Unitas by Ben Davidson would have been illegal in today's game...lol. Gotta love The Original Big Ben..lol

[@patrickcolon8809]

RALPH MALPH: "That guy's washed up. He's 30." RICHIE CUNNINGHAM: "No Ralph, George Blanda still has 2 or 3 good years left in him."

[@richardlenoir7973]

This is beautiful ID rather watch these treasures than a sorry live game today

[@MrTotalluck]

Agreed.

[@rogerwilliams5366]

True and that’s exactly what I do now

[@retrobrahhh]

17:20 and on is intense. Great filmmaking! The narration, the music, the game!

[@calvinnay814]

this game had more of a Super Bowl feel that than the Colts game vs the Cowboys. it was a truer old NFL /AFL rivalry to it.

[@jonburrows8602]

Great point as this was the first time the Raiders and Colts had ever met.

[@NuisanceMan]

@@jonburrows8602 Well, also, the Super Bowl was two pre-merger NFL teams, one of which had just moved to the new AFC. This first AFC Championship Game was actually a game between teams that had been in opposite leagues the year before. I think that's what cal nay meant.

[@dcarman686]

That's because both Cowboys and Colts were NFL teams.

[@jonburrows8602]

I know exactly what he meant. Was just adding the fact that the Raiders-Colts did not play each other in the first post merger regular season, so they had never met, further giving this game the feel of the first 4 Super Bowls.

[@richardmorris7063]

That's A fact,I recall a sloppy Super Bowl won on a kick by that rookie Jim Obrien.

[@Stacie45]

Have always wanted to watch this game or at least a highlight film from it. This is the first time I have seen it. Thanks so much for posting it!

[@romelovesdan]

There is an alternate NFL GOW film of the game as well!

[@denisceballos9745]

Great game between two great teams. Johnny U. came through once again with a beautiful pass to Ray Perkins (27), the Colts former #1 pick out of Alabama. George Blanda finally out of miracles. The Raiders had an amazing season in 1970, one for the ages, but it ended in the dust in Baltimore.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

Denis Ceballos, Perkins just passed away this past week. Of course, he had a lengthy coaching career after his playing days were over.

[@richardmorris7063]

I can almost hear John Facenda saying this!

[@jeph33]

I saw Biletnikoff drop some catchable balls there...no help to 'the old man' as you call him. Funny nobody calls Brady 'the old man'

[@mikevanriel7573]

This would turn out to be the final home playoff win for the Colts in Baltimore before they moved to Indianapolis in 1984.

[@paulschmitz9175]

The day the Colts left Baltimore was the day I gave up the NFL.

[@thegreenbird795]

also the last hurrah for Darryl Lamonica...

[@mikevanriel7573]

@@thegreenbird795 Why you say that? I thought it was the Raiders vs Steelers playoff game in 1972? You know the “immaculate reception” game.

[@Ispeakthetruthify]

@@mikevanriel7573 Naw...that was Stabler. Stabler actually ran the go ahead touchdown for the Raiders in that game. Before the "immaculate Reception".

[@brainscott8198]

@@thegreenbird795 yeah...they missed the playoffs in 1971, and after that Stabler was the man, Siani back up, Lamonica 3rd string

[@mikevanriel7573]

Strange seeing Ted Hendricks, the all time Raider great playing against the Raiders.

[@frankdenardo8684]

@Matt Pizzano known as The Stork. Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 1990 in his first year of eligibility.

[@radar0412]

Along with LT the Greatest Outside linebacker that ever played

[@sammyvh11]

The drunk known as Robert Irsay traded Hendricks to GB for a bag of balls. Irsay was a drunken fool who only wanted to make money not win championships.

[@tomb4575]

@@sammyvh11 Carroll Rosenbloom wasn't much better.

[@homeelectricco]

@@frankdenardo8684 " The Mad Stork ".. actually

[@michaelwilliams7907]

These were the days my friends. When the NFL 50s hit the 60s. WHAT AN ERA. JOHNNY U MEETS JOE NAMATH IT WAS FABULOUS THE DECADE OF OFFENSE.

[@machinegunjackmcgurn4188]

Mike Curtis was a beast at MLB. Should be in the HOF.

[@brainscott8198]

yes he should...apparently he was a prick to the old school sportswriters...he was tough to be around, even his teammates would say.

[@machinegunjackmcgurn4188]

@@brainscott8198 They didn’t call him “Mad Dog” for nothing.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@@brainscott8198, I'd use that epithet to describe him, in general. Pretty full of himself. In the America's Game feature on this season for the Colts, he stupidly described the AFL of 1968, as a "schlep league", when in fact, its defense had caught up with the innovative offense the AFL has been regaling their fans with ftom the beginning. The disparity between the top teams in each league had been virtually extinguished, though the poor to mediocre teams took awhile to become consistently competitive, once they started to face old NFL teams during every regular season. Except for Miami, of course.

[@johnflynn3102]

Mike Curtis crossing the picket line in 70 caused a lot of angst for himself and teammates aa anti union asshole who didn't deserve his football pension but a hall of famer

[@joeseddit]

I always remember him popping that dude that came running on to the field and grabbed the football. His best play ever. If I remember correctly, the dude had a Jets stocking cap on.

[@tony84.]

22:16, Oh that great voice of John Facenda and everything great from NFL Films.

[@darrylking6847]

Legendary Gene Upshaw Shouting encouragement to his players 3:15

[@balrog322]

Highway 63. Started 202 straight games from 1967-1980 and didn’t miss one offensive snap.

[@davidcobb2693]

@@balrog322 00 Jim Otto set the bar high for the Raiders O-line, started 210 straight games from 1960-1974 and he made every offensive snap.

[@balrog322]

@@davidcobb2693 I hadn’t heard that Otto, like Hwy 63, never missed a snap in his career. My recollection, as an ardent Raider fan in the 70s, is that his eventual successor, Dave Dalby, spelled him occasionally in his final season, as Otto’s injury-ravaged knees began to undermine his performance. You’re absolutely right, tho, he set the standard for one of the best offensive lines in NFL history. I’d rate him with Pittsburgh’s Mike Webster as the best centers ever.

[@davidcobb2693]

@@balrog322 Jim Otto with more Pro Bowls and All Pro selections than Webster puts 00 in the #1 spot as the best center ever.

[@balrog322]

@@davidcobb2693 Correctamundo & a strong closing argument. Interestingly, Webster rated 75th-two or three spots ahead of OO-in the NFL’s all-time top 100 players rankings 20 years back. Probably the four Steeler championship teams Webster played on, along with the usual anti-Raider bias, explains that. 🤟

[@danischeel4846]

I've been waiting to see this for years!

[@richardclifford003]

The Field Judge, #84, is Bob Wortman. Not only was he my insurance agent, but I attended grade school, St Michael in Findlay, OH, with his son, John. Mr Wortman officiated in many post season games. There is a famous picture of Mel Renfro (#20) of the Cowboys leaping to block a field goal. Mr Wortman is also pictured in the frame.

[@brianwolf6166]

Unitas called a beautiful game, mixing the run and pass well with big plays in the passing game while keeping the Raiders CBs backed up.

[@jmad627]

Best QB of all time. He invented the position as it’s known today. Tom Brady? You are what your record says you are. Which is obviously great as well. But for my money, #19 is the best.

[@brianwolf6166]

@@jmad627 The best playcaller on the field of All-time

[@igluver15]

@@jmad627 Brady would never be the QB that he is today in this era and I respect Brady.

[@machinegunjackmcgurn4188]

Johnny U The Master.

[@scottodonnell7121]

@@machinegunjackmcgurn4188 Johnny U was the MAN!!!

[@tommythomason6187]

Perfect name for real footbal - "Duel In The Dust." All that's missing are some rocks and cinders out there. Powerful hitting. Look at how scarred and scuffed up the Raiders' helmets are. Certainly tells you something about the game back then. Last year, or only year, the Raiders wore the silver numbers on their jerseys. Something to do with not being legible from the stands, was supposedly the reason they were withdrawn. Same for the Saints, who ditched gold numerals for black in 1970.

[@orbyfan]

It seems to have been the only year for the silver numbers, if these old films are any indication, which is too bad, because they looked great.

[@tommythomason6187]

@@orbyfan From what I understand, they were used in 1970, then withdrawn - either by the team or (most likely) by the league, claiming poor visibility. I liked 'em, too, as well as the gold numbers New Orleans had between 1967-1969. They were also pulled because it was said they were illegible from the stands.

[@mikevanriel7573]

This was long before High Definition Television.

[@depaola63]

Absolutely Classic ❤️I was 7 on this day 🌈

[@jonprude2557]

This one's bad-ass! Only 5 short of the '71 Topps FB set... The game was brutal then, lots of head-hits. Cheers!

[@MrJimMajor]

You will notice that unlike these days, the passes are not caught using just the hands (05:05, 14:35) unless there is no choice. That is because back in those days the receivers did not have tacky gloves. The ball was caught against the torso.

[@live2thefullest617]

slick, dusty ball too....they didn't change it every posession.

[@brainscott8198]

Except for Fred Biletnikoff who used orange Stick'em, and passed that tradition to Lester Hayes.

[@grxracer-1606]

It was nice to see Unitas win a Superbowl that year after losing to the Jets in Superbowl III.

[@Mark-xl1ze]

The last time the city of Baltimore would host the AFC Championship game until 2023.

[@dcbandnerd]

One of the things I love about this highlight reel is the use of natural sound. Facenda's voice is legendary but the sound of the vendor selling programs and the Colts marching band and Upshaw trying to psyche out Jim O'Brien really make this one.

[@jeph33]

Right, I loved the sound bites.

[@Bob31415]

Wow! What a hit by Baltimore's Ray May at 6:19.

[@stevecvino]

They hit to hurt back then.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

Jon Brahms, Uh, he was just making sure Dixon made his way OB. 😉 😉 😉

[@jeremy28135]

Love how both teams' uniforms are exactly the same 51 years later

[@brainscott8198]

@@jackjax532 I dunno...Colts have been around longer, same uni's for like, 68 years. I'm a Raiders fan, don't get me wrong...plus I haven't seen the Raiders in that all silver and white with black trim, with the silver numbers in...a long time.

[@brainscott8198]

@@jackjax532 We were talking uni's aren't we? Not logo...whatevs.

[@brainscott8198]

@@jackjax532 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT UNI'S NOT LOGO'S!!!! Is the fucking point.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Not quite the Raiders had silver numbers with the white jerseys for 1970

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@@michaelleroy9281, They've had those again, various times in recent years, as throwbacks, including earlier this season. I find them far preferable to the standard white jerseys with black numbers.

[@davegeisler7802]

Memorial Stadium had great " field dirt " Bubba Smith put the hurt on Lamonica .. ouch !

[@radar0412]

The Raiders on this day were one game away from getting to play the 70's Cowboys in the Superbowl. The Raiders would miss playing the Cowboys by one game in the Superbowl two more times. Again in 75, and one more time in 77.

[@chuckwest7045]

Good point. Two great franchises in the 70's but they kept missing each other in the Super Bowl.

[@radar0412]

@@chuckwest7045 I was wrong though. I forgot that the Cowboys and the Raiders missed each other in the Superbowl again by only one game in 1980. The Cowboys lost to the Eagles in the 1980 championship game, and the Raiders went on to beat the Eagles in Superbowl XV. Although not too many players remained on either team from a Decade earlier.

[@tedlee2861]

From the old NFL to the new AFC 😆🏈🏹👈👍

[@tomborg5906]

I was at that game an the field was a total dirt play yard.After the game I was at the Raiders Hotel Bar having a few with Blanca a some other Raiders an had to go to the rest room an in doing so you had to walk out an cross the Lobby.In the Lobby sitting in a straight chair was Al Davis an when I returned through the Lobby I said to Al,”I know how you feel”. Al replied,” no you don’t “. That was my one an only conversation with Al Davis.

[@marksantucci4230]

Better Football than what we have seen since late 80's? Go Raiders!

[@davidaylsworth3516]

Ahh..I remember this one. Also remember the Ghost to the post. Great games.

[@tommythomason6187]

Classic game, classic presentation - John Facenda. Brutal, physical game. Raiders did a lot of gang tackling. Both fullbacks were outstanding - Bulaich and some great runs by Hewritt Dixon. Raiders always had big fullbacks - Dixon, Hubbard, Van Eeghen. Only year the Raiders used the visitors' jerseys with the great silver numbers. I think the return to black numerals in '71 was borne out of a visibility issue.

[@whataboutrob442]

Unique, thats for sure!

[@kurtbackert7107]

They used them t a couple of seasons, 1963 and 1964 Al Davis' first two seasons as their head coach.

[@michaelalbertson7457]

The best white uniforms the Raiders used. The Silver and White !

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

My god, talk about 3 yards and cloud of dust. LITERALLY that day. And the GREAT bruising backs- Norm Bulach, Tom Nowatzki, Hewrit Dixon, Pete Banaszak, Marv Hubbard....truly the age of the Bruising RB.

[@mikevanriel7573]

Hard to believe that in the 1970 playoffs, Colts Head Coach Don McCafferty beat 3 future Hall of Fame Coaches to win Super Bowl V. Paul Brown, John Madden and Tom Landry.

[@MichaelForte-jn5pn]

That's a good observation....

[@robertpurtle6706]

That play where Unitas scrambles for a five yard gain and pushes his own blocke r to the ground cause he's in his way says it all.

[@tjstrong3607]

Grew up a Colts fan, and hated it that the Colts got moved to AFC-- didn't seem right-- but after all the close losses in the 60s, the Colts fianally got another Championship for Johhny U in Super Bowl V. I think to this day in Johnny U had played the whole game, they would have beat the Jets in SB III. If you watch the highlights, Earl Morrall lost that game-- he was terrible.

[@jackprecip5389]

Well, in retrospect, the Colts weren't an original NFL team, as they had been in the AAFC, then the NFL for a year, then dissolved, then brought back 2 years later when another team folded and went to Baltimore. Moving them and the Browns, another former AAFC team, made some sense. Probably moving San Francisco (also an AAFC) over to the AFC instead of Pittsburgh, a long time NFL team, would have made more sense, but they probably needed Pittsburgh for geographic reasons, and since the Steelers had won nothing in 40 years in the NFL, and became one of, if not THE top AFC team in its history, it all worked out.

[@marcschneider4845]

If Johnny had been in his prime, that's probably true. But he was not the same at the time. I'm not sure he could have won the game in his condition at the time. And, the fact is, the Jets moved pretty well against the Colts defense. That game killed me, but I think you have to give the Jets some credit.

[@chuckwest7045]

@@marcschneider4845 Unitas had one of his best seasons ever in 1967, the year before. IMO the Colts beat the Jets 3 times out of 5.

[@davegeisler7802]

Thats okay Colts Fans , 7 years later we beat you at Memorial Stadium with one of the greatest plays in Football " The Ghost to the Post. "

[@mikeforte7585]

Then the Raiders went to the AFC title game in Denver where they got royally screwed by the refs!!

[@johnflynn3102]

@@jackjax532 sorry Jack your raiders didn't repeat that year too bad so sad bye bye

[@Stacie45]

Crazy, Blanda had more completions for more yards and more touchdowns than the younger fellow, Unitas.

[@brianwolf6166]

Great win for John though with no turnovers ...

[@Stacie45]

@@brianwolf6166 Deep trivia, there was a scene in the 1970's show Happy Days where Ron Howard's character is talking about pro football. The show was meant to be about a 1950's family. They were talking about quarterbacks and someone, maybe Fonz, asked about George Blanda. Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard) said "He's pretty old."

[@jonburrows8602]

@@Stacie45 The scene was they were watching the Chicago Bears against the Packers game where the Bears were struggling. So, Richie says to Ralph Mouth that the Bears should put in their other quarterback, which Ralph scoffs at saying he is washed up. Richie then responds "I think George Blanda has 1 or 2 good years left.".

[@Stacie45]

@@jonburrows8602 Thanks for the correction. I haven't seen the episode but it is interesting that it was a 1970's sitcom about the 1950's...and Blanda's career spanned the entire time frame. I would buy the script writer a beer. And now comes Tom Brady, who just became the oldest player in pro football history to rush for a touchdown in a playoff game.

[@haroldfloyd5518]

Unfortunately, four of the completions were to the Colts…

[@littlejohnny9439]

The greatest 3 month stretch in Baltimore history; the Colts win Super Bowl 5 right after the Orioles beat the Big Red Machine in the World Series. John Unitas and Brooks Robinson!

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

Perfect flip of the script from 1969 when in a 9 month span both Memorial Stadium teams lost to the teams from Shea Stadium in their respective championships.

[@littlejohnny9439]

@@andrewpadaetz5549 yup, but NY has so many teams and such a history of greatness it probably wasn't as special as it was for Baltimore.

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

Not the Jets and Mets. Both teams had never appeared in any title games before. Not to mention the Colts had already beaten the football Giants in the '58 and '59 title games (1958 being the "greatest game ever played as the first NFL title game to go into OT and Johnny U's 2 minute drill at the end of regulation that forced OT).

[@jonburrows8602]

@@andrewpadaetz5549 Jets and Mets had never even made the playoffs before their miracle years and had only one prior winning season between the 2 of them.

[@howardcosell2022]

@@littlejohnny9439 New York's JV squads put the varsity to shame. Giants and Yankees fell on some hard times during this time period

[@mmi16]

I amaze myself in just how many players from that age I knew the name of just by their number - 51 years later.

[@johnhebert3855]

I'm still looking for the greatest NFL Film of all time: "Portrait of a Team -- The Baltimore Colts --1965". And I am not even a Colts fan.

[@tedlee1734]

Love that old NFL misc😁👍🏈

[@Birdlab]

Not once did they interrupt the game for a State Farm ad!

[@GVernon]

This is absolutely priceless!!!

[@tonyperkins7700]

Thanks for posting this, I’ve seen bits and pieces but never this whole thing. Just now I’m getting to were I can begin finding all of dad’s highlights. This is a start.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

Tony Perkins, If you're in earnest regarding Ray Perkins being your father, my condolences (very belated, though they may be) on his passing, and respect for all he accomplished in his life!!!

[@tonyperkins7700]

@@mitchellmelkin4078 thank you, I appreciate that.

[@johnhud2536]

Combined ages of Unitas and Blanda: 80. Also, Blanda is the only NFL player to play in 4 decades: 40s 50s 60s 70s Retired at age 48!

[@jackprecip5389]

Blanda is not the only NFL player to play in 4 decades, he's one of two. John Carney 1988-2010 also played in 4 decades.

[@johnhud2536]

@@jackprecip5389 ok Carney. A full time kicker. Surprised there aren’t more

[@jonburrows8602]

@@jackprecip5389 He said player, just kickers don't count.

[@kenamaro3942]

How nice to see a politics free game, I remember those days well. Respect for the game ,eachother and pride in thier country. Raiders Fan from 1969 to present....

[@comradedobler3407]

I have yet to see an NFL game that wasn't politics free, lol!

[@TheLAGopher]

As if there wasn't racial tension, flag "disrespect", and police/National Guard excessive force all over the place in 1971 LOL.

[@brianarbenz1329]

During that era, black protestors picketed the Kentucky Derby to prompt the Open Housing law, Detroit Pistons players allowed UAW strikers to address the crowd at halftime, at the Kentucky Colonels fought sex discrimination by playing the first woman in pro basketball. It was not "politics free," and thank goodness it wasn't. We're better off because people speak up for things they believe.

[@tommythomason6187]

Warren Wells definitely had possesion of the ball before Rick Volk knocked it out in the end zone. Good call by the official. The age of unreal defenses: Vikings, Raiders, Chiefs, Rams, Cowboys, Colts. Baltimore, mainly a Veteran team and just as rugged as the Raiders, though two rookies scored a lot of their points here - O' Brian and Bulaich. The Mad Stork sacks George Blanda. Later, ends up a Raider and a different set of players for these teams met on this field again, I think 1977, maybe '78 (?), and it was Oakland coming out on top

[@Nick23at63]

How bout Jerry Logan throwing the ball and hitting the Ref after the play? I'm sure that would get a penalty these days, looks like the Ref here didn't care.

[@kencummings953]

It would turn out to be Warren Wells' last NFL game as well. A downward spiral of off the field problems would soon ensue.

[@mitchellmelkin4078]

@@kencummings953 As well as Hewitt Dixon's. Man, he was a load to bring down. He was near to All-Pro status, once he got to Oakland. I'm not definite as to what ended his career in the '71 preseason, as he was still more than a capable player. I believe he suffered a knee injury sometime, either during training camp or in a game, but he was finished, one way or the other. He was only about 30.

[@NuisanceMan]

Rematch: 1977 season, Ghost to the Post

[@tommythomason6187]

@@NuisanceMan I don't think the 1977 Colts were as good as that 1970 team. Just my opinion. I do think, however, the '70 and '77 Raiders were of equal caliber to each other. The 1977 Colts were young. The 1970 Baltimore team was a grizzled old bunch and very much experienced.

[@rickygranderson9625]

I became a fan of All Davis and the Raiders the next year. Great Post!

[@bufnyfan1]

In 1977 the Raiders would meet the Colts again at Baltimore's Memorial Coliseum in a divisional playoff game to decide who would go to the AFC championship against the Broncos in Denver. This time Oakland would win 34-31 in OT-a game remembered for a catch made by Oakland TE Dave Casper ("Ghost to Post")

[@brianevans6328]

Raymond Chester and Ted Hendricks played in both games. Chester played both times for the losing team and Hendricks both times for the winning team.

[@michael.prescott4016]

at 19:03 you can see Ted Hendricks, future Raider.

[@jamesgabriele3598]

Beautiful Memorial Stadium.

[@Rickwmc]

Moving the Colts, Steelers and Browns to the AFC made sense. Baltimore owner Caroll Rosenbloom was paid $2 million from other owners to move. NBC was happy because they wanted the Colts away from Washington of the NFC and CBS. The Steelers and Browns joined the Bengals and Houston in the same division. The Oilers were a little out of place but the Cleveland-Cincinnati-Pittsburgh rivalry was a strong one.

[@tcm69jets1]

Here we are Brady 43 up against Rogers 37 playing against United 50 years later unbelievable

[@keaneofcomedy]

Battle of Kentucky quarterbacks! Blanda vs Unitas

[@carlosreyes5371]

Both Unitas and Blanda are from Western PA, Johnny U grew up in my neighborhood...

[@timtray8580]

Unitas from Louisville and Blanda from The University of Kentucky..

[@davidellis5141]

This is classic 👌

[@brainscott8198]

Every mid-December since KZbin was born or on NFL Network, I've loved watching these old NFL Films w/ John Facenda narrating, the jolly roger music, the mic'd up players...the whole damn thing...gets me juiced and primed for college bowl games, National Championships, and of course, NFL PLAYOFFS!!!!!! God I love American football.

[@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921]

Epic times. Baltimore was a thriving city back then.

[@nowar4me1]

Thanks for this video. As a Baltimore Colt fan it was great to see again. There are still some of us around. It was so cold that day. Memorial Stadium had it's own weather and it seemed like the wind was constantly blowing.