1974 AFC Championship - Steelers at Raiders - Enhanced Partial NBC Broadcast - 1080p/60fps

BIG upgrade here! I've enhanced and corrected the existing partial broadcast of the 1974 AFC Championship. Using Topaz, I upscaled, denoised, sharpened, de-blurred, and doubled the framerate. I then spent a grueling two days mulling over the color correction in Resolve. The color of the original was way off and had too much green. The picture was also too bright with not enough contrast. Different portions of the recording had differing color issues, so there wasn't just a one-size-fits-all solution. Was a major bitch to fix and I kept going back multiple times tweaking the color. Finally just had to settle on something, but it's a HUGE improvement. See before/after screenshots here -- imgbox.com/g/6...
Note that the broadcast recording ends mid-2nd quarter and picks up again at the start of the third - I've added NFL Films footage to compensate. You'll also notice that in various places the videotape has degraded and there will be drop-outs, distortion, or brief loss of audio. Note also that the color and contrast won't look the same overall since different portions of the recording required different color values in order to get them looking normal. I tried to get them to match as best I could, but it would be impossible to get them perfect. My thanks to romelovesdan for providing me the three DVDs of this game to work on.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

BIG upgrade here! I've enhanced and corrected the existing partial broadcast of the 1974 AFC Championship. Using Topaz, I upscaled, denoised, sharpened, de-blurred, and doubled the framerate. I then spent a grueling two days mulling over the color correction in Resolve. The color of the original was way off and had too much green. The picture was also too bright with not enough contrast. Different portions of the recording had differing color issues, so there wasn't just a one-size-fits-all solution. Was a major bitch to fix and I kept going back multiple times tweaking the color. Finally just had to settle on something, but it's a HUGE improvement. See before/after screenshots here -- imgbox.com/g/62sX6ByFAe Note that the broadcast recording ends mid-2nd quarter and picks up again at the start of the third - I've added NFL Films footage to compensate. You'll also notice that in various places the videotape has degraded and there will be drop-outs, distortion, or brief loss of audio. In some cases I edited long periods of garbage. Note also that the color and contrast won't look the same overall since different portions of the recording required different color values in order to get them looking normal. I tried to get them to match as best I could, but it would be impossible to get them perfect. My thanks to romelovesdan for providing me the three DVDs of this game to work on.

[@romelovesdan]

HUGE improvement and now the current definitive version!

[@SPTO]

Dave you do the Lord's work here. BTW I happened to watch one of the games on the TV today and damn, doubling the framerate makes it so smooth and (almost) made for today's generation of TV hardware. Again, you do great stuff.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thanks very much! Doubling the framerate literally makes it take twice as long for me to process a game, but it just elevates it to another level.

[@brianivey73]

You are the master or the remaster rescue! Thank you for this hard work!

[@CarlosReyes-qe2iq]

Sounds kinda eerie, but doesn't the movie The Towering Inferno remind you of 9/11?

[@arcticraven2462]

This was the Super Bowl of that year. These were the two best teams of the year.

[@weezlwizl5677]

This game is my introduction to this channel. Commercials and everything! The only thing missing is my Dad sitting next to me hootn and hollerin…. Miss you Buddy. Thank you sir for a nice trip to the past, keep up the good work on this channel. You have successfully taken me back to my childhood.

[@_Dave_S]

Back then the AFC seemed to come down to three teams battling for that Super Bowl spot; the Steelers, Raiders and Dolphins. Three very talented teams in the 70s! Great stuff, thanks for posting!

[@mrmercedes8528]

The entire decade was dominated by these 3 teams Every AFC champion these 3 were involved: mainly against each other

[@starwarsROXmy]

AFC were the Raiders, Steelers, and Dolphins, while the NFC was always between the Rams, Cowboys, and Vikings.

[@darrylturner2611]

And the NFC was only a 3 dog race of Cowboys,Rams and Vikings!!

[@pulsarlights2825]

And Dallas got lucky in 1977/78 that they got to play Denver instead of the Steelers or Raiders that year. Rob Lytle fumbled and the refs missed it in the AFC Championship game..Best Super Bowl that never happened Dallas vs Raiders

[@Wixom2200]

Great point.

[@oldschool6448]

Wow, as a kid growing up in the Bay Area, this game brings back some painful memories. Literally everyone I knew expected the Raiders to tear through the Steelers and whoever came out of the NFC to claim their first Super bowl title! Instead, a great dynasty was born that day, and as a 10 year old I was brought to tears for the first & only time after watching a sporting event(c'mon guys, I was 10)! Anyway, thanks for these treasures , Dave. There is no question that the 1970s is the GOLDEN ERA of the NFL!!! Without these guys, there would be nothing! 🏈🏈🏈

[@chrisgatewood3161]

I was 6-years-old and when this game was played so I don’t remember it, but I grew up in Pittsburgh and my father did very vividly. He said the week before when the Raiders beat the Dolphins the press acted that game was the two best teams. Madden said later this game was his biggest regret because the Raiders acted like they won the Super Bowl after they won. Madden even got carried off the field which was ridiculous for a divisional playoff game. This really fired the Steelers up.

[@primateproductions126]

I can relate…..I was 11 and attended the game with my father. I’ll never forget how disappointed I was leaving the game. But I still had a blast. My first time going to a game. One of the greatest days of my life. I still have the game program.

[@dannysullivan8929]

Thank you once again Babe Ruth. It just so happens that the Pittsburgh Steelers are my favorite football team. And I was a kid who grew up with the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers. So every Steeler game (particularly from the 1970s) which you can remodel, refurbish, renovate, and restore, would be perpetually and profusely appreciated. Thanks Dave.

[@elbob17]

It's not easy being a Steeler fan these days. I could go back and rewatch Super Bowl X and wouldn't be surprised if the outcome was changed.

[@tonywright282]

Great upload here this game & last week’s Miami Oakland divisional round playoff game changed the balance of power in the AFC after the Miami Dolphins lost ending their reign of appearing in the Super Bowl three years in a row

[@romelovesdan]

Let the Battle begin for AFC supremacy the next few seasons, beginning with the first of three straight AFC Championship games.

[@joekaiker1442]

Truly appreciate all your hard work on these old games. So many great memories.

[@primateproductions126]

Was hoping you’d get to this game. I was 11 years old and at this game with my father. I’ll never forget it. Looks fantastic. Thanks Dave 😀👍

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Awesome! You're welcome :)

[@donniewhite2230]

"If","I"!,"Told,You,My,Oldest Brother,was,"78",.."What,Would,You,Say",Dude and,"it's,True"✍️🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫🤝😎😎😎😎🤭🤭🤭🤭..."Trust,Me"✍️🤭🤭🤭🤭😉👊👊👊👊

[@terribletomvu37]

You may well be the most important/valuable person in America, at the moment. This video is GOLD!

[@neneshubby]

To this day I think the Raiders would’ve won this game if they hadn’t taken the Steelers lightly. It seems crazy now but remember, the Steelers weren’t a dynasty yet, the Dolphins were the dominant team in the NFL and when the Raiders knocked them out subconsciously they thought their toughest test was behind them. Don’t forget that the Raiders had beaten Pittsburgh the last 2X they’d played by a combined 50-14 score and they were overconfident going into this home game. My parents were season-ticket holders and I still remember after the game. my dad telling my mother in the car “the Raiders just couldn’t get up that high two weeks in a row”. The Steelers went on to win the Super Bowl and start their dynasty.

[@NigelIncubatorJones]

The silly seeing they used back then, not based on records, gave a gift to Pittsburgh. They got to play 4th seed Buffalo in the first round, while #1 seed Oakland and #2 seed Miami slugged it out.

[@dantheman5745]

10:00 This movie got me in trouble. A couple of days after seeing it, I came across a small, interlocking cardboard grid that when stood on end, looked (to a kid) a lot like a skyscraper. So out to the driveway I went with my "skyscraper" and a box of matches. Apparently I wasn't quite discreet enough, and Mom found out. 99% of the time she used the wooden spoon. Player with fire, it seems, fell into that 1% slot. Only time I ever got the belt. Never played with matches again, but ironically, I did become the family expert in getting a nice roaring fire going in the fireplace on snowy winter days.

[@MartinParis]

Unbelievable work here Dave! What an incredible difference! I have many DVD’s of Raiders games in the 70’s as well as some Oilers and Saints games of Ken Stabler as I’m a huge Snake fan. So any of the enhancements during this period his career are greatly appreciated! Thanks again for providing such a great resource of enjoyment for those of us who grew up in the golden age of professional football!

[@miami8089]

I can’t get over how clear this video is. Amazing!

[@robertwheatley2471]

Definitely a blast from the past. Outstanding picture clarity. Also glad the commercials were left in which really add to the nostalgia and "feel" of that era. Because many other various one from others are left out. Back then there was 1-2 commercials at each break, now there's 5 which are basically nothing but garbage. Curt Gowdy was arguably the best announcer ever. A lot of rivalries but 70's Pittburgh-Oakland was the best ever, there's not even a close second.

[@donaldcampbell9219]

I grew up in Pittsburgh during the 60’s and 70’s and can remember the city was electric during these years. I enlisted in the Marine Corps and was always proud to say I was from the Steel City.

[@Borrow919]

1:13:18 - Harris to the house. 1:18:41 - Ham INT 1:22:21 - Bradshaw to Swann TD 1:50:13 - Harris to the HOUSE!

[@first_rays9292]

The video quality is remarkable. Excellent job!

[@MeanMachineRadio]

1970's Steelers..Greatest ever! Thank You!!

[@charleslee1644]

THEIR FRONT FOUR AND DOOMSDAY WERE 1AND 2

[@camoss3724]

Ray Guy actually made you look forward to fourth downs.

[@mkos4573]

Wow, Dave! This is fabulous! You've done a phenomenal job in bringing these games to life from arguably the greatest era of football - the '60s and '70s. Any chance you have the original broadcast of the '66 NFL Championship with Ray Scott? Packers @ Cowboys, from Jan. 1, 1967.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thank you very much! Oh man, I wish :)

[@johntabler349]

The change in the aesthetic of the NFL from 73 to 74 is drastic I have been trying to watch as many games as I could starting with the oldest I'm now in the era and with the players I remember most from my youth. Hard to believe that before this era the Steelers were the biggest perpetual losers in football but the talent they amassed in the 70 s was mind blowing. Swann Stalworth and Lambert all rookies the same year? Beat that draft if you can

[@fromthefarside]

Dave...congrats on all the upgrades you have made on these network telecasts. I know how much effort you put into this & the passion you have at making it right. Again, well done 👍

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thanks very much Chris, and thanks for being a fan of my work for so many years :)

[@martinkearney8045]

Thank you for this video treasure! This truly is history. While people may remember the Immaculate Reception game and the Super Bowl wins, the 1974 AFC championship was perhaps the most important game of the Steelers franchise. To get to the next level of a Super Bowl contender, they had to beat a great Raiders team on its own field.

[@brianbachmeier34]

Keep it up! We appreciate the effort you put into these classics.

[@anthonybryant3038]

Wow. This is amazing. I worship the 70s Steelers... thanks for doing this game!

[@charleslee1644]

THIS WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL

[@brianivey73]

What a great video, thank you for all this work to bring the classics back with such awesome quality!

[@chrisgatewood3161]

It’s amazing how dirty these Raiders teams were. You could call a personal foul on almost every play. Unreal

[@MrLittlebuddy]

Great, great video and love the old commercials. I disliked both teams back then because they were always dominating however, now I respect the hell out of both teams and what they did back then. Quite a few HoF's on that field.

[@straywolf77]

Dang....the video quality is amazing. Awesome job dude.

[@Jim-El]

Great video upgrade for 1974! Thanks!

[@Drew914]

I was 2 years old when this game was played. It looks amazing in enhanced 1080p. Thank you.

[@brianrodriguez8282]

Beautiful work, Dave! Other online versions were very hard to follow. This game deserves proper treatment. Love Dandy and DeRo in the booth.

[@pedrofalu9425]

AFC WAS LOADED... Not Just Miami, Oakland and Pittsburgh... Colts, New England And Cincinnati Were On Their Heels Too... What An Era... Great Video... GOD BLESS

[@jonhowe2960]

Magnificent work, Dave! 👏👏

[@user-ht1el4xc6o]

Love seeing the old commercials 😂

[@markusallen5634]

Thank you for making this game available to watch.

[@timburr4453]

That last heave by Stabler...not sure what he was trying to do there (maybe praying for his own immaculate reception) but you cannot just lob it up and hope for the best when there is 1:13 left This was a huge letdown for Oakland after the incredible Sea Of Hands victory Cliff Branch had an absolutely magnificent game. The following year would be more frustration for Oakland as Three Rivers was turned into an ice rink. Al Davis and Madden were very angry as it totally neutralized the Raiders aerial. If you look at what the Raiders had done offensively from about week 7 through the playoff win vs Cinci...their offense was a machine firing on all cylinders. In those 10 weeks of play they scored 293 points. That's an average of 29 a game. The Steelers brass pulled out all the stops 😁

[@JIM87ification]

yeah, it was a devastating loss. I remember watching it. I thought that would be the Raiders year. An the Snake had an awful game with 2 huge INTS

[@salvacionkirland6848]

Blanda kicking at 48 without a chinstrap, that’s classic!

[@romelovesdan]

Hmmm.....@ 41:33 , I never hear much talk about this call in the various debates over judgements or events going a certain way....

[@Mikey300]

Yeah . . . Who was that visually-challenged stripey-shirted baboon wearing #74?

[@charleslee1644]

AMAZING HOW MANY OF THESE GREAT PLAYERS ARE NOT HERE ANYMORE

[@thecelebratedmisterk]

Al DeRogatis was a REALLY good analyst.

[@tywebb6010]

I absolutely love these videos. Thank you thank you.

[@larrymelman]

@27:00 I will never understand how Gerela kept his job all through the 70's.

[@timburr4453]

Kicking was very very different back then in terms of expectations and what kind of field goal % constituted a good, average, or bottom rung kicker. Didn't have the locked in robo kickers of today or perfect conditions in so many stadiums. Gerela was considered a good kicker back then and actually went to two Pro Bowls. He was usually somewhere in the top 10 of field goal % yearly during his career But yea that's a bad miss.

[@larrymelman]

@@timburr4453 The 70's Steelers had a big achilles heel with special teams. They almost blew Super Bowl X because Noll was afraid of punting at midfield, fearing the equally weak Bobby Walden would be blocked, choosing instead to turn the ball over on downs at the end of the game. Gerela missed a XP and 2 FGs in that game. He was average to below average but the Steelers stuck with him for 8 years, which was almost unheard of back then unless you had a Stenerud-ish level of kicker.

[@timburr4453]

@@larrymelman His stats don't tell the story of an average kicker though. Now one game...Super Bowl vs Dallas yes that was a poor performance and 2 misses and an XP is a full touchdown left off the board that they have to overcome. But over the course of his Steeler career he did not rate as a below average kicker. Finding a kicker better than Gerela was likely no easy task...and Noll was probably worried he could end up with someone worse. Guys like Bakken, Cox, Cockroft were not available. In 1976 he started to decline. That's when you couldve aggressively tried to look for someone new. The years before that were fine

[@larrymelman]

@@timburr4453 I think if they had lost SB X, Gerela and Walden would have both been out. But what do I know. Fortunately they were dominant enough that having bums for kickers did not hurt them. Compare Gerela's stats to say, Tom Dempsey, they are quite similar. Dempsey bounced around all through the 70's.

[@lutherjennings6565]

What a different a week makes for the Raiders fans! Fans running on the field after the win over Dolphins No running on the field after this game! Nothing but Steeler black and gold!!!!

[@mattwatters5702]

Looks beautiful!! Thank you.

[@MrDavid1863]

incredible restoration Dave, blows me away...major kudos

[@maddogmike5178]

Great job.

[@jadentrez]

"Bradshaw steps back, throws deep ... Right into the trombone!" Bradshaw hit the trombone player ha ha. Ah, the '70s.

[@howl_with_the_wolves]

This loss was a huge disappointment for Raider fans they were favored at home coming off an emotional high from the previous week win vs Miami and completely got destroyed by Pittsburgh defense Stabler had a rotten game•the Steeler defense during this era was so dominant the NFL made a rule before the 1978 season to help passing offenses the pass interference rule no contact beyond 5yds later rightly dubbed the Mel Blount rule and suddenly all QB's instantly saw their yards completions and TDS skyrocket, remember that when judging great QB's all the modern ones are not playing under the rules of previous era's guys like Stuabach,Unitas,Namath,Graham,TarkentonMeredith,Jugenson,Tittle,even guys like Luckman,Baugh,and Van Brocklin would flourish under modern post 1978 rules.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Yep. Plus they actually played defense back then and you could HIT. The players of today break a fingernail and they're on the DL for two weeks.

[@timburr4453]

If you want to talk about disappointment...the next year Oakland's offense is a well oiled juggernaut, they're 9-1 in their last 10 and just beat Cinci in the Divisional Playoff...and suddenly they find out the AFC Title Game will be played on an ice rink😁

[@osaji922]

Bro, you're preaching to the choir with this comment. Everyone on this video knows modern QBs are weak bishes. It's the young normies that try to ignore this era of football like it never existed and act like modern football is the greatest thing ever. You'll find these morons on Pat MacAfee's videos lauding him like he's so great.

[@primateproductions126]

It also didn’t help, the previous week, when the Raiders pretty much over celebrated after beating the Dolphins. Carrying Madden off the field, and Madden saying in the press that the two best football teams had just met. They completely underestimated the Steelers.

[@timburr4453]

@@primateproductions126 Yea that was the worst possible thing Madden could say at the time...Steelers no doubt made it bulletin board material. Steelers at that time still hadn't established that championship pedigree...they were well on their way but Oakland no doubt probably told themselves they were robbed in 1972, and they came back and beat them in 73. So deep down they probably didn't really respect them

[@nuffsaid783]

Excellent quality! But did Stallworth have both feet in for a TD?

[@brettshepherd5240]

That score in the background.... Minnesota 14 LA RAMS 10...STILL HURTS

[@rufuspipemos]

One of the worst days of my Raiders life. We thumped them earlier in the year. We were the best team but their defense and running game were too good. If the Raiders won this game and then also won SB12, they would have had 4 Super Bowl wins by 1984 vs The Steelers 3. And Ken Stablet would have been in the HOF by age 40 instead of after he died.

[@primateproductions126]

I agree. I was at this game when I was 11 years old and I’ll never forget how bummed I was leaving. The Raiders run defense absolutely sucked. If they were able to stop Pittsburgh’s run game at least by half, they would’ve gotten them off the field quicker and had more chances to score. Looking back, now it makes sense why they went after Ted Hendricks in the off-season and changed their defense to a 3/4 from a 4/3.

[@CraigShifflet]

Otis Sistrunk from the University of Mars! Want to say Jack Ham doesn't get the recognition he deserves. One of the first great OLB who changed the game.

[@DenverLapse]

Magnificent job Dave

[@benjammmin7180]

Great work once again, Dave !

[@johnmongani5223]

at 1:27:13 the better team makes a beautiful play.

[@CarlosReyes-qe2iq]

Crystal clear, Dave, crystal clear.

[@devoe4096]

This is so good and I'm a Cowboys fan

[@wreckanchor]

wow thanks Dave

[@greenwoodroad9765]

Phenomenal job. Awesome

[@perryickes8991]

I cannot understand why The Raiders kept trying to run the ball on first down in this game

[@stevenhall9349]

Thanks for posting this

[@keithclark7266]

RIP to Raiders Center Jim Otto

[@chrisgatewood3161]

One thing I remember about this game was the Blount had one of the worst games of his career. Branch burned him all day and he couldn’t cover Biletnokoff either. Blount actually got benched in the fourth quarter

[@donniewhite2230]

"But"!,"#47-Melvin, being,Melvin"...."Had"!,"To,Learn","Guy's"!!✍️👉👉👉👉,"My,Big Brother,#78,Too"✍️😂😂😂,"True","Guy","Whoever,You,Are,Out,There"✍️🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂

[@classicrockbeagle]

Jim Otto's last game. RIP to 00

[@Red-mp3to]

"The blonde and balding bomber" (41:14)....too funny! Lol

[@EmmaBonn96]

Shell Upshaw Otto Buehler Vella Vs Greenwood Greene Holmes White The iron line vs the steel curtain Quite possibly the best trench rivalry in football

[@luckynedpepper9030]

Stabler and Bradshaw. The golden days of the NFL, in my opinion of course.

[@pulsarlights2825]

The quality of this is great, I have been watching these old games with bootleg quality for 20 plus years.. Any chance you can photoshop in a full head of hair on Terry Bradshaw...was he bald in 3rd grade or something?

[@riggodrill]

you sir... are a magician. This is, of course, the Golden Era of NFL football. Raiders get bad deal from refs, even at home.

[@sooner9971]

Did you not see the TD catch called incomplete to Stallworth? Steelers were the better team that day.

[@michaelfalsia6062]

I personally know Terry Hanratty and he told me that the Raiders used to play loud hard rock music in the steelers locker room during halftime so they would have a hard time working out a game plan for the second half. They would give the steelers somewhat deflated balls when they were on offence etc. 😂 He never divulged any Steeler tricks at River front, though? Only in Oakland.😂 Madden was something else. 😂

[@romelovesdan]

Ha ha , of course not!

[@michaelfalsia6062]

@romelovesdan I should have asked him about the frozen sidelines at 3 rivers for the 75 tittle game. It was the only part of the field that was so frozen. Lol. Al Davis picked up on it right away. Lol. It's on the Raiders history film, if I remember. NFL gotta love it.

[@romelovesdan]

@@michaelfalsia6062 Yes...probably not an "accidental" occurrences. The wild attempts at "Home Field Advantage" are legendary.

[@radar0412]

Fantastic quality! Next, why not give us an Enhanced Broadcast of the divisional playoff game between the 74 Dolphins and the Raiders that took place just a week before this game? 😃

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

If I had that game I'd be the hero of the internet :)

[@radar0412]

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 Just messing with you. They don't call it "The Lost Game" for nothing. Is the original broadcast of the 1976 divisional playoff game between The Patriots and the Raiders lost forever as well? Underrated classic, but I've never seen a video of original broadcast other than a fraction of the final drive.

[@jackprecip5389]

How prophetic was the commentator at 1:18:29? It's a 10-10 ball game in the 4rth quarter and he says "Oakland's in trouble, they're in trouble right now." Very next play, Stabler throws a crippling interception that Pittsburgh returns deep into Oakland territory and sets up the touchdown where the Steelers go ahead for good. Then, the same commentator at 1:33:29 says something to the effect that Bradshaw hasn't run too much, but he might try to negotiate the side that Gerald Irons is playing on, #86 for the Raiders. Very next play, Bradshaw runs a bootleg right at Gerald Irons.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Al De Rogatis

[@sportshistorybuff319]

Did Bubba Smith get on the field for the Raiders or was he injured from that lingering sideline marker injury?

[@arcticraven2462]

Never realized before how much Gowdy talks over everyone. Countless times.

[@mrmercedes8528]

I’d take him cutting others off mid sentence over the useless clowns of today …… I stopped watching the NFL 6 years ago ; it’s garbage to me - THIS HERE : I’d watch all day I have hundreds of games from the 70’s/80’s on dvd - Dave has done a super enhancement job with these games

[@arcticraven2462]

@mrmercedes8528 totally agree. I stopped watching it after Godell penalized James Harrison over and over. Then the defenseless receiver rule did it for me....I hear about all the stats of the new generation and how they are superior to these guys total bs. I would love to see a modern receiver play against the Pittsburgh and Oakland defenses... Can you imagine Dan Fouts and the Chargers of the early 80s with the modern rules? Jefferson, Joiner stats would be off the charts. Same with Stallworth and Swann...

[@mrmercedes8528]

@@arcticraven2462 : absolutely- Marino had 5,084 yds & 48 TDS in 1984 ……. Based on just him alone ( Fouts / Hart as well as several others would crazy stats today ) Marino alone may have thrown for 8,000 / 75

[@kissherlips1]

There's a direct satellite version of Gowdy working for CBS and doing a Saints-Jets game from 1980. Hank Stram was his partner. Because it's a direct feed, there's no commercials and the video continues. During commercial breaks you can hear Gowdy and Stram arguing with Gowdy getting pissed that Stram corrected him about something during the game. Great stuff!

[@mrmercedes8528]

Dave I gotta know about the 76 NE @ Oakland game ….!!!!!!

[@randyhanson4973]

Oakland took a only 10-3 lead going into the fourth quarter. It could have been worse. The ball just didn’t bounce there way.

[@TimRobinson-kd3zn]

Had another question for you Dave hope you won't mind. Do you or anybody have a full broadcast tv of the Heidi Bowl game? I was 6 my oldest brother was a huge Raiders fan we were watching the game then the movie came on and he went nuts ran around screaming NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! they can't do this he ran to a radio to try and pick up the game I said what for? The Raiders were losing about a min left what could happen?? OMG when we found the score we were in shock he was still boiling for days just was wondering if you had more on the game only about 65-70 thousand saw in the stadium that day

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

All that exists of that game is a kinescope of the final minutes --- kzbin.info/www/bejne/havUZnuZesuVlbs

[@johnward6699]

Back in the day...if there's a Raider game on.. Curt Gowdy was doing it.

[@mattmcmillian7100]

At 58:16, watch Mean Joe Greene fold HOF'er Jim Otto backwards like a lawn chair!!

[@samhoratio]

Man, Joe Greene owned Jim Otto in this game. No fault to Otto, a great player, but Greene looks like a real athlete among a bunch of old dudes. And really, Pittsburgh's lines won more plays than they lost, on both sides of the ball. By the middle of the 4th, too, Stabler looked a little shaken, reacting before the rush got to him. Still, a great game, and some great run blocking in this one.

[@randyhanson4973]

I still can’t believe Oakland lost this game. They were the better team

[@primateproductions126]

The problem was that THEY thought they were better also. They took the Steelers way too lightly and it backfired big time. Also their run defense was horrible. 21st in the league that year.

[@user-ht1el4xc6o]

Feel like im 5 years old again

[@pulsarlights2825]

The Raiders and Steelers met in the playoff every year from 1972-1976, the last three being the AFC Championship game. The best game they played against each other was opening day 9/12/1976, Steelers at Raiders, do you have that game?

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Yep, did it 4 months ago :) -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2m0kIKYoJqtorc

[@pulsarlights2825]

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 Thanks, I'll check it out

[@shawnflanagan4995]

i just watched 15:00 if the nfl without any instant replays reviews, and i don't know how to react.

[@darrylturner2611]

Pulsarlights you are soo correct!! The Cowboys and Raiders should have met in Super Bowl 12 and Super Bowl 15!! Both would have been better games both were in the Super dome!!

[@wilburnknox1615]

"Steelers Nation!

[@thegrinch7989]

JFC the Steelers front four was amazing. The Raiders had a great O-line and the Steelers just beat them up.

[@richmoore3223]

Great job,a request. Could you do some of these bowl games that were advertised?

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thanks Rich. I've never been into college football so I wouldn't have any of them, plus I bet most of them don't even exist anymore.

[@gabeh7923]

As a consolation prize, here’s a link to the 1975 Rose Bowl in its entirety. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4ani5R9eNxmpM0

[@patgalvez4563]

Jim Otto's last game

[@brianrodriguez8282]

1:18:30 Oakland's in trouble...

[@pulsarlights2825]

1:38:30 ..looks like a young Mr Miyagi before he became a bare knuckle Karate Champion..

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Arnold from Happy Days

[@pulsarlights2825]

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 I also thought 50:32 was the brunette from Charlie's Angels, but now I don't think so

[@nathanielduncan4692]

Do you have Raiders vs Chargers 1978 the classic holly roller game.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Not currently.

[@mattwatters5702]

7 championship game losses in 10 years. Great regular season team but couldnt get it done in the playoffs.

[@TheDeadlyYears]

At least it beats their last forty years.

[@Robert-dh3yj]

Classic rivalry steelers vs raiders men of

[@Robert-dh3yj]

Classic Rivalry Steelers vs Raiders, men of steel vs the evil empire ! Loved those steelers!

[@chrisgatewood3161]

Typical Raiders.. it was more important to be tough guys than actually win the game.

[@robfalter2522]

this is the best steeler team of all time and thats just my worthless opinion

[@MartialFit50]

I like the 1976 Steelers that lost to Oakland in AFC Championship. 28 points allowed in last 9 regular season games and blew out the Colts on the road 40-14, and out gained them 526 to 170 yards. If Franco and Rocky played in that title game at Oakland it would have been different

[@starwarsROXmy]

1975 and 1978 were better teams IMO. 76 deserves a special mention for the defense alone but you gotta win it all to be considered the best

[@AnthonyArgyros]

@@starwarsROXmy1975 Steelers were so good that they won 3 postseason games in spite of turnovers and poor kicking game. They should have blown out Colts, Raiders and Cowboys but their own mistakes kept those games closer than they should have been.

[@SilverSteeler72]

God I love all our old players but Gerela really wasn’t much of a kicker.

[@terribletomvu37]

Can you please upload: 2006 divisional game between Patriots and Chargers? AND the 2007 regular season game between Patriots and Cowboys? The NFL (channel)version of the Patriots-Cowboys game is very poor quality.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

WAY past my area of interest. 1984 is as late as I go.

[@mrmercedes8528]

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673….. I can completely understand why ….. there are several games post 1984 of interest: however the game was changing for the negative