1977 NFC Championship - Vikings at Cowboys - Enhanced CBS Broadcast - 1080p/60fps

I've enhanced the 1977 NFC Championship broadcast. The source recording for this game was in very nice shape to begin with, but after running it through Topaz (upscale, double framerate, denoise, sharpen) and Resolve (contrast and color grading) it now looks fantastic. See before/after screenshots here -- imgbox.com/g/2... -- my thanks to romelovesdan for providing the 4 DVD source discs for this project

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

I've enhanced the 1977 NFC Championship broadcast. The source recording for this game was in very nice shape to begin with, but after running it through Topaz (upscale, double framerate, denoise, sharpen) and Resolve (contrast and color grading) it now looks fantastic. See before/after screenshots here -- imgbox.com/g/2iK6ckxBJy -- my thanks to romelovesdan for providing the 4 DVD source discs for this project

[@easilyscan]

Thanks for all the work. Much appreciated. Love that you leave the commercials in. Now if the Vikings could just win a Super Bowl :(

[@jimnfl7134]

*Find NFL related videos in my Channel*

[@quincee3376]

Thanks!!!!

[@jonfranks6902]

Dave thanks for the upload!!! I’m a Steelers fan but love these old games!!!

[@rog9601]

Awesome looking forward to others with Dallas from 1977.

[@williamcoolidge9884]

I love when the commercials are left in these broadcasts. It's like a walk down memory lane both for the game and the ads.

[@wrigley611]

Yes. Susan Anton in the Muriel commercial, Jan Smithers in the Vitalis commercial.

[@theskeptic2010]

Yes, a sort of time capsule, I enjoy watching the old commercials too.

[@gregstreuber]

Ditto. Thank you!!

[@mesomemore97]

Ford Futura with a 4 banger and a manual transmission.......... 33 mpg.

[@carlostorres8342]

@@wrigley611 🔥🔥❤‍🔥

[@user-on5mf7fk3b]

Miss those days of The NFL Today opening with Brent exclaiming, "You are looking LIVE at..."

[@GeorgeDamon]

Brent is the only one from that show that still IS looking live...

[@joeomalley2835]

So true. I miss those days.

[@Christopher-jk9bj]

that was great ..showing the stadiums the teams were going to play at. Brent Musberger was one of the best. And he's still with us ..thanks Brent you put smiles on a lot of peoples faces

[@kingers36]

I even love the commecials

[@paranormalskeptic3893]

Great days, I miss them as well. Things were so simple back then.

[@mab7491]

Can we please go back to these days.. When football was football Two great teams I’ve been a Dallas fan since 1977 but the Vikes never got the love and respect they deserved

[@markiefufu]

I've been a Dallas fan since 1974. Had pajamas when I was 5 in 1971, but my dad was stationed in Germany and we didn't get NFL games to my knowledge. Anyway, I moved to Minnesota in 1994 and they are diehard fans of their team, even through rough times. Like Dallas fans, they think their team will make the Super Bowl every year.

[@morthedgebuckle227]

Let's go back to these days in every way.❤

[@BruceWayne-ri4wr]

Yes Minnesota one of the greatest teams ever to ever have won a Super Bowl back then truly great defensive football team have they just pulled one out they would be remembered as one of the greatest teams ever

[@BruceWayne-ri4wr]

This was back when America was America men were men boys were boys there were no transvestites there were no homosexual perversion being forced into our and there was no anti-American this oozing out of the announcers in the football players refusing to stand for the national anthem2

[@michaelleroy9281]

Living in the Past? like Jethro Tull ?

[@Sunday_Morning570]

I remember my brothers and I couldn't wait to get home from Sunday mass to watch the NFL Today.

[@cj20080]

1:15:53 - Man on fire. Nearly 46 years ago and I remember this game like it was yesterday. I was living on Wheeler Place in Dallas, working at Mercantile Bank downtown. In fact, I remember this more clearly than I remember what I had for breakfast today.

[@jcd3869]

Thx for the timestamp. That is crazy! How did it happen? Cigarette?

[@CJinsoo]

according to a Viking fan internet site, the man was wearing a furry snowman suit. caught on fire after coming into contact with lit sterno can used by a stadium vendor. claims 2nd degree burns. claims it would have been worse but for a Vietnam veteran rushing to smother the flames with the vet’s fur coat.

[@camoanddonuts7894]

This just hits hard in the nostaglia gut, I was born in '77 so this was my first SB year, seemed like real men times, working hard, drink your beer, women being cute and feminine, holding their own, and the Vikings team and fans idea of bringing the snow. 😢RIP the old NFL

[@shanetrimble9265]

I agree with all that

[@rider65]

I'm 58 and for me the best of the NFL was the 70s through the 80s. I'm also a huge F1 and MotoGP- Superbike fan it's not just the NFL or the MLB every single high-level sport has been infiltrated by politics and massive corruption. Not to mention most of the competitors are a bunch of primadonna soy boys🙄🤢🤮 every modern sports sucks

[@theskeptic2010]

IMO the NFL was at its best in the 1970s, including the uniforms and the announcing.

[@forrest1402]

Born in 77?Wow! You were a baby watching football, 🤔

[@TheBklynraider55]

Well said!!!

[@GeorgeDamon]

The Vikings' uniforms really pop in this enhancement, and it's nice because this was their best-ever look. Their uniforms these days don't look anywhere near as nice, because they've gone more toward blue and away from purple. The Cowboys might have won this game no matter what, but they got a huge gift by not having to face Fran Tarkenton, who had been injured several weeks earlier. There was a huge drop-off from Tarkenton to Bob Lee--who had also been the starting QB 6 years earlier in the Vikings' 20-12 loss in the '71 NFCDP.

[@nathanielduncan4692]

I don't think Tarkenton would have made a difference in the game,i mean the vikings were starting to age out during that time period with some of there key players on the roaster.

[@theodoreboosalis]

@@nathanielduncan4692 You are probably correct - but what I didn't understand is why Bud didn't start Kramer - because you needed a gunslinger at QB for this game - not Bob Lee. Bob Lee is a backup QB - so when you lose your starter in a game - I guess you go to Bob Lee. When you start a new game - you don't start Bob Lee.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Kramer had only started one game in 1977 - his rookie season. I don't think you just throw a guy with practically no experience into a Championship game, on the road, against Tom Landry and the Dallas Cowboys. Kramer didn't start any games the following year either. In 1979 he finally was the guy, starting all 16 games.

[@Christopher-jk9bj]

It didn't matter who started for the Vikings ,,The Cowboys were on a mission ..No 1 ranked offense and no 1 ranked defense, The Team was firing on all 8 cylinders

[@theodoreboosalis]

@@Christopher-jk9bjIt did matter because Bob Lee couldn't throw his way out of a wet paper bag. Seriously.

[@joeysmith7555]

Added viewing pleasure is the commercials, gotta love it. Great job Dave! I was 15 years old and a huge Cowboys fan in 77.

[@timburr4453]

This is one of the best that Dave has spruced up. The richness of the vikes uniforms, you can see the shine on their helmets (no longer even possible since they went all matte)

[@williamcoolidge9884]

The clarity is stunning for a 1970's game. I can finally watch a 70's game on full screen! Thank you, sir!

[@patrickbrowder6857]

I was 11. Dad was still in the house watching big games on the couch with us and life was good! For a San Diego kid to become a lifelong Vikings fan speaks volumes to the quality of these 70's broadcasts. That Cowboys team had some players!

[@davidjackson2690]

I was 11 and a BEARS fan. I hated both these teams(lol) but had to root for the Vikings.

[@patrickbrowder6857]

@@davidjackson2690 Respect.

[@JaxonSmithers]

@@davidjackson2690I was surprised the Bears were in the playoffs that season. They didn’t get really good until 1982 or 83. I’m guessing Walter Payton had a lot to do that the 1977 success.

[@markiefufu]

We watched this championship game and the Super Bowl at church. Someone brought in their big projection TV. The Cowboys were definitely on par with Jesus. Lol.

[@christopherscott6708]

Awesome job! The original had kind of a muddy appearance, at least my copy does. This is so much better. Thanks Dave!

[@MichaelSmith-ip8jg]

You’re spoiling us classic football fans. Great job 👏

[@henrymcallen5703]

You never disappoint Dave. These Vikings uniforms (the best version they had) look amazing, even if the team didn't that day. Thanks again!!! There are some great running backs from the 70's that time has forgotten (Larry Brown, Marv Hubbard, Lydell Mitchell and the GREAT Chuck Foreman to name a few) thanks for keeping their heroics alive.

[@theskeptic2010]

Foreman had a unique way of spinning to where he never seemed to take a good solid shot from anyone

[@eXtremeFX2010]

Dallas Cowboys before NFL Salary Cap Parody. This was a great time capsule plus commercials. Thanks for sharing.

[@tomloft2000]

Parity?

[@joeomalley2835]

I'm not a fan of neither team, but still, It's awesome to watch these epic classics. The Vikings and Cowboys were going for the gold in 1977 and had awesome teams. Thanks for the post!

[@redandbluebulldog1508]

What an amazing broadcast. Thanks for keeping the commercials. This is when football was pure enjoyment and escapism. I miss those days.

[@bonanzatime]

Funny watching these commercials, I haven't seen them in well over 40 years, but seeing them now it feels like just last week I was watching them.😂

[@staffordx6783]

You are a Godsend Mr. Volsky! Your enhanced broadcasts are mental and emotional time machines. Games, plus commercials. The world wasn't perfect then, but my Dad was still in it. Love your work. Thank you

[@arthurbaker8703]

The picture on these games are amazing.

[@PML4USA]

I think most would agree.Those were wonderful years as a football fan.And great people announcing the game in the both and side line.Just a fantastic time.So lucky to have experienced it.

[@oscarfairley6600]

Seeing and hearing highlights, without the loud music background is very refreshing.

[@davidjackson2690]

Man, what Preston Pearson said! I sure hope that guy succeeded after football.

[@philb.1502]

Vin Scully sounds so weird doing football. Scully is the most iconic baseball voice ever. R.I.P.

[@michaeljordan6008]

I’m almost in tears, this is so beautiful. You’re a true artist. When I was kid, the anticipation for these games was off the charts.

[@samzach2057]

Thanks for the work you put into this. I love these old NFL broadcasts, especially when the old commercials are still in them!

[@TheBklynraider55]

well said !!!!

[@JeffreyGlover65]

Watched this game live. Just turned 12yrs old. Good times

[@OlDirty5150]

Did you see the snowman that caught fire?

[@mattdon2164]

Thanks for posting this, Dave! I remember watching this live on TV in real time. I recall the Vikings had a truck full of snow driving outside of Texas Stadium and they wanted to have it on the sideline to make them feel more ar home. They never did get inside the stadium, and the Cowboys went on to the epic Superbowl against Pittsburgh in Miami. Great memories!

[@RSEwell9]

Dallas actually went on to play the Orange Crush Denver team after this one. They did play the Steelers in '75 after the Hail Mary division round at the Met.

[@TheLAGopher]

T he Cowboys would play that epic Super Bowl (Rematch) against Pittsburgh a year after this game. The Cowboys would be defending champs beating the Broncos in SB 12 after this game. Dallas would beat the LA Rams in the NFC Championship after the Rams finally overcame the Vikings in a playoff game.

[@patgalvez4563]

Another year that a Cowboy vs Raiders Super bowl matchup was spoiled.@@RSEwell9

[@Condorman12]

Absolutely love this stuff ! Please keep it coming !!!!

[@chrisrose6014]

Jack Whittaker was a great wordsmith!!

[@joncampisi8311]

Harvey Martin should be in the HOF!

[@charleslee1644]

TOO TALL ALSO

[@michaelleroy9281]

Chuck Howley got in in 2023, they all can't get in in one year

[@MrFreedomismyname]

I love watching the old commercials haha. Thank you for your channel

[@paullentz1972]

That was a really well done Carly Simon tribute to the various champions of different sports in 1977. A time capsule of sports history. Seems so long ago (I was 5 years old at the time). Great song....great champions!

[@DzNutz-kf9ob]

I remember this game as a kid. I remember when that dude in the Santa Clause suit caught fire during the game.

[@user-bl6gx9hr2n]

A man on fire in the stands

[@JazzYachtrocker]

Story goes it was a fan in a snowman suit who walked by a vendor selling hot chocolate and a Sterno ignited the man’s costume.

[@orbyfan]

Daniel Yoder, 24, was the fan who caught fire. A Vietnam vet named Clarence Walters threw his fur coat over Mr. Yoder, who survived with second-degree burns. The lesson, as always, is: Never bump into someone carrying an open can of Sterno while you're wearing a snowman suit. I saw this telecast at the time, but the media generally ignored the incident, and I didn't find out until many years later that the victim survived.

[@orbyfan]

It starts at about 1:15:53.

[@patgalvez4563]

I bet that hurt

[@carlostorres8342]

Back in the day, when people actually helped their neighbor. The fans put out his fire and saved his life. Today everybody would be on their phone recording.

[@chriscanada175]

Thanks for this. Watched every minute including the commercials. I have a renewed hankering for some Tuborg Gold 🍺

[@topJimmyP1984]

Nice work, looks great. Go Cowboys!!

[@christianstough6337]

The announcers are just amazing. For all they know a man was just burned alive in the stands. They give two f***s and keep their focus on the game. Over 5 minutes later, as the man is removed from the stadium on a stretcher, Vin gives a token "thoughts and prayers"... and its back to the game!

[@shanetrimble9265]

Wow that was enjoyable especially with the pregame.

[@blugold94]

Two things: When Brent said in the pregame during the OAK-DEN hightlights that the missed Lytle fumble would be "the controversy that would live on" he was right as it lives on more than 45 years later from that game. Also, was there a lower level top analyst of a conference title game than Alex Hawkins? Obviously CBS wanted to share the spoils of the big games with Vin Scully and give him the NFC Championship and the Summerall/Brookshier team the Super Bowl but that CBS thought Hawkins was of the level of a 1 or 2 broadcast team is inexplicable in retrospect. Fortunately George Allen was available the next year and Madden would join the year after that.

[@stevelyons5297]

Oh I miss the 70s! Station wagons parked near the end zone, open whiskey bottles in the stands, everybody smoking cigarettes, and men on fire running through the stands. I mean whens the last time you saw somebody on fire at a recent football game?😅

[@ajfiducia2684]

Amazing stuff here. I noticed something strange however, with the half time show. That year, 1977, CBS was playing homage clips to different teams/athletes as the season went on during the half. This one always was in my memory as it was set to "Nobody does it better". Now, right before the clip, Brent M., says the winner will play the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl, but, during the clip, as they are showing Walter Payton, the Dorsett, the video shows Tom Landry and the Lombardi Trophy and displays Super Bowl XII Champions, The Dallas Cowboys? That game was two weeks away and the NFC Championship had not been played yet? Wondering if anyone else caught that?

[@user-sr6pm7tq5y]

I did too!!!! Was looking to see if anyone else noticed...Makes no sense!

[@ajfiducia2684]

I was so taken aback. I must have looked like a dog hearing a strange sound with my head tilting like……whaaaaaat.

[@mdhill5420]

Just saw that and I was about to post a comment on it. Things that make you go "hmmm...?" And it won't do anything to counter the "NFL is rigged" conspiracy theorists out there.

[@scottreed240]

Amazing quality Dave!

[@brianmorgan2597]

Hands down the best cowboys era of all time. Great players that act like professionals, not this celebrating after every play crap. Cool looking uniforms, a great time to be an NFL fan.

[@greenbeagle13]

I used to love watching the Vikings play in their undomed stadium... This is where the Hail Mary was born - loved this game...!! This is when football was football. ❤❤

[@darrinlindsey]

Actually, the "Hail Mary" game was in '75, and played in Bloomington.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Metropolitan Stadium would have fallen down by 2024 it couldn't stay up forever

[@romelovesdan]

Fantatstic buildup with the additional interviews with Roger Staubach and Chuck Foreman tacked on pre- NFL Today Pregame. "Snow" is the operative theme this day. Snowman Dan Yorder makes his infamous appearance during the game.....

[@romelovesdan]

No hoopla, or distraction from the NFC Championship game, just solid reporting , and a injection of levity, and well meaning well wishes. End of story......Back to the game! How times change

[@shanetrimble9265]

​@@romelovesdanYes they sure have. Somehow they lost class. Over time everything just started seeming lame. Everything was more lighthearted in the 70s and 80s. The broadcasts were simple. Less was more.

[@romelovesdan]

@@shanetrimble9265 Contrived drama and build up rather than true substance now. Here in the true "classic era" they let real gritty and Identifiable Football players play the game. We could even talk to the players and see them in the community back then. Cowboys buying us something at Taco Bell at Training camp!. Trick or Treating (way to old) but had to go to Tommy Kramers' house were collective experiences not out of the ordinary.

[@judyl.761]

Wow! Look at how much the tacklers led with their helmets!

[@patgalvez4563]

Coaches actually taught that back then

[@garys5175]

Bob Lee gave a great interview. Very poised and classy.

[@vandrive5687]

Was age 13 when attended this game with my father and his business colleagues courtesy of their employer that had season tix throughout the ‘70’s & ‘80’s. Was freezing cold that day but we were dressed for it. We also lived in the same neighborhood as Roger Staubach in Richardson, TX at the time. “Roger” was the only adult in our neighborhood that we kids addressed by his first name. He use to hit towering fly balls (baseballs) to my childhood best friend and myself in the park across the street from his house.

[@justinturley7071]

This was the 4th playoff meeting between the Vikings and Cowboys. Up to this point, the road team had won every meeting, with Dallas winning in Minnesota in 71 and 75, and Minnesota winning in Dallas in 73.

[@joeysmith7555]

I thought Alex Hawkins' voice sounded familiar so I looked him up and sure enough, I remembered him as a WFL announcer during the 1974 season for TVS (I'm from the Bham, AL area) and watched the games when they were broadcast. I agree with Vin Scully and wonder if he wore a helmet during his playing days because he rambled at times.

[@hottubrabbits4763]

I didn't get to attend this game, because my dad had me and mom camped out in our car outside Moody Coliseum in line for Super Bowl tickets that would go on a sale a few days later. I was in 6th grade, so it was an adventure, but it was COLD. Once they let us inside Moody Coliseum we weren't freezing anymore, but for an 11 year old I was BORED TO MADNESS. We made it to New Orleans, though, for Super Bowl XII vs the Broncos. The Cowboys had their resurgence after I finished college, but.... not a damn thing since. Thanks, Jerry.

[@thomaspelton7740]

Love those old commercials

[@soylentteal]

I was at that game, in the non-scoreboard end zone. Had a great time, but the weather was cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass cowboy. Probably best that I wasn’t one of those watching at home who heard Alex Hawkins say, “Roger runs like a sissy.”

[@Andyvg99]

Amazing to watch this in enhanced video quality. Trust me-it didn’t look this good on TV in 1977.

[@darrinlindsey]

I think I had to bang on the side of the tv, a few time during this game.

[@chgibbons1]

The opening NFL on CBS highlight sequence made me laugh. Nearly every play would be a personal foul today, or even then. One was even a facemask. Lol.

[@b17bomber]

OMG great upload (you know me). I had no idea about the Vikings shipping in the snow!

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Thanks man! Yeah that was crazy :)

[@GeorgeDamon]

They wanted to bring it into the stadium to put along their sideline as motivation, but Tex Schramm told them absolutely not.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

40:20 - Jim Marshall a little too amped up :)

[@JaxonSmithers]

Remember watching this on my 7th birthday. Not a good birthday present for a Minnesota kid.

[@lagodifuoco313]

The Vikings Superfan guy jumping out of the back of the semi trailer and stumbling was a telltale sign of things to come for the "Purple Poopie Eaters" as Doomsday awaited them in Irving, TX

[@scottweisel3640]

Minnesota had a fine defense but Dallas Defense showed complete domination in this game. Chuck foreman was a very good power runner and I don’t recall him ever getting rocked like he did in this game. He was usually the punisher, but he took the beating this game.

[@reesepacker7983]

The music intro was my all time fav that CBS used (very NFL films style music) i put it #3 on my all time fav NFL intro themes after the MNF theme of the early 90's and the Fox theme of the early to mid 90s. i was very young in 77 (six going seven ) but my dad watched the games every Sunday and that music intro stayed with probably because it was such regular part of my late 70s childhood ...i think they stopped using that intro music in 81/ 82.

[@shanetrimble9265]

I think they stopped using it in 79. The 80-81 to 84 us my favorite

[@mesomemore97]

My grandpa wore a fedora hat. I sat on the fireplace hearth and watched many a game with my Nanny & Pappy. I always thought coach Landry was as classy as my Grandpa. Those were the days.

[@SopranoPizzaJMFNJ]

I can listen to Vin Scully read the phone book! TY For Sharing!

[@theskeptic2010]

One improvement networks have made is that they now continously show the score, time left, the down, etc, at the bottom of the screen. These old games you have to sort of guess at whats happening if you just tuned in.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

As well as on-screen ads, non-stop commercials, bombastic announcers...

[@chuckyufarley2999]

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 Right? Little did we know, when FOX started adding all the modern bells and whistles to the broadcasts, what the game would turn into.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

@@chuckyufarley2999 Less is MORE

[@danielphillips486]

Holy s@#$ a dude on fire! Had never heard of that one

[@GeorgeDamon]

At the time that was more memorable than the game.

[@stephenh5944]

I looked it up: "Apparently, the man who caught fire was wearing a furry snowman costume and it became engulfed after he came in contact with a lit container of sterno fuel that was being used by a stadium vendor selling hot chocolate."

[@shanetrimble9265]

Horrifying

[@survivor5044]

1:15:53 More like a bazaar difference of opinion. I remember way back when this happened, but I didn't know what game it was in. That is the most horrifying thing I have ever seen at a football game. OMG!!!😮🙏🏈

[@survivor5044]

I did some research to find why this happened: Apparently, the man who caught fire was wearing a furry snowman costume and it became engulfed after he came in contact with a lit container of sterno fuel that was being used by a stadium vendor selling hot chocolate.

[@shanetrimble9265]

Wow that was hard to watch.

[@survivor5044]

@@shanetrimble9265 Same here.😥

[@MilePost106]

This was class act football, real men playing the game not like the immature children today playing pro football and acting stupid after a touchdown. I miss those old days of class act pro sports.

[@PleaseLikeMyComments]

Acting stupid after a touchdown? How about after every play! I stopped watching a decade ago.

[@dougmaclennan8654]

Watershed game for Vikes. Ended era of 5 NFC Championship Game appearances in 8 seasons. They would appear in just 4 in the next 35 seasons.

[@mr.majestic3851]

This was the last great Viking team from 1968 - 1978 Minnesota Viking teams , They played in 4 Super Bowls in the 1970s and were this game away from five . 121 - 52 - 2 including post season

[@scottweisel3640]

Had Bob Lee ever thrown a football before this game? Those passes were brutal.

[@tunafang]

Yeah, he seemed nervous, while Staubach was cool under fire. Also, those multiple quick handoffs right into Ed Jones and Randy White were disastrous play calls.

[@michaelleroy9281]

They had no choice, Tarkenton was injured in the Bengals game earlier in the season

[@MrGMillet]

@2:08:29 Cowboys crowned Super Bowl Champions before NFC title game is half over? WOW can't believe CBS did that! Also no mention of the '77 Yankees and Reggie's 3 HRS?

[@comis5]

Yea , I did not see the game live in 1977 I was 11 and just started to watch football and a Dallas fan still am. But half time pregame 1977 shows Cowboys SB 12 champions. This had to be Spliced in correct? I love all your postings. Love the the whole games Especially commercials.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Nobody was beating the Cowboys in 1977 it didn't matter who the hell they were playing

[@MrGMillet]

@@michaelleroy9281 I 'm not so sure. The RAIDERS (if they weren't screwed by the refs) would've given Dallas much better game and were definitely capable of beating them. Also, Pittsburgh whipped Cowboys asses in regular season, and always had their number back then.

[@Bill.G]

6:26 Alex Hawkins’ professionalism on full display early in the telecast.

[@6400az]

Very true. Also Don Meredith in the 1970 MNF....Cowboys vs Cardinals. Never seen anything like it truthfully, he was calling it from the point of view of a fam....( Dallas fan btw)

[@user-sr6pm7tq5y]

Yes- was a breath of fresh air actually. Dan and Hawk said what they wanted...

[@johnglenn30csardas]

It’s funny to see Jimmy The Greek in these vintage games considering where the NFL is now with gambling (in bed). He had an aura of the forbidden about him even though to see him now, he looks like a typical goofball hot take guy. Thanks for the good-looking restoration!

[@Dayhawk001]

Best games watched as a kid, before you realized you were actually one of those guys in a ‘Beer Ad’.

[@thatllputmarzipaninyourpie3117]

Dallas is only up 13 in the first half and the announcers said it will be nearly impossible for the Vikings to catch up. People were way too honest back then.

[@phfighter9465]

Late to the party...Tom Selleck was certainly a rugged looking fella and convincing cowboy...actually thought it was the Marlboro man at first...thanks again, sir👍🏾

[@user619tlsdca5]

I believe or assumed the computer company IBM was part of the introduction of the Dallas Cowboys for it was the software from IBM that evaluated how they drafted players of the 70s. First team to use computers as other teams followed suite. It was why Cowboys defensive line men were all drafted of a minimal height of being 6'6 and only had 1 player less than 5'10 in their FB. IBM was heavily related to Cowboys as part of being minority owners.

[@user-ni1ig7un1e]

Back when it was class , they didn't need six announcers and a woman to talk about the games.

[@jacktheripoff1888]

Dallas went to 5 SB's in the 70's, winning 2 and losing 3. The 2 SB's they won they got there by winning the NFC title game at home and those SB's were in New Orleans. The 3 SB's they lost they got there by winning the NFC title game on the road and those SB's were in Miami. The 2 they won were against opponents playing in their first SB, and in the 3 they lost their opponents had been in one previously. I'm not knocking Dallas by any stretch. Their 20 season run from 1966-1985 with only 2 seasons not in the postseason and no losing seasons is one of the greatest runs in all of American professional sports.

[@kingers36]

Love this post great job 🔥🔥🔥

[@hottubrabbits4763]

I love the advertisement for the Ford Pinto. They neglected to mention, "Sadly the Pinto still explodes when hit from the rear."

[@curtislowe4577]

A preview of Superbowl 12 two weeks later. The Dallas defense generally bottled up the Minnesota offense giving the Dallas offense a short field. But just as in two weeks the Dallas offense tended to waste the good field position and couldn't run up the score. With ten minutes left Dallas was only up by 10.

[@tadarolchristian2717]

Dandy Don Meridith commentating, I miss those voices too. Very enjoyable game. I didnt know Marv Levy and Mike Ditka were once part of Tom Landry's coaching staff. That Dallas defense was impressive.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Ditka was, but I don't believe Marv Levy was.

[@scottmyers63]

Tommy Loy. Priceless!

[@michaelleroy9281]

Jerry Jones fired him when he became the owner

[@thomasharroun8068]

At the 1:22:09 mark. After further review the ball carrier Knee was down no touchdown. The ball marked at the 1/2 yard line

[@Rev22-21]

He was over the goal line.

[@PaulC-ss5uo]

I think every hit in that opening is a penalty now.

[@jefrono3970]

Happy New Year, Vin and scull! Oh Phyllis…it’s a good thing you were usually eloquent and always pretty…🙄🤣

[@untexan]

OK so here was the story with the guy on fire. It was below freezing in Dallas and he was wearing this furry snowman suit. Of course it was flammable, everything in the 1970s was flammable. He bumped into a vendor selling hot chocolate who was keeping his tray warm with a can of Sterno because again, it was the 1970s and of course we’re gonna walk through the stands with an open flame. The man’s snowman suit caught on fire. I don’t know where he thought he was going running through the stands, but fortunately some fans threw their coats over him to put the fire out.

[@billplaney2585]

I attended this game with my dad. It was very cold, and I remember some guy in the audience did something to set himself on fire.

[@yellowveedub]

Man what I wouldn't give to live through the 70s and 80s with my knowledge I have today

[@MrWOLFPACK1974]

Does the 1977 AFC Championship between the Raiders and Broncos happen to be on your list of games to enhance? Thanks for these great games.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

It would be, but I know for a fact that game would be blocked for viewing by copyright if I uploaded it, hence why no one has it posted on KZbin.

[@MrWOLFPACK1974]

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 This makes no sense to me...why block some games and not others from the same era. I have seen games in which a half is blocked and not the other half. Seems so hit and miss....

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Nearly every game that I upload gets flagged for some sort of copyright, be it a piece of music contained in one of the commercials during the game or an actual football clip. In most cases KZbin will still let me post the video, the only caveat being that I can't monetize it - which I've never done. However, maybe about 5% of the time, whatever gets flagged for copyright by the KZbin database is prohibited from being posted, and thus it will be blocked for viewing worldwide if I attempt to do so. Again, sometimes this can be a music piece or an NFL clip contained during the broadcast. I know that the NFL released the 1977 AFC Championship broadcast on DVD about 15 years or so ago, so it is probably in the database so no one else can post it. The same goes for anything already posted on the NFL KZbin channel. For instance, if I try to post the Super Bowl III broadcast it would get blocked because it's already on the NFL channel.

[@shanetrimble9265]

​@@davevolskysbackdoor5673Interesting. Thanks for the info and all the hard work you do.

[@dlong2870]

Raiders were robbed that day by the officials. Clear fumble by Litle overturned and Denver scored on the next play. That TD was the difference in the game.

[@ghettogadget206]

My annoyance of how CBS allowed Alex Hawkins to be their #2 analyst this season is palpable.

[@scottweisel3640]

Vikes played like they weren’t interested in going to another SB to just lose again.

[@chuckyufarley2999]

16:28 Just a year removed from their last SB appearance and Bob Lee talking about getting back. Meanwhile, a mere 46 years later...

[@joechase-tf1qn]

My first true professional athlete that I followed the blue and white uniforms best uniforms of all time

[@simonreynoso7611]

I saw this game live ...

[@ChadtheHammer]

This is actualy January 1, 1978.

[@davevolskysbackdoor5673]

Are you saying that because I have 1977 in the title? It is the 1977 'season' NFC Championship - doesn't matter that it was played in 1978.

[@ChadtheHammer]

@@davevolskysbackdoor5673 okay, my mistake. I thought it was the date the game was played.

[@michaelleroy9281]

According to the NFL calendar, this is the 1977 season

[@lookonthebrightsideoflife5200]

These commercials make me long for this time period.

[@gerardwalleyn6439]

1 moment that struck me was the commercial for RC cola at 202:20 in which the guy in the boat was a 99% dead ringer for serial killer TED BUNDY who had just escaped from a Colorado jail through his cell roof light fixture 2 days earlier + might have watched this game from his location at that the time in Ann Arbor Michigan as he was a big sports fan + actually watched his former U of Wash. school the next day on NBC with Curt Gowdy win the Rose Bowl over Michigan in a Bar there. Some might have thought that Ted sure found a new job so soon after starting his new life.