Eric Dickerson's Record Breaking Day

[@jodyayers7234]

When I was in middle school, I sent a letter to the Rams, asking for an autograph of Dickerson. He sent an 8 x 10 personalized. I will never forget this

[@jackc70]

That’s when the players were men and acted like it. Today they’re just crybabies

[@bimmersandars9221]

I'm hoping you still got it

[@jodyayers7234]

@@bimmersandars9221 I wish. My family got into sports cards, around 89-90, and she sold it. Have about 5k cards from around 1975 to about 1995 though. Should be some great rookie cards, if I can ever go through them

[@jontanner309]

Little man I became a rams fan when I was 12. 1969.

[@jodyayers7234]

@@jontanner309 "little man". That's funny. I wish I was still little

[@davidca96]

I love 80's football, reminds me of watching on Sundays as a kid with my Dad.

[@spencerclarke2289]

Howard Cassell Monday night's Dickerson had the best running stride of any athlete I ever seen Im 50 I can totally relate RIP DAD

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

Can't stand the broadcasts for old games. I want to know the score all the time, not twice per quarter.

[@bigdogpete43]

Eric never ran out of bounds. He always turned it upfield and took people on. His toughness is underrated.

[@johnwhyte2638]

Never missed a game until the hamstring injury in 1989, most years getting about 400 touches. That's durable.

[@havingfun1968]

I went to the Hilton hotel, where all the teams stayed, to see him in Jersey, and they were kicking me out. I was only 17 and scared to death. But Dickerson just happened to be walking in with a friend, and all I wanted was his rookie poster signed. He told security that I was family and I can stay with him. NO SHIT. He signed the poster and we took a photo with my old 110 camera. Remember those???? But I just showed Dickerson the photo here in Vegas and he goes I remember you. You were just a kid and getting booted right??? How's that for a memory. He said I remember you because you also had my jersey and back then NO ONE bought jerseys. The guy is amazing, off and on the field. Semper Fidelis.

[@azzizzsallahh]

oorah

[@ChairmanMeow1]

Literally just lining up and blasting it. Sometimes simple football is the most beautiful.

[@manuelvasquez9923]

One of the best ever. I loved watching him play , it was so unusual to see someone so tall play running back. He was so smooth.

[@asnark7115]

Jim Brown, Adrian Peterson, Marcus Allen, Gayle Sayers, OJ Simpson, Franco Harris,... Lots of HoF running backs at 6'1"+. Tony Dorsett was almost not a 1st round draft because he was considered "short" at 5'10 or 11". If the line can keep the RB's ankles clean till the hole, then a tall guy can get going downhill really fast. The problem for the tall kids is that they get started early at other positions.

[@chiarosuburekeni9325]

@@asnark7115 so you named a few. He's right though. A rb being 6'3" like Dickerson is weird now and was weird then. The average is what, 5'9"?

[@oval291]

Not one of the best ever….he is the best ever not even close

[@jesusnavarro4885]

This is when football was a man's game. Miss the 70s and 80s football.

[@johnnycastillo7701]

Dead mans game.

[@sneakerfacevids441]

Yeah, I remember the days of those all women’s NFL teams 🙄

[@stonew1927]

Yea, I saw a player look at the camera and say, "HI mom!" Remember when players used to always do that? Nowadays they never do.

[@coachhannah2403]

You obviously aren't a man...

[@andaimhineach4131]

90s too.

[@aobane841]

I remember watching this game when I was a kid. It’s Dickerson’s greatest game ever.

[@johnanders4003]

Even as a cowboys fan, I appreciate this video.

[@fransiscoscaramanga674]

Dickerson was an amazing running back.. tall, and graceful runner.......6'"3 and could run like a pronghorn..... fun to watch..

[@Bellthorian]

Dickerson was so fast, the only guy I can remember who caught him from behind was Darryl Green.

[@olivergregg4326]

Yep! But Darrell Green caught everyone, including Tony Dorsett from behind.

[@Bellthorian]

@@olivergregg4326 True but Dickerson was on another level speed wise over Dorsett. Darrell running him down was far mor impressive in my opinion than the iconic rundown of Dorsett on Monday Night Football.

[@JMoore68]

@@Bellthorian Darrell was not only behind, but was on the other side of the field. That's what made that so ridiculous

[@scottmorse5717]

Yuppers

[@scottmorse5717]

Darryl Green was the fastest player ever .... He Ran the fastest 40 yard ever recorded.... 4.1 or something ridiculous.

[@chriswells506]

The most underrated running back of all time.

[@JW0143]

"Underrated" is the most overused term of all time. NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year , NFL Offensive Player of the Year, 5x 1st team All pro, 6x Pro Bowl, Rams retired his number, In the Colts Ring of Honor, 1980's All decade team, Member of the 100th Anniversary Team, Pro Football HOF member. How else would you like him to be recognized?

[@chriswells506]

@@JW0143 Ask a casual football fan who Jim Brown, Walter Payton or Barry Sanders are. All of them will know those names. Ask a casual football fan who Eric Dickerson is and very few will recognize the name. Eric Dickerson deserves to be mentioned with those other 3, that's how he's underrated.

[@JW0143]

@@chriswells506 Not true at all in my opinion. I think anyone who has watched football for any length of time knows who Dickerson is.

[@chriswells506]

@@JW0143 Ask your wife who Walter Payton is. Then ask her who Eric Dickerson is. The fact that she won't know who ED is, is the reason he's underrated. His name should be household.

[@JW0143]

@@chriswells506 You're highly underestimating my wife's knowledge of the game, lol, but I get what you're trying to say. Perhaps underappreciated would be a better term because as far as how he's "rated" he's received a ton of love.

[@jasonlommen4769]

I watched this game when I was a kid. ED was my fav player. Greatest pure runner ever. Speed, vision, power. Ran like a supercharged gazelle!

[@mattbranum7912]

I remember this as well i always hated the Cowboys and was thrilled when this happened lol. I agree E D was an awesome back.

[@Het1fan]

My buddy saw him in training camp one year, they were doing wind sprints w/ pads, no shirt...everybody ran by clack clack shoulder pads ...when Eric came by....... complete silence

[@jasonlommen4769]

@@Het1fan I believe it, he was so smooth!

[@asnark7115]

Him and Adrian Peterson are my favorites.

[@jasonlommen4769]

@@asnark7115 Same here!

[@docevans9022]

I watched this game live. The number of HOFers in this game is astounding.

[@jefferyroy2566]

Let's count the HoFers: Dorsett, White, Dickerson and Slater. Personally, I think Ellard and Walls had the requisite stats. In a lean HoF year, Walls 57 INTs could get him in as a Senior candidate. Compare Ellard's stats to contemporary WRs and he stands little to no chance. He would have had more TDs if a Pro-Bowl QB had been throwing to him, which was never the case.

[@pedrofrancochau2643]

Dickerson stiff arming one them greats Randy White!

[@jefferyroy2566]

@@pedrofrancochau2643 White was known as the "Manster"!

[@WolverineFootballalumni]

Dont forget Landry and too tall jones

[@markrouse2416]

The week after this game Rams traveled to Chicago to play the Bears. ED had just over 40 yards and the Bears 1985 defense handed them one of the two shut out games back to back (a record that still stands) on their way to win the Super Bowl.

[@harrishoward5924]

He rams were foolish for not paying Eric what he deserved. Had he stayed in LA with a defense that was strong and underrated he gets probably Another 1800 yard season or two.

[@rodneyscott2108]

Eric Dickerson was a work horse.The eighties NFL was the era of the running back.

[@patrickloper671]

He was just so smooth. He made it look effortless

[@goldnarms435]

Dude was going against 9 and 10 man fronts. #respect.

[@ericacavender35]

I was a teenager in the 70's . Played football little league thru high school kept up with watch college and Pro. In my opinion Eric Dickerson is the best overall running back I ever saw play he was unreal

[@scottspencer1914]

Oj !!!

[@brianharris9949]

The sweetest open field stride in NFL history.

[@vattelvoigt5321]

Chris Johnson

[@brianharris9949]

@@vattelvoigt5321 😂😂😂😂😂😂 not even close

[@vattelvoigt5321]

@@brianharris9949 you must have not seen any film on Chris Johnson and his long runs.

[@brianharris9949]

@@vattelvoigt5321 you must be 20 something and never saw the HOFer break loose in the open field with that stride that was poetry in motion?

[@vattelvoigt5321]

@@brianharris9949 I have seen it. I also know that Chris Johnson stride was beautiful like smooth jazz

[@stonew1927]

Wow, as a Dallas Cowboys fan it was great to hear all the old player's names and see THE LEGENDARY TOM LANDRY on the sidelines. Also a huge fan of Dickerson since he went to SMU in Dallas and broke all kinds of NCAA records there as part of the Pony Express. Fun game to watch even if my Cowboys came out on the losing end.

[@crashburn3292]

Dickerson, like Marcus Allen, had that straight up, tall running style which made their full stride so gazelle-like. They always looked to be in slow motion, yet somehow faster than the defense, and they always seemed to be falling forward when tackled.

[@terrysamuels1387]

Eric Dickerson = GOAT 🐐

[@davidlutz3980]

The greatest running back ive ever seen. Barry Sanders, and Bo Jackson were unreal as well. I wish they all could have played more years. Emmit's records wouldnt still stand.

[@mikefitzgerald6897]

I think the way of things in the new rules NFL Emmits record might hold forever. I think 23 is going to see many QB records posted..

[@Headhunter_212]

Hank Stram’s Toupee never fails to impress. What a pelt!!

[@guyappin0]

Thank you for posting this. I had no clue the ED was a great running back. I see people wearing his jersey every know and then in LA but up until now, I just didn't know. Thanks for putting me up on knowledge! Please accept this upvote!

[@TheMrAndyDrew]

Thanks, it was a fun edit. You can see that he really was a battering Ram.

[@harrymiram5562]

Am no Big LAR fan but Loved seeing #29 tote the punkin! So Smooth, So Effortless & he shifted to overdrive PDQ! Doubt if rhere'll be Any RB as Bad as Robo-Back...Eric Dickerson!

[@Thetequilashooter1]

I used to be a huge Rams fan, and I remember the Eric Dickerson days vividly. It was Dickerson left, Dickerson right, Dickerson up the middle, which pretty much summed up the Rams offensive game.

[@DavidSilva-fq7nt]

He has no wasted movement. Power and speed.

[@silvernblack7196]

I need to find an Eric Dickerson jersey. Top notch Hall of Famer!!

[@JohnSmith-pp6dk]

Try Ebay

[@darnellmagruder283]

Jack Buck & Hank Stram were two of my favorites when they did MNF, i always sat on my back deck with a nice drink and just chilled while listening.

[@norgerepairs8687]

E D had one of his best days ever !! Great running back. Better person !! Tony Dorsett was a quality running back. On the day: Dickerson had 248 yards rushing, Dorsett had 58 yards rushing. Seeing the punishment Dickerson took in this game alone: you understand why he had to sleep in a chair for over 3 years after he retired. Simply one of the greatest !!!

[@mikepalmer1971]

He was a special back. No doubt about it. I was never a rams fan but damn this guy could run.

[@tgorski52]

Videos of Cowboy playoff losses are such a joy.

[@davidhughes9970]

He's the most graceful runner ever.smooth with no struggle for speed.secretariat in a Rams uniform

[@kennethcollins6494]

Beady Redden number 30 was drafted the year before Dickerson out of Richmond, he was supposed the a number one tailback but ends up playing number two mainly a blocker for the great one

[@vicphil1339]

Wow this dude Eric Dickinson was amazing i grew up watching Jerome Bettis & Emmitt Smith & Deon Sanders in elementary, Eric Dickinson wow just amazing to watch !

[@chiz.cowboysdaily]

This game was so hard to watch!! I remember it well.

[@broderickjohnson1427]

He's my all time favorite back.....

[@blackhouse4421]

When I was in the military, I was stationed in Memphis, TN for training, and they used to play pre-recorded videotapes of SMU games on Sundays and I was like "Who Is This Guy?" Eric Dickerson, when he was at SMU, they called it "The Pony Express".

[@urfavoritebarber2573]

The best running back to ever play football

[@charleshardy9346]

I’m 47yrs old I’ve been a Rams fan since that game

[@macgroober1396]

Dickerson reppin' the Soul Glo that day

[@BassGod1225]

John Hannah, Jackie Slater and Bajoobers Doobop. One of the best offensive lines in NFL history.

[@daleburrer1546]

You mean Dennis Harrah

[@davidk6269]

6:44 "...and you're not going to catch this guy from behind." In the 1986 NFC Wild Card Game, Redskins HOF cornerback Darrell Green proved that there is at least one guy who can catch Dickerson from behind. Green chasing down Dickerson is the greatest display of pure speed that I have ever seen on the football field.

[@dontworrybehappy8080]

I got to see big Dick play a lot back then growing up down the street from the stadium. I was 21 in '85.

[@jamesthomas7977]

I went to this game with my brother. Just before Dickerson broke the long TD run, one of the guys sitting behind us bet his buddy $1 that the Rams wouldn't get a 1st down on the possession. After the touchdown run my brother and I turned around and said "WELL?" He tried to claim that, technically, they didn't get a 1st down, to which I replied "That's because they couldn't catch him." He paid his buddy!

[@jimmyfaherty8588]

kinda sad to watch a talented once in a lifetime back like Dickerson. if he plays today.... they ran him,(obviously). over, and over up the gut. in today's game... play-action+ jet sweeps... Eric be pissed.

[@WolverineFootballalumni]

Nice seeing players making a tackle without pounding their chest for something their supposed to do.

[@aladinsarsipeus]

😂 nice one I think that shit every time I see someone praising themselves on the field nowadays. Sick of it.

[@peace-yv4qd]

John Robinson, the Ram coach at the time kept telling Dickerson to run as fast as he could and Dickerson said he was running as fast as he could. I was gassing up my work truck in Chico California and I looked over at the next pump and there stood John Robinson putting gas in his car.True story.

[@MrTyroneweaver]

Irv Cross later became AD here at Idaho State University.

[@wafler99]

What a great game. Wish they would've paid ED so he was always a Ram. He ran like no one.

[@thanhmcgriff3387]

Dickerson in his prime, once he got his speed up & shoulders turned upfield was unstoppable. Watching that high hurdling style of running is special. No one, not Payton, Jim Brown, Emmitt Smith or Barry Sanders had the yards he had in his first few years in the league. This version of the NFL with dominant RBs, long running drives, minimum QB involvement is gone. No one will touch Dickerson’s early career marks.

[@williamca7067]

He was really something special he should’ve stayed with the Rams … Who knows what would’ve happened with Dickerson and the quarterback Jim Everett

[@aj-wr1if]

Eric was a badass.My favorite Ram

[@daleburrer1546]

I remember this game very well. Amazing Rams QB Dieter Brock completed only 5 passes in the game.

[@paulbrasier372]

No dancing, no showboating, no running to a camera, just doing a job !!

[@zeke3388]

Prolly the best running back to ever play the game!

[@rchdeflepfan]

The Ram O-line dominated the Dallas defensive front.

[@chrisslaughter5552]

Pushed them around like they were old ladies in a wheelchair

[@dondol7214]

34 carries and 248 yards against a good Dallas defense with mostly 7 in the box, amazing!

[@Telly26]

I’m a big Adrian Peterson fan but looking back, I’m glad he didn’t break Eric Dickerson’s record. This might be a single season record that stands the test of time.

[@Nonpeon]

Completely different game back then. More physical.

[@tomitstube]

slower too, the further you go back the tougher it was, i watched an old 1950's playoff game with the giants, it seemed like every tackle ended with a collision, like the runner hit a brick wall. and you can't help but notice how much helmet to helmet contact there was, a couple times it made me cringe.

[@TheMrAndyDrew]

John Robinson’s classic style. If he had a decent QB they would have been champs.

[@StuON22]

IMHO Best back ever!

[@peace-yv4qd]

The best running back of all time.Period.

[@jpmace321]

i am glad he done this against the cowboys but i don't think no team could have stopped him

[@wsugarbear08]

Only the '85 bears...

[@ravenmoon5111]

@@wsugarbear08 Yeah. No one ran on the 85 Bears

[@Nonpeon]

You're an English major, I see. ha ha ha

[@johnwhyte2638]

@@ravenmoon5111 James Wilder put 166 yards on them in week one of 85. Gerald Riggs ran for 110 yards in week 12.

[@Manbunmen65]

Back when there were full backs and pitches.

[@randomname3715]

He stiff armed Randy White. Who does that?

[@johnletitia]

Fun to watch him run

[@hawleygriffin1800]

My favorite Eric Dickerson play is him getting rundown from behind by Darrell Green.

[@w41duvernay]

It's too bad Dickerson never got to play in a spread version of the Don Coryell offense with a decent passing offensive to go with him . He would have had video numbers on rushing yards.

[@mirzabeg7322]

All time great RB

[@scottmace6367]

I Was At This Game Anaheim Stadium, A Lot Of Cowboys Fans, Very PS, Fight Broke Out. Game Over

[@Backpackfiles]

14-year old me: Amazing! He won't do it next week, though.😊

[@davidmcphail5653]

I fondly remember the first college bowl game of Eric Dickerson at SMU. He was in tandem with Craig James. Their performance was magnificent; but not enough to win the game against BYU in the 1980 Holiday Bowl. Brigham Young (my alma mater) answered a 22 point deficit to SMU in the last 5 1/2 minutes TO WIN THE GAME BY 1...

[@garyv2196]

I remember the saint's dome patrol held him to a total of 6 yards for a whole game.

[@lafawnduh1543]

That was awesome! Not one play under shitgun formation. PURE football.

[@haromaster6086]

I think I enjoyed watching Dallas get shut out more than watching Eric Dickerson run. 20 -0. How embarrassing to be a Cowboys fan. 😂😂😂😂

[@markula_4040]

Nice to have the record but should have saved him at bit for the following week. I don't think he got even 50 yards against the '85 Bears in the NFC Championship.

[@pep2st8p64]

Hank Stram with the tu'pe

[@richiswhere]

14:37 never should have lost that game to the Miami

[@lorenzobeckmann3736]

great performance; then the following week................

[@stardaddyo9]

Randy White got his lunch taken that day. He was getting pushed all over the place.

[@jackc70]

Coaches today should make it mandatory for their players to watch this video. He makes 50 and 60 yard runs for a TD and professionally jogs back to the sidelines. No dancing, no show-boating, no taunting. This guy is a real pro. Today, a team could be down 21 pts. and make a nice play. They celebrate like they’re 10 years old and a waitress gave them a cherry and sprinkles on their ice cream. They are a bunch of sissies compared to a man like Dickerson. Most of the players from his time were like this today it’s more important for an individual to make a play and look good then it is for the team to win. Todays players are immature weak boys. IMO

[@eerreennee]

6:45... Hank Stram (referring to Dickerson)... You're not going to catch this guy from behind... no matter how fast you are you're not going to catch him from behind... Darrell Green... Hold my beer.

[@eerreennee]

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[@romin388]

Dickerson and Dorsett don't get their due

[@ltdee1970]

S M O O T H Eric D.!!

[@EyeTunz]

You can't expect the Cowboys to have a chance when they never have the ball.

[@randomname3715]

Watch Randy White. Even when Dickerson is past him he still runs down the play. That's why he's a HOFer

[@helfiswelf]

I wish they would have show Dorset being shut down all game in comparison.

[@mikepruett1745]

how bout playoffs that year ?

[@cgh7337]

Man you have to edit this better. We don't need to see every replay where he ran for 1 yard.

[@jamespgray6928]

Michael Downs (Dallas #26) had a rough day

[@Bellthorian]

I thought he did an excellent impression of a speed bump.

[@johnnyjoey]

No, not too shabby at all! 😂

[@JrJVintage1956]

G.O.A.T.

[@danielh3179]

Unfortunately, the very next playoff game in the Conference championship on 1/12/86, the Chicago Bears held Dickerson to 46 yards as the Bears shut out the Rams 24-0.

[@johnwhyte2638]

True, the only game in 5 meetings they were able to keep Eric under 100 yards. What's crazy is it was a better day than Payton who had more carries and got 32 yards and 1 fumble. Eric played against Walter 4 times and always had the better day for rushing and won 3 of the 4 games.

[@jpmace321]

Darrell green caught him from behind

[@MarkEWallace]

And?

[@kennethcollins6494]

6.3 218 4.4 track speed, hall of famer

[@danieladkins5242]

6 man rush. How

[@RandyChan-o5q]

For Eric Dickerson to have never won a Superbowl is bad enough, and for him to have never even been in the Superbowl is even worse. And Eric Dickerson has company in that. OJ Simpson and Barry Sanders also never got to the Superbowl.

[@waynepryce34]

So this 8s what that commercial is referencing, I never watched football til Brady and I am 50