The NFL on CBS Theme (1992) | Original Version

Network: CBS
Used: 1992
Show: NFL ON CBS
Frank Vinci composed this theme for the CBS broadcast of Super Bowl XXVI in Jan 1992. The theme was used until the final NFC Championship Game on CBS was televised in Jan 1994.
When the NFL returned to CBS in 1998 with the AFC games, CBS updated Vinci's theme two more times before moving on to the E.S. Posthumus theme that the network still uses today. This version is the original 1992 theme first heard during Super Bowl XXVI.

[@honkhonkler7732]

This song plus Madden and Summerall were the peak NFL viewership experience.

[@tylerlarsen1842]

Rest In Peace John Madden (1936-2021)

[@redmustangredmustang]

I got goosebumps as an 8 and 9 year old watching Cowboy games whenever this came on. Then Pat Summerall said we here live from Texas Stadium. Thank God there are many many classic games especially from 1992 and 93 that has this theme.

[@nastypiglosi1788]

Oh the memories

[@SWilliams1968]

This is the soundtrack to their back-to-back Super Bowl runs.

[@HitsTownUSA]

We didn’t have cable TV for a time in the 90’s and I remember having to tune in to the Sunday Night NFL games on radio. This was the theme I remember hearing those Sunday Night games on radio up until 1999.

[@kevaninthe4135]

Games aired on Westwood One, which happened to be operated by CBS Radio for a long time.

[@TheAlfrulz]

This is what helped me remember and enjoy this theme. If we were out running errands on a Sunday afternoon, we'd turn on the car radio and CBS Westwood's coverage included this tune well after CBS lost the TV rights following 1993. And I still occasionally listen to the games on the radio today when needed. I can not even recall the music they play now, it just sounds unremarkable.

[@cowyemrsox]

When the electric guitar melody kicks in I choke up. I'm 21 years old and haven't heard this version of the theme until maybe a couple of weeks ago. It really catches me off guard when I start to cry at anything. It's the greatest compliment I can give any piece of music.

[@davidford3968]

I can't be the only one that hears Pat Summerall's voice in my head at the 0:20 mark welcoming you to a stadium. Since I have lived in Pittsburgh my whole life and the Steelers usually played at 1, my mom would usually put on whatever CBS game was at 4. Great memories

[@tonymiller1665]

I hear Greg Gumbel's voice in that spot, which probably means I'm a little younger than you, but yes the idea is spot on.

[@davidford3968]

@@tonymiller1665 yep. That would have been in 98 when CBS got the AFC package for the NFL after losing the NFC package in 94

[@chevisfleming6577]

Live from Texas Stadium in Irving, Texas, it's the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys in this NFC East matchup... along with John Madden, I'm Pat Summerall.....😢😢😢😢! I truly miss them days!!

[@averymerrick]

*The true NFL on CBS theme.*

[@chrisclemons7564]

This song was the anthem of the long-dominant NFC during this time. I hear this and remember a time when the NFC seemed like they were playing a different game altogether from the other conference.

[@entertainmentsportsandmore5783]

This theme music was heard of some NFL on CBS play-by-play announcers back in the day (1992 version): * Pat Summerall. * Verne Lundquist. * Dick Stockton. * Jim Nantz. * Tim Ryan. * Sean McDonough. * James Brown. * Mike "Doc" Emrick.

[@bradjames891]

When you had Pat Summerall narrate an intro to this, it was the GOAT announcer with the GOAT theme.

[@robsmith961]

From 1986 to 1993 the NFL on CBS had a plethora of distinguished announcers. Whatever way people felt about these announcers, there is no denying that they had a loaded list of accomplished announcers. On the play-by-play side, their main announcers were Pat Summerall, Verne Lundquist, Dick Stockton, Jim Nantz, James Brown, and Tim Ryan, all of whom have had remarkable careers that speak for themselves. They also at various points had Brad Nessler, Sean McDonough, and Doc Emrick. And of course, Greg Gumbel was their studio host. On the analyst side, they had the likes of John Madden, Terry Bradshaw, Dan Dierdorf, Joe Theismann, Dan Fouts, Randy Cross, Matt Millen, Hank Stram, and Merlin Olsen either throughout this whole time or for parts of it. Like all of the pbp guys listed, these analysts all had distinguished careers of their own in the broadcasting booth. People can have varying opinions on these and all other announcers, but what can't be denied is the objective accomplishments of them.

[@qnelson1000]

My goodness. Bring this them back NFL. It is simply AWESOME.

[@jasonmckinney9938]

Wow hearing this gives me a feeling I can’t even describe

[@theaverageguy7111]

They should of kept this theme. It went perfectly with Pat Summers's intros.

[@zuozhen4758]

CBS is the KING of sports theme songs!

[@Monaayy29]

I love the theme they have nowadays but it would be awesome if they brought this back for the Super Bowl

[@malibustacy3606]

Worth coming back to every so often for a guaranteed lift.

[@pharaohosam]

Easily the best NFL theme ever for me. Nothing elicited more emotion, nothing was a more perfect audible reflection of the drama on the field. R.I.P. to my Washington Redskins. Thanks for the memories. Dan Snyder killed you long before the name change, and the NFL helped him burry the body.

[@jasonmay9387]

Sad times for us fans.

[@tylongkicks8821]

Washington Commanders LMAO

[@jorgeguardado6015]

Hands down, I agree with you

[@PmkHTTRLFGM]

I will never get over the murder of the Washington Redskins. The NFL is DEAD to me.

[@PmkHTTRLFGM]

I think about that team everyday . It’s in my blood . Rest in peace to the historic Washington Redskins.

[@keepingupwiththedogs2968]

This awesome intro could also be for whatever game Pat Summerall and John Madden were covering that day.

[@jocampbell88]

This is so fire!🔥

[@KevinJL]

Bring this back

[@chiprjones]

Bring this back!

[@christopherword7894]

Hearing this makes think back to Super Bowl 26.

[@ishmaeldarjean2757]

Back when play by play was an art form.

[@JHollowayNetwork]

When CBS brought back the NFL in 1998, they re-recorded the theme.

[@CatholicTraditional]

Which IMO they should’ve kept, this original or that one. However, the current one they’ve been using isn’t that bad.

[@thomastripp9002]

Gives me WRAL and WNCT vibes when the Redskins, Cowboys, Eagles, Giants, 49ers and Falcons (occasionally) would play on CBS

[@twicethechamps]

49ers-Cowboys in the playoffs on CBS next week.....just like the good old days! Too bad we won't hear this theme, though, or Pat and John.

[@itsdirkdiggler]

We could if we all work together

[@williamdiemert9866]

Best theme ever

[@coachwesbball]

Need to use this tomorrow for the 49ers vs cowboys wildcard game

[@gjd4u2nv]

Beautiful theme….. Last time I heard this (that I can recall ever) was right before the Cowboys v 49ers 1992 NFC Championship game when I was like 10 yrs old. I just recall this because there was like a 5 second blackout pause before this intro song came on showcasing the game, and I was extremely nervous being a Cowboys fan who, honestly, was not expecting the best outcome due to playing at Candlestick Park. Undeniably, IMO still the best NFL theme I have heard and gives me so many memories of those great seasons in the 90’s. The new themes suck and I can’t stand them!!!

[@therhyme1]

I agree

[@tylongkicks8821]

Last time I remember hearing this was the 1993 NFC Championship game in Irving TX 49ers vs Cowboys

[@bryanracine2715]

We welcome you to Cleveland for the saints vs the browns game. Sean McDonough alongside with Dan jiggetts.

[@crawford371]

RIP John Madden

[@SWilliams1968]

Who else always hears the ‘60 Minutes’ clock after the end of this song?

[@ginger00022]

Thank you!!!

[@alexbronynerfman]

From New York CBS sports presents the National Football League! Today's it's Chargers vs New York jets! This games is broadcast in 4K Ultra HD By Sony And in Spanish using sap button kickoff is next on CBS

[@TMC1982Part2]

0:34: "The NF...LLLL isss on the net-work C-B...S! THE NF-L isss ON THE NET-WORK CB-S!!!"

[@nepayinzer]

1:28 quick preview (local station) 0:00 full intro

[@itsdirkdiggler]

Let’s make this happen fellas. Flood they social media

[@benkirk378]

RIP John Madden.

[@daniellaughlin5872]

Best ever. Totally destroys the current CBS theme

[@user-kr5jk7sz3y]

You knew when you this cbs sports NFL theme song it was a big game In NFC and Madden summerrall would called the game rip

[@entertainmentsportsandmore5783]

NFL on CBS theme (1992-1994).

[@entertainmentsportsandmore5783]

until the 1993 NFC Championship Game..

[@HitsTownUSA]

CBS broadcasting the NFL games on radio was still using this theme into the early 2000’s

[@williamkanejr3233]

@HitsTownUSA ... in the voice of The Miz ... COOOOOORRRRRECT! They stopped following the 2002 season. The current theme took over starting in 2003.

[@Nonsense1986]

@@williamkanejr3233And its been so long. Can we please bring back this classic theme and get rid of the gangsta theme?

[@williamkanejr3233]

@@Nonsense1986 as a Patriots fan I like the current version from 2003 on better. Lots of good memories for me with that theme.

[@vicheakeng6894]

The worksheet

[@thenumberjuanyoutuber2412]

At Least Make It Even More Fixed

[@kxp.1496]

Back when this song was being used, I guarantee that anyone taking a knee during the national anthem would have not only made them not unpopular, but also booed off the field.

[@allengreene9954]

Got all that love for a flag but not your neighbors next door🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿

[@entertainmentsportsandmore5783]

R.I.P. John Madden (1936-2021).