Joe Washington highlights 9-18-1978 Monday night football

[@deniswilson8152]

The best performance on Monday night period

[@zachmoring4432]

Earl Campbell as well

[@jazzdad24]

2nd half little joe took over the game!😊

[@charliec5449]

I'll be 62 in June and a life long Colts fan. I remember sitting in a friends apartment in a kitchen chair in the middle of the room watching that game.

[@autiebell1357]

I watched it too. One of the Greatest All Around Games I ever saw a Runningback have.

[@travisaldous2294]

Joe is one of the best & also one of the nicest players you'll ever meet. had the honor of meeting him on several occasions. class act

[@curtismcneil8695]

Remember watching that game. Joe Washington had the game of his life. MNF was special back in the day. Frank, Howard & Dandy Don Meredith.

[@poseyjames4365]

Game of his life? Joe Washington did this every week for three seasons in the Oklahoma Wishbone. Know your football history.

[@curtismcneil8695]

@@poseyjames4365 In the NFL Dufus how about you knowing your Football history.

[@ikarooz]

Frank Gifford was a smooth caller of the game. He had a computer-like recall for names and game situations. Hearing Howard Cosell and Don Meredith's legendary voices again, was special.

[@FlintyCobblestone]

One of the very best one game performances in the history of the NFL.

[@MichaelSmith-ec7hj]

Joe was the baddest man on the planet. The biggest joke of all time was giving Archie Griffin back to back hiesmans while Joe was by far the best player in the country.

[@BreuckelensFinest]

I agree with you. Walter Payton should have won one of those Heisman Trophies too but politics are a motha!

[@mookeychase0907]

Okay I'll overlook that fact but he(Archie) went on to do absolutely sh*t In the NFL!!! Never ran for 1000 and only freakin 7 total TDs smh

[@AuburnIceTigers]

Joe actually finished FIFTH in the Heisman race that year, behind four other RBs: Griffin, Chuck Muncie, Ricky Bell, and Tony Dorsett. I still don't know what the Heisman voters were watching that year, but it obviously wasn't college football...

[@tomitstube]

exactly, joe washington was on two, not one, but two national champions. he finished 3rd and 5th in heisman voting in 1974-75. and a shout out to the *late great leroy selmon* another sooner who finished 9th in the heisman in 1975, and rod shoate (patriot linebacker and 3 time sooner all-american) who finished 7th in the heisman 1974.

[@CJinsoo]

AuburnIceTigers Shows the clout that programs had with the media before limits on scholarships, and the degree to which a system was more responsible for the numbers than the individual’s talent. In the NFL, Muncie could have had a HOF career if not for drugs. Bell could have been great if not for going to TB. And TD Tony was great, HOF, and at his size, truly impressive what TD accomplished.

[@LindaSmith-gx3ig]

Man do I miss "real" MNF! I remember watching this game with my dad. He let me stay up to watch the entire game. #sweetmemories

[@rosswood6333]

Linda Smith your dad was cool, I saw the game as well, cosell went beserk over him

[@patrickramirez8433]

I was only 8. Yrs old at this time. And. I saw the whoooole thng

[@rosswood6333]

@@patrickramirez8433 that means you went to bed at 11 to 1130 , so did I that night, wasn't mnf great as a young boy then! Now idiot kids stay up late watching vulgarity, and shows that demean this country

[@mistermattmoose]

our dads must be related, lol. I remember that game like it was yesterday. I was 15 and a soph. in hs. next day was science class and the teacher (asst. football coach) and I raved about the game. funny thing was, that was the only day in hs we got along!

[@frederickjohnpicarello1909]

@@rosswood6333 Yes it really was great growing up then!..I can still remember this game very well & just the thrill I would get every Monday Night🌙 while they were running the credits just before the game started!.. Can still hear that MNF theme now!..Nothing quite like it!..

[@robertslydell6990]

Holy shit, that pass to Carr for the TD was perfect

[@autiebell1357]

Little Joe Washington. One of the most Underrated RB's in NFL History.😎

[@Beatles01able]

“What a football game this turned out ta be!!” - Howard Cosell Timeless.

[@jobu88]

The linebacker that Joe beat for the touchdown catch was fellow Oklahoma Sooner and 3-time All-American Rod Shoate. They were teammates on the 1974 national championship team.

[@TheGenieLover]

08:05 Did you notice him tearing away Joe's jersey after his next run? Grabbing a souvenir,? Relieving frustration? or Saving Joe the time and trouble?😎

[@poseyjames4365]

All-American teammates.

[@magonga50]

What an incredible performance by Joe Washington! He did it all. The game of a lifetime. As an old Baltimore Colt fan I've enjoyed this jewel a lot. Thank you very much for making this public. An epic, all-around performance against all odds. Unforgettable.

[@depaola63]

I was a 15 year old on this Monday night, just a classic memory! Joe Washington was great on this night! I think the best personal performance ever on MNF! A close 2nd was Earl Campbell vs Miami when he scored 4 TD's and ran for 199 yds. in a 35-30 win in Houston the same year, 1978!

[@normchop6342]

I was 15 and still remember this game like it was yeterday! Great memories! Thanks for posting...

[@jamesyoung9311]

In a driving rainstorm, Joe Washington threw for a TD, caught a pass for a TD, and returned a kickoff for a TD. IN THE SAME QUARTER.

[@phunkyone8630]

I remember this game as if it happened yesterday. 13 y/o growing up in East Baltimore and had to get to Hampstead Hill Junior High school by 7:45 AM... Was tired as all get out the next morning but it was worth it watching Joe Washington single handedly beat the Pats!

[@JoeyMesa]

Nice!

[@frederickjohnpicarello1909]

I was 12 & went to that school as well..the following 4 year's Grew up on Rose & Fayette St..

[@mobbcreep956]

Yep 12 yo watching this game on a blk and white living on Preston Street.I think this was the last good days of the colts

[@jeffreywong3155]

I remember this game. The Colts were touted as highly possible Super Bowl contenders, thus opening MNF on two of the first three weeks. Sadly, Bert Jones separated his shoulder in a preseason game against Detroit, so Bill Troup started the season opener on Monday Night at Dallas. The Colts lost 38-0, then lost to Miami 42-0 the next week. They were 0-2 when they faced New England, which was their divisional nemesis, and things were expected to go from worse to worst. That's why Joe Washington's performance was even more breathtaking.

[@richd3044]

1978 was the first year of the Colts decline after three excellent seasons in a row. Jones got injured in the preseason at Detroit when he was sacked by Bubba Baker on the hard Pontiac Silverdome surface. Lydell Mitchell and George Kunz were gone, and the following year saw John Dutton leave the sack pack. They never recovered from the Jones injury, but Joe Washington certainly provided great excitement on this day.

[@michaelleroy9281]

And Irsay began talking to other cities about this time to move his team

[@RockRollDr78]

When he came to the Redskins he brought that same kind of action with him. Probably catch the ball out of the backfield better than any halfback I can think of. He was always a threat to have a career day. He liked wet fields. I saw him live at RFK in the miserable pouring down rain and he was just spectacular. This video doesn't surprise me.

[@thecharmtasticmile]

Today September 18, 2018 is the 40th Anniversary (9-18-78) of that game. I remember it like yesterday. My mother let me stay up and watch it. Joe Washington looked like Gayle Sayers in 1965 vs San Francisco 49ers. One the Most Iconic "Charm'tastic Sports Moments" in Baltimore sports history.

[@JoeyMesa]

Cool!!!

[@jbwc]

@JB I was so happy when my football team got this dude cause I very much remember this game 1st Monday night game or second after school had started back for us and we fellas always talk about sports

[@joealmeida5570]

Post-O.J. Simpson and parallel to Tony Dorsett, Lil' Joe Washington was my guy in the NFL!.. Electric! And THIS game? Well, I was a Bostonian watching Joe abuse my Patriots. Remember a mid-'70's SI story on Oklahoma's Washington in which his running style was described as "...like smoke through a keyhole"! Yup- he was fun to watch!.. Thx for posting.

[@billschauberger1150]

Joe Washington was an exciting player to watch.He had good peripheral vision and a slashing running style that was enviable.

[@SingleTax]

9:06 -- Of the hundreds of Monday Night Football games I've seen over the years, that's only time I've ever heard Frank Gifford scream with excitement like that. Great stuff.

[@adambaum9732]

Frank Gifford always screamed with delight every time he cheated on his wife, Kathie Lee Gifford.

[@frederickjohnpicarello1909]

Yep remember watching this game when I was 12' yrs old & as much as I missed Lydell Mitchell at the time Joe Washington had the game of his life! He was 75% of the Colts offense that night..

[@Weidneriffic]

That was the best individual performance I’ve ever seen on MNF.

[@JoeyMesa]

I'd have to agree!

[@CZECHMATE650]

WOW!!! What a player! First small stature RB to play every down Big Back football & be successful!!!! Still Fun to watch years later!

[@jrandall4020]

i dont know why he didnt have a hall of fame career. so talented

[@JoeyMesa]

I believe he had a knee injury pretty early in his NFL career. Seems like a combination of his small size and his ability to make really quick cuts and fake the defense out plus the overall brutality of football back then took it's toll. He did win a college national championship with Oklahoma and a NFL Super Bowl championship with the Redskins, so that's pretty cool. This game was definitely the highlight of his NFL career. Still the only player to throw For a TD, catch a TD pass and return a kickoff for the game winning TD! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Washington

[@robertglasper4845]

I am watching my Homeboy. From 1969 to 1972 at Abraham Lincoln high school in Port Arthur Texas he was the show every Friday night Right on Joe boy and the show he put on Monday night football is the greatest of all time there is nothing else can beat It. Thanks Little Joe .⚡️🙏🏾🦾😎

[@justinpettit3432]

This dude led the league in receptions in 1979 with 82 receptions. He replaced Lydell Mitchell in 1978 through them being traded for each other and Mitchell had led the league in receptions in 74 and 77. Anyway I'm here because I read Washington's Wikipedia and heard about his performance in the 4th quarter of this game. Had to see if there were highlights on KZbin.

[@jaymoreno6955]

"OH!.. That is Joe Washington! OH! .. " If he stays on his feet he has great speed!!".. Oooooooh! WHAT A FOOTBALL GAME THIS TURNED OUT TO BE!! I remember watching this live back in 78' ... And it brings tears to my eyes watching and listening to this EPIC KICKOFF RETURN and SINGLE GAME PERFORMANCE !!

[@johns2453]

I saw this... Joe was amazing. I was14

[@misterpibb42]

Always liked Joe Washington. Very entertaining player.

[@remmymafia3889]

Was watching this on my night off with a couple of buddies at a Shakeys Pizza. Just after half, one buddy hit the road, while me and our other friend stuck around. Boy, as Cosell said, maybe the greatest single, all around offensive performance, in MNF history. What a game it turned out to be. Fairbanks had to be sick.

[@JoeyMesa]

Nice! Yeah, that was an epic night for Little Joe!

[@BAYAREA-kd1ig]

Miss the old Monday NIght Football magic that would happen in games such as this.

[@deniswilson8152]

AN ITS JOE WASHINGTON! ITS JOE WASHINGTON! ITS JOE WASHINGTON! ........what a football game this turned out to be!!!!...perhaps the most instinctive rb of all time

[@rftulie]

Saw this back in Boston visiting my folks from grad school in -- where else -- Baltimore! This performance killed me as a Pats' fan, but I realized I was watching something amazing and I never forgot that performance, or Joe Washington's name. If somehow a guy could be in the HOF based on a one-game performance, surely he'd qualify!

[@JoeyMesa]

Yeah, that was a special night for Joe Washington. He had some pretty good highlights and big games at Oklahoma. Barry Switzer says he was the best player he ever coached!

[@mikegarcia7672]

I can remember this night! Great night for Mr. Joe W.!

[@alanharcrow8045]

ladies' and gentlemen, from port aurther, texas, smoke through a keyhole, joe Washington...

[@rollotomasi8116]

Joe Washington is a very good golfer....he started out as a customer of mine and we became friends......nice guy, great ball player......I was a Colt season ticket holder and had the opportunity to see Joe play......

[@JoeyMesa]

Very cool!

[@terrydavis1205]

i played little baseball with his brother and high school football with kenny washington joe was the stat man on the little league team hes right here from port arthur tx

[@camoss3724]

One of the greatest individual performances I've ever seen. Joe Washington did everything but sell tickets that night. This game was an unexpected bright spot to a season which had started off disastrously. No Bert Jones, no Lydell Mitchell, and no points in the first two games. The Colts had been embarrassed in the opener on Monday night two weeks prior in Dallas, 38-0, then came home the next week and were destroyed by Miami, 42-0. I remember thinking the Colts had little chance in this game as well against the talented Patriots. This was the year when everything started to unravel for the Colts, and began a string of six consecutive losing seasons before they left for Indianapolis. But for one night, at least, Joe Washington gave us Colt fans a glimmer of hope.

[@justinpettit3432]

This just in I heard he even sold tickets that night. Wow he really did it all.

[@Pineemonkeys2ndchannel]

I remember the game Joe worevthose silver shoes😀 (?) Was that his first game after the trade w San Diago for Mitchell?

[@camoss3724]

@@Pineemonkeys2ndchannel Washington was there for the first two games, but if I remember correctly, he was pretty much limited to returning kicks. I don't know why he didn't receive more playing time, but since the Colts got blown out in each of their first two games by a combined 80-0, whatever effectiveness he may have had as a running back was more or less negated by how quickly both of those games got out of hand.

[@BellofattoBrews]

Will always be one of my favorite games watched in any sport ever. Happened on my 15th birthday and to watch Joe and the Baltimore Colts win that day was the best present I got.

[@RobertGlasper-mh8qr]

In my words that comes from my Heart the performers that JOE Washington, put on Monday Night Football.This will always be the very best performance by one individual that will never be anything that can beat this.. Absolutely!! Spectacular!! Right On Mr.JOE Washington, My Home Boy. Always much LOVE !! Always !!😎 ❤?

[@stevestouchupcompany5994]

I was and still remain a Colts Fan ..

[@daltonmann4916]

rod Choate was playing linebacker for NE. he played with little Joe at oklahoma.

[@JoeyMesa]

Yeah, it didn't look loke Rod was giving Little Joe much love either. Those guys hit HARD back in the day!

[@travisr.9789]

rod shoate

[@midnightrider1100]

Joey Mesa Rod was a monster.

[@chrisearls1866]

One of the most under-appreciated great running backs. Wasn't big enough to be a full time NFL tailback and take the pounding of 25 carries a game, but he was a great kick returner, great out of the backfield, and an excellent blocker thanks to having been a wishbone running back at Oklahoma.

[@selfwitness]

Wow! I remember watching this game. Thank you from a Baltimore Colts fan.

[@JoeyMesa]

You're welcome! Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback!

[@selfwitness]

My pleasure!

[@clarkpitts5393]

I talked to Lil Joe @ UCLA VS. OU a few years ago. He's had 13 knee surgeries. He is a super nice dude. Great stories.

[@JoeyMesa]

Very cool!

[@timdub70]

What a football game this turned out to be-Cosell.

[@midnightrider1100]

This was no surprise to Oklahoma fans. He did all that and punted a quick kick 76 yards against Texas. Watch two videos, Joe Washington punt return vs. USC and Joe Washington punt return vs. OSU 1974. Joe Washington was the only player I ever saw that taunted you with his play by daring you to tackle him.

[@CJinsoo]

I looked this up and say that Joe Washington is only player in NFL to throw a TD pass, catch a TD pass, and return a kick for TD in a single game.

[@ILoveOldMedia]

In a quarter ☺

[@CJinsoo]

kenny southwell Amazing!

[@simonanglia3028]

The BALTIMORE Colts...i was a kid then bed by 6pm...Mom let me and my brother watch the entire game..thank you for posting.

[@JoeyMesa]

You're welcome!

[@TXH1138]

I've watched a lot of football in my life and this is the only game I remember. As a Sooner fan it made me very happy.

[@JoeyMesa]

Me too!!!

[@robertpyles137]

Great memory. Thanks for posting this. I do miss watching my Colts.

[@JoeyMesa]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@robbarnes4744]

As a Baltimore Colts fan watching this game live - this is fabulous! I remember he had a great game but WOW!!

[@LogoAttitude]

Blacked out on WCVB/Boston and WPRI/Providence In 1978, the Patriots weren't the TV draw they are now; future Patriots QB Tom Brady was only 1 year old, and he would grow up rooting for the 49ers

[@AdamsInc71]

Thx for the vid, My team then & now #Baltimore-Indy Colts for life!

[@JoeyMesa]

You're welcome! thanks for commenting!

[@lenr7137]

AdamsFam71 Great video, but you can’t have it both ways: you’re either a BALTIMORE Colts fan or an INDIANAPOLIS Colts fan. None of the old Colts who played in Baltimore wanted anything to do with the franchise once it moved to Indy. Irsay should had done the right thing and left the name, jerseys, helmets, and history in Baltimore.

[@normchop6342]

@@lenr7137 without a doubt! He chased the fans away, lied and then snuck out under the cover of darkness. What an embarrassment for the other owners and the NFL!

[@____2080_____]

Love these old Baltimore Colts!! it’s like looking at the game when I was a kid.

[@____2080_____]

Loved Roger Carr

[@____2080_____]

And glad to have Joe Washington for a little bit before him going down I 95 to play for Joe Gibbs and the Washington Redskins that got him a Super Bowl

[@depaola63]

I was 15 on this now classic night 📺🏈👀 Absolutely #1 BEST PERFORMANCES on MNF ever 💪⭐️ with Earl Campbell vs Miami a close second ✊✊👏👏👏 Great memories ✨

[@michaelallport5816]

The greatest running back to ever grace the gridiron!

[@darrenworthey7524]

remember watching it live , a great performance indeed

[@davidsafely732]

Agreed, one of the best nights in MNF history, in adverse conditions.

[@Jetsea]

What a performance.

[@GeorgeWashingtonX]

Never knew Joe Washington played for the Colts, I remember him as a Redskin..

[@thedarkchild86]

Joe Washington was a BIG reason the Redskins where world champions ..... change of pace / third down specialist back .....John Riggins was the Hammer ......

[@SaskRider2]

Yep. Little Joe was the lightning, to The Diesel's thunder.

[@BreuckelensFinest]

What's with the "....?" Complete your sentences!

[@Wrcoach2]

Still one of the best Monday Night Football memories I have. The Colts HOSED the Chargers on that deal. Then Joe went to Washington and had some more great years.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Lydell Mitchell went to the Chargers in that trade

[@rahlohmcdonogh280]

I remember seeing this game!

[@ubon11]

Joe is incredible. But what stood out to me was Grogan’s reaction at the end. Still a minute left in the game and his body language was that they were already beat. In today’s game, a QB would be wildly excited for the opportunity to get to try for 7 with a minute left. Amazing how much the game has changed.

[@JoeyMesa]

Yes, agree 100%. I like aspects of how quick the game is now, but there was just something about the game in the 70's on Monday Night Football!

[@robertslydell6990]

No kidding. I was always a Grogan fan but yeah that's not a good look. He should be up and getting ready for the final drive.

[@michaelbanaszak7775]

@@robertslydell6990 And, not to mention the Patriots still had a little under 2 minutes left in the game with 2 timeouts....

[@rufuspipemos]

Performance of a lifetime.

[@JayDogTitan-he6wo]

A few years later Joe Washington would head down I 95 to DC and help the Redskins to back to back Super Bowls winning the first one, What a player he was.

[@JoeyMesa]

Yep. I wonder how many people who have won a NCAA national championship and a Super Bowl title?

[@JayDogTitan-he6wo]

@@JoeyMesa Tony Dorsett comes to mind right away with Pitt and the Cowboys.

[@tjstrong3607]

Loved Joe with the Colts and later the Skins--- this was a good Colts team & I remember watching this game-- important cuz the Patriots, Dolphins and Colts, were all close in the division. It still may be one of the best ind. MNF performances ever.

[@tomitstube]

another great sooner running back. joe was a 2 time national champion at o.u. what a pass, what a run, what a catch... what a night. great player. a lot of sooner connections on the patriots... of note, chuck fairbanks was the patriots coach... and there were 6 o.u. sooners on the patriots that night, 4 on defense. nose tackle ray hamilton, linebacker rod shoate (3 time all-american at o.u. who died young at 46) shoate makes the first tackle on joe. db sidney brown (this was his only year in the nfl) and steve zabel outside linebacker. running back horace ivory, (no carries) and tight end al chandler (no receptions) were on offense.

[@JoeyMesa]

Nice! Thanks for the info!

[@tomitstube]

@@JoeyMesa and thanks for the video!

[@ScottSanderz19]

Doing all of that on a wet parking lot is even more impressive...

[@robertslydell6990]

LOL, no kidding... what a shine that field had. Can't say I've ever seen a field look like that except for this game. I wonder if the positioning if the lights had something to do with it.

[@arthurbishop3173]

@@robertslydell6990 The position(ing) of the lights HAD to be why it was like that. It was hard to even see everything on my screen during certain shots...DEFINITELY don't see that anymore.

[@daboys1215]

"What a football game this turned out to be!" -Howard Cosell

[@abbirina]

My Dad took me to this game it poured that night. Great game!

[@JoeyMesa]

That's awesome!

[@abbirina]

Thanks for the great memory!

[@charliec5449]

A friend of mine lived in Tulsa back when Washington was in college and he used to go to OU games. He said every time Washington touched the football everyone in the stadium would stand in anticipation of what he might do.

[@philbrown1474]

My favorite OU running back from a long list.

[@emo4126]

"Joe Washington remains the only NFL player to ever throw a touchdown, catch a touchdown and return a kickoff for a touchdown in a single game." that record occurred in this game you are watching now . source, click on link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Washington

[@coffeeandcigarettes2885]

@emo - and what is even more amazing he made that record which still stands in 2020 in just the 4th quarter

[@richardyoung7112]

Did he have a rushing TD besides the kick-off one? That would make for 4 TDs. Incredible performance, either way!

[@richardyoung7112]

Maybe not, but maybe went through 4 tear away jerseys for sure! They were banned shortly after by the NFL.

[@bobbyowens7945]

If you notice he changed helmets to...or changed his face mask....i remember watching this game on Monday night football. Greatness

[@michaelleroy9281]

Cosell would say, " What a game this turned out to be!'

[@johnjacob5844]

amazing Joe and we got him in DC for ‘83 SB

[@stevenstorff6230]

I remember watching this game with my dad. We lived in Oklahoma and were going crazy yelling at the TV.

[@terrythenotarypublicexecns9271]

The guy was only 179 pounds in his NFL career. But he played like he was a 200 pounder.

[@JoeyMesa]

His nickname wasn't Little Joe for no reason!

[@gavinvalle5653]

One of the all-time best ever performances by a single player on MNF!

[@rosswood6333]

Saw this live was 14, live in Oklahoma, so this was special, and so was MNF

[@JoeyMesa]

Yeah I was 12. I grew up in Oklahoma and my brothers and dad were huge Joe Washington fans. I remember we got to watch the game until halftime, then had to go to bed. The game really got rolling in the second half and my dad kept busting into our room to tell us "Little Joe just scored another touchdown!" I never got to see the whole game until my wife found a copy of the game. Just too good not to share the highlights! Thanks for commenting!

[@rosswood6333]

Joey Mesa I got see Joe play at least 15 times at Owen field, although Dupree is the most God gifted rb I ever saw, little Joe was the best , and Billy Sims had the best career

[@bkeaton22]

I too grew up in Oklahoma and was probably Joe Washington's biggest fan, because I wanted to be Joe Washington. I would watch Little Joe at Oklahoma and emulate him to a tee when I played wishbone running back at Marian Anderson Junior High School (Tulsa, Ok). I always felt Joe Washington and myself were the best running backs from '73 -'75. I was given the greatest compliment anyone can give an athlete, when I was told by a former schoolmate 20 years later, "That I was the best running back he'd ever saw and that he'd never seen anybody run the ball like that. That I reminded him of Emmitt Smith". Whom at the time was the NFL leading alltime rusher with the Dallas Cowboy's. Well I was a little upset with the comparison to Emmitt, but couldn't be mad because he had just said "I was the best he'd ever saw". I was taken back a little and thought about all the great running backs who ever played the game: Gale Sayers, Jim Brown, O.J. Simpson, Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, Earl Campbell, Tony Dorsett, Archie Griffin, Anthony Davis, Billy Simms, Marcus Allen, Bo Jackson, Marcus Dupree, Eric Dickerson, Thurmond Thomas, Emmit Smith, etc. Wow, he had just given me the ultimate compliment. By the way, I met Barry Sanders at the Super Bowl in '07 Giants vs. Patriots and felt compelled to tell him this story after he asked me If I had played football. To me it felt like one great athlete talking to another and Barry took it all in stride, his expression never changed and didn't make a comment either.

[@rosswood6333]

@@bkeaton22 I think we all tried to duplicate his moves playing neighborhood football

[@bonanzatime]

Joe Washington replaced BOTH Lydell Mitchell AND Bert Jones 'That Night'.😃

[@JoeyMesa]

Yep. That night was a historical night for sure! Lots of guys had great careers with lots of consistent good games, but not many had a NCAA national champ, Super Bowl national champ AND a lifetime game like Little Joe!!!

[@bonanzatime]

Joey Mesa. He was an Original👍. ..including that face mask😄

[@edwil111]

was at this game. The 4th qtr. rain was intense. What a night for Joe Washington! At halftime they had the Foxboro crowd sing 'Happy Birthday' to Darryl Stingley! He had been paralyzed by a nasty Jack Tatum back hit in a freaking exhibition game only a month before. Of course he never played again!

[@JoeyMesa]

Wow! Thanks for sharing! I'm sure this was a lifelong memory of something that may never happen again...

[@Chartreuse03]

Colts lost first two games by 80-0, so I was really happy they won this, was my 2nd fav team until they moved.

[@lovangels55]

Dr.john such a night.

[@Pineemonkeys2ndchannel]

I remember this game! I was a big Baltimore Colts fan from the days when my mom would tell me stories about -Johnny U - Johnny Unitas lol Joe Washington was incredible look at the way he goes up the middle getting slammed but then popping right up pep in his step run catch throw return BLOCK he was ALWAYS like that😇 I turned into a Redskins fan in the 1980’s under Joe Gibbs first ballot HOF and then (genius) Bobby Beathard traded a 2nd round pick in 81 for Joe and was a major part of the back to back redskins super bowl teams 82 & 83 along w Big John Riggins RIGGO Hell of a man from Oklahoma I believe. Joe was a true gentleman

[@lotharvonrichthofen4474]

This was one MNF game I can recall vividly…I was 9 y/o…Mr. Washington was awesome…fans wearing President Nixon masks…a guy in a gorilla suit…the pouring rain…Mr. Washington throws a long halfback option pass for a TD…Dandy Don singing “A raining night in Boston town” Chet Forte must’ve been having a meltdown in the production booth with the horrible lighting and glare from that artificial turf field

[@davidvenn8267]

Got to love those tearaway jerseys

[@Oat57]

After this game the NFL banned tear away jerseys.

[@phunkyone8630]

I remember that

[@billymc2681]

Earl Campbell as well.

[@bricksalthouse]

That’s because defenses couldn’t get close enough to Greg Pruitt or Joe Washington except to grab a handful of tear away jersey and couldn’t bring down Earl Campbell. Back then the jerseys were looser unlike today’s skin tight unis. I liked the tear aways, it made the defense actually have to tackle.

[@TheGenieLover]

Yes, but they could not ban Sooner running backs!! BOOMER!😎

[@michaelleroy9281]

Because of the game with the Rams and Oilers Earl Campbell 's jerseys was flying all over the Astrodome

[@michaelbanaszak7775]

The modern New England Patriots fan looks at this video and asks themselves: "What's wrong with the Gillette Stadium field?" Or, "Where's Bill Belichick and his hoodie?" Lol...

[@spinner9057]

First player in NFL history to throw for a touchdown, catch a touchdown and run a kickoff back for a touchdown all in the same game.

[@jackedwards7909]

I watched this Monday Night Football game back in '78, and I couldn't believe that the Patriots lost. They were on their way to a division title, and they allowed Joe Washington to beat them by himself. As Chuck would say, "turrrr-i-bal!'

[@202One]

What a Game - G.Wash.. ! 👍

[@Bigfishfun333]

Rushing (obviously!), receiving (TD!), passing (TD!), and even returning kickoffs (TD!)

[@drbonesshow1]

I saw this game as it turned to rain and to cap his 3 TD performance Joe Washington had a 90 yard KO return for a TD.

[@Lawomenshoops]

The Baltimore Colts used Joe Washington so much, they had to draft a RB in the first round in 1980, Curtis Dickey. He had great speed, but wasn't a good RB.

[@fredgarv79]

I came to watch this because on antiques roadshow on PBS there was a man who was the baltimore colts ball boy during this game and he was apraising one of the jerseys that washington wore, as you can see there are small holes in the jersey, he had this boy who was 16 cut holes in 4 of his jerseys with scissors because he thought it would make the jersey tear away when being tackled with the tear away jerseys, now banned. The jersey is all ripped up and they valued it at $6-8 thousand dollars. Washington didn't give him the jersey, they just said take it, after all it's full of holes so he took it an hung it on his wall in his bedroom. Now this guy is 60 and has a $6,000 ripped up jersey.

[@NESherv]

I also came here after watching that. Really cool and novel piece of sports history.