Montana Still Has Some Magic! (Steelers vs. Chiefs 1993, AFC Wild Card)

Check out the 1993 AFC Wild Card game highlights between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas Chiefs!
0:23 Q1
5:38 Q2
11:26 Q3
15:50 Q4
25:05 OT
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[@roljamas]

Loved Joe Cool in KC. 7 year old me had the Chicken Pox when this game happened - memories of me wrapped up in blankets watching the game on the couch with my dad back home, watching the Chiefs get a rare playoff win. Great days!

[@ehernandez08]

Yeah when it was rare for the chiefs lol

[@roljamas]

@@ehernandez08 yeah, stopped being rare around 2018, lol

[@RichV20]

@@ehernandez08 Chiefs fans better enjoy this win and the one next week vs the Oilers. Because they aren't going to see another playoff win for 22 years.

[@kylehelmer1725]

I am amazed at how good the quality of these videos are. This is borderline HD.

[@garnurikta3982]

ABC always had (have?) the best production quality. Those cameras were top notch One of many reasons original MNF games stood out

[@ogreman-lll-957]

Yeah looks like it was recorded in 2006

[@primetime262gaming]

You see a video like this from the early 90s look so good, then see sports footage from like 2008 that just looks like trash. I don't get it sometimes.

[@vengeance1701]

Depends if they have the broadcast masters available or not.

[@gabbyjim8943]

My thoughts exactly

[@ericdagostino5682]

I remember watching this game great football game RIP Kevin Greene Derrick Thomas and Coach Marty Schottenheimer🙏

[@LOT9T]

i WAS AT ARROWHEAD!! Great game ! Only pop bigger than the barnett catch was the DT safety on steve young the next year! Montaña time in KC was golden!

[@josephayers7395]

Don't forget frank Gifford too

[@bruceleeroy8302]

One thing I loved about the 90s compared to now, the receivers today celebrate more for making a routine, first down catch than receivers celebrated then for scoring a TD.

[@theshiftyshadow8581]

Ah sweet a younger Al Michaels calling the game. Almost couldn’t tell for how much different his voice sounded

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

I was actually thinking that his voice doesn't sound much different at all.

[@brentmichael4770]

Always one jack arse ready to tell you their opinion

[@johnbdailyskol7852]

I thought so too! Certain phrases sound the exact same and then for a sec you’re like “wait, is it?” Haha

[@TheJShield]

It was more nasally then

[@animesempai0]

Man Montana was still good when he went to Kansas City, shame he did not finish his career with the 49ers

[@rovolutionary]

@A D Yup you are correct. Steve Young had an offer to join the Broncos under his old OC Mike Shanahan, but decided to retire instead

[@erics2739]

rodgers better...

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

@A D Young didn't decide to retire, a vicious concussive hit decided it for him.

[@cbod14]

For those wondering, yes the Steelers fired the special teams coach on Monday.

[@chrisuncleahmad]

The final game at Arrowhead Stadium with AstroTurf

[@tedskins]

My knees got destroyed just watching them play on astroturf 😂

[@Arrowhead1972]

Yup, they tore it up before the '94 Preseason. I have a game on VHS vs the Bears that August

[@RichV20]

I remember seeing a KC home preseason game on TV in summer of 1994 and wondering why they were playing on grass and if it was just a preseason thing. It wasnt. RIP A-Turf

[@asifseriously]

It's amazing how much you miss a scorebug once it's gone.

[@garnurikta3982]

True but theres something simple and pure about not having it. Back then you really had to pay attention to every play

[@asifseriously]

@@garnurikta3982 I can see that for a full game replay. In this format, with it only being clips, you really miss knowing the score, time, and quarter to give each play context.

[@mjwatts1983]

I hear that when the NFL airs on Fox later in 1994 they will show the score during the game How did CBS lose the NFL in the first place?!

[@flyguyry1]

Scorebug? Nobody says that lol

[@flyguyry1]

@@mjwatts1983 you are talking about 1994 like its in the future lol. And the nfl is still on cbs. Are you ok?

[@ibrahimkhalif83]

Eric Green was one of the best tight ends of that era. He should’ve never went to the Jets. Thats where his career went to die.

[@astrostar49]

He went to Miami, and then Baltimore for three years. By the time he was a Jet he was over the hill.

[@sports3117]

Right after Montana injured his shoulder in the NFC championship game in 1990, he wasn’t able to get his starting job back in San Francisco and in 1993 he went to KC and he had some success, but he didn’t get back to the Super Bowl. But, he’s still Joe Montana

[@frankfurlacker5219]

Bills went dirty and took him out to prevent that.

[@PhilJHaast7695]

​@AD-vf3ekIt's true, Montana and Young both didn't start a ton of games and rack up huge numbers like we've gotten used to seeing from recent QBs.

[@deanhagerman6843]

As a lifelong Chiefs fan this was one of my favorite games watching as a teenager, will never forget it and the game against Houston the following week.

[@davidroberts7282]

It's a miracle you didnt lose this game, because Pittsburgh had forced a 3-and-out with less then 3:30 left in the 4th quarter and a wiser, smarter set of offensive plays from the Steelers OC wouldve given them just another set of downs and ice'd the game away. Even in forcing a punt, if Chiefs vaunted special teams don't cause a blocked punt, Montana doesn't have enough room or momentum to drive the Chiefs down the shortened to tie the game, send it into OT, and thankfully made the GW-winning FG this time. I think this contest is a microcosm of how Marty Schottenheimer micromanaged his teams' so badly and methodically that even when he had great teams for all those years in Cleveland and Kansas City, smarter, more instinctive better game-day HC's always seemed to be one step ahead of him and he was wayyyy to rigid in his philosophy to change it up and try and amend it to make it less it cumbersome. These games also show that while not always perfect, in terms of being a great tactician, knowledgable HC but also a better game-day HC, Andy Reid is lights years ahead of Marty Schottenheimer ever was and will ever be known for. Montana won this game and following week's Houston away team in spite of Schottenheimer's schemes or gameplans. He and Marcus Allen, especially, and a ferocious pass defense.

[@deanhagerman6843]

@@davidroberts7282 I agree with you, I could go on and on about Marty ball and heartache, still have great memories of this team. Winning it all in 2019 helped me look back at these Chiefs teams in the 90s now with great memories instead of what ifs? What if we had beat the Bills? What if Lin Elliot had made 1 or 2 FGs against Indy? Winning the Super Bowl made that heartache subside for sure.

[@nickfizer401]

@@deanhagerman6843 Exactly! Been a Chiefs fan since the 80s and 15 finally breaking the curse I can actually go back and appreciate watching these old highlights.

[@Venom3254]

The death of the Houston Oilers

[@tyreepowell8367]

@@nickfizer401 I Like Both Of These Awesome Comments By You And Dean Hagerman!

[@lukew1383]

The game was so different back then compared to today. It's fun to see how the dynamics have changed.

[@taylordoebler1209]

I always like Neil O’Donnell. He was a solid NFL quarterback for a number or years. Everyone just remembers the 2 picks to Larry Brown in the SB. He never threw more then 9 picks in a season.

[@tyreepowell8367]

Happy New Year To You Taylor Doebler, You're A Great Person!

[@ericpackers1700]

He got Larry brown paid

[@PhilJHaast7695]

​@@ericpackers1700He and Deion helped Larry Brown big time.

[@bennygarcia7786]

Joe Montana, the greatest QB in NFL history

[@ThatsMrTaylor2u]

Respectfully, he's fourth at best. 4. Montana, 3. Peyton, 2. Mahomes, 1. Brady

[@astrostar49]

BTW before I start watching just want to say this is EXCELLENT quality for a game this old. Looks really crisp just like the 1992 NFC title game you just spotlighted. Great job!!!!!

[@GoogleUser-es5td]

That Eric Green drop in OT was huge...

[@cbod14]

Wild Card weekend had some amazing games in 93. This game and two shoot outs between The Lions & Packers and Broncos & Raiders,

[@JerseyNYC83]

Don’t forget the Giants overcoming the Vikings and the infamous wind tunnels in of Giants Stadium. Both teams only scored with the wind at their backs that day.

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

1993 AFC Wild Card Playoffs Pittsburgh Steelers Against Kansas City Chiefs 27 To 24 Dramatic Overtime Finished It's Was Joe Montana Last Winning Quarterback ☺🏈Thanks For Uploading

[@CongaLineMonkey]

This has got to be the best early 90s footage I have ever seen.

[@UnchainedAmerica]

Bill Cowher vs. the late Marty Schottenheimer. Schottenheimer deserves to be in the Hall of Fame... His coaching tree has been very successful compared to Belicheck's tree.

[@RichV20]

meh. Bill Cowher and Marv Levy barely qualify. Martyball should be left out.

[@UnchainedAmerica]

@@RichV20 his teams were constantly in 1st or 2nd places

[@cbod14]

@@RichV20 Congratulations sir you are clueless

[@RichV20]

@@UnchainedAmerica ...in the regular season. Lack of playoff success will keep you out of HOF.

[@robertsettle2590]

@@RichV20 says you. Delusional!!!

[@thomassankara1391]

Love the uploads. You uploaded the Wrong Eagles vs Buccaneers playoff game, other than that thanks for giving us many great games I wasn't able to see or knew happened.

[@jayhawks2196]

What do u mean the wrong playoff game for the eagles and bucs

[@micahhayes8770]

Bill Cowher yelling at the punter to "get it off" when cleary the blockers fd up on the block punt is lmfao.

[@ScumBagInFL]

Haha came here to say the same shit 🤣

[@spencertherren6806]

I hope guys see this that play today. That lay out catch by Birden was gorgeous.

[@CrazeyLazeyHazeyDazey]

It amazes me that this was nearly 30 years ago.

[@sportislife4012]

Ravens fan- but who came here for #58 Derrick Thomas and #95 Greg Lloyd in that bad ass old school helmet 🏈?

[@astrostar49]

Yeah I thought you would profile this one. Thanks. Even when he was a Chief I still loved Montana. Rod Woodson said of this game that Montana carved them up like Thanksgiving dinner.

[@pens87668]

I was 8 months old when this game happened

[@Jman417]

I feel old. I just graduated high school youngster.

[@Davidjon1946]

Forgot arrowhead was once astroturf

[@goblue193]

The best part about these old school games is that there isn’t a flag every other play

[@micahhayes8770]

Was in 5 th grade watching this game. I later worked with Chiefs WR Tim Barnett( who caught that 4th qt tieing td) at Home Depot in KC 2001.

[@joshuakline1435]

The final game for The Artificial Turf at Arrowhead.

[@i_am_the_divorce_01]

Its odd how AL Michaels is announcing a WC game between the steelers and chiefs where both headcoaches are Hall of Famers. And now almost 30 years later we get a remach with the same announcer and both teams have HOF coaches.

[@markengelmeyer5981]

Marty is not in the Hall of Fame and very unlikely will be

[@robertsettle2590]

@@markengelmeyer5981 why is that. Others have gotten in for a lot less. Your a typical hater!!!

[@markengelmeyer5981]

@@robertsettle2590 tell me a coach who is in that not only has never won a super bowl, but also has never even made it to the super bowl. Sorry that you're just not very smart

[@javi__...]

Oh man. Kimble Anders..that's a name I haven't heard since the 90s. He was a great fb.

[@keithlange576]

I remember watching this game with my cousin good memories

[@zerimar26]

Wasn't surprised Montana came back in this game. After all, he came back to beat the Cowboys in the 1981 championship game and the Bengals in the Super Bowl in 1988.

[@JerseyNYC83]

The first…and only time Joe Montana wore gloves on his hands in his career. Also later that day the classic Packers/Lions game where Favre hit Sharpe for the winning TD took place.

[@hectorlopez1069]

After this game, the chiefs would eliminate the oilers in the divisional game. Man, Montana beat the steelers and the oilers.

[@deanbryant9679]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1488">24:48</a> Classic Ball Don't Lie moment.

[@lancerx1759]

Marcus Allen Derek Thomas Joe Montana Gary Andersen Kevin Greene Greg Loydd & Rod Woodson thats alot of Legends!!!

[@JerseyNYC83]

A who’s who of hall of famers in this game. Love the profile pic-Speed Racer is my fav

[@javi__...]

Neil Smith and Kimble Anders were also great players. Multiple pro browls for both. Dermonti Dawson also. He's in the Hof.

[@thenewjord50]

1990 AFC Divisional game Bengals vs Raiders

[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

Last Chiefs home playoff win until 2018

[@ericpackers1700]

Ur in a classic game video War eagle Auburn

[@jomei63]

I love Montana's Chiefs

[@UnchainedAmerica]

I have forgotten that Arrowhead had an AstroTurf field. it is unbearable to look at.

[@RichV20]

I miss it. This was the last game with it.

[@UnchainedAmerica]

@@RichV20 astroturf caused a lot of injuries and an eye sore

[@zachfleming4360]

The field looks like a tennis court.

[@b17bomber]

Perfect example of Ball Don't Lie.

[@vengeance1701]

Both QBs got the crap kicked out of them.

[@scottconner7930]

29 Years Ago

[@KatzenjammerKid61]

Dave Krieg was the one with magic in that game.

[@chriscorkern8487]

Went on to cool off the red hot Oilers the next game.

[@josepha4786]

Mint telecast, would love to see this game in it's entirety in this quality

[@JBHtown1646]

I was thinking the same, I almost thought this was recorded with 2013 cameras

[@cbod14]

Amazing that the last AFC team to get in nearly took out The Chiefs. Remember The Steelers needed help to qualify

[@javi__...]

That linebacker core the steelers might be the best they had since the curtain. All four of them went to the pro bowl while on the steelers.

[@PeteyThePanda]

I miss two back sets, telecasts that weren’t obscured by graphics and block numbers on the Steelers’ uniforms

[@Jman417]

Rest in peace Derrick Thomas, Frank Gifford and anyone I missed

[@bully3628]

Marty Schottenheimer and Kevin Greene as well.

[@Ginga]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="180">3:00</a> Nice PBU by the historically-underrated Albert Lewis.

[@crossbonez1028]

God damn was Cower an intense coach. A good one as well.

[@nickw7235]

Well somebody saw the porky dude on espn talk about this game then posted it on KZbin…. Neat bro!

[@justinriddick9000]

JOE Montana is the GOAT!

[@battlestarmarc]

Great game. Another clutch montana win in the playoffs. Llyod was a beast.

[@IDL716]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1302">21:42</a> three point stance off the line in pro ball

[@paulhuffman1366]

Merrill Hoge last game with Steelers played pretty good

[@tyreepowell8367]

You're The Coolest Person Ever NFL Throwback!

[@ericpackers1700]

Amen

[@hectorlopez1069]

NFL was so much great and beautiful to watch in the 90s. Players were far better than today's players.

[@renanlinard7]

Montana is the GOAT, period!

[@terminator1398]

No Brady is by far Lmaoooooo

[@viniv7295]

Are you in 2013 yet?

[@jrad410]

Nope

[@vernac86]

Brady aint taking hits like these.

[@stevenjoyce5541]

This would be the last time Bill cowher would lose in the 1st round . Bill cowher would go on to a 12-7 record in the postseason the next 12 years enroute to SB 40 win . Montanas run in 93’ would be schottenheimers last wins in the postseason .

[@bigrich9863]

Football is way to glamorize these days those were the good old days when football was much more real.

[@PhilJHaast7695]

Pittsburgh had a really tough defense. They got a lot of hits in on Montana, who had to face a Buddy Ryan defense the next week. Montana, being fairly injury prone, would have especially benefitted from today's rules.

[@micarnxl]

Joe Montana, Kansas City Chiefs legend.

[@LuisA_R17]

CHIEFS KINGDOM

[@thomasnorman4221]

Justice for all

[@Weontherisebyrandy]

This is going to be fun

[@petersmitt2485]

They don't show the score during the game.

[@fixxxer3456]

What if Joe didn't get concussed in the championship game that year?

[@markengelmeyer5981]

They were getting their asses kicked before he left the game

[@9000ccc]

Joe Cool would have brought the Chiefs from behind to beat the Buffalo Bills. They were behind in this game, but they won it. They were behind against Houston Oilers, but again they won the game. And that is exactly what would have happened if Montana stayed in the game against the Bills 😃

[@markengelmeyer5981]

@@9000ccc sorry to say, but no they would not have. The score was 20 to 6 in the 3rd quarter when Montana went down..final score was 30 to 13. I'm a Chiefs fan and even I know they still would have lost that game had Montana not gotten hurt

[@christophercampbell1677]

As a browns thanks for sharing lol. Joe 😎 cool was great

[@StizzyDaWZR]

Funny how Steve deberg,and Joe Montana were backups for each other on to different team's!!!!!

[@kevinstewart8054]

Can someone tell me why the pro-form set isn’t used anymore?

[@IDL716]

Outdated, easy to defend, fullback is phased out, passing league now

[@INTERLOPER-CS]

I want this Al Michaels!

[@johnhall1664]

Thanks for sharing.Loved Montana growing up as a Steeler fan well I was born into the Steelers.lol.But I wanted Montana to beat my team the Steelers.This game is the last of Montanas "magic" and I had to choose a new favorite team.Couldnt go with 49ers since they picked Young over Montana .So it was between the Chiefs Steelers and the Dolphins.Living in and growing up in SFla I wasn't so fond of Marino and Steelers have a tough defensive big running back blue collar tough grind it out style as opposed to coked out high flying offensively powdered out with ehhhh no so much on the D side SFla Dolphins Marino to Duper with a dub all day..lol..Let's GO STEELERS!!!

[@frankfurlacker5219]

I was in 4th grade when I watched this game.

[@mr.russell5395]

I was in the 6th

[@tommyl.dayandtherunaways820]

Joe Montana came back for one more year before retiring in 1994. It’s unlikely the Chiefs would’ve beaten either Cowboys or 49ers, but wouldn’t it just have been the perfect ending to his career, to beat his old team, and the QB that replaced him, in the biggest game? I guess he might be a little less beloved in SF if that had happened haha

[@robertsettle2590]

Montana and the Chiefs beat the hell out of the 49's when they played them. You are either delusional or a LIAR!!!

[@iselin90]

Pittsburgh would be in the afc champ game 3 times out of the next 4 seasons

[@RichV20]

Montana was in 5 of the last 6 Championship games- 88, 89, 90, 92, 93

[@kurtjanicki7325]

Talk about the ultimate karma ... Joe wanted to finish his career in Pittsburgh - his hometown - but Cowher and the Pitt brass decided otherwise and decided not to trade for Joe. He wound up in KC, only to beat us in the playoffs.

[@Venom3254]

"The Steelers had to bend the knee to your might (1993 Kansas City Chiefs)" -Urinatingtree

[@greasedupmonkeyspanker838]

Joe cool

[@thomasnorman4221]

Teach me tonite

[@davidbarton1806]

Notice when someone makes a play or a first down there don't there not out there celebrating???

[@bherber]

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1460">24:20</a> - The ball hit the ground. Not a catch

[@speedyeagle2.25]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1120">18:40</a>

[@micahhayes8770]

Won't be no OT in this playoff rematch tommrow. Chiefs dominate.#ChiefsKingdom

[@Ekim1740]

a lot of bad calls. The last one out of bounds. And the non catch before the missed field goal.

[@flyguyry1]

No instant replay

[@omutvtube3910]

BS ads, too many too often.

[@Psalms96_3-8]

Great advice and stay in prayer to Jesus

[@isaiahharris4471]

Why isn’t the score on the screen

[@dantheman8152]

It was 1993 lol TV technology was different then

[@blakebortles6098]

fox started that

[@Tyrannis07]

Montana sure had magic. As long as he was on loaded teams, he sure could win some games. Nothing proves greatness like going to a team that made the playoffs 3 straight years before he got there and 3 straight years after he left, and managing to lose 2 playoff games by double digits. What a legend.

[@ArgentineFootballfan1978]

Sounds like a Juncos fan

[@Tyrannis07]

@@ArgentineFootballfan1978 "Juncos"? Wow, that's really reaching for alliteration. Any time you want to list one thing I said that wasn't true, I'm listening.

[@PhilJHaast7695]

He was still one of the top QBs in the league for Kansas City. Super Bowl wins are very tough to get, and the occasional great run like the 80s 49ers, 90s Cowboys, or Brady's Patriots make it look a lot more common than it is.

[@Tyrannis07]

@@PhilJHaast7695 "One of the top QBs in the league" wasn't the standard. Montana is regarded by most as one of the top 2 or 3 QBs ever, and couldn't make an already good team any better. He only won when he was tripping over HOFers. That's the point I was making.

[@oubrioko]

What was KC's win-loss record in those *playoff games* 3 years _before,_ and 3 years _after_ Montana? 🤔

[@mariorico841]

Que mal y aburrido es que gane el mismo equipo ABURRE Ojalá esta temporada que viene NO ganen los jefes de kansas city el super bowl

[@queebanns]

Joe burrow the next Montana

[@queebanns]

@Adam Castagnetti maybe more

[@jorgegaytan3012]

@Adam Castagnetti well he lost his 1st one already

[@CheetahSnowLeopard]

That first chiefs td by birden was not close to a td 😲

[@markengelmeyer5981]

How was it not? He was clearly in bounds

[@CheetahSnowLeopard]

@@markengelmeyer5981 true, whoops

[@giorgiogazzola5972]

Bills Patriots throwback game??

[@flyguyry1]

No playoff meetings

[@blakebortles6098]

1963 the only playoff meeting they were the boston patriots

[@ChiefCedricJohnson]

Luke <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="860">14:20</a> And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.