NFL Today - December 26, 1977 (divisional playoffs) "Ghost to the Post"

dallas cowboys
oakland raiders
pittsburgh steelers
denver broncos

[@dcinsc7]

Love the simplicity of the “old days.” Three people, no bombast, no 8 Hall of Famers and 2 wannabe Hall of Famers, no matching suits and shoes, no analytic statistics and fantasy projections, no Spielberg special effects graphics diluting the highlights... etc. Just simple, professional presentation.

[@MrRtms24]

Me too. The shows nowadays are just laughing clown shows

[@jasonsmith6408]

Soon their tie knots will be so big you won't see their faces. ..clown proportions

[@tedfordhyde]

Agree 100%. Professional and not loud, fake, bombast babbling garbage. A trillion times better back then.

[@heef9001]

@@sjdss snowflake much?

[@rudyleotardo8278]

Agree I won’t watch any of the post nor pregame shows today’s a bunch narcissist self absorbed ex athletes talking very loud to each other big turn off for me

[@nickstamathis8323]

WOW!! Do I ever miss my youth. This 1977 season was the first I can remember watching entirely. I was 7 years old and would give anything to go back to those days being alongside my dad and watching these classic shows.

[@terrybrown9666]

Those days are gone😢

[@bryanburnap4537]

Right there with ya bro !! I started watching the NFL in 1980 when i was 7. With my grandfather who was a huge Dallas fan living outside Boston. The NFL in the late 70's early 80's is an obsession of mine !! Mainly cause it brings me right back to my youth watching the NFL. Special memories that borderline make me sad cause im so nostalgic for it.

[@lloydkline1518]

❤️ cbs NFL football 🏈 pre game show

[@jasoncatron1039]

@brynanburnap, Great days for sure. I grew up in the Washington DC suburbs and my entire family were big Redskins fans. I can remember as a 9 year old the Redskins beating Miami to win the Super Bowl in 1982, then attending the Super Bowl parade in an all day downpour of rain where it seemed like every person in the area attended. The following year I remember crying in my grandfathers basement when the Redskins got destroyed by the Raiders in the Super Bowl. I always look back on those days with mixed emotions..grateful to have those experiences and memories but also sad that those days are gone as are some of the people I experienced it with. I know life is always changing and I'm happy with my life now but I sure do miss the 80's. What great days. Three Super Bowl appearances, 2 wins..the hogs, the fun bunch..I want to go back to my childhood home and watch another game with my family.

[@sjames9005]

NFL Today was the gold standard of the pregame show.

[@jasonsmith6408]

No question. Everyone in my neighborhood would be glued to their TV's at 12:30. The streets were empty

[@paulgrieshop5024]

NBC pre game show NFL (the year) was also good

[@t-squared6406]

I liked both the NFL Today and NBC!

[@lloydkline1518]

❤️ cbs NFL pre game show; greatest

[@chrismalloy7960]

Brent Musberger doesn’t get enough credit. He was great.

[@SSNESS]

Very distinct voice and cadence

[@juanvargas6302]

Will give anything to go back to those days of the NFL awesome time to be a fan of the NFL

[@leolion3362]

I agree

[@bryanburnap4537]

Make that 3 of us !!

[@jasonsmith6408]

My interest has faded hard since the early 90s. Almost to a point where I'm lucky to see one complete game per year. They will say "ahh you old guys don't matter". ..I'm only 52 and plan on being around at least another 40 years or so. Yes, there are more of me out here that feel the same way. Go ahead and alienate about half the customer base.

[@clightning9703]

God.... these film clips give me chills. every sunday i was glued to the tv relishing and absorbing every word, highlight & player on the t.v. even the music.. lol. man I miss those days of my youth. so innocent & so simple

[@jasonsmith6408]

@@clightning9703 it's so sterile now.

[@clightning9703]

God.... these film clips give me chills. every sunday i was glued to the tv relishing and absorbing every word, highlight & player on the t.v. even the music.. lol. man I miss those days of my youth. so innocent & so simple

[@TuckerKreamer-cu7xp]

You and me both. The broadcasts were much better.

[@svetcovladich9996]

Brent was the engine that ran the NFL Today like a well oiled machine.

[@SSNESS]

Less will always be more

[@30RonJon]

GOAT era of the NFL

[@rosswood6181]

God the music was awesome. I miss you dad

[@humbleastheycomefuckingwit8352]

TOM JACKSON ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLAYERS OF ALL-TIME, PRETTY GOOD ANALYSIS ALSO

[@derricklowe2823]

Great Linebacker. He wasn't that tall either. 5-10 or 5-11, but he could play.

[@casualobserver2305]

No politics..no sob stories..no “look how cool I am” quips....just the facts, and highlights. This is MUCH better than ESPN ever was.

[@jackals1982]

yes the days of young i was an eighth grader and football was so great then no replay dirt fields and all out hitting.

[@user-kk3dq3xw9g]

jackals1982 Me too we must be the same age!

[@jasonsmith6408]

Let's go back! Please!😕

[@harryparker9452]

When TV, especially weekend sports really rocked. Hate the crap today.

[@TuckerKreamer-cu7xp]

Yes, we went from football to college basketball.

[@jeffgessner9764]

The loss to the Raiders was devastating to me as a 13 year old Colts fan lol.

[@depaola63]

I remember that CLASSIC game " Ghost to the Post".....Stabler put that ball PERFECTLY in Caspers hands! What a game!! Still ranks up there in the classic's! I was 14 on this day! Great times!

[@rnkcolts11]

As a 13 year old Colts fan, I hated that game lol, but it was a classic. Sad that it was the last game in Baltimore.

[@Jamesmax22]

Staubach was such a great QB.

[@bryanburnap4537]

I was 7 years old when he retired. My grandfather loved Roger and i remember him telling me that the cowboys were never gonna win with Danny White at the helm. ( i did like danny white ) But as a kid i remember thinking that staubach was like this mistical magical figure. What a class act as well as kind of a bad ass !! Like he was a tough dude. Wish i could have watched him play. I know Bradshaw won 4 Super Bowls with 2 being vs Roger. But to me Roger was the QB of the decade of the 70's.

[@drbonesshow1]

@@bryanburnap4537 He retired because Landry said the Cowboys were his team not Roger's. Had Staubach hung around Dallas would have won at least one of the three consecutive NFC championships they lost without Roger.

[@bryanburnap4537]

@@drbonesshow1 Im with you on that sir !! Yeah I was just a little kid so I dont remember that there was so much tension there with those 2 larger than life human beings. The retirement press conference was pretty weird with Landry in the background while Roger talks about " the system " and " the man with the hat " Too bad it had to end like that :(

[@drbonesshow1]

@@bryanburnap4537 Sadly, this is the way of the world. Petty, ignorant people wanting it their way or the highway. Plenty of good TV shows are cancelled because of this attitude.

[@bryanburnap4537]

@@drbonesshow1 your right we all need to be willing listen to eachother sometimes. I appreciate your replies

[@jrodlange8099]

That classic sound over music is so awesome to especially when it picks up @ 1:18. That was a staple of my childhood. Surprised it's not really used today. Also, I absolutely fell in love with the late 70's Broncos.

[@gospos1]

“You are looking live...”

[@derricklowe2823]

I noticed that as well. It seemed like I was there in time.

[@jasonsmith6408]

Those words stopped us in our tracks on a Sunday afternoon. Call me a romantic but those were magical times

[@kevinevans5921]

1977 the last season of 14 game schedule The last year 8 teams made the playoffs 2 AFC games Christmas Eve Saturday 2 NFC games Christmas Monday The day after Christmas and only 4 teams left, Times have changed!

[@mayhemjr.803]

One of the greatest games in history. You also gotta love the dirt field at old Memorial Stadium. So old school.🙂

[@jasonsmith6408]

The streets were empty when this show came on!

[@hiramlewis3873]

I can remember that Monday game vividly. I thought the Rams were going to be out for revenge but the weather got in the way. It was a classic Vikings game that really instilled in me to work hard and be determined. The Vikes went in there as a underdog without Fran Tarkenton who was having a great day against the Bengals until he broke his leg. The Rams got there long awaited revenge on December 31 1978 in Frans last game. Vikings took a 7-0 lead but after that it was all Rams. 😢😞

[@terrybrown9348]

The music ALONE made this show the greatest ever

[@mainman127]

When the NFL actually mattered

[@steve-si3oz]

seemed so much better back then..

[@leolion3362]

Everything was

[@stoneyneff8555]

seems like a dream now ,we live in a completely different universe ....

[@derricklowe2823]

Indeed it was.

[@markmerzweiler909]

And so were we...:-)

[@BAKER22-l4u]

That's because it was

[@kevinevans5497]

I remember both of those games, I was 8 years old and it was the first season of the NFL I remembered. Being from MD I remember exactly where I was when the colt game ended.

[@jasoncatron1039]

I grew up in Rockville, MD a big Redskins fan but I remember sometimes watching some of the colts games on a fuzzy screen on channel 2. Great days.

[@ruston10]

Worse mistake CBS Sports ever made was firing Brent Musburger.

[@kevinpayton2664]

I was shocked that he left CBS. He had a great run with ABC/ESPN though.

[@quietriotfan1976]

Just a little bit of interesting trivia. Raymond Chester was playing for the Colts that day, but he'd later earn a ring playing for Oakland when they beat the Eagles.

[@depaola63]

One of the Top 10 all~time TE! He should be in the HOF! As Cliff Branch! Branch has 3 Rings! He also was CLUTCH!! I hated Oakland..still..but I respected his greatness and he belongs! Mel Blount used to try to kill him in those wars they had vs Pittsburgh! HOF!

[@depaola63]

Mike Sianti was clutch !! #49 at WR for Oakland !

[@kirkfrench1311]

HandsomeRandall chester was drafted by oakland before going to the colts

[@poppopartist3870]

jesusisnotallright s Hall of Fame Sianti...no way...maybe a pro bowl apperance

[@timlevis3630]

I think Chester played with the Raiders and was traded to the Colts for Bubba Smith,it w=as called King Kong for Godzilla.

[@rupertmay3014]

I was 12 yrs old watching the oakland game I've been a RAIDER fan ever since

[@cojaysea]

Why do these games sound and look so much better than today ?

[@fatherpeace6486]

The Colts in Baltimore playing on a dirt field in December, great memories

[@olofpalme63]

17-0 at the half, 37-7 final score...it mattered none to me, I was just happy to see the Bears play during Christmas break for the first time in my life.

[@bryanburnap4537]

Yeah nobody was gonna beat the cowboys in 77. Your Bears would get their revenge some in 85 with that 44 -0 drubbing in Texas Stadium. For Bears fans that must have been so sweet !!

[@benjammmin7180]

@@bryanburnap4537 the Steelers beat the Cowboys pretty good late that regular season. '77 wasn't the Steelers best year, but I've always felt Dallas was fortunate that somehow Denver had the Steelers number that year. If not, Pittsburgh would have beaten the Cowboys in the Super Bowl. Again.

[@alysamystery6644]

The 70’s is when I started watching the NFL. If the weather was nice & the antenna was pointed in the right direction that is. Lol. Miss those days

[@depaola63]

The Super Bowl should have been Oakland vs Dallas this season !! Denver with Tom Jackson had a classic year ....but The Super Bowl would have been SUPER if it was Cowboys vs Raiders ( the defending champs ) I hated both teams as I am a Minnesota Viking fan since I was 6 years old in 1969 and got my heart broke every year in the 70's !! ....I respect " greatness " and those great teams in the 70's played hard !! I am now 54 and saw that great era in person growing up in the east bay town of Pittsburg, Ca. * Great times !!

[@kirkfrench1311]

Nicky Depaola. You are right rob lyth fumbled raiders got screwed

[@depaola63]

THIS WAS THE YEAR TOO !! OAKLAND WON IT ALL THE YEAR BEFORE vs MY " VIKES " ,,,,,Dallas vs Oakland SB they would still be talking about how great that game was here 40 years later !!

[@nickbigmann5228]

Agreed the Raiders got screwed over by the refs in the AFC Championship game. As a result the Super Bowl between the Cowboys and Broncos was a total dud because Dallas dominated from the beginning.

[@nickbigmann5228]

I agree the NFL Today was way better back in the seventies and eighties. Now there is 9 people in the studio, and what is with all the lame bumper music coming in and out of the commercials !! How pathetic. The main problem I see with the coverage of the NFL Today is they tried too hard to get the casual fan and basically flipped off the loyal NFL longtime fans.

[@castiellight4142]

@@nickbigmann5228 You think the Raiders could have beaten the Cowboys that year?🤔

[@bensonhurst7272]

Loved old Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. Was always full of dirt.

[@Rockhound6165]

Little did we know that Broncos LB Tom Jackson would go on to become one of the best commentators of all time.

[@kenp7814]

Phyllis George......

[@terrybrown9666]

That music will forever ring in my head from my childhood

[@tjstrong3607]

Bert Jones best shot at getting to a SBowl-- had a rifle arm,, good team around him. Got hurt and sadly shortened career. One of the best Baltimore Colts.

[@GeorgeWashingtonX]

I like the old helmet graphics they used to use (ie @ 4:44 ). In the 70s & early 80s, they had a metallic shine on the helmets used on TV displays, merchandising, & in football trivia books, etc.

[@bryanburnap4537]

Im obsessed with anything NFL from late 70's early 80's.

[@paulgrieshop5024]

@@bryanburnap4537 check out the merchandise on ebay you will find something

[@craigster427]

Love me some 70's football. I was 16 when this game happened and I remember watching it. Heck, there wasn't a cowboys game I missed back then. Like most of the commentary here, I think football was a better game then. Despite the injuries and the hardships the players endured, it made for some great games and memories. My hat is off to all the gridiron warriors of yesterday...

[@lenr7137]

It was a great pass by Stabler and a great catch by Casper, but as Colts strong safety Bruce Laird pointed out later the Colts were really killed on the play by the fact that Lyle Blackwood (who I believe led the league in INT’s that year) was injured and they had to bring in a very inexperienced back-up FS, Tim Baylor, who as Laird put it, “Got completely turned around on the play.”

[@TOMCAT5.5149]

Very best of the NFL.....

[@doneliasson4672]

How Drew Pearson is not in the HOF is criminal

[@johnlewis5924]

YOU DAMN SKIPPY!

[@nd_irish_fan744]

Yeppers. Something tells me he is the only all-decade team member from the 30s-80s not in the HOF. Fortunately, he has been announced as a finalist for the class of 2021. The other tragedy was not getting Kenny Stabler in during his lifetime. For many years, I always said the 3 biggest crimes of the HOF was Drew Pearson (I am a Cowboys fan), Kenny Stabler, and Jim Plunkett. Get Plunkett in!!!!

[@tgfabthunderbird1]

We could not get the NBC pregame show, unless it was simulcast on Canadian TV. Growing up near the border, we did not get cable till the late 80s. The NFL Today was a simple show, and I enjoyed how it was run. They didn't over talk, argue with one another, and just presented the games, the highlights and the stories. I watched this day, and the Vikings-Rams matchup in the mud was a classic. I don't worry about the good times being gone, times have changed. It is nice, however, to see these again.

[@perryellis1423]

Kenny Stabler was a great QB

[@paulgrieshop5024]

He was a legend and legends live forever

[@lloydkline1518]

❤️ Oakland raiders 1976

[@NuisanceMan]

No, Archie Bunker. THOSE were the days!

[@ryanstrnad8442]

This was actually played on a Monday. This was like the only time since the merger that each conference would play both their DIVISIONAL playoff on the same day. With Christmas falling on a Sunday for this particular year, it was figured that it would be more convenient for each of the conference's networks not to straddle Christmas with another playoff game they have to televise the next day. This might happen again soon however with NBC getting in the mix of televising divisional games (again). This past season during the wild card round, The AFC played on Saturday (KC at Hou then Pit at Cin) and the NFC played on Sunday (Sea at Min then GB at Was).

[@TL2354]

I thought it was weird when they said the AFC games were the same day. I was born in 1977 so this was my first Christmas lol

[@charlielemmel311]

It was played on December 24th, 1977. A Saturday.

[@TuckerKreamer-cu7xp]

I enjoyed broadcasts from this Era. No yelling and screaming or injecting your own ego from the studio or booth.

[@dcaa62817]

This was the final year of the 14 game regular season. They went to a 16 game regular season in 1978. They also allowed offensive lineman to extend their arms while blocking, which lead to an increase of holding penalties.

[@WaltGekko]

Fields like the one in the OAK-BAL playoff game shown here are why many stadiums went to AstroTurf during the 1970's. Grass fields were poorly maintained and even when the 49ers went back to grass in 1979 fields still were not well maintained as a rule. That really changed when Prescription Athletic Turf came in during the late 1980's.

[@stevengallanter665]

MLB and the NFL share stadiums back in the day.

[@Jamesmax22]

Met Ron Lee when I was a little kid in Fayetteville NC. I believe he lived there for awhile. The ghost to the post game was of the first games I really watched. Became a big football fan after that. So long ago...

[@electricalron]

Damn, this is awesome to watch these old clips. Billy "White Shoes" Johnson lmao!

[@T9RX3]

And Golden Richards too.....

[@gavinvalle5653]

Old Colts fan, here. I listened to this game on WCBM, with the legendary Chuck Thompson announcing. I was 11 years old, and it broke my heart for the Colts to lose. The Baltimore Colts were NEVER good again after '77. Drunken-Bob ruined them...

[@mooseandsquirrel9887]

I was there.....great game....love my Baltimore Colts......

[@dominicharkin1637]

I want to see the whole Cowboys and Bears playoff game from 1977 please

[@michaelbarlow6610]

It has been so many years since the 1978 NFL Playoffs, but if I recall correctly, if Pittsburgh had defeated Denver in Denver, then Pittsburgh would have played against Oakland in the AFC Championship Game in Oakland for the second year in a row. That would have been a tremendously interesting playoff rematch .

[@jamesdye8473]

At that time, wild card teams could not host a playoff game, so if Pittsburgh would have beat Denver the AFC championship would have been in Pittsburgh; a divisional winner. Had that happened it would have been four years

[@jamesdye8473]

In a row Raiders vs Steelers. (Sorry, I hit the post button).

[@michaelbarlow6610]

When I said "two in a row", I was referring not to the number of consecutive postseason Raiders vs. Steelers games (1974-1976) but to what I thought would have been two consecutive AFC Championship games in Oakland if Pittsburgh had defeated Denver in the divisional game. However, you are correct that since Oakland was the wildcard team that year in the AFC , if Pittsburgh had defeated Denver , then Oakland would have had to travel to Pittsburgh to play the AFC Championship game which indicates a flaw in the postseason rules in that even if a wildcard team has a better record than a division winning team from another division in the conference, the wildcard team has to play in the division winner's stadium. I'd have to check Pittsburgh's record in 1977 regular season, but if I recall correctly, I think they finished the season 12-2 which was better than Oakland's 11-3 record that season. The rule should also be that if a wildcard team finished the season with the same won-lost record as a division winner from another division within the conference , then a tiebreaking procedure should make the site of the championship game the home field of the team that won the head-to-head matchup between the two teams in the regular season if they played against each other that season.

[@davidvenn8267]

It always tripped me out to see Stabler throw flat-footed. He's the only one I ever saw do that on a regular basis

[@JayDogTitan-he6wo]

I remember Tom Jacksons two picks in that game against Pittsburgh, Orange Crush Defense, '77 was a magical season for Denver, But it was Dallas's year.

[@mikeandrews2851]

What was tuff back then, was that you couldn't really see many games on Sunday except your cites home teams. No Sunday ticket.

[@namenotavailable7365]

I was a huge 1970s Cowboys fan as a kid. I don't remember Robert Newhouse being that quick lol

[@bluetickfreddy101]

The current game And Presentation Really Sucks The good Ole Days

[@terrytitus6945]

Chuck Foreman,Lawrence McCutcheon,man great running backs that could have kept running to the Hall of Fame,those names in the games,had their football cards!!!

[@nd_irish_fan744]

There is soooooo much history associated with this season it's crazy. As a ten-year-old, I can still visualize watching the Super Bowl (XII) at the bowling alley with my dad and brother. 1977 was the last year the NFL had a 14 game season. Super Bowl XII (Cowboys and Broncos) was the first Super Bowl to be broadcast in prime time, and it was also the first to be played in a domed stadium (LA Superdome). Additionally, Craig Morten became the first QB to start in a Super Bowl for two different teams (Cowboys: SB V and Broncos: SB XII). Lastly, Super Bowl XII is still the only SB to have co-MVPs: Randy White and Harvey Martin, Dallas Cowboys. Oh, and this is just for shitz and giggles. Craig Morten was the Cowboy's starting QB for SB V, the "Blunder Bowl", and it is the only SB in which the MVP was from the losing team (Chuck Howley, Cowboys).

[@t-squared6406]

how about Tony Dorsetts rookie year,ended his career with the Broncos,lotta good info!

[@markswasey4301]

The Orange Crush! and Haven Moses!

[@castiellight4142]

🤬 you forgot Alzado.

[@thedarkchild86]

I wish I could have seen Bert Jones injury free .... Once I started watching football he was a shell of himself as a LA Ram

[@georgekeating9501]

thedarkchild86 So true . Before he got hurt, he was kinda John Elway before John Elway

[@charlesgraham9954]

i miss the 70s

[@jimmeasel1712]

Look at TJ after his first interception...what a move making a guy miss..Chris Berman would have said whoooooooop!!

[@brendandrunasky1240]

Best time for football. Look at those QBs. HOF and Morton could throw it.

[@depaola63]

GREAT times!! I am 54 in 10 days! Man it went by so fucking fast!

[@sha9infinite450]

I always liked the AFC better. the stadiums and fields were rugged lol. I wanted another Pittsburgh /Oakland battle. Instead Denver spoiled that. I was impressed with their defense. Stabler and Bradshaw would've done better against Dallas in my opinion. Poor Baltimore....stuck in the tough AFC.

[@hornedhell8077]

The show even had a diverse crew. It was absolutely perfect! I’d love for the NFL to go back to a format based off of what drew us in to begin with. XOs, human interest and GAMBLING! 😂 And of course Brent Musberger’s voice.

[@tombradley37]

Tom Jackson FROM? Louisville!!!

[@depaola63]

Muhammad Ali land! " TJ" was fantastic at OLB in his days in Denver! Those though games 2x a year vs Oakland! The Raiders hated Tom because he was a shit talker! ( like Ali !!)..but they both backed it up!! I loved them both, my young days! I was 14 in 1977...Elvis left us that year too!

[@michaellynch6012]

Tom Bradley, Classic Boomer and TJ. Their highlight show was the best ever.

[@michaelleroy9281]

The Colts were never the same after the Ghost to the Post game

[@jackkitchen737]

Great video

[@pepesalas5458]

que recuerdos tan bonitos

[@roypiper581]

I want an entire OAK-BLT game in this quality!!! Can't find the complete game anywhere!

[@depaola63]

This season would have been a CLASSIC if it was the defending champion Oakland Raiders vs Dallas Cowboys! ( I hated both teams!)....I was a BIG Viking fan from 1969-2009...said fuck the NFL after all that heartbreak! However I believe a Raiders vs Cowboys Super Bowl that year with all those now HOF players, would have been great! Denver was never in it in that 27-10 loss! Oakland got fucked on that " Rob Lytle FUMBLE" ( they gave him a TD)...I think Oakland matched up great vs Dallas in the 70's! They rarely played each other in those days, even regular season. I love youtube for going back in time! I am now 53, I remember all those days! The music too!

[@Ram44]

Raiders vs Cowboys would have been interesting. Raiders were still good, but I think the Cowboys would have beaten them anyway. Cowboys were young, Raiders were aging. Don't forget Denver still beat the Raiders twice in '77 (yes I know Lytle fumble call, but didn't the Raiders benefit from the controversial personal foul in '76 against the Patriots in playoffs?), and also beat most of the top teams (Steelers twice, Colts, Cardinals (coming off 10-4, 11-3, and 10-4 seasons and started 7-3), Bengals). Jimmy The Greek predicted Super Bowl XII would go to overtime as her felt Denver and Dallas were evenly matched (plus he was very impressed with Denver's 12-2 record based on strength of schedule). The '77 Broncos were still a special team as it was the first Denver team to go to any playoff game and a Super Bowl. Similar to '77 Portland Trailblazers that year, who also went to their first championship, but they won it. You were a Vikings fan in those days? Fun every season until they broke your heart over and over. I'm from Chicago and we never had much to root for until '84 when they won the division and the great defense finally blossomed. Then of course, the 1985 team of legend. We still feed off of that team to this day. Seems like yesterday.

[@depaola63]

Well said! Yep' same era we were in, it was like a dream now....Just some classic teams and players! Almost "no rules"..Those guys, esp. the QB's ( Terry Bradshaw is one tough s.o.b.!!..He took a beating getting those 4 Rings!) The Vikes broke my heart like Frado in " The Godfather" for 40 f'n years! !! I had all the garb too! Purple Jacket's....and all, I gave it all to my 35 yr. old former "step-son who has loved them since 87' when he was 6 that day and I was married to his Mother, when they STUNNED the NFL dogging the Joe Montana 49'ers in SF! ( My best win as a fan!!..Anthony Carter!!) The 85' Bears with " Sweetness" God bless his soul....GREAT memories and don't forget that 80''s" Blow!" ( it tasted like..bubble gum!)...Crazy kids doing drugs! ( Pittsburg Ca. east bay was jumping in that great era!! We had a blast! God bless'

[@maengun2091]

Ram4 - I agree. I've always looked back on SB 12 regretting that the Raiders weren't in there rather than Denver. I don't think Dallas would have pushed the Raiders around like they did the Broncos.

[@realMartinHamilton]

Casper has double jointed elbows. Can't straighten his arms but can catch everything.

[@sammyvh11]

I'm still hurting in Baltimore from that game.

[@Bruce12867]

You couldn't have known it at the time, but it was the Baltimore Colts last hurrah.

[@bryanburnap4537]

Losses like that do linger forever :(

[@bryanburnap4537]

I loved watching old games from Memorial Stadium. Something about a stadium where you can see houses and neighborhoods in the background. So old school and i can just imagine as an old Colts fan that the experience at Memorial Stadium was second to none. Its too bad that that boozebag Irsay had to ruin everything for a great city and great fan base.

[@sammyvh11]

​@@bryanburnap4537 Amen.....his son is not much better with cocaine his vodka. He drafts Manning and only gets 1 ring with him. Then dumps him for an loser who gets busted up then retires with the $$$$. Manning goes on to get another ring with Denver.

[@Zman1963]

Dr. Jack Dolbin D.C., RIP my friend.

[@lonecrapshooter67]

Good stuff

[@michaelleroy9281]

Dave Casper had 4 catches 3 for T D's

[@johnshanahan681]

Think there were 3 blades of grass on the field at Memorial Stadium lol I love it. Today's game is too sterile. I miss grass stains. Or in this case, dirt stains lol

[@chrispierce1739]

Look for the highlights of the first AFC title game between the Raiders and Colts at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore back in 1970. The game was named "The Duel in the Dust" from the clouds of dirt being kicked up during play.

[@rogerowislandguyja]

now a days, there is so many people on the show and they all yelling and screaming with theatrics and antics you cant even hear what they are saying....and the shows today focus more on all the gossip and sad stories than the matchups of the games themselves.

[@keithTCU]

I was at this game

[@stevearce1498]

02:07! Wow! TJ!

[@acmecompany]

Nice and simple! No liberals cry babies players, no liberal politics.

[@davidezell7274]

I know somebody has that ghost to the post game.

[@johnlewis5924]

Get someone from KZbin to put it on the internet or contact the NFL IN NEW YORK CITY!

[@grxracer-1606]

In 1985 the Bears would obliterate the Cowboys 45-0 in Irving, Texas.

[@erickthefantabulous1]

I watch the ghost to the Post Live one of the greatest games in NFL history. Ps why did Bert Jones fade so quick

[@stevengallanter665]

Bert Jones broke vertebrae in his neck which led to a sore arm. Yes, he was that good for a few years. The Brett Saberhagen of the NFL>

[@ace942]

That was the year of the introduction of the orange crush defense. I still think to this day that the Broncos won because the refs made a bad call one what appeared to be a fumble recovered by the Raiders that would have kept the Broncos from scoring. The Raiders vs. Cowboys would have been a better Super Bowl.

[@michaeljordan6008]

This is a pregame show. Fox, ESPN, nfl network and the rest could learn something from watching this. Stop putting people on television who have zero command of the English language.

[@creynolds094]

Monday 26th December 1977

[@t-squared6406]

Cowboy-Bronco SuperBowl,was playing with friends,didn't watch it,someones dad put money on that OrangCrushDefense,rookie year TonyDorsett,later played for the Broncos!

[@Torgo1969]

Good old Musburger.

[@namenotavailable7365]

I miss the crappy muddy fields. Seriously. The namby pamby, Frankenstein green turf today just doesn't do it for me.

[@voyager406]

When real Football was played

[@6400az]

Oooh, Richards decleats Plank !! 3:54

[@depaola63]

almost a clip !!

[@601mew]

I always liked NBC's coverage and production more than CBS. They (CBS) was a bit too boring.

[@PaulGreen11]

Tom Jackson!

[@depaola63]

He was great all his career! This year was his in 1977! He did get Defense player of the year!

[@anthonyimbriale4385]

Yes, he was borderline very good to excellent his entire career and maybe HOF material. (Certainly not in my opinion is Nick Buniconti-Dolphins LB-he is in HOF-give me a break-disgrace to HOF-he was merely good, not even very good.) Does anyone agree with me on that?

[@depaola63]

I agree! I am 54 next month and this was my era! I was 14 on 12/26/77...*..Great memories! Tom Jackson's great/tough esp vs. Oakland in his career is like my favorite all~time player ever from my team of 40 years! (69'-2009 Minnesota Vikngs, " The Vikes!" as Howard Cosell dubb' them! #44 The great Chuck Foreman!! Excellent player, 73' NFL Rookie of the Year! His first 2 seasons they went to The Super Bowl, #44 ran for over 6,000 in his 7 NFL seasons and was the 1st ever to be #1 receiving & Rushing in 75' ( NFC) and 2nd in rushing NFL behind "The Juice"...however NOT HOF! as for Nick on Miami, "they" say his leadership at MLB on those great teams from 1971-75 is what got him in the HOF!

[@depaola63]

D' Player of the year !!

[@RellyRell-ud3iz]

The kicks were pitiful back then 😂