The STRANGEST Catch in Pittsburgh Steelers HISTORY | Mark Malone | Steelers @ Seahawks (1981)

Prior to Mike Wallace setting the record for longest pass play in the history of the Pittsburgh Steelers in a game against the Arizona Cardinals, and JuJu Smith-Schuster breaking that in a 2017 game against the Detroit Lions and a 2018 game against the Denver Broncos, who held this record? Amazingly enough, it was Steelers quarterback and former Arizona State player Mark Malone, who played wide receiver and scored a 90-yard touchdown from Terry Bradshaw on his only catch ever. This is the bizarre story behind why Mark Malone was playing receiver, and how in a 1981 game against the Seattle Seahawks, he caught the longest pass play in franchise history at the time
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Members of the 1981 Pittsburgh Steelers:
Terry Bradshaw
Mark Malone
Cliff Stoudt
Russell Davis
Franco Harris
Greg Hawthorne
Rick Moser
Frank Pollard
Sidney Thornton
Johnnie Dirden
Jim Smith
John Stallworth
Lynn Swann
Calvin Sweeney
Bennie Cunningham
Randy Grossman
Larry Brown
Steve Courson
Tunch Ilkin
John Kolb
Tyrone McGriff
Ted Petersen
Ray Pinney
Mike Webster
Craig Wolfley
John Banaszak
Tom Beasley
Gary Dunn
John Goodman
Joe Greene
LC Greenwood
Bob Kohrs
Robin Cole
Jack Ham
Jack Lambert
David Little
Loren Toews
Zack Valentine
Dennis Winston
Larry Anderson
Mel Blount
Ron Johnson
Donnie Shell
JT Thomas
Anthony Washington
Dwayne Woodruff
David Trout
Craig Colquitt
Chuck Noll (head coach)
Mark Malone played for the following Steelers teams:
1980 Steelers
1981 Steelers
1982 Steelers
1983 Steelers
1984 Steelers
1985 Steelers
1986 Steelers
1987 Steelers

[@ericfitzgerald9214]

I've had a Mark Malone card since the 90s and saw that 90 yr TD stat line on the back of the card. I'd always wondered how that happened! Thanks for this story.

[@autiebell1357]

I was at this game. It was a blown coverage. The Highlight of Malone's career.

[@harpercole5321]

Like Randall Cunningham's 91-yard punt, I thought this record was a misprint the first time I read it.

[@johnchedsey1306]

I was a little kid when UNLV happened to play Colorado State (My dad had season tickets). I don't remember much from that game except the punts were booming higher than I had ever seen before. The punter? Randall Cunningham.

[@christopherengel7436]

I'm a huge Eagles fan and I was a young teenager when Cunningham shocked everyone in my family with that punt.

[@christopherpennetta8973]

This channel is totally slept on by the KZbin community that's into NFL history and things of the sort.... keep hitting that like button for Jaguar guys!!!! His videos are so f'n cool!!! I want this channel to blow cuz the content is phenomenal!!!

[@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide]

The same music puts me to sleep

[@bubbafug00gle51]

On the one hand I'd like for him to make a decent living off the channel... on the other hand, I'm worried that if he gets a healthy sub count, short sighted copyright owners will demonetize and copyright strike everything.

[@dwightlove3704]

Christopher Pennetta I don't sleep on this person.I knew about Malone's blazing speed if he was black I think he would have been forced to switch to WR.

[@1969WasYesterday]

This was the first NFL game I ever attended. I was a Steelers fan then (now Seahawks) and my Browns fan father really enjoyed that missed kick. Great memory. Go Hawks! Go Browns!

[@Rockhound6165]

As much as it pains me, you need to do one on Steve Bono's 76 yard bootleg run on my beloved Cardinals. What made that run great was that it was against Buddy Ryan's vaunted 46 defense and it pretty much personified his run as Cardinals head coach. Ryan was so convinced on a run up the middle that by the time Bono scored(he did the 50 in about 3 weeks he was so slow) there wasn't a Cardinal around for 50 yards.

[@NotData]

You caught me by surprise. I thought this was going to be a trick play where the RB or WR throws ball to the QB.

[@daBEAGLE1017]

This channel will one day become bigger and jaggator will be able to stop recording content from his bathroom. Great content!

[@deathtowrestling2518]

So basically Kordell Stewart before Kordell Stewart?

[@ZDiddy7777]

We don't say the K word here in Pittsburgh.... call it superstition, but there's no reason to anger the football gods and have them punish us like they did from '98- '00

[@jamesfields2916]

He had a 98 yard touchdown run against Utah State for Arizona State in 1979. You can see it in the movie ' Used Cars' with Kurt Russell from 1980. The NFL games they hacked in to to show their commercial was actually ASU vs Utah State from 1979. They show his td run.

[@whataboutrob442]

Forgot to mention that Bradshaw threw 25ints in 1979. He was definitely on his way down the ladder.

[@Paggy6668]

Not true, even the year before when he was the league MVP he threw 20 ints. He would throw the ball down the field and go for the big play. He was still as dangerous as ever in '79. The Steelers led the league in giveaways with 52 and still had the #1 offense in the NFL.

[@rongabrieljr.8784]

I remember reading this in the old Steelers media guides and thinking it was a misprint.

[@nasetvideos]

Great story--Never saw this one coming. Mark Malone? Wow--Definitely the "strangest reception" in Steelers' history. Very interesting story, for sure

[@nasetvideos]

Funny how it was his first and last catch ever, too...and he was wide open :)

[@jamesfields2916]

Stranger than the Immaculate Reception?

[@timothyantoine5321]

You can call these the longest catches , but there will never be one any stranger than the immaculate reception or deception depending on your take .

[@richerdchikosky7558]

I thought the pass was against the Falcons in 1981. I learned something today.

[@levikatriel]

At 4:55, don’t forget we also had a qb play kicker

[@mattgrey7575]

There is nothing like this channel! Keep these stories coming, man!

[@misterresister8271]

Jim Smith's pro football was pretty interesting. Won two SB rings backing up Stallworth and Swann, was very productive as a WR #3/sometime WR#2 (i.e., from 80-82 caught 83-1689-20) and then had a great 3 seasons in the USFL. He came back to the NFL in 1985 with the Raiders at just age 30, but I guess didn't have anything left.

[@geebee6010]

Chuck Noll basically gave Mark Malone the Kordell Stewart treatment before making him the quarterback.

[@ironman4122]

Wow what a story, never heard of this and I’ve been a Steelers fan for over 30 years

[@mgb4692]

7:07 "the greatest and strangest moment......." Bengals up on Chargers 31-7 at the half in SD? Predicted the AFCCG

[@BazookaToe]

I suffered with my Seahawks even way back then. The hungry years.

[@mgb4692]

Although they won here

[@craftees915]

Thank you!! I've been looking for this video for a long time. I remember being a kid and watching this game in frustration with that shanked field goal. Never realized the receiver here was our QB or probably forgot.

[@johnliberty3647]

I remember the stat on the back of Mark Malones Rookie card, I never saw or even heard anyone talk about the play, thanks for the video

[@CTubeMan]

The unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will encourage people to watch another video featuring David Trout’s missed field goal from this game.

[@dougdrazga4461]

I thought this was from the same game. I think I watched this at my grandparents' house. I totally forgot about the Stoudt injury after the game. That was the beginning of the end for him here.

[@mikegiffin1659]

Excellent Chanel! I’m always blown away by your videos! Keep up the great work!!

[@Joseph-cu8lg]

Malone was surprisingly an absolute monster of an athlete.

[@chickenlady14]

I remember watching this game. Screamed my head off -- while wearing my #16 Malone jersey !!

[@vdubproductions2646]

I was always a fan of Mark Malone the commentator

[@aarond23]

Nice video, this channel has an impressive archive of NFL if they can pull up a Steelers/Giants preseason game from the early 80s.

[@fredleeland2464]

I had no idea Malone was athletic...why didn't he run the ball more as a Steeler then? Chuck Noll was messing up

[@jesseleblanc1199]

He had knee problems it was mentioned in the video....and Chuck did pretty well with what he had.....he took a laughing stock and turned them into greatness

[@dberdes]

This is a great channel!

[@CTubeMan]

I don’t know if Malone was above or below the OJG9 Line (or Nine Line for short) as a quarterback, but if receivers had ratings he’d be at 158.3. And since this is a video about the Early 1980s Steelers I anticipate hearing from our favorite Steelers fan, who believes their owner to be brilliant, and believes they absolutely made the right move drafting Gabriel Rivera in 1983!

[@matthewdaley746]

They did, they, "might," have, beaten, the, 49ers, in, the, SB, with, Dan Marino, shame, most, people remember Mark Malone as host of, The, Dream League.

[@jamesmills109]

90 yards per reception is pretty good.

[@d0nKsTaH]

Another oddity with Malone. He was on the team so long before he threw a pass that he qualified to collect a pension if he retired early.

[@Paggy6668]

I believe you're thinking of Cliff Stoudt. Malone threw 88 passes in '81 (his second year) and started 3 games when Bradshaw broke his arm against the Raiders on Monday Night Football.

[@KeithFroehlich07]

They also had a 85 yard swing pass touchdown to Franco Harris wiped out because of a penalty on Craig Wolfley.

[@denisceballos9745]

There’s been some long QB scoring runs, but QB scoring catches?...not so much, I can’t think of any that come even close to this play where a QB scores on a pass reception of over 75 yards.

[@kevinmoore2929]

That may be John Brodie territory....

[@Borrow919]

As a Steeler fan I'm shocked I didn't know about this play... I'm embarrassed! 7:10

[@ZDiddy7777]

As kids playing backyard football, if you threw a bad pass everybody called you Mark Malone- this was even years after he was gone from Pittsburgh, until Tomczak came along, then the shitty passes- especially high ones- got you called Tomczak.... also, Mark Malone was a masonry laborer on one of the houses my dad built in the early 90's until he got the ESPN gig, if memory serves

[@scottconner7930]

40 Years Ago

[@demetriusquintana2170]

I never knew that happend i was only 10 at the time but they still didnt show how he got opened i wish they would of showed how the Seahawks covered him they only show him running down the field catching it and show TB throwing it

[@pronkb000]

Mark Malone's sportscasting career was a weird one as well--he primarily called football but you never really would have known he was a former NFL QB, since he mostly did play-by-play and not color and also even filled in as an ESPNEWS/SportsCenter anchor. I don't think I've ever seen another pro athlete do basic anchor work for ESPN like that.

[@bubbafug00gle51]

He was also the sports director and an anchor at the Chicago CBS affiliate. Won some local Emmy awards to. No, I'm not his agent.

[@rook1196]

Pat Summerall did play by play for football, college/NBA basketball, and golf. Malone was a terrible QB but good in front the camera.

[@tonybino01]

I miss listening to his radio show on NBC Sports.

[@dwightlove3704]

Wow at 3:55 4.42 that was flying!!!!!!

[@GeeCoach35]

Dude. How do you find these stories? Awesome.

[@1USACitizen192]

mark malone should be hall fame.

[@davidbrooks1724]

what a career

[@mikesparks3398]

there was for sure some film in there where #16 was catching the ball

[@Lawomenshoops]

No mention of Slash? It’s like Kordell Stewart never played??

[@matthewdaley746]

You ask, most, fans of the Steelers, his, best, moment, was, his, TD, in the 1995 AFC Championship Game, that should, never, have counted.

[@leogetz3570]

@@matthewdaley746 uugghh....as a Colts fan, don't get me started on that "catch"... lol

[@matthewdaley746]

​​@@leogetz3570 To be fair, the stadium, was, blanketed, with, "Three, More, Yards," banners, (which, are, now, illegal), the, only, way they, were, winning, was, a total rout.

[@radioblipmode3143]

That was really good 👍!!

[@dwightlove3704]

Quiet as its kept Malone was the fastest QB of his era he clocked a 4.40 in the 40 he ran that at the combine

[@Staceyatkinson4496]

Even the sainted Mel of the kelper

[@michaeldavidfigures9842]

Stranger than The Immaculate Reception?

[@misterresister8271]

No comparison to Magnum PI?

[@leogetz3570]

I remember that!!!!

[@Gitbizy]

I watched it live!!

[@bobma6342]

Could you do a video on the 9:00 mark? I bet it's an interesting story.

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Thanks.

[@Venom3254]

Prelude to Super Bowl 40

[@brucekish7576]

A philosophy that was repeated when the Steelers drafted Cordell "Slash" Stewart from Colorado.

[@matthewhall9692]

7:10 for the actual play

[@pbrickley6247]

Dwight Stone 1990 90 yard TD pass from Bubby Brister.

[@Rick-remlrp]

I'm pretty sure Dwight Stone's catch wasn't a touchdown.

[@okolo22000]

Didn’t Mark Malone host a game show?

[@christopherengel7436]

Malone was not a lot of things for Pittsburgh. You have to admit he was fast.

[@Bandboxxer-v3n]

This was back when the Seahawks were in the AFC West.

[@kentfreeman8674]

I still don't understand y they passed on Dan Marino after doing this

[@tomodonovan5931]

It does make one wonder, but then when Don Shula pops up in your mind, you finally understand why! He knew a great QB when he saw one. That pick Miami had was all Shula, plain, and simple! I went to high school with a player for Shula, played in the Super bowl with Marino. Shula knew what real talent was. I'm not saying Noll didn't, but most would agree that Shula had the edge on talented players who had the heart to win. If the Fins had a defense in the mid 80's, they could have dominated a few years, instead of the NFC blowing away the AFC for a decade or more. Shula was no dummy. He probably knew how dangerous Namath was in SB #3 I'm sure he was very aware of those Pittsburgh, Beaver Falls QBs' that played there. So he didn't hesitate when one was available.

[@bjchit]

6:50 Ah, I see the Steelers and being gifted touchdowns they were a yard short on against the Seahawks doesn't just happen in the Super Bowl.

[@d0nKsTaH]

Mark Malone is STILL ... your daddy. Fear the Stash! #MarkMaloneIsStillYourDaddy #MarkMalone2021Comeback! :P

[@effend446]

Kordell Stewart before Kordell Stewart

[@thomascrowley9122]

Nice Statline to have

[@darreljones8645]

Ah, yes, the "one for the thumb" era of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Oddly enough, they wouldn't get there until Big Ben - by which time, the previously unremarkable San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys beat them to it.

[@zackkusterbeck458]

This is post Malones daddy

[@kylenelson9755]

Mark Malone was Slash before Slash.

[@vickrunalza8057]

David Trout = Martin Gramatica

[@williamjones2340]

He was not A QB in that game he was a wide receiver so nothing special

[@yowspisaac6113]

Week 10

[@joedufourhowboutdemcowboys4067]

Heroics ? He was a decoy with 1 chance to make a good play and came through. And end up being the beginning of a long stretch of garbage teams the Steelers put out on the field.

[@RicoBurghFan]

Malone should've stuck to wide receiver because he sucked as a QB.

[@killalltogepis9916]

Still better than Kenny Pickett.

[@richardadams4928]

Malone was truly awful at QB, not really sure exactly why. He was awesome on Edge NFL Matchup later. So, great athleticism, seemed to have at least good knowledge of the game. Puzzling as to why he ultimately didn't succeed....

[@rook1196]

good athlete ran for a bunch of TDs in college. Its hard to eval QBs from that era where QBs usually only completed 50% of their passes and often threw more INTs than TDs.

[@Staceyatkinson4496]

Malone was a better qb compared to some weve had, mentioning no names, looking at you odonnal

[@Paggy6668]

Not even close. I know everybody blames O'Donnell for the SB loss, but they never even sniff getting there that year without him. That was the year they introduced the 5 wides package to the NFL and it was their passing game that carried them. He had a nice run in the burgh, SB XXX notwithstanding.

[@killalltogepis9916]

Neil O’Donnell is like Joe Montana compared to Kenny Pickett.

[@michaeldavidfigures9842]

Heee-heee-hee!

[@NoSlow78]

F*** the Seahawks. lol

[@whataboutrob442]

I think this channel would be much better if you don't show modern NFL clips when talking about something 35 years prior.

[@j.p.pelzman7481]

You need some context

[@bradkendall9551]

You still do the Trivia on Twitch?!

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

Yep! Every Wednesday night at 9 PM ET