Texas State Championship on Thanksgiving! (Oilers vs. Cowboys 1979, Week 13)

Check out the 1979 Week 13 game highlights between theHouston Oilers and Dallas Cowboys!
0:34 1st Quarter
5:35 2nd Quarter
8:01 3rd Quarter
13:46 4th Quarter
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[@JahNuhThunDeeTheOneAndOnly]

Two of the best unis of all time

[@M1643]

This is the only year between 1977 and 1982 that the Cowboys didn't play in the NFC Championship game (Was still the number 1 seed in the NFC this year). The team was absolutely loaded with talent

[@Mark-xl1ze]

It's a shame they lost at home in the playoffs to the Rams.

[@bruces3613]

The Oilers were robbed by the officials of a TD in the AFC Championship Game, Renfro caught it in the end zone but snow obscured the sideline.

[@MrCritterJohn]

i love to see these highlights from the 70’s and 80’s. I hope there are more of these to come.

[@thebrotasticbro9465]

Same i love seeing what life was like back then

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

Legendary feud between Tom Landry and Mike Ditka on the sidelines after that 4th down penalty/Oilers TD sequence

[@theangrycowboysfan1699]

Everyone this guy is a Legendary KZbinr

[@calvinbealer7264]

Very Entertaining Game from Thanksgiving day 1979. I Remember Watching this as a Teenager 44 Years Ago.

[@matthewnikitas2904]

Those baby blue jerseys such a classic

[@themilkynipple2801]

Earl campbell man what a BEAST!

[@artmv1149]

He was amazing! My favorite player of all time. Love watching him play with the Oilers when I was a kid.

[@AT3toxic]

Crazy how much the divisions have changed

[@Riles3152]

An absolute treat to watch Earl Campbell and Tony Dorsett in their young primes.

[@sports3117]

Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen were a terrific broadcasting duo back in the 80s

[@Knightmessenger]

Dick Enberg might be the best nfl play by play of all time.

[@gaudimatos5563]

@@Knightmessenger nah That’s Al Michaels

[@stevenyanchak549]

​@@gaudimatos5563 Not a chance.

[@astrostar49]

This was a hell of a game. Thanks for sharing.

[@arod927-01]

It felt like every announcer from the 70s sounded the same lol

[@sunsbasketballreview6307]

i believe because back in the 30s-60s the mics needed the announcer to speak with a higher pitch so when it was taught to those broadcasters they spoke with a “trans-atlantic” accent to register better. when the tech got better and there was no need, most of the older, known broadcasters were taught the old school way and they kept it

[@pjtwelve]

Wish I could see something like this nowadays we need a good rivalry like this

[@ericpackers1700]

Funny seeing wide outs in sprinters stance lol

[@chopperchopper1418]

We had Earl Campbell, against great wide receivers even match, Campbell was the man. That's football 🏈.

[@artmv1149]

Damn right! Number 34 was one of the greatest.

[@CGQuarterly]

Hey, that’s Mike Adamle of American Gladiators fame!

[@TheMARCVISION]

My mom brought me both jerseys for xmas 1979. Loved the Oilers jersey a lot because of the colors. But became a Cowboys fan because of my mom.

[@chrisuncleahmad]

The Great Earl Campbell

[@mulletman8727]

Crazy seeing a "spread" formation with two backs in the backfield

[@kirkindog]

I remember this game like it was yesterday. I was 16 and this was during the height of the “luv-ya blue” era in H-Town…🏈

[@Khariferrari]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING everyone thank to god were all here and happy thanksgiving LETS WATCH SOME FOOTBALL

[@eugenesatele9434]

Happy Thanksgiving NFL Throwback

[@NFLVault]

Happy thanksgiving 🍽 🦃

[@tyreepowell8367]

@@NFLVault You Too

[@stevereber]

Thnx for these great 70s Matchups , Earl Campbell Gr8!

[@debbiehenson1096]

Staubach and Earl Campbell, both had gr8 game.

[@johnmanning4097]

A blast from the past I was 13 years old when this game was played all those great player Tony Dorsett Roger Staubach Earl Campbell I don't remember seeing this game but it was a great game

[@rtpgunner2979]

Im a buffalo fan but I was happy when Drew Pearson made it to Canton . Irvin don't hold a candle to Drew

[@jaylucien669]

I love 'em both. But was Irvin was better overall.

[@jefferyrobertson7520]

Houston Oilers Against Dallas Cowboys From 1979 Battle Of Lone Star State ☺🏈

[@ZZ-qk8ji]

Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen.......legends. Earl was an absolute beast. He got hit harder by his own teammates after his first TD🤣🤣

[@JonathanMerlinSymmank]

Next year when the Texans travel to Dallas and play the Cowboys, why not have that game played on Thanksgiving?

[@josuf_5812]

If only the Texans still had a talented roster like they did the last time they played in 2018. Such a good game with Hop spinning on 3 defenders

[@JonathanMerlinSymmank]

@@josuf_5812 don’t matter how talented, I just like seeing the Texans beating the Cowboys.

[@tysonhudson6484]

15:57 member of the chain gang taking drag off his cig 😂😂

[@mattmorrow7777]

That was so good. I was 11 years old then and we must have been working cows coming in. Great game. I miss these days of the NFL.

[@JB-po4ue]

I miss these Cowboys playing !

[@pedrogonzalez5075]

If I had know about this game, I would have stay at my aunt's house and watch it with my family except one cousin. I would have went neutral but I was a kid to understand. I would not cheer for neither team. Until the end when Earl Campbell scored the winning touchdown run. I would have clapped to the Oilers for winning the Thanksgiving game.

[@greganderson1445]

I was in the 3rd grade and this was the first time I saw Earl! I was heartbroken the Dallas didn't pull of the comeback.

[@randysmith2866]

The Cowboys may have been America's team, but Earl Campbell and the Houston Oilers were always Texas' team!

[@cs292]

The Oilers were the best team in the league that year….they made it to the AFC championship with their back up QB and RB in the first 2 playoff games…on the road.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Best rivalrys houston and Dallas and Cincinnati and Cleveland inbthe NFL

[@Mark-xl1ze]

The Cowboys last regular season home loss until the 1982 season opener at home against another AFC Central team at the time, the Steelers.

[@robertmorris8997]

D. Pearson 88 always refers to Staubach as "My quarterback."

[@ethanlane3055]

Why didn’t you upload any Lions thanksgiving games?

[@claystripe6514]

15:55 Shout out to the guy smokin darts on the sideline.

[@devinjerryfreedomisfree4599]

Pastorini had a very good game

[@bruces3613]

No Randy White in the game, that made the difference imo.

[@TheBZA99]

Suckin' a cig on the sidelines a 15:54

[@tpmsnewenglandworld6069]

Classic like today.

[@tpmsnewenglandworld6069]

@Keith Cousins oh sorry it's for Thanksgiving the other day and like this on this day.

[@tyreepowell8367]

@@tpmsnewenglandworld6069 Happy Belated Thanksgiving To You & Your Family

[@zacharythomason7359]

@@tyreepowell8367 Same here

[@lloydkline1518]

❤️ oldies / 1970s footballs

[@randyrandy1599]

A another lit video

[@asher3225]

I STILL CRY WHEN I SEE OUR BELOVED OILERS. THEY LEFT LONG AGO, BUT IT STILL HURTS. THANK YOU BOB LANIER. NO IT WAS NOT BUD ADAMS FAULT.

[@stevenyanchak549]

#Oiler4Life

[@terryblake5076]

Earl Campbell needs bigger shoulder pads

[@bigglilwayne7050]

Joe Montana and Derrick Thomas prevented an all Texas SB in 93

[@robertmorris8997]

8:22 I hear Crazy Ray!!!

[@ms.felonystrutter2472]

Funny, you see all these videos "Texas State Championship" between us and the Oilers but ONLY win the Cowboys lose. This was one if the worst weeks in Cowboys history beginning with the blowout AT RFK the 4'days prior. The injuries to Charlie Waters and temporary retirement of Too Tall, Roger already,2 severe concussions...then the release of Henderson the day after Washington...the Bob Hayes prison halftime story......it was a bad week for a clearly wounded Cowboys team. That is why the MNF 1982 game @ Houston was so awesome and revenge, avenged Destroying of the Oilers does not tell half the story. I also loved how they forced us to wear our blue jerseys, the 1981-94 Cowboys blue uniforms my favorite in all of sports....I have the game worn jersey of #87 Jay Saldi that game. So why is THAT game or the1985 game, or 1970 and 1994 games not listed Texas Championship???? Oh yeah, because won.

[@stevenyanchak549]

Get over it

[@1990Thunderbolt]

why were the oilers foiled?

[@threatassessment606]

I didn't check it out

[@iselin90]

they werent folded they moved to Tennessee

[@1990Thunderbolt]

@@iselin90 why?

[@iselin90]

@@1990Thunderbolt they couldn't get a new stadium

[@1990Thunderbolt]

@@iselin90 so basically like the baltimore colts moving to indianapolis and cleveland browns moving to baltimore and becoming the ravens situation?

[@genarobarron1259]

YEAAAAA!!!!!! OILERS !!!!!

[@kweisib4133]

Dorsett needs to work with zeke

[@AlfredRusselWallace]

dear lord Campbell was T H I C C

[@kingomari901]

Hi

[@jhodges3131]

👎

[@gatorbodine2011]

One year after Dallas was named “America’s team” 🥲