The SHOCKING ENDING to the 1971 NFL SEASON

In 1971, entering the final week of the NFL season, all the Baltimore Colts had to do in order to win the AFC East was defeat the New England Patriots, a team that had not won a road game all season, a team that had never won a game against the Colts, and a team that had never even so much as scored a touchdown against the Colts. Sure enough, one of the craziest regular season upsets of all-time happened, and it impacted the playoff picture in a monumental way. This is the story behind the crazy ending to the 1971 NFL season, and how the Miami Dolphins unexpectedly won the AFC East
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Members of the 1971 Colts:
Earl Morrall
Sam Havrilak
Johnny Unitas
Jerry Logan
Rick Volk
Don McCauley
Tom Curtis
Ray Perkins
Ron Gardin
Mike Curtis
Eddie Hinton
Tom Nowatzke
Jim Duncan
Norm Bulaich
Tom Matte
Charlie Pittman
Lonnie Hepburn
Rex Kern
Lenny Dunlap
Charlie Stukes
Don Nottingham
David Lee
Bill Curry
Bill Laskey
Robbie Nichols
Tom Beutler
Ray May
Ken Mendenhall
Cornelius Johnson
Glenn Ressler
Lynn Larson
Dennis Nelson
Rusty Ganas
Dan Sullivan
Bob Vogel
George Wright
John Williams
Fred Miller
Bubba Smith
Jim Bailey
Jim O’Brien
Billy Newsome
Ted Hendricks
Tom Mitchell
Roy Hilton
Willie Richardson
John Mackey
Don McCafferty (head coach)
Carroll Rosenbloom (owner)
#nfl #colts #nflthrowback #nflplayoffs #patriots #football #sports #highlights

[@kurtgreaser988]

PLAYOFFS! ARE YOU KIDDING ME.

[@thomasanderson6124]

I really enjoy the old video highlights.

[@RebelTXWrestling]

Colts did it again. Today needing a win against 2-14 Jaguars to make the playoffs they got beat 26-11 missing the playoffs.

[@barbaracaroll]

No more Wentz

[@thepatsnumber1fan]

Colts repeat history

[@misterresister8271]

The Dolphins were 9-3-1 going into the last week of the 1971 season, not 9-4

[@misterresister8271]

That Plunkett play at 6:19 is the best (-2) yard completion I've ever seen...

[@impassable]

Fate was just helping the Dolphins

[@dominickr.7024]

History repeats itself...

[@TheThriftyWoodworker]

I was at this game. My father took me to my first pro game. I was 8. I vividly remember that 88 yard pass. Thanks for bringing this memory back.

[@jenkinsljenkinssquire9137]

Why did people think that it was legitimately possible for players to throw games back in 1971 but now people never consider it. 50 years later, players could and do still throw games. I don't understand why it is so hard for people to swallow that today.

[@daBEAGLE1017]

The fact that JG9 releases a new video daily and has time to write up a very informative script is mind blowing. Many thanks for the content.

[@anthony0358]

Oh wow this is why the Colts had to go to Miami for the AFC Championship game ! I remember that loss very well

[@chrisuncleahmad]

Without this upset, we don’t have the Miami/KC Christmas epic

[@billbergendahl2911]

I still say the Colts threw Super Bowl III.

[@matthewharrison7127]

Fast forward to today, 1/9/2022. To secure a playoff spot, the Colts (9-7) need to beat the worst team in the NFL, the Jacksonville Jaguars (2-14). Not only did the Colts lose, the Jaguars made them look bad. The Jaguars led 13-3 at halftime and won 26-11. The Colts scored their only touchdown trailing 26-3 with 4:26 remaining in the game. Wentz was sacked 6 times, fumbled once, and threw a pick. Then again, the Colts haven't won in Jacksonville since 2014.

[@DolFan316]

Every season at least one upset like this happens. But even in that context this was an all-time shocker. The Jags were already the league's worst team, who actually played MORE poorly after Meyer was fired. This was a result that should not have been humanly possible, but came true because apparently Wentz really is just that bad.

[@bnegs521]

And the jags lost by 40 the week prior!

[@johnkennethnoe]

@@bnegs521 Pats fan John Noe here as it was 50-10 to the Pats. We lost to the Colts who beat the Jags. Made the playoffs anyways and got pissed on by Buffalo.

[@shackdaddy7106]

It was mentioned in the video how sloppy the 1970 Super Bowl was between the Baltimore Colts and the Dallas Cowboys which Baltimore won by a score of 16 to 13 on a Jim O’Brien field goal with five seconds left. The game was so poorly played that it was the only time in Super Bowl history as a player on the losing team got The MVP for the Super Bowl. Chuck Howley linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys.

[@patricksmith5282]

Chuck Howley

[@shackdaddy7106]

@@patricksmith5282 Thanks for the correction. I dictate most of my replies and I try to catch all the errors. I miss that one. I will fix it now.

[@roguegust8832]

Brandon Staley episode of dumb decisions tomorrow?

[@VibrateGirl101]

Dang, you work FAST!

[@markbrian7179]

The Colts and the Rams traded ownership groups after that season and the Colts new GM, Joe Thomas, released or traded off many of the Colts veterans. They toiled in purgatory for three seasons before becoming good again in 1975.

[@Anglovox]

....but it was never, ever really the same. Even in those few seasons where The Colts were competitive, the deeply long-time good feeling that existed between the front office, coaches, players, and fans under Rosenbloom...became simply impossible under Irsay's callous ownership.

[@Anglovox]

"few good seasons" referring to only those AFTER 1971.

[@bobscott7440]

Then they went bad again in 1978, then went to Indianapolis in 1984.

[@johnkennethnoe]

@@bobscott7440 Wow lots of fans here with great memories of the Colts at that time. Must be in their sixties like me.

[@johnmanier7968]

Two weeks earlier, the Patriots upset Miami, 34-13. If the Dolphins had won that game, they’d have clinched the AFC East with their Week 14 win over the Packers, even if Baltimore had beaten NE.

[@82dorrin]

6:00 The moment you all came for.

[@Joemama..]

50 years later, History repeats itself….

[@jewsco]

Yep colts lose to the lowly Jaguars

[@Xix1326]

That's amazing, that it would happen again. And they didn't have a bad QB (Unitas vs. Wentz). But at least they got the wild card back then. I'm surprised JG9 never brought up the repeat (I just realized, this vid is dated the day the Colts lost to the Panthers.).

[@ShrexyGuy]

@@Xix1326 I mean compared to Johnny U Wentz is Curtis Painter, but he's really not a bad QB. The colts as a whole choked with him, they choked with luck, they've choked with manning and Unitas. It seems to just be their tradition. No QB can change that

[@davanmani556]

Insider scouting.

[@juliomarquez5039]

You might have to make a part 2 tonight

[@llandismoon]

Explicitly if the last game is a tie

[@scottconner7930]

51 Years Ago

[@derekcabanaw1789]

Remember reading a story about this particular game many years ago, where Patriots GM Upton Bell was going to fire John Mazur after this game, which the Sullivan family wouldn't let him after somehow beating the Colts. When Vataha caught the long touchdown pass at around the 7:40 mark, Bell wanted to kill him.

[@williehill47]

U left out John Mackey

[@brockgeorge777]

Thanks for being a real student of the game. Not too many of us out there!

[@mariothemartian2016]

In my country a colt is a horse. So sometimes these things confuse my people.

[@jwalach1650]

Miss the playoffs being at the end of December and up to mid-January and then the Super Bowl being played before February. Too understand that this was during a 14 game season and not a 16 game season and now 17 game season. Great video and interesting on how that unfolded. Just wish the NFL would kind of go back to 16 game schedule, starting before Labor Day, and Super Bowls in January. This when football was enjoyable to watch and QBs were able to get hit without having a penalty being thrown most of the time.

[@ricknibert6417]

Weren't the Patriots still officially known as the Boston Patriots?

[@OfficialJaguarGator9]

In 1970, yes. 1971 was the first year they were New England

[@jackmessick2869]

@@OfficialJaguarGator9 After trying out "Bay State Patriots."

[@CowSaysMooMoo]

Easy solution...called "looking ahead"

[@Rockhound6165]

The Colts decided to celebrate this by getting thrashed by the lowly Jags today effectively eliminating themselves from the playoffs.

[@jry3270]

Is this video your way of predicting a stunning upset involving the Colts in the last week of the 2022 season??? I’m writing this at halftime with the colts, who need this win to clinch the playoffs, currently trailing the 2-14 Jags by a score of 3-13,

[@Ryan-uk4wu]

Guess the Colts this year wanted to one-up these guys!

[@johnkennethnoe]

Patriots fan John Noe here. Yes it was an upset but not really a shocking upset as their have been a lot of shockers. On any given Sunday you can get beat if you do not bring your A game and look past your opponent. I think the Colts at that time looked past the Patriots and lost a TRAP GAME. Never underestimate any opponent no matter what. The person making this video also made one of Bills coach Jim Ringo quitting on the 77 Bills at halftime of an embarrassing loss to the expansion Seahawks by over 40 points. The next week my Patriots were installed as three touchdown favorites at home against these same Bills and lost. Losing a trap game. So these results are not so shocking when you take your opponent lightly and do not bring your A game.

[@AvaZinn]

I would have added today’s #INDvsJAX.

[@ronbowlingjr6122]

The AFC EAST champion was forced to play their games on the road for 1971 in both games unless the Wild Card team won which did happen. The NFC playoffs from 1970-1974 allowed the Division champion who played on the road to host the next round which was the case in 1970-1971

[@stevenbauer4799]

perfect '72 phins had to play on road at steelers in afc title game.

[@benjamin1383]

NFL had the worst playoff system from 1970 to 1974

[@ronbowlingjr6122]

The only way Baltimore was going to host as AFC EAST CHAMPION if they had won the division was to win the divisional playoff and hope they hosted the wild card team

[@RicoBurghFan]

You can now add your Jags shockingly upsetting the Colts on Sunday, eliminating them from the playoffs and helping my Steelers to somehow get in. Thanks Jags (and Raiders) and thank you for your excellent work on this channel!

[@reidcraig3739]

Coming from a Colts fan, I wasn’t happy about the game, however I am happy to see that Ben will be playing postseason football. Only reason why I’m saying that is my former college roommate is a Steelers fan. I also thought that today’s game was like a role reversal of what happened 3 years ago. In 2018, the Colts were relying on Pittsburgh to lose in order to make the playoffs.

[@DolFan316]

It's amazing how many of these upsets happen to teams playing at home.

[@DolFan316]

11:45 The blocking on this pick six is downright sexually arousing.

[@Hellolol_1]

Well this came PERFECTLY

[@alwallace4538]

That was awesome. I grew up in the Maryland suburbs of DC and a lot of my friends were Baltimore fans (Colts, Orioles, Bullets) because their teams ALWAYS won. I was a Washington fan (Redskins, Senators). My teams NEVER won, so any time Baltimore got screwed was a glorious day. Not as great as Polin moving the Bullets to Washington, Angelos buying the Os, or, especially, Irsay moving the Colts to Indianapolis, but those were in the future.

[@shipofthesun]

10:11 3 for 19 with 3 interceptions? Those are Tim Tebow numbers.

[@WaltGekko]

10 years later to end the 1981 season on the same field, these same two teams met to see who was the worst team in the NFL. The Colts won that game with the Patroits the worst team in the NFL.

[@johnkennethnoe]

John Noe here. The famous toilet bowl game. Knew of a fan here in Massachusetts who was in Baltimore and bought tickets from a scalper for just $1.00!!!!!!!

[@scottaznavourian3720]

And for the 50th anniversary the colts did an encore...

[@DillonDigitalVideo]

JG9, I bet you have some awesome material from Week 18 of the 2022 NFL season to do a new video! That Pittsburgh/Las Vegas/Los Angeles scenario was one for the ages!

[@dc1397]

The blocking after the INT 11:39 ...ouch.

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

Dolphin LB Nick Buoniconti said to Dick Anderson (number 40 who scored the backbreaker on the pick six) “I had a hot dog and when I came back, you were still running that interception back”. Anderson responded “that’s because you’re the only guy who didn’t throw a block for me”..

[@dc1397]

@@andrewpadaetz5549 that is funny. Thanks for the info.

[@grimtea1715]

Your channel deserves way more subs. Your a GOAT. Jags and Gators suck though

[@inwalters]

Well I'm old as dirt and one thing I've learned over the years is when the oddsmakers say someone is guaranteed to win, bet on the other side. Just think, if I'd have put a thousand on Buster Douglas, I would have walked away with $42,000 dollars.

[@Rockhound6165]

The only way you place a bet in that fight was with a bookie as Vegas didn't even take action on that fight.

[@rjsweda]

i remember 1971 season and patriots were much better than previous seasons, and even though they lost some big blow outs, they upset the raiders & dolphins with dominate wins. that victory over dolphins a few weeks before colts game, almost ruined dolphins chances at division title until they won solidly over colts. that season had some great memories. almost exciting of pat's upset win at vikings a few years later. love your videos.

[@lookonthebrightsideoflife5200]

Miami went 10-3-1 not 10-4.

[@ValensBellator]

Wait, the undefeated dolphins had to play the championship game in Pittsburgh? How did a seedless playoff format so stupid even come into existence? 😂

[@pronkb000]

Aaaaaand the Colts top this loss on the day this video was posted.

[@chrisuncleahmad]

At least the 71 Colts had already clinched a spot

[@pronkb000]

The '71 Patriots were also a lot better than the '21 Jags.

[@marcus813]

Even with the 2021-22 Jaguars being so awful, the club hadn't lost at home to the Colts since 2014. With that context, I wonder if the Jaguars' win over the heavily favored Colts was more shocking than the game discussed here.

[@fredbobberts5753]

Miami was 9-3-1 going into the last game not 9-4

[@charliewartelle6720]

Patriots weren’t that bad in 1971. They ended up 6-8. They had blitzed the Dolphins two weeks earlier, 34-13. Unitas’ arm was just about shot. Jim Plunkett was having a good rookie season. This a silly take.

[@PAGoTribe1963]

I remember watching the Dolphins-Colts AFCCG. I was young, had been to many doctors and had a couple of operations, and I was trilby the Dolphins teal uniforms because they reminded me of scrubs.

[@robertkeefer1552]

Also there was a shocking start to the 1971 season. The Patriots upset the Oakland Raiders at home 20-6. The Raiders would not make it to the post season.

[@benjamin1383]

Also they should have beaten Kansas city too

[@kurtoelmann1714]

Thanks for posting, great video.

[@nasetvideos]

This was such a great video. You laid out the context so well. Your ability to tell a story is a true gift that most people just can't do. Incredible video once again--Enjoy the final day of the regular season

[@DolFan316]

I think he did 😊

[@donsmith5479]

Week 12 Patriots beat Miami 34-13. So, the last game wasn't as SHOCKING as it seems.

[@eagebeazthawk290]

Nice vid

[@Namath1000]

I remember this and the controversy about them throwing the game -- or at least, not trying very hard to win it -- was a genuine controversy.

[@scottaznavourian3720]

The irony is the gm of the patriots really did want to throw the game....for draft position and so he could fire the coach....

[@JayTemple]

You mentioned a classic that took place on Christmas. A minute or so later, I get a link to a video, "Why the NFL doesn't play on Christmas Day."

[@jmad627]

What I remember most about the end of this season, the first NFL season I followed closely, was the Colts getting blown out by the Dolphins in the Orange Bowl. So maybe this Patriot loss was just showing that the era of dominant Colt teams of the 60's was over.

[@Rockhound6165]

Well, not hard considering the combined ages of the Colts QB's was 75. Unitas was 38 and Morrall was 37.

[@jmad627]

@@Rockhound6165 good point, however at that time I didn’t know about those things, like NFL age. I did know that Johnny U had been playing for quite awhile. Morral, had no idea how old he was or how long he’d been playing.

[@WaltGekko]

​@@Rockhound6165 Morall would a year later go to Miami and be a big cog in why the Dolphins perfect season happened. Meanwhile, Unitas would the following year have a memorable game in that stadium against Joe Namath and the Jets in what to that point was considered one of the greatest regular season games ever.

[@Rockhound6165]

@@WaltGekko Cog? Morrall won nearly 3/4 of the games for Miami that year and barely gets credit.

[@WaltGekko]

@@Rockhound6165 That's the point. Morrall was a very important part of that undefeated season yet few realize it.

[@stevengrvp]

Jaguars today said hold my beer patriots

[@joeylawn36111]

To me, telling a group of large, muscular, and upset football players that they lost the game on purpose is, well, a rather risky thing to say.... EDIT: And that '71 Colts team included one Bubba Smith....

[@DolFan316]

Players back then weren't very muscular compared to players today, though. Although players today seem wimpier compared to the jacked and ripped players from the '90s-10s.

[@BA-oy9uo]

You should do a video on the 2021 Vikings, worst 2 minute defense in NFL History

[@astrostar49]

2021 Colts: Hold my beer

[@classicsports5057]

Colts did it again 50 years later. LOL.

[@codynatof5901]

The Colts losing

[@bnegs521]

11:39 one of my favorite pick 6's ever!! Look at the number of guys just getting destroyed by blocks on that runback!! 😄🤣

[@SurgingSpecs]

JG9 posting a vid about the Colts getting upset in a clinching scenario when they need to beat the Jags today to clinch. Nice.

[@giancarlocarbone2194]

Constant reminder that being a Colts fan has mostly been heartbreak for decades. Thanks as always for the awesome video!

[@daBEAGLE1017]

As a Bears fan, you are never alone.

[@MatsThyWit]

@@daBEAGLE1017 As a Lions fan I hate all of you.

[@stevenbauer4799]

That's laffable. Y'all have a few s b's and the peyton years. Lions fans don't have a #kn thing.

[@CTubeMan]

Browns fans are saying, “Hold my be…oh wait, I just threw it on the field.”

[@MatsThyWit]

@@CTubeMan nah...browns fans at least have had chances over the years. For lions fans it's been like 50 years of nothing. Even Barry Sanders couldn't make them better than average.

[@marcdaley]

Duane Thomas was a member of that 71 Patriots team for a couple of days. That trade would be a great story to explore.

[@johnkennethnoe]

He did that story.

[@SuperNuclearUnicorn]

I swear to God if this video about upsets has jinxed the Packers who are losing to the fucking Lions I'm gonna unsub

[@jewsco]

Game was meaningless to the packers

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

With Jacksonville playing for absolutely nothing and everything on the line for the Colts, and even though Indianapolis had previously beaten the Jags 24-17 (see more about that game by clicking the card above)… and even though the Jaguars had lost eight games in a row (including a 10-50 thrashing at the hands of New England the week before)… …and that’s not the worst thing… ..,Jacksonville had a point differential of minus 219 which placed them 32nd out of 32 NFL teams… …but wait, there’s more!!

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

Absolutely NO ONE saw this shocking, shocking, shocking end to the 2021 season coming!! Hmmmm…. JAX 23, IND 3 in the 3Q Trevor Lawrence is 23 for 32 with 2 TD’s and 223 yards - Carson Wentz, on the other hand, has a QB rating of 26.2 which … wait for it.. is worse than it would be if he spiked the ball on every play. ***** JAGS WIN!!! *****

[@Rockhound6165]

Funny that the Jags win and still end up with the #1 pick in the draft...again.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

@@Rockhound6165 Good point. Jags got it done for sure. Now we’ll need a NEW vid to describe to greatest Colt choke job at the end of a season. Today’s game is worse than the one he featured in this presentation.

[@torontocards.3326]

And to those who say history doesn't repeat itself...

[@markrabinowitz7070]

What a coincidence. In 1971, the Colts went into the final week of the season playing against a rookie quarterback who had been picked first overall earlier in the year (Jim Plunkett). That also happened this past week with the Jags and Trevor Lawrence. Main differences, of course, being that the 1971 Colts were a much better team, and the 2021 Jags were a much weaker opponent.

[@jeremybiewer5465]

You may as well been talking about the Colts game yesterday vs Jacksonville. How do you lose to Jacksonville much less by 23 points! Unbelievable!!

[@marciamolumby8935]

I was at the game (it was really cold), and I thought at the time that the colts were playing for draft position, which was common for many teams. At the time the Browns were a bad team. In 1971 the Chiefs were considered a superior team, and the Dolphins weren't considered a great team.

[@fromthehaven94]

I am commenting after the Colts inexplicable loss to the Jaguars, the Ravens/Steelers game going into overtime, the Packers losing to the Lions (with Rodgers), the Bengals losing to the Browns (without Burrow): all the 1pm games.

[@Rockhound6165]

The Packers did not lose to the Lions with Rogers. Rogers only played a half and played extremely conservatively at that. This was pre-season game #3 to the Packers.

[@fromthehaven94]

@@Rockhound6165 Rodgers started. He played. End of story.

[@Rockhound6165]

@@fromthehaven94whatever, troll. If it makes you feel better even though you have no clue about football.

[@fromthehaven94]

@@Rockhound6165 I'm not the one trying to be a troll. And being an expert in football isn't a requirement, if you want to speak with such an individual, the rest of KZbin is all yours, IDGAF.

[@eagebeazthawk290]

I been a long time subscriber

[@benjamin1383]

Me too

[@CutterHistorical]

ANDDDDDDDDDDD The COlts just lost to the Jaguars to help Pitt get into the playoffs... NOSTRADAMUS JAGUARGATOR

[@stevenbauer4799]

Colts were an old team by now coming off s b v win still living off of those 60's glory years. That was a turning of the guard point. That marked the beginning of a phin run in the afc east. Colts went downhill for a few years until the bert jones years came along. bubba and hendricks went west to raiders and washed up johnny u went to sd. mike curtis was an original seahawk in '76.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@matthewdaley746 One of them had craig morton at qb.

[@CTubeMan]

This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind you he made a video about how the Colts tried to acquire the #1 pick in 1971 from the Patriots so they could draft Jim Plunkett to succeed Johnny Unitas and Earl Morrall.

[@stevenbauer4799]

@Aaron D. Digby, Sr. Meaning morton was the rare qb who lost s b's with two different teams as a starting qb. warner, peyton also did it.

[@chriso3780]

I'm truly losing my mind HOW a Dolphins team had to go on the road and every coooke in the NFL said "yeah that's good" GTMFOH

[@WaltGekko]

They pre-determined the playoff schedule because back then, the playoffs were occurring in the middle of the holiday season and the NFL didn't have the clout it would a few years later to secure hotel space in almost every city before the regular season started. By using pre-determined status, they were able to limit how many cities they had to do that at that time. Even when the NFL by the mid-'70s did have the clout to secure hotel space later in the season when fewer teams would be in it, the NFL likely ran into issues then which only went away when the season first had the bye week added and then was pushed back a week in 2001 to where now we are still in the regular season at that point.

[@Refill_2]

Forgot to mention that the Patriots loss to the Dolphins forced them to play in the wildcard card round, were the Titans pulled off a huge upset in what turned out to be Tom Brady’s last carrier game with the Patriots. If the Patriots had beaten the Dolphins, they get the first round bye, Chiefs most likely beat Titans because they did that lager down the road, so the Patriots end up with a different team, could win the Super Bowl like that, ad that could lead to Belichick resigning Brady and continuing the dynasty. This would also mean the Patriots wouldn’t select Mac Jones, somebody who is having a great rookie career.

[@stevenbauer4799]

fitz magic baby!

[@stevenbauer4799]

@@matthewdaley746 Pretty tommy's last pat pass was a pick six.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

And if your grandmother had balls…

[@johnkennethnoe]

A little far fetched as I believe the Pats would have lost to the Chiefs anyways and TB was out the door regardless. I will always love TB but understand his decision to leave. The GOAT proves he is the GOAT by winning a Super Bowl without coach Belicheck. Can coach BB win a Super Bowl without the GOAT? We now have Mac Jones so we shall see.

[@Refill_2]

@@johnkennethnoe the pats probably would, but who knows? huge upsets can happen from time to time, like the titans beating the ravens in the divisional round, the giants winning the sb that one time, and the packers losing the to 49ers this year.

[@competesmith]

I am sure that everyone saw by now that Jacksonville defeated Indianapolis - and rather easily. I submit that that was at least as big an upset, given Jacksonville's season. The Colts should hang their head in shame: That cost them the playoffs with that loss to the worst team in football. Perhaps maybe journalists should ask if they threw this game so that they could go home early, hmmm?

[@royveteto4134]

how about a video on how carol rosenbloom was able switch from owning the colts to the rams

[@jasonfire3434]

That swap probably led to both teams moving, as Robert Irsay was a pariah in Baltimore and Rosenbloom married Georgia Frontiere who moved the Rams to her hometown after he died

[@stevenbauer4799]

And marry the old showgirl who was like hubby number eight for her who ran rams aground to move them to her hometown.

[@krl97a]

Always the chance that gambling was involved, but it was likely just an upset.

[@stevensmith7439]

See also the suspicious finish to the Colts game with the Lions in Week 13 of the 1977 season….

[@DillonDigitalVideo]

But there was zero incentive to tank that game, other than possibly gambling links. The Colts then had to beat the Patriots at home the next week, and would require a compromised ref to rule Bert Jones "in the grasp" to beat NE. Even so, they hosted the 1st round game against Oakland in the "Ghost to the Post" classic!

[@stevensmith7439]

@@DillonDigitalVideo The Colts losing to the Lions effectively ended the Patriots playoff hopes, although NE did put a spirited show anyway.

[@DillonDigitalVideo]

@@stevensmith7439 ~ That was so far back, I'm now a little cloudy on that. So the Pats could not win a 2-way tie with the Colts, but could beat them if the Colts, Dolphins, and Pats all tied at 10-4?

[@DolFan316]

@@stevensmith7439 Yup. Lots and lots of things have been said about how it actually helped the Colts to lose that game, and they clearly knew it beforehand.

[@jaytf1231]

They would have played the Chiefs instead of the Browns. That Chiefs team IMO was better then the 69 Super Bowl team.

[@scottaznavourian3720]

On the other side patriots general Manger Upton bell told his coa ch o play for draft position and was pissed they won.

[@Fireyninjadog]

This patriots team lost to the 1-13 bills

[@tygrkhat4087]

The 71 Bills are arguably one of the worst teams in NFL history. Worst offense, worst defense, worst coach, worst stadium.

[@johnkennethnoe]

Pats fan John Noe here. Yet after that loss they next beat Miami 34-13 and two weeks later beat Baltimore. So upsets do happen in this league. The Bills finally got their first win.

[@Fireyninjadog]

@@johnkennethnoe they also stopped the best offense in the afc in the raiders in week 1. That was the first ever game at foxboro stadium

[@CTubeMan]

This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made another video about this game, specifically how NBC affiliates in the South were switched over to this game away from the Cleveland-Washington game they were watching up to that point. It was a near-repeat of the Heidi Game from three years earlier.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

Well… …maybe this means the Jaguars have a chance against the Colts today. There’s a precedent!

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

Absolutely NO ONE saw this shocking end to the 2021 season coming!! Hmmmm…. JAX 7, IND 0 after 1Q. Trevor Lawrence is 11 for 11 with 104 yards - which gives him a quarterback rating that’s actually HIGHER than it would be if he spiked the ball on every play.

[@paultheaudaciousbradford6772]

With Jacksonville playing for absolutely nothing and everything on the line for the Colts, and even though Indianapolis had previously beaten the Jags 24-17 (see more about that game by clicking the card above)… and even though the Jaguars had lost eight games in a row (including a 10-50 thrashing at the hands of New England the week before)… …and that’s not the worst thing… ..,Jacksonville had a point differential of minus 219 which placed them 32nd out of 32 NFL teams… …but wait, there’s more!!

[@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide]

Hey boy where is your kindergarten music

[@mariothemartian2016]

Americans might know throw the ball good. But do not understand horse

[@samuraibeastwarrior2886]

what about The Seahawks beating the 49ers back in 1997 during the final week of the season That 49ers team was coming in the game 13-2 and The Seahawks beat them on Sunday Night football

[@CTubeMan]

Didn’t really hurt the 49ers as they still had home field advantage in the NFC Playoffs.

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

Dolphins entered the last game at 9-3-1, not 9-4. If Colts had tied and Fins lost, Colts win tie breaker on better division record.

[@andrewpadaetz5549]

PS Fins at this point were in the midst of the longest home winning streak of all time-31 in a row counting the playoffs. Going to the Orange Bowl in the early 70s meant an L-pure and simple. #HomeFieldAdvantage

[@kyle1910]

BAL would have clinched the East with 1. win/tie 2. MIA loss Also of note: 1971 was the last season that ties did not count towards winning percentage, thus in this instance a BAL loss + MIA tie would give MIA the division since 9-3-2 was effectively 9-3, which would beat out 10-4. Starting in 1972 ties counted for both teams as 1/2 win and 1/2 loss