Went to this game with my younger sister. We left because it was cold, Falcons down. We were on the bus waiting for more fans and bus driver was listening on radio. Falcons scored place went wild, bus driver said "get back in there" Grabbed my sis said let's go. Ran to gate cop standing there with guy watching the door I said "can we get back in?" they said "get back in there" Went back in saw the last few minutes fantastic finish great memory.
The Riot! My Dad and I jumped around the living room like loons. The south is football country, and fans longed for a playoff or winning season from 1966 to '78, which doesn't sound like much these days, but it was a big deal, believe me.
@Jane Gold I agree. I remember a pre-game show, whereby they asked players from different teams who had the best unis in 1990. Most of them liked the Falcons' black. I liked them, but they should have kept the red, striped helmets.
Mike Kenn #78 played in the NFL from 1978-1994. He spent his entire career with the Atlanta Falcons after being drafted with the No. 13 pick in the 1978 draft out of Michigan. He started every one of the 251 games he played in over his career. No one has more starting seasons as a tackle in the history of the game. He was a 5 time Pro Bowler and named a first-team All Pro 3 times. Here is what some NFL greats have to say... Chris Doleman "He was the prototype at the time. He moved well, great technique. He had great success against some great players. Hall of Famer? Yes, in my opinion." Art Shell When asked about the Hall of Fame and Mike Kenn Shell said, "Does he fit with that group? You're damned right he does. "He's a future 'Hall' guy, sure. If the folks who do the voting have any sense about them, he'll walk right in when it's his time. He's a master at some forgotten skills, a guy who still pays attention to the detail stuff that's foreign to a lot of linemen nowadays.''
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS IT WAS FOR THS COBOYS FAN IN PHILLY....AND I GOT MY KISS DOLL THE NEXT DAY, AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE KISS SOLO ALBUMS, DOUBLE PLATINUM ...TUNZ OF STAR WARS AND COWBOYS STUFF OH YEAH, A ROGER STAUACH JERSEY AND MORE NFL ELECTRIC FOOTBALL TEAMS!!! I STILL NEED A CLASSIC RED JERSEY FALCONS TEAM SET.. THANK YOU MOM AND DAD!!
FYI: The kicker for the Falcons was from South Philly and was a bar owner. He beat the eagles in 1980 at the Vet on a last second field goal. LOL. This GREAT Falcons era 1978-1980 could NOT beat the Cowboys and the eagles could NOT beat this Falcons team
The crowd at that game was something else! That FG at the end just missed! The announcer called it good - then no, it was wide to the right. Never saw this game before - thanks for posting 👏😻.
Glad that old Falcons like TE, Jim Mitchell (#86), and outside LB, Greg Brezina, (#50,) got to be in the playoffs and actually win one. Both came on board @1968/69, and had also played on the 9-5, 1973 team. Philly's defense - big and imposing, and it was the Eagles' game to win. Injuries to their kickers ruined it for them. Falcons had abandoned their record-setting, "Grits Blitz", from 1977, but Jerry Glanville defenses always were fast pursuing and very aggressive. The , "D", had a somewhat notorious reputation and was booed wherever they played...San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles - and in Dallas, in the coming Divisional Playoff, when Roger Staubach was knocked cold.
The Eagles probably would've been 11-5 in 1978 if they had a decent kicker. And they would've won this game. They used 4 kickers this season, all terrible. The 2nd one Nick Mike-Mayer was "o.k." but he got hurt, leg injury on a kickoff LOL. Vermeil brought in Mike Michel from UCLA as kicker #4. One of Vermeil's best quotes was after this game about Michel, after missing two chip-shot FG's and an extra point-----"Well.............he made them all in practice".
The next week the Falcons went to Texas Stadium and my Cowboys jump out to a lead and then Falcons LB Pennywell delivers a massive cheapshot to Roger and he lay prone on the field, it was REALLY scary...I mean very scary. Dann White led the Cowboys back to bear the Falcons. Also my high school in Philly wore these same Falcons uniforms.
Before my time, but there's a great story on E-A-G-L-E-S the Movie (story of the 2004 Eagles season) where Mount Airy Phil shares how he was watching this game with some people in a hotel and threw the TV out of the window when the Eagles kicker missed the field goal😳
AS a Cowboys fan in Philthy, I have this full game on dvd and I make copies of it for some younger fans...just want to remind them how pathetic their franchise is..I mean LOOK...LOL they brought their fucking cheerleaders to an away game?? They should have puta skirt on Papale...OMG...another fucking eagles joke, from top to bottom the eagles are a joke franchise.
Yep and also very first playoff game for than 12 year old Falcon team as well as very first professional sport playoff game at than Atlanta Fulton-county stadium. That game was on a Sunday Christmas Eve ‘78 than Falcons went on to Dallas that following Saturday and made Cowboys sweat out 27-20 win. Leeman Bennett and Grits Blitz
LOL, my friend used one time kept asking his Mom i she liked DIck Vermeil....get it??? He made V sound like a F.....once she caught on she slapped this shit out of him....I was DYING...
OMG, did Mike Michel suck. Vermeil lost this game, he should of signed a real kicker. Michel had never even attempted a FG prior to the two he missed in this game. He was 8-11 on the season with PAT's and he missed one in this game. That's bad coaching, right there.
Okay I have this full game on dvd. As a Cowboys fan in Philly...THIS IS AMAZING!!! HOnestly, this and the 1980 Falcons team which were better than this 78 team could have won the Super Bowl but my Cowboys took care of them twice.. What I don't get it the LOSER EAGLES brought their fucking cheerleaders with them, how fucking lame. Matt Ryan is nowhere near as good as Bartkwowski was...OMG Julio JOnes is a JOKE compared to Jenkins and Jackson. GREAT ending
Great game!!! Brings joy!!! My dad was Jim Mitchell who played for the Falcons. 1st Falcon to score a TD in Falcon history!!
That is awesome. Your dad was a great Falcon!
Went to this game with my younger sister. We left because it was cold, Falcons down. We were on the bus waiting for more fans and bus driver was listening on radio. Falcons scored place went wild, bus driver said "get back in there" Grabbed my sis said let's go. Ran to gate cop standing there with guy watching the door I said "can we get back in?" they said "get back in there" Went back in saw the last few minutes fantastic finish great memory.
The Riot! My Dad and I jumped around the living room like loons. The south is football country, and fans longed for a playoff or winning season from 1966 to '78, which doesn't sound like much these days, but it was a big deal, believe me.
I think of this game every Christmas Eve, I was 13, what a great Christmas memory!
I despise the eagles (could you tell) but I think for BOTH teams these were by far their best uniforms.
I like the mid 80's - mid 90's eagles uniforms the best but I agree with you on the falcons.
I LOATHE the Eagles, well at least their cretinous humanoid fan base. But I’m a Dallas fan so there you go.
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Falcons' Owner was a big Georgia Bulldog fan and patterned the red and black unis with the grey pants, after UGA's football team.
@Jane Gold I agree. I remember a pre-game show, whereby they asked players from different teams who had the best unis in 1990. Most of them liked the Falcons' black. I liked them, but they should have kept the red, striped helmets.
I’m 62 yrs old now and I still can’t get over that loss I was 18 at the time😭
Mike Kenn #78 played in the NFL from 1978-1994. He spent his entire career with the Atlanta Falcons after being drafted with the No. 13 pick in the 1978 draft out of Michigan. He started every one of the 251 games he played in over his career. No one has more starting seasons as a tackle in the history of the game. He was a 5 time Pro Bowler and named a first-team All Pro 3 times.
Here is what some NFL greats have to say...
Chris Doleman
"He was the prototype at the time. He moved well, great technique. He had great success against some great players. Hall of Famer? Yes, in my opinion."
Art Shell
When asked about the Hall of Fame and Mike Kenn Shell said, "Does he fit with that group? You're damned right he does.
"He's a future 'Hall' guy, sure. If the folks who do the voting have any sense about them, he'll walk right in when it's his time. He's a master at some forgotten skills, a guy who still pays attention to the detail stuff that's foreign to a lot of linemen nowadays.''
Gary Bender & Hank Stram, RIP, with the call 4 CBS!
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS IT WAS FOR THS COBOYS FAN IN PHILLY....AND I GOT MY KISS DOLL THE NEXT DAY, AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE KISS SOLO ALBUMS, DOUBLE PLATINUM ...TUNZ OF STAR WARS AND COWBOYS STUFF OH YEAH, A ROGER STAUACH JERSEY AND MORE NFL ELECTRIC FOOTBALL TEAMS!!! I STILL NEED A CLASSIC RED JERSEY FALCONS TEAM SET.. THANK YOU MOM AND DAD!!
FYI: The kicker for the Falcons was from South Philly and was a bar owner. He beat the eagles in 1980 at the Vet on a last second field goal. LOL. This GREAT Falcons era 1978-1980 could NOT beat the Cowboys and the eagles could NOT beat this Falcons team
Was that Mazzetti?
@@theequalizer9614 Yes. Philly guy and went to Penn
The crowd at that game was something else! That FG at the end just missed! The announcer called it good - then no, it was wide to the right. Never saw this game before - thanks for posting 👏😻.
I remember watching this game with my dad on a 19'' black and white television.
I live in Philly,I was 5 years old and me and my Mom always went to Christmas Eve Mass and I was all decked out in my Cowboys stuff LOL
Two great uniforms, especially those Falcons with the red helmets.
Glad that old Falcons like TE, Jim Mitchell (#86), and outside LB, Greg Brezina, (#50,) got to be in the playoffs and actually win one. Both came on board @1968/69, and had also played on the 9-5, 1973 team.
Philly's defense - big and imposing, and it was the Eagles' game to win. Injuries to their kickers ruined it for them.
Falcons had abandoned their record-setting, "Grits Blitz", from 1977, but Jerry Glanville defenses always were fast pursuing and very aggressive.
The , "D", had a somewhat notorious reputation and was booed wherever they played...San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles - and in Dallas, in the coming Divisional Playoff, when Roger Staubach was knocked cold.
@Jane Gold Eric Dickerson, I think it was, said they were, "like Yellowjackets," lol.
Falcons should've beat Dallas that following week! Just like they should've beaten them in the 81 playoff game
Heartbreaking loss. And there is the reason Tony Franklin was drafted in ‘79
The Eagles probably would've been 11-5 in 1978 if they had a decent kicker. And they would've won this game.
They used 4 kickers this season, all terrible. The 2nd one Nick Mike-Mayer was "o.k." but he got hurt, leg injury on a kickoff LOL. Vermeil brought in Mike Michel from UCLA as kicker #4.
One of Vermeil's best quotes was after this game about Michel, after missing two chip-shot FG's and an extra point-----"Well.............he made them all in practice".
Fun fact: the Falcons wouldn’t win another outdoor playoff game after this until 2002!
The first ever Wild Card Game.
First playoff game for falcons also
Falcons defense was awesome and probably the greatest in history few people mention!
Cheap shot on Jaworski at 11:00
Brian Richard next week it would be a cheap shot on Staubach
The next week the Falcons went to Texas Stadium and my Cowboys jump out to a lead and then Falcons LB Pennywell delivers a massive cheapshot to Roger and he lay prone on the field, it was REALLY scary...I mean very scary. Dann White led the Cowboys back to bear the Falcons. Also my high school in Philly wore these same Falcons uniforms.
Falcons played them tough and White saved the day
@Jane Gold And, nobody gave the Falcons a snowball's chance in hell to beat Dallas. I was crestfallen when the Falcons lost.
Before my time, but there's a great story on E-A-G-L-E-S the Movie (story of the 2004 Eagles season) where Mount Airy Phil shares how he was watching this game with some people in a hotel and threw the TV out of the window when the Eagles kicker missed the field goal😳
AS a Cowboys fan in Philthy, I have this full game on dvd and I make copies of it for some younger fans...just want to remind them how pathetic their franchise is..I mean LOOK...LOL they brought their fucking cheerleaders to an away game?? They should have puta skirt on Papale...OMG...another fucking eagles joke, from top to bottom the eagles are a joke franchise.
people like you are exactly why we and the rest of the world hate Dallas fans so much
I won a keg of beer on this game from my brother.
Fun fact: this was the first Wildcard game in NFL history.
Yep and also very first playoff game for than 12 year old Falcon team as well as very first professional sport playoff game at than Atlanta Fulton-county stadium. That game was on a Sunday Christmas Eve ‘78 than Falcons went on to Dallas that following Saturday and made Cowboys sweat out 27-20 win. Leeman Bennett and Grits Blitz
Back when the #3 seed got a bye also!
Love seeing the eagles choke no matter what decade it is….
What a choke by philly
LOL, my friend used one time kept asking his Mom i she liked DIck Vermeil....get it??? He made V sound like a F.....once she caught on she slapped this shit out of him....I was DYING...
Turnovers saved the falcons
OMG, did Mike Michel suck. Vermeil lost this game, he should of signed a real kicker. Michel had never even attempted a FG prior to the two he missed in this game. He was 8-11 on the season with PAT's and he missed one in this game. That's bad coaching, right there.
Charlie Smith had a helluva game but that Eagle kicker had to be the worst kicker in history of football SMDH
Okay I have this full game on dvd. As a Cowboys fan in Philly...THIS IS AMAZING!!! HOnestly, this and the 1980 Falcons team which were better than this 78 team could have won the Super Bowl but my Cowboys took care of them twice.. What I don't get it the LOSER EAGLES brought their fucking cheerleaders with them, how fucking lame. Matt Ryan is nowhere near as good as Bartkwowski was...OMG Julio JOnes is a JOKE compared to Jenkins and Jackson. GREAT ending
please show the entire game...these edited clips suck
That is why I have my bitchute page set up. Full games there.
@@classicsports5057 I see....terrific!!
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