1978 NFC Championship - Cowboys at Rams - Enhanced CBS Broadcast - 1080p
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- Great source copy I had to work with here, which made for a stellar enhancement. Topaz removed compression artifacts, sharpened the picture, and upscaled it. I then used Resolve to brighten and add color saturation to a semi-drab presentation to VERY nice effect. I also removed some annoying hiss from the audio. My thanks to romelovesdan for providing the DVD files used for this project
I love that the commercials are included. For football games of current times I'd rather get shocked with a cattle prod than watch the commercials. But commercials from 45 years ago when I was 8? Magnificent!
Director Stanley Kubrick loved watching tv commercials and he loved football so I'm sure he was watching this game
@@michaelskurski912 Kubrick lived in London, so he had the NFL games sent to him every week.
Punt pass & kick!!!
Yeah, cattle prods are preferable 😅
Talk about flashbacks....I was 13 during this game and what I remember most besides commercials is the broadcasters comments...lol
Wow those uniforms. Golden era for the NFL. Loved listening to Summerall and Tom Brookshier.
Have you noticed how the helmet logos covered the whole side of the helmet compared to how small they are on today's helmets? Look how big the star is on the Cowboys' helmets and how much smaller they are on today's helmets
Absolutely @@timfremstad3434
Those Rams uniforms were great.
EXACTLY! I keep telling people 70s and early 80s unis were the best. Now they do all this "flow" stuff. I hate the Patriots and Broncos unis for instance. Bring back the creamsicles!
@@bobbobertson7568 That's original unis, Buccaneers which club wore from 1976-1977 thru 1996-1997 seasons
Oh those blue Dallas uniforms are so sweet. Great job on the video.
Agreed - those blue unis were way better than the dark blue and silver ones they wear today.
@@Seattle-2017 100% Too many teams have Navy Blue
The royal-blue unis were one of the best in the NFL - even if they were "cursed." (The Cowboys avoided the "curse" this game, but it is a historical fact that they have a losing record while wearing the dark jerseys.)
THOSE UNIFORMS ARE HORRIBLE!! THE MODERN VERSION IS VASTLY BETTER!!
@@hollytrinity8012 No way. The modern uniforms might as well be black, the blue is so dark.
The old NFL TODAY Intros were tje Best..Damn,it's bringin back Nice Memories of my innocent childhood...Thx Dave..!!
I don't think I even dropped a nut at this time of my fabulous and privileged life yet.
I'm enjoying the old commercials as much as the games. Love your content
Cig commercials! And spark plugs!
seeing OJ was chilling.
@@daveburns3886 The Lowenbrau commercial was weird. Bald actor as the salesman? And at the end, "We were worried about you, Bob." Bob replies "I know." How does that sell beer? I guess it doesn't because no one drinks Lowenbrau anymore.
Lord this NFL Today theme STILL gives me chills and gets me as hyper now as it did back in the 1970s YES YES YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
That Dallas offense with all the shifts and motion was the greatest poetry the NFL has ever seen. The way football should still be played.
Until the Steelers exposed the Cowboys' defense in the SuperBowl
Golden age of CBS NFL . Loved seeing the pregame and Pat and Tom in the booth with Jack and Frank on the field.
And don't forget Jayne.
Even the Muriel Cigars commercial spot featuring Susan Anton was something to behold.
1978 may have been the best season in NFL history, league wide. Thanks once again, Dave. You keep me busy on the days off :)
Greatest SB matchup ever as well. Defending champion Dallas Cowboys vs the Pittsburgh Steelers dynasty. This was the best Steeler team ever and arguably the best Dallas team of that era. 2 legendary true World Champion squads. Both teams just dominated their conferences down the stretch that year, its hard to think of many years where the 2 SB teams separated themselves this much from the rest of the NFL going in the SB. And the final showdown did not disappoint.
@@BAYAREA-kd1ig 84 was quite a yearn too but I still think 78 was better. That 1978 SB was filled with HOFers up and down the line. 84 was Dan Marinos record breaking year and that 15-1 SF 49er year. The 78 SB is a who's who of HOFers.
That’s it for me too… it was something about that year that I still remember a lot, more than any year. Also 1978 MLB season is one of my favorites also. I was a 5th grader.
Especially since my Steelers won the Superbowl!
1978 was great. The First 16 game season. An additional Wild Card weekend added for the first time. Earl Campbell makes an explosive introduction to the league. Frank, Don, and Howard were still in the MNF booth, and two titan franchises - both with rosters loaded with HOFers - faced off in a scintillating Super Bowl. To this day, my favorite season watching pro football.
Great source copy I had to work with here, which made for a stellar enhancement. Topaz removed compression artifacts, sharpened the picture, and upscaled it. I then used Resolve to brighten and add color saturation to a semi-drab presentation to VERY nice effect. I also removed some annoying hiss from the audio. My thanks to romelovesdan for providing the DVD files used for this project
Thanks so muhc for this! Your work is high appreciated!
Thank you!
Thank You!
Thanks so much for this! You know the Rams would have gone to more Super Bowls had it not been for the Cowboys and the Vikings. Great times!
All of us SUPER huge old school NFL Fans want to THANK YOU DAVE for keeping those years alive and relevant.
Preserving these games in its highest quality certainly gives it a feeling that it's the happening right at this minute, and that's so important in triggering the emotion that had faded over time.
No one, could ever put a price on that.
My FAVORITE championship game! Love the Cowboys old dark blue Jerseys! Staubach was awesome!!!
Go back to the Royal Blue…
OH BOY!.....I was so excited for this one back then in 1978, and obviously now to see what our host has been able to enhance with his magic touch!
I continue my online pleading with the Jones family to use THIS jersey as the Cowboys throwback uniforms instead of the tired early ‘60s versions.
Yes yes yes
Got a petition I’ll sign it been waiting to see this uniform again for over 40 years!
My Favorite dark jerseys!!
I love this!! The game, the coaches, hall of fame players, The NFL Today pregame which always gives me goose bumps.
Danny White punting reminded me of his double duty . Time machine I’m 21 watching with my Dad . We were season TZ holders for 50 years . Jets 😢 I always wished for that Home championship game . Never got it but loved all the football with Dad . Thanks Dave
I was at this game. As a Steelers and Dolphins fan I didn't care which team won and I was 7 at the time. This was the year after we moved to L.A. from NY. The theme song takes me right back to this era. And it's great to be reminded of how incredibly beautiful Jayne Kennedy was. Such good broadcast quality too.
I remember this day like yesterday, 8 years old, stuck visiting an aunt who had no kids but did have a rabbit (who just hid). TV was on so sat back, intrigued by the team with the star.....and lifelong NFL fan since then.
Your aunt's pet and TV set both had rabbit ears it sounds like!
It's when Football Was Football. Now you can't touch the QB. It's flag football.
But I still enjoy watching the NFL .
The same with me plus 😊when I watch the cowboys I saw a team that hated losing that’s what liked bout them cause that’s how I played always to win ,plus they were very exciting to watch ✌️👍
The appreciation factor for this is off the charts! Dave is the man!!!!!
After this game the Dallas Cowboys were the designated home team for the super bowl, but did not wear "the home dark jerseys" (superbowl 13) I was hoping they would. The uniform colors for this game are remarkable!
The Cowboys (unfortuntely) almost never wore those blue jersey uniforms. They wore the white at home, and on the road most of their opponents wore the dark home jerseys. I think a few years later (1980) the opponents considered the Dallas blue as bad luck (for the Cowboys) and switched to their home whites to make Dallas wear the blue. Not sure how effective that was.
Thank God for CZcams, and for Dave. You are actually able to watch the Cowboys play with heart in the playoffs!
Wow. Great memories for me. I was 16 in 1978 and remember all these players. I was never a big Cowboys fan, but I loved Roger Staubach. What a warrior!
2 years later the Falcons would host the Cowboys in a playoff game in Atlanta as the #1 seed, and had I believe a 13 point lead at one point in the game and still lost to Dallas in a 4th quarter comeback led by QB Danny White. Atlanta heartbreak in 1978 and 1980. Then blowing a 28-3 lead in a Super Bowl over NE. That Muriel cigar commercial with model/actress Susan Anton was a memory. I remember as a kid having a huge crush on her.
Don't feel so bad. Danny White was a great athlete. He became the starting QB in 1980, and still was the team's punter. You will never see that again. Took the Cowboys to 3 straight NFC Championships, but just couldn't get to the big dance. He did get a ring for Superbowl XII as the teams punter.
@@Christopher-jk9bjThe Cowboys were the winningest regular season team over 1980-1983 but unfortunately couldn’t win it all.
Then they started to decline more I would argue.
And that began the streak of 3 straight championship losses for Danny White
Yup Montana and The Catch sent Danny and Big D home in 1981. Watched it. Go Niners.
for us Rams fans, it looked like this was finally going to be there year. Got Minn at home, no rain and won easy. And then getting Dal at home. But, Dal totally shutdown the run game and Rams proved you need a good QB because you have to pass sometimes. All the Haden criticism was legit. Rams should have kept Jaws and given him a real shot at starting QB.
They shoulda stuck with James Harris….
I think if Haden and Capeletty hadn't gotten hurt it might have been more interesting
I was 17 years old when this game was played. I was emotionally crushed by this game. I'm a huge USC fan and Pat Haden was very good at SC, but he was absolutely horrendous with the Rams. Almost ANY quarterback would've been better than Haden. If the Rams had drafted a star QB or even traded for one, they would've won a Super Bowl or two in the 70's. They had ALL of the parts, except for a QB who was better than Pat "The Weak Link" Haden.
Watched this game live. 13 years old. Great time to be a kid and a Cowboys fan. 😎
You must be a 1965 born kid because I was 13 when this was in, and I'm a lifelong Cowboy's fan, too. And I'll even say that when they blacked out the games back then, we would travel to my G-parents lake cabin in Oklahoma on the Red River and make a weekend out of it just to watch the game. And when I sat we, I mean G-parents, Mom, dad, me and my Aunt and Uncle and cousins. It was fun times back then. Barbecue and fishing, and skiing on the lake and football.
Yup,those "salad days"..of the NFL..... looking back now...those turf battles..are missed at this address....thank you for posting!!
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Greetings from New England!!
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Thus is the first game I really remember watching as a kid. Played on my 7th birthday and Staubach was my guy.
He's was little old for you, don't ya think??
This being a wholly nostalgic blast from a cherished era, I was reminded of the Sunoco NFL Collector Stamps. Great memories. I think they came out in '72.
I still have my completed book stashed away somewhere. And they actually still make those sticker books! The 1972 version was produced under license by Panini, which also makes similar albums for various soccer leagues and cups. You can find the 2023 Panini NFL stickers and book for sale online.
Man, this was the days when football was real and dangerous. I loved those days. They'd actually try to hurt you back then. It was so much fun to watch back then.
Ah! But we also got to see respect and sportsmanship when opposing players would extend a hand to help-up each other after the play.
It took them 11min to let the BEAUTIFUL Jayne Kennedy talk...She was my 1st magazine pin-up as a kid..😂
Jayne Kennedy was a very beautiful lady
She was my childhood crush ❤
She weighs about 200 pounds today...
@@dennisg6599she’s still beautiful… yes she’s heavier but still fine
As a kid growing up in So Cal in the 70s I was obsessed with the Rams. Everything. All the players. the Losses to Dallas and Minnesota every year. High Stress over it. Ive never liked a team as much. Dickerson brought it all back after my heros like Dryer et al started to retire. Once Dickerson was allowed to leave I really started to get angry but Jim Everett saved my fandom. After him, nothing. No feelings especially after they left to go to St Louis. No thrill to even get them back. The 70s were the best time in life. I still cant get over the lack of Super Bowls for that great team and we really should have beaten the Steelers in 14. If you were a kid in the 70s that pulled for the Rams, Im guessing there has been nothing that came close other than the Lakers in the 80s but that was different. The Rams were it.
what are your thoughts on the following year? do you remember celebrating the win over the bucs to get to the super bowl?
@@cortchiewelch9492 I remember that year like it was yesterday. 79 team not as good as 78 team. We went 9-7 and the upset of Dallas the week before on the road was as awesome as it got that decade and we got a weak(yeah I know they had a tough defense etc) Tampa Bay team instead of a typical cold weather type game against Minnesota. Winning 9-0 was not overly impressive but got the job done. A fitting end to a very frustrating decade. We had the Steelers 19-17 after 3 quarters and played one of our best games in the Super Bowl. Very frustrating 4th quarter but one of their better games. What a great time to live and see those guys. Actually met Fred Dryer at the end of the year and he signed my 1979 schedule poster personalizing it to me and taking the time to talk to a young fan once he found out my mom was a San Diego State Alumni and just a couple years older than him. The rare time I met a hero and I was glad to do so. Still one of my all time favorite players in any sport. Great man.
What have I stumbled onto ??
Wow !!!
A treasure trove of pure diamonds !!!
You just filled up my TV time for the next few years !!
Thank so much for uploading these videos !!!
This game marked the end of the Los Angeles Rams popularity in Los Angeles. As you saw in the begining of the video they had already announced they were moving to Anaheim. They then choked in this game and lost 28-0. The 49ers dynasty begin just 3 years later in 1981. The Raiders moved to Los Angeles in 1982. The Rams would eventually move to St. Louis. Since their move back to Los Angeles in 2016 they STILL have never regained the popularity they had in LA before this choke job.😅
The kids in LA right now are gonna be the ones that make the Rams popular in LA. The adults already have their teams and won’t budge.
4:58 Crazy that there was some talk of the Rams playoff rival Minnesota Vikings moving into the LA Coliseum once the Rams were off to Anaheim. I remember Colts owner Robert Irsay was also interested of moving his team to LA around that time.
Wow, I saw this game live on TV, on my brother's first birthday! I was 11. Great Memories Dave!!🤝
Really nice enhancement! One of those games where its awesome if you're a Cowboys fan, but if you were a Rams fan...the only silver lining is you were spared having to agonize over whether "if only this play or that play had gone our way."
Of note: the Rams had beaten Dallas 27-14 earlier that season, with Staubach throwing 4 INTs. Obviously was a different story this day.
I distinctly recall the 1970s being like that in the NFL. Where a team looked _on-top-of-the-world_ in regular season, then get clobbered in the playoffs.
One glaring example was with the Raiders in 1974. They shutout the Steelers in regular season, only for the Silver-and-Black to get beaten in the conference championship game that same season.
Thank You Dave for putting this game out
Friend, I have been enjoying these so much, commercials and all. Thank you for these amazing time capsules. Please keep up the great work!
Thank you! Staubauch and Dorsett were my favorites in the 70's.
I always hated it when the Cowboys had to wear the blue jerseys. Especially in the playoffs. But thankfully they put up a win in this one. Unlike vs. Philly in '80 and Washington in '82.
I completely understand.........But they look so good!
Don't forget the Dark-Blue Jersey Curse of Super Bowl V .. against the Colts [the 1st All-Old-NFL-Teams Super Bowl].
Well, in early-1970s Cowboys wore their seldomly-used Royal Blue top jerseys in pair, road games against Eagles
Of all the coaches, Tom Landry is the man of total class.
Man! What a difference in the players' attitudes during and after the game. Everyone was so mature like a day at work just ended. Very refreshing. And the commercials too!
Beautiful, better than any of the other YT versions. This is more complete.
Wow....Thanks for posting this!! I remember watching this one live as a kid....What a classic!😀
I am pleased fans of the site are loving this more complete version of the game enhanced by Mr. Volsky. Not an easy task with the LA Coliseums lighting challenges. I love the recollections shared here in the comments .Bless the RCA Selectavision 400, other home taping machines and those with the foresight that allowed us to view games from the bygone era. A virtual time machine back to fun times- 1978 was special-The anticipation for the two Conference Championship games, Playing all sports outside year round, having my first beautiful girlfriend, (Bless you Lillian), The Posters on our walls, my KISS albums, The NFL Today, Those fantastic Cowboy Blue uniforms and their contrast to the Rams great white jerseys, John Ramsey's booming voice on the P.A., "Crazy Ray" Jones, Gypsy Boots, The Embraceable Ewes with Jenilee Harrision, Loni Anderson, Ken "White Shadow" Howard, The Great HOF and tough Pro Bowl players and the characters....at the time, @ 3:43:50, I was running stride for stride with "Hollywood" Henderson. The Anticipation for Super Bowl XIII...I could go one forever with recollections...
Whatever preconceived notions you have about this game, forget them. This is a great defensive struggle between 2 of the best 3 NFL Teams of the great 1978 season. Perhaps the all-time best season. Even though I have seen this game many times, we have never seen it come to life, in full potential, like this since it's original airing. I watched the enhancement immediately. As Tom Brookshier exclaims to Pat Summerall in the wrap up, "Let's Go get a Cola, alright.." This was a day and broadcast to celebrate.
Now, who has the CBS Sports Spectacular "NFL Cheerleading Classic" reels/tape in their closet? send them Mr. Volsky's way, pronto!
After going 12-4 in 1978 Haden would go 10-12 the next 3 seasons and be out of football. Guess he was too short...LOL Of course Vince Ferragamo caught fire and took the Rams to a Super Bowl in 1979, but Haden basically fizzled by age 28.
Great season....great games. Thanks!
These are the Dallas Cowboys I grew up Loving.
What a great game 🏈
As a Cowboys fan, I remember this one very clearly, the Cowboys just totally taking over the game after a 0-0 first half, and despite having to wear their blue jerseys. And Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson walking the talk. Also in watching this game again, it's hard to believe Roger Staubach only played one more season.
Actual headline in the L.A. Times in the next day's edition: "Rams' Season Comes to a Pointless Conclusion".
Ouch!
That headline couldn't have been any more accurate in more ways than one!
My God! I still remember this intro! That's how you know I'm on my 2nd colonoscopy appt.
Thank you again Dave…beautiful job…greatly appreciated!
Thank you, Dave! Appreciate it so much! Wonderful upload!
Thanks for keeping the old commercials too.
As a lifelong Dallas Cowboys fan, this is my most favorite Dallas Cowboys victory of all time because they won and won big in a truly decisive 28-0 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on the road in the LA Coliseum while wearing their cursed, jinxed road blue jerseys. The very same cursed, jinxed road blue jerseys that Dallas wore three months earlier in an embarrassing 27-13 loss to the Rams in the very same LA Coliseum.
Agree 💯. I was 13 and watched it live. Hollywood Henderson baby! Love the Cowboys!
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I wish it was 1978, those were some incredible years. I was 18yrs old at the time.
Keep 'em coming, Dave... You're the best! 👍
I was 8 years old...thank you Dave. The 70s nostalgia is something that never gets old.
Thank you for this Dave!
Great game Dave. At the 1 hour and 33 minute mark after Danny White's punt , people may recognize the Rams cheerleader as an actress from Three's Company
Larry Cole had quite a first half. Just coming out of halftime now. Fun to watch. The ball security issues are glaring compared to the current version of both NCAA and NFL football.
In week 3 of the NFL season the Cowboys went out to L.A. and got rolled by the Rams. The Rams' defense harried Roger Staubach all day, sacking him 3 times and forcing him into 4 INTs. Late in the game he was sacked and angrily responded to the Rams' celebration by saying, "We'll see you f***ing chokers in the playoffs". Yep, St. Roger actually used the f-word.
I'm looking forward to catching an episode of The White Shadow later this week. I've heard good things about it. 1:01:30
Perfect, absolutely enjoy this.. thanks
So clear, it's like the game was played yesterday!
Was hoping the Rams wouldn't choke this game but they always succeeded to disappoint their fans.
Jenilee Harrison @1:33:12 and @1:34:26. She was a Rams cheerleader during this time.
In a few short years she would have her role on Three's Company.
This is awesome.
This is amazing! Thanks for uploading.
I was 10 in 78 and lived in Irving just down the road from Texas stadium. That was the year I got to meet Tom Landry and Roger Staubach. Man the world was such a better place back then. My Mom worked for a medical rehabilitation center in Dallas. Every year they had a telethon that aired on local channels. She always answered phones and took pledges so she could be on tv 😂 I always went and hung around to meet famous people 😂 It was 3 or 4 in the morning and I was in a break room by myself when a guy in sunglasses came in and sat down and struck up a conversation with me. We just talked and even split a sandwich. My Mom stuck her head in and asked me if I wanted to meet coach Landry. Of course I was excited and my friend said oh boy you don’t want to miss that. When my Mom and I were walking down the hall she asked me if I knew who that was that I was eating with. I said yeah his name is Roy and he’s a nice guy. Well it was Roy Orbison and I’ve been a big fan ever since 😂
Once again, Dave's channel is the real NFL Channel.
Thank you for these game I love nfl and beasball of the 1970s
Love it. Classic lineup on both sides. I was always a big Staubach fan but I’ll tell you Pat Haden was a very good quarterback. Tough little son of a gun.
Lord this game still haunts me
Dave this looks GREAT!
Great teams, great game, great times. 👍
Crazy to think at one point in 1978 that Dallas was 6-4
A tale of two seasons in one for the cowboys that year. As defending champs they went from terribly under-preforming to playing like world champions down the stretch. From mid November on they looked practically unbeatable. They wheeled off 8 in a row going into the SB.
Got off to a slow start, but carved out a very good regular season.
Couldn’t follow it up with a Super Bowl title though unfortunately.
They always had a mid season slump back then.
A time when singing or hearing the National Anthem at all ballgame wasn't considered 'controversial'. Those were the days!
Watching this when I get home!
Damn!! I just heard the Steve Miller band on a Ford commercial. Swingtown.
NFL today love it
Dallas doesn't get to Super Bowl Xlll without Danny White.
cowboys and rams had a weird playoff rivalry in the 70's . they met 5 times and the road team won 4 of the games
Great Stuff
How the Cowboys organization can justify not having Charlie Waters in the Ring of Honor is beyond me!!!
Awesome. Thanx for sharing.
I forgot how good the Ram’s defense was back then but it was the Doomsday defense that won this one. The game was so much better back then. The players back then would tear up the players of today.
If u can Dave, please try to get all the NFC Championships w/commercials! Great job with these, great memories
I remember watching this game as a little 8 year old with my Dad and little brother...
Thanks Dave!
I was 6 years old…this was the day I became a Cowboys fan
Love the shade that Summerall throws at Howard Cosell, "WHO??" at 41:09 😂😂
Thanks for this. I used to run into Ed too tall Jones and Tony Dorsett in a couple of the more popular Dallas bars in the late 70s and early 80s. It was amazing how truly big Ed Jones was in person. On the other hand Tony was just average a size guy but with muscles. Both were great dudes to talk to. I loved the way they used to broadcast the NFL on CBS and NBC. Football was better back then and it was the main theme. Not the added controversy that seems to be a part of the NFL and broadcasting teams today. People were more humble back then. Plus the commercials were simple and down to earth. Not like the commercials today. Again, thank you for posting these games.
As far as football goes , all I watch is DAVE VOLSKY'S NFL. The quality is great. It looks live. A tremendous tribute to the men who played real football, which is a hand to hand combat sport with rules, played any in weather. Do you have backups Dave? I'm always afraid that sissy NFL will delete these videos because it makes today's NFL punks look bad. Thanks a bunch. We watch these videos and travel back in time.
Such a different, and better game back then!!! I can barely watch today’s NFL games. The rule changes, and inconsistent officiating have ruined the game!!
I like how players made a tackle on both sides and didnt jump around like they won the Super Bowl on every play.
Super Clean Copy. Well Done.
Watching these games and then seeing how many plays would now have penalties called in today’s game. Case in point: the play Haden threw his last int would have been reversed today due to him taking an obvious shot to the head. Turned out to be a huge turn of events, as was only 7-0 at the time, and the int gave the Cowboys a short field to their second TD
Damn. Al Davis was interested in moving in 1978.
Thanks for leaving in the commercials. Some of them (Tuborg Gold and AC Spark Plugs in particular) are so incredibly awful. Not sure why I have no memory of this game. I lived in the Houston area and I recall the Steelers destroying the Oilers earlier that day. But as Texas only had one really good team we were a long time Cowboys family.