The GREATEST Game Ever Played! (Colts vs. Giants, 1958 NFL Championship)

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  • Check out the 1958 NFL Championship Game highlights between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants!
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Komentáře • 636

  • @lightyagami3492
    @lightyagami3492 Před 5 lety +217

    There is something satisfying about listening to the narrator just stating the facts with no fluff

    • @swaerod8828
      @swaerod8828 Před 4 lety +2

      😂

    • @billny33
      @billny33 Před 3 lety +4

      The narrator here is Chris Schenkel. I believe he was the actual tv play by play announcer for the game too. NBC Game.

    • @dennismerritt5517
      @dennismerritt5517 Před 3 lety +2

      Ain’t that the truth!

    • @frdjr2527
      @frdjr2527 Před 3 lety +2

      @@billny33 Chris Schenkel was the Giants tv pxp announcer from 1953-64. He worked the championship game with Chuck Thompson from the Colts on NBC.

    • @adriancano5403
      @adriancano5403 Před 2 lety

      Chris Schenkel, baby !!!

  • @mjwatts1983
    @mjwatts1983 Před 5 lety +342

    2 NFL Championship Games have gone to OT: 1958 Championship & Super Bowl 51
    Both ended with a rushing TD

    • @atl5557
      @atl5557 Před 5 lety +8

      :( don't remind me

    • @tommyl.dayandtherunaways820
      @tommyl.dayandtherunaways820 Před 4 lety +24

      Both were signature comeback wins for QBs considered among the best of their era.

    • @allonisaacr2929
      @allonisaacr2929 Před 4 lety +8

      But one was a great game to watch and one is total shit

    • @yetz2291
      @yetz2291 Před 4 lety +18

      @@allonisaacr2929 Yeah. That's right. Nobody likes seeing the Patriots win.

    • @KWCline91
      @KWCline91 Před 4 lety +4

      allon isaacr292 one was a epic contest while the other was either a comeback or a collapse.

  • @dylankalonji443
    @dylankalonji443 Před 5 lety +337

    Im surprised there’s even film of this game

    • @quasimoto7662
      @quasimoto7662 Před 5 lety +60

      Dylan Kalonji nah man it was nationally televised. If they got film of 1940’s football this 1958 game doesn’t surprise me.

    • @Bruh-zu4om
      @Bruh-zu4om Před 5 lety +12

      TV been around since the 20s

    • @iskandertime747
      @iskandertime747 Před 5 lety +8

      Back then the only way to record TV was to point a movie camera at the screen.

    • @PipeGuy64Bit
      @PipeGuy64Bit Před 5 lety +7

      @@quasimoto7662 They unfortunately don't have the full game of Superbowl 1 though.

    • @user-km2kq3np4l
      @user-km2kq3np4l Před 5 lety +1

      PipeGuy64Bit There is, Ive seen film of it!!

  • @wantlive2673
    @wantlive2673 Před 5 lety +344

    Best commentators of all time:
    1) Tony Romo
    2) Pat Mcafee
    3) This guy

    • @stevep8445
      @stevep8445 Před 5 lety +6

      Troll much?

    • @robertkeefer7791
      @robertkeefer7791 Před 5 lety +3

      Curt Gowdy and Al DiRogatos.

    • @RMBII91
      @RMBII91 Před 5 lety +1

      @JIM PATS LOSE Romo and Michaels aren't even the same type of commentator. You should be comparing Nantz/Michaels/Buck and Romo/Collinsworth/Aikman.

    • @gavinf.7890
      @gavinf.7890 Před 5 lety +1

      Brock Osweiler "But big Bob can't hold on..."

    • @maddmancord
      @maddmancord Před 5 lety +1

      Al Michael’s cris collinsworth and tony romo

  • @timaullini
    @timaullini Před 5 lety +77

    Johnny U’s dropbacks are like river dance, what a legend.

  • @mapquestboy
    @mapquestboy Před 5 lety +167

    I have a book on this. The game truly revolutionized the NFL and the creation of the “2-minute drill”. This is the greatest game ever played.

    • @williambagley5415
      @williambagley5415 Před 5 lety +3

      Its not the greatest game played...just more NYC hype 😄

    • @Dalonghair
      @Dalonghair Před 5 lety +24

      William Bagley
      Know your history. This has been fondly named the greatest game of all time for decades.

    • @Beezle66
      @Beezle66 Před 4 lety +6

      @@Dalonghair greatest game with so many terrible fumbles... Lmao

    • @EricGeodude
      @EricGeodude Před 4 lety +12

      brandonxzombie if it wasn’t for this game, you wouldn’t be a NFL fan...it’s the greatest game ever. Period.

    • @gregchavez1534
      @gregchavez1534 Před 3 lety +7

      What constitutes greatness is necessarily subjective. Best, most.. those things can be calculated. Greatness cannot. Having said that, this was an important game for the NFL and sports fans all over North America., That this is called "Greatest Game Ever Played" bothers me as much as I am bothered by the Dallas Cowboys as "America's Team" , SF 49er Dwight Clark's "The Catch" or the millennial-turning St. Louis Rams' "Greatest Show on Turf"... which is to say, I am bothered not at all.

  • @dantheman5745
    @dantheman5745 Před 5 lety +154

    This is the game upon which all future NFL success was built. Nationally televised (but blacked-out in NYC), 45 million viewers got to see the best the NFL had to offer. A nail-biter that saw the Colts tie the game in the closing seconds after an epic drive by Unitas with everything on the line. And then OT on top of that. This was especially key since the prior 4 NFL Championship Games had all been absolute blowouts. (1954 - Browns 56 Lions 10; 1955 - Browns 38 Rams 14; 1956 - Giants 47 Bears 7; 1957 - Lions 59 Browns 14)

    • @riceymartin2203
      @riceymartin2203 Před 5 lety +18

      @Darren Riley The LIONS were good once

    • @TuberOnTheLoose
      @TuberOnTheLoose Před 2 lety +9

      And this game indirectly led to the founding of the AFL. After watching this game Lamar Hunt wanted to get into the NFL, but the NFL told him they had no interest in expansion. No one would sell him an existing team, so he created his own league. And wouldn't you know it? As soon as the AFL became a reality all of a sudden the NFL was interested in expansion in the exact same city as Hunt's team.

    • @c0rnp0p80
      @c0rnp0p80 Před rokem +4

      You know it's old when the Lions beat the Browns in the championship game lol.

    • @robertweldon1140
      @robertweldon1140 Před rokem +3

      @Tuberontheloose. And wouldn't you know it the NFL still felt superior after winning the first two superbowls ( then called the AFL/NFL Championship game) until Joe Namath and the Jets won game #3.
      But funny thing about Lamar Hunts team the Kansas City Chifs that is little known or even remembered. After losing the first Superbowl to the Bart Starr led Green Bay Packers in the LA Colusium, the chatter about how inferior the upstart league actually is was being talked about coast to coast. So in order to get more acclimation to each other the preseason games the following year were to have games against each other in each league which hadn't had a formal integrated schedule until a few years down the line.
      The Kansas City Chiefs in their preseason opener were slotted to play the blue blooded Chicago Bears coached by George Halas. Even for a meaningless preseason games the most unexpected outcome happened.
      The final score was Chiefs 66 Bears 24, and it wasn't even that close. Ya think some guys were pissed for losing the final game a year before or what?
      Thanks to Lamar Hunt and his desire to own an NFL franchise and subsequently was shown the exit door by existing NFL ownership, lit a fire inside him until he decided to build his own league.we wouldn't have the NFL that we have today.
      And we may not even have that if it weren't for this 1958 classic which lit the fire for Mr Hunt and his quest for a team of his own. This game is truly special for what it's worth and it's worth alot.

    • @robertweldon1140
      @robertweldon1140 Před rokem

      @c0rn p0p are you surprised that the Lions beat the Browns back then for their own league crown? If your a Lions fan be proud because that was a rare feat to beat the Browns back then.
      Many people want to anoint Tom Brady as being the greatest quarterback of all time. He has eon aeven (7) superbowls in his career. But did you ever hear of Otto Graham and the Cleveland Browns coached by Paul Brown who over a period of 10 years straight played in the championship game of the league they participated in each and every year winning 7 of 10. They were part of an upstart league first and then joined the NFL by invitation promptly winning there too. You can look up the exact dates but it's all there.
      Tom Brady isn't the greatest qb of all time. He is tied with Otto Graham 7 Championship games apiece. He gotta win one more to be on the best. That is if you define greatness based on Championships won

  • @tryingtopickagoodusername9598

    Please post more of these black and white games. I love them

  • @zackhaselius2757
    @zackhaselius2757 Před 5 lety +169

    That might be the most unusual half time show ever!

  • @kbholla
    @kbholla Před 4 lety +115

    That game actually looked very entertaining even by today's stupid standards. Both offenses, defenses, and special teams made huge plays in the clutch.

    • @alfrednawrocki8061
      @alfrednawrocki8061 Před 2 lety +14

      I saw this game on TV! I was 11 yrs old. Got me hooked on Pro Football !!

    • @DownfallHitlerParody
      @DownfallHitlerParody Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@alfrednawrocki8061Damn you old af if you ain’t lying 😂

    • @billny33
      @billny33 Před 8 měsíci +1

      @@alfrednawrocki8061 you should have taped it!
      I kid of course

    • @dustylover100
      @dustylover100 Před 6 měsíci

      Modern football is actually boring. So much offense and too many penalties for the defense. I like a good, well-played game on offense, defense and special teams.

  • @Mindsetsandreps
    @Mindsetsandreps Před 5 lety +93

    Raymond Berry 12 for 178 and a TD! Crazy stats for this time period.

    • @ArcaneSorcery
      @ArcaneSorcery Před 3 lety +3

      Damn 12 completion

    • @tristarea08
      @tristarea08 Před 3 lety +6

      Worked his ass off to get to where he was. His work ethic, and refusing to fail lead to him being an all time great.

    • @Frankincensedjb123
      @Frankincensedjb123 Před 3 lety

      He was 12 for 178? Damn that's a terrible percentage

    • @Wowvod
      @Wowvod Před 3 lety

      @@Frankincensedjb123 well not shit,that’s what he said it’s pretty impressive considering the era he played in.

    • @julia-6195
      @julia-6195 Před 2 lety +4

      @@Frankincensedjb123 Did you see the field? Players play on carpet today. That 12 for 178 was on frozen dirt and bare hands - no receiver gloves. They used to get grass in their helmet, too. No more.

  • @wildisaiah1998
    @wildisaiah1998 Před 3 lety +25

    This game has it all. Long passes, amazing defense, amazing catches, turnovers, sacks, game-changing penalties, first overtime in championship history, Hall of Famers, the list goes on!

    • @enescustovic1883
      @enescustovic1883 Před 5 měsíci

      Don't forget the tastefully dressed cheerleaders in super cute outfits!

  • @EdmacZ
    @EdmacZ Před 4 lety +42

    Johnny U and Raymond Berry. The first deadly QB to WR combo.

    • @frederickloucks4865
      @frederickloucks4865 Před rokem +7

      Don't forget Lenny Moore, who could destroy defenses with his long-bomb receptions or his broken field running . Unitas, Berry , Lenny Moore and Jim Parker from the Colts 'offense are all in the HOF . Imagine that Vince Lombardi AND Tom Landry were assistant coaches for the Giants !

    • @VeinySausage
      @VeinySausage Před 9 měsíci +1

      @@frederickloucks4865he had 111 all purpose TDs in 143 career games…most underrated star of that generation

  • @TB-gp7kx
    @TB-gp7kx Před 8 měsíci +2

    The Giants got absolutely dominated in this game, outgained 500 yards to 200, and 27 first downs to 10, but somehow managed to stay within striking distance.

  • @generaleehank01
    @generaleehank01 Před 4 lety +17

    Johnny Unitas and Raymond Berry would stay after practices, waiting until darkness fell. They would run plays in the dark, of all the pass plays they had in the playbook. Sometimes neither of them could see each other, or the ball! That's commitment ! Amazing !

  • @bonanzatime
    @bonanzatime Před rokem +2

    That was a Great Game. The Great Johnny U.! May he rest in peace

  • @Knives9
    @Knives9 Před 5 lety +76

    Pat Summerall was the kicker haha. I miss his and John Madden's commentaries.

    • @tempest20000
      @tempest20000 Před 5 lety +2

      Why? Why does everyone talk so fondly of Summerall. Whenever I listened to him, he sounded so bored. Like Super Bowl XXXI, Favre throws a beautiful pass to Andre Rison and Summerall is just like “....Farve throws....Andre Rison....touchdown.” No excitement and joy. At least Joe Buck can offer some entertaining community when something big happens. Summerall is overrated.

    • @neenyweeny5148
      @neenyweeny5148 Před 5 lety

      @@tempest20000 madden and al Michael's were better imo

    • @Knives9
      @Knives9 Před 5 lety +4

      @@tempest20000 That's your opinion, dude. Not everyone needs someone yelling.

    • @benjaminpeters6729
      @benjaminpeters6729 Před 5 lety +3

      @@tempest20000 I think it was his knack for setting the scene. He is well known for his promos. At times he understated what was going on to let the play tell it's own story. But when joe buck has tried to do that, people make fun of him. Like his call in the NFC championship game with the eagles and bucs. People are conditioned to dislike him. People loved summerall. I liked when pat was pseudo retired and was calling cowboys games in 2002. Although the team was bad, it was emmitts last year with the team chasing the record and the defense was really good.

    • @darylallen2485
      @darylallen2485 Před 5 lety +2

      @@tempest20000 the way I understand it, one guy was the play by play delivery guy. The other guy offered color commentary.
      Pat was the play by play guy, John madden was the color commentary guy.

  • @w.e9926
    @w.e9926 Před 5 lety +67

    Greatest halftime show ever!!!

    • @kevinjohnson4599
      @kevinjohnson4599 Před 3 lety +1

      I agree with you 1,000%. This is when football was football.

    • @GustavoEPerez-gj7qz
      @GustavoEPerez-gj7qz Před 3 lety +2

      @@kevinjohnson4599 A. I am 99.9% sure that the dude that wrote that comment was joking.
      B. I am sick and tired of all of you boomers bitching and complaining about how football has, “ChAnGeD”, and, “It’S nOt A gOoD gAmE aNyMoRe”, and, “MeN tHeSe DaYs aRe pUsSiEs”. Like if you just can’t get over the fact that this game has evolved over these years, then stop watching the modern day games. Simple.

    • @IgnoretheButter
      @IgnoretheButter Před 3 lety +4

      @@GustavoEPerez-gj7qz what are you like 10. If you are tired of other people's opinions, then don't go to the comment section.

    • @IgnoretheButter
      @IgnoretheButter Před 3 lety +3

      @@GustavoEPerez-gj7qz also, you should appreciate the baby boomer generation while they are still alive. They have so many stories to tell, and no one wants to hear anymore. We need to listen and respect them while they're still here

    • @GustavoEPerez-gj7qz
      @GustavoEPerez-gj7qz Před 3 lety +1

      @@IgnoretheButter I absolutely love and respect the baby boomers. What I don’t like are people complaining about stupid and dumb things that shouldn’t need to be complained about, which was what he was doing.

  • @stevep8445
    @stevep8445 Před 5 lety +34

    This game is remembered for the impact it had on the NFL going forward. First nationally televised game, first OT game etc etc. This was far from a well played game however. The Colts absolutely DOMINATED the game. Everywhere but on the scoreboard. They had 452 yards of offense to 265 for the Giants. They had 27 first downs, Giants had 10. Colts had 2 fumbles, losing both and the Giants had 6 losing 4. SEVEN total turnovers in the game.

    • @cjs83172
      @cjs83172 Před 4 lety +3

      While this game was billed as the greatest ever played, it was far from that. What it happened to be was the most important game ever played. Not only was there the dramatic finish in the first overtime game that helped lead to the popularity that made the American Football League possible, which in turn led to the advent of the Super Bowl (Weeb Ewbank, the winning coach in this game, also happened to be the winning coach of the most important Super Bowl ever played), but one must not forget that the previous four NFL Championship Games had all been horrendous one-sided beatings, with the margin of victory for the winning team being 46, 24, 40, and 45 points in those four games. So the NFL really needed a competitive championship game in 1958 after the blowouts from 1954-'57, and they certainly got that, and more.

  • @averagefella
    @averagefella Před 5 lety +55

    Thanks to Johnny U, the 2 minute drill was born. All he needed was Raymond Berry

  • @__Andrew
    @__Andrew Před 5 lety +29

    For anyone interested in old footballers or the old Baltimore Colts, Art Donovan had a great book called "Fatso" about his time in the league and playing with Baltimore Colts greats. Lots of neat little gems in it like the time they played a game on a field that had a circus on it the night before, leaving elephant dung everywhere. So before snaps the lineman would grab handfuls of it and throw it at each other when the refs were not looking.

    • @frdjr2527
      @frdjr2527 Před 3 lety +1

      I read that book! Loved it! Don't forget the part where Donovan says Bobby Layne was better drunk than Dan Marino or Joe Montana completely sober. Donovan backed up his claim. In the 1957 season opener, the Lions visited the Colts. Donovan says he tackled Bobby Layne at the start of the 2nd half and he smelled like a wine factory. Layne then completed 12 consecutive passes leading the Lions to victory. Can't make that up!

  • @bryangeoffsilvers5906
    @bryangeoffsilvers5906 Před 3 lety +8

    15:39
    Colts: yo, were at the 1 yard line,the best thing to do is just to run the ball, to win a championship.
    Meanwhile the Seahawks: ......

  • @TheLocalLt
    @TheLocalLt Před 5 lety +29

    Chris Schenkel was on CBS and ABC from literally the early 1950s to the early 2000s. Insane! This same guy did the highlights of Tiger’s first 3 Masters wins!

    • @AmEricAnL27
      @AmEricAnL27 Před 9 měsíci

      This game was broadcast on NBC.

    • @TheLocalLt
      @TheLocalLt Před 9 měsíci

      @@AmEricAnL27 very interesting, Schenkel was already at CBS by this time and I always thought this game aired on CBS (partly because of a scene in their 1994 farewell montage that I always assumed was from this game, it must have been a different game). It appears this is the only broadcast Schenkel ever did for NBC, my guess would be he got the job due to having already called Giants games all season for CBS

    • @AmEricAnL27
      @AmEricAnL27 Před 9 měsíci

      @@TheLocalLt I think CBS broadcasted the regular season games and NBC did the championships, at least back in that time.

    • @georgeplimpton9429
      @georgeplimpton9429 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Chris was also the voice of the Professional Bowlers Tour for decades! Every Saturday afternoon on ABC. I never missed it!

  • @LibraSnakeLibraSnake1018
    @LibraSnakeLibraSnake1018 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Fun fact: Legendary NFL announcer Pat Summerall actually played in this game as the Giants’ kicker. He’s the reason they even made it to the game in the first place, as the Giants would have lost the division title to the Browns had Summerall not made a game-winning 49 yard field goal through snow and swirling winds in their final regular season game.

  • @robbobb4050
    @robbobb4050 Před 5 lety +51

    I've heard about the great Giants, Sam Huff, Frank Gifford, but I never got to see them play until today.

    • @UWalvern0810
      @UWalvern0810 Před 4 lety +3

      Half the guys on that field are in Canton - and several of the coaches, too.

    • @Frankincensedjb123
      @Frankincensedjb123 Před 3 lety

      So now you can die a happy man.

    • @Frankincensedjb123
      @Frankincensedjb123 Před 3 lety

      @@UWalvern0810 And they're all six feet under. Good times

    • @frdjr2527
      @frdjr2527 Před 3 lety +2

      I grew up watching those guys. I lived in the NY area and we could only see the Giants games when they were playing on the road. Home games weren't televised in the NY area, due to the blackout rules in effect at the time. My dad and I would be glued to the radio on those Sundays, living and dying on every play.

  • @rodjerdankist1125
    @rodjerdankist1125 Před 2 lety +5

    The quality of 1958 footage is incredible.

  • @chuyozuna2398
    @chuyozuna2398 Před 5 lety +66

    I already miss the nfl season

    • @abechristensen1053
      @abechristensen1053 Před 5 lety +7

      Watch AAF it's going on right now and is better than nothing

    • @isaacheldt
      @isaacheldt Před 5 lety

      Abe Christensen 😔

    • @kennethlatham3133
      @kennethlatham3133 Před 3 lety

      So do I, just as l miss a person in my life who has died, in this case with the NFL a suicide. They're gone and they're never coming back; there are only impostors pretending to be football teams we once knew and making solid asses out of themselves. Sigh. Well, here on CZcams are home movies of the dear departed.

    • @Frankincensedjb123
      @Frankincensedjb123 Před 3 lety

      Get a life

    • @user-no2ov8tk4l
      @user-no2ov8tk4l Před 10 měsíci

      ditto

  • @milesgamer8563
    @milesgamer8563 Před 5 lety +20

    The first time I saw this I knew it was legendary.

  • @clintonearlwalker
    @clintonearlwalker Před 3 lety +5

    My dad is in his 80's he still talks about this game. The first thing he said to me this morning was Ravens!! (they beat Cincy 38-3 yesterday).

  • @andrewcombs5693
    @andrewcombs5693 Před 2 lety +7

    Yesterday Sam Huff passed. I was there for the 1958 games at Yankee Stadium: Browns at the end of the season, the playoff game, and the "greatest game" ... Alan Ameche broke our hearts right in front of us at the end zone at the closed end of the stadium. Still - wonderful memories ...

  • @sexton__hardcastle
    @sexton__hardcastle Před 4 lety +9

    Fun fact, Johnny Unitas called every play on that game-winning drive in OT. No helmet radios in that time. He's neck and neck with Joe Montana in the conversation for the greatest quarterback that ever lived.

    • @happybeingmiserable4668
      @happybeingmiserable4668 Před 3 lety +2

      Otto Graham as well...Graham actually tutored Unitas when Graham retired.

    • @michaelwoolsey3886
      @michaelwoolsey3886 Před 3 lety

      @@happybeingmiserable4668 Automatic Otto has to be considered in that group. Graham was then, what Lamar Jackson is today!

    • @aarondigby5054
      @aarondigby5054 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@michaelwoolsey3886gtfoh, Automatic Otto, you had to be tough to play then, house collar tackles, piling on, spearing, blocking below the waste

    • @fawnlliebowitz1772
      @fawnlliebowitz1772 Před 3 měsíci

      Edge goes to Unitas

  • @usedturtleshell3364
    @usedturtleshell3364 Před 2 lety +4

    i like how immediately after the OT TD was scored you just have a hoard of people storming the field like it was college football

  • @edwardjtruskyjr.1098
    @edwardjtruskyjr.1098 Před rokem +2

    When football was football! This was the 1st. Football game I ever watched on TV. With of all people, my mother. My dad and uncle Georgie were at the game!

  • @coltonfrancisco7090
    @coltonfrancisco7090 Před 5 lety +22

    As a Colts fan this is really cool to watch for the first time.

    • @grahamacscheper
      @grahamacscheper Před 5 lety +8

      yeah but back then it was the Baltimore Colts >:(

    • @__Andrew
      @__Andrew Před 5 lety +8

      This is why i hate when teams move and they take their name, it allows the new franchise to try to steal the history of the old ones. The Colts in Baltimore was a HUGE deal to the city. We kept our marching band even when we had no team. Johnny Unitas even said he did not want any of his personal records to carry over to Indy. When Indy comes to play in Baltimore they are the "Indianapolis Professional Football Team", never the Colts. Because if you are in Baltimore the only time you say "colts" you mean the Baltimore Colts. And there are still plenty of people around who will tell the story of the Colts leaving town in the middle of the night, in the middle of a snowstorm, with a tear in their eye.

    • @coltonfrancisco7090
      @coltonfrancisco7090 Před 5 lety +2

      @@__Andrew yeah people dont know they were named after the horses thst run in Maryland. And I totally understand the records thing. Its gonna be the same when the raiders move lol

    • @charliejdk
      @charliejdk Před 2 lety

      My f-in-law was there. Took the train from Baltimore. The game was played four years before I was born but I grew up hearing about it. I was lucky enough to see Johnny U late in his career. My f-in-law died years back but I treasure the memories of his description of that evening in Yankee Stadium. Ray Berry called it the best thing that ever happened. It was, for Baltimore. And it not only put the NFL forth as perfect for TV, it helped spark interest that led to the AFL. This was the moment pro football hit the big time.

    • @adamdorgant9454
      @adamdorgant9454 Před rokem +1

      @@grahamacscheper And in 1984 the Colts move to Indianapolis, reading about the move years later, Baltimore Deserved to Lose the Colts, and why, the city of Baltimore no longer supported the team, and the main reason why, because Baltimore was Stupid enough not to build a new stadium for the Colts, no wonder they moved to Indianapolis!!!!

  • @masonpyle5929
    @masonpyle5929 Před 4 lety +5

    The colts have like never changed their look.

    • @adamdorgant9454
      @adamdorgant9454 Před 2 lety

      You’re right about that, except they moved to Indianapolis in 1984!!!

  • @greysonG10
    @greysonG10 Před 5 lety +105

    Wonder how many dudes got absoulety inihalated by the goal posts.

    • @freedomflores
      @freedomflores Před 3 lety +1

      Should check out the CFL

    • @gregchavez1534
      @gregchavez1534 Před 3 lety +2

      I was born in 1973, one year before they mercifully moved the goalposts out of the field of play. Also mercifully, I never had to watch live footage of NFL games with those visually-threatening and life-threatening goal-line obstructions. Let's just be thankful that the Germans didn't use those on Omaha Beach.

    • @Frankincensedjb123
      @Frankincensedjb123 Před 3 lety +2

      @@gregchavez1534 Why does everyone in historic sport comments have to state when they were born. It's not about you. No one cares.

    • @ethansprague2005
      @ethansprague2005 Před 3 lety +4

      @@Frankincensedjb123 they're just being Nostalgic because they grew up watching these games

    • @fawnlliebowitz1772
      @fawnlliebowitz1772 Před 3 měsíci

      I got a chunk of the 59 post from my father!

  • @jalonjones8567
    @jalonjones8567 Před 5 lety +11

    Cool to see Johnny U throwing strikes in his prime.

    • @essessessesq
      @essessessesq Před 2 lety +1

      he was the best....made up the plays and called them himself.....had no rule protecting him from late hits.. his receivers were bare-handed and no sticky gloves

  • @robertperrella4194
    @robertperrella4194 Před 3 lety +5

    at the 15:08 mark that slant in pass by johnny unitas to ray berry in OVERTIME was a perfect pass with NO MARGIN OF ERROR !!!!!!!!!!!

  • @mattsember8431
    @mattsember8431 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I am always amazed by these guys making great catches...in that type of weather.. bare handed!!

  • @warwolfii
    @warwolfii Před 4 měsíci +1

    I'll never forget that game and the great disappointment it brought me. Of course, living in NYC in those days there was no television broadcast and had to listen to the game on the radio.

  • @RoseluckySeven
    @RoseluckySeven Před 5 lety +17

    I remember watching the 2008 50th anniversary retrospective. Thanks for putting this up, Elliott, from a huge Johnny U fan!

  • @adamdorgant9454
    @adamdorgant9454 Před 4 lety +6

    Greatest Game Of all time, period!!!

  • @lukezahn8306
    @lukezahn8306 Před 5 lety +31

    No one is going to talk about that goal line stand?

  • @cheburekmaykr5758
    @cheburekmaykr5758 Před 5 lety +12

    The greatest game ever played

  • @dmoneysavage23lucero23
    @dmoneysavage23lucero23 Před 5 lety +16

    Bruh the catch at 5:18🔥✨🏆🏈

  • @EdmacZ
    @EdmacZ Před 7 měsíci +1

    I love this guys' commentary. "Baltimore Bulldozer".

  • @tomw3886
    @tomw3886 Před 5 lety +6

    Back then when football was football

  • @wilart1792
    @wilart1792 Před 5 lety +45

    NFL Throwback, you don't know how much I've learned of football history from your yt and ig posts👌

  • @joshito92
    @joshito92 Před 3 lety +5

    17 players who are now members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame took part in the final between colts and Giants
    and of course the TWO MINUTE DRILL is born in this game

  • @ricardocavalcante54
    @ricardocavalcante54 Před 5 lety +3

    So beautiful....golden era

  • @troysmith958
    @troysmith958 Před 5 lety +6

    A classic old school football

  • @cyrillesu
    @cyrillesu Před 5 lety +7

    Some people say that this game was a snorefest but I actually find this game entertaining.

  • @dottiebarnett1679
    @dottiebarnett1679 Před 5 lety +6

    I was more into this game then I have been the past 20 years

  • @daddydonald5964
    @daddydonald5964 Před 5 lety +9

    Take me back to the old nfl
    Where the grass is real
    And the refs aren’t shitty

  • @stevekatz4372
    @stevekatz4372 Před rokem +1

    Yes, I remember this game and at that time, at 14 years old, I was a huge Colt fan, living in New Jersey with this game blacked out in our area, less than 50 miles! My Uncle who was a Giant Fan took Me and my Father for a ride at a distance outside of the blackout area, to a Bar that was showing the game on TV, so it was a great thrill for me to see my team beat the Giants! After Johnny U retired, I became a Giant Fan and since then, The Giants have given me some great thrills, winning 4 Super Bowls and beating Brady in two of them! What a great Game!

  • @roshango125ab
    @roshango125ab Před 5 lety +8

    The thing I always find funny about watching these old games is watching the QBs drop back before the time of the step drops so instead of a well quardinated perfectly timed steps, you just watch them run backwards really fast

  • @maxthepupp
    @maxthepupp Před 4 lety +3

    I love that LennyMoore...one of the NFL All Century Team ..didn't even bother to TRY and block Modzelewski, lol!

  • @trinidadpublico5621
    @trinidadpublico5621 Před 3 lety +4

    Unitas to berry Unitas to berry unitas to berry no one can stop it.

  • @kaminator515
    @kaminator515 Před 4 lety +9

    This era may have the best athletes, but thiscera don't have this type of toughness. And that field though...i love it!

    • @essessessesq
      @essessessesq Před 2 lety

      no toughness in '1958???? there were no rules against late hits etc back then....the players had no "sticky gloves" to hold the ball back then....the padding and helmets were far less protection back then

    • @Johnmhatheist
      @Johnmhatheist Před 2 lety +1

      @@essessessesq you misunderstood what he said. He said that even though we have the best athletes in this generation, the players of this generation aren't as tough as the players from that era (1958)
      And I agree with him. Players aren't as tough today like they were back then, especially the quarterbacks.
      So you misunderstood him

    • @essessessesq
      @essessessesq Před 2 lety +1

      @@Johnmhatheist thanks, John, for clarifying that!

  • @OGLameboy
    @OGLameboy Před 5 lety +7

    Huh, 61 years later and you still manage to have footage of this game.
    Dang.

  • @matthewnikitas2904
    @matthewnikitas2904 Před 5 lety +16

    I love these old school videos!!!! Upload more from this era like the Paul brown browns

    • @frederickloucks4865
      @frederickloucks4865 Před rokem

      I met Sam Huff once . He was a mean-spirited guy and could never understand why the Giants could not cover Raymond Berry .He thought Berry killed them in that game .

  • @josh-b8
    @josh-b8 Před 5 lety +3

    Just watched this with my grandfather he remembers this game vividly as a diehard Colts fan. Great to see him just go crazy rewatching his old boys again

  • @michaeledwards1552
    @michaeledwards1552 Před 5 lety +7

    as a colts fan and a kid born in the 90s thank you for this.

  • @psun316
    @psun316 Před 5 lety +10

    I'm ready for the NFL to go back to this style of play!

    • @blakeg2274
      @blakeg2274 Před 5 lety +3

      Peter Sun I would like seeing this style of play,but being a chiefs fan,I love some Mahomes Deep Balls

    • @gregchavez1534
      @gregchavez1534 Před 3 lety +2

      The move soooo slowwww.... although I think some of that effect has to do with film technology and technique. I agree with you in spirit.

    • @Johnmhatheist
      @Johnmhatheist Před 2 lety +1

      @@gregchavez1534 they weren't as fast back then as they are today, but they're still faster and stronger and more athletic than today's average joes

  • @BobLoblawbob
    @BobLoblawbob Před 4 lety +3

    This was best game ever in organized sports, even better than 1627 lacrosse game between Aztek Heartbreakers and Mayan Astronauts. Colts v Giants was the most exciting 3 hours in history of life on planet earth- over Boston Tea Party, Luke and Laura wedding, Pearl Harbor, Krakatoa Volcano, 1748 wildebeest/crocodile river crossing and Yucatan Meteor event.

    • @robertweldon1140
      @robertweldon1140 Před rokem +2

      What the Helsinki event in 1905 in the sport of dodgeball didn't capture your heart as the greatest event ever? What about Sodom vs. Gomorrah in the run for your lives event . Heard alot of people turned to salt back then. What about the duel between Hamilton and Burr?
      I got one here what about Ditka?
      What if there was a football game between Ditka and Jesus Christ who would win?
      Whoa man that's a real hard one. You know Jesus Christ is the son of God he turned water into wine you know he is gonna score for sure....
      Ditka. 56
      Jesus Christ. 7
      A true classic....

  • @DoubleTen95
    @DoubleTen95 Před 4 lety +8

    Even commentating was so much better then, it pains me to have to suffer through all the Joe Bucks of the world today. This commentator makes it feel like an actual story when he's at the mic.

  • @hotdogflavouredmilkshake
    @hotdogflavouredmilkshake Před 5 lety +9

    Wow!!! This is definitely a oldie throw back and it’s even in black & white lol cool 😎

  • @doktorbundy7279
    @doktorbundy7279 Před 5 lety +8

    very interesting game: so many fumbles. the kicking techniques, the half time show.

    • @essessessesq
      @essessessesq Před 2 lety

      because receivers were bare-handed then and wore no sticky gloves

  • @kevinjohnson4599
    @kevinjohnson4599 Před 3 lety +4

    Once again, thank you so very much for posting these wonderful NFL games. This was when football was football.

  • @wildisaiah1998
    @wildisaiah1998 Před 3 lety +7

    You wouldn't think a game from 1958 would even be close to the caliber that the NFL plays today. But it does. This is truly the Greatest Game Ever Played.

  • @constantdarkfog49
    @constantdarkfog49 Před 3 lety +3

    Amazing B&W footage from back in 1958, wow, I was 7yrs old at the time. Very historical game.

  • @spadeplaladin5
    @spadeplaladin5 Před 3 lety +3

    They passed a lot more than I thought back then.

  • @Jerseys4Hope
    @Jerseys4Hope Před 2 lety +2

    The Colts are arguably one of the most important football teams and are secretly a founding franchise of the NFL. They were the Dayton Triangles and played in the very first official NFL game and then became the Brooklyn football Dodgers and played the Eagles in the very first game broadcast to a live audience. They bounced around between cities and names and eventually the roster ended up in Baltimore where this game stuck the dagger into baseball's superiority.

    • @xeditionstarwars6011
      @xeditionstarwars6011 Před rokem

      The most important team in NFL history is probably the Green Bay Packers

  • @joelgrabie2774
    @joelgrabie2774 Před 2 lety +3

    This when football was football. No after touchdown celebrations, just doing you job.

  • @thunter992
    @thunter992 Před 5 lety +10

    I needed this today. Thank you

  • @michaelcarl5130
    @michaelcarl5130 Před 3 lety +3

    This game is truly a classic. Two good teams, evenly matched, make for an interesting game.

  • @ChildOfThe1970s
    @ChildOfThe1970s Před 3 lety +2

    Love the post!! NFL Throwback should be required watching for all NFL fans under age 40.

  • @makaibrown8297
    @makaibrown8297 Před 5 lety +7

    Damn we're getting so far into the future that all these players in this and half the kids who watched this are dead

  • @rivalstorm7216
    @rivalstorm7216 Před 5 lety +13

    Always knew you guys would pull this game up it's regardless has to be the best NFL game

  • @BaddogSports
    @BaddogSports Před 5 lety +46

    Does this channel ever have a throwback game that my Giants win? Lol

  • @philipatoz
    @philipatoz Před 6 měsíci +2

    I'm surprised, as the game looks surprisingly modern!

  • @noahgraglia8025
    @noahgraglia8025 Před 5 lety +3

    My grandpa played with Alan Ameche in high school

  • @isaacheldt
    @isaacheldt Před 5 lety +3

    The quality of this video is outstanding

    • @Jbobloochjr3
      @Jbobloochjr3 Před 4 lety

      It really is! Amazing how some of these games and videos on anything from this era (worldly history)still stand today.

  • @Stacie45
    @Stacie45 Před 3 lety +2

    The game of pro football changed so much during the span of Johnny Unitas' career. Look at him here in the 1958 Championship and then watch him in Super Bowl 5 against the Cowboys 12 years later. Check out how much different the game looked. The game has never changed as fast as it did in those 12 years.

  • @cyrillesu
    @cyrillesu Před 5 lety +5

    Did you know that the 1958 Giants had Vince Lombardi as OC and Tom Landry as DC?

    • @UWalvern0810
      @UWalvern0810 Před 4 lety +3

      I did indeed. Weeb Ewbank (the Colts HC) is also in the HOF.

    • @mikeforte7585
      @mikeforte7585 Před 3 lety +3

      @@UWalvern0810 Weeb would get his revenge on the Colts in Super Bowl 3..

    • @adamdorgant9454
      @adamdorgant9454 Před rokem +1

      Yes, now that you mentioned it!!!

  • @edwardoutlawjr8154
    @edwardoutlawjr8154 Před rokem +2

    Nicely done, NFL Throwback

  • @edwardaguilar6322
    @edwardaguilar6322 Před 3 lety +2

    Giants Lyndon Crow was our high school football coach and brought our team to a S. Calif.CIF CHAMPIONSHIP,

  • @chuckufarley8513
    @chuckufarley8513 Před 3 lety +2

    this is one of the clearest prints I've ever seen. thanks

  • @thejourneymen4907
    @thejourneymen4907 Před 2 lety +3

    My favorite team The Giants and my uncles favorite team the Colts played each other in an NFL Championship Game that’s cool to know. This is also a very good game I would also like to see more of these classics.

  • @ghostintheshell3576
    @ghostintheshell3576 Před 5 lety +4

    I like classic black and white NFL games before passing was a major factor for the game and before the merger great game

  • @bernieluan3238
    @bernieluan3238 Před 3 lety +6

    The giants in the mid-late 50s were also a good team especially you have lombardi and landry as coordinators

  • @morganc4920
    @morganc4920 Před 5 lety +3

    5:12 That was a really good catch, especially considering the game back then

  • @randyp6962
    @randyp6962 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video! Thanks for uploading.

  • @jackswanson6718
    @jackswanson6718 Před 5 lety +3

    This is really beautiful film, especially for 1958. Love it!

    • @Mindsetsandreps
      @Mindsetsandreps Před 5 lety

      Right?! Yet sometimes I watch a highlight from 1997 and am squinting my eyes out.

    • @xxEzraBxxx
      @xxEzraBxxx Před rokem

      @@Mindsetsandreps Thats cause it was on videotape and while video is film. Film is way better than videotape especially if taken care of

  • @ChildOfThe1970s
    @ChildOfThe1970s Před 4 lety +7

    Unitas is the greatest QB of all time. I am convinced, so don't even try to argue lol

    • @michaelwoolsey3886
      @michaelwoolsey3886 Před 3 lety +1

      If Tom Brady was playing in the AFC North, he would have retired 6-7 years ago......

    • @adamdorgant9454
      @adamdorgant9454 Před 2 lety +1

      @@michaelwoolsey3886 True!!!!

  • @yikes6969
    @yikes6969 Před 5 lety +2

    Pete & Pete made me aware of this game nearly 25 years ago I now I've seen it

  • @Tyler380
    @Tyler380 Před 5 lety +4

    Show a game with YA Tittle and you will make my day..

  • @austin0172
    @austin0172 Před 5 lety +9

    Im a giants fan. This is cool.

    • @frdjr2527
      @frdjr2527 Před 3 lety +1

      Even though we lost! 1958 was such a thrilling season, regardless! Giants had to beat the Browns 3 times just to get to this game, two of them on successive Sundays. First was Summerall's FG in the snow at Yankee Stadium, which necessitated a playoff game the following Sunday also at Yankee Stadium which the Giants won 10-0.

    • @austin0172
      @austin0172 Před 3 lety +1

      @@frdjr2527 yeah that part is unfortunate, but its still a cool game!

    • @frdjr2527
      @frdjr2527 Před 3 lety

      @@austin0172 This game led directly to the formation of the AFL. Pro football as we know it was born with the 1958 NFL Championship Game.

  • @facts3817
    @facts3817 Před 5 lety +8

    First Overtime game

  • @btragedy
    @btragedy Před 5 lety +3

    Wow... That was a epically great post... Well played 😎 👌