Fights, hard hits and cheap shots from the 1973 NFL season are featured. This is Part 2. Check out the great players from this highly entertaining video!
I can't get enough of this old school ball... I was 11 in 73...I remember watching many of the game's with my Chicago Bears helmet in hand... me and dad... then it was out to the backyard for some football action... Thanks Brother 🏈.
We did the same thing after the game was over! Gonna keep publishing this type of stuff ...the hard part us deciding what to work on next...a fun problem to have
I am the same age as you. Wasn’t it a great time to be a football fan back then? The game has changed for the worst. Give me old school every time and all the time.
Lambert, Butkus and some of those guys would be playing for free because their entire salary would go towards fines and suspensions. I'm working on a video now that depicts some highly questionable protocol - hope to roll it out soon and I hope you enjoy it, Kevin. Thanks for watching and commenting!
If pro football had stayed like this, it might have remained second to baseball as America's pastime. The hits were too often unnecessarily physical, intended to knock players off their game and off the field entirely if possible. The helmets were so tight, they were guaranteed to transfer all the energy of contact right to the brain. The shit Gary Larsen is pulling in this video is worse than Vontaze Burfict's hits of horror. I was in my 20s when these games were played, and I ate it up too. It took Dr. Omalu looking at the tangled dendrites of Mike Webster's brain to finally connect what had happened to John Mackey, Nick Buonoconti, Gail Cogdill, Lou Creekmur, Dave Duerson, Wally Hilgenberg and Jim Hudson. Those were located just scrolling through the list at the Boston U. CTE Center to the H's, looking for the most rememberable names. The actual toll goes beyond their 343 confirmed cases. Is that enough to reconsider whether that old-time football was worth our entertainment? I never stopped following and watching the NFL, so I'm as complicit as any other long-time fan. Only now I realize the long-term cost to the men who gave so much to the game, as well as to you and me. No, it doesn't affect all players. I know one closely enough to understand he's constantly checking for the signs of any degeneration, and he hasn't turned 50 yet. Would he do it all over again? Well, it's qualified him to do sports-talk radio in a large-market instead of selling oulfield equipment. And I'll keep watching the more sane, up-to-date version of today's pro football without pining for the good old days, when the measure of manhood in the NFL was how much pain a player could give and take.
The football of the seventies was truly the era of dynasties. It was good football, in the same way that baseball in the 1950s was good baseball. Almost every single team was competitive at some juncture - yet the playoffs were always Rams/Cowboys/Vikings in the NFC and Steelers/Raiders/Dolphins in the AFC. Look how good the mid-70s Cardinals and Bills were - no playoff wins. The Redskins, Rams (!) and Broncos broke through once each, only to run into juggernauts. Minnesota made three Super Bowls in this era and are still considered snakebit because they ran into three other dynasties that won eight Super Bowls between 1971 and 1980. Detroit, Atlanta, Baltimore and Cincinnati put together competitive teams at different times after 1971 (the 1970 Baltimore team was honestly a 60s holdover), and none of them made it. It was probably the most daunting level of competition in NFL history.
@@macofalltrades6396 Some good reminders of the decade which helped NFL football overcome baseball as America's pastime. The competition, however, was dominated by five teams: Cowboys, Dolphins, Steelers, Raiders, and Vikings. The first four won all but the 1970 Super Bowl (Colts). As you noted, the Vikings advanced to, and lost, three SBs. Three other interlopers, the Redskins, Broncos and Rams advanced to, and lost, their shots at Lombardi Trophies. The Cowboys (thrice) and Dolphins accounted for the other four losses. The 1980s were not much different, with the Raiders, 49ers and Redskins winning eight SBs in the decade (Bears and Giants the others). The losers were a little more varied, and include the Eagles, Bengals (twice), Dolphins (twice), Redskins, Patriots and Broncos (thrice). The appearance of competition in the 1970s may have been a function of realignment resulting from the AFL-NFL merger. The Steelers, Colts, and Browns filled the open spots in the AFC to create conferences of equal size. It would take more time and space to analyze the overall disruption created this movement, if it was really that significant. My first thought is how defenses held an edge over offenses which led to the lowest average team points per game in 1977 (17.2) since the creation of the modern NFL in 1950. The various rule changes eventually boosted the passing game, paving the way for the West Coast offense used by the 49ers during the Montana-Walsh era. This all may come off as a whole lot of blah-blah-blah, but it's just how I write. Thanks for starting off on this topic. If my reply is too much, just tell me to delete it.
As a kid growing up in the 70s, this was great! After watching football on Saturday and Sunday, we’d go outside (novel thought!) and recreate the carnage on our unpadded 10 year old bodies! What fun!
@@brotzmannsax those were the days. Only care in the world was how I was gonna drum up enough money each day to feed my football card and bubble gum habits
@@markgardner9460 Me too, I lived on those Topps nickel pack cards in the 50's and 60's, in football season I used all coins available to buy cards. I had a newspaper route which added to my daily allowance of a quarter for school snacks & travel which I could get 5 packs from plus more with whatever daily change. I would chew all the gum and keep the cards safely in my top pocket under my coat until I could get them home safely. In the summer, I had the paper route plus would pick up soda bottles to wash out and return to the candy stores and buy packs of baseball cards and comics with that, then hang out all day and night flipping cards and watching games.
Yeah, that was the trick....how to keep the cards in good shape until ya got home. That gum that came in the packs was not good, looking back on it, but what did I know at the time?
Great action, plenty of late hits, some nice clothes lines and cool jersey! I hated Roger Staubach but looking back he had big balls taking on all those defenders in his career. So many names from the past that you forget about in time but when you see them again it seems like yesterday.
Staubach: was All-Pro and Pro Bowler his last two years of his career. Too bad that he had to retire early due to concussions or he would have added to his already esteemed legacy. Like Joe Kapp, Terry Bradshaw and Bobby Douglass, he took defenders head on
@@markgardner9460 Staubach a military man he was tough as they come at QB 2 SB he earned it. Bradshaw make it 4 and Terry still calling it on Fox love it..
@@markgardner9460imho Roger the Dodger is the greatest qb in Cowboy's history ahead of Aikman, Prescott, Meredith, Morton, Hogeboom, Romo, Longley, White etc,...absent from football for four years after winning Heisman at Navy returns to NFL, ROTY, SB MVP, wins two SB in six years and never missed the playoffs
I think there was a sort of drainage moat that rimmed the field in Chicago - it was set back by the benches - sometimes players would end up sliding down into them. The moat was about a foot or two deep.
Sometimes it's hard to think this was 50 years ago. Seem like just yesterday. I lost count of how many hits would be 15 yard penalties today. There's still plenty of cheap-shots and fights today. Just a bit more watered down to say the least. Football in the 1970's brings back a lot of special memories. Especially for me and my brothers. We collected so many football cards in those days. Many of which I still have. Was a great time to discover the love of football.
Every cent that I made as a kid went to buying football cards. I couldn't get enough of watching, collecting or playing football. Can't believe it's been 50 years either!
@@stevereber I remember the cards were sold everywhere. Inside Cracker Jacks, Wonder Bread, Cereal. I think even McDonalds included them in their "Happy Meals". It was exciting just to get the gum that lasted about 2 seconds. It was a special time to be a kid falling in love with NFL Football.
@@jstube36 Lol that old hard gum I remember. Mine started from Mom Bribing me CUZZ I had to go get allergy shots. On way home it was a few packs. Started Watching football 1978. Born 1969. I took to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dad was A Cowboys Fan. I liked Lynn. Swann My team won the Super Bowl and the Next year. After that it was Baseball and I took to the Pittsburgh Pirates I guess Pittsburgh I was on a role . And I got to experience the "We are Family Pirates" Willie Stargell and his great personality. Then NBA and The Lakers. I was spoiled starting off. Played at a high level all X3 Sports. Free agent tryouts Pirates and Indians around 1988. But I was a mess in life around Highschool and after a few years. Played with Marty Cordova Little League and Pop Warner. He went on to Pro Ball MLB and Rookie of the year. Nowadays I'm just a Humble You Tube Legend Lol . Be Blessed Buddy
59 year old Colts fan. Been so since 1976. Watching Archie Manning on your posts, One has got too believe that man loved playing ,even though getting Throttled alot,and a losing team. Gave us Colt faithful Peyton,and Giants a Levi. Archie Manning,resilient "Toughness".
1976 was a very good year for the Colts. Bert Jones, Lydell Mitchell and Roger Carr all had huge years. Archie MUST have loved playing because he dealt with some awful teams!
I was just a kid in ‘73. As an 11 year old who turned 12 in November I remember the game being pretty brutal. It was tough being a QB back in the 70’s that’s for sure! I really enjoyed this video! Thanks so much! Awesome!
QB's had to be so tough back then. It's amazing that a lot of them didn't throw in the towel. Take a look at the number of hard hits from Part 1 and 2 that Staubach, Pastorini and Phipps took. Hard to believe that they'd want to play another season
Wow, great film clips. Thank you. Lawrence McCutcheon, Lee Roy Kelley, Emerson Boozer, Walt Garrison, Riggins ... and Staubach could take a licking. Now, if only Terry Hanratty was the starting steeeler QB for ALL of the 1970s.
YES! This was the FOOTBALL I grew up watching on Television. Mostly in B&W too. We could not afford a Color TV back then. LOL Still it was Fun to watch. Even with only 'Rabbit Ears' for an Antenna to watch it with. We could tell the difference which team was playing. Oh and on a 12" TV. When we were 'Feeling LUCKY' we would get a 17" TV Screen to watch on. Thank You for putting up and Editing these videos for all of us to view.
I can relate to you watching football on a B & W, small tv. In bad weather games, it was impossible to discern the teams....but I LOVED it. Thanks for watching and commenting - much appreciated!
I really enjoy watching football in this era - QB's didn't run towards the sideline after throwing an interception like they've been doing the past few decades.
that particular year up to '78 is the most brutal time to play in the nfl. reason: the rules were still basically the same as they were in the no holes barred '50's. meaning you could essentially spear, go for the head, swing foreamrs etc.... the difference though was by this point the players were starting to really get into weight lifting & also the speed had picked up. you had more athletic & bigger, stronger athletes playing w/ major violence allowed lattitude rules wise. plus also the equipt, esp helmets were still very lacking absorption wise. & artificial turf fields were concrete & far less absorbent then now... its why so many players from that era got some messed up post 50 years old.
agreed....plus there was a lot of chop blocking going on - one guy keeps a defender busy, then the next guy takes out his knees - a real sweetheart of a move. Kickers used to be fair game on kickoffs, too.....they'd try to mess 'em up, so they couldn't kick as effectively later on. Now they call that "targeting" and it's illegal.
Pretty amazing stuff sir I enjoy it. I was born in the summer of 96, And they sure don't do that stuff today. Keep up the great work, enjoy your videos, sir!
The 1973 season was fascinating in a lot of ways... the OJ chase for 2000... Miami following up their perfect season... Minnesota returning to the top of the NFC... Atlanta's playoff run falling short (there's an entire book about the 1973-1974 Falcons waiting to be written; had the Falcons gone 6-7-1 or 7-7, which was about right for that team, they might have addressed some of their offensive issues and avoided the three-year maelstrom they entered in 1974, when they were the worst offensive team of the 1970s that wasn't in Tampa Bay). It was the last season before sudden death and the goalposts moving back, the last year of Chargers' powder blue and the Eagles' white helmets, and the tag end of the dynasties in Cleveland and Kansas City. And the Oilers still stunk.
Thank you - I appreciate it very much. I'm going to be working on a couple of NFL player profile videos in the near future. I have so many things that I want to do, but only so much time. Thanks for watching and commenting!
That's one of my favorites. The verticle stripped socks were detested by the players. I read where the players tossed all of those socks into a pile and burned them. That got the message across, as they were never used again.
In 1976 I was in 4th grade and played my first year of pop warner football and became an avid fan and student of the game. I had the 1976 NFL Handbook which included rosters and player profiles of every team and I pretty much memorized it and wore it ragged. I remember early Saturday and Sunday mornings and catching old school NFL films with John Facenda narrating. That voice and narration was awesome. Love the videos and channel! Who was the big 250 lb Charger running back near the end?
That's awesome that you wore out that Handbook - I have purchased a bunch of NFL reference materials and books - they come in very handy. Saturday afternoon at 5:00 is when John Facenda did his thing in my tv market. I was glued to the tv.....LOVED the slow motion plays of the football in the air! Thank you so much for watching and commenting! Robert "The Tank" Holmes was the rather large Charger running back.
Thank you! I could immediately tell he was a massive back and then you said 250 which was even more massive than I expected especially at that time. I was unfamiliar with him.
No unnecessary roughness back in the 70s. The cheap shot I remember from back then was 32 Jack Tatum of the Raiders clothesline 88 Lynn Swann of the Steelers .
Lions' linebacker, Charlie Weaver, #59, really waylayed Vikes' fullback, Bill Brown, early in the clip. Not sure I've ever seen a one-on-one, whereby Brown got the worst of it like that. He liked collisions. Looks like that, even though Dolphins' safety, Jake Scott, #13, hit Drew Pearson after he was on the ground, Scott pulled up. Teams like the Dolphins, Browns, Packers, and Chiefs weren't known as teams that took lots of questionable shots at opponents. They were efficient and merely shut down offenses with not a lot of rabble rousing. That is my take on them.
@@markgardner9460 Wow, I didn't know that he took that much of a beating, him and Dave Osborne were one of the best one two punches when teams used two back sets.
@@markgardner9460 Brown had a weird little hop when he was about to get tackled, I guess on the theory than he couldn't get a leg injury if his feet were off the ground. Appears to have been in error.
It seems like everybody knew the risks and just accepted the rough stuff. The league's treasure chest would be filled with fine money if this stuff happened today.
"This was the tackling technique that was prominent back in the day. They don't do it anymore." Exactly. Today's NFL is basically amped up touch football.
They show the players what they don't want and what they do want - then they tell 'em about the fines schedule and possible suspensions and you get what we have today...a bunch of garbage yardage statistics because they're not allowed to tackle in the most efficient manner.
@@markgardner9460 Bought my season tickets (4) in 1980, 3rd row, 30 yrd line, maybe missed 10 games. Gave em up 36 yrs later. Barely watched any pro football since.
On the Where did Jack Snow go clip, how about that"pit" in front of the Bears bench that several players got pushed into thru the years when the Bears moved to Soldier Field.
4 straight Pro Bowl years, gets injured and missed the entire '76 season. Played in '77, but didn't do much and retired. Too bad he got injured or his career numbers would have been even more eye-popping than what they already are.
I notice in all your footage so far no QB's slid, they all took on the defenders which makes me wonder when did the QB's start sliding? Who might have started the trend? I see Dan Pastorini took another beating and head pounding on the concrete turf, I had to Google him to see if he survived and still alive, ha.
The QB slide rule started in '85 season. I suppose there were QB's who slid earlier - defenders could still tackle them and not draw a flag as long as they didn't hit the QB's helmet. I don't know who would have been among the first QB's, however. Anyone have any ideas?
Here's a good one of Cliff Harris knocking Rick Upchurch (the Broncos' biggest playmaker that day) unconscious in Super Bowl XII. czcams.com/video/2ES28KSI0Cs/video.html The announcers initially misidentify it but the replay clearly shows Harris delivering a one on one hit. Upchurch is on the ground for several minutes, his leg sort of twitching.
It was like going down memory. I have to look at the other video to see if you captured Staubach getting gutted by Redskin linebacker Harold McLinton. George Atkinson and Jack Tatum were the ones when it came to hard hits and cheap shots. lol
@@markgardner9460 I think that you are right. Unfortunately, I'm old enough to have watched the game and I wasn't a little kid when I did. Ha, ha, ha.
@@damilitantone if it's the play at the goal line where Harold slams his helmet into the artificial turf, then it's the '74 game at Dallas. As time goes on, years bleed into one another is what I've experienced. Loved watching those teams battle it out
It's amazing the way they used to play football back in that time count nobody ended up killing themselves my God these guys play football like Neanderthals 🤕
It's one thing to be able to take the hard hit from the defender, but then it's double the pain because you're landing on a half inch of carpet that covers concrete.
I read up on Phipps and he was involved in two trades that involved two eventual Hall of Fame receivers: Paul Warfield and Ozzie Newsome. He also turned down a Rhodes Scholarship to play in the NFL!
Back in the day when the Referees ALLOWED the players to PLAY FOOTBALL the way the game was meant to be played.....HARD!! Of course there's some discretion within reason.... However, keep in mind Football is a CONTACT sport and the buyer must be AWARE........
I like Jack Lambert's quote from long ago: If you don't want them to get hit, then put dresses on them! Thanks for watching and thanks for your comments, Eddie!
I monetized after 2 months. Feel free to check out my other videos, as there are lots of stats, graphics, etc that add to the overall entertainment vibe. Thank you for watching and commenting; I appreciate it!
Can you imagine telling these players that they have to play 3 more games after playing 14 brutal ones? I don't know how those guys got through a season back then.
@SportsStatsNGab it certainly was not for the money. It was pure competitive pride. I remember when we played ball for the coach, school, or town, and the only stat of importance was the W.
Those artificial turf fibers would get worn down, so there was absolutely no cushion (not that there was much to begin with) - it was like playing on an asphalt track after awhile.
@@markgardner9460 That makes total sense. You have the right attitude and presentation for your videos. Hard to explain but you dont fool around: a 10 minute video of yours has 10 minutes of entertainment. Too many other CZcams channels have about 4-5 minutes out of 10 that are on point. I guess what I saying is is that you dont waste my time. Thank you!
Roger the Dodger was as tough as they come. He was basically forced into retirement due to sustaining too many concussions. He made the Pro Bowl each of his last 5 years in the league AND lead the league in passer rating each of his last two years. I agree with you - QB's should be treated like anyone else once they run. Thank you for watching and commenting!
It’s sad. All the way up through the mid 90s teams and players got better and better each year. By better I mean they got bigger and faster and mixed with the perfection of the good teams it was great football. Now it’s just sloppy and the team mentality is gone. A bunch of pre Madonnas. I don’t really watch much anymore.
The one of dirtiest , Giants #44 Richmond Flowers.. Although he did'nt do it here @ 6:02 , he had a habit of spearing players with his knees. There are p;enty of examples here on CZcams,,,,,,,,,,,watch Larry Brown highlights.
I didn't know that about Flowers. I've seen footage of Bob Lilly kneeing runners in the helmet when downed. I'll have to check that out - thanks for the heads up!
@@markgardner9460 Hello. I have an extensive dvd collection of old games an highlights ( many are here on CZcams also ) Even played a little football, but really cant believe the callousness of this guy.He shamelessly spears them in the lower back where theres no protectection. Again, pull up any of the Giants games starting in 1971. He was with them only a few years after the Cpwboys traded him after the 70 season. But man was he dirty.
@@6400az how far back does your dvd collection go? AFL, too, I presume? Any WFL? I'd love to do highlight videos from the '60's. Did you play college football?
@@markgardner9460 Nah, nothing like that . A little in high school but mostly around the neighborhood. Marathon games lol. Most of the collection are 70's Vikings games as I followed the team. The farthest back would be the 1961 NFL Champ Game, Packers vs Giants also have SB V and III, alsp This Week In Pro Football , 1969 edition. Dont think I have anything all too rare. ** In your video you mention Lion lb Paul Naumoff. By chance have you seen him spear Joe Namath in the knee ? As low life a hit as I.ve seen. I m sure you can find it here on CZcams.
Ha ha ha! Excellent stuff my friend! Please post more of the Cowboys getting speared, clothes-lined and late hits. Throw in some Danny White lol! Great post again!
Thank you! '73 Part 1 has plenty of hard hits on Roger Staubach, so feel free to check out that video if you haven't already. Also, "NFL Teams Fight In First Meeting(1967 Week 4 Highlights)" has Dandy Don Meredith getting swatted left and right.
Those can cause sone of the most painful injuries since the neck is involved. Prior to '62 facemasking the ballcarrier was legal, but illegal for anyone else.
This is before the game was pussyfied , these days you look at another player crosseyed you'll get flagged , before you wore gloves and had heaters and misters on the sidelines, you may as well give them dresses and paint their nails these days
Mannnnn, these men played for keeps, sacrificed their bodies, they went all out, looking like real gladiators with them face masks looking like cages also the ones with the hooks standing there looking at you. It was muddy, cold, dirty, hardcore ball. Goodell cked football up with his New England Patriots loving as, especially Shady Brady🤬🖕🏾The days of ages 8, 9, 10. The real rivalry was when those slime ball Raiders came to The Steel City. I hated them dirty muts, but I respected their gangsta play smh. Btw, Franco caught that ball and he never stepped out of bounds. The greatest catch in history. Rest In Peace #32, #52, #63, #68, #78 and others I forgot and RIP Mr. Rooney and Coach Noll...#MightyPitt4Life💪🏾💪🏻💪🏿 "Thanks Mean Joe" (shot in my backyard in New York when I was 11) 💯💯💯
I can't get enough of this old school ball... I was 11 in 73...I remember watching many of the game's with my Chicago Bears helmet in hand... me and dad... then it was out to the backyard for some football action... Thanks Brother 🏈.
We did the same thing after the game was over! Gonna keep publishing this type of stuff ...the hard part us deciding what to work on next...a fun problem to have
@@markgardner9460 just keep doing what your doing... it totally takes me back to my youth...And that's Awesome 👍.
You got it!
I am the same age as you. Wasn’t it a great time to be a football fan back then? The game has changed for the worst. Give me old school every time and all the time.
@@primateproductions126 sorry so long getting back to you - yes! This era was the best!
Just can't get enough of this channel, grew up in the 70s watching my Steelers. Can you imagine these players back then playing by today's rules???
Lambert, Butkus and some of those guys would be playing for free because their entire salary would go towards fines and suspensions. I'm working on a video now that depicts some highly questionable protocol - hope to roll it out soon and I hope you enjoy it, Kevin. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Old school NFL football, that is what football should always be, love the 1970's football!
If pro football had stayed like this, it might have remained second to baseball as America's pastime. The hits were too often unnecessarily physical, intended to knock players off their game and off the field entirely if possible. The helmets were so tight, they were guaranteed to transfer all the energy of contact right to the brain. The shit Gary Larsen is pulling in this video is worse than Vontaze Burfict's hits of horror. I was in my 20s when these games were played, and I ate it up too. It took Dr. Omalu looking at the tangled dendrites of Mike Webster's brain to finally connect what had happened to John Mackey, Nick Buonoconti, Gail Cogdill, Lou Creekmur, Dave Duerson, Wally Hilgenberg and Jim Hudson. Those were located just scrolling through the list at the Boston U. CTE Center to the H's, looking for the most rememberable names. The actual toll goes beyond their 343 confirmed cases. Is that enough to reconsider whether that old-time football was worth our entertainment? I never stopped following and watching the NFL, so I'm as complicit as any other long-time fan. Only now I realize the long-term cost to the men who gave so much to the game, as well as to you and me. No, it doesn't affect all players. I know one closely enough to understand he's constantly checking for the signs of any degeneration, and he hasn't turned 50 yet. Would he do it all over again? Well, it's qualified him to do sports-talk radio in a large-market instead of selling oulfield equipment. And I'll keep watching the more sane, up-to-date version of today's pro football without pining for the good old days, when the measure of manhood in the NFL was how much pain a player could give and take.
The football of the seventies was truly the era of dynasties. It was good football, in the same way that baseball in the 1950s was good baseball. Almost every single team was competitive at some juncture - yet the playoffs were always Rams/Cowboys/Vikings in the NFC and Steelers/Raiders/Dolphins in the AFC. Look how good the mid-70s Cardinals and Bills were - no playoff wins. The Redskins, Rams (!) and Broncos broke through once each, only to run into juggernauts. Minnesota made three Super Bowls in this era and are still considered snakebit because they ran into three other dynasties that won eight Super Bowls between 1971 and 1980. Detroit, Atlanta, Baltimore and Cincinnati put together competitive teams at different times after 1971 (the 1970 Baltimore team was honestly a 60s holdover), and none of them made it.
It was probably the most daunting level of competition in NFL history.
@@macofalltrades6396 Some good reminders of the decade which helped NFL football overcome baseball as America's pastime. The competition, however, was dominated by five teams: Cowboys, Dolphins, Steelers, Raiders, and Vikings. The first four won all but the 1970 Super Bowl (Colts). As you noted, the Vikings advanced to, and lost, three SBs. Three other interlopers, the Redskins, Broncos and Rams advanced to, and lost, their shots at Lombardi Trophies. The Cowboys (thrice) and Dolphins accounted for the other four losses. The 1980s were not much different, with the Raiders, 49ers and Redskins winning eight SBs in the decade (Bears and Giants the others). The losers were a little more varied, and include the Eagles, Bengals (twice), Dolphins (twice), Redskins, Patriots and Broncos (thrice). The appearance of competition in the 1970s may have been a function of realignment resulting from the AFL-NFL merger. The Steelers, Colts, and Browns filled the open spots in the AFC to create conferences of equal size. It would take more time and space to analyze the overall disruption created this movement, if it was really that significant. My first thought is how defenses held an edge over offenses which led to the lowest average team points per game in 1977 (17.2) since the creation of the modern NFL in 1950. The various rule changes eventually boosted the passing game, paving the way for the West Coast offense used by the 49ers during the Montana-Walsh era. This all may come off as a whole lot of blah-blah-blah, but it's just how I write. Thanks for starting off on this topic. If my reply is too much, just tell me to delete it.
A lot of these players' brains are now mush, the ones that are still alive.
Yeah, screw CTE and player's long term health, we want gratuitous entertainment! 😆🙄
As a kid growing up in the 70s, this was great! After watching football on Saturday and Sunday, we’d go outside (novel thought!) and recreate the carnage on our unpadded 10 year old bodies! What fun!
We did the same thing! We'd name ourselves from NFL players.....come home all dirty with torn clothes.....loved it.
@@markgardner9460 Name ourselves after NFL players, come home in the dark, wet, torn clothes and blood, ha ha.
@@brotzmannsax those were the days. Only care in the world was how I was gonna drum up enough money each day to feed my football card and bubble gum habits
@@markgardner9460 Me too, I lived on those Topps nickel pack cards in the 50's and 60's, in football season I used all coins available to buy cards. I had a newspaper route which added to my daily allowance of a quarter for school snacks & travel which I could get 5 packs from plus more with whatever daily change. I would chew all the gum and keep the cards safely in my top pocket under my coat until I could get them home safely. In the summer, I had the paper route plus would pick up soda bottles to wash out and return to the candy stores and buy packs of baseball cards and comics with that, then hang out all day and night flipping cards and watching games.
Yeah, that was the trick....how to keep the cards in good shape until ya got home. That gum that came in the packs was not good, looking back on it, but what did I know at the time?
Great action, plenty of late hits, some nice clothes lines and cool jersey! I hated Roger Staubach but looking back he had big balls taking on all those defenders in his career.
So many names from the past that you forget about in time but when you see them again it seems like yesterday.
Staubach: was All-Pro and Pro Bowler his last two years of his career. Too bad that he had to retire early due to concussions or he would have added to his already esteemed legacy. Like Joe Kapp, Terry Bradshaw and Bobby Douglass, he took defenders head on
@@markgardner9460 Staubach a military man he was tough as they come at QB 2 SB he earned it. Bradshaw make it 4 and Terry still calling it on Fox love it..
@@rideon1956Staubach had a relatively short career about 8-10yrs, had to do service at Naval Academy upon graduation, won the Heisman in '64
@@markgardner9460imho Roger the Dodger is the greatest qb in Cowboy's history ahead of Aikman, Prescott, Meredith, Morton, Hogeboom, Romo, Longley, White etc,...absent from football for four years after winning Heisman at Navy returns to NFL, ROTY, SB MVP, wins two SB in six years and never missed the playoffs
Ole school memories love those old highlights from the 70’s.
Have a rough day? Watch some '70's NFL footage! Good for what ails ya.
These guys mustve been like super heroes at the time, cant get enough of this stuff, Thanks again
Thank you! I can't either.
1:05 "Where did Jack Snow Go?" Snow got plowed.
I think there was a sort of drainage moat that rimmed the field in Chicago - it was set back by the benches - sometimes players would end up sliding down into them. The moat was about a foot or two deep.
@RAJones That was cold.
@Denis Ceballos Those dugouts didn't get filled in until 1979.
@@3243_ 😂
Sometimes it's hard to think this was 50 years ago. Seem like just yesterday. I lost count of how many hits would be 15 yard penalties today. There's still plenty of cheap-shots and fights today. Just a bit more watered down to say the least. Football in the 1970's brings back a lot of special memories. Especially for me and my brothers. We collected so many football cards in those days. Many of which I still have. Was a great time to discover the love of football.
Every cent that I made as a kid went to buying football cards. I couldn't get enough of watching, collecting or playing football. Can't believe it's been 50 years either!
@@markgardner9460 Yes, same here. The years have gone by all too soon.
Yep Football Cards! Made me learn the history, Learn statistics, Made the game more than just entertainment.
@@stevereber I remember the cards were sold everywhere. Inside Cracker Jacks, Wonder Bread, Cereal. I think even McDonalds included them in their "Happy Meals". It was exciting just to get the gum that lasted about 2 seconds. It was a special time to be a kid falling in love with NFL Football.
@@jstube36 Lol that old hard gum I remember. Mine started from Mom Bribing me CUZZ I had to go get allergy shots. On way home it was a few packs. Started Watching football 1978. Born 1969. I took to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dad was A Cowboys Fan. I liked Lynn. Swann My team won the Super Bowl and the Next year. After that it was Baseball and I took to the Pittsburgh Pirates I guess Pittsburgh I was on a role . And I got to experience the "We are Family Pirates" Willie Stargell and his great personality. Then NBA and The Lakers. I was spoiled starting off. Played at a high level all X3 Sports. Free agent tryouts Pirates and Indians around 1988. But I was a mess in life around Highschool and after a few years. Played with Marty Cordova Little League and Pop Warner. He went on to Pro Ball MLB and Rookie of the year. Nowadays I'm just a Humble You Tube Legend Lol . Be Blessed Buddy
Great stuff!
That hit on Staubach at 0:43 is one of the fiercest hits on a QB ever!!
No doubt. I bet he had a sore neck/back for awhile. Brutal.
@@markgardner9460that was absolutely vicious.
59 year old Colts fan. Been so since 1976. Watching Archie Manning on your posts, One has got too believe that man loved playing ,even though getting Throttled alot,and a losing team. Gave us Colt faithful Peyton,and Giants a Levi. Archie Manning,resilient "Toughness".
1976 was a very good year for the Colts. Bert Jones, Lydell Mitchell and Roger Carr all had huge years. Archie MUST have loved playing because he dealt with some awful teams!
I was just a kid in ‘73. As an 11 year old who turned 12 in November I remember the game being pretty brutal. It was tough being a QB back in the 70’s that’s for sure! I really enjoyed this video! Thanks so much! Awesome!
QB's had to be so tough back then. It's amazing that a lot of them didn't throw in the towel. Take a look at the number of hard hits from Part 1 and 2 that Staubach, Pastorini and Phipps took. Hard to believe that they'd want to play another season
@@markgardner9460 All 3 of those QB’s were especially tough! They certainly deserved everything they made back then!
@@RobertBrown-vf8ydthey renegotiated the retired player's contracts with the NFLPA making it more equitable but in the end uts about revenue sharing
Holy crap that was great!
Wow, great film clips. Thank you.
Lawrence McCutcheon, Lee Roy Kelley, Emerson Boozer, Walt Garrison, Riggins ... and Staubach could take a licking.
Now, if only Terry Hanratty was the starting steeeler QB for ALL of the 1970s.
Thank you! Those guys were tough as nails, for sure. They definately earned their money the hard way. I appreciate your comments.
YES! This was the FOOTBALL I grew up watching on Television.
Mostly in B&W too. We could not afford a Color TV back then. LOL
Still it was Fun to watch. Even with only 'Rabbit Ears' for an Antenna to watch it with.
We could tell the difference which team was playing. Oh and on a 12" TV.
When we were 'Feeling LUCKY' we would get a 17" TV Screen to watch on.
Thank You for putting up and Editing these videos for all of us to view.
I can relate to you watching football on a B & W, small tv. In bad weather games, it was impossible to discern the teams....but I LOVED it.
Thanks for watching and commenting - much appreciated!
Wonderful good old day's of the NFL. Great job
Thank you - I appreciate it - my favorite NFL era
WOW thank you sir! Love that hit Roger the Dodger put on Jake Scott after the int.
I really enjoy watching football in this era - QB's didn't run towards the sideline after throwing an interception like they've been doing the past few decades.
that particular year up to '78 is the most brutal time to play in the nfl. reason: the rules were still basically the same as they were in the no holes barred '50's. meaning you could essentially spear, go for the head, swing foreamrs etc.... the difference though was by this point the players were starting to really get into weight lifting & also the speed had picked up. you had more athletic & bigger, stronger athletes playing w/ major violence allowed lattitude rules wise. plus also the equipt, esp helmets were still very lacking absorption wise. & artificial turf fields were concrete & far less absorbent then now... its why so many players from that era got some messed up post 50 years old.
I had a huge collection old 1950's NFL games and you wouldn't believe what they got away with in that decade before national television.
I believe it. I've read stories......and hope to publish a video regarding some of them!
agreed....plus there was a lot of chop blocking going on - one guy keeps a defender busy, then the next guy takes out his knees - a real sweetheart of a move. Kickers used to be fair game on kickoffs, too.....they'd try to mess 'em up, so they couldn't kick as effectively later on. Now they call that "targeting" and it's illegal.
@@markgardner9460 The old High Low hit.
Heck, players could legally grab their opponent's facemasks until about 1961 or '62.
This is AWESOME!!!!
Thanks, Rich. I appreciate it!!
Pretty amazing stuff sir I enjoy it. I was born in the summer of 96, And they sure don't do that stuff today. Keep up the great work, enjoy your videos, sir!
Thank you, Joey. I appreciate that!
@SportsStatsNGab Absolutely sir.
Great stuff!
Redskin's fan since '72.
Good to see Dallas take some old time cheap shots!
Always the Redskins to me ...
Larry Brown is one of my favorite RB's of all-time and I believe that he should be in the Hall of Fame - very similar stats to Floyd Little who is in.
Love the Mecklenburg jersey!!
Thank you! I dig that throwback jersey.
LOVE IT !!!!!!
The 1973 season was fascinating in a lot of ways... the OJ chase for 2000... Miami following up their perfect season... Minnesota returning to the top of the NFC... Atlanta's playoff run falling short (there's an entire book about the 1973-1974 Falcons waiting to be written; had the Falcons gone 6-7-1 or 7-7, which was about right for that team, they might have addressed some of their offensive issues and avoided the three-year maelstrom they entered in 1974, when they were the worst offensive team of the 1970s that wasn't in Tampa Bay). It was the last season before sudden death and the goalposts moving back, the last year of Chargers' powder blue and the Eagles' white helmets, and the tag end of the dynasties in Cleveland and Kansas City.
And the Oilers still stunk.
'73 is my favorite season of the '70's. O.J. rushed for exactly 1,000 more yards than the #2 man in the AFC (Csonka). How crazy is that?
Oh, and I love the Eagles white helmets!
@@markgardner9460 So do I!!! And I just won an eBay auction for 200 football cards from the 1973 set. Score!
As a Falcon fan, my favorite seasons were 1973, 1977 and 1978. 1977 was the bookend to 1973; I would call it the WFL era.
@@macofalltrades6396 that was my first year collecting cards...only bought 1 pack...10 cents. I remember every card from that pack
Rockin the 80 B Sipe #17 Browns- luv the Denver throwback-I have the 94 white Elway #7
Those Browns jerseys were SOLID...I'm tellin' ya!
Great clips ! Didn't know these old ones were available..... (The 70's jazz/funk sounds great, had to turn down the other digital noise though)
Thank you. I will pay closer attention to the music levels. Thanks for the heads up!
Another fantastic video! Great job! 👏
Thank you - I appreciate it very much. I'm going to be working on a couple of NFL player profile videos in the near future. I have so many things that I want to do, but only so much time. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Best channel, subscribed!
Awesome! I appreciate that. I will be rolling out a very exciting video tomorrow, so please check it out. Thanks again!
Man that is just an awesome jersey
Those Oilers Columbia Blue uniforms with the helmets were great
I think so too. Did they only have them for 1 year?
@@markgardner9460 The helmets were from 1972-74
OK. Thanks. Good to know
"Those Oilers Columbia Blue uniforms with the helmets were great".
Not so much the team that wore them unfortunately. Especially in 1972-73.
As always I love your videos, keep it up, I’ll keep watching.
I plan on keep kickin' 'em out. Thank you!
I love that old AFL mid 1960s Denver Broncos jersey that our host is wearing while highlighting the 1973 NFL season.
That's one of my favorites. The verticle stripped socks were detested by the players. I read where the players tossed all of those socks into a pile and burned them. That got the message across, as they were never used again.
Vintage Rockum Sockum ⭐️✅👋🏻🦅🏈
At 1:32, nice cut by Pete Athas of New York. Him and Spider Lockhart made a great DB duo.
Neither was big, but they could deliver the goods!
Nice Broncos 1994 throwback jersey with the 75 patch which was the NFL's 75 th season
Thanks, Michael. It's an attention getter
At about 6:27, the defensive back whacking Mack Herron is Jim Hill, who later became a long time sports anchor in Los Angeles.
CBS game analyst, too. "Iron Claw"!
In 1976 I was in 4th grade and played my first year of pop warner football and became an avid fan and student of the game.
I had the 1976 NFL Handbook which included rosters and player profiles of every team and I pretty much memorized it and wore it ragged.
I remember early Saturday and Sunday mornings and catching old school NFL films with John Facenda narrating.
That voice and narration was awesome.
Love the videos and channel!
Who was the big 250 lb Charger running back near the end?
That's awesome that you wore out that Handbook - I have purchased a bunch of NFL reference materials and books - they come in very handy. Saturday afternoon at 5:00 is when John Facenda did his thing in my tv market. I was glued to the tv.....LOVED the slow motion plays of the football in the air!
Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
Robert "The Tank" Holmes was the rather large Charger running back.
Thank you!
I could immediately tell he was a massive back and then you said 250 which was even more massive than I expected especially at that time.
I was unfamiliar with him.
Robert Holmes, who was the starting fullback for the 1969 World Champion Chiefs.
No unnecessary roughness back in the 70s. The cheap shot I remember from back then was 32 Jack Tatum of the Raiders clothesline 88 Lynn Swann of the Steelers .
Yeah, unless a ballcarrier was 8 yards out of bounds getting tackled, the refs pretty much kept their flags in their pockets.
Doug Plank and Gary Fencick, Bears, head spearing cheap shot champs..."They Call Me Assassin" by Jack Tatum, suggested reading.
I've gotta read that book! Can't believe that I haven't already
Dang…between this and Pt. 1,Roger Staubach sure took some nasty shots.
He sustained a concussion in the NFL Champion/College All Star Game in '72 as well.
Lions' linebacker, Charlie Weaver, #59, really waylayed Vikes' fullback, Bill Brown, early in the clip. Not sure I've ever seen a one-on-one, whereby Brown got the worst of it like that. He liked collisions.
Looks like that, even though Dolphins' safety, Jake Scott, #13, hit Drew Pearson after he was on the ground, Scott pulled up. Teams like the Dolphins, Browns, Packers, and Chiefs weren't known as teams that took lots of questionable shots at opponents. They were efficient and merely shut down offenses with not a lot of rabble rousing. That is my take on them.
Boom Boom Brown had both knees, hips and shoulders replaced. That's the cost he paid for being a bruiser at 230 pounds
The Chiefs and Dolphins had so much talent that they pounded their opponents in the conventional manner...no need for questionable means
@@markgardner9460 Wow, I didn't know that he took that much of a beating, him and Dave Osborne were one of the best one two punches when teams used two back sets.
@@markgardner9460 The Dolphins ran Czonka, Kiick and Mercury all day behind that O line and Griese threw less than twenty times a game usually.
@@markgardner9460 Brown had a weird little hop when he was about to get tackled, I guess on the theory than he couldn't get a leg injury if his feet were off the ground. Appears to have been in error.
great stuff .dude ! it is a mystery that they didn't file Assault Charges against each other.
It seems like everybody knew the risks and just accepted the rough stuff. The league's treasure chest would be filled with fine money if this stuff happened today.
How do you know it's cold outside? When Bud Grant is wearing long sleeves. RIP Bud Grant and Joe Kapp.
That's a classic! Thanks for sharing.
Poor Roger. They could actually run the ball but whenever Roger took off from the pocket, hell was to be paid.
That's right - back then they really paid a big price.......not in today's game, however.
And well-done video, by the way.
Thank you! I appreciate that!
When football was actually FOOTBALL. The game should be reset now, to be exactly the way it was then!!!
I'd love to see it, but I think that ship has sailed...
"This was the tackling technique that was prominent back in the day. They don't do it anymore."
Exactly. Today's NFL is basically amped up touch football.
They show the players what they don't want and what they do want - then they tell 'em about the fines schedule and possible suspensions and you get what we have today...a bunch of garbage yardage statistics because they're not allowed to tackle in the most efficient manner.
@@markgardner9460 Bought my season tickets (4) in 1980, 3rd row, 30 yrd line, maybe missed 10 games.
Gave em up 36 yrs later.
Barely watched any pro football since.
What stadium(s) did you frequent?
@@markgardner9460 I'm in Atlanta, so it was Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium and the GA Dome.
I left shortly before they moved to the new stadium.
Bartkowski and that offense was smokin' hot then! Exciting times.
On the Where did Jack Snow go clip, how about that"pit" in front of the Bears bench that several players got pushed into thru the years when the Bears moved to Soldier Field.
They created that pit so that the fans could see over the players sitting on the sidelines during the College All-Star Game/NFL Champion Game
@@markgardner9460 Good info, I'm sure you will find a few other pit falls I remember from the past, and now I wonder what year they covered it up?
1979.
Thank you for the info!!
Watch the 1970 game , Vikings vs Patriots, you'll see it there. Joe Kapp destrpys Wally Hilgenberg during an intercepion runback 11:22
The play at 1:30 was quite similar to the play where Charley Taylor was injured four years later, also in a home game against the Giants.
4 straight Pro Bowl years, gets injured and missed the entire '76 season. Played in '77, but didn't do much and retired. Too bad he got injured or his career numbers would have been even more eye-popping than what they already are.
@@markgardner9460 One of the greatest receivers in NFL history regardless of stats, I saw him many times torch my team and all the rest.
He was so big and strong - took guys for rides after the catch
He was a running back during his first two NFL seasons.
@@3243_ and Rookie of the Year as well as Pro Bowl each year, so he was no slouch.
tom jackson appearance 0:44
Undersized at only 5'11" 220 pounds, but he could really play outside linebacker
How Staubach's head stayed on his neck at :49 we shall never know
No kidding. Talk about getting wrenched
This school is the only school word 💯
Methinks this should have 20 parts
I'm gonna keep rollin' stuff out from '73. I've got some good ideas for videos. Thanks for watching!
@@markgardner9460 Anytime...I subscribed and am looking forward to more
Wally Hilgenberg of the Vikings. All he wanted to do was clothesline people. Hated that SOB.
He was a dirty player for sure
Made the Sports Illustrated Ten Dirtiest Players List in their 1977 NFL preview issue.
Csonka said that he bit his calf in a pile up during the Super Bowl
I notice in all your footage so far no QB's slid, they all took on the defenders which makes me wonder when did the QB's start sliding? Who might have started the trend?
I see Dan Pastorini took another beating and head pounding on the concrete turf, I had to Google him to see if he survived and still alive, ha.
The QB slide rule started in '85 season. I suppose there were QB's who slid earlier - defenders could still tackle them and not draw a flag as long as they didn't hit the QB's helmet. I don't know who would have been among the first QB's, however. Anyone have any ideas?
Best hit was the last one on Bob Lee by #72 of the Saints. Back breaker.
Here's a good one of Cliff Harris knocking Rick Upchurch (the Broncos' biggest playmaker that day) unconscious in Super Bowl XII. czcams.com/video/2ES28KSI0Cs/video.html The announcers initially misidentify it but the replay clearly shows Harris delivering a one on one hit. Upchurch is on the ground for several minutes, his leg sort of twitching.
I remember this era it was great to watch you had to be crazy to play then our just have s death wish 😂😂
Receivers crossing the middle of the field? Forget about it - gonna get creamed most of the time.
It was like going down memory. I have to look at the other video to see if you captured Staubach getting gutted by Redskin linebacker Harold McLinton. George Atkinson and Jack Tatum were the ones when it came to hard hits and cheap shots. lol
I think the McLinton hit may have been 1974 on Thanksgiving Day
@@markgardner9460 I think that you are right. Unfortunately, I'm old enough to have watched the game and I wasn't a little kid when I did. Ha, ha, ha.
@@damilitantone if it's the play at the goal line where Harold slams his helmet into the artificial turf, then it's the '74 game at Dallas. As time goes on, years bleed into one another is what I've experienced. Loved watching those teams battle it out
@@markgardner9460 I can't talk about teams and football today, but transport me back 50 years and we can have a conversation like this one.
@@damilitantone I hear ya!
The defense gets 90% of the licks in. Is it any wonder the late Conrad Dobler was mean when he got the chance?
Offense needs to even the score somehow
It's amazing the way they used to play football back in that time count nobody ended up killing themselves my God these guys play football like Neanderthals 🤕
Cheap shots galore
It was brutal, for sure. Better look both ways before crossing.....then look back again
And is it just me, or were the uniforms miles better in 1973 than they are now?
Uniforms back then were cleaner/less cluttered and sharper than today's by far. I agree with you
Was Shula on the rules committee in '73, and did have a discussion with Mr. Anderson?
Shula was Co-Chairman of the NFL Competition Committee from '76 - '95
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I will be working on more of these in the future for sure!
Poor Mike Phipps! That Boilermaker was beaten to a pulp!
Talk about no pocket awareness, ha.
It's one thing to be able to take the hard hit from the defender, but then it's double the pain because you're landing on a half inch of carpet that covers concrete.
I read up on Phipps and he was involved in two trades that involved two eventual Hall of Fame receivers: Paul Warfield and Ozzie Newsome. He also turned down a Rhodes Scholarship to play in the NFL!
they tried to kill Nameth ..that is sure .lol. Fortune Cookie on the side line got knocked out too
Had to want to play in the 70s...all pro Larry Cszonka made a whopping $35,000 playing that year
Now guys get fined that amount and don't feel it one bit
Back in the day when the Referees ALLOWED the players to PLAY FOOTBALL the way the game was meant to be played.....HARD!! Of course there's some discretion within reason.... However, keep in mind Football is a CONTACT sport and the buyer must be AWARE........
I like Jack Lambert's quote from long ago: If you don't want them to get hit, then put dresses on them! Thanks for watching and thanks for your comments, Eddie!
you are a pretty neat dude.
Hope you can monetize your channel.
Just a thought, add graphics and stuff.
Us viewers love good retro intros.
Cheers.
I monetized after 2 months. Feel free to check out my other videos, as there are lots of stats, graphics, etc that add to the overall entertainment vibe.
Thank you for watching and commenting; I appreciate it!
Love seeing Staubach get tackled
He got more than tackled here
What do I think? Meeediiicc! HELP, I can't feel my legs! Tell Suzie I love her......
Can you imagine telling these players that they have to play 3 more games after playing 14 brutal ones? I don't know how those guys got through a season back then.
@SportsStatsNGab it certainly was not for the money. It was pure competitive pride. I remember when we played ball for the coach, school, or town, and the only stat of importance was the W.
Wow, some of those artificial turf fields look like painted cement.(or "ce-ment" as Jethro Bodine would say)
Those artificial turf fibers would get worn down, so there was absolutely no cushion (not that there was much to begin with) - it was like playing on an asphalt track after awhile.
Got any footage from 1975? Year I was born,I know the Raiders and Steelers had beef
I sure do - lots of it. I will get around to that year eventually - looking forward to it
Steelers Raiders week 1 of 1976 the hits keep kept on coming George Atkinson laid out Lynn Swann Chuck Noll took the Raiders to court in 1977
@@michaelleroy9281 that was wild stuff going on back then!
Ah, real men playing football again! None of this girly no targeting football today! 🙄
Like John Madden used to say, just make it a rule that you can't hit the QB at all (that's essentially what it's come down to now anyway)
@@markgardner9460 I like Lambert's suggestion for QBs better...
yeah, put a dress on the little girlies
49er’s OT Len Rhode, long e
Thanks
5:00 8:47 Anybody know why very few games used a ball with the white stripes?
It was predominately used during night games so that viewers could spot a thrown ball easier.
@@markgardner9460 That makes total sense. You have the right attitude and presentation for your videos. Hard to explain but you dont fool around: a 10 minute video of yours has 10 minutes of entertainment. Too many other CZcams channels have about 4-5 minutes out of 10 that are on point. I guess what I saying is is that you dont waste my time. Thank you!
Thank you - I appreciate that very much. When I watch a video, I don't want any fat, so I try and keep that in mind when constructing my videos.
1973Would the giants be playing at the Yale bowl the polo grounds or Yankee stadium
They played 12 home games at the Yale Bowl during the 1973 and 1974 seasons.
It was all fun and games until the Tatum/stingley hit
In a meaningless pre-season game
Staubach took some big hits. Too soft today. Once QB starts to run he should be fair game.
Roger the Dodger was as tough as they come. He was basically forced into retirement due to sustaining too many concussions. He made the Pro Bowl each of his last 5 years in the league AND lead the league in passer rating each of his last two years.
I agree with you - QB's should be treated like anyone else once they run.
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Must be a cowboy fan, that's all I seen
My least favorite team
It’s sad. All the way up through the mid 90s teams and players got better and better each year. By better I mean they got bigger and faster and mixed with the perfection of the good teams it was great football. Now it’s just sloppy and the team mentality is gone. A bunch of pre Madonnas. I don’t really watch much anymore.
I agree...I don't watch unless I'm at somebody's house and they have a game on
The one of dirtiest , Giants #44 Richmond Flowers.. Although he did'nt do it here @ 6:02 , he had a habit of spearing players with his knees. There are p;enty of examples here on CZcams,,,,,,,,,,,watch Larry Brown highlights.
I didn't know that about Flowers. I've seen footage of Bob Lilly kneeing runners in the helmet when downed. I'll have to check that out - thanks for the heads up!
And Richmond Flowers (44) was a college wide receiver at Tennessee. Another Giant known for rough stuff and some cheap shots was Pete Athas (45).
@@markgardner9460 Hello. I have an extensive dvd collection of old games an highlights ( many are here on CZcams also ) Even played a little football, but really cant believe the callousness of this guy.He shamelessly spears them in the lower back where theres no protectection. Again, pull up any of the Giants games starting in 1971. He was with them only a few years after the Cpwboys traded him after the 70 season. But man was he dirty.
@@6400az how far back does your dvd collection go? AFL, too, I presume? Any WFL? I'd love to do highlight videos from the '60's. Did you play college football?
@@markgardner9460 Nah, nothing like that . A little in high school but mostly around the neighborhood. Marathon games lol. Most of the collection are 70's Vikings
games as I followed the team. The farthest back would be the 1961 NFL Champ Game, Packers vs Giants also have SB V and III, alsp This Week In Pro Football , 1969 edition. Dont think I have anything all too rare. ** In your video you mention Lion lb Paul Naumoff. By chance have you seen him spear Joe Namath in the knee ? As low life a hit as I.ve seen. I m sure you can find it here on CZcams.
There would be about, maybe, 400 penalties a game nowadays. Holding, eye gouging, attempted murder,...............
3 1/2 hour games would become 4 1/2
Ha ha ha!
Excellent stuff my friend!
Please post more of the Cowboys getting speared, clothes-lined and late hits.
Throw in some Danny White lol! Great post again!
Thank you! '73 Part 1 has plenty of hard hits on Roger Staubach, so feel free to check out that video if you haven't already. Also, "NFL Teams Fight In First Meeting(1967 Week 4 Highlights)" has Dandy Don Meredith getting swatted left and right.
And along with those clips will be a lot of Cowboys wins!!
I hope at least half of those flagrant face mask penalties were called. Dirty is dirty whether its 1973 or 2023.
Those can cause sone of the most painful injuries since the neck is involved. Prior to '62 facemasking the ballcarrier was legal, but illegal for anyone else.
This is before the game was pussyfied , these days you look at another player crosseyed you'll get flagged , before you wore gloves and had heaters and misters on the sidelines, you may as well give them dresses and paint their nails these days
todays nfl is like touch football compared to then; and the games are boring because all the flags.
That's right - on both accounts!!
No such thing as a late or dirty hit on a raider
Raiders weren’t dirty we were aggressive
Mannnnn, these men played for keeps, sacrificed their bodies, they went all out, looking like real gladiators with them face masks looking like cages also the ones with the hooks standing there looking at you. It was muddy, cold, dirty, hardcore ball. Goodell cked football up with his New England Patriots loving as, especially Shady Brady🤬🖕🏾The days of ages 8, 9, 10. The real rivalry was when those slime ball Raiders came to The Steel City. I hated them dirty muts, but I respected their gangsta play smh. Btw, Franco caught that ball and he never stepped out of bounds. The greatest catch in history. Rest In Peace #32, #52, #63, #68, #78 and others I forgot and RIP Mr. Rooney and Coach Noll...#MightyPitt4Life💪🏾💪🏻💪🏿 "Thanks Mean Joe" (shot in my backyard in New York when I was 11) 💯💯💯
I watched The Immaculate Reception on live tv - the refs took forever to decide what to do. Defensive slugfest - that's what that game was.
Ah, when football was FOOTBALL!!. The 70s were the best decade for the NFL.
No doubt about it!
If Brady played back then,he would have retired by 35,
I call it real football.