1979-10-21 San Diego Chargers vs Los Angeles Rams

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  • čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
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Komentáře • 73

  • @LordApathy1
    @LordApathy1 Před 4 lety +11

    John Jefferson was making one-handed catches in an era before receivers wore gloves. He was a great target for Air Coryell.

  • @LordApathy1
    @LordApathy1 Před 4 lety +16

    As classic as their powder blues are, these Charger unis were beautiful too!

    • @originalone3125
      @originalone3125 Před 3 lety +8

      Honestly I wish the Los Angeles Chargers could use these colors as primary uniforms
      Da Da Da a Da Charge! ⚡️🐴 🏈

  • @GBPackFan62
    @GBPackFan62 Před 2 lety +6

    The good old days of professional football when so many players weren't stupid, showboating, tatted-up clowns, defensive players could and would ACTUALLY tackle and the officials didn't make a ton of blown and phantom calls. Sadly, we will never see that era again

    • @ronhoover5516
      @ronhoover5516 Před 9 měsíci +1

      Truer words have never been written.

  • @mikeromero8598
    @mikeromero8598 Před 4 lety +9

    It was always great to listen to the late great Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen.😊

  • @BTLAGS
    @BTLAGS Před 4 lety +12

    Both teams here have such great classic uniforms. I'm disappointed with 2020 Rams design while the Chargers have found a balance with new and classic

    • @lamontbradford4630
      @lamontbradford4630 Před 4 lety +6

      The Rams new helmets SUCK

    • @ianisaac2501
      @ianisaac2501 Před 4 lety +5

      Rams went to Best Buy for their new unis.

    • @anthonybrooks5040
      @anthonybrooks5040 Před 4 lety +4

      @@ianisaac2501 ...after a visit to IKEA

    • @tyrondavis6727
      @tyrondavis6727 Před 4 lety +3

      I'm with you on this one. And I am too, are flat-out disgusted with the Rams' new 2020 uniforms. It's a slap in the butt right there. Now Chargers powder blue uniforms,( nowadays) became popular-that is; well...... I'm gonna have to take it into consideration on the account. Really pretty good uniforms. But the Rams' and Chargers' 1979 uniforms (Don Coryell) , you know they're the real deal in this 1979 contest package. Rams and Chargers contest have a WHOLE bunch of English Royal (Blue) and Sunshine Pineapple (Yellow/Gold) uniforms suitable just right for the game. And I hopefully it will merit into the throwback edition uniforms in the near future. Rams' throwback uniforms to Super Bowl 53 (vs. Tom Brady and the Patriots) are the classic signature trademark. Thanks for the upload video 🤠💕🇺🇸🌮🥤

    • @jeff4703
      @jeff4703 Před 2 lety +1

      I hated how the Rams wore their Away whites at home for most of '78 and '79. Bad move

  • @tommythomason6187
    @tommythomason6187 Před 3 lety +3

    Seems like just yesterday that all these guys were playing, but it was long, long ago. I always find that astounding.You instantly recognize players, know their numbers and names that you haven't thought about since that era.Tape quality is great - has that crystal clear, live appearance.
    Chargers were so much fun to watch. They had the talent to air it out on offense as they did. Chargers look BIG on that defensive line.
    And those striking, brilliantly-colored Chargers uniforms!
    Super Bowl Rams, who, for a while, gave the Steelers a good run for the money in that game.

  • @michaelleroy9281
    @michaelleroy9281 Před 2 lety +6

    The Blue 💙 and Yellow 💛 game

  • @artistamisto
    @artistamisto Před 3 lety +5

    RIP Fred Dean, who had a monster game against LT Doug France, an all-pro for a few years who was probably dinged up here, as were many of the Rams in '79. Still, Dean was unstoppable. If You told me back then that Dean would pass away 40 years later from a pandemic, I wouldn't believe it. Dude was so strong and never lifted weights.

  • @cjs83172
    @cjs83172 Před 4 lety +8

    About the only solace the Rams would get in relation to this nightmare was that the team they would play in the Super Bowl that season, the Pittsburgh Steelers, didn't fare any better when they faced the Chargers a few weeks later, as they got drubbed 35-7 by this same Chargers team, which was the NFL's best in 1979 (12-4 including destructions of both eventual Super Bowl teams), but their inexperience caught up with them when it counted.

    • @anthonybrooks5040
      @anthonybrooks5040 Před 4 lety +4

      That's the saddest part about these "Air Coryell" teams. Too many poor playoff games (except the "epic in Miami, of course) to get into the Super Bowl. Imagine Fouts, Winslow, Joiner, J.J. or Chandler playing in the big game. Klein definitely got egg on his face when he traded Fred Dean and made him an instant champion with the 'Niners.

    • @martinishot
      @martinishot Před 2 lety +2

      The chargers were playing a pretty crippled Rams roster at wide receiver and cornerback positions. Both starting wide receiver is gone both starting cornerrbacks gone. Even the best reserve cornerback behind the starters was gone. In this game you actually see safety Nolan Cromwell forced to actually play cornerback. There were other positions along the roster also missing starters but those are what stand out to me when I remember this. By the time the playoffs started at least the cornerbacks were back. But the Rams played the entire postseason still without both starting wide receivers.

  • @JayDogTitan-he6wo
    @JayDogTitan-he6wo Před 4 lety +11

    The great Dick Enberg on play by play and Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen doing color, I miss these legends in the booth.

  • @Jimmy-qg2ix
    @Jimmy-qg2ix Před 4 lety +3

    I always find it funny when people say, "tHe ChArGeRs CoLoR rUsH lOoKs LiKe tHe RaMs tHrOwBaCkS." This is what the Chargers color rush looks like. Rams modern throwbacks are a much brighter blue than their traditional look.

  • @Reaction_60
    @Reaction_60 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Back when colors were alive and meant something. No new uniforms every 10 minutes-largely because the uniforms were vivid and more than sufficient...and because there was no need to stash cash of a new sort with each blink of the eye. What a gift to have belonged to this era.

  • @timothyholstad8761
    @timothyholstad8761 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you for posting this - I could binge-watch the Air Coryell Chargers. Hopefully there are more complete games to be posted of them. Wim or lose, they were never out of a game and they were never boring.

  • @tyrondavis6727
    @tyrondavis6727 Před 3 lety +1

    A whole loaded full of English Royal Blue and Yellow Gold uniforms for both teams that day in 1979!
    I'm taking about a stack loaded of blue and gold jerseys and helmets!.
    More than 40 years later ,both clubs share so SoFi Center in Inglewood.
    Chargers today wearing powder blue jerseys

  • @thefrase7884
    @thefrase7884 Před rokem +2

    22:19…..Ron Smith would play for San Diego in 1980 and catch the game winning td against Buffalo in the divisional playoff

  • @michaelleroy9281
    @michaelleroy9281 Před 2 lety +1

    The uniforms make this game look like an intrasquad scrimmage

  • @ianisaac2501
    @ianisaac2501 Před 4 lety +1

    That play that Wilbur Young scored on was pretty badass. And Haden took that like he was in a car wreck.

  • @nala3038
    @nala3038 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Chargers and Cowboys had the best blue uniforms ever

  • @texasrockshillcountry6574

    Looks like an inter-scrimmage game!

  • @gary6754
    @gary6754 Před rokem

    This may have been the first football game I remember watching. I was 6. An image of this game has always lasted in my head.
    or, was this game featured in a sports illustrated?

  • @SoundOfWhiteNoise1
    @SoundOfWhiteNoise1 Před 11 dny

    Hard to believe this rams team is the one that fell only 12 points short of a SB victory.

  • @SingleTax
    @SingleTax Před 3 lety +2

    If, after this game, you had told die-hard football fans (particularly in Dallas) that the Rams would go on to win the NFC championship -- beating the Cowboys along the way -- they would have laughed. Yet that's exactly what happened.

    • @ronhoover5516
      @ronhoover5516 Před 9 měsíci

      I wanted SD vs. Dallas for the Super Bowl, that year. As good a Steelers-Rams was, San Diego-Dallas would have been one for the ages.

    • @michaelleroy9281
      @michaelleroy9281 Před 13 dny

      ​@@ronhoover5516Before the Super Bowl come playoff games where they both unexpectedly went down 👇👎

  • @eze869100
    @eze869100 Před 2 lety

    I appreciate your channel,especially charger old games I am a long charger fan thank you!💯⚡️⚡️👍🏻🏈

  • @johnybaltimore3687
    @johnybaltimore3687 Před 6 měsíci

    this game marked the beginning of a great, if one-sided romance between the aggressively-natured Pat Haden and the sweet, docile-natured Fred Dean.

  • @williamhicks7736
    @williamhicks7736 Před 3 měsíci

    Fred Dean was a monster! He beat Doug France like a drum!

  • @OriginalOne1960
    @OriginalOne1960 Před rokem +1

    The Chargers name and logo was created and originated in Los Angeles it’s a Horse charging into battle with a USC L.A.Memorial Coliseum historical connection and
    Tommy Walker aka”Tommy Trojan”and then owner Barron Hilton.
    The Chargers name originated from the USC football games and Tommy Walker aka (Tommy Trojan) famous historical Charge chant he created
    “Da Dah Dah Da“ Charge!
    “Da Dah Dah Da Trojans Warriors Charge!
    Tommy Walker then musician /team kicker helped inspire then owner Barron Hilton “R.I.P.” to name the Chargers football team from the famous Charge chant he created as a USC musician band member /team kicker.
    When Barron Hilton attended the USC football games the previous years as a football fan at the L.A.Coliseum he would hear the Tommy Walker Charge chant.
    When Tommy Walker would run out to the football field to attempt the extra point kicks as the team kicker the USC team music band would play Tommy’s Charge chant he created as the team musician and the football fans that attended the games would yell out his Charge chant
    “Da Dah Dah Dah Da” Charge!
    “Da Dah Dah Da “Trojan Warriors Charge!
    to motivate him to score the extra point kicks.
    So that’s where Barron Hilton got inspired and got the idea to name the Los Angeles Chargers football team.
    The proof is in the Chargers 1960 original shield logo with the horse charging into battle.
    The Charger is a horse charging into battle.
    very similar to the USC Trojan Warrior with shield and sword and horse mascot charging on to the field to battle.
    Hence the horse in the Chargers 1960 original shield logo.
    The lightning bolt idea came from Barron Hilton liking the Air Force College football team lightning bolt logo as a College football fan.
    Till this day that famous Charge chant is heard at the game’s and through out many other sporting game events.
    The Los Angeles Chargers r the true original L.A. born team now back playing in the original birthplace and not too many team’s can claim that fact.
    Rams were born in Cleveland 1936 and
    Raiders were born in Oakland 1960
    And that’s a fact these other teams can’t ever claim.
    And also the Chargers r the true Southern California NFL team because they have never left Southern California unlike
    the Cleveland/ST.Louis Rams and
    the Oakland/Las Vegas Nevada Raiders.
    Let’s Go Los Angeles Chargers
    The true original L.A. born team now back playing in the original birthplace L.A.
    Da Da Dah Dah Da Charge!!! ⚡️🐴 🏈
    Born in L.A. in 1960 and played their first season ever in Chargers history at the L.A.memorial Coliseum finishing the season with a 10-4 record.
    Da Da Dah Dah Da Charge!!! …⚡️🐴 🏈

    • @thefrase7884
      @thefrase7884 Před rokem

      You posted a long winded comment so I’ll respond. Nobody cares!!!!!

  • @scottross4374
    @scottross4374 Před 2 lety +2

    Both of these teams should have kept these uniforms….they were identical too

    • @ronhoover5516
      @ronhoover5516 Před 9 měsíci +2

      And the Chargers should still be in San Diego.

  • @raymundotorres6905
    @raymundotorres6905 Před rokem

    Awesome!

  • @Jiltedin2007
    @Jiltedin2007 Před 2 lety

    The Los Angeles Rams, fresh off their larruping at Dallas, got the Holy Hell beat out of them in this game at Home.

  • @rog9601
    @rog9601 Před 2 lety

    These games from the past are great, thanks for posting however too much editing on this one. Just put the whole 3-hour game on and let it run thank you

  • @OriginalOne1960
    @OriginalOne1960 Před rokem

    Barron Hilton was the AFL president and merged the AFL NFL
    Los Angeles Chargers founder and first owner of the Los Angeles Chargers!
    Da Da Dah Dah Da Charge!!! ⚡️🐴🏈

  • @michaelleroy9281
    @michaelleroy9281 Před 2 lety

    The Chargers wore these at home from 1974-77

    • @anthonybrooks5040
      @anthonybrooks5040 Před 2 lety +1

      ...then brought them back home for its last season in 1984. They looked much less like the Rams in '85.

  • @MrWOLFPACK1974
    @MrWOLFPACK1974 Před 2 lety

    Anyone have the full game of this game from 1979?

  • @mreppen1
    @mreppen1 Před 2 lety +1

    Amazing how horrible Haden was, and lasted as long as he did.

    • @jeff4703
      @jeff4703 Před 2 lety

      I idolized him back then simply because I was crazy about the Rams, Haden was their primary QB and I was a kid and didn't know any better. I even wrote to him at the Rams office and got back a signed picture in the mail! However, after watching a multitude of the late '70's Rams games on YT I have to admit you are correct. I am amazed by how many open receivers he missed and he was fragile as hell (aka, easy to get down.) The '77 Mud Bowl was a particularly atrocious Haden performance

  • @michaelleroy9281
    @michaelleroy9281 Před 2 lety

    The only game the Chargers wore the Blue Jerseys in 1979

  • @martinishot
    @martinishot Před rokem

    After doing a smart thing and getting rid of John Hadl before he hit the wall, the Rams were hopeless at drafting or trading for quality quarterbacks. When you watch all of their playoff losses for the remainder of the 70s it's the lack of having a top flight quarterback that is their biggest reason for failure. Having Pat Haden out there was laughable. To think they sent Ron Jaworski out of LA for this guy. He may not have been an all world quarterback but at least he can threaten you with the deep ball to Billy Waddy, Drew hill, Ron Smith, and although not as fast Preston Dennard. That is what your team has to have as a constant threat when it's main bread and butter is running the ball to never allow the defense to play close to the line forcing their safeties to always stay back way back .With him gone the Rams should have been putting all of their emphasis on grooming Vince Ferragamo for the 1979 season after that total humiliation they were handed by the Cowboys in the 1978 NFC championship game with that completely overmatched Pat Haden. When the ram organization insisted pat Hayden had to be the starter for 1980 even though he had never sniffed a Super Bowl and they had Ferragamo the Rams fans cheered when he was hurt as usual forcing them to turn to Ferragamo again. When they wouldn't pay Vince Ferragamo which became a reoccurring problem with Dickerson they had the nerve to think Pat Hayden could go right back and they could succeed for 1981. When they obtained Bert Jones and were shocked to see that he had hit the wall after signing the contract the strike shortened 1982 season was a waste. That's when maybe they made their biggest stupid decision of all. Near the very bottom of the first round of the 1983 draft Dan Marino was still there. I don't care that they used up some draft capital to move up in the first round to pick Dickerson. When Marino is still there almost at the bottom of the first round you give up what you have to give up for 1984 to get him. First second and third rounds you do it. Instead the Rams insisted on giving Vince Ferragamo another try. Somewhere in the early part of the 1983 season the dolphins came to Anaheim and we got to watch Marino completely outclass Vince Ferragamo even as a rookie. There was an NFL films video that can be seen on CZcams where they rank all the NFL franchises by their legacy of quarterbacks and Bob Waterfield ,Norm van Brocklin and Kurt Warner do a great deal to help carry the Rams name to a very high position. But God are the mid late 70s and 80s a giant hole or what?

  • @originalone3125
    @originalone3125 Před 3 lety +2

    The Chargers name and logo was created originated in Los Angeles 1960
    L.A. memorial Coliseum ⚡️🐴 🏈
    The name originated from the USC football games then musician and team kicker Tommy Trojan played and helped inspire then owner Barron Hilton when Hilton attended the USC football games at the LA Coliseum every time Tommy would run out to the field to attempt the extra point kick the USC fans would yell out Tommy’s Charge! Chant he created as a musician
    “Da Da Da Da Trojan Warriors Charge!!
    So that’s we’re R.I.P Barron Hilton then owner got inspired for the name from that Da Da Da Charge! Chant
    The proof is in the Battle Horse logo charging into battle hence the battle horse inside the original L.A Chargers 1960 shield logo very similar to a USC Trojan warrior Charging into battle with a Sword and shield.
    The lightning bolt came from Barron Hilton liking the Air Force college team logo.
    Till this day that Charge! Chant is heard at the games and through out other sporting events.
    Da Da Da Da Charge! ⚡️🐴 🏈
    The Chargers r the true original L.A. born team playing for the original birthplace and not too many teams can claim that fact!
    The Rams were born in Cleveland.
    The Raiders were born in Oakland.
    and that’s a fact those other teams can’t ever claim.
    And also the Chargers r also the true Southern California team they have never left Southern California unlike the Rams born in Cleveland and played in St.Loius and the Raiders born in Oakland and play in Las Vegas Nevada.

    • @JAWrightonline
      @JAWrightonline Před 2 lety +1

      And another fun fact: The Chargers have won ZERO Super Bowls. Raiders and Rams can't claim that fact, either. SMH.
      Go back to San Diego.

    • @nala3038
      @nala3038 Před 4 měsíci

      @@JAWrightonlineouch

  • @OriginalOne1960
    @OriginalOne1960 Před rokem

    Al Davis copied the Los Angeles Chargers 1960 original shield logo.
    Al Davis was part of the Los Angeles Chargers coaching staff 1960 birth season through 1962.
    Al Davis then left the Chargers coaching staff in 1962 to become the manager of the Oakland Raiders in 1963.
    Al Davis obviously copied the the 1960 L.A.Chargers original shield logo and added it to the Oakland Raiders pirate logo in 1963 because coincidentally the original 1960-1962 Oakland born Raiders pirate team logo didn’t have the shield logo in their original birth year of 1960-1962
    until Al Davis joined the Oakland Raiders in 1963 then added the shield logo to the pirate logo.
    Raiders copy cat shield logo but the true Original L.A.born Shield logo is the Original Los Angeles Chargers battle horse shield logo.
    Da Da Da Da Charge!!! ⚡️🐴 🏈
    Let’s Go Los Angeles Chargers!
    The true original 1960 L.A. born team now back playing in the original birth city L.A.
    And the true original Southern California NFL team
    Rams born in Cleveland Ohio played in Cleveland Ohio 10 years and played ST.Louis Missouri 23 years and
    Raiders born in Oakland played in Oakland 43 years and now play in Nevada.
    Da Da Da Da Charge!!! ⚡️🐴 🏈

  • @markroberts9577
    @markroberts9577 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Could not watch anymore this game was too choppy. Could not follow the action. I gave this a thumbs down

    • @classicsports5057
      @classicsports5057  Před 6 měsíci

      Honestly I can't blame you. This was already edited like this when I got.

  • @Official_Kings_Versus
    @Official_Kings_Versus Před 4 lety

    San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers-🏈
    AFC West (1970 - present)
    St. Louis/Los Angeles Rams-🏈
    NFC West (1970 - present)

    • @ronhoover5516
      @ronhoover5516 Před 9 měsíci

      The Rams originally came to LA from Cleveland, in 1946. They were in LA until 1994, moved to St Louis from 95-2015, then back to LA where they've been since.

  • @coreylevine3856
    @coreylevine3856 Před 2 lety

    Super Bowl preview

    • @michaelleroy9281
      @michaelleroy9281 Před 2 lety

      One of them didn't get there thanks to the undermanned Houston Oilers in that playoff game

    • @anthonybrooks5040
      @anthonybrooks5040 Před 2 lety

      @@michaelleroy9281Yes, the Vernon Perry Show featuring a Houston Oilers upset victory. This has been a Dan Fouts production!