The Greatest 98-Yard Drive in NFL History
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2017
- In 1986 John Elway led "The Drive," a 98-Yard drive in the 1986 AFC Championship game to send the game to OT.
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For those that don't know, the score was 20-13 Cleveland. Cleveland had just come from behind scoring 10 points in the fourth quarter and those fans felt they were about to send their beloved Browns to their first Super Bowl. Also, the kickoff that lead to the Broncos being at the two was the result of a rookie making a mistake by not letting the ball roll into the end zone for a touchback. Okay, now you're prepped.
cool, forgot about that rookie doing that
I think it was Ken Bell?!
Shut up
Actually, some argue he made the right choice. The Browns were closing in and the ball could've stopped before the end zone. If the Browns got there, it's their ball!
I remember this game 😁😁 I was on the edge of my seat the entire drive
John Elway had one of the best throwing arm I had ever seen.
Threw a rocket to Jackson while backpedaling.
He had a rifle. So did Marino. Imagine having to evaluate and pick from the two in the draft?
@@yankees29
Easy - Elway. Marino couldn't run or shrug off a defensive lineman in the backfield. If you had a team short on supporting talent - like Denver - Marino would have gotten killed.
Madden called Elways arm a howitzer
Elway had it all. Scrambling ability, ability to throw on the run or from the pocket, howitzer arm, quick release, and great leadership on the field. You couldn’t draw a better combination at the position.
Yet he never threw 30 TDs in a season and rode Terrell Davis’s coattails to win two Super Bowls. He needed a 1700 and 2000 yrd rushing season from his running back to win his rings.
y'all talk about a sport that involves 45 people like it's tennis lol
@@dociebiemowie915 that has absolutely nothing to do with his individual skill set. We’re not talking about winning, we’re talking about talent.
@@dociebiemowie915 Didn't Troy Aikman go to the HOF because of Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin?
He couldn't stand in the pocket. I know he did a lot of impressive things but he never learned how to stand in the pocket. That's pretty important and I see the same thing being repeated with Josh Allen. He's a lot like Elway.
Yea that's called *greatness*. His name is John Elway.
3:15 30 yards missile in frigid temperature. The throw by Elway was game changing.
the ball caught him. not the other way around .
The ball almost went through him. Elway almost killed him with the football.
That bad boy had some mustard on it! Almost split the receiver in half
34 yards in the air in less than 2 seconds. In cold weather. Absolutely unreal rocket. He threw it from the 38 and dude caught it at the other 28.
@@roycesanders1701
Broncos receivers had to catch Elway passes out of self-defense. Watson referred to having an "Elway cross" on his chest - a bruise shaped like the end of the football from letting a ball get to him.
Man I love this era. So fun to be able to go back an watch it again.
Sadly this was the beginning of the Browns' sorrows. I feel for the loyal Cleveland fans
Time2Football I think it started when they moved to Baltimore. Cause they did have devastating losses in the 80s and stuff but they've made the playoffs once moving back from Baltimore.
Nah cuz red right 88 was a few years before
Matthew Walker at this point, ever since they fired paul brown lol
@@matthewwalker9205 precisely! That was the first of a series of heart-breaking defeats throughout the ‘80s. There’s Red Right 88, The Drive and The Fumble.
😥
One of many 4th quarter comebacks for Elway. Some of my best memories of my childhood were watching Elway and the Broncos win
I will never forget watching this live. I am not a browns fan and I was in shock for a few days. This was an amazing series. the 3rd and 18 was just crazy
This drive was literally my introduction and 1st impression of John Elway . Had never seen him or much NFL but , I followed him the rest of his career . The only thing my memory lapsed on was I didn't realize it was as much time on the clock I always thought it was less time on the Drive .
@@Ronsclassicphotography That's part of the brilliance of The Drive. March down the field, get the TD, leaving your opponent without enough time to answer.
Insane how Elway could throw it that like in those wet muddy conditions. He’s the Nolan Ryan of Quarterbacks.
@@jonmolina948 Yeah, look at his jersey...you can take Brady, Brees, and Manning COMBINED and they never had that much dirt on their uniforms...
God damn decades later and I can still feel the tense watching this. Wasn't even born yet
yea lmao this was honestly one of the greatest Drives in NFL history when it's known simply as " The Drive " you know its insane
Can we talk about how the kicker kicked it barefooted?
Think thats weird? Check out the whole era of barefoot kickers in the NFL! - czcams.com/video/zVI58r-OlLI/video.html
Ethan Dow you did it
Rich karlis. That’s his name
there was a few of them back then.
God help him if someone runs in and stands on his foot
Elway is the best of all time
No way .. Joe ..Tom ..and terry all better
@@pistolpetenaki Brady played in a MUCH easier era. There have been lots of rule changes, to make the game easier for QBs between then and now
@@chrisjames6327And still no other QB did what he did
I witnessed people leaving big old Cleveland municipal stadium and they headed straight for Lake Erie and walked in never to be seen again .. Like Zombies from a horror movie. I still see a Ghost once in a while wearing a Dog Pound Mask out in the foggy water on brisk January nights
They’re still there like the ghost army from Lord of the Rings. Only a Browns super bowl victory will set them free.
So, they’re going to be there for a really long time.
Nice experience....
they owed somebody some money after losing the game😂
this warts and all version shows how utterly brilliant this drive was by Elway... simply the greatest.
The sound of the crowd felt like they were in a gladiator arena 🏈
True
Oh my God! Elway was throwing missiles!!
I recorded this game on VHS.
BroncoLifer
Since1977
I was at this game. Browns fan since 70s too. Still hurts after all this time
Playoff games in Cleveland in the 80s were some of the most exciting games I’ve ever watched as a kid
Elway is still said to be the best College prospect to ever enter the draft... #1 second to none. Simply the BEST!
Hard to believe they had their choice of him or Marino.
@@yankees29 hard to believe I agree. Arguably the 2 most talented QBs in the history of the game. It’s amazing how many things factor into winning a championship.
This whole series is actually pretty cool
That QB hit at 1:31 is now a penalty flag in this day and age 😅
I saw Elway win MANY games single handedly. He was the most talented Quarterback in NFL history.
No way .. Steve young was just as good
Pure determination and grit.
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Elway the Goat and he's the reason i wear that orange and blue!!! Best QB ever! #DB4L
Same here. I was 14 when i saw this game. Bronco since then. Elway is the best ive ever seen he carried those teams to the Súper Bowl. Playing with that Dan Reeves Old school offense did not help him. If he played in SAn Francisco he would’ve won 8 Super Bowls
I saw the The Drive 2 vs the Oilers and the commentators were talking about this game and if he could do it again. I became a fan of Elway after that game.
I was 18 and agree he was by far the most talented player to ever play QB. Brady couldn't carry his jock in a dump truck.
That Clint Sampson Jersey with the Elway muddy hand wipe 🙌
Rip Marty! One heck of a coach
“Let’s go get the gleam.”
Imagine a world where Cromartie just goes down after picking off Brady😂
The 8 words every Browns fan hate:
THE DRIVE
THE FUMBLE
JOHN ELWAY
ART MODELL
The botched snap at 3:14 , snapping it off the half back's leg , so many quarterbacks would've fumbled that under pressure in the championship game.
Masterpiece of a drive.
Now this is football
As a chiefs fan I see a lot of similarities between mahomes and elway. The way both of them throw with their arm talent and the way they both move and improvise.
Mahomes has a lot more supporting talent to work with. The best receiver on that Denver team might be the #4 on KC today, or might not make the roster. Sammy Winder was small, but he was slow. And the offensive line was "patchwork" on their good days.
It probably comes from their baseball background. I think mahomes is a good example of what elway could do in a modern nfl offense.
@@jimiverson3085blah blah blah
Just watching old school football gives me a concussion
The greatest Drive in NFL History, period!!!
No way ..they had over 3 30 min to go all the way
I sure wish Cleveland could be in the AFC Championship Game again this year. It saddened me about Nick Chubb’s injury.
Best arm the NFL has ever witnessed
Absolutely correct (Brady fan over here) Brady / Montana /Elway top 3 best ever *PERIOD*
Peyton Manning
Incorrect. That label belongs to Marino and Marino only.
Some people think Mahomes was the first QB who was athletic who had a great arm and ability to run the ball 👀. Elway would've lit up today's NFL. Mahomes may be a little better pure passer but Elway's clutch gene was legendary.
Randall and Vick :)
John Elway and Dan Marino were the true passers not Patrick Mahomes. You have it the wrong way.
@Blorbus Unimax I wasn't saying I I agree, I'm saying after his statistical historic start to his career(even though it's a much easier league to pass in now) some people, even "experts" on tv were saying they had never seen someone as talented as him. Yes he is an amazing talent, but like I said we had seen stuff like that before, but maybe just not as frequently or those QBs stats weren't as impressive. But Rodgers was doing stuff like Mahomes in his early years. And then like I said before him there were others like Elway.
John Elway, Steve Young and Randall Cunningham would have destroyed the soft ass NFL of today as runners and passers.
Nah dude, lol imagine giving Elway those same receivers and TE Mahomes is throwing to. And a offensive coach in Andy Reid. The wideouts Elway had in the 80s and even 90s bunch of guys.
That DAWG pound was deafening!
Going back and watching this, My God could Elway throw the ball. You could hear the thud of the ball hitting his chest when he caught the tying TD.
I watched this game when I was in the Army. Me and few of my Ohio buddies plus one friend from Colorado.
We were whooping it uo when we rhought the Browns were going to the Super Bowl. Mocking and heckling our Colrado buddy. He had the last laugh. Unfortunately :(
As a UK fan I could tune in to AFN 873 AM and get patchy reception from Germany....this game was amazing to listen to !
Saw the highlights of this game in UK, very exciting. However this was at a time when NFC teams dominated the super bowl. So with the 49ers, Giants, Redskins (sorry Washington) and Bears with great teams, this match up would have at best been 5th best in the league vs 6th.
What a cannon Elway could throw 😊
ELWAY'S IS THE SPORTSMAN OF YEAR IN 1987!
Tom Brady may be the GOAT , but if he were in this situation, at that time, in frigid cold temperatures, with those receivers and against that defense, could he lead them the way Elway did? I don’t think so. I’d want Elway.
The Browns painted "Broncos" in one endzone (the one that “The Drive” ended in). Interesting piece of trivia there. Has that ever happened outside of a Super Bowl or international game etc...? A friend of mine is a Browns fan, remembers the game and he didn't believe me until I showed him. I wonder how many other people never caught that?
broncos are such a cool franchise omg
I once thought when it said that John Elway drove the ball 98 yards, that it was done in one pass.
3:48 Gary Kubiak standing next to Dan Reeves lol
What's so funny?
Always have loved the grittiness of this game. Looks like they were playing this on a garbage dump in Cleveland.
Well it is in Cleveland
One of my favorite football moments. Recently Pat Mahomes’ drive against the Bills was almost as impressive. He got the Chiefs down the field quickly to kick a field goal to send them into overtime for a win. This is still better though. Classic!
Yeah I'd say the difference is mahomes had a little help from blown coverage where elway was methodical.
@@tim6454cry
If 80’s Elway had Davis, Sharpe and Rod Smith that would have been unstoppable. Good luck 86 Giants defense.
That arm though
I remember watching this game with my Dad and Uncle at the neighborhood bar, in Denver... We all went nuts when the Broncos won. It was disappointing when when they didn't win the Super Bowl that year.
5:51 John Elway "Yo, one time..."
This was artistry
This was a great game. Elway was unbelievable! I was 10 when I watched this game.
Glorious
The WORST 98-yard drive in history was the one mounted by the Los Angeles Rams against the Minnesota Vikings in the 1974 NFC title game. It came away with no points after the Rams were picked off in the end zone.
*LOL*
The Cardinals almost mounted a 99-yard drive that would have won them the game against the Packers but the pass from Murray was intercepted. 😫 If Green would have just turned around would have been a TD. 🤦♂️
Rest in peace Dan Reeves
I agree a good man
Just a bit of history, Elway drove the Broncos down the field again in overtime for a Carlis field goal! Clock wasn’t a factor but still clutch!
After this display of heart, I was worried for my Giants in the SB to follow. But Simms came up big when it counted.
When they showed the replay of the shotgun snap hitting Steve Watson at 4:08, Merlin Olsen said that it hit Watson in the hip. It looked to me like it actually hit him in the ass.
Merlin had to keep it rated G.
Great editing!
like if this was the best drive in NFL history
arod927 games would say that a rod going 90 yards was a lot better than this aswell as other no it's not
willim caldwell I guess
@@willimcaldwell2562 wtf?
Yes, It is.
I Remember watching this Game on a Mountain Top Base with My Army Buddies. I was Rooting for Elway since I saw him in High School when he played for Granada Hills. Sgt Wilkes was Rooting for CLE who lost the best chance to go to a Super Bowl. Sorry Sgt Wilkes.
I forgot how some kickers would kick with no shoe. Those were the days.
If Elway, Montana, Manning , Brady, mahomes all out of college in the same draft. Elway will still be the 1 pick. I couldn’t picture any of these great qbs playing in these broncos team Under Dan reeves and going to 3 SB in 4 years. You’ll be kidding yourself if you think they could’ve.
Marino would be drafted #1 every single time. Stop lying to yourself and its embarrassing you didn't even mention him lol
NFL channel, I like the #CountdownToKickoff videos, keep em going
So no down line, no scorecard? How did people keep track of what was going on?
They had to put their phones down and pay attention lol
When you play a prevent defense, it prevents you from winning.
I love when Browns fans lament The Drive as if Lawrence Taylor wouldn't have eaten them alive 7 days later anyway
And here’s the thing, Phil Simms said many years later he’s glad Denver won this game because if Cleveland had won, It would’ve been much tougher to do what he did against that secondary of two all-pro corners (Dixon and Minnefield) than what ultimately he did to Denver in Pasadena.
John Elway: I remember him... awesome.
Great stuff.
all the credit goes to Denver’s offensive line. Protecting long enough for Elway to hit clays guy
That and what 3 or 4 running plays to start the drive.
GO BRONCOS! I remember this game Cleveland fans will never shake it👍
After the extra point the announcer says “20, 20” I thought he was talking about the year. As most people say that year that way.
It's a shame this great drive turned into them getting blown out the next week
Joshua Peacock I know
Browns would’ve gotten blown out too
@@jamesbutke1438 I think it would have been a loss, but a closer one. A great "what-if" in NFL history: Do the Browns give the Giants, Skins and 49ers better games in the SB, even if they lose all three?
There was no games the next week you dope
@@TL2354 You know what he meant, you dope. Moron.
I was 13yrs to old! I was watching it on NBC
this was just one of the many of Marty Schottenheimer's playoff woes, playoff chokes, he was no doubt the most cursed NFL Head Coach of all time
Forget "Elway and the other 44"
So many weapons on that offense which don't get the credit they deserve.
Timesink not really Elway carried all his teams to the Super Bowl up until the last two!
Anyone actually alive during Elways first 10 years disagrees.
Just two offensive teammates even made a Pro Bowl his first 10 years.
Elway had no weapons on offense, none. His best receiver was Vance Johnson, not many people know of him for obvious reasons.
@@Sephiroth766 He did have Bobby Humphrey in '89. The Three Amigos were very good WRs similar to my Browns' Slaughter, Langhorne and Brennan. The Browns had a better TE in Newsome but Orson Mobley wasn't bad either. Overall the Browns and Broncos were evenly matched but the X-factor was Elway, plus our defense had lost Don Rogers (RIP) forever in June. :(
These kind of drives happen all the time now.
My first NFL memory.
The steve sowell catch is what made it.
Brady's the 🐐and I've been watching football for 50 years but I don't care what anyone says Elway is my #2 all time .. If Elway had those big pocket $ money bags like Joe Montana had in S.F with the highest payroll in the league for 10 years straight in a non salary cap era John would have won 5 SB's in San Fran .. Mahomes has the skill set like Elway but it's in a touch football era
mahomes will never be the goat because brady beat him in two playoff games with two different teams
Almost looks like the run that beat the Packers lmao
The good ole days back when men were men. Anyways, poor Browns.
So funny how the crowd goes silent when the Broncos get to their 40
The Dawg Pound was nasty back then.
Poor Browns
Jackson didnt want to catch the ball because he knew it was gonna hurt..Elway called it a low heater
This is also why I hate the 3-4 defense with a passion. Give me 4 big dogs up front and let them eat! The funny thing is, it didn't become known as The Drive until years later. It seems like right after this, people just referred to it as the great Denver drive that tied the game, but in years afterward, NFL types started to call it The Drive™.
THE KICKER WAS BAREFOOT
I want to be John Elway!!!!
Awesome
I still believe The Drive could have been stopped had Don Rogers (RIP) lived. Elway went after Rockins and Ellis often. He threw those big passes to Sewell, Mobley and then the sliding bullet to Jackson on the drive. I also think the Broncos feasted on man-coverage teams like the Browns, who would play cover-1/3 and not Cover-2 zone like the Giants (all eyes up on the QB). With Cover-1/3 man principles, the Broncos could run with Elway. Similar to what's happening to teams dealing with Lamar Jackson. Even though I'm a Browns fan and not happy with the outcome, there are a lot of lessons to be learned from this game.
"Lessons to be learned" 💀
14 weeks away, ppl !!!
Elway was the Browns killer.
thx for upload of classic, but da overdubbed in crowd noize little annoying
I dont know about that . Both Cleveland and mile high were so loud that refs threw flag on Cleveland for excessive noise .15 yarder. Even stopped the game several times . Never threw it on Denver and it was just as loud and with feet stomping crowd . 12th man origin crowd noise was part of Cleveland and Denver series . D# egging them on to disrupt Elways play calling and snap count . Elway got flags thrown on Cleveland Crowd by complaining his snap count couldn't be heard . It was quite a spectacle .
These guys are so lucky they probably don't even miss football they have every game ever recorded so jealous
6:01 - nowadays Mahomes draws the penalty 10 out of 10 times in the same situation and gets the ball placed half-the-distance to the end zone and a 1st.