My first NFL interception! 1:07:47 look at the hops then the leg power hahaha but I actually wasnt good this game. WR Tim Smith a smart player taught me a lesson and I gave up a first down catch to him before Oilers winning field goal. Crazy game though. Our best player was Little Train James. Lionel was 5' 6" 170 beast of a football player I was 22 years old #29 Hendy cornerback rookie year Legendary Houston Astrodome had seen better days. It was old with horrible locker rooms and bad turf. Both teams were dead tired week 12 beat up.
@@lisaandwillshauls6336 Hey ya'll how are you all doing with all this craziness! Hope all is well. Im John btw. Goldenthug was a name my then 13yr old son came up with..he's 21 now. I guess his season at Toledo is up in the air smh - he's a good player.. I loved coach Coryell--he really wanted me on the team and made it happen draft day 1985! He was a player's coach he loved us. He worried about us. I had good talks with him. Even tho I was 22 yrs old my rookie year I was really like 19 to 20. There were expectations but he made sure I was looked after. I was very capable of doing crazy, wild stuff real quick hahaha. He was fired my second year and my career was over end of my 3rd year. Short but productive. I wish we had won more games. Take good care new friends
I have often thought about the 85 season. It was the first I could really remember. As a life long Redskins fan many things stand out about that season for me. Times were simpler back then. Theismann's leg injury. My first NFL game between the falcons and the Rams. The game as well as life has changed. The speed of the game and impact of collisions are faster now. Life is precious. Two years ago I was at 20 yr college reunion at The Citadel and saw Marc Buinicoti (misspelled) fund raising. My point being is life stands by idly for no one. To be able to have a career accomplishment on tape is awesome and can be savored. I was watching Dan Fouts and Kellen Winslow on the NFL network the lost rings special. They spoke about how coach Coryell was special to them. He would give them the shirt of his back. They shared your sentiments about wishing they had won more for him especially a championship. In these crazy times we are lucky to be alive. I hope that this passes and your son gets to play his senior year and beyond. Who was your favorite teammate? Your Friend Will
Yea Joe was still hopefull he could comeback but I think he knew deep down that was it. If he was younger for sure but at 36/37 after a great career he had nothing left to play for
Lionel James is a player who had slipped from my conscious memory until recently with some of these full game TH-cam uploads I’ve been watching. I’m a Broncos fan, so my Charger View was less than my team but more than most due to them being a division rival. I would have only been 7 when this game happened , but I was into football early ( 5 ) and pretty aware of what was going on and who the best players were by that age.
Jeff Mitchell I meant that the defense really let them down. If we had a defense going back to 1980 we would have had a Super Bowl. So many disappointments....
we started defensively very bad and fired our defensive coordinator Tom Bass. The guy we hired was Dave Adolph. Old skool type and simplified the complicated Bass scheme. We played a lot better and tackled better. Both Jeff Dale #37 and I (Hendy #29) made NFL All Rookie because of coach Adolph. The one on one meetings with him gave me confidence I could play in the league. Tough loss. My first NFL interception thanks to Andrew Luck's dad. I don't have the ball my ex wife has it. But I have my first NFL td ball. Peep your Goldenthug th-cam.com/video/Ovr4S0SDbW4/w-d-xo.html
Always refreshing to watch any games pre 1994 when the score (and all the other graphics now) wasn't displayed on screen the entire time. It would be showed after scores & as they went to & came back from commercial breaks. You had to be into the game at all times or listen well to the announcers to keep up like it should always be.
What you mean like trade away future hall of famer Mean Fred Dean. There went your super bowl. Then the worst bumb of an owner in NFL history moves to LA
I flew down to watch this game. I went to buy my ticket the day before the game and I told the ticket booth guy that I came from Toronto and I wanted a great seat so he asked me to prove it so I showed him some ID. He said this ticket is the best in the house and boy was it ever. He put me in the aisle seat with all the players wives at around the 45 yard line. The best part was that the row in front of me had 4 Oiler cheerleaders in uniform and they said that they were extra's in case of injury or sickness. I was the luckiest guy at the Astrodome that game.
I always enjoyed watching the Chargers from this era. I wish they could have won a Superbowl or two. They were in a tough division with the Raiders, Broncos, and Chiefs.
My first NFL interception! 1:07:47 look at the hops then the leg power hahaha
but I actually wasnt good this game. WR Tim Smith a smart player taught me a lesson and I gave up a first down catch to him before Oilers winning field goal. Crazy game though. Our best player was Little Train James. Lionel was 5' 6" 170 beast of a football player
I was 22 years old #29 Hendy cornerback rookie year
Legendary Houston Astrodome had seen better days. It was old with horrible locker rooms and bad turf.
Both teams were dead tired week 12 beat up.
Goldenthug9 that is so cool. Thank you for sharing your accomplishments and memories. What was Don Coryell like to play for?
@@lisaandwillshauls6336 Hey ya'll how are you all doing with all this craziness! Hope all is well. Im John btw. Goldenthug was a name my then 13yr old son came up with..he's 21 now. I guess his season at Toledo is up in the air smh - he's a good player..
I loved coach Coryell--he really wanted me on the team and made it happen draft day 1985! He was a player's coach he loved us. He worried about us. I had good talks with him. Even tho I was 22 yrs old my rookie year I was really like 19 to 20. There were expectations but he made sure I was looked after. I was very capable of doing crazy, wild stuff real quick hahaha. He was fired my second year and my career was over end of my 3rd year. Short but productive. I wish we had won more games. Take good care new friends
I have often thought about the 85 season. It was the first I could really remember. As a life long Redskins fan many things stand out about that season for me. Times were simpler back then. Theismann's leg injury. My first NFL game between the falcons and the Rams. The game as well as life has changed. The speed of the game and impact of collisions are faster now. Life is precious. Two years ago I was at 20 yr college reunion at The Citadel and saw Marc Buinicoti (misspelled) fund raising. My point being is life stands by idly for no one. To be able to have a career accomplishment on tape is awesome and can be savored. I was watching Dan Fouts and Kellen Winslow on the NFL network the lost rings special. They spoke about how coach Coryell was special to them. He would give them the shirt of his back. They shared your sentiments about wishing they had won more for him especially a championship. In these crazy times we are lucky to be alive. I hope that this passes and your son gets to play his senior year and beyond. Who was your favorite teammate? Your Friend Will
Very cool. Thanks for commenting.
Oliver Luck is now the current CEO and Commissioner of the XFL
I see alot of key players that won their first playoff game in 1987. They really were building a nice team down in Houston...
Yes think they beat Seattle in 87?
1:21:21 very interesting halftime interview with Theismann in the aftermath of the broken leg
Yea Joe was still hopefull he could comeback but I think he knew deep down that was it. If he was younger for sure but at 36/37 after a great career he had nothing left to play for
Chargers loss to Denver then this game killed their 85 season.
Beautiful uniforms on display
You said it
Lionel James is a player who had slipped from my conscious memory until recently with some of these full game TH-cam uploads I’ve been watching. I’m a Broncos fan, so my Charger View was less than my team but more than most due to them being a division rival.
I would have only been 7 when this game happened , but I was into football early ( 5 ) and pretty aware of what was going on and who the best players were by that age.
Same with me at that age. Football was my life.
The Chargers did have a great offense but they didn't have a defense in the 1985 NFL season
I stopped watching Chargers games in 1987, when they became a boring, defensive team.
@@ViceCoin At least that you were being honest about the Chargers
@@buster60341 As a NYC resident, if I liked defense, I would have been a Giants fan.
@@ViceCoin I hate the Giants with a passion but I do respect and like those Giants teams in the mid 80's
chargers had probly greatest offense ever in this still no super bowl
Did you watch their defense in this game? If so you would why.
Great game for James and Winslow. I'd rather watch an exciting loss than a boring win.
The greatest ever don criqui
Crazy how father and son both have similar mannerisms.
like what andrew is twice his size and doesnt look like him a bit
Probably the worst defense the Oilers faced back then. They made the Oilers look great!!
Is that Andrews father
Wowww...Andrew Luck’s daddy quarterbacking for the Oilers...enjoy!!
The 2 Royal Disappointments from 79-82. Boooo! Boooooo!
Mr. James passed away today. 2-25-2022.
This is in stereo.
I know that you aren't posting anything, because of school, but if you have the Oilers vs the Seahawks, 82 I think.
2:16:38 One of the Charger coaches seems to be in disagreement with the ref.
As good as the Chargers offense was back then, the defense was equally bad.
How about the bare footed punters kickers lol tony franklin is 1st comes to my mind
Rich karlas
There’s Andrew’s daddy...
Ralf.....as in PUKE! lmfao
Were the Chargers that unlucky in '85?
Matthew Templin They were horrible.
@@FoutstoChandler Not really horrible. They finished 8-8 and scored about 440 points. Once again a weak defense let them down.
Jeff Mitchell I meant that the defense really let them down. If we had a defense going back to 1980 we would have had a Super Bowl. So many disappointments....
@@Aztecism Led the the NFL with 467 points & was #1 ranked in total offense (yards) as well.
we started defensively very bad and fired our defensive coordinator Tom Bass. The guy we hired was Dave Adolph. Old skool type and simplified the complicated Bass scheme. We played a lot better and tackled better. Both Jeff Dale #37 and I (Hendy #29) made NFL All Rookie because of coach Adolph. The one on one meetings with him gave me confidence I could play in the league. Tough loss. My first NFL interception thanks to Andrew Luck's dad. I don't have the ball my ex wife has it. But I have my first NFL td ball.
Peep your Goldenthug th-cam.com/video/Ovr4S0SDbW4/w-d-xo.html
Always refreshing to watch any games pre 1994 when the score (and all the other graphics now) wasn't displayed on screen the entire time. It would be showed after scores & as they went to & came back from commercial breaks. You had to be into the game at all times or listen well to the announcers to keep up like it should always be.
That’s not a good thing. How in the hell is the score on the screen not a positive? Unbelievable 😂
I am a No Score On The Screen Guy too
What's up *"King Richard".*
It's me, the Oilers fanatic. I just found this one. Great post!
I never understood why the Chargers didn't beef up that defense since the 1980 and '81 debacle in the Championship games.
What you mean like trade away future hall of famer Mean Fred Dean. There went your super bowl. Then the worst bumb of an owner in NFL history moves to LA
I flew down to watch this game. I went to buy my ticket the day before the game and I told the ticket booth guy that I came from Toronto and I wanted a great seat so he asked me to prove it so I showed him some ID. He said this ticket is the best in the house and boy was it ever. He put me in the aisle seat with all the players wives at around the 45 yard line. The best part was that the row in front of me had 4 Oiler cheerleaders in uniform and they said that they were extra's in case of injury or sickness. I was the luckiest guy at the Astrodome that game.
Great memory for you I bet
I always enjoyed watching the Chargers from this era. I wish they could have won a Superbowl or two. They were in a tough division with the Raiders, Broncos, and Chiefs.
Me too. Exciting games and awesome uni's
+@@shanetrimble9265 Cheap owner. Eugene Klein.
Lionel James was like a Darren Sproles in his prime
Probably better than Sproles.
Hey Klein! Did you ever believe in drafting a high school defence?
Never knew andrew luck dad played in nfl
I talk about Lionel James to todays youngsters. He look even lighter than Ekeler.
It took me 3:56 to realize who Oliver Luck is
*Lee Williams, #99.* Played for San Diego, then was traded to Houston in 1991. Incredible all the names that went on to do pretty good things...
What about Rob? The Chargers kicker Bob Thomas is on the Illinois Supreme Court if I'm correct.
@@lisaandwillshauls6336 I didn't know that. Thanks for the information.
Lee was a good player.