Powerhouse 1975 Monday Night Football Game
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- The Raiders and Dolphins collided in a hard hitting game that featured an exciting 102 yard kickoff return for a touchdown. Check out the electric atmosphere of Miami's Orange Bowl.
Goodness. I remember this game. This was the first night I returned home after 14 months in the Army over in Korea. TV!!! Wow, what a concept!!! It took a while to get used to being back.
Thank you for your service; I appreciate your sacrifice. What a great memory of this game.
Bless You --- deserving this & so much more !!! ... truly a fantasy --- Griese vs Stabler
great story! tv in america is always wild when you've been away for a while and you return.
thanks for your service my friend. i was at Osan for 1 year in '85.
Lots of respect to the United States Army!!
Little did us Dolphin fans realize it at the time, but Super Bowl VIII was the high water mark for the team. They remained competitive through the 1970s, but the Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, and even the Houston Oilers came on and surpassed them.
It does seem funny to see Miami without the "Big 3!"
Just watching the first quarter it looks like Miami's defense was out of sync( Arnsbarger?)
I don't remember this particular game but the first quarter is definitely one sided!
Loved seeing Blanda!
Miami's 31 home game winning streak was broken.
I remember watching this game with my Dad, I was 7 yrs old. I think Kiick snd Czonka were in the WFL or what was left of it, Im no expert. Great to see Phil Villapiano, Art Thoms, Tony Cline and Gerald Irons and of course Otis Sistrunk from the University of Mars pretty much in they're prime out there hitting. The underated Dave Dalby at center. Now being a Steeler Fan I forgot how good those Raider teams were. Dolphins with Jake Scott and my Favorite Dolphin of all time Manny Fernandez. Great memories watching this ss a kid, truly Thank You
Jake Scott's card was in my first pack of football cards that I bought - 1973. Sunny day at The Orange Bowl.
Refreshing memories for me too although I probably did not see this game. Raiders were the 2nd best team in AFC while you can see how far the Dolphins had slipped. Apparently, Kiick and Csonka gone. I was also, and still am to some extent, a big Raiders fan.
Paul Warfield also left to join the WFL and then the Browns when the WFL folded. The Dolphins did a great job by re-tooling at Wide Receiver with the draft selections of Freddie Solomon, Nat Moore, and Duriel Harris.
@@markgardner9460 Freddie Solomon ?? 49ers?? Had no idea he was a Dolphin, thank you
He was traded with DB Vern Roberson, #1 & #5 1978 draft picks for San Francisco RB Delvin Williams. That was a big trade at the time.
The marketing person who suggested the Dolphins change their uniforms should've lost their job. And I swear Cliff Branch played 35 years...
Dolphins had one of the best uniforms of all-time. They should have never deviated.
Cliff never lost his bounce
@@markgardner9460 That goes for everybody. 1983 was the last awesome year for league uniforms.
@@markgardner9460As the seasons went by, the Aqua got more faded. I'm looking at all those #12's: Namath, Griese, Bradshaw, Stabler & Staubach. All those sacred #12 QBs winning at least 1 SB, beginning with Namath in '68.
And Nat Moore played 30
love these "old school" games! thanks for this
Glad you like them!
@@markgardner9460I see Blands's in there. Started with the BEARS in the 1950's.
At 10 years old i only remember this game because I had both these teams on my electric football game board that night recreating it. I remember not being able to understand why number 39 and 21 were missing from the dolphins😮😮
I remember being sad cuz Topps didn't have '75 cards for Csonka, Kiick and Warfield.
Tudor Electric Football
I had the Colts and Chiefs on my electronic game board. Those things were so frustrating!! Most of the time the figures just went in circles, until you heated up the feelers and bent them a little, but then they’d just spin in the opposite direction!! And those felt footballs! What a joke, with a QB that was towering over everybody else. There was something about the kicker too; can’t quite remember right now. I think my mom tossed mine in the trash when I spent the night at a friends house. She was good at doing that to me.
@Shilohii65 I played in a professional league 10 years ago. You would be surprised how good people are at manipulating these figures. They have some leagues on TH-cam. Check it out
Thanks for the info! I appreciate it!
1975, the President was Ford, the gas crunch was still affecting the pocket book @ 32 cents a gallon, the minimum wage was $1.65 an hour and the NFL was running as popular as baseball. I remember watching this game on a sultry evening in Denver....I enjoyed the Otis Armstrong clip.... The Raiders were a kick butt and take names outfit, probably their glory years. Did you notice the Orange Bowl field striped for pro & college? When Hubbard came out, no blue tent, they whipped his pads and jersy off and put his shoulder back in the socket on the bench! TUFF GUY! Man a couple fans/camera guys took a beating on the side lines. My dad used to say "watch the ball or you'll be eatin' through a straw". Thanks brother, you're appreciated.
An assassination attempt on Ford occurred on the day of this game.
There was a lot of stuff that went on in this game - the items that you mentioned, along with typical Raiders questionable play (ie. Villapiano's facemask and late hit on a downed runner)
@@markgardner9460Vilipiano was definitely a player who pushed the envelope!
Your description of Hubbard highlights a big difference between those days and now. Everybody nowadays is so pampered. Hubbard may be forgotten, but he was a great fullback in his day. I think it was injuries like here that cut his career short. Average back then for an NFL running back was about 5 years!
@@stevenzimmerman4057 One could say 'ole Phil occasionally laid a cheap shot on the opposition...but only about a half dozen a game.
thanks alot for posting. I wish there was a video of the 74' playoff game between these 2
That game is my favorite of all the games I've ever watched. It started and ended with a bang!
I always liked Don Nottinghams nickname "The human bowling ball " it fit him.
He was the last player selected in the 1971 NFL Draft - back when there were 17 rounds.
Thanks for the look back!
You bet!
I remember this game. I was wondering if Miami would get their revenge for the devastating loss to the Raiders in the playoffs. I figured they had a good chance being at home & having an ongoing streak of winning openers at home. Of course this was not to be.
The Raiders would end their home opener streak here. The Raiders also handed them their first loss after their 17-0 season, ending that streak.
However, the loss to the Raiders In Oakland, their previous game, in the playoffs, the previous season, would ultimately be the end of their dynasty. They would never be the same again.
Deemed the “Sea Of Hands”, sport critics would write articles beforehand calling the divisional playoff game “Superbowl 8 1/2. However, neither team would reach the Superbowl that year & Miami would never win one again.
This era was the pinnical of the NFL. Thanks for the video, I’m glad I got to see it. Although Miami was in decline, watching these two powerhouse teams, reminded me of how good they were.
If you can find footage, you should highlight “The Sea Of Hands” game. NFL Films had lost all track of the game footage, but I’ve heard it’s been found, or parts of it anyway. It’s got a long list of Hall Of Fame players, along with two Hall Of Fame coaches, several lead changes & one of the greatest finishes of all time. It was the greatest game I’ve ever seen.
Thanks again, your channel gets better every time. 👍
The greatest game that I ever saw was also The Sea of Hands game. I remember everything about that afternoon - great memories.
Miami was able to re-tool their offense with the defections of Csonka, Kiick and Warfield, but they didn't fare as well on defense. The key was the inability to replace Buoniconti who was the heart and soul. Their secondary was lacking big play ability, too, after Jake Scott left for the Redskins and Dick Anderson retired.
I agree with you that this era was the tops for the NFL. It was before the 1978 rules changes that opened up the passing game and it was well-balanced between offense and defense.
Thank you for your continued viewing and commentary; it is much appreciated!
@@markgardner9460 "sea of hands " but IMHO "Ghost to the post has got to be one of the ALL TIME GREATS in NFL HISTORY
I watched that one, too, on live tv. No doubt about it - great game!
@@markgardner9460 Curt Gowdy made a great call on the Clarence Davis touchdown!
I remember watching this game like it was yesterday
Were you a Scout or Coach for them at this time?
@@markgardner9460 I was 8 years old. We watched the game at my grandparents home in Sacramento. The next week Oakland went to Baltimore and won by a similar score 31-20. I was an assistant coach with the Raiders from 2007-2010. I coached Nnamdi Asomugha when he was the greatest CB in the NFL. He was so good they quit throwing at him
@@markgardner9460 I was 7.5 years old when this game occurred. I coached the DBs for the Raiders in 2007-2008 and in 2009-2010 I was moved to the pro scouting department and I specifically worked with Nnamdi Asomugha to help him know everything about his opponent. Nnamdi had a 5 year run where he dominated the position. He was a true lockdown CB. Maybe the last we will ever see
Fun listening to the original MNF crew. I wasn’t a fan of either of these teams in the 70’s, but I now appreciate just how good they were, albeit Miami was on the decline while the Raiders were becoming a Super Bowl team. Thanks for the video Mark! Btw I believe that it’s William Shatner’s 93 birthday today
Meredith was so much more entertaining than Karras.
93! I remember him being on Twilight Zone and Gunsmoke episodes, so he's getting up there.
Karras wasn't trained properly. ABC canned Fred "The Hammer" Williamson, so they didn't have much time to replace him.
@@johnm8096 no contest!
@@markgardner9460Williamson didn't bring much to the table!
Dave Casper was a great player, yet it took a few years before he became impactful for the raiders.
He couldn't beat out Bob Moore who was a solid player.
From Sea of Hands to Sea of Picks.
Tipped passes, receivers getting mugged running their patterns and receivers slipping in the wet turf were all reasons.
Pete Banaszak (40) was very dependable for Oakland over a long stretch of time. 16 TDs in ‘75 - tied with OJ Simpson for the most that year. Only 1 fumble all year. He was always good for those tough 2 or 3 yards to get a first down or to get it over the goal line. Oakland was loaded at RB heading into their Super Bowl year in 1976.
Only one fumble all year is incredible considering he eclipsed his second most rushing attempts (13 year career) by exactly 50 carries in 1975.
One fumble? Remarkable!
The photo of him with both arms wrapped around the football is a big reason why. That's the way Csonka carried the ball, too, and he rarely fumbled as well.
@@markgardner9460 You’re right - they even named a 70’s TV show after him, didn’t they? 😉
MNF in the 1970's was the greatest thing ever!! Monday's sucked even back then as for me it meant back to school!! Somehow knowing there was an NFL game to watch made Mondays a little bit more tolerable. Not an easy feat!!
I can totally relate to everything you said!
@@markgardner9460 This is a pretty cool little community. I am happy to see some younger fans are here but it's always special when you find some of your "own" people.
First who's Elway? Monday Night Raiders pure magic , Snake and the Guys.
Thanks for bringing back good memories. Monte Johnson, Gerald Irons, Banaszak, van Eeghan, Norm Bulach.
And Cosell was right: Hendricks' was destined.
Great point about Ted Hendricks - I'm sure that there were viewers who were wondering where he was. He couldn't beat out Irons initially, but then Irons was traded with a 9th round pick to Cleveland for the Browns 2nd round 1976 pick who would be 6'9" 275 pound DT Charles Philyaw.
I'm sure I watched the first half of this game. I know it was the first half, and the first half only because 9:00 p.m. was my bedtime, and I was only allowed to stay up after that on Monday nights, but I had to go to bed immediately after Howard Cosell's halftime highlights. I was pretty tired on Mondays anyway because the previous Sunday night I had secretly stayed up late listening to Dr. Demento on the radio in the dark, sometimes under the sheets.
Dr demento yes I remember
Dt. Demento! Haven't heard of that in years. Thank you for bringing that up!
Hi Mark - wearing my John Elway 1994 throwback for this video
All the way with Elway!
When the NFL was real football not like today's glorify 7-on-7 version.
🎉🎉 great stuff
Thank you. I'm glad that you enjoyed it!
@@markgardner9460 yes better than nowadays football games
Marv Hubbard"s injury would end his career and Van Eeghan would take over.
THIS is when MNF was special!
No doubt. I'd get so excited when the MNF intro started.
@@markgardner9460Me too! For big games the buzz would start in the later afternoon at work.." Hey, where you gonna watch the game..?."
Dandy, Howard, Gifford were iconic...And back then we (Raiders) OWNED MNF..! Our record was insane!!
I want to say that at one time their record was 13 wins 1 loss and 1 tie. Maybe it was even better than that.
Yeah I remember this totally in my wheelhouse. I remember asking my brother in law where Larry csonka was and him explaining to me that don Nottingham and norm buliash was a former colts: we were colt household. Also, my delivered mail to Otis sistrunk on his mail route. People keep in mind Miami was the first powerhouse in the newly formed afc. They had played in three Super Bowls in a row losing the first one to Dallas. I imagine they were favored in this game.
Oakland was favored by 4
@@markgardner9460 wow, I guess this was sort of the changing of the guard. The loss of warfield, csonka and kick possibly took down a dynasty?? Imagine, the dolphins defeated a strong Viking team in the Super Bowl throwing less than 10 passes during the whole game!!
...and in the AFC Championship game against Oakland, Miami only threw 6 passes!
@@markgardner9460 the great don shula
The Master Task Master. He demanded respect. I don't know how many Head Coaches today that applies to - probably not any.
The first meeting between the teams since the Sea of Hands game
That is my favorite game of all-time and nothing will top it
Sideburns ruled....!
Porkchops, too
@@markgardner9460Indeed!
I remember many great MNF games in the 1970's. Ones that stuck all these years later for one reason or another are the Joe Washington-Skins v Colts, Raiders beating Cincy (using all starters inspite of having already clinched) and the Earl Campbell- Houston v Miami game. I recall many others like Joe Gilliam-Pitt v Miami in '73. Raiders v Denver also '73 i believe. Being a Ram fan anytime they were featured was awesome. Unfortunately they faced SF and Tommy Hart (I believe??) on a Monday (game was locally blackedout). SF upset the Rams and amassed 10 sacks with Hart I think getting 6?? With me, every passing decade, MNF as well as NFL in general, gets less and less special. Sure I still watch but not like back in the day. Id be home in my chair in front of the TV by 6pm (PST) every Monday probably until the '90's?? Now im okay if miss the first quarter, heck even the first half! I will turn off a game if its lopsided now. People who missed the 70's NFL missed imo the greatest era in the games history. And it can not be explained, you had to have been there!!!
You never knew what celebrity would jump into the booth and be interviewed by Cosell either. Lennon, Shatner, Andy Williams, Spiro T. Agnew, Lynne Anderson...the list goes on and on.
It looked like the Raiders were on the way to a major rout. Dolphins made it a ball game at the end. When the Raiders got that offense it was so hard to stop it. And they were so loaded especially at RB. And having that great OL(the big uglies as Madden would call them) is where it all starts. And beating a dead horse. How annoying and useless was Howard Cosell. Chiming in at all the wrong times. No wonder Ali couldn't stand him.
To me it sounded like Cosell may have been a little inebriated in the second half.
@@markgardner9460 Maybe the real question should be: When does Howard not sound like he's had a bit too many before the game? Funny watching that interview with Shatner. Two of the biggest egos in the same room. I'll be Capt. Kirk made sure Howard was sitting. Cosell would have towered over him if he stood.
I remember Cosell interviewing a flustered Ali after the big Norton upset. Ali was in so much pain he hadn't spoken a word, then Cosell said something like he didn't expect this upset and Ali blurted out, "You ALWAYS wrong."
@@henrybrowne7248 Muhammed went that whole fight with a broken jaw. Let's see Howard last two seconds with that.
shame we never got to see a raiders vs cowboys in the superbowl......stabler vs stabauch....would have been glorious
The classic "Good vs. Evil" match-up. It would have been great, whatever the year.
Great stuff! Do you have any WFL? 😊😊😊
Thank you! I wish that I did, but I don't - only about 3 minutes of the ending to a Chicago Fire game.
When football was football. No replays, minimum flags/penalty's, hitting was legal, and the whole team DIDN'T run into the end zone and look like idiots, when they scored a TD. People think yesterday's players couldn't cut it in today's game, when actually it's the other way around. Today's over paid millionaires couldn't make it in yesterdays game, where you played hurt and said the hell with it for a lot less than 20 million per year.
Justin Jefferson sat out 7 straight games this past season with a sore hamstring. That wouldn't have cut it by a long shot back in the day.
@@markgardner9460 Exactly. That's why they make adhesive tape.
Wrap it, kiss it, whatever...but get out on the field and play.
Banaszak running like Marcus Allen
For a RB starting his 10th NFL tear, he still had a lot of get up & go
Oakland was a 4 point favorite at the Orange Bowl? Interesting but no Csonka Kiick and Warfield would do that!
Plus Manny Fernandez, Bob Heinz, Dick Anderson and Buonuconti were all out.
And Mercury Morris was slowing down.
@@3243_ Yeah, he slipped to Aluminum Morris and finally to Lead Morris before he got cut.
I heard or read that Morris was traded, but when I researched the matter, I could not determine what the Dolphins got in return. So maybe he was cut like you stated.
@@markgardner9460 Morris in a Chargers uniform Unitas in a Chargers uniform Namath in a Rams uniform! Still is a bit jarring to look at!
First game the Dolphins lost at home since week 3 of 1971 against Jets
Namath didn't even play and Riggins only had 17 rushing yards.
Robbie shouldve payed the big three! Cheap! They
definitely missed Arnsberger and Nicky B.
Howard Cosell mentioned that the Dolphins missed Bill Arnsparger as their Defensive Coordinator. He was really good.
Faux pas by Giff!(John Andrews!)
Normally he messed up uniform numbers/player names.
Giff was probably spot on in his observation of Twilley unable to stand up at the 12:15 mark, though.
I agree. Twilley returned to action nevertheless. That's the way it was back then.
No concussion protocol!
I'm surprised I didn't really remember this game,but it definitely showed that Miami was starting to decline and Oakland was ascending
Didnt the World Football League start up in this year 75? or was it 74? They pruned a lot of players off Miami while the Steelers and Raiders kept all their top players. Dolphins were still tough but not super bowl tough like they had been, they were a power house in 72 and 73. I remember reading a Hunter S. Thompson article in rolling stone mag about the Viking vs Dolphins in 73 and Hunter interviewed a lot of very unhappy Dolphins who thought they should be making a lot more money. I think the Dolphins management was cheap like the Vikings management was. He predicted they Dolphins were gonna have some hard times coming up with the World Football League waving some cash around was gonna pull some big names away and they did.
Daryle Lamonica played for the WFL's Southern California Sun in '75 along with future Rams QB Pat Haden. The WFL started in '74.
@@markgardner9460We had the CHICAGO 🔥FIRE 🚒. Their play was like WATER 🌊. Virgil Carter at QB. Played their games at 💯 SOLDIER FIELD 💯.
Did anyone like Alex Karras as an announcer?
I did not. I've watched quite a few MNF telecasts and he came off as goofy to me nearly every time and I think he offered very little in terms of in-depth analysis.
Agree 100%. I thought he was awful.@@markgardner9460
He had just had a bit part in the movie Blazing Saddles as the character Mongo and ABC was desperate because they had just fired Fred Williamson, so they took a huge chance on Karras.
Plenty of over-acting in this game. Why? Well, look who's in the house Shatner the world's greatest over-actor. And way before he became TJ Hooker with his brown astro-turf rug.
Maybe Howard was his inspiration.
I wonder if Shatner is still wearing "the piece"
@@markgardner9460 I believe his rug (i.e., piece) which is now of course gray is named Bill. And Bill will be featured in the new movie You Can Call Me Bill.
Reminds me of mid-'70 year old rockers wearing wigs that make them look like they're 19 again.
@@markgardner9460 The only nineteen in 70s rock was Hey, Nineteen and half of that team is dead the other half a reported wife beater. Probably eats Egg Beaters. Yeah, I know too much.
Painful to watch for a Dolphins fan.
I loved the fan excitement at The Orange Bowl - the place was electric.
Even though the Raiders won this game they lost again to the Steelers in the AFC title game.
Yeah, but that was one of the most physical CG's of all-time.
@@markgardner9460 If I remember right, that was a brutal, knock-down fight between the two best teams who were tired of seeing each other. I think it was 17-13. I remember a play by Lambert that made me realize this Steelers team was one of the greatest ever.
It was 16 to 10 - close. Yes, this game was like a street fight. Plus they played in a 2 degree wind chill.
I'm not positive but I think the NFL still had a weird system on who had home field and Oakland should have been at home. The Steelers had some kind of issue with the sprinkler system and the field was frozen solid gee I wonder if the Steelers who had problems with Oaklands speed had a happy accident or as Madden said they did it on purpose. I actually think Oakland should have won it all that year on a neutral field the Raiders win against Pittsburg.
@@jameshannagan4256 I wish . . . I dunno what the NFL's home field algorithm was, but it sure wasn't what it is today.
Sorry but I will never bring myself to say anything positive about the 1970s Raiders. I just cant.