Have been loving the Pittsburgh Steelers since 1974 and even got the chance to visit their locker room from my job years ago now. Love them at the age of 9 years old and still my boys!! 💯👌👍
They didn't show it but when Swann caught the bomb near the end of Super Bowl X, the first guy off the bench to run all the way down the field and lift him up in the air was Jack Lambert.
At the 1976 Pro Bowl the eight Steelers were on the field and Lambert started calling out their defensive signals and they told the other three guys to get out of their way.
Wagner, White, L.C.G Russel and Ernie Holmes deserve entry into the HOF...and I am probably leaving out two or three other worthy Steelers from that period.
My Cowboys had two shots at this team and couldn't get it done. I have no qualms about admitting the Steelers were better than us. Once the Steelers won their first Super Bowl, we couldn't beat them for a long time. Steelers were the team of the decade. The only problem they had were the Raiders, but every team in the NFL has that one team that gives them fits. I tip my hat to Noll and the Steelers....a ferocious, hard working team for sure !
The Steelers vs Cowboys SBs were the closest thing the NFL had to Ali vs Frazier. Also there was the sociological aspect to the games. It was like "Limos vs Pickups"!😊
@jgamez5023 well said. Im from Chicago and a life long Bears fan first and foremost but I also loved those 1970's Steelers teams very much. Just being honest, I despised the Cowboys in the 70's but the were unbelievably great. Super Bowl 10 and 13 would not have been so legendary if the Cowere not in it. They were damn good.
Always liked this moment between Chuck Noll and Jack. 16:58 Jack always had respect for Chuck, even in his later life as he has distanced himself from the Steelers, he made it a point to go see Mrs. Noll on the morning of Chuck's funeral, for a private moment between the two of them.
Although I’m not a Steelers’ fan, this was my favorite episode of “America’s Game” due to the music score, back stories, & era. 1975 was one of the best years of my life. Btw, as a long suffering Houston Oilers’ fan we finally broke thru in ‘75 finishing 10-4, but still didn’t make the playoffs that year. The reason why? The Bengals finished 11-3 & the Steelers were 12-2. In fact, the Oilers only lost to 2 teams that season, Bengals & Steelers, finishing 0-4 against both of their division rivals…🏈
Being a Raiders fan and knowing the history the Raiders and Steelers has in the 70’s when my Dad grew up makes me respect them. Not like them, but respect how they made the 70’s crazy for both the Raiders and Steelers.
i was steelers fan 100% and i said basically the same thing dwight white said; the raiders were the closest thing to the steelers i never quite hated the raiders the way i hated the cowboys either for some reason so glad i saw the nfl back then
@@DynoGreen313Dallas wasn’t a very likable team. They had a lot of cocky players like Thomas Henderson, Drew Pearson, Butch Johnson that were ahead of their time when it came to self promotion. Tom Landry was portrayed as being the smartest kid in the class. Throw in the cheerleaders that were constantly getting sideline shots..Steelers fans could not relate and for the most part despised Dallas. The raiders were a blue collar team with misfit players, a rebel owner and a good but sometimes overly permissive coach. The raiders never thought they were above the NFL unlike Dallas who did.
Man the NFL seemed like it was way more fun to watch and play back then. I'm an 80s baby so I didn't get to see the game in the 70s bit just looking at it and listening to the players man they were different. The rivalries were PERSONAL lol. They seemed tougher and more competitive. They actually played on a damn ice field 🥶 😭😭. Today's NFL would probably cancel the damn game smdh.
Players generally stayed on the same team, forming rivalries, games were played in the elements, not everything was so corporatized, and there were more personalities too.
The greatest decade of pro football. You had the Dolphins, Steelers, Raiders, Cowboys, Vikings, Rams that were all good enough to win Super Bowls. The teams stayed together and played for pride and each other. It started to change in the 80s and even more in the 90s. The last two decades became unwatchable for me as it became all about the individual.
@@GBU61I guess my Seahawks were a bit of an anomaly for being a team that kept 13 starters (including our kicker and punter) together from 2012-2015. Sounds like there’s more roster turnover now with free agency.
@@GBU61One other thing I notice about the NFL in the 70’s: Specifically from 1970-1977 (the eight season stretch where there were four playoff teams per conference), the Cowboys, Vikings, Rams, and Skins combined for 24 of the 32 playoff spots on the NFC side with each one making the playoffs a majority of the years. That’s just under a third of the conference accounting for 75% of all playoff appearances. Other than those four, only San Francisco would win any playoff games from 1970-1977, with St. Louis, Detroit, Green Bay and Chicago making a combined five one and done playoff appearances, and four teams in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Atlanta, and the New York Giants missing the playoffs entirely for all eight seasons. There was also Tampa Bay, but they didn’t exist until 1976. That sounds like a conference that didn’t have much parity, but you tell me.
I still wish L.C. Greenwood was elected to the HOF. Fantastic DE and batted down passes like blocked shots. I know Shell was elected deservedly so but Greenwood should have went first. White was great but not long enough for Canton recognition and ditto for Ernie Holmes (That and his off field issues). The front four was devastating and from late 1974-76, offenses didn't have an answer and couldn't find an answer to stop them.
Right after L. C. died his sister was trying to initiate a campaign for his induction into the HOF. Unfortunately, it's the sports writers that have the majority vote with a few players. No one knows how many sacks were attributed to Joe Greene that belonged to L. C before he began wearing the gold high tops, and with every sack extending his leg in the air. Ed Bouchette, a sports columnist for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette has a NFL H.O.F vote I'm curious why he hasn't pushed for L. C, he certainly was on the Bill Cowher, Troy Polomolau, and Alan Faneca H. O. F train, how about Greenwood, he has the numbers.
The New England Patriots offense dominated the Steel Curtain beating them 30-27. And the Raiders scored 24 in the AFC Championship against the Steel Curtain and 31 in the season opener.
Totally agree. :-) Great Response. Just want to throw in an idea about "off field issues". We all have "off field issues" . I don't have any hesitancy about feeling great about Fats' career and the Rev. Ernie Holmes as a human. The helicopter story (like any other) can be interpreted many ways. In that context, I am grateful that the Rooney's had his back and found a way to give him an opportunity to find a way to move forward.
4th and 9 and they didnt punt. All the speculation about kicker Bobby Walden and Noll worried that he would muck up the punt like in the 1st quarter. Another theory is that the Steelers sideline got confused and thought the clock would keep running on the change of possession. To me its a crazy decision not to punt as it allowed Dallas the chance to throw the ball into the end zone. What this film doesnt show is the penultimate play of the game where the hail mary from Roger Staubach evades four Steelers defenders and hits Percy Howards helmet before bouncing out of the end zone. A truly insane finish to a very underrated superbowl.
@wolves7655, Yes, and if Howard had just elevated a bit, he would have been the focus of one of the most unlikely sports trivia questions ever, i.e., a player whose only two career receptions were Super Bowl touchdowns. Oh yes, also winning the game for Dallas.
This is such a great documentary and so well done and we understand that there is a time frame it has to fit in to. The Steelers had a bad day regarding their kicking game. As far as their punting game, it was not the punter it was the lack of blocking.
i hate the cowboys to this day and it all started AFTER the steelers waxed em in superbowl 10 ...that next summer i saw a doc on tv called "the dallas cowboys: americas team" and i was STUNNED... i was like "wait; the steelers just won the sb OVER the cowboys; how are THEY "americas team"...never forgave them for that arrogance hated them ever since yes i know now they were going by SALES of team jerseys etc but still; it's arrogance to say that right after getting bounced in the superbowl--- disrespectful another thing:cliff harris made the mistake of talking smack BEFORE and DURING the game and it woke the steelers up during sb 10 in super bowl 13 it was thomas henderson who did the EXACT SAME THING; disrepecting the steelers in the press BEFORE the game and THEN getting in francos face DURING the game ...next play franco goes 22 yds for the td that broke THAT game open so yeah they were some arrogant cusses who got what they had coming
Both of those SBs were decided by a total of 8 points & both came down to the last few seconds of the game. Yes, the Steelers deservedly won both, but Cowboys were not beaten like… Game
Of the four championships this team won in the 70's I thought the 1975 team was the best overall team of the four. Terry wasn't as reckless with the football in this season as he was in both 78 and 79. And to me that's why they won.
best game in NFL history...saved the superbowl, 1975 steelers were best team of all time....down 10-7 less than 9 minutes left and came back to win...game undecided till final play....Steelers that have yet to be in hall of fame but should - Mike Wagner, Larry Brown, Dwight White, Randy Grossman, Rocky Bleir, LC Greenewood, and JT Thomas
I was watching videos of the Raiders and Steelers, and particularly the hits Tatum and Atkinson laid on Swann, and conversely the hits Mel Blount, and Donnie Shell dished out. These hits, which were legal at the time led to a court battle, which Chuck Noll termed The Criminal Element in Football. I can't imagine a player in today's game that has the grit to compete for a roster spot on our beloved Steelers or their then arch nemesis, Da Raiders or The Oilers. Oh by the way, how many rules were changed that were attributed to the Steelers and Raiders?
The irony is that the Steelers defense was just as dirty as the Raiders. Glen Edwards and Mel Blount single handedly took out Golden Richards in Super Bowl X. He became a non-factor and ended up breaking his ribs in the 4th quarter and the refs just let it go. No penalties at all called against Pittsburgh in Super Bowl X, not even Jack Lambert body slamming Cliff Harris right in front of the refs.
Those are exceptions because of how well publicized the 85 Bears and Super Bowl 3 were. To a certain extent the 2013 Seahawks as well because of the Legion of Boom.
How's this for trivial trivia - the "Steel mark" helmet icon on Chuck Noll's shirt is wrong. The mark goes on the other side of the helmet :) You're welcome.
@Harry Engel As good as both the '75 and '78 teams were, I thought their best team ever was the '76 squad and Art Rooney echoed the same thing. I have never seen a team go through their opponents like they did down the stretch and while they didn't win the Super Bowl, coming back from essentially being a dead team to the AFC Championship game speaks volumes. Would they have beaten Oakland with Rocky and Franco in the lineup? Who knows, could of should of, we'll never know but here's a small tidbit: Bleier was out the whole game against Baltimore and Franco went down by the start of the second half and they still romped 11-3 Baltimore 40-14. They could win with reserves still. Anyways, my two cents
Physically, the '75 team was better than '78 but they beat better teams. I will say that the forgotten part of the amazing part of both seasons was the fact that Lynn Swann caught 11 TD'S in both seasons. Bradshaw in '75 only threw 18 for the entire season (he did throw 28 in '78 en route to the MVP and Swann caught 39% of those). And for the slow people in the back who feel that Stallworth was better than Swann, he only had 3 seasons as teammates when he was better than Swann, and that was due to injuries slowing him down. He only played 9 years but America sees Swann in all his big game glory every 2 weeks prior to and including the Super Bowl pregame. No gloves, no stickum, just the best hands in the business and could jump as high as Jordan.
77. Dallas best team of the 70s v the Steelers team at the peak of its talent. However, the Steelers had locker room issues and struggled w new rule changes. Bradshaw also had a broken wrist. They did meet in the regular season and Dallas got waxed 28-13.
@@Biggdoom344 dallas should have beaten the rams in the nfc championship 1979 ...rams were 9-7 that yr and dallas just flopped ...otherwise they meet the steelers one last time
@@DynoGreen313 Dallas actually got beat in the first round. The rams got Tampa bay in the nfc title game. However the Steelers had already beaten Dallas in the regular season that year and most likely would have beaten them again. Yes the Rams were 9-7 but had a lot of injuries that year. The previous year with the same roster they were the #1 seed in the NFC.
As a Dallas fan I know there has never been a defense like the Steelers of the 70’s with an offense full of playmakers. I would like to think that if Staubach would have been allowed to call his own plays we would have won one of these matchups. But we didn’t so it is what it is. At least we got to see in my opinion the 2 greatest teams matchup twice.
i was huge heavily invested steelers fanatic back then i actually noll was insane letting bradshaw call the plays and landry was correct and were many other coaches of that time already calling the plays from the sidelines
Full disclosure boss hog, I despised the Cowboys in the 1970's but I realized then and now how unbelievably great they were. Those 2 Super Bowls wouldn't be as legendary if the Cowboys were not in them. Those 2 Super Bowls were the best match ups. Period. Much respect to your Cowboys.
Sonny Jurgensen was on the 1972 Redskins who won the NFC. In fact he started four games for them and went 4-0, and then he broke his ankle. I think they would have won against the Dolphins had he played. The amazing thing about that post-game coverage by CBS was after Sonny was done interviewing The Chief, Tom Brookshire picked the Chief's pocket and stole a cigar. He knew that he wasn't smoking horse manure. LOL
Had he not been injured in the 72 playoffs, the Redskins would have almost certainly beaten Miami. Washington was the best team that Miami faced in all of 1972. 11-3, really good defense, smart team. Kilmer, for all the games he won later on and before, was not who Sonny Jurgensen was
I think what he was referring to was actually touching the trophy in the winning locker room. I'm sure Sonny Jurgensen got to touch the trophy when the Redskins won their 3 Super Bowls in the 80's/early-90's. By then, he was a commentator for the Redskins radio broadcasts, along with play-by-play man Frank Herzog and commentator Sam Huff.......Now that was a trio to listen to.
@@effend446I remember listening to them in their later years. I was born in 1992 in Charlottesville so the Skins were my team. My dad and I tuned out the TV commentators specifically to listen to them. Good times (except in the winning column lol)
The Steelers coaches lost track of the downs at the end of SB X . When that 4th-down play was over their coach's up in the coaches booth, were screaming at the officials in the next booth at the clock wasn't running after Rocky was tackled. Well, um, it wouldn't be running because it was change of possession. That was in SI's issue about the game.
The Steelers had just a wee-bit of talent on those rosters, if you define "wee-bit" as nine HOF'ers (Bradshaw, Harris, Webster, Swann, Stallworth, Greene, Ham, Lambert, Blount and should be another two) starting on offense and defense combined.
The Bengals and Oilers were truly great teams but the Steelers were just better. And Swann is the only player in NFL history that should have been put into the Hall of Fame while he was still playing.
The Steelers had special teams issues in particular that day, so he figured that he had the best defense in the NFL&that they could win him a Super Bowl
Lol that was the dirty dozen season. Dallas had 12 or 13 rookies. Pittsburgh was awesome but it wasn't like Dallas was really ready that year. Pittsburgh actually beat the better team in 78.
The most overrated team, ever. Which is why they only won one Super Bowl. If the Fins D did not take a nap in the AFC Championship game, it would have been Fins/Bears in the SB. A game the Bears could have easily lost.
two 10-4 teams in the AFC alone didnt make playoffs. Miami and Houston....AFC Central standings: Pittsburgh 12-2, Cinicinatti Bengals 11-3, Houston Oilers 10-4, Cleveland Browns 3-11
Watching these just reminds me of how tragic the NFL concussion issue is. Mike Wagner and Lynn Swann either making light or casually accepting concussions (respectively) is a weird thing to see in 2022. The casual acceptance of brain injuries as a regular occurrence really gets to me now.
you sound soft to be honest; boxers get concussed much more often that nfl-ers ever did and we hear NO complaints also the nfl INCREASED the schedule by one game to 17 so apparently they really don't care
@@IAAP. people were not ignorant about concussions back then; men just weren't as soft as they are now... in fact boxers are MUCH more likely to be concussed on a REGULAR BASIS and no one is crying about that for some reason
Lynn Swann mentioned the head hunting done by the Raiders, to Lynn's point yes, the Raiders were being taught, coached and encouraged to intentionally injure players to get the stars out of the game. IMHO football fans paid tribute to John Madden after his passing, while I'm always sad to hear of anyone's passing, I didn't celebrate Maddens the coach like others. In my opinion here didn't deserve to be recognized as a good coach. However Madden did change the way a game was announced.
Captain crunch got schooled by Lambert. He got up and never even tried to approach Lambert. Too tall didn't either. The Steelers and the Raiders were the class of the league. The Cowgirls were smoke and mirrors.
Smoke and mirrors doesn't win two Super Bowls and making it to three more. Kind of convenient Pittsburgh didn't draw a single flag all game here, wasn't it? Even though they were one of the most aggressive teams in the NFL. The refs swallowed their whistles, seemingly afraid to call a penalty on them.
I don't give a shit about...Mike Tomlin Steelers....all of MT...have been GARBAGE... I love to watch Bill Cowher and 70's Steelers... they both were GREAT TEAMS...because....they were DISCIPLINE...and have love for the game...
Yeah, I always found that odd being that Landry was totally opposite...That just wasn't his style and I'm sure he let them have it in the locker room for that kind of behavior.
@Rufus Goldstein Documentary was boring. Nothing like the old NFL films style. The stupid white background they use, and why do they have to have a full screen picture of the player talking.
Why is Montana considered a all time, top five greatest qbs, and I agree for four Superbowl in a decade, but Terry Bradshaw is considered to have just been along for the ride. That same team without Bradshaw, wins one, maybe.
victim of the era. they just didn't throw the ball that much. but he's in the hof and was I've tough sob. but he called his own plays. just different b era. was about the run and defense b in the 70s
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I'm so glad I got to see the 70's steelers as a kid, it was a wild ride, one I will never forget.
You had a great ride in the 1970s. I had a longer great ride as a 49ers fans.
@@edgarteran1894 longer ride maybe but we had the better team
theres never been anything like the steelers back then
I was never a Steeler's fan. But when he slammed Cliff Harris into the turf I instantly became a Jack Lambert fan.
That’s how you take down a bully.
Have been loving the Pittsburgh Steelers since 1974 and even got the chance to visit their locker room from my job years ago now. Love them at the age of 9 years old and still my boys!! 💯👌👍
Mike Wagner one great professional football player both very physical and very cerebral!!
They didn't show it but when Swann caught the bomb near the end of Super Bowl X, the first guy off the bench to run all the way down the field and lift him up in the air was Jack Lambert.
I love these programs. Reminds me of the vhs tape from 1988 that I wore out that covered the first 22 superbowls.
“Lambert’s difficult period!… with anybody!!” 😂
At the 1976 Pro Bowl the eight Steelers were on the field and Lambert started calling out their defensive signals and they told the other three guys to get out of their way.
Mike Wagner is severely underrated.
FS Mike Wagner had a HOF career...36 interceptions and was a great run stopper and he came up big in big games...wish I had his jersey.
@@johnnypastrana6727 He deserves to be in the HOF
Wagner, White, L.C.G Russel and Ernie Holmes deserve entry into the HOF...and I am probably leaving out two or three other worthy Steelers from that period.
I’ve always said that! This dude was everywhere on the field. He was known to do his homework and execute on game day
Wagner could give receivers the "Valhalla" too!💪
21:51 That exchange between Lambert and Swann in the locker room had me in stitches 🤣
"You should've been #2, i should've been #1."
Hilarious, but unnecessary. Why would you say that to your OWN teammate? Lol
My Cowboys had two shots at this team and couldn't get it done. I have no qualms about admitting the Steelers were better than us. Once the Steelers won their first Super Bowl, we couldn't beat them for a long time.
Steelers were the team of the decade. The only problem they had were the Raiders, but every team in the NFL has that one team that gives them fits. I tip my hat to Noll and the Steelers....a ferocious, hard working team for sure !
I love my steelers, but was hoping a cowboys vs raiders super bowl in 70s
The Steelers vs Cowboys SBs were the closest thing the NFL had to Ali vs Frazier. Also there was the sociological aspect to the games. It was like "Limos vs Pickups"!😊
Where did that go..Out BH
@jgamez5023 well said. Im from Chicago and a life long Bears fan first and foremost but I also loved those 1970's Steelers teams very much. Just being honest, I despised the Cowboys in the 70's but the were unbelievably great. Super Bowl 10 and 13 would not have been so legendary if the Cowere not in it. They were damn good.
Mike Wagner deserves to be in the hall of fame. Ain't the Steelers fault they owned the 70's. Need more be said.
Always liked this moment between Chuck Noll and Jack. 16:58
Jack always had respect for Chuck, even in his later life as he has distanced himself from the Steelers, he made it a point to go see Mrs. Noll on the morning of Chuck's funeral, for a private moment between the two of them.
That lateral from Lambert to JT Thomas at 17:10?? Priceless, and hilarious!!! 😆 🤣 😂
Although I’m not a Steelers’ fan, this was my favorite episode of “America’s Game” due to the music score, back stories, & era. 1975 was one of the best years of my life. Btw, as a long suffering Houston Oilers’ fan we finally broke thru in ‘75 finishing 10-4, but still didn’t make the playoffs that year. The reason why? The Bengals finished 11-3 & the Steelers were 12-2. In fact, the Oilers only lost to 2 teams that season, Bengals & Steelers, finishing 0-4 against both of their division rivals…🏈
Mike wagner should be in the Hall of Fame ❤
SO SHOULD ERNIE HOLMES &DWIGHT WHITE
John Stallworths BLOCK YES
THE ICE BOWL PART 2!
Being a Raiders fan and knowing the history the Raiders and Steelers has in the 70’s when my Dad grew up makes me respect them. Not like them, but respect how they made the 70’s crazy for both the Raiders and Steelers.
AND WE JUST BEAT THEM 23-18!
i was steelers fan 100% and i said basically the same thing dwight white said; the raiders were the closest thing to the steelers
i never quite hated the raiders the way i hated the cowboys either for some reason
so glad i saw the nfl back then
@@DynoGreen313Dallas wasn’t a very likable team. They had a lot of cocky players like Thomas Henderson, Drew Pearson, Butch Johnson that were ahead of their time when it came to self promotion. Tom Landry was portrayed as being the smartest kid in the class. Throw in the cheerleaders that were constantly getting sideline shots..Steelers fans could not relate and for the most part despised Dallas. The raiders were a blue collar team with misfit players, a rebel owner and a good but sometimes overly permissive coach. The raiders never thought they were above the NFL unlike Dallas who did.
@@Biggdoom344 agreed
Rest on Chuck Noll. What a legacy!!
RIP Andy Russell
Man the NFL seemed like it was way more fun to watch and play back then. I'm an 80s baby so I didn't get to see the game in the 70s bit just looking at it and listening to the players man they were different. The rivalries were PERSONAL lol. They seemed tougher and more competitive. They actually played on a damn ice field 🥶 😭😭. Today's NFL would probably cancel the damn game smdh.
Players generally stayed on the same team, forming rivalries, games were played in the elements, not everything was so corporatized, and there were more personalities too.
@@fockewulf4409 yes indeed. The corporatization ruined alot of the fun
The greatest decade of pro football. You had the Dolphins, Steelers, Raiders, Cowboys, Vikings, Rams that were all good enough to win Super Bowls. The teams stayed together and played for pride and each other. It started to change in the 80s and even more in the 90s. The last two decades became unwatchable for me as it became all about the individual.
@@GBU61I guess my Seahawks were a bit of an anomaly for being a team that kept 13 starters (including our kicker and punter) together from 2012-2015.
Sounds like there’s more roster turnover now with free agency.
@@GBU61One other thing I notice about the NFL in the 70’s:
Specifically from 1970-1977 (the eight season stretch where there were four playoff teams per conference), the Cowboys, Vikings, Rams, and Skins combined for 24 of the 32 playoff spots on the NFC side with each one making the playoffs a majority of the years.
That’s just under a third of the conference accounting for 75% of all playoff appearances.
Other than those four, only San Francisco would win any playoff games from 1970-1977, with St. Louis, Detroit, Green Bay and Chicago making a combined five one and done playoff appearances, and four teams in Philadelphia, New Orleans, Atlanta, and the New York Giants missing the playoffs entirely for all eight seasons. There was also Tampa Bay, but they didn’t exist until 1976.
That sounds like a conference that didn’t have much parity, but you tell me.
Jack Lambert.....my favorite Steeler all time!!!!
Best front four in NFL history!!!
debatab;e. defineately top 5. maybe 3
GODDAMN RIGHT
best DEFENSE period EVER!
Between 1972 and 1977, the Steelers and Raiders played 10 times, going 5-5. The Steelers did go 3-2 against them in 5 playoff matchups.
I still wish L.C. Greenwood was elected to the HOF. Fantastic DE and batted down passes like blocked shots. I know Shell was elected deservedly so but Greenwood should have went first. White was great but not long enough for Canton recognition and ditto for Ernie Holmes (That and his off field issues). The front four was devastating and from late 1974-76, offenses didn't have an answer and couldn't find an answer to stop them.
Right after L. C. died his sister was trying to initiate a campaign for his induction into the HOF. Unfortunately, it's the sports writers that have the majority vote with a few players. No one knows how many sacks were attributed to Joe Greene that belonged to L. C before he began wearing the gold high tops, and with every sack extending his leg in the air. Ed Bouchette, a sports columnist for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette has a NFL H.O.F vote I'm curious why he hasn't pushed for
L. C, he certainly was on the Bill Cowher, Troy Polomolau, and Alan Faneca H. O. F train, how about Greenwood, he has the numbers.
The New England Patriots offense dominated the Steel Curtain beating them 30-27. And the Raiders scored 24 in the AFC Championship against the Steel Curtain and 31 in the season opener.
RIP PITTSBURGH FRONT 4 THE BEST EVER!
Totally agree. :-) Great Response. Just want to throw in an idea about "off field issues". We all have "off field issues" . I don't have any hesitancy about feeling great about Fats' career and the Rev. Ernie Holmes as a human. The helicopter story (like any other) can be interpreted many ways. In that context, I am grateful that the Rooney's had his back and found a way to give him an opportunity to find a way to move forward.
RIP FRANCO HARRIS
RIP Mad Dog.
RIP LC Greenwood, Ernie Holmes, Steve Furness, Mike Webster and Steve Corson
@@acsmooth110 RIP CHUCK NOLL AKA THE EMPEROR!
4th and 9 and they didnt punt. All the speculation about kicker Bobby Walden and Noll worried that he would muck up the punt like in the 1st quarter. Another theory is that the Steelers sideline got confused and thought the clock would keep running on the change of possession. To me its a crazy decision not to punt as it allowed Dallas the chance to throw the ball into the end zone. What this film doesnt show is the penultimate play of the game where the hail mary from Roger Staubach evades four Steelers defenders and hits Percy Howards helmet before bouncing out of the end zone. A truly insane finish to a very underrated superbowl.
@wolves7655, Yes, and if Howard had just elevated a bit, he would have been the focus of one of the most unlikely sports trivia questions ever, i.e., a player whose only two career receptions were Super Bowl touchdowns. Oh yes, also winning the game for Dallas.
This is such a great documentary and so well done and we understand that there is a time frame it has to fit in to. The Steelers had a bad day regarding their kicking game. As far as their punting game, it was not the punter it was the lack of blocking.
I used to love how the steelers would beat the cowpies like a redheaded stepchild. Americas team my ass.
i hate the cowboys to this day and it all started AFTER the steelers waxed em in superbowl 10 ...that next summer i saw a doc on tv called "the dallas cowboys: americas team" and i was STUNNED... i was like "wait; the steelers just won the sb OVER the cowboys; how are THEY "americas team"...never forgave them for that arrogance
hated them ever since
yes i know now they were going by SALES of team jerseys etc but still; it's arrogance to say that right after getting bounced in the superbowl--- disrespectful
another thing:cliff harris made the mistake of talking smack BEFORE and DURING the game and it woke the steelers up during sb 10
in super bowl 13 it was thomas henderson who did the EXACT SAME THING; disrepecting the steelers in the press BEFORE the game and THEN getting in francos face DURING the game ...next play franco goes 22 yds for the td that broke THAT game open
so yeah they were some arrogant cusses who got what they had coming
Both of those SBs were decided by a total of 8 points & both came down to the last few seconds of the game. Yes, the Steelers deservedly won both, but Cowboys were not beaten like… Game
I am 54 years old and I could start for the Steelers TODAY. I have quickness and fast twitch muscle fiber that cannot be taught
Of the four championships this team won in the 70's I thought the 1975 team was the best overall team of the four.
Terry wasn't as reckless with the football in this season as he was in both 78 and 79.
And to me that's why they won.
best game in NFL history...saved the superbowl, 1975 steelers were best team of all time....down 10-7 less than 9 minutes left and came back to win...game undecided till final play....Steelers that have yet to be in hall of fame but should - Mike Wagner, Larry Brown, Dwight White, Randy Grossman, Rocky Bleir, LC Greenewood, and JT Thomas
Not sure if I’d say the 75 Steelers are the best NFL team ever, but they certainly have their arguments.
@mcarlkv53, It's good you're such a partisan for your team, but Brown, Grossman, Bleier, and Thomas belonging in the HOF? Please.
I was watching videos of the Raiders and Steelers, and particularly the hits Tatum and Atkinson laid on Swann, and conversely the hits Mel Blount, and Donnie Shell dished out. These hits, which were legal at the time led to a court battle, which Chuck Noll termed The Criminal Element in Football. I can't imagine a player in today's game that has the grit to compete for a roster spot on our beloved Steelers or their then arch nemesis, Da Raiders or The Oilers. Oh by the way, how many rules were changed that were attributed to the Steelers and Raiders?
The irony is that the Steelers defense was just as dirty as the Raiders. Glen Edwards and Mel Blount single handedly took out Golden Richards in Super Bowl X. He became a non-factor and ended up breaking his ribs in the 4th quarter and the refs just let it go. No penalties at all called against Pittsburgh in Super Bowl X, not even Jack Lambert body slamming Cliff Harris right in front of the refs.
Polamalu or TJ Watt could play in any era, any time, and be dominant
Troy in particular is pound for pound the best all around player ever
True....very true. The bump and run rule, db's had to release receivers after 5 yards, which was termed, "The Mel Blount Rule".
@@kappajbi lol dude the raiders would tell you the Steelers weren’t as dirty as the Raiders
They’re proud of how dirty they were
At 39:00, Cliff Harris had that comin'...😅😅😅😅😅
"Two types of SB teams no one remembers: Teams that lost, and teams that only won one."
Uh, Joe Namath and Mike Ditka would like a word.
Those are exceptions because of how well publicized the 85 Bears and Super Bowl 3 were.
To a certain extent the 2013 Seahawks as well because of the Legion of Boom.
who?
The Jets shocked the world, the Bears were nothing mote than one hit wonders. All that alleged talent on defence one, one, one SUPERBOWL !!!!!!.
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The 70' Steelers was my team even doe I am from Georgia
I remember it like it was yesterday.
How's this for trivial trivia - the "Steel mark" helmet icon on Chuck Noll's shirt is wrong. The mark goes on the other side of the helmet :) You're welcome.
The greatest team ever!!! Sorry Tom Brady
I agree with you on this being the greatest team of all time but there is no NFL team named Tom Brady.
@Harry Engel agreed man, the AFC Central was insanely good in 1975 and the Steelers swept the entire division.
91 Redskins
@Harry Engel As good as both the '75 and '78 teams were, I thought their best team ever was the '76 squad and Art Rooney echoed the same thing. I have never seen a team go through their opponents like they did down the stretch and while they didn't win the Super Bowl, coming back from essentially being a dead team to the AFC Championship game speaks volumes. Would they have beaten Oakland with Rocky and Franco in the lineup? Who knows, could of should of, we'll never know but here's a small tidbit: Bleier was out the whole game against Baltimore and Franco went down by the start of the second half and they still romped 11-3 Baltimore 40-14. They could win with reserves still. Anyways, my two cents
Physically, the '75 team was better than '78 but they beat better teams. I will say that the forgotten part of the amazing part of both seasons was the fact that Lynn Swann caught 11 TD'S in both seasons. Bradshaw in '75 only threw 18 for the entire season (he did throw 28 in '78 en route to the MVP and Swann caught 39% of those). And for the slow people in the back who feel that Stallworth was better than Swann, he only had 3 seasons as teammates when he was better than Swann, and that was due to injuries slowing him down. He only played 9 years but America sees Swann in all his big game glory every 2 weeks prior to and including the Super Bowl pregame. No gloves, no stickum, just the best hands in the business and could jump as high as Jordan.
Jack Lambert threw Cliff Harris out of the club.
Bruce Willis is narrating?
Yep. Don't know why a bum from New Jersey narrated this. But there you go.😂
The Cowboys and Steelers should've had at least one more Super Bowl against each other in the 1970s.
77. Dallas best team of the 70s v the Steelers team at the peak of its talent. However, the Steelers had locker room issues and struggled w new rule changes. Bradshaw also had a broken wrist. They did meet in the regular season and Dallas got waxed 28-13.
Broncomania. It was Denver's year in 1977. They defeated the Steelers twice.
@@Biggdoom344 dallas should have beaten the rams in the nfc championship 1979 ...rams were 9-7 that yr and dallas just flopped ...otherwise they meet the steelers one last time
@@DynoGreen313 Dallas actually got beat in the first round. The rams got Tampa bay in the nfc title game. However the Steelers had already beaten Dallas in the regular season that year and most likely would have beaten them again. Yes the Rams were 9-7 but had a lot of injuries that year. The previous year with the same roster they were the #1 seed in the NFC.
As a Dallas fan I know there has never been a defense like the Steelers of the 70’s with an offense full of playmakers. I would like to think that if Staubach would have been allowed to call his own plays we would have won one of these matchups. But we didn’t so it is what it is. At least we got to see in my opinion the 2 greatest teams matchup twice.
i was huge heavily invested steelers fanatic back then
i actually noll was insane letting bradshaw call the plays and landry was correct and were many other coaches of that time already calling the plays from the sidelines
Full disclosure boss hog, I despised the Cowboys in the 1970's but I realized then and now how unbelievably great they were. Those 2 Super Bowls wouldn't be as legendary if the Cowboys were not in them. Those 2 Super Bowls were the best match ups. Period. Much respect to your Cowboys.
How is greenwood not in the hof
The closest Sonny Jurgensen ever got to a Superbowl
Sonny Jurgensen was on the 1972 Redskins who won the NFC.
In fact he started four games for them and went 4-0, and then he broke his ankle. I think they would have won against the Dolphins had he played.
The amazing thing about that post-game coverage by CBS was after Sonny was done interviewing The Chief, Tom Brookshire picked the Chief's pocket and stole a cigar. He knew that he wasn't smoking horse manure. LOL
Had he not been injured in the 72 playoffs, the Redskins would have almost certainly beaten Miami. Washington was the best team that Miami faced in all of 1972. 11-3, really good defense, smart team. Kilmer, for all the games he won later on and before, was not who Sonny Jurgensen was
I think what he was referring to was actually touching the trophy in the winning locker room. I'm sure Sonny Jurgensen got to touch the trophy when the Redskins won their 3 Super Bowls in the 80's/early-90's. By then, he was a commentator for the Redskins radio broadcasts, along with play-by-play man Frank Herzog and commentator Sam Huff.......Now that was a trio to listen to.
@@effend446I remember listening to them in their later years. I was born in 1992 in Charlottesville so the Skins were my team. My dad and I tuned out the TV commentators specifically to listen to them. Good times (except in the winning column lol)
RIP FRANCO HARRIS DWIGHT WHITE ERNIE HOLMES
Honestly, this is the best nfl team ever
A case can be made in my opinion.
absolutely
so glad i was there for the whole ride; havent seen anything like it since...closest were the niners in the 80s
37:51 LOL Dwight White. Says it all.
🖤💛🖤💛🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆#7 2021?🙏💯
The Steelers coaches lost track of the downs at the end of SB X .
When that 4th-down play was over their coach's up in the coaches booth, were screaming at the officials in the next booth at the clock wasn't running after Rocky was tackled.
Well, um, it wouldn't be running because it was change of possession.
That was in SI's issue about the game.
Best ever
The Steelers had just a wee-bit of talent on those rosters, if you define "wee-bit" as nine HOF'ers (Bradshaw, Harris, Webster, Swann, Stallworth, Greene, Ham, Lambert, Blount and should be another two) starting on offense and defense combined.
Now 10 with the induction of Shell
Don’t forget the man who coached them, chuck noll
@@beamerball666 True, though in 75, Shell and Webster were backups.
the steelers were great and would get greater but super bowl 10 was great
That entire 70s Steelers team needs to be in HOF
Classic match ups how..
The Bengals and Oilers were truly great teams but the Steelers were just better. And Swann is the only player in NFL history that should have been put into the Hall of Fame while he was still playing.
It did used to be America’s game. Back before it was rigged.
Who else seen that Mike tyson upper cut at 19:52 then head smash?
What the hell was Knoll thinking by going for it?
Boiler Room Drums pretty much a short punt at that point but mostly knowing his defense would stop Dallas
The special teams had been awful all day
Walden dropped one punt and had near blocks most of the game.
Noll. If you don't know his name, learn it.
The Steelers had special teams issues in particular that day, so he figured that he had the best defense in the NFL&that they could win him a Super Bowl
Mark Washington got abused by the long pass in this game.
Lol that was the dirty dozen season. Dallas had 12 or 13 rookies. Pittsburgh was awesome but it wasn't like Dallas was really ready that year. Pittsburgh actually beat the better team in 78.
Yes, Dwight. No one remembers the ‘85 Bears.
Oh you mean the 1 Superbowl that the Bears won in '85? After Buddy Ryan left in after '85, the D started slipping...
Come to Chicago we will beat the shit out of u we boys don’t play in Chicago respect the 85 bears
The most overrated team, ever. Which is why they only won one Super Bowl. If the Fins D did not take a nap in the AFC Championship game, it would have been Fins/Bears in the SB. A game the Bears could have easily lost.
not really
no one cares
@@johnnypastrana6727the defense was actually better in 86😂
two 10-4 teams in the AFC alone didnt make playoffs. Miami and Houston....AFC Central standings: Pittsburgh 12-2, Cinicinatti Bengals 11-3, Houston Oilers 10-4, Cleveland Browns 3-11
35:00 38:57 Sheesh, Cliff
#Doh!
19:40
Watching these just reminds me of how tragic the NFL concussion issue is. Mike Wagner and Lynn Swann either making light or casually accepting concussions (respectively) is a weird thing to see in 2022. The casual acceptance of brain injuries as a regular occurrence really gets to me now.
True. Of course by 2022 so much more is known about the effects of concussions. In 75 ignorance was dangerous and unfortunate.
you sound soft to be honest; boxers get concussed much more often that nfl-ers ever did and we hear NO complaints
also the nfl INCREASED the schedule by one game to 17 so apparently they really don't care
@@IAAP. people were not ignorant about concussions back then; men just weren't as soft as they are now... in fact boxers are MUCH more likely to be concussed on a REGULAR BASIS and no one is crying about that for some reason
You mean #1.
20:40 mad dog white
Lynn Swann mentioned the head hunting done by the Raiders, to Lynn's point yes, the Raiders were being taught, coached and encouraged to intentionally injure players to get the stars out of the game. IMHO football fans paid tribute to John Madden after his passing, while I'm always sad to hear of anyone's passing, I didn't celebrate Maddens the coach like others. In my opinion here didn't deserve to be recognized as a good coach. However Madden did change the way a game was announced.
it wasn't just the raiders; thats the way the game was played back then and the players knew that
Captain crunch got schooled by Lambert. He got up and never even tried to approach Lambert. Too tall didn't either. The Steelers and the Raiders were the class of the league. The Cowgirls were smoke and mirrors.
Smoke and mirrors doesn't win two Super Bowls and making it to three more. Kind of convenient Pittsburgh didn't draw a single flag all game here, wasn't it? Even though they were one of the most aggressive teams in the NFL. The refs swallowed their whistles, seemingly afraid to call a penalty on them.
Wagner hall of fame
I don't give a shit about...Mike Tomlin Steelers....all of MT...have been GARBAGE...
I love to watch Bill Cowher and 70's Steelers... they both were GREAT TEAMS...because....they were DISCIPLINE...and have love for the game...
Pure Colombian cocoa what helped them be great
Kick his ass Mean Joe 8:38
Always the Dallas players that’s mouthy lol
Yeah, I always found that odd being that Landry was totally opposite...That just wasn't his style and I'm sure he let them have it in the locker room for that kind of behavior.
Couldn’t happen to a better team.... gosh I hate Dallas.
Gosh I hate people that hate the cowboys
Manraj Singh lol only 4 playoff victories in the last 25 years? Ouch.-.
@@J.J.Barrientes So? The Chiefs was 50 years and Washington is more then us. I'll Take 25 years
Rodger cool as a cucumber. NOT
Kinda boring to be honest.
It happens when winning becomes habit
The game or the documentary? Neither was boring
You must do not like 70's FB.
Great football played by real men. Football today is half a step above pro wrestling.
@Rufus Goldstein Documentary was boring. Nothing like the old NFL films style. The stupid white background they use, and why do they have to have a full screen picture of the player talking.
Why is Montana considered a all time, top five greatest qbs, and I agree for four Superbowl in a decade, but Terry Bradshaw is considered to have just been along for the ride. That same team without Bradshaw, wins one, maybe.
victim of the era. they just didn't throw the ball that much. but he's in the hof and was I've tough sob. but he called his own plays. just different b era. was about the run and defense b in the 70s
THIS IS THE FIRST AND ONLY TEAM THAT TOLD THE NFL FU !!!!!!!!
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