Dirty muts loved piling on and them slime ball sore losers are STILL in denial in 2023 about that greatest heads-up catch in history: "Franco stepped outta bounds" or "The ball touched the ground" blah blah blah smh. Thus saith the dirtiest team ever to step onto the field. I respected their determination, but they wasn't effin with my Steel Curtain who was just as tough...FOH🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂💯💯💯#Got6 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Im a diehard steelers fan....but boy did i love the raiders and the rivalry was second-to-none. absolute hardcore man going at it every time they played no matter what. Beautiful, beautiful
I always circled my calendar when they played each other, especially in Oakland. As a Raiders fan, intense rivalry but all respect to the Steelers and there fans. Met many Steelers fans at the Oakland Coliseum when their team was in town, many made the trip all the way from Pennsylvania. Always very cool people.👍
Oh the memories brought back of a simple time when the Raiders and the NFL played for the love of the game and less the single recognition, They were a team. The raiders glory years are gone now but because of you,they'll never be forgotten. Thank You!
You knew that the Steelers and Raiders in the early to mid 70s was going to be a very physical and heated game! The two teams absolutely despised each other!
Yeah, there were rivalries in the NFC, but nothing like the Raiders vs Steelers. The other Great 70's NFL rivalry was between the Cowboys and Steelers. And they played in completely different conferences!
Bradshaw's 6 step drop back is so weird compared to the shotgun we see today. This game would have produced endless flags from modern refs, so many late hits. Lambert's neck brace is archaic but kind of cool looking. Stabler was one tough SOB, like someone from a Merle Haggard song. Between the Raiders and Steelers, there more genuine characters on this one field than the entire Game of Thrones series.
Wow! I had to LOL regarding the Haggard and GOT references - good stuff. Yeah, this game in today's NFL would result to an endless parade of penalties and suspensions.
Yeah they beat a wornout steelers team then disappeared but yeah 76 Raiders were the better team I also love the outcast stuff I'm an outcast I appreciate that
@@BobJ1979 Let's face it, ....Steelers had the RB's and Oakland didn't......It wore them out against Miami also.....SBXI was bittersweet....Had a soft spot for the Vikes....Had the Raiders spanked the Cowboys....omg....would've loved it
Great Snake jersey! Loved hearing Dandy Don. Henry Lawrence - also had three Super Bowl rings, along with Branch, Dalby, Steve Sylvester & Hendricks (who also had one with the Colts.) Raiders also beat the Steelers in September with 24 points in the 4th quarter. Liked and Subscribed. Gracias!
Thank you! Henry Lawrence: underrated in my book...super solid. Same thing with Dalby, really. Listening to Dandy Don was alway a treat! He and Curt Gowdy did the super bowl for the 1976 season.
i watched this game till halftime after watching the Vikings beat the Rams earlier in the day. I was 11 and knew that the Raiders would win this game. Go Vikings in two weeks!
Love foot ball back in those days,saw this game two great teams.Really liked the Raiders back then ,there were some many good players. Thank you for the viedo,brings back good memories...
I heard tales that, in pre-game warm-ups, Ruy Guy would kneel down on both knees and throw bombs into the end-zone.... Ever hear of that? Great stuff...thanks my man...
He even wanted to be the nickel back on defense, (he was a Safety in college) but Madden did not want to risk injury to the greatest punter of all-time. Thank you for your comments!
While here there was respect for Steeler toughness in playing the "smashmouth football the Raiders also played, all respect for them was lost when Coach Noll asserted the Raiders were a dirty team ! Simply because the Steelers were just as dirty!
As I life long Raiders fan I still don't like the Steelers, but I remember this rivalry. I respect the fact that both teams were the only ones who admitted to the " rough stuff".
@@markgardner9460 A lot of stuff you would definitely never get away with today. I still think the Raiders are a bunch of dirty players. But then again, I guess "Just win,baby!" was just Al Davis' attitude.
Yes Indeed 💯 Classic/Vintage & Just Plain Old School Rivalry at its best, these 2 Teams hated each other & it Turned our to be One of the all time Greatest NFL Rivalrys in History 🏈🏈👏👏
Bradshaw was an excellent QB. Ken Stabler was just as good. History favors the Steelers QB, but those of us saw Stabler in pressure situations, know he was probably even better.
Stabler was a more accurate passer in my opinion, but Bradshaw could do a lot of damage with his legs whereby Stabler couldn't do by this time in his career.
Yup, the Steelers defense was healthy. I see that Stabler was slow to get up after taking a 'blind side' hit from Steelers outside linebacker Jack Ham. But that was nothing compared to the two hits (1975 AFC championship & 1976 season opener) on Lynn Swann by George Atkinson that resulted in concussions. I always thought it was hilarious that the Steelers took pride from intimidating the Dallas Cowboys in the Super Bowls. But after playing the Raiders, the Steelers 'all of a sudden' wanna scream about the Raiders DB's as 'criminals'.
@@hammer44head Yes but the rivalry didn't conveniently end in 1979 when the Steelers dynasty ended. The Raiders then won two more SB's, beating Pittsburgh in both seasons. What''s dubious is that Noll couldn't admit his team often played as dirty as Oakland did, and that plenty of Steeler fans still try to claim that 1976 was their year when they lost to Oakland with AND without Bleier and Harris.
@@sportshistorybuff319 well face it, we all know the steelers win easily with harris and bleier playing, raiders would have got a steady of diet of power running and a few well placed rockets from terry bradshaw, and would have went home losers yet again....they simply beat a badly handicapped steeler team.
@@wbmstr24 Actually, we don't all know that. What is clear is that Pittsburgh fans, 47 years later, are still egocentric and living in a dream world of entitlement.
@@sportshistorybuff319 common sense shows they would have trampled oakland, with just a cursory glance at how they went to baltimore and blew out the colts on the ground and thru the air.
Charlie Phillips#47 raiders, played on our calif hi school cif champs,Blair against bishop amat,Pat Haden, in '69,see u tube--they both went on to USC,where Haden,Phillips won 2 national championships,--Phillips had hi school champ ring,two nat college champ rings and super bowl champ ring--amazing...
@@markgardner9460that's why the narrator said the Steel Cirtsin was arguably the greatest defensive unit ever they wo four super bowls in six years threatening to three peat twice, defense had 9 all pros that entire defense was household names: Greenwood, Holmes. White,Green, Lambert, Russell, Ham, Blount, Wagner, Edwards, Schell, Thomas just about everytime they stepped on the field they had nine all pros in uniform.
The Raiders had some nasty. Stabler (snake) was a rather quiet nice guy, he had a higher voice and was a little withdrawn or shy. I only talked to him in a sports bar, promotion, sooo, yeah. Thanks remember this one well.
@@markgardner9460 I believe some Raiders were snubbed by the NFL simply because of the angst that existed between the shady Davis and (phony) Roselle. Stabler should be in the HOF.
I hate the Steelers with a passion I always loved it when the raiders beat them to death Raider Nation RIP to all our beloved Raiders who passed on silver /black forever and it fucking rules 🔥🤘☠️👍🔥
this want a beating at all, the steelers played without two 1000 yard running backs, so, one dimensional...kinda easy to beat a team without that......
I note in this video that note is made that Harris and Blier were injured, That is fair. However, you did not note that on game 1 of this season that the Raiders had to go to a 3-4 defense from a 4-3 due to pre season injuries and still beat the Steelers. However, massive respect to the Steelers
So many players on these teams have passed away. Stabler,Branch,Guy, Upshaw,Brown, Dalby,Mann,Thomas,Colzie, Atkinson, Matusak,Tatum,Harris, Mansfield,Webster,Furness,Holmes, Cunningham, Clack,Davis, Greenwood
It was almost fitting that Oakland beat Pittsburgh by 17 points, the exact differential of the Steelers' title game victories the previous two years, 24-13 and 16-10.
In this era, the league was divided into two or three layers. The top layer teams were demonstrably superior in talent and a few other things, and players remained with their clubs longer. Hence dynasties could exist. Hence--even though I'm not much of a follower of GOAT theory--you can make a case that some of the dynasties of the 70s, 60s, or 50s were the greatest teams of all time. Today's NFL is different; teams are roughly equal; QBs and others are [over?]protected; vast amounts of money; and championships seem to go around more freely. Here we are seeing two of the greatest teams of all time. I just get chills when we bring back the old NFL like this, SportsStatsNGrab. I suspect there is still market value in 'old school' football, maybe the NFL should get with it. . . PS this was the only year the Raiders got past the Steelers and it was because the Steelers were minus their All-Pro running backs. The Raiders went on to win the Super Bowl. I might have gone to this game, I can't remember . . .
Right on, Henry! Us old schoolers are mostly turned off by today's product, so they should dig into their film vault and make everything available. I wholeheartedly agree with you concerning your take on the best dynasties.
the real problem with old style is major injuries,huge--many player now have dementia,huge long term hurts--me, subderal hematoma,8 bolts and a plate in elbow,both knees replaced,eye surgeries--so far so good,almost normal but i am lucky!!! many not so lucky...
@@dethray1000 Most of those guys played while injured. The team doctor probably said that it was safe to play. What else is he going to say? He's paid by the team
@@dethray1000 I agree. I've posted elsewhere that the old style was more or less doomed. Nobody knew about the CTE stuff at first . . Man, is that sickening or what? Junior Seau . . John Mackey . . Mike Webster . . Dave Duerson . . just awful.
Notice that short clip someone threw a red smoke grenade on the field... someone did it again in '81 when the Chiefs were in town, I believe it was. Raiders fans were definitely a colorful group.😄
"colorful", that's one way to put it. The homefield advantage was more like 6 points for the Raiders, rather than the normal 3 points for other home teams on account of Oakland's exhuberant fans.
That's right. That information was disclosed in the video, but it still must be emphasized how important it was for the Steelers to be missing that awesome tandem at running back.
1:27 #34 Andy Russell Hof Snub Gr8 Coverage LB on Speedy Cliff Branch 1:50 Ray Guy 70 yrd Punt in the Air! HOFR 2:20 Gr8 Catch John Stallworth 2:30 Lynn Swann Good Catch one I never seen 💪 2:55 OL Ray Mansfield Kicking FG 3:22 Clarence Davis good Run 4:42 Wow Hillarious I had a Girlfriend With Clear Heels I told her to put some "Beta Japanese Fighting Fish" in the Heels Lol
Hey, Steve! Can't get any better coverage on Branch than what Andy Russell had (last game of his career, too). Had to laugh about your recommendation to your girlfriend!
People forget, both Harris and Blier were both out with injuries. Without them, they had no effective offense, which mean the defense had to be on the field more than normal. As a result, they simply got worn out and were eventually steamrolled into oblivion.
If only Franco and Rocky could have suited up on defense this day as the Raiders ran all over the Steelers......Stabler only needed to pass 16 times on the day....
The incessant proselytizing of Steeler fans trying to claim 1976 as their year makes me think Pittsburgh fans are bad winners AND bad losers. Oakland had also improved since the Week 1 victory over Pittsburgh and could have scored more than 24 if needed. It was easier to play ball control and run out the clock with how much they had the Steeler offense under control. Franco and Rocky were unlikely to be worth 17 points. What next? Was 1980 really the Steelers' year in spite of being beaten by Oakland, 45-34. Or 1983 when they got barbecued 38-10 by the Raiders in the opening round. FFS Dallas didn't have Calvin Hill or Bob Lilly against Minnesota in 1973 but no one on Dallas whines about getting beaten fair and square by Bud Grant's boys. The Colts were missing their two top QB's in the tiebreaker playoff game against Green Bay in 1965, but I've never heard Baltimore veterans grouse they were the real champions. Craig Morton's arm was almost falling off in SB 5 against Baltimore, but Dallas' job was to overcome adversity and they came up just short. In the same game, Hall of Fame QB Johnny Unitas was lost to the Colts, but Baltimore persevered and triumphed. Pittsburgh earned the title of being the Team of the Seventies, but on this day, as Villapiano said, they got a good old fashioned butt kicking. The more some Steeler fans rationalize this loss, the better this rout looks on them.
Stabler had a year that was one of the best of all-time to that point. Their 3-4 defense was still new to the league and confused blocking assignments. The '72 Redskins came close to defeating the Dolphins and I have no doubt that the '76 Raiders would have also, like you maintained.
@@markgardner9460 The only reason that the Dolphins went undefeated in 1972 was because of the Immaculate Reception. Instead of playing the Steelers, the Dolphins would have had to play the Raiders. The Raiders actually ended the Dolphins winning streak in week 2 of the 73 season. The Raiders finally finished off the Dolphins dynasty in 74. In my opinion the Raiders were the best team in the 70s. The 76 Raiders team wasn’t even the best Raiders team in the 70s. The 74, 75 and 77 Raiders were probably more talented than their 76 team.
@@markgardner9460 Ted Hendricks was a difference maker but that 74 Team was 12-2 and they lost those 2 games by a total of 4 points. In the AFC Championship game they took a 10-3 lead into the 4th Quarter against the Steelers. It should have been a 17-3 lead but they had a TD pass called back. The Steelers were lucky to win that game. They scored 2 TDs in less than a minute after the Raiders had back to back turnovers inside their own 30 yd line. The bottom line is that the Raiders got caught looking ahead to Super Bowl IX and a few bad breaks and bounces of the ball cost them the game. They had beaten the Steelers 33-14 in the playoffs the season before and shut them out in Pittsburgh 17-0 during the 74 regular season. It would be the last time they took the Steelers for granted again. The Steelers beat them 16-10 in the 75 AFC Championship game for the last time in the 70s. In fact, it would be 10 years before the Steelers would beat them again. The Raiders beat them 3 times in one calendar starting with the 76 opener and ending with the week 2 win at Pittsburgh in 77. Franco and Rocky played that day and the Steelers got held to 7 points again
Not that the following numbers have anything to do with anything, but I was surprised to find that in '75 Otis Sistrunk had 13 1/2 sacks, Horace Jones 13 and Tony Cline 11.
No Franco, No Blier, Raiders only won because the Steelers Run Game was crippled. Steelers had no ball Possession and that Great Defense just wore Down
The Raiders got an uncharacteristically B.S. call in their favor during the game against New England. They don't convert on 4th down. Game over. Nope, personal foul against NE for hitting Stabler in the head. Today it's called all the time. In the 70s was NEVER called. Guess they deserved one to go their way in the playoffs. Had a few go against them. Hated the 70s Raiders. Steelers, team of the decade!!
I think that it was Ray "Sugar Bear" Hamilton that tapped Stabler on the helmet. Totally nothing! I watched that game on live tv and couldn't believe that they called the penalty.
Love the Steelers and still love the Steelers, I always hated the Raiders and Still hate the Raiders, RIP to Coach Noll, The Chief Art Rooney Sr. Dan Rooney, & Iron Mike Webster ...#SixSuperbowlRingsAreBetterThanThreeSuperbowlRingsAndTheSteelersStillOwnsTheRaiders
Happy Fella John Vella 1:124:20 Number seventy five of the Raiders is right offensive tackle John Vella. Phil Villapiano always said that it was simply never a good idea to upset Happy Fella.........
Face it Raiders were dirty MFers trying to hurt players more than actually playing that said I love the old school football Hendricks Upshaw Stabler Bilentikoff Long but as a die hard Steelers fan I loved when Steelers humbled those jerks ♥
I forget if it was Bradshaw or not, but a high profile Steelers player said exactly what you just stated. That defense may have been the best one year defense of all-time
Ernie Holmes was not playing up to his standard as the best Tackle in the NFL. This was the beginning of his downfall. Not sure why in his prime he lost his ability so fast. He was off the team by 1978.
He gained a lot of weight which slowed him down. He was quite the prolific drinker according to the book Their Life's Work...a book about the 1970's Steelers
@@markgardner9460 Steelers lose. Couldn't stop the Raider running game. Stabler only had to attempt 16 passes. Listen to the announcers about the huge running holes the Raider OL were opening.....Raiders even missed a short field goal and turned the ball over TWICE on downs running out the clock in the 4th quarter.....13-1, This was the Raider's year.
@@mikeydred11 Few teams in history could have beaten them in the Super Bowl. Vikes didn't have a chance. Play the game 10X and Vikes would be lucky to win 1 game
I agree with Piney Treez. Long live the Steelers. And death to the Raiders!! The Raiders were a powerful team in the Seventies. The Steelers were more powerful!! Four Super Bowls to One. The Steelers stunk it up in this one. About the only time they did against the Silver and Black. Usually they were Silver and Black and Blue.
Tom Brady wouldn’t survive or get Referee protection during this era.. “Goat"?? goat of this Pansy era maybe, not from the REAL men’s league of the past.
@@markgardner9460 💯% correct… after watching your classic videos & others… I realize how tough the NFL was back in the day and how UNprotected, especially the QB’s, we’re back in the day. Brady might be the Goat of the last 20 years certainly not from the way back era. Prime example; Falcons Grady Jarrett called “roughing the passer”… for just ‘softly tossing’ Brady. Even Brady said it was a ridiculous call. Anyways, I didn’t mean to digress, love your videos👍👍
I appreciate it! Rolling out a new video tomorrow and the one after that is going to be a different spin, but I'm certain that it will be entertaining and informative. Thanks so much for watching.
Haha at 1:11 fake tough guy Lambert was run right through, then Raiders O-line throws him around like a rag doll and he throws a jab as he runs away. Lamb' was fake tough. At 3:23 again he was dominated by the Raiders. At 4:40 after the fight Jack Lamb yaps from a very safe distance and does nothing. Baaah. Only reason Steelers won more of these games and SBs than Raiders is because they had Bradshaw, he was even better and smarter at QB than Stabler was still very good though. Oh and the referees and NFL favored them, see the Immaculate deception in 1972. Oakland was way tougher and meaner. @ 9:39 Raiders D-line excessively hammers Terry B. You will Notice Lamb-boy is not far away. He does nothing as he doesn't want the real fight, haha. Lambert's reputation was overblown and overhyped.
Pretty ignorant fans to be jumping onto the field while time was still on the clock. I wonder if Franco & Rocky are healthy, if the outcome woulda been different?
I'm not sure that the outcome would have been different - maybe the score would have been closer, but this was the Raiders year - Stabler had a tremendous year in '76
Yeah, if Rocky and Franco suited up on defense, they might have been more effective this day as Raiders ran all over the uninjured Steeler defense. In fact, Stabler only had to pass 16 times total. If Mann didn't miss a chipshot FG and Raiders didn't turn the ball over twice on downs inside the Steeler 20 running out clock, score would have likely been even more lopsided. Great game for Raider fans but not a very close contest.
@SportsStatsNGab I remember the 1976/ 1977 Oakland raiders, they beatup my purple people eaters Minnesota viking, art shall put Jim Marshall to sleep in 🛌 bed last afternoon superbowl Fred Biletnikoff, Ray guy,John madden, great NFL football 🏈 coach & broadcaster, I didn't watch 1976 Pittsburgh steelers vs Oakland raiders playoffs , few time Pittsburgh steelers lost in playoff in 1970s,, Kenny Stabler was he in playgirl or Houston oiler quarterback,, laugh, laugh
Steelers didn't have 2 one thousand yard running backs that game , both Franco Harris and Rocky Blier were were injured. Otherwise the result would have definitely been different. More than likely another Steelers win like the previous years in the AFC championship games against the Raiders,.
@@sportshistorybuff319 And the Steelers lost the 2nd game of the '77 season in Pittsburgh to Oakland 16-7 when they had both Rocky and Franco. Raiders were better at this time.....
@SportsHistoryBuff because they won the 2 previos years in the afc championship game. The running game and defense meant everything., and the two Steelers running backs were out. I'm not saying that the Raiders weren't a great team but, second best to THE STEELERS
@@christoforosrountis1976 As you say "defense meant everything" and the Raiders offensive line pushed the Steel Curtain all over the place this day. Stabler only attempted 16 passes in whole game. If you listen to the announcers, they even repeatedly say that the Steeler defense couldn't stop the Raiders. In addition to Oakland's 24 points, the Raiders even missed a short field goal and turned the ball over on downs twice in the 4th quarter inside the Steeler 25 so they had the opportunity to run up the score had the game not been essentially noncompetitive by the 3rd quarter. So unless Rocky and Franco were going to help on defense, Steelers weren't going to beat the Raiders this day....
One game let's stop the bs team of three decade of the 70 s was the Pittsburgh steelers and who other than the Pat's has more Lombardi trophies the PITTSBURGH STEELERS!!! HERE WE GO!!!
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I loved the old Raiders. The NFL was fun to watch back then. Tough dudes.
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Dirty muts loved piling on and them slime ball sore losers are STILL in denial in 2023 about that greatest heads-up catch in history: "Franco stepped outta bounds" or "The ball touched the ground" blah blah blah smh. Thus saith the dirtiest team ever to step onto the field. I respected their determination, but they wasn't effin with my Steel Curtain who was just as tough...FOH🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂💯💯💯#Got6
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Im a diehard steelers fan....but boy did i love the raiders and the rivalry was second-to-none. absolute hardcore man going at it every time they played no matter what. Beautiful, beautiful
You're right! That was the most heated rivalry back then.
I always circled my calendar when they played each other, especially in Oakland. As a Raiders fan, intense rivalry but all respect to the Steelers and there fans. Met many Steelers fans at the Oakland Coliseum when their team was in town, many made the trip all the way from Pennsylvania. Always very cool people.👍
Oh the memories brought back of a simple time when the Raiders and the NFL played for the love of the game and less the single recognition, They were a team.
The raiders glory years are gone now but because of you,they'll never be forgotten.
Thank You!
Thank you! I appreciate your comments.
I love ❤️ the classic miller light commercials😊
Yes! They had a bunch of 'em. My favorite commercials of all-time.
Steelers vs Raiders great rivalries in the 70's
No doubt. Heated rivalries back then. I miss that.
You knew that the Steelers and Raiders in the early to mid 70s was going to be a very physical and heated game! The two teams absolutely despised each other!
Yeah, there were rivalries in the NFC, but nothing like the Raiders vs Steelers. The other Great 70's NFL rivalry was between the Cowboys and Steelers. And they played in completely different conferences!
Bradshaw's 6 step drop back is so weird compared to the shotgun we see today.
This game would have produced endless flags from modern refs, so many late hits.
Lambert's neck brace is archaic but kind of cool looking.
Stabler was one tough SOB, like someone from a Merle Haggard song.
Between the Raiders and Steelers, there more genuine characters on this one field than the entire Game of Thrones series.
Wow! I had to LOL regarding the Haggard and GOT references - good stuff. Yeah, this game in today's NFL would result to an endless parade of penalties and suspensions.
This is my all-time favorite game....The Raiders finally got even
Yeah they beat a wornout steelers team then disappeared but yeah 76 Raiders were the better team I also love the outcast stuff I'm an outcast I appreciate that
Only because both Franco and Rocky were injured and had to miss that game.
@@BobJ1979 They didn't miss 1976's opening game.....Raiders won that too
@@anthonydileonardo8156 True.....
@@BobJ1979 Let's face it, ....Steelers had the RB's and Oakland didn't......It wore them out against Miami also.....SBXI was bittersweet....Had a soft spot for the Vikes....Had the Raiders spanked the Cowboys....omg....would've loved it
Great Snake jersey!
Loved hearing Dandy Don.
Henry Lawrence - also had three Super Bowl rings, along with Branch, Dalby, Steve Sylvester & Hendricks (who also had one with the Colts.)
Raiders also beat the Steelers in September with 24 points in the 4th quarter.
Liked and Subscribed. Gracias!
Thank you! Henry Lawrence: underrated in my book...super solid. Same thing with Dalby, really. Listening to Dandy Don was alway a treat! He and Curt Gowdy did the super bowl for the 1976 season.
Fire bombs on the field, fans on the field, multiple scraps between teams, the good ole days!
I remember this game! Lol. This football was actually football.
Ya got that right, LaVictor.
i watched this game till halftime after watching the Vikings beat the Rams earlier in the day. I was 11 and knew that the Raiders would win this game. Go Vikings in two weeks!
Love foot ball back in those days,saw this game two great teams.Really liked the Raiders back then ,there were some many good players. Thank you for the viedo,brings back good memories...
I'm glad that you like it - thanks for watching and commenting!
I heard tales that, in pre-game warm-ups, Ruy Guy would kneel down on both knees and throw bombs into the end-zone.... Ever hear of that? Great stuff...thanks my man...
I heard that he kneeled on one knee and threw the ball 50 yards and that he could throw 80 yards standing up. Ray Guy was the man!
Love the old school Lite Beer Commercial insertation
Thank you - those were great commercials. A lot of my game videos have those.
Hey, I’m a Bengals fan so you know who I was rooting for! Both clubs were powerhouses back then!!
That's the truth, Jack!
I didn’t realize that Ray Guy was a back up QB! He was a heck of a punter! Great video! Thanks!
He even wanted to be the nickel back on defense, (he was a Safety in college) but Madden did not want to risk injury to the greatest punter of all-time. Thank you for your comments!
@@markgardner9460 Ray Guy was an all around athlete! He was the greatest punter!
Read up on the 1984 brawl with the bears. Bears knocked out both QBs Ray Guy refused to go in !! Great athlete but he wasn’t stupid
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Incidentally, Guy had his first-ever NFL blocked punt a couple of weeks later in SB 11.
While here there was respect for Steeler toughness in playing the "smashmouth football the Raiders also played, all respect for them was lost when Coach Noll asserted the Raiders were a dirty team ! Simply because the Steelers were just as dirty!
It was bully versus bully. Both teams bent the rules a bit, eh?
As I life long Raiders fan I still don't like the Steelers, but I remember this rivalry. I respect the fact that both teams were the only ones who admitted to the " rough stuff".
@@seannorton those teams would intimidate and psyche out some teams...then the game was half won
When football was football love these old games 👍🇺🇸
Right on, Elmer. I can't get enough of 'em Thanks for watching and commenting!
No hold barred! Glory days!
It wasn't all talk back then like today.
That game was definitely an example of "everything goes"
For sure! That was one vicious rivalry. Nothing like that anymore.
@@markgardner9460 A lot of stuff you would definitely never get away with today. I still think the Raiders are a bunch of dirty players. But then again, I guess "Just win,baby!" was just Al Davis' attitude.
Dandy Don Meredith, during his three season break from Monday Night Football (1974-1976). Back at ABC, Alex Karras took his place during his absence.
took his place, but did not come close to adequately replacing him. Thanks for the info, John - I appreciate it!
Yes Indeed 💯 Classic/Vintage & Just Plain Old School Rivalry at its best, these 2 Teams hated each other & it Turned our to be One of the all time Greatest NFL Rivalrys in History 🏈🏈👏👏
The Battle of the Bullies every time they met
Bradshaw was an excellent QB. Ken Stabler was just as good. History favors the Steelers QB, but those of us saw Stabler in pressure situations, know he was probably even better.
Stabler was a more accurate passer in my opinion, but Bradshaw could do a lot of damage with his legs whereby Stabler couldn't do by this time in his career.
I'm a huge steelers fan.
Right on, Chad!
Not a Raiders fan but I loved Stabler
He looked so cool in the pocket with that sweet throwing motion of his. Never got flustered or got happy feet in the pocket (like Peyton did)
The Raiders wanted the Steelers in the Playoffs in 1976! They wanted to beat them down!
Yup, the Steelers defense was healthy. I see that Stabler was slow to get up after taking a 'blind side' hit from Steelers outside linebacker Jack Ham.
But that was nothing compared to the two hits (1975 AFC championship & 1976 season opener) on Lynn Swann by George Atkinson that resulted in concussions.
I always thought it was hilarious that the Steelers took pride from intimidating the Dallas Cowboys in the Super Bowls. But after playing the Raiders, the Steelers 'all of a sudden' wanna scream about the Raiders DB's as 'criminals'.
Steelers won 4 Super Bowls during that 1970's rivalry with the Raiders while the Raiders one, thats all that matters.
@@hammer44head Yes but the rivalry didn't conveniently end in 1979 when the Steelers dynasty ended. The Raiders then won two more SB's, beating Pittsburgh in both seasons. What''s dubious is that Noll couldn't admit his team often played as dirty as Oakland did, and that plenty of Steeler fans still try to claim that 1976 was their year when they lost to Oakland with AND without Bleier and Harris.
@@sportshistorybuff319 well face it, we all know the steelers win easily with harris and bleier playing, raiders would have got a steady of diet of power running and a few well placed rockets from terry bradshaw, and would have went home losers yet again....they simply beat a badly handicapped steeler team.
@@wbmstr24 Actually, we don't all know that. What is clear is that Pittsburgh fans, 47 years later, are still egocentric and living in a dream world of entitlement.
@@sportshistorybuff319 common sense shows they would have trampled oakland, with just a cursory glance at how they went to baltimore and blew out the colts on the ground and thru the air.
The year the Raiders finally beat us. Congrats on your A team beating our B team.
Squealers fans and all their pathetic excuses LMFAO!!!!
Happens all the time in every sport,so,so what?
Charlie Phillips#47 raiders, played on our calif hi school cif champs,Blair against bishop amat,Pat Haden, in '69,see u tube--they both went on to USC,where Haden,Phillips won 2 national championships,--Phillips had hi school champ ring,two nat college champ rings and super bowl champ ring--amazing...
Gotta love it. NCAA record 302 interception return yards in 1974.
Steelers started out 1-4 that season but over the last nine games allowed just 28 points.
including 5 shut-outs and 2 games only giving up 3 point each. Amazing!
@@markgardner9460that's why the narrator said the Steel Cirtsin was arguably the greatest defensive unit ever they wo four super bowls in six years threatening to three peat twice, defense had 9 all pros that entire defense was household names: Greenwood, Holmes. White,Green, Lambert, Russell, Ham, Blount, Wagner, Edwards, Schell, Thomas just about everytime they stepped on the field they had nine all pros in uniform.
this is when football was football😁
That Ray Guy punt whew!
The Raiders had some nasty. Stabler (snake) was a rather quiet nice guy, he had a higher voice and was a little withdrawn or shy. I only talked to him in a sports bar, promotion, sooo, yeah. Thanks remember this one well.
Snake seldom got rattled (pun intended)
@@markgardner9460 indeed. He was always coiled for the deep ball.
@@jammininthepast and he threw such a beautiful ball...nice tight spiral
@@markgardner9460 I believe some Raiders were snubbed by the NFL simply because of the angst that existed between the shady Davis and (phony) Roselle. Stabler should be in the HOF.
@@jammininthepast Stabler finally got into the HOF...posthumously
2 great teams
I hate the Steelers with a passion I always loved it when the raiders beat them to death Raider Nation RIP to all our beloved Raiders who passed on silver /black forever and it fucking rules 🔥🤘☠️👍🔥
this want a beating at all, the steelers played without two 1000 yard running backs, so, one dimensional...kinda easy to beat a team without that......
I note in this video that note is made that Harris and Blier were injured, That is fair. However, you did not note that on game 1 of this season that the Raiders had to go to a 3-4 defense from a 4-3 due to pre season injuries and still beat the Steelers. However, massive respect to the Steelers
That 3-4 defense caused the Vikings fits in the Super Bowl, as that was the first team that they had played using the 3-4.
@@markgardner9460 Yep
These guys were real men
If you couldn't take the punishment, you were out of a job.
Silver and Black and gold and Black so rivals
Anyone know who the two announcers for the game were? The color-commentator sounds really familiar. Don't think it was Pat Summerall
Curt Gowdy doing play-by-play, with Don Meredith (in his final year at NBC) on color commentary.
@@3243_ Meredith!! Thanks! That's one of those things that would've nagged me
Curt Gowdy was my favorite announcer back then. He teamed up well with Al DiRogatos at that time.
Raiders should be in Oakland
Agreed - they always moved for the $$$ though
So many players on these teams have passed away. Stabler,Branch,Guy, Upshaw,Brown, Dalby,Mann,Thomas,Colzie, Atkinson, Matusak,Tatum,Harris, Mansfield,Webster,Furness,Holmes, Cunningham, Clack,Davis, Greenwood
L.C. (Hollywood Bags) Greenwood, too.
@@markgardner9460 I had to finally go to the memorial walls for both Twenty that I can account for in this game have passed away
@@jamesfields2916 Geez...way too many. Thank you for providing your comments...much appreciated.
George Atkinson (Sr.) is still alive (his son passed away not too long ago).
Dwight White from the Steelers also has passed away.
great job!!
Thanks!!
It was almost fitting that Oakland beat Pittsburgh by 17 points, the exact differential of the Steelers' title game victories the previous two years, 24-13 and 16-10.
Loved the Raiders in the 70's, hated the Dolphins and Steelers. Still hate the Steelers, r.i.p. Madden, Snake.
The raiders ran it down the curtains throat behind the greatest set of 3 in history
C Dave dalby
RG Gene Upshaw
RT Art Shell
Is the full game available anywhere? I attended this game when I was 12.
You know you have a good team if you take a punter in the first round.
No doubt - not many, if any, weaknesses on that team.
This was when real football was played.
Right on!
Steelers had the last laugh though. They’re still in Pittsburgh.
In this era, the league was divided into two or three layers. The top layer teams were demonstrably superior in talent and a few other things, and players remained with their clubs longer. Hence dynasties could exist. Hence--even though I'm not much of a follower of GOAT theory--you can make a case that some of the dynasties of the 70s, 60s, or 50s were the greatest teams of all time. Today's NFL is different; teams are roughly equal; QBs and others are [over?]protected; vast amounts of money; and championships seem to go around more freely. Here we are seeing two of the greatest teams of all time. I just get chills when we bring back the old NFL like this, SportsStatsNGrab. I suspect there is still market value in 'old school' football, maybe the NFL should get with it. . . PS this was the only year the Raiders got past the Steelers and it was because the Steelers were minus their All-Pro running backs. The Raiders went on to win the Super Bowl. I might have gone to this game, I can't remember . . .
Right on, Henry! Us old schoolers are mostly turned off by today's product, so they should dig into their film vault and make everything available. I wholeheartedly agree with you concerning your take on the best dynasties.
the real problem with old style is major injuries,huge--many player now have dementia,huge long term hurts--me, subderal hematoma,8 bolts and a plate in elbow,both knees replaced,eye surgeries--so far so good,almost normal but i am lucky!!! many not so lucky...
@@dethray1000 Most of those guys played while injured. The team doctor probably said that it was safe to play. What else is he going to say? He's paid by the team
@@dethray1000 I agree. I've posted elsewhere that the old style was more or less doomed. Nobody knew about the CTE stuff at first . . Man, is that sickening or what? Junior Seau . . John Mackey . . Mike Webster . . Dave Duerson . . just awful.
Actually, the Raiders beat the Steelers in 1973's divisional round. It just wasn't en route to a Super Bowl.
Notice that short clip someone threw a red smoke grenade on the field... someone did it again in '81 when the Chiefs were in town, I believe it was. Raiders fans were definitely a colorful group.😄
"colorful", that's one way to put it. The homefield advantage was more like 6 points for the Raiders, rather than the normal 3 points for other home teams on account of Oakland's exhuberant fans.
@@markgardner9460 agreed. I saw things in the stands at Raiders games....again, colorful.😄
Don't forget, both Harris and Blier didn't play because of injuries. They both had over 1000yrds in the season.
That's right. That information was disclosed in the video, but it still must be emphasized how important it was for the Steelers to be missing that awesome tandem at running back.
@SportsStatsNGab Yes sir. I commented before the video was complete!👍🏾
Really that why Pittsburgh steelers lost, to Oakland raiders 1976/ 1977 playoffs,
And Pittsburgh still lost to Oakland on opening day with the two, so it is self-serving speculation to ride that old horse.
@@sportshistorybuff319 excellent point!!!
Love the dirty uniforms
and most games players like Lambert had blood mixed in, too
that was the year that the Steelers and Chuck Noll tried to sue the Raiders for being the criminal element of the NFL
And George Atkinson sued Chuck Knoll for slander
@@markgardner9460 💯👍
@@markgardner9460 I remember all these games I’ve been watching the Raiders when they were in the old AFL league
@@charlesrazo7246 Thank you!
1:27 #34 Andy Russell Hof Snub Gr8 Coverage LB on Speedy Cliff Branch
1:50 Ray Guy 70 yrd Punt in the Air! HOFR
2:20 Gr8 Catch John Stallworth
2:30 Lynn Swann Good Catch one I never seen 💪
2:55 OL Ray Mansfield Kicking FG
3:22 Clarence Davis good Run
4:42 Wow Hillarious I had a Girlfriend With Clear Heels I told her to put some "Beta Japanese Fighting Fish" in the Heels Lol
Hey, Steve! Can't get any better coverage on Branch than what Andy Russell had (last game of his career, too). Had to laugh about your recommendation to your girlfriend!
@@markgardner9460 Lol , I won't tell the story about the red feather Heels I made her from Hobby Lobby 💃🏼😂 . Dallas was never the same Lol
People forget, both Harris and Blier were both out with injuries. Without them, they had no effective offense, which mean the defense had to be on the field more than normal.
As a result, they simply got worn out and were eventually steamrolled into oblivion.
Yeah, it was a task to big to overcome, for syre. Thank you for watching and commenting!
No Franco. No bleier vs raiders. 76 steelers was the best steeler team of the 70s
I agree.....and a lot of fans and Steelers players agree, too. That defense was the best of all-time for a single season.
If only Franco and Rocky could have suited up on defense this day as the Raiders ran all over the Steelers......Stabler only needed to pass 16 times on the day....
@1:40 I use to remember how accurate Stabler was to be left handed
He threw a picture perfect pass that was easy to catch.
Weird to hear Curt Gowdy (NBC) and Don Meredith calling the game. I guess Dandy Don had left MNF.
Yes, he left MNF for 3 years, but then returned in '77
Franco Harris was hurt in the Colts game in a pile on tackle. No penalty was called.
Ha ha ha 😂
I'm gonna get you sucker movie shoes LoL 🤣
The Raiders secondary always knew the only way they could stop Lynn Swann was to cheap shot him after the play was over.
Not only the Raiders but the Browns issued many cheap shots to Swann, I'd never miss a Steelers Browns game when televised twice a year.
Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier were injured for the AFC Championship Game Steelers never really had a chance Raiders won 24-7
go Steelers
The incessant proselytizing of Steeler fans trying to claim 1976 as their year makes me think Pittsburgh fans are bad winners AND bad losers. Oakland had also improved since the Week 1 victory over Pittsburgh and could have scored more than 24 if needed. It was easier to play ball control and run out the clock with how much they had the Steeler offense under control. Franco and Rocky were unlikely to be worth 17 points. What next? Was 1980 really the Steelers' year in spite of being beaten by Oakland, 45-34. Or 1983 when they got barbecued 38-10 by the Raiders in the opening round. FFS Dallas didn't have Calvin Hill or Bob Lilly against Minnesota in 1973 but no one on Dallas whines about getting beaten fair and square by Bud Grant's boys. The Colts were missing their two top QB's in the tiebreaker playoff game against Green Bay in 1965, but I've never heard Baltimore veterans grouse they were the real champions. Craig Morton's arm was almost falling off in SB 5 against Baltimore, but Dallas' job was to overcome adversity and they came up just short. In the same game, Hall of Fame QB Johnny Unitas was lost to the Colts, but Baltimore persevered and triumphed. Pittsburgh earned the title of being the Team of the Seventies, but on this day, as Villapiano said, they got a good old fashioned butt kicking. The more some Steeler fans rationalize this loss, the better this rout looks on them.
If it wasn't for key injuries the Steelers coulda won 6 in a row.
Great game love Raiders but Steelers had just won 2 super bowls in a row time wasn't on their side
Nobody was stopping the Raiders in '76. They were a finely tuned machine.
The 76 Raiders team might be the greatest of all time. They would have beaten the 72 Dolphins
Stabler had a year that was one of the best of all-time to that point. Their 3-4 defense was still new to the league and confused blocking assignments. The '72 Redskins came close to defeating the Dolphins and I have no doubt that the '76 Raiders would have also, like you maintained.
@@markgardner9460 The only reason that the Dolphins went undefeated in 1972 was because of the Immaculate Reception. Instead of playing the Steelers, the Dolphins would have had to play the Raiders. The Raiders actually ended the Dolphins winning streak in week 2 of the 73 season. The Raiders finally finished off the Dolphins dynasty in 74. In my opinion the Raiders were the best team in the 70s. The 76 Raiders team wasn’t even the best Raiders team in the 70s. The 74, 75 and 77 Raiders were probably more talented than their 76 team.
'74 team did not have Hendricks. Stabler's best year was '76, as was Branch and Casper.
@@markgardner9460 Ted Hendricks was a difference maker but that 74 Team was 12-2 and they lost those 2 games by a total of 4 points. In the AFC Championship game they took a 10-3 lead into the 4th Quarter against the Steelers. It should have been a 17-3 lead but they had a TD pass called back. The Steelers were lucky to win that game. They scored 2 TDs in less than a minute after the Raiders had back to back turnovers inside their own 30 yd line. The bottom line is that the Raiders got caught looking ahead to Super Bowl IX and a few bad breaks and bounces of the ball cost them the game. They had beaten the Steelers 33-14 in the playoffs the season before and shut them out in Pittsburgh 17-0 during the 74 regular season. It would be the last time they took the Steelers for granted again. The Steelers beat them 16-10 in the 75 AFC Championship game for the last time in the 70s. In fact, it would be 10 years before the Steelers would beat them again. The Raiders beat them 3 times in one calendar starting with the 76 opener and ending with the week 2 win at Pittsburgh in 77. Franco and Rocky played that day and the Steelers got held to 7 points again
Not that the following numbers have anything to do with anything, but I was surprised to find that in '75 Otis Sistrunk had 13 1/2 sacks, Horace Jones 13 and Tony Cline 11.
The NFL was real then.
Players would cry for a personal foul every play
No Franco, No Blier, Raiders only won because the Steelers Run Game was crippled. Steelers had no ball Possession and that Great Defense just wore Down
Raiders had one of the best teams in NFL history in '76 and Snake Stabler had a year for the ages.
Pathetic excuses from a pathetic person I see
I think Earnest Byner and Kevin Mack did it with Cleveland 1,000yds
Yes they did!
The Raiders got an uncharacteristically B.S. call in their favor during the game against New England. They don't convert on 4th down. Game over. Nope, personal foul against NE for hitting Stabler in the head. Today it's called all the time. In the 70s was NEVER called. Guess they deserved one to go their way in the playoffs. Had a few go against them. Hated the 70s Raiders. Steelers, team of the decade!!
I think that it was Ray "Sugar Bear" Hamilton that tapped Stabler on the helmet. Totally nothing! I watched that game on live tv and couldn't believe that they called the penalty.
@@markgardner9460 it was on his shoulder area. I have heard from a few sources that the game was rigged.
@@scottodonnell7121 the game was not rigged, anyone who says it was must have dropped out of middle school
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Love the Steelers and still love the Steelers, I always hated the Raiders and Still hate the Raiders, RIP to Coach Noll, The Chief Art Rooney Sr. Dan Rooney, & Iron Mike Webster ...#SixSuperbowlRingsAreBetterThanThreeSuperbowlRingsAndTheSteelersStillOwnsTheRaiders
Bradshaw looked defeated. Poor guy.
4 S. B. Rings doesn't seem like a poor guy to me.
Happy Fella John Vella 1:12 4:20 Number seventy five of the Raiders is right offensive tackle John Vella. Phil Villapiano always said that it was simply never a good idea to upset Happy Fella.........
Another awesome USC lineman
Face it Raiders were dirty MFers trying to hurt players more than actually playing that said I love the old school football Hendricks Upshaw Stabler Bilentikoff Long but as a die hard Steelers fan I loved when Steelers humbled those jerks ♥
Steelers defense was tired
76 steelers prob was our best team in the 70s.. best d statistically of all the steeler defenses.
I forget if it was Bradshaw or not, but a high profile Steelers player said exactly what you just stated. That defense may have been the best one year defense of all-time
Still lost against the raiders
@@abelcastro4477 that wasn't my point
@@abelcastro4477 again, two 1000 yard running backs missing from the steelers for that game....kinda gave the raiders a good chance.
Ernie Holmes was not playing up to his standard as the best Tackle in the NFL. This was the beginning of his downfall. Not sure why in his prime he lost his ability so fast. He was off the team by 1978.
He gained a lot of weight which slowed him down. He was quite the prolific drinker according to the book Their Life's Work...a book about the 1970's Steelers
He later became a minister.
@@3243_ he played a bouncer in the horror film "Fright Night"
Steelers were missing Harris and Bleier.
Huge loss! Who knows what happens if they're in action.
@@markgardner9460 Steelers lose. Couldn't stop the Raider running game. Stabler only had to attempt 16 passes. Listen to the announcers about the huge running holes the Raider OL were opening.....Raiders even missed a short field goal and turned the ball over TWICE on downs running out the clock in the 4th quarter.....13-1, This was the Raider's year.
@@mikeydred11 Few teams in history could have beaten them in the Super Bowl. Vikes didn't have a chance. Play the game 10X and Vikes would be lucky to win 1 game
They loved harassing Swann. 😝
Did they ever! They definitely wanted to rough him up and get into his head.
FRANCIS 0:06 Two minute forty second mark of th-cam.com/video/7KCmS85loR4/w-d-xo.html
I agree with Piney Treez. Long live the Steelers. And death to the Raiders!! The Raiders were a powerful team in the Seventies. The Steelers were more powerful!! Four Super Bowls to One. The Steelers stunk it up in this one. About the only time they did against the Silver and Black. Usually they were Silver and Black and Blue.
raider crap, always the punks. top to bottom for decades.
Tom Brady wouldn’t survive or get Referee protection during this era.. “Goat"?? goat of this Pansy era maybe, not from the REAL men’s league of the past.
That's what these people who say that Brady is the G.O.A.T. need to know! Definately should not compare him to the era Pre-1980!
@@markgardner9460 💯% correct… after watching your classic videos & others… I realize how tough the NFL was back in the day and how UNprotected, especially the QB’s, we’re back in the day. Brady might be the Goat of the last 20 years certainly not from the way back era. Prime example; Falcons Grady Jarrett called “roughing the passer”… for just ‘softly tossing’ Brady. Even Brady said it was a ridiculous call. Anyways, I didn’t mean to digress, love your videos👍👍
I appreciate it! Rolling out a new video tomorrow and the one after that is going to be a different spin, but I'm certain that it will be entertaining and informative. Thanks so much for watching.
@@markgardner9460 u bet, keep up the great work… very entertaining to watch
Haha at 1:11 fake tough guy Lambert was run right through, then Raiders O-line throws him around like a rag doll and he throws a jab as he runs away. Lamb' was fake tough. At 3:23 again he was dominated by the Raiders. At 4:40 after the fight Jack Lamb yaps from a very safe distance and does nothing. Baaah.
Only reason Steelers won more of these games and SBs than Raiders is because they had Bradshaw, he was even better and smarter at QB than Stabler was still very good though. Oh and the referees and NFL favored them, see the Immaculate deception in 1972. Oakland was way tougher and meaner.
@ 9:39 Raiders D-line excessively hammers Terry B. You will Notice Lamb-boy is not far away. He does nothing as he doesn't want the real fight, haha.
Lambert's reputation was overblown and overhyped.
Let's be honest.New England got hosed against Oakland the week before. The Patriots crushed Oakland for the Raiders sole regular season loss.
True on both counts. Refs totally blew that call in the playoff game.
They lost in N.E. in the middle of a 5 game road trip. Who else but Oakland gets that schedule?
How about the Patriots 48-17 that's the only Raiders lost in 1976 and twenty 25 years later it was TUCK RULE payback!!
Pretty ignorant fans to be jumping onto the field while time was still on the clock. I wonder if Franco & Rocky are healthy, if the outcome woulda been different?
I'm not sure that the outcome would have been different - maybe the score would have been closer, but this was the Raiders year - Stabler had a tremendous year in '76
Yeah, if Rocky and Franco suited up on defense, they might have been more effective this day as Raiders ran all over the uninjured Steeler defense. In fact, Stabler only had to pass 16 times total. If Mann didn't miss a chipshot FG and Raiders didn't turn the ball over twice on downs inside the Steeler 20 running out clock, score would have likely been even more lopsided. Great game for Raider fans but not a very close contest.
Oakland raiders had great lefty offensive line art 🐚 shell, Gene Upshaw,
@@lloydkline and a lefty QB to go with it
@SportsStatsNGab I remember the 1976/ 1977 Oakland raiders, they beatup my purple people eaters Minnesota viking, art shall put Jim Marshall to sleep in 🛌 bed last afternoon superbowl Fred Biletnikoff, Ray guy,John madden, great NFL football 🏈 coach & broadcaster, I didn't watch 1976 Pittsburgh steelers vs Oakland raiders playoffs , few time Pittsburgh steelers lost in playoff in 1970s,, Kenny Stabler was he in playgirl or Houston oiler quarterback,, laugh, laugh
That Raider defense was dirty as hell
None dirtier, in my opinion
Shut up
There’s no such thing as being dirty
The 1970's Raiders reminds of the characters of the '' The Longest Yard ", Burt Reynolds version.
Yeah, good comparison!
Love seeing g the steelers get crushed
'76 was definately the Raiders year - few teams in history could have beaten them
Some good teams here folks.🦾✨
patriots got hosed on a chichen shit call at the end of the playoff game
Definately a case where play review would have totally changed the game!
Steelers didn't have 2 one thousand yard running backs that game , both Franco Harris and Rocky Blier were were injured. Otherwise the result would have definitely been different. More than likely another Steelers win like the previous years in the AFC championship games against the Raiders,.
And why do you conclude Pittsburgh would have won with those two? Even with them, the Steelers lost to Oakland on opening day.
@@sportshistorybuff319 And the Steelers lost the 2nd game of the '77 season in Pittsburgh to Oakland 16-7 when they had both Rocky and Franco. Raiders were better at this time.....
@SportsHistoryBuff because they won the 2 previos years in the afc championship game. The running game and defense meant everything., and the two Steelers running backs were out. I'm not saying that the Raiders weren't a great team but, second best to THE STEELERS
@@christoforosrountis1976 As you say "defense meant everything" and the Raiders offensive line pushed the Steel Curtain all over the place this day. Stabler only attempted 16 passes in whole game. If you listen to the announcers, they even repeatedly say that the Steeler defense couldn't stop the Raiders. In addition to Oakland's 24 points, the Raiders even missed a short field goal and turned the ball over on downs twice in the 4th quarter inside the Steeler 25 so they had the opportunity to run up the score had the game not been essentially noncompetitive by the 3rd quarter. So unless Rocky and Franco were going to help on defense, Steelers weren't going to beat the Raiders this day....
One game let's stop the bs team of three decade of the 70 s was the Pittsburgh steelers and who other than the Pat's has more Lombardi trophies the PITTSBURGH STEELERS!!! HERE WE GO!!!