A lot of mistakes in this game by the Cowboys cost them. Dexter Manley would have had a personal foul nowadays with that hit on White that put him out of the game.
I attended this game. RFK was never this loud before or since. While I also attended Super Bowl XVII two weeks later, this game will always be my favorite. ❤
I was there too bro! I was in the corned by the band. I just left a comment that points to the play of the game when Dexter ended Danny White’s career.
Michaels is nothing like these old skool guys. His voice is nasal, and for those paying attention, he’s always slow to react to action on the field. Mediocrity personified.
I never liked Madden - he was terrible w/ the rules (esp. for an ex coach) and he was juvenille w/ that boom bamm nonsense. Once in a while he'd explain why a play worked or didn't work, rest of the time he was talking about the food john riggins ate for breakfast or how much tape rob't Newhouse used on his peacock.
I'm about to be 57 years young next month and I've seen the Bullets in 75 against Golden State and the Sonics in 78 79....the Orioles in against Pittsburgh and the Phillies in 83...the Nationals in 2019 and the Capitals against Vegas but this game still is the best sporting event I've ever attended in my life/I watch it over and over to get the TV and crowd enthusiasm
I was there too. A 13 year old kid who sold programs before the game and then watched the rest of the game sitting on the rails in the mezzanine. Great memory.
Rusty Nailz I always loved watching Skins games on television when I was little just for that reason. It seemed like the fans were almost on the field, it seemed like it was always rainy and muddy and the crowds were insane.. I enjoy watching these old games much more than the modern day crap that they try to call football.. penalties, reviews, targeting calls, 500 television timeouts!! Can't stand it..
I came here when I heard about Madden's death today. What a great broadcast team Summerall and Madden were. Growing up a Redskins fan, this will always be my favorite game. RIP, gentlemen. You're back together again.
I can't think of too many QB/RB combos in NFL history with more personality than Theismann and Riggins. On top of that, they were both fantastic players. It was great growing up in the 1980s as a Redskins fan!
I got to know Joe a little by patronizing his restaurant in Arlington for a few years. He is a genuinely nice and humble person, despite the perceptions otherwise.
@@pretorious700 I agree Theismann gets a bad rap. My biggest criticism of him is that he should not be chummy with Dan Snyder, who has ruined the Washington franchise.
"A coach isn't a genius. A genius is someone like Norman Einstein". ~Joe Theismann "Hey Sandy Baby" (talking to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor while he is drunk) ~John Riggins
I was in the end zone seats when Grant intercepted & scored in the fourth quarter. I thought the whole place was coming down literally. Never forget that day!
I was a teenager when this game was played. What I remember the most was how loud that stadium was. The crowd chanting "WE WANT DALLAS, WE WANT DALLAS, WE WANT DALLAS!!!" The stadium was literally shaking. You forget how small RFK stadium really was. When Dexter Manley and Darryl Grant made that play. I thought that place was going to explode. There are only a few current stadiums that have been that loud: Arrowhead, Century Link, and The Superdome. In terms of old school stadiums that were that loud where the place was literally shaking: Arrowhead, the old Mile High, and the old Cleveland Browns stadium .
You forgot THE, loudest stadium.....it set off the earthquake seismometer! Seattle & Saints, in Seattle, when 'Beast' mode was in full power, and scored the winning touchdown.
I can not stop smiling & a grinning watching this game & remembering watching this game in the past. I love Redskins, I love D.C., I love the Rivalry between these 2 teams. So many great legendary players & coaching staff. This was when football really was football from the Heart.
Please take note , after the first touchdown call Summerall says nothing until he calls the PAT . You feel the crazy crowd , the field , the players all the emotions of this game, it brings you in and makes you feel all of it. I’m so glad Pat and John were my youth growing up in the 80s and 90s .
I rented a room at the Down town Marriot in Dallas that day, was a Penthouse Suite, I was the only Redskins Fan, got totally wasted and had the time of my life!
I don't know about that. I'm astonished that they didn't X-ray Danny White's head. He could have been having a brain hemmorhage for all they knew. Instead they let him just sit on the bench looking like he was at a Grateful Dead concert. Not everything was better back then.
@@davemazza5506 when/IF Dan Snyder sells the Washington franchise, there will be a Parade in the DMV area, complete with Fireworks. That man has completely sunk Washington with his Greed, Ego, and Mismanagement.
Greatest teams on the field....greatest announcers off. Will never be matched. The NFL has lost this game and fans. RIP Pat and John. Hope you are calling games in heaven!
"We want Dallas" What a day it was. No matter how many time I watch this game, I never get tired of Darryl Grant's play and many others etc. Go Skins!!
To whomever you are who posted this Thank you I'm a cowboys fan I was a kid back then when this game was played and I remember it like it was yesterday but the nostalgia and the pageantry and the Indian in the headdress was priceless John riggins ran hard that day the whole Redskin team was just on another level Dallas dropped a lot of balls that day it was Washington's time to get that super bowl but it was nothing like it and to relive it Thank you and God bless you😊😊😊🙏🙏
Back when Washington was truly exciting to watch. Even though they were never really a team that had a lot of super stars, their teams always worked so well together and complimented each other's talents. The first Gibbs era really was something special.
Always liked watching games from RFK on tv with the low angle and the crowd so close to the field. Especially THE games that started in the afternoon during winter when it would get dark at the end of the game.
I remember that Manley block/Grant pick 6 watching in San Diego with my Mom and Dad and we went batshit crazy cheering. One of the sweetest memories of my life 😊
If they kept the yellow helmet with the R circled logo with the lone feather on the outside of helmet, as opposed to a full-fledged Redskin face perhaps the protests would not have been so strong.
I really miss this era of football when u could keep your favorite players for 10 to 15 years. Having that element was really an essential part of creating long lasting rivalries.
The greatest NFL broadcast team ever. Madden called everything right; and predicted always what to look for. He was a master of the game sitting in the broadcast booth. A real pleasure.
Gibbs, Riggins, Theismann, Monk, Jacoby... The 'Skins were very, very good back then. I loved it when they just pounded the Cowpatties (which they did a lot).
Jacoby and Bostic both should have been inducted by now, but offensive linemen are always overlooked. Jacoby and Bostic were a major part of the “Hogs” and helped take the Redskins to 4 Super Bowls, winning three within a decade. They were also instrumental in setting the Super Bowl rushing record TWICE! Yeah, anyone can argue that Riggins was one of the best rushers in NFL history, but Timmy Smith? Who in the hell is Timmy Smith? He was released by the Skins a year later and eventually ended up in the defunct startup league, then disappeared. He was not a great runner, he just ran through huge holes that even some obese couch potato could have danced through. Holes opened by the power of the pulling tackle on the counter gap, which no one did better than Joe Jacoby. How can their talent be denied? Russ Grimm is the only “Hog” that has been rightly inducted into the HOF so far, but Joe Jacoby and Jeff Bostic should have been inducted by this point and it’s a crime they haven’t been, since the “Hogs” were the most notorious and the most feared offensive line ever in the NFL. Timmy Smith’s rushing record, set in 1988, is still the mark for rushing in the Super Bowl to this day. Anyone who paid any attention to football back then, knows damn well it was the “Hogs” that were responsible for that record more than Smith. What other line helped set the Super Bowl rushing record twice?
@@RoarOfWolverine Most who run the HOF now weren't even born or were in diapers back then so they haven't a clue on these players accomplishments unless they research and watch whatever of these old games are available. Yes I remember Timmy Smith who is looked at now as a one hit wonder. Too bad as he should have went beyond that.
What A Great Game----Now This Is Real Football-Not The Garbage We Have Today!!!!-Thank You For Posting This Tremendous Game--Thank You Pat and John!!You Are and Always Will Be The BEST!!!!!!!!!-Old School Redskins Fan!!-Tom 27019
It's interesting to see all the dynamic running plays and how often they ran the ball. I'm not complaining. Passes are exciting to watch. It's just nostalgic. Watching games today where teams will line up in a shotgun on first and goal, it shows how much the game has changed.
Sports, as a whole, is missing exactly *this* nowadays. There's no hate in sports anymore. Washington absolutely loathed the Cowboys. Their fans hated them. This game was personal to everyone in that stadium.
@@pronkb000 Dallas hated wearing their blue jerseys and the Redskins knew it. Those are the inside secrets of the rivalry only real Redskin and Dallas fans know about, like the time Dallas stole the rights to the Redskins fight song. They made the Cowboys wear blue whenever they came to RFK. Those were the great days of football in Washington.
This is one of if not the greatest game in Washington Redskin history. The strike shortened season.The Skins were 8-1 and the only loss was to Dallas. This game was personal and revenge was a motive. Also this game was played on Saturday January 22 1983. The AFC Championship was Sunday with Miami hosting the Jets. Great era and Gibbs proved to be the goods and one of the greatest head coaches in NFL History.
Do you know why this game was played on a Saturday? Network commitments maybe? I mean considering that this was SUPPOSED to be the "off week" before the Super Bowl but they pushed everything back (except for the SB) to accommodate a "ninth game" due to the 8 week long midseason players strike.
I did some more research on this since my above reply. For a reason that is completely ignored today, The NFL was very conscious about cold weather games back then. Hence why when the Buffalo Bills always hosted AFC championship games in the 90's, they always went on first at 12:30pm est (although an argument could've been made for San Francisco hosting their game in the late afternoon slot since they were on the west coast, but go back and look, plus this was before they moved the starting times of the conf. championship games to the later times they use today). But I discovered with my latest research on this, is that BOTH conference championship games for this year each started at 12:30pm est for this year (this game and NYJ at Mia the next day). Plus I remember an NFL Today story by (I think) Phyllis George saying that with them pushing the playoffs back a week and eliminating that week off (for the first time ever) before the Super Bowl, that the NFL was very worried about cold weather during this 3rd week of January (normally that aforementioned "off week") that they were considering when they decided on this reformatted playoff setup to play both conference championship games in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. I see that idea didn't go over well. I also believe that eliminating the divisons and going with 1-8 seeds that it did not guarantee as much that a warm weather or a west coast team would be hosting a conference championship game so I believe that's why they played early on each day. I do remember the Cowboys had to play their "2nd round" game late on the Sunday prior while the Redskins got to play their game that weekend during the early time slot the day before.
Crowds don't get this loud anymore. Maybe in Seattle. RFK during this time period was awesome. Not a fancy stadium. No amenities. No jumbo tron. Just football. Miss this era in the NFL. I was actually a Cowboys fan back then. Was 7 , but remember this game very well.
Joseph Arrambidez I think you can say Arrowhead Stadium as well. That place is deafening and sickening to play if your team is in the AFC West. Seattle definitely is part of that group.
Oakland Man yeah that's very true forgot about Arrowhead. Old Mike High was loud too. Think the amazing thing about RFK is that it only holds like 55k I think. Amazing how loud a crowd gets when you don't play a bunch of music with jumbo trons reminding you that its third down. Haha.
Oakland Man you do realize that I'm a broncos fan and you and I just had a peaceful conversation. Hope that doesn't ruin your evening. Lol. Cheers brother.
Big mistakes by coach Landry & the Cowboys not taking advantage of opportunities cost them this game & all 3 NFC title games. Staubach said there were plenty of times he wanted to change the plays that he called or call the plays himself but coach was a control freak and wouldn't let him. I was very pissed when JJ fired him, but he had too because Landry was not going to retire or give up control.
Best game ever 62 years old watched this game with my late brothers been a Redskin fan my entire life great memories this game sent them to the Super Bowl when they beat Miami those were the best of days thanks for posting R.I.P. my brothers
Absolutely. Marv Albert would be interesting!!! I would love to have Aikman, Romo and that Sunday night football analyst from NBC.... the lead guy, hook up together too.
The most recognized voices in football Madden and Pat legendary, one can say can’t get any more American than these two calling a game between these two rivals HAIL!!!
The most glorious Moment see Dallas Go down!! The O line Pounded away with Riggo right through that Dallas D Line. Just to see Randy white and Harvey Martin get beaten down..Nothing Like RFK rocking
I’ve been a loyal Skins fan since 1954. This game was the dawn of the glorious Gibbs era. This is real football. Mano a Mano w the game won in the trenches w studs like Riggo. carrying the mail. These are nostalgic days w the Skins fans rocking ol Roller Coaster roof at RFK. We had a great owner in Jack K Cook. The Squire, the Hogs and Joe Theisman s grossly underrated qb. We are now rid of the worst owner in the history of pro sports, stuck w a new very lame name and a rebuild ahead . How I miss Hail to Tthe Redskins. I still get choked up when I hear it played. Go Skins!!
CBS Sports in the 80s was absolutely epic. This game is reminiscent of the NBA playoffs on CBS with Brent Musburger's intros to the Lakers/Celtics Finals and the Lakers/Pistons Finals. Three of the most recognizable voices in professional sports in the 80s---Pat Summerall, John Madden and Brent Musburger.
11:28 - That was one of the key plays of the game, because it denied the Cowboys 4 of the 7 points they seemed on the verge of getting after what had been, up to that point, a masterful, time-consuming drive. The denial of an almost certain touchdown, even when it results in a 3-0 lead for the opposing team, is often enough to swing the momentum in your favor. That's one of those "intangibles" for which there are no statistics, yet which contribute greatly to the outcome of a game between two powerhouse teams.
@uJohn Lynch , just a lot of missed opportunities in this game for the Cowboys to turn this game into a win. Washington did nothing special in this game, it was there for the taking
I'm a West Virginia boy, West Virginia is my pride and joy. Lol! I was a Marine at Quantico and my sister worked near Capitol Hill and had friends in Congress. They invited us to the game and paid our way. We had a meet and greet with the Hogs. Man that was my best year ever! Ronald Wilson Reagan was Commander In Chief, the world respected us, Joe Gibbs and God owned the National Football League, John Riggins was the diesel, the NFL still allowed the players to have fun , The Greaseman was boss jock on DC101 and Dale Earnhardt was beginning to make his mark as a legend as was Stevie Ray Vaughan. Get downtown Charlie Brown!! Epic times in the great United States of America!!! Man I sure miss my Great Nation.
I remember watching this game as a huge "Skins fan. These old-style games were the best with Madden and Summerall commentating. Today it's all about the fancy charts and stats and bimbos talking about far too much. I miss those days where the game, not the announcers and analysts, was the star.
THAT PLACE WAS LIT! Family had season tickets for years and this was the height epic game. RFK was alive hours before kick off: 'we want Dallas' chants roared across the stadium even AFTER the cowboys scored during their great come back. HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!
i feel so bad for Landry ...80, 81, 82 ..i think the Cowboys had a really good chance to win at least two out three of those SB's had they just manage to win those NFC games...but the NFC by the 80s had become a VERY tough conference as the SB record would show that entire decade
the cowboys got their butts kicked by the redskins in this game and by the eagles two years earlier.... but they had a legit chance of beating the 49ers in the 81 nfccg, as they were driving for the winning fg and drew pearson was nearly gone on a td pass at near the end, and the cowboys then fumbled at the very end... giving sf possession of the ball
You’re right. This team and especially the ‘83 team were both dominant. ‘83 was more dominant by the fact they had a +43 takeaway ratio. A record that will never be broken. If they woulda went back to back they would have been in that rarefied air with the best teams ever.
The Cowboys lineup I grew up on. TD has been my favorite Cowboy since I first saw him in the Super Bowl against Denver. I wish he would have spent his entire career in Dallas!
Born and raised as a Cowboys fan... I’m in my late 40’s...I remember this as a kid... so disappointing to go three times and not get to Super Bowl...turnovers killed us...and Redskins took advantage...I don’t remember why, but I seem to remember Danny White punching a fan after the game... it didn’t come out in this video, but that’s what I remember...I think fan came up to him when those 12 seconds were left...the Cowboys decline started after this...
I remember this game well. I believe it was the early game on a Saturday. I never considered Dallas a favorite in this game. Washington was the 1 seed in the NFC and the better team. This was a strike shortened season as well
I think sports were at its peak in the 1980s. The NFL really took over as Americas pastime in the 1980s. The Skins, 49ers, Giants, Bears, Cowboys really played a major role along with the Dolphins, Broncos, Cleveland, and Cincinnati
I was in the USAF, stationed in Turkey, but on a TDY at Hahn AFB in Germany. I remember staying up into the wee hrs. of the morning to watch my Cowboys disappoint, lol.
I love these throwback games. I love for this. I’m 43 so didn’t watch this back in the day however I constantly watch these games from the 70s and early 80s. I’m not a fan of either but THIS IS FOOTBALL 🏈 😊
I miss this announcing team. Nothing better than hearing Summerall & Madden.
Amen to that!
Rip John madden
They were always my favorite broadcasting team
Their first time teaming up to call an NFC Championship
Madden RIP. 🤧🤧🤧
Everytime I drive by RFK stadium when I'm on 295 I look over and I always think of this game.
It's one of the Redskins greatest moments
A lot of mistakes in this game by the Cowboys cost them. Dexter Manley would have had a personal foul nowadays with that hit on White that put him out of the game.
I remember the line on 295; people on the shoulder with signs trying to buy tickets.
That is sacred grounds...lots of wonderful memories for me there.
I attended this game. RFK was never this loud before or since. While I also attended Super Bowl XVII two weeks later, this game will always be my favorite. ❤
Real game, Real field, Real fans,Real stadium, Real players
Real announcers.
Real life
Craig Simmons real football
We may never have NFL games again....fans or no fans. Thanks, Covid:(
@@brettscott8288 Likely made up government scam
I was at RFK that day . Words cant describe the experience...Amazing game and victory.
I was there too bro! I was in the corned by the band. I just left a comment that points to the play of the game when Dexter ended Danny White’s career.
Me too, I never saw a stadium so crazy. I remember the upper deck shaking and thinking the stadium would break!
How was it growing up in the 80s?
I’m jealous. I watched from home with my mom. We had a “Beat Dallas” banner in the front of our house.
@@leeinoregon1326I was there too. Honestly I was worried about the grandstands collapsing. Never saw anything like that before or since!!!
I could listen to these guys read a phone book. They are so much better than anyone doing it today.
except Al Michaels...the best ever!
Indeed.
Casey Junkins You are right Joe Buck and Troy Aikman make me sleep. They are so boring!!
Michaels is nothing like these old skool guys. His voice is nasal, and for those paying attention, he’s always slow to react to action on the field. Mediocrity personified.
I never liked Madden - he was terrible w/ the rules (esp. for an ex coach) and he was juvenille w/ that boom bamm nonsense. Once in a while he'd explain why a play worked or didn't work, rest of the time he was talking about the food john riggins ate for breakfast or how much tape rob't Newhouse used on his peacock.
I'm about to be 57 years young next month and I've seen the Bullets in 75 against Golden State and the Sonics in 78 79....the Orioles in against Pittsburgh and the Phillies in 83...the Nationals in 2019 and the Capitals against Vegas but this game still is the best sporting event I've ever attended in my life/I watch it over and over to get the TV and crowd enthusiasm
I was there too. A 13 year old kid who sold programs before the game and then watched the rest of the game sitting on the rails in the mezzanine. Great memory.
I agree, I was there too. Never been in a louder place when Grant ran the ball into that end zone
@@bonethirstyi was 18
Wish they still played at RFK..always thought it was the Boston Garden of football, crowd on top of the field and always noisy. The good old days man
Rusty Nailz at least the stadium is still around
Rusty Nailz
I always loved watching Skins games on television when I was little just for that reason. It seemed like the fans were almost on the field, it seemed like it was always rainy and muddy and the crowds were insane.. I enjoy watching these old games much more than the modern day crap that they try to call football.. penalties, reviews, targeting calls, 500 television timeouts!!
Can't stand it..
RFK Stadium was bad ass. Great stadium and fans. Giant fan here, since 1970.
The stands would SHAKE & the enemy would know FEAR. #httr
@@sXSniping unfortunately not for much longer now that the new soccer stadium is open
I came here when I heard about Madden's death today. What a great broadcast team Summerall and Madden were. Growing up a Redskins fan, this will always be my favorite game.
RIP, gentlemen. You're back together again.
That summed it all up. Amen.
Yeah this was revenge for 1979...
The only use of artificial intelligence I whole heartedly indorse. Bring these guys back!
I can't think of too many QB/RB combos in NFL history with more personality than Theismann and Riggins. On top of that, they were both fantastic players. It was great growing up in the 1980s as a Redskins fan!
I got to know Joe a little by patronizing his restaurant in Arlington for a few years. He is a genuinely nice and humble person, despite the perceptions otherwise.
@@pretorious700 I agree Theismann gets a bad rap. My biggest criticism of him is that he should not be chummy with Dan Snyder, who has ruined the Washington franchise.
Just wish Joe hadn't throw that ^%$#@! pass to Jack Squirek one year later . . . .
"A coach isn't a genius. A genius is someone like Norman Einstein".
~Joe Theismann
"Hey Sandy Baby" (talking to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor while he is drunk)
~John Riggins
@@RayManzarekRocks Washington wasn't going to win that game, anyway.
Pat Summerall was just a master at broadcaster. He let the play speak for itself. He's missed.
Learned from the great Ray Scott, who said "Starr........to Dowler, ..Touchdown.".
Agreed....his measured, objective delivery heightened the drama. He didn't need to infuse hyperbole or sensational commentary.
YUP... Miss that kind of talent a lot... they never shut up now - I think Greg Olsen is still talking from the KC/PHI Super Bowl.
That Bible Belt diction is the hook...
He actually did color commentary early in his career. Very versatile.
I was in the end zone seats when Grant intercepted & scored in the fourth quarter. I thought the whole place was coming down literally. Never forget that day!
It's awesome watching people jump up and down with joy and NOT on phones. I watched this game on TV back then. Loved Summeral and Madden, too.
I was a teenager when this game was played. What I remember the most was how loud that stadium was. The crowd chanting "WE WANT DALLAS, WE WANT DALLAS, WE WANT DALLAS!!!" The stadium was literally shaking. You forget how small RFK stadium really was. When Dexter Manley and Darryl Grant made that play. I thought that place was going to explode. There are only a few current stadiums that have been that loud: Arrowhead, Century Link, and The Superdome. In terms of old school stadiums that were that loud where the place was literally shaking: Arrowhead, the old Mile High, and the old Cleveland Browns stadium .
i was in grade school in Virginia and surrounded by Cowboys fans
I was 17 going on 18 graduating in May of that year...
Very few stadiums have very passionate fans
The loudest of them all, Three Rivers Stadium
You forgot THE, loudest stadium.....it set off the earthquake seismometer! Seattle & Saints, in Seattle, when 'Beast' mode was in full power, and scored the winning touchdown.
Madden was so awesome. Miss hearing that guy call games.
I can not stop smiling & a grinning watching this game & remembering watching this game in the past. I love Redskins, I love D.C., I love the Rivalry between these 2 teams. So many great legendary players & coaching staff. This was when football really was football from the Heart.
Please take note , after the first touchdown call Summerall says nothing until he calls the PAT . You feel the crazy crowd , the field , the players all the emotions of this game, it brings you in and makes you feel all of it. I’m so glad Pat and John were my youth growing up in the 80s and 90s .
40 years ago...I remember everything I felt in that moment...
I rented a room at the Down town Marriot in Dallas that day, was a Penthouse Suite, I was the only Redskins Fan, got totally wasted and had the time of my life!
No cell phones and crap all over the tv screen. Just 2 great announcers and the game.
The line of scrimmage and first down line are good to see nowadays
This is real non corrupt football
I don't know about that. I'm astonished that they didn't X-ray Danny White's head. He could have been having a brain hemmorhage for all they knew. Instead they let him just sit on the bench looking like he was at a Grateful Dead concert. Not everything was better back then.
1:18:00 after the riggings TD. The crowd gives me chills. I hope we can get back to that in my lifetime.
Gotta get rid of Snyder for those days to return!!
and get your name back
Won't happen in the woke bullshit NFL now.
@@davemazza5506 when/IF Dan Snyder sells the Washington franchise, there will be a Parade in the DMV area, complete with Fireworks.
That man has completely sunk Washington with his Greed, Ego, and Mismanagement.
@@yujirohanma5199he will … those emails would EXPOSE a ton dirt … so Synder will be the sacrifice…
This was when the NFL was great what a time to be a fan great memories
Greatest teams on the field....greatest announcers off. Will never be matched. The NFL has lost this game and fans. RIP Pat and John. Hope you are calling games in heaven!
"We want Dallas" What a day it was. No matter how many time I watch this game, I never get tired of Darryl Grant's play and many others etc. Go Skins!!
To whomever you are who posted this Thank you I'm a cowboys fan I was a kid back then when this game was played and I remember it like it was yesterday but the nostalgia and the pageantry and the Indian in the headdress was priceless John riggins ran hard that day the whole Redskin team was just on another level Dallas dropped a lot of balls that day it was Washington's time to get that super bowl but it was nothing like it and to relive it Thank you and God bless you😊😊😊🙏🙏
Back when Washington was truly exciting to watch. Even though they were never really a team that had a lot of super stars, their teams always worked so well together and complimented each other's talents. The first Gibbs era really was something special.
NFL: Please start packaging classic single games on DVD/blu-ray... that would be incredible! ESP with Pat and John in the booth!
The greatest Redskins home game victory in franchise history.
Always liked watching games from RFK on tv with the low angle and the crowd so close to the field. Especially THE games that started in the afternoon during winter when it would get dark at the end of the game.
I remember that Manley block/Grant pick 6 watching in San Diego with my Mom and Dad and we went batshit crazy cheering. One of the sweetest memories of my life 😊
Those Redskins uniforms are a thing of a beauty... gone forever
As a Cowboys fan....I agree. Dad the uniforms and mascot are gone. What a shame.
If they kept the yellow helmet with the R circled logo with the lone feather on the outside of helmet, as opposed to a full-fledged Redskin face perhaps the protests would not have been so strong.
Bring the uniforms back.
I'll never forget it. HTTR!
Those are my Childhood Redskins, so cool seeing old RFK in her glory days. HTTR! :)
boy, i love the good old days of football!!!
And despise the modern NFL
I really miss this era of football when u could keep your favorite players for 10 to 15 years. Having that element was really an essential part of creating long lasting rivalries.
Cowboys vs Redskins rivalry was great rivalry.
chris orr best ever
Ahh the good old school football days. Love the duo of Summerall and Madden.
Grew up and enjoyed watching this game.
Great game, great coaches.
Summeral and Madden could make a peewee game sound like an NFL playoff game.
The greatest NFL broadcast team ever. Madden called everything right; and predicted always what to look for. He was a master of the game sitting in the broadcast booth. A real pleasure.
Gibbs, Riggins, Theismann, Monk, Jacoby... The 'Skins were very, very good back then. I loved it when they just pounded the Cowpatties (which they did a lot).
I loved it when my 49ers pounded them too and the Redskins and any team that got in our way. Nothing like going into RFK and laying the wood to them.
Can somebody please tell me why Joe Jacoby isn’t in the HOF? Whoever’s voting must’ve never played
I didn't know he wasn't. Jacoby should have been in the HOF years ago.
Jacoby and Bostic both should have been inducted by now, but offensive linemen are always overlooked. Jacoby and Bostic were a major part of the “Hogs” and helped take the Redskins to 4 Super Bowls, winning three within a decade. They were also instrumental in setting the Super Bowl rushing record TWICE!
Yeah, anyone can argue that Riggins was one of the best rushers in NFL history, but Timmy Smith? Who in the hell is Timmy Smith? He was released by the Skins a year later and eventually ended up in the defunct startup league, then disappeared. He was not a great runner, he just ran through huge holes that even some obese couch potato could have danced through. Holes opened by the power of the pulling tackle on the counter gap, which no one did better than Joe Jacoby.
How can their talent be denied? Russ Grimm is the only “Hog” that has been rightly inducted into the HOF so far, but Joe Jacoby and Jeff Bostic should have been inducted by this point and it’s a crime they haven’t been, since the “Hogs” were the most notorious and the most feared offensive line ever in the NFL.
Timmy Smith’s rushing record, set in 1988, is still the mark for rushing in the Super Bowl to this day. Anyone who paid any attention to football back then, knows damn well it was the “Hogs” that were responsible for that record more than Smith. What other line helped set the Super Bowl rushing record twice?
@@RoarOfWolverine Most who run the HOF now weren't even born or were in diapers back then so they haven't a clue on these players accomplishments unless they research and watch whatever of these old games are available. Yes I remember Timmy Smith who is looked at now as a one hit wonder. Too bad as he should have went beyond that.
Easy answer. The writers who vote are a bunch of whiny WOKE WHIPPERSNAPPERS.
@@kingswoodroadproductions6570 LOL...indeed
What A Great Game----Now This Is Real Football-Not The Garbage We Have Today!!!!-Thank You For Posting This Tremendous Game--Thank You Pat and John!!You Are and Always Will Be The BEST!!!!!!!!!-Old School Redskins Fan!!-Tom 27019
NFL Films were at their zenith during late 70s early 80s. They did a great job capturing this magical time.
It's interesting to see all the dynamic running plays and how often they ran the ball. I'm not complaining. Passes are exciting to watch. It's just nostalgic. Watching games today where teams will line up in a shotgun on first and goal, it shows how much the game has changed.
Sports, as a whole, is missing exactly *this* nowadays. There's no hate in sports anymore. Washington absolutely loathed the Cowboys. Their fans hated them. This game was personal to everyone in that stadium.
I miss the rivalries.
I'm a Cowboys fan in (Roanoke Va) Redskins territory...the rivalry is alive and well here.
They wore the white jerseys out of pure spite, forcing Dallas to wear their "bad luck" blues.
@@pronkb000
Oh really?
@@pronkb000 Dallas hated wearing their blue jerseys and the Redskins knew it. Those are the inside secrets of the rivalry only real Redskin and Dallas fans know about, like the time Dallas stole the rights to the Redskins fight song.
They made the Cowboys wear blue whenever they came to RFK. Those were the great days of football in Washington.
This is one of if not the greatest game in Washington Redskin history. The strike shortened season.The Skins were 8-1 and the only loss was to Dallas. This game was personal and revenge was a motive. Also this game was played on Saturday January 22 1983. The AFC Championship was Sunday with Miami hosting the Jets. Great era and Gibbs proved to be the goods and one of the greatest head coaches in NFL History.
Do you know why this game was played on a Saturday? Network commitments maybe? I mean considering that this was SUPPOSED to be the "off week" before the Super Bowl but they pushed everything back (except for the SB) to accommodate a "ninth game" due to the 8 week long midseason players strike.
@@ryanstrnad8442 out of fairness to both teams, should have scheduled the game on sunday
I did some more research on this since my above reply. For a reason that is completely ignored today, The NFL was very conscious about cold weather games back then. Hence why when the Buffalo Bills always hosted AFC championship games in the 90's, they always went on first at 12:30pm est (although an argument could've been made for San Francisco hosting their game in the late afternoon slot since they were on the west coast, but go back and look, plus this was before they moved the starting times of the conf. championship games to the later times they use today). But I discovered with my latest research on this, is that BOTH conference championship games for this year each started at 12:30pm est for this year (this game and NYJ at Mia the next day). Plus I remember an NFL Today story by (I think) Phyllis George saying that with them pushing the playoffs back a week and eliminating that week off (for the first time ever) before the Super Bowl, that the NFL was very worried about cold weather during this 3rd week of January (normally that aforementioned "off week") that they were considering when they decided on this reformatted playoff setup to play both conference championship games in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. I see that idea didn't go over well. I also believe that eliminating the divisons and going with 1-8 seeds that it did not guarantee as much that a warm weather or a west coast team would be hosting a conference championship game so I believe that's why they played early on each day. I do remember the Cowboys had to play their "2nd round" game late on the Sunday prior while the Redskins got to play their game that weekend during the early time slot the day before.
Frank Reading agreed
Crowds don't get this loud anymore. Maybe in Seattle. RFK during this time period was awesome. Not a fancy stadium. No amenities. No jumbo tron. Just football. Miss this era in the NFL. I was actually a Cowboys fan back then. Was 7 , but remember this game very well.
Joseph Arrambidez I think you can say Arrowhead Stadium as well.
That place is deafening and sickening to play if your team is in the AFC West.
Seattle definitely is part of that group.
Oakland Man yeah that's very true forgot about Arrowhead. Old Mike High was loud too. Think the amazing thing about RFK is that it only holds like 55k I think. Amazing how loud a crowd gets when you don't play a bunch of music with jumbo trons reminding you that its third down. Haha.
Joseph Arrambidez LOL.
Oakland Man you do realize that I'm a broncos fan and you and I just had a peaceful conversation. Hope that doesn't ruin your evening. Lol. Cheers brother.
Joseph Arrambidez Haha I had times like this, such as being a Dubs fan I get along with Cavs fans, or any type of rival as well.
As a 46 year Cowboys fan this was a tough loss. Three in a row NFC Championship games and lost all three.
Big mistakes by coach Landry & the Cowboys not taking advantage of opportunities cost them this game & all 3 NFC title games. Staubach said there were plenty of times he wanted to change the plays that he called or call the plays himself but coach was a control freak and wouldn't let him. I was very pissed when JJ fired him, but he had too because Landry was not going to retire or give up control.
Karma for being JERKS for all those years in the NFL. I love the aligator tears. feels good.
@@w41duvernay that is ok! Made it up in the 90’s! How does 5 trophies feel?😂
All on the road. As a Giants fan I use to love them. But a few years later, under Jones, I despise no team more. Including the Eagles.
Best game ever 62 years old watched this game with my late brothers been a Redskin fan my entire life great memories this game sent them to the Super Bowl when they beat Miami those were the best of days thanks for posting R.I.P. my brothers
The good 'ol days
I miss Pat and John
Marshall Slade no one did it better than those two
Two very good teams. The Redkins wore the Cowboys down at the end.
50 gut
It was the Cowboys mistakes that cost them not being worn down
Nice to see the name REDSKINS again. You watch Dallas vs Washington today. Nothing like this, no true rivalry like this.
knowbody called the game like summerall and madden
I agree !
TRUTH!
You've got that right! They were the best...
I miss Pat Summerall R.I.P. 😢
Absolutely. Marv Albert would be interesting!!! I would love to have Aikman, Romo and that Sunday night football analyst from NBC.... the lead guy, hook up together too.
You never lied
2:03:54 That sign nailed it. This game was Landry's last shot at a Super Bowl.
This crowd, amazing.
I was there....it was....there are no words. 😄😄😄😄
It's wild we haven't played Dallas for the nfc championship since
That crowd was crazy! Especially after the Grant TD. You don’t see that level of excitement in the NFL any more.
Yes, I was there as a 13 year old giving high fives to complete strangers. Great day!
The most recognized voices in football Madden and Pat legendary, one can say can’t get any more American than these two calling a game between these two rivals HAIL!!!
crank up that Diesel
Redskins football from the early 80’s to the early 90’s was something else. Joe Gibbs is one of tue best coaches of all time.
this is what I miss about the NFL this is when it was a game and not a drama filled circus like it is today
I really miss kick off returns..... thanks Roger Goodell.
Incredible!! Skins fan my whole life but this is the first time I've seen this classic game in full! Thanks for posting!
The Washington Redskins
1937 - 1997 (the year Snyder bought the team)
RIP
@@MaximusWolfe amen
Hail to the Redskins fight for old DC!
It Is because of that song the Cowboys exist.... our owner bought the rights to the song to get the vote for a team in Dallas
@@jamesswing2115 they will always be the redskins
The Cowboys couldn't control John Riggins on that day
On grass, in playoffs, in winter, behind hogs, nobody could.
Joe Jacoby and Russ Grimm
The Redskins were Americas team in the 80's. And to have Pat Summerall and John Madden call this game is just epic.
The most glorious Moment see Dallas Go down!! The O line Pounded away with Riggo right through that Dallas D Line. Just to see Randy white and Harvey Martin get beaten down..Nothing Like RFK rocking
I’ve been a loyal Skins fan since 1954. This game was the dawn of the glorious Gibbs era. This is real football. Mano a Mano w the game won in the trenches w studs like Riggo. carrying the mail. These are nostalgic days w the Skins fans rocking ol Roller Coaster roof at RFK. We had a great owner in Jack K Cook. The Squire, the Hogs and Joe Theisman s grossly underrated qb. We are now rid of the worst owner in the history of pro sports, stuck w a new very lame name and a rebuild ahead . How I miss Hail to Tthe Redskins. I still get choked up when I hear it played. Go Skins!!
CBS Sports in the 80s was absolutely epic. This game is reminiscent of the NBA playoffs on CBS with Brent Musburger's intros to the Lakers/Celtics Finals and the Lakers/Pistons Finals. Three of the most recognizable voices in professional sports in the 80s---Pat Summerall, John Madden and Brent Musburger.
I's rather watch a blurry video of this game than a HD version of any current game.
Now THIS is NFL football! Pat Summerall & John Madden, greatest announcing team, ever! No politics over the sport. How I miss those days.
11:28 - That was one of the key plays of the game, because it denied the Cowboys 4 of the 7 points they seemed on the verge of getting after what had been, up to that point, a masterful, time-consuming drive. The denial of an almost certain touchdown, even when it results in a 3-0 lead for the opposing team, is often enough to swing the momentum in your favor. That's one of those "intangibles" for which there are no statistics, yet which contribute greatly to the outcome of a game between two powerhouse teams.
I agree, Drew Really needed to catch that TD pass to open the game. You can feel the air getting sucked out of Dallas after that.
That, and Newsome dropping a sure touchdown pass over the middle late in the third quarter.
@uJohn Lynch , just a lot of missed opportunities in this game for the Cowboys to turn this game into a win. Washington did nothing special in this game, it was there for the taking
Dave Butz was the freaking man!
Total and complete bad ass!
Butz, Manley, Mann, Grant. Even the names were great…like the Mt. Rushmore of defensive lineman.
I'm a West Virginia boy, West Virginia is my pride and joy. Lol! I was a Marine at Quantico and my sister worked near Capitol Hill and had friends in Congress. They invited us to the game and paid our way. We had a meet and greet with the Hogs. Man that was my best year ever! Ronald Wilson Reagan was Commander In Chief, the world respected us, Joe Gibbs and God owned the National Football League, John Riggins was the diesel, the NFL still allowed the players to have fun , The Greaseman was boss jock on DC101 and Dale Earnhardt was beginning to make his mark as a legend as was Stevie Ray Vaughan. Get downtown Charlie Brown!! Epic times in the great United States of America!!! Man I sure miss my Great Nation.
Scott Riggleman And when #3 wasn’t making his mark on the track, he was raising his children to love the Redskins as much as we do.
TPTGopher Right you are my friend! Bless you!
I remember watching this game as a huge "Skins fan. These old-style games were the best with Madden and Summerall commentating. Today it's all about the fancy charts and stats and bimbos talking about far too much. I miss those days where the game, not the announcers and analysts, was the star.
Skins 4 LIFE
We’ll played game. Nostalgic seeing the old Landry Cowboys way of getting set. And you forget how good big John was
I was at this game. Seated in an end zone seat in the end Grant scored. Bleachers had shock absorbers and they were jumping.
I was above you sitting on the rails of the mezzanine. Never seen a sporting event since with the crowd going that crazy.
I am a Redskins fan so maybe a little bit biased, but this was a classic game Both teams played hard the whole game
THAT PLACE WAS LIT! Family had season tickets for years and this was the height epic game.
RFK was alive hours before kick off: 'we want Dallas' chants roared across the stadium even AFTER the cowboys scored during their great come back.
HAIL TO THE REDSKINS!
i feel so bad for Landry ...80, 81, 82 ..i think the Cowboys had a really good chance to win at least two out three of those SB's had they just manage to win those NFC games...but the NFC by the 80s had become a VERY tough conference as the SB record would show that entire decade
the cowboys got their butts kicked by the redskins in this game and by the eagles two years earlier.... but they had a legit chance of beating the 49ers in the 81 nfccg, as they were driving for the winning fg and drew pearson was nearly gone on a td pass at near the end, and the cowboys then fumbled at the very end... giving sf possession of the ball
but they got robbed in 81 when eric wright horse collard Drew pearson after the catch
@@robertosso5210 yeah i agree Cowboys got bad calls (or non calls) in many of their big games SB 10 for sure maybe being the worst imo
@@robertosso5210 horse collar tackles were perfectly legal at the time
@@ksronlinemedia3798 but danny white didnt really fumble it was an incomplete pass his arm was going forward when the ball got knocked out of his hand
LOL Dexter Manley running over Danny White like a Mack Truck. LOL God I Love It. .. those were the days
R.I.P. John Madden
R.I.P. Pat Summerall
Thank you for soothing my wounds NFL
I'm a Cowboys fan. To me, they will always be the Redskins. This team was awesome and should have repeated.....
You’re right. This team and especially the ‘83 team were both dominant. ‘83 was more dominant by the fact they had a +43 takeaway ratio. A record that will never be broken. If they woulda went back to back they would have been in that rarefied air with the best teams ever.
Hogaboom played great for the Cowboys it was their special teams that totally let them down in this game!
Coach D. And their run defense. Riggins ran all over them.
LOFL, yeah, those interceptions looked fantastic.
The greatest NFL broadcasting partnership of all time pat Summerall & John Madden cause they were the best simply accurate
The Cowboys lineup I grew up on. TD has been my favorite Cowboy since I first saw him in the Super Bowl against Denver. I wish he would have spent his entire career in Dallas!
Born and raised as a Cowboys fan... I’m in my late 40’s...I remember this as a kid... so disappointing to go three times and not get to Super Bowl...turnovers killed us...and Redskins took advantage...I don’t remember why, but I seem to remember Danny White punching a fan after the game... it didn’t come out in this video, but that’s what I remember...I think fan came up to him when those 12 seconds were left...the Cowboys decline started after this...
Wow. It's nice to hear from people who remember 80s football. I didn't get into football until 2001.
I remember this game well. I believe it was the early game on a Saturday. I never considered Dallas a favorite in this game. Washington was the 1 seed in the NFC and the better team. This was a strike shortened season as well
I watched this too. I was 12. Cowboys for life
I think sports were at its peak in the 1980s. The NFL really took over as Americas pastime in the 1980s. The Skins, 49ers, Giants, Bears, Cowboys really played a major role along with the Dolphins, Broncos, Cleveland, and Cincinnati
RIP John Madden.. him and Summerall were the greats
As a Redskins fan, this is all we have left.
The times they are a changing
This was the final nail in Landry's Cowboys having a real shot at a Super Bowl. They were getting long in the tooth.
I was in the USAF, stationed in Turkey, but on a TDY at Hahn AFB in Germany. I remember staying up into the wee hrs. of the morning to watch my Cowboys disappoint, lol.
DigitalSoldier-17 fast forward to 2020 not much has changed with the Cowboys...jk bro😁
Madden and Summerall called the best games. I missed them.
I was 14 yrs. Old when this game was played. There has never been as an electric crowd and that is really saying something at RFK!
Ahh this makes me feel much better #HTTR
HTTR Productions still lost to my boys let's go cowboys you know what's weird that cowboys were the ones that killed Indians
Zebulonite Warrior you being racist now
+Cris Aguirre Your last name is Aguirre, you are a traitor and disgrace to us, Tio Tomas.
Zebulonite Warrior 😂😂😂
Incredible quality video from so long ago thank you for posting
What a legend John madden was
You mean John Riggins is.
One of my first memories this game Grant scoring that td
Great hearing Pat and John, and as a Redskins fan, remembering the glory days before Snyder destroyed a once-proud franchise and city.
I love these throwback games. I love for this. I’m 43 so didn’t watch this back in the day however I constantly watch these games from the 70s and early 80s. I’m not a fan of either but THIS IS FOOTBALL 🏈 😊