Thank you so much for posting this. My grandfather was #81 on the Oilers, TE Bob McLeod. He was an incredible human being and he passed a couple of years ago, so having this to watch is just really really special.
I know people under the age of 45 won't understand this, but I prefer this kind of football. It's all about the game, and doesn't have the huge excess and overhype of today's NFL.
As a 27 year old, this is the type of football I prefer. I don't like all the hoopla that comes with today's game. I haven't even watched the last two super bowls. I'm done watching that unless my team makes it.
Me too. Did you Notice when Holub intercepted Blanda at the goal line, just hustled back to the sideline. No stupid dance or other lame action. Just a smile and a couple handshakes.
The WHA was fun, too. Those upstart leagues knew their product had to be entertaining and made rules and signed players they felt could deliver that excitement.
AFL football was great to watch. So was the NFL. What a time it was for pro football in the 1960s. The game was so much better to watch then. QBs calling their own plays. No show boating by any of the players. Quiet referees. No stopping the game to review plays. No idiot fans in the stands. I don’t know if I would have ever become as big a fan of football if I started watching the game that is being played today.
@@MIKECNW When your watching the game with your 9 yo son and 4 players are standing in the endzone throwin up gang signs it kinda deters you from wanting to watch. Not only that but when a player makes a tackle/Scores, that is their job, they didn't do anything special. So why dance around about it like your special? That would be like a guy driving a truck getting out and doin a dance after he backs a trailer in.
I was born and grew up In Dallas. Now I live in Houston. But I have always loved both teams. Love ya, Blue. George Blanda, Billy Cannon, Lenny Dawson ... we don't have players like them anymore. RIP George Blanda and Billy Cannon.
I don't recall the exact story now, but it was told on one of those NFL Films documentaries about the American Football League. But this game was played on a day when there were no other football games on TV and there was a big snowstorm on the east coast. So a lot of people stayed in and watched the game. It was, indeed, the first double-overtime in pro football history, and the excitement of this game captured the imagination of football fans everywhere. This game sort of put the AFL on the map, in much the same way the 1958 NFL Championship Game, the first sudden-death game in history, captured the imagination of football fans and sort of transformed the NFL into a national passion. The AFL's next big TV contract came with NBC, and the ratings that this game got helped push the price tag decidedly upward.
@@loyaldude10 - Because they were always going to play second fiddle to the NFL's Dallas Cowboys in the same market. And Lamar Hunt knew that for his fledgling American Football League to grow, he would have to move his team somewhere else where they could be the main attraction. And they were in Kansas City, which accepted the team with open arms.
@@ProdigyBowlersTour Actually, the Texans were winning the early days of their war with the Cowboys in the Dallas market. They were getting bigger crowds and obviously having more success on the field than the NFL team. But Lamar Hunt knew the NFL had deeper pockets and was willing to lose money on the Cowboys while the AFL couldn't afford for the Texans to get into financial trouble. The 1963 season, coming off this championship game, really got the AFL on solid ground with what would be its three flagship franchises of the post-merger early Super Bowl era. The Texans moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs. The New York Titans got a new owner with deep pockets who rebranded them the New York Jets. And Al Davis became head coach of the Oakland Raiders and introduced the iconic "Silver and Black" uniforms and logo.
Thx for posting this!!! I knew it was an OT game, but had forgotten who won... The great Curt Gowdy brought back wonderful memories for me. Jack Buck's post game interviews with the Dallas players was interesting. Lots of humble respectful young men... I was only 6 years old and long for those days long gone... I stopped following/watching today's athletes and sports... Weary of the nonsense, attitude, arrogance of today's players... Quite content to watch superstars like the great Jim Brown, run over and around people and simply hand the football to the referee... No dancing, no taunting, just playing the game...
Thank you for posting this. A forgotten piece of football and Chiefs franchise history. Bill Hull should be a well-known name in Chiefs franchise history, but even I hadn't heard of him. He only played this 1 year, but arguably made the game-saving play.
George Blanda always said that he didn't want to be known as a kicker who played quarterback but a quarterback who also kicked, Regardless he was one of the ALL TIME GREATS who's career spanned from '49-'75 and went to Canton in '81.
I was 8 when this game aired but only remember watching part of it. Sure great to see those future KC Chiefs playing and the great Curt Gowdy and Paul Christman doing the play by play. This was an exciting game, not full of three-and-outs and great offensive and defensive plays. A gem !!!! At least they didn't make the colossal blunder of cutting off the game like NBC did in the infamous Heidi game incident.
We're fortunate to see this because for the most part these broadcasts weren't archived so this is a treasure. I'm not sure how this one got to be saved but someone one's father recorded the first Super Bowl and he has it but he can't even sell it.
I may be incorrect, but somewhere I recall that this broadcast was re-aired on the Armed Forces Network, and that this is a kinescope version preserved on film.
My dad sold Cadillacs in Kansas City back then, and one of the cars he sold was to Curtis McClinton. Curtis, by the way, would later score the first AFL touchdown in Super Bowl history.
@@mikevanriel7573 They played in the conference championship game that was played in the calendar year of 1979, but it was for the 1978 regular season. The 1979 NFC title game between the Rams and Buccaneers was played on January 6, 1980.
Love the old A.F.L. stuff... Wish that Curt Gowdy could have called EVERY league championship and Super Bowl while he was still here ! I have to believe that some where Lamar Hunt is looking down and smiling, especially that of this writing, his former Dallas Texans (now the Kansas City Chiefs) are to appear in Super Bowl LIV, 50 years since their last appearance and the final victory for an A.F.L. team prior to the leagues 1970 merger. Great Post !!!
As crazy as it sounds, as much as I loved the way Curt Gowdy called all the old AFL games, his repeated referral throughout Super Bowl III of Colts linebacker Don Shinnick as Dan Shinnick will forever be etched in my mind!! Did Curt NOT watch any Colts games? Don Shinnick had been a star with the Colts since the days of Weeb Ewbank!! Curt was great though...just saying!!
@@marcschneider4845 I agree, he had a lot of personality, so the mistakes could be tolerated. We referred to these as "Gowdys," such as "The Detroit Reds against the Cincinnati Tigers." Comes from doing everything at once, especially when he was hosting "The American Sportsman."
No trash talking. No jumping around after a tackle. No dancing after a touchdown. No signaling with your arm after you make a first down. And no politics. Just good old fashioned hard nosed football. Miss those days.
I found the vid for the 1970 Pro Bowl - man lemme tell ya, they was flat-out beatin' the SHIT!outta each other! And it was an ALL-STAR GAME!, an exhibition game, played after the Super Bowl.
@@BobBob-eb4io How? If I succeed at accomplishing something at the job, I don't do a jig or get in someone's face, or generally showboating and behaving like a fool......I expect that kind of behavior from college kids.........act like you've done it before.........you know.......a professional
@@timfremstad3434 because it lets the players have more fun and it can be a tactic to mess up the opposing player and get in there head it can raise tensions making the game more interesting just adds more to the game
Yes, this was the first double-overtime championship pro football game. I remember it well, I was there, sitting in the west end zone bleachers probably about half way up. Thanks for posting this.
57 years after the game, the two teams, now known as the Kansas City Chiefs and Tennessee Titans, respectively, played a rematch in the 2019 AFC Championship Game, where the Chiefs won 24-35.
They’re both really good. What a futuristic offense from Houston-double wing/empty backfield, receivers flying all over the place. And on the other side, Stram puts star RB Abner Haynes at WR (due to injury to Burford) where he excels & even scores the game’s first TD.
And to think...George Blanda's career started in 1949. Amazing longevity, especially in an era without the year around training, nutrition, and medical advances today's players enjoy.
Takes me back - way back . I remember pulling hard for the Oilers as I liked George Blanda ( UK ). Childhood living was the best - great memories ! Thx for this .
So many legends at this game a before their careers had fully matured. Hank Stram, Len Dawson, plus George Blanda who after 13 pro football seasons still had another 13 to go along with his best games ahead of him. Curt Gowdy was only just beginning to become the top sports announcer in the US as well as Jack Buck who would go on to work with Hank Stram calling Monday Night Football games for the CBS Radio network. Also, I was very impressed with the on the field camera work considering each video camera and mike had to be tethered to a cable.
I think this is what put Curt Gowdy on the map as a top Sports Broadcaster all over America. Gowdy had just (correct me if I am wrong)been hired by ABC after his stint as the lead Broadcaster for the Boston Red Sox.
@@ironbeatyfly I found "Full Color Football" - the NFL Network documentary on the AFL on here, and I remember thinking the same thing? Does anyone have any of these games? If I can only find one, this is a good one, though.
@@ironbeatyfly Cool. I must've just seen it for the first time on NFL Network and not realized it was an HBO production. Either way, it really made me want to watch some of those games. Hope we can track some down...thanks again, dude.
I grew up watching the AFL progress gtoward equity with the NFL, but 1962 was before I got into sports (I was four). It is totally cool to see this. Curt Gowdy and ABC did a great job with this.
My lack of knowledge of AFL history came in handy, I knew Dallas (later KC) and Houston were early power houses but I had no idea what the outcome of the game was, lots of fun like watching it live
Love the real grass and dirt field where uniforms get dirty. I remember one of the best things about football was the smell of grass. I had a few face plants and tasted grass and dirt too.
I remember watching the AFL games Sunday afternoons on NBC . They usually came on at 3:00 p.m. I loved to watch them. I became a Charger fan back then . Paul Lowe , Ernie Ladd and Earl Faison were my favorites
Even by this time Lamar Hunt (owner of the Texans) realized that the Texans wouldn't be able to compete with the Cowboys in Dallas. At first, he considered moving the team to New Orleans but Tulane Stadium didn't want to share the college team field with a pro team. Then the Kansas City mayor at that time H. Roe Bartle convinced Mr. Hunt to come to Kansas City. A competition was held to come up with a name--and Chiefs was selected
Curt Gowdy on the call??? WOW... And Jack Buck with him? I do not believe... what I just saw! Blanda threw FORTY TWO INTs during the season, then 5 more in this game. Holy cow, that's 47... in ONE 14 game season and a single playoff game. He was the Player of the year in 1961, throwing 36 TDs. In seven seasons as the Oilers QB, he threw 165 TDs and 189 INTs. Crazy. Thank you SO much for posting this.
The coaches didn't look like they just fell off a freight train. They also didn't get gator aid poured on them every week. The players didn't celebrate routine tackles. The fans didn't jump around the stands half naked and painted. Most importantly the announcers didn't try to make this all seem like heroic rocket science. This made me realize I 'm not crazy for giving up football. It seems like back then it was just a good entertaining sport. I wonder if the is a correlation between less penalties and more interceptions. Also there didn't seem to be a fear of announcers and experts in the booth watching and showing countless stop action and multi - angle replays. This seemed like the way it all should be. Hard running smash mouth football. Without appeals.
Very true. Agree 100 %! I haven’t watched in at least 5 years. Not interesting anymore. I think a lot of things might be fixed. I mean how many times does Brady need to be in the Stupid Bowl. Ppl make money off it, Vegas and the venues are all in on it.
Agreed. All of the over-analysis of every play and countless replays has sucked the life and soul out of the game. It was better when it was just about watching the game and making your own conclusions about what you were watching.
@@jeffscheiner1553 absolutely by far--in fact, Mr. Gowdy was very good friends with Roone Arledge of ABC sports--when ABC Monday Night Football began in 1970 Mr. Arledge did all he could to try and get Mr. Gowdy to come to ABC--but NBC refused to let Mr. Gowdy out of his contract
@@bufnyfan1 They also tried to get Vin Scully for play by play for MNF but Scully declined because of Dodger commitments. I could not see Scully working with Cosell. Annoyance would set in.
Several of the Texans in this game were on the '69 Chiefs that won the Super Bowl. Fred Arbanas, Lenny Dawson, E.J. Holub, Jerry Mays, Curtis McClinton, Johnny Robinson and Jim Tyrer. And of course Hank Stram was the coach. In addition, Jacky Lee was backing up George Blanda at Houston and was also a part of the '69 Chiefs.
I was 1 in '62 so I don't remember this game lol. I'm not going to lie, I miss the Oilers and the Oil Dereck logo and wasn't even a fan of the team. Our family moved to Houston in the early '70s, and try as I might I could never get my Football hating step-dad to take me to the Astrodome. I was surprised as shit that he even took my 2 siblings and myself to Astro World lol. A couple of years later, I finally chose my favourite NFL team, the Vikings, after we moved BACK to Oklahoma after railroad stops in 3 other Oklahoma towns, a Kansas town, and then Houston....all in 3 1/2 years or so (maybe our step-dad was on the run from the Law lol)! When the Vikings practiced at Tulsa University's Skelly Stadium a few times before NFC Championships and Super Bowls.....40 miles from our house, Perusual I couldn't get my Football hating step-dad to take me to Tulsa when the Vikings had open practices!
Jack Buck..I Believe that's Joe Bucks Dad..Play by Play for Fox Sports and Also when the Game was Over..NO Police on the Field Just the Crowd having Fun and Celebrating..Jack just Randomly Picking out the Players to Interview...When he ran out of Players to talk with..Up to You Curt...the Whole Post Game Wrap up was Like 10 Min..Short and Sweet...Yah the Game/Style of Play have DEFINITELY Changed Since 1962.
One of the officials is the (in)famous Ben Dreith, who later became a very tough referee for the NFL, who sued the league when they tried to retire him, and is forever known for the incredible "giving him the business down here" penalty announcement on Marty Lyons
Isn’t Ben Dreith the same official who 14 years later called a questionable roughing the passer on the Patriots against the Raiders in the AFC Playoffs?
The mistaken decision to kick to start overtime shows a glimpse of what made Stram great; instead of screaming, he knew his player felt terrible and was understanding and supportive instead. He trusted his defense and knew he needed Haynes with a clear head when they got the ball back.
I read in a book somewhere that Haynes went out there flustered to begin with. He wasn’t exactly sure what Stram was telling him to do if they won the toss, but the referee was threatening him with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for taking so long to come out to midfield.
@car9800 The next season 1963 the Titans would be saved by new owners changed name to Jets and have new colors of green and white Al Davis would leave the Chargers and join the Raiders as coach and GM and silver and black are the new colors
It was really more about the competition that the Texans left. Texans were better, but you could go to a Cowboys game, and see Jim Brown, Frank Gifford, Johhny U, etc.
Interesting that both these franchises wound up in different cities with new nicknames (Dallas Texans became the Kansas City Chiefs. Houston Oilers became the Tennessee Titans). Two main offensive stars for the Oilers George Blanda and Billy Cannon wound up staring for the Oakland Raiders.... The Houston Oilers were the two time defending AFL champions when this game was played.
The player in this game I admire most is Fred Arbanas, because he played with only one eye. He played for quite a few years including two Super Bowls for the Chiefs. Interestingly, Jack Buck was the PBP announcer for Super Bowl IV on CBS when the Chiefs beat the Vikings.
Jack Buck just wandering out to midfield for the OT coin toss. Had never seen anything like that to that point on a football broadcast.. and got the legendary, 'We'll kick to the clock".
Only third year of the young AFL with eight teams, and another three seasons before the Super Bowl. I wasn't even on the planet yet, but this is so cool. Great game.
Watched this game at Pear Harbor on TV. I can not remember if it came on at 7am or 8am Hawaii time. East coast games I had to get up at 5am or 6am for the games. With college football on Saturday. I could not wait for the school week. So to sleep in.
When is the former Buckeye great offensive left tackle Jim Tyrer of the Texans, Chiefs and Redskins going to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame? He is the greatest player NOT in the HOF!! He deserves that honor right now!!
While many would agree that few means three or more, the dictionary definition is, “not many but more than one.” So, a few cannot be one, but it can be as low as two
I was at a Christmas Party across the street from my home. I was 7 years old got into a fight and broke a friend eyeglasses so I was sent home and my mom beat my ass while I was watching this game because she had to paid for my friends glasses.
@@joshuatraffanstedt2695 Lamar Hunt saw the handwriting on the wall and started looking for a home for them, Kansas City made him a sweetheart deal, 2 years free rent starting in 1964, 25,000 guaranteed season tickets, they sold their old practice field to the Cowboys. It was an offer he couldn't refuse.
Kansas City was given a gift of a football club. Coming off an AFL championship, signing top college talent in Bobby Bell, Ed Budde, Junious "Buck" Buchanan, Dave Hill, and Jerrell Wilson.
After Dallas wins this game and the AFL title, they will become the second defending league champion in professional football, in 17 years, To abandon their city. The Cleveland Rams moved to Los Angeles after winning the 1945 NFL title. Not only did Dallas lose the Texans, but in less than a year, they would be known as the place where JFK got killed
Brilliant play by Dawson at 1:49:35, guess the receiver just missed it. Also, LOL at how quick post game was, basically, "you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here". And Texans giving major props to Houston, moreso than I've ever heard in other games.
Kevin because the game went to Double Overtime I am actually surprised ABC did not bail out of the game as soon as the Game Winning FG was made. At least I give ABC credit to do a few minutes of interviews such as with Coach Stram etc. FYI. In the final clinching game of the 1977 NBA Finals when the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Phily 76ers featuring the legendary Juilus Erving, CBS then the TV Home of the NBA did *not* even show any post game interviews or show the Trophy Presentation because that game ran late. CBS rightfully got thousands of phone calls and letters (Way Before Emails)for that bad decision.
@@bryankolen7265 Still an arrangement could have been made for the Kemper Open to be delayed only an additional 10-15 minutes. In that case the Trophy Ceremony and brief interview with 1977 NBA Finals MVP Bill Walton and Coach Jack Ramsey could have taken place before the switch.
I love it! Game is over, a few brief interviews with some classy humble players, back to the booth for final comments in less than 10 minutes time and we are done. “What’s on TV next, Harriet?” Football was a fun diversion from everyday life but it wasn’t an obsession. Now people are calling for the Monday after a Super Bowl to be a national holiday so people can sober up. Ridiculous
The AFL was just as good as the NFL. 2-2 in AFL-NFL championship games. (later called the super bowl). After those 4 games, the merger occurred which included every team from both leagues, who never played each other until their season was over.
By the end of the 60s the AFL had surpassed the NFL in some areas, particularly offensive innovation. In 1962 however, I doubt that either of these teams could have given Green Bay much of a game.
NFL/AFL was a great game during this era,it flowed together so seamlessly as a TV watch it wasn't ingratiating like the past 10yrs or so. No gratuitous hype No oversaturation of product. No constant delays of game play with reviews and commercial timeouts No hotdogging after every routine play. No Moronic broadcast announcers with political agendas (ESPN👀) Outdoor games where weather often played a role It was still a game and the players really cared about winning not sure if that's the case anymore.
The look of bewilderment on the face of Ray Jamieson - the Oiler captain - as he trotted off the field as if saying - I can't believe Haynes made that decision to kick to the clock.
Wow, I never thought I would see an AFL championship game. This is a rare gem. Whoever posted it, thank you.
Thank you so much for posting this. My grandfather was #81 on the Oilers, TE Bob McLeod. He was an incredible human being and he passed a couple of years ago, so having this to watch is just really really special.
Mine was #76 Walt Suggs - LT. he’s in the hospital and likely to pass. These videos are a treasure, to remember him in his prime.
bless you
Respect to you and your family. Houston OILERS Forever
I know people under the age of 45 won't understand this, but I prefer this kind of football. It's all about the game, and doesn't have the huge excess and overhype of today's NFL.
As a 27 year old, this is the type of football I prefer. I don't like all the hoopla that comes with today's game. I haven't even watched the last two super bowls. I'm done watching that unless my team makes it.
Me too. Did you Notice when Holub intercepted Blanda at the goal line, just hustled back to the sideline. No stupid dance or other lame action. Just a smile and a couple handshakes.
No garbage trash talking during the game for personal fouls and at the end of the game a lot of respect and class. It was a great game to watch.
No dancing and celebrating after each play. No stupid half time commercials. I will take this kind of football any day over what exists now.
You have smaller leagues that do that.
The TH-cam time machine is unbelievable.
I LOVED the AFL...and the ABA too. Thanks for sharing these with the world :)
The WHA was fun, too. Those upstart leagues knew their product had to be entertaining and made rules and signed players they felt could deliver that excitement.
AFL football was great to watch. So was the NFL. What a time it was for pro football in the 1960s. The game was so much better to watch then. QBs calling their own plays. No show boating by any of the players. Quiet referees. No stopping the game to review plays. No idiot fans in the stands. I don’t know if I would have ever become as big a fan of football if I started watching the game that is being played today.
agree....cant stand the punk gang type thug showboat players nowdays....
Can't see why it would upset you that much.
Yah No Reviewing Calls Delaying the Game..No Video Replays..Interesting...I Don't Mind It.
Well said!
@@MIKECNW When your watching the game with your 9 yo son and 4 players are standing in the endzone throwin up gang signs it kinda deters you from wanting to watch. Not only that but when a player makes a tackle/Scores, that is their job, they didn't do anything special. So why dance around about it like your special? That would be like a guy driving a truck getting out and doin a dance after he backs a trailer in.
I was born and grew up In Dallas. Now I live in Houston. But I have always loved both teams. Love ya, Blue. George Blanda, Billy Cannon, Lenny Dawson ... we don't have players like them anymore. RIP George Blanda and Billy Cannon.
The "We're gonna kick to the clock" game.
I don't recall the exact story now, but it was told on one of those NFL Films documentaries about the American Football League. But this game was played on a day when there were no other football games on TV and there was a big snowstorm on the east coast. So a lot of people stayed in and watched the game. It was, indeed, the first double-overtime in pro football history, and the excitement of this game captured the imagination of football fans everywhere. This game sort of put the AFL on the map, in much the same way the 1958 NFL Championship Game, the first sudden-death game in history, captured the imagination of football fans and sort of transformed the NFL into a national passion. The AFL's next big TV contract came with NBC, and the ratings that this game got helped push the price tag decidedly upward.
wonder why Texans moved to KC after all this publicity
@@loyaldude10 - Because they were always going to play second fiddle to the NFL's Dallas Cowboys in the same market. And Lamar Hunt knew that for his fledgling American Football League to grow, he would have to move his team somewhere else where they could be the main attraction. And they were in Kansas City, which accepted the team with open arms.
@@ProdigyBowlersTour and they became extremely fierce rivals of that nearby team, the Oakland Raiders that were right down the road.
@@ProdigyBowlersTour
Actually, the Texans were winning the early days of their war with the Cowboys in the Dallas market.
They were getting bigger crowds and obviously having more success on the field than the NFL team.
But Lamar Hunt knew the NFL had deeper pockets and was willing to lose money on the Cowboys
while the AFL couldn't afford for the Texans to get into financial trouble.
The 1963 season, coming off this championship game, really got the AFL on solid ground with what would
be its three flagship franchises of the post-merger early Super Bowl era.
The Texans moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs. The New York Titans got a new owner with deep pockets who rebranded them the New York Jets. And Al Davis became head coach of the Oakland Raiders
and introduced the iconic "Silver and Black" uniforms and logo.
@@loyaldude10 They didn't want to compete with Dallas and share the attendance dollar.
Thx for posting this!!! I knew it was an OT game, but had forgotten who won... The great Curt Gowdy brought back wonderful memories for me. Jack Buck's post game interviews with the Dallas players was interesting. Lots of humble respectful young men... I was only 6 years old and long for those days long gone... I stopped following/watching today's athletes and sports... Weary of the nonsense, attitude, arrogance of today's players... Quite content to watch superstars like the great Jim Brown, run over and around people and simply hand the football to the referee... No dancing, no taunting, just playing the game...
Curt Gowdy went on in the next few years to immortality to jump from ABC to NBC and pioneer NBC's MLB game of the week. Played on Saturdays.
Wow. Len Dawson wearing Dallas Texans uniforms in a championship game. That's fun lol
Thank you for posting this. A forgotten piece of football and Chiefs franchise history. Bill Hull should be a well-known name in Chiefs franchise history, but even I hadn't heard of him. He only played this 1 year, but arguably made the game-saving play.
And the guy who made this happen thank you very much
George Blanda always said that he didn't want to be known as a kicker who played quarterback but a quarterback who also kicked, Regardless he was one of the ALL TIME GREATS who's career spanned from '49-'75 and went to Canton in '81.
Too many picks.
@@patotmaster3484 LIKE YOU.. TOO MANY PUCKS OF YOUR ASS!! 😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡💩💩💩😎
I was 8 when this game aired but only remember watching part of it. Sure great to see those future KC Chiefs playing and the great Curt Gowdy and Paul Christman doing the play by play. This was an exciting game, not full of three-and-outs and great offensive and defensive plays. A gem !!!!
At least they didn't make the colossal blunder of cutting off the game like NBC did in the infamous Heidi game incident.
We're fortunate to see this because for the most part these broadcasts weren't archived so this is a treasure.
I'm not sure how this one got to be saved but someone one's father recorded the first Super Bowl and he has it but he can't even sell it.
I may be incorrect, but somewhere I recall that this broadcast was re-aired on the Armed Forces Network, and that this is a kinescope version preserved on film.
My dad sold Cadillacs in Kansas City back then, and one of the cars he sold was to Curtis McClinton. Curtis, by the way, would later score the first AFL touchdown in Super Bowl history.
McClinton probably felt almost at home, since he played college ball at Kansas.
The closest we've ever come to Hank Hill's dream of an all Texas Super Bowl.
I'm confident that Hank is "playing through the pain" on that account. Maybe someday, Hank, maybe someday.
they came close in both 1978 and 1979. The cowboys and oilers both made it to their respective conference championship games.
@@rayjr62 The Cowboys did not play in the Conference Championship game in 1979.
In 1967-68, both TEXAS TEAMS went to their league titlegames. Both lost: OAKLAND 40 - HOUSTON 7.
GREEN BAY 21 - DALLAS 17
@@mikevanriel7573 They played in the conference championship game that was played in the calendar year of 1979, but it was for the 1978 regular season. The 1979 NFC title game between the Rams and Buccaneers was played on January 6, 1980.
Love the old A.F.L. stuff... Wish that Curt Gowdy could have called EVERY league championship and Super Bowl while he was still here ! I have to believe that some where Lamar Hunt is looking down and smiling, especially that of this writing, his former Dallas Texans (now the Kansas City Chiefs) are to appear in Super Bowl LIV, 50 years since their last appearance and the final victory for an A.F.L. team prior to the leagues 1970 merger. Great Post !!!
As crazy as it sounds, as much as I loved the way Curt Gowdy called all the old AFL games, his repeated referral throughout Super Bowl III of Colts linebacker Don Shinnick as Dan Shinnick will forever be etched in my mind!! Did Curt NOT watch any Colts games? Don Shinnick had been a star with the Colts since the days of Weeb Ewbank!! Curt was great though...just saying!!
Remember the AFL
@@chucklynch6523 Curt was a great announcer but he did have a habit of making some mistakes.
Curt Gowdy was my all-time favorite play-by-play guy. What a classic call of play. Just the best.
@@marcschneider4845 I agree, he had a lot of personality, so the mistakes could be tolerated. We referred to these as "Gowdys," such as "The Detroit Reds against the Cincinnati Tigers." Comes from doing everything at once, especially when he was hosting "The American Sportsman."
No trash talking. No jumping around after a tackle. No dancing after a touchdown. No signaling with your arm after you make a first down. And no politics. Just good old fashioned hard nosed football. Miss those days.
Just get out and play.
I agrree with the politics but all those other things make the game way better
I found the vid for the 1970 Pro Bowl - man lemme tell ya, they was flat-out beatin' the SHIT!outta each other! And it was an ALL-STAR GAME!, an exhibition game, played after the Super Bowl.
@@BobBob-eb4io How? If I succeed at accomplishing something at the job, I don't do a jig or get in someone's face, or generally showboating and behaving like a fool......I expect that kind of behavior from college kids.........act like you've done it before.........you know.......a professional
@@timfremstad3434 because it lets the players have more fun and it can be a tactic to mess up the opposing player and get in there head it can raise tensions making the game more interesting just adds more to the game
Yes, this was the first double-overtime championship pro football game. I remember it well, I was there, sitting in the west end zone bleachers probably about half way up. Thanks for posting this.
This game is in 1962. The 2 quarterbacks in this game Len Dawson and George Blanda played well into the 1970’s.
57 years after the game, the two teams, now known as the Kansas City Chiefs and Tennessee Titans, respectively, played a rematch in the 2019 AFC Championship Game, where the Chiefs won 24-35.
Both in the Hall of Fame.
They’re both really good. What a futuristic offense from Houston-double wing/empty backfield, receivers flying all over the place. And on the other side, Stram puts star RB Abner Haynes at WR (due to injury to Burford) where he excels & even scores the game’s first TD.
And to think...George Blanda's career started in 1949. Amazing longevity, especially in an era without the year around training, nutrition, and medical advances today's players enjoy.
great talent
Great game…thanks so much for sharing..
Takes me back - way back . I remember pulling hard for the Oilers as I liked George Blanda ( UK ).
Childhood living was the best - great memories ! Thx for this .
Shame so many are deleted. Love the old games. Thanks for sharing them.
So many legends at this game a
before their careers had fully matured. Hank Stram, Len Dawson, plus George Blanda who after 13 pro football seasons still had another 13 to go along with his best games ahead of him. Curt Gowdy was only just beginning to become the top sports announcer in the US as well as Jack Buck who would go on to work with Hank Stram calling Monday Night Football games for the CBS Radio network. Also, I was very impressed with the on the field camera work considering each video camera and mike had to be tethered to a cable.
I think this is what put Curt Gowdy on the map as a top Sports Broadcaster all over America. Gowdy had just (correct me if I am wrong)been hired by ABC after his stint as the lead Broadcaster for the Boston Red Sox.
Remember watching this game with my dad. We were at my grandparents house. I was 9 years old. Great memories. Thanks for posting.
Great game, sir! Really surprisingly good quality, too, for a 56 year-old game. Thanks again.
Absolutely bro, I just find it so hard to believe that there not any copies of any original AFL broadcasts. There is bound to be some somewhere.
@@ironbeatyfly I found "Full Color Football" - the NFL Network documentary on the AFL on here, and I remember thinking the same thing? Does anyone have any of these games? If I can only find one, this is a good one, though.
Actually it was on HBO for the 50th anniversary of the AFL. A vary good 5 part documentary of which I have.
@@ironbeatyfly Cool. I must've just seen it for the first time on NFL Network and not realized it was an HBO production. Either way, it really made me want to watch some of those games. Hope we can track some down...thanks again, dude.
I think there were one with the Dallas Texans vs the Bills in 1962 out there
MY GOODNESS! What is this??? Thank you so much!, this is history I'd never thought of being able to see this!!!
I grew up watching the AFL progress gtoward equity with the NFL, but 1962 was before I got into sports (I was four). It is totally cool to see this. Curt Gowdy and ABC did a great job with this.
The Texans ran for 199 yards in the game, after the game, they kept on running, up to Kansas City
My lack of knowledge of AFL history came in handy, I knew Dallas (later KC) and Houston were early power houses but I had no idea what the outcome of the game was, lots of fun like watching it live
Wow love those cars 🚗! And young Jack Buck and Curt Gowdy! Now that's football and Americana at its best.
Love the real grass and dirt field where uniforms get dirty. I remember one of the best things about football was the smell of grass. I had a few face plants and tasted grass and dirt too.
I remember watching the AFL games Sunday afternoons on NBC . They usually came on at 3:00 p.m. I loved to watch them. I became a Charger fan back then . Paul Lowe , Ernie Ladd and Earl Faison were my favorites
this has made my day ty so much
Even by this time Lamar Hunt (owner of the Texans) realized that the Texans wouldn't be able to compete with the Cowboys in Dallas. At first, he considered moving the team to New Orleans but Tulane Stadium didn't want to share the college team field with a pro team. Then the Kansas City mayor at that time H. Roe Bartle convinced Mr. Hunt to come to Kansas City. A competition was held to come up with a name--and Chiefs was selected
Chief was Bartle's knicname
Tulane Stadium eventually did share the college team field with a pro team 5 years later.
@@mikevanriel7573 Interestingly the Chiefs ultimately did play at Tulane Stadium when they beat the Vikings in SB4
Curt Gowdy on the call??? WOW... And Jack Buck with him?
I do not believe... what I just saw!
Blanda threw FORTY TWO INTs during the season, then 5 more in this game.
Holy cow, that's 47... in ONE 14 game season and a single playoff game. He was the Player of the year in 1961, throwing 36 TDs. In seven seasons as the Oilers QB, he threw 165 TDs and 189 INTs.
Crazy.
Thank you SO much for posting this.
This game is an answer to a trivia question that most people outside of Texas would miss: When did Dallas have its first pro football championship?
1962
Gus Grissom and George Blanda Wow
thank you for posting this...LOVE U
The coaches didn't look like they just fell off a freight train. They also didn't get gator aid poured on them every week. The players didn't celebrate routine tackles. The fans didn't jump around the stands half naked and painted. Most importantly the announcers didn't try to make this all seem like heroic rocket science. This made me realize I 'm not crazy for giving up football. It seems like back then it was just a good entertaining sport. I wonder if the is a correlation between less penalties and more interceptions. Also there didn't seem to be a fear of announcers and experts in the booth watching and showing countless stop action and multi - angle replays. This seemed like the way it all should be. Hard running smash mouth football. Without appeals.
Very true. Agree 100 %!
I haven’t watched in at least 5 years.
Not interesting anymore.
I think a lot of things might be fixed.
I mean how many times does Brady need to be in the Stupid Bowl.
Ppl make money off it, Vegas and the venues are all in on it.
Glad to meet someone that can actually think.
Agreed. All of the over-analysis of every play and countless replays has sucked the life and soul out of the game. It was better when it was just about watching the game and making your own conclusions about what you were watching.
Think you're crazy for letting all that bothers you.
You are right.
Incredible stuff. Thank you
Game was on ABC with Curt Gowdy and Paul Christman on the call. Produced by Roone Arledge
Fantastic! Thanks for uploading this.
Legendary sportscaster Curt Gowdy call the game.
Best football and baseball play by play broadcaster ever.
@@jeffscheiner1553 absolutely by far--in fact, Mr. Gowdy was very good friends with Roone Arledge of ABC sports--when ABC Monday Night Football began in 1970 Mr. Arledge did all he could to try and get Mr. Gowdy to come to ABC--but NBC refused to let Mr. Gowdy out of his contract
Legendary Jack Buck who became a hall of fame sportscaster in baseball.
@@bufnyfan1 Can you imagine Curt Gowdy calling Monday Night Football with Howard Cosell and Don Meredith? Lord have mercy!
@@bufnyfan1 They also tried to get Vin Scully for play by play for MNF but Scully declined because of Dodger commitments. I could not see Scully working with Cosell. Annoyance would set in.
Several of the Texans in this game were on the '69 Chiefs that won the Super Bowl. Fred Arbanas, Lenny Dawson, E.J. Holub, Jerry Mays, Curtis McClinton, Johnny Robinson and Jim Tyrer. And of course Hank Stram was the coach. In addition, Jacky Lee was backing up George Blanda at Houston and was also a part of the '69 Chiefs.
Add Thomas, Lynch, Buchanan, and Lanier to that bunch and you got one of the all time great teams.
I was 1 in '62 so I don't remember this game lol. I'm not going to lie, I miss the Oilers and the Oil Dereck logo and wasn't even a fan of the team. Our family moved to Houston in the early '70s, and try as I might I could never get my Football hating step-dad to take me to the Astrodome. I was surprised as shit that he even took my 2 siblings and myself to Astro World lol. A couple of years later, I finally chose my favourite NFL team, the Vikings, after we moved BACK to Oklahoma after railroad stops in 3 other Oklahoma towns, a Kansas town, and then Houston....all in 3 1/2 years or so (maybe our step-dad was on the run from the Law lol)! When the Vikings practiced at Tulsa University's Skelly Stadium a few times before NFC Championships and Super Bowls.....40 miles from our house, Perusual I couldn't get my Football hating step-dad to take me to Tulsa when the Vikings had open practices!
Jack Buck..I Believe that's Joe Bucks Dad..Play by Play for Fox Sports and Also when the Game was Over..NO Police on the Field Just the Crowd having Fun and Celebrating..Jack just Randomly Picking out the Players to Interview...When he ran out of Players to talk with..Up to You Curt...the Whole Post Game Wrap up was Like 10 Min..Short and Sweet...Yah the Game/Style of Play have DEFINITELY Changed Since 1962.
Yep. That’s the Hall of Fame sportscaster Jack Buck, Joe’s dad. He did games for the St Louis Cardinals. “Go crazy folks, go crazy “.
R. I. P.
George Blanda
Charlie Tolar
Charley Hennigan
Billy Cannon
A. F. L.🏈
And Hank Stram.
E.J. Holub passed away in 2019.
EJ the Beast
And Gus Grissom, the astronaut who flipped the coin at the start of the game. He died tragically five years later, in a launch test for Apollo 1.
Jim Tyrer
One of the officials is the (in)famous Ben Dreith, who later became a very tough referee for the NFL, who sued the league when they tried to retire him, and is forever known for the incredible "giving him the business down here" penalty announcement on Marty Lyons
Isn’t Ben Dreith the same official who 14 years later called a questionable roughing the passer on the Patriots against the Raiders in the AFC Playoffs?
@@mikevanriel7573 The same
The mistaken decision to kick to start overtime shows a glimpse of what made Stram great; instead of screaming, he knew his player felt terrible and was understanding and supportive instead. He trusted his defense and knew he needed Haynes with a clear head when they got the ball back.
Wonder what Vince Lombardi would have done? lol
@@Steve915 "What the hell's goin' on out there?!" lol
We’ll kick to the clock.🤦♂️
I read in a book somewhere that Haynes went out there flustered to begin with. He wasn’t exactly sure what Stram was telling him to do if they won the toss, but the referee was threatening him with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for taking so long to come out to midfield.
but wtf was Haynes thinking? I mean, sudden death OT. Not too hard to figure out what to do
@4:40. Empty backfield 60 years ago..amazing.
Great to hear Curt Gowdy broadcast again. Also just over 4 years later Gus Grissom would be one of the 3 astronauts killed in the Apollo 1 fire.
This game is so old the jets were also known as the titans during this time as well.
And Al Davis would take over the Oakland Raiders the next season and introduce the iconic "Silver and Black"
uniforms and logo.
@car9800 The next season 1963 the Titans would be saved by new owners changed name to Jets and have new colors of green and white Al Davis would leave the Chargers and join the Raiders as coach and GM and silver and black are the new colors
These guys are knockin the hell out of eachother. Rockm sockm football. Luv it.
Remember watching this game live
I watched this whole game.What a great game!
Just remember Dallas: it was the Texans who won the first professional football championship, not "America's Team"....
@BrainEatingApe I think he means first championship for Dallas.
How ironic... Virgil Grissom;
Yes I second that
Yeah and Hunt moved the team the next season
It was really more about the competition that the Texans left. Texans were better, but you could go to a Cowboys game, and see Jim Brown, Frank Gifford, Johhny U, etc.
So cool to see old games
Interesting that both these franchises wound up in different cities with new nicknames (Dallas Texans became the Kansas City Chiefs. Houston Oilers became the Tennessee Titans). Two main offensive stars for the Oilers George Blanda and Billy Cannon wound up staring for the Oakland Raiders.... The Houston Oilers were the two time defending AFL champions when this game was played.
And this was the last game the Dallas Texans ever played. They'd win two more AFL titles and a Super Bowl as the Chiefs before the merger.
@@michaeldemenchuk6988And 3 after the merger although it took another 50 years
The player in this game I admire most is Fred Arbanas, because he played with only one eye. He played for quite a few years including two Super Bowls for the Chiefs. Interestingly, Jack Buck was the PBP announcer for Super Bowl IV on CBS when the Chiefs beat the Vikings.
Jack Buck just wandering out to midfield for the OT coin toss. Had never seen anything like that to that point on a football broadcast.. and got the legendary, 'We'll kick to the clock".
Years before they miked the referees.
Notice the banner in the right end zone about "A Black Day for Dallas." How ironic, considering what happened there 11 months later.
When football had class.
What a great game! Toughness personified!
Love the old B/W football games 🏈
the more I watch this, the more I'm appreciative how the broadcast was preserved as to my understanding, most weren't.
Wonder how this one got saved?
For anyone wondering, NO the Texans were NOT The Cowboys. They became the Kansas City Chiefs.
Only third year of the young AFL with eight teams, and another three seasons before the Super Bowl. I wasn't even on the planet yet, but this is so cool. Great game.
Me too bro, I didn't get here for another 5yrs after this game. Lol.
Watched this game at Pear Harbor on TV. I can not remember if it came on at 7am or 8am Hawaii time. East coast games I had to get up at 5am or 6am for the games. With college football on Saturday. I could not wait for the school week. So to sleep in.
When is the former Buckeye great offensive left tackle Jim Tyrer of the Texans, Chiefs and Redskins going to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame? He is the greatest player NOT in the HOF!! He deserves that honor right now!!
SOON AS THE COMMITTEE BECOMES AWARE OF WHO THE HELL HE IS!!
Murdering his wife and committing suicide scared voters away, I'm sure. But he absolutely had a HOF caliber career.
as they said on Happy Days, "George Blanda has got a few good years left."
Only had about 15 years left
While many would agree that few means three or more, the dictionary definition is, “not many but more than one.” So, a few cannot be one, but it can be as low as two
He finally retired after the 1975 season
I was at a Christmas Party across the street from my home. I was 7 years old got into a fight and broke a friend eyeglasses so I was sent home and my mom beat my ass while I was watching this game because she had to paid for my friends glasses.
Some of these Dallas Texans would later play for the Kansas City
chiefs in Super Bowl IV when the beat the Vikings.
Correct, but that Chiefs team in 69 was way better than this Texans team. In fact, it's not even close.
Some of these same Chiefs also won the 1966 AFL Championship and played in the first Super Bowl
The last Dallas Texans game before they became the Kansas City Chiefs.
That's correct!
I was wondering about that. I am in my late 60s and this is the first time I have heard of the Dallas Texans
@@joshuatraffanstedt2695 Lamar Hunt saw the handwriting on the wall and started looking for a home for them, Kansas City made him a sweetheart deal, 2 years free rent starting in 1964, 25,000 guaranteed season tickets, they sold their old practice field to the Cowboys. It was an offer he couldn't refuse.
Oh Yeah the Chiefs Where Stram and Dawson Won Super Bowl 4.
Kansas City was given a gift of a football club. Coming off an AFL championship, signing top college talent in Bobby Bell, Ed Budde, Junious "Buck" Buchanan, Dave Hill, and Jerrell Wilson.
That was fun to watch...
I was a big AFC fan since we could not get good TV reception for the NFL on CBS.
A simpler game and life.
No interminable replay analysis.
I remember watching this game with my brother
Only thing I'm sad about is that this isn't in color so we can see all of the beautiful uniforms.
Jack Buck interviewing his future broadcast partner Hank Stram.
After Dallas wins this game and the AFL title, they will become the second defending league champion in professional football, in 17 years, To abandon their city. The Cleveland Rams moved to Los Angeles after winning the 1945 NFL title. Not only did Dallas lose the Texans, but in less than a year, they would be known as the place where JFK got killed
R.i.p abner hayes died last week
The AFL and ABA were so much fun. The NFL was good to but it's good I think to have an alternative league.
There would be no Super Bowl if there never was the AFL
Guys Grissom setting up the ball for the opening kick off. He had the Right Stuff for that.
Brilliant play by Dawson at 1:49:35, guess the receiver just missed it. Also, LOL at how quick post game was, basically, "you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here". And Texans giving major props to Houston, moreso than I've ever heard in other games.
Kevin because the game went to Double Overtime I am actually surprised ABC did not bail out of the game as soon as the Game Winning FG was made. At least I give ABC credit to do a few minutes of interviews such as with Coach Stram etc.
FYI. In the final clinching game of the 1977 NBA Finals when the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Phily 76ers featuring the legendary Juilus Erving, CBS then the TV Home of the NBA did *not* even show any post game interviews or show the Trophy Presentation because that game ran late. CBS rightfully got thousands of phone calls and letters (Way Before Emails)for that bad decision.
@@americangiant1003 The reason for that was after station I'd at the time They had to switch to the Kemper Open golf tournament.
@@bryankolen7265 Still an arrangement could have been made for the Kemper Open to be delayed only an additional 10-15 minutes. In that case the Trophy Ceremony and brief interview with 1977 NBA Finals MVP Bill Walton and Coach Jack Ramsey could have taken place before the switch.
I love it! Game is over, a few brief interviews with some classy humble players, back to the booth for final comments in less than 10 minutes time and we are done. “What’s on TV next, Harriet?” Football was a fun diversion from everyday life but it wasn’t an obsession. Now people are calling for the Monday after a Super Bowl to be a national holiday so people can sober up. Ridiculous
Have anything else to bitch about?
THIS IS FOOTBALL. LINE UP, RUN THE PLAY AND NO SHOWBOATING OR POLITICS
No punk ass Reg7inald thugs like the Chiefs have now..
Miss the oilers
In 1962 the Cowboys (NFL) finished 5-8-1, but the Texans had to leave town after winning the AFL title in double overtime.
The AFL was just as good as the NFL. 2-2 in AFL-NFL championship games. (later called the super bowl). After those 4 games, the merger occurred which included every team from both leagues, who never played each other until their season was over.
By the end of the 60s the AFL had surpassed the NFL in some areas, particularly offensive innovation. In 1962 however, I doubt that either of these teams could have given Green Bay much of a game.
NFL/AFL was a great game during this era,it flowed together so seamlessly as a TV watch it wasn't ingratiating like the past 10yrs or so.
No gratuitous hype
No oversaturation of product.
No constant delays of game play with reviews and commercial timeouts
No hotdogging after every routine play.
No Moronic broadcast announcers with political agendas (ESPN👀)
Outdoor games where weather often played a role
It was still a game and the players really cared about winning not sure if that's the case anymore.
The field judge was Ben “giving him the business” Dreith who had a long career as an NFL referee
I remember that game at Jeppesen Stadium.
I love the afl official uniforms
Jeppesen Stadium was for high school games it was expanded for pro football
My BBOYS!!!! AWESOME!!!! LENY, GEORGE, HANK, BILLY, WAY KOOL!!!
I had to laugh at the reaction of the ref ("you're going to kick?"), and Houston players (we get the ball?"), when Dallas decided to kick to start OT.
The look of bewilderment on the face of Ray Jamieson - the Oiler captain - as he trotted off the field as if saying - I can't believe Haynes made that decision to kick to the clock.
I was 17 when this was played.
Halfbacks, fullback, defense, running the ball and no sissy shot gun...like real football! Sad what we have today!