One of the most underrated Super Bowls of all-time. Also one of the most disastrous. Aside from the fact that there were only 4,000 parking spots for over 103,000 people since 15,000 spots were flooded due to rain, you had a giant ticket fiasco where tons of people (including Terry Bradshaw) had their tickets stolen from them, and the NFL tried to make it up to them by giving them tickets that did not exist, leading to tons of fights in the stands. Absolutely crazy. Kind of shocked the Rose Bowl got three more Super Bowls after that
My mom and dad were there. They said they parked in an open field like a golf course. I saw it on tv though. It was a great game. I thought the Rams would win until about the end of the 3rd quarter
Im 55 years old & buddy didn't know this history that u told wow unbelievable/ yes yeah everybody's used to the Cowboys Steelers all the time now there was the Cowboys Vikings but they just don't make them like they used to you Super Bowls great work Buddy
One of the underrated Super Bowl games. The final score is deceptive to how competitive this game was. In many ways, this was a better game than the Cowboys/Steelers rematch the year before that is so celebrated, but was pretty much a fait accompli midway through the 4th quarter.
Yup. The final score in the Steelers-Cowboys SB the year before was closer but it took a furious Cowboys rally attempt in the last few minutes to produce that result. The Rams LED going into the 4th of this one.
Well you may be right, but SB 13 will always be more remembered due to the game featuring a combined 18 HOF's, not including the 2 all-time Head Coaches and organization personnel. To this day, the most star studded super bowl EVER. The only other SB that even comes close is the 90's Cowboys/Bills super bowls and the Tom Brady/Legion Of Boom/Malcom Butler INT super bowl.
The end of an era in multiple ways. The last vestiges of the dynastic Steelers run and you can see it as they needed more than most expected to hold off the feisty Rams. The last Super Bowl covered by the underrated team of Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier, whose coverage of the game even seemed to fit the 70's more than it would the 80's. Also the only time the 70's Rams would break through and reach this big game, never getting back in Los Angeles prior to moving and coming back.
@Fries no, he actually did the NFC title game with Summerall the next year in Philadelphia. But that was their last game together. The CBS brass thought Pat would be a good fit with some ex coach named John Madden. I heard it worked out ok. Brookshier worked until at least 1984 with CBS doing NFL games. I remember he got in trouble insulting the intelligence of the Louisville basketball team in 1983 and was suspended.
The Rams had better teams earlier in the decade but the conference was much worse in 79. They lost to Dallas and Minnesota consistently in those years, but in 79, Dallas was missing a few defenders and Roger Staubach was in his final season, and Minnesota was starting a rookie Tommy Kramer, and Jim Marshall in his final season was the only player from the Purple People Eaters left. And the best teams of the early 80’s were still a year or two away.
John Stallworth outside of Jerry rice, is the greatest post season WR in NFL history. Big plays in big games his whole career.💪🏿Lynn swann not to far behind.
LA Rams in their home market, just like this year. The Rams didn’t play their regular season games at the Rose Bowl though, it was a special host for the Super Bowl, the Rams played at the Coliseum and later at the Big A in Anaheim. There was one other home market Super Bowl prior to last year, the 1984 matchup between Marino’s Dolphins and Montana’s 49ers which was played not at rickety Candlestick but instead at a special one-time host site, Stanford Stadium. It’s kind of wild that the only two times a team made a Super Bowl in their home market prior to last year, both times it was a special site just for the Super Bowl and not at the team’s home stadium. The Bucs then finally got to play in their actual home stadium, as will the LA Rams this year
Even though the rams lost the Super Bowl that year Wendell Tyler might be the most underrated player of all time he was a thousand yard rusher in 3 of his 10 seasons and in the 1984 season he had more yards from scrimmage than Roger Craig it’s actually insane he made big plays in that game and it’s wild how he isn’t recognized for how good he was back then if he wasn’t on that team the rams could’ve never even made the Super Bowl so he plays a big part in that game overall he should be recognized more for how good he was
Don't know why the NFL with NFL films don't have a online site where fans can rewatch full classic NFL games. They had a pay service that you could watch any game going back 3 seasons, but why not seasons from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. There's a huge market for these games.
I was there, still late 3 years old, it was a sad day all over la, ruined my life, not an understatement. Super Bowl 56 is a special west vs north/central rematch dream come true without Pitt. It will be a very special win for each team and I think the Rams can do it. I want to the Bengals to win it. No easy wins everything the bangle one was incredibly difficult I will not be satisfied by a easy Bengals win after a surprise nearly special invitation. Because the Rose Bowl is invite only
Definitely an underrated Super Bowl. That Rams team was maybe the worst team to ever reach the Super Bowl, but gave one of the best teams ever a fight to the finish. Would love to see you spotlight Super Bowl 16. Haven't seen a crisp broadcast edition of that game.
@Fries 1989 AFC begs to differ, the only full length season where there was only one team with double digit wins in a conference (Denver, 11-5). All the other teams had 9 or fewer wins. Cleveland had the # 2 spot at 9-6-1, the worst record ever for a # 2 seed.
@@NFLVault if you do 16, please include the intro that has a CGI model of the Silverdome appearing and then a poster in the stands saying "say yes to Michigan."
The Steelers Of The 70’s were The Best of The Decade 4 Super Bowls and had great battles with The Raiders And Oilers The Rams Came Up Short but they had a great team in 1979 and becoming The 1st 9-7 Team to Make The Super Bowl
For the last several years. It has sometimes seemed, that there is one league for the Pittsburgh Steelers...........and another for the rest of those who play pro football. --NFL Films Super Bowl XIV video.
A very under rated game. The Rams had their starting quarterback Pat Haden lost for the season after breaking his finger. In comes back up Vince Ferragamo who started his first game as quarterback in wk 12 and took the Rams to the Superbowl. It was also the Rams last season in the LA Coliseum. Truly an underdog, against the Steelers, yet they played even with them until late in the game.
I sincerely miss the 2-back Veer and Pro Set alignments and the deceptive trap-blocking that the Steelers used to do. They were pretty much unstoppable as long as you kept the Dline guessing by handing off to different backs and by the playcalling hitting different gaps......
The refs gave this game away to the Steelers in the final minutes with that bogus Pass Interference call on Pat Thomas. No surprise since the refs screwed the Oilers in the 1979 AFC Championship right before this with that horrible call of incomplete pass on Renfro's Touchdown catch.
In the Steels SB X and XIii seasons Rams beat them during the regular seasons.Good team thst ran the ball and played great defense,was hard for them to go to Metropolitan Stadium and beat the Vikes in Dec and Jan🥶
The Rams were notorious choke artists during the 1970’s, losing every year in the playoffs to either the Minnesota Vikings or the Dallas Cowboys in which their superb defense would keep them in most games only to see their offenses give away most of those games. This happened to be a freak year that the Rams actually got to the Super Bowl, but unfortunately they collapsed.
I don't think they were choke artists they just ran into better teams. when they played the Packers in the '60s the Packers were just better when they played the Cowboys and Vikings and NFC title games those teams were just better the. Steelers were just better the 85 Bears in the NFC championship game was just better the 89.49ers in NFC championship game was just better.
@@pp3k3jamail In the 1970’s they had a great defense and that OL was tremendous. They always had good DBs and WRs, but never had a good QB. Harris, Jaworski, Haden, and Ferragamo. Also, they did not have a good RB until maybe Wendel Tyler. In the 1980’s they had that great OL, Dickerson and Jim Everett at QB, but that defense was not that good. Even the Super Bowl they did get to in SB XIV, they blew a second half lead against the Steelers in a game they could have won. They were missing a real good QB and a power back that could have worn down that defense when they had the lead.
Man some of these routes that these receivers ran in this game like 9:52 and 20:21 were literally so simple in execution but yet the announcers were impressed. The 70s/80s seriously was a MUCH DIFFERENT era in football 😂
The 'underdog' Rams gave the mighty Steelers a real dawg fight in this one; people often see the final score & would assume the Steelers were the superior team on the field all the way through. Well, it was only in the 4th quarter where the Steelers' championship meddle finally showed up at precisely the right time. But for most of the game it was a 'sling fest' as the Rams went toe-to-toe with the heavily favored Steelers & even took the lead during the game. Ultimately the Steelers were able to win and essentially close the book on their dynasty as this was pretty much the 'last hurrah' for the famed Steel Curtain. They mostly wanted to end their run on a winning note of course. And they most certainly did just that.
In regard to talent, the Rams shouldn't have been thought of as big an underdog. The year before, they were 12-4 and defeated BOTH the Cowboys and Steelers. Unfortunately, they did choke against the Cowboys in the NFC Championship. However, this was a very good Rams team.
An overlooked aspect of the Steelers dynasty was their ability to win the close games. In 1974 and 1975 they squeaked by the Raiders in the AFC championship game and SB 10, 13 and 14 were very tight as well, yet the managed to prevail. Great teams aren't always great, they are great when they have to be...
Yup, the 2-back, Pro Set, trap-blocking Steelers used to run the ball whenever they wanted or needed to. All the one-back offenses are quite predictable in comparison, IMO.....
4th quarter, Steelers down, Johnny go deep twice, once for six, second time to help set up the game clincher...champs know how to win, when it's winning time
The Steelers won 2 more Super Bowls after this: XL (2005 season) and XLIII (2008 season). Just took awhile for the Steelers to get back to winning the Super Bowl post-Steel Curtain although they did appear in Super Bowl XXX where they lost to the Cowboys 27-17.
I watched this game live. We were all outraged at the pass-interference call against Pat Thomas. Watching it again now, it could be called either way. If it had gone for the Rams, the game may have had a different outcome.
Great game. I think SB14 was a greater accomplishment than the two Cowboy SBs were. I’m going to get in trouble for this but I think the Rams had the best defense in the NFC for most of a decade. The Cowboys front four was better but the Rams had the better LBs and secondary. What you saw John Stallworth do was against the best secondary in the NFL . Don’t let the 9-7 record fool you. The Rams had a spate of injuries throughout the year. A healthy Rams defense held Seattle to -23 yards in a shutout win earlier that year. The Rams of the 70s lacked one very critical thing, a quarterback. They didn’t have a Bradshaw or a Staubach or a Tarkenton. They were loaded at most other positions. One last thing. Jack Lambert was probably the best zone defense pass defense middle LB ever. He had 6 INTs that year. That’s insane for a middle LB. The single biggest play of the 79 season for Pittsburgh. Billy Waddy was wide open on that same play in the end zone. I’m sure Ferragamo plays this other scenario out in his mind all the time. VF had a huge 1980 season with 30 TD passes at a time when that was a special accomplishment. His career faded but he made millions in So Cal real estate so he didn’t have a half bad life.
Eh, it wasn't that close of a game. A couple things to note about personnel from this game: 1. DE Fred Dryer parlayed his football success into the long running role as Rick Hunter on the series of the same name (Hunter) in the '80s 2. Summerall and Brookshier were completely drunk off their asses calling this game. This was probably at the height of Summerall's struggles with alcohol addiction. Brookshier's drunkenness here pushed CBS execs to look for an eventual successor sooner than later...We all know who that turned out to be. 3. Rams QB Vince Ferragamo a couple years later signed for the exorbitant (at that time) amount of $600,00 dollars to play for the CFL's Montreal Alouettes. The Rams had offered him $250,00. Needless to say the signing did NOT pay off as Ferragamo struggled to the point that he was demoted to backup then 3rd string by the end of the year.
I’m a life long Steelers fan and have been for over 40 years and yet here I am sticking up for the Rams…so I’m going to ask you a question or two… How do you figure it wasn’t that close of a game? Did you watch the entire game on January 20, 1980? I did. And, I watched the entire game again, about a year ago. Before this game got started it looked like a mismatch. The defending Super Bowl Champion Steelers, winners of 3 Super Bowls in 5 seasons, had all of the experience any team could possibly need. At 12-4 they were dominant enough and with playoff victories of 34-14 & 27-13 vs the Dolphins & Oilers…they looked ready. The unremarkable 9-7 Rams of 1979 were being led by a backup QB named Vince Ferragamo who somehow upset the better-talented Cowboys 21-19 (avenging a 28-0 playoff loss the previous year) and a boring as all hell 9-0 win over the Buccaneers in Tampa Bay for the NFC title. Despite the big game being played in the Rams backyard in Pasedena….the question was not if the Steelers were going to win their 4th Super Bowl. The question was if it would be a close game. Despite the Cinderella look of the Rams, I bet many thought it would be a mostly dominant Steeler victory. At game time the Steelers were favored by 10.5 points. The Rams didn’t get that memo until the 4th quarter. and Steelers struggled for 3 quarters. The Rams picked off Bradshaw 3 times and were winning 19-17 going into the 4th quarter. The Steelers finally regained the lead, 24-19, thanks to a 73 yard TD pass to John Stallworth. And even when the Rams were down 24-19, the Rams were driving deep into Steeler territory before MLB Jack Lambert caught a timely interception, which ultimately won the game for Pittsburgh. The Steelers added a late TD to clinch it 31-19 which also covered the spread, however it was a much closer game than expected. Bradshaw & Stallworth should have been co-mvp’s in that game. But I digress. To say it wasn’t that close is completely dismissing how well the Rams played in Super Bowl XIV, considering the ridiculous level of HOF talent they had to compete against for 4 quarters.
There were so few close games in the first 30 years of the Super Bowl that this one probably ranked as a Top 5 game through the first 30. Nowadays it's probably way down the list because there have been so many close, dramatic Super Bowls in the last 25 years.
Matthew 12:34-36 English Standard Version 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
Very exciting Super Bowl the rams really put up a fight They were not overmatched or. overpowered the brakes went to steelers' way and made great plays that's what great teams do.
That was NOT pass interference by Pat Thomas at 20:51. He has his head turned back towards the football and if there was any slight contact it was incidental and at the moment both were looking for the ball. Even Jim Smith the Steeler receiver didn't think it was interference. Makes me wonder how the Steelers always got the breaks in the 1970s whenever there was a controversial call. Remember the Immaculate Reception and the bogus pass interference called on Benny barnes in the previous Super Bowl against Dallas which allowed the Steelers to score in the fresh series of downs to gain the momentum in SB XIII ? I felt for the Rams in SB XIV as they played on par or even better than Pittsburgh throughout most of the game.
15:29 look at Jack Lambert get off his block right as he sheds of his block a blocker tries to take out his legs but he manages to spin out of it And make the tackle
Rams always played Steelers tough… before this game the Steelers never before beat the rams. They were 0-14-1 all time. Steelers also lost 10-3 and 10-7 in 1978 and 1975…. But my Steelers won when it counted this time. Bradshaw is the best
2 Chronicles 7:14 Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.
Honestly I can't stand the Steelers but the thing I couldn't understand is why they never retired Lynn swann's number I don't get that number 88 should be retired because he was one of the best wide receivers on the Steelers back then that's hard to believe they didn't retire his number they didn't retired Bradshaw Jack ham Jack Lambert Joe Greene all of them guys give me something you couldn't retire Lynn swann's number 88 I don't get it best receiver ever that played on the Steelers and I really don't like the Steelers and I'm be honest with I'm a Ravens. Fan
One of the most underrated Super Bowls of all-time. Also one of the most disastrous. Aside from the fact that there were only 4,000 parking spots for over 103,000 people since 15,000 spots were flooded due to rain, you had a giant ticket fiasco where tons of people (including Terry Bradshaw) had their tickets stolen from them, and the NFL tried to make it up to them by giving them tickets that did not exist, leading to tons of fights in the stands. Absolutely crazy. Kind of shocked the Rose Bowl got three more Super Bowls after that
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My mom and dad were there. They said they parked in an open field like a golf course.
I saw it on tv though. It was a great game. I thought the Rams would win until about the end of the 3rd quarter
The Steelers defense versus the rams offense
Im 55 years old & buddy didn't know this history that u told wow unbelievable/ yes yeah everybody's used to the Cowboys Steelers all the time now there was the Cowboys Vikings but they just don't make them like they used to you Super Bowls great work Buddy
Wow !
One of the underrated Super Bowl games. The final score is deceptive to how competitive this game was. In many ways, this was a better game than the Cowboys/Steelers rematch the year before that is so celebrated, but was pretty much a fait accompli midway through the 4th quarter.
Yup. The final score in the Steelers-Cowboys SB the year before was closer but it took a furious Cowboys rally attempt in the last few minutes to produce that result. The Rams LED going into the 4th of this one.
Anybody who watched the Super Bowls knew the Rams gave the Steelers the toughest time. That int was just back breaking though.
Well you may be right, but SB 13 will always be more remembered due to the game featuring a combined 18 HOF's, not including the 2 all-time Head Coaches and organization personnel. To this day, the most star studded super bowl EVER. The only other SB that even comes close is the 90's Cowboys/Bills super bowls and the Tom Brady/Legion Of Boom/Malcom Butler INT super bowl.
This was definitely a better game. Cowboys didn't play all that well. This game didn't have as many stars playing.
The end of an era in multiple ways. The last vestiges of the dynastic Steelers run and you can see it as they needed more than most expected to hold off the feisty Rams. The last Super Bowl covered by the underrated team of Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier, whose coverage of the game even seemed to fit the 70's more than it would the 80's. Also the only time the 70's Rams would break through and reach this big game, never getting back in Los Angeles prior to moving and coming back.
Was this the last Super Bowl to have a sunset after the start of the second half?
Manus bald spot and wr in sprinter stance LMFAO
@Fries no, he actually did the NFC title game with Summerall the next year in Philadelphia. But that was their last game together. The CBS brass thought Pat would be a good fit with some ex coach named John Madden. I heard it worked out ok. Brookshier worked until at least 1984 with CBS doing NFL games. I remember he got in trouble insulting the intelligence of the Louisville basketball team in 1983 and was suspended.
@@Knightmessenger I think that mightve been Super Bowl XVII...it kicked off just two minutes later at 317 PST
Very very well said.
The Rams won respect, but the Pittsburgh Steelers won another world championship.
The Rams had better teams earlier in the decade but the conference was much worse in 79.
They lost to Dallas and Minnesota consistently in those years, but in 79, Dallas was missing a few defenders and Roger Staubach was in his final season, and Minnesota was starting a rookie Tommy Kramer, and Jim Marshall in his final season was the only player from the Purple People Eaters left.
And the best teams of the early 80’s were still a year or two away.
This was the last Rams game in Los Angeles County until 1985.
1982
Didn't know that
John Stallworth outside of Jerry rice, is the greatest post season WR in NFL history. Big plays in big games his whole career.💪🏿Lynn swann not to far behind.
I'd argue Cliff Branch more than Stallworth. As many TDs in one fewer game and more career yards in the postseason.
I'm not sure Swann is in the HOF if he doesn't play Super Bowl X.
Summerall and Brookshier was super hungover from the night before! Crazy
Even John said that if CBS didn't separate them then they would have died a whole lot earlier from some alcohol complication.
LA Rams in their home market, just like this year. The Rams didn’t play their regular season games at the Rose Bowl though, it was a special host for the Super Bowl, the Rams played at the Coliseum and later at the Big A in Anaheim.
There was one other home market Super Bowl prior to last year, the 1984 matchup between Marino’s Dolphins and Montana’s 49ers which was played not at rickety Candlestick but instead at a special one-time host site, Stanford Stadium.
It’s kind of wild that the only two times a team made a Super Bowl in their home market prior to last year, both times it was a special site just for the Super Bowl and not at the team’s home stadium.
The Bucs then finally got to play in their actual home stadium, as will the LA Rams this year
Even though the rams lost the Super Bowl that year Wendell Tyler might be the most underrated player of all time he was a thousand yard rusher in 3 of his 10 seasons and in the 1984 season he had more yards from scrimmage than Roger Craig it’s actually insane he made big plays in that game and it’s wild how he isn’t recognized for how good he was back then if he wasn’t on that team the rams could’ve never even made the Super Bowl so he plays a big part in that game overall he should be recognized more for how good he was
Don't know why the NFL with NFL films don't have a online site where fans can rewatch full classic NFL games. They had a pay service that you could watch any game going back 3 seasons, but why not seasons from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's. There's a huge market for these games.
I was there, still late 3 years old, it was a sad day all over la, ruined my life, not an understatement. Super Bowl 56 is a special west vs north/central rematch dream come true without Pitt. It will be a very special win for each team and I think the Rams can do it. I want to the Bengals to win it. No easy wins everything the bangle one was incredibly difficult I will not be satisfied by a easy Bengals win after a surprise nearly special invitation. Because the Rose Bowl is invite only
Definitely an underrated Super Bowl. That Rams team was maybe the worst team to ever reach the Super Bowl, but gave one of the best teams ever a fight to the finish. Would love to see you spotlight Super Bowl 16. Haven't seen a crisp broadcast edition of that game.
You’re in luck my friend!
@@NFLVault Thanks mate. Had a crummy day so this is great news :D
@Fries 1989 AFC begs to differ, the only full length season where there was only one team with double digit wins in a conference (Denver, 11-5). All the other teams had 9 or fewer wins. Cleveland had the # 2 spot at 9-6-1, the worst record ever for a # 2 seed.
@@NFLVault You Deserve It My Friend 👍, Great Job 🙂.
@@NFLVault if you do 16, please include the intro that has a CGI model of the Silverdome appearing and then a poster in the stands saying "say yes to Michigan."
Crazy skip bayless covered this
Rams HOFers in this game were Jackie Slater and Jack Youngblood. 2 of the greatest to ever play in LA.
Rams are not even going to win the super bowl
@@obunga2054 Tf does that have to do with his comment
@@obunga2054 What does that have to do with what I said?
@@LessGo7921 I'm just saying Rams not winning the super bowl dude Bengals are winning it so stop
@@obunga2054 the bengals are winning?????
The Steelers Of The 70’s were The Best of The Decade 4 Super Bowls and had great battles with The Raiders And Oilers The Rams Came Up Short but they had a great team in 1979 and becoming The 1st 9-7 Team to Make The Super Bowl
15:36..."Great teams aren't always great...they're just great when they have to be."--John Facenda, Super Bowl XIV film
Also from that year in NFL Films. "There are 27 teams in Pro Football, and then, there are the Pittsburgh Steelers."
Exactly
For the last several years.
It has sometimes seemed, that there is one league for the Pittsburgh Steelers...........and another for the rest of those who play pro football.
--NFL Films Super Bowl XIV video.
Youngblood got to be one of the most badass names for a player to have never mind the fact he lived up to its coolness
Another badass name.
Alstott.
A name that screams trucking/fighting for every single inch of a yard.
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“Ty Law” is a cool football name also
@@YouCanChangeYourWorldToday Agreed, also Teddy Bruschi is a good name. Vince Wilfork, too.
Maybe Belichick just gets players for their names....?
@@palereaper yup, I always called the patriots “The Brady Bunch” lol
Thanks for that memories
Two days before I was born. My older brother was a Steelers fan and knowing what they did this day and the years prior, it's not hard to see why.
Awww snap 1980! What a year
@@terucks great year! Bengals/49ers Superbowl in 89 was actually in my 9th bday.
A very under rated game. The Rams had their starting quarterback Pat Haden lost for the season after breaking his finger. In comes back up Vince Ferragamo who started his first game as quarterback in wk 12 and took the Rams to the Superbowl. It was also the Rams last season in the LA Coliseum. Truly an underdog, against the Steelers, yet they played even with them until late in the game.
I sincerely miss the 2-back Veer and Pro Set alignments and the deceptive trap-blocking that the Steelers used to do. They were pretty much unstoppable as long as you kept the Dline guessing by handing off to different backs and by the playcalling hitting different gaps......
One of the best super bowls ever played!! #GOSTEELERS!!!💥💥💥
The Pittsburgh Steelers started a Dynasty with 4 Super Bowl wins in the 1970s
I remember watching this when I was four years old with my dad
I absolutely love these old games thank you ❤
Watching this feels like I’m in a time machine
I miss these old days this was really entertaining to watch. Huge Steelers fan here.
Swann getting injured gave my dad a heart attack during the game
Please do super bowl xvi this week! Awesome game, first Bengals sb, first john madden sb...there isn't enough love for this game on TH-cam!!!
MVP should have been John Stallworth
Terry Bradshaw is so underrated
And 2 years later,Cincinnati Bengals Almost Upset San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl
Steelers fan here, we had a great battle in XIV, and I’m rooting for the Rams to win LVI. Good luck!
Thank you. -Rams fan
Rams aren't gonna win sorry
As a rams fan, thank you. Lot of bengals fans this year, hopefully we take care of business
@@obunga2054 you were saying?
@@obunga2054 oops
Back when we were actually a good team :(
You should do Super Bowl 16 next. That was Montana's first ring and the Bengals first Super Bowl appearance
Imo this is in the top 5 most underrated never talked about super bowls.
Wild game to end the 70s
The refs gave this game away to the Steelers in the final minutes with that bogus Pass Interference call on Pat Thomas. No surprise since the refs screwed the Oilers in the 1979 AFC Championship right before this with that horrible call of incomplete pass on Renfro's Touchdown catch.
Please.......
Cope
In the Steels SB X and XIii seasons Rams beat them during the regular seasons.Good team thst ran the ball and played great defense,was hard for them to go to Metropolitan Stadium and beat the Vikes in Dec and Jan🥶
The Rams were notorious choke artists during the 1970’s, losing every year in the playoffs to either the Minnesota Vikings or the Dallas Cowboys in which their superb defense would keep them in most games only to see their offenses give away most of those games. This happened to be a freak year that the Rams actually got to the Super Bowl, but unfortunately they collapsed.
I don't think they were choke artists they just ran into better teams. when they played the Packers in the '60s the Packers were just better when they played the Cowboys and Vikings and NFC title games those teams were just better the. Steelers were just better the 85 Bears in the NFC championship game was just better the 89.49ers in NFC championship game was just better.
@@pp3k3jamail In the 1970’s they had a great defense and that OL was tremendous. They always had good DBs and WRs, but never had a good QB. Harris, Jaworski, Haden, and Ferragamo. Also, they did not have a good RB until maybe Wendel Tyler. In the 1980’s they had that great OL, Dickerson and Jim Everett at QB, but that defense was not that good. Even the Super Bowl they did get to in SB XIV, they blew a second half lead against the Steelers in a game they could have won. They were missing a real good QB and a power back that could have worn down that defense when they had the lead.
At 11:30 Nolan Cromwell-CB LA Rams could of put this game away with a pick 6.
He also barely missed breaking up swanns td @ 9:28
Man some of these routes that these receivers ran in this game like 9:52 and 20:21 were literally so simple in execution but yet the announcers were impressed. The 70s/80s seriously was a MUCH DIFFERENT era in football 😂
Say what you want about Bradshaw, but he may have had the prettiest deep ball of any passer in NFL History.
The 'underdog' Rams gave the mighty Steelers a real dawg fight in this one; people often see the final score & would assume the Steelers were the superior team on the field all the way through. Well, it was only in the 4th quarter where the Steelers' championship meddle finally showed up at precisely the right time. But for most of the game it was a 'sling fest' as the Rams went toe-to-toe with the heavily favored Steelers & even took the lead during the game. Ultimately the Steelers were able to win and essentially close the book on their dynasty as this was pretty much the 'last hurrah' for the famed Steel Curtain. They mostly wanted to end their run on a winning note of course. And they most certainly did just that.
This was a hard hitting super bowl
In regard to talent, the Rams shouldn't have been thought of as big an underdog. The year before, they were 12-4 and defeated BOTH the Cowboys and Steelers. Unfortunately, they did choke against the Cowboys in the NFC Championship. However, this was a very good Rams team.
An overlooked aspect of the Steelers dynasty was their ability to win the close games. In 1974 and 1975 they squeaked by the Raiders in the AFC championship game and SB 10, 13 and 14 were very tight as well, yet the managed to prevail. Great teams aren't always great, they are great when they have to be...
1:06 Holy shit... those run plays were so fast back then.
Yup, the 2-back, Pro Set, trap-blocking Steelers used to run the ball whenever they wanted or needed to. All the one-back offenses are quite predictable in comparison, IMO.....
1st game I paid any attention to and the game that made me a Rams fan at 11 years old. Went toe to toe with a champ
Not football related, but that song at 11:08 was later sampled in a Daft Punk song
It sounds like Hotline.
@@Knightmessenger it's a Barry Manilow song called who's been sleeping in my bed.
This is my first time seeing footage of this Super Bowl. Looks like this game was one for the ages.
4th quarter, Steelers down, Johnny go deep twice, once for six, second time to help set up the game clincher...champs know how to win, when it's winning time
Please do both 49ers and bengals matchups please
Undeserved mvp for Bradshaw 3 pretty bonehead picks. Should’ve been stallworth imo
Pittsburgh Steelers Against Los Angeles Rams From 1979 Super Bowl Thanks For Uploading ☺🏈It So Sad That Pittsburgh Never Wins Super Bowl Again
This Sunday is the Rams 4th super bowl loss
@@obunga2054 Maybe..........Maybe Not!
Um... we won 2 super bowls after this.
@@kerry1111111 I may not be a los angeles rams fan, but I do respect the rams to win the super bowl this year.🐏💯
The Steelers won 2 more Super Bowls after this: XL (2005 season) and XLIII (2008 season).
Just took awhile for the Steelers to get back to winning the Super Bowl post-Steel Curtain although they did appear in Super Bowl XXX where they lost to the Cowboys 27-17.
Youngblood was playing while injured
I watched this game live. We were all outraged at the pass-interference call against Pat Thomas. Watching it again now, it could be called either way. If it had gone for the Rams, the game may have had a different outcome.
Great game. I think SB14 was a greater accomplishment than the two Cowboy SBs were. I’m going to get in trouble for this but I think the Rams had the best defense in the NFC for most of a decade. The Cowboys front four was better but the Rams had the better LBs and secondary. What you saw John Stallworth do was against the best secondary in the NFL . Don’t let the 9-7 record fool you. The Rams had a spate of injuries throughout the year. A healthy Rams defense held Seattle to -23 yards in a shutout win earlier that year. The Rams of the 70s lacked one very critical thing, a quarterback. They didn’t have a Bradshaw or a Staubach or a Tarkenton. They were loaded at most other positions. One last thing. Jack Lambert was probably the best zone defense pass defense middle LB ever. He had 6 INTs that year. That’s insane for a middle LB. The single biggest play of the 79 season for Pittsburgh. Billy Waddy was wide open on that same play in the end zone. I’m sure Ferragamo plays this other scenario out in his mind all the time. VF had a huge 1980 season with 30 TD passes at a time when that was a special accomplishment. His career faded but he made millions in So Cal real estate so he didn’t have a half bad life.
This is the Heaven Can Wait game...Warren Beatty couldn't win this for them tho
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The “Heaven Can Wait” Super Bowl
Eh, it wasn't that close of a game. A couple things to note about personnel from this game:
1. DE Fred Dryer parlayed his football success into the long running role as Rick Hunter on the series of the same name (Hunter) in the '80s
2. Summerall and Brookshier were completely drunk off their asses calling this game. This was probably at the height of Summerall's struggles with alcohol addiction. Brookshier's drunkenness here pushed CBS execs to look for an eventual successor sooner than later...We all know who that turned out to be.
3. Rams QB Vince Ferragamo a couple years later signed for the exorbitant (at that time) amount of $600,00 dollars to play for the CFL's Montreal Alouettes. The Rams had offered him $250,00. Needless to say the signing did NOT pay off as Ferragamo struggled to the point that he was demoted to backup then 3rd string by the end of the year.
I’m a life long Steelers fan and have been for over 40 years and yet here I am sticking up for the Rams…so I’m going to ask you a question or two…
How do you figure it wasn’t that close of a game?
Did you watch the entire game on January 20, 1980?
I did.
And, I watched the entire game again, about a year ago.
Before this game got started it looked like a mismatch. The defending Super Bowl Champion Steelers, winners of 3 Super Bowls in 5 seasons, had all of the experience any team could possibly need.
At 12-4 they were dominant enough and with playoff victories of 34-14 & 27-13 vs the Dolphins & Oilers…they looked ready.
The unremarkable 9-7 Rams of 1979 were being led by a backup QB named Vince Ferragamo who somehow upset the better-talented Cowboys 21-19 (avenging a 28-0 playoff loss the previous year) and a boring as all hell 9-0 win over the Buccaneers in Tampa Bay for the NFC title.
Despite the big game being played in the Rams backyard in Pasedena….the question was not if the Steelers were going to win their 4th Super Bowl. The question was if it would be a close game. Despite the Cinderella look of the Rams, I bet many thought it would be a mostly dominant Steeler victory.
At game time the Steelers were favored by 10.5 points. The Rams didn’t get that memo until the 4th quarter.
and Steelers struggled for 3 quarters. The Rams picked off Bradshaw 3 times and were winning 19-17 going into the 4th quarter. The Steelers finally regained the lead, 24-19, thanks to a 73 yard TD pass to John Stallworth.
And even when the Rams were down 24-19, the Rams were driving deep into Steeler territory before MLB Jack Lambert caught a timely interception, which ultimately won the game for Pittsburgh. The Steelers added a late TD to clinch it 31-19 which also covered the spread, however it was a much closer game than expected.
Bradshaw & Stallworth should have been co-mvp’s in that game. But I digress.
To say it wasn’t that close is completely dismissing how well the Rams played in Super Bowl XIV, considering the ridiculous level of HOF talent they had to compete against for 4 quarters.
Eh, you're wrong
So technically we long had a home team host the sb before Tampa...
We’ve had two if this counts. The rams here, and later the 49ers at Stanford.
@@rndmkngsfn which SB was at Stanford for them? I'd say it counts it's in the market
@@kylem2693 Super Bowl 19. First SB broadcast on the ABC network.
In their market but not in their home stadium.
There were so few close games in the first 30 years of the Super Bowl that this one probably ranked as a Top 5 game through the first 30. Nowadays it's probably way down the list because there have been so many close, dramatic Super Bowls in the last 25 years.
11:28. That was a pick 6 and that would been huge for the Rams to go up 9.
Can we plz have another super bowl at the rose bowl
I don't miss that at all
Doesn't everyone trash the Rose Bowl as a place that is antiquated and needs to a makeover?
3 picks thrown by bradshaw, but still a great passer rating for him.
Man,we were ahead at half time for crying out loud, this one still hurts, 😊
Matthew 12:34-36
English Standard Version
34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 35 The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. 36 I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak,
Such a underrated superbowl
Skip bayless covered this game
I was a Ram fan since 1969. The Rams have never lost to the Steelers until this game. Needless to say, I was very upset...😢😢😢
Every time the Rams have been in the Super Bowl in LA they’ve lost their only win was in St. Louis will they brake the curse Sunday?
They did
42 Years Ago
The yellow bowl
Very exciting Super Bowl the rams really put up a fight They were not overmatched or. overpowered the brakes went to steelers' way and made great plays that's what great teams do.
A 2 point lead in the 3rd quarter is hardly "almost an upset"😂🤣🤦
NFL was fare better back then the enthusiasm and atmosphere was far far better than today's nfl
At 19-17 Rams Nolan Cromwell had a pick 6 in his hands. If he picks that off it's 26-17 Rams and history changes.
That was NOT pass interference by Pat Thomas at 20:51. He has his head turned back towards the football and if there was any slight contact it was incidental and at the moment both were looking for the ball. Even Jim Smith the Steeler receiver didn't think it was interference. Makes me wonder how the Steelers always got the breaks in the 1970s whenever there was a controversial call. Remember the Immaculate Reception and the bogus pass interference called on Benny barnes in the previous Super Bowl against Dallas which allowed the Steelers to score in the fresh series of downs to gain the momentum in SB XIII ? I felt for the Rams in SB XIV as they played on par or even better than Pittsburgh throughout most of the game.
The play that turned Super Bowl XIV around at begins at 15:32.
Great effort by the Rams but in end the Steelers were just too dominant. Bittersweet because it truly was the end of an era.
I commented Bradshaw had horrible game, but then he throws two massive freaking bombs that saves the game hahahaa
15:29 look at Jack Lambert get off his block right as he sheds of his block a blocker tries to take out his legs but he manages to spin out of it
And make the tackle
Haven't seen this one in a while. I was surprised by the title " LA So close to the upset....". Upon review, the Steelers were as impressive as ever.
I did not know where to publish this but how is that there is not a video for 100 top interceptions?
Players moved differently back then
Checkdown to 26 at 19:05 and they might've won.
Rams always played Steelers tough… before this game the Steelers never before beat the rams. They were 0-14-1 all time. Steelers also lost 10-3 and 10-7 in 1978 and 1975…. But my Steelers won when it counted this time. Bradshaw is the best
Pittsburgh Steelers vs Los Angeles Rams in 1979 🏈🏆🏟🏃
Bradshaw cant hate on arod
Bradshaw was the man
2 Chronicles 7:14
Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.
Boy that Steelers defense
a good game the steelers and the pirates were winners in 1979 we are famliy
I know this is all about the two teams but damn they had some nice cheerleaders back then classy and sexy.
31-19 isn't that close 60 Prevent Slot Hook & Go, Baby and don't you forget it!!!!!
And you couldn’t pack of stadium like that today if you tried with free tickets
Last time the Steelers were successful and on top
Honestly I can't stand the Steelers but the thing I couldn't understand is why they never retired Lynn swann's number I don't get that number 88 should be retired because he was one of the best wide receivers on the Steelers back then that's hard to believe they didn't retire his number they didn't retired Bradshaw Jack ham Jack Lambert Joe Greene all of them guys give me something you couldn't retire Lynn swann's number 88 I don't get it best receiver ever that played on the Steelers and I really don't like the Steelers and I'm be honest with I'm a Ravens. Fan
rams blew this game
So a team has played at home, just not their home stadium….Cincy by 7.
😂