I was at this game. It was surreal as the fog rolled in as the game unfolded. The scene at the end when the winning kick sailed through the uprights (which I couldn't see because of the fog) was amazing as the fans erupted, ran onto the field, and tore down the goal posts as the players rolled around in joy on the field. I drove down from New Jersey with my cousin and I'll never forget it. My son gave me an autographed Bert Jones jersey for Christmas last year. The best gift ever.
Yes, the Pats game was a classic, even if the Colts did catch a break on the no-call on Bert Jones' fumble at the Pats goal line. Speaking as a die-hard Baltimore Colts fan. You were lucky to have been there, Memorial Stadium was never more rocking than in those years.
No doubt one of the great moment in Baltimore Colt history...Memorial Stadium was never more electric than during the '75-'77 seasons...the last hurrah of the Baltimore Colts, before Bob Irsay killed it. Ah well, it truly was great while it lasted. These videos remind us of that.
@@KarlRosePhotography Thanks for the Colts love, Karl...Lions fan, huh? The greatest, most loyal fan base in sports--66 years and counting since the last championship. I'll be rooting for the Lions, so long as they aren't playing the Ravens.
@williamweeks6633 ok fair enough my ex wife is a HUGE Ravens Fan & we have battles when they play each other FUN battles loser takes the winner to lunch during the week
The famous Fog Bowl. One of the most memorable games in Colt history. Colts would win the division, but lose in the playoffs all 3 seasons of '75-'77. The 76 squad was by far the best but wasn't close to the overall quality of Pittsburgh, but no doubt those 3 years the Colts were as exciting to watch as any team.
Their one bad weakness was the secondary--and it always reared its ugly head in the playoffs. (Bradshaw, Stabler, and the Pittsburgh/Oakland passing games were too much for the Colt defense.)
@Larry A Yes, the Colts did have some great talent on those '75-'77 teams, but they still were a notch or two below the Steelers (greatest of all time?), Oakland, and Dallas. And I say this as a die-hard Baltimore Colts fan, both then and now.
Nothing but GREAT MEMORIES of the 1970’s The times in Baltimore to be a BALTIMORE COLTS FAN. From the Unitas era to the Jones era the list of names goes on n on n on. The memories will last forever.
@@hankwalter2334 Agreed, especially regarding MLB...a time when you could BYOB into the stadium and in which the 3 hour ballgame was a rarity. Ah the good old days!
I was in 5th grade when I saw this game on TV. I couldn't believe that a win by my beloved Colts would put them on the verge of winning the division after 3 consecutive losing seasons between 1972 and 1974, each one worse than the previous. The following week after this epic overtime contest, the Dolphins played a nationally-televised game against the Broncos on Saturday, which they won......that meant that the Colts had to win their game the next day against the Patriots to win the division, which they did. The fact that the Dolphins' game the following week was scheduled for Saturday instead of Sunday could not have worked out better in terms ratings, and it made it extremely interesting to see what the Colts would do the next day against the Patriots. The Colts were 9-4 and the Dolphins were 10-4, but the Colts swept the season series to give them the-breaker in case they both wound up with the same record (which they did, at 10-4.)
I watched this game. Nat Moore clearly got both feet down on that end zone catch in the second quarter. I remember the endless replays as officials huddled at length to discuss it without the benefit of replay. A TD there in that defensive slugfest would have probably changed division champion history. Great to see these old clips.
If someone had told Shula that day that he'd coach the Dolphins for another 20 seasons and never again win a Super Bowl he would never have believed it.
A lot of us believed the future was bright for Bert Jones and the upstart Colts in 1975. But the Steelers and the Raiders would make sure the Jones Era Colts would never win a playoff game. Beating the Dolphins for the divisional championship in 1975 would be the biggest win in Bert Jones career to my recollection.
Spot on, Radar. We esp loved the Baltimore Colts of that era because they were such overachievers. But Pittsburgh, Oakland, and Dallas were clearly a notch or two better.
As a nine-year-old Baltimore Colts fan living in Chicago back then, so thrilled to have watched not only this classic but also the first meeting v. Dolphins and the subsequent week's AFC East-clinching home victory over the Patriots.
At age 14 I was at this game. My Dad bought us 2 tickets in the open end of the end zone but he told me he had a idea for a better view and we went to the camera stand next to where the Here flag flew during baseball. It was bout the 20 yard line and we had a great view even with the fog. ;)
I was at game, 10 yr old, my Dad took me with one of his friends from work. We parked somewhere but rode in on a bus, it was a fairly rowdy bus. Awesome game, I lost my voice afterwards, it was probably the first non-preseason game I went to and on top of that I was a Redskins fan but the Colts were my favorite in the AFC. I rooted for the underdog and the way the Colts turned the season around from 74 to 75 was awesome to see. I remember the fog coming in an yelling my a** off.
I remember this game well. I won a bowling tournament on Saturday night, took that money and then drove to Lake Tahoe early the next morning bet on Miami. Dolphins +4 was a winner. $385 to win $350. Not much now, but it seemed like a lot back then.
i remember this season and this game as well i was a huge dolphin fan ---i had tears in my eyes steelers waxed the colts in the playoffs though so i was good after that
They had to leave that night before Mayor Schaefer was going to tag Irsay w an unconstitutional eminent domain label which would not allow him leave. 5:31 Get your facts straight, you may hate Irsay but it was HIS team and he shouldn’t have had the government prohibit a move For God sake’s Baltimore stole the Browns and you don’t here people in Cleveland crying about it 40 years later like Baltimore fans do
Thanks for the Colts, we love them! And if your dumb ass mayor would have built a stadium instead of playing in that cow pasture you guys would still have the Colts
Don Strock was as good a relief pitcher as you could find. Nat Moore got 4 steps down on the touchdown that wasn't. The next year Paul Warfield went back to the Browns and current Rams coach Sean McVay's grandfather lured Csonka and Kiick to the WFL.
Good comment Greg. Nat Moore had those 6 points and that would have sealed it for Phins..did not know about McVay’s granfathet. Zonk, kiick and warfield were originally going to play in Toronto - which was granted a WFL franchise. The Toronto franchise was owned by John Basset a Canadian broadcasting mogul. The provisional name was to be the Northmen. The Canadian football league protested vehemently - and the Canadian government pressured Basset to move his tea to USA to preserve the CFL. Basset moved the franchise to Memphis - where they were the Southmen. The 3 Miami stars never really tore up the WFL and the league folded after their only season in Memphis. Titis 75 Miami team deserved a better fate.10-4 and miss the playoffs????? In 2020 Washington gets in playoffs with losing record.
@@davidpridham3741 Thanks for the very interesting info. Now, if only I could find a Toronto Northmen Jersey! McVay's grandfather then became an unsuccessful head coach of the NY Giants and had Csonka for a couple of years. He then when into the front office in San Francisco where he helped build the 49ers dynasty. Monty Clark, who built Shula's all time greatest O-LINE in Miami was the head coach of the 49ers before Bill Walsh.
@@greghobbs1728 Ha! A Northmen jersey would a rarity, for sure. They never played a down of football in WFL...were moved to Memphis before inaugural season. Nice tie with McVay and Zonk with Giants. Zonk years with NYG were wasted. Not sure if it was zonk or the coaching g or bad offensive line. Regrettably,the most memorable zonk moment in NY might be his role in the botched handoff from QB joe Pisarcik which allowed eagle herm edwards to scoop up the winning touchdown in the first Miracle of the Meadowlands zonk returned home to Dolphins and Shula in 1979 at 32 yrs old -lost weigh got into great shape and played his butt off - almost 900 yards. He retired after 79 - to the great disappointment of Miami - but his swan song season had been a triumph. The whole Miami / Bears game from that 79 season is somewhere on youtube...zonk rushed for 90 yds - scored 3 TDs and blocked like a maniac. He outrushed Walter Payton that day Ever time he left the field he would get standing O from orange bowl crowd.
Csonka, Kiick, and Warfield were already in the WFL in 1975 when this game was played.. As a matter of fact, the WFL had folded up a good month before this 1975 game between the Colts and Dolphins. The next season, 1976, the three returned to the NFL with Warfield going to the Browns, Kiick to the Broncos, and Csonka to the Giants.
@Aaron D. Digby, Sr. in 1975 and 1977 dolphins won 10 games and missed playoffs. In both of these seasons colts won the AFCEasrt division with same 10 wins. Miami simply lost on tie breakers. Steelers won afc central with 9 wins in 1977. These were two of the best teams to ever miss playoff tournament during14 game era. In a two wildcard format they. Would have easily qualified.
@@brucedavis3816 It takes Ted Marchibroda from 1979 to 1992 to get a head coaching job and it's the Irsay's that give him this opportunity. This country is in big trouble
@@howardcosell2022 nah well make it look what I've survived communism killer bees acid rain the ozone going kaput charles Manson hippies disco 😀 8 track tapes global cooling plus many more!!!!!
Dolphins produced 10-4 records in 75 and 77 and somehow lost on tiebreakers to lose east championship or wild card, and were out in cold for the playoffs. If griese or morall were available. - this 75 game is a different outcome. If refs were not whistle happy in 77 on final weekend on clear Bert Jones fumble Vs. Pats on final weekend - Miami should have won the east. Colts benefitted both years - but did zero in the playoffs. Shula and seasoned Phins would have caused some damage.
Like they did in the 1978 playoffs? Baltimore defeated Miami in Miami during the 1975 season & both Griese & Morrall played in that game. Your correct about the fumble, but Baltimore got the ball back & drove it to the 15 yard line before taking a knee against the Pats in 1977.
@@fromthefarside your point about 78 playoffs and Miami loss to oilers in WC game is well- taken but Colts were doomed every time Bert Jones went down. They had no fight in 78 when Jones was lost for the season and tanked - after 3 seasons near top of AFC. Traded John Dutton to Dallas. The Bet Jones injury in 78 was beginning of a long trip into obscurity for Colts culminating in the midnight move to Indy in early 80s.
@@davidpridham3741 I agree with what you typed. They went 5-21 without Jones in 78 & 79...the 78 team had a ridiculous amount of injuries, but the 79 team did not.
@@fromthefarside Bert was a HOF talent short circuited by injuries. As a dolphin fan I always noticed that Lloyd Mumphord of colts would always up his game against his old coach Miami Shula in big games from 1975 to 1980. Mumford was a victim of playing behind the best NFL safety tandem ( Scott and Anderson) and CB Curtis Johnson in first half of 70s. Shula figured he was expendable. Never should have let Lloyd go. By 76 Anderson, Scott and Johnson were all gone from Miami and Lloyd was going strong.
@@davidpridham3741 That '78 loss was bad. So many crucial turnovers including 2 inside the Oilers 10 yard line. Injuries didn't help either even though of all people on this team Pastorini had one of his best games that year. I remember thinking if Miami held the Oilers to 17 points normally, they'd win.
Shula was the greatest. No Griese in '72 No Problem they go 17-0. Right here in '75 they lose not only their top two QB's but other key players and they go 10-4 although missing the playoffs. We will find out how great Belicheck is who many call the best coach ever this year without Brady.
One thing we found out is that the Belichick coached Patriots finished the 2020 NFL season with a 7-9-0 record their first year without Brady. New England ranked 30th in passing offense and 27th in overall offense. Meanwhile, in his very first year with his new team, Tom Brady leads the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to an NFL Super Bowl championship and is rewarded with an astounding 7th winning Super Bowl ring at the age of 43 and a half. NFL seasons 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 Brady wins the Super Bowl (a current every 2 years trend), as well as NFL seasons 2001, 2003, 2004 further back. Preposterous!!!
Griese out. Back-up Earl Morrall out. Just third string Don Strock left at QB for Miami. If Strock had been injured, I guess the Dolphins would have had to suit up Don Shula as QB .........
Dutton, Cook, Ehrmann, and Barnes...great front four.
The Sack Pack!!
I was at this game. It was surreal as the fog rolled in as the game unfolded. The scene at the end when the winning kick sailed through the uprights (which I couldn't see because of the fog) was amazing as the fans erupted, ran onto the field, and tore down the goal posts as the players rolled around in joy on the field. I drove down from New Jersey with my cousin and I'll never forget it. My son gave me an autographed Bert Jones jersey for Christmas last year. The best gift ever.
Good stuff...loved my 70s Colts👍 Just wish Roger Carr had not gotten injured in 1977. That was the year they were set up to win it all.
@@fromthefarside They were fun years. Injuries did them in for sure.
I was there.......section 34, upper level in the Insane Asylum......love my Baltimore Colts, forever.
Hell yeah
May I ask how old you were when you were there? Love hearing these stories of the golden era of football.
I saw the game against the Patriots the next week, clinching the AFC East title. I was 10 years old, in 5th grade. Great memories!!!
Yes, the Pats game was a classic, even if the Colts did catch a break on the no-call on Bert Jones' fumble at the Pats goal line. Speaking as a die-hard Baltimore Colts fan. You were lucky to have been there, Memorial Stadium was never more rocking than in those years.
I was there too,
Nat Moore woulda been in today after review. Both feet tapped down in the end zone..great catch.
No doubt one of the great moment in Baltimore Colt history...Memorial Stadium was never more electric than during the '75-'77 seasons...the last hurrah of the Baltimore Colts, before Bob Irsay killed it. Ah well, it truly was great while it lasted. These videos remind us of that.
well said - having the ravens in balt is nice but I would give anything to have the colts back
@@hankwalter2334 Sorry I don't like the Raisins and this whole kneeling for the Flag during the Anthem is BS
This was a great Colt team this team made me like the Colts even though I m a Lions fan. The move to Indy pissed me off
@@KarlRosePhotography Thanks for the Colts love, Karl...Lions fan, huh? The greatest, most loyal fan base in sports--66 years and counting since the last championship. I'll be rooting for the Lions, so long as they aren't playing the Ravens.
@williamweeks6633 ok fair enough my ex wife is a HUGE Ravens Fan & we have battles when they play each other FUN battles loser takes the winner to lunch during the week
Thanks for being a fan still !!!👍- Colts fan in Baltimore!
The famous Fog Bowl. One of the most memorable games in Colt history. Colts would win the division, but lose in the playoffs all 3 seasons of '75-'77. The 76 squad was by far the best but wasn't close to the overall quality of Pittsburgh, but no doubt those 3 years the Colts were as exciting to watch as any team.
Really?...the only famous Fog Bowl i know of is that Philly v Chicago game in 1988.
Their one bad weakness was the secondary--and it always reared its ugly head in the playoffs. (Bradshaw, Stabler, and the Pittsburgh/Oakland passing games were too much for the Colt defense.)
@Larry A Yes, the Colts did have some great talent on those '75-'77 teams, but they still were a notch or two below the Steelers (greatest of all time?), Oakland, and Dallas. And I say this as a die-hard Baltimore Colts fan, both then and now.
@@nyterpfanabsolutely correct. They were good up front but were constantly torched in the secondary sadly.
As a RAIDERS fan I was a fan of those colts liked they style and Bert Jones was one string armed QB and was one tough SOB
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Nothing but GREAT MEMORIES of the 1970’s The times in Baltimore to be a BALTIMORE COLTS FAN. From the Unitas era to the Jones era the list of names goes on n on n on. The memories will last forever.
I’m pushing 60 and for me this was the best era of the NFL.
I am 56 and for me 1973-1979 was the absolute pinnacle. Agree!
I am soon to be 59 on Dec. 26 2022 it's now Dec. 6 2022
And you are so correct the 70's were the best Era and greatest football
yes - games today look like arena football. 70's were also the best time period for MLB
@@hankwalter2334 Agreed, especially regarding MLB...a time when you could BYOB into the stadium and in which the 3 hour ballgame was a rarity. Ah the good old days!
I was in 5th grade when I saw this game on TV. I couldn't believe that a win by my beloved Colts would put them on the verge of winning the division after 3 consecutive losing seasons between 1972 and 1974, each one worse than the previous. The following week after this epic overtime contest, the Dolphins played a nationally-televised game against the Broncos on Saturday, which they won......that meant that the Colts had to win their game the next day against the Patriots to win the division, which they did. The fact that the Dolphins' game the following week was scheduled for Saturday instead of Sunday could not have worked out better in terms ratings, and it made it extremely interesting to see what the Colts would do the next day against the Patriots. The Colts were 9-4 and the Dolphins were 10-4, but the Colts swept the season series to give them the-breaker in case they both wound up with the same record (which they did, at 10-4.)
I remember this game! I was allowed by my mother to sit in front of the TV to watch this hard fought defensive game.
I was 12 when this game took place. Great memories.
I watched this game. Nat Moore clearly got both feet down on that end zone catch in the second quarter. I remember the endless replays as officials huddled at length to discuss it without the benefit of replay. A TD there in that defensive slugfest would have probably changed division champion history. Great to see these old clips.
Nat Moore not Matt :)
Missed TD was worse then Mike Renfro in the 1979 AFC Championship
If someone had told Shula that day that he'd coach the Dolphins for another 20 seasons and never again win a Super Bowl he would never have believed it.
A lot of us believed the future was bright for Bert Jones and the upstart Colts in 1975. But the Steelers and the Raiders would make sure the Jones Era Colts would never win a playoff game. Beating the Dolphins for the divisional championship in 1975 would be the biggest win in Bert Jones career to my recollection.
Spot on, Radar. We esp loved the Baltimore Colts of that era because they were such overachievers. But Pittsburgh, Oakland, and Dallas were clearly a notch or two better.
The 77 win in the final week after trailing New England by 21-3 in Baltimore was the biggest win but this was also very big.
As a nine-year-old Baltimore Colts fan living in Chicago back then, so thrilled to have watched not only this classic but also the first meeting v. Dolphins and the subsequent week's AFC East-clinching home victory over the Patriots.
My Uncle says it was the best game he is ever attended.
Because of the mandatory 2pm kickoffs, the late season Colts games looked a lot like Bronco home games
At age 14 I was at this game. My Dad bought us 2 tickets in the open end of the end zone but he told me he had a idea for a better view and we went to the camera stand next to where the Here flag flew during baseball. It was bout the 20 yard line and we had a great view even with the fog. ;)
I was 11 when these two Titans played in this game
I was at game, 10 yr old, my Dad took me with one of his friends from work. We parked somewhere but rode in on a bus, it was a fairly rowdy bus. Awesome game, I lost my voice afterwards, it was probably the first non-preseason game I went to and on top of that I was a Redskins fan but the Colts were my favorite in the AFC. I rooted for the underdog and the way the Colts turned the season around from 74 to 75 was awesome to see. I remember the fog coming in an yelling my a** off.
I remember this game well. I won a bowling tournament on Saturday night, took that money and then drove to Lake Tahoe early the next morning bet on Miami. Dolphins +4 was a winner. $385 to win $350. Not much now, but it seemed like a lot back then.
Love those Baltimore Colts!!!
The Colt hand-holding in the huddle is a little bit...unusual.
i remember this season and this game as well
i was a huge dolphin fan ---i had tears in my eyes
steelers waxed the colts in the playoffs though so i was good after that
I became a Colts fan this day. It wasn’t easy living Florida. Remained a Colts fan until they snuck out of town in 1984. Then I hated them.
They had to leave that night before Mayor Schaefer was going to tag Irsay w an unconstitutional eminent domain label which would not allow him leave.
5:31
Get your facts straight, you may hate Irsay but it was HIS team and he shouldn’t have had the government prohibit a move
For God sake’s Baltimore stole the Browns and you don’t here people in Cleveland crying about it 40 years later like Baltimore fans do
Thanks for the Colts, we love them!
And if your dumb ass mayor would have built a stadium instead of playing in that cow pasture you guys would still have the Colts
Awesome real football game! Colts forever
That was a Nate Moore TD. Bad call ref.
A great team that should of never left Baltimore true
History repeated itself
Bob Griese looks like a 1975 cigarette commercial in Playboy magazine.😅
Then he became Nerd Griese 2 seasons later.
Griese looked more like a professor than a QB.
hall of fame professor
@@glennkamp4645 Took him awhile to get in. Led the NFL in TD passes with 22 in 1977. That would be near the bottom in today's NFL.
@@drbonesshow1 if Namath and Stabler are in then anybody can I guess.lol
@@glennkamp4645 Stabler > Namath.
They stuck with Linhart for a long time.
He really fell off in 1978 & was cut shortly into 1979 right after Irsay offered him a $10,000 raise after missing three field-goals in Cleveland.
@@fromthefarside I never felt good when he went out there, especially over 35 yards.
I always wondered why it always got foggy in Baltimore during the 2nd half of their games
Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean are right there...could be a reason.
It was a fairly warm day for December. The warm air over the cold bay water led to it being so foggy.
Temps in the 40s with a dew point also in the 40s = fog.
I miss the Colts being in Baltimore. What a rip off. I'm so sorry that are Gone
15:37 epic warrior nerd kid eyes down huge NFL player
Bert was the man!!! The line played terrible always :( !!!
Don Strock was as good a relief pitcher as you could find. Nat Moore got 4 steps down on the touchdown that wasn't. The next year Paul Warfield went back to the Browns and current Rams coach Sean McVay's grandfather lured Csonka and Kiick to the WFL.
Good comment Greg. Nat Moore had those 6 points and that would have sealed it for Phins..did not know about McVay’s granfathet. Zonk, kiick and warfield were originally going to play in Toronto - which was granted a WFL franchise. The Toronto franchise was owned by John Basset a Canadian broadcasting mogul. The provisional name was to be the Northmen. The Canadian football league protested vehemently - and the Canadian government pressured Basset to move his tea to USA to preserve the CFL. Basset moved the franchise to Memphis - where they were the Southmen. The 3 Miami stars never really tore up the WFL and the league folded after their only season in Memphis. Titis 75 Miami team deserved a better fate.10-4 and miss the playoffs????? In 2020 Washington gets in playoffs with losing record.
@@davidpridham3741 Thanks for the very interesting info. Now, if only I could find a Toronto Northmen Jersey! McVay's grandfather then became an unsuccessful head coach of the NY Giants and had Csonka for a couple of years. He then when into the front office in San Francisco where he helped build the 49ers dynasty. Monty Clark, who built Shula's all time greatest O-LINE in Miami was the head coach of the 49ers before Bill Walsh.
@@greghobbs1728 Ha! A Northmen jersey would a rarity, for sure. They never played a down of football in WFL...were moved to Memphis before inaugural season. Nice tie with McVay and Zonk with Giants. Zonk years with NYG were wasted. Not sure if it was zonk or the coaching g or bad offensive line. Regrettably,the most memorable zonk moment in NY might be his role in the botched handoff from QB joe Pisarcik which allowed eagle herm edwards to scoop up the winning touchdown in the first Miracle of the Meadowlands
zonk returned home to Dolphins and Shula in 1979 at 32 yrs old -lost weigh got into great shape and played his butt off - almost 900 yards. He retired after 79 - to the great disappointment of Miami - but his swan song season had been a triumph. The whole Miami / Bears game from that 79 season is somewhere on youtube...zonk rushed for 90 yds - scored 3 TDs and blocked like a maniac. He outrushed Walter Payton that day Ever time he left the field he would get standing O from orange bowl crowd.
Csonka, Kiick, and Warfield were already in the WFL in 1975 when this game was played.. As a matter of fact, the WFL had folded up a good month before this 1975 game between the Colts and Dolphins. The next season, 1976, the three returned to the NFL with Warfield going to the Browns, Kiick to the Broncos, and Csonka to the Giants.
@Aaron D. Digby, Sr. in 1975 and 1977 dolphins won 10 games and missed playoffs. In both of these seasons colts won the AFCEasrt division with same 10 wins. Miami simply lost on tie breakers. Steelers won afc central with 9 wins in 1977. These were two of the best teams to ever miss playoff tournament during14 game era. In a two wildcard format they. Would have easily qualified.
As great as NFL Films was, I can’t believe they didn’t get a shot of Linhart’s field goal actually going through the uprights.
Here you go...th-cam.com/video/eD6_XYFdwEE/w-d-xo.html
@@fromthefarside Thanks!
Even now when the colts play The Fish it matters!!! Cuz of this game!!!
I attended this gm in Baltimore
I think this fog always came from the Bay Area.
Turnaround Ted!!!!!
2-12 in 74 to 10-4 in 75 and Ted did it again from 1-15 in 91 to 9-7 in 92
@@howardcosell2022 Yes!!! Turnaround Ted!!!!
@@brucedavis3816 It takes Ted Marchibroda from 1979 to 1992 to get a head coaching job and it's the Irsay's that give him this opportunity. This country is in big trouble
@@howardcosell2022 nah well make it look what I've survived communism killer bees acid rain the ozone going kaput charles Manson hippies disco 😀 8 track tapes global cooling plus many more!!!!!
@@howardcosell2022 Teddy would return 20 yrs after this game as the Ravens first coach...right after a guy named Bill Belechick quit
Only if Bert Jones could have stayed healthy longer during his career the Colts could have been a title contender
Dolphins produced 10-4 records in 75 and 77 and somehow lost on tiebreakers to lose east championship or wild card, and were out in cold for the playoffs. If griese or morall were available. - this 75 game is a different outcome. If refs were not whistle happy in 77 on final weekend on clear Bert Jones fumble Vs. Pats on final weekend - Miami should have won the east. Colts benefitted both years - but did zero in the playoffs. Shula and seasoned Phins would have caused some damage.
Like they did in the 1978 playoffs? Baltimore defeated Miami in Miami during the 1975 season & both Griese & Morrall played in that game. Your correct about the fumble, but Baltimore got the ball back & drove it to the 15 yard line before taking a knee against the Pats in 1977.
@@fromthefarside your point about 78 playoffs and Miami loss to oilers in WC game is well- taken but Colts were doomed every time Bert Jones went down. They had no fight in 78 when Jones was lost for the season and tanked - after 3 seasons near top of AFC.
Traded John Dutton to Dallas. The Bet Jones injury in 78 was beginning of a long trip into obscurity for Colts culminating in the midnight move to Indy in early 80s.
@@davidpridham3741 I agree with what you typed. They went 5-21 without Jones in 78 & 79...the 78 team had a ridiculous amount of injuries, but the 79 team did not.
@@fromthefarside Bert was a HOF talent short circuited by injuries. As a dolphin fan I always noticed that Lloyd Mumphord of colts would always up his game against his old coach Miami Shula in big games from 1975 to 1980. Mumford was a victim of playing behind the best NFL safety tandem ( Scott and Anderson) and CB Curtis Johnson in first half of 70s. Shula figured he was expendable. Never should have let Lloyd go. By 76 Anderson, Scott and Johnson were all gone from Miami and Lloyd was going strong.
@@davidpridham3741 That '78 loss was bad. So many crucial turnovers including 2 inside the Oilers 10 yard line. Injuries didn't help either even though of all people on this team Pastorini had one of his best games that year. I remember thinking if Miami held the Oilers to 17 points normally, they'd win.
Shula was the greatest. No Griese in '72 No Problem they go 17-0. Right here in '75 they lose not only their top two QB's but other key players and they go 10-4 although missing the playoffs. We will find out how great Belicheck is who many call the best coach ever this year without Brady.
He went 11-5 in 2008 without Brady...great coaches who could coach in any era.
Belichick was on the coaching staff of the team who beat the great Shula in this game.
One thing we found out is that the Belichick coached Patriots finished the 2020 NFL season with a 7-9-0 record their first year without Brady. New England ranked 30th in passing offense and 27th in overall offense. Meanwhile, in his very first year with his new team, Tom Brady leads the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to an NFL Super Bowl championship and is rewarded with an astounding 7th winning Super Bowl ring at the age of 43 and a half. NFL seasons 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020 Brady wins the Super Bowl (a current every 2 years trend), as well as NFL seasons 2001, 2003, 2004 further back. Preposterous!!!
Griese out. Back-up Earl Morrall out. Just third string Don Strock left at QB for Miami. If Strock had been injured, I guess the Dolphins would have had to suit up Don Shula as QB .........
Freddie Solomon played quarterback at the University of Tampa
Who knows! Solomon was a rookie in 75. Just not Garo…..
@@davidpridham3741 Jones stunk in the POSTSEASON and nothing you can say to rewrite history , LOL .
It was smog ! Like in LA. and aor pollution from the factories !!!