Those Miller Lite commercials back then were outstanding. Has anyone picked up on that Rick Barry interview when he asks Brookshier if he’s drinking anything to keep warm? Brookshier’s reply, “I try.”
The Super Bowl that never came. From 1966-1980, The Raiders and Cowboys played in 10 League/Conference Championship games a piece. 6 times they were in opposite championship tilts. Yet they would never meet in the big game. And a slight correction The Cowboys played in 5 Super Bowls in the 70's. This game I do remember. Looked like it was going to be the shootout most predicted. Especially with the Cowboys OL opening avenues for Dorsett and Springs. But both defenses tightened. Great game between two historic and well followed franchises.
Rob Lyle fumbled. Ditto Tom Brady. The Raiders vs. Cowboys would have been a great Superbowl. Denver did belong there, and the Cowboys let them know it. Denver turned the ball over 8? times.
I don't know if you're aware of this but going into the 1977 AFC Conference Game @.Denver, sure, overall they played well, competitive, and kept the game close and Lytle's fumble and its consequences and potential repercussions are still a forgotten NFL, "what-if" storyline, but lets also remember Oakland had been involved in an exhausting, wild, entertaining, yet brutal and emotionally taxing 2OT game at Baltimore a week before. Ive talked to and heard the reverence still hold towards the game (its easily one of Their franchise's games and wins), but quite a few of their stars (Monte Johnson, Kenny Stabler, Fred Biletinikoff, IIRC, George Atkinson) came into the Denver game and left it with significant injuries. Stabler himself said in his autobiography that while it was a game he felt that they would win, his body was extremely sore and IIRC, he had knee surgery in the 1977/78 offseason. So, even if we get a Oakland vs. Dallas SB XII contest, with Raiders having a wounded, hurt and very sore team, it's not unreasonable to suggest the final outcome probably is similar, though maybe closer as John Madden was/still is a far greater HOF HC then Red Miller. Miller was a great guy and good HC, but he sort of inherited a championship-ready Broncos team with one major addition in Craig Morton. John Ralston BUILT the 1977-80 "Orange Crush", Broncomania teams but due to a internal team revolt who asked FO and ownership to replace their HC, Ralston was the odd man out. Miller was a great assistant but after he was fired from Denver in 1981, I don't remember a cavalcade of NFL/NCAA teams knocking themselves over to hire him? IMHO, Dan Reeves was better HC, back-up GM then both Ralston and Miller combined and to me, while Ralston built it, Miller sort of realized some of it, Reeves was the one who really consolidated Denver's talent roster, coaching staff, and made very few bad football-related decisions during the 1980's, which again, is Denver's real Golden Age. Sure, they lost 3 Super Bowls, but they had a proto-Patrick Mahomes in John Elway plus very good defenses that made Denver likely the best AFC team of the 80's and top 5 NFL team of that decade. Reeves' impact upon his arrival was almost immediate and the strange, controversial oddysey of obtaining Elway from Baltimore, Denver would become a.mini-dynasty for the next decade while the Raiders in 1980 were a borrowed team in a borrowed city and a borrowed stadium whose roguish charm, slightly villainous owner desperately trying to relocate and fighting a bitter, nasty internal Cold War in L.A. against Rozelle and NFL FO. After having several great seasons (mostly due to winning off remaining Madden-built legends, Pro-Bowlers, rejected castoffs here and there and some new arrivals like Howie Long), Raiders by late 80's were a shriveled shell of their former selves partly owing to Al Davis stupidity not starting Marcus Allen for 4-5 years because he suddenly didnt like him. Crazy thing with that insane, unbelievable scheme is that the replacement game wouldve worked long-term and Allen wouldve traded ca. 1991 if Bo Jackson hadn't gotten injured during the 1990 Cincy AFC Divisional Playoff Game. If Bo had continued playing solely as an NFL RB for maybe 7-8 more seasons, The Raiders likely get their new Hollywood Park area stadium in mid-90's and relocate back to Oakland on the promise of higher cash payments, and MAYBE, maybe one day a new-football only facility, both of which they never really got. Oakland's glory days, at least as it relates to the Raiders winning SB's reached its climax in 1980.
@@davidroberts7282 I don't think the Raiders would have committed eight turnovers, and their offensive line wouldn't have been manhandled the way Denver's was by the Cowboys. However, the injuries would have been a factor, especially on defense, where the Raiders were not as strong as the Broncos. The latter sacked Staubach five times, something I don't think the Raiders would have accomplished. Overall, the I think Cowboys probably win the Super Bowl against those 1977 Raiders, but the score probably would have been along the lines of this game, with Dallas prevailing by a touchdown or less.
Great seeing Harvey Martin dominate again. One of the original sack masters back before they started counting sacks as an official stat. . His 23 sacks in 1977 in a 14 game season is the true single season record (Not Strahan).
Pro Football Reference lists Martin's '77 sack total as 20, but I don't know what to believe cuz I've heard for years that he had 23. I also read where Coy Bacon had 26 sacks in '76, but Pro Football Reference list him as having 21.5. Why is it so difficult for the powers to be to come up with statistical uniformity?
This game was the definition of physical ball. Oakland got it done with a blend of veterans, cast- offs and young talent. Tom Flores did a masterful coaching job with a relative no name staff. Side note: as mean as he played and looked, Matt Millan was a gentleman and nice man...I always get a kick out of attention seeking Jerry Markbrite gesticulating, camera hogging official....I know I'm biased. Thanks brother, you're appreciated.
Millen was a HUGE linebacker! Nice guy, but drafting three WR's as #1 picks in consecutive years as the Lions GM was highly questionable. I thought that this was a very entertaining game. Thanks, as always!
Markbrite was officiating a Bear game when he yelled at Butkus “stop complaining or I’ll bite your head off” to which Butkus replied “then you will have more brains in your stomach than your head”
@@Tony-r7v great memory....as you can tell I'm not a Markbrite fan from way back. We gave him the business @ old Mile High a few times, he would bolt for that locker room @ 0:00. Appreciated.
I hated Mullen as President of the Lions, but he was a heckuva player. I recall him almost single handedly destroying Ohio State in the 1978 opener in Columbus. Also with some help from Bruce Clark. Would have been cool to see what this game would have
@@markgardner9460 I notice that players back then generally carried the ball in the basic way we were taught. Open field runners switching to the outside hand/arm, backs using 2 hands in the trenches. Very few players carrying the rock like a loaf of bread back then.
You're right, by 1980 most of the RB's who carried the ball like that were either retired or nearing retirement. Notable RB's who held the ball with one hand and waved it around like a baton were Walter Payton, Chuck Foreman, Chuck Muncie, Wendell Tyler, and Greg Pruitt. I'm probably forgetting a few, but you brought up a very interesting aspect of the change to the way ballcarriers handled the ball.
No biggie but used to live in SoCal and Thousand Oaks is about 45 mins N of LA and Santa Rosa is in East Bay about an hour from SF. Far from each other!
Jim Plunkett would win two super bowls (with one Super Bowl MVP) after starting each season as the team’s backup! Yet never was selected to a Pro Bowl.
@@markgardner9460 Microsoft may have been thinking of Santa Rosa Valley, which is about 10 miles north of Thousand Oaks. Fun fact---Many years later, the Raiders moved their summer camp to Oxnard, Ca which is about 40 miles north of Thousand Oaks. Cowboys no longer practice in Thousand Oaks, but to bring it full circle, they now practice in Oxnard on the same practice fields built by the Raiders. Both teams know you can't beat the Ventura County weather in July!
@@markgardner9460 They were supposed to be rebuilding in 1980. They were picked to finish last in the AFC West with a 6-10 record. They started 2-3 and lost Pastorini for season in a week 5 loss at home to KC. Things looked even worse with SD and Pittsburgh up next on the schedule. It looked like they were throwing in the towel when Casper was traded to Houston for draft picks. 1980 might be my most favorite Raider season ever. The Raiders were always famous for pulling off miracles throughout their history but in 1980 the entire season was a miracle.
He was a Pro Bowl player each of his last 4 seasons and lead the league in passing during his final season. He probably would have taken them to the Super Bowl again.
Watching America's Team again PLUS light beer commercials! That really brings back pleasant memories!
The Tooz another of my favorites
Those Miller Lite commercials back then were outstanding. Has anyone picked up on that Rick Barry interview when he asks Brookshier if he’s drinking anything to keep warm? Brookshier’s reply, “I try.”
Pat was chompin' on the bit to say the same thing. They were the J.D. Twins back then.
The Super Bowl that never came. From 1966-1980, The Raiders and Cowboys played in 10 League/Conference Championship games a piece. 6 times they were in opposite championship tilts. Yet they would never meet in the big game. And a slight correction The Cowboys played in 5 Super Bowls in the 70's. This game I do remember. Looked like it was going to be the shootout most predicted. Especially with the Cowboys OL opening avenues for Dorsett and Springs. But both defenses tightened. Great game between two historic and well followed franchises.
Can you imagine how beautiful these 2 uniforms would have looked in a Super Bowl !! Epic !
Amazing that it hasn't happened...especially since the advent of the Super Bowl through the early '80's
"If ya cruise with The Tooz, you're gonna get bruised."
Cruisin' With The Tooz...wasn't that the name of his autobiography?
@@markgardner9460 Indeed it was.
Thanks Mark! ❤
My pleasure!
Great video, as always.
I'm glad you enjoyed it - Thank you!
Best commercials ever 😂😂😂
That's a fact. They don't make 'em like that any more.
It's a shame we never got these 2 as a superbowl matchup. 77 season was the closest.
Yes it was...and probably should have, but that's another story.
Rob Lyle fumbled. Ditto Tom Brady. The Raiders vs. Cowboys would have been a great Superbowl. Denver did belong there, and the Cowboys let them know it. Denver turned the ball over 8? times.
I don't know if you're aware of this but going into the 1977 AFC Conference Game @.Denver, sure, overall they played well, competitive, and kept the game close and Lytle's fumble and its consequences and potential repercussions are still a forgotten NFL, "what-if" storyline, but lets also remember Oakland had been involved in an exhausting, wild, entertaining, yet brutal and emotionally taxing 2OT game at Baltimore a week before. Ive talked to and heard the reverence still hold towards the game (its easily one of Their franchise's games and wins), but quite a few of their stars (Monte Johnson, Kenny Stabler, Fred Biletinikoff, IIRC, George Atkinson) came into the Denver game and left it with significant injuries. Stabler himself said in his autobiography that while it was a game he felt that they would win, his body was extremely sore and IIRC, he had knee surgery in the 1977/78 offseason.
So, even if we get a Oakland vs. Dallas SB XII contest, with Raiders having a wounded, hurt and very sore team, it's not unreasonable to suggest the final outcome probably is similar, though maybe closer as John Madden was/still is a far greater HOF HC then Red Miller. Miller was a great guy and good HC, but he sort of inherited a championship-ready Broncos team with one major addition in Craig Morton.
John Ralston BUILT the 1977-80 "Orange Crush", Broncomania teams but due to a internal team revolt who asked FO and ownership to replace their HC, Ralston was the odd man out. Miller was a great assistant but after he was fired from Denver in 1981, I don't remember a cavalcade of NFL/NCAA teams knocking themselves over to hire him?
IMHO, Dan Reeves was better HC, back-up GM then both Ralston and Miller combined and to me, while Ralston built it, Miller sort of realized some of it, Reeves was the one who really consolidated Denver's talent roster, coaching staff, and made very few bad football-related decisions during the 1980's, which again, is Denver's real Golden Age. Sure, they lost 3 Super Bowls, but they had a proto-Patrick Mahomes in John Elway plus very good defenses that made Denver likely the best AFC team of the 80's and top 5 NFL team of that decade. Reeves' impact upon his arrival was almost immediate and the strange, controversial oddysey of obtaining Elway from Baltimore, Denver would become a.mini-dynasty for the next decade while the Raiders in 1980 were a borrowed team in a borrowed city and a borrowed stadium whose roguish charm, slightly villainous owner desperately trying to relocate and fighting a bitter, nasty internal Cold War in L.A. against Rozelle and NFL FO. After having several great seasons (mostly due to winning off remaining Madden-built legends, Pro-Bowlers, rejected castoffs here and there and some new arrivals like Howie Long), Raiders by late 80's were a shriveled shell of their former selves partly owing to Al Davis stupidity not starting Marcus Allen for 4-5 years because he suddenly didnt like him.
Crazy thing with that insane, unbelievable scheme is that the replacement game wouldve worked long-term and Allen wouldve traded ca. 1991 if Bo Jackson hadn't gotten injured during the 1990 Cincy AFC Divisional Playoff Game. If Bo had continued playing solely as an NFL RB for maybe 7-8 more seasons, The Raiders likely get their new Hollywood Park area stadium in mid-90's and relocate back to Oakland on the promise of higher cash payments, and MAYBE, maybe one day a new-football only facility, both of which they never really got. Oakland's glory days, at least as it relates to the Raiders winning SB's reached its climax in 1980.
Great stuff - thank you for commenting!
@@davidroberts7282 I don't think the Raiders would have committed eight turnovers, and their offensive line wouldn't have been manhandled the way Denver's was by the Cowboys. However, the injuries would have been a factor, especially on defense, where the Raiders were not as strong as the Broncos. The latter sacked Staubach five times, something I don't think the Raiders would have accomplished.
Overall, the I think Cowboys probably win the Super Bowl against those 1977 Raiders, but the score probably would have been along the lines of this game, with Dallas prevailing by a touchdown or less.
Hi mark - wearing my Doug Williams creamsicle jersey for this one
Can never go wrong with that!!!
Yeah it would've been interesting and a cowboy fan
Great Madden Lite Beer commercial 😂
There was an even better one that I originally included in my recent 1981 MNF game video, but I had to cut it out. It was copyrighted by the NFL.
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*Millen* Would have liked to see a Staubach vs. Pastorini shootout.
Great seeing Harvey Martin dominate again. One of the original sack masters back before they started counting sacks as an official stat. . His 23 sacks in 1977 in a 14 game season is the true single season record (Not Strahan).
Pro Football Reference lists Martin's '77 sack total as 20, but I don't know what to believe cuz I've heard for years that he had 23. I also read where Coy Bacon had 26 sacks in '76, but Pro Football Reference list him as having 21.5. Why is it so difficult for the powers to be to come up with statistical uniformity?
@@markgardner9460 Good question! A lot of inconsistent totals!
Norm Willey of the Eagles is reputed to have tallied 17 sacks in a single NFL regular season game, although I'm not sure of the year.
The Manster was a beast in the trenches.
you are the Best for 70s football thank you.
Thank you, Manuel; I appreciate that!
Wow I got a very late notification! But the Tooz? Looking forward to seeing it!
Hope you like it!
At work but anything with the Tooz is going to be enjoyable
Summerall and Brookshire, Cowboys Raiders..,..! Natural grass! I like this already!
As of the second quarter I was surprised how well the Cowboys ground game was going!
The Red Auerbach Miller Lite commercial is hilarious! " I feed them, dress them!" What's the magic word?" Funny stuff!
This game was the definition of physical ball. Oakland got it done with a blend of veterans, cast- offs and young talent. Tom Flores did a masterful coaching job with a relative no name staff. Side note: as mean as he played and looked, Matt Millan was a gentleman and nice man...I always get a kick out of attention seeking Jerry Markbrite gesticulating, camera hogging official....I know I'm biased. Thanks brother, you're appreciated.
Millen was a HUGE linebacker! Nice guy, but drafting three WR's as #1 picks in consecutive years as the Lions GM was highly questionable. I thought that this was a very entertaining game. Thanks, as always!
Markbrite was officiating a Bear game when he yelled at Butkus “stop complaining or I’ll bite your head off” to which Butkus replied “then you will have more brains in your stomach than your head”
Classic!!!
@@Tony-r7v great memory....as you can tell I'm not a Markbrite fan from way back. We gave him the business @ old Mile High a few times, he would bolt for that locker room @ 0:00. Appreciated.
You got me to LOL.....and that doesn't happen very often, Jammin'! Thanks for the chuckle!
I hated Mullen as President of the Lions, but he was a heckuva player. I recall him almost single handedly destroying Ohio State in the 1978 opener in Columbus. Also with some help from Bruce Clark. Would have been cool to see what this game would have
I have the Sports Illustrated issue that has an article with pictures about that game. They really knocked around the QB.
it's a shame Dallas and Oakland didnt meet in a Super Bowl
It would have been great: finesse versus physicality
@@markgardner9460 Mark did you see Tom Matuzak in that movie 'Caveman' Ringo Starr is in it too
1981: I was a wild child back then - I missed it when it came out. Do you recommend it?
@@markgardner9460 i like it . they don't speak a word of plausible English though .lol they speak caveman languish
Last game the Raiders would lose that season!
1st Wild Card team to win the Super Bowl, too.
Great game Cowboys 19 Raiders 13 on Pearl Harbor Day 1980
Turnovers were the key, as they usually are.
@@markgardner9460Great DL for Dallas! Jones, Martin Manster(hybrid) and Jethro Pugh
Weird to see Newhouse fumble. He even had two hands on the ball but the tackler's helmet smacked right into it.
For his career, he only fumbled twice every 100 carries.
@@markgardner9460 I notice that players back then generally carried the ball in the basic way we were taught. Open field runners switching to the outside hand/arm, backs using 2 hands in the trenches. Very few players carrying the rock like a loaf of bread back then.
You're right, by 1980 most of the RB's who carried the ball like that were either retired or nearing retirement. Notable RB's who held the ball with one hand and waved it around like a baton were Walter Payton, Chuck Foreman, Chuck Muncie, Wendell Tyler, and Greg Pruitt. I'm probably forgetting a few, but you brought up a very interesting aspect of the change to the way ballcarriers handled the ball.
This was Landrys greatest victory world champ raiders on the road!!!!
With Danny White at starting QB for the first year of his career.
@@markgardner9460 yes!!! This team beat Oakland San Diego and Philly!!! The three other teams in the championship games and the superboql champ!!!
Funny how many powerhouse teams Oakland and Dallas fielded back in their heyday yet the two never materialized into a rivalry with one another.
Only seemingly in the pre-season. I read where they had a lot of skirmishes.
@@markgardner9460 I saw that Oakland and Dallas butted heads a lot in preseason and training camp
If Oakland and Dallas played in Super Bowls they wouldn't have lived up to its billing like the Cowboys and Steelers did
If Oakland and Dallas met up in Super Bowls it wouldn't have lived up to its billing like the Cowboys and Steelers did
@@michaelleroy9281 - oh i totally disagree with this opinion. Bad boy raiders vs americas team? Promoters dream!!!
No biggie but used to live in SoCal and Thousand Oaks is about 45 mins N of LA and Santa Rosa is in East Bay about an hour from SF. Far from each other!
Microsoft Bing said 53 miles. My apologies.
Jim Plunkett would win two super bowls (with one Super Bowl MVP) after starting each season as the team’s backup! Yet never was selected to a Pro Bowl.
Plunkett, Manning and Pastorini went 1, 2 & 3 in the '71 draft, but only made a total of 3 Pro Bowls in 40 combined seasons.
With Manning having potentially two Hall of Fame quarterback sons.
@@johnm8096 and ?
Santa Rosa and Thousand Oaks are not 50 miles apart, they are about 430 miles apart.
Microsoft Bing said 53 miles. My apologies.
@@markgardner9460 Microsoft may have been thinking of Santa Rosa Valley, which is about 10 miles north of Thousand Oaks. Fun fact---Many years later, the Raiders moved their summer camp to Oxnard, Ca which is about 40 miles north of Thousand Oaks. Cowboys no longer practice in Thousand Oaks, but to bring it full circle, they now practice in Oxnard on the same practice fields built by the Raiders. Both teams know you can't beat the Ventura County weather in July!
Ahh, I bet that was it! Thanks for providing the clarification and additional information!
@@markgardner9460 No problem, love the content!
The Raiders would not lose another game the rest of the season
1st Wild Card team to win the Super Bowl.
@@markgardner9460 They were supposed to be rebuilding in 1980. They were picked to finish last in the AFC West with a 6-10 record. They started 2-3 and lost Pastorini for season in a week 5 loss at home to KC. Things looked even worse with SD and Pittsburgh up next on the schedule. It looked like they were throwing in the towel when Casper was traded to Houston for draft picks. 1980 might be my most favorite Raider season ever. The Raiders were always famous for pulling off miracles throughout their history but in 1980 the entire season was a miracle.
Their defense really had a great year: most int's, most turnovers and lowest yards per carry (3.4) in the entire NFL.
The Cowboys were still loaded. I think Staubach would’ve got them there.
He was a Pro Bowl player each of his last 4 seasons and lead the league in passing during his final season. He probably would have taken them to the Super Bowl again.
Danny White was a excellent quarterback he just couldn't finish quite like Staubach ( but not many could!)
North Dallas Forty 😆