To finally see this mostly unseen footage for over 50 years! Wow! A very close game that almost ended the historic acheivement. To grow up here in Pittsburgh at this time at the dawn of Steeler dynasty....just the greatest place on Earth to be. Thank you for posting
I'll tell you sir im in my 60's and Ive been watching footage of games since the late 60's ... as much as I could as a kid.. then more and more in the mid 80's thru about 2000 I had a 12 foot satellite dish and was able to gather live feeds on both c band /ku band and what I just watched here was tremendous..I'm neither a steeler or dolphin fan ..those ground level shots (look like NFL films) are great... the intro ..the graphics.... the radio broadcast all it it !!! very enjoyable sir Thank you for that .....one other thing roy gerela's fg % was horrible !!
@@mediadugout2684 Just curious did you work in the media at one time or know folks that did ??? these compilations you put together are really great by the way how terrible was Nick Bouniconti as an announcer that is ...great stuff to watch
I was so mad when the Steelers won their third Super Bowl; I wanted the 'fins to be the first team to win three. But ya' know, those mid-to-late 70s Steelers were the defining team of their era.
With all the talk of the Immaculate Reception this is how it ended for the Steelers. The ridiculous part of this was 14-0 Miami having to travel to 11-3 Pittsburgh thanks to the most idiotic playoff rules of all-time.
This game would become an afterthought in Pittsburgh a few hours after its conclusion when news broke of the death of Roberto Clemente. Rough day in Pittsburgh sports
I remember praying with my Grand Parents for the everyone involved. As involved as they were with Missionaries all over the globe it really hit home hard. My Grand Parents were always my view of the heart and soul of Pittsburgh. Churches, Missions, Community, US Steel, Kennywood, Buccos, Pens, Panthers and Steelers.
So you're 15-0 and you have to go TO PITTSBURGH for the AFC championship? Really smart, NFL! Assigning home field advantage before the season even starts. Makes perfect sense that a 15-0 team is on the road at a 12-3 team. Bravo!
In 2016, I uploaded a closeup of the fake punt. It's the angle from the other side of the field merged with the radio broadcast (I forgot to add this game film angle, but it also shows the Csonka TD).
I can close my eyes and I am back at Three Rivers. The sights, the sounds, and the smell of the stadium are so vivid. What an electric atmosphere. This was the 2nd of 8 conference Championships we attended in the 70's. Funny thing is I have never attended another conference Championship since.
Day game, simple straightforward playing of Anthem, no 500 press people/camera operators on the field for the freakin' coin toss..... what a circus the NFL has become!
The Dolphins were 15-0 taking on Pittsburgh Steelers and the Steelers were the home team in the 1972 AFC Championship and that was Steelers turn to be the home team.
Yeah and the cubs should've had the home field advantage in the '84 NLCS! AND if they had they would've beated SD, and would've faced the tigers that year in the WS 😭😭😭
So many have to ask why the Dolphins had to play this game on the road, if you know the history of the NFL nobody would have to answer this question over and and over again
That was a rough day in my grandparents' home. We attended the game that afternoon. As missionaries in the Burgh, they hurt for everyone involved. That was when I really learned how good works can reach globally.
Totally ridiculous that the best team of all time, undefeated in the regular season, had to go on the road for the championship game. Didn't matter, though. They still kicked the Steelers' butts.
Back then the playoffs went on a rotational by division system. Hosts were East one year, Central next, etc. Except the one wild card team, they were on the road always since there were 3 division champs and 1 wild card team. Not until a few years later did they come up with seeding system. This game was one of the catalysts for bringing that change about.
The location at that time was based on rotation by divisions, not by best record. It was warmer in Pittsburgh than in Miami on this day. It was 71 degrees in Pittsburgh.
I have the audio from Pittsburgh and Miami radio broadcasts but not the complete NBC broadcast. There are a handful of the NBC broadcast clips with Jim Simpson on the call mixed in here. I would give anything to see the NBC broadcast of this one. We were on the NBC truck about 45 minutes before kickoff. Did not see the broadcast as we were in the stadium for the game.
@@mediadugout2684 Goes to show you how the NFL has grown in the last 40 years. Unbelievable that an undefeated team had to go on the road in a Championship Game.
Grew up in Pittsburgh. Larry Seiple is on my very personal grudge list... Ed Westfall, David Volek, Keith Primeau, in Hockey. Larry Brown Larry Seiple in Football, Sid Bream, Francisco Cabrera, Bob Moose in Baseball., And Tom Brady in his own Special Category for his total Douchness that ruined SuperBowls for Twenty years. All these people took down a Pittsburgh Team in a Do or Die Game, and I have a Jack Lambert kind of Grudge for ALL of 'em!
Pittsburgh definitely couldve used swan & stallworth this game i saw 2 dropped passed and i didnt watch the whole game fins were VERY lucky they weren't signed yet!
To finally see this mostly unseen footage for over 50 years! Wow! A very close game that almost ended the historic acheivement. To grow up here in Pittsburgh at this time at the dawn of Steeler dynasty....just the greatest place on Earth to be. Thank you for posting
The conference championship round is full of interesting games.
Thank you for sharing this…greatly appreciated.😊
Awesome post and thank you! It was awesome to actually watch this game!
I'll tell you sir im in my 60's and Ive been watching footage of games since the late 60's ... as much as I could as a kid.. then more and more in the mid 80's thru about 2000 I had a 12 foot satellite dish and was able to gather live feeds on both c band /ku band and what I just watched here was tremendous..I'm neither a steeler or dolphin fan ..those ground level shots (look like NFL films) are great... the intro ..the graphics.... the radio broadcast all it it !!! very enjoyable sir Thank you for that .....one other thing roy gerela's fg % was horrible !!
Thanks John. There are others like us out there. I am always on the hunt for old footage.
@@mediadugout2684 Just curious did you work in the media at one time or know folks that did ??? these compilations you put together are really great by the way how terrible was Nick Bouniconti as an announcer that is ...great stuff to watch
The two greatest teams of the decade: they played in 7 Super Bowls and won 6 of them.
I was so mad when the Steelers won their third Super Bowl; I wanted the 'fins to be the first team to win three. But ya' know, those mid-to-late 70s Steelers were the defining team of their era.
@@Struwwel2 Robbie's cheap attitude was to fault....he let the 3 go to wfl
Robbie??
With all the talk of the Immaculate Reception this is how it ended for the Steelers. The ridiculous part of this was 14-0 Miami having to travel to 11-3 Pittsburgh thanks to the most idiotic playoff rules of all-time.
Big freaking deal, the NFL didn't think of doing that when the merger went to effect in 1970, they would eventually change that in 1975
I don't have a dog in this fight, but it seems like your a Raiders fan?
Miami won didn't rhey? QYB
This game would become an afterthought in Pittsburgh a few hours after its conclusion when news broke of the death of Roberto Clemente. Rough day in Pittsburgh sports
I remember praying with my Grand Parents for the everyone involved. As involved as they were with Missionaries all over the globe it really hit home hard. My Grand Parents were always my view of the heart and soul of Pittsburgh. Churches, Missions, Community, US Steel, Kennywood, Buccos, Pens, Panthers and Steelers.
I didn't hear about Clemente until very early in the morning on New Year's Day
For a second there I thought you had the original TV broadcast, but it doesn't exist. Nice job putting this together though .
Thank you for this!
The good old days.
So you're 15-0 and you have to go TO PITTSBURGH for the AFC championship? Really smart, NFL! Assigning home field advantage before the season even starts. Makes perfect sense that a 15-0 team is on the road at a 12-3 team. Bravo!
It was a different time. It took a few years, but they fixed the scheduling issue for the playoffs.
Whiner
Great game between two great teams.
Thanks for doing this!
Thank you. I very much appreciated watching this again.
Thanks good footage
Fantastic. I am excited and curious to see how you took this game on and provide a unique viewing experience.
That was great. Thank you.
Thanks
It was unseasonably warm in Pittsburgh this day. The high was around 70 degrees.
Just like the 1994 AFC championship game in Pittsburgh against San Diego when a warm front swept through the East coast.
The Seiple fake punt is at 21:42
This fake punt was a game changer!
@@bobbym.2130it really was, I remember that.
In 2016, I uploaded a closeup of the fake punt. It's the angle from the other side of the field merged with the radio broadcast (I forgot to add this game film angle, but it also shows the Csonka TD).
What an era! Not one fan wearing modern day swag. Many dressed nicely. Great era of football.
Maybe the NFL should just rotate who gets to play in the Super Bowl each year.
I love these time cap gems. 50 years ago! Wow!
I can close my eyes and I am back at Three Rivers. The sights, the sounds, and the smell of the stadium are so vivid. What an electric atmosphere. This was the 2nd of 8 conference Championships we attended in the 70's. Funny thing is I have never attended another conference Championship since.
@@mediadugout2684curious, what was the first championship you were at?
Day game, simple straightforward playing of Anthem, no 500 press people/camera operators on the field for the freakin' coin toss..... what a circus the NFL has become!
Amen .....NFL doesn't exist any more. Its now the NEL national entertainment league.
Why were they playing in Pittsburgh?Miami was undefeated?
The NFL did a rotation on home field advantage in those days.
The Dolphins were 15-0 taking on Pittsburgh Steelers and the Steelers were the home team in the 1972 AFC Championship and that was Steelers turn to be the home team.
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Jim Simpson and Kyle Rote with the call on NBC radio
Miami should have had the home field advantage.
Yeah and the cubs should've had the home field advantage in the '84 NLCS! AND if they had they would've beated SD, and would've faced the tigers that year in the WS 😭😭😭
So many have to ask why the Dolphins had to play this game on the road, if you know the history of the NFL nobody would have to answer this question over and and over again
but some people don't know about the divisional rotation thing the league did, and they're just asking. sure, they could just Google it, but it's ok.
Why was this game played in Pittsburgh🤔
Later that night....Roberto Clemente, RIP. 😞
That was a rough day in my grandparents' home. We attended the game that afternoon. As missionaries in the Burgh, they hurt for everyone involved. That was when I really learned how good works can reach globally.
Totally ridiculous that the best team of all time, undefeated in the regular season, had to go on the road for the championship game. Didn't matter, though. They still kicked the Steelers' butts.
2 holdovers from final Lombardi Packer champions, starters: Marv Fleming, Dolphins, John Rowser, Steelers.
Would you have the 1972 NFC title game?
As of now only a handful of clips, some coaching films and the radio broadcast outside of NFL Films material. Nothing even close to this.
Why is this game played in Pittsburgh?
Back then the playoffs went on a rotational by division system. Hosts were East one year, Central next, etc. Except the one wild card team, they were on the road always since there were 3 division champs and 1 wild card team. Not until a few years later did they come up with seeding system. This game was one of the catalysts for bringing that change about.
The location at that time was based on rotation by divisions, not by best record. It was warmer in Pittsburgh than in Miami on this day. It was 71 degrees in Pittsburgh.
@@trr3160 And was the stadium filled with Miami faithful? Yeah, I thought not. No excuse having this game in PA.
This was 51 years ago you can't change the location of the game now
Was not the nbc audio available?
I have the audio from Pittsburgh and Miami radio broadcasts but not the complete NBC broadcast. There are a handful of the NBC broadcast clips with Jim Simpson on the call mixed in here. I would give anything to see the NBC broadcast of this one. We were on the NBC truck about 45 minutes before kickoff. Did not see the broadcast as we were in the stadium for the game.
@@mediadugout2684 Nice
If the Dolphins had the best record in the league, why did Pittsburgh have home field?
The league rotated the home team in the conference championship games from the merger in 1970 until 1974. Best record hosting started in 1975.
@@mediadugout2684 Goes to show you how the NFL has grown in the last 40 years. Unbelievable that an undefeated team had to go on the road in a Championship Game.
That's just not the way it was in 1972
@@mediadugout2684Just curious, if Oakland would have won at Pittsburgh, would Miami play championship game at Oakland?too?
#31 is my pops...
Grew up in Pittsburgh. Larry Seiple is on my very personal grudge list...
Ed Westfall, David Volek, Keith Primeau, in Hockey.
Larry Brown Larry Seiple in Football,
Sid Bream, Francisco Cabrera, Bob Moose in Baseball.,
And Tom Brady in his own Special Category for his total
Douchness that ruined SuperBowls for Twenty years.
All these people took down a Pittsburgh Team in a Do or Die Game, and I have a Jack Lambert kind of Grudge for ALL of 'em!
Larry Brown?? Don't you mean O'Donnell? 🙄
Does anybody know why Bradshaw got pulled in this game
Hit going into endzone fumble and injure
@@haroldsmyth6685 Thank You
Damn no game. Thanks anyway.
Csonka was a load
Pittsburgh definitely couldve used swan & stallworth this game i saw 2 dropped passed and i didnt watch the whole game fins were VERY lucky they weren't signed yet!
When Miami scored their 1st touchdown to csonka, Blount SHOULDVE tackled LOW, your not going to tackle csonka high🙄🙄🙄