50 years ago, there was this game (war) called "football". It was played most often on grass, mud and snow and sometimes in the worst weather conditions in North America. It was played by men, most of whom held second jobs to pay the bills. Sadly, it was finally killed off completely sometime in the mid 1980's and can only be seen or experienced on film. Thank God these films exist.
I love it when people, who never even set foot on a field, complain about how soft football has become. You sit at home watching on tv and bitching that other men aren't sacrificing their bodies enough. With the size and strength of players today, if they played under the rules they did back then, someone would likely get killed. But I guess that would satisfy your psuedo-masculinity-watching other people get hurt.
@@marcschneider4845 while I believe your point is worth considering, I have to agree, that the game has become too innocuous, to the extent that the players are reluctant to even tackle properly. Ronaldo Nehemiah made this exact observation, when comparing his time to later. Of course, tactics like clothslining and body slams should not be allowed, but it's FOOTBALL and I get this strange sense, an ulterior motive, is too render it so weak and pallid, that next, we'll see women playing in the NFL. The stage is being set for this insanity.
@slip satch That's a ridiculous comment. I never said I played. It's nitwits like you that pretend to be tough when we all know you would shit your pants if you actually got on a field and telling other guys how tough they should be. Who says that's the way the game is supposed to be played. As for tiddleywinks, maybe that's something you should consider because I guarantee every player in the NFL is 20 times tougher than you are.
The Colts are not my favorite team but their move to Indy in 1983 still burns me up. Even all these years later, the name Indianapolis Colts still sounds ridiculous.
I am that way with all the moves...to me the Cardinals will always be from St. Louis, the Raiders always from Oakland, the Rams should in LA . . . I feel all teams should be like Green Bay...owned by the city.
While watching some of these classic Baltimore Colts games they showed me what a great tight end John Mackey was. He would have earned himself a Hall of Fame Credentials on matter what era.
You are watching the REAL Colts and Vikings , the way it was supposed to be played . The mud, dust and pure grit determination . Not the fluff players on the pristine , cushy and cute fields today. I feel sorry for all Football fans who were not around to witness this great sport when it was played. I am telling you this as a ex-Raider fan who gave up on the NFL. Between the struting , skipping and classless display in the end zone , I was at my wits end . Then to make thing worse all the kneeling and disrespecting our flag , I gave up. I donated all my Raider Leather jackets , helmets, jerseys and etc to the Goodwill and Habitat for America. RIP NFL and kiss my ass.
@@davidboda1640 Says who? What does kneeling during the national anthem have to do with so-called social injustice, or so-called police brutality? The national anthem & the flag are symbols of our "freedom", and the right to the pursuit of happiness. It represents every, single person who's earned a uniform, served their country, and a remembrance of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. That's what it's about. Let me guess... you never served. Right? So then... what was it about?
Many teams I grew up with played outdoors where the weather reflects your city, now they play indoors..Rams, Vikings, Colts, Lions, Falcons and even the Cowboys..It just takes their soul away
The good old days. I'm not saying that the players were better then because they weren't. I'm not saying the play was any better because it wasn't. Players nowadays work full time on football. In those days most players had a second job in the off-season. I just enjoy it more. Can't put my finger on the reason I just know it was better.
So many memories about both teams! The Vike's continued on & were on the upside , Kapp @ his best was extraordinary the following year until Super Bowl 4 & played the next year in New England & was gone, Still to this day! Super Bowl 3 is no doubt the greatest upset in Pro football history & possibly of all sports,The Great Bubba Smith was quoted insinuating years later that he thought that Morrell was on the take??? Thanks for posting this hidden Glory Days Gem!
A Colts fan since 1966 and will continue to be. The was nothing like the Baltimore Colts tradition and intimidation of opponents. These Indy Colts have much work to do. Never again will the game be what it use to be. I miss the physicality and the outdoor games. Today's game is watered down and unfortunately the rules limiting contact has ruined the game.
Wow! It can't be like that again - those stadiums, that atmosphere. Colts were the last team whose linemen favored high-top shoes. Unreal aggression out of the Colts' defensive front. Billy Ray Smith is everywhere. Both teams brutally tough.
Watching highlights from this era it puzzles me more and more how it took the NFL so long to move the goal posts back. Having sure touchdown passes bounce off the goal post, players running into it and getting injured, strange they held on to that for so long when college football had it moved back so much earlier.
Man, the Colts were punishing tacklers and coming from all over the place on the ball carrier. A rough game all the way around. Vikings played them better than the Browns did in the title game that year.
Good knowledge, raelraven. Tim Brown was a speedy running back, kick returner for the Eagles. Great player, overshadowed by the other great running back of the era, Jim Brown. BTW he passed away just last April.
Two of the grittiest teams to ever line up and Vikes, with one of the best O-lines in football, mainly stuffed on the ground by Baltimore's marrauding defense. Billy Ray Smith, #74, was a bad ass: high-top shoes, big, square caged facemask, and all over the place - VERY active and aggressive.
There were some similarities between this game and Super Bowl III. In both games, the Colts mostly dominated the first half and the Jets dominated the second half. There were two key differences; the Colts blew multiple scoring opportunities in the Super Bowl, and the Vikings didn't have anybody resembling Joe Namath.
"Super sub" Earl Morrlall replaced injured Johnny U and led the Colts to a one loss season but his blunders in the Superbowl probably cost them the Superbowl against the Jets. He repeated the performance for the Dolphins in 72, but this time Shula didn't trust him in the Superbowl and started Griese. Both years Morrall led in passing and won the MVP.
Robert Saul No they didn't...with the merger in 1970, there was only one MVP...even though prior to the 1970 merger, each league had their respective MVPs, for instance in 1969 the NFL MVP was Roman Gabriel, while the AFL MVP was Daryle Lamonica...I know what I'm talking about...
The Colts went on to a 13-1 record (their only loss in the regular season to Cleveland 30-20)--they went on to defeat Minnesota again in the playoffs--Minnesota QB Joe Kapp was so upset about this loss that in the Vikings 1969 home opener against the Colts at the Met Centre in Bloomington, Minnesota-he threw 7 TD against them
NFL Football changed after the merger. The powers that be decided to make it more exciting and decided to incorporate the old AFl rules thus starting to ruin the game that we old NFL fans came to love. Anyway once the size, speed, and money took hold over the next decades it all changed. I still like watching it but it ain't like it use to be. As a youngster from Cincinnati, Ohio in Browns territory it was a joy to watch my Lombardi Packers in the playoffs in the 60's. Three in a row. Beat that Patriots!
Hall of fame members. Colts: Johnny Unitas, John Mackey, Don Shula. Vikings: Carl Eller, Alan Paige, Bud Grant. Jimmy Marshall should be in the hall of fame.
To be honest, I believe they overtrained for the game. Joe Namath taunted them by saying he guaranteed a victory in the Super Bowl...I think that angered the Colts so much they exhausted themselves preparing for the match.
I think the Colts under estimated the Jets. They had a great defense that had just completely dominated the eastern champs in the NFL championship game 34 - 0. Nobody thought the Jets had a prayer against the Colts. It was a surreal shocker at the time and completely changed the league.
The Indianapolis Colts have existed for longer than the Baltimore Colts. People soiling themselves over the move in 83 need to shut the hell up already.
Baltimore in the Western Conference? Idiotic. So were Atlanta and New Orleans. ????? I knew it then as a 12 yr old, plain as day. As good as football was back then, the incredible stupidity at the top of the NFL, current day, does have a bit of a precedent. Only a small bit. Today's NFL is a complete aberration and terrible joke of what once was. Excellent upload PAL! Real football with real announcers. [Roger Federer coaching the Colts??]
I guess Whitaker is just reading a script someone else wrote but, sheesh, claiming Morrall's pass to Richardson hit him in stride, when anyone can plainly see he had to slow down. Just one of many inconsistencies between the action and the propaganda.
50 years ago, there was this game (war) called "football". It was played most often on grass, mud and snow and sometimes in the worst weather conditions in North America. It was played by men, most of whom held second jobs to pay the bills. Sadly, it was finally killed off completely sometime in the mid 1980's and can only be seen or experienced on film. Thank God these films exist.
I wish that could be narrated on NFL Films.
I love it when people, who never even set foot on a field, complain about how soft football has become. You sit at home watching on tv and bitching that other men aren't sacrificing their bodies enough. With the size and strength of players today, if they played under the rules they did back then, someone would likely get killed. But I guess that would satisfy your psuedo-masculinity-watching other people get hurt.
@@marcschneider4845 while I believe your point is worth considering, I have to agree, that the game has become too innocuous, to the extent that the players are reluctant to even tackle properly.
Ronaldo Nehemiah made this exact observation, when comparing his time to later.
Of course, tactics like clothslining and body slams should not be allowed, but it's FOOTBALL and I get this strange sense, an ulterior motive, is too render it so weak and pallid, that next, we'll see women playing in the NFL.
The stage is being set for this insanity.
@slip satch That's a ridiculous comment. I never said I played. It's nitwits like you that pretend to be tough when we all know you would shit your pants if you actually got on a field and telling other guys how tough they should be. Who says that's the way the game is supposed to be played. As for tiddleywinks, maybe that's something you should consider because I guarantee every player in the NFL is 20 times tougher than you are.
@slip satch
Karate for 35 years?
You don't sound like you're that old.
The Colts are not my favorite team but their move to Indy in 1983 still burns me up. Even all these years later, the name Indianapolis Colts still sounds ridiculous.
Las Vegas Raiders ?
agree 100%
@@timculp4126 Minneapolis Lakers being renamed the Los Angels Lakers teams should change their names when they move
@@markhall6306 They wouldn't even think of changing that name now with 12 Championships in LA( 17 total)
I am that way with all the moves...to me the Cardinals will always be from St. Louis, the Raiders always from Oakland, the Rams should in LA . . . I feel all teams should be like Green Bay...owned by the city.
This is when NFL Football was at it's best! Before Madden video games. Damn, it was such a fun game to watch before all the 'showboating'!
While watching some of these classic Baltimore Colts games they showed me what a great tight end John Mackey was. He would have earned himself a Hall of Fame Credentials on matter what era.
jack whitaker was great and so was this show !
90% of these hits would be fines or suspensions today..glad I grew up watching this stuff.
NFL, lets bring these uni's back!
You are watching the REAL Colts and Vikings , the way it was supposed to be played . The mud, dust and pure grit determination . Not the fluff players on the pristine , cushy and cute fields today. I feel sorry for all Football fans who were not around to witness this great sport when it was played. I am telling you this as a ex-Raider fan who gave up on the NFL. Between the struting , skipping and classless display in the end zone , I was at my wits end . Then to make thing worse all the kneeling and disrespecting our flag , I gave up. I donated all my Raider Leather jackets , helmets, jerseys and etc to the Goodwill and Habitat for America. RIP NFL and kiss my ass.
Tony absolutely
Kneeling and so- called disrespecting our flag? It was never about that.
@@davidboda1640 Says who? What does kneeling during the national anthem have to do with
so-called social injustice, or so-called police brutality? The national anthem & the flag are symbols of
our "freedom", and the right to the pursuit of happiness. It represents every, single person who's earned
a uniform, served their country, and a remembrance of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. That's what it's about.
Let me guess... you never served. Right?
So then... what was it about?
how 'bout those bucs !!
Many teams I grew up with played outdoors where the weather reflects your city, now they play indoors..Rams, Vikings, Colts, Lions, Falcons and even the Cowboys..It just takes their soul away
Old school football. Some of the greatest and hofers in this game.
The good old days. I'm not saying that the players were better then because they weren't. I'm not saying the play was any better because it wasn't. Players nowadays work full time on football. In those days most players had a second job in the off-season. I just enjoy it more. Can't put my finger on the reason I just know it was better.
The players were better then. The game was better then. The world was better then.
So many memories about both teams! The Vike's continued on & were on the upside , Kapp @ his best was extraordinary the following year until Super Bowl 4 & played the next year in New England & was gone, Still to this day! Super Bowl 3 is no doubt the greatest upset in Pro football history & possibly of all sports,The Great Bubba Smith was quoted insinuating years later that he thought that Morrell was on the take??? Thanks for posting this hidden Glory Days Gem!
When football was real and a blast to watch!!
Thanks for the upload loooooong time Vikings fan.
A Colts fan since 1966 and will continue to be. The was nothing like the Baltimore Colts tradition and intimidation of opponents. These Indy Colts have much work to do. Never again will the game be what it use to be. I miss the physicality and the outdoor games. Today's game is watered down and unfortunately the rules limiting contact has ruined the game.
Wow! It can't be like that again - those stadiums, that atmosphere. Colts were the last team whose linemen favored high-top shoes. Unreal aggression out of the Colts' defensive front. Billy Ray Smith is everywhere. Both teams brutally tough.
And the game was played from head to toe, many of the hits then would be illegal now.
Watching highlights from this era it puzzles me more and more how it took the NFL so long to move the goal posts back. Having sure touchdown passes bounce off the goal post, players running into it and getting injured, strange they held on to that for so long when college football had it moved back so much earlier.
R.i.p. Mike Curtis #32 baltimore Colts Lb.
you must have an incredible library of these nfl films segments! really nice of you to upload them..
They use to run on 3rd with 3yds with the fullback ...different game now.
Man, the Colts were punishing tacklers and coming from all over the place on the ball carrier. A rough game all the way around. Vikings played them better than the Browns did in the title game that year.
Colts running back Timmy Brown went on to land roles in both the film and TV versions of MASH, playing surgeon Spearchucker Jones.
@slip satch Fine forgotten player. Lombardi cut him as a rookie.Mistake Vince.
Good knowledge, raelraven. Tim Brown was a speedy running back, kick returner for the Eagles. Great player, overshadowed by the other great running back of the era, Jim Brown. BTW he passed away just last April.
Both teams had some great players.
Vikings' last year in these uniforms and VERY aggressive defensive pursuit. They gave the Colts a much stiffer test than Cleveland.
Two of the grittiest teams to ever line up and Vikes, with one of the best O-lines in football, mainly stuffed on the ground by Baltimore's marrauding defense. Billy Ray Smith, #74, was a bad ass: high-top shoes, big, square caged facemask, and all over the place - VERY active and aggressive.
The colts didnt come close to scoring in the second half....not a sniff....also, colts could not run on them....hmmm.....
@@tommythomason6187 colts did nothing in the second half.and inthe playoff game we gave the colts a much better game than the browns
There were some similarities between this game and Super Bowl III. In both games, the Colts mostly dominated the first half and the Jets dominated the second half. There were two key differences; the Colts blew multiple scoring opportunities in the Super Bowl, and the Vikings didn't have anybody resembling Joe Namath.
"Super sub" Earl Morrlall replaced injured Johnny U and led the Colts to a one loss season but his blunders in the Superbowl probably cost them the Superbowl against the Jets. He repeated the performance for the Dolphins in 72, but this time Shula didn't trust him in the Superbowl and started Griese. Both years Morrall led in passing and won the MVP.
Robert Saul Larry Brown of the Redskins won the NFL MVP in 1972...
@@CarlosReyes-dw1vh They still had two mvp's then AFC & NFC.
Robert Saul No they didn't...with the merger in 1970, there was only one MVP...even though prior to the 1970 merger, each league had their respective MVPs, for instance in 1969 the NFL MVP was Roman Gabriel, while the AFL MVP was Daryle Lamonica...I know what I'm talking about...
@@CarlosReyes-dw1vh I am humbled and stand corrected.
Robert Saul True wisdom...you are the example of a wise man...
Rough stuff from Mike Curtis #32 (would you expect less?) on Clint Jones #26 - shot in the mouth - at 3:26.
First of 2 meetings in 1968 the other was W Conf Championship
The music they play with this video sounds like the same music they played at the strip joints of the day.
The Colts went on to a 13-1 record (their only loss in the regular season to Cleveland 30-20)--they went on to defeat Minnesota again in the playoffs--Minnesota QB Joe Kapp was so upset about this loss that in the Vikings 1969 home opener against the Colts at the Met Centre in Bloomington, Minnesota-he threw 7 TD against them
NFL Football changed after the merger. The powers that be decided to make it more exciting and decided to incorporate the old AFl rules thus starting to ruin the game that we old NFL fans came to love. Anyway once the size, speed, and money took hold over the next decades it all changed. I still like watching it but it ain't like it use to be. As a youngster from Cincinnati, Ohio in Browns territory it was a joy to watch my Lombardi Packers in the playoffs in the 60's. Three in a row. Beat that Patriots!
Hall of fame members.
Colts: Johnny Unitas, John Mackey, Don Shula.
Vikings: Carl Eller, Alan Paige, Bud Grant. Jimmy Marshall should be in the hall of fame.
The Vikings also had Paul Krause, Mick Tingelhoff, Jim Finks, and Ron Yary.
Ten Vikings on the field without Cox. Sorry, couldn't resist.
The background music is awesome.
The Colts defense was one the best ever that year. They completely dominated the Browns in the championship game
"First and ten on the three." Lol... C'mon Jack... Three yards would give them a touchdown!
Jack Whitaker was sorely underrated as a NFL analyst...always a great asset for CBS Sports--even more so than Pat Summerall.
Beautiful Picture
Beautiful
JOE KAPP WAS A GREAT PLAYER HERE IN CANADA WITH THE B.C. LIONS!
At the 5:01 time-mark: It's "first-and-goal," from the three-yard-line, not "first-and-ten."
and the music was great !
Until the Superbowl, the Browns were the only team to defeat the Colts that season.
bfd
@@bcmac4641... Losing only 1 game in the NFL is a BFD.
Remember 67 colts.went 11-1-2. Lost the last game of season to rams in la.and did not get in the playoffs.green bay beat the rams(12-1-1) at gb
Is that a Schaefer’s beer ad on the scoreboard?
Why, yes. 🍺
I don't know why the Colts couldn't do this during the Super Bowl. They started like this, then fell flat on their faces.
To be honest, I believe they overtrained for the game. Joe Namath taunted them by saying he guaranteed a victory in the Super Bowl...I think that angered the Colts so much they exhausted themselves preparing for the match.
I think the Colts under estimated the Jets. They had a great defense that had just completely dominated the eastern champs in the NFL championship game 34 - 0. Nobody thought the Jets had a prayer against the Colts. It was a surreal shocker at the time and completely changed the league.
@@denisceballos9745 The Colts would win 4 out of 5.
This probably started Bud's hatred of Shula...
mrnatural1961 both coaches are in the hall of fame.
Show me a quote where Bud Grant said he "hated" Shula.
Bud thinks the NFL should have a trophy named after Shula
@@kbrewski1 "I hate Don Shula" - Bud Grant
@@mrnatural1961
It took you a year to come up with that lame response Mr Artificial?
If the Vikings had an offense, this game wouldn't have been close.
The music makes me think I'm watching an old Spider-Man episode
Interesting...was DE Carl Eller (#81), brought in as an extra blocker, on the Vikes' goal line plunge? (21:01-21:05)
Morrall was abysmal in this game. Wow
This was the first Vikings game I ever watched. Think I've only missed 3 games since then.
I love bud grant,he used toplay basketball with nba legend gorge mikan, fran tackenton, ron yary, ed white, mich tingerhoff, etc etc
Why'd it take so long to put the dang goal post on the back line and names on the backs of jerseys?
It was because of the merger, they got the idea from the AFL , they had names on their jerseys
First and ten on the 3?!?! Wtf Jack
The Indianapolis Colts have existed for longer than the Baltimore Colts. People soiling themselves over the move in 83 need to shut the hell up already.
The colts couldn't run on the Vikings. ..
More than ample?
I noticed that too...
hey Jack Whitaker a 35 yd pass is not a bomb
How was Joe Kapp an NFL quarterback
He was only in the NFL for 4 years, that is not much longer than Tebow lasted. In his 3 years in Minnesota he had 23 wins and 12 losses as a starter.
Bud Grant brought him in from the CFL.
His best years were in Canada, but he was tough as hell. His passes looked awful, cuz he never used the laces.
He was good in The Longest Yard though.
Joe Kapp
Wtf is the 'hFlclchE' starting at 8:52 on the screen - Russian hackers?
No...hillary supporters
BUBBA!
Baltimore in the Western Conference? Idiotic. So were Atlanta and New Orleans. ????? I knew it then as a 12 yr old, plain as day.
As good as football was back then, the incredible stupidity at the top of the NFL, current day, does have a bit of a precedent. Only a small bit. Today's NFL is a complete aberration and terrible joke of what once was.
Excellent upload PAL! Real football with real announcers. [Roger Federer coaching the Colts??]
It was called the Coastal Division. It has East Coast and West Coast teams in it. That’s why the Rams were in it along with the Colts.
Do you have a Google+ account...would like to touch base with you.
GOTW...???? Must have been a tough week for good games....
Colts came in 9-1 and the vikings were 6-4..... both won their divisions.
this is boring.... i think i'll watch 1968 Jets-Raiders highlights, from week 11, when Heidi starred
I guess Whitaker is just reading a script someone else wrote but, sheesh, claiming Morrall's pass to Richardson hit him in stride, when anyone can plainly see he had to slow down. Just one of many inconsistencies between the action and the propaganda.
Boring game.