Thanks for the spelling lesson. But it was that stupid spell check and i didn't even notice. I know the difference between piece and peace. But thanks anyway bud !!
@Escape From Zombie Island No need to jump all over the guy? All he said was that he enjoyed the memories of watching football with his deceased father.
Refreshing to see players just heading back to the huddle and getting ready for the next down instead of jumping around and dancing every time they make a halfway decent play. This is the NFL I grew up watching...and the one I wish would come back.
@@gdobie1west988 lol the game is so specialized now a days. Not only could they play, they’d do really good. The players today are bigger faster, and more skilled. combines, improved nutrition, improved physio therapy and improved coaching are evidence of that. I love looking back at old games to learn history and pay respect... but to suggest that today’s players couldn’t hang back in the day is the dumbest take ive heard. But old heads love to say it every time, because god forbid some dude celebrates a good hit or touchdown. I honestly have no idea where the hatred comes from. Baffles me. But whatever, have a good holidays. No reason for me to get worked up over a TH-cam comment. I just got tremendous respect for the game. Young and old
@@420avila420 There's times for celebration. But after every darned play? That's what a third grader would do. A lot of these guys are forever stuck on "manchild".
Putting on a whole game, along with the commercials, is great!!! I wish there were more games like this: they are far more entertaining than watching current games, and watching the whole broadcast, especially the commercials, is a good insight into how different things were then.
The cigarette and cigar ads are what truly stand out, to me. For kids born in the 1980's, the concept of a TV spot for a cigarette is completely foreign.
This was a era of time when football really was a family game. So much fun. It was a great time to be alive and a little boy. I can remember playing with my friends in the backyard or in the street with a Nerf football and pretending to be our favorite players from our favorite teams. So much imagination and so much fun. I feel bad for the kids today. Thank you Virgil for uploading this.
Many kids today do the same things that you mentioned when it comes to the NFL being a family thing. You have to remember that first, foremost and always, the NFL is a business. A business of giving audiences recreation as both entertainment and family time. Some of my favorite times with my wife is watching NFL Redzone together and yelling at the TV screen. Don't sale today's kids short. Despite what media shows, it's better than folks think.
After years and years of being the laughingstock of the NFL, 1972 was the dawning of the great Steelers teams of that decade and they've been one of the most consistent franchises ever since.
Yes Louis Riecke's steroids were kicking in.Thank Alvin Roy who taught Reicke how to use steroids better. Roy and his steroids got the Raiders, chiefs, Cowboys, superbowl Trophies.
I remember that, they were the laughingstock, sort of like todays Jets, then they became perhaps the best team if you consider the fact they did it for so long. I'm a rams' fan and sure they won their division 7 years in a row back then, but lost every time in the playoffs, then almost beat the last of the great steelers teams in 1980 super bowl. I think had they faced them in say 74 76 etc they would have lost. pittsburg was just too good,as were the raiders back then
@@fredgarv79 Yes, as good as the Rams, Cowboys and Vikings were in the NFC in the '70's, they were just a shade behind the Steelers, Raiders and Dolphins of the AFC, much of the time anyway. I always felt that if the Rams had had a top QB, things might have gone a little differently for them, but who knows? Congrats on this years championship, btw! 👍
Ain't that the truth. My first NFL game was Steelers at Browns in 1982. I think the ticket was around 8 bucks? In 1983, I went to Pontiac to watch the Browns play the Lions at the Silverdome. My ticket for that one cost 5 bucks. The 13 bucks I spent on two games wouldn't get me a parking space today.
I can still afford to go and I'm a teacher. As working man as it gets. Taking my son to a game in three weeks. I just prioritized it instead of whining about 'the good ol' days'.
Back in January, 1976 you could have walked up to the ticket booth in front at the Orange Bowl in Miami and bought a ticket for Super Bowl X for 12 bucks.
GREAT watching this seeing how simple everything was back then, really fun and simple watching the game and the announcers were just calling the game. Very fun.
I played Arena Football and we shared an arena with a hockey team. And they would put the field over the ice (they used a concrete based board in between) but the turf would get really cold and hard. I have burns all over my arms and legs. It was great
@@W44F i had at least 10 concussions. In the late 90's and early 2000's they jusr didn't care and i never said anything because i didn't want to loose my job. Paying for it now. Had a teammate die after a game. Broke his neck. Chris Beard played at LSU
That old tartan turf was like playing in a parking lot. Poly turf wasn’t Much better but a little softer. It was either that or slop. The natural grass would turn into a mud bowl in November and December after the grass would die.
Preston Pearson played 5 years for the Steelers and was a good role player off the bench He is also the first to win a Super Bowl ring and then the next year play against the team he won with in Super Bowl X when he was with the Cowboys. Still lives in Pittsburgh too.
Nice not seeing 100 people on the sidelines! Also nice seeing No jumping around celebrating simple plays. When the Vikings recovered that first fumble, the defense just got off the field, no jumping around, dancing. I miss these days!
Agree with you 100 + 50%!! Though, honestly, in my opinion--I believe that over the years, the NFL decided to encourage "attitude", "personality", "one-up-manship"....{choose your own descriptions}---& ultimately, it's become what it is--almost like professional wrestling. After all--isn't it printed on tickets that audiences are being treated to "Entertainment"...?
Watch a replay of the first NFL Championship Game (it wasn't yet dubbed the Superbowl), Green Bay vs Kansas City in the Los Angeles Coliseum, and you'll think the sidelines are almost deserted. End zones too - as well as the stadium itself. The Coliseum held around 80,000 back then and about 60,000 attended. Pro football was popular but nothing like it's become since. Baseball still held sway. No mas.
I'd say Mean Joe is the greatest defensive tackle to ever play closely followed by Bob Lilly of the Cowboys. Lilly was actually the first ever draft pick of the Cowboys franchise in 1960. Alan Page of the Vikings was one hell of a DT also
Greene played again the double team every game. He started lining up at an angle where he would turn sideways at the line of scrimmage. The O line would be confused by this. Such an athlete.
the wonder and glory of TH-cam.....a time machine to a simpler time..big victory in what I believe was a breakthrough year for the Steeler Dynasty of the 70s....
I was 8 years old, really starting to become a big sports fan. I vaguely remember the graphics at the beginning, don't recall the announcers. I definitely remember the Memorex "shatter the glass" commercials.
Steel Curtain defense is awesome! Incredible! This is the same year of the “Immaculate Reception” in the divisional playoffs against the Raiders. Preview of SuperBowl greatness! Franco Harris is a superstar! Thank you for putting this on. Love football history. This was before I was born....missed the 1970s football..
Mark Me. I did too except when he played Pittsburgh. They had a way of making good players look very mediocre. They just said Tarkenton liked throwing to his running backs. Not necessarily. Nobody else is open and even if there's a chance they might get open Tarkenton doesn't have time for the play to develop for the receivers to get open...
When men were men and tougher than steel. They played being paid a fraction of these players today, and a lot of these men stayed with one team throughout their career. I miss these games, when they not only gave 100% and cared more about winning championships than making commercials, but they all stood and gave respect for our fallen heroes during the anthem. You can forget all of this in 2018 and forward.
I know free agency didn't exist, that's what made it great. All that does is it makes it harder to build a dynasty and keep players. This clip is from 1972 and the players are standing right by the field, dumbbell.
Nobody cared about our "fallen heroes" in 1972. People just wanted the war to end so we could put it behind us and get on with the business of making money. You are looking at the Vikings and Steelers who were two of the best teams that entire decade. Of course, those players cared about winning because when you did, the rewards took care of themselves mostly in the form of local business opportunities. Today it's all national exposure.
I've always wanted to watch these games. Being born in 1985 I missed the glory of the 70's, my father always told me about the glory days. I'm happy to say I went to a game at Three Rivers Stadium. I'll make sure I pass these videos on to my father. He will love it
Nice to look back at how football was then. I actually remember many of those commercials. A simpler time and seemed like a simpler game. Kicking was not as good as today. Also the receivers were not yelling for pass interference all the time like they do today.
Rocky Bleier wasn't just a viet nam vet...he had been shot in the left thigh, and took grenade shrapnel in his lower right leg. And still could outrun most opponents!
Just two days ago I was watching the Chiefs/ Raiders game. One Raider guy made a good play late in fourth qtr and he showboated like he'd won the lottery. His team was about to lose 28-10 but it was HIS MOMENT. Pitiful.
@@charleslee1644 you're being paid millions of dollars to pretend to be a professional......it shows total lack of class to celebrate your personal achievement when your team is losing......and that to me is what most players today lack........class...... instead of going to the sideline and celebrating, they prefer to get in the face of the guy they just beat and taunt him..........real class
I can get into this game and watch games that I can see all the way throughout. I appreciate the peaple that make it happen.This game today I barely make it to halftime. in today's game.I really appreciate Howard and those halftime highlights. Thats GOOD STUFF.Thank You.
Notice how everyone including the receivers were in a 3 point stance. Also, look how the offenses are in the split back set. I love watching old football like this.
Yeah - and ESPECIALLY notice that when a player made a good play - weather it be a TD/Sack or break up a pass they didn’t jump up and down and celebrate like today’s assholes. They went back to the huddle and continued the game.
Thanks! Great to see this era of the Steelers again....and what a pleasure to experience a football telecast the way it should be. No 18 talking heads on set, chattering endlessly, guffawing idiotically, wasting my time.....
Beings that I was 16 months old when this game was played. I remember that commercial or something similar, so I think sears ran it for a very long time.
Game of 11/26/72, the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend. A treat to hear this announcing pair, Drees and Connor. They were the #6 (out of eight) team for CBS this season so probably safe to say they were never heard by a very large segment of the country any given weekend.
Oh very interesting! Damn you know they were the # 6th Crew out of 8 crews?? Impressive. I got a question for ya, not too sure if you know the answer but i was a huge Charlie Jones fan...NFL..NCAA .. just thought he was a very good commentator, anyhoo, do you know if he was doing NFL games in 72? And what network.....
This video prompted me to look the pair up, Drees was an all-Big Ten center (basketball) at Iowa, who did much work in Chicago and Los Angeles, calling baseball, football, horse racing and golf. Never heard of HOFer George Connor before this. Not a lot of hype in their work here.
side note, Vikes RB Ed Marinaro later went on to act on television, such as Laverne and Shirley and Hill Street Blues . Thanks for posting this, awesome to see Tarkenton Vs. Bradshaw!
This game to me announced the Steelers' arrival. Vikings were the NFC's elite the Steelers were up and coming. A win by this margin showed they were for real. Steeler defense looked top-notch even without Lambert and Shell (still yet to come). Greene in his prime, Jack Ham was amazing. Steeler offense had some catching up to do. I always enjoy watching Tarkenton's scrambling, nobody did it like he did. Kudos for keeping in commercials, fun to watch. Nice to hear announcers more about the game and the players than themselves.
@@lovegodloveothers3404 Old? I'm 26, what are you, sounds like you're about 8 or 9, with poor grammar to boot. Oh, and "listen" is the correct spelling, not "lisen." LOL
1972 was a very good year for me. I was 22 yrs old , just bought a 72 Mercury Capri, Pirates were good but the best part was the Steelers dominating teams. They got real good for the first time.
So nostalgic!!! The "Immaculate Reception" wasn't even a glint in Franco Harris' eye yet. (still a month away) And those commercials are like time capsules. Wow, some of those jingles & images are embedded in my head still.
No constant joking by the announcers, no wild celebrations after doing your job, no kneeling during the National Anthem, no dazzling stat show between plays, no sleazy cheerleaders, players that looked in shape but not monstrous, no stadiums or bowl games named after Corporations, there were some good things back then. Not everything of course but I still miss that old game.
The Steelers were finally good and the fans were shocked. My father had season tickets because nobody wanted them. And of course he took me, 15 years old at the time. What a perfect age to see the birth of the Steelers. They were a joke before then. People dont know this now.
Awesome 👍 I saw my first game in 78. I was 5. Cold Monday night game at 3 Rivers stadium vs. bum Phillips and the Houston oilers and Earl Campbell . My dad took me and grandpap. Recently lost my dad to cancer and pap back in 2002!. GREAT memories even though we lost!!!!
This was so fun to watch! What a trip down memory lane. Things I didn't remember from back then: 1. There were no special teams coaches, or practices 2. Making dumb decisions and throwing into double and triple coverage was no big deal 3. Franco Harris was good 4. Tarkenton didn't mind throwing for 3 yards on 3rd and long 5. Guys couldn't catch the ball whether they were playing on offense or defense 6. A lot of people ended up getting stuck in the snow after being tricked into buying those Town & Country tires 7. If your day job required a hard hat you kept the hat on for later that night when you went out to a bar for a beer 8. Women who sold winter ski clothing waited until the middle of the winter to move inventory 9. Terry Bradshaw was atrocious 10. I wish the goalposts were still in the end zone.
This was the football of my youth...growing up in Canada we didn't get US cable stations until around this time and only CBS to start then NBC and finally ABC. We would have got our first colour TV this Fall and I remember how exciting it was to watch the NFL games in colour. Spokane was our US cable affiliate so from 1976 on we usually got the Seahawks as one of the two games each Sunday. I never missed a CBS game of the week. I grew up a Vikings fan but also was a Dolphins fan in this era with Czonka and Kick and Morris. This era of football is special for me and I remember every one of these commercials. Miss the viking away uniforms...wish they would go back to them.
The NFL blackout rules were so stupid in that era that if you lived within a 35 mile radius of the stadium you couldn't watch Csonka, Kiick and Morris play at the Orange Bowl in 1972, it was so bad that people started putting up TV antennas as tall as possible in South Florida neighborhoods so they could tune in TV stations that were 75 miles or more away from the Orange Bowl Even sold out games were blacked out.
Great game. I remember watching this game with my dad. We were on our way to the mountains of Pennsylvania for buck hunting that would start the next morning. My dad stopped at a VFW along the way and we watched this game then kept going. It was the beginning of a dynasty.
No-frills broadcast with low-tech graphics, no sideline reporters and limited camera angles. George Connor was an All-American lineman at Notre Dame in the 1940s and Hall of Fame player with the Chicago Bears for many years. Drees was a long time football and boxing announcer. Both largely forgotten today.
They still play sissy football. What the hell is shotgun formation I think the cheerleaders showed them that play. Only 2 teams still don't have cheerleaders. Steelers and Browns.
Legendary commentator Jack Drees retired and became an awesome sports commentator on the local news in my hometown of Mobile Alabama. RIP Jack. You are missed
Wow, no commercials after the kickoff. No commercial after the fumble. NO replays after every incomplete pass and 1 yard run. First commercial not seen until 2 series into the game, and only 2 of them! And people wonder whats wrong with football broadcasts these days...
The FCC used to limit commercials. All that has gone out the window with undue influence from corporate money now. FIFA forces networks to show 45 minutes World Cup soccer halves without interruption. We need the NFL to do the same.
I mean sure there arent as many replay angles or close ups but do those make the actual game more exciting? Would people really miss the advanced features if it meant 15 minutes of fewer commercials? It's not like most people watch a sports broadcast for the artistic merit. Plus the NFL has aubscription services for those who do want to rewatch games with more audio and camera options.
This is GREAT for these players to show their grand kids! Back when a QB got killed, wide receivers got whacked, helmet to helmet was normal, not standing for the anthem was unthinkable, no tv screens doped with useless data scrolling (you had to actually remember the score and pay attention), smoke adds abundant, no scores from other games until Monday Night Football and Cosell's halftime report, ticket prices were reasonable, a Sunday game was THE highlight of the day, then dinner and bed...simple life
I agree.From 1969 to the mid 70's they had the talent, but for some reason could not win the big one. Some great players. I remember the '69 team scoring 50 or more points in a few games, which was unheard of in the NFL.
What a great time back then. No cell phones, people actually knew how to have conversations verbally rather than typing their conversations to each other. Girls were girls, and men were men.
I vividly recall listening to Jack Fleming and Myron Cope call this game on radio. This was during blackouts and before every game was televised. Franco’s run late in the 4th iced it and gave Franco another 100 yard game.
This game was a sign of things to come just over 2 years later in SB IX in New Orleans. Franco running, Steel Curtain dominating, special teams not very special.
I have been VIKING'S FAN SINCE FRAN TARKINGTON WAS QB. And I am still a fan but I only watch VIKING'S GAMES since all this crap has been going. Sure is a shame they never won a SUPER BOWL, maybe one of these days, won't give up !!!
@4:15 - love the look of the Vikings during the National Anthem. Bud Grant called it the "Viking formation". Every player had to line up right on the sideline with both feet together and facing the the same direction. Helmets were to be taken off and held under the right arm. No one dared take a knee or do something to draw attention to yourself. If they tried, there would be hell to pay. Grant put Jim Marshal, Carl Eller, and Mick Tinglehoff in charge of making sure everybody fell in line.
Always had a huge amount of respect for Bud Grant. Kaepernick would've been thrown off that team that very day if he tried that shit with Bud Grant. Yeah real "oppressed" isn't he lol. Making millions of dollars to play a kids game. He has a problem with slavery but no problem with Nike paying people ten cents an hour in their foreign sweatshops. Gimme a fuckin break😂😂😂
Excellent drafting and pioneering the usage of steroids helped. (the Steelers' offensive line's steroid usage was the worst-kept secret in the NFL in the 1970s)
Franco was lucky along with the rest of Pittsburgh offence had it not been for the Steel curtain defense they never would have been the team of the 70s
Although it had yet to reach its full potential, the Steeler defense was one of the best in the league in 1972. (By '74 it was *the* best.) The offense, however, was another story. Terry Bradshaw simply hadn't come into his own yet as a passer, and it showed in this game. Fortunately for Steeler fans, Franco Harris came into his own immediately as a runner, and practically carried Pittsburgh's offense on his back in the early days of his career.
Bradshaw never had an accurate arm. With the receiving corp he had in this game and this season that is exactly what he needed. With the arrival of Lynn Swan and John Stallworth he had receivers that could go after a lot of his errant passes.
I disagree. By 1978 he had become quite accurate. Perhaps not as accurate some other quarterbacks, but accurate enough to lead his team to two more Super Bowls -- games in which was named MVP.
With the commercials this is about as close to time travel as it gets, thanks!
All i can say is i cant believe its 47 years since that game. Holy cow ! 47 years. I LOVE FOOTBALL. watching with my father. Rest in piece pop !!
peace*. Unless he was an organ donor.
Thanks for the spelling lesson. But it was that stupid spell check and i didn't even notice. I know the difference between piece and peace. But thanks anyway bud !!
All i said was i liked watching football with my dad. What's your problem ? Real football and fake football ?? Go to sleep do yourself a favor.
@@gregp103 LOL
@Escape From Zombie Island No need to jump all over the guy? All he said was that he enjoyed the memories of watching football with his deceased father.
Refreshing to see players just heading back to the huddle and getting ready for the next down instead of jumping around and dancing every time they make a halfway decent play. This is the NFL I grew up watching...and the one I wish would come back.
God forbid players have a personality and have fun while risking their lives.
lol true
@@420avila420 Most players today don't have the discipline that it took to play in the 70's, act like a bunch of clowns.
@@gdobie1west988 lol the game is so specialized now a days. Not only could they play, they’d do really good. The players today are bigger faster, and more skilled. combines, improved nutrition, improved physio therapy and improved coaching are evidence of that.
I love looking back at old games to learn history and pay respect... but to suggest that today’s players couldn’t hang back in the day is the dumbest take ive heard. But old heads love to say it every time, because god forbid some dude celebrates a good hit or touchdown. I honestly have no idea where the hatred comes from.
Baffles me. But whatever, have a good holidays. No reason for me to get worked up over a TH-cam comment. I just got tremendous respect for the game. Young and old
@@420avila420 There's times for celebration. But after every darned play? That's what a third grader would do. A lot of these guys are forever stuck on "manchild".
Putting on a whole game, along with the commercials, is great!!! I wish there were more games like this: they are far more entertaining than watching current games, and watching the whole broadcast, especially the commercials, is a good insight into how different things were then.
I'll agree with you on the games. The commercials were annoying then and they're annoying now. JMO. It's cool you enjoy them.
I love the commercials! lots of shaving equipment, bad cars, car batteries, beer. I had to laugh about the Pinto
The cigarette and cigar ads are what truly stand out, to me. For kids born in the 1980's, the concept of a TV spot for a cigarette is completely foreign.
This was a era of time when football really was a family game. So much fun. It was a great time to be alive and a little boy. I can remember playing with my friends in the backyard or in the street with a Nerf football and pretending to be our favorite players from our favorite teams. So much imagination and so much fun. I feel bad for the kids today. Thank you Virgil for uploading this.
Many kids today do the same things that you mentioned when it comes to the NFL being a family thing. You have to remember that first, foremost and always, the NFL is a business.
A business of giving audiences recreation as both entertainment and family time. Some of my favorite times with my wife is watching NFL Redzone together and yelling at the TV screen.
Don't sale today's kids short. Despite what media shows, it's better than folks think.
After years and years of being the laughingstock of the NFL, 1972 was the dawning of the great Steelers teams of that decade and they've been one of the most consistent franchises ever since.
Yes Louis Riecke's steroids were kicking in.Thank Alvin Roy who taught Reicke how to use steroids better. Roy and his steroids got the Raiders, chiefs, Cowboys, superbowl Trophies.
I remember that, they were the laughingstock, sort of like todays Jets, then they became perhaps the best team if you consider the fact they did it for so long. I'm a rams' fan and sure they won their division 7 years in a row back then, but lost every time in the playoffs, then almost beat the last of the great steelers teams in 1980 super bowl. I think had they faced them in say 74 76 etc they would have lost. pittsburg was just too good,as were the raiders back then
@@fredgarv79 Yes, as good as the Rams, Cowboys and Vikings were in the NFC in the '70's, they were just a shade behind the Steelers, Raiders and Dolphins of the AFC, much of the time anyway. I always felt that if the Rams had had a top QB, things might have gone a little differently for them, but who knows? Congrats on this years championship, btw! 👍
@@0Yemiserly1 THE PROBLEM WITH THE RAMS IS THAT THE PLAYERS OF THAT ERS WERE MORE INTETRSED IN HOLLYWOOD THAN THE SEASON
Back in the day when a regular working man could afford to buy a ticket and go
Ain't that the truth. My first NFL game was Steelers at Browns in 1982. I think the ticket was around 8 bucks? In 1983, I went to Pontiac to watch the Browns play the Lions at the Silverdome. My ticket for that one cost 5 bucks. The 13 bucks I spent on two games wouldn't get me a parking space today.
@GreatKingRat and stewardesses were all 25 and hot...and proud of it (as were we).
I can still afford to go and I'm a teacher. As working man as it gets. Taking my son to a game in three weeks. I just prioritized it instead of whining about 'the good ol' days'.
Back in January, 1976 you could have walked up to the ticket booth in front at the Orange Bowl in Miami and bought a ticket for Super Bowl X for 12 bucks.
Manu Ginobilis Bald Spot oh aren't you special. We weren't whining asshole. Just stating a fact.
GREAT watching this seeing how simple everything was back then, really fun and simple watching the game and the announcers were just calling the game. Very fun.
The Steel Curtain and the Purple People Eaters. Legends of the game for sure.
A B The steel curtain wasn't being called that yet and i don't know if the purple people eaters was being called that yet either
@@elhombrenegro4999, Purple yes, Steel Curtain, no..
So remember and appreciate it all, commercials and everything...thanks for the memories...
Greatest NFL defense of all time
Love those classic Nieman style posters of NFL teams--Steelers shown on scoreboard.
That fake turf was effectively green cement in those days. Awful stuff.
I played Arena Football and we shared an arena with a hockey team. And they would put the field over the ice (they used a concrete based board in between) but the turf would get really cold and hard. I have burns all over my arms and legs. It was great
@@terryducote I love arena football. I go to Green Bay Blizzard games whenever I can. Must've been cool to play.
It's still thick rubber and concrete and what really causing the concussions
@@W44F i had at least 10 concussions. In the late 90's and early 2000's they jusr didn't care and i never said anything because i didn't want to loose my job. Paying for it now. Had a teammate die after a game. Broke his neck. Chris Beard played at LSU
That old tartan turf was like playing in a parking lot. Poly turf wasn’t Much better but a little softer. It was either that or slop. The natural grass would turn into a mud bowl in November and December after the grass would die.
Preston Pearson played 5 years for the Steelers and was a good role player off the bench
He is also the first to win a Super Bowl ring and then the next year play against the team he won with in Super Bowl X when he was with the Cowboys.
Still lives in Pittsburgh too.
Nice not seeing 100 people on the sidelines! Also nice seeing No jumping around celebrating simple plays. When the Vikings recovered that first fumble, the defense just got off the field, no jumping around, dancing. I miss these days!
Me too
Agree with you 100 + 50%!! Though, honestly, in my opinion--I believe that over the years, the NFL decided to encourage "attitude", "personality", "one-up-manship"....{choose your own descriptions}---& ultimately, it's become what it is--almost like professional wrestling. After all--isn't it printed on tickets that audiences are being treated to "Entertainment"...?
Dancing is good and it's to rough flag football is better
Right on.
Watch a replay of the first NFL Championship Game (it wasn't yet dubbed the Superbowl), Green Bay vs Kansas City in the Los Angeles Coliseum, and you'll think the sidelines are almost deserted. End zones too - as well as the stadium itself. The Coliseum held around 80,000 back then and about 60,000 attended. Pro football was popular but nothing like it's become since. Baseball still held sway. No mas.
Mean Joe was so dominant. I still say he's the best DT to ever play.
I'd say Mean Joe is the greatest defensive tackle to ever play closely followed by Bob Lilly of the Cowboys. Lilly was actually the first ever draft pick of the Cowboys franchise in 1960. Alan Page of the Vikings was one hell of a DT also
those 3 ARE the best in that exact order ***
Greene played again the double team every game. He started lining up at an angle where he would turn sideways at the line of scrimmage. The O line would be confused by this. Such an athlete.
Bruce Smith was the best one
@@danlivni2097 Smith was an end not a tackle. And Reggie White was better.
The old days when a catch was a catch, a fumble was a fumble and players actually tackled by wrapping up the ball carrier
I had forgotten how spoiled we've become with so many different camera angles now. But, boy, is this REAL football. I really miss this.
NFL& college football 🏈 football players are too big & strong & NFL schedules are too long
And no on-screen clutter. You saw the score and stats.
1972 was the turning point for the Steelers organization and they have been very solid the last 50 years
the wonder and glory of TH-cam.....a time machine to a simpler time..big victory in what I believe was a breakthrough year for the Steeler Dynasty of the 70s....
I was 8 years old, really starting to become a big sports fan. I vaguely remember the graphics at the beginning, don't recall the announcers. I definitely remember the Memorex "shatter the glass" commercials.
A treat to watch this old Steelers Vikings game, thanks for the upload.
It’s amazing to see how much the game has changed.
❤️ oldies NFL football 🏈 1960s/ 1970s: football players are too big & strong; NFL& college football schedule way too long
Thanks for the upload and for not editing out the TV spots.
@vitoduval So did Ford lol
Steel Curtain defense is awesome! Incredible! This is the same year of the “Immaculate Reception” in the divisional playoffs against the Raiders. Preview of SuperBowl greatness! Franco Harris is a superstar!
Thank you for putting this on. Love football history. This was before I was born....missed the 1970s football..
Loved watching Tarkenton play
when I was a kid . Great QB .
Mark Me. I did too except when he played Pittsburgh. They had a way of making good players look very mediocre. They just said Tarkenton liked throwing to his running backs. Not necessarily. Nobody else is open and even if there's a chance they might get open Tarkenton doesn't have time for the play to develop for the receivers to get open...
❤ ed white, ron yary, mick tilgelhoff, great offensive line of Minnesota of the 1970s, etc etc
❤️ Watching Fran tarkenton & 1970s Minnesota viking offense & Minnesota viking purple people eaters
Fran didn’t look too good in this game
Tarkenton was overrated. Never won anything.
I watched this game, I was 10 yrs. old. Thanks you guys.
When men were men and tougher than steel. They played being paid a fraction of these players today, and a lot of these men stayed with one team throughout their career. I miss these games, when they not only gave 100% and cared more about winning championships than making commercials, but they all stood and gave respect for our fallen heroes during the anthem. You can forget all of this in 2018 and forward.
lmao players were not on the field for the anthem in the 70s dumbass
Free agency didn't exist in 1972.
I know free agency didn't exist, that's what made it great. All that does is it makes it harder to build a dynasty and keep players. This clip is from 1972 and the players are standing right by the field, dumbbell.
Nobody cared about our "fallen heroes" in 1972. People just wanted the war to end so we could put it behind us and get
on with the business of making money. You are looking at the Vikings and Steelers who were two of the best teams that
entire decade. Of course, those players cared about winning because when you did, the rewards took care of themselves
mostly in the form of local business opportunities. Today it's all national exposure.
And for that, they should have been payed 2 or 3 times as much as they were.
I've always wanted to watch these games. Being born in 1985 I missed the glory of the 70's, my father always told me about the glory days. I'm happy to say I went to a game at Three Rivers Stadium. I'll make sure I pass these videos on to my father. He will love it
Nice to look back at how football was then. I actually remember many of those commercials. A simpler time and seemed like a simpler game. Kicking was not as good as today. Also the receivers were not yelling for pass interference all the time like they do today.
Rocky Bleier wasn't just a viet nam vet...he had been shot in the left thigh, and took grenade shrapnel in his lower right leg. And still could outrun most opponents!
If you check out his book called FIGHTING BACK, he goes into some detail about the injury. Super guy!
A true American hero that was a great player.
He like to block by diving into the knees.
He lost a toe or too I think as well. A terrific story!!
and looks exactly like Sean Connery
Just two days ago I was watching the Chiefs/ Raiders game. One Raider guy made a good play late in fourth qtr and he showboated like he'd won the lottery. His team was about to lose 28-10 but it was HIS MOMENT. Pitiful.
That's the no fun league now
@@charleslee1644 you're being paid millions of dollars to pretend to be a professional......it shows total lack of class to celebrate your personal achievement when your team is losing......and that to me is what most players today lack........class...... instead of going to the sideline and celebrating, they prefer to get in the face of the guy they just beat and taunt him..........real class
I can get into this game and watch games that I can see all the way throughout. I appreciate the peaple that make it happen.This game today I barely make it to halftime. in today's game.I really appreciate Howard and those halftime highlights. Thats GOOD STUFF.Thank You.
Great to see general respect between the players and more of a team attitude - not “showboating -look at me “on every play .
that is why the Raiders haven't been that successful since those days,cause Al Davis didnt like selfish players
This is 1972 they did not know what the heck showboating was back then
I think that's western society in general today, it's ok to be self entitled
Most of us, football and otherwise, have forgotten what teamwork means.
Notice how everyone including the receivers were in a 3 point stance. Also, look how the offenses are in the split back set. I love watching old football like this.
I love everything about this video
Yeah - and ESPECIALLY notice that when a player made a good play - weather it be a TD/Sack or break up a pass they didn’t jump up and down and celebrate like today’s assholes. They went back to the huddle and continued the game.
Why? All the teams did the same thing. Why is that good?
Dem was the times when I would smoke two packs of pall malls and drink seven martinis during the game. Back in dem days us fellas had it made.
Thanks! Great to see this era of the Steelers again....and what a pleasure to experience a football telecast the way it should be. No 18 talking heads on set, chattering endlessly, guffawing idiotically, wasting my time.....
Can still vividly recall that Sears car~battery ad like it's YESTERDAY ~ I was only 6!
Beings that I was 16 months old when this game was played. I remember that commercial or something similar, so I think sears ran it for a very long time.
Game of 11/26/72, the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend.
A treat to hear this announcing pair, Drees and Connor. They were the #6 (out of eight) team for CBS this season so probably safe to say they were never heard by a very large segment of the country any given weekend.
Oh very interesting! Damn you know they were the # 6th Crew out of 8 crews?? Impressive. I got a question for ya, not too sure if you know the answer but i was a huge Charlie Jones fan...NFL..NCAA .. just thought he was a very good commentator, anyhoo, do you know if he was doing NFL games in 72? And what network.....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NFL_on_NBC_commentator_pairings@@quincee3376
@@danfuller478 thanks man! Much appreciated.
I had forgotten George Connor did games...I went to Holy Cross with his son Al
This video prompted me to look the pair up, Drees was an all-Big Ten center (basketball) at Iowa, who did much work in Chicago and Los Angeles, calling baseball, football, horse racing and golf. Never heard of HOFer George Connor before this. Not a lot of hype in their work here.
side note, Vikes RB Ed Marinaro later went on to act on television, such as Laverne and Shirley and Hill Street Blues . Thanks for posting this, awesome to see Tarkenton Vs. Bradshaw!
Seoul marinaro as a kid when he played for Cornell versus Penn
I think the planet and at least 3/4 of the solar system knows that,but yeah 🤪
This game to me announced the Steelers' arrival. Vikings were the NFC's elite the Steelers were up and coming. A win by this margin showed they were for real. Steeler defense looked top-notch even without Lambert and Shell (still yet to come). Greene in his prime, Jack Ham was amazing. Steeler offense had some catching up to do.
I always enjoy watching Tarkenton's scrambling, nobody did it like he did. Kudos for keeping in commercials, fun to watch. Nice to hear announcers more about the game and the players than themselves.
Jack Ham had to be the Def. MVP of this game! Dude was everywhere! Really do miss these good ole days!!!
Great to see adult men playing in the NFL, unlike today's silly, immature showboating brats.
How is celebrating immature. I guess old people like you we cant lisen to that's why we ignore you.
today's football is 💯 better
@@lovegodloveothers3404 Old? I'm 26, what are you, sounds like you're about 8 or 9, with poor grammar to boot. Oh, and "listen" is the correct spelling, not "lisen." LOL
Uh
Stfu Boomer
These videos are sacred. Thank you so much for the great work!
Nice to see grown men acting like grown men!!! Not like high school boys 😂!
#NoSenseOfHumor
Nfl players today act worse than high school players.
Love God Love others nah
You mean like @1:23:30? Yeah, real grown men.
@@scottlarson1548 That wasn't shit! Is that the best you can troll?!
1972 was a very good year for me. I was 22 yrs old , just bought a 72 Mercury Capri, Pirates were good but the best part was the Steelers dominating teams. They got real good for the first time.
So nostalgic!!! The "Immaculate Reception" wasn't even a glint in Franco Harris' eye yet. (still a month away)
And those commercials are like time capsules. Wow, some of those jingles & images are embedded in my head still.
We had to wait untill 2nd and goal at the one before there was a play as outrageous as immaculate reception!
I liked the old Begals helmets, still couldn't beat the steelers,but at least they looked better. Joking you guys won a couple.
No constant joking by the announcers, no wild celebrations after doing your job, no kneeling during the National Anthem, no dazzling stat show between plays, no sleazy cheerleaders, players that looked in shape but not monstrous, no stadiums or bowl games named after Corporations, there were some good things back then. Not everything of course but I still miss that old game.
I totally agree but I still like the sleazy cheerleaders.
I wish NFL can go back to those days. It was all about watching football
The Steelers were finally good and the fans were shocked. My father had season tickets because nobody wanted them. And of course he took me, 15 years old at the time. What a perfect age to see the birth of the Steelers. They were a joke before then. People dont know this now.
Awesome 👍 I saw my first game in 78. I was 5. Cold Monday night game at 3 Rivers stadium vs. bum Phillips and the Houston oilers and Earl Campbell . My dad took me and grandpap. Recently lost my dad to cancer and pap back in 2002!. GREAT memories even though we lost!!!!
I love watching this including the commercials. Thank you
This was so fun to watch! What a trip down memory lane.
Things I didn't remember from back then:
1. There were no special teams coaches, or practices
2. Making dumb decisions and throwing into double and triple coverage was no big deal
3. Franco Harris was good
4. Tarkenton didn't mind throwing for 3 yards on 3rd and long
5. Guys couldn't catch the ball whether they were playing on offense or defense
6. A lot of people ended up getting stuck in the snow after being tricked into buying those Town & Country tires
7. If your day job required a hard hat you kept the hat on for later that night when you went out to a bar for a beer
8. Women who sold winter ski clothing waited until the middle of the winter to move inventory
9. Terry Bradshaw was atrocious
10. I wish the goalposts were still in the end zone.
Town and Country tires 😂😂
Funny stuff
So great seeing this. I know most of the players on both teams. The Steel Curtain vs The Purple People Eaters.
Better than football today!!
nope
Absolutely
NFL& college football 🏈 football players are too big & strong and schedule too long
I love hearing the names of those players! Some great talent out there, folks! Special note for Franco Harris. He was THE man!!!
So nice not to have to sit through fives minutes of challenges and replays every time somebody gets inside the five yard line.
This was the football of my youth...growing up in Canada we didn't get US cable stations until around this time and only CBS to start then NBC and finally ABC. We would have got our first colour TV this Fall and I remember how exciting it was to watch the NFL games in colour. Spokane was our US cable affiliate so from 1976 on we usually got the Seahawks as one of the two games each Sunday. I never missed a CBS game of the week. I grew up a Vikings fan but also was a Dolphins fan in this era with Czonka and Kick and Morris. This era of football is special for me and I remember every one of these commercials. Miss the viking away uniforms...wish they would go back to them.
The NFL blackout rules were so stupid in that era that if you lived within a 35 mile radius of the stadium you couldn't watch Csonka, Kiick and Morris play at the Orange Bowl in 1972, it was so bad that people started putting up TV antennas as tall as possible in South Florida neighborhoods so they could tune in TV stations that were 75 miles or more away from the Orange Bowl Even sold out games were blacked out.
Great game. I remember watching this game with my dad. We were on our way to the mountains of Pennsylvania for buck hunting that would start the next morning. My dad stopped at a VFW along the way and we watched this game then kept going. It was the beginning of a dynasty.
This was my first NFL game that I attended, November 26th
And 9 days later the world was blessed with my birth. :) #72
I was 10 years old to the day. I watched about 10 minutes of this game on tv, then it was outside to play football with the gang.
@@Framer_Mike happy birthday
Well your lucky. Hopefully your parents took you
David M - exactly how I spent my Saturday and Sundays
There'd be a penalty called every play in this game now days.
@TheSpammons shut up moron
"PERSONAL FOUL! Insulting the quarterback's mama! Ball will be spotted on the one-yard line! Three consecutive automatic first-downs!"
waiting on the re-play, yes that was a penalty, lol
The first play, Gilliam was hit out of bounds. Lol
Especially in Pittsburgh
No-frills broadcast with low-tech graphics, no sideline reporters and limited camera angles. George Connor was an All-American lineman at Notre Dame in the 1940s and Hall of Fame player with the Chicago Bears for many years. Drees was a long time football and boxing announcer. Both largely forgotten today.
Wow thanks so much for the upload, this brings back so many great memories
I just turned 3 when this game was played.....started watching the Steelers around 76...been a fan ever since. Thank you for posting this game.
I can actually see the name and numbers on the back of the jerseys w/out all that hair. And this was the 70's!!
nice not seeing a commercial every couple minutes..even ads were short
Announcers simply calling the game and not making it all about themselves
So true!
No "sideline reporters," either.
Could not agree more!
i agree , like tony romo does now !!
This game was nearly 15 years before I was born. Love the commercials! Thank you for posting....from a Bengals fan.
It's kind of painful watching the Vikings without Chuck Foreman. He made all the difference in the world.
This was real football, not the arena league throwball we have nowadays.
Thanks for this. Felt like a 11 year old kid again. Bradshaw and Tarkington were my favorite qbs. 47 yrs later, I still hate the Cowboys.
I still hate the Steelers.
I used to be a Cowboys fan, but after Jerry Jone's Narcissism took over the franchise, I just can't support it;
Copy that hatred, Pgh has the biggest fan base on the planet. At least they did 3 years ago.
They still play sissy football. What the hell is shotgun formation I think the cheerleaders showed them that play. Only 2 teams still don't have cheerleaders. Steelers and Browns.
Staubach était un vrai
That left-footed punt was pretty amazing.
THIS IS GREAT!!!! Takes me back to when I was a little fella!😃
Franco was a monster...
Score a touchdown, hand the ball to the referee and walk back to the sideline..
As it should be! Act like you've been there before.
Like a boss!!!
Legendary commentator Jack Drees retired and became an awesome sports commentator on the local news in my hometown of Mobile Alabama. RIP Jack. You are missed
great voice
Wow, no commercials after the kickoff. No commercial after the fumble. NO replays after every incomplete pass and 1 yard run. First commercial not seen until 2 series into the game, and only 2 of them! And people wonder whats wrong with football broadcasts these days...
The FCC used to limit commercials. All that has gone out the window with undue influence from corporate money now. FIFA forces networks to show 45 minutes World Cup soccer halves without interruption. We need the NFL to do the same.
Hyper-Capitalist greed.
MONEY
@@rberka555 Thats how the NFL and players make alot of their revenue.
I mean sure there arent as many replay angles or close ups but do those make the actual game more exciting?
Would people really miss the advanced features if it meant 15 minutes of fewer commercials? It's not like most people watch a sports broadcast for the artistic merit. Plus the NFL has aubscription services for those who do want to rewatch games with more audio and camera options.
This is GREAT for these players to show their grand kids! Back when a QB got killed, wide receivers got whacked, helmet to helmet was normal, not standing for the anthem was unthinkable, no tv screens doped with useless data scrolling (you had to actually remember the score and pay attention), smoke adds abundant, no scores from other games until Monday Night Football and Cosell's halftime report, ticket prices were reasonable, a Sunday game was THE highlight of the day, then dinner and bed...simple life
Back then, This Week in Pro Football aired on Friday in NYC and Saturdays in other markets. Everything was highlighted except MNF.
Back then they had newspapers that came out on Monday morning. Amazing.
The Vikings deserved a super bowl during this era with the talent they had.
I agree.From 1969 to the mid 70's they had the talent, but for some reason could not win the big one. Some great players. I remember the '69 team scoring 50 or more points in a few games, which was unheard of in the NFL.
They PLAYED in 4!
Deserved? They had 4 chances, weren’t good enough
They were better than the 90's Bills and 80's Broncos who also couldn't get over the top. No other decade had such a gauntlet of great teams.
Minnesota viking should have won super bowl 🏈 games vs Kansas city; they beat Kansas city early in the season
Gotta love the commercials back then!
Ella and the shattering glass
Cheap as fuck, but none as bad as Geico and all the other mind-numbing, stomach-churning garbage like we have today.
filmed with a potato. just like this game.
Yeah, you knew what was being sold in these older commercials.
*Looks up from ground* This is the drink that give me the power packed punch I need!
I miss old pro football. What we have today is a version of the WWE. I don't watch it anymore, but this is a gem.
What a great time back then. No cell phones, people actually knew how to have conversations verbally rather than typing their conversations to each other. Girls were girls, and men were men.
And that’s the truth!
Also no men cheerleaders!
I will never watch the NFL again!
Jack Mehoff No Smart phones were a great time? You're joking right?
Nope, Simpler times, much better times.
You’re nutty if you believe kids coming home in body bag because of World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, were simpler times
O.J. - Huh? WTF u talking about? I'm talking about sports and cell phones. You're comparing apples to automobiles.
I vividly recall listening to Jack Fleming and Myron Cope call this game on radio. This was during blackouts and before every game was televised. Franco’s run late in the 4th iced it and gave Franco another 100 yard game.
This game was a sign of things to come just over 2 years later in SB IX in New Orleans. Franco running, Steel Curtain dominating, special teams not very special.
I never thought I wish for these types of games and actions and I wasn't even born yet for this game.
1:33:36 That era when the elderly 73+ were born and lived in the 1800s. That's crazy
@@rlsweeneyjr1 Lmfao. I've heard about those pintos exploding😂😂
I have been VIKING'S FAN SINCE FRAN TARKINGTON WAS QB. And I am still a fan but I only watch VIKING'S GAMES since all this crap has been going. Sure is a shame they never won a SUPER BOWL, maybe one of these days, won't give up !!!
Maybe they'll play the Bills in one.
What really stands out is how empty the sidelines are.
I love football and that Vikings team was my favorite growing up in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Fran Tarkenton was awesome!
@4:15 - love the look of the Vikings during the National Anthem. Bud Grant called it the "Viking formation". Every player had to line up right on the sideline with both feet together and facing the the same direction. Helmets were to be taken off and held under the right arm. No one dared take a knee or do something to draw attention to yourself. If they tried, there would be hell to pay. Grant put Jim Marshal, Carl Eller, and Mick Tinglehoff in charge of making sure everybody fell in line.
That is so amazing. Thanks for sharing this! Love me some Bud Grant.
Correct me if I am wrong , but didn't Jim Marshall score for the opposing team once .
@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 yep
Always had a huge amount of respect for Bud Grant. Kaepernick would've been thrown off that team that very day if he tried that shit with Bud Grant. Yeah real "oppressed" isn't he lol. Making millions of dollars to play a kids game. He has a problem with slavery but no problem with Nike paying people ten cents an hour in their foreign sweatshops. Gimme a fuckin break😂😂😂
@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 yes, it was considered a safety. Even the greats aren't perfect.
Back when commercial breaks included one or maybe two commercials. Thanks for including them, btw.
The Clearity is nice for being so old.
Wow!! Only two or three commercials per break. Those were the good ol' days.
Minnesota's offense changed when Chuck Foreman got there.
# 44
Charlie Tuna was my stratomatic runner. Great game to play. I have cards from 1975 and I still occasionally play against my pal.
Until they played Pittsburgh. Just saying...
It seems like the only way Minnesota can gain positive yardage is by a defensive penalty... Lol
❤ chuck forman, great pass catcher from the backfield
Never heard this announcer before. He’s very good.
Ahhh yes. Back when teams accepted the kickoff when winning the coin toss instead of deferring to the 2nd half.
This is the NFL I miss so much!
NFL 🏈 football players too big & strong ; NFL & college football schedule too long ; college football players & NFL players too big strong
Die hard Steeler fan. Thanks for posting this Made my day.
They use to kill the quarterback back then. Tom Brady is nothing compared to Terry Bradshaw.
This reminds me why I don't watch football anymore. It's not the game it used to be...
the beginning of the Steelers dynasty. From the day they drafted Franco Harris this team became a force every year.
Excellent drafting and pioneering the usage of steroids helped. (the Steelers' offensive line's steroid usage was the worst-kept secret in the NFL in the 1970s)
Franco Harris is still my favorite player of ALL time.
Franco was lucky along with the rest of Pittsburgh offence had it not been for the Steel curtain defense they never would have been the team of the 70s
This game gives me hope that somebody has the Immaculate Reception game out there somewhere sitting in a canister in some small town NBC station
Thank you for posting these. These are the only football I watch.
I used to love the Memorex and Alcola can't wait commercials..
Alcoa.
Alcoa can't wait...for tomorrow
Electrishave
Thanks for the post.I miss the announcers from yesteryear since now we have loudmouth classless and clueless x players that never shut up.
Although it had yet to reach its full potential, the Steeler defense was one of the best in the league in 1972. (By '74 it was *the* best.) The offense, however, was another story. Terry Bradshaw simply hadn't come into his own yet as a passer, and it showed in this game. Fortunately for Steeler fans, Franco Harris came into his own immediately as a runner, and practically carried Pittsburgh's offense on his back in the early days of his career.
Bradshaw never had an accurate arm. With the receiving corp he had in this game and this season that is exactly what he needed. With the arrival of Lynn Swan and John Stallworth he had receivers that could go after a lot of his errant passes.
I disagree. By 1978 he had become quite accurate. Perhaps not as accurate some other quarterbacks, but accurate enough to lead his team to two more Super Bowls -- games in which was named MVP.
@@SingleTax The QB of the winning team is often named the MVP so that's not impressive to me.
@@dirklerxstpratt2112 I can name a dozen Super Bowls off the top of my head in which the MVP wasn't a QB.
I would argue that the '76 Steelers had a better defense than 74. absolutely smothering.
God, even the commercial breaks were short... You'd barely have time to run to the bathroom and take a piss