Nice they had a good team that year .lost to the raiders in super bowl I wasnt alive yet I was born in 1981 but love seeing classic teams from 70's nfl Vikings cowboys Redskins rams afc dolphins raiders and steelers
That's cool. Wilbert was a great back. I'm a Raider's fan, but I thought the Eagles that year where cool. Would have been rooting for them if they played anyone else.
Yeah, NFL golden years. Nowadays, they're more like businessmen wearing pads. No real team loyalty, just self-promotion and getting the biggest paycheck possible.
the 1980 NFC championship was the Eagles most significant game in about 20 years, so it's no shocker the Philly fans were hyped, as most fan bases would be after waiting so long too. and playing against the Cowboys added another layer to the hype
@@DavidSilva-fq7nt Yes. Those were great announcing teams back at that time. Summerall - Bookshier ( later Madden) Enber - Olsen, Jack Buck - Hank Stram
As a Cowboy fan, I caught hell because I was living with two Eagles' fans. I had to admit this was a hell of a game. Hats off to the Eagles on that game.
I just had the pleasure working at Carl Hairston’s house. He was incredibly nice. He let me and my crew wear his championship ring, his coaching Super Bowl ring, and even signed autographs. He had dozens of stories he told us. What a great man and it was quite the experience trying those massive rings on.
Yep. The technology today has been able to digitally enhance nearly everything to even better than original quality. So we see these classics just as the people there saw them & we see better quality than people watching back then on their picture tubes. It's awesome stuff!
Jaworski really struggled in this game And the Superbowl! Wilbert and Harris really played great and the defense was great on this day. This victory was really sweet
7:11 Wilbert Montgomery 42-yard TD Run 43:44 Tony Dorsett 3-yard TD Run 1:18:48 Tony Franklin 26-yard Field Goal 1:27:21 Leroy Harris 9-yard TD Run 1:38:33 Cowboys Intercept Jaworski 1:54:10 Franklin 20-yard Field Goal 2:02:18 Eagles Celebration
Not too dated Ty, I was watching from South Jersey, rooting for my Cowboys. I hated the Eagles back then...mostly because I had to hear so much crap as a 15yr old.
I was 8 years old when I watched this game on tv. The previous week the Eagles beat the Vikings. That was the first football game I ever watched so the Eagles became my favorite team because they won. Still a huge Eagle fan to this day.
I was in the 600 level in the end zone that Wilbert Montgomery ran towards with that TD run. It was amazing! The game remains the coldest game I ever attended...and it was a day game too!
The good old days, good old football at good old Veterans Stadium. Eagles fans were pumped, this game was HUGE! Montgomery's TD run was so amazing, it happened right at the perfect time!
My neighbor Brian got 4 tickets to this game and took his brother Will, my father and my older brother (who was 13 and worked for the neighbor). Everyone loaded into the car and drove to the Vet. As they were pulling into the parking lot Will realized he'd run from the front door of his house to the car without putting his jacket on. Unreal. The 3 adults swapped the two jackets between them the whole game. They also downed a lot of wine they had brought (apparently there was some issue that led to most, if not all, concession stands not being open) to stay warm. After the game ended the adults were trashed. My 13 year-old brother had to escort the adults out and the biggest guy, Will, was the most sober and slowly drove everyone home. When he dropped off my father and brother, my father did something I otherwise never saw him do - vomit! As the younger kid, I was more than happy to have watched that game indoors with my grandmother.
I still have my ticket stub….slept in line to get those tickets..they opened the ticket window at 2:00am when the crowd started burning the police barricades….it was the best
Jaws was wrong. He didn’t have to have to play a great game for the Eagles to win. He went 9-29 / 2 INT / 3.1 YPA with a QB rating of 12.3. He also said (according to Brookshire at the top of the telecast) that he had to throw 38-40 times to win against the Dallas flex defense.
The thing I loved most about Dallas' jerseys back then, both home and road, the numerals looked so much nicer. They have been far too "thick" for lack of a better word for going on 30 years now.
@@willmack5909 Prior to the 1981 season, those blue jerseys that Dallas wore were "bad luck" for them. They rarely won when they wore them. Dallas redesigned their blue Jerseys for the 1981 season. The blue is a shade darker.
Wow, this was real football, when the game was pure and simple. Exerting your will mentally and physically over your opponent. None of the garbage that is packed into todays game. I miss the old NFL, and I miss the VET.
Remember this Eagles team as a kid, they were so good, I was sure they would win the Super Bowl, but they were just too uptight and the Raiders just had that swagger.
Say what you want about bigger and faster. These were all real men, no doubt. First drive you hear “.. he’s got a broken left hand” but still started and played. Freezing cold and dudes kicking off barefoot. Great times and fun to watch.
I went to the Vet right after work on the Friday before this game for the limited tix..around 3:00am when the the crowd started to set the old wooden police barriers so they opened the tix window early..it was well worth it
🚲 I was too, but this wasn't on t.v. in Richmond, Va that day. Tryin to figure out why. We know all playoff games were televised. Maybe power went out..
Remember watching this game as a 12-yr-old and simply LOVING it! Was an OILERS fan, so each and every time Dallas lost, it was a great day (and is to this day!). And those Eagles unis were bad-ass! Damn, Montgomery was fast!
Man oh Man..these games are SO much better than today's NFL..they are actually tackling, there are no phantom penalties. I would give up my fiance if football could be like this again..i really miss it.
Those days are gone forever. Free agency has destroyed the game. Throw in the ridiculous big money contracts with guaranteed money and people who still watch the modern NFL are stuck with mediocre football.
@@garthornspike3648 sick of all the steroid freaks at every position now in the NFL and everyone just pretends it doesn’t happen. Also, the teams don’t even play as a unit until week seven now. The players just aren’t very good anymore.
Both my husband and cousin were at this game. Both told me how loud the crowd was and how frigid this game was at the Vet. I remember watching this with my family in Frankford as a 10 year old. I too remember how cold the day and hoped no one got hurt on the Vet turf. I knew we were gonna win that day 💚🦅🏈
I was 10 as well during this…only difference is i was in my Dads car on the way to Jack Murphy stadium to watch The chargers and raiders play for the AFC championship
@@notimefordowntimesoriseabo5930 Since they play in a Dome it definitely is a shock for them to experience cold weather. Also is it possible if you can help me find any pictures of these signs or point me in the direction where I can find one. Thank you.
Been a huge cowboy fan forever. Wilbert Montgomery went to ACU in abilene texas. Few years back ACU built a new stadium and his picture is on the west side with other ACU football greats.
I was 3 yrs old when this game was played, years later i had the pleasure and honor of working with Randy Logan and his wife for over 15yrs….. amazing couple who still do great work in the Philadelphia community
Yep. The next season, they switched to a much darker blue -- and have worn them ever since. I kinda liked the uniforms they wore in this game, but like you said -- guess that color blue was considered bad luck.
It wasn't bad luck, it's only that Tex Schramm preferred to have the visiting team wear the dark colored jerseys to introduce different colors at the home stadium. Since most other teams wore the dark jersey at home, the blue Cowboy jersey was just rarely worn. They did have critical losses in this and the 1982 NFC championship, as well as SB V, but they beat the Los Angeles Rams in the 1978 NFC championship, 28-0. The Dolphins, Redskins, and Browns were also known for wearing white at home, once the NFL allowed the home team to choose which jersey (1964) during the season, and not until 1978 to have the choice in the Super Bowl.
@@dr.awkward9075 They did wear dark jerseys, but they added gray to the jersey with gray numbers and the Cowboy star in 1981, so the jersey did look different.
It's strange but I prefer to watch these old games over the new NFL. There is something special about how they played the games and the fact they were not over produced with all the stats and graphics they use today. I prefer this older brand so much more and it gives me my football fix to boot! Same holds for the NBA. I'm watching the 1995 Magic vs Rockets finals and really enjoy it for the same reasons...and the fact they were more physical and had inside games instead of all 3 pt shooting like today.
To be Dan fouts is not a bad thing. White also got injured vs the redskins in 1982 championship. Going toe to toe with Montana wasn’t too bad although Whites fumble cost them the game.
This one shocked me. The Cowboys & the Raiders would have made a better Super Bowl. As a result, it was a cakewalk for the Raiders crushing the Eagles.
I agree. At the time, a Cowboys vs Raiders Super Bowl would of been an epic game. Some feel it would of been perhaps the greatest matchup in terms of legends playing at the same time. I feel the Cowboys would beat them as they did in the regular season.
Sadly the Cowboys never did play the Raiders in a Super Bowl in spite of there were many scenarios that would have made it very possible (1969, 1970, 1975 among other years) dang it!
This was the last game Summerall and Brookshier called together. They were a team on CBS from 1974-1980, and also on "This Week in the NFL" from 1970-1975. CBS split them up because they were getting drunk together too much. Brookshier went to play-by-play, and CBS ended up pairing Madden with Summerall part way through the 1981 season. That pairing lasted 21 seasons, the longest in network history (13 on CBS and 8 on Fox).
Brooky & Summerall were great together..people loved Brookshier so much that when he took off his Rolex it fell out of the broadcaster’s booth to the lower level stands..they threw it back up to him. (IDK if people would do it nowadays)
I miss those days..when you can watch a championship game without all the game inturupting petty call's... Back in the day teams had to actually earn their yardage, and defenses got off the field after a good hit on the QB or a wide receiver... Anyway, thanks for the memories, and all the great games you post.
And some people realize.... Time and place... No time nor place for politics in a game being covered... No matter it be left wing Marxist garbage... Or right wing Nationalist Socialist garbage...
Wonderful to watch men play the game without getting flagged for everything. Butkus would have been tossed out of all the games if he played his style nowadays.
I remember this game. The sportswriters made a big deal of the Eagles forcing Dallas to wear its unlucky blue uniform. And the Cowboys actually changed to a navy jersey the following year.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't those jerseys considered curses? Notice, to this day, that everytime the Cowboys go to Philly, they're in blue....!
They haven't worn the royal blue jersey with the block numbers since this game. They came out with the dark navy blue jerseys the next season which are better looking than the white ones to me. And yes they have had more success in them. But yes I wish Jerry would throw back to this jersey at least one time...
@@claypleasant6327 i totally agree! Funny how early in the telecast of this game, Tom Brookshier spoke about the Cowboys' "bad luck (royal) blue" jerseys. Have to wonder if his remark hastened its post-game demise. These were the best Eagles' unis ever (1974-84)! The kelly green/soft gray combo is sweet! Philly should bring those back!
They should bring it back. Thought it was a sharp look. They lost SuperBowl V wearing these jersey's and I think that started this crazy "blue jersey curse"
They looked best when the Cowboys put the smaller numerals back on top of the shoulders in '78 after placing them just above the stripes in '70 (the home whites went back on top in '74)
I remember the week leading up to this NFC Championship game... The Eagles didn't stand a chance of beating Dallas. They were so nervous, didn't know what to do so they elected to wear their white jerseys at home. The Eagles always wore dark jerseys (green).I will always remember that. Dallas didn't like to wear blue jerseys!
@@usmc6004 The Cowboys lost this game because they did not win the division. Dallas played an emotional, hard hitting playoff game with Atlanta the prior week to get to the Philadelphia title game . They had to play an extra playoff game, travel twice and that set up the loss against a very good Philly team. Dallas seemed battle weary at this point. Cowboys vs Raiders would have been a better Super Bowl match-up.
@texasstadium , pretty much what I said it was all about the effort, I'm sure they were tired after the Falcons game. I watched it. Danny White made a great throw. You can tell they were emotionally spent, but they should have been up against their division rival. They would have beaten the Raiders in the super bowl. 3 straight years to the NFC title game, 3 straight loses. I believe they would have won all 3 SB's if they had gotten there.
Although Im a Raiders fan. I love this game because Wilbert is my uncle. And thats why the Super Bowl was bittersweet for me.
Nice they had a good team that year .lost to the raiders in super bowl I wasnt alive yet I was born in 1981 but love seeing classic teams from 70's nfl Vikings cowboys Redskins rams afc dolphins raiders and steelers
Just sloppy both teams... hard to watch!!
Cool story bro.
Wow, how cool. I was at this game and I loved Wilbert. He carried us on his back to the Super Bowl.
That's cool. Wilbert was a great back. I'm a Raider's fan, but I thought the Eagles that year where cool. Would have been rooting for them if they played anyone else.
NFL should keep putting full games on here, the vintage ones are the best too
Kodak White 💯 percent !
Kodak White head to head hits were common back in the day
Yeah, NFL golden years. Nowadays, they're more like businessmen wearing pads. No real team loyalty, just self-promotion and getting the biggest paycheck possible.
Epictetus of Hierapolis in it for the gain, not the game
I'm grateful the NFL is providing these games but their editing is awful, cutting to the next play while Pat & Tom are still talking.
Epic. Philly’s fans are just something different. You can literally feel the energy in the Vet on a 40yr old, rebroadcast, from an iPhone screen!
It's awesome 6 years before I was born go eagles
Yeah, with police dogs on the sidelines, a jail in the stadium and police on horseback in the stadium to boot. Impressive. Lol.
Greatest fans are in all of sports!!!!
@@billquantrill4960cry about it?
the 1980 NFC championship was the Eagles most significant game in about 20 years, so it's no shocker the Philly fans were hyped, as most fan bases would be after waiting so long too. and playing against the Cowboys added another layer to the hype
RIP Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier
never saw any pic of Brookshire's wife until this game. Wow she was good looking!
@@muffs55mercury61 Mrs. Brookie at 1:02:48 and 1:03:32. A lot of those old ball players married the homecoming queens and cheerleader types !
I also miss the legendary Jack Buck, but Joe Buck I wish I never saw.
Tommy Parker. These two were great together. I was 20 years old. Let's have more.
@@DavidSilva-fq7nt Yes. Those were great announcing teams back at that time. Summerall - Bookshier ( later Madden) Enber - Olsen, Jack Buck - Hank Stram
That turf at the Vet finished many careers. It was basically a thin green carpet on a rock hard slab of concrete.
exactly - in segments
Michael Irvin!
Thank God both Eagles and Phillies don't play games with this turf.
I played baseball on a similar surface once--3rd base, I was happy to get out of it in one piece.
@@glst1974 They did back then!
Listening and watching two broadcasters Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier are a tremendous feeling that truly enjoyed. I missed them both. RIP 🙏
Me too!😢
As a Cowboy fan, I caught hell because I was living with two Eagles' fans. I had to admit this was a hell of a game. Hats off to the Eagles on that game.
We need more cowgirls fans like you GO EAGLES
Good thing shegals aren’t good
Luck ; NFL uncle played professional football
with 2 you could spread eagle
as a Cowboys fan this was the 1st NFC championship in almost a decade you didn't play either the Los Angeles Rams or Minnesota Vikings
I miss Pat Summerall calling games.
I agree
Biff Roberts so do I, as well as Curt Howdy and a few others.
7:11 where Joe Buck tried (and failed massive) to mimic with Brian M........whatshisname? 22 years later
Me too.
I Don't
I just had the pleasure working at Carl Hairston’s house. He was incredibly nice. He let me and my crew wear his championship ring, his coaching Super Bowl ring, and even signed autographs. He had dozens of stories he told us. What a great man and it was quite the experience trying those massive rings on.
Great to see real football,2 runners in the backfield,quarterback under center,no looking to the sidelines,no stupid stuff in the endzone.Love it
I was 32 years old when I watched this game.I can almost feel the cold
The quality of this recording is just excellent for it's vintage. Thanks so much for sharing.
Yep. The technology today has been able to digitally enhance nearly everything to even better than original quality.
So we see these classics just as the people there saw them & we see better quality than people watching back then on their picture tubes. It's awesome stuff!
Jaworski really struggled in this game And the Superbowl! Wilbert and Harris really played great and the defense was great on this day. This victory was really sweet
I was just thinking that. People act like the way he played in the Super Bowl was a freak incident, but he played just as bad this day
Jaworski was an average quarterback, at best.
He never started again after leaving the Eagles
Jaworski always struggled in the post season. that's why the Rams gave up on him before he went to Philly.
That Wilbert Montgomery was unstoppable. I watched him play when I went to Abilene Christian College in the 70's.
7:11 Wilbert Montgomery 42-yard TD Run
43:44 Tony Dorsett 3-yard TD Run
1:18:48 Tony Franklin 26-yard Field Goal
1:27:21 Leroy Harris 9-yard TD Run
1:38:33 Cowboys Intercept Jaworski
1:54:10 Franklin 20-yard Field Goal
2:02:18 Eagles Celebration
NFL Thanks for uploading the game ;)
Thanks NFL
NFL I was born on this day when this game kicked off. Dating myself, I know...
Tyrone Jones I was 11 years old when this game was played.
Not too dated Ty, I was watching from South Jersey, rooting for my Cowboys. I hated the Eagles back then...mostly because I had to hear so much crap as a 15yr old.
Loved hearing the Eagles chant in the beginning. I'm 32. Wasn't born in 1980. It's the same chant today. So cool
Tony Dorsett, a great runner with style, it was beautiful to watch...........hate the cowboys but respect to T.D. always!
Jay Company Totally agree. Classy guy too.
Jay Company your right tony wasn't a showboat.
Hawkeye!!! Was finesse 👌 loved watching him run
It seems Tony dorsett & Dallas cowboys were seems unbeatable if Tony dorsett had 100 yards plus
This is not the whole game
I was 8 years old when I watched this game on tv. The previous week the Eagles beat the Vikings. That was the first football game I ever watched so the Eagles became my favorite team because they won. Still a huge Eagle fan to this day.
Tom Brookshier was an underrated analyst.
The quality of this video from 1980 is amazing. It must be straight from the 1 inch master.
Sat at the top in section 709....Wilbert's TD run and the crowd reaction. No Super Bowl, but an awesome memory nonetheless.
I was in the 600 level in the end zone that Wilbert Montgomery ran towards with that TD run. It was amazing! The game remains the coldest game I ever attended...and it was a day game too!
They sounded extremely loud
The good old days, good old football at good old Veterans Stadium. Eagles fans were pumped, this game was HUGE! Montgomery's TD run was so amazing, it happened right at the perfect time!
wilbert montgomery was one tough running back..
And Jaws was one tough QB!
Louie Giamona as well
My neighbor Brian got 4 tickets to this game and took his brother Will, my father and my older brother (who was 13 and worked for the neighbor). Everyone loaded into the car and drove to the Vet. As they were pulling into the parking lot Will realized he'd run from the front door of his house to the car without putting his jacket on. Unreal. The 3 adults swapped the two jackets between them the whole game. They also downed a lot of wine they had brought (apparently there was some issue that led to most, if not all, concession stands not being open) to stay warm. After the game ended the adults were trashed. My 13 year-old brother had to escort the adults out and the biggest guy, Will, was the most sober and slowly drove everyone home. When he dropped off my father and brother, my father did something I otherwise never saw him do - vomit! As the younger kid, I was more than happy to have watched that game indoors with my grandmother.
Gawd, I love this stuff! I remember this game as an 11 year old!!
I still have my ticket stub….slept in line to get those tickets..they opened the ticket window at 2:00am when the crowd started burning the police barricades….it was the best
The eagles uniforms very sweet has a certain badassness to it !!!
The next season CBS would have the greatest broadcasting duo ever in the great Pat Summerall and John Madden
Julian Smith lol
I meant that CBS had Pat Summerall working with John Madden instead of Tom brookshier in 1981
I liked Tom brookshire
I don’t think there will be one like them ever again
@@jimsmith6547 John Madden was better think on Thanksgiving he gave out the turkey leg plus the gold standard of all star teams the All Madden team
I remember this game..best memory until 2018...long time!
Jaws was wrong. He didn’t have to have to play a great game for the Eagles to win. He went 9-29 / 2 INT / 3.1 YPA with a QB rating of 12.3. He also said (according to Brookshire at the top of the telecast) that he had to throw 38-40 times to win against the Dallas flex defense.
These uniforms look so much nicer than what they wear today. SO much nicer!
The Cowboys blue jerseys in this game are very nice. They should wear them sometime as a throwback jersey.
The thing I loved most about Dallas' jerseys back then, both home and road, the numerals looked so much nicer. They have been far too "thick" for lack of a better word for going on 30 years now.
Will Mack I agree I love that green and silver
@@willmack5909 Prior to the 1981 season, those blue jerseys that Dallas wore were "bad luck" for them. They rarely won when they wore them. Dallas redesigned their blue Jerseys for the 1981 season. The blue is a shade darker.
Those wild sleeve stripes were worn by the Eagles from 1974 to 1984.
Dayum this game is 40 yrs old this yr of 2021. NFL remasters the vintage games to HD nowadays so ppl can watch how the nfl was over the yrs.
Wow, this was real football, when the game was pure and simple. Exerting your will mentally and physically over your opponent. None of the garbage that is packed into todays game. I miss the old NFL, and I miss the VET.
Summerall and Brookshier were great. Old school football all the way. Love the low-tech graphics.
The video quality is top notch for the early 80’s
This game is living proof that mental and emotions can beat physical. Eagles won this game on pure emotion they wanted it the most.
They did, my Cowboys team was spoiled brats, just thought they could just show up & win that game.
Remember this Eagles team as a kid, they were so good, I was sure they would win the Super Bowl, but they were just too uptight and the Raiders just had that swagger.
Raiders had the swag and the talent. Eagles got outclassed in the super bowl
Say what you want about bigger and faster. These were all real men, no doubt. First drive you hear “.. he’s got a broken left hand” but still started and played. Freezing cold and dudes kicking off barefoot. Great times and fun to watch.
but the game is better today. however i still appreciate these old games (that's why im here). i'm not a hater, just a realist.
@ I don’t see the game as better. Some aspects were improved but overall, no not imo.
But we are each entitled to our own preferences
I went to the Vet right after work on the Friday before this game for the limited tix..around 3:00am when the the crowd started to set the old wooden police barriers so they opened the tix window early..it was well worth it
Do you remember getting a poster at the game that said “Dallas shot JR”?
Wilbert run is a play I'll never forget. I was 15 years old!! That was beautiful!!
🚲 I was too, but this wasn't on t.v. in Richmond, Va that day. Tryin to figure out why. We know all playoff games were televised. Maybe power went out..
Remember watching this game as a 12-yr-old and simply LOVING it! Was an OILERS fan, so each and every time Dallas lost, it was a great day (and is to this day!). And those Eagles unis were bad-ass! Damn, Montgomery was fast!
but the Oilers and Cowboys weren't really rivals cus they didn't play each other twice a year, being in different conferences.
Man oh Man..these games are SO much better than today's NFL..they are actually tackling, there are no phantom penalties. I would give up my fiance if football could be like this again..i really miss it.
Those days are gone forever. Free agency has destroyed the game. Throw in the ridiculous big money contracts with guaranteed money and people who still watch the modern NFL are stuck with mediocre football.
@@garthornspike3648 sick of all the steroid freaks at every position now in the NFL and everyone just pretends it doesn’t happen. Also, the teams don’t even play as a unit until week seven now. The players just aren’t very good anymore.
Ever notice they shrink a little after retirement.
I’m a giant fan, but I can’t stop watching this game. Must be divisional love
RIP to "The Sunshine Boys", Pat Summerall & Tom Brookshier
Always imagined they had one hell of a time in the 1970's.
I listened to much of this game while riding on a bus. The driver had a transistor radio.
Both my husband and cousin were at this game. Both told me how loud the crowd was and how frigid this game was at the Vet. I remember watching this with my family in Frankford as a 10 year old. I too remember how cold the day and hoped no one got hurt on the Vet turf. I knew we were gonna win that day 💚🦅🏈
I was 10 as well during this…only difference is i was in my Dads car on the way to Jack Murphy stadium to watch The chargers and raiders play for the AFC championship
Do you remember getting a poster that said “Dallas shot Jr”?
@@blockhead- YES!
I wonder do ya think Dallas being used to like 86 degrees just could not adjust at all to the cold?
@@notimefordowntimesoriseabo5930 Since they play in a Dome it definitely is a shock for them to experience cold weather. Also is it possible if you can help me find any pictures of these signs or point me in the direction where I can find one. Thank you.
The greatest win in Eagles history fly eagles fly!
Not anymore
Even before the Super Bowl win, this was not the greatest win in Eagles history. They won 3 NFL championships prior to the 2017 title.
Been a huge cowboy fan forever.
Wilbert Montgomery went to ACU in abilene texas.
Few years back ACU built a new stadium and his picture is on the west side with other ACU football greats.
I was 3 yrs old when this game was played, years later i had the pleasure and honor of working with Randy Logan and his wife for over 15yrs….. amazing couple who still do great work in the Philadelphia community
I believe this was the last game that Dallas wore that shade of blue. It was considered bad luck or something.
Nah, they were wearing it in the '82 NFC Championship game when Riggins ran over them. 😢
Yep. The next season, they switched to a much darker blue -- and have worn them ever since. I kinda liked the uniforms they wore in this game, but like you said -- guess that color blue was considered bad luck.
It wasn't bad luck, it's only that Tex Schramm preferred to have the visiting team wear the dark colored jerseys to introduce different colors at the home stadium. Since most other teams wore the dark jersey at home, the blue Cowboy jersey was just rarely worn. They did have critical losses in this and the 1982 NFC championship, as well as SB V, but they beat the Los Angeles Rams in the 1978 NFC championship, 28-0. The Dolphins, Redskins, and Browns were also known for wearing white at home, once the NFL allowed the home team to choose which jersey (1964) during the season, and not until 1978 to have the choice in the Super Bowl.
@@dr.awkward9075 They did wear dark jerseys, but they added gray to the jersey with gray numbers and the Cowboy star in 1981, so the jersey did look different.
What's really odd, is the fact that Danny White was not only the Cowboys starting QB, but also their starting punter...
Danny white was a great punters: Danny white didn't make people forget Roger dodger starback
🏍️ Yeah, Dallas's punter was never late getting on the field.
@@mikethebike2456 as a punter or quarterback had his chance of going to the superbowl vs san francisco 49er 1981 (danny white)
Dan Pastarini used to quarterback and punt for the Oilers back in the day too. Landry did bring in a punter on the roster later for White.
Beatiful!! jerseys from Cowboys and Eagles. Love you!
True! They don't make 'em at all like they used to!
"...Newhouse is built like a doorknob." :) The commentators are classic.
RIP MR PAT SUMMERALL..LOVE HIS VOICE.
It's strange but I prefer to watch these old games over the new NFL. There is something special about how they played the games and the fact they were not over produced with all the stats and graphics they use today. I prefer this older brand so much more and it gives me my football fix to boot! Same holds for the NBA. I'm watching the 1995 Magic vs Rockets finals and really enjoy it for the same reasons...and the fact they were more physical and had inside games instead of all 3 pt shooting like today.
1st of 3 straight NFC championship losses for Cowboys. Danny White was the Dan Fouts of the NFC.
🏍️ Maybe. I blame the defense against the Niners.
To be Dan fouts is not a bad thing. White also got injured vs the redskins in 1982 championship. Going toe to toe with Montana wasn’t too bad although Whites fumble cost them the game.
Game happened 2 years before I was born but in 2022 this game still moves me
i like the two drunk fans at 9:37 without shirts drinking a fifth, they woulda been kicked out in todays family friendly stadiums
This was the Eagles shining moment until February 4, 2018
Not really! The Eagles won 3 NFL championships before February 4, 2018 and so you are uninformed.
@@ccjjpp1966 no just 2 post super bowl era so actually u are uninformed and before you come and say they won in 1960 I said "post" super bowl era
Mike Vanriel ur crazy Eagles dominated the NFC East from 2000 to 2020
Jaworski choked because he couldn’t handle the pressure. The rest of the team had a great Super Bowl game.
First of 3 consecutive losses for the Cowboys in the NFC Championship game.
This one shocked me. The Cowboys & the Raiders would have made a better Super Bowl. As a result, it was a cakewalk for the Raiders crushing the Eagles.
I agree. At the time, a Cowboys vs Raiders Super Bowl would of been an epic game. Some feel it would of been perhaps the greatest matchup in terms of legends playing at the same time. I feel the Cowboys would beat them as they did in the regular season.
Sadly the Cowboys never did play the Raiders in a Super Bowl in spite of there were many scenarios that would have made it very possible (1969, 1970, 1975 among other years) dang it!
If they had played each other in the 1980 Super Bowl, it would of been epic.
YES for sure
Was at that game with my father-in-law ( he had season tickets). Man was it cold, but a terrific victory. Made the ride home pleasurable.
This was the last game Summerall and Brookshier called together. They were a team on CBS from 1974-1980, and also on "This Week in the NFL" from 1970-1975. CBS split them up because they were getting drunk together too much. Brookshier went to play-by-play, and CBS ended up pairing Madden with Summerall part way through the 1981 season. That pairing lasted 21 seasons, the longest in network history (13 on CBS and 8 on Fox).
Pat Summerall and John Madden are the gold standard of NFL broadcasters and guess what the conversation ends right there
Brooky & Summerall were great together..people loved Brookshier so much that when he took off his Rolex it fell out of the broadcaster’s booth to the lower level stands..they threw it back up to him. (IDK if people would do it nowadays)
I just noticed Jaworski lifts his heels just before the snap. I wonder if any of the teams he was playing against noticed this?
Wilbert Montgomery!
Best Cowboys uniform ever. Jersey wasn't cursed.....Danny White was.
This is sooooo much better than the two hand touch they play now.
Congratulations on beating the Vikings, Eagles fans!
My favorite Dallas Cowboys uniforms
Tony Franklin was nuts 🥜!!!!! How in the world are you gonna kick in 4 degree weather barefooted? Wow! 😮
40 years ago today, and we haven’t seen Dallas wear those amazing blues since.
Because of this game they were gone for good
Just pulled them out last week
I miss those days..when you can watch a championship game without all the game inturupting petty call's... Back in the day teams had to actually earn their yardage, and defenses got off the field after a good hit on the QB or a wide receiver... Anyway, thanks for the memories, and all the great games you post.
I love those Cowboys dark jerseys.
Horrible 🤮
They were gone forever after this game
@@kibitznec700that’s a negative ghost rider
Losing 3 straight NFC title games has cost several Cowboys a chance to get in the hall of fame.
Too Tall Jones Harvey Martin Danny White to name a few
What great commentary! No politics, no PC just football! Loved it!
Yet some folks always find a way to interject their social opinions by pointing out there were none mentioned in the telecast.
And some people realize.... Time and place...
No time nor place for politics in a game being covered... No matter it be left wing Marxist garbage... Or right wing Nationalist Socialist garbage...
I was there... coldest day of my life!!!!
Bandwagon Cowboys fans be like.... who's Dorsett??
Ama Gen Lmao
Ama Gen lmao, Emmitt the 🐐 tho
not even leon lett
Giffond Hall What did he even say to offend you?
Giffond Hall He didn't direct it toward you
Back in the days when starting QBs held the ball for placekickers and also punted.
"Montgomery at his best when he can pick a hole!" Sounds like buffet night at the Blue Oyster Bar.
Wonderful to watch men play the game without getting flagged for everything. Butkus would have been tossed out of all the games if he played his style nowadays.
Wilbert was one of the best backs the eagles ever had so under rated
Kielbasa Jaworski jaws Wilbert got gassed on that 48 yd run
we could use another running back like Wilbert right now
Thank you NFL for putting these games up.
I remember this game. The sportswriters made a big deal of the Eagles forcing Dallas to wear its unlucky blue uniform. And the Cowboys actually changed to a navy jersey the following year.
@Jane Gold 🏍️ Maybe.
@Jane Gold Probably , cause TooTall Jones was off-sides but got away with it…10-point lead with 5 mins to play!!!
And they won their first game in new navy blue jersey in the season opener in Washington 26-10
This is amazing! The quality is great for the age. Can’t wait to watch the whole game
I wish Dallas would wear those blue jerseys more often.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't those jerseys considered curses? Notice, to this day, that everytime the Cowboys go to Philly, they're in blue....!
Blue jersey curse lives.
They haven't worn the royal blue jersey with the block numbers since this game. They came out with the dark navy blue jerseys the next season which are better looking than the white ones to me. And yes they have had more success in them. But yes I wish Jerry would throw back to this jersey at least one time...
@@claypleasant6327 i totally agree! Funny how early in the telecast of this game, Tom Brookshier spoke about the Cowboys' "bad luck (royal) blue" jerseys. Have to wonder if his remark hastened its post-game demise. These were the best Eagles' unis ever (1974-84)! The kelly green/soft gray combo is sweet! Philly should bring those back!
This NFC Championship game was the last game the Cowboys wore that specific blue jersey. The franchise changed to a darker shade of blue for 1981
The amount of plays that would have been reversed from replay from '75 to '80 is staggering. It easily could have reshaped the legacy of many teams.
9:38 the 2 drunk shirtless guys LOL
I have a good memory about those two guys in the stands--but don't know where they are now! Unfortunately that game was not played in Dallas!
NFL today needs to watch older NFL films. Real football
Tony Franklin? He was the Patriots' kicker in Super Bowl XX.
Quality is beautiful. My Cowboys lost but was a memory from my childhood
Greetings to you from the Dallas area or thereabouts from Texas and a diehard Cowboys fan from Scooby from near Chicago and a Bears fan! 😀🐈💖
Last game Dallas wore their “cursed” royal blue jerseys. (My favorite uniform of all time)
1980 nfc Championship 1/11/81
They should bring it back. Thought it was a sharp look. They lost SuperBowl V wearing these jersey's and I think that started this crazy "blue jersey curse"
Never. Blue jersey curse lives.
@@bawbremy won 1978 nfc championship with those jerseys vs la rams
Arctic Raven Lost SB V in blue. Dallas never wore blue jerseys in SB since.
They looked best when the Cowboys put the smaller numerals back on top of the shoulders in '78 after placing them just above the stripes in '70 (the home whites went back on top in '74)
wirbert montgomry 31 my fav player alltime 66 bergy love too die hard eagles fan
I remember the week leading up to this NFC Championship game... The Eagles didn't stand a chance of beating Dallas. They were so nervous, didn't know what to do so they elected to wear their white jerseys at home. The Eagles always wore dark jerseys (green).I will always remember that. Dallas didn't like to wear blue jerseys!
Game won on effort, the Cowboys were the more talented team. They didn't show up to play in this game.
@@usmc6004 The Cowboys lost this game because they did not win the division. Dallas played an emotional, hard hitting playoff game with Atlanta the prior week to get to the Philadelphia title game . They had to play an extra playoff game, travel twice and that set up the loss against a very good Philly team. Dallas seemed battle weary at this point. Cowboys vs Raiders would have been a better Super Bowl match-up.
@texasstadium , pretty much what I said it was all about the effort, I'm sure they were tired after the Falcons game. I watched it. Danny White made a great throw. You can tell they were emotionally spent, but they should have been up against their division rival. They would have beaten the Raiders in the super bowl. 3 straight years to the NFC title game, 3 straight loses. I believe they would have won all 3 SB's if they had gotten there.
10:00 even the officials were better men in the 80s NFL
I meant that in 1981 CBS would have the greatest broadcasting duo of all time my favorite Pat Summerall and John Madden were in a class by themselves
HD from 1980, thanks for posting this👍
This was the Eagles biggest playoff win in the Super Bowl era when they knocked off "America's Team"
The Cowboys were very lucky to beat Atlanta the week before no way were they winning this
That wasn't luck, they were down by 10 points with less than 6:30 left in the fourth quarter.
🏍️ Not in Philly, anyway.
This was one of three straight championship games where Dallas sorely missed Thomas Henderson.
And Roger Staubach.
The missed Roger more, White couldn't get it done. The one that hurts the worse for me is that one to the 49ers!
Yes, Thomas told Landry he'd never get back to another Super Bowl without him.
@Faltor895 When Jerry Jones bought the team in 1989 they would shortly be the best team in the NFL for the first half of the 90s
@@michaelleroy9281What does that have to do with the comment you replied to?