RIP, Fran Polsfoot...you had the best seat in the house, when John Elway finally brought the Lombardi Trophy to Broncos Country 13 years later in San Diego! (and he beat the Steelers in the '97 AFC title game, in the same place where he began his NFL career...it was also the last NFL playoff game in 3 Rivers Stadium history!)
This is why I still consider Noll the best coach I've ever seen: Taking a team with Malone, Abercrombie and Pollard in the backfield and a patchwork defense and almost getting to the Super Bowl is more impressive than taking a loaded team and winning it all. This might have been Noll's best coaching performance.
As a then 11-yr old Redskins fan, I instantly became a sometime fan of those MARK MOLONE Steelers after the dynasty of the '70s as an AFC rooting interest.. (Plus the Seahawks back in their former AFC days...I love the "eff U" their former starting QB Jin Zorn to Dave Krieg gave to my beloved REDSKINS decades later, when he did that bizarre field goal as an obvious middle-finger to evil Daniel Snyder). PS--but NEVER The Penguins, GO CAPS!
@@AZDC99 I remember watching football in the ‘80s and getting aggravated when Art Monk beat some loser cornerback for a touchdown on more than one occasion. I was 11 in 1985.
This game was definitely one of the biggest upsets of the '84 season (Pittsburgh Steelers beating Denver Broncos @ Denver, 24-17). The Steelers were 9-7 during this regular season & the Broncos were 13-3 this same season. Yes, the Steelers may have beaten the defending 1984 Super Bowl Champ, the LA Raiders on the last game of this regular season, but, the Steelers were also the only team in that same season to beat the San Francisco 49ers, 20 -17. (The 49ers were 15-1 during this regular season & Super Bowl Champs this same season as well) .
The 84 Steelers were better than their record. They lost on a fluky final play at Indy and by only 2 points in the 4th quarter at Cincinnati. They were basically an 11-5 squad IMO. They, as you said, were good enough to beat in the same season, the defending SB champ Raiders and the eventual SB champ 49ers and were the only team to to beat SF all year. They just couldn't matchup with a prime Marino in the reg or post season. Had they found a way to upset Miami in the AFC title game, you know, one of those fluky wins where you get tipped interceptions and special teams TDS etc. they would have had a chance against SF in the SB. Not because they had beaten them in the reg season, but because they just matched up with them well.
Heck, it wasn't even the biggest upset of the day. The Bears were around 9-point dogs in Washington vs. the Redskins and upset them in RFK right before this game. If memory serves, the Steelers were 4 or 4.5 point dogs in this game.
A favorite Steeler team of mine. Very underrated. Much like 83' a team that was a QB and some key injuries away from being Champs. If only Lambert, Erenberg hadn't gotten hurt and Larry Brown and Chris Kolodjeski hadn't had their careers ended in that costly win in SF. Noll was brilliant in 84', 87' and 89'.
The 84 Steelers were better than their record. They lost on a fluky final play at Indy and by only 2 points in the 4th quarter at Cincinnati. They were basically an 11-5 squad IMO. They, as you said, were good enough to beat in the same season, the defending SB champ Raiders and the eventual SB champ 49ers and were the only team to to beat SF all year. They just couldn't matchup with a prime Marino in the reg or post season. Had they found a way to upset Miami in the AFC title game, you know, one of those fluky wins where you get tipped interceptions and special teams TDS etc. they would have had a chance against SF in the SB. Not because they had beaten them in the reg season, but because they just matched up with them well.
Marty McDonough Yeah, I grew up in Pittsburgh and he was “Automatic Anderson.” I remember watching this game as a seven year old. I forgot he missed three times. He kicked mainly off turf, Cincinnati, Houston and Pittsburgh were all turf teams, so maybe the grass in Mile High affected him.
I remember watching this when I was 15.Still surprised to this day the way the Steelers played in this game.They seemed to really take it to the Broncos all game long.Denver is a very hard place to play well and win in playoffs and the Broncos were a serious opponent.13-3 and even though Marino in his record breaking year in 84 was getting most attention Elway was proving himself as a new upcoming great one.The Steelers could have folded early with those early fumbles one resulting in a Denver score but they didn't.Steelers were streaky that year never quite knew how they would play week to week.They get blown out by Miami 31-7 in Pittsburgh then the following week go on road and beat the 49ers resulting in the Niners only loss that year.Steelers played some very good games especially the last game of year against Raiders they really shocked everyone with that win.And played some poor ones losing to opponents they clearly should have beat finishing 9-7.I still regard this as one of my favorite playoff memories because of the excitement and let's face it,the Steelers had NO RIGHT coming in this game and winning
Sir, your work is wonderful. I've enjoyed watching your posts. Do you have the Broncos week 2 game from 84 against the Bears, either in highlight form or the whole game?
It's a damn shame that we didn't get Dolphins-Broncos for the AFC title. That seemed to happen a lot in the 80s and 90s - the two best teams in the conference would not meet in the conference title game because one of them would screw up in the divisional round.
He currently works for Steel City Mortgage Services in Pittsburgh, and was the co-host of a weekly Steelers-themed radio broadcast on ESPN Radio 1250 AM.
I don't remember Gary Anderson ever miss 3 field goals ever again!! To think that the Steelers could've drafted Marino! I was a little kid , but I remember visiting my Babushka outside The Burgh & all my uncles & cousins goin on & on about this Fan Marino guy???? Lol!
Yes this win was the apex moment of The 80’s Steelers and certainly for Mark Malone. They led briefly against Miami in the championship game but couldn’t stop Marino’s passing.
You can say not a chance all you want but the year the 49ers when 15 and 1 and won the superbowl it was the Steelers that put that 1 in the lost column....
No, Steelers beat the Oilers in the 1989 playoffs. That was Chuck Noll's last playoff win and the Steelers won their next playoff game in 1994 against the Browns.
He got them a ring about as much as Cowher got them a ring .....Noll took a team worse than the Browns ever thought of being to 4 championships and got 4 rings ......Tomlin had a hall of fame quarterback for 15 seasons and produced one ring ....I'm thinking Ben got that ring for him just as he delivered Bill Cowher and Jerome Bettis a ring .....I know to you not having a losing season is big .....but coming in third in ur division is on big to those that grew up shining those participation trophies....you know who you are
@Jesse LeBlanc boy...who the f are you...this is about a game in the 80s...u were still shitting in your diaper..stop writing paragraphs..no one cares boy
@@davidmitchell6873 I wasn’t talking about Sam “Nover”Malone. Try to figure out what I did there 😆. I was talking about Mark Malone. The Olympic athlete. Now for being a smarty (can’t swear on TH-cam these days), you get me singing to you. If you be my bodyguard, I can call you Betty and Betty won’t you call me 🤙 Al! Mmmmmm mmmmm mmmmm nah nah nah nah
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Enberg and Olsen! 2 of the best ever. Miss the both of you.
RIP, Fran Polsfoot...you had the best seat in the house, when John Elway finally brought the Lombardi Trophy to Broncos Country 13 years later in San Diego! (and he beat the Steelers in the '97 AFC title game, in the same place where he began his NFL career...it was also the last NFL playoff game in 3 Rivers Stadium history!)
Awesome to see Chuck Knoll so competitive without the 70s lineup. Shows what a great coach he was.
*Noll
@@TheSam12678 *The Emperor Chaz
Perpetual.Art Noll
This is why I still consider Noll the best coach I've ever seen: Taking a team with Malone, Abercrombie and Pollard in the backfield and a patchwork defense and almost getting to the Super Bowl is more impressive than taking a loaded team and winning it all. This might have been Noll's best coaching performance.
NOLL!!!!
I love to hear Dick Enberg announcing football games!!!!
Hell of a coaching job by Chuck Noll that season.
I remember playing Mark Malone’s Quarterback on NES not too long after this matchup. The game was a testament to Malone’s greatness.
As a then 11-yr old Redskins fan, I instantly became a sometime fan of those MARK MOLONE Steelers after the dynasty of the '70s as an AFC rooting interest.. (Plus the Seahawks back in their former AFC days...I love the "eff U" their former starting QB Jin Zorn to Dave Krieg gave to my beloved REDSKINS decades later, when he did that bizarre field goal as an obvious middle-finger to evil Daniel Snyder).
PS--but NEVER The Penguins, GO CAPS!
@@AZDC99 I remember watching football in the ‘80s and getting aggravated when Art Monk beat some loser cornerback for a touchdown on more than one occasion. I was 11 in 1985.
This game was definitely one of the biggest upsets of the '84 season (Pittsburgh Steelers beating Denver Broncos @ Denver, 24-17). The Steelers were 9-7 during this regular season & the Broncos were 13-3 this same season. Yes, the Steelers may have beaten the defending 1984 Super Bowl Champ, the LA Raiders on the last game of this regular season, but, the Steelers were also the only team in that same season to beat the San Francisco 49ers, 20 -17. (The 49ers were 15-1 during this regular season & Super Bowl Champs this same season as well) .
The 84 Steelers were better than their record. They lost on a fluky final play at Indy and by only 2 points in the 4th quarter at Cincinnati. They were basically an 11-5 squad IMO. They, as you said, were good enough to beat in the same season, the defending SB champ Raiders and the eventual SB champ 49ers and were the only team to to beat SF all year. They just couldn't matchup with a prime Marino in the reg or post season. Had they found a way to upset Miami in the AFC title game, you know, one of those fluky wins where you get tipped interceptions and special teams TDS etc. they would have had a chance against SF in the SB. Not because they had beaten them in the reg season, but because they just matched up with them well.
Heck, it wasn't even the biggest upset of the day. The Bears were around 9-point dogs in Washington vs. the Redskins and upset them in RFK right before this game. If memory serves, the Steelers were 4 or 4.5 point dogs in this game.
A favorite Steeler team of mine. Very underrated. Much like 83' a team that was a QB and some key injuries away from being Champs. If only Lambert, Erenberg hadn't gotten hurt and Larry Brown and Chris Kolodjeski hadn't had their careers ended in that costly win in SF. Noll was brilliant in 84', 87' and 89'.
GRRAT POINTS!
As a long time Steelers fan I finally got see this game I so badly wanted to see. Other commitments prevented it. Thank you
So much respect for Chuck Noll and the Steelers organization.
I miss those old bronco helmets.
I couldn't possibly agree more.
one of my all time favorite games. Elway and the Broncos beat on their own turf!
The Broncos' only home playoff loss until 1996, when they were upset by the second-year Jags of Tom Coughlin and Mark Brunell.
Almost had a Elway Marino championship game in only their 2nd year but Broncos came up short
Frank Pollard was very underestimated rb for Steelers in early 80s. He ran hard and was good out of backfield.
The 84 Steelers were better than their record. They lost on a fluky final play at Indy and by only 2 points in the 4th quarter at Cincinnati. They were basically an 11-5 squad IMO. They, as you said, were good enough to beat in the same season, the defending SB champ Raiders and the eventual SB champ 49ers and were the only team to to beat SF all year. They just couldn't matchup with a prime Marino in the reg or post season. Had they found a way to upset Miami in the AFC title game, you know, one of those fluky wins where you get tipped interceptions and special teams TDS etc. they would have had a chance against SF in the SB. Not because they had beaten them in the reg season, but because they just matched up with them well.
Had no idea that Mr. Accurate Gary Anderson missed THREE field goals in this one...
Marty McDonough Yeah, I grew up in Pittsburgh and he was “Automatic Anderson.” I remember watching this game as a seven year old. I forgot he missed three times. He kicked mainly off turf, Cincinnati, Houston and Pittsburgh were all turf teams, so maybe the grass in Mile High affected him.
The greatness of the steelers!!!
Walter Abercrombie was so talented. This may have been Mark Malone’s best game too.
That pass to Watson was a bullet !!
I remember watching this when I was 15.Still surprised to this day the way the Steelers played in this game.They seemed to really take it to the Broncos all game long.Denver is a very hard place to play well and win in playoffs and the Broncos were a serious opponent.13-3 and even though Marino in his record breaking year in 84 was getting most attention Elway was proving himself as a new upcoming great one.The Steelers could have folded early with those early fumbles one resulting in a Denver score but they didn't.Steelers were streaky that year never quite knew how they would play week to week.They get blown out by Miami 31-7 in Pittsburgh then the following week go on road and beat the 49ers resulting in the Niners only loss that year.Steelers played some very good games especially the last game of year against Raiders they really shocked everyone with that win.And played some poor ones losing to opponents they clearly should have beat finishing 9-7.I still regard this as one of my favorite playoff memories because of the excitement and let's face it,the Steelers had NO RIGHT coming in this game and winning
This helped me understand why Gary Anderson missed that FG in the 98 NFC title game
Steelers played feisty for 4 quarters, got a huge W. Young team showed heart, nice memory!
Sir, your work is wonderful. I've enjoyed watching your posts. Do you have the Broncos week 2 game from 84 against the Bears, either in highlight form or the whole game?
6:51 Stallworth still has some juice
He was Al AFC in 84
3 missed FGs by Anderson. Game should not have been as close as it was.
At 16:36, Elway fires a TD pass to Watson. That's the hardest any football has ever been thrown!
Elway notorious for getting away with the forward lateral
"Deck the Broncos they're just Yonckos fa la la la, la la la la"...
Yoi
Fa GA GA GA GA GA GA
It is always great to see Magnum PI play QB....we always thought that game with Navy was his last game
Magnum went 21-30, threw for 2 TDs, and ran for another.
It's a damn shame that we didn't get Dolphins-Broncos for the AFC title. That seemed to happen a lot in the 80s and 90s - the two best teams in the conference would not meet in the conference title game because one of them would screw up in the divisional round.
Miami had no defense and all Denver had was Elway. Neither team could match up well with the good teams in the NFC in that era.
I was 10 when this game was played. Can't believe one of the best kickers in Nfl history missing 3 field goals in the Playoffs... smh
Still never understand why they took a kneel with 58 seconds
Damn Elway could throw darts
Let's go Pittsburgh Steelers
Added the links for the AFCCG in the description.
Where is the afc 84 championship game
Lipps was a great WR!A mix of Swann & Ward😉Dr#gs messed him up.Hope he's ok
I remember when I was a kid he would run some of the steep hill streets in Pittsburgh as part of his training you'll never see that now a days.
Shaad Hardwick He is from New Orleans, a strong cat Thanx for the reply
He currently works for Steel City Mortgage Services in Pittsburgh, and was the co-host of a weekly Steelers-themed radio broadcast on ESPN Radio 1250 AM.
@@steven2212 I wish him all the best.Thanx for the reply
Humiliation for Denver. John Elway threw 2 key interceptions, one to a Defensive Tackle, and the other with a minute to play.
I don't remember Gary Anderson ever miss 3 field goals ever again!! To think that the Steelers could've drafted Marino! I was a little kid , but I remember visiting my Babushka outside The Burgh & all my uncles & cousins goin on & on about this Fan Marino guy???? Lol!
Lipps would have been a HOFer if he had a decent QB.
Nothing to do with football, or this game, but LeBron was born on this exact date
Most common playoff matchup in AFC history. 8x.
Yes. They met in '77, '78, here in '84, '89, '97, '05, '11, '15. Denver is 6-2 in those 8 matchups.
Disappointing finish to a very exciting 13-3 season. However it set the table for three Super Bowl appearances in four years 1986-1989.
John LeValley I loved it
Super Bowl Loses
Man almost had Marino, Elway afc championship in their 2nd year!
It moves Louis Lipps it shakes Eric’s hips 😂😂😂
Steelers in 84 was the only team to beat sanfransico that year i thought it waa gonna be a 49ers and steelers superbowl
Highlight of 80s Steelers.
Yes this win was the apex moment of The 80’s Steelers and certainly for Mark Malone. They led briefly against Miami in the championship game but couldn’t stop Marino’s passing.
3:52 Elton Veals and Steve Foley... TULANE
This was a team that could have won the AFC, like in 1996 or 2012. Oh well
The Steelers then ran into Marino who gutted his childhood team. Who then ran into a SF team with another Western PA QB.
Whenever the announcers say the best....whatever...they screw up....in this case the kickers
Elway is a fucking beast 16:54
Cool seeing the Proud N huh y’all????????
Steelers linebackers and running backs destroyed Denver
Kick it rich... man they rode him after this game
Elway sucked in this game. He just didn't have his defense to bail him out.
Gee..I wonder who the announcers were for?????????????????
The announcers for the game were Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen
I Always Wondered If The Steelers Would Of Beaten The Dolphins In The AFC Championship Could They Have Upsetted The 49ers In The Super Bowl !
Hell no
Andy Raphael they beat them earlier in the year dipshit
Are u kidding me dude !! Not a chance!!
@@christopherdelgaudio9484 The Steelers Had The 49ers Number Between 1973 -1987 The Steelers Won 5 Of 6 Games !!
You can say not a chance all you want but the year the 49ers when 15 and 1 and won the superbowl it was the Steelers that put that 1 in the lost column....
Last Steelers playoff win until browns 94?
No, Steelers beat the Oilers in the 1989 playoffs. That was Chuck Noll's last playoff win and the Steelers won their next playoff game in 1994 against the Browns.
Now how many years has it been since Tomlin won a playoff game ......oops is this to soon
@@jesseleblanc1199 no...he gets them to the playoffs..has ring...never a losing season...bad dissemination boy
He got them a ring about as much as Cowher got them a ring .....Noll took a team worse than the Browns ever thought of being to 4 championships and got 4 rings ......Tomlin had a hall of fame quarterback for 15 seasons and produced one ring ....I'm thinking Ben got that ring for him just as he delivered Bill Cowher and Jerome Bettis a ring .....I know to you not having a losing season is big .....but coming in third in ur division is on big to those that grew up shining those participation trophies....you know who you are
@Jesse LeBlanc boy...who the f are you...this is about a game in the 80s...u were still shitting in your diaper..stop writing paragraphs..no one cares boy
16:31
Malone was a bum
Sam Malone was a reliever for the Red Sox.
@@davidmitchell6873 I wasn’t talking about Sam “Nover”Malone. Try to figure out what I did there 😆. I was talking about Mark Malone. The Olympic athlete. Now for being a smarty (can’t swear on TH-cam these days), you get me singing to you. If you be my bodyguard, I can call you Betty and Betty won’t you call me 🤙 Al! Mmmmmm mmmmm mmmmm nah nah nah nah