Chandler#81 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Obviously not the Bills, though Dennis Shaw won ROY. Just 2 years removed from their shocking Super Bowl upset loss to Joe Willie & the Jets, the Colts with the newly formed, merger-induced realignment brought Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Baltimore into the new AFC along with the AFL teams. Since it’s a boring, football-less Saturday in Hell Month, here is perhaps NFL Films best ever production. Vivid, brilliant filmography, exquisite orchestration and armed with a fantastic script, John Facenda never sounding  better. For those of you around during this era, here’s a Saturday stroll waxing through nostalgia. Enjoy!   4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Coot Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Johnny U -- Mr Football. He played when mugging the opposing team's QB was legal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Romes Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Teams combined for ELEVEN turnovers in that super bowl. Should have awarded the trophy to no one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted June 19, 2022 Author Share Posted June 19, 2022 9 hours ago, Charles Romes said: Teams combined for ELEVEN turnovers in that super bowl. Should have awarded the trophy to no one. Yep, affectionately dubbed the Blunder Bowl. Even Baltimore’s lone TD was a fortunate blunder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddyjj Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Wow that was a time travel experience for me. Totally forgot that year and SB Championship. Liked the fight in end zone vs Bills. John Pitts and Robert James laying dudes out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Before my time Chand, so thanks for sharing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Thanks for sharing. I remember it well. It’s also interesting to note that up until the  1970 merger Pittsburgh was just a floundering NFL franchise not known for doing much of anything (unlike the Colts and Browns who saw lots of success throughout the 60s). Then, just a few seasons later the Steelers became an AFC dynasty and have remained a league super power to this day…almost fifty years later. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted June 19, 2022 Author Share Posted June 19, 2022 Yep! Butch Byrd drilling that dude into the endzone. Awesome! If yer gonna lose, leave ‘em something to remember you by! 3 hours ago, freddyjj said: Wow that was a time travel experience for me. Totally forgot that year and SB Championship. Liked the fight in end zone vs Bills. John Pitts and Robert James laying dudes out.  2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 I loved Baltimore’s War Memorial Stadium. Like our own WMS, the late season shadows, the infield and old structure brought such character to the games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 That was a fun watch. Cool that a crappy 3-10-1 Bills team tied the world champs and lost the other game by only 6 pts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stranded in Boston Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 6/19/2022 at 10:58 AM, Chandler#81 said: Yep! Butch Byrd drilling that dude into the endzone. Awesome! If yer gonna lose, leave ‘em something to remember you by!  Thanks for that, Chan!  I forgot that Butch Byrd briefly overlapped with (my man) Robert James in the same defensive backfield 😃 ... Also, while Norm Bulaich had a solid but unspectacular NFL career, it seemed like he always killed the Bills! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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