The CRAZIEST PRACTICE in Pittsburgh Steelers HISTORY

The CRAZIEST PRACTICE in Pittsburgh Steelers HISTORY | Steelers @ Buccaneers (1989)

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Prior to a 1989 week 16 NFL game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Pittsburgh Steelers had an interesting dilemma on their hands with regards to how to handle practice due to the cold weather. When they opted to go indoors, they found themselves practicing on an extremely dangerous surface in cement. And that's when the other pro football team in the city, the Pittsburgh Gladiators, completely out of nowhere, came in to save the day, and save Pittsburgh's season in the process. This is the story behind that incident
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Members of the 1989 Steelers:
Gary Anderson
Bubby Brister
Rick Strom
Todd Blackledge
Harry Newsome
Dwight Stone
Larry Griffin
Tim Tyrrell
Rodney Carter
David Arnold
Rod Woodson
Thomas Everett
Merril Hoge
Delton Hall
Carnell Lake
Tim Worley
Eric Wilkerson
Warren Williams
Ray Wallace
DJ Johnson
Dwayne Woodruff
David Little
Chuck Lanza
Bryan Hinkle
Hardy Nickerson
Brian Blankenship
Tunch Ilkin
Dermontti Dawson
John Jackson
Mike Hinnant
Lorenzo Freeman
Tom Ricketts
Craig Wolfley
Terry Long
Tim Johnson
John Rienstra
Mark Stock
Derek Hill
Louis Lipps
Mike Mularkey
Terry O'Shea
Weegie Thompson
Jason Johnson
Tyronne Stowe
Jerrol Williams
Jerry Olsavsky
Keith Willis
Greg Lloyd
Aaron Jones
Gerald Williams
AJ Jenkins
Chuck Noll (head coach)
Dan Rooney (owner)
Members of the 1989 Buccaneers:
Donald Igwebuike
John Carney
Chris Mohr
Joe Ferguson
Vinny Testaverde
Odie Harris
Rod Jones
Sylvester Stamps
Sherman Cocroft
Ricky Reynolds
Mark Robinson
James Wilder
Lars Tate
Bobby Futrell
Jamie Lawson
Harry Hamilton
Donnie Elder
Alvin Mitchell
William Howard
Don Smith
Borderick Thomas
Sidney Coleman
Ervin Randle
Henry Rolling
Sam Anno
Peter Najarian
Winston Moss
Kevin Murphy
Randy Grimes
Mike Simmonds
John Bruhin
Harry Swayne
Mark Cooper
Rob Taylor
Tom McHale
Paul Gruber
Carl Bax
Rhondy Weston
John Cannon
Reuben Davis
Frank Pillow
Ron Hall
Danny Peebles
Bruce Hill
Jackie Walker
William Harris
Willie Drewrey
Mark Carrier
Sean Smith
Robert Goff
Curt Jarvis
Shawn Lee
Ray Seals
Eugene Marve
Ray Perkins (head coach)
Hugh Culverhouse (owner)

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@michaelbarnes9255 Жыл бұрын

I went to this game with my brother who was a big steelers fan. It was really cold that day in fact my brother tried to get money for the game from several ATM machines and the weather was so bad that they weren't working. Inside the stadium when you were in the stands it was comfortable a little cold but comfortable. When you went to the concession stands though it was brutal, the wind was kicking bad and it was extremely cold. We knew going in to the game that the steelers had to win and needed a lot of help. Needless to say my brother was happy at the end of the day because they got in to the playoffs. It was a nice day overall with my brother. For the record I am a bucs fan and didn't like the out come of the game but still enjoyed the day.

@marcus813 Жыл бұрын

I didn't attend that game, so I couldn't watch it (blacked out throughout Central Florida) and I didn't hear about ATMs failing due to the frigid weather. Thank goodness you were still able to enjoy the day despite our Bucs' awful performance.

@rtyable Жыл бұрын

Old ASTRO turf was basically like painting concrete green. That's the irony of the story to me.

@effend446 Жыл бұрын

That's Pittsburgh when it really comes down to it. I've lived there for two years so I've seen it first hand. When the whole city knows a major event is bound to take place, everyone bands together like good neighbors to accommodate and to help make something good happen, even if it's a bad situation. Buffalo is the same way.......that's why they're called the city of good neighbors. That title could also apply to Pittsburgh, but they have a greater title.

@Rockhound6165 Жыл бұрын

I'm an Arena Football fan and it's a shame this league is no more. It was a fun league. And yes while teams moved around, sprung up, and folded, the league was still able to last over 30 seasons. The Gladiators moved to Tampa and became the Storm in 1991 and became one of the league's most successful franchise winning 5 titles(tied with the Arizona Rattlers). As for their field, an AFL field is much softer than an NFL field and if the players were complaining about practicing on cement to be honest the playing surface at Three Rivers wasn't much softer.

@jmed412 Жыл бұрын

I remember the story of the Steelers using the convention center and the arena turf. I can tell from experiencing that week that it was brutally cold, and we didn't have school as you mentioned in the video. A few years later the Steelers started using a bubble at Duquesne University that the Rooney's had donated money to install

@guiseppe8032 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact about that 89 playoff run? They weren't one-and-done either. They beat the Oilers in overtime--leading to the dismissal of Jerry Glanville--and nearly upset the Broncos at Mile High the following week. Had they held on to win that game, they would've played the Browns for a chance to go to the Super Bowl. Granted, they are by far the worst Steelers team to make the playoffs (though last year's team can make a strong case), but they weren't pushovers either. And it set the tone for Cowher Power in the 1990s.

@penguinsfan251 Жыл бұрын

I get a little tired of how bad this Steeler team is often potrtayed. Yes, they started terrible, down 92-10. They went 9-5 afterwards, and a gawdawful call by the inept Ben Dreith in a November home loss to the Oilers in bad weather kept the Steelers from going 10-6 and winning the AFC Central. Had the Oilers beaten the Browns the Saturday night before - the Browns pulled out a last second win to go 9-6-1 and the Oilers ended up 9-7 - the Steelers would not have needed all the help they got on Sunday and Monday night. I remember that cold. I was working in Washington, DC and drove home on a bitter cold Thursday night. I was going 70 on Interstate 70 and the PA Turnpike - screw the 55 speed limit and no state trooper was going to pull anyone over for speeding that night. My heater was turned up full hot and the air was still chilly. I stopped in Cranberry, PA to get a hot chocolate. It was there that I was reminded to put a sheet of cardboard over the radiator to keep the frigid air out. It warmed up a few days after Christmas. Had the Steelers beaten the Broncos, and they should have - they would likely have beaten the aging Browns and gone to the Super Bowl. An 8-7 1987 Steeler team beat the 49ers so a 49er blowout was not certain.

@TheTicktockman321 Жыл бұрын

@@penguinsfan251 Yes, a very underrated team and probably Noll's best job if coaching. Tons of great young talent that got off to a historic bad start but came of age. Lipps' last hurrah before back and hamstrings cut his career short. 90' was going to be our Super Bowl year! Then Bubby hurt his knee and elbow, Lipps' injuries and several other key injuries killed us. But this 89' team will always be special. Brister, Lipps, Hoge, Anderson, Ikin, Dawson, Woodson, Lloyd, Lake. What an entertaining team.

@jwbogacki Жыл бұрын

isn't it ironic that the steelers played tampa and almost a year later the gladiators moved there? even so, the gladiators/storm were the only original arena football team that lasted throughout the leagues' existence ('86-'19). #nerdalert

@marcus813 Жыл бұрын

The Gladiators moved to the then-Florida Suncoast Dome (now Tropicana Field) in downtown St. Petersburg and had some crazy attendance figures there. Thankfully, they moved to a more conventional Arena Football environment when the Ice Palace (now AMALIE Arena) opene.d in downtown Tampa in the mid-'90s. I enjoyed watching the Storm in person when it moved to downtown Tampa and I even attended one of its ArenaBowl wins.

@jwbogacki Жыл бұрын

@@marcus813 I remembered before the rays existed, the lightning was housed there and it was named the thunderdome. Too bad they didn't make that their permanent home, they shattered attendance records in that place. They could've shared it with the rays if they wanted to. Just saying.

@marcus813 Жыл бұрын

@@jwbogacki I attended my 1st NHL game on Feb. 22, 1996, when the Bolts hosted the Avalanche, the eventual Stanley Cup Champion. The Bolts set many attendance records, but they were better off in a more conventional hockey setup in a superior venue. I'm not sure how sustainable hosting games in downtown St. Pete would've been long term.

@Rockhound6165 Жыл бұрын

@@marcus813 I saw them play many times when they came to Philly(I used to cover the Soul until the league shut down for the 2009 season) and had some good conversations with coach Marcum. Nice guy and a football encyclopedia.

@ronnieimburgia4986 Жыл бұрын

I remember this game like it was yesterday. It had been 5 yrs since the Steelers had made the playoffs which is a eternity when your a teenager. We had moved out to California and never got to see Steeler games during those yrs. Was back in Pittsburgh for Christmas and all me and my brother wanted for Christmas was the Steelers in the playoffs. We needed a Christmas miracle and Santa delivered

@arcticphoenix2789 Жыл бұрын

That is an interesting story. Love your vids JG9

@shruggzdastr8-facedclown Жыл бұрын

Isn't it ironic that, of all of the host-cities for the Pittsburgh Gladiators to relocate to, they wound up in Tampa Bay?!

@adriankaechele8026 Жыл бұрын

I had just moved to Florida from PA 3 years before and that was the first NFL game I ever attended. It was so cold that day that Tampa Stadium's metal bleachers were quickly draining all my body heat away, so I bought a program to sit on. The Steelers kicker Gary Anderson was on the cover so that kind of tells you how the Steelers were lacking star players at the time. I saw the day's events as a Christmas miracle. I had no idea of all the efforts that went into preparation for the game.

@CTubeMan Жыл бұрын

Jack Lambert had a legendary practice with the Steelers before being drafted in 1974, in which he was flying all over a parking lot. He would have been right at home with the cement floor.

@rook1196 Жыл бұрын

All I remember is woohoo day off from skool! That rarely/never happened at my HS because we couldn't afford school buses.

@jonathanjudd3168 Жыл бұрын

The same day as Bucs - Steelers, I was in NJ watching the Giants host Bo Jackson and the Raiders. We had good tickets about 8 rows up on the 20 yard line because nobody wanted to go in the freezing cold. I only remember the halftime show was a guy throwing Frisbees to a dog who jumped to catch them.

@SilverGrizzly Жыл бұрын

High of 47 and Low of 27? Wow, I haven’t seen temps like that in months! That’s balmy.

@JeffMoon77 Ай бұрын

Civic Arena couldn't be used for Steelers practice that week as the Penguins had home games during the week. And being the primary tenant, and owners at the time, got to use it first. And in a month would be hosting the NHL All-Star game. So I don't think Edward DeBartolo, Sr. would want anything to happen to his arena.

@paulmicheldenverco1 Жыл бұрын

1n 1989, Denver was AFC Champion for the 3rd time in 4 yrs and were rewarded with the most humiliating SB pounding yet.

@SilverGrizzly Жыл бұрын

Not the only humiliating pounding Denver has taken in the SB.

@marcus813 Жыл бұрын

It wasn't cold just here in Tampa that day. All of Florida was frigid! Even the Dolphins had to host the Chiefs in icebox-like conditions just outside Miami that day. I remember us having a brownout that month and I have rarely been that cold here in the Tampa Bay Area. I think that might be the coldest home game in Bucs history. It was blacked out throughout Central Florida and given how bad the Bucs looked that day, maybe it was for the best.

@CTubeMan Жыл бұрын

“Miami Ice”

@Unknown-bq9id Жыл бұрын

And it wasn't just Florida--Corpus Christi got down to 15 degrees on December 24, 1989, while Houston got down to 7 degrees on December 22nd, 1989...

@marcus813 Жыл бұрын

@@Unknown-bq9id I didn't know coastal Texas was that frigid back then, too. I've always known that H-Town could get cold during the winter sometimes, but not THAT cold.

@dustinsindledecker154 Жыл бұрын

You Floridians can't handle when temperatures get below 60 degrees.

@CTubeMan Жыл бұрын

This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about the Steelers-Jets game in 2003 in which inclement weather condition preparation (or lack thereof) didn’t go the Steelers way.

@teen_laqueefa Жыл бұрын

Rooney was pissed!!!

@GamerKiller2347 Жыл бұрын

Coincidentally, the Gladiators moved to Tampa in 1991.

@rubberneckinc.8937 Жыл бұрын

I was never a fan of Arena League but boy did they play fast & high speed. I love that a game in 30's was defensive struggle.

@dustinsindledecker154 Жыл бұрын

I miss arena league.

@jasonthyrion9554 Жыл бұрын

It's a pity the seasons didn't align; I was jonesin' for a Scrimmage or at least a Joint Practice.

@KeithFroehlich07 Жыл бұрын

It's not really a shock when you think about the Pittsburgh if you know the background here. The teams always have a pretty good working relationship with one another. Anytime the Steelers or penguins are playing a big prime-time game? The Pirates will usually accommodate them by changing their night game to A-Day game so people, and working media, can attend both.

@americanidol30 Жыл бұрын

Schooling in the Pittsburgh area wouldn’t have needed to close for the cold weather. Christmas vacation was approaching and would have been closed anyway.