The WORST DISASTER in NFC Championship HISTORY | Cowboys @ 49ers (1970 NFC Championship)

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2 жыл бұрын

At the 1970 NFC Championship at Kezar Stadium between the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys, after the game, things got ugly in the stands. With this being the last game ever played at Kezar Stadium, everything that could've gone wrong in this send-off did, with hundreds of officers getting involved as tons of people got arrested and were sent to the hospital. This is the story behind the disaster
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Members of the 1970 49ers:
Steve Spurrier
John Brodie
John Isenbarger
Gene Washington
Johnny Fuller
Jimmy Thomas
Rosey Taylor
Al Randolph
Jim Strong
Bruce Gossett
Mel Phillips
Jimmy Johnson
Mike Simpson
Ken Willard
Doug Cunningham
Bruce Taylor
Bill Tucker
Ed Beard
Carter Campbell
Skip Vanderbundt
Tommy Hart
Bob Hoskins
Frank Nunley
Jim Sniadecki
Roland Lakes
Dave Wilcox
Randy Biesler
Elmer Collett
Woody Peoples
Charlie Krueger
Bill Belk
Earl Edwards
Forrest Blue
Len Rohde
Sam Silas
Cas Banaszek
Stan Hindman
Lee Johnson
Ted Kwalick
Preston Riley
Cedrick Hardman
Dick Witcher
Bob Windsor
Dick Nolan (head coach)
Members of the 1970 Cowboys:
Ron Widby
Roger Staubach
Craig Morton
Lance Rentzel
Mel Renfro
Bob Hayes
Margene Adkins
Dennis Homan
Herb Adderley
Dan Reeves
Walt Garrison
Duane Thomas
Cornell Green
Calvin Hill
Charlie Waters
Claxton Welch
Cliff Harris
Richmond Flowers
Mark Washington
DD Lewis
Dave Manders
Dave Edwards
Chuck Howley
Lee Roy Jordan
Thomas Stincic
Steve Kiner
Blaine Nye
Larry Cole
Halvor Hagen
George Andrie
Pat Toomay
Rayfield Wright
Tony Lisco
Ralph Neely
Bob Lilly
Jethro Pugh
John Niland
Ron East
Bob Asher
Mike Clark
Pettis Norman
Reggie rucker
Mike Ditka
Tom Landry (head coach)

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@alice_evermore 2 жыл бұрын

This happened because Scorpio from "Dirty Harry" worked there as a grounds keeper.

@luisvaldes1568 2 жыл бұрын

Good one.

@Matt-ng4tj 2 жыл бұрын

"Are you feeling LUCKY, punk?!" --famous last words just before the brawl started

@dustinsindledecker154 2 жыл бұрын

John Brodie was an underrated quarterback but of course he gets overshadowed by Montana and young because they won championships, but Brodie would do very well in his prime in today's NFL but that's my opinion

@MrBlazemaster525 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely

@joboots007 2 жыл бұрын

Also strange is that Brodie isn’t in the HOF (& Montana,Young & YA Tittle are),given that the Niners were basically mediocre or middle of the road in the early/mid 60s,once John took the reins after YA was shipped off 2 the G-men……after Dick Nolan took over,John was in the middle of that 3 year stretch in which he was considered the best in the league,something that Joe or Steve couldn’t do in their primes!!!

@kyledamron 2 жыл бұрын

Very true

@davanmani556 2 жыл бұрын

He hated zones and cover 2’s. He felt that they should have been banned.

@ldfreitas9437 3 күн бұрын

@@joboots007 It's a travesty that Brodie isn't in the HOF. He's getting close to 90 and recovered quite well from a stroke he suffered in his 60s. He doesn't have much time more than likely. Mays left us recently. I fear one of these days it's going to be John Brodie, before he ever gets into the HOF. It seems the fact he threw 10 more interceptions than TD passes is the problem. Brodie did play on some very competitive teams that were in contention late, 1959, '60 and '61.

@jlrva3864 2 жыл бұрын

In 1970, my family lived in the East Bay, near Berkeley. I remember everyone was excited about a possible all Bay Area Super Bowl, but I, just a child then, was skeptical. Oakland was 8-4-2 and 6 or 7 of their victories resulted from last second heroics, usually thanks to George Blanda. Also, the 49'ers lost very badly to Detroit in the regular season and Dallas had beaten them, barely, at Detroit, so I knew beating Dallas would be difficult. Couple of other memories: The Baltimore fans pelted the Raiders with snowballs as they entered Memorial Stadium, so it wasn't just SF with fan violence. Kezar Stadium was/is actually in Golden Gate Park, meaning most available parking was a long walking distance away. OTH, it was one of the few football only stadiums in use by the NFL and it had great views of the neighborhood and not industrial buildings like other stadiums had. One other memory: The following baseball season (1971) both the SF Giants and the Oakland A's reached the league championships but neither reached the World Series. And Oakland once again lost to Baltimore.

@mkepioneet 2 жыл бұрын

Wild to think about how much has changed in the 50+ years since. The 49ers don't even play in the city, the crowds aren't rowdy and the rowdy hippies wouldn't exist today because no one can afford it

@mkepioneet 2 жыл бұрын

@David Lim or go to a Packers game 😊

@paulanderson6634 2 жыл бұрын

And the police don't arrest don't make arrests anymore.

@DolFan316 2 жыл бұрын

Rowdy hippies exist, they're just called Antifa now.

@marcus813 2 жыл бұрын

Until Levi's Stadium was planned, I never thought they would move closer to their Santa Clara HQ.

@mkepioneet 2 жыл бұрын

@@marcus813 didn't even know the HQ was in Santa Clara! I guess it makes sense as da Bears are up in Arlington Heights

@darwinblinks 2 жыл бұрын

I live a five minute walk away from Kezar. Every single time I go past it, it blows my mind an NFC title game was played there.

@denisceballos9745 2 жыл бұрын

Kezar was demolished after the Loma Prieta quake in ‘89. Some of the outer walls and gates were left standing. A track and playing field were installed where the original playing field was. You can still hear the faint roar of the crowd as Jim Marshall ran the wrong way to the west end zone.

@jcngokai-76 2 жыл бұрын

And it’s now the home of the high school track and field and football championship, and selected home-away-from-home games

@lsmftymf 2 жыл бұрын

@@jcngokai-76 Love the mention in the video of the San Francisco Deltas NASL team which obviously had nothing to do with any bizarre college fraternities. Should be noted that the MLL's San Francisco Dragons played its home matches at Kezar in 2006 & 2007, but apparently beer was still not sold there at the time.

@hood_from_the_woods666 2 жыл бұрын

The last game at Foxborough stadium wasn't a championship game but was the infamous divisional round against the Raiders and the tuck rule game.

@jamesage24 2 жыл бұрын

The original Dirty Harry (1971) has a cool scene on location at Kezar Stadium.

@luisreyes1963 2 жыл бұрын

So that's where that showdown between Dirty Harry & Scorpio took place. 🤔

@jamesage24 2 жыл бұрын

@@luisreyes1963 If I remember correctly, Harry was talking with the urgent care doctor who previously treated Scorpio. The doc said he remembered him selling programs at Kezar Stadium and thought the groundskeeper let him live there. That's why Harry & his partner broke into Kezar Stadium.

@KeredCross 2 жыл бұрын

Ironically the Dirty Harry Movie was Shot between April and June 1971 so only a few months after this game.

@meineg21 2 жыл бұрын

from what I gather, Kezar stadium still exists in SF. Just without a vast majority of the stands

@rtyable 2 жыл бұрын

Candlestick also had a great send off with the pick at the stick. Also crazy how many time we were so close to having a battle of the bay Super Bowl. Hell even after the Raiders left the first time the two teams won back to back of each other.

@mfdixon1985 2 жыл бұрын

That actually happened twice. 80 (while the Raiders were still in Oakland) and 81, then 83 and 84.

@darreljones8645 2 жыл бұрын

Heck, few people remember that before they beat the Raiders is Super Bowl XXXVII, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the 49ers in the NFC Championship, so there was a chance of an all-Bay Area Super Bowl as recently as 2002!

@mfdixon1985 2 жыл бұрын

@@darreljones8645 That was in the divisional round. Tampa beat the Eagles in the NFCCG that year.

@andrewpadaetz5549 7 ай бұрын

It also could have happened in this season (1970). Raiders lost 27-17 to the Colts in the AFC championship.

@WaltGekko 2 жыл бұрын

What few know is Kezar Stadium actually still exists. A number of years ago, it was rebuilt into a smaller stadium seating 10,000 or so and is used for mainly high school football. Kezar in fact outlived it's successor for the 49ers, Candelstick Park.

@GovernorRiffRaff 2 жыл бұрын

You can go visit it

@SantaDog81 2 жыл бұрын

They installed a section of old Candlestick seats in Kezar

@KnightBoat 2 жыл бұрын

Hard to imagine people freaked out so bad about 11 arrests in a 50,000+ seat football stadium. That doesn't seem so out of the ordinary nowadays.

@DolFan316 2 жыл бұрын

Not really. These days people freak out about ONE arrest.

@76vike19 Жыл бұрын

That’s a slow day in Philly

@bostonbevo9049 2 жыл бұрын

off topic , but no fan base has suffered like the lions. one playoff win since 1957 and you gave up a total of 5 points in a playoff game in 1970 and still lost

@666Brago 2 жыл бұрын

The Niners would eventually move into Candlestick Park which in all honesty was not much better.

@CTubeMan 2 жыл бұрын

When the Phillies played their last game at Connie Mack Stadium in 1970 it too turned into a near-riot because of the fans. This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made videos about the following: 1. An unlikely touchdown catch by Dick Witcher that got the 49ers into the playoffs two years later. 2. How the Los Angeles Raiders banned alcohol sales in 1990 after having fan fights in consecutive weeks. 3. How the Jets ended the 2009 season with consecutive wins over division champions playing their backups, which caused the NFL to go to all divisional games in the last week of the season.

@freeparking301 2 жыл бұрын

There are homes in the Philadelphia area that have a genuine Connie Mack Stadium urinal hooked up in their man cave to go along with their piece of Vet Stadium turf and pair of Spectrum seats.

@MrLeoni2 2 жыл бұрын

Don't remind me. I was a kid (born 1961), listening to the game on the radio that night, and hearing the broadcasters saying that fans were taking away parts of the stadium while the game was being played. At least parts of the Vet were given away to the fans via a raffle after the game. The Phils weren't going to allow that to happen again.

@BallparkHunter 2 жыл бұрын

My father asked me last week of the 49ers still played at Kezar. He went to a couple of games as a teenager when the Niners were in the AAFC. I replied that they don’t even play in San Francisco anymore!

@MarloSoBalJr Жыл бұрын

My father is pretty old and only remembers anything sports related to 1984 -- when the Colts left Baltimore. He couldn't care less & I don't blame him

@matthewconnors1011 2 жыл бұрын

This video has great highlights of the glorious zealousness of referees signaling TDs and turnovers with zero fear of replay reviews. Also, the Grateful Dead played Kezar in '73 and '75. I have a hunch the lack of official alcohol sales didn't dampen the spirits of the "hippie types" in attendance at the shows. ☠🎼🎸🌹

@teen_laqueefa 2 жыл бұрын

What a long strange trip it's been .. for me and my Bengals!!! Who Dey!!!!! Who Dey

@DolFan316 2 жыл бұрын

@@teen_laqueefa It's a good thing they aren't playing the 49ers again or else they'd have gone 0 for 3 against them in Super Bowls

@teen_laqueefa 2 жыл бұрын

@@DolFan316 idk, SF Couldn't get there so let's just go play the game

@shawnpopovich5375 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah..fans get crazy when there teams lose..it's like when the cowboys lost to the 49ers in that crazy ending playoff game by running the ball with 14 seconds left on the clock..there were footage of cowboys fan fighting outside the stadium..people need to calm down when there team loses..things happen 🤔

@bkjbearcat78 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. So there was a time that 49er fans were more wild then Raiders fans. The 60s early 70s was a strange time in the Bay Area. The only thing I remember about Kezar wasn’t any game but was the scene from Dirty Harry were Harry was interrogating the Scorpio Killer. Then the scene ends on that long crane shot.

@anthony0358 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! I was too young to remember this game. I also see that here, just like in Baltimore, one of the end zones is painted for the Cowboys. It’s so unusual to see the visiting team honored like that

@CTubeMan 2 жыл бұрын

Texas Stadium did that for some Cowboys playoff games in the 1970s.

@americasevilgenius 2 жыл бұрын

It seemed to be somewhat common for some televised college and pro games in the 60's and 70's.

@MillionaireWizard 2 жыл бұрын

Looking at the 1970 Dallas Cowboys roster, one name that stands out is Reggie Rucker. This unofficial JaguarGator9 historian will remind you all that Rucker once made up a story about Forrest Gregg in an 1984 NBC Game between the Bengals and the Browns.

@jonrobles1468 2 жыл бұрын

Herb Adderley's grandson Nasir Adderley plays for the Los Angeles Chargers. Like his grandfather, Nasir is a defensive back.

@Bigchet1223 2 жыл бұрын

I thought San Francisco hippies wore flowers in their hair and were peace minded. Not starting fights at football games.

@fboness368 8 ай бұрын

San Francisco at that time was very much a working class, blue collar city. The hippies were an aberration but got a lot of attention.

@danielhayes7967 2 жыл бұрын

Let us not forget Dirty Harry shot Scorpio on 35 yard line.

@topdogalpha 2 жыл бұрын

The most egregious miscall ive seen in the nfc chip was when navarro bowman broke his leg and they didnt rule it a fumble

@jimmysidebottom4744 2 жыл бұрын

You should do one about the terrible decision to have the CBS AFC Championship halftime team set up right in front of the speakers for the halftime entertainment yesterday.

@jmed412 2 жыл бұрын

Little known fact about Candlestick. The stadium hosted pro football before the 49ers moved in when the Raiders briefly played in at Candlestick before a stadium in Oakland was ready

@nasetvideos 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Never heard this story before. Oh my gosh, just wow--What a day and then such a disaster. Excellent job reporting on this. Look forward to listening to you tonight after the Championship games. Really fantastic video today

@armorybrunotjr.3204 2 жыл бұрын

The 49ers were also celebrating the 25th anniversary season in 1970, and Kezar Stadium was their original home. During the 1960s-or even earlier in his career-star quarterback John Brodie did not want anyone want standing too close to him. And that's what happened. Sometimes, prior to a game, a beer can or a bottle would fly out of the stands when Brodie came out of the tunnel and coming onto the field.

@andrewpadaetz5549 7 ай бұрын

One time, Brodie and Johnny Unitas were leaving the field at Kezar after a game..Unitas asked him “why do you still have your helmet on”? A bottle came flying out and narrowly missed Brodie who then responded “that’s why”..

@epholson97 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video regarding a situation that I hadn't ever heard of! Much appreciated man! However, I do feel like there's more to the story that will most likely never be known to anyone who wasn't involved in it or wasn't at least there to be able to witness it all themselves. I just got that inclination from what little information was available & you were able to gather for this video, & I'll leave it at that... Thanks for all you do here. I never get bored watching (many times I'm rewatching) anything from this channel.

@sparkypikachu7776 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe there's more..it's hard for me to try tjutostify it tho when ppl end up getting hurt no matter what

@audio-video-stereo Жыл бұрын

My first NFL game was at Kezar. I was only 10 years old. It was absolutely wild. There were fires in the stands, drunk shirtless guys everywhere screaming expletives at the top of their lungs. And towards the end of the game the fog rolled in giving the entire atmosphere a kind of pirate / apocalyptic overtone. I absolutely loved it.

@ajdemetri3681 7 ай бұрын

Happy holidays everybody just remember to take a shot every time he mentions the card in the upper right corner

@doncarpenter1040 2 жыл бұрын

I learn so much from your videos. Thank you.

@jeromemurphy2572 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. I had been unaware there had been a problem and now I am educated about it. CBS certainly didn't say anything about it but as you say, they had signed off. And on KZfaq we had coverage of nearly the entire broadcast but the last few moments are dodgy and sporadic. And even on the game of the week coverage I don't believe the crowd's unruly behavior was mentioned. But as you say it was certainly covered in the newspapers and other media. Thank you for the info. I love the footage of this game, despite the ugliness in the stands. With such a sunny day, the clearness of the footage in the glistening daylight is remarkable and it was an entertaining game. Pro football when I was just getting into it at 8 years old. My Lions had lost 5-0 to the Cowboys. I was heartbroken after that needless to say.

@luisvaldes1568 2 жыл бұрын

50 plus years ago, no cell phone camera's to capture the events. Not even a camera!

@MarkAHoltz 2 жыл бұрын

Kezar Stadium still exists, albiet as a much smaller stadium. Candlestick Park, for all practical purposes, is a mount of dirt as development plans remain on hold after teardown in 2015.

@vpolite1 2 жыл бұрын

Um no...It is much more than dirt.

@jonrobles1468 2 жыл бұрын

I drove right by the Stick as they were in the process of tearing it down. Supposedly the plans were to build a business district and apartments at the location. The very last event there was a concert by Sir Paul McCartney in the summer of 2014.

@alexjones3511 2 жыл бұрын

That stadium was used for the scene in Dirty Harry where Harry shoots Scorpio and tortures him to get info about a missing girl out of him.

@willosotherworld7109 2 жыл бұрын

Kezar Stadium is basically the old version of today’s FedEx Field. No wonder the Niners didn’t win many playoff games in that stadium. Rowdy fans are so stupid. So unprofessional and makes you have an infamous reputation. Sometimes they have the right to be mad but never like this.

@DolFan316 2 жыл бұрын

Remember, a lot of those people wound up spawning the SJWs of today. 'Nuff said.

@chadwickwhite6107 2 жыл бұрын

The 49ers and Cowboys have ALWAYS BEEN BELOW a 39.6. BOTH teams should ALWAYS SPIKE the football into the ground on EVERY single OFFENSIVE play!!!!!!!

@alandenson6649 2 жыл бұрын

Well it's right next to the Haight Ashbury so the Hippie proximity is inevitable.

@EthanRKassel 2 жыл бұрын

Can confirm that there's no parking at Kezar. Even for a high school game with a couple thousand people, there's not enough.

@mrmoose6619 2 жыл бұрын

Great seeing the old Kezar Stadium after much research and reading about the place... and thank you for mentioning the AAFC and making it legit. So many would have glossed over the AAFC...

@ldfreitas9437 3 күн бұрын

There is no mention of why the field at Kezar was so torn up by early November: high schools played their games there, a few of the public high schools but also Sacred Heart, Saint Ignatius and Riordan. Also, there was "club" football at USF then, and they used Kezar. In 1969, Santa Clara played St. Mary's at Kezar, a replication of the old days of the 1930s and 40s when they'd play the Little Big Game there. Anyway, there was little grass left on the field by November between the 20 yard lines because of all the games played during the football season.

@Unknown-bq9id 2 жыл бұрын

Do a video about the 2010 Green Bay Packers--with the number of players they put on IR (Injured Reserve) (14), they had NO business being in the playoffs, but they managed to clinch the #6 seed in the NFC in the FINAL WEEK, win at the Eagles (the #3 seed) in the wild card round, win at the Falcons (the #1 seed) in the divisional round, win at the Chicago Bears (the #2 seed AND their division rival) in the NFC title game, AND win Super Bowl XLV over the Pittsburgh Steelers AFTER losing WR Donald Driver AND cornerback Charles Woodson, 31-25...

@jonrobles1468 2 жыл бұрын

B.J. Raji: BIG MAN touchdown in the NFC Championship Game that clinched it for the Packers. The huge 350-lb. NT dropped into coverage on a short pass, and cashed in his Pick 6 Special.

@ThorMaximus 2 жыл бұрын

You mean the Packers who played against the Bears backup & still barely won in NFGCG? Cutler still riding bike on sideline

@pullt 2 жыл бұрын

I'd like a story about how it took A decade to move into Candlestick.

@mfdixon1985 2 жыл бұрын

Unlike some of the other multi-use stadiums of that era, Candelstick was built as a baseball only park (even though the Raiders did briefly play there). Essentially the Giants were given that plot of land when they decided they wanted to move. Why that plot was picked is a story for a baseball historian's YT channel, because it was a blunder. But It was an open stadium in the outfield. It's capacity in 1960 was not even 44,000. That didn't change until they closed it. That's why it's not a perfect circle like some of the other stadiums of the time were. Even after the move, the 49ers were always the second class citizens there. For example, they were only allowed to use one floor of the locker room (which was 2 stories) until the Giants moved in 2000.

@pullt 2 жыл бұрын

@@mfdixon1985 Makes sense with the 44 capacity that it could easily override.the overall deficiency of Kezar. Do you or anyone else know of a detailed history of the move to and away from the multipurpose stadium era? I'm a 70s kid, so I saw the growth and decline and have plenty of nostalgia for it.

@mfdixon1985 2 жыл бұрын

@@pullt I don't have any detailed knowledge, no. But I think the decision to move towards multi-use stadiums was just realizing that it's a lot cheaper to have one venue. The problems were, the seasons overlapped by a month (3 if you count the NFL preseason in August and the MLB playoffs in October). And more, those places just kind of suck as baseball stadiums. I am a 90s kid and have a lot of nostalgia for Candlestick Park. But it just sucked as a baseball stadium. You're not very close to the action and I don't think any team that played in those stadiums ever drew that well, unless you're talking about when they were prime contenders. Like the Reds and Pirates of the 70s. The Giants only topped 2,000,000 fans 3 times at Candlestick Park. Now, even when the team hasn't been very good, they are pushing or eclipsing 3,000,000 every year, or at least did pre-COVID.

@pullt 2 жыл бұрын

@@mfdixon1985 yeah, I'm a Houston guy and loved the Astrodome and recognize that Reliant and Minute Maid are better, but there's a certain charm to having the one. You also gotta realize that clubs weren't throwing out 3m on the regular in the 70s and 80s regardless of configuration, too

@mfdixon1985 2 жыл бұрын

@@pullt I was at the last baseball game at Candlestick and while I remember feeling someone nostalgic, I was excited for the new park. And I still love it. I was at the last football game there too and it just brought a different feeling. Part of it was that the last football game meant the end of the stadium altogether. But even though the park was designed for baseball, it fit football a lot better.

@JerseyJeff84 2 жыл бұрын

Ugh, that 2003 Veterans Stadium loss to the Bucs. As a lifelong Eagles fan, that loss, especially the way it played out with Sapp, Keyshawn, Barber all taunting us at the end, will go down as the worst NFC championship loss of the Andy Reid era.

@DolFan316 2 жыл бұрын

And that's REALLY saying something, considering how Reid has mastered the art of losing in conference title games...

@JerseyJeff84 2 жыл бұрын

@@DolFan316 Exactly. In the NFC with my team, he had an elustrious 1-4 record in that game lol. It was like whenever we they made it, us fans would say "yep, automatic loss."

@frankdenardo8684 4 ай бұрын

The final game played at Kezar Stadium. Pro Football Hall of Fame members in this game. Dallas Cowboys Tom Landry Gil Brandt Tex Schramm Bob Hayes Roger Staubach Chuck Howley Bob Lilly San Francisco 49ers Jimmy Johnson Dave Wilcox Back in the day. You would see a lot of legends at this stadium. Coaches: Tom Landry, George Halas, Vince Lombardi, Earl "Greasy" Neal, Bud Grant, George Allen, Don Shula, Paul Brown, Weeb Ewbank. Players: Joe Perry, Y.A. Tittle, Hugh McElhaney, Leo Nomellini, Bob St Clair, Jimmy Johnson, Dave Wilcox, Ollie Matson, Jackie Smith, Larry Wilson, Paul Warfield, Leroy Kelly, Otto Graham, Marion Motley, Lou Groza, Jim Brown, Dante Lavelli, Bill Willis, Paul Krause, Carl Ellerd, Alan Paige, Sam Huff, Sammy Baugh, Sonny Jurgenson, Frank Gifford, Merlin Olson, Deacon Jones, Roosevelt Brown, Norm Van Brocklin, Tom Fears, Bob Waterfield, Bart Starr, Jim Taylor, Willie Davis, Herbert Adderly, Forrest Gregg, Ray Nitscki, Johnny Unitas, Lenny Moore, Raymond Berry, Jim Parker, Gino Marchetti, Dick Butkus, Gale Sayers, George McAfee, Ed Sprinkle, Fran Tarkenton, Mick Tinglehoff, Lou Creekmur, Dick Stanfill, Charlie Taylor, Bobby Layne, Doak Walker, Tony Canadeo, Clyde "Bulldog" Turner, Sid Luckman, Pete Pihos, Ernie Stautner, Chuck Bednereck, Steve Van Buren, Bob Brown, Bobby Mitchell, Emelin Tennel, Yale Lary, Lem Barney, Andy Robustelli, Bill George, George Connor, Tom Mack.

@colderbeer 2 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact - this is the same stadium that was part of the classic Clint Eastwood film, "Dirty Harry," that had Inspector Callahan chase down a serial killer through the stadium and out onto the football field in the middle of the night.

@kyle1910 2 жыл бұрын

SF lost to DET 31-27 @ Kezar in a 1957 Western Conference playoff since they were tied atop the conference standings. The league counts those as official playoff games

@pullt 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but it wasn't a semifinal since it was a three team playoff. It's hard to make a first round game equivalent to later conference title games

@mangrove 2 жыл бұрын

The game where tix to the championship were announced during the first half, and the Lions could hear the Niners through the paper-thin locker room walls talking about the things they were going to buy with their Conference title money.

@pullt 2 жыл бұрын

@@mangrove My thoughts on trash talk/bulletin board stuff is to dismiss it. Is great for journalists and storymakers, but does it really matter? Wouldn't the talent/desire of the Lions already be at maximum? If the disrespect made a difference, doesn't that mean they are a bit soft for needing that extra to perform their best?

@hrtvfan2870 2 жыл бұрын

One additional thing on Kezar Stadium is that in the original broadcast, CBS' Ray Scott noted that the lighting at the stadium wasn't very good, which seemed to suggest that might have been an issue had the NFC Championship Game gone into overtime (starting around 5:00 p.m. Eastern time)

@gregsells8549 5 ай бұрын

The poor lighting was confirmed in Dirty Harry.

@thewkovacs316 4 ай бұрын

kezar was old, but there was limited parking. and most fans used public transportation to get to games they may have all been happy to move...but at the stick, they replaced the natural grass to turf and it was like playing on cement and hippies didnt start fights

@RAJohns 2 жыл бұрын

There were two Gene Washingtons who were receivers, if I recall correctly, as I was 10 years old; one played for the 49ers and one played for the Vikings.

@marlenevan4661 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and in the Pro Bowl that year, both Gene Washingtons were in the game together on the NFC team, one at left WR, the other on the right.

@geraldbennett7035 Жыл бұрын

yes and the other Gene Washington joined the 49ers for a brief period. Weird

@RAJohns Жыл бұрын

@@geraldbennett7035 I remember having both their football cards, and I liked one more than the other, and I’m not sure why I did, and matters nothing today.

@UniformPoet2303 2 жыл бұрын

Losing 5 to nothing is basically the score of a baseball/hockey game shutout

@gregsells8549 5 ай бұрын

That was the last playoff game at the Cotton Bowl. The Cowboys started the 1971 season at Fair Park before moving to Texas Stadium. The last Cowboys Cotton Bowl game was a Monday night matchup against the Giants during the State Fair of Texas, and Texas Stadium was christened two weeks later against the Patriots.

@kevinclark4369 Жыл бұрын

That is a game you need to do a video on ....Dallas 5, Detroit O........The ONLY baseballl score ever recorded inthe NFL!!!! There is NOTHING on this game, ANYWHERE!! You really should do a deep dive on it!

@JohnSmith-zw8vp 7 ай бұрын

The REAL disaster is that "America's Team" has not made even ONE "Final Four" appearance since 1996! Poor Tony Romo...

@terencehill2320 2 жыл бұрын

Great Content, Redundant Scripting. There is only so much that can be taken in click the link on the right corner, 39.6, and context crack.

@thescatman5029 2 жыл бұрын

I ran laps at Kezar, in 2001. Nice, serene little joint (in 2001, that is!). The backdrop of the neighborhood is gorgeous! (Like I said, in 2001....!)

@markmoseley5759 2 жыл бұрын

WHERE do you get this FOOTAGE????

@balrog322 Жыл бұрын

Hunter Thompson once write Kezar Stadium was a great venue for viewing non-stop physical altercations in the stands. Good to see that long-standing tradition was maintained to the very last game.

@christopherhamer9584 2 жыл бұрын

I need some context to figure out how I got to this point.

@luisvaldes1568 2 жыл бұрын

Great Dirty Harry scene at Kezar.

@rivalstorm7216 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t remember Throwback talking about this mess

@yourroyalhighness7662 Жыл бұрын

Ah, the glory days of the Dallas Cowboys. Twenty consecutive winning seasons, the NFL record. Five Super Bowl appearances in the 1970s, the most by any team i the decade. Chuck Howley, hopefully to soon be a Pro Football Hall of Famer, winning the MVP Award after Super Bowl V. The only player from a losing team to win that honor. Bob Hayes, the only man to own an Olympic Gold Medal AND a Super Bowl Championship ring. Bob won two Gold Medals in the 1964 Summer games in Tokyo and was a member of the 1971 Cowboy team that would make it Doomsday for Miami in Super Bowl VI. How I miss those glory days.

@poletooke4691 2 жыл бұрын

What an insane fight.

@billbergendahl2911 11 ай бұрын

John Brodie was a very good quarterback.

@fortynights1513 6 ай бұрын

If the Niners won here, he has a Super Bowl appearance on his resume (which includes a criminally underrated MVP season and the fourth most passing yards through 1973), and he’d have a slight chance to have made the Hall of Fame.

@andrewpadaetz5549 2 жыл бұрын

Dallas almost didn't get there in the first place-see the JG9 video about a potential coin flip deciding the 1970 NFC wild card as stated early in this video. Rams did everyone a favor by winning the last game of the regular season against New York or maybe Fran Tarkenton and the Giants are playing in this game as New York would have won the NFC East and Dallas may have missed the playoffs altogether if that coin (or a playoff with Detroit if the coin flip is not allowed to go through; again, check the video for details) lands the wrong way.

@andrewpadaetz5549 Жыл бұрын

PS that projectile narrowly missed Jethro Pugh (number 75 on Dallas) and Brodie (number 12 for SF). A short time after the game (not same day but a few months), a scene from the movie "Dirty Harry" featuring the Scorpio killer was shot at Kezar.

@mfdixon1985 2 жыл бұрын

As a Bay Area native, I have no idea how Kezar ever worked as a stadium, especially as football's popularity began to grow. The area was (and still is) essentially impossible to park in. BART didn't exist when the 49ers played there and even if it did, Kezer isn't anywhere near a BART station. And as the vid pointed out, the neighborhood definitely attracted the "hippie types." It's a stone's throw away from Haight-Ashbury and I've heard stories from old visiting players who said they got a contact high when getting off of the team bus.

@howl_with_the_wolves2861 2 жыл бұрын

I only remember Kezar stadium from some scene in the Clint Eastwood movie Dirty Harry,however YT has a broadcast of this 1970 NFC championship game by CBS telecast with Ray Scott & Pat Summerall I've saved it to a playlist it's really cool Johnny Mathis sings the National anthem and Tony Bennett sings his I left my heart in SF at halftime. Neither Qb played well especially #14 Morton of Dallas they won because of its Defense came up with T.O.'s and the running game Morton only completed like 7 passes the entire game and his ineptitude was a harbinger of his crappiness in SB5. While Roger Staubach paces the sideline as a backup.🤦‍♂️

@turtle19dad 7 ай бұрын

Dirty Harry did shoot the Scorpio killer at Kesar. Great movie.

@marcus813 2 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness the Buccaneers' final game at Tampa Stadium (became Houlihan's Stadium by the end of its life), a 1st-round playoff win over the Lions in late Dec. '97, didn't end in this fashion.

@PEBelarus 7 ай бұрын

I don't agree with you about Keysar. I am not at all a fan of the new 49ers stadium. I grew up at Candlestick but I was at this particular game you are talking about. I think the location of the stadium was great, I think the simplicity of it was great and I think it was more maintainable and cost-effective than anything else. If anything, it was not built for NFL football but for international Olympic sports and therefore maybe seems less by what you call NFL standards. I think this was a great place to be able to go and watch a game or a concert. And one more point, the rowdiness and the violence is always from the drinkers. Don't put stoners into the list and saying that the neighborhood was about hippies. It's the drunks that cause problems and this has always been the truth.

@jonschwartz4621 2 жыл бұрын

The hippies from the Haight were NOT to blame. They were mellow and peaceful. It was the drunken BUMS who brought bottles of hard liquor into the stadium, got stinking drunk and then took out their frustrations of a lousy team on each other.

@roberthansen9694 2 жыл бұрын

The Cowboys beat the Niners in the Playoffs two more times which made it three consecutive years. I gave up on the 49rs and didn't watch them at all until 1981 when Bill Walsh and Joe Montana led them to their first superbowl. Everytime I drive by Kezar (it's still standing) I wonder how the heck the 49rs were able to play there for so many years. At least the Haight Ashbury district isn't as funky any more. There was plenty of Parking available but not anywhere near the stadium. The locals were anti-car and would say that people should just ride their bicycles to Kezar.

@vpolite1 2 жыл бұрын

Where is there parking near Kezar? The closest parking is UCSF, or the old Sears Building. Which would clearly not be enough.

@roberthansen9694 2 жыл бұрын

There is plenty of parking in the area. I generally park somewhere in the East Bay and take the BART and Muni if I want to get to the part of SF that Kezar is located in. If you're talking abut "public parking" in the immediate vicinity. I'm sure you could park by the beach or Land's End and walk over.

@vpolite1 2 жыл бұрын

@@roberthansen9694 The beach is 3 miles from Kezar. There is absolutely no parking in that area. I have no idea what you are talking about.

@roberthansen9694 2 жыл бұрын

@@vpolite1 I'm being sarcastic and making a point about the lack of public parking near Kezar.

@vpolite1 2 жыл бұрын

@@roberthansen9694 You never can tell in the Cyber world.

@Tubewings 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if Charles Davis was at this game...

@SonicSlicer 2 жыл бұрын

Whoa whoa, landed a punch on Halas?...and the dude lived?

@markbrian7179 2 жыл бұрын

I believe Kezar Stadium still exists as a high-school field.

@MarloSoBalJr Жыл бұрын

It's still standing today.

@ms.felonystrutter2472 Жыл бұрын

The BEST team won, not even close. Also, Emmitt Smith got so much credit, as he should, for playing with a separated shoulder in final game of the 93. However, Walt Garrison played with a broken bone in his collarbone

@diirtywater4954 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you make a video about what the hell happened with this cbs halftime show just now lol

@DolFan316 2 жыл бұрын

I have a feeling I don't even want to know...

@pfh_golf 2 жыл бұрын

Kezar Stadium look liked a good Stadium to play in

@MarloSoBalJr Жыл бұрын

Pfft... Maybe for a Sunday Pop Warner event but for professional football?... 🤮

@sdrob6374 2 жыл бұрын

First NFC Championship game

@joeheadblues 2 жыл бұрын

They blamed hippies for starting the violence? How convenient.

@DolFan316 2 жыл бұрын

The people who were doing all the rioting and protesting during that time starting fights? I'm shocked, SHOCKED I say!

@taco2k3 2 жыл бұрын

“Hippie Types”

@sparkypikachu7776 2 жыл бұрын

Oof. I'm just glad we have much better security today, why they let it get to that point in the first place I'll never know

@76vike19 2 жыл бұрын

The groundskeeper at Kezar was a serial killer.

@KarmicPatina Жыл бұрын

Dig it up!!!!

@illphil82yo 2 жыл бұрын

People getting worked up over something that’s as fake as wrestling now.

@teen_laqueefa 2 жыл бұрын

Who Dey!!!!!! Baby!!!

@orbyfan 2 жыл бұрын

Kezar Stadium was used in "Dirty Harry": kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z51pjLujnpvDops.html

@DolFan316 2 жыл бұрын

First thing I thought of too!

@shaughnziech2193 2 жыл бұрын

Kezar was among the worst toilets of the NFL stadiums, they hated Brodie, no matter how good he was

@Rockhound6165 2 жыл бұрын

Those damned Philadelphia fans again...oh, wait.

@troyc4250 2 жыл бұрын

Duane Thomas. I get some of his angst but imagine if the Cowboys franchise treated him fairly and he was a bit more level headed. Oh well

@frustyak 2 жыл бұрын

Note how even though the game was in San Fran, they still painted the Cowboys’ name and helmet in one of the end zones

@KarmicPatina Жыл бұрын

Because it was the NFC Championship. Otherwise it’s home team on both.

@TheAlfrulz 2 жыл бұрын

Nice topic and story. But I feel like this didn't actually impact the game itself. A nomination for worst disaster could've been the 1967 NFL Championship, or the Ice Bowl (it wasn't the NFC title game, but it would be under today's setup). A much better known story was the Packers brand new electric heating coil system to keep the ground thawed failed. The field quickly froze over, leaving the game in an almost unplayable state with most players struggling throughout to maintain footing. There's still debate over what went wrong and who is responsible.

@stevenbauer4799 2 жыл бұрын

As if lombardi and pack didn't have something to do with the heat grid suddenly not operating on a night when the temps hit like -50.

@DolFan316 2 жыл бұрын

@@stevenbauer4799 IKR? But hey, it's easier to blame people than it is to blame the weather.

@stevenbauer4799 2 жыл бұрын

@@DolFan316 Could have been the easter bunny behind it too. You just keep believing that s#it phin fan.

@dash_r_media 2 жыл бұрын

False start @ 3:07

@abbyarnold4477 11 ай бұрын

Is that the year the boys gave it to the 49rs ?

@bv6228 2 жыл бұрын

This dude sounds a lot like little Brian Stelter

@DRAGONSLAYER1220 2 жыл бұрын

Watch NFL Films' "One Savage Sunday," for game highlights.

@geraldbennett7035 Жыл бұрын

but who were these hippies?

@poletooke4691 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad they said "hippies." I thought it was going to be a group much more bad to be singling out

@F40PH-2CAT 2 жыл бұрын

Hippies *are* bad.

@poletooke4691 2 жыл бұрын

@@F40PH-2CAT no, I meant I thought they were about to get racist and luvkiky they just dissed hippies instead

@MarloSoBalJr Жыл бұрын

@@poletooke4691 If you're referring to black and/or Latinos, do you really think my race was capable of buying tickets in 1970?...

@davanmani556 2 жыл бұрын

Angel dust

@maxpeck4154 Жыл бұрын

Only the Lions would lose a game 5-0

@MarloSoBalJr Жыл бұрын

The fact the Lions even made a playoff game in the Super Bowl is a surprise to anyone. Besides 1970, they've only made it three other times since?

@maxpeck4154 Жыл бұрын

@@MarloSoBalJr I'm assuming you meant to say Super Bowl ERA. Actually the Lions have made the playoffs 12 times in the Super Bowl era, but won only one game - a divisional game against the Cowboys in 1991.

@fortynights1513 6 ай бұрын

@@maxpeck4154Make it three now.

@maxpeck4154 6 ай бұрын

@@fortynights1513 Yessir. I still can't quite believe it.

@Mr315679 Жыл бұрын

Teach them cowgirls a lesson

@johnmccall8788 2 жыл бұрын

Click on the tab in the upper left corner every 20 seconds, something will probably be there. Getting about as bad as "worse than if he spiked the ball on every down".