The Seahawks had the unlucky honor of having the Broncos not only beating them but had TD run his 2000th yard against them. It stung badly! So much so that 16 years later, they paid the Broncos back by absolutely mopping them at Super Bowl XLVIII.
9:54 FB Jeff Makovicka managed to get his head "in front" of the defender and seemed to hit from the defender's side, so I think this is not an illegal block in the back. What do others think?
These teams hated each other back then. (Still do, but not like in the 80s.) Sucks that Elway had average, at best, receivers. Imagine Elway playing a career with the teams Montana or Brady enjoyed. He'd own every record.
Got a huge amount of great memories of my times with The Broncos in Mile High. I have had season Tickets from 1976. The first year if Red Miller and hus acquisition of Craig Morton from Dallas. The next year, we were in the Superdome for Superbowl XII. (No we won't go into that yet. I have 4 more years of covered psych evals to show to the courts. Lol😅😢). From that season on with the creation of The Orange Crush Defenses.
To be fair, K-State, Colorado, and Missouri were the only teams to even hang with Nebraska in 1997. K-State did it for about 2 and a half quarters, Colorado somehow managed to keep it close in the fourth quarter, and Missouri did the same. Colorado and Missouri were well below K-State’s talent level. KSU was clearly the 2nd best team in the Big XII in ‘97 and definitely could have beaten Tennessee as badly as Nebraska did
ESTE JUEGO ME PROVOCÓ UNA TAQUICARDIA, COMO DEJARON IR EL JUEGO CON VENTAJA DE 21 A 6 AL MEDIO TIEMPO NO LO PODÍA CREER, ME DOLIO HASTA EL ALMA PERDER CONTRA LOS WASHINGTON REDSKINS HOY LOS COMANDERS ME DUELE Y LOS DETESTO AL FINAL DEL JUEGO LA PELEA QUE TUVIERON ESE ES EL ODIO A ESE EQUIPO 😢
The great NY Jet defense of 1981 and 1982 ; (Klecko and Co) were betrayed by the offense in both playoff games of those years; both were winnable. 1981 against Buffalo in which Todd had an exceptional game, saw Wesley Walker drop touchdown pass after touchdown pass; but to be fair he had bell's palsy that game which affected his good eye; he is legally blind in the other eye..he just couldn't see the ball and later came out of the game ..And then in this Miami game ;it was Todd and his 5 interceptions. The defense this day left it on the field allowing just one score. You cant ask for better than that.. Klecko hurt ;Salaam and Lyons hurt but they played valiantly. This was the end of a Jet era.. In the aftermath; Michaels fired, his loyal coaches resigned ;Joe Walton named as head coach to the chagrin of Michaels's loyal players. Also the beginning of the end for Richard Todd as a NY Jet. Walton never being a fan of his drafted a QB (Ken O'Brien) the following year; Todd was then traded to New Orleans in 1984. Just a journeyman's performance by the quarterback this day should have gotten us over the top; all we needed was a touchdown and a field goal.. The defense basically gave us the game. Todd should have been replaced since he completely lost his confidence; Pat Ryan could not have done worse . This was a huge tactical error. The best coaches in the game (Landry; Schula) would change QB's to give the team a spark . These were most crushing losses as a Jet fan; both playoff games.. Buffalo in 1981; and Miami in 1982...Although the hardest one for me was the 1969 KC Jet playoff game. The Heidi game killed also....To bad Parcells left us...Things would have been much different.
When you're a big favorite in a conference championship game, and you're trying to win a spot in the national title game, THAT'S THE WAY YOU COME OUT AND PLAY!
It just shows you how great of a quarterback Michael Bishop was for K-State. When the Wildcats went up to Lincoln, he scored four times against this Huskers juggernaut of a team
Talk about diverging paths - Dana Stubblefield won Rookie DPOY this year for the 49ers The next year Bryant Young would like up next to him as the other DT, taken in1st Round of the NfFL Draft Today, BY is in the NFL Hall Of Fame and Stubblefield is in a California prison for SA.
Mike Barber is now a Christian evangelist.The Patriots were 0-3 vs both Texas teams in the 1978 season.Despite all the young talent they had New England not see another playoff game until 1982.Their next home playoff game would not be until 1996.
Dolphin Defensive Coordinator Bill Arnsparger, only coach to record 2 Title game shutouts in NFL History in Different decades , 1971 , 21 - 0 vs colts and 1982 , 14 - 0 vs Jets ..
Love that Nebraska finally started getting better inner city athletes by this time. Colorado started getting less and it showed. I also liked how Miami could incorporate inner city thugs with tough-guy ethic white quarterbacks. This year and through the 90s Nebraska finally was able to win with the inner city thug athlete. Great years
At the 1:12 mark, the back judge throws the flag for holding after he sees Nelson is going to score! These games have been fixed for a long, long time...🤔
Too much was made of Henderson's gesture. The cameraman focused on the "#1" towel & Henderson acknowledged him. Dallas was losing but not badly at the time. They'd already lost "Too Tall" to boxing. Dropping Henderson weakened an already weakened defense.
That Husker team had so many offensive (and defensive) weapons, how could you possibly defend against? Pure joy to watch them. Also, the sportsmanship by both teams was impressive. That's long gone.
2 things. 1 Joe Gibbs was the best halftime adjusting coach I've ever seen. 2 Tom Landry totally earned my respect when i learned that he is an absolute WW2 hero. Look it up if you didn't know.
I recall this game only because Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson was cut the next day due to his antics on the sidelines while the Cowboys were being beat. Henderson had the talent and ability to be the original no. 56 before Lawrence "LT" Taylor made that no. famous for linebackers. In addition to run support, coverage, and blitzing, Henderson was an excellent return man. How many linebackers could return kicks? They both also had similar personality traits. The difference was that Taylor could, at least while he was playing, control "LT" while Henderson couldn't control "Hollywood." Henderson is a totally different man today and has acknowledged his mistakes. He's also had the last laugh by winning $28 million in the Texas lottery about 20 years ago.
