Good Lord I'm Old , this was when my grandma was making homemade chicken and dumplings in the kitchen and they tasted outstanding, followed by apple pie
I watched the game with my 2nd cousin at his nonna's house. The sauce was simmering and the meatballs frying. I was a lunatic for the Colts even though I lived in NE PA, Berwick. My cousin from York was visiting. ....and rooting for the Pack. I had to swallow my pride, sorrow and indignation about the bad FG call so I could stay and swallow some rigatoni and meat balls.
Matte had a wristband with a handful of numbered plays on it that Shula threw together for him. First time that was used. I saw the wristband at the Hall Of Fame. This was the longest game of the old pre-merger NFL.
Had to be extremely tough to put in a game plan w/ Matte having to QB. If they had it to do over, maybe Shula calls a few more of the QB draws, they seemed to work well. Lotsa respect for what Matte did that day, a real competitor.
Chuck Thompson was indeed a Hall of Fame announcer. I grew up in southern Maryland listening to him announce the Baltimore Colts and the great Oriole baseball teams of the 60s and 70s.
I grew up in eastern WV and did too..... he and Bill O'Donnell.....71 world series, colts vs steelers playoff game in what year was it 77.....was good to be young then
NEVER saw FRITZ POLLARD PLAY; however, it was pure pleasure to SEE THE MOST COMPLETE " ALL- AROUND OFFENSIVE PLAYER PLAY DURING THE " GOLDEN AGE" OF THE N.F.L. WHICH WAS " THE GOLDEN BOY" ONE PAUL HORNUNG.The guy was the consummate team player who was very adept at RUNNING, CATCHING, PUNTING, PASSING, KICKING,and BLOCKING. 🤔🙂NOW; I DIDN'T SAY HE WAS "THE BEST" IN ALL THE AREAS LISTED, JUST SAYING THE MAN EXCELLED AT BEING " THE COMPLETE OFFENSIVE THREAT" When he took to the field of play.🙂
@@jmadratz "Discrimination" was exceeding rampant ;particularly regarding certain player positions and definitely in ALL FIELDS OF COACHING and FRONT OFFICE MGNT. LOOK UP THE HISTORY OF PRO FOOTBALL AND THE RACISM IS OVERTLY PRESENT AND ASTOUNDING.
I was less than 2 when they played this game, but I remember my dad watching this and rooting for the Packers. He was very impressed with Zeke Bratkowski's play. I have remembered the game since.
Obviously many strange things happened on the field on this day to make this one of the legendary games in NFL history.🏈 GOD BLESS OUR PRO FOOTBALL HEROES FROM A BYE-GONE ERA
This was the first Packer playoff game I ever watched. I was 9 years old and sat in front of my Sears and Roebuck 8 inch black and white. Had to sit about 3 feet away so I could adjust the rabbit ears. Packers were lucky. Pretty sure Chandler missed that FG wide right.
This is great. I always thought the game had changed so much, but when you watch this, not much has really changed. I see RB's grinding out short gains, shovel passes, rollouts, hard hits from the secondary, bread and butter short passes over the middle. The size and speed of the players has changed, and the amount of pass attempts. Probably field goal distance has changed the most.
Under the NFL rules of 1965 that was a catch and fumble. You can't apply 2021 rules to a game played in 1965. Of course even back in '65 field goals were no good if they didn't split the uprights, same as 2021. So the breaks didn't even out in this game
@@TheMrSuge Of course I can apply 2021 rules to a game played in 1965. That's exactly what I did. If you read my comment again, I actually said that I was applying today's rules. I did not say that the officials made the wrong call at the time. It was just an observation. Feel free to offer your own opinion as to whether or not today's officials would have called that a catch. I don't think there was a rules change, by the way, just a more specific set of criteria to determine what was a catch. Funny thing is that my comment didn't change the result of the play, nor did anyones opinion of that FG. The score didn't change and the Packers still won the game.
Saw this live, and it was a good game. Even though Starr and Unitas were out. Hornung, Anderson and Dowler had good games. The Chandler field goal was really close to tie it. This was really tough smash mouth football. Really liked these kinds of games.
@@sej4323 It would have helped if the official had moved to the left so that he was standing under the upright. He stayed in the middle so he was looking at an angle (there was only one official back under the goalpost at that time). Being a Packers fan, I can't say I am disappointed that he didn't take those few steps.
Chandler missed not even that close Don Shula Colts HC was rightly pissed and complained bitterly to commissioner Pete Rozelle so the very next season the uprights were raised 10ft and dubbed the "Baltimore uprights"
That game tying field goal by Chandler wasn't even close. Look at his reaction after it sails wide. He knew he lost the game and Lombardi was going to ream him. But the ref called it good.
"We've got a big rhubarb going here" "Jim Taylor whacks off the right side" best calls of the game 😂 Bradkowski was really zipping the football around too!He had a bad throw or two but not too shabby of a performance🤠🏈
One rule change that emerged after the controversy of the wide kick of Don Chandler being called "good" for a field goal -- the NFL referees began standing with two referees under/beside each field goal upright to more accurately call whether the kick was indeed good.
@@billbergendahl2629 I think Lonnie Warwick, his predecessor at MLB on the Vikings, Rip Hawkins, and the Vikings' wide receiver from 1963 to 1967 (rookie of the year in 1963) Paul Flatley, are the three most underrated Vikings in the original great era of the team's history: the 1961-1981 era (the years the team played outdoors at Metropolitan Stadium). It's hard to say in what order, that they are the most underrated, and it would be great if you could find out from Lonnie what he thought about Rip, the MLB starter from 1961 to 1965 (Lonnie played outside his 1965 rookie year) and if Rip retired early because he saw how good Lonnie was (which is what I suspect) or if he just got tired of the game, for some reason, which is what FranTarkenton states in his autobiography (Tarkenton does praise Hawkins' skills, and says they were roommates on the road for a time). Why I say those 3 great players: Warwick, Hawkins, and Flatley, are the most underrated Vikings of the great 1961-1981 era, is that I don't think there are any other Vikings as skilled and productive, who are neither on the 25th, 40th, or 50th Anniversary official Vikings teams, and who are also none of them in the Vikings Ring of Fame or Ring of Honor, whichever it's called. There is actually one other Viking, from a later portion of that great initial 20 year era of the franchise: 1961-1981, who is similarly on none of those anniversary teams nor the Ring of Honor, but whose play, when observed closely, is perhaps equally on the level of greatness represented by Warwick, Hawkins, and Flatley. That would be cornerback Nate Wright, again whom I amazed at his talent. Wright played cornerback for the Vikings from 1971-1980, after his 1st couple of years in the league with the Falcons and Cardinals. I love these old games and the Lombardi-era Packers and Shula-era Colts, but the Vikings are my favorite team from the 60s and 70s.
19:17 Chandler knew he had missed it. How about the Colt's secondary? They didn't miss a tackle all day, and half of their tackles ended in the receiver not getting up. Tough group.
No offense intended, but that last Packer cheerleader heading into frame at 2:27 looks kinda sorta like she could've been Ray Nitschke's replacement at middle linebacker if he would've been injured.
Maybe you’ve heard this quote from a Packers teammate. “Most backs break the line of scrimmage, they look for the end zone. Jimmy breaks through and looks for the first safety to hit.” Watch his highlights. And it’s true. In the secondary, he doesn’t run towards space; he runs towards defenders.
Ur right....because today they have 7 teams making the playoffs in each conference....back then, 0:04 there were no wild card teams u actually had to win the division ..
Years later in a 1996 interview, Chandler said “When I looked up, the ball was definitely outside the post." Spurred on by the controversy, the NFL raised the height of the uprights to the 30’ level and also added another official under the goalpost to assist in making the “good/no good” call from the officials.
The official wasn’t standing under the upright where he would have been able to have the proper perspective on whether the kick was good or not. It certainly looks wide and Don Chandler agreed. The game winning kick was definitely good, though. You can see the ball go inside the right post on the film.
This was the 1st year I started watching the NFL with my dad, I was 6 and started asking questions and he was a player and a coach so it was football 101, he taught me the ins and outs of the game over about a decade watching together. Thanks dad
Thank you for this game. I can't tell you why I was obsessed with this game as a kid. I remember going to the toy store, and making my poor Dad stand there while I searched their stock over and over looking for a Colts-Packers Electric Football game. Had to be Colts-Packers. If course,Tudor made no such matchup. I didn't even start liking sports until 1969. But I definitely have a recollection of Matte at Quarterback. So it had to be this game when I was eight.
I know the one you speak of. The greatest NFL Film ever made even though it was one of the earliest. "Portrait of a Team, the Baltimore Colts, 1965". I saw it once back then and have been looking for it ever since--55 years! And I am not even a Colts fan. You have a good memory.
Maybe the NFL was just indebted to Lombardi in this game. Bet the Colts thought this game was rigged. That "good" FG and fumble not given to Baltimore was total BS.
Wide right on that field goal. This game and the NFL championship game against Cleveland were the swan song for Hornung. Within 5-6 seasons, most of the Packer players in this clip would be out of football as well.
Most of the key players had already been in the NFL for at least 7 years so it's no surprise they were out within 5-6 years. The surprise is that they all stayed in and played so well for as long as they did.
If you watch a game from say 1993 to 2003., there’s not a huge difference. If you go 10 years into the future from this game to 1975. It looks like an entirely different game. Especially the speed of the receivers.
I am also a Packers fan and I saw that game on a black & white TV and that field goal did not look good. Later they showed a different camera view, saying it was good when it was high in the air. I heard later that the goal posts were made taller because of that game.
The Referee, Jim Tunney, maintained that the field goal was good. It was a controversy. The league extended the uprights another 10 feet and placed an official under the left and right upright in an attempt to limit any controversy in the future. From another angle it looks like it just made inside the right upright; the ball is clearly higher than the upright itself.
Looking at the stats for this game, I think it's really kind of amazing the Colts were in this game. With Matte at QB the Packers could key on the run. The Colts had no ball possession. They had 9 first downs to the Packers 23. It's turnovers that kept the game close, the Packers turning it over 4 times to the Colts 1.
@@brianwolf6166 Yeah, Shula said that he should "Have some fun and throw the ball a little." You have to say, though, your job as passer is made a lot easier by having Raymond Berry, Jimmy Orr, and Lennie Moore to throw to (to say nothing of John Mackey).
They raised the field goal 20 feet in 1966 because of that game, he still was about 6 in to the right. Then in 74 they put the field goal in the back of the end zone. I would have loved to have played in that era.
Thanks for this version I've never seen this before I've seen the game but not this particular one PS referees have been blowning calls for an awful long time
Jim Taylor a legendary Green Bay packer. This game had two coaching legends Don Shula and Vince Lombardi. Hall of Fame members: Green Bay Packers: Vince Lombardi, Jim Taylor, Forrest Gregg, Bart Starr, Ray Nitscke, Herb Adderley, Willie Davis, Willie Woods, Henry Jordon, Paul Hourning, Dave Robinson, Jerry Kramer. Baltimore Colts: Don Shula, Johnny Unitas, Jimmy Parker, Raymond Berry, Lenny Moore, John Mackey
Jim Taylor a legendary Green Bay packer. This game had two coaching legends Don Shula and Vince Lombardi. Hall of Fame members: Green Bay Packers: Vince Lombardi, Jim Taylor, Forrest Gregg, Bart Starr, Ray Nitscke, Herb Adderley, Willie Davis, Willie Woods, Henry Jordon, Paul Hourning, Dave Robinson, Jerry Kramer. Baltimore Colts: Don Shula, Johnny Unitas, Jimmy Parker, Raymond Berry, Lenny Moore, John Mackey
That tying field goal within regulation time was a missed field goal by the Packers, the ball was kicked totally outside the uprights, you can see by the expression on the Packers kicker Don Chandler's face that he missed that tying field goal totally. The Colts should have won that game, they were robbed. Sincerely, Tom.
I remember reading about this game many years ago, particularly that field goal attempt. It was so controversial, that the NFL lengthened the uprights the next year.
Thank you for sharing this video! I had read over the years many accounts and backstories regarding this playoff game (including the Don Chandler made/missed field goal debate and Tom Matte, emergency QB), but I had never seen the highlights in such detail. This is tremendously valuable and enjoyable NFL history. By chance would you have the Playoff Bowl that followed this game with the Colts and Cowboys? Thanks!
@@gordons-alive4940 Unless they got kneed in the head they were usually ok. Tackling used to be down low, not trying to deliver shoulder to shoulder kill shots, like they do today.
@@patrickmorgan4006 Yes, I remember the technique Hardy used from playing ''at the home'' Thankfully, Hardy had a patent on that one. Chris Hamburger was the other one that didn't like to bend his back and tackle either.
This game very possibly created video review decades later. Shula pushed for it very hard in the 1980's..citing the '65 Chandler field goal fiasco as one of his examples that called for review. In addition, in '67-68 L.A. beat out Baltimore for the COASTAL DIVISION TITLE, in the first season without tiebreaker games and with four divisions. SHULA's team was 11-1-2 to match the RAMS, but LA in the two Coastal Div. games won one and tied one with the Colts, and via tiebreaking rules= head to head, and not a game, went to the WESTERN CONF. CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT G.BAY on the alternating awarding of homefield despite the fact that GB only went 9-4-1 that injury-plagued and last hurrah Packer year in the first year, weaker CENTRAL DIVISION. GB BEAT LA 28-7 IN MILWAUKEE.. Three years later, Shula saw his gripe after that '67 season, and many years later, that it was a shame the '67 Colts could not go to the playoffs, was listened to as he had the league's "ear" pre-competition committee. Instead of a bye for the top team in each conference, AFC, OR NFC, and the other division champs playing a single conf. semifinal/divisional, game, four playoff teams went from each conference, with the intro of the WILD CARD, four seasons too late. Yes, TV wanted the two games in the first round (3 divisional champs and one wildcard), but it was Shula that wanted the WILD CARD before, because as he said- without a playoff game, and with four divisions, the NFL was bound to have a very good team beaten out by a mediocre team. Sure enough, in the AFC IN '70-71, CINCY went 8-6-0 and won the weak AFC CENTRAL, but under the rules at the time had a lesser record by percentage points than KC who went 7-5-2, or per rule= 7-5= .583 vs. CINCY AT .571, as ties did not count as a half win and half loss until the mid-seventies. But, KC would have only been WCARD#2 if the rules had that back then; they did not; because MIAMI's 10-4-0 was the single WILD CARD IN THE AFC.. IRONICALLY, THE OLD AFL used a half win&half loss rule for game-tying's role in winning percentage, but the NFL wanted no part of it..until... they did. One more thing after the hit/miss by Chandler, the very next season the league increased the height of the goalposts.. What a landmark game..
After the Rams were awarded the Coastal Division title in 1967, I became a huge Green Bay Packers for 1 game. I was so happy to see the Rams on the losing end of a 28-7 score. Karma.
@@bobscott7440, why is it "karma"? Since the RAMS legitimately beat the COLTS out for the division title under the rules; how is it karma? If there had not been two divisions in each conference, the Colts still would not have made the playoffs without a tiebreaker game, and there is no guarantee they would have won that because in two meetings, a tie and a win, LA outscored BALTY in the aggregate 58-34..24 POINTS. The Colts did not surpass the Rams in record. Karma would have been in place if a 9-4-1 PACKERS team would've lost. GBAY doesn't even make the playoffs in '67, if it had been 1966, or any other season preceding that '67 campaign. I am not a fan of either team, but facts are the facts. The RAMS were 11-1-2 and outscored BALTY..that is a pretty good football team. How is it karma?
@@bobscott7440 The Rams and Colts tied for the Division title with identical 11-1-2 records. Head-to-head against each other the Rams were 1-0-1, while the Colts were 0-1-1 vs. the Rams. In the final week of the '67 regular season the Rams blew out the Colts, 34-10. The Rams were declared Division champs by virtue of winning the head-to-head tie breaker vs. the Colts. Therefore it is simply moronic of you to insinuate the Rams didn't deserve their division crown. They earned it. The Colts did not. The Colts were pretty much choke artists throughout the 1960's. Choked to the Browns in '64 Choked to the Packers in '65 Choked to the Rams in '67 Choked to the Jets in '68.
Official Jim Tunny # 32 Field Judge & Long time prominent NFL Official, 36 years old at the Time, called it Good , and signaled with both hands in the air, HE said it curved around the Goal Post and was good ! Bart Starr, the holder, always said it was inside and then curved away, but it was higher than the pipe. " Starr, commenting on the kick, said: "I saw it as being good. The NFL Rules Committee , endeavoring to find a way to prevent a recurrence, took immediate action. It placed two officials under the goal post and added 10 feet to each upright. The new uprights were facetiously called the "Baltimore extensions."
Starr was wrong. Chandler admitted it over and over, to his credit. He knew it was no good. Other Packers reacted the same way. Tunney blew it. Period.
@@normanrust5910 Norman, NFL Officials Ruled it good. 55 years ago. Was here at game. It curved in. Than Packers won in over time. To avoid future controversy goal posts were raised. We could care less of your stupid a$$ Opinion. Colts were losers in 64 , 65, 66,67,68,69 onward get a life
@@normanrust5910 The ref’s botched call most likely prevented the Cleveland Browns from repeating as NFL champions in 1965. Not definitely, but most likely.
Tom Matte using Jerry Hill 45 on the classic Baltimore Colt trap play, which Chuck Noll Colt assistant took with him to Pittsburgh in 1969. The Steeler trap is really the Baltimore Colt trap, invented by Weeb Ewbank and John Unitas.
Watched this game with my father at my Godfather's house on his new color TV...first game I ever saw in color...can't watch a game at Lambeau today without thinking about it...
@3:00 that Colts returned TD would of Totally been ruled an incomplete pass today. Lol when I saw that, I'm like WTH?? When are the refs going to call that??
This game occurred w neither Bart Starr or Johnny Unitas under center for their respective teams in this game? The 1st time I saw the film of this one.
Oh, I believe you Doc - Although only 1 year old, I remember our family being excited for the Cowboys first game and wondering if Tom Landry was the right coach. I remember my peach pablum was a bit warm that night as well..... C'mon, bro.
I had completely forgotten the former Nebraska quarterback Dennis Claridge played backup QB for the Packers. I think that he was Bob Devany's first QB.
