New York Jets at Green Bay Packers September 17, 1973 Weather: 54 degrees, relative humidity 77%, wind 16 mph Starting QBs: Joe Namath (NY), Scott Hunter (GB) Network: ABC Announcers: Frank Gifford, Don Meredith, Howard Cosell
Was at this game at County Stadium. Frank, Don and Howard arrived in a limo and were greeted like rockstars. Namath had little mobility due to the knee injuries.
Why did County Stadium have to have both football teams on the same side lines I lived in Milwaukee in the 90's as a kid. I went to Packers games in and thought that was weird I never found out why. Second was it worth going to Milwaukee for half the year for the Milwaukee fans.
I remember Joe Namath as a kid. He was on every comic book, it would seem, advertising this or that. I saw him play during this season, 1973. I saw him in 1972, as well. I was 11 years old at the time, but still remember Broadway Joe!
They also appeared to have gone cheap in this game on cameras. The 20-50-20-yard-line cameras that ABC MNF pioneered were not employed here but, rather, the old CBS style wide and tight 50s.
… Back when the preseason was six games and the season fourteen games. I’m not really a fan of either team but just like most people who tuned in during 1973 it’s entertainment. Thanks for posting. I was thirteen at the time.
Seven games for the teams that played in the HALL OF FAME GAME. Its also back when the vets played a lot more than they do now. And, there was no week off after the final preseason game..
Riggo was awesome. When he returned to the Skins after he sat out a season, he simply said “I’m bored, I’m broke, I’m back.” And of course can’t forget his advice to Supreme Court Justice O’Connor, “loosen up, Sandy baby.” The Diesel is a DC football legend.
A great classic. It's always terrific to see Namath with his amazing passing skills and those awesome half-time highlights. Of course, I will always miss the broadcasting trio - Howard, Frank, and "dandy" Don. Thank you for providing a full game!
Amazing passing skills? He sucked. His stats were terrible, his teams didn't win anything except that ONE SB, and that was because of Matt Snell and their great defense. Namath threw a pretty pass, but he threw way more INTs than TDs. He's that generation's Jeff George. Peace
Even by today's standards Namath had an outstanding throwing arm. But he lacked mobility (to put it mildly) because of his bad knees. I've often wondered how different his NFL career would have been if he had had the same knees he did when he was a junior in college.
My sister was in love with Joe Namath kept a bulletin board with newspaper clippings about him in her kitchen until she passed later she filled the other half with clippings of Riggo as a Redskin
Not giving Riggo the ball in future years was the biggest mistake in the history of the Jets. Namath was operating on one leg. They should have convinced Joe that it was Riggins' team, and his running would set up the pass, and make things easier and better. John Riggins was absolutely one of the most unique players in the history of the NFL.
Turn out the lights, the party's over!! Loved it when dandy don would sing that when a game was out of reach. I remember this game, I was playing junior high football, was exhausted from practice and school work but had to watch " Monday night football".
My late great Dad was a MNF fanatic never missed a game it was a cherished TV Dinner ritual in our house. Sept 73 can almost guarantee I watched it at home as a 3rd grade yoot.
Four things that I miss in the NFL today: 1. The Packers no longer play football games in Milwaukee, the last one being a 1994 game against the Atlanta Falcons. 2, 3, and 4: The ABC Monday night football crew of Frank Gifford, Don Meredith, and yes, Howard Cosell.
To me, Cosell and Curt Gowdy are premiere examples of how things weren't always necessarily better in the "good ol' days." Cosell was a blowhard who knew marginally more about football than he did about boxing or baseball (which was nothing), and Gowdy was like listening to paint dry. Joe Buck at his dullest monotone was more excitable by an order of magnitude.
@@pronkb000, Gowdy said almost the same thing about all people using PRONKB as a posting name..right on his death bed he said..I swear he said.. PRONKB bleccccch, then choked and died. You'll always be remembered, PRONKB.. When we use our garbage disposals and hear that sound, too.
ANYTIME I can watch vintage highlights of Joe Namath in action doing what he does BEST, besides entertaining the LADIES, that's throwing the football down field to one of his favorite receivers etc.... And NOBODY could say his name like Howard Cosell....."Joe Willie Namath"....... I miss you Howard...RIP
@franzschubertv2874 They both are on the list of league interception leaders... I just looked. So are a lot of my favorites... Blanda, Hadl, Unitas, Stabler, Brodie, Moon etc. I see Marino and even Brady. Fact is, only the greats seem to make the list. I don't care what you say homeboy, Jets don't win the Superbowl every season, they only got one, and they don't even have that one without "Broadway"
Lot of great backfield duos back then: Csonka/Morris; Brockington/Lane; Dave Hamton/Art Malone; Snell/Boozer; Marv Hubbard/ Banazak/Van Eegan. And the list goes on.
@@MrBAMAFANATIC The Mohawk didn't help him on the field, he averaged over 4 yards per carry in his first 2 seasons in the league but his average dipped to a career low 3.6 yards per rushing attempt in '73, he'd break through the 1000 yard barrier in '75 (1005 yards) but '75 would be his last year with Gang Green then it was off to Washington where an O-line of Hogs opened up his path to Canton.
Brockington/Lane. Great backfield tandem - if only for a few years. Didnt know Jim Nance was signed by the Jets. He was a beast. Similar to Csonka - big and fast.
For those few years, I thought Brockington and Lane were the best tandem in the history of the NFL. The only others I can think of is Csonka/Morris with Miami, and Tyler/Craig with SF. Duane Thomas and Walt Garrison had two great years together, too. Hunter was just a horrible QB,
The game was actually held at Milwaukee County Stadium (the old home of the Brewers). The Packers used to play four games per season at Milwaukee Co Stadium. That all stopped in the mid 1990s.
THEY SAID THAT 3 TIMES IN THE OPENING. YOU ARE THE DUMBEST PERSON IN THE ROOM, WHO THINKS HE IS THE SMARTEST, TRYING TO EXPLAIN THINGS TO THE REST OF US.
I Bought a white and green sports shirt from Yellow Front because it looked similar to these NY JETS jersey I, wore that shirt to death I'm not a Jets fan but I realized how much I missed their home/road combination after they changed to those green helmets in 1978 which I initially loved they just didn't possess the same ambiance. The rebranding in 1997 by Bill Parcells didn't have it either maybe cause the helmet logo was different although a football with NY JETS inscribed along with another small football does seem kind of silly if you really think about it. But not as silly as a Dolphin [mammal] wearing a little football helmet on a helmet!
This is something that I never realized during this time in the NFL. We have interesting narratives in 1973 where you have the New York Jets still seen in a positive light from their 1968 Super Bowl III victory. You also have the Green Bay Packers still looked at favorably from there winning Super Bowls I and II. You also have a player in John Riggins early in his career before he became the amazing running back for the Washington Redskins Super Bowl runs.
It’s also interesting during this time, you never had any of the types of narratives you see in sports today team doesn’t win the Super Bowl in the first two years, they’re looking to fire the coach, they’re looking to blame the coaching, they’re looking to get a quarterback. And the way they call the games from the announcer standpoint kept you in the seat, and the defense wasn’t handicap to the point where you couldn’t watch it.
Namath or Richard Todd or whoever else or the Jets QB… The glory days started and ended in the 60s. Even Joe Klecko and Mark Gastineau of the 70s couldn’t take that sack exchange for any relative success.
When I played JC ball I had the same facemask as Riggins. And that is where the similarities between me and John ended.... (I never had the guts to go with the Mohawk either) The closed captioning calls Paul Hornung Paul Horny..... hmmm..... pretty accurate, now that I think about it...
My dad played in this game actually, was a special teamer and made good enough dough to not need a side job. However to your point it was low compared to even a practice squad player today.
@@julesandjim3075, money in pro football in the 1970's..where outside of a handful of players? Where? The NFL had smaller average salaries than baseball. In 1976, TV GUIDE said the average MLB'er was making 55k a season. Money.. in sports in the '70's? Not, if you weren't PETE MARAVICH in the NBA..
With John Brockington and the late great MacArthur Lane in the backfield. I thought the 70s might have been glory years for Green Bay but it was disappointing.
The 1973 draft, packers picked Barry Smith (WR) in the first round when Ron Jaworski and Dan Fouts were still on the board. The rest is history (and a John Hadl trade a few years later that stocked up the Rams for the rest of the decade.)
This history in this game. John Riggins' first game. Kareem Abdul Jabbar still with the Bucs. ABC advertising Bobby Riggs vs Billie Jean King. Interview with OJ Simpson after he set the single game rushing record. Howard getting verbally slapped by Don Meredith. All this and the Golden Age of football.
@@overcomersmedia465 In 1994 the Miami Dolphins played Green Bay @ Green Bay (in Milwaukee). 1994 is the mid-90's. But I do think that may have been the last time.
NFL teams clamored about playing in a bigger stadium in a bigger city which was the catalyst in building Lambeau. Lombardi insisted on playing in Milwaukee to prevent the AFL from establishing a franchise at County Stadium
great post, the quality is not bad either . 480 p is good quality for these older games 360 is blurry. do you have more 70s games with the original commercials not edited out
That seemed like a really low blow to spring on live TV. Based on what I have read, Meredith retired when he was still able to play physically, but he was tired of the mental strain of constantly being blamed for the Cowboys falling short in the playoffs. Cosell did a great job, but he could really be a jackass at times.
This season the Jets first 6 games were all on the road because the Mets had a long playoff run. They only had 6 home games that season and 8 road games.
Rich Caster the most dangerous receiver in football back in 1973? He was on that Super Bowl team with Riggins in 1982.. but he was so far down the depth chart that guys like Virgil Seay and Alvin Garrett saw the field before he did. I had no idea he was considered a dangerous receiver at one time
1973, The Packers were overhyped from the year before, that's why they got the first Monday Night Football 🏈 game of the year, they would go 5-7-2 the Pack went Back
Any truth to the rumor that Bobby Howfield is having a watch party at his house for every Jets game for 2023 where they watch a 50 year old game from the 73 season and then the 2023 game ?
Now the o-lines are mostly fat , who dont run sweeps or pull on trap plays , no screen passes , they cant run 5 yards ..The game has changed , o-line in the old times had to have athletic ability and technique ..
@@MegaSmarterthanyou, bingo!.. And, they could not block with extended arms and hands until 1978, and were not jacked up on steroids and HGH, etc, nor ate and drank as many foods full of hormones and steroidal chemicals and fat storing= preservatives.. They were 240-280 lbs. tops..tight ends were 230 or 240..people with naturally human dimensions, not 6-4-330 for tackles..6-6- 265 for tight ends.
Thanks for sharing. 2023 jets will win a ton of games this year. With that said, they were morons to get rid of Riggins, who lived in the west village downtown manhattan & was about to become a cool new york icon.
Yet, pros were much sharper for the first month of the season back then, and that also went for the defense, too. It takes NFL players now until midseason to look sharp. Yet, folks are paying for NFL FOOTBALL from game one onward= consumer fraud. And, many of the injuries have largely occurred because much of the hitting in training camp toughening up players' bodies has been shut down by the players association.. Early in the regular season when they take their first solid gametime hits, they get injured and miss the rest of the season...bleccch..
After going 10-4 and making the playoffs in 1972, the Pack had their feeble passing game exposed in the playoff game vs Washington. Had they taken Ron Jaworski or Dan Fouts in the 1973 draft the 70's might not have been a decade of misery for them.
