1978 - Patriots at Cowboys (Week 14) - Enhanced NBC Broadcast - 1080p/60fps 

I've enhanced the 1978 Week 14 Patriots at Cowboys game. I upscaled, denoised, sharpened, and doubled the framerate with Topaz. I then used Da Vinci Resolve to adjust the contrast and to really boost the color. Looks like a master tape now! See the before/after screenshots here -- imgbox.com/g/VYoRX9Tp86 -- My thanks to romelovesdan for providing me the DVD files used for this project.

It isn't just nostalgia, but I think those old Patriot uniforms were way better than what they have now.

LOVE THE COMMERCIALS!!!!! They complete the Time Machine experience.

The pre-game comment "Baltimore safety Bruce Laird told me the only way you can cover a guy like Wesley Walker is with a gun" And guess what, everyone knew it was a compliment to his blazing speed...nobody went into hysterics

This looks incredible . Boy, those were the days.

Love the pats helmets and uniforms! Football was a much better game then!

All of this footage looks incredible! Thank you so much for all the work you put into these. It totally sends me back to my Sundays after church as a 10-year-old. This is when football was football.

I was only two years old - sleeping in a crib - somewhere in Southern New England when this game was being played. Now that I watch it as an adult, I can't imagine being a fan back then, watching a great quarterback like Steve Grogan putting a ball where it needs to be, and the receivers either not making the catches, or just fumbling the ball so much. I mean, Damn! Quarterback Steve Grogan owns a sporting good store here in Foxborough, MA. Great store.

As a Redskin fan, I appreciate and miss Staubach now that I'm older. This was a fun game to watch.

I love how the Cowboys offense shifted into formation on each play. It was the coolest thing I ever saw.

In years past this would have been the last game of the season. This was the first year of a 16 game season.

I remember watching this game at Grand Ma's house. Thanks for the memories DV!

This is awesome. Watched the first half and realized…no penalties. Not one flag. Football sure has changed.

Just imagine if people back then got to watch football games in freaking 60fps!!! this is amazing, great video dude!

I remember this game. I was a little kid, I loved this Pats team.

Amazing reclamation Dave! Great work.

Just finished watching the game. Wow. Thanks so much for posting this and for all the work you did to polish this game into a real gem. Can't wait to watch more of your work. Thanks again!

The commercials have as much nostalgic goodness as the game!

I remember listening to this game on the radio on a chilly November day as a kid in North Texas.

NBC had a HUGE doubleheader on this day. In the 4:00 PM ET window there was another big game. Pittsburg was playing Houston as well as the Browns and Seahawks in what was a playoff eliminator. In the early window the Dolphins and Redskins was the feature game

Those were the best Patriots uniforms and helmets. Go Pats!

Thank you for posting these rare games I watched them when i was younger

Love these enhanced broadcasts. Thank you!!

#12 Captain America...damn I love that team,many memories of my 11yr old self come rushing back,my heroes have always been cowboys.

The hole in Texas Stadium always made for some unique shadow tricks during games. You'd have the offense in the bright sunlight lining up against a defense draped in darkness

Anytime Dick and Merlin were calling the game, you knew it was a big one. Just hearing them again is bringing back a flood of memories.

I was at this game. It was pretty chilly in the stadium but the action and play from both teams was very hot!

Commercial video quality is crazy good.

Looked like a modern-day era game, heavy blitz packages by NE, Dallas running out of the shotgun. Nice!

John Hannah and Randy White. Football doesn’t get any better.

Someday I wanna have a beer in Dave’s backyard! Keep up the good work Dave!

Amazing quality!

Hollywood Henderson had a great game.

The $599 computer advertised at 39:02 would cost over $2700 in 2023 money.

Your page is the first one I check when I get on RU-vid and I'm never disappointed. You working on any more 1970s Chiefs games? Loved the 1975 MNF game at Dallas last week. I know there isn't much good to choose from but I love seeing the games at Arrowhead, even the ones they lost. Thank you for doing this.

Went to this game.

Patriots corners were phenomenal as I recall but then again, I was nine years old. I loved the Pats unis. I still do think understand why they or Denver felt the need to tinker with such a classic look…. However, given their success with the new logos, I realize they won’t be coming back anytime soon.

Man, the commercials are awesome!

I remember when I saw this game, I couldn't take my eyes off the 2 Hall of Famers Randy White and John Hannah fighting for supremacy. 😅

I was at this game and spent $60 for a ticket on the 40 yard line, which my HS classmates teased me for paying.

Dallas high school football different, I felt like I knew what he was talking about at halftime when he mentioned Permian and Dallas Carter

looks amazing!

Steve Grogan...from Ottawa Kansas!

Really enjoy the Patriot helmets and. Uniforms

Both Enberg and Olsen misidentified Laidlaw for Dorsett on the flee-flicker. Couldn't even get it right on the slow motion replay.

thank u

My favorite era of football, this is what I watched growing up. On a different note, what is up with the "T" on Staubach's nameplate? It's almost as tall as Ed Jones lol. Great game, so many awesome players! Thanks for posting.

I have no idea why one would take Ed “Too Tall” Jones’ comment about liking to play in the “big games” as meaning he didn’t go all out in other games. (Last time I checked adrenaline was a thing and “upping” your game when it counts most is not supposed to be a flaw. Also, the number of interceptions and batted balls his 6’9 frame caused was unreal, and anyone who had to play against him every year would be happy to tell you how good he was during his fine 16 year career even if he was noted voted All Pro or to the Pro Ball as often as he probably should have been.

Anyone notice one of the offensive coaches for Dallas? None other than future former Chicago Bears H.C. Mike Ditka.

Did anyone else notice that the local Dallas channel opted to go with their own news program, featuring all the high school football final scores instead of staying with the national network’s full halftime slate of scores and highlights update of NFL games? 😂

Try watching only 73 John Hannah LG for every Patriot offensive play. He is devastating.

New England had a good team here 👍👍

Dorsett would truly have been an even better back had he been able to hang on to the ball.

0:16 NBC Sports presents NFL '78, starring Don Calhoun 44 as .. THE PATRIOT

@1:15 Landry? Check out a “youngish” Da Coach rockin the Grabowski stache

dave do you have jets at broncos 1978 from mile high:jets 31-28 comeback from 21 down to beat defending afc champion?

Any chance you have some 1976 Patriots games in your DVD box? I have been looking for their two Raiders games that year and have had zero luck finding them.

A great replay …..I can’t recall……who played in this season’s Super Bowl……?

0:01 Fred Cook 72 you just barely missed that ball. For a moment I thought you were going to smack that ball clear out of Baltimore. Don't let the Snake do that to you, don't let him whistle a pass by you like that with only a couple inches of clearance!!

No "eeeking, ooooking" hip hop dancing BS after every play. Good football times.

Pats kicker was 9-17 on the season and still had a job??

i would like to say do you possibly have steelers vs rams 1978.

Tune in to Walt Disney’s “Super Dad” lol

Who did Oakland Raiders play in this week of football 🏈

Thought the 2023 version of the Patriots had bad special teams, boy the1978 version had terrible kicking

Fairbanks went to the. Playoffs 2x in 6 years with hannah. Grogan. Francis and Haynes. C mon. Give. Landry that. Group.he wins atleast. 2. Rings

Mike Ditka 30:25

1:53:55

Why bother putting this stuff on here with the commercials???????

I was 14 days old

Dallas sucked at the first half of this game.

Thanks Dave for restoring all of these vintage NFL games! This one is a real treat to watch.

Merlin was a very good player, commentator, and decent as an actor. Seemed like a really nice person. He and Mr. Enberg were a great combination for quite a few years.

Always one of my favorite games of the 70’s. The John Hannah vs Randy White battle is worth watching in and of itself. Great work, again!

There would be no football without these videos on RU-vid. Todays product does not come close to these games Thank you for your work. Looks great. Oh, and the commercials are AWESOME. When commercials are cut out, it really degrades the experience. You rock!!

The tackling was so much better in. The 70s. Than today

Thank you so much for posting the whole broadcast of these old games. Dick Enberg and Merlin Olson? C'mon, how cool is that?

I haven't thought of most of those players for a few decades, yet when I see the last names on the jerseys, I instantly remember them. That includes offensive lineman 😁

Love the 70s Cowboys and Roger Staubach!

Including the commercials with these adds to their value as time capsules. I enjoy them almost as much as the game!

In the latter part of this video which cutaway to the Houston-Pittsburgh game, seeing QB Gifford Nielsen warming up, with #42 teammate doing the ball catching during the warmup . . . the reason for the QB not catching the ball in warmup: Taking precaution of not jamming/spraining a finger if he was to catch the football. That bit of trivia I learned from reading George Plimpton's book: "Paper Lion," as Plimpton, being a writer, got the chance to experience and document the experience of being a pro-football QB walk-on.

A real treat this particular enhancement......The Defending Champion Cowboys vs a rushing record record setting Patriots. One of the most anticipated games of 1978. As Bryant Gumble said "... Possible Super Bowl Preview..." Of course, The Luv Ya Blue Oilers and the Steel Curtain Steelers had something left to say about that. Enjoy this one. Let the excellent duo of Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen along with the hard work of Dave Volsky be you guide.

i miss seeing games with the 2 back system!

I met Dick Endberg once. A great gentleman. Not like some of these overpaid fat cats today.

The big one on one matchup was Hollywood Henderson vs Russ Francis. Skip Bayless who worked for a Dallas newspaper said Francis would burn Hollywood. It was the other way around. Henderson dominated him. Watch the first play. Hollywood gave Francis a wicked forearm to the face!! Bayless apologized to Hollywood after the game.

"Butch Johnson played football at UC RIVERSIDE"!😊

Super cool- good to see how much the game has changed (replay Dallas getting the benefit of missed fumble and taking a club to pats QB head personal fouls

I don`t know how u have all these games from 1978, but that was the year I started following the NFL closely. The season expanded to 16 games, and it was the first season that Receivers could only be bumped in the first 5 yards which really opened up the passing game. Thank you for posting these games.

This was really cool to watch. 10 again.

"Rodger Staubach was a tough running quarterback out of Navy, he took a lot of hard hits and kept hanging in there"! He was definitely the last of his breed at quarterback in the NFL"!!

I believe that is a young Mike Ditka on the Dallas sideline at 1:27.

I saw this live in 1978 and I have gone back in time today.

1:07:36 the play that made Campbell wear a "flak jacket". Shell broke several of Earl's ribs on this play. I believe it was either this play.. or perhaps a QB hit on either Pastorini (Houston QB) or Patriots QB Steve Grogan that actually led to the development of the flak jacket for NFL Players. Also hit by Shell :D

Fantastic work! Thanks for all the work you put in to reclaim and preserve these games. Whether on the field, behind the camera or in the broadcast booth, these games represent but an iota of the life's work of so many talented individuals. Thanks for allowing us to appreciate their work once again! Truly grateful.

New England had some really underrated teams back in the 70’s and 80’s. You wonder what if the Steelers, Oilers, Raiders Broncos or Dolphins weren’t in the way.

I had forgotten how much I despise Briant Gumbel.

Beautiful footage 📺👀❤️

LOL listening to the announcer's go on about Chuck Fairbanks. The Patriots had a very good team. The week before their divisional playoff game against Houston. Fairbanks announced he was leaving to go coach Colorado University where he later failed. Ownership stupidly let Fairbanks coach the playoff game and the Oilers blew out the Patriots ruining a good team.

Takes me back to being a kid watching the games with the family

I remember watching that game live on TV...I was about 14 at the time...I know I know, I'm old as a dog lol