1998 Week 13 - Pittsburgh at Detroit 

Looking back at this broadcast two decades later, it is striking how uncluttered the screen is without distractions.

2:20:22 here you all go. The moment you’ve been all looking for

I remember watching this game in Suburban Detroit with my family and it was my first Thanksgiving with my now wife and this game just brings back great family memories. Thank you for putting this video on here.

Barry 15000 yards wow people don't understand how hard it is getting that many yards

I remember watching this game on Thanksgiving break in Atlanta Georgia along with my late grandparents

Thnx for Barry Sanders Games

I'm Thankful for classic NFL games on RU-vid!

On the tape at 2:21:10, "It hadn't hit the ground! But it hadn't hit the ground" Bettis yelled as the ref explained the head then tails he heard Bettis say. The rulebook in 1998 was clear. You had to use the first call regardless of whether or not the coin was still in the air. If it had only been called tails, Bettis would have had no reason to have been making this "hadn't hit the ground yet" argument. The ref was right.

Key Plays: 14:25 PIT: Hawkins 47-yd punt ret 34:40 PIT: N. Johnson 30-yd FG 38:45 PIT: Oldham fumble recovery 47:45 DET: Crowell 35-yd rush 54:40 PIT: Ward 25-yd rec from Stewart 1:00:35 PIT: N. Johnson missed 53-yd FG 1:08:35 DET: Sanders 21-yd rush 1:25:20 PIT: Blackwell 24-yd rec TD from Stewart 1:31:05 DET: Sanders 20-yd rec from Batch 1:35:05 DET: Hanson 51-yd FG 1:38:05 PIT: C. Johnson 30-yd rec from Stewart 1:40:20 DET: Fredrickson INT 1:42:55 DET: Moore 36-yd rec from Batch 1:45:50 DET: Hanson missed 43-yd FG 1:51:25 DET: Moore 21-yd rec from Batch 1:52:30 DET: Morton 26-yd rec from Batch 1:53:50 DET: Moore 21-yd rec TD from Batch 1:56:20 DET: Kowalkowski fumble recovery 1:59:20 DET: Hanson 35-yd FG 2:00:40 Pittsburgh final drive start 2:06:40 PIT: C. Johnson 17-yd rec from Stewart 2:17:20 PIT: N. Johnson 25-yd FG 2:20:00 OT Coin Toss 2:23:40 Detroit game-winning drive start/DET: Moore 28-yd rec from Batch 2:32:30 DET: Hanson 42-yd GW FG Key Stats: PIT: Kordell Stewart 21/36 pass, 225 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT Jerome Bettis 26 car, 67 yds Charles Johnson 5 rec, 66 yds Will Blackwell 3 rec, 41 yds, 1 TD Chris Oldham 0.5 sacks, 2 FR DET: Charlie Batch 16/23 pass, 236 yds, 1 TD Barry Sanders 20 car, 33 yds Germane Crowell 1 rec, 16 rec yds, 1 car, 35 rush yds Herman Moore 8 rec (10 targets), 148 yds, 1 TD Allen Aldridge 2 sacks

Here is something that few people know. Neither team won a game the rest of that season!

Thanks for the upload Sports ! I remember the overtime coin toss when Jerome Bettis was right and the refs gave the lions the ball. Do you happen to have 1992 Week 8 Bills at Jets?

What a call. I loved it as a lions fan

Cbs first thanksgiving game since 1993

Do you have lot more lions games??? Especally the 1991 season???

Would you be able to post either 1993 Bucs vs Falcons? 2000 Bucs vs Washington (regular season)

3rd and 26 and viola, the Steelers get a bail out flag. What a surprise. Two plays later, they get another flag. Shocker.

The Pontiac Silverdome was beautiful. So sad it’s gone 😢

Thanksgiving day game for Detroit is their Superbowl game

Thanks for the post,greg gumbel one of my favorite commentators.Do you have any more games from the run and shoot teams?

Remarkable, the Lions won despite 0 for 10 on 3rd down

Nice 👍

The famous 'Coin flip snafu" game! Ref got the call wrong!

Detroit native jerome bettis. He said tails. We all heard him, except the ref, who was right next to him

According to the rulebook during the coin toss the referee goes with what he heard.

Did Pittsburgh bring their own officials?

Ha ha ha 😂 classic the bettis and ref miss hap with the OT coin toss 😂

10:00 20:26 21:45 49:25

To be fair, the coin toss is just a make up for the bs incomplete call on the interception earlier. Lions were the better team that day.

To be FAIR, the referee probably ANTICIPATED Jerome calling heads (75% of the time that's what's called), or he might have heard heads from the other guy (can't make out all of the audio).

I see the refs were always as bad as they are now

Hell yeah 80 thousand fans.. the Bus.. Bill... haha happy turkey day Payton Ball suck manning

Barry Sanders' final win.