Nov 20, 1978-Week 12-MNF-Oilers vs. Dolphins-(First Half) 

One of the most epic games in MNF history

I'm glad when these videos include the original commercials, those are almost as fun as the game.

Thank you for including the commercials :-)

One of my favorite childhood memories is watching this as a 10-year-old Houstonian. Thank you so much for letting me relive it.

Still the greatest MNF game of all.

I love how Cosell was so knowledgeable about every player whether they were a start or nonstop. He made every player seem like a star

Man those old commercials bring back some good memories wow!!!

Lots of great memories of these old games. Wish we could watch them all

I'm I the only one who loves these old commercials too?

That theme song needs to be brought back next year. It screams Monday Night Football in any era

Much respect to all the old Houston Oilers fans out there!

The most raucous, electrifying MNF EVER!!!!

Thank you for the upload. Love all football games from the 70's, especially MNF. Sorry to hear about your trouble with the No Fun League. They don't even broadcast any of these games ever and even now when they had a big announcement about that they are posting 96 "Classic" NFL games starting in August, a vast majority of them are more recent games that aren't really classic. These games bring back great memories of staying up late when I was a kid to get my football fix. I was born in 65, so all these games from the 70's take me back. Thank you again!!!

Sadly none of the original broadcasters are with us anymore 😭

I'm a lifelong Cowboys fan, but Earl Campbell was one of my all time favorite players. Loved watching him run

The more of these old games that show up here, the closer they drive me to tears--happy ones that is. I can never get enough of these games. I was never against Tennessee getting a franchise but they should have left the Oilers in Houston. Sure they did have some disastrous 1-13 seasons but they were loved to no end. The NFL Nazis are beyond human trying to withhold these from the public. GRRRRR!!!

I wish the Oilers still existed

Giff, Dandy Don, and Howard were THE MNF team no other has come up to compare even to this day (2019) a class in their own right. Thanks so much for the post.

This is incredible it helps me relive my youth and you get to watch players play at real speed. I would love to see a Oj Simpson game or Jim Brown

This was a hell of a game.

Nat Moore should be in the Hall of Fame if he isn,t already.

You gotta love Howard-the cadence of his voice, really picks everything up. I loved it when the crowd was going crazy, and he chimes in with, "listen? they're playing the song" (oiler fight song)-classic line. In '78 I purchased two authentic NFL football jerseys-they both were active in this game. Nat Moore-I had the home Dolphin jersey, and I had the Pastorini home Oiler jersey. Hell of a coincidence to be watching this on RU-vid in 2018, and see both players (and teams) of the only two authentic NFL football jerseys I ever had in my life. By the way, this was Thanksgiving week, it culminated for me with my getting married five days later on Saturday, Nov. 25th. On T-Giving, at 23, we gathered to play our annual Turkey Bowl game (tackle). Two years later, playing in the Turkey Bowl, I tear my right ACL-what was I thinking right?

Crazy stat- the 1978 Dolphins were the AFC's highest scoring team (#2 overall, 12 pts behind Dallas). Yes, they scored more points than the high-scoring Patriots or the mighty Steelers.

Could have been the best game ever on Monday Night Football

I came for the football and stayed for the commercials. It's almost heartbreaking to watch some of these ads for GM.

I love the IBM commercial about what is clearly a new office innovation, a computer.

Howard sang Bob's praises for ten years, by far Howard's favorite player.

Growing up a typical kid in Houston, I was able to go see the Oilers play on 2 or 3 occasions. This game happened to be one of those games. My dad and I and two other friends had the time of our life watching this game but my dad ALWAYS said he wished he could have heard Howard Cossel call this game. For almost 40 years now, he has asked me about how to find this game on the "internet". Well, today... Thanks to you Bran Stark.... I've found it. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful memory and what was the birth of Luv Ya Blue....

Awesome upload

RIP Ed Brandon, ABC Channel 13 weatherman from 1972 to 2.007. I was at the football game that nite, and was 7 at the time. Following the evening news, "Price Is Right", followed by a 1-hour programme.

47:23 Tell me that is not one of the greatest commercials of ALL TIME. What better times were the 1970's.

LOVE YA BLUE! Most exciting era in NFL history was those late 70s Oilers teams under Coach Bum!

Howard, Frank & Dandy Don. When Monday Night Football mattered & the nfl WAS cool...

At 46:22 Great GMC commercial with quality control technicians. Followed by one of the classic Lite Beer from Miller commercials-note the difference from the Miller Lite commercials.

Houston needs to become the Oilers again. Retire the Texans name and uniforms. Purchase the rights from Tennessee.

how bout that opening;you dont get that today.classic

70’s commercials are so believable!

What great uniforms the Dolphins and Oilers had in 1978. Today, Yuk! Tennessee Titans, have you ever seen anything more hideous. Maybe the Bengals since 1981.

great upload.. tks alot ....and keep em coming....love howard frank and Dandy Don!

This is some retro ass shit!! GO DOLPHINS!!

MNF in the old days...Dad...Bro...was our guys time night

I lived in Houston at this time, was a freshman at Aldine High School, have NEVER seen a city raly around a team like Houston did, Great Memory!

Poor ole blind Bob. Didn't have laser eye surgery back then. ;-)

MNF was the match The crowd was the fuse Campbell was the atomic bomb

Good old times

Obviously this night belonged to Campbell but people forget Delvin Williams was also a great back for the 49ers/Dolphins.

These teams played in a rematch in the first AFC wild card playoff game, on Christmas Eve in the Orange Bowl. It was a dud compared to this Monday Night classic. The Oilers dominated and won 17-9, in the only playoff meeting ever between the teams. Houston would go to two straight AFC championship games, losing both at Pittsburgh. Miami didn't return to the AFC championship until winning it in 1982 and 1984 -- their last two Super Bowl appearances, both losses.

Has anybody caught a fight that broke on the stands during this game? Only asking because my grandfather went to this game and knocked some guy out for blowing too much smoke from his cigar because it was bothering my grandmother. It eventually escalated to a big brawl between my grandfather and his friends and the cigar guys friends. I’ve heard because of this incident it was the only NFL game that had to stop due to fighting in the stands. Please let me know if you heard of this or seen it in this game. I’m trying to see it for myself.

I used to love that old Monday Night Football intro. It used to fire me up for the game.

I was at the game with my family!

I was 9...remember it well.

The Oilers without Dan Pastorini and Earl Campbell shocked the San Diego Chockers in the 1979 playoffs 17 14

Howard Cosell said one reason he enjoyed this game was the two man booth of just he and Frank Gifford. I like MIA. But this classic, The Sea of Hands and The Epic and Miami as well as the Super Bowls they lost are still though to watch. A funny thing is they followed up this classic with a 9-6 Oiler win the next season on MNF. Bonus @1:32:40 rubbing it in on the kicker lol

At 52:55 a Buick commercial focusing on their lineup of Turbos. I cannot believe that the Buick Century had a Turbo option, okay it was the Coupe version, but that’s still pretty much an old man/woman’s car. Great concept thought-love the Turbos. Wonder if this is where the amazing Grand National started?

Campbell was a very hard runner.

At 1:14:45 Opel commercial, haven’t seen one of those maybe since when this commercial originally aired? Forgot that they were a German car sold through Buick.

For Sale: Zenith System 3 television. It's 44 years old. Just come get it out of my garage. Thanks!

THIS WAS THE BEST MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL EVER UNTIL THAT NINER RAM GAME 1989.JOE MONTANA THREW TWO 90 +YARDERS TO JOHN TAYLOR AFTER TRAILING 14 TO NOTHING TO WIN 30/27.

Tv ad. Jimmy Stewart for Firestone tires. Today it'd be Tekashi69. What progress America has made.

the best Zenith ever

What would be the point of bringing back the Monday night theme, when MNF is just another game these days.

#Oiler4Life

It boggles my mind that sportswriters won't stop conflating team success and individual greatness. We have a way to compare players: statistice,. Aaron Rodgers is head and shoulders above Tom Brady, both by traditional stats and advanced metrics. Si's .......

Who title this don't they know home team in any sport always referred to last.

Players were so much better back then, but maybe the rules now stop the good game.

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Its a shame the dolphins havnt had a team incontion since dan the man marino was seting reacords, the 70s were great, the 80s were ok went back to back super bowls in 84,85 washington with riggins was to much to handle, ofcourse the next year the 49rs were just unstopable with montana

One of the best ever, but Dolphins could of won

23:19 that looks like an awesome toy!

Probably the most famous MNF game ever played. Houston was coming on strong. Miami veteran, smart, well coached. Their window was slowly closing with a aging QB, suspect defense, and adjusting slow to the major offensive rule changes. The Dolphins still won games, and had a dogfight with the Patriots just to make the playoffs. Houston had been close to reaching the upper level of the AFC, but got short circuited in '77, but that allowed the draft position for Earl Campbell. Once Campbell put on the Colombia Blue, it was ON n POPPIN'! After this "classic" they met a few weeks later in the Wild Card Game. Miami had a real chance to go to Super Bowl XIII in the Orange Bowl. The Oilers, with their "traveling" stout defense held the Dolphins down and won. Then went to New England and knocked out the Pats. We all know what happened in Pittsburgh, but the '78 Oilers were one of the most exciting teams in the era. If the Steelers would have slipped up, the Oilers could have got 'em, and maybe a Lombardi Trophy. As for this game. The NFL at its very best! Both teams playing at a high level, the crowd was "fantastic". Even with the volume turned down, it was still LOUD! Frank Gifford and Howard Cosell (no Dandy Don that night) were at their professional best. I was 10 and I was so hyped before and after this game. I stayed up all night talking to my younger brother. We fell in love with Earl Campbell that night. We didn't know much about the Houston Oilers. They weren't featured in Baltimore much, but after that game we started to see them all the time. It may have been the schedule, but we used to get Steelers, Redskins, and Eagles. But, someone I guess said that team in Houston needs some East Coast love. Hahaha Thank You for posting the "Signature" game of the Monday Night Football series.

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1:26:58 January 12, 1967??? It wasn't even a Sunday. Oh, Howard.

Mia vs. pit. mnf. 95. 96

1:32:30. The patriots still get all the calls vs the Jets. SMH 😰

19:05 - That's Robert Pine (CHP Sgt. Joe Getraer), co-star of the NBC police procedural drama series "CHiPs". He's also the father of Chris Pine ("Star Trek" series)

"This little computer" lol at 1:23:35

When this game was played I was in my early teens and, as such, I never paid much attention to the "voices" who broadcasted the games. But, watching & listening to this MNF game some 40 years after its air date, I can't believe what a horrible play-by-play guy Gifford was in his day. His misidentifying of players is nearly constant throughout the game.

well music be great just get better accouncer's too do it one's now are as dull as Two hedge hogs mating!