NY Giants vs. Dallas on MNF (1971)

[bbgun]

I know everyone's getting antsy for football, so I thought I'd dip into the archives again. This was an ugly game. 11 fumbles combined, but the good guys prevailed. Staubach and Morton started the first and second halves respectively. Pretty good quality for its age. Enjoy.

Intro, + a Staubach PSA urging you to avoid drugs.


Roger gets careless


Bob stuffs the run


12 to 22


Little Pudding fumbles


Defense rises up


Cornell sacks Fran


12 to 22 again


Damn goalposts


Cosell's classic halftime highlights.


Hill injured


Reeves picked off


Lee Roy forces turnover


Long TD from 14 to 22


Pugh sacks Fran


Bad night for Reeves continues


Howley makes a play

[casmith07]

First Bob Hayes catch...I guess pass interference didn't exist back then LOL.

[big dog cowboy]

[Everlastingxxx]

Cool, Thanks!

[tyke1doe]

I used to stay awake on Monday nights just to watch halftime highlights. Before the days of cable and the Internet and satellite television, Monday Night Football was the only place where you could see highlights from other games around the league.

[bbgun]

Originally Posted by tyke1doe

I used to stay awake on Monday nights just to watch halftime highlights. Before the days of cable and the Internet and satellite television, Monday Night Football was the only place where you could see highlights from other games around the league.

Boy are you old. Wait, so am i.

[RS12]

Those were the good old days for sure, probably my favorite team ever, the first SB winner.

[SC Cowboyfan]

Originally Posted by tyke1doe

I used to stay awake on Monday nights just to watch halftime highlights. Before the days of cable and the Internet and satellite television, Monday Night Football was the only place where you could see highlights from other games around the league.

I thought it was great when george michael sports machine started for highlights of the games in the 80s.......

[LeonDixson]

Where is a clip of the end of the game with Dandy Don singing "The party's over"? Incomplete!

Just kidding BBGun. I enjoyed that immensely. I got a chuckle out of the MNF intro showing a kickoff with the straight-ahead kicker.

[burmafrd]

Originally Posted by tyke1doe

I used to stay awake on Monday nights just to watch halftime highlights. Before the days of cable and the Internet and satellite television, Monday Night Football was the only place where you could see highlights from other games around the league.

Yeah. Our local channels would only cover the Bears or maybe the Packers or Cardinals. So it you wanted to see highlights of other games this was the ONLY place.

[Dodger]

Very nice. Thanks for posting this.

[fiveandcounting]

Originally Posted by bbgun

I know everyone's getting antsy for football, so I thought I'd dip into the archives again. This was an ugly game. 11 fumbles combined, but the good guys prevailed. Staubach and Morton started the first and second halves respectively. Pretty good quality for its age. Enjoy.

For any fans of The Odd Couple on this board, this is the game being shown in the episode where Oscar does MNF with Howard Cossell.

"Staubach is scrambling. He's scrambling with the dexterity of a lizard!"

Classic laughs

[bbgun]

Originally Posted by LeonDixson

Where is a clip of the end of the game with Dandy Don singing "The party's over"? Incomplete!

He skipped the song that night. He was in a sour mood when Cosell reminded him that he held the record for most turnovers in a season.

Originally Posted by fiveandcounting

For any fans of The Odd Couple on this board, this is the game being shown in the episode where Oscar does MNF with Howard Cossell.

"Staubach is scrambling. He's scrambling with the dexterity of a lizard!"

Classic laughs

Yeah, I remember that one. Oscar was supposed to get back at Cosell by hitting him with a barrage of prepared insults ("Evel Knievel should jump over your mouth"), but he got stage-fright and went silent. That's when Felix took over and screwed up the play-by-play.

[JoeCorrado]

Ah, it brings back some fun memories. I enjoyed the old commercials nearly as much as the old game footage! Well, not really, but they were fun too.

It's almost strange how the mind instantly reverts back to the old days, seeing the old players back in the day, just like it was yesterday!

It would have been icing on the cake to hear Dandy Don's off key voice proclaiming that t,he time had come to "Turn out the lights..."

Thanks for sharing!!

[ZeroClub]

I remember Cosell once saying to Frank and Don: "Gentlemen, your respective teams are not distinguishing themselves. They are putting on a very poor display." (or something like that)

To which Don replied "Well, Howard, at least we have respective teams."

Was it this game?