@tranquility4all Yeah, that's true. : ) Too bad the Rams couldn't have done that against the Cowboys in the '75 and '78 NFC Title Games at the Coliseum.
@GeorgiaKev Throughout the 70's the Cowboys had a better team than the Rams primarily because of the advantage they had at Quarterback. Ferragamo nearly lead the Rams to victory in the Super Bowl. I was at the game & He played very well. If Haden was their quarterback they probably would not have beaten the Cowboys.
@tranquility4all Yeah, Vince was awesome. Was never thrilled with Haden. Still, in '78 the Rams clobbered the Cowboys during the regular season 27-14, and yet in the title game lost 28-0. It's difficult to believe that wasn't a choke. Having lost in the playoffs for the three consecutive seasons, the pressure had to be very high for the Rams that day and even Landry in his postgame interview said that the Rams players seemed very uptight during pre-game warm-ups. Sad.
@GeorgiaKev Whenever 2 equally matched teams compete the team with a better quarterback has an advantage. The Rams usually lost to teams with better quarterbacks. Except for the 77 Playoff against Minnesota when Bob Lee played because of Tarketon's injury. In 78 the Rams defeated the Cowboys. They didn't clobber them. The Cowboys were defending Super Bowl Champs & losing to them in the championship game would hardly be considered choking.
@GeorgiaKev During the 70's the Rams had Hadl for 1 season then traded him to Green Bay followed by James Harris & Haden. They would have been better off committing to Ron Jaworski or Ferragamo. Jaworski showed ability & was traded. Even though Ferragamo delivered they refused too pay him & He left for Canada. After he returned they abandoned Him after 1 season for Jeff Rutledge followed by Deiter Brock. It seems like the Rams never committed to 1 Quarterback until Jim Everrett arrived.
As big of an upset as this was, it wasn't even the biggest upset of that particular weekend of playoff games. Ironically, that distinction belonged to another game between a team from Texas and a team from Southern California, as the Houston Oilers shocked the San Diego Chargers, depite not having Dan Pastorini, Earl Campbell, and had about half their defense hobbling with injuries, as well. The Chargers had crushed BOTH Super Bowl teams in successive weeks by a combined total of 75-23.
ferragamo to waddy the greatest moment in la ram football the rams never beat dallas or the vikings in the playoffs never but 1979 oh my vin scully anf george allen perfect
This Rams team was not their best. The prior year's team was better with Haden at QB and an even better defense... healthier too. They beat the Steelers at home on a Monday night and both were 9-2 at that point. The 1979 Rams were on their last legs wtih players like Jack Youngblood, Dryer, Hacksaw, Cullen Bryant, etc. The Rams had better teams in the 70's than the 1979 team. Actually, I thought Tampa Bay should have beaten L.A. at home in NFC title game.
@eugenemcgirt The Rams teams from '75 thru '78 may have been more talented and healthier, but the '79 team had to the most heart. Repeatedly written off for dead during the season, that team had a "never say die" attitude. They would NOT be denied from making the Super Bowl.
Vin scully was wrong in this clip at about 4:45...The Cowboys also lost to Minnesota at home in the NFC Championship game in 1973. What's funny is home field meant next to nothing in the NFC Playoffs in the 70s. Rams beat Dallas in '76 and '79 at Big D, while the cowboys beat the rams in LA in both the '75 and '78 title games. Convicingly, I might add. Cowboys also beat Minnesota in the Met twice (1970 and 1975) while the Vikings defeated Dallas in Irving, as I mentioned previously, in 1973.
@casheasy this is the Rams team that, in my opinion, should have won the SB. They should have beaten Pittsburgh. had that happened, who knows what would have happened in the NFC West in the 1980s. . .
@rayjr62 Not! The SF 49ers still became the team to beat in 1980s. The 49ers and Rams rivalry would've just been more competitive thats all. Remember 1979 was the year Montana was a Rookie QB. He had destiny to be a legend!
@rayjr62 Winning the Super Bowl in 1980 would not have changed the future success in the 80's..That Rams team was showing their age by 1982. Plus there was no way they were beating a Montana led 49ers team in that decade.
@HitsTownUSA I guess it is all speculation at this point. You're probably right, but what if Clark didn't catch that pass from Montana in the 1981 NFC Championship game? I think it is fair to say the 49ers fortunes might have been completely different, despite Joe Montana being there. Hell, if the 49ers had beaten Dallas in the 1970 NFC Championship game at Kezar a decade earlier, we might now be talking about those John Brodie- led 49er championship teams of the early 1970s.
Not to mention that Dallas won the 1970 NFC Championship over the 49ers in San Francisco in the last game ever played at old Kesar Stadium. The 49ers then moved to join the Giants at Candlestick Park, where the 49ers still play their home games. That '75 NFC Championship Game was the most one-sided NFC Championship Game for 25 years, as the Cowboys clobbered the Rams 37-7.
1:54. See that sign in the background "Rams Are Chokers?" Well, we all saw who choked that day.
GeorgiaKev 1 month ago
@GeorgiaKev The Cowboys didn't choke. The Rams outplayed them & earned their victory.
tranquility4all 1 month ago
@tranquility4all Yeah, that's true. : ) Too bad the Rams couldn't have done that against the Cowboys in the '75 and '78 NFC Title Games at the Coliseum.
GeorgiaKev 1 month ago
@GeorgiaKev Throughout the 70's the Cowboys had a better team than the Rams primarily because of the advantage they had at Quarterback. Ferragamo nearly lead the Rams to victory in the Super Bowl. I was at the game & He played very well. If Haden was their quarterback they probably would not have beaten the Cowboys.
tranquility4all 1 month ago
@tranquility4all Yeah, Vince was awesome. Was never thrilled with Haden. Still, in '78 the Rams clobbered the Cowboys during the regular season 27-14, and yet in the title game lost 28-0. It's difficult to believe that wasn't a choke. Having lost in the playoffs for the three consecutive seasons, the pressure had to be very high for the Rams that day and even Landry in his postgame interview said that the Rams players seemed very uptight during pre-game warm-ups. Sad.
GeorgiaKev 1 month ago
@GeorgiaKev Whenever 2 equally matched teams compete the team with a better quarterback has an advantage. The Rams usually lost to teams with better quarterbacks. Except for the 77 Playoff against Minnesota when Bob Lee played because of Tarketon's injury. In 78 the Rams defeated the Cowboys. They didn't clobber them. The Cowboys were defending Super Bowl Champs & losing to them in the championship game would hardly be considered choking.
tranquility4all 1 month ago
@GeorgiaKev During the 70's the Rams had Hadl for 1 season then traded him to Green Bay followed by James Harris & Haden. They would have been better off committing to Ron Jaworski or Ferragamo. Jaworski showed ability & was traded. Even though Ferragamo delivered they refused too pay him & He left for Canada. After he returned they abandoned Him after 1 season for Jeff Rutledge followed by Deiter Brock. It seems like the Rams never committed to 1 Quarterback until Jim Everrett arrived.
tranquility4all 1 month ago
@GeorgiaKev My pt. is even great teams need stability at Quarterback.
Would You prefer a great team with a good Quarterback or a good team with a great Quarterback ?
tranquility4all 1 month ago
As big of an upset as this was, it wasn't even the biggest upset of that particular weekend of playoff games. Ironically, that distinction belonged to another game between a team from Texas and a team from Southern California, as the Houston Oilers shocked the San Diego Chargers, depite not having Dan Pastorini, Earl Campbell, and had about half their defense hobbling with injuries, as well. The Chargers had crushed BOTH Super Bowl teams in successive weeks by a combined total of 75-23.
cjs3872 4 months ago
ferragamo to waddy the greatest moment in la ram football the rams never beat dallas or the vikings in the playoffs never but 1979 oh my vin scully anf george allen perfect
dackdaddy 4 months ago
@dackdaddy - Jim Everett to Flipper Andersen in OT to beat the Giants in 1989 was pretty good too, the Rams were also a big underdog.
tecatebeer99 2 months ago
How prophetic that its Dicky V describing the Rams finally getting over the Dallas playoff hump that kept them out of so many Supoer Bowls
spwb2k 4 months ago
Staubach was not quite right after that hit from Hacksaw
prodigy977 6 months ago
great throw from Ferragamo to Waddy boy Waddy was fast scarry the way he holds the ball
prodigy977 6 months ago
@rayjr62
This Rams team was not their best. The prior year's team was better with Haden at QB and an even better defense... healthier too. They beat the Steelers at home on a Monday night and both were 9-2 at that point. The 1979 Rams were on their last legs wtih players like Jack Youngblood, Dryer, Hacksaw, Cullen Bryant, etc. The Rams had better teams in the 70's than the 1979 team. Actually, I thought Tampa Bay should have beaten L.A. at home in NFC title game.
eugenemcgirt 7 months ago
@eugenemcgirt The Rams teams from '75 thru '78 may have been more talented and healthier, but the '79 team had to the most heart. Repeatedly written off for dead during the season, that team had a "never say die" attitude. They would NOT be denied from making the Super Bowl.
GeorgiaKev 1 month ago
what a great moment in america history thank u rams
TheEaglesfanindc 8 months ago
Vin scully was wrong in this clip at about 4:45...The Cowboys also lost to Minnesota at home in the NFC Championship game in 1973. What's funny is home field meant next to nothing in the NFC Playoffs in the 70s. Rams beat Dallas in '76 and '79 at Big D, while the cowboys beat the rams in LA in both the '75 and '78 title games. Convicingly, I might add. Cowboys also beat Minnesota in the Met twice (1970 and 1975) while the Vikings defeated Dallas in Irving, as I mentioned previously, in 1973.
casheasy 10 months ago
@casheasy this is the Rams team that, in my opinion, should have won the SB. They should have beaten Pittsburgh. had that happened, who knows what would have happened in the NFC West in the 1980s. . .
rayjr62 9 months ago
@rayjr62 Not! The SF 49ers still became the team to beat in 1980s. The 49ers and Rams rivalry would've just been more competitive thats all. Remember 1979 was the year Montana was a Rookie QB. He had destiny to be a legend!
madrecka 7 months ago
@rayjr62 Winning the Super Bowl in 1980 would not have changed the future success in the 80's..That Rams team was showing their age by 1982. Plus there was no way they were beating a Montana led 49ers team in that decade.
HitsTownUSA 4 months ago
@HitsTownUSA I guess it is all speculation at this point. You're probably right, but what if Clark didn't catch that pass from Montana in the 1981 NFC Championship game? I think it is fair to say the 49ers fortunes might have been completely different, despite Joe Montana being there. Hell, if the 49ers had beaten Dallas in the 1970 NFC Championship game at Kezar a decade earlier, we might now be talking about those John Brodie- led 49er championship teams of the early 1970s.
rayjr62 4 months ago
@casheasy
Not to mention that Dallas won the 1970 NFC Championship over the 49ers in San Francisco in the last game ever played at old Kesar Stadium. The 49ers then moved to join the Giants at Candlestick Park, where the 49ers still play their home games. That '75 NFC Championship Game was the most one-sided NFC Championship Game for 25 years, as the Cowboys clobbered the Rams 37-7.
cjs3872 4 months ago