1971 Vikings-Colts "Monday Night Football" Intro w/ Commercials

[MrDorgaD]

wow!, such crystal clear footage,

[6400az]

@7:29.......That was Kapp with the 7 tds. That number is a season for Cuozzo.

[toeazy34]

@fluxerflixer,

80% of Super Bowl come from cold cities and play outside? Whenever someone says "Fact" 9 times out of 10 it's far from it. Teams that don't fit the cold climate or played indoors have won 19/46 Super Bowls or 41%. Which considering that less than half of the franchises share the cold climate/open stadium, this number debunks your "fact." Cowboys 5, Dolphins 2, Raiders 3, 49ers 5, Rams 1, Bucs 1, Colts 1, Saints 1.

[DNSKansas]

@toeazy34 Cowboys are not a warm weather team. It gets pretty cold in Dallas in winter.

[fluxerflixer1]

This is the year the Vikings wore the "plain" purple jersey's without any stripes! Ahhhh the good ole' days when the Vikings went to Super Bowls. 20 years at Met Stadium and they went to 4 of them. 30+ years in the Metrodump and a big fat ZERO!! And now the state wants to build another indoor stadium!!!! 80%+ of all Super Bowl winning teams hail from outdoor stadiums in cold weather cities. THAT IS A FACT! If they were smart and built an outdoor stadium you would see the Vikings dominate again

[MultiMrfalcon]

A minature race car commercial and a gas station where you get full service. Man, times were pretty simple back then.

[TempeSoldier123]

Wow! You'll never see a QB with a crewcut again. I wasn't born at this time (I was born in '72) but this is cool to see. The times look so simple.

[zeppelin69801]

There was a rumor that Chuck Hughes died on the field because Dick Butkus was coming after him

[6400az]

@zeppelin69801

What's obvious should'nt be stated...........but man is this bad !!

[yogafan6500]

No.78 is the late great Bubba Smith.

[RadioCarino]

I miss those days

[TimelordR]

@RadioCarino Yes, those were the days...

[Albertanator]

What happened to Unitas pig shave......

[arthurswchultz]

When was this game palyed?

[Tubewings]

@arthurswchultz October 25, 1971

[arthurswchultz]

@Tubewings Thank you so much

[timdub70]

This was Morrall's last year with the Colts. He would go to the Miami Dolphins in '72 and filled in for Bob Griese when he went down in the 5th game of the season. He would keep them unbeaten until Griese returned in the second half of the AFC championship against Pittsburgh.

[pretorious700]

Alan Page became a circuit courrt judge

[professordumbledorf]

I miss those days. I used to be half asleep all day Tuesday after watching MNF. I loved the Colts. Johnny Unitas, Earl Morrell,Tom Matte. Bud Grant the Vikings coach was a Man's Man. No showboating, no celebrating in the end zone, no player strikes...the good old days.

[racer500gp]

@professordumbledorf And no heaters on the sideline for his own team in order to intimidate the opposition in the cold winters. The Vikings were NEVER the same after they left the sand lot and became a dome team.

[Avogodro]

I enjoyed the original opening sequence of the 1970s Monday Night Football. The Hammond B3 organ, the brass band, guitar with a wah pedal. it's real music, not that manufactured dreck used on the four letter network. Go Vikes Go!

[mpjgbx]

Is that Charles Nelson Reilly singing? lol

[Freezer818]

ABC could only afford the one microphone?

[xSoccerxCorex]

@Freezer818 all 3 networks usually did one microphone, and it was usually their main PBP guy who handled it. just how it was back then

[41057al]

Joe Kapp was gone. Cuozzo was up to the job.

[bocfan53]

Man, was it a different world in 1971 or what? The Colts in Baltimore instead of Indy, Cosell and Meredith both still alive and well, the Vikings still playing at Met Stadium, and me still a teenager instead of approaching retirement.

[TheDudar]

@bocfan53 not to mention Unitas alive and healthy

[racer500gp]

The "Sand Lot" was the "real' Vikings home. They have never bee the same as a dome team. Man do I miss those days with both teams on the same sideline and Bud Grant not using heaters on his teams side to intimidate the opponents. Great memories,

[TheSPACECOWBOY68]

Morrall vs Page, the Crew vs the Da Fro

[WatchVenusSpa]

The yellow blazers were where it's at!

[AugustusLarch]

Slot cars. They never did catch on. I saw plenty of those junked in subsequent years.

The guy singing the anthem needs a stray bullet to the bean. Good grief.

[steelersfanhawaii]

@AugustusLarch Regardless of the quality of his singing, at least he sang it IN TIME and did not jack around with the tempo like the b!tch who sang it at superbowl XV

[AugustusLarch]

@steelersfanhawaii

People who sing in vibrato outside the opera house makes me sick deep inside my guliver.

[racer500gp]

@AugustusLarch Actually, slot cars were HUGE in the 60's, but your 100% correct about the singer, he's deplorable !!!

[timdub70]

@racer500gp We had one of those old A/FX sets. Slot cars are making somewhat of a comeback. There are now digital slot cars that can either run all in one lane or pass in a crossover and you can have as many cars as you want on a two-slot track.

[MisterEvasion]

The Met filled to the rafters! Those were the days!

[wr70beh]

I like that theme song for the opening. Groovy.

[kresblain]

@wr70beh Yes, I agree. That theme music was IMHO the underdog of Charles Fox's musical repertoire.  Classic!

[JustinCase10261]

unitas looks like george strait's brother lol

[raiders75]

That moment of silence was a REAL moment of silence. Nowadays, when we have a moment of silence some goofs are still cheering. Thank you for posting this. Good piece of history for real football fans like me. 

[RetroToledo]

@raiders75 People don't appreciate silence.

[MisterEvasion]

@raiders75 - Well observed. It is dead silent. Even when watching a game on TV today, there are moments of silence, but they are accompanied by a muted buzz in the crowd. Respect has become cheap and unwelcome at sporting events I am sad to say.

[TuberOnTheLoose]

Wow! I can't remember the last time I saw that opening for Monday Night Football. What memories!

[lsmftymf]

This game was played on October 25, 1971. It did not end well; Baltimore lost 10-3.

[returnunopen]

At 9:40 there is a moment of silence for Chuck Hughes. A Detroit Lion that died on the field during a game against the Chicago Bears. October 24, 1971 (aged 28)