1987 Week 12 Halftime Report with Bob Costas, Paul Maguire, Ahmad Rashad Pt. 1

[daveinthevicdot]

Matlock, Tuesday!

[rumberoprimero]

This is when pre, half and post game shows were solely about football...no over-production, no stupid comedy bit, or seven songs with explosions...JUST FOOTBALL

[devils950003]

Interesting to see a Home Depot commercial from 1987. I don't remember them popping up in the North Jersey area until the mid-late 90's.

[nrwilliams015]

Sunday 12.6.87!



[ritomtz]

who cares what network the nfl is on as long as its still on! VIVA NFL!!

[donnyvike]

wow, the old in-the-grasp rule really was garbage

[ChristianKidsShowFan]

That Colts-Browns game would, of course, come down to an Earnest Byner fumble that killed a potential game-winning drive (and would prove to be an unfortunate sign of things to come in the AFC Championship game).

[hawkheadnj10]

This is so great to watch... when football was real! No soap opera garbage! I even got a kick out of the old commerials!

[donde08]

Montana was a badass. Drafted some studs yesterday. Back to the glory days soon!

[a7b7c78]

@donde08: Oh, Montana was a badass because he threw a bunch of five-yard slants? I don't think so.

[a7b7c78]

@donde08: Oh, Montana was a badass, huh? I don't think so. Like it is real hard to complete 20 passes in a row when you are throwing five-yard slants and swing passes all day.

As for the Steelers, They were 8-5 after they won this game and the Charger game, but losses to the Oilers and Browns in their final two games knocked them out. It was amazing that they got that far with Mark Malone at QB, though.

[madrecka]

@a7b7c78 Montana was the best ever!!! Stop being a hater!!! 4 Super Bowl rings and 3 SB MVP to prove it.

[TheSPACECOWBOY68]

Teams looked more flashier with white shoes rather than with black ones

[80stvguy]

MATLOCK NOOOOOOOO!!!!

[WildBill6942]

Back when the NFL was still fun.

[mannysfan1]

This is AWESOME! My fondest memories are watching NFL football with my grandfather in the 80s

[knicksfan89]

don criqui on the play by play at the beginning

[myunclesnephew]

In the grasp...What an asinine rule. Patriots would be champs in 07 if they hadn't got rid of that rule, thank the Lord.

[DUBS82]

THE AFC SO BELONGS ON NBC SPORTS AND THE NFC ON CBS SPORTS AND MONDAY NIGHT ON THE OLD VERSION OF ABC SPORTS This was The GLORY Years ON NFL on NETWORK TELEVISION How Much I MISS IT

[giantlew]

@DUBS82 Amen!!!! That said, MLB should be on NBC (not FOX!!!).

[stansayer]

@giantlew I disagree (to an extent). I think that the MLB should be on whatever channel Al Michaels is on.

[WildBill6942]

@DUBS82 ---- I couldn't agree more. And get rid of dome stadiums.

[Nickle98499]

The NFL on NBC at it's finest, nice!

[Tubewings]

Love that cool effect for the peacock in the NFL Live logo.

[viddykiddy18]

@Tubewings I miss that lovely effect. Now that NBC is airing the NFL again, I wished they would bring it back.

[MrLogoman007]

Who's the man behind the star? I was expecting Mr. Rourke!

[blazerbobcat]

Brings back a lot of memories. When there were both baseball and football Cardinals in St. Louis, the Rams called Southern California home, the now Tennessee Titans were known as the Houston Oilers, and the Indianapolis Colts were NFL punching bags. Things have a changed a lot over the last 20-plus years.

[zymaymyn]

Except that the Lions still suck.

[Nickle98499]

This was back when you KNEW the Seahawks would beat the Steelers rather than have the official screw things up.

[jwp1002steel]

FYI-Steelers won the game referenced in this clip, not the Seahawks. The final score was 13-9.

[Nickle98499]

A rare time that the Seahawks didn't win a game against a decent time back then; although I don't know how good or bad the Steelers were in 1987.

[SuperBowlExpert]

The Steelers went 8-7 in 1987 but failed to make the playoffs.

[Nickle98499]

@SuperBowlExpert Interesting, although I guess by that point the Steelers were a somewhat average team; IIRC their last Super Bowl appearance by that point was 1980.

[SuperBowlExpert]

@Nickle98499 Yeah...the Steelers made the playoffs four times under Chuck Noll since winning that Super Bowl in January of 1980. Those appearances came in 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1989. The furthest they got was the AFC Championship game in 1984 (Jan. '85).

[Nickle98499]

@SuperBowlExpert I guess the 80's was a somewhat down decade for the Steelers; although they did make the playoffs four times.

[Nickle98499]

@jwp1002steel Interesting, the Steelers actually won, although 13-9 probably wasn't a very exciting final score.

[cfoster81]

Also, my Ravens were still the "Original" Cleveland Browns as well as the Raiders were still in the Coliseum in L.A. prior to going back to Oakland, the Lions were still in Pontiac, the Eagles were still in the Vet, the Skins were still in R.F.K. and the Seahawks were in the AFC and in the Kingdome.