Houston Oilers at Pittsburgh Steelers Mike Renfro non TD catch 1979 AFC Championship Game

Late in the 3rd quarter of the 1979 AFC Championship game the Houston Oilers appear to tie the game at 17 in Pittsburgh, only to have the referees rule otherwise. Announcers Dick Enberg and Merlin Olsen are unanimous in their opinion: this was an Oilers touchdown. The Steelers wound up winning 27-13, but this play became one of the catalysts for the NFL's eventual adoption of instant replay. Well over 50,000 Oilers fans welcomed their team home from Pittsburgh that night at the Houston Astrodome. The Texans can only dream......

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[Famijoly]

Vernon Perry did have a big interception in that game, for the Oilers' only touchdown as a matter of fact.

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[Famijoly]

Vernon Perry did "rear his ugly head again, and made another big pick." A pick-6 as it turned. The Oilers' only touchdown in this game came when Perry intercepted Terry Bradshaw on the Steelers' first possession and returned it for a touchdown.

[Omar Cortes]

because you look stupid and pathetic doing it

[Andrew Warren]

Sure you can, why can't you?

[Omar Cortes]

they admitted 10 points after that call, you just can' blame the refs for a sucking performance by the oilers after that call, "it would" doesnt exists

[Andrew Warren]

So if they got that call right it would have been a different ball game

[smartalek65]

In the end, it didn't matter whether Renfro caught it or not. After Fritsch's FG, the Steelers beat the crap out of the Oilers.

On this day, Earl Campbell gained 15 yards on 17 carries. That was the Houston offense in 1979.

[Omar Cortes]

they lost by 14 lol

[DrKrakertoolitch]

The NFL should have adopted replay years before it did. This wasn't the only blown call that cost a team.

[Andrew Warren]

The Oilers/Titans got screwed in that game