1973 "NFL on NBC" Theme

This particular theme was used by NBC Sports well into the 1980s. It was also used as the theme music for their 1970s era NHL coverage.

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[jas22]

love the days before total saturation came - youd wait with excitement for periodic updates of your rivals' games. it was always chilly outside. you were on to homework by 6pm sunday evening. now, its an all day thing. just too much. but i digress. still, I always love the NFL.

[possumtail]

man, life was a lot better and simpler back then, wasn't it?.....A few TV channels, no pc's-no internet, big cars, kids playing outside until dark, Howard Cosell, REAL NFL rivalries!, stay-at-home-moms.

Oh well....good while it lasted - at least I lived it!

[buffalobraves9]

AND the baseball coverage.

[kgmule]

@sketchguy2006 It's just the song, not the actual intro. The actual intro is available on YT tho.

[sketchguy2006]

Why does this 1973 opening feature the present-day logos 0:04 ?

[97jfg]

good afternoon everyone, i'm curt gowdy with kyle rote from three rivers stadium in pittsburgh as the steelers host the oakland raiders

[marquettefootball]

@californiaspinnaker Nope. It was used for all of NBC's sports in the mid-70's. You heard it to intro NFL, heard it at the end of 1975 World Series Game 6, NHL, NCAA Final 4...all of it. It was like the FOX sports theme you now hear for everything they do.

[possumtail]

@californiaspinnaker

wrong.....

.....too much pot



[artfay69]

best nfl theme music ever!

[xSoccerxCorex]

@FLYERFAN1000 moron

[xSoccerxCorex]

@californiaspinnaker moron

[ChandlerPol]

... wow, this is moody. Back then, the idea was more to create a mood and strike a tone rather than assault the listener or viewer.