1981 NFL on NBC Pregame Open

This was the opening theme of NBC's telecast for the 1981 AFC Playoffs pre-game show of the epic game of San Diego at Miami.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• AFC
• playoffs
• 1981
• NFL
• NBC
• football
• Bryant Gumbel
• Orange Bowl
• Miami
• Florida
• Dolphins
• Miami Dolphins
• San Diego Chargers
• California

[drmorrison]

Advice to NBC :start using this theme music again.The current stuff is crap with a capital C.

[Seastorm21]

INDEED! CRAP WITH CAP C!!!

[Jean0987654321]

@paulsonj72 John Brodie!!

[paulsonj72]

Don Criqui and John Broaide did the play by play and color as they were already in Miami as they had done the Orange Bowl game the night before.

[RayBarrington]

Still the best sports theme music ever.

[bhayes06]

@zachhoran If you may recall, the music was also used to open CBS' coverage of the NBA Finals in 1980 and '81.

[zachhoran]

The instrumental parts of Alive Again by CHicago is in the background for the first part of this video.

[Jean0987654321]

Gumbel to Gumbel