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-- NFL70 wrap (as posted Jan. 17, 2017)
-- NFL71 wrap (as posted Jan. 16, 2018)
Monday, August 5, 2019
NFL78 Update: Week 10 (Thanks for the Tip, GoHeath)
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Previous and future NFL78 reports:
-- NFL67 wrap (as posted Jan. 13, 2013)
-- NFL68 wrap (as posted Jan. 11, 2014)
-- NFL69 wrap (as posted Jan. 11, 2016)
-- NFL70 wrap (as posted Jan. 17, 2017)
-- NFL71 wrap (as posted Jan. 16, 2018)
Previous and future NFL78 reports:
-- NFL67 wrap (as posted Jan. 13, 2013)
-- NFL68 wrap (as posted Jan. 11, 2014)
-- NFL69 wrap (as posted Jan. 11, 2016)
-- NFL70 wrap (as posted Jan. 17, 2017)
-- NFL71 wrap (as posted Jan. 16, 2018)
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I was deeply involved with this Dolphins team. I was 10 years old and wide awake. Delvin Williams might be a charter member of my personal Hall of Fame.
ReplyDeleteBespectacled Bob Griese waving his arms downward to quiet a sellout Orange Bowl is almost church for me.
ReplyDelete7-0, Dolphins, as Norm Bulaich takes Griese's handoff and barrels a couple of yards in behind the left side of Miami's offensive line, tackle Bob Kuechenberg and guard Ed Newman ... man, that was phenomenal! This fantastic video--thanks again, "GoHeath" and "Virgil Moody"--includes Tom Brooksheier's and Pat Summerall's chatter during what would've been commercial breaks for us at our TV sets in 1978, and do you know what Tom and Pat are talking about off air after the Dolphins' game-opening touchdown drive? How great the Dolphins looked! Everything about this is all just wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThis is a 4 p.m. Eastern start in Miami on Sunday, Nov. 5, 1978, and here were the NFL standings at the start of today's games:
ReplyDeletePatriots (who’ve cheated to win almost throughout their history) 7-2
Dolphins 6-3
Jets 5-4
Bills 3-6
Colts 3-6
Steelers 8-1
Browns 5-4
Oilers 5-4
Bengals 1-8
Broncos 6-3
Raiders 5-4
Seahawks 4-5
Chargers 3-6
Chiefs 2-7
Redskins 7-2
Cowboys 6-3
Giants 5-4
Eagles 4-5
Cardinals 1-8
Packers 7-2
Vikings 5-4
Buccaneers 4-5
Bears 3-6
Lions 3-6
Rams 7-2
Saints 5-4
Falcons 5-4
49ers 1-8
Here are the headlines on Page 1 of the Sunday, Nov. 5, 1978, Paducah Sun (and-no-longer-“Democrat”):
ReplyDelete— Dollar rescuers anticipated voluntary plan flop
— Carter: We face ‘austerity’
— Paducah pursestrings: Refuse bill hike to be considered
— City inclome slow; $350,000 borrowed
— Saccharin cancer concern aired
And two teasers for stories inside:
— Tract near Gilbertsville could beome site of theme park, says developer
— Anita Bryant’s crusade against homosexuality costing her, but she won’t quit
The 22nd-annual Lions Club-WPSD Telethon of Stars is planned for Nov. 18-19, 1978. Ralph Emery will host, and talent scheduled to appear include Louise Mandrell, Ruby Falls and Rex Allen Jr., Ted Simmons, Jed Allan and Bob Sobo.
ReplyDeletePaducah Dry has Jacques Cartier men's suits on sale for $89 (originally $160). That's equivalent in purchasing power to about $349.64 in 2019, per in2013dollars.com.
ReplyDeleteOK, we're back from commercial with Pat and Tom, and they tell us that the audience segment who watched the Cardinals beat the Giants, 20-10, in an early start just arrived for this game. So that means real 1978 me missed that great opening drive by the Dolphins on Channel 12.
ReplyDeleteAND TONY DORSETT FUMBLES! Vern Den Herder knocks it loose; Bob Matheson recovers, and the Dolphins take over at the Dallas 16!
ReplyDeleteDelvin Williams--"about as classy a young man as you're ever going to be around," says Brooksheier--plunges in, and it's 14-0 after Garo Yepremian's kick.
ReplyDeleteI remember one of Delvin Williams's football cards said he worked at a bank in the offseason.
The Falcons beat the 49ers, 21-10, and San Francisco running back O.J. Simpson sustained a shoulder separation.
ReplyDeleteWatching Larry Little obliterate Randy White to spring a hole for Del Williams for a successful third-and-long run attempt ... wow ... also almost church.
ReplyDeleteDenver leads the Jets, 14-0, and this television program just keeps getting better and better.
ReplyDeleteA Year at the Top, John McGill and Walt Johnson’s book about the 1977-78 University of Kentucky Wildcats is available at both of our Readmore locations: 117 S. Fifth St. (8 a.m.-10 p.m. seven days a week) and Paducah Mall (10 a.m.-9 p.m. weekdays and 1-6 p.m. Sundays).
ReplyDeleteGaro Yepremian's 45-yard field goal is good, and the Dolphins lead, 17-0, with only seconds to play in the first quarter. Dallas's offense has run five plays, and Pat reminded us in that last series that Griese calls his own plays on offense.
ReplyDeleteIn the break, Tom remarks to Pat, "It looks like he sees the whole damned pattern." He also learns from the CBS booth that Griese has called 11 passing plays and 10 running plays so far in this game.
ReplyDeleteNow here's Pat with the rundown of tonight's lineup on CBS:
ReplyDelete— 60 Minutes
— All in the Family
— Alice
— Kaz
— Dallas
Hmmm … Kaz?
And that's the end of the first quarter, and CBS goes to commercial with Tom Landry and Roger Staubach in consultation. I'm scared to death that our man Virgil posted this because it's some big "Captain Comeback" Alcoa spectacular in the making.
ReplyDeleteDallas has a No. 18 without a helmet behind Landry on the sidelines, and I can't figure out who that is. It's not Danny White; I think he was 10. Maybe Glenn Carano?
ReplyDeleteLos Angeles leads Tampa Bay, 10-0, and I think Garo might be playing for the Bucs next year.
ReplyDeleteOn third down, Staubach fakes outside and then scrambles through the middle for a first down just past midfield. Yes, now I'm officially worried.
ReplyDeleteDid people compare Steve Young to Roger Staubach? Offhand, that seems apt.
At 5:06 before halftime, Dallas gets on the board with a field goal. The Cowboys had first-and-goal from inside the 5. But Curtis Johnson--one of the most underrated of the 1970s Dolphins--twice tackled Robert Newhouse on run plays, and then A.J. Duhe sacked Staubach on third down.
ReplyDeleteThe band at the Orange Bowl is playing "Tie a Yellow Ribbon (Around the Old Oak Tree)" as Pat and Tom wait for the commercial to end and Dallas to kick off.
ReplyDeleteProbably worth noting Philip Dopoulos's wire report that The Paducah Sun on today 1978 ran on Page 3-A:
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Troops trying to keep student protestors from marching to the home of a Moslem holy man opened fire with automatic weapons and tear gas Saturday near Tehran University. The students claimed at least 40 persons were killed but the government denied there were any deaths. … Moslem ayatullahs have been among the key leaders of the current anti-government campaign here.
Witnesses later reported the violence spread to the city’s main avenue, where the youths shattered ground-floor windows of the American-owned Interncontinetal Hotel, and set fire to a bus and a fire truck …
The anti-government violence was the latest in months of protest by orthodox Moslems against Shah MOhammad Reza Phalavi’s westernization of this traditional Islamic society and by political dissidents demanding democratic reforms.
Turn us on! We'll turn you on!
ReplyDeleteRon Liebman is Kaz, a man who made a mistake--and paid for it. But he studied law, and now he's a lawyer. It's a tug-of-war with the system, and he's out to win with guts and compassion! Kaz!
Turn us on! We'll turn you on!
Pat and Tom are now talking about how impressed they are with the Cardinals, having won two in a row since starting 0-8. They note Jim Baaken’s rousing speech after last week’s first win and Bud Wilkinson’s strong coaching.
ReplyDeleteNow here’s Pat with tomorrow night on CBS:
— WKRP in Cincinnati (“good station,” Tom interjects)
— People (Phyllis George is featuring Liza Minelli and Bonnie Franklin)
— M*A*S*H
— One Day at a Time
— Lou Grant
The Raiders beat the Chiefs, 20-10.
ReplyDeletePeter Nero is scheduled to play the auditorium at Paducah Tilghman High School on Thursday evening, Nov. 9.
ReplyDelete“Nero performs in more than 100 concerts around the world each year, and his hectic schedule also reflects his ever-expanding diversification as a musical artist,” goes the writeup (almost certainly provided for publication) in The Paducah Sun. “A typical week might include his playing to a packed auditorium in a small suburban community, using only a trio to back him up. The next evening he might be entertaining a college crowd, blending his familiar repertoire of jazz and contemporary music, and including as well, his version of the latest rock tunes.”
Presumably, he’ll have with him his portable, $60-on-sale-from-Radio Shack combo tape recorder and AM/FM radio.
That Gilbertsville theme-park story teased on 1-A ... it's a Livingston County contractor and developer who says he's considering opening "a small Opryland" at the junction of U.S. 62 and Interstate 24.
ReplyDeletePaducah’s director public services is retiring after 23 years on the job in that post or as the city’s floodwall superintendent. More than 100 people—including former mayors and city managers—attended a bash in Gene Ruoff’s honor, and they gave him a shotgun as a sendoff gift.
ReplyDeleteMayfield beat Tilghman, 35-6, on Friday night as the KHSAA wrapped up its regular football season. It was the Cardinals’ unprecedented fifth consecutive victory in the series with the Blue Tornado.
ReplyDeleteUnbeated Mayfield next opens defense of its Class 2A state championship against Glasgow in the first round of the state playoffs.
Heath’s Greg Wright finished the season as western Kentucky’s leading rusher, with 1,464 yards.
Heath, by the way, beat Ballard Memorial, 41-0, to end its season with nine wins and one loss (to ... guess who). The Pirates failed to qualify for the Class 2A playoffs, of course.
ReplyDeleteOK, the Dolphins are facing their first tough moment of this game, I do believe. It'll be third down and about 10 from inside Miami territory with just under four minutes before halftime, and Dallas has just gotten it's field goal to close within 17-3. Griese calls a run left to Williams, and he picks up about five yards. George Roberts will punt ... ugh ... BUT BUTCH JOHNSON FAILS TO SECURE THE PUNT, AS CHARLES CORNELIUS CONVERGES, AND GERALD SMALL RECOVERS THE BOUNDING FOOTBALL INSIDE THE DALLAS 10!
ReplyDelete"If they get this one, it's a nail," Tom remarks to Pat during the 2-minute-warning commercial break. "24-3 at halftime is tough, baby. You go into the locker room, and there's 38 coaches telling you what's wrong. You spend 18 minutes fighting among your own players about what you're going to change."
ReplyDeleteWell, it won't be 24-3. Garo's field goal makes it 20-3 with 1:41 to play.
ReplyDeleteAt halftime, it'll be Brent, Jayne and Irv with highlights, and--programming note for Matthew--Pat tells us Steve Bartkowski had a big early afternoon.
1:03 to play ... Staubach is making hay against Miami's soft zone and has the Cowboys quickly into Dolphin territory, and I can pretty much hear my dad cursing Shula from his and mom's portable TV in their bedroom at one end of the house while I watch Channel 12 on the portable TV in my bedroom ... BUT, NO, CHARLIE BABB INTERCEPTS! PHEW!
ReplyDeleteHalftime.
ReplyDeletePat: "The Dolphins are on their way to the locker room. I've never seen them look better."
ReplyDeleteTom: "I've never seen the Cowboys so confused."
And now we have Pat rehearsing his intro for the upcoming Punt, Pass and Kick competition.
ReplyDeleteThey've already conducted the Punt and Kick portions, so we're going to be seeing the Pass event.
ReplyDeleteI had a Dolphins uniform.
ReplyDeleteThe uniforms were the best part. I desperately wanted a uniform. I had a Cardinals helmet, and I did the best I could with that.
DeleteMy word, 13-year-old Walter Johnson from Pahokee, Florida, can really air it out!
ReplyDeleteI was sort of hoping that at least one of these kids went on to a major career at the U in the 1980's, but if they did I didn't recognize them.
Delete"Good God!" you can hear Tom (I think) saying off mike.
ReplyDeleteAnd now the beige-blazered PR folk are gathering the children on the sideline, probably for a group photograph, as CBS goes to commercial. PP&K winners will be announced at the end of the third quarter, says Pat.
ReplyDeleteOf course, if the Peter Nero show at Tilghman doesn't sufficiently float your boat, you might just have to get out of town for some entertainment. Here's another article from the Nov. 5, 1978, Paducah Sun:
ReplyDeleteBruce Springsteen
to perform at SIU
CARBONDALE, Ill.—Bruce Springsteen, praised by many critics as one of the most important artists in the genre, will perform in concert at the Southern Illinois University Arena here Dec. 3.
ReplyDeleteHis new album, “Darkness On The Edge of Town,” has been called an “instant classic,” by Dave Marsh, reviews editor of Rolling Stone magazine.
"One of the most important artists in the genre." That's fantastic.
DeleteSeats are $5.50, $6.50 and $7, and all tickets are reserved. You can send a check and self-addressed, stamped envelope to the SIU Arena, "Bruce Sprinsteen tickets," or you can call make reservations by calling the arena’s 24-hour telephone line. "The E Street Band will perform with Springsteen," The Paducah Sun adds. "… Springsteen’s concerts have been widely applauded and he has spent most of the year touring. He performs without a warm-up band."
ReplyDeleteHere were the songs they played at SIU on Dec. 3, 1978, per Guitars101.com:
Delete01-High School Confidential (3:17)
02-Badlands (4:29)
03-Streets of Fire (5:06)
04-Spirit in the Night (6:30)
05-I Fought the Law (3:59)
06-Darkness on the Edge of Town (4:40)
07-Independence Day (5:44)
08-The Promised Land (4:59)
09-Crowd (0:40)
10-Prove It All Night (9:33)
11-Prove It All Night (1:17)
12-Racing in the Street (9:09)
13-Thunder Road (6:26)
14-Jungleland (9:27)
15-The Ties That Bind (4:25)
16-Santa Claus is Coming to Town (5:02)
17-Fire (2:54)
18-Candy's Room (2:53)
19-Because the Night (7:16)
20-Point Blank (7:14)
21-Mona (5:09)
22-She's the One (6:42)
23-Born to Run (4:22)
24-Detroit Medley (9:00)
25-Quarter to Three (5:38)
26-Quarter to Three (1:27)
This is probably about what it sounded like when things kicked off in Carbondale on Dec. 3, 1978.
DeleteSpringsteen's 1978 tour is the greatest tour in the history of rock 'n' roll. I will not debate this fact.
DeleteMeanwhile, back to action at the Orange Bowl, the Cowboys are in business at the Miami 11 on the opening possession of the second half. The big gainer so far as been a long Roger Staubach bomb into the middle of the field, with second-year-man Tony Hill making a fingertips, diving catch between defending Dolphins Curtis Johnson and Rick Volk.
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw him make that catch, my immediate reaction was that now we were going to have to sit through a replay. I was so happy when I remembered that they didn't do that stuff in 1978.
DeleteSAME!
DeleteBut A.J. Duhe sacks Staubach, and Robert Newhouse is stuffed in the backfield, and now Dallas faces third-and-20 as the Dolphin cheerleaders--after a halftime wardrobe change--chant, "PUSH 'EM BACK! PUSH 'EM BACK! WAAAAAAYYYYYY BACK!"
ReplyDeleteOoh, the replay shows it was Duhe on the tackle on Newhouse, too. Heck of a series for the defensive end (and soon-to-be linebacker).
DeleteStaubach waits, waits, waits ... adjusts, repositions, adjusts and repositions ... finally fires ... Tony Hill is open in the end zone ... NO! ... Norris Thomas makes a diving deflection in front of Hill in the end zone, and Rafael Septien is coming back on for another field-goal try.
ReplyDeleteGood ... 20-6 ... 9:40 to go in the third quarter ... Cowboys assistant coach "Mike Ditka congratulates his kicker," reports Pat, as CBS goes back to the commercial.
ReplyDelete"It's going to be a very interesting offensive series," Tom predicts to his colleague in the break.
"I want to see what (Thomas "Hollywood") Henderson does this series," Pat adds.
I am now officially worried.
Maybe I’ll just flip away and come back and see who wins.
ReplyDeleteChannel 3 is wrapping up what is probably some awful DYI show called Sawdust Therapy. They’ve got a College Football ‘78 weekend roundup coming up at 5, though--then a Wild Kingdom.
Channel 6, not having the NFL doubleheader this Sunday afternoon, is airing some special, Youth in Profile. “Young people from the United States, Japan, the Netherlands and Yugoslavia speak on subjects including war and peace, education work and the future of the family.”
I would be willing to bet that none of those kids accurately predicted what was coming in the 1980's.
DeleteFirst down: Delvin Williams gets nothing ... second: Bob Griese throws behind a receiver cutting mid-range over the middle ... third: Griese overthrows Duriel Harris streaking deep ... ugh ... I hate sports.
ReplyDeleteGeorge Roberts, Miami's left-footed punter, sends a 43-yard punt for a Dallas fair catch at its own 30.
Here are our movie options in town:
ReplyDelete— Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band with Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees at Paducah Cinemas on Park Avenue;
— Comes a Horseman with James Caan, Jane Fonda and Jason Robards at the Arcade downtown, and
— Bloodbrothers with Richard Gere and Marilu Henner Cheech & Chong’s Up In Smoke at the Columbia I and II, respectively.
They’re showing Heaven Can Wait in Mayfield.
The Orange Bowl band wraps up a jazzy number, and Pat notes that the lights have come on with dusk setting in as CBS returns from break. The Cowboys send Tony Dorsett on a left outside run on first down, and Miami linebackers Rusty Chambers and Larry Gordon are there to snuff the play.
ReplyDeleteRusty Chambers died in July 1981 at age 27 in an automobile wreck in Louisiana. Larry Gordon died in July 1983 at age 28; he had been out jogging in Phoenix, and his death at the hospital was attributed to heart disease.
Furthermore, in June 1984, a Dolphins running back, David Overstreet, was killed in a car accident in Texas. He was 25. He had been a first-round draft choice in 1981 but elected to play in the Canadian Football League. He joined the Dolphins in 1983 and averaged 4.6 yards per carry in his only season.
This past-perfect/early-Marino period of being a Dolphins fan had its pretty high highs and pretty low lows.
First down, Cowboys.
ReplyDeleteFirst down, Cowboys.
ReplyDeleteFirst down, Cowboys.
ReplyDeleteFirst down, Cowboys.
ReplyDeleteThird-and-5 coming for Dallas, at the Miami 6 ... 2:35 to play in the third quarter ... still 20-6, Dolphins ...
ReplyDeleteIn the commercial break, Tom is opining that the Cowboys would need to go for the touchdown here if the third-down try fails. But not Pat. Pat's busy on the line with the guys in the booth, trying to track down the list of Punt, Pass and Kick winners to announce here at the end of the quarter.
Draw to Preston Pearson, and BOB MATHESON IS WAITING FOR HIM IN THE HOLE AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE!
ReplyDeleteI've rarely seen the Tom Landry Cowboys have this much trouble running the ball.
DeleteStaubach walks dejectedly back to the bench alongside Landry; Septien comes on for his third field goal, and Pat and Tom go to commercial break questioning the play design. Then Tom keeps chewing while the rest of us out in Channel 12land are considering various products and services for sale in our market: "He’s the most dangerous receiver on your team in that situation, which he is, and you’ve got him in the backfield. He’s got to have at least two linebackers staring him right in the eye. If you don’t swing him out of there, the draw means nothing." #TomBrooksheierHotTake
ReplyDeleteFirst down from the Miami 31, and Griese drops back. Nat Moore has broken deep and then reversed field back toward his quarterback. He dodges the retreating Dallas defensive back, and then NAT MOORE IS GONE! TOUCHD ... NOOOOOOOOOOOO, FLAG! ... URGGGGGHHHHH ... HOLDING!!!
ReplyDeleteBOOOOOOOOO!!!! BOOO!!!!!
I read on his 1978 football card last night that Nat Moore was managing a disco band.
DeleteIt's fullback Leroy Harris called for a holding penalty in the backfield, against blitzing Cowboy safety Charlie Waters.
ReplyDeleteAnd now clipping on the Dolphins! BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo Miami, the league's least-penalized team, lines up for first-and-30 from its own 11.
ReplyDeleteGriese unloads deep down the right side for Duriel Harris, and that one's on the Cowboys! Defensive pass information gets Miami a first down just inside Cowboy territory. Tom and Pat decry how closely defensive pass coverage is officiated, and we're headed to the fourth quarter.
ReplyDeleteI read on his 1978 football card last night that Duriel Harris was an electric-football kid.
DeleteCongratulations, Walter Johnson (pictured above, far right) of Pahokee, Florida, area 13-year-old Punt, Pass and Kick champion.
ReplyDeleteEd "Too Tall" Jones sacks Griese on third, and Roberts punts Dallas back to its 10 or so.
ReplyDeleteBut now Bob Baumhower sacks Staubach on his third down, and Danny White punts Miami back to the 50 or so.
ReplyDeleteGriese finds Delvin Williams waiting in a gap of Dallas's zone, and then Griese calls a quick trap to Williams on a third-and-17 that surprises the Cowboy defense. It's not enough for the first down, but it gets Miami back to the 15 and into Garo's field-goal range.
ReplyDeleteYepremian's kick is good, and Pat and Tom marvel over the trap-blocking hole opened for Delvin Williams by (future Hall-of-Famers) Jim Langer and Larry Little. The Dolphins' lead is now 23-9.
ReplyDelete7:35 to play ...
ReplyDeleteDallas is quickly down to the Miami 21 ... six minutes to go ...
ReplyDeleteTony Dorsett receives a little last-ditch outlet lofter from Staubach, slashes back across the flow of the defense and zips inside the Dolphin 10 ... now under five minutes to play ... for my money, Tony Dorsett is one of the now-most-underrated players of our childhoods ...
ReplyDeleteStaubach rolls right and drills the ball into the trunk of massive Billy Joe Dupree, just inside the end zone ... 4:44 to play ... Septien kick ... 23-17 ... Pat: "This is going to be something, isn't it?"
ReplyDeleteCaptain Comeback!
DeleteWilliams short gain ... another "Too Tall" sack of Griese ... Griese timeout ... third-and-15 coming ... 3:14 to go ... oh, man ...
ReplyDeleteGriese goes with a handoff into the middle of the line ... and our left-footed punter, Roberts, comes up with a 27-yard punt to the Miami 46 ...
ReplyDeleteStaubach finds Dupree across the middle ... FUMBLE! FUMBLE! FUMBLE! ... it's Norris Thomas on the recovery! 2:03 to play, and the doDOLPHIN HAVE THE BAL BACK!
ReplyDeleteOK, 2-minute warning ...
ReplyDeleteThree runs, and here comes back Roberts ... this time, he gets off a beaut ... Dallas will take over at its 16 with 54 seconds to play, still trailing by seven ...
ReplyDeleteOn a fourth-and-10, Preston Pearson this time comes out of the backfield, catches Staubach's strike in stride and then runs for another 20 yards or so to midfield ... first down ... last Dallas timeout ... 22 seconds to play ...
ReplyDeletePreston Pearson is one of those careers I don't quite get, being such a kid during his career. The whole time I was growing up, it always seemed like he was a backup--and certainly never an All-Pro, at least per the football cards. But to hear Pat and Tom talk about him in this game, you'd think he was one of the most dangerous weapons in the league. And he played on three different teams that went to the Super Bowl with him on the roster (the NFL68 Colts, the NFL74 Steelers and the NFL75 and NFL77 Cowboys). Plus, I see on his 1978 football card last night this sentence: "Preston is the man credited most for sprucing up Cowboys' attack in drive for Super Bowl in 1975."
DeletePro-football-reference.com has him for 176 games played over 14 seasons, 73 starts, 3,609 career rushing yards, a career average of 3.8 yards per carry, 3,095 career receiving yards, a career average of 12.2 yards per catch and two kickoff returns for touchdowns (both in his rookie season). Preston Pearson apparently is just one of those guys whose value and impact are lost, especially the further away we get from first-hand accounts (and rely more on cumulative statistics and awards). We had to be there.
CHARLIE BABB INTERCEPTS! THAT'S IT! MIAMI BEATS THE DEFENDING-CHAMPION COWBOYS!
ReplyDeleteDallas had 328 total yards, while Miami had only 206. But the Cowboys had FIVE turnovers, and Miami had none.
DeleteGreat, great game.
DeleteOf course, I probably missed the last 15 minutes of this game because we had to go to church, so I wouldn't know for sure what happened until the 10 o'clock news.
DeleteSo maybe that concludes the HP's coverage of NFL78, as we can just assume that the Dolphins roll on to the Super Bowl championship from here.
ReplyDeleteAs for real 1978 me, though I feel certain I would not have all of my homework done for fifth grade tomorrow (math or science for Ms. Massey, language arts for Ms. Sellars, social studies and reading for Ms. Titsworth or Ms. Ousley), now it's time to settle in for some no-stress Sunday-evening televised entertainment in the afterglow of Miami's seventh win in 10 games this season.
ReplyDeleteAt 7, Channel 3 is showing The Sting, while NBC counters with a made-for-TV movie, The Time Machine: “A computer genius invents a time machine that can take him into the past or the future."
ReplyDeleteI'm going to give the science fiction the go for as long as I can take it, but I'm probably rolling back over to Channel 12 for its Pat-previewed lineup.
On All in the Family at 7, “practical joker Pinky may have gone too far when Archie ends up with strange bedfellows at the VFW convention.”
ReplyDeleteOn Alice at 7:30, “while Mel snoozes, Alice tries to deal with a customer who wants more than food.”
On Kaz at 8, “Kaz’s ex-cellmates ask him to serve as their intermediary after an armed takeover at the prison.”
On Dallas at 9, “Pam accidentally leaks damaging information about her brother which could seriously damage his race for the senaate against a man backed by the Ewing family.”
Who was Pinky?
DeleteKaz seems pretty dark.
Pam was almost always causing trouble on Dallas. She had the ability to hurt the very people she wanted to help. Whatever she did, it usually played into J.R.'s plans.
Ah, Pinky ...
DeleteWhat a disaster that Pinky appears to be. No wonder we had stopped watching by then.
DeleteActually, there's no way I'm putting up with Dallas. KET is showing a Soundstage rerun with Jackson Browne, and real 2019 me just recently saw Bruce Springsteen's great hall-of-fame-induction speech for Jackson Browne. So I'm going to imagine that real 1978 me closed out the #freakinweekend with flipping through his 1978 Dolphins and Cowboys cards while chilling out with some live-before-a-studio-audience Jackson Browne.
ReplyDeleteI would have been doing homework and listening to WKYX.
DeleteWhat a great find this video was! Thanks again, GoHeath, and thanks again, Virgil Moody, Tom and Pat, Delvin Williams, Bob Griese, Don Shula, Garo Yepremian, A.J. Duhe, Norris Thomas, Walter Johnson of Pahokee, everybody at The Paducah Sun and everyone else who had a hand in bringing me such enjoyment.
ReplyDelete