Superbowl XVIII, Redskins/Raiders. Watching Marcus Allen run that day was pure poetry in motion!
Well, I've watched them all. The first one wasn't called the Super Bowl. I was a huge Colts/Unitas fan so my least favorite was III. Worst ever played by far was V. Just terrible play by both teams on both sides of the ball all game long. So bad that a defensive player on the losing team got the MVP. I don't have a favorite game.
He was real good. 47 straight games with a TD pass in that era was incredible.I family is from Baltimore. Was too young to see Johnny U but per the stories passed down he was legendary. SB III had to have been rigged. All of the meltdowns the Colts had just don’t seem possible. Unitas would have won had he been healthy that season. V was a lot of fumbling and bumbling for sure. You could argue that Unitas was the GOAT because there was such a huge gap between him and all other QBs. He played back when defenses could literally kill the QB and receivers yet his stats aren’t too far from the numbers you see in today’s touch football league.
42 - upset of the undefeated Patriots by a 6 seed. The crazy helmet catch after avoiding a sack.
Had a few friends over who didn’t even care about football. Even they were excited.
He was real good. 47 straight games with a TD pass in that era was incredible.
Interesting thing about III to me is that Namath didn't really do a whole lot that game. Mostly handed off to Snell and Boozer. He had maybe two meaningful passes that game. They only put up 16 points, so Defense and Colts brain farts won the game. But that game and his stellar career of 173 TD passes and 220 INTs got him into the HOF. Probably the most over rated athlete in any sport in my lifetime.