The Saints started out (0-3) but recovered to go to (6-5) after beating the Falcons in Atlanta. It was the Raiders & Chargers that put the Saints out of playoff contention. This was Archie Manning's best chance to be on a winning team & his career never recovered. The defense for the Saints couldn't stop anybody in 1979-80.
Saints finished 8-8 that year joining the Giants and Jets for the only 3 teams not to make playoffs in the 1970s squandering that 35-14 lead to the Raiders at home didn't help their chances the 1979 49ers also are the ONLY team in NFL to blow a lead an even DOZEN times in the same season
Steve DeBerg was actually a very good quarterback, he just always made the mistake of playing on a team with a future Hall-of-Famer — Joe Montana, for the 49ers; John Elway, for the Broncos; Steve Young, for the Buccaneers; and Dan Marino, for the Dolphins. I don't know of any quarterback in NFL history who played alongside so many legendary QBs.
Paul Hofer was a beast, a bright spot on those bad 49ers teams of 1978-79. Too bad an injury cut short his career and he was unable to participate in the 49ers postseason run in 1981. Would've been great to see him score a TD in SB 16.
I'm stating the obvious, but color commentators on these old games weren't nearly so prone to rag on a player for dropping a pass or missing a block and so on.
The Saints started out (0-3) but recovered to go to (6-5) after beating the Falcons in Atlanta. It was the Raiders & Chargers that put the Saints out of playoff contention. This was Archie Manning's best chance to be on a winning team & his career never recovered. The defense for the Saints couldn't stop anybody in 1979-80.
The First Seson of Bill Walsh. The 49ers lost this game 31_20. It woud be the last time The Saints woud beat The 49ers at The Suoerdome till 1986.
Juuuusssstt missed Walter Paytons winning TD run at the end of this video. Too bad…
This Saints uniform would be a much better throwback than the older version they use now.
Saints finished 8-8 that year joining the Giants and Jets for the only 3 teams not to make playoffs in the 1970s squandering that 35-14 lead to the Raiders at home didn't help their chances the 1979 49ers also are the ONLY team in NFL to blow a lead an even DOZEN times in the same season
Steve DeBerg was actually a very good quarterback, he just always made the mistake of playing on a team with a future Hall-of-Famer — Joe Montana, for the 49ers; John Elway, for the Broncos; Steve Young, for the Buccaneers; and Dan Marino, for the Dolphins. I don't know of any quarterback in NFL history who played alongside so many legendary QBs.
Paul Hofer was a beast, a bright spot on those bad 49ers teams of 1978-79. Too bad an injury cut short his career and he was unable to participate in the 49ers postseason run in 1981. Would've been great to see him score a TD in SB 16.
Saints seemed to be going in the right direction- 8-8 in '78, headed for maybe their first winning record.
That Oakland MNF game- they didn't recover from that for about 3 years.
I'm stating the obvious, but color commentators on these old games weren't nearly so prone to rag on a player for dropping a pass or missing a block and so on.
Hey Kevin you have the niners cowboys game of 94 regular season
Hey Kevin you have the niners cowboys game of 94 regular season