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re: Saints Tom Dempsey's 63 Yard Field Goal Revisited with Enhanced Footage
Posted on 11/18/23 at 4:07 pm to KingBarkus
Posted on 11/18/23 at 4:07 pm to KingBarkus
62.67 yards, to be more accurate.
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Posted on 11/18/23 at 4:12 pm to 308
I wonder how Billy Kilmer is nowadays?
He is 84. Hope he is doing well.
I think Dempsey passed away years ago. RIP, Tom.
He is 84. Hope he is doing well.
I think Dempsey passed away years ago. RIP, Tom.
Posted on 11/18/23 at 4:14 pm to Mizz-SEC
Not only Cricqi, but hearing the voices of Pat Summeral and John Facenda (sp) on that clip just makes you “feel” like football.
Posted on 11/18/23 at 4:32 pm to Mizz-SEC
Very cool piece of history. My dad was there as well, and as another poster said, most people had left or were leaving and missed it all.
Posted on 11/18/23 at 4:50 pm to SirWinston
What's crazy about that clip is I see two future ten year NFL vets, Ken Burrough (Oilers Pro Bowler) and Doug Sutherland (Vikings) on the Saints in the fight scene. They also had another future Pro Bowler Jim Otis (Cardinals) on the team who can be seen coming out of the backfiled on the final pass (#35). And all were rookies in 1970.
Posted on 11/18/23 at 5:27 pm to JodyPlauche
My dad worked the games on the sidelines... He said when Dempsey hit it, it sounded like a cannon going off.
Posted on 11/18/23 at 6:15 pm to Hangover Haven
Awesome. Thanks. That NFL Films music and the voice of John Facenda brings back a lot of memories.
Posted on 11/18/23 at 6:17 pm to SoFla Tideroller
Al Dodd, former Northwestern State Demon
Posted on 11/18/23 at 6:57 pm to 6R12
quote:
I mean we were all there to see it right?????
I was there in my dad's nutsack
Posted on 11/18/23 at 7:12 pm to Mizz-SEC
Awesome video
Posted on 11/18/23 at 7:29 pm to KingBarkus
#71 on Detroit is Hall of Fame DT Alex Karras .….or Mongo from Blazing Saddles. 
From an article a couple years ago:
A couple nights later Alex Karras, the Lions’ star defensive lineman and four years “Mongo” in the movie “Blazing Saddles,” was on The Tonight Show. Johnny Carson asked him why the Lions didn’t appear to rush the kick very hard. Replied Karras, “We were too busy laughing at the very idea of a 63-yard field goal.”
From an article a couple years ago:
A couple nights later Alex Karras, the Lions’ star defensive lineman and four years “Mongo” in the movie “Blazing Saddles,” was on The Tonight Show. Johnny Carson asked him why the Lions didn’t appear to rush the kick very hard. Replied Karras, “We were too busy laughing at the very idea of a 63-yard field goal.”
This post was edited on 11/18/23 at 7:34 pm
Posted on 11/18/23 at 9:41 pm to BBATiger
1- he does make it look effortless
2-who and when did kickers start the “new” style of kicking?
2-who and when did kickers start the “new” style of kicking?
Posted on 11/18/23 at 9:56 pm to couv1217
Pete Gogolak in 1964 for Giants, then Jan Stenerud a couple years later for the Chiefs.
Posted on 11/18/23 at 10:08 pm to Mizz-SEC
the fact that he took two small steps leading up to the kick was enough to to get over the crossbar is incredible
Posted on 11/18/23 at 11:52 pm to Mizz-SEC
It's amazing he kicked that with such an absolutely statuesque kicking form.
Posted on 11/19/23 at 12:13 am to thebigmuffaletta
I was at the game with my Dad, we were outside the stadium, because Detroit had the ball, we figured the Saints didn't have a chance. Then we heard the roar, we asked a guy with a transistor radio, what happened, he said we kicked a FG to win!
Posted on 11/19/23 at 7:23 am to Mizz-SEC
Really like that deeper looking gold the Saints used to wear back in the old days.
That Dempsey kick was legendary.
Thanks for sharing this.
That Dempsey kick was legendary.
Thanks for sharing this.
Posted on 11/19/23 at 6:32 pm to Mizz-SEC
I mentioned this in another thread about Dempsey's kick...
My Dad's teammate and roommate at Auburn, Jackie Burkett, was the snapper for that play.
My Dad's teammate and roommate at Auburn, Jackie Burkett, was the snapper for that play.
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