Pro Football in the 1970s

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Reliving Gridiron Glory: Pro Football in the 1970s with Joe Zagorski Professional football is one of the most exciting spectator sports in America. The decade of the 1970s saw the sport grow by leaps and bounds, thanks mostly to exciting players who quickly became icons.  NFL players such as Joe Namath, Roger Staubach, O.J.Simpson, Terry Bradshaw, “Mean” Joe Greene and Fran Tarkenton are still considered household names today. During the 1970s, the growing millions of pro football fans also witnessed numerous exciting games and plays, many of which are still remembered and discussed today.  Plays like Franco Harris’ Immaculate Reception in 1972, or the original Hail Mary Pass in 1975, or the Sea of Hands game in 1974, or the Ghost to the Post game in 1977…so many memories, and all during one of the greatest decades in NFL history. Joe Zagorski’s Pro Football in the 1970s podcast explores all the great memories that occurred in the NFL during that memorable decade.  Each segment will tackle a specific event or player in the NFL during the 1970s.  Each episode will also include a trivia question from some aspect of that particular episode’s theme or topic.  Joe Zagorski’s Pro Football in the 1970s podcast takes listeners back to a time of old school pro football, where the game might have been simpler in the form of strategy, but it was also more pure and more robust than it had ever been before.  Practically everything that happened during that decade on pro gridirons gets attention in this podcast.  Joe Zagorski is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America.  He has also spent many years watching and writing about pro football and has been a member of the Pro Football Researchers Association since the mid-1980s. He has also worked for quite some time as a former sportswriter in his home state of Pennsylvania.  He has written five books on the sport and is currently in the process of writing his sixth pro football book.   Be sure to catch the next installment of Pro Football in the 1970s, only on the Sports History Network.

Episode Date
Remembering the 1973 Denver Broncos
Dec 01, 2025
Exploring the Career of Larry Little
Nov 01, 2025
1972 Cleveland Browns
Oct 01, 2025
The Future Is Now With George Allen
Sep 01, 2025
Great NFL Linebackers Not In The Hall of Fame
Aug 01, 2025
New Life With A New Team
Jul 01, 2025
Discussing Minnesota's Best Team of the 1970s
Jun 01, 2025
Discussing Dallas' Best Team of the 1970s
May 01, 2025
Remembering Atlanta's First Winning Season (1971)
Apr 01, 2025
The Best NFL Division in 1975 (AFC Central)
Mar 01, 2025
Ray Guy and the Pro Bowl Gondola
Feb 01, 2025
1975 NFC Championship Game (Cowboys vs. Rams)
Jan 04, 2025
(From Pigskin Dispatch) The Anthracite League is Remembered with Historian Joe Zagorski
Dec 04, 2024
Discussing the 1975 AFC Championship Game
Nov 04, 2024
Replacing a Legendary Head Coach in the 1970s
Oct 04, 2024
Beating Your Divisional Rivals
Sep 04, 2024
Exploring the Years of Ultimate Futility
Aug 04, 2024
What Offense From the 1970s Would Best Fit In With Today’s Offenses?
Jul 04, 2024
Remembering Two Great NFL Playoff Games of the 1970s
Jun 04, 2024
Dissecting Super Bowl VII: Miami's Almost Perfect Super Bowl
May 04, 2024
Teams Peaking Towards the Playoffs
Apr 04, 2024
Discussing Great Wide Receivers....Before the 1978 Rule Changes
Mar 04, 2024
Remembering the Great Punters of the 1970s
Feb 04, 2024
Terrible Passing Performances Result In Victory
Jan 04, 2024
The Gameplan Gift
Dec 04, 2023
The Greatest Quarteracks of the Decade
Nov 06, 2023
1976 New England Patriots: A Bicentennial Uprising
Oct 09, 2023
Two Very Different Safeties (Miami Dolphins)
Sep 11, 2023
Remembering Chester Marcol's Incredible Rookie Season
Aug 07, 2023
Remembering the Greatest Individual Defensive Performance in NFL Playoff History
Jul 03, 2023
Great Rookie Running Back Season During the 1970s
Jun 05, 2023
Great Plays of the Decade (Tom Dempsey's Record-Breaking Field Goal
May 08, 2023
Lawrence McCutcheon and the 1975 Postseason
Apr 04, 2023
Adjusting to the Rules in 1978
Mar 06, 2023
The First St. Louis Cardinals' Playoff Game
Feb 06, 2023
When You Need A Scoring Drive....(Sea of Hands Game)
Jan 09, 2023
Packers vs. Bears Rivalry of the 1970s
Dec 12, 2022
Thanksgiving and Football (or maybe Vice Versa) - Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer
Nov 23, 2022
The Decade's Coaching Carousel
Oct 31, 2022
Denver Broncos First-Ever Playoff Game (1977)
Oct 03, 2022
Remembering NFL Films Team Highlight Films of the Decade
Sep 12, 2022
Worst Trades of the Decade
Aug 22, 2022
How Did Miami Win Super Bowl VII? By Losing Super Bowl VI?
Jul 11, 2022
The Big Muddies: Two of the Muddiest Games in NFL Playoff History
Jun 13, 2022
Remembering the Most Outlandish Occurrence Ever on Monday Night Football
May 09, 2022
The Incredible Rookie Class of the 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers
Apr 11, 2022
A Running Game and Super Bowl VIII
Mar 21, 2022
The Playoffs Beckon (1972 Cleveland Browns and 1978 Houston Oilers)
Feb 21, 2022
Quarterbacks from the 1970s who “Maybe” should be in the Hall of Fame
Jan 24, 2022
Miracle on 33rd Street: Remembering the 1975 Baltimore Colts
Dec 22, 2021
Christmas Eve at the Guardian (Presented by Row One Sports) - Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer
Dec 14, 2021
Marla Recalls A Football Game (Presented by Row One Sports) - Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer
Dec 09, 2021
Orville Impresses Marla (Presented by Row One Sports) - Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer
Dec 05, 2021
Greatest Thanksgiving Day Game In Pro Football History (1974 Cowboys vs. Redskins)
Nov 22, 2021
Plaay Classic (Official SHN Sponsor) - Interview With The Founder (and His Son) - Keith and Sam Avallone - SHN Showcase
Oct 26, 2021
Minnesota's Most Winnable Super Bowl (IX)
Oct 04, 2021
ThriveFantasy (Official SHN Sponsor) - Interview With The Founder - Adam Weinstein - SHN Showcase
Sep 08, 2021
The First-Ever Monday Night Football Game
Aug 30, 2021
Running to Win a Super Bowl (Dallas Cowboys vs. Miami Dolphins)
Aug 09, 2021
New York versus New York in New Haven (1974)
Jul 26, 2021
A Quarterback Duel of a Different Nature (1972 Bears vs. Lions)
Jul 12, 2021
Remembering the 1974 New England Patriots
Jun 28, 2021
Epic Seasons: The 1976 Washington Redskins
Jun 14, 2021
A Goal Line Stand in Super Bowl V: How it Failed, and Then Succeeded
May 31, 2021
1973 Playoff Redemption (Raiders vs. Steelers)
May 17, 2021
1973 Playoff Redemption (Cowboys vs. Rams)
May 03, 2021
1973 Playoff Redemption (Dolphins vs. Raiders)
Apr 19, 2021
A Discussion of Journeyman Quarterbacks During the 1970s
Apr 05, 2021
Super Bowl Repeat Winners of the 1970s
Mar 22, 2021
Unheralded 1970s NFL Games (Part 4) 1970 Raiders vs. Dolphins
Mar 08, 2021
Unheralded 1970s NFL Games (Part 3) 1975 Colts vs. Dolphins
Feb 22, 2021
Unheralded 1970s NFL Games (Part 2) 1979 Chargers vs. Oilers
Feb 08, 2021
Unheralded 1970s NFL Games (Part 1) 1972 Vikings vs. Rams
Jan 25, 2021
The 1979 Los Angeles Rams Were A Living Soap Opera
Jan 11, 2021
1977 Denver Broncos (BRONCOMANIA and the Orange Crush)
Dec 28, 2020
1972 Washington Redskins (Over the Hill Gang)
Dec 14, 2020
A Big Snow Game in the 1970s
Nov 30, 2020
The Very First NFL Wildcard Weekend
Nov 16, 2020
The Era of Great Tight Ends
Nov 03, 2020
Turnovers and Titles (1973 NFC Championship)
Oct 19, 2020
The Incredible Winning Season of the 1970 Cincinnatti Bengals
Oct 05, 2020
Those Wild and Crazy Fans (Part 2)
Sep 21, 2020
Those Wild and Crazy NFL Fans
Sep 07, 2020
Reexamining Super Bowl V
Aug 24, 2020
Ken Riley and John Zook | A Hall of Fame Debate
Aug 10, 2020
First Hail Mary Pass
Jul 27, 2020
Tom Matte's Wristbands
Jul 13, 2020
Moving the Hash Marks
Jun 29, 2020
First AFC Championship Game
Jun 15, 2020
1973 New York Jets
Jun 01, 2020
SHN Presents: Pro Football in the 1970s
May 13, 2020