49ers-Jets 1980 Week 3 with Michael Salfino - Remember That Game

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🗓️ 7 August 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Michael Salfino (The Athletic, Topps) and host Thomas Emerick take the 7 train to Shea Stadium as Bill Walsh's upstart Niners bring an early form of the West Coast offense to New York City. Steve DeBerg is starting at quarterback, but his voice amplifier is malfunctioning and Joe Montana will have to step in a bit. Visiting a young Jets team expected to make some noise in the early '80s, are the Niners ready for their close-up? This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and chart the path of the zeitgeist. I'm your host Thomas Emerick, enjoy the show. Follow Remember That Game for the full archive: Apple Spotify YouTube "Remember That Game" in search wherever you get your podcasts More from Michael Salfino: Author archive (The Athletic) Scott Fish Bowl draft review (The Athletic) The Breakfast Table Fantasy Podcast (Patreon) More from the 1980 Week 3 game between the San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets Box score: San Francisco 49ers 37, New York Jets 27 (Pro Football Reference) Charle Young, Freddie Solomon, Bruce Harper, Paul Darby, and Derrick Gaffney hit paydirt Full game (YouTube) Joe Montana hits Dwight Clark in the end zone for the first time, while safety Dwight Hicks forces Richard Todd to settle for shorter completions to back Clark Gaines as the two set NFL single-game completion and reception records Game Highlights (YouTube) Bill Walsh's West Coast Offense makes it look easy as Niners backs Earl Cooper and Paul Hofer gallup around the infield dirt at Shea in September HOST RotoViz contributor Thomas Emerick (@ThomasEmerick) Guest The Athletic fantasy football writer Michael Salfino (@MichaelSalfino) SPONSORS BetterHelp - This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ROTOVIZ and get on your way to being your best self. Underdog Fantasy – Get a 100% deposit match on your first deposit up to $100 when you sign up at Underdogfantasy.com using this link or the promo code ROTOVIZ. Listeners of RotoViz Radio can save 10% on a one-year RotoViz subscription by visiting RotoViz.com/podcast or by using the promotional code "rvradio2024" at the time of purchase. Gametime - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code ROTOVIZ for $20 off your first purchase. SHOW NOTES RotoViz Radio provides the power for Remember That Game: Subscribe to the RotoViz Radio on YouTube Direct message: @ThomasEmerick Email: emericktc@gmail.com Follow: Apple and Spotify Subscribe: Remember That Game on YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In little more than one year through the very next season, Montana to Clark would become
0:06.5	up until that point the most famous play in football history.
0:09.8	If you would have told anybody in that stadium that day that would happen, none of us would
0:15.4	have believed it.
0:19.0	It's September 1980, Niners at Jets.
0:22.8	This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and maybe chart the path of the zeitgeist.
0:31.2	I'm your host Thomas Emmerich, and my guest is Michael Celfino, who writes for the athletic and tops trading cards.
0:38.4	Also check out the Breakfast Table podcast on Patreon.
0:41.7	Michael, you were there in Shea Stadium to see Bill Walsh and his Niners coming off a
0:46.4	two and fourteen season bring their West Coast offense to New York City.
0:51.8	Were they ready for their close-up?
0:54.1	Probably not quite, but I would say that there were signs. They were already 2-0. The Jets came
1:00.1	into the game, 0-2. The Jets were coming off consecutive seasons with a young core,
1:05.8	and people were bullish on the 1980 team, and then things started to fall apart. I don't think,
1:13.2	you know, Bill Walsh, nobody really knew, obviously, about even the West Coast offense. It was
1:18.7	more like the Paul Brown offense. There was a quarterback that wasn't even starting that day,
1:25.3	and that's one of the interesting stories of this game as well
1:27.9	and basically looking back now you could see how that was a first real glimmer of what was coming
1:37.8	and coming very fast the glimmer on the shay stadium infield dirt where the Niners start their first drive and score in like under two and a half minutes.
1:49.2	Joe Montana, second year starting on the bench.
1:53.2	Steve DeBerg still slinging it early here and looking good.
1:56.4	Dimes the corner out to Charlie Young, 709ers.
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