NFL's Greatest Games

NFL's Greatest Games is a series of 90-minute television programs that air on NFL Network, ESPN and related networks. They are condensed versions of some of the most famous games in the history of the National Football League, using footage and sound captured by NFL Films, as well as original interviews.

The series began with Super Bowl III, the New York Jets' 16-7 upset of the Baltimore Colts. ESPN debuted the program in 1999, on the 30th anniversary of the original game. More telecasts followed in the ensuing months.

In 2007, NFL Network unveiled Super Bowl Classics, a version of this program using complete videotaped games.

The "NFL's Greatest Games" banner is also occasionally used for episodes of the 1970s public television series The Way It Was that covered classic NFL games prior to 1958.

List of episodes

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Super Bowls

• Super Bowl III ("When the Game Changed")
• Super Bowl XIII ("Battle of Champions")
• Super Bowl XXIII
• Super Bowl XXV (Wide Right)
• Super Bowl XXXII ("This One’s For John")
• Super Bowl XXXIV ("The Tackle/One Yard Short")
• Super Bowl XXXVIII
• Super Bowl XLII ("Eli Manning pass to David Tyree")
• Super Bowl XLIII

Other games

• 1958 NFL Championship Game: Baltimore Colts at New York Giants ("The Greatest Game Ever Played")
• 1967 NFL Championship Game: Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers ("The Ice Bowl")
• 1972 AFC Divisional Playoff Game: Oakland Raiders at Pittsburgh Steelers ("The Immaculate Reception")
• 1974 AFC Divisional Playoff Game: Miami Dolphins at Oakland Raiders ("The Sea of Hands")
• 1977 AFC Divisional Playoff Game: Oakland Raiders at Baltimore Colts ("Ghost to the Post")
• 1980 NFC Divisional Playoff game: Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons ("Duel in Dixie")
• 1981 AFC Divisional Playoff game: San Diego Chargers at Miami Dolphins ("The Epic in Miami")
• 1981 NFC Championship Game: Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers ("The Catch")
• 1983 NFC Championship Game: San Francisco 49ers at Washington Redskins ("The Forgotten Classic")
• 1986 AFC Divisional Playoff Game: New York Jets at Cleveland Browns ("Marathon by the Lake")
• 1986 AFC Championship Game: Denver Broncos at Cleveland Browns ("The Drive")
• 1987 AFC Championship Game: Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos ("The Fumble")
• 1990 NFC Championship Game: New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers ("End of a Dynasty")
• 1992 AFC Divisional Playoff Game: Houston Oilers at Buffalo Bills ("The Comeback")
• 1992 NFC Championship Game: Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers ("Changing of the Guard")
• 1993 NFC Wild Card Game: Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions ("Favre to Sharpe")
• 1995 AFC Championship Game: Indianapolis Colts at Pittsburgh Steelers ("60 Minutes")
• 1996 AFC Divisional Playoff Game: Jacksonville Jaguars at Denver Broncos ("Ambush at Mile High")
• 1998 NFC Wild Card Game: Green Bay Packers at San Francisco 49ers ("The Catch II")
• 1998 NFC Championship Game Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings ("Reversal of Fortune")
• 1999 AFC Wild Card Game: Buffalo Bills at Tennessee Titans ("Music City Miracle")
• 2001 AFC Divisonal Playoff Game: Oakland Raiders at New England Patriots ("Tuck rule game")
• 2003 NFC Divisional Playoff Game: Green Bay Packers at Philadelphia Eagles ("4th & 26")
• 2006 AFC Championship Game: New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts ("Redemption at Last")
• 2007 NFC Championship Game: New York Giants at Green Bay Packers ("A Chilling Championship")
• 2010 NFC Wild Card Game: Green Bay Packers at Arizona Cardinals ("Desert Shootout")

The 1987 AFC Championship episode is the only version to use only audio from the television commentators, in this case, NBC's Dick Enberg & Merlin Olsen. The Super Bowl XXV episode primarily used Van Miller and Greg Brown's radio broadcast of the game, as well as portions of Al Michaels, Dan Dierdorf, and Frank Gifford's telecast from ABC's broadcast. Additionally, the 1993 Wild Card game also used ABC audio, this time from Brent Musburger and Dick Vermeil, along with the Detroit and Green Bay radio broadcasts and the national CBS Radio broadcast featuring Jack Buck and Hank Stram, as did the 1996 AFC Divisional playoff game using team radio as well as NBC audio featuring Enberg, Phil Simms and Paul Maguire. Also, the 1981 NFC Championship episode used the audio by Jack Buck and Pat Summerall; who called the game for CBS Radio.

See also

• NFL lore

External links

• NFL's Greatest Games