NFL Films best: Team season highlight films

[Gary Najman]

1972 Redskins (Facenda describing George Allen).

1979 Steelers (Facenda: "The mighty Steel Curtain...)

Plus great Sam Spence's music.

[Retro Rider]

I'm partial to the '73 Raiders film. I bought a VHS copy back in the '90s because in '73 I preferred the Snake over Lamonica and that was the year Stabler became the de facto starter.
Was pleased to find Facenda doing the narration and that it followed the season chronologically. The icing on the cake was the use of Bill King's P-B-P over the Steeler playoff segment. That was a big game for Raider fans as it lifted some of the bitterness from the year before.

I watched that film recently and particularly enjoyed Facenda's narration of the Browns 7-3 win at Oakland in week 10:

"Both teams played tough, tight-fisted defensive football. If you were lucky you were able to crawl away."

I remember being surprised after the Raiders had lost their second consecutive home game for the first time in 7 years. Their loss to the Steelers in week 9 was not a total shock but most of the pro football world expected them to rebound against the Browns. Despite their overall success the '72-'75 Raiders provided an annual hiccup at home:

1972 Wk. 6
Denver 30 @ Oakland 23

1973 Wk.10
Cleveland 7 @ Oakland 3

1974 Wk. 11
Denver 20 @ Oakland 17

1975 Wk. 13
Houston 27 @ Oakland 26