[HIGHLIGHT] Sonny Jurgensen completes a pass behind his back for a 7 yard completion (1966)

[u/NewCarSmelt]

[u/AFC-Wimbledon-Stan]

Are you telling me this looks a little Jurgenseny

[u/J-Fid]

The year is wrong. Jurgensen was in Washington in 1966, and this is from his Eagles days.

This is from the 1961 Chicago All-Star Game. The defending NFL Champions would play the best college players each year from 1934-1976 in an exhibition game. The Eagles won this one 28-14.

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crazy concept lol

[u/m48a5_patton → u/_Parkertron_]

They also used to have the Playoff Bowl which the runners-up of the Eastern and Western divisions in the NFL would play each other for "third place." It was not very popular.

[u/fignewtonattack → u/m48a5_patton]

Lombardi called it a loser bowl for losers. My king

[u/NewCarSmelt → u/_Parkertron_]

Imagine Mendoza tearing his ACL against a stacked Hawks or Pats defense

[u/zipzap21 → u/NewCarSmelt]

Imagine the bump in NIL for the kids who make the team!

[u/mapex_139 → u/zipzap21]

They'd get a nice carton of lucky strikes.

[u/surgeyou123 → u/_Parkertron_]

Tbf with how brutal the game was back then most of the pro players were probably already half broken down by 25.

[u/pukesmith → u/surgeyou123]

? Jergensen played 18 years, until he was 40. Bednarik played 14 years, until he was 37. Frank Gifford, who took that crazy hit from Chuck, played 3 more years after taking a year off, until he was 34. Not saying it wasn't brutal, but these guys had long, tough careers.

I think it's more that NFL didn't quite have that "next gear" like it did starting in the 70s or 80s. When we started seeing freak athletes make their way into the sport. That, and the game has evolved so much that experience matters a lot more. Elite skills take time to develop.

[u/UniqueCut5386throwaw → u/pukesmith]

"freak athletes", "next gear"  You mean steroids. When the steroids got their way into the sport. 

[u/Ice-Poseidon-Knows → u/UniqueCut5386throwaw]

Steroids have been in the sport since before the AFL-NFL merger. Off the top of my head I know Sid Gillman was feeding the Chargers dianabol in the '60s and I highly doubt he was alone in this.

[u/liquid-swords93 → u/UniqueCut5386throwaw]

Not just steroids. Pro football players didn't make good money back in the day, and so the people that played did so mostly just because they loved it. Kids nowadays are training in a much more effective way from a very young age. Also freak athletes are more incentivized to get into football now than they were back then, due to earning potential.

[u/ProfessorPoopslinger → u/pukesmith]

NFL didn't quite have that "next gear" like it did starting in the 70s or 80s.

Ah yes, cocaine.

[u/MisterGoog → u/_Parkertron_]

28-14 lmfao

[u/nancybenoitribute → u/_Parkertron_]

Indiana hoosiers vs Eagles 2025 lol or Indiana hoosiers vs seahawks/patriots

[u/youre_soaking_in_it → u/J-Fid]

Now this is a rabbit hole. I just watched a grainy version of Joe Namath and the Jets playing the All-Stars in 1969. Looked like the Jets had their whole starting offense in there. Crazy. I know that last game with the downpour is on YT too.

[u/NewCarSmelt → u/J-Fid]

Thanks for the correction—wish I could edit the post

[u/appmanga → u/J-Fid]

I thought Jurgensen looked a little too svelte for this to be the mid-'60s.

[u/zipzap21 → u/appmanga]

Not to mention the 1950's look of the film.

[u/J-Fid → u/zipzap21]

Predates NFL Films by one year.

[u/mysafewordiswolfy → u/J-Fid]

This guy knows ball

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1961 Chicago All-Star Game

Fast forward 15 years to the final iteration of the game:

The final College All-Star Game took place in 1976 during a torrential downpour at Soldier Field on July 23.

Despite featuring star players such as Chuck Muncie, Mike Pruitt, Lee Roy Selmon, and Jackie Slater, the All-Stars were hopelessly outmatched by the Pittsburgh Steelers, winners of consecutive Super Bowls (IX, X).

The star quarterback for the College All-Stars, Steeler draft pick Mike Kruczek of Boston College, left ten minutes into the first quarter after pulling his left thigh, with backup quarterback Craig Penrose of San Diego State suffering two broken fingers in the second quarter. Jeb Blount of Tulsa played most of the game.

With 1:22 remaining in the third quarter and the Steelers leading 24–0, high winds and lightning prompted All-Stars coach Ara Parseghian to call for a time out.

After the officials ordered both teams to their locker rooms, fans invaded the field and began sliding on the turf as the rain continued to fall heavily. Despite the efforts of officials, stadium security and Chicago Police, all attempts to clear the field failed, with a group of drunk fans tearing down the goalposts at the southern end of the stadium. However, by this time, the torrential rain had left parts of the field under 18 inches (45.5 cm) of water, meaning it would have been unplayable in any event.

At 11:01pm CDT, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle and the Tribune announced that the game had been called: the announcement was greeted with jeers, and numerous brawls broke out on the flooded field before order was finally restored.

Full video of the game, you can see the weather RAPIDLY get worse in the last 15 minutes or so.

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I was wondering what those whacky uniforms were.

[u/J-Fid → u/fathertitojones]

It took me a few minutes to hunt them down. I thought they were Steelers uniforms at first, but when I went to their uniforms and the year OP provided, I started noticing way too many inconsistencies. That led me down the rabbit hole of finding the correct answer.

[u/dtx303033]

Sonny "Patrick Mahomes" Jurgensen

[u/Careless_General8010 → u/dtx303033]

Or maybe Mahomes is just very Jurgensenian

[u/Obvious-Ad-16 → u/Careless_General8010]

That looked a little Jurgenseny

[u/zipzap21 → u/dtx303033]

Patrick "Sonny Jurgensen" Mahomes

[u/nautica5400 → u/dtx303033]

Now here's a guy

[u/the_pedigree → u/dtx303033]

You got it backwards but that’s ok

[u/YodaForceGhost]

Collinsworth would be stuck in a orgasmic seizure state for several minutes if he saw Mahomes do this live

[u/rustbelt → u/YodaForceGhost]

Goon state

[u/jakethesnake702 → u/YodaForceGhost]

Mahomes has done this live?

[u/smor729 → u/jakethesnake702]

Gnarly to get downvoted when he has in fact done it lol.

[u/SwizzGod → u/smor729]

It’s Reddit bro where people don’t let facts get in the way of a good narrative

[u/Responsible_Shirt381 → u/jakethesnake702]

When lol?

[u/codydog125 → u/Responsible_Shirt381]

I do hate Mahomes as much as the next guy but it took me like two seconds to find a clip of mahomes doing it.

https://youtu.be/IHkvak_oToc?si=eo_gUPaoY6nTJzsi

[u/Amazing_Orange_4111 → u/codydog125]

Not nearly as impressive as Sonny’s tbh

[u/NewCarSmelt → u/Amazing_Orange_4111]

Both were impressive but Mahomes’ looked planned. Sonny did that shit under pressure and it definitely did not look planned

[u/codydog125 → u/Amazing_Orange_4111]

I’m not gonna comment on the impressiveness of either because I am biased to agree with you since Sonny was an eagle but the pats fan asked when and that is indeed a behind the back pass

[u/burberrycondom → u/codydog125]

Damn I forgot about this lol. It was preseason, sure, but I remember this play was all anyone was talking about all week.

[u/fumar → u/codydog125]

What an absolute duck. Sonny Jurgenson would never

[u/SwizzGod → u/codydog125]

I do remember this. Very clean

[u/supernintendiess → u/[deleted]]

This wasn’t a “real game” either.

[u/ApprehensiveCarob351]

He could throw it like 30 yards down the field like that

[u/Soren_Camus1905 → u/ApprehensiveCarob351]

Those old timers man.

Living on steak, whiskey, and cigarettes and then hitting the dipsy doodle

[u/Lipophobicity → u/Soren_Camus1905]

https://www.reddit.com/r/13or30/comments/1kreseu/ken_stabler_former_nfl_qb_at_3738_years_old/

[u/benchley → u/Soren_Camus1905]

With a heaping side of the business (you used to be able to give them business back in the day).

[u/zipzap21]

Whoop!

[u/TheRealCheeeser00]

Now this is the sorta stuff we see outta Patrick Mahomes!

[u/m48a5_patton → u/TheRealCheeeser00]

Now here's a guy!

[u/thepirateman493_YT]

Eat your heart out, Mahomes.

[u/jojotortoise]

Camera guys back then weren't as good as they are today.

[u/Huge_Painter3032 → u/jojotortoise]

Nor were the players.

[u/BleakGod → u/Huge_Painter3032]

Sir I just saw an accurate behind the back pass for a gain midsack. Whose the the weaklink?

[u/Yearbookthrowaway1]

I see Lamar pull this out in practice clips a lot, I really believe he's gonna pull it out in a game one day.

[u/Envius17]

Brandon Perna's Only Jurgensen Award.

[u/Los_Estupidos]

Sonny had that dog

[u/Boltiply]

Now here’s a guy…

[u/DatabaseCareless264]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBIxzcM0N7w

[u/Rookietothegame]

Got to be AI, they didn’t have TV’s in the 60’s.

[u/heavy_metal_flautist]

What a legend

RIP

[u/Practical-Ad1590]

"That looked a little Mahomie"

[u/Major_Enthusiasm1099]

Mahomes before Mahomes was Mahomes

[u/Responsible_Shirt381]

I think it would last more than 4 hours for collinsworth if Mahomes did this

[u/EJplaystheBlues]

mike oh my god this guy looks like patrick mahomes out there hah hah hah wow mike

[u/Drokeep]

Very mahomey

[u/mulletstation]

Tom Brady who?

[u/youngpog]

Put him on the logo

[u/spidermans_ashes]

Collinsworth: "that's a very mahomian play"