This day in TV History

[MarcB]

From The River 105.9's Facebook Page:

Today's fun fact: On this day in SPORTS history, 1968- NBC cut away from the final minutes of a New York Jets-Oakland Raiders game to begin a TV special, Heidi, on schedule. The Raiders came from behind to beat the Jets 43-32. This game has ever since been known as the “Heidi Bowl.”

 

[jfrancispastirchak]

From The River 105.9's Facebook Page:

Today's fun fact: On this day in SPORTS history, 1968- NBC cut away from the final minutes of a New York Jets-Oakland Raiders game to begin a TV special, Heidi, on schedule. The Raiders came from behind to beat the Jets 43-32. This game has ever since been known as the “Heidi Bowl.”

Was still living in NY-- friends & family there still gripe about that programming blunder. I remember Jets fans heaping the heat on "Heidi" for causing the Raiders comeback (?).

Anybody remember the score when Heidi broke in?

 

[KML0224]

Oakland was down 32-29. They also showed a clip of the two touchdowns on NBC's newcasts the next night. There's more info on it all here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Game

The station MarcB refers to is WHCN-FM 105.9 of Hartford. Just so ya know!

 

[jfrancispastirchak]

Oakland was down 32-29. They also showed a clip of the two touchdowns on NBC's newcasts the next night. There's more info on it all here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Game

The station MarcB refers to is WHCN-FM 105.9 of Hartford. Just so ya know!

KML-- Thanks for refreshing my memory...

 

[KML0224]

Sorry about that! Reading the Wikipedia article about this game now. Read from the part about 6:20 PM Eastern and on. That's the best part.