Game Time: This Week in Pro Football (1967)

Way back in the day, before the bloated pre-game shows we have now, NFL Films recapped the previous week's action in a tidy, hour-long syndicated package, one of three syndicated programs that came from the NFL in those days.

This Week in Pro Football bowed in 1967, but lasted just 9 seasons (1967-75) before being cancelled. Tom Brookshier & Pat Summerall, then with CBS, were the hosts. John Fascenda and Harry Kalas narrated the highlight reels.

As memory serves, this series aired not on the then-CBS affiliate, but on the then-NBC affiliate in my market, which, coincidentally, is the CBS affiliate today. Got all that? Let's take a trip back to 1970......

Edit, 9/21/25: The video was privatized by the NFL, which is invoking copyrights on any and all game footage. NBC's Charlie Jones served as a co-host for a period with Summerall.

To replace the video, we must sub in the league's famous shield logo:

Back in those days, there were 14 games on the schedule. They didn't go to the 16 game schedule until 1977.

Rating: A.