I watched this game from Bel Air Lanes in Akron, Oh as an 8 year old. My parents bowled in a Sunday afternoon league and I was permitted to watch the TV at the concessions counter. As a Vikings fan, I went through many moments of enjoyment in the 70s. And this is one that stands out.
I’m a Giants fan since 1971, but was also a big LA Rams fan in the 1970’s. The most disappointed I felt is when the Rams faced the wild card Dallas Cowboys in the 1975 NFC Championship game and lost.
I grew up in Bloomington and Burnsville Minn. We lived about 4 miles from the old Met. My parents were season ticket holders from Day 1 of the Vikings franchise. I went to several Vikings games with my Dad, including the last home game before the playoffs in 1969 in a white out snowstorm. I'll never forget walking out to our seats and seeing those beautiful Royal Purple uniforms stand out in vivid contrast against the blanket of white snow completely covering the field during warmups. And those great Viking horned helmets. Ingrained in my memory. And yes, on cold December game days when it was clear and sunny, the bright sun just made those uniform colors pop so vividly as you said. I miss those outside day games in the elements so much. Thank god for NFL Films.
Yes, and unfortunately for our beloved Rams, it was fkn Minnesota too many times. Got to where I'd rather not watch than witness another dissapointment. I mean, I grew up with this team, being born in '60. Preseason ('exhibition') games were played @ a small college nearby, and my Dad knew a lot of the guys by first names: Les (Josephson), Jack (Snow), Billy (Truax), etc. Not the Foursome tho..they were scary focused even in those games. Too bad, I always wanted to meet Deacon, my favorite D player of the time. Well, life goes on...sure miss Dad. Go Jags!🏉
@@juliansmith1951 In 1976 the Rams beat the Cowboys at Dallas in the Divisional Playoff, but lost to the Vikings at Minnesota in the NFC Championship Game, which would be(as of 2024) the Vikings last NFC Championship.
I used to cry as a boy when Rams lost! I used to write to headquarters in LA when i was 7 or 8 and ask for photos and autographs. Then 6 weeks id get them. Harold Jackson, Dave Elmendorf!
This was nothing compared to what happened to the Rams the following year in the NFC Championship Game when the Dallas Cowboys came to Los Angeles and destroyed the Rams 37-7. That's when I felt like crying!
@@canamrider07 I did(on the inside). 1975 was the worst year in my life, and that humiliation the Cowboys administered on the Rams that day just capped it!
That classic NFL Films music that starts at 1:32. That music brought back the anticipation for highlights of the Vikings win. Listening to the narrator describe a punt to the 'coffin corner'. I haven't heard that phrase for many years. I was young back then. I'm old now and nothing has changed. I'm still watching those NFL Films game of the week 1974 NFC Championship game. Those horns and drums seem to add the pure excitement of actually playing in the game myself. Knowing you're gonna get hit, or you were gonna hit somebody! Back then the park was really close to my home.
@@wcarroll920 Possibly, but they also had Jaworski though. I guess he was a rookie but either way, Harris made rookie-like mistakes. In retrospect they gave up on Hadl far to quick.. In 1974 their defense was number 1 .Had a good running game. That was a solid Rams team except at the QB position.
The 73-77 rams always won at least 10 games in 14 game reg season. They simply never had a QB to match Takenton or Staubach at playoff time in NFC. Whether it was James Harris or pat haden - they were a QB away. By 76 Rams traded for a broken down Namath in desperation …but Joe was shot….and Haden finished the season. This was the era of AFC dominance - watching this error filled game - compare it to Raiders-Steelers orRaiders-dolphins classic a week earlier…..Steelers, dolphins, raiders and even Bengals were likely better than either of NFC champ game participants in 1974.
Yeah the Rams just couldn’t get past that Minnesota/Dallas hurdle in those years. I’m a Giants fan and since they were never a factor I rooted hard for those Ram teams back then.
@@jmad627 best QB that Rams had during that era was John Hadl for one season - 1973. Hadl was an old AFL era vet - but not sure why he left LA after a very good 1973 season. Pat Haden was so limited - but his USC following probably a sold a few extra tickets at Rams games. The AFC held the QB edge during that era….stabler, Griese, Bradshaw, Anderson, Pastorini, Plunkett ….NFC only had Roger, Fran, Jim Hart, list gets skinny after that..Kilmer?
The Rams under conservative head coach Chuck Knox would win their division with relative ease during the regular season. What teed off owner Carroll Rosenbloom (and Rams fans like my dad) was their failure to defeat either Minnesota or Dallas in the championship round.
@@ciesaro I was at the 1976 Div game when the Rams beat Dallas 14-12 in spite of Rusty Jackson single-handedly trying to help Dallas win by having punts blocked
God only knows why I became a Vikings fan. My dad bet me, 9 years old, 2 dollars on the 1970 Super Bowl against the Chiefs. He took the Chiefs thinking such heavy underdogs were sure to lose and I'd win the bet. Instead the Vikings got kicked around and I felt so sorry for them I became a fan. Thanks, Dad.
Yeah the greatest Era for me in the NFL , I loved the Rams and they literally broke my heart in the brutal loses against the vikings and cowboys in the championship games, but they also gave me tremendous happiness in the 2 upset wins against Dallas 21-19 and 14 to 12, and finally reaching the promised land against Tampa Bay 9 to 0. And in one of the greatest super bowls lost a heart breaker to Pittsburgh.
i'm a Viking homer and that 76 Ram team should have beaten my Vikes in the championship, they marched all over the field but just coudnt find the end zone and the vikes just got a few big plays by a blocked kick, and Foreman's two blasts one run and one by pass but the Rams defense pretty much stopped them for most of the game. I was sweating bullets that game plus i had the flu that week.
My Vikes dominated the Ewes from 1969 to 1977. 8-2-1, 4-0 in playoff games including the 2 NFC Championships in 74 and 76. I'm convinced that Bud Grant's disciplinarian style and the lessons to the players to ignore the elements paid off in all those playoff battles between the Vikes and the Ewes in those years, including the 1977 Mud Bowl in LA in a driving rainstorm! Lol
The Ewes lost the SB to the Steelers 31-19 didn't they? Hardly a close "heartbreaker". In contrast, the Vikes lost a hard fought defensive struggle in the 74 Super Bowl 16-6 Steelers. It was only 2-0 at halftime, and 9-6 early in the 4thQ. Vikes had a real shot to win the game, recovered a fumble to stop the Steelers final TD drive, but the fumble recovery was reversed, refs claimed a whistle blew the play dead! So if a 12 point loss was a "heart breaker", the Vikes L to the Steelers was a "nailbiter".
When the Packers played half their games at Milwaukee county stadium both teams were on the same sidelines,rumour has it some of the best fights took place there 😂
At 13:06 you get a clear view of Pat Curran absolutely moving before the snap. I remember watching this game live and also remember reading somewhere later, (and my memory could be cloudy here) where it said something like a "phantom" penalty for illegal motion. I do not remember seeing any kind of replay at the time that showed him moving. But now all these years later, I can see the penalty was indeed legit. Now, on the other side...it did not look like Dryer was offside.
Alan Page was constantly called OF because he was so quick off the snap and the refs thought he must have been ahead of the snap. From the replay on the Dryer OS its not an angle where you can tell one way or the other. He was definitely moving before any other player. Sorry Ewes fans, you had many chances and you didn't take advantage. Vikes dominated you from 69 to 77. 8-2-1, 4-0 in playoffs. Get. Over. It.
Remember it well, I believe with the wind chill it felt right around 18 degrees that game...cold yes but not nearly as bad is it could've been and had been in that stadium for many other games. And definitely cold enough to bother the Rams whose players did comment that it had an impact on their performance. The Vikings absolutely had a strong home field advantage at Metropolitan Stadium that was lessened once they moved into the climate controlled dome.
How refreshing, on the Vikes first touchdown, the guy handed the ball to the official, and only one teammate came to Congratulate him,no pre planned celebration, the players acted like they'd been there before.
My Vikes 💔 40 years to the day on 12/29/2014 I suffered a massive heart attack, “The widow maker” ……I was just 51 and was very lucky to have gotten to the ER and have 2 stents put in 👀 I loved these beautiful purple uniforms of the 70’s ✊❤️ The Vikings are a “snakebit “ franchise 😳 THIER defense got ran over in those 3 SB ….Csonka 145 yards! Franco 158 yards and Oakland Raiders RB Clarence Davis who never rushed for 1,000 but ran for 137 yards on that beautiful day in the Rose Bowl ✨ These now classic days sure were special ❤️
Yes they had such a great defense, the purple people eaters until the big games but the rams were more snakebit by far back then. Glad you came through your widow maker
@@jimf710 ….thanks, 61 on the 18th🙏✊……the Vikes can kiss my ass however! …..in fact the NFL of the last decade is a joke! All the UNNECESSARY BIG MONEY 💰 too that they pay these guys and the average Joe has to take out a loan to bring his son to one football 🏈 game! …🤮🤮🤮 I came up with a great era (1969-98’ …I was a huge fan of the game and Minnesota as I said…..🤮 all the best to you ✨
ok, this must have been the season where the Vikes went on to the Super Bowl and lost to the Steelers.. after all these years there's a lot of the 70's I don't remember anymore..
Yes, 74 Vikes lost to Pitt in SB 16-6. It was only 2-0 at halftime, Steelers leading. It was only 9-6 going into the 4thQ. The Vikes recovered a fumble clearly on a drive deep into Vikes territory, and the refs huddled together and ruled that one of them had blown the play dead before the ball was recovered! Meaning that ref didn't see the fumble! That was the Vikes best chance for a SB W.
Was it really impossible for someone in the Vikings' organization to tell Marshall and Page to add some weight/muscle?!? After what happened in each SB. wasn't the writing on the wall? Or would they have listened if pressured by Grant?
@@stevenyanchak549 that front four was manhandled and bitch slapped in 4 superbowls. csonka set a super bowl record running against them. the next year harris breaks that record. 2 years later davis comes within 21 yards of breaking that record. if vikes played in afc they never would have went to a superbowl and would have been lucky to win a division 🤣
My Purple People Eaters absolutely dominated the Hollywood Ewes from 1969 to 1977. Vikes were 8-2-1. 4-0 in Playoff games. 1969 Western Conf Playoff Vikes 23 Ewes 20 @ Met 1974 NFC Champ Vikes 14 Ewes 10 @ Met 1976 NFC Champ Vikes 24 Ewes 13 @ Met 1977 Div Playoff Vikes 14 Ewes 7 @ LA Col Combine that with the Ewes loss to the Packers in the 1967 Western Conf Playoff in Milwaukee, that's 1967>1977 the Ewes could not beat the Central Division in the playoffs and the Ewes could not win in cold or adverse weather in the playoffs. In fact, I think they psychologically beat themselves when traveling north to play in cold weather. They were soft. The "Fearsome Foursome" wasn't very Fearsome vs the Packers and Vikings. Merlin Olson, Deacon Jones never beat the Vikes in the playoffs, never won a Conf or League Champ, never played in a Super Bowl.
Under today’s rules, this game would have been in Los Angeles. The Rams and Vikings had the same record and LA won the regular season meeting. This was back when the NFL rotated hosting sites among the divisions, regardless of record. It changed not long afterward.
No kid loved the Rams in the 70s more than me. I still have hate for Dallas and Minnesota. Atleast the Aztecs won the NASL championship that year and Garvey got NL MVP but that did not help much. These losses were gutwrenching.,
You probably believe in the Tooth Fairy and Easter Bumny too. The Ewes were soft and couldn't win cold/bad weather playoff games. 1967 vs Packers in Milw 1969 vs Vikes at Met 1974 vs Vikes at Met 1976 vs Vikes at Met 1977 vs Vikes at LA Col (The Mud Bowl) The Vikings were 8-2-1 vs the Ewes from 69>77. That's complete dominaton for a decade. The Ewes were Hollywood soft and not tough enough to win those games against the disciplinarian Bud Grant. That was the difference.
I knew for sure that the vikings would lose to Pittsburgh and Oakland back then, cause the Rams were the better team, mistakes beat them, not Minnesota
Well they beat Raiders 24-16 in 73 regular season, 1976 Steelers 17-6 and Dolphins 29-7 regular season. Those teams didn't make mistakes Vikings thrived on in Super Bowls. They blocked a punt for a TD in IX and also in XI but they fumbled ball away at 3 going in against Oakland. But hey, they got there. And they could beat Dallas and Rams to get there.
Not many teams were built to beat the 72/73 Dolphins. The Vikings should have beaten the Steelers. The Steelers were a conservative run first offense in 74, and didn't yet have a big time passing game. Bradshaw was still a work in progress game manager. The Vikes D was every bit as good as the Steelers D. The 74 SB was 2-0 at halftime, and still only 9-6 Steelers into the 4thQ. Still a very winnable game. The Vikes recovered a clear fumble as the Steelers were driving in the 4thQ, only to have the frigging refs reverse the fumble call, claiming a whistle had blown the play dead. The Steelers then scored the clinching TD and the momentum the Vikes could have had at 9-6 with the ball was gone. The Raiders game......I'll just not comment.
The Vikings. The most opportunistic team I have ever seen every time. They played the Rams. All the breaks would go their way. They never outplayed the rams but the rams made mistakes and that ball would find a Viking when it was on the grown.
Ain't it the truth! As a kid watching these big games I just could not believe what was happening. They always seemed to have some huge big play, only to be stopped at the one or two yard line, then somehow manage to not get the TD and in this case even a deflection so they couldn't even get a FG. The blocked punt taken back 98 yards for a td in that one game. The one time they do get to play the vikings in LA the field turns to mud and they can't run the ball at all. Too many examples to list here. I somehow feel they should have stuck with Harris and not gone to pat haden
Vikings had to convert those opportunities into points ,and the Vikings defense weren't merely not engaged into not being responsible for forcing some of those turnovers ,they outplayed the rams ,especially in crucial game altering momentum shifting moments on more then one occasion in several post season contests ,making it a common trend ,not a exception,they quite frankly answered the call to arms when the game was inthe line by performing better then rams, regardless of some stats ( besides final score) which probably were on the rams side .
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I watched this game from Bel Air Lanes in Akron, Oh as an 8 year old. My parents bowled in a Sunday afternoon league and I was permitted to watch the TV at the concessions counter. As a Vikings fan, I went through many moments of enjoyment in the 70s. And this is one that stands out.
That's cool. So what made you a Vikings fan?
Back when the Conference Championship was still played in December.
The Rams of my childhood. Love them all even if they didn't win it all.
seems like Rams only weakness was at QB
I’m a Giants fan since 1971, but was also a big LA Rams fan in the 1970’s. The most disappointed I felt is when the Rams faced the wild card Dallas Cowboys in the 1975 NFC Championship game and lost.
@@alanask9939 Chuck Knox never stuck with one. He did at Buffalo and Seattle
@@1223jamez well, Rams were expecting Vikings and was not ready for Dallas offense. That really can throw a team off kilter.
I liked them when they wore white jerseys.
Just watched this again. There's something about that low-level sunlight of late December that makes those uniform colors pop.
I know I can smell 1974 when I watch this.
I grew up in Bloomington and Burnsville Minn. We lived about 4 miles from the old Met. My parents were season ticket holders from Day 1 of the Vikings franchise. I went to several Vikings games with my Dad, including the last home game before the playoffs in 1969 in a white out snowstorm. I'll never forget walking out to our seats and seeing those beautiful Royal Purple uniforms stand out in vivid contrast against the blanket of white snow completely covering the field during warmups. And those great Viking horned helmets. Ingrained in my memory.
And yes, on cold December game days when it was clear and sunny, the bright sun just made those uniform colors pop so vividly as you said. I miss those outside day games in the elements so much. Thank god for NFL Films.
@@F.W.ENDER.75 If you watch the Vikings' Super Bowls you can smell something else. 😁
Back in the 70's, The NFC Road to the Super Bowl either went through Irving, Texas, or Bloomington, Minnesota.
Yes, and unfortunately for our beloved Rams, it was fkn Minnesota too many times. Got to where I'd rather not watch than witness another dissapointment. I mean, I grew up with this team, being born in '60. Preseason ('exhibition') games were played @ a small college nearby, and my Dad knew a lot of the guys by first names: Les (Josephson), Jack (Snow), Billy (Truax), etc. Not the Foursome tho..they were scary focused even in those games. Too bad, I always wanted to meet Deacon, my favorite D player of the time. Well, life goes on...sure miss Dad. Go Jags!🏉
And as Lions fan THAT is WHY I don't like either the Vikkngs & Cowboys
@@KarlRosePhotography nor I. Go Lions!
@jeph33 1979 saw the rams beat only Dallas and a young Tampa Bay Buccaneers team both on the road
@@juliansmith1951
In 1976 the Rams beat the Cowboys at Dallas in the Divisional Playoff, but lost to the Vikings at Minnesota in the NFC Championship Game, which would be(as of 2024) the Vikings last NFC Championship.
I used to cry as a boy when Rams lost! I used to write to headquarters in LA when i was 7 or 8 and ask for photos and autographs. Then 6 weeks id get them. Harold Jackson, Dave Elmendorf!
This was nothing compared to what happened to the Rams the following year in the NFC Championship Game when the Dallas Cowboys came to Los Angeles and destroyed the Rams 37-7. That's when I felt like crying!
I did the same as a kid. I did receive an autographed photo of my hero Roman Gabriel. GRHS. 😞
You must have cried a lot.
@@canamrider07
I did(on the inside). 1975 was the worst year in my life, and that humiliation the Cowboys administered on the Rams that day just capped it!
Those were the days!!!
That classic NFL Films music that starts at 1:32. That music brought back the anticipation for highlights of the Vikings win. Listening to the narrator describe a punt to the 'coffin corner'. I haven't heard that phrase for many years.
I was young back then.
I'm old now and nothing has changed. I'm still watching those NFL Films game of the week 1974 NFC Championship game.
Those horns and drums seem to add the pure excitement of actually playing in the game myself.
Knowing you're gonna get hit, or you were gonna hit somebody!
Back then the park was really close to my home.
Never hear “pooch punt” or “clipping” either.
Watched the game on my tv in Portland. 13 yrs old, loved the Rams.
This looks great! Excellent upgrade. Somebody should upgrade all the 1970s NFL films ! Games of the Week, Team Highlights, Season Highlights, etc.
I was 12 and I can still remember Foreman having a heck of a time hanging on to the ball.
Rams quarterback James Harris was the inspiration for Sam Spence's composition "The Ramblin' Man From Grambling."
And also the first African American QB to start a conference championship game.
@@NickCC23 Yeah,well. Maybe he shouldn't have. Made several critical turnovers.
@@joseport6863 - Yes he did, but he still was their best QB, and best chance to win back then.
That’s my favorite NFL Films music.
@@wcarroll920 Possibly, but they also had Jaworski though. I guess he was a rookie but either way, Harris made rookie-like mistakes. In retrospect they gave up on Hadl far to quick.. In 1974 their defense was number 1 .Had a good running game. That was a solid Rams team except at the QB position.
The 73-77 rams always won at least 10 games in 14 game reg season. They simply never had a QB to match Takenton or Staubach at playoff time in NFC. Whether it was James Harris or pat haden - they were a QB away. By 76 Rams traded for a broken down Namath in desperation …but Joe was shot….and Haden finished the season.
This was the era of AFC dominance - watching this error filled game - compare it to Raiders-Steelers orRaiders-dolphins classic a week earlier…..Steelers, dolphins, raiders and even Bengals were likely better than either of NFC champ game participants in 1974.
Yeah the Rams just couldn’t get past that Minnesota/Dallas hurdle in those years.
I’m a Giants fan and since they were never a factor I rooted hard for those Ram teams back then.
@@jmad627 best QB that Rams had during that era was John Hadl for one season - 1973.
Hadl was an old AFL era vet - but not sure why he left LA after a very good 1973 season.
Pat Haden was so limited - but his USC following probably a sold a few extra tickets at Rams games.
The AFC held the QB edge during that era….stabler, Griese, Bradshaw, Anderson, Pastorini, Plunkett ….NFC only had Roger, Fran, Jim Hart, list gets skinny after that..Kilmer?
@@davidpridham3741 Too bad the Rams didn't give Jaworski a try maybe in this game.
The Rams under conservative head coach Chuck Knox would win their division with relative ease during the regular season. What teed off owner Carroll Rosenbloom (and Rams fans like my dad) was their failure to defeat either Minnesota or Dallas in the championship round.
@@ciesaro I was at the 1976 Div game when the Rams beat Dallas 14-12 in spite of Rusty Jackson single-handedly trying to help Dallas win by having punts blocked
I was living in LA at the time and loved it when my Vikings won the game!
50 years ago. Hard to believe.
God only knows why I became a Vikings fan. My dad bet me, 9 years old, 2 dollars on the 1970 Super Bowl against the Chiefs. He took the Chiefs thinking such heavy underdogs were sure to lose and I'd win the bet. Instead the Vikings got kicked around and I felt so sorry for them I became a fan. Thanks, Dad.
Yeah the greatest Era for me in the NFL , I loved the Rams and they literally broke my heart in the brutal loses against the vikings and cowboys in the championship games, but they also gave me tremendous happiness in the 2 upset wins against Dallas 21-19 and 14 to 12, and finally reaching the promised land against Tampa Bay 9 to 0. And in one of the greatest super bowls lost a heart breaker to Pittsburgh.
i'm a Viking homer and that 76 Ram team should have beaten my Vikes in the championship, they marched all over the field but just coudnt find the end zone and the vikes just got a few big plays by a blocked kick, and Foreman's two blasts one run and one by pass but the Rams defense pretty much stopped them for most of the game. I was sweating bullets that game plus i had the flu that week.
My Vikes dominated the Ewes from 1969 to 1977. 8-2-1, 4-0 in playoff games including the 2 NFC Championships in 74 and 76. I'm convinced that Bud Grant's disciplinarian style and the lessons to the players to ignore the elements paid off in all those playoff battles between the Vikes and the Ewes in those years, including the 1977 Mud Bowl in LA in a driving rainstorm! Lol
The Ewes lost the SB to the Steelers 31-19 didn't they? Hardly a close "heartbreaker". In contrast, the Vikes lost a hard fought defensive struggle in the 74 Super Bowl 16-6 Steelers. It was only 2-0 at halftime, and 9-6 early in the 4thQ. Vikes had a real shot to win the game, recovered a fumble to stop the Steelers final TD drive, but the fumble recovery was reversed, refs claimed a whistle blew the play dead! So if a 12 point loss was a "heart breaker", the Vikes L to the Steelers was a "nailbiter".
A real nail biter was the Eagles losing to the Chiefs 38-35 in Super Bowl 57
The only team with both teams on same side of the field..... and had no heaters for their players.🥶
The Rams had heaters. The Vikings never did, per Bud Grant.
When the Packers played half their games at Milwaukee county stadium both teams were on the same sidelines,rumour has it some of the best fights took place there 😂
I was a ten year old boy and I loved watching the old Bud Grant Vikings. I would rather rewatch these games than todays NFL garbage
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I like how they credited Marshall, Lurtsema and Page with 1/3 of a sack there. Haha.
At 13:06 you get a clear view of Pat Curran absolutely moving before the snap. I remember watching this game live and also remember reading somewhere later, (and my memory could be cloudy here) where it said something like a "phantom" penalty for illegal motion. I do not remember seeing any kind of replay at the time that showed him moving. But now all these years later, I can see the penalty was indeed legit. Now, on the other side...it did not look like Dryer was offside.
I was in denial for so many years....I watched this one as a kid and I must admit...it was a penalty.
But fred dryer wasn't offsides
Yeah, that Fred Dryer penalty was bulls***.
Alan Page was constantly called OF because he was so quick off the snap and the refs thought he must have been ahead of the snap. From the replay on the Dryer OS its not an angle where you can tell one way or the other. He was definitely moving before any other player.
Sorry Ewes fans, you had many chances and you didn't take advantage. Vikes dominated you from 69 to 77. 8-2-1, 4-0 in playoffs. Get. Over. It.
Remember it well, I believe with the wind chill it felt right around 18 degrees that game...cold yes but not nearly as bad is it could've been and had been in that stadium for many other games. And definitely cold enough to bother the Rams whose players did comment that it had an impact on their performance. The Vikings absolutely had a strong home field advantage at Metropolitan Stadium that was lessened once they moved into the climate controlled dome.
How refreshing, on the Vikes first touchdown, the guy handed the ball to the official, and only one teammate came to Congratulate him,no pre planned celebration, the players acted like they'd been there before.
"Proverbial loaf of bread" 🤣🤣🤣🤣
real football ,where players actually fell on the ground , 2022 nfl you can see 3 downs in a row where nobody falls on the ground
I wonder what Jack Youngblood was saying to Tarkenton at 2:00. Those two had a real dislike for each other.
I just wonder what the problem was between those 2.
A Bulldogs vs Gators things
"Shitty throw Francis!"
We watch your language. This is a family friendly site.
Everybody hated fran tarkenton
My Vikes 💔 40 years to the day on 12/29/2014 I suffered a massive heart attack, “The widow maker” ……I was just 51 and was very lucky to have gotten to the ER and have 2 stents put in 👀 I loved these beautiful purple uniforms of the 70’s ✊❤️ The Vikings are a “snakebit “ franchise 😳 THIER defense got ran over in those 3 SB ….Csonka 145 yards! Franco 158 yards and Oakland Raiders RB Clarence Davis who never rushed for 1,000 but ran for 137 yards on that beautiful day in the Rose Bowl ✨ These now classic days sure were special ❤️
Yes they had such a great defense, the purple people eaters until the big games but the rams were more snakebit by far back then. Glad you came through your widow maker
Glad things worked out for you and going strong almost 10 years after.
@@jimf710 ….thanks, 61 on the 18th🙏✊……the Vikes can kiss my ass however! …..in fact the NFL of the last decade is a joke! All the UNNECESSARY BIG MONEY 💰 too that they pay these guys and the average Joe has to take out a loan to bring his son to one football 🏈 game! …🤮🤮🤮 I came up with a great era (1969-98’ …I was a huge fan of the game and Minnesota as I said…..🤮 all the best to you ✨
If only the Vikings could have played the Rams in the Super Bowl....
Both are NFC Teams
You missed the punchline
Always hard to track down this one in nice image quality. Everyone will probably have not seen this film in better than this...
I have it on Blu Ray.
ok, this must have been the season where the Vikes went on to the Super Bowl and lost to the Steelers.. after all these years there's a lot of the 70's I don't remember anymore..
Yes, 74 Vikes lost to Pitt in SB 16-6. It was only 2-0 at halftime, Steelers leading. It was only 9-6 going into the 4thQ. The Vikes recovered a fumble clearly on a drive deep into Vikes territory, and the refs huddled together and ruled that one of them had blown the play dead before the ball was recovered! Meaning that ref didn't see the fumble!
That was the Vikes best chance for a SB W.
A quarterback and a head coach away from the best team of the decade, that defense was super
Are you talking about the Ewes? They had at best the 3rd or 4th best defense in the NFC in the 70s. Lmao 🤣
The daze that were almost purple! 🙁
So great to see the L.A. Rams win a Super Bowl after 55 Super Bowls!! You get there, you better win it.
Had to have team leave and then come back … living through those 70’s and 80’s playoffs losses was painful..
Bud Grant wasn’t the only coach to lose 2 super bowls at this point Don Shula had also lost two!!!!!
So funny watching the lack of celebrations from players after….anything haha they all look like they’re just clocked into their 9-5
The final year the playoffs rotated by division
Was it really impossible for someone in the Vikings' organization to tell Marshall and Page to add some weight/muscle?!? After what happened in each SB. wasn't the writing on the wall? Or would they have listened if pressured by Grant?
viking front 4 is the most overrated in nfl history
In 1974, Page and Marshall were OK, weight-wise. But by 1977, both were clearly a bit light for their positions.
Vikings had one of the best defenses ever
@@angusthecat6617 Best to be thought a fool than to post on RUclips and prove it.
@@stevenyanchak549 that front four was manhandled and bitch slapped in 4 superbowls. csonka set a super bowl record running against them. the next year harris breaks that record. 2 years later davis comes within 21 yards of breaking that record. if vikes played in afc they never would have went to a superbowl and would have been lucky to win a division 🤣
Why were the front of the Rams pants a different color than the back?
Different material
@@collinrust2641cmon man. Anyone knows the real reason 😅😅😅
The smoother silkier front faded with cleaning
James Harris was a great QB for the Rams
"Great"?? Hardly.
Did Harris trot off with a broken ankle?
My Purple People Eaters absolutely dominated the Hollywood Ewes from 1969 to 1977. Vikes were 8-2-1. 4-0 in Playoff games.
1969 Western Conf Playoff
Vikes 23 Ewes 20 @ Met
1974 NFC Champ
Vikes 14 Ewes 10 @ Met
1976 NFC Champ
Vikes 24 Ewes 13 @ Met
1977 Div Playoff
Vikes 14 Ewes 7 @ LA Col
Combine that with the Ewes loss to the Packers in the 1967 Western Conf Playoff in Milwaukee, that's 1967>1977 the Ewes could not beat the Central Division in the playoffs and the Ewes could not win in cold or adverse weather in the playoffs. In fact, I think they psychologically beat themselves when traveling north to play in cold weather. They were soft.
The "Fearsome Foursome" wasn't very Fearsome vs the Packers and Vikings. Merlin Olson, Deacon Jones never beat the Vikes in the playoffs, never won a Conf or League Champ, never played in a Super Bowl.
Had several Viking player posters on my bedroom wall as a kid. Real football
At 15;44 Fred Dryer would have been called for unsportsmanlike conduct in today's NFL
Hank stram was great like noll and nowadays the Kansas city cheifs coach andy Reid
Tom Mack never moved.:_)
Look how boss my RAMS look in those classic uniforms and helmet. It's a shame what we wear now...a total abomination.
The Royal Purple Vikes unis with those awesome horned Purple helmets were better than the Ewes.
One of the most painful games in Ram history.
Minnesota should have NEVER moved into a dome. So dumb. The cold was a huge home field advantage
Under today’s rules, this game would have been in Los Angeles. The Rams and Vikings had the same record and LA won the regular season meeting. This was back when the NFL rotated hosting sites among the divisions, regardless of record. It changed not long afterward.
Is that true? They rotated? I was not aware of that rule.
@@DavidSilva-fq7nt That is how Dallas 10-4 hosted 12-2 Rams and 12-2 Vikings in 1973.
@@TheCollierjr I saw 13 so I guess I wasn't paying attention to that. Thanks for telling me.
That changed the next season.
Yup.
I remember the 15-0 Miami Dolphins had to go to 3 Rivers stadium to play the 12-3 Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC championship game.
Nice coverage. It's no wonder the Queens lost to the Steelers. That was some sloppy football in perfect conditions.
No kid loved the Rams in the 70s more than me. I still have hate for Dallas and Minnesota. Atleast the Aztecs won the NASL championship that year and Garvey got NL MVP but that did not help much. These losses were gutwrenching.,
I was A rams fan a kid, but I believed then and now that the better team lost in 74 and 76
You probably believe in the Tooth Fairy and Easter Bumny too. The Ewes were soft and couldn't win cold/bad weather playoff games.
1967 vs Packers in Milw
1969 vs Vikes at Met
1974 vs Vikes at Met
1976 vs Vikes at Met
1977 vs Vikes at LA Col
(The Mud Bowl)
The Vikings were 8-2-1 vs the Ewes from 69>77. That's complete dominaton for a decade.
The Ewes were Hollywood soft and not tough enough to win those games against the disciplinarian Bud Grant. That was the difference.
What do Viking fans think of Metropolitan stadium.
we dont we tried to forget fast
I knew for sure that the vikings would lose to Pittsburgh and Oakland back then, cause the Rams were the better team, mistakes beat them, not Minnesota
Vikes weren't built to beat Dolphins/Steelers/Raiders
Well they beat Raiders 24-16 in 73 regular season, 1976 Steelers 17-6 and Dolphins 29-7 regular season. Those teams didn't make mistakes Vikings thrived on in Super Bowls. They blocked a punt for a TD in IX and also in XI but they fumbled ball away at 3 going in against Oakland. But hey, they got there. And they could beat Dallas and Rams to get there.
Not many teams were built to beat the 72/73 Dolphins. The Vikings should have beaten the Steelers. The Steelers were a conservative run first offense in 74, and didn't yet have a big time passing game. Bradshaw was still a work in progress game manager. The Vikes D was every bit as good as the Steelers D. The 74 SB was 2-0 at halftime, and still only 9-6 Steelers into the 4thQ. Still a very winnable game. The Vikes recovered a clear fumble as the Steelers were driving in the 4thQ, only to have the frigging refs reverse the fumble call, claiming a whistle had blown the play dead. The Steelers then scored the clinching TD and the momentum the Vikes could have had at 9-6 with the ball was gone. The Raiders game......I'll just not comment.
The Vikings.
The most opportunistic team I have ever seen every time. They played the Rams. All the breaks would go their way. They never outplayed the rams but the rams made mistakes and that ball would find a Viking when it was on the grown.
Ain't it the truth! As a kid watching these big games I just could not believe what was happening. They always seemed to have some huge big play, only to be stopped at the one or two yard line, then somehow manage to not get the TD and in this case even a deflection so they couldn't even get a FG. The blocked punt taken back 98 yards for a td in that one game. The one time they do get to play the vikings in LA the field turns to mud and they can't run the ball at all. Too many examples to list here. I somehow feel they should have stuck with Harris and not gone to pat haden
Vikings had to convert those opportunities into points ,and the Vikings defense weren't merely not engaged into not being responsible for forcing some of those turnovers ,they outplayed the rams ,especially in crucial game altering momentum shifting moments on more then one occasion in several post season contests ,making it a common trend ,not a exception,they quite frankly answered the call to arms when the game was inthe line by performing better then rams, regardless of some stats ( besides final score) which probably were on the rams side .
And the vikings never ever won the superbowl that old school shit was over hyped you treat people like men not property
Only two time Superbowl losers. Lol
Now this was football not the garbage we have today