The Time An NFL Team PROTESTED the Outcome of a Game | 49ers @ Vikings (1979)
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- In baseball, if a team doesn't agree with an umpire's decision, the team can protest the game. There is no such rule for this in football. But in a 1979 game between the Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers, a call was made that was so bad and so egregiously wrong that afterwards, the 49ers tried to protest the outcome. This is the story behind the infamous 1979 season opener
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Members of the 1979 Vikings:
Steve Dils
Tommy Kramer
John Reaves
Ted Brown
Jimmy Edwards
Chuck Foreman
Brent McClanahan
Robert Miller
Rickey Young
Douglas Cunningham
Terry LeCount
Ahmad Rashad
Robert Steele
Sammy White
Stu Voigt
Bob Tucker
Charles Goodrum
Wes Hamilton
Jim Hough
Dave Huffman
Steve Riley
Dennis Swilley
Ron Yary
Randy Holloway
Jim Marshall
Mark Mullaney
Steve Niehaus
Dave Roller
Doug Sutherland
James White
Matt Blair
Derrel Luce
Fred McNeill
Jeff Siemon
Scott Studwell
Tim Baylor
Bobby Bryant
Tommy Hannon
Kurt Knoff
Paul Krause
Keith Nord
John Turner
Nate Wright
Greg Coleman
Rick Danmeier
Wally Hilgenberg
Kevin Miller
Joe Senser
Bud Grant (coach)
Members of the 1979 49ers:
Steve DeBerg
Joe Montana
Lenvil Elliott
Bob Ferrell
Paul Hofer
James Owens
OJ Simpson
Dwight Clark
Mike Shumann
Freddie Solomon
Bob Bruer
Ken MacAfee
Paul Seal
John Ayers
Jean Barrett
Randy Cross
Walt Downing
Keith Fahnhorst
Fred Quillan
Ron Singleton
Dwaine Board
Al Cowlings
Cedrick Hardman
Archie Reese
Jimmy Webb
Ruben Vaughan
Ted Vincent
Dan Bunz
Gordy Ceresino
Scott Hilton
Willie Harper
Bob Martin
Dave Morton
Bob Nelson
Tom Seabron
Charles Cornelius
Tony Dungy
Tim Gray
Dwight Hicks
Charles Johnson
Melvin Morgan
Gerald Williams
Dan Melville
Ray Wersching
Ernie Hughes
Pete Woods
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15,159 days ago.
Or 41 years, 6 months, and 1 day ago.
Hi SCOTT 👋
Off topic, but until the end of this video, I had forgotten that O.J. Simpson was on the 49ers in this game.
Wasn't Namath with the Rams that year as well.
Tommy Kramer could do some things, but the word I heard on him is that he was a bit reckless (so he was a true Viking, I guess, and it made him exciting to watch). He led the league in passer rating in 1986 (he lapped the NFC field in that category), and I personally enjoyed using him in the original Tecmo Bowl.
Bill Walsh came to the 49ers to win. In this, his first game as coach of SF, he was pulling out all the stops. To his credit, it showed how badly he wanted that game. To him, it was worth a shot.
Look on the bright side, Niners; you went 2-14 and the Vikings still missed the playoffs, so this game didn't matter anyway.
Very very true....once that whistle blows and the game is over, it's over...and that's not going to change. As you said, "tough luck" (no matter how bad the call may have been).
1. Hopefully everyone here knows about the “Snowplow Game” in 1982 (39 years ago Scott and K2). The Dolphins protested that game (though I’m not sure how formal the protest was). Pete Rozelle told the Dolphins afterwards something like, “Yes the Patriots broke the rule, but I’ve never overturned the result of a game, and I’m going to let the result stand.”
2. How would the NFL have arranged the rest of the game if it upheld the 49ers protest? There were no bye weeks in 1979, and the game was a non-divisional game. If there was an NBA version of OJG9 we’d have videos of two games I remember that were continued after a protest. One was between the Heat and Hawks in 2007-08. The other was between the Nets and 76ers in 1978-79. Bizarrely between the original game and continued game the two teams made a trade. As a result three players showed up in the box score for both teams in the same game.
I used to be a soccer referee. My favorite referee story was of some basketball refs in a HS game in Kentucky in the 1930s or 1940s. This was in a town way up in the hills. The home town wasn't doing well and the fans were quite vocal. And the refs were nervous. They looked relieved when the school principal took the microphone and said to everyone to quiet down, and not harass the refs. They breathed a little easier, until he added: Let them finish the game, and let's get them when they go out to the parking lot.
Talk about making fondue fountain out of a fumble. This missed call had absolutely no impact on the outcome the game. The ball would've been returned to the 1/2 yard line and either the Vikes punch it in or win it with as short a FG as is possible. Had the 49ers recovered and the Vikes awarded the TD-now THAT would've warranted the making of a video. Instead, this one is merely 9 minutes I'll never get back.
Tommy "two-min" Kramer and Ahmad Rashad were fun to watch (most of the time).
Ok,2:29 & something I thought I'd never see in my lifetime,A PALAT LEANING AGAINST A CHAIN LINK FENCE & A COSPLAY VIKING,AND A BAD ONE AT THAT,WITH RANDO SPECTATORS,WITH A VIKING PLAYER!
The first Vikings game after I was born.
Tom Kramer should be in hall fame.
A couple of things to mention. Pro-Football-Reference lists Rashad as scoring that last TD, shouldn't it be listed as Sammy White? I guess the official listing was ruled Rashad scored so that the NFL wouldn't knowingly list an illegal TD in the books. In that case, they can just say the Refs blew the call and Rashad wasn't in the endzone but was seen as though he did cross the line. Also, how many timeouts did the Vikings have left? If they had ruled that the ball must come back to the 2 yard line, would the clock have run out while they gathered up for the play? Would the clock have stopped until the Ref set the ball in place? If the Vikes had a timeout left, it wouldn't have mattered, but if not, how would it have played out?
I think that it should still be Rashad that gets credit for the TD on Pro-Football-Reference, since the refs ruled him to score (even if incorrect), right? Now, if it would've been ruled a fumble and down at the 2-yard line, it looks like 17 seconds are left to me: if the Vikings haul buns and call a play, they still may be able to score even without a timeout. Good thing this game didn't mean too much in the standings, unlike "The Holy Roller" play, which may've cost the 1978 Chargers the playoffs.
All good questions!
@@gluserty - The on-field Ref closest to the play did not rule a TD until he saw Sammy White recover the ball in the endzone. That would imply that he thought Rashad did fumble. Watch it again.
@@Nick23at63 Yeah, that ref is definitely watching the ball and the play in front of him; good job by him for sure.
Refs blew it. No replay. Im a niner fan who was two when this happened, so no biggie. The team was 2-14. We sucked that year.
Bill. Walsh's first game as 49ers. Head Coach.
That is definitely a fumble
In baseball you can't just protest over a missed call--you have to protest over a misapplication of a rule. If the ruling was that Rashad crossed the goal line, that's it--there's no way that protest gets upheld because it's in the eyes of the official. Now, if they'd ruled that he HAD fumbled and allowed the Vikings the TD anyway on the recovery, THAT would be grounds for an upheld protest under baseball's standards because it's a misapplication of the fumble rules in the last 2 minutes.
Pine Tar Bat Game
@@CTubeMan Yep, that was a rule misapplication--a bat with excessive pine tar is simply to be removed from play. The rule is in place to prevent the ball from being scuffed, which means it's there to benefit the *hitter*, not the defense. So it makes no sense to call a batter out for having excessive pine tar.
"American League Regulations make it clear that pine tar is not to be considered in the same vein as a 'doctored' or 'filled' bat." --American League ruling against an Angels protest after a 1975 game, claiming that the Royals' John Mayberry had excessive pine tar on his bat.
2012 NL Wild Card Game vis-à-vis the Infield Fly Rule: If an umpire (Holbrook) thinks that the infielder (Kozma) could have easily caught the fly ball with the necessary scenario to satisfy the rule (runners on first and second with one out), the batter (Simmons) is out and the runners may advance at their own risk.
Scott Hilton from the 49ers went to my High School ages ago but I know nothing about him and want to learn more but cant find anything
42 Years Ago
Whats the argument it would of been on the half yard line anyway
Obviously, they're not going to change the result after the game. That being said, the refs have to be able to get the call right. It was very obvious it should have been Vikings ball on the 2, not a TD.
To say that there’s a good chance that the kicker makes his field goal is high means nothing… Gary Anderson? Perfect season. Blair Walsh? Pretty good… vikings kickers seemed to have bad strokes of luck
Bill Walsh REALLY wanted to win no matter what
The 49ers franchise should be fine this.