This was the last Super Bowl played in total daylight from start to finish.....This game was a 3pm east coast start...12noon in California....fans out there had to race home from church to watch the entire game
John Madden went from being to a Pro Football Hall of Fame Coach to having a video game named after him to becoming one of the best NFL commentators of all time, one of football's greatest coaches
Okay I hope you don't hate me for this, but I really don't think he should have gone in. Career stats: 27,938 passing yards, 194 tds, 222 ints For 16 seaons, that's not very good. 27,938 yards in 16 seaons averages out to about 1,600 yards per season. Also 194-222 td/int ratio isn't very good either, not even for his time. He was a great quarterback, but I just don't quite think he's fit for HOF. I'm not mad he made it in though.
+TheStapleGunKid Football is not baseball, you can't look at someone's cumulative stats and automatically gauge their career. Stabler was a BEAST of a QB and in my opinion was side by side with Staubach as the best QBs of the 1970s. Also, half of his career as a starter was before the rule changes of 1978, when QBs typically threw more INTs than TDs. The rules favored defenses more (especially in the passing game), so the stats would reflect that. One of the truly annoying things about the NFL of today is that fans want to boil everything down to pure numbers, as if football is a stock portfolio or math equation--it isn't. Stabler is definitely a HOFer and should've been in 25 years ago
+TheStapleGunKid he also finished his career on some not very good Saints teams in the early and mid 80s, so he wasn't going to put up great stat numbers there either
I know someone's talent can't be measured with numbers alone, but numbers aren't something that should be ignored either. If you compare him to the greatest quarterbacks of his time: Staubach, Bradshaw, Tarkenton, he simply doesn't measure up. Let's not forget he was surrounded by talent that most quarterbacks would dream of having. A hall of fame tight end (Dave Casper). A hall of fame receiver (Fred Biletnikoff). A receiver who should be in the hall of fame (Cliff Branch). Two hall of famers on his offensive line (Gene Upshaw and Art Shell). With that kind of cast, you would expect a hall of famer to produce more.
On that 48-yard pass to Biletnikoff, the safety blew the coverage. Biletnikoff said, "I was looking for a gas station along the way." He hadn't run that far on one play in about 15 years.
I love John Facenda's narration. "The remaining seven minutes of the game became a despairing, hopeless quest for a goal they knew they would never reach." Catches the mood on the Minnesota sideline perfectly.
Yep, summed it up from the fan perspective too. For me, this was the hardest of the Vikings' four Super Bowl losses to swallow. We all knew that this was likely their last shot at a Super Bowl title with the original Vikings greats all aging and nearing the end of their storied careers. Those were the days, football games outside at good old Metropolitan Stadium with Bud Grant at the helm and Tarkenton, Foreman, Tingelhoff, Yary, White, Rashad, Voigt, Marshall, Eller, Page, Hilgenberg, Siemon, Krause, Bryant, and Wright running wild on the frozen turf! RIP John Madden, you and your Raiders from this era are NFL legend, you deserved this Super Bowl title.
@@BigPairOdice Well said, man.....as a 46-year Viking fan, I completely agree. I still think that if McClanahan hadn't fumbled on the 1, late in the first quarter, after having blocked Ray Guy's punt for the first time ever, the Vikes could have had at least a shot. That play changed the complexion and momentum of this game completely. So sad that Tark never got a ring.....
It captured the mood of this 11-year-old boy, lying on the couch, watching the game with growing despair and heartbreak. When I look back on the game now I wonder if things would've been different if we hadn't fumbled that ball at the goal line. Maybe it was the Raiders' day, but I know the Vikes would've been emboldened with that early score. I think when the fumble occurred many Vikings fans thought, "Here we go again." The most frustrating thing about the four Super Bowl losses is we were never really in any game. Super Bowl IX versus the Steelers was closer score-wise, but they still dominated us.
I'm 22 now but I used to watch these when I was like 12 or 13 on NFL network. Revisiting them is so damn trippy! The narrator, music, player names and how tough they were back in the day, amazing!
What you mentioned, sealed the deal for us who watched back then. This stuff is really liken an extreme form religion. I personally, cannot get enough of it....
Since I was in my pre-teen in the latter 80's, I used to love watching this clips, especially just to listen John Facenda. For me, I can watch this films all the time. I'll be honest, after SB 18, I really can't watch the other clips from SB 19 to present. I know that SB 18 was the last NFL Film clip he did prior to his passing in 1984. With Facenda, there is some kind of magic when watching the older SB highlight films from NFL Films.
Godspeed Coach Madden...you are the reason that so many of us are football fans, and of the Raiders. We are all eternally grateful that you graced us with your infinite wisdom, boyish enthusiasm, and overall passion for this game. You helped to make pro football, the sport of Kings. RIP AND GOD BLESS.
Right, there are few coaches in the legend class, and most had longer tenure, but what Madden did in that time...whilst trying to keep this rat pack together! Then, he brings that class and knowledge to the booth. Summerall/Madden: my favourite broadcast ring team. Buck/Aikman? Boring😴
Watched this game on my 11th birthday at home with my best friend, Scott Roberts. He stayed overnight, we had a lot of fun, and my mom bought a football shaped cake. Such a fun day, long ago. Scott died two years ago. Time flies...
If only McClanahan hadn't fumbled on the 1, late in the first quarter , after having blocked Ray Guy's first ever punt. That play changed the complexion and momentum of this game completely. (45-year Vikes fan here)
Great filmmaking. My favorite part: the sections that break down and lionize the Raiders' BLOCKING - using NFL Films' signature epic music and John Facenda's incredible voice. Inside the guts of football. This is something NFL Films doesn't seem to focus on at all anymore. Today, it's all about the "skill positions."
And even today, the team that wins the line of scrimmage wins the game. Skill positions are irrelevant if your offensive line leaks like a sieve -- just ask Patrick Mahomes when he faced the Bucs' defense. Or Cam Newton going up against Denver, or Peyton Manning against Seattle. (9 points, 10 points and 8 points for two future Hall of Famers and one very good QB.) Or Tom Brady against the Giants (twice) and the Rams -- yes, he's had *three* horrible performances in Super Bowls (14. 17, and 13 points.)
Yeah, he was amazing. When the Raiders finally let him go a couple years later, Ken Stabler's observation was, "The coaches seemed to think he'd lost a step, but that was impossible -- he'd never HAD a step to lose. He got open on slick, not speed."
The first Super Bowl I remember watching. Sadly this would prove to be the last one played entirely in sunlight. The colors of the uniforms really were terrific. Now with the advent of night games and/or indoor games, you no longer get that, and if any game deserves to have that kind of splash, it's our Super Bowl :'(
+steelcity9778 That makes me feel old LOL I have been alive for all of them, but I was 27 days old when Super Bowl I was played, and obviously have no memory of it
+Will Mack The first one I remember watching was SB V. I was 9 years old, watching it on my parents big old black & white Zenith TV. I was in 9th grade for this one, SB XI, and we had a color TV by then. Part of the great color was sunlight for sure, but I have always thought maybe also good old fashioned 16 mm film.
Hey don't feel bad.....you are truly a fan, im the same way....I get so into the game, I go crazy. That's the love of the sport, it makes it that much sweeter when your team wins, take care.
Do you know who the Vikings player they show tearing up towards the end is? Anytime I've seen the highlights for this game, he always came off as a sympathetic character, esp because this was the Vikings 4th SB loss in 8 seasons.
was 10 years when I watched this super bowl, when McClanahan fumbled I knew the Vikings were going to lose another one. Was like history of repeating itself, when Oscar Reed did the same thing 3 years before.
Joseph Wright give me one good argument why tatum should be hof. Great player but not a hof. Atwater should be hof, not tatum. I'd love to be his girlfriend, tatum hit him hard but failed at his job, which is defending a pass. He was a dirty played with his constant blindside hits and it was solely his own fault for immaculate reception
@@user-co1gi7yd2r Thanks for blowing up your own flawed premise by bringing up Steve Atwater's name. Without Jack Tatum, there would be no Atwater. Before you erroneously counter with "Atwater was inspired by Ronnie Lott," guess who Lott has ALWAYS mentioned as his DB inspiration. That's right, Jack Tatum. Tatum was revolutionary in that he was an intimidating, discouraging dominator in the middle of the secondary. He was the Dick Butkus of safeties. He was not dirty, he simply hit harder than any defensive back of his era. Receivers dreaded going across the middle against the Raiders during the Non-Goddell era of the '70s. Tatum is only a dirty player if viewed through the wimpy, soft eyes of Roger Goddell football. He conceded that he wasn't a great pass thief. "There are other safeties who are better at playing the ball but that's not really my job," Tatum said. "My game is built around contact. I'm paid to hit, so I hit. There are other safeties that are more exceptional than me when it comes to making interceptions. But when it comes to making a tackle, I'm sure there are running backs and receivers who wish I didn't exist." After a hard hit by Tatum earlier in the 1974 playoff game, Paul Warfield dropped a key fourth-quarter pass that was key to the Raiders 28-26 dethroning of the Dolphins. The earlier Tatum hit planted the seeds in Warfield's head that led him to hearing The Assassin's "footsteps." Tatum inspired the likes of Donnie Shell, Gary Fencik, Doug Plank, Tim Fox, Lott, Kenny Easley, Todd Bell, Vann McElroy, Atwater, and countless other headhunters that Goddell has slandered as "bad for the game." The stupid concept of "defenseless receiver (Hey, Goddell, every player out on the field is defenseless)" has softened the game so that stiffs like Wes Welker, Julian Edelman, and Danny Amendola have risen to be "stars" because they know that DBs can't touch them once they turn their pass patterns inside. Pathetic. Football IS hitting. And Tatum did it as well or better than any DB that ever played. The Immaculate Reception (Deception)? Frenchy Fuqua knows he hit the ball last (which would have made the play illegal). He has never denied that he touched it last. He always evades the question. A year earlier in Super Bowl V, Mel Renfro Went for the INT and it went into the hands of John Makey for a TD. To this day, Renfro denies he hit the ball after it bounced of a previous Colt player. Tatum, like Renfro, was the victim of a bad bounce of the ball and, more importantly, a bad ruling by the officials. Tatum is a Hall of Famer, without a doubt. He has more career INTs than Cliff Harris, who the media tried to say was better.
Joseph Wright i dont care who tatum inspired. Some of those names like lott got influenced by him but also were simply better players. No matter how hard you hit, safety's job isn't hitting alone. Besides, atwater's production was better. I will never agree with you. To me what makes safety hof- worthy is making plays all over field and having iq comparable to the qb. And there's some bias involved because i'm a broncos fan. I could consider tatum hof worthy only after players like atwater and ed jones get in.
My favorite team is the Vikings. I saw this game at age 13. I did not realize that since 1977 that my team would not be back in a Super Game since. I went to High School a year later trying to emulate Fran but ended up emulating Chuck. I pray every year for God to let me see my team Win one before he calls me up for glory. The Cubs were so called cursed and they won in 2016. Why can't my team make enough plays, stop the penalties and turning the ball over?
RIP coach. May ur spirit of winning fall keep pushing our team this week and get themselves into the playoffs. They deserve it after such a disastrous yr. They've proved the haters wrong regardless.
They should have Willie Brown's 75 yard pick-6 as the all-time example of competitive focus. If the Vikings endzone had been 40 miles away, Willie would have scored and never broken stride.
I love the term 'corner linebacker'. We should bring that back. Anyone can be an outside linebacker...it feels more specialized to be a corner linebacker.
I thought his best work was Black Sunday when the Raiders crushed Washington. It was his last NFL Films broadcast and his voice was definitely weaker but his alteration was beautiful and he was obviously a Raider admirer. That was the Marcus Allen, running with the night call. Beautiful.
It's impossible to say? SB 12 he was great too! 4th qtr Denver's offense still needed mor reiteration work from Noris Weese, what it got instead, was a demletion job from the doomsday defense!
@Rudy Overlord Yeah...in the 70's, the AFC was loaded with big, physical teams. The NFC was far more of a finesse conference then. The only exception was Dallas, and they were somewhat finesse, and they even got pushed around in the 70's Super Bowls by the Colts and Steelers(twice). The AFC teams like the Raiders, Steelers, Dolphins, etc, etc, etc... were in an arms race with each other, thus making them awfully hard to handle when they went up against NFC teams in the Super Bowls.
When looking at the Raiders blowing the Vikings front seven off the line, it's incredible to remember Minnesota was 13-2-1 coming into this game. Minnesota was an excellent veteran team in 1976. But the Dolphins, Steelers and Raiders were dynastic teams for the ages. In 1970 and 1974, Minnesota thrashed the Chiefs and easily defeated Miami and Pittsburgh in 1976. No one, especially in the NFC, was in a position to mock the Vikings. Not the Rams and Redskins who were decisively beaten in the Ice Box, nor Dallas who couldn't overcome Staubach's broken digit. Reminds me of the sneering toward the 1990's Bills, when no one in the AFC could unseat them come playoff time. Not the Raiders, Broncos, Chiefs or Dolphins.
Oakland was my team in the 1970s, great rivalry with Pittsburgh, real football was played back then, too easy to pass the ball today, no one can touch the Qb now!
Watched it live at age 10. Aside from the McClanahan fumble, the other most important play was Hall's INT in the 4th quarter. Tark had them moving some, with a chance to cut it a five point game, in spite of the calamities of the first three quarters. That INT finished off the Vikes for good. Hall easily could have been MVP, IMO.
They were keeping it close up to the point McClanahan fumbled. I remember seeing an interview Ahmad Rashad gave years ago. New to the team in '76, he hadn't been a part of the first 3 SB losses. He said that after that fumble he tried his best to rally the team, but he could see it in all the veteran's faces, the "here-we-go-again" look. I was 10 at the time as well. All the great players, teams, seasons, plays, games, etc. since then still doesn't add up to how great it felt to be a Vikings fan following that NFC championship versus the Rams.
Best thing about those Super Bowl? a major winter storm developed unexpectedly that afternoon and dumped 8 inches of snow on us. Got to watch the game without worrying about school the next day
My blood is purple. I was deeply saddened to see the vikings lose their 4th superbowl. That does not negate the fact of them being a great team. Let's look at the facts. Bud Grant was one of the winningest coaches in the league. Fran Tarkenton would finish his career with all passing records including rushing for more yards than any other qb in the history of the game. He revolutionized the way the position is played. In the same way Foreman revolutionized the way the running back position is played. Tarkenton Foreman Gilliam and later Sammy White were capable of breaking any game wide open with one play. Foreman running and receiving is something etched in my memory. Jim Marshall played in more consecutive games than any other defensive player in history at the time of retirement. That is not an easy feat to accoamplish. That alone should put him in the hof. Alan Page was the first defensive player to win mvp of the year honors. The viking defensive line was considered one of greatest in history. Paul Krause still holds the record for more ints with 81 and that's been over 40 years ago. During their sb runs they were at the top or near the top in takeaways. Fred Cox k was the active leader in points scored. The special teams were just that. Special there had never been nor will there ever be another unit like them. Blocked fgas blocked xps blocked punts some of which won games or preserved ties. They as a unit should be in the hof. For the most part they did it on grass where it's said play is slower. Outside in the cold. All this in one nfl team. That was a great team. Anyone thinking otherwise knows nothing about nfl football.
Agreed, especially about Minnesota's teams of the late 60's and decade of the 70's for the most part. I always felt for several years in the 70's they were the best in the NFC, with Dallas sometimes close or right there with them. Just a case of where they just had some mistakes and turnovers in every one of those super bowl losses that prevented them from winning. On another week, they may have won a super bowl, but it was frustrating to see. Someday I hope they get one.
I will still never understand why McClanahan carried the ball from the damn 1 yard line. Why not give it to your best guy, which was Chuck Foreman? I'll never understand that.
6400az That's why I just don't understand what Grant was thinking there. I would think you'd want the ball in your best player's hands. You don't think it had anything to do with Foreman's goal line fumble in SB IX do you?
Hmm, I don't think so. Sammy Johnson should have been in there leading Foreman, he was about 225 or so. They needed a heavy ass back there to block.....or even Mark Kellar ??
The Vikings made some strange decisions in these Super Bowls, for instance in SB8 the Vikings had it 4th and 1 at deep in Miami territory gave the ball to Oscar Reed who fumbled instead of Foreman
9:03 - My favorite old NFL audio, Bill King saying “Jascha Heifetz has never played a Violin with more dexterity then Kenny Stabler is playing the Minnesota Vikings defense this afternoon in the Rose Bowl stadium at Pasadena”
Rick Danmier, Vikings kicker from late 70s to early 80s was one of the two last straight ahead kickers in the NFL. The other was Mark Mosely of the Redskins. There was a Vikings vs Redskins playoff game in the early 80s in which the last two straight kickers left in the NFL would play in the same game. Don't ask me why I remember that. Then Jan Stenerud was signed by the Vikings in about 1983 and played his last two years in Minnesota. I am not certain buy Jan may have been the very first soccer style kicker in the NFL
As much as the Vikings get shit on for losing 4 super bowls, 3 of them were to just all time great teams. The only one they really have no excuse for was the Chiefs loss.
I remember the Chiefs were in the habit of injuring the other teams quarter backs. They would tackle them in way so that the QB would land on his passing arm's shoulder. The injury would then prevent them from passing!!!
The Chiefs of the late 60s were definitely one of the best teams ever-Willie Lanier, Bobby Bell, Emmitt Thomas, Curly Culp, Buck Buchanan, and that was just on defense. Combine that with Otis Taylor, Len Dawson and others on offense...and you have one of the best teams ever
The Oakland Raiders.......the 1st team l truly loved with the snake, ghost, stork, branch, Bilitnikoff n many other great players, Raiders, truly a perfect name for this team.
+Mc Bragg agreed! I will never forget this SB.......... loved the way the Raiders played in the 70's n 80's, ferocious n intimidating defense, n a high powered offense.
This is the earliest Super Bowl by date, (1/9/77) other early dates: SB IV (1/11/70) SB III (1/12/69) SB IX (1/12/75) SB VIII (1/13/74) Notice the Vikings have played in four of these
The Super Bowl was on January 9 because the 1976 season started somewhat earlier September 12, this is to avoid what happened in 1971, having playoff games on Christmas Day, like 1971 fell on a Saturday
With the passing of willie brown I just had to revisit this video, I didn’t witness his career but seen the nfl films highlight of his pick 6 plenty of times
I like how at 15:40 it wasn't about tackling the guy, it was about throwing a punch to his head that counted. That was always Raiders style. Just ask Lynn Swann.
If I were a Viking fan, I don't know which loss would be more painful, one of the SB defeats, the Hail Mary, Morton Anderson's missed FG in 1998, or Favre's interception in 2007 against the Saints.
Does anybody know what music is that starts approximately @ 5:44. Usually able to Shazam background music in these old NFL Films but can't get this one. Love that music. Goes so well with action.
That is a classic sounding 70s piece. Not sure the name but youtube poster Dave Volsky has hundreds & hundreds of uploads with NFL Films music on his page, check that out or ask him & he might be able to tell you.
The Raiders Bill King is one of the greatest play-by-play man of all time because he was neutral. His description of the Fred McNeil blocked punt you would have sworn he was the Minnesota Vikings radio guy.
I recently watched the original live broadcast of this superbowl. A few observations I had... 1. John Matuzak was an absolute mountain of a football player! You didn't see many defensive linemen his size back in that era! I truly believe he could've played in any era of the NFL. He was massive! 2. All the celebrities that were in attendance were just sitting in the crowd like everybody else. No luxury boxes. No VIP sections. The way it ought to be watched! 3. No on field ceremony. No confetti. No hats and T shirts. When the game was over the players simply ran off the field! I guess the trophy was handed out in the locker room. 4. The Raiders ran a lot of quick counts. I swear it seemed like every play Stabler just walked up to the line, stuck his hands under center and yelled "GO!" And Dalby snapped the ball. 5. The hit that Jack Tatum put on Sammy White shouldve landed him in jail for attempted murder LOL. It's a miracle Sammy even got up from that hit, let alone held onto the ball. I have mad respect for that level of toughness.
09:00 Jascha Heifetz (/ˈhaɪfɪts/; February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1901 - December 10, 1987) was a Russian-American violinist. Born in Vilna (Vilnius), he moved as a teenager to the United States, where his Carnegie Hall debut was rapturously received. He was a virtuoso since childhood-Fritz Kreisler, another leading violinist of the twentieth century, said on hearing Heifetz's debut, "We might as well take our fiddles and break them across our knees." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jascha_Heifetz
It really is a shame the Vikings never won a Superbowl, but the Raiders had been getting si close to the top for years as well. The AFC totally dominated the 70s, winning 8 of the 10 Superbowls. The Cowboys won the only 2 for the NFC
Let's not forget the Denver Broncos during the mid/late 80's. Lost Super Bowl XXI (1986-87) to NYG. Lost Super Bowl XXII (1987-88) to WAS & Lost Super Bowl XXIV (1989-90) to SF along with losing to DAL in Super Bowl XII (1977-78). I also noticed that WSH, DAL & NYG all beat DEN, and BUF in a span from 1986 to 1993.
It's hard to ever say, definitively, but as a student of Vikings history, at least from Coach Van Brocklin through Coach Grant, Super Bowl XI and the 1978 season NFC Divisional Playoff loss against the Rams (Tarkenton's last game) are arguably the two most humiliating and disappointing season-ending losses, by the Vikings franchise, of all time. This game is clearly obviously humiliating, and, having watched the complete games of the Vikings in 1978 against the Broncos, Bears, and Eagles, they really had a special spirit and maturity as a team that year, only to sputter and succumb to who were their usual playoff inferiors, the Rams. And I do recall seeing Carl Eller, I think somewhere on RUclips state that, for him, the most frustrating/disappointing/worst Vikings loss, of the four Super Bowls, was indeed, this Super Bowl XI. I still think the Vikings are the overall most admirable football team, however, from the decades of the 60s and 70s. How can you top the disciplined performances, the Purple People Eaters, HOF Paul Krause showing how playing Safety should be done, and the fabulous offensive players, of scrambling Fran, The Spin Doctor Chuck Foreman, and the two backs Butkus said were the toughest in football: Bill Brown and Dave Osborn? Throw in fascinating (additional, also, or exclusively) Van Brocklin era players like receivers Dave Middleton and Paul Flatley and MLBs Rip Hawkins and Lonnie Warwick, and cornerback Ed Sharockman at his best, as well as the only in existence during the early Grant era, the LB trio of no 58 Hilgenberg, no 59 Warwick, and no 60 Winston, and you have a team, which, for two solid decades I argue was the overall most fun and interesting pro football team, to watch and admire.
I think Eller was so disappointed by that loss because he and the other veterans were probably thinking that was their last chance to win a SB. They were all getting older and towards the end of their careers. On a side note, Sid Hartman once said he read an article about 49ers coach Bill Walsh. Walsh was asked where he got the idea for the "west coast" offense. He said he got the idea from the Vikings...…... Now in the Bud Grant era they were never an offense that relied heavily on the running game. Their offensive playbook was loaded with quick and short passes. Why run the ball when, if executed right, a short pass is a higher % play. So credit Bud Grant and then, offensive coordinator, Jerry Burns as the architects of the west coast offense. But credit Bill Walsh and the 49ers for perfecting it.
Rewatching these old Super Bowl films you get to appreciate the players and coaches of those era. But man, Bud Grant was clueless in preparing the Vikings in their 4 Super Bowl appearances.
you can catch the ball but you're definitely gonna get punished 14:57 next to the white hit 15:47 is my favorite .. clubbed by Monte Johnson ..Popped by Tatum and stuck by willie brown for good measure .. a thing of beauty
Biletnikoff was named MVP, but any number of Raiders could have won it. Stabler, Davis, Shell, Thomas or Hall would have all been worthy recipients of it.
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Kenny "snake" Stabler finally a Hall Of Famer class of 2016 and well deserved.
Go steelers
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i guess Im quite randomly asking but does anybody know of a good site to watch newly released tv shows online?
@Asa Kellen i use flixzone. You can find it by googling =)
His HOF induction was way over due
The shot of Willie Brown running the interception back is the best photography in the history of sport
Thank you my brother, Hat tip@@lajairiusjackson3695
It really is a great shot. In my mind it's only rivaled by Evel Knievel's crash at Caesar's Palace.
Nice call@@Strangenstein
This was the last Super Bowl played in total daylight from start to finish.....This game was a 3pm east coast start...12noon in California....fans out there had to race home from church to watch the entire game
They need to bring the day time Super Bowl back! I mean damn, at least start it at 4PM Eastern time, at the latest
MrBaddog7676 here here
I agree
They need to bring the SB back to the Rose Bowl!
agree completely!!! there was something magical about a daylight game
John Madden went from being to a Pro Football Hall of Fame Coach to having a video game named after him to becoming one of the best NFL commentators of all time, one of football's greatest coaches
RIP Ken Stabler. This game was truly his finest hour.
Well he lived a full life, reaching the age of 69, and he just made it into the HOF.
Okay I hope you don't hate me for this, but I really don't think he should have gone in. Career stats: 27,938 passing yards, 194 tds, 222 ints
For 16 seaons, that's not very good. 27,938 yards in 16 seaons averages out to about 1,600 yards per season. Also 194-222 td/int ratio isn't very good either, not even for his time.
He was a great quarterback, but I just don't quite think he's fit for HOF. I'm not mad he made it in though.
+TheStapleGunKid Football is not baseball, you can't look at someone's cumulative stats and automatically gauge their career. Stabler was a BEAST of a QB and in my opinion was side by side with Staubach as the best QBs of the 1970s. Also, half of his career as a starter was before the rule changes of 1978, when QBs typically threw more INTs than TDs. The rules favored defenses more (especially in the passing game), so the stats would reflect that. One of the truly annoying things about the NFL of today is that fans want to boil everything down to pure numbers, as if football is a stock portfolio or math equation--it isn't. Stabler is definitely a HOFer and should've been in 25 years ago
+TheStapleGunKid he also finished his career on some not very good Saints teams in the early and mid 80s, so he wasn't going to put up great stat numbers there either
I know someone's talent can't be measured with numbers alone, but numbers aren't something that should be ignored either. If you compare him to the greatest quarterbacks of his time: Staubach, Bradshaw, Tarkenton, he simply doesn't measure up.
Let's not forget he was surrounded by talent that most quarterbacks would dream of having. A hall of fame tight end (Dave Casper). A hall of fame receiver (Fred Biletnikoff). A receiver who should be in the hall of fame (Cliff Branch). Two hall of famers on his offensive line (Gene Upshaw and Art Shell). With that kind of cast, you would expect a hall of famer to produce more.
On that 48-yard pass to Biletnikoff, the safety blew the coverage. Biletnikoff said, "I was looking for a gas station along the way." He hadn't run that far on one play in about 15 years.
Lol. Big day for Freddie B.
Also Freddie smoked 2 packs a day during his career…his lungs were on fire
That’s hilarious
I love John Facenda's narration.
"The remaining seven minutes of the game became a despairing, hopeless quest for a goal they knew they would never reach."
Catches the mood on the Minnesota sideline perfectly.
Yep, summed it up from the fan perspective too. For me, this was the hardest of the Vikings' four Super Bowl losses to swallow. We all knew that this was likely their last shot at a Super Bowl title with the original Vikings greats all aging and nearing the end of their storied careers. Those were the days, football games outside at good old Metropolitan Stadium with Bud Grant at the helm and Tarkenton, Foreman, Tingelhoff, Yary, White, Rashad, Voigt, Marshall, Eller, Page, Hilgenberg, Siemon, Krause, Bryant, and Wright running wild on the frozen turf!
RIP John Madden, you and your Raiders from this era are NFL legend, you deserved this Super Bowl title.
@@BigPairOdice Well said, man.....as a 46-year Viking fan, I completely agree. I still think that if McClanahan hadn't fumbled on the 1, late in the first quarter, after having blocked Ray Guy's punt for the first time ever, the Vikes could have had at least a shot. That play changed the complexion and momentum of this game completely. So sad that Tark never got a ring.....
Amazing sup bowl cuzZ raiders farted on Vikings.
He made NFL 🎥 FILMS
It captured the mood of this 11-year-old boy, lying on the couch, watching the game with growing despair and heartbreak. When I look back on the game now I wonder if things would've been different if we hadn't fumbled that ball at the goal line. Maybe it was the Raiders' day, but I know the Vikes would've been emboldened with that early score. I think when the fumble occurred many Vikings fans thought, "Here we go again."
The most frustrating thing about the four Super Bowl losses is we were never really in any game. Super Bowl IX versus the Steelers was closer score-wise, but they still dominated us.
"Old Man Willie! He's Going All The Way!"- Bill King, the true "Voice of the Oakland/Los Angeles/Las Vegas Raiders"
Chris Foster I loved Bill King, but I really like Greg Papa, too.
Rest In Peace: Willie Brown
1940-2019
always will be the Oakland Raiders to me; I hope someday that Minnesota and Buffalo do win the Super Bowl
I never met Willie, but my high school guidance counselor was his cousin. I always thought that was kind of neat.
I'm 22 now but I used to watch these when I was like 12 or 13 on NFL network. Revisiting them is so damn trippy! The narrator, music, player names and how tough they were back in the day, amazing!
What you mentioned, sealed the deal for us who watched back then. This stuff is really liken an extreme form religion. I personally, cannot get enough of it....
You should know, then, that the narrator is the legendary late John Facenda. They called him the voice of god. The greatest ever at what he did.
Since I was in my pre-teen in the latter 80's, I used to love watching this clips, especially just to listen John Facenda. For me, I can watch this films all the time. I'll be honest, after SB 18, I really can't watch the other clips from SB 19 to present.
I know that SB 18 was the last NFL Film clip he did prior to his passing in 1984. With Facenda, there is some kind of magic when watching the older SB highlight films from NFL Films.
@@BDQ1975 Facenda IS
nfl films.
People wonder why the NFL is King of American sports leagues? It's because of NFL films, especially it's Superbowl films.
I LOVE the way he says Van Eegan.. Mark was a bad ass blocker.. Plus a great fullback.
Classic vocal tone! Ive always said the same!#ditto#vaneegan
Godspeed Coach Madden...you are the reason that so many of us are football fans, and of the Raiders. We are all eternally grateful that you graced us with your infinite wisdom, boyish enthusiasm, and overall passion for this game. You helped to make pro football, the sport of Kings. RIP AND GOD BLESS.
Right, there are few coaches in the legend class, and most had longer tenure, but what Madden did in that time...whilst trying to keep this rat pack together! Then, he brings that class and knowledge to the booth. Summerall/Madden: my favourite broadcast ring team. Buck/Aikman? Boring😴
Rest now, Old Man Willie. All the way to glory.
You'd see flags everywhere if that Jack Tatum hit happened today
No flag on that play, just the way it should be today
That's the sucky part of today's NFL.
Divad leba ya he's a dirtbag
Yeah, back then they played real man football. Not the pansy-a$$ crap they play today.
And Dumb A$$ Roger Godell suspending him. The 70’s were better. Screw today
Watched this game on my 11th birthday at home with my best friend, Scott Roberts. He stayed overnight, we had a lot of fun, and my mom bought a football shaped cake. Such a fun day, long ago. Scott died two years ago. Time flies...
condolences on the loss of your friend
If only McClanahan hadn't fumbled on the 1, late in the first quarter , after having blocked Ray Guy's first ever punt. That play changed the complexion and momentum of this game completely. (45-year Vikes fan here)
If only...
If my aunt had testicles, she'd be my uncle.
That being said, that play was a big shift.
@@dentonyoung4314 You just HAD to interject,,,,,,," that being said". Whoop-dee-doo!
Raiders probably still win but by a much closer margin.
@@holtridge7337 You're probably right, but the Vikes would have had the lead AND momentum. That would have fired up their defense, as well.
NFL films love the 70's Raiders
Any sensible person does.
Great filmmaking. My favorite part: the sections that break down and lionize the Raiders' BLOCKING - using NFL Films' signature epic music and John Facenda's incredible voice. Inside the guts of football. This is something NFL Films doesn't seem to focus on at all anymore. Today, it's all about the "skill positions."
And even today, the team that wins the line of scrimmage wins the game. Skill positions are irrelevant if your offensive line leaks like a sieve -- just ask Patrick Mahomes when he faced the Bucs' defense. Or Cam Newton going up against Denver, or Peyton Manning against Seattle. (9 points, 10 points and 8 points for two future Hall of Famers and one very good QB.)
Or Tom Brady against the Giants (twice) and the Rams -- yes, he's had *three* horrible performances in Super Bowls (14. 17, and 13 points.)
That music at the beginning when the Lombardi trophy spins around sends chills down your spine.
I swear lmao...there's just sth about it
I agree. I am trying to figure out what the title of it is?
One of my Favorite SB’s Ever⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The master of his position, Fred Biletnikoff. Indeed.
Yeah, he was amazing.
When the Raiders finally let him go a couple years later, Ken Stabler's observation was, "The coaches seemed to think he'd lost a step, but that was impossible -- he'd never HAD a step to lose. He got open on slick, not speed."
RIP to my 2nd best QB Ken Stabler. Miss you Snake
Good to see Kenny "The Snake" Stabler make it into the Hall of Fame. It should have happened twenty years ago!!!
No Shit. While he was still alive
Go Pack Go
Snake should have been a first ballot HOF inductee as well as Cliff Branch.
The first Super Bowl I remember watching. Sadly this would prove to be the last one played entirely in sunlight. The colors of the uniforms really were terrific. Now with the advent of night games and/or indoor games, you no longer get that, and if any game deserves to have that kind of splash, it's our Super Bowl :'(
Mine was Super bowl XX i was 7 years old
+steelcity9778 That makes me feel old LOL I have been alive for all of them, but I was 27 days old when Super Bowl I was played, and obviously have no memory of it
+Will Mack Mr. Mack I hope you're around for 50 more enjoy Super Bowl XXL
+Will Mack The first one I remember watching was SB V. I was 9 years old, watching it on my parents big old black & white Zenith TV. I was in 9th grade for this one, SB XI, and we had a color TV by then. Part of the great color was sunlight for sure, but I have always thought maybe also good old fashioned 16 mm film.
Stacie45 zenith space command
I cried when the Vikings lost this one. I literally cried! :D
Hey don't feel bad.....you are truly a fan, im the same way....I get so into the game, I go crazy. That's the love of the sport, it makes it that much sweeter when your team wins, take care.
I understand, Hermit. McClanahan's fumble was the beginning of the end.
Do you know who the Vikings player they show tearing up towards the end is? Anytime I've seen the highlights for this game, he always came off as a sympathetic character, esp because this was the Vikings 4th SB loss in 8 seasons.
@@illfcreds Running back Chuck Foreman.
@@illfcreds Chuck Foreman
I remember that game since I saw it on the Southern Command Network (SCN) in Panama on my late dad's birthday.
was 10 years when I watched this super bowl, when McClanahan fumbled I knew the Vikings were going to lose another one. Was like history of repeating itself, when Oscar Reed did the same thing 3 years before.
Dean Ladue chuck foreman also had a bad fumble against the Steelers in the super bowl.
Same here. I was CRUSHED
Once The Vikings Fumbled At The Goal Line U Knew The Game Was Over And They Had No Shot Of Winning!
Yep the raiders just crushed them after that fumble Vikings always choked in the superbowls like they do now in the playoffs
The vikings will never win a super bowl
Definitely bad luck in playoffs. I still can't believe they lost to Atlanta in 98.
Great to see that shot of Madden and Snake on the sideline together! Van Eegen was a beast fullback!
Rest In Peace Willie Brown
Those were the days great players and great plays great coaches and great champions. We need to bring that back.
Jack Tatum should be in the hall of fame on that hit alone
Previn Lubom nah
@@user-co1gi7yd2r Who are you? Sammy White's girlfriend?
Joseph Wright give me one good argument why tatum should be hof. Great player but not a hof. Atwater should be hof, not tatum.
I'd love to be his girlfriend, tatum hit him hard but failed at his job, which is defending a pass. He was a dirty played with his constant blindside hits and it was solely his own fault for immaculate reception
@@user-co1gi7yd2r Thanks for blowing up your own flawed premise by bringing up Steve Atwater's name. Without Jack Tatum, there would be no Atwater. Before you erroneously counter with "Atwater was inspired by Ronnie Lott," guess who Lott has ALWAYS mentioned as his DB inspiration. That's right, Jack Tatum. Tatum was revolutionary in that he was an intimidating, discouraging dominator in the middle of the secondary. He was the Dick Butkus of safeties. He was not dirty, he simply hit harder than any defensive back of his era. Receivers dreaded going across the middle against the Raiders during the Non-Goddell era of the '70s. Tatum is only a dirty player if viewed through the wimpy, soft eyes of Roger Goddell football.
He conceded that he wasn't a great pass thief. "There are other safeties who are better at playing the ball but that's not really my job," Tatum said. "My game is built around contact. I'm paid to hit, so I hit. There are other safeties that are more exceptional than me when it comes to making interceptions. But when it comes to making a tackle, I'm sure there are running backs and receivers who wish I didn't exist."
After a hard hit by Tatum earlier in the 1974 playoff game, Paul Warfield dropped a key fourth-quarter pass that was key to the Raiders 28-26 dethroning of the Dolphins. The earlier Tatum hit planted the seeds in Warfield's head that led him to hearing The Assassin's "footsteps." Tatum inspired the likes of Donnie Shell, Gary Fencik, Doug Plank, Tim Fox, Lott, Kenny Easley, Todd Bell, Vann McElroy, Atwater, and countless other headhunters that Goddell has slandered as "bad for the game." The stupid concept of "defenseless receiver (Hey, Goddell, every player out on the field is defenseless)" has softened the game so that stiffs like Wes Welker, Julian Edelman, and Danny Amendola have risen to be "stars" because they know that DBs can't touch them once they turn their pass patterns inside. Pathetic. Football IS hitting. And Tatum did it as well or better than any DB that ever played.
The Immaculate Reception (Deception)? Frenchy Fuqua knows he hit the ball last (which would have made the play illegal). He has never denied that he touched it last. He always evades the question. A year earlier in Super Bowl V, Mel Renfro Went for the INT and it went into the hands of John Makey for a TD. To this day, Renfro denies he hit the ball after it bounced of a previous Colt player. Tatum, like Renfro, was the victim of a bad bounce of the ball and, more importantly, a bad ruling by the officials. Tatum is a Hall of Famer, without a doubt. He has more career INTs than Cliff Harris, who the media tried to say was better.
Joseph Wright i dont care who tatum inspired. Some of those names like lott got influenced by him but also were simply better players. No matter how hard you hit, safety's job isn't hitting alone. Besides, atwater's production was better.
I will never agree with you. To me what makes safety hof- worthy is making plays all over field and having iq comparable to the qb. And there's some bias involved because i'm a broncos fan. I could consider tatum hof worthy only after players like atwater and ed jones get in.
My favorite team is the Vikings. I saw this game at age 13. I did not realize that since 1977 that my team would not be back in a Super Game since. I went to High School a year later trying to emulate Fran but ended up emulating Chuck. I pray every year for God to let me see my team Win one before he calls me up for glory. The Cubs were so called cursed and they won in 2016. Why can't my team make enough plays, stop the penalties and turning the ball over?
RIP coach. May ur spirit of winning fall keep pushing our team this week and get themselves into the playoffs. They deserve it after such a disastrous yr. They've proved the haters wrong regardless.
Love the Raiders, love John Facenda. It's great to see and hear these old game reviews.
Only John Facenda can make a game that was a one sided blowout sound interesting!
He worked wonders with the 24-3 game that was Super Bowl 6.
Great comment, indeed, Facenda's voice was the voice for these films.
They should have Willie Brown's 75 yard pick-6 as the all-time example of competitive focus. If the Vikings endzone had been 40 miles away, Willie would have scored and never broken stride.
I love the term 'corner linebacker'. We should bring that back. Anyone can be an outside linebacker...it feels more specialized to be a corner linebacker.
+Manu Ginobilis Bald Spot They had a few cool terms back in the day. Instead of a boring safety blitz I like the Red Dog.
Chuck Foreman at 18:16 shows the agony of defeat. One can't help but be touched.
He Cried at the end. It hurt to watch it😢
Rest In Peace John Madden!
I always thought this was John Facenda's best work.
I thought his best work was Black Sunday when the Raiders crushed Washington. It was his last NFL Films broadcast and his voice was definitely weaker but his alteration was beautiful and he was obviously a Raider admirer. That was the Marcus Allen, running with the night call. Beautiful.
It's impossible to say? SB 12 he was great too! 4th qtr Denver's offense still needed mor reiteration work from Noris Weese, what it got instead, was a demletion job from the doomsday defense!
His voice was "What GOD would sound like" if we could hear GOD!!!
I heard he was a Raiders fan
I think he saved the best for last. Superbowl XVIII, Black Sunday. ruclips.net/video/cBA0r9P7QLI/видео.html
The Vikings were beat so bad that they have not played in another Super Bowl since.
@Rudy Overlord Yeah...in the 70's, the AFC was loaded with big, physical teams. The NFC was far more of a finesse conference then. The only exception was Dallas, and they were somewhat finesse, and they even got pushed around in the 70's Super Bowls by the Colts and Steelers(twice). The AFC teams like the Raiders, Steelers, Dolphins, etc, etc, etc... were in an arms race with each other, thus making them awfully hard to handle when they went up against NFC teams in the Super Bowls.
That block on Davis's long run on Siemon by Buehler was just perfect
RIP John Madden!!! We love you!🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀
0:35 Fernando Von Rossum Garza & Victor Serrato calling the game in Spanish
No Super Bowl was ever played in a home stadium before, but this was the closest thing to one for the Raiders. Pasadena was a drive away from Oakland.
Northern California and Southern California are not that close to each other a good day's drive
I was in basic training USAF when this was on...so excited to watch my raiders get it.
I enjoyed every second of this.
When looking at the Raiders blowing the Vikings front seven off the line, it's incredible to remember Minnesota was 13-2-1 coming into this game. Minnesota was an excellent veteran team in 1976. But the Dolphins, Steelers and Raiders were dynastic teams for the ages. In 1970 and 1974, Minnesota thrashed the Chiefs and easily defeated Miami and Pittsburgh in 1976. No one, especially in the NFC, was in a position to mock the Vikings. Not the Rams and Redskins who were decisively beaten in the Ice Box, nor Dallas who couldn't overcome Staubach's broken digit. Reminds me of the sneering toward the 1990's Bills, when no one in the AFC could unseat them come playoff time. Not the Raiders, Broncos, Chiefs or Dolphins.
The Raiders were 15-1 coming in and oly lost to the Patriots in NE
First Game I Ever Seen.The Camera Work Is Excellent. Good Job!
Oakland was my team in the 1970s, great rivalry with Pittsburgh, real football was played back then, too easy to pass the ball today, no one can touch the Qb now!
Just got my Dave Casper jersey in the mail today. Ghost was awesome!
Watched it live at age 10.
Aside from the McClanahan fumble, the other most important play was Hall's INT in the 4th quarter. Tark had them moving some, with a chance to cut it a five point game, in spite of the calamities of the first three quarters.
That INT finished off the Vikes for good. Hall easily could have been MVP, IMO.
They were keeping it close up to the point McClanahan fumbled. I remember seeing an interview Ahmad Rashad gave years ago. New to the team in '76, he hadn't been a part of the first 3 SB losses. He said that after that fumble he tried his best to rally the team, but he could see it in all the veteran's faces, the "here-we-go-again" look. I was 10 at the time as well. All the great players, teams, seasons, plays, games, etc. since then still doesn't add up to how great it felt to be a Vikings fan following that NFC championship versus the Rams.
That 😬hit on the Vikings receiver were his helmet and chin strap flew off was awesome
Best thing about those Super Bowl? a major winter storm developed unexpectedly that afternoon and dumped 8 inches of snow on us. Got to watch the game without worrying about school the next day
15:18, Wow this is GOLD from NFL Films. Music, John Facenda, everything!💯
Real hard hitting NFL football. Not like the candy game today.
15:08 Jack Tatum's goat's head smash on Sammy White was game over for the Vikings
Couldn't have been too hard he went back in the game.
Cheap shot asshole.
My blood is purple. I was deeply saddened to see the vikings lose their 4th superbowl. That does not negate the fact of them being a great team. Let's look at the facts. Bud Grant was one of the winningest coaches in the league. Fran Tarkenton would finish his career with all passing records including rushing for more yards than any other qb in the history of the game. He revolutionized the way the position is played. In the same way Foreman revolutionized the way the running back position is played. Tarkenton Foreman Gilliam and later Sammy White were capable of breaking any game wide open with one play. Foreman running and receiving is something etched in my memory. Jim Marshall played in more consecutive games than any other defensive player in history at the time of retirement. That is not an easy feat to accoamplish. That alone should put him in the hof. Alan Page was the first defensive player to win mvp of the year honors. The viking defensive line was considered one of greatest in history. Paul Krause still holds the record for more ints with 81 and that's been over 40 years ago. During their sb runs they were at the top or near the top in takeaways. Fred Cox k was the active leader in points scored. The special teams were just that. Special there had never been nor will there ever be another unit like them. Blocked fgas blocked xps blocked punts some of which won games or preserved ties. They as a unit should be in the hof. For the most part they did it on grass where it's said play is slower. Outside in the cold. All this in one nfl team. That was a great team. Anyone thinking otherwise knows nothing about nfl football.
Those Vikings teams were the Buffalo Bills of their time.
They were in a pretty weak division
Agreed, especially about Minnesota's teams of the late 60's and decade of the 70's for the most part. I always felt for several years in the 70's they were the best in the NFC, with Dallas sometimes close or right there with them. Just a case of where they just had some mistakes and turnovers in every one of those super bowl losses that prevented them from winning. On another week, they may have won a super bowl, but it was frustrating to see. Someday I hope they get one.
McClanahan fumble changed the game.
Bill King making it all legendary
I will still never understand why McClanahan carried the ball from the damn 1 yard line. Why not give it to your best guy, which was Chuck Foreman? I'll never understand that.
They gave it to him on first down. There was NO reason not to give it to him again. Offensively, it was Foreman who got them there not Mcclanahan.
6400az That's why I just don't understand what Grant was thinking there. I would think you'd want the ball in your best player's hands. You don't think it had anything to do with Foreman's goal line fumble in SB IX do you?
Hmm, I don't think so. Sammy Johnson should have been in there leading Foreman, he was about 225 or so. They needed a heavy ass back there to block.....or even Mark Kellar ??
6400az No matter what, Foreman should've been the man in that situation.
The Vikings made some strange decisions in these Super Bowls, for instance in SB8 the Vikings had it 4th and 1 at deep in Miami territory gave the ball to Oscar Reed who fumbled instead of Foreman
9:03 - My favorite old NFL audio, Bill King saying “Jascha Heifetz has never played a Violin with more dexterity then Kenny Stabler is playing the Minnesota Vikings defense this afternoon in the Rose Bowl stadium at Pasadena”
Seeing the straight-ahead kicking style is a blast from the past...
Rick Danmier, Vikings kicker from late 70s to early 80s was one of the two last straight ahead kickers in the NFL. The other was Mark Mosely of the Redskins. There was a Vikings vs Redskins playoff game in the early 80s in which the last two straight kickers left in the NFL would play in the same game. Don't ask me why I remember that. Then Jan Stenerud was signed by the Vikings in about 1983 and played his last two years in Minnesota. I am not certain buy Jan may have been the very first soccer style kicker in the NFL
Former Bill and Giants kicker Pete Gogolak was the first NFL soccer style kicker.
F**k foreman , they shut his azz down , baby
"Old Man Willie"!!!!!
As much as the Vikings get shit on for losing 4 super bowls, 3 of them were to just all time great teams. The only one they really have no excuse for was the Chiefs loss.
I remember the Chiefs were in the habit of injuring the other teams quarter backs. They would tackle them in way so that the QB would land on his passing arm's shoulder. The injury would then prevent them from passing!!!
The Chiefs had multiple HOF'ers on that team. You try dealing with Len Dawson, Otis Taylor, Willie Lanier, and Buck Buchannon, among others.
The Chiefs of the late 60s were definitely one of the best teams ever-Willie Lanier, Bobby Bell, Emmitt Thomas, Curly Culp, Buck Buchanan, and that was just on defense. Combine that with Otis Taylor, Len Dawson and others on offense...and you have one of the best teams ever
15:07, epic devastating hit by Jack Tatum. perfectly legal back then.
Ken "The Snake" Stabler, he was deadly. Fred Biletnikoff, runnin' those patterns! Cliff Branch, fastest man alive.
That music when they hoist Madden up at the end always gets to me. Especially now.
The Oakland Raiders.......the 1st team l truly loved with the snake, ghost, stork, branch, Bilitnikoff n many other great players, Raiders, truly a perfect name for this team.
***** your right Dalby is or was one of the best centers of all-time, the anchor of the o-line.
+Mc Bragg agreed! I will never forget this SB.......... loved the way the Raiders played in the 70's n 80's, ferocious n intimidating defense, n a high powered offense.
And don't forget they had a Dr. Death, and an Assassin too!
Fantastique de revoir, lors de l'introduction, les descripteurs Jean Séguin et Raymond Lebrun du Réseau français de Radio-Canada.
I deeply remember this nfl films episode from the late 90's. I really loved the music from 5:43.
Old Man Willie!!
This is the earliest Super Bowl by date, (1/9/77)
other early dates:
SB IV (1/11/70)
SB III (1/12/69)
SB IX (1/12/75)
SB VIII (1/13/74) Notice the Vikings have played in four of these
shananagainandagain this was back when they had 14 game seasons
Must be the Minnesota winter!
I just notice something. You said the Vikings played in four of the earliest Super Bowl by date. Super Bowl III (1/12/69) was the Jets vs Colts.
The Super Bowl was on January 9 because the 1976 season started somewhat earlier September 12, this is to avoid what happened in 1971, having playoff games on Christmas Day, like 1971 fell on a Saturday
Chuck Foreman, even though I wanted the Raiders to win, I hated to see the pain on your face.
RIP John Madden
With the passing of willie brown I just had to revisit this video, I didn’t witness his career but seen the nfl films highlight of his pick 6 plenty of times
12:52, This is NFL films at its best.
I like how at 15:40 it wasn't about tackling the guy, it was about throwing a punch to his head that counted. That was always Raiders style. Just ask Lynn Swann.
Swann was a P***Y
Revisiting this as we get ready for Super Bowl LVII
If I were a Viking fan, I don't know which loss would be more painful, one of the SB defeats, the Hail Mary, Morton Anderson's missed FG in 1998, or Favre's interception in 2007 against the Saints.
Does anybody know what music is that starts approximately @ 5:44. Usually able to Shazam background music in these old NFL Films but can't get this one. Love that music. Goes so well with action.
That is a classic sounding 70s piece. Not sure the name but youtube poster Dave Volsky has hundreds & hundreds of uploads with NFL Films music on his page, check that out or ask him & he might be able to tell you.
I believe it was titled "Conquest,"
Correct. It was Conquest. There are at least three tracks used by NFL Films called Conquest. This one was by Paul Lewis on the DeWolfe label.
The Raiders Bill King is one of the greatest play-by-play man of all time because he was neutral.
His description of the Fred McNeil blocked punt you would have sworn he was the Minnesota Vikings radio guy.
How odd here the raiders 1st sb win came in the la area
“John Madden’s grin is like a slit watermelon” lmfao
Kids grill at 4:06 is messed up.
I recently watched the original live broadcast of this superbowl. A few observations I had...
1. John Matuzak was an absolute mountain of a football player! You didn't see many defensive linemen his size back in that era! I truly believe he could've played in any era of the NFL. He was massive!
2. All the celebrities that were in attendance were just sitting in the crowd like everybody else. No luxury boxes. No VIP sections. The way it ought to be watched!
3. No on field ceremony. No confetti. No hats and T shirts. When the game was over the players simply ran off the field! I guess the trophy was handed out in the locker room.
4. The Raiders ran a lot of quick counts. I swear it seemed like every play Stabler just walked up to the line, stuck his hands under center and yelled "GO!" And Dalby snapped the ball.
5. The hit that Jack Tatum put on Sammy White shouldve landed him in jail for attempted murder LOL. It's a miracle Sammy even got up from that hit, let alone held onto the ball. I have mad respect for that level of toughness.
Tatum was nothing more than a thug......never apologized to Stingley, even on his death bed.
Rest in heaven Coach
09:00 Jascha Heifetz (/ˈhaɪfɪts/; February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1901 - December 10, 1987) was a Russian-American violinist. Born in Vilna (Vilnius), he moved as a teenager to the United States, where his Carnegie Hall debut was rapturously received. He was a virtuoso since childhood-Fritz Kreisler, another leading violinist of the twentieth century, said on hearing Heifetz's debut, "We might as well take our fiddles and break them across our knees." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jascha_Heifetz
It really is a shame the Vikings never won a Superbowl, but the Raiders had been getting si close to the top for years as well. The AFC totally dominated the 70s, winning 8 of the 10 Superbowls. The Cowboys won the only 2 for the NFC
The Vikings appeared in 4 super Bowls in the 70s too bad they didn't win 1 of those.
What’s the music at 15:19 ? It reminds me of a mix of Stravinsky and Bernstein.
For me personally, one of the greatest teams of all time, Jack Tatum was a monster 💀
Minnesota Vikings = Chicago Cubs* of the NFL! UPDATE: *That is, the Chicago Cubs from 1909-2015.
So do the Minnesota Vikings...the last NFL Champions (though lost Super Bowl IV to KC) before the merger of the NFL-AFL.
RovingRoy you can make it a three headed monster....... Buffalo bills!
Well the Cubs just won the World Series, so maybe a Super Bowl victory will happen for the Vikings.
Big Slammo let's not get carried away.yes c'mon Vikings let's go
Let's not forget the Denver Broncos during the mid/late 80's. Lost Super Bowl XXI (1986-87) to NYG. Lost Super Bowl XXII (1987-88) to WAS & Lost Super Bowl XXIV (1989-90) to SF along with losing to DAL in Super Bowl XII (1977-78). I also noticed that WSH, DAL & NYG all beat DEN, and BUF in a span from 1986 to 1993.
Damn I miss stickum
Oh man, me too.
Great catch by Sammy White. Poor Tatum gave him all he had and failed LOL A big shot to his ego for sure.
It's hard to ever say, definitively, but as a student of Vikings history, at least from Coach Van Brocklin through Coach Grant, Super Bowl XI and the 1978 season NFC Divisional Playoff loss against the Rams (Tarkenton's last game) are arguably the two most humiliating and disappointing season-ending losses, by the Vikings franchise, of all time.
This game is clearly obviously humiliating, and, having watched the complete games of the Vikings in 1978 against the Broncos, Bears, and Eagles, they really had a special spirit and maturity as a team that year, only to sputter and succumb to who were their usual playoff inferiors, the Rams.
And I do recall seeing Carl Eller, I think somewhere on RUclips state that, for him, the most frustrating/disappointing/worst Vikings loss, of the four Super Bowls, was indeed, this Super Bowl XI.
I still think the Vikings are the overall most admirable football team, however, from the decades of the 60s and 70s. How can you top the disciplined performances, the Purple People Eaters, HOF Paul Krause showing how playing Safety should be done, and the fabulous offensive players, of scrambling Fran, The Spin Doctor Chuck Foreman, and the two backs Butkus said were the toughest in football: Bill Brown and Dave Osborn?
Throw in fascinating (additional, also, or exclusively) Van Brocklin era players like receivers Dave Middleton and Paul Flatley and MLBs Rip Hawkins and Lonnie Warwick, and cornerback Ed Sharockman at his best, as well as the only in existence during the early Grant era, the LB trio of no 58 Hilgenberg, no 59 Warwick, and no 60 Winston, and you have a team, which, for two solid decades I argue was the overall most fun and interesting pro football team, to watch and admire.
I think Eller was so disappointed by that loss because he and the other veterans were probably thinking that was their last chance to win a SB. They were all getting older and towards the end of their careers. On a side note, Sid Hartman once said he read an article about 49ers coach Bill Walsh. Walsh was asked where he got the idea for the "west coast" offense. He said he got the idea from the Vikings...…... Now in the Bud Grant era they were never an offense that relied heavily on the running game. Their offensive playbook was loaded with quick and short passes. Why run the ball when, if executed right, a short pass is a higher % play. So credit Bud Grant and then, offensive coordinator, Jerry Burns as the architects of the west coast offense. But credit Bill Walsh and the 49ers for perfecting it.
Rewatching these old Super Bowl films you get to appreciate the players and coaches of those era. But man, Bud Grant was clueless in preparing the Vikings in their 4 Super Bowl appearances.
you can catch the ball but you're definitely gonna get punished 14:57 next to the white hit 15:47 is my favorite .. clubbed by Monte Johnson ..Popped by Tatum and stuck by willie brown for good measure .. a thing of beauty
Willie Hall was an unsung hero
no willie hall #39
Biletnikoff was named MVP, but any number of Raiders could have won it. Stabler, Davis, Shell, Thomas or Hall would have all been worthy recipients of it.
Hall would have been a fine choice. He had a fumble recovery and an interception.