Yeah this was really the carryover in '76 to one of the greatest teams of all time if you ask me the '70s Vikings if they had just won one super bowl I think they would be the most famous defense of that era I think they're the best defensive all time if you go back and look at their statistics for 10 years The numbers are staggering they had a year where they only gave up like 120 points or something maybe it was 113 it was something crazy in a 14 game schedule and they was number one against the run and the past two or three different times just a dominant dominant football team and for some reason they lost those four games but they were just an awesome team but yeah this team in '76 was what should have happened in 75 I think in 75 they may have won the super bowl have they got there they were so good that season
Can’t help but smile watching this video. I was 16 that year and just loved my Vikings. Who would’ve thought that I would be watching this in 2021 and still waiting for them to win the Super Bowl. Or even go back for that matter. 10 NFC CHAMPIONSHIP games with a 4-6 record. The best team to never have won a Championship.
Me too. Raised in Miami. Born 1962. Can remember every Super Bowl they were in and can still 2nd guess plays in my head. We should have beat Kansas City and Pittsburgh. I never thought as I watch Super Bowl 11 at 14 that I would be 60 and still waiting for them to even get back to a Super Bowl
John Madden was coaching the Raiders in Super Bowl 11 he and pat Summerall are the greatest pro football broadcasting duo and guess what the conversation ends right there
I was 10 years old during this season. Even though I grew up in Akron, Ohio, I became a lifelong fan of the Vikings at the age of 6. This season was fun, and I got to see at least 4 regular season games on tv that year. Then the playoffs kicked ass, until the Super Bowl of course. Sammy White was fun to watch. Chuck Foreman was amazing. Fran was still a great QB, although this was the year that you could see his arm strength, which was never great to begin with, diminish a bit.
Weird, me too.. exactly....I liked purple popsicles at age 6 so when my pop watched football games and I saw 🟣🟣🟣 a purple Uniform a sad lifelong heartache was initiated
Pat Summerall narrated this highlight real. Hall of Fame members: Fran Tarkenton, Carl Ellerd, Mike Tinglehoff, Alay Page, Paul Krause, Bud Grant. Jim Marshall should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
I’ve always wondered if Marshall really deserved to be in the hall of fame or is it just because of longevity that people say that he should be. I’m just asking the question because he was already old and on the downside when I started watching football so I didn’t get to see his best years.
The powerful trio of Marshall, Eller and Humphrey celebrating in the locker room after beating Washington was a great memory of my childhood. My dad took me to the game against Detroit that year where Sammy White racked up 210 receiving yards.
Joe McConnell was the Minnesota Vikings radio announcer in the mid 70 but he was the voice on NBA radio in the early 90s with analyst Bob Lanier for all 3 Chicago Bulls world Championship plus he was radio voice for the Chicago bears in the early 80s don't forget he was the radio voice of the Indianapolis colts also
Thanks for posting these vids. I have subscribed to your YT channel.. I've been a Viking fan since '68 and yes I do remember this season. I think they actually set a record for blocked kicks that year.
Thanks Randy for uploading all these Highlights. I am a Veteran and I quit the NFL, like a lot of folks when the "new" players knelt during our Anthem. The 2021 Season the NFL got it's act together (probably due to lost revenue) so I again went into the pain zone with the Vikings whom I have followed for 52 years. Lots of memories in these vids. Thanks Again
Many veterans like myself supported players kneeling ,the kneel procedure in actuality had obsolutely nothing to do with disparaging the symbolic idealogy of america nor attempt to persuade Americans to refute nationalism,those fraudulent assessments were created ,and bellowed by nonobjective counter partisans who ironically have been historical beneficiaries of African American human rights denial . Many African American military veterans who've served their country with conviction have returned home to American only to be treated like a 3 class citizen ,including today ,often suffering from horrid racial actions in the military ,compound that with non military African Americans unfortunate experiences with racism and the kneel.procedure intentions to direct civil attention towards ethnic human rights equality becomes understood . Historically, every ethnicity who've ventured into America have pledged acts of protest in order to obtain notice and legislation towards their ethnic fraternity groups human rights agendas . The kneel process wasn't even intended to be a diversion process which separated the actual game from the social plight ,it was merely implemented to bring African American human rights awareness , it ironically was breathed a broader platform by those upon whom ethnic group utilized protest in American history for their piece of human rights equality as well .
As a Viking fan from way back, they sure lost there home field advantage when they moved into the dome, it was no longer Viking football in the cold. Some things should never change. Thanks for this post.
Cannot expect minnesota viking football fans to sit in cold weather december& january, college football should have indoor stadium,,especially talking college football expaxtion
I'm 68 years old and a Life time Cowboys Fan but I miss the good Ole days of the Frozen Tundra. the Vikings sure had some great teams then to not at least win one. I sure was disappointed when they lost to the Raiders in SB 11. They were still the NFC Rep and I Hated the Steelers and Raiders back then. I always wished they would kill each other when they would meet in the AFC playoffs. most of the time they did!!
Yea even back then the Vikings were getting criticized for not letting him play more but hey now that he’s here I’m playing football and trying to follow in his footsteps.
I'd say 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973. IMO, this team really should have won it all in at least one of those years. Especially 1970. By 1976 the older people on the defense were running out of steam. Larger players were being drafted also and by 1976 they were playing against larger teams. But Grant always got the most out of what he had, which was what made him a great coach. IMO 1969 was their "coming out" but they really needed a big strong versatile running back like a Franco Harris and an offense that could strike quickly. They weren't quite there yet, and were blindsided by KC, who they beat handily in the first game of the 1970 regular season. The 1970 Vikes handily beat both participants of SB V, Dallas during regular season play (54-13) and Colts 52-14 the year before. I will always believe that 1970 should have been the year they finally won it all, but they let Joe Kapp get away. Pennywise and pound-foolish, give the guy his money for cry'n out loud.
@@theskeptic2010 Garry cuozzo wasn't as good as Joe kapp;; at quarterback;; 1975 Minnesota viking the hail Mary pass still breaks my heart 💔;; Tom Landry was alot better big game coach& strategy than my hero beloved bud grant ,, bud grant wasn't a sleep in your NFL football office like Bill parcell;; etc etc Tom Landry; Don Shula was alot better evaluating NFL & college football talent than my beloved & hero bud grant: they got a bud grant statue in 🇨🇦 🍁 Canada gray cup stuff
I was 28 years old and was there that day in Pasadena at the Rose Bowl and it seemed as if somebody else was wearing the Vikings uniforms .Just pathetic. Its 46 years later- I dont think I will ever see the Vikings in the Super Bowl again- let alone win it. Like most Minnesota sports teams- the Vikings are seemingly cursed
I was they're too Mark, but I was 8. grampa took me and as halftime began he told me go ask that man can I have your ticket if your going back in. Running back to grampa, he said no, they were going back in . I remember exzactly what the third man said to me: "So you wanna see the game sunny, here you go," Grampa he gave me his ticket, I saw, now you go in - but grampa, there only one ticket, what about you? Go in, I'll wait for here . So I did, g-pa are you going to climb over the chain link fence ? No, see that tunnel #10 over there , yea, slide me your ticket through the fence, then I'll meet you right there - WAIT RIGHT THERE . I remember more about getting into the game then the game. And for sure I'd would have thought Minnesota would have a few rings by now. 46 years, thats alot of "will get it next year"
❤️ Minnesota viking history get over it like one night stand with gorgeous looking woman;; sexual intercouse; lust drug / ❤️ love drug ; possess/ zombie over pretty woman
The 1975 Vikings team was their best of the 1970s according to Tarkenton. That was really the one that got away.
Yeah this was really the carryover in '76 to one of the greatest teams of all time if you ask me the '70s Vikings if they had just won one super bowl I think they would be the most famous defense of that era I think they're the best defensive all time if you go back and look at their statistics for 10 years The numbers are staggering they had a year where they only gave up like 120 points or something maybe it was 113 it was something crazy in a 14 game schedule and they was number one against the run and the past two or three different times just a dominant dominant football team and for some reason they lost those four games but they were just an awesome team but yeah this team in '76 was what should have happened in 75 I think in 75 they may have won the super bowl have they got there they were so good that season
Can’t help but smile watching this video. I was 16 that year and just loved my Vikings. Who would’ve thought that I would be watching this in 2021 and still waiting for them to win the Super Bowl. Or even go back for that matter. 10 NFC CHAMPIONSHIP games with a 4-6 record. The best team to never have won a Championship.
Me too. Raised in Miami. Born 1962. Can remember every Super Bowl they were in and can still 2nd guess plays in my head. We should have beat Kansas City and Pittsburgh. I never thought as I watch Super Bowl 11 at 14 that I would be 60 and still waiting for them to even get back to a Super Bowl
And they're STILL underachieving. 😒
Did you go to Kinloch Park Jr, High ....later Miami High ?@@frankmercado-valdes2975
@@frankmercado-valdes2975KC no, Pittsburgh maybe
Joe McConnel was a excellent announcer!
RIP Pat Summerall he always did a great job on these vids
John Madden was coaching the Raiders in Super Bowl 11 he and pat Summerall are the greatest pro football broadcasting duo and guess what the conversation ends right there
He was one of my favorites on sunday.
@@juliansmith4352 Enberg and Trumpy.
I was 10 years old during this season. Even though I grew up in Akron, Ohio, I became a lifelong fan of the Vikings at the age of 6. This season was fun, and I got to see at least 4 regular season games on tv that year. Then the playoffs kicked ass, until the Super Bowl of course. Sammy White was fun to watch. Chuck Foreman was amazing. Fran was still a great QB, although this was the year that you could see his arm strength, which was never great to begin with, diminish a bit.
I live in Toledo Ohio and I've been a lifelong fan since 1970, always Vikings, was 13 at this time
Findlay OH here. fan since 74 #SKOL
Weird, me too.. exactly....I liked purple popsicles at age 6 so when my pop watched football games and I saw 🟣🟣🟣 a purple Uniform a sad lifelong heartache was initiated
❤️ purple people eater minnosota viking
Pat Summerall narrated this highlight real. Hall of Fame members: Fran Tarkenton, Carl Ellerd, Mike Tinglehoff, Alay Page, Paul Krause, Bud Grant. Jim Marshall should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Wrong way jim Marshall, threw shot put at ohio state
@@lloydkline6946 Pat Summerall is the gold standard for all NFL announcers let the picture tell the story
I’ve always wondered if Marshall really deserved to be in the hall of fame or is it just because of longevity that people say that he should be. I’m just asking the question because he was already old and on the downside when I started watching football so I didn’t get to see his best years.
Amen!!! It's a travesty Jim Marshall isn't in the Hall !!!!!
The powerful trio of Marshall, Eller and Humphrey celebrating in the locker room after beating Washington was a great memory of my childhood. My dad took me to the game against Detroit that year where Sammy White racked up 210 receiving yards.
For a long time my pin# was 1044..Tark to Foreman...damn he ran like his life depended on it every time he touched the ball!
Except in Super Bowls.
Unfortunately this is the last season the Vikings have gone to the Superbowl
It's because of the Vikings' 40 for 60 philosophy all thanks to their legendary coach Bud Grant.
Yes Bud Grant is a legendary coach, but I believe it was Joe Kapp, quarterback 1968 came up with that 40 men's for 60 minutes. Go Vikings
❤️ 1960s / 1970s Minnesota viking;; ❤️ bud grant Mr Freeze ( iceman)
I think Kapp started that at a awards ceremony...he refused MVP AND SAID ITS FOR ALL 40 OF US....
Joe McConnell was the Minnesota Vikings radio announcer in the mid 70 but he was the voice on NBA radio in the early 90s with analyst Bob Lanier for all 3 Chicago Bulls world Championship plus he was radio voice for the Chicago bears in the early 80s don't forget he was the radio voice of the Indianapolis colts also
Ahmad Rashad on NBC the dean of NBA sideline reporting was on that Minnesota Vikings team in 1976
Thanks for posting these vids. I have subscribed to your YT channel.. I've been a Viking fan since '68 and yes I do remember this season. I think they actually set a record for blocked kicks that year.
Sammy White for the ring of honor
John Gilliam too
@@howardcosell2022 I like Gilliam but he was only there 4 years.
@ 19 sec #48 is my grandad Sammy Johnson
Great run to clinch the game!
The videos brought back memories of my youth. Thank You for the channel.💕
18:26, Nice post. And the great Hubert Humphrey.
Thanks Randy for uploading all these Highlights. I am a Veteran and I quit the NFL, like a lot of folks when the "new" players knelt during our Anthem. The 2021 Season the NFL got it's act together (probably due to lost revenue) so I again went into the pain zone with the Vikings whom I have followed for 52 years. Lots of memories in these vids. Thanks Again
Many veterans like myself supported players kneeling ,the kneel procedure in actuality had obsolutely nothing to do with disparaging the symbolic idealogy of america nor attempt to persuade Americans to refute nationalism,those fraudulent assessments were created ,and bellowed by nonobjective counter partisans who ironically have been historical beneficiaries of African American human rights denial . Many African American military veterans who've served their country with conviction have returned home to American only to be treated like a 3 class citizen ,including today ,often suffering from horrid racial actions in the military ,compound that with non military African Americans unfortunate experiences with racism and the kneel.procedure intentions to direct civil attention towards ethnic human rights equality becomes understood . Historically, every ethnicity who've ventured into America have pledged acts of protest in order to obtain notice and legislation towards their ethnic fraternity groups human rights agendas . The kneel process wasn't even intended to be a diversion process which separated the actual game from the social plight ,it was merely implemented to bring African American human rights awareness , it ironically was breathed a broader platform by those upon whom ethnic group utilized protest in American history for their piece of human rights equality as well .
You don't have to be brilliant, just determined.
As a Viking fan from way back, they sure lost there home field advantage when they moved into the dome, it was no longer Viking football in the cold. Some things should never change. Thanks for this post.
Cannot expect minnesota viking football fans to sit in cold weather december& january, college football should have indoor stadium,,especially talking college football expaxtion
Yep, the Packers still play outdoors, and their season ticket waiting time is over 8yrs to my knowledge
Thh@@loydbruceleewouldbescary2637the bills do an alot other teams its natural
Minnesota Vikings: We blocked the kicks in nineteen seventy six.
16 in 17 games
16...that's one a game
Unreal.stat...how ...speed
Bud Grant was in charge of the special teams and he emphasized kick blocking, He himself told me,,,@@johndonahue3509
In 1976 the Vikings won the rematches from the Dolphins and Steelers from the Super Bowls
1976,the year I became as a Viking fan. I was only 6 years old
McNeil was on Ray guy like.a lightning ⚡⚡⚡ strike in the SB
The Vikings fielded such great teams in the 1970s other than Miami I think they should have won any of the other three games
They didn’t have a chance in any SB except for the Steelers game
Great Vikings teams
I'm 68 years old and a Life time Cowboys Fan but I miss the good Ole days of the Frozen Tundra. the Vikings sure had some great teams then to not at least win one. I sure was disappointed when they lost to the Raiders in SB 11. They were still the NFC Rep and I Hated the Steelers and Raiders back then. I always wished they would kill each other when they would meet in the AFC playoffs. most of the time they did!!
Yeah !I'm still fricken waiting , but do i sense something brewing ? Per haps its time to make it 5
My goodness. The vikings owned the rams in the 70,s
Buds team.was FLAT AS HELL In The RAIDERS SB....NO EMOTION IN FIRST HAL'F
22:13 that’s my grandad
Who??
48 Sammy johnson
@@skullyx6462 thanks looking him up
He owns a gym in NC now
Yea even back then the Vikings were getting criticized for not letting him play more but hey now that he’s here I’m playing football and trying to follow in his footsteps.
I'd call this Bud Grant's best Vikings team
1969
; 1969 : 1974 ;;1975 Minnesota viking;
I'd say 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973. IMO, this team really should have won it all in at least one of those years. Especially 1970. By 1976 the older people on the defense were running out of steam. Larger players were being drafted also and by 1976 they were playing against larger teams. But Grant always got the most out of what he had, which was what made him a great coach. IMO 1969 was their "coming out" but they really needed a big strong versatile running back like a Franco Harris and an offense that could strike quickly. They weren't quite there yet, and were blindsided by KC, who they beat handily in the first game of the 1970 regular season. The 1970 Vikes handily beat both participants of SB V, Dallas during regular season play (54-13) and Colts 52-14 the year before. I will always believe that 1970 should have been the year they finally won it all, but they let Joe Kapp get away. Pennywise and pound-foolish, give the guy his money for cry'n out loud.
@@theskeptic2010 Garry cuozzo wasn't as good as Joe kapp;; at quarterback;; 1975 Minnesota viking the hail Mary pass still breaks my heart 💔;; Tom Landry was alot better big game coach& strategy than my hero beloved bud grant ,, bud grant wasn't a sleep in your NFL football office like Bill parcell;; etc etc Tom Landry; Don Shula was alot better evaluating NFL & college football talent than my beloved & hero bud grant: they got a bud grant statue in 🇨🇦 🍁 Canada gray cup stuff
Every NFC team except the Lions have been to the Super Bowl since this season...ugh
Blame Bobby Layne
The opening is so funny - that the Vikings winning the NFC championship is fait accompli. After this, it was not.
Bud Grant, Chuck Foreman and Fran Tarkenton and company ... what a team, but they could never win the big one.
❤️ Minnesota viking 1970s; purple people eaters
I was 28 years old and was there that day in Pasadena at the Rose Bowl and it seemed as if somebody else was wearing the Vikings uniforms .Just pathetic. Its 46 years later- I dont think I will ever see the Vikings in the Super Bowl again- let alone win it. Like most Minnesota sports teams- the Vikings are seemingly cursed
I was they're too Mark, but I was 8. grampa took me and as halftime began he told me go ask that man can I have your ticket if your going back in. Running back to grampa, he said no, they were going back in . I remember exzactly what the third man said to me: "So you wanna see the game sunny, here you go," Grampa he gave me his ticket, I saw, now you go in - but grampa, there only one ticket, what about you? Go in, I'll wait for here . So I did, g-pa are you going to climb over the chain link fence ? No, see that tunnel #10 over there , yea, slide me your ticket through the fence, then I'll meet you right there - WAIT RIGHT THERE . I remember more about getting into the game then the game. And for sure I'd would have thought Minnesota would have a few rings by now. 46 years, thats alot of "will get it next year"
0-4 super bowl record
Chiefs , Dolphins, Raiders, Steelers.
❤️ Minnesota viking history get over it like one night stand with gorgeous looking woman;; sexual intercouse; lust drug / ❤️ love drug ; possess/ zombie over pretty woman
Like your marriages ..0 for 4
@@johndonahue3509that’s cold man
@@johndonahue3509So What, Trump has been married 4 times
vikings of the 70s is what the bills were of the 90s
Niners are starting to be in that category
MN never lost 4 in a row like Buffalo
@@nala3038Yes, but they have won5 last time I checked The team of the 80s
@@nala3038Don't play KC in the Super Bowl, problem solved