Minnesota Vikings • 1977 Highlights

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8 жыл бұрын

Bought this video/tape on eBay quite a few years ago and thought it was time to share (we're not getting any younger, NFL Films). So, for the "old" fans that are still around, and for the current fans that are just curious, here's what your Minnesota Vikings were doing thirty-nine years ago...that's assuming KZfaq allows me to keep it posted.

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@davidnelson6874 2 жыл бұрын

Chuck Foreman was an absolute one of a kind running back. I can’t think of a single running back in NFL history that even reminds me of him.

@lloydkline1518 2 жыл бұрын

Chuck Forman could legendary spin move:: his only competitor earl Monroe his spin move : chuck Forman had crazy glue on his hands like Ricky Young:; Ricky Young had crazy glue on his feet or 👞 👟: couldn't run with run with football

@6400az Жыл бұрын

@@lloydkline1518 EXACLY !!

@nickydepaolaentertainment33 3 жыл бұрын

My Vikes ! ⭐️ THEY BROKE MY HEART like FREDO ....I followed them since I was 6 in 1969 and gave up after the last heartbreak in 2009 🌪 40 years was enough 🐝Classic memories of all my beautiful purple garb I wore to school every season ⭐️Chuck Foreman wins one of those 3 SB in his first 4 seasons, he’s in the HOF !

@hrtvfan2870 8 жыл бұрын

"Some felt defensive tackle Alan Page was more interested in studying law rather than creating new ways to dismantle sweeps. Number 88 would overrule such testimony" Brilliant line penned by Bob Smith (and read by Pat Summerall).

@madrecka 8 жыл бұрын

Jim Marshall should be in the NFL Hall of Fame if you ask me.

@greggrohwer1070 5 жыл бұрын

He would be. If the offenses he played for would have scored more than 0 points in the first half of all 4 superbowls combined. Unfortunately thats the way the HOF picks players.

@PerpetualArt 5 жыл бұрын

I thought he was in the Hall of Fame! His games started streak alone is amazing, let alone his stats. Fran Tarkington is in the hall despite his lossing 3 Superbowls.

@lloydkline1518 2 жыл бұрын

Too tall jones; Harvey Martin ; Jim marshall competition Jim marshall:: over 100 sack ; top notch fumble recovery NFL history

@marcusanderson933 Жыл бұрын

I totally agree.

@victorcastillo-dx9vh 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely agree.

@theskeptic2010 5 жыл бұрын

"Two Minute Tommy" and the miracle comeback at SF.... Yes I remember that one!

@lloydkline6946 4 жыл бұрын

Tommy Kramer, remember Steve dolls too

@massvt3821 8 жыл бұрын

Maybe the Vikes' 42-10 win over the Bengals, with Tark having his best game, would have been the spark needed to make them truly competitive in the playoffs, but when Fran got hurt late in the game, their chances of winning it all diminished very quickly..

@Sclass_Ent 2 жыл бұрын

Love these classic highlights.. the narrating is Unrivaled

@purplesword4394 8 жыл бұрын

This was the beginning of the end of the vikings being a great team despite the super bowl losses they were a fixture in the playoffs from the late 60s to the late 70s..

@conni70 8 жыл бұрын

+purple sword ....from the late 60's to the late 70's, the NFC was dominated by the Cowboys, Vikings and Rams...

@massvt3821 8 жыл бұрын

+conni70 You could probably add the George Allen Redskins as the 4th-best NFC team, as they made the playoffs five times between 1971 and 1977, and had winning seasons in the other two...

@conni70 8 жыл бұрын

+MassVt ...true...but i would argue that the L.A Rams had perhaps one of the greatest runs in NFL history for an organization that didn't win a SB..think about this, from 1967 to 1989, a little over 2 decades, the L.A. Rams had the 2nd most wins in pro football, with only Raiders having more..in that 23 year run, the Rams had 19 winning seasons, making the playoffs 16 times, collecting 8 division titles, and going to 8 NFC title games...all that greatness and only one SB appearance in 79..find me an organization that had that kind of run to make the SB only once.. good luck

@jeremythompson9122 4 жыл бұрын

They were consistently the best team in the NFC other than Dallas...depending on what particular season youre referring to. I always rooted for the Vikes to win the NFC because I hate Dallas and the LA Rams...the Vikings two biggest NFC playoff rivals in the 70's. The AFC dominated the 70's for the most part...particularly Miami, Oakland, and Pittsburgh. The only NFC team to win a Super Bowl during the 70's was Dallas(1971 and 1977). I'm a Bills fan so I was glad when they beat Miami in 71 but I was pulling for Denver in Super Bowl 12 against Dallas

@myronbedner5163 4 жыл бұрын

They were a Dynasty

@davidnelson6874 2 жыл бұрын

The Vikings were growing very old. It was Super unlikely that the Vikings even made the Super Bowl the previous year.

@outtahere321 5 жыл бұрын

Minnesota was my favorite NFL team growing up in the 70s and and 80s. Nothing better than watching the purple people eaters and Fran scrambling around in the backfield driving defenses crazy. I only wish Minnesota had won at least one superbowl while Fran was there. They had some really great teams, but so did Pittsburgh and Oakland.

@davidnelson6874 2 жыл бұрын

Bud just didn’t put in the study for the Super Bowls other coaches did. Bud had his priorities and football was just one of them. It didn’t dominate his life, which is a weird thought these days.

@massvt3821 8 жыл бұрын

The Vikings advance to the NFC championship game, although they weren't a particularly strong team in 77, with or without Tarkenton..

@user-wi9rl2fd4y 3 ай бұрын

Bud grant is one of the greatest coaches in history; and a great athlete too , a former laker !

@pizzaman6320 3 жыл бұрын

Who's watching this in 2020 instead of the current season?

@PredatorKingdom 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting these, as a Lions fan I just love to watch old yearbooks even on division rival teams. I got the 1982 Minnesota Vikings yearbook saved on my computer because that was the year the Vikes moved into the Metrodome for the first time.

@bjd15664 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for posting this brother

@almonday6472 5 жыл бұрын

Chuck Foreman should be in the hall of fame.

@fluxerflixer1 7 жыл бұрын

I was at the week 9 game against the Bengals with my father, I was 8 years old. I remember Tarkenton getting injured right in front of me as we were sitting about mid field. I was crushed.... Pretty cool seeing Kramer throw his first TD... Great memories with Dad.

@theskeptic2010 5 жыл бұрын

I am an old Vikings fan. Thanks for the memories Randy. Watched them from 1968 to 1998. Yes they never made it back to the big game after this group broke up, although the 1998 team with Randy Moss, Robert Smith, etc. did come close.

@ac9559 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting these out there!

@theskeptic2010 5 жыл бұрын

No doubt about it, this was a great team. The Vikings from 1969 to 1977. They were regulars in the playoffs. Thanks for the memories of this great team!

@vikeirishman 8 жыл бұрын

Hey guy - THANKS for these videos - what memories !!! went to alot of these as a kid

@scoobycarr5558 5 жыл бұрын

Sir, how was your experiences at these Vikings' games? Hope you had a thrill of a lifetime! Kind regards from a Bears fan from near Chicago. 😄

@lloydkline6946 4 жыл бұрын

❤ purple people eaters Minnesota viking especially of the 1970s

@user-zh5jo8bd4c Жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC!!

@jamaulmewborn6460 Жыл бұрын

The Vikings was tough in the 1970s...I have respect for the past and current Vikings cuz they're winners to me without a championship.

@vikings2win247 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you for posting. Great memories

@metrolax 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Jefff72 8 жыл бұрын

After Super Bowl XI, who would have ever thought that the Vikings would not see another Super Bowl for at least next 40 years. I'm surprised that a Viking has never died while eating, because they do choke. 1998 Vikings I rest my case!

@generationll 8 жыл бұрын

14:41 Love Bud Grant's reaction

@stevezimmerman2334 4 жыл бұрын

Very unusual for Grant!

@VikingJeff 5 жыл бұрын

I always questioned whether Bob Lee should have been starting ahead of Kramer. I know Grant wasn't fond of starting rookies but.....

@lloydkline1518 2 жыл бұрын

Bob lee over Tommy Kramer?? Ob Lee more journeyman quarterback;; ❤️ Steve dil great backup quarterback: great come from behind:: couldn't start to saved his life

@scoobycarr5558 5 жыл бұрын

Geez both the Rams and Vikings at 23:20 need their washing machines running at overtime!

@catherinewells2339 3 жыл бұрын

tarkenton's season-ending injury doomed this team.

@mgunny05 3 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%!

@RovingRoy 8 жыл бұрын

The Vikings were "a team for all seasons" as the video highlighted...except for Super Bowl season. How could such a dominant team of the 1970s roll over and play dead in four Super Bowls? That's the question for the ages for Vikings fans.

@purplesword4394 8 жыл бұрын

AFL/AFC was better during that time..

@conni70 8 жыл бұрын

+RovingRoy ...i find it amusing how certain people have the mentality that if you don't win the super bowl a team is somehow irrelevant..forget the fact that a team goes to 4 super bowls in 8 years and 3 of those in 4 seasons..but the Vikings were the 2nd best team 4 times.if it was the Olympics, that's 4 silver medals...thats better than what most teams have accomplished..

@6400az 8 жыл бұрын

I've asked that question many times.....I don't think anyone knows. Or no ones said...

@6400az 8 жыл бұрын

Conni, I was a die hard Vikings fan back then. I think it's a fair question from Roy. Don't think he's bashing them, just posing the question as to why such a terrible, non competitive performances in their 4 Superbowls.

@conni70 8 жыл бұрын

6400az ...i'm a L.A. Rams fan..so i'm not partial to the Vikings...i just feel when it comes to football, there's a prevalent misconception that if you don't win SBowls you're somehow irrelevant..

@massvt3821 8 жыл бұрын

Minnesota seamed to reach its peak during the 42-10 win over Cincinnati, but the Tark got hurt during that game, and the struggled to to win the divisional title..

@bitterangrydrunk 8 жыл бұрын

+MassVt By 1977 the Vikings were just too old to be a Super Bowl threat, but yeah, Tarkenton to Bob Lee was a massive drop-off. The irony of that Bengals game was that it was one of the best performances of Tarkenton's career. When he went down in the third quarter, he was 17-for-18 for three TDs -- and the incompletion was an intentional grounding penalty.

@bitterangrydrunk 8 жыл бұрын

+MassVt I should add that the three games where they were blown out -- at Los Angeles, at Oakland and at home against the Cardinals, where shocked Vikings fans booed them out of the stadium -- were kind of a tell that we'd reached the end of the championship era. It was Marshall's 18th season, Eller's 14th and Page's 11th.

@massvt3821 8 жыл бұрын

Bitterangry--Very true. The Vikes had several blow-out losses in 77, and just couldn't stop anyone's ground game. Marshall just shouldn't have been playing in 77, and Page/Eller had become too light to have any great impact. Sometimes Grant's allegiances to certain players ( i.e. Fred Cox) had detrimental effects. The weatherf, and the Rams, both contrived to put the Vikings in the NFC championship game, but I knew they couldn't win it..

@davesmith8877 7 жыл бұрын

Alan Page had strong seasons with the Bears

@walterbowden3472 7 жыл бұрын

MassVt Kokomo , but it was the last few days ago by a group . The first to review this booking confirmation for the

@depaola63 6 ай бұрын

My Vikes 🏈💔 since 1969

@toscodav 11 ай бұрын

Why Tommy Kramer didn't start against Dallas in the NFC Championship is beyond me.

@6400az 7 жыл бұрын

Check out Ron Yary # 73 take out two 7:02

@lloydkline6946 4 жыл бұрын

Ron yary, ed white, mick tilgelhoff, hall of fame offensive line

@6400az 2 жыл бұрын

@@lloydkline6946 **Grady Alderman.... 14 years , 6 pro bowls.

@brxxxbeats3581 4 жыл бұрын

15:00 what game was that someone PLEASE HeLP I NEED IT

@MegaSmarterthanyou 3 жыл бұрын

it was the bengals game in minnesota

@michaelleroy9281 4 жыл бұрын

1977 was a good season

@corneliusthorn9498 6 жыл бұрын

I agree Jim marshal should be in the HOF

@lloydkline6946 4 жыл бұрын

Wrong way jim Marshall, threw shot put at ohio state,

@hammer44head 5 жыл бұрын

Just why did the Vikings lose those 4 superbowls, well against KC they were overconfident and made one mistake after another and really they had no running game and Kapp wasn't no pure passer and KC defense was hugely underrated. Ok next up Miami in 73? Seriously who could beat that team? NO one in the NFC that team was even better than the 72 team was. The next one Pitts, I thought the vikes would win this one or their best shot, but pitts defense again was just better and they couldn't stop Franco at all. Next one against the Raiders, no way vikes defense was too old, and Raiders chewed them up. I hate to say it but Rams choked the NFC championship away more than the vikes won that one. I thought the 75 Vikes were the best but Cowboys and that I cant even say it. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

@drbonesshow1 8 жыл бұрын

Chuck Foreman suffered from a condition called Fumble-itis, especially in big games: 1:56

@gerberbernstein7360 8 жыл бұрын

+Don R. Mueller, Ph.D. Reminds me of Peterson.

@6400az 6 жыл бұрын

+Don R Mueller, Ph D. Not true about Foreman . Totally false.

@lloydkline7245 5 жыл бұрын

Really, i remember chuck spin move

@6400az 8 жыл бұрын

The forgotten Hail Mary 3:58

@TTJH1967 8 жыл бұрын

Tommy's 4th quarter heroics that afternoon gave them a shot to win the central division.

@johndonahue3509 Жыл бұрын

Bud Grant...a real Man ♂️♂️ o

@jacksonmillikan749 3 жыл бұрын

Randy Fast, do you remember Julie Gallup from Mankato?

@rkyveit 3 жыл бұрын

I graduated from Mankato East High School with a Jack Gallup...not sure if Julie was related?

@dennisstanley1965 4 жыл бұрын

At 7:43 was Sammy White out of bounds?

@drbonesshow1 8 жыл бұрын

A great name to have when you are introducing yourself to the ladies: Hi, I'm Scott Studwell! 10:05

@massvt3821 8 жыл бұрын

+Don R. Mueller, Ph.D. Maybe Jim Marshall introduced him...

@jeremythompson9122 4 жыл бұрын

The Vikings should've never moved indoors to the Metrodome. Same with the Detroit Lions. The weather used to be such a huge advantage for the Vikes when they were playing at home in the playoffs...especially against warm weather teams like Dallas and the Rams. Since they moved indoors they haven't won anything. They've been to the NFC Championship numerous times but lost every single time. The worst was against Atlanta in 98. They should've destroyed that Falcons team. The Vikings vs the Broncos would've made for a great Super Bowl match-up. The Broncos-Falcons was a horrible Super Bowl. Atlanta had no chance in that game

@ericsigersmith6067 3 жыл бұрын

Ya the homefield would have been on insane level

@michaelleroy9281 4 жыл бұрын

The Mud Bowl

@drbonesshow1 8 жыл бұрын

Question for Jim Marshall (one of my all-time favorite players): Jim, can white guys get away with wearing a pimp hat? 1:39

@6400az 8 жыл бұрын

Stabler ( upper left).....he's no Joe Kapp 4:15

@davidcobb2693 4 жыл бұрын

The Raiders dominated the Vikings, AGAIN, 35-13. Minnesota was limited to 67 yards rushing and they managed to get 11 first downs. Jack Tatum intercepted 2 passes. The Vikes had 7 turnovers! Ken Stabler's passer rating for the game was 136.9, Joe Kapp was never Ken Stabler!

@mikeingram8145 3 жыл бұрын

It was 32 to 14 dumbass, get it right

@bensonhurst7272 2 жыл бұрын

Why Kramer didn't start against Dallas in the playoffs only Grant knows. It was a mistake because we would had a chance against Dallas instead of getting mauled. That's on Grant.

@jackkitchen737 Ай бұрын

3 out of 4, not 3 our of 5. Even then. NFL Films were biased against the Vikings.

@40aterules Жыл бұрын

Been a Viking fan since the 1969 season" watched 4 Super Bowl games that were clearly over halfway through the second quarter" Every fan deserves to experience at least 1 Super Bowl Victory before they die! I'm turning 62 in January" So Can I finally get 1 for my sanities sake!

@drbonesshow1 8 жыл бұрын

The Vikings were the 1990's Buffalo Bills of the 1970's.

@conni70 8 жыл бұрын

+Don R. Mueller, Ph.D. ... almost , the Vikings didn't go to 4 consecutive SB's in the 70's, like the Bill's did in the 90's..but they did go to 3 in a 4 year period, and 4 in 8 years..

@stanleyhornbeck1625 2 жыл бұрын

Buffalo lost 4 consecutive SBs Vikes spread it out over 8 seasons,in my humble opinion. It was a greater achievement to play at that level for 8 than 4 in a row.

@drbonesshow1 2 жыл бұрын

@@stanleyhornbeck1625 Okay, the Vikings were the Bills over 8 seasons. However, the Bills should have won the SB against the Giants. Scoring only 19 points and blaming the loss on a 47-yard FG that went right. The head coach should have been horse-whipped for screwing this chance up. That's my rumble opinion.

@kennethbiebighauser5646 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bud Grant for creating the Superbore!!!

@meyou-dv8ns 7 ай бұрын

Fucking Bud Grant lost this game against the Cowboys in the playoffs - Fran Tarkenton and the Offense of coach told him to start Tommy Kramer not Lee!!! Kramer was fast a rocket for an arm and very cool BUT Bud Grant would not let a rookie start an important game even though he won two games in come backs that he played GREAT in. DAM IT

@76vike19 3 жыл бұрын

Just never even competitive in a super bowl, sad.

@drbonesshow1 8 жыл бұрын

It's all relative: The Rams couldn't beat the Vikings, who couldn't beat the Cowboys, who couldn't beat the Steelers and the Louisiana Hillbilly - Terry Bradshaw. Dumb as a post, but winner of 4 SBs.

@massvt3821 8 жыл бұрын

+Don R. Mueller, Ph.D. The Rams and Vikings both beat Dallas on occasion, and even in the playoffs ( Vikes over Dallas in 73, LA over Dallas in 76 ), and both had several regular season wins over the Cowboys..

@purplesword4394 8 жыл бұрын

The rams also beat the cowboys in the 1979 playoffs en route to super bowl 14 vs Pittsburgh. It was roger staubachs last game too.

@crazywillie100 8 жыл бұрын

Except in the 73 NFC title game in Dallas. And a regular season game in 70 when the Vikings scored 50 points.

@OnePost909 7 жыл бұрын

And games in Irving in 1974 and 1978. The overall Cowboys vs. Vikings record is 16 wins for the Dallas and 14 for Minnesota.

@michaelleroy9281 3 ай бұрын

The Rams beat the Vikings in 1978 in the playoffs 34-10 in what was Fran Tarkenton 's last game