Some very transparent feelings from Jim Marshall; he doesn’t try to dismiss the regret of not winning those super bowls; doesn’t fake being OK with it. I admire his honesty. People often swoon over the final winner and dismiss the 2nd place finisher as only the first loser. But no one can deny that the 70 Vikings were one of the great teams of that era; a constant powerhouse and force to be reckoned with. No rings doesn’t take away that they were one of the elite teams of their generation. Great team- great players, great coach.

Back when it was REAL football, played OUTSIDE and the PLAYERS decided who won instead of gamblers.

I understand why it's painful for the Vikings to have lost these four Super Bowls. But truth be told, they were playing against some of the best teams in NFL history. The Don Shula Dolphins, the Steelers of the 70s, and Madden's Raiders were all nearly unbeatable teams. I hope Minnesota eventually wins a Super Bowl, but I don't think they should be thought of as losers because of these games. They played incredibly talented teams in every loss.

Some of those babes are well lubed.

What a great video. Not much more can be said. Bud with Lou Nanne and Sid Hartman deserve to be on the "Mount Rushmore" of MN sports. What a guy Bud was. RIP Bud.

Old stadium looks like one used for horse racing

Kinda wierd seeing this highlight film. Lifelong Cowboys fanatic but you know what? I loved Fran & the Vikes & felt sorta bad for them in this game. Sorta. USA!

Today's players would never play in that era. Too stupid and too soft and feminine

Another thing I appreciate about these old highlight tapes is the great music in the background that fit perfectly and gave you the chills as you watched. Now I try to watch a highlight tape - maybe a college player the Vikings drafted and the background music is so horrible or profane, with no feel for what's going on in the clip that I can't even watch it.

One tough guy !

I love them games in the back in the day, Cold 🥶❄️ snow ❄️🌨️❄️🌨️

You can add Bobby Bryant and Matt Blair to the hall with Marshall and Foreman. If you match them up with other people in their time them in the hof tehy got jobbed. the problem with the HOF of the NFL peopel get in off of Superbowls, No other sport does this. They have to be good the rest of the year over mpst their Career and have high lifetime numbers on the time they played Bradshaw Staubach Greise Stabler Swann Stallworth Drew Perason dont pass that test. Neither Does Donnei Shell, Bob Hayes .Nor Williee Brown Blitnekoff or Casper. Joe Namath, Morton actually had better numbers than roger

Should do episodes on the 1999 Titans, 2008 Cardinals and 2015 Panthers

There is no missing ring here--not with Joe Kapp at QB. Dawson towered over him in ability. KCs defense was just as good as Minnesota's. It was never an upset. Only NFL snobs would think that.

Benchwarmer Bob Lurtsema was on this team too!

This is probably the best of the missing rings episodes. Alas, the league under Pete Rozelle wanted the ex AFL teams to "prove" themselves, which they did and the NFL hasn't looked back.

Football is the ultimate TEAM SPORT

NEVER KNEW THE KAPP STORY....AS A CHEESEHEAD MUCH RESPECT

It was such a different game back then....many plays would be 15yd penalties or fined or even suspended not saying today's players are not tough but man watch these old nfl films and man the old guys didn't mess around!!

The old stadium was horrible for players and fans....

Kapp was GREAT in Two Minute Warning

Vikings can never catch a break

Put Marshall in the HOF NOW

Don Meredith didn't retire until right before training camp in 1969. He didn't announce his retirement before or right after this game.

I just found the official theme for Trump 2024: 'Let me try again' by Sinatra. Or, even for Biden after his disaster debate.

Director is a know it all jerk off 😏

0:11 Lew Alcindor 0:44 Elgin Baylor 1:14 Wilt Chamberlain 1:46 John Havlicek 2:20 Jerry Lucas 2:54 Pete Maravich 3:30 Willis Reed 4:06 Oscar Robertson 4:40 Jerry West

That voice of pat summerall is amazing.

Don’t know why. But Joe Kapp is one of my favorite players.

A lot of mediocre teams have won the Super Bowl. The Vikings have pulled off a feat that is much more special and uncommon: they showed us the future of the sport.

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

The Cowboys and Vikings dominated the NFC Championships in the 70s.

The 1969 purple people eater Minnesota Vikings defense is the greatest in NFL history. they gave up just 105 points and 194.2 yards per game that season. both of which are NFL records

I so enjoy watching this. Like the bills in the 90s, only the Vikings fans wanted them to win. Anyone who wanted a good superbowl didn’t want to see the Vikings play in it. They were a mediocre team in a mediocre division.

Roger Staubach vs james harris, easy to pick that winner.

My Vikes 💔

To this day I am convinced that if Gary Cuozzo had played the entire playoff game vs the Dallas Cowboys we would have won.

Rest in peace, nutty Joe!

When I started to play as a kid Matt Blair was my guy

My Dad was a Cowboys fan...my older Bro a Raiders fan...1970s watching together...at home...fun times...I rooted for the Vikings to piss them off...they always got the last laugh

I was 8 in 1971 ✨look how fun life was then 👀❤️

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

Nice catch by Drew Pushins

When Minnesota HC Bud Grrant coached for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League he insisted his players practice standing on the sidelines in a straight line holding their helmets to instill pride and discipline. Grant continued the practice in Minnesota. Minnesota's Jim Marshall thought at first it was silly but as the season went on he came to realize that this tradition had a lot of merit to it.

Was the bottle thrower caught?

Year after year after year after year

That front 4 "the peorple gang" are legendary, the backfield Nate and jeph whright Paul krous, bobby Briant, I am 58 and that "gang" are legendary

The very first football game I ever watched. I was 8 yrs old. After that I wanted to play football.

Time to losr another Super Bowl

Tarkenton's inconsistencies were never criticized