1997 Wild Card Vikings @ Giants

[@funkydunkleman]

thanks for uploading this! I haven't been able to find the 1st half until now!

[@frankiesacco]

no problem man!

[@isaachampton412]

Yeah I have been looking for this full game forever

[@astrostar49]

Wow thanks. The full game. This has been a hard find on the internet for years.

[@tomd1434]

Yes man. Been looking for a long time

[@mattlucht3829]

Hell of a comeback!! RIP Dennis Green. My most Favorite Vikings HC Of all-Time!! Also Jerry Burns

[@graciemaemarie11jones16]

yep.great role model.sexual deviant. actually worse...green? p.o.s.

[@beezy22]

R.I.P. Dennis Green Korey Stringer Jim Fassel And Orlando Thomas....Old School Smash Mouth NFL Football...good times....

[@kickoutpodcast8436]

@Junior71392 also RIP to Jim Fassel

[@jamesroberts1810]

I did know Jim fassel passed

[@markhall6306]

Condolences to Jim Fassell from Skol Nation great coach did not know he passed away

[@edwardfights4900]

Hopefully Chris Calloway joins him?

[@jonlamenza4121]

Forgot about Kannell he was one of those FSU and florida qbs that put up Heisman like numbers every year in the 90s but never worked out in the nfl that was his best year tho

[@lukepeterson28]

This vid is great. I remember celebrating this game like mad. Thanks for posting ... #SkolVikes!

[@donovanwilson1039]

Key Plays: 15:50 NYG: Holsey fumble recovery 19:05 NYG: Daluiso 43-yd FG 20:50 NYG: Strahan fumble recovery 22:50 NYG: Way 27-yd rec from Kanell 32:45 NYG: Patten 37-yd rec from Kanell 34:40 NYG: Pierce 2-yd rec TD from Kanell 45:25 NYG: Sehorn 36-yd INT ret 52:45 MIN: Butler fumble recovery 1:05:15 NYG: Daluiso 51-yd FG 1:13:05 MIN: Ball fumble recovery 1:13:55 MIN: Hoard 4-yd rush TD 1:20:40 MIN: Reed 33-yd rec from Cunningham 1:23:40 MIN: Murray missed 48-yd FG 1:36:50 NYG: Patten 18-yd rec from Kanell 1:37:30 NYG: Calloway 21-yd rec from Kanell 1:40:40 NYG: Patten 16-yd rec from Kanell 1:53:30 MIN: Carter 19-yd rec from Cunningham 1:54:10 MIN: Reed 30-yd rec TD from Cunningham 1:57:00 MIN: Onside kick recovery 1:58:00 Minnesota game-winning drive start 2:00:35 MIN: Carter 21-yd rec from Cunningham 2:02:40 MIN: Smith 16-yd rush 2:04:50 MIN: Murray GW 24-yd FG 2:07:55 New York final play Key Stats: MIN: Randall Cunningham 15/36 pass, 203 pass yds, 1 TD, 1 INT, 7 car, 38 rush yds Robert Smith 16 car, 40 yds Jake Reed 5 rec, 89 yds, 1 TD Cris Carter 6 rec (14 targets), 83 yds Robert Griffith 11 tackles NYG: Danny Kanell 16/32 pass, 199 yds, 1 TD Tiki Barber 16 car, 29 rush yds, 3 rec (10 targets), 31 rec yds David Patten 5 rec, 86 yds Chris Calloway 6 rec (10 targets), 53 yds Michael Strahan 1 sack, 6 tackles, 1 FR

[@ericpackers1700]

War eagle Auburn

[@richardtherichard26]

Hoard 1 yard rush td from the 5 yard line? Wow, that’s impressive

[@chrisorr4902]

Dennis Green's first playoff win.

[@mattosullivan9687]

I had no idea who won I was watching for no reason

[@ericpackers1700]

@@mattosullivan9687 former Stanford coach I wanna say and led that historic 98 vikings team

[@mattosullivan9687]

Dennis Green thought Sean Salisbury was better than Rich Gannon. If not for a really bad call we would see different

[@jamesroberts1810]

Rich Gannon was a very good qb...

[@mattosullivan9687]

@Hatim_calm_Salaam He was good I recall in 99 the last game all the Chiefs had to do was beat the Raiders and they were in. The Chiefs fans did class and give Gannon a standing O. Then the Chiefs were up 17-0 feeling good but it did not end that way

[@Jeremy_theGent]

I started watching the Giants the year after this game. So I learned about the stories, but this is the first time I watched the whole game. Just stunning how Minnesota was practically surrendering the game with their decision to punt with 4 minutes left, and then it all turned on a dime. I can only imagine how 7-year-old me would've reacted.

[@billny33]

I was 14 and irate. I spent most of the second half counting down the minutes until we won. I noted the announcers talking about how the Vikings seemed to lack urgency when down by 9 with 4+ minutes left and I was licking my chops. They were just going to let us take it. They scored but I wasn't worried. Then the onsides kick happened and I freaked out, had me in a panic and then that last drive was torture.

[@Heidicode]

@@billny33 Down by two scores and you punt on 4th and 5 with 4 minutes left and two timeouts remaining? You let the game clock run down with less than 3 minutes left and down by two scores when you still have a timeout remaining? You clock the ball with 12 seconds left and attempt the game winning field goal then on second down instead of getting the clock down to 5 seconds and make the kick the final play? You call your final timeout with 12 seconds left, with the clock already stopped and, in essence, attempt to ice your own kicker? An NFL clock-management expert should go through the last 6 minutes of game-time and count the number of clock-management blunders committed by the Vikings head coach during that time. I really think Denny Green tried to throw the game, but a lucky onside kick foiled his plan. There is no other way to explain Denny Green's decisions those last few minutes.

[@Joseph-lz5er]

This was a very nicely built Giants team. They drafted good young players, Armstead, Strahan, Sehorn, Toomer, Keith Hamilton, Tiki, and Way. Wish some of them could have stayed healthy but this was the beginning of the new young core of Giants. Got to give a lot of credit George Young for making this squad.

[@ericpackers1700]

Usc legend and white corner back Jason sehorn

[@jorgemontefusco650]

Friggin hilarious. Suffering with the NYG.

[@JeffreyHietala]

I was 16 and staying with my mom for the holidays when I watched this game. We were hooting and cheering and jumping when Vikings got the field goal to win.

[@MNsportsnut]

This was during my Junior Year of High School but I was living in Pennsylvania at the time. I was Bowling in a Saturday League during this game but at least when I was finished I got to see the best parts.

[@centralpete6044]

My childhood friend was getting married on the day this game was played and I was a groomsman. I watched this game on a grainy tv in the bowels of a a Lutheran church. A crazy Vikings win! A Denny Green special lol

[@lancenovak6710]

Awesome. 1st playoff game I ever watched, knew what was going on, and was vested in.

[@Bull1908]

I was there! The fans were simply shocked when we all left that game!

[@wiltongeorge8524]

I remember watching this game when I was 12 really the first playoff game I can remember watching as a giants fan. Horrible loss smh I cried

[@victormurphy4538]

Wilton George yep it was the worst i was 10 and locked myself in my room and wouldnt stop crying lol

[@siriush100]

I was 13 and also cried my eyes out 😂

[@Jackson-pq4zn]

Pansies.

[@Ell-J]

I remember this game like it was yesterday. The 2nd half was a fu&@+ng nightmare.

[@redmustangredmustang]

That was Randall's second playoff win and this time he actually had a team behind him the next year with Randy Moss. Should have been in the Super Bowl but it showed that if Randall had an offense with him like in the Eagles, he would have had at least one ring.

[@gregrice1532]

True we never had great oline for Randal in philadelphia I wanted him to win to win the superbowl so bad with the vikings but the kicker fucked it up

[@ddwalker3744]

As a Bronco fan I'm still mad we had to play ATL in 98 SB, I wanted the vikes

[@BaddogSports]

This is one of 4 games I watch and have no idea why. One of the worst 4 losses in my lifetime as a Giants fan. Others are 1989 Rams Playoff 2002 49ers 2008 Eagles. Still, it’s better than watching the 2020 Giants 🤦‍♂️

[@lishsc3]

But think about this..... All of those heartbreaking loss as you mentioned were the Giants first playoff game. I’m sure you would still sacrifice these losses if it meant you would still knock off the 18-0 Patriots in the Super Bowl 42! That was the greatest Giants victory in the history of their franchise going all the way back to 1920!!

[@frankkiser5861]

I'm totally with you man... Not so much 2008, because after Plax shot himself I had a feeling we were in trouble that season.. The other three omg what nightmares. I was actually at this game here, still can not believe we gave this game away to the Vikings. Freaking Cunningham once again got us. The disaster in San Francisco, and of course 89' against the Rams- 30 plus years later and I can still see Flipper Anderson running into that damn tunnel.... Definitely some heartbreaking losses... Those three super bowls in between help to ease the pain though! Some teams are not so lucky and CAN NOT say that!!

[@brickwallblitz]

Jon Bois and Alex Rubenstein absolutely did this game justice.

[@martinbuffington7993]

I remember this game I was happy that the Vikings won I remember at half time we were down 19-3 and I was thinking I don't know if we can come back but we did and it was awesome

[@bigblue9996]

Heartbreaking...but at least we got revenge against them 3 years later in the NFC title game.

[@JerseyNYC83]

Andrewsarchus25 41-0....remember it😂

[@JerseyNYC83]

Andrewsarchus25 And we’ve won two since. But to be fair that 2000 Ravens defense wasn’t losing to anyone. I still remember them being the only team to beat the Titans in Tennessee.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

As heartbreaking as this was.... even if the won here, I don’t know if the Giants would have won the next week at Lambeau

[@favsa5015]

bastard lol

[@JaxonSmithers]

Giants mostly beat up on my Vikes during the 80's and 90's, this is like our one big win lol

[@jameslisle7775]

I’m so happy I wasn’t alive to experience this loss in real time!

[@christopherostoyic5079]

I was in 8th grade and was a Vikings fan in North Jersey (kearny) in my opinion this comeback was better then the Diggs catch vs NO

[@Bull1908]

Funny in 1997, the Vikings came back to win a Wild Card Game in the last 2 minutes everything went right for them beating the Giants. 3 years later, nothing went right for the Vikings in the NFC Championship for the whole 60 minutes, not 1 play!

[@jacksonm7213]

Who else is here because Mackey mentioned it on Purple Daily today? 😂

[@MINNESOTA_PTSD]

2 people lol

[@brainscott8198]

When the Giants won a game in 1997, the opponent had been "Fasselized"..lol

[@walterlv01]

Same scenario played out 22 years later in 2019 - Vikings as the 6 seed pull out an unlikely road win in the first round then go on the road and get squashed in San Francisco.

[@erics2739]

Ya 97 9ers were stacked

[@patrickhawkinson8399]

And here we are in 2023, where if the Vikings beat the Giants in the coming Wild Card game, they likely go to San Francisco the following week.

[@walterlv01]

@@patrickhawkinson8399 Didn't think of that - that's right. And the result will probably be the same given the Vikings' penchant for getting blown out.

[@marksolarz3756]

Chris Carter was a great pleasure to watch! A true master! And Dennis Green was the sherif,...even played the drums I think. A happy time for Viking fans!

[@LogoAttitude]

These teams have met frequently (regular and postseason) since 1993 I guess you could call it a rivalry

[@erics2739]

I just think of greg commlla scoring in 2000 nfc title game

[@dalegribble1560]

For Vikings defense that ranked 29th that year, good thing the Giants offense that year wasn't good.

[@snakesupreme]

3 years later they go back to NY and get obliterated after being favored 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@dalegribble1560]

@@snakesupreme Did they ever lol and even despite that the Giants are my other favorite team.

[@stiltmansstilt1014]

Giants beat Vikings in 1993 playoffs behind a monster performance by Rondey Hampton 33carries 161yrd 2td , and crushed em 41-0 in the 2000 nfc championship game behind 5td passes by Kerry Collins ... I choose to remember those 2 contests with the vikes in the playoffs over this crushing defeat ..lol

[@lertmelernyers8672]

Except losses always hurt more than winning feels good, especially one of thus caliber

[@stiltmansstilt1014]

@@lertmelernyers8672 as bad as that loss was, you crazy if you think that loss hurt more then waxing the vikes asses to go to the SB, then you got your priorities wrong .

[@brianwaas9085]

Now THIS was the definition of a team snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

[@bennyrobinson1935]

They gave this game to the Vikings in a holiday sampler basket

[@Frankincensedjb123]

What I call the "in between years." '81 to 2016, Giants made 18 playoff appearances. You've got the Simms / Lt rings and the Ellie rings. I've actually forgotten about the teams in-between. But it's all good.

[@brainscott8198]

NY Giant fan in last 5 years sez: "Ah, yes...I remember the playoffs...good times!"

[@Heidicode]

I remember watching this game at my brother's house. We had all pretty much given up on the game by halftime because the Vikings were playing so bad, and we had gone onto talking about other things. When Jake Reed caught that touchdown, we started to think, "Does Minnesota actually have a chance to win this?" When the Vikings did win, it was probably the most out-of-nowhere win I've ever witnessed, especially when you consider the previous four Vikings play-off games under Denny Green.

[@JamdaddyDenzel-yk3zn]

one of my top ten lifetime great fan memories!

[@darenaker5686]

I watched this game live, and I've now watched it twice on KZbin and I STILL don't know how the Vikings won

[@jefferystewart5576]

I feel like this is one of those great games that doesn't get talked about much but should. Think about it: twice NYG lead by 16, 19-3 at half. The Vikings appearing to totally mismanage the clock with about 3 minutes left in 4th quarter. Yet they get the ball back after a short punt, score a TD with very little time coming off the clock. Then one onsides kick recovery and a DPI later they kick the winning fg. Nowadays this would be considered an instant classic. And I for one think that's just what this was and should always be thought of

[@timothyd1496]

I couldn't imagine what twitter would be like today if a team punted down 9 with 4 minutes left

[@MrPhilaCuse]

Mike Tomlin did it in Cleveland this year.

[@Jackson-pq4zn]

Who gives a fuck what Twitter would have done.

[@timothyd1496]

@@Jackson-pq4zn Your mother, for one

[@timothyd1496]

@@MrPhilaCuse Just looked at the game log, no he didn't. That game was 10-10 at that point

[@martycone4093]

The most uninspired come from behind victory of all time!

[@Zoyx]

All clock management. Never doubt the genius of Denny Green.

[@centralpete6044]

This team would be transformed by the addition of Randy Moss in the following draft. I was working out at a “The Gym” in Plymouth, Mn when the piped in music from KQ92 reported that, “The Vikes did it, they drafted Randy Moss!” I remember I was doing shoulder presses with free weights at the time. Being the afternoon on a Saturday, the place was quite empty but I let out a big howl as I’d seen the footage of Moss playing for Marshall and understood he was special. What made it sweeter was the packers passed on Moss to draft Vonnie Holliday lol.

[@favsa5015]

Remember watching this game, not shutting it off before having a 9th basketball game lol. Skol Vikes

[@xavierlopez7096]

Boy oh boy has the NFL changed, in the intro mike Patrick says the best player on the giants offense is the fullback Charles Way. I miss that brand of football

[@TheLocalLt]

Xavier Alvarez lots of great fullbacks in this era, of all different types, including blockers (L. Neal, T. Richardson), ball carriers (C. Way, M. Allstott) and pass catchers (L. Centers, Z. Crockett)

[@josephsarto689]

Why did the Vikings leave 13 seconds left? Why not leave 2 seconds on the clock when they kicked it?

[@munz1870]

T&T were reminiscing about this horrific game today on WFAN.

[@TheLAGopher]

Well done Coach Green. All he did was get the Vikings to the playoffs 8 out of the 10 years he coached them and the man had to put up with a lot of haters. Minnesota sports writing legend Sid Hartman was gloating in the press box at half time that Green would be fired and nearly got in a fight with Larry Fitzgerald Sr. (Father of the Arizona star WR of the same name) who was also a longtime Minneapolis sports writer. With this game, the Vikings were about to enter their peak years under Green as the team went 15-1 in 1998, 10-6 in 1999, and 11-5 in 2000, with playoffs wins each season and two NFC title game appearances. 1998 would be the one lost opportunity that would haunt Viking nation more than any other since the 70s Super Bowl era.

[@deanladue2327]

Hartman had a special hatred for Dennis Green since Green had been chosen over Hartmans buddy Pete Carroll to be the Vikings head coach. And Hartman was also behind the media campaign to get Green fired in '97. I absolutely detested Sid Hartman. Sneaky SOB.

[@richardlarson9459]

Denny was a great coach. Very motivated and knew how to motivate his players, but there will always be that one stain on his record, when he decided to take a knee with time on the clock, and a weapon like Randy Moss on the field. All it would've have taken was a long pass to Moss to give Andersen another shot at a FG, or maybe even get lucky and have Moss break free for a Minneapolis Miracle, but Green played not to lose instead of playing to win, and it cost the Vikings one of their best shots to win a Super Bowl.

[@bigjohnstudd6868]

I disagree with the last paragraph. Even if the Vikings won the NFC Championship in ‘98 I’m not sold on the fact that they would’ve beat the Broncos in the Super Bowl. The biggest opportunity lost since the ‘70s Super Bowl era was in ‘09. They were clearly better than both the Saints and Colts that year, but when you commit 5 turnovers in the NFC Championship you ain’t winning nothing

[@richardlarson9459]

@@bigjohnstudd6868 09 was definitely the better opportunity. It didn't help that the refs were helping the Saints either. They were clearly favoring them and I think it was probably because of the whole Katrina storyline, but I feel the Vikings would've done better against the Broncos than the Falcons did in 98. Would've been a much better match-up than what we got with Denver vs Atlanta.

[@s.tavares3257]

Richard Larson yea, people forget that, and just blame Gary Anderson for missing the kick. Denny was a great regular season coach, but was like Marty Schottenheimer in the playoffs.

[@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane]

KNTV channel 11! You from San Jose? I'm from San Jose too.

[@tomd1434]

I was 17 and this loss was so painful. To make matters worse I just started my first job at a roach infested deli the day before. Right after we lost I started feeling sick. Proceeded to have a 24 hour throw up virus. I was convinced the game was to blame even though it was probably the roaches

[@ericpackers1700]

The only thing that makes it better is they had no shot against the elite 49ers and packers in the nfc that year

[@tomd1434]

@@ericpackers1700 Yeah had they gone on to win the whole thing I would have replayed that onside kick in my head until I was in the nut house.

[@jayNicks10]

All 3 Playoff games the Vikings had against the Giants were on the road and with Denny Green as the head coach.

[@MGAF688]

All 3 were losses or should have been losses.

[@tomcollins5112]

The NFC Central had 4 playoff teams that year. That helps you appreciate the difficult road the Packers had to repeat as NFC champions.

[@danieltilson4912]

they were denver chow

[@paulh8175]

I remember this game. The onside kick at the end. Skol

[@Mikemercedes7676]

Hey Bart Simpson, any games from the 2008 Giants season? That was the Giants most dominant squad despite not winning it all. They were crushing the league's best week after week that year.

[@tomd1434]

Yup. Beat all the teams that made the final 4. Plax fumblin his piece cost us lol

[@tomd1434]

I remember D. Hixon just couldn’t fill plax’s shoes and philly just stacked the box and we couldn’t breathe all game. That game sucked. That squad was 14-1 going back to 2007 playoffs.

[@vikingjerome2438]

I was jumping for joy i remember it very well go vikes

[@dwedge914]

One of the most devastating losses in Ny Giants history. That was a championship caliber defense. But with an offense ranked near the bottom of the league the Giants just couldn't get it done.

[@whydoineedahandle406]

Why did the Vikings leave time on the clock? And why didn't the Giants try a 25 yard out with 7 seconds left? Teams are so much smarter now (for the most part).

[@bennyrobinson1935]

shannahan is kind of a nimrod

[@TheLocalLt]

Gary Jones haha watch the eagles “hurry up” offense in super bowl 39 down by 10 with 5 minutes left, it’s pathetic

[@deanladue3151]

The 24 second play clock was expiring, good move by Cunningham to just down the ball instead of a delay of game penalty. Which moves them back, K Eddie Murray had some issues with the weather in this game.

[@jonnylaser85]

My dad promised me the Vikings would win when there was 3 minutes left in the game. I couldn’t believe it… but wow. Denny Green leaving time on the clock and kicking the FG on 2nd down was weird

[@richardtherichard26]

Denny was notoriously poor at clock management. Remember the title game in 98? Time, timeouts, and the best offense in league history at the time and he kneels and plays for ot. He was terrible at managing the clock

[@RhaebysTargaryen]

Anytime a NY, California, or Texas team loses heart breakingly, it's a treat.

[@ArtMonkforHallofFame]

That was satisfying.

[@ericpackers1700]

For a vikings fan ? Didn't lead to a ring

[@FDNY22]

I totally don't remember this game. What a horrible loss!! Uggh

[@MrUnsolvedMystery]

Wow 25 years ago. Forgot this was Denny greens first playoff win.

[@supermega1677]

I always liked the Sunday Night Football crew of Mike Patrick and Joe Theismann

[@julianpulido1]

I want to see the whole intro of this game. Can anybody upload it? I want to hear Hank please.

[@TheLocalLt]

Julian Pulido back in the 90s and early 2000s when ESPN/ABC had 2 Wild Card games, they only had Hank Williams do an into for the game called by the MNF crew (So on this day, the Jags-Broncos game). This Vikes-Giants game had a short pregame show with Chris Berman and Boomer Esiason, then straight to the game site to Joe Theismann and Mike Patrick for the call.

[@CC-rb1yf]

Poor punt late helped with field position for Vikings. Giants had 2 great chances to get onside kick and blew it. Like others have mentioned Green was pretty conservative earlier. A run on 3rd down down 9? and then punting. Lucky for him they still had a chance.

[@DanNJ316]

Good old Jim Fassel, on the sidelines for the two biggest choke jobs in Giants postseason history. This game and 2002 against the 49ers.

[@tomd1434]

All Shockey had to do was catch the wide open td late and game is out of reach. Both of those games were crushing.

[@jasonmartinez4682]

This game never gets talked about. So strange.

[@jpete3027666]

Jim Fassel should have gotten coach of the century for getting this squad into the playoffs.

[@CamberRockerCamber]

When I was a kid I thought the Vikings came back from 30 down. Lol

[@evanhullinger2900]

Great comeback by the Vikings. But also a gigantic collapse by the Giants.

[@chrisorr4902]

16:19 John Fox the Giants Defensive coordinator.

[@ziggytubey]

I wonder how many Giant players were pissed at Tiki for fumbling the ball so many times.

[@Enigma71559]

Denny Green often took heat for his clock management. And it was definitely "interesting" in this game. In spite of winning the game, they wasted so much time, and it was driving Mike and Joe NUTS!! If they would have just hurried a little bit, they might not have needed the onside kick to pull it out. Denny said one time he didn't want to, "seem like we're panicking." When you're down two scores with less than five minutes to play, may be a good time to panic.

[@thebayareastandout]

I honestly think safety Robert Griffith was the most underrated player in nfl history

[@johnphilpot5205]

Jason Cherry he was terrible. He failed to produce at the end of the 1998 NFC champ game....

[@thebayareastandout]

@@johnphilpot5205 failed to produce what? He produced 14 tackles and a fumble recovery in that game

[@thebayareastandout]

@@johnphilpot5205 he led the Vikings in tackles in every playoff game he played in besides maybe one or two. He did drop that interception towards the end of the 98 championship game. I remember that.

[@johnphilpot5205]

Jason Cherry he dropped like the easiest interception...

[@TheLocalLt]

Jason Cherry right and Asante Samuel had a great super bowl 42 until he dropped that interception… see how many people remember which

[@BaddogSports]

UGH! One of the 4 worst games of my life! 1. 2008 23-11 Loss to Philly 2. 1989 19-13 OT Loss to Rams 3. 2002 39-38 loss to S.F. 4. This game! CHRIS CALLOWAY DAMN YOU! SO why am I watching this? LOL!

[@andrewk1037]

@Baddog Sports Found ya baddog

[@TheLAGopher]

@NO PATS JIM Or the Vikings for that matter. In some ways, it's worse for the Vikings fan base than those other clubs that haven't won the Super Bowl because other than lack of championships the Vikings have been a successful franchise with no long playoff droughts ( 4 years or more) since the mid-80s (83-86) plenty of division titles and wildcard appearances. Had the team won a title or two in the last 25 years (say 1998 and 2009) the team would be looked upon as one of the best of the NFC in that frame had everything else stayed the same.

[@tonywillis8713]

You no problem with the Ravens ass can of whoop n the Superbowl , the Rams yes I Agree that hurt Willie Flipper Anderson bitch ass 😭but what about the Jets lost n 88 to get n the playoffs

[@BaddogSports]

@@tonywillis8713 Nope. We got beat by a better team that day. I can live with that

[@tonywillis8713]

@@BaddogSports IDK I'm real die hard belief n the Giants should beat anybody on championship day but I get wait you mean the Ravens being better but so was The Bills) The repeat 49ers& The Unbeaten Pat's and than the Pat's again 🤗 So The Ravens could of been upset to, infact if I could trade one of those Pat's win for A Ravens Superbowl Win and have the one Pat L 🧐

[@matthewrogers6866]

Seahorn man he didnt live up to expectations but you g Strahan's and j. Armstead amazing players nvr mentioned when talking about giants all time and that's wrong and rodney Hampton s.b. winning back for christ sakes... they made d. Kanell look reaaaaaally good

[@matthewrogers6866]

POOR COREY STRINGER WE WILL NVR FORGET U

[@hunterwilliams1512]

This was one of the biggest upsets in wild card history. The vikings were lucky! Skol

[@JaxonSmithers]

Ole Diamond Denny RIP

[@dextergant2209]

I Saw so Many Concussions and players still playing its Crazy.. after Re Watchin old games i See why the Nfl got sued Wow!!

[@zk191]

Cunningham would be NFL MVP the next year

[@anthonyg2859]

Was at this game, epic collapse by my GMEN

[@tomebert9922]

i miss the giants hosting playoff games.

[@lesterlemenwater666]

Crazy ending!

[@erics2739]

Like the 2010 iron bowl level collapse

[@buckwheat5715]

RIP Coach Fassel

[@Ramenshea83]

Ten years later the Giants would win the Superbowl. Vikings still searching

[@marksolarz3756]

andrew seed we are hoping to play the bills! Somebody’s bound to win!

[@TheLAGopher]

The Giants bottomed out after losing the 2000 Super Bowl (beating the Vikings in the NFC Championship 41-0) and drafted a franchise QB in Eli Manning. The Vikings drafted Daunte Culpepper in 1999 and he got us to the title game in his first year as a starter in 2000. Culpepper would have a few great years setting records with Randy Moss, but the Vikings had a shitty defense and lost many high scoring games. By 2006, the Vikings had traded Moss and Culpepper got injured and never was the same. After that, the Vikings went back to bringing in hired guns as QB from Farve to Cousins. Most teams that go to Super Bowls grow their own QB talent. The Vikings never seem to want to go that route.

[@IsMoKeDgRaPeS]

blkyank1 we tried a couple of times Ponder SUCKED, teddy was trending upwards before the injury

[@deanladue3151]

@@TheLAGopherA washed up Donavan McNabb, and Sam Bradford. Of the 7 Conference Championship the Vikings have played in since 1976, only 3 of those games had a QB that they drafted. Tarkenton '76, Wilson '88, Culpepper '01. The rest were free agent pickups. Lee '78, Cunningham '99, Favre '10, and Keenum '18.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

Only averaging 19 pts a game, the offense was this team's weakness. Those turnovers should have resulted in at least one or two touchdowns. Field goals don't win championships. Wasn't meant to be.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

As bad as this was for the Giants..... even if they won, I don’t know if they would have won at Lambeau

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Tampa vs San Francisco II would've been very interesting though.

[@tomd1434]

We probably wouldn’t have.

[@markminter6312]

The Giants in the mid-late 90's were offensively deprived to say the least.

[@chrisf8855]

The Giants found a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. 😄

[@gordons-alive4940]

Green was a good coach, but that was some of the worst clock management I've seen late in the game. Won it anyway, though, so GG!

[@jonnylaser85]

Yup. So weird leaving time on the clock with the FG

[@ericstewart0921]

The Jake Reed TD is so obviously not a touchdown. 😂

[@dougmaclennan8654]

Forgotten game. The Vikes had the worst clock management and punt/go-for-it game I have ever seen. And yet, the Vikes won.

[@66limelight]

They got lucky, that's all. It was typical of coach Green to mismanage the clock. It was as if he was sometimes afraid to win. Cunningham didn't help either on that series where they were taking their time down two scores and 5 minutes left.

[@bradypatrick5405]

1:54:35 was not a TD! His foot touched out of bounds!

[@lisahardy9707]

Classic NFL on ABC Wild Card Saturday Dec 27 1997 1235 ET kick-off Temp 46 F/8 C sleet Giants Stadium Attendance - 77,710

[@Buffro20]

If that happened today Jake Reeds touchdown would be called back

[@matthewrogers6866]

That's why nvr high on tiki always made the big mistakes in playoffs ...

[@tomcollins5112]

18:22 Tiki Barber dropped touchdown pass.

[@ksiemer7295]

Vintage football is the best !!

[@christopherostoyic5079]

To think the Vikings were able to move the ball at will in the final 2 minutes the year before they got Randy Moss.

[@TheLocalLt]

Christopher Ostoyic the reason the 98 Vikings and 07 Patriots were so dominant is that they accumulated large amounts of talent *around* Randy Moss. The 97 Vikings already had weapons with Cris Carter, Robert Smith and Jake Reed. Randy Moss made them practically unfair. Vikings kept switching back and forth between Brad Johnson and Randall Cunningham but it didn’t matter because the offense was just a machine. The defense was terrible throughout this period however, and is really what cost them the NFC Title game in 98. After Anderson’s miss, the Falcons still needed a TD just to force overtime and they got it (by inches)

[@bigt5699]

As a Giants fan this is one of the most painful losses I experienced. The others 88 last game of the year to the jets that loss kept us from the playoffs 89 playoff loss to the rams, 2003 playoff loss to niners 2000 superbowl loss to ravens

[@ericpackers1700]

The smashmouth 90s