1969 NFL Div Playoff Rams at Vikings

[@barbaracaroll]

I wish someone anyone could show the actual broadcast of this game even just the second half it's a forgotten classic

[@t4texastom587]

I'm a Tom Landry-era Dallas Cowboys fan, and IMO this particular game is one of the best in NFL history. Two of the best and toughest teams, particularly the Met Stadium-Joe Kapp-Bill Brown Vikings......to ever play pro football. I'm sad to say that the excitement and aura that pro football used to have is gone..... right along with Metropolitan Stadium. God bless our pro football heroes from a bygone era.🏈

[@jrockofages5413]

I agree. I remember the games and the players. This was a golden era

[@carlbiesele1457]

I watched this game when I was eleven. It was truly a brutal, physical game.

[@Loydstardeli2017]

❤ oldies 🏈1969s& 1970s NFL purple people eater era

[@jason-hy8ci]

You said it, Mac.

[@Stacie45]

Both these teams uniforms are pure basic perfection, smeared with just the right amount of mud. No modern colors or fancy graphics can make them look better.

[@MrStradia]

And blood!

[@Stacie45]

@@MrStradia They still get blood on them but almost never play on muddy fields anymore.

[@ciesaro]

most importantly NO players names on the back of the uniforms

[@t4texastom587]

@@ciesaro I'm with ya' on that. These titty-babies today would be appalled if they got word from their licensing agent and attorneys that teams would no longer put the player's names on the back of the jerseys. Lawsuits would be filed enmass across the NFL.

[@michaelleroy9281]

@@ciesaro that was coming to an end, in fact at the end of this season

[@josephvalvano829]

As a Viking fan since 1963, I remember this game like it was played last week. I was at old Metropolitan Stadium, sitting in the press box with my uncle, a young sports reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. In the tear stained stigmata that is being a Viking fan, this was one of my proudest moments.. The “Purple Gang” went on to beat Cleveland, for the NFL Championship, but ultimately succumbed to Kansas City in Super Bowl IV. However, for that one year 1969, the final season before the merger, I can proudly say to this day that my Vikings were NFL Champions.

[@johnraisola3336]

I grew up a Rams fan and very much remember the “The Purple Peale Eaters”. Lots of heartbreak break when the Rams played the Vikings in playoff games. Great memories with my dad though seeing the Rams play.

[@bufnyfan1]

I never forgot the sign in the stands "Today is the fall of Roman's Empire"---refering to LA QB Roman Gabriel

[@mrnatural1961]

Who was your uncle??

[@okd521]

I remember when they played the browns that year, it just seemed weird. The browns left the NFL that year and became an AFC team.

[@b.t.2796]

@@mrnatural1961 Sid Hartman. Wait, Sid was a young sportswriter in 1879. Must have been Pat Reusse

[@petervargas347]

A heartbreaking loss that still burns me up today.

[@graciemaemarie11jones16]

agree. me too. rams shoulda won. only scoring 3 points in the 2nd half was key. they woulda beat cleveland no doubt....they wouldnt have won the super bowl, no,of course,but at least they wouldve gotten there and wouldve given the Chiefs a good game....losing, yes, but not embarressed.

[@Steven-bi1sq]

@@graciemaemarie11jones16 Agree. However I attended a Ram preseason game vs. the Chiefs in '69. After having his quarterback harassed, Coach Stram tried the shotgun, something novel back then. Rams couldn't handle it. 42-14 Chiefs. I know it was only preseason but that Chief team was impressive.

[@steffongames]

RIP Bud Grant. You were a legend.

[@Loydstardeli2017]

❤ bud grant my hero legendary 🏈coach

[@graciemaemarie11jones16]

yes he was.the coach that in FOUR super bowls, they NEVER scored a SINGLE point.....lol

[@Loydstardeli2017]

@graciemaemarie11jones16 not winning a superbowl it the general manager fault:: ♥️ bud grant my hero

[@robparadise6099]

The Vikings have had many great teams since '69 however THIS Viking team was so much fun and exciting to watch - especially the D and Joe Kapp.

[@swivelhips586]

Two great defensive lines. Two classic old school QB's. Still remember watching these with my dad. I was 5. I can't stand the NFL over the last decade.

[@robertsprouse9282]

Last three years for me..the game is flagfootball now.

[@Johnlock19]

30 to 40 for me

[@raddmann99]

I think games had more drama then because it was so much harder to score. If your team was behind by a td in 4th quarter every first down was intensified. Now if a team is down by 14 in 4th quarter you feel like your team can still comeback if you have good offense. Too easy to score now.

[@lloydkline1518]

NFL today :: college & NFL football 🏈 schedule is too long : football players too big & strong;;

[@t4texastom587]

@@lloydkline1518 You obviously mean that the linemen are too fat AND out-of-shape. Some are actually strong.....many aren't, they are just fat.

[@thomasrichmond2413]

Always loved the music from the old NFL films. And the Saturday recap of the previous weeks games with Pat Summerall andTom Brookshire

[@henrybrowne7248]

I DIG that music!

[@stephenramsey7930]

What a great game between 2 incredibly tough teams. Never realized how close the Rams were to winning this game; definitely the best Rams team of the George Allen era. Page & Eller, damn, those guys were great for so many years; it’s a shame they never got a ring. And Kapp wasn’t that talented but was tough as nails. And Gabriel was a pretty tough QB as well; look at the tackle he made on Page at the end (you’d never see Jim Everett or most of the current QBs make that tackle).

[@henrybrowne7248]

Right on, Stephen.

[@FWFrank]

Ditto for George Allen...as Bears defense coach won NFL Champ in '63.. as head coach he never won a SuperBowl, but no other coach can say it took a victor's (72 Dolphins) perfect season to deny him!

[@JRZEKE99]

I can’t get enough of watching this game! I was just a kid and this game left such an impression on me. Maybe the best game in Vikings history.

[@jstube36]

I was born in Minnesota that very year. Watching the Vikings during the 70's. We lived only about 10 minutes from the Old Met. That was a special time of Football.

[@jameslong3663]

I wonder if anyone has a copy of the full game? I would love one. It was the only big sporting event I ever missed growing up. My brother got married that day.

[@henrybrowne7248]

@@jameslong3663 I think I saw the full game somewhere around here on YT [2024 Aug]

[@franciscogonzales5928]

Those uniforms of both teams looked so cool.

[@fdsuperstar2547]

Most uniforms of today r plain ugly. One of the gazillion reasons I don’t watch NFL anymore

[@jason-hy8ci]

Yup, plain, classic, no frills, distinct, worn with Pride and Poise. Far distinction from the revenue oriented Multi-uniformed teams of today. Nevermind seeing the teams wearing all of these atrocious "Indoor league" jerseys.... Even just looking at all of the Fan Boys in the stands paying top dollar every time their team comes out with a New, ridiculous Money grab Jersey makes me cringe and change the channel. SMH

[@davebach2989]

This was the NFL. I grew up in the 60s and 70s, and I miss everything about pro football back then. Quarterbacks under center, two back sets, the ground game even the uniforms were so much better back then. Rule changes, need to protect highly paid QBs and the almighty dollar has changed the game. I still love watching the NFL, but wish it were still the game of decades ago. I loved Roman Gabriel. He made his acting debut in 1969 in the John Wayne, Rock Hudson movie "The Undefeated". Awesome hearing Jack Whitaker again.

[@Steven-bi1sq]

Don't forget the single bar helmets!

[@myimorata7678]

Sad to know Willie Ellison died about a year ago. He was a fine RB. RIP

[@robertperrella4194]

willie ellison rushing for 247 yards in 1971 versus the saints was a classic !!!!!!!!!!! at that time it became a new nfl record for total rushing yards!!!!!!!!!!

[@jeffwatts1126]

I was at a Rams/Saints game in 1971 where willie broke the single game rushing record. I was 9 and it was the start of my fascination of the running back position

[@scottfisher352]

Joe Kapp is still my all time favorite Viking on my all time favorite Viking team. I was 12 years old and that season cemented my fan loyalty for life.

[@randytracy1742]

That 1969 NFL western conference playoff game between the rams and Vikings was the best game ever played-both Roman Gabriel and Joe kapp -the quarterbacks did their jobs at their best-but the Vikings won a nitty gritty game at the finish! 🏈🏈👍👍👍👍👍

[@jamesthomas788]

The Vikings had the Rams number in the late 60s thru the 70s, they flat out knew how to beat them it didn't matter if it was in the regular season or playoffs.

[@paulc7742]

How true. I remember Vikings going to LA week 12 and totally outplaying the Rams. Coach Allen established an excellent game plan for playoff game but it wasn’t enough to overcome. Rams needed all the breaks and only got the one when Vikes went offsides on opening series negating Eller’s Td. In my opinion one of greatest game ever played. Unfortunately the outcome never changes when I revisit this site.

[@jeffofbako1570]

Wasn't until 78 playoffs that rams finally got them...

[@michaelleroy9281]

@@jeffofbako1570 and during that season the Rams won their final game at Met Stadium 34-17 they wouldn't be missing it

[@marcschneider4845]

IMO, George Allen was one of the most overrated coaches in NFL history. In his career, he won a total of two playoff games, both with Washington, but lost the one Super Bowl he was in. The Rams were an incredibly talented team, mostly with players that Allen inherited and later took to Washington as he had an aversion to young players verging on paranoia. In Washington, he preferred Bill Kilmer as his QB to Sonny Jurgensen, which tells you something about Alllen. He was also an very unethical man, who would trade draft picks he didn't have. All in all, I'm glad the Vikings beat the Rams; I was a Colts fan at the time and was glad to see the Rams lose.

[@johndonahue3509]

Yes... TRUE

[@mikec.9677]

This WAS football...Real turf - Real weather - Real hitting/running/passing...REAL MEN!

[@sludge8506]

But in front of their televisions were a multitude of eunuchs pretending that *they* were REAL MEN! 🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈

[@chrispaul7849]

Watched entire game as a kid, had my Alan page poster! Thanks for the UL

[@jstube36]

I was born in Minnesota 1969. The year the Vikings went to their 1st Super Bowl. We lived close to the Old Met for a long time. Still miss it. Alan Page 88 was my favorite also. Skol

[@Stacie45]

I had a Merlin Olsen poster, he was trying to sack Johnny Unitas.

[@Stacie45]

@@jstube36 My Grandfather took me to a preseason game at Metropolitan Stadium in 1971. Gary Cuozzo was the Vikings QB, they played the Patriots. The Pats' QB was a rookie named Jim Plunkett. Vikes won 17-10.

[@jstube36]

@@Stacie45 Cool memories. The Vikings also played the Patriots in the Regular Season. They played against Joe Kapp

[@GilTMann-ly5fd]

I still have an Alan Page jersey. 88. Favorite player ever. Great human being, too.

[@MyXxx77]

One of the greatest games ever played. Of course, in those days, on any given Sunday, you could find "one of the greatest games ever played".

[@conni70]

this game was a foreshadowing between two organizations who competed at a high level for a very long time, yet never won a Super Bowl..

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@conni70, until 2000..in St. Lou=same org.

[@conni70]

@@robertsprouse9282 ...the L.A/ St Louis Rams went 9 consecutive seasons without a post season appearance, until their Lombardy year in 1999...but my initial comment was regarding the two organizations relative to the inception of the Super Bowl era in 1966, in which both organizations were highly competitive for the first 25 years of the Super Bowl era, yet never won it

[@robertmay44]

Yes I definitely remember the game I was 13 years old and I had to go to work with my mom she worked at the Brown Derby in Akron Ohio and I watch the game in the back of the kitchen eating chicken and yellow rice sadly my mom's no longer here and neither is to Brown Derby

[@herbpetrillo163]

@@conni70 the rams did win one,in 99, as the st.louis rams. ...

[@brainscott8198]

That music at 6:40...still gives me chills some 50 yrs later. The horns mixed with the strings, stirring up a dramatic scene.

[@9Point8]

I was at that game as a 16 year old kid, grew up near Met Stadium. Froze our asses off, even the bathrooms were like ice boxes.

[@jstube36]

I was born in Minneapolis that year. We lived in a town called Burnsville until moving to San Diego in 1979. The Met was a such a great Football Stadium. Even when the Twins played on it. So glad we left before seeing it turn into the Mall of America.

[@sludge8506]

There is no limit to the amount of layers you can wear. I worked outside for 40 years. 🤪🤪

[@willbergie55]

A friend of mine was the middle linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings, number 59 Lonnie Warwick.

[@jstube36]

That's cool. My father had a furniture repair shop in Minneapolis. Carl Eller was customer.

[@kbrewski1]

Warwick and Joe Kapp had an infamous bar brawl in 68 I think. He ever talk about that? 40 for 60!

[@mikestafford5941]

Mt. Hope! My stepfather was from the same town as Lonnie Warwick.

[@dougthompson5449]

I watched this game when I was 12. I loved Joe Kapp's brawling, blood and guts style of play.

[@muffs55mercury61]

Back when they played in the weather.

[@sludge8506]

Just like the Bills, Ravens, Bears, Steelers, and Packers, champ.

[@Diane-rq4om]

The RAMs were my favorite team as a kid. I was 10. Good old days

[@alexlarams]

God, I'll NEVER forget how incredibly heart-broken I was after this game. 50 years later and it STILL hurts.

[@henrybrowne7248]

Me too Alex! I had to listen to my gloating Dad and Ram-hating friends, and I didn't even care that I'd won a bet! But over the years my perspective has evolved, and I now admire the Vikings, especially that defense. Alan Page is now a justice on the MN Supreme Court.

[@FWFrank]

I was heartbroken when George Allen left the Bears for the Rams

[@SwordValiant]

If watching the Rams come up short in Minnesota was not enough disappointment and anguish, it was only made worse by the cover of Sports Illustrated showing Gabriel pinned for the safety in the fourth quarter. Btw, my first born son is named Gabriel...

[@markgreene6349]

This is gold..love everything about it

[@danielmacdonald8349]

This game was AWESOME!! I remember every detail. I was 11 and a Vikings fan from Connecticut - and my brother was 15 and a Rams fan. The tension in the house was unreal!! My mom even had to yell at use to “keep it down” while for most of the game my brother was busting my balls and pissing me off - since the Rams had the lead most of the game. When the Vikings took the lead the tables were turned!! What sweet revenge. If I remember correctly before the day was over my brother got tired of me busting his balls and we ended up fighting. Obviously being 4 years younger I took a whooping - but it was worth it!!

[@georgetoplenszky7062]

Torn up field, No heated benches, If you look in the stands, No plush seats. Just back to basics football from back in the day.

[@johnperrigo6474]

the good old days ......

[@markeberling5881]

Love watching these game's

[@sludge8506]

Ancient times seem better than they were, champs.

[@billymatthews7346]

Remember this game, as if it were now....watched it during the afternoon that cold day.....I was 10 years old....{Indian Joe Kapp#11} 🏈

[@robertquesada9257]

Hoped to see this game again. Thank you! I was 17 years old, a Viking/Joe Kapp fan watching the game with my die hard Ram buddies. I recall all the drama and especially the hard hitting, talent, guts and ..without the steroids. Rams were talented and tough. I will admit that the Refs were not favorable to the Rams, but sense the outcome the same.

[@jstube36]

Thanks for viewing and sharing the memories

[@herbpetrillo163]

It think the better team lost this game.

[@6400az]

@@herbpetrillo163 No way, 1969 Vikings number 1 on both offense and defense plus, they beat the Rams in LA a few weeks earlier. Vikings better team.

[@purplesword5536]

Thanx for posting this.. Much appreciated..

[@jstube36]

Thanks for viewing. Happy you enjoy it

[@doctorgarbonzo2525]

Great Stuff! Glory Days! I lost sleep over this game. Sadly that season was the end for a lot of key personal, Joe Kapp was traded to the Patriots after Super Bowl 4 and retired the year after, George Allen would move on the Red Skins after Lombardi passed away, Thanks for Posting

[@jstube36]

And the two Leagues would merge. The Steelers, Browns, and Colts would switch to the AFC. Monday Night Football goes on the air. And Super Bowl V would be the first of five appearances in the next decade for America's Team. How Bout Them Cowboys. Thanks for viewing.

[@f.lloydwrong7127]

Good stuff.

[@gimmeshelter1969]

I was just 13 when I watched this game in its entirety all alone while still living in Florida. I was crushed by the Rams loss and really disliked Joe Kapp who seemed like a crude barroom brawler compared to the lithe and graceful Roman Gabriel. Kapp's sloppy game winning touchdown in the 4th Qtr really disgusted me. Two weeks later I was euphoric while watching the Chiefs literally destroy Minnesota in the Super Bowl 23-7. When the Chiefs knocked Kapp out of the game with a vicious hit I was overjoyed! Such sweet revenge! Len Dawson instantly became my newest hero as he methodically picked apart the Vikings defense and led the Chiefs to a dominant win. Sure, Super Bowl IV was fun. But it was this dramatic playoff game between the Rams and Vikings in Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, MN in the freezing cold on December 27, 1969 that got me hooked on the NFL. I'll never forget it!

[@MegaSkills9]

I am old enough to have watched them go to the Superbowl 4 times (With my dad) but they never won. I am still waiting for them to do so. Maybe 2025 will finally be the year? GO VIKINGS !!!

[@jstube36]

Could even be a rematch with Kansas City. In SB $ the Vikes were 13 point favorites and lost. Now they can flip the tables against the Champs this time.

[@sludge8506]

The Vikings *are* tough, but so are the Lions and Eagles. We’ll see!! 🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈

[@danweiers-kh3jr]

You will be waiting a long time my friend I am 65 and watched them blow it every year they are cursed for some reason that I don't know

[@danischeel4846]

2 of my fav qb's of all time!

[@wonderfulwino4265]

Gabriel and Kapp the combined grace and beauty of a Lugwrench.

[@martinvarela2316]

Nice job for uploading this. Starting following the rams in the early 70's. My father was a big ram fan since the 50's. Went to my first game in 71 on a Monday night game with father and uncle. They would get to playoffs but never a super bowl championships. They ultimately had to go to st Louis to win a super bowl. Of course lost again this year in the Super bowl. Raiders were the only super bowl winner to represent los angeles

[@jstube36]

Actually the Rams are the only team to win Titles from three different cities. Cleveland Rams won it in1945, Los Angeles Rams 1951, and St Louis Rams 1999.

[@fdsuperstar2547]

This game was the very first NFL game I remember watching and being into. I would have been 8 at the time. Easily became an NFL fan. Unfortunately over the past few tears or so the NFL lost me.

[@AlienAirMusic]

Me, too. All the obnoxious commercial breaks, now followed by the creepy woke shite.

[@bufnyfan1]

Jack Snow (#84) of the Rams in mentioned at 12:22-Mr. Snow went on to be an announcer for Rams TV/radio coverage even after they had moved to St. Louis--sadly Mr. Snow died of staph infection sepsis--it is believed he acquired the infection while doing an interview in the Rams dressing room

[@StevenC32]

The Rams was established in Cleveland Ohio in 1936, and played there from 1936-1945. Roman Gabriel was the first Filipino QB to play in the NFL.

[@9Point8]

Milt Sunde was from Bloomington, where the old Met was. He was a great all around athlete in high school. One of only two 9 Lettermen that Bloomington/Bloomington Lincoln had. Quite a beast as an O-lineman.

[@jstube36]

I was born in the Twin Cities in 1969. Exactly one day after the Vikings crushed the Browns 51-3 at the Met. We lived close to Bloomington.

[@garrison6863]

The Rams teams from the late sixties were so good. Especially on defense.

[@conni70]

yup...but it didn't end in the late sixties...their excellence also carried over into the next 2 decades ...as a matter of fact, from the inception of the the super bowl era in 1966 until the end of the 1980's, the Los Angeles Rams organization accumulated the 3rd highest win total in all of pro football...25 years of consistent excellence and no Lombardy's to show for it...depressing

[@Stacie45]

@@conni70 No kidding, broke my heart a few times when I was a kid.

[@davidlafleche1142]

The Rams wwre football's version of the Red Sox.

[@robertmay44]

The Fearsome Foursome was highly overrated all you have to do is look at the rankings between them and the Vikings defense of 1969 there is no contest the Viking front for was much better facts don't lie there in black-and-white just look at the stats

[@Stacie45]

@@robertmay44 Bull. You are comparing the teams of the 1970's, those weren't the real Fearsome Foursome. The Fearsome Foursome were Jones, Olsen, Grier and Lundy, they played in the 1960's when the Vikings were still a raw expansion team. Vikings DL in the 1970's, Eller, Page, Larsen and Marshall were arguably better than the Rams DL in the 1970's, but that was not the Fearsome foursome. In 1969 only Jones and Olsen were left. The Fearsome Foursome never got to a championship, but the Purple Gang had the honor of getting shoved around and knocked on their butts in 4 Super Bowls.

[@depaola63]

I was 6 on this day and LOVED " The VIKES " Up until 2009 , 40 years of HEARTBREAK HOTEL was enough !! I wish them well, but have not watched the NFL since !! 1998 should have did it for me !!

[@Crackerjack-toy]

I remember watching this game. I met Gabriel a year or two before this game at a NCSU fundraiser. Still have a signed hat from him. I was so sad when they lost this game. Boy, what an era of football.

[@TomFest]

Man, the rams and vikings have a lot of playoff history my vikings won all of the early matches but lately the rams have beaten us. Monday will be a battle

[@jstube36]

@@TomFest This win by Minnesota would start an unfortunate trend for the Rams in the 1970's. Starting from '73-'78, The Vikings and Cowboys would take turns knocking Los Angeles from the Playoffs. The Rams finally got to the Superbowl in '79 . Played a great game but lost to Pittsburgh.

[@felixmadison5736]

WOW!!!! The players are actually tackling and not just trying to hurt the opposing player!

[@johnperrigo6474]

That old Met was a strangely constructed stadium. But I sure miss those places. Today's venues are over-the-top corporate extravaganzas. Makes football appear to be way more important than it really is.

[@jstube36]

@@johnperrigo6474 Football is that important

[@shawnsingleton4164]

I wonder what the 69 Rams would have been like if George Allen had kept Harold Jackson, who he traded to Philadelphia before the season. Jackson goes on to become an All-Pro with the Eagles that season, and Wendell Tucker never stays healthy enough to really become the deep threat the Rams needed. L.A. could have really used Jackson on their final drive.

[@davidm4160]

These players probably made about 18k a year and sold cars and insurance during the off season!

[@mrnatural1961]

I only spent a few minutes looking, but found that Dave Osborn made $9k in 1965, his rookie year.

[@mikevanriel7573]

@@mrnatural1961 adjusted for inflation, he made about $78,000.

[@mrnatural1961]

@@mikevanriel7573 So, to your point, semi-decent $$ for 1965, but wasn't rolling in dough either. You had to love the game back then..... : )

[@jeffmerklin2022]

I think they did get paid well, considering, for the playoffs. In Jerry Kramer's book Instant Replay, I seem to recall him writing that he could earn an extra $25,000 total or thereabouts if they ran the table and won SB II, which of course they did. I think his salary that year was in the 28k-30k range.

[@buffdaddy2032]

Yeah now they have muti million dollar contracts 😂 they should never get paid that much !!!

[@gblewz]

I was 19. This game nearly killed me. I’ll never forget that Gabriel interception. I was so glad the Vikings lost every Super Bowl in which they appeared.

[@denisceballos9745]

What a game - they were really hitting out there. Played in 11 degree temp. with wind chill. One year before the merger.

[@blackwidowsm]

69 was the last official nfl title Super Bowl in 70 was last afl vs nfl sb this season in 70 leagues merged ironically kc and Minnesota opened season on Monday night of first official merger afc nfc game Vikings won 35-7 only time in history Super Bowl participants played consecutive games against one another. One good thing about that Monday night game we didn’t have to listen any more about streams offense of 70s ( the screen pass) Only time anyone ever saw Grant smile during a game he was looking directly at stram with half grin breaking his stoic Kay fab for one time, Only coach he really disliked it was hard for Grant to not like you. Not being authentic is fastest way to get thier with Grant. Great Minnesota Vikings people won’t get this Grant always said was bill brown. Not stats but character Brown set the standard to be a Vikings! Ability it’s tarkenton page Eller Randall McDaniel McDaniel may be best guard in nfl history definitely most athletic all these plsyers have gold jackets next up would be More current moss hard to make my list gold jackets are required.

[@rodmesser6894]

Back during the days when they played real football.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

And OUTSIDE!!

[@thomasgoshaw6406]

Rod Messer ...in real stadiums

[@bigears5894]

@@thomasgoshaw6406 Met Stadium was a complete dump. It's embarrassing that the Vikings ever played there. Today's football, and today's stadiums, are vastly superior.

[@larryaldama1673]

🏉👍🇺🇸

[@bradlindeman7417]

I made it to met stadium to witness Doug Williams winning the game for Tampa Bay. Also saw Hank aaron play a baseball game there a few years earlier. Those stadiums were intimate experiences compared to the mega garbage crap they play in now!

[@brainscott8198]

It's Super Bowl Weekend, 2022. I'm in the way-back machine Saturday night before Cincy v LA. I love watching these old NFL films, especially classic playoff games on this night. Reminds me of my youth back in the 80's when ESPN showed every SB highlight film until Sunday morning.

[@stephenshaw4281]

I talk about this game a lot my family watched it. I was a Rams fan. I thought we were going to win at halftime. No one could beat the Vikings in that cold weather. The went to 4 Super Bowls when they played outside. The haven’t been back since they moved in a Dome

[@todd8414]

I knew that was going to happen! Sad! It's not Minnesota if you can't see mud and snow ❄️

[@steelworking1143]

I was six can still hear dad and uncle bud yelling at the TV. Burbank California

[@jstube36]

Interesting memories

[@polarbear353]

I was 9 and living on Buena Vista Blvd in Burbank. My dad and uncle Jack was cussing for everything they were worth.

[@davidlafleche1142]

The loudest yelling I've ever heard was from Seahawks fans, after Malcolm Butler's pick.

[@herbpetrillo163]

I remember watching this as a 13 year old on cbs...and remember a couple of times there were commercials for the new james bond movie: 'On her majesty's secret service'....which co-starred my boyhood crush, Diana rigg.....i remember this like it was last week, i swear....

[@depaola63]

I too am now 56 and LOVED the Vikes for 40 years !!! LO$T every big game as we know !! GREAT DAYS to be a kid 4 sure !!

[@henrybrowne7248]

Once more I relive the first game in which I had a stake. I was CRUSHED, but, looking back, I see a great game between the two best. I'm now pulling for the Vikings to get their first Super Bowl win. They came close in '99 I think it was but choked a field goal, although I doubt they would've beaten Elway. It's about time for them to get that elusive Super Bowl.

[@jacksaintjack2844]

Greatest name in the history of sports........................Roman Gabriel.

[@ourlakehouse116]

One of my best friends was a Rams fan so we had many hard times on Monday’s at school 😂

[@darrylhaynes]

I watch this game on CBS broke my heart when my Rams loss do you remember they went 11 and o to start the season then lost their last three regular-season games to the Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings and the Baltimore Colts

[@gimmeshelter1969]

Yes, same here dude (see my recent comment)

[@MrOneHotDog]

Me too. I thought we had it at halftime.

[@Salvatore1268]

The picture quality is amazing

[@rossnochimson6904]

Rams were my favorite as a kid - I was disappointed when they lost - I was 9

[@kargs5krun]

Vikings were my favorite as a kid - i was ecstatic when they won - i (too) was 9

[@richardmorris7063]

I was13, bummed out this day.gabriel,Jones, Olsen we're fun to watch but the bikes were always a step ahead.

[@robertsprouse9282]

@@richardmorris7063, as bicycles tend to do, at least compared to walking Vikes..

[@richardmorris7063]

I was 12 & highly dissapointed.

[@DavidSilva-fq7nt]

I was 9 too.

[@bigtexmacgonigle444]

FUN FACT: The Rams started the year 11-0 and lost their last 3 regular season games, including one to the Vikings, and this divisional playoff game to the same Vikes.

[@jstube36]

Another interesting note. From 1969-1978 the Rams would make the Playoffs 7 times. Each time they would be eliminated by either the Cowboys or the Vikings

[@northernlight4614]

They met in Week 12. Rams were 11-0, Vikings were 10-1. When it was over, both teams were 11-1.

[@Charles-gi8su]

Living in Nashville Tennessee at the time we had no NFL team man this game was great two of the toughest teams ever bud grant once said bill Brown loved training camp thanks very much

[@patrickfallon6192]

I was 9 we had a good lead at the half 2nd half we couldn’t do anything right …… I cried

[@AlienAirMusic]

Winning 11 in a row, then blowing their last four games including this one. The Rams have ruined more weekends than the family drunk at holiday dinners.

[@Stacie45]

Could not agree more. If they had just sucked that would have been one thing. But to have been so good, for so long, get your hopes up and then stomp on your heart, year after year. Being a Rams fan in the 60's and 70's was really hard.

[@herbpetrillo163]

I know...they won 11 straight, then never won again that season? I ain't convinced that the vikings were better

[@Stacie45]

To be fair sometimes the Rams fell off like that because they got key guys injured as the season went on. People labelled them chokers but if you look closer they had some bad luck with injuries.

[@cjs83172]

But in retrospect, how many times did that happen with George Allen's teams, both in Los Angeles and later with the Redskins. Granted, he never had another team win that many in a row, but Allen's teams almost always ran out of gas at the end of the season. The exception to that was 1972, when he did manage to lead the Redskins to the Super Bowl, but his teams, mainly because they were older (particularly when he was in Washington), always seemed to run out of gas at the end of the season. But '72 was to be the only season in which he won a post-season game, despite all the contending teams he had in Los Angeles and Washington.

[@Stacie45]

@@cjs83172 And then after Allen left we got Ground Chuck.

[@Z-Bart]

It would be another seven years before I got to see my first NFL game. Vikings vs Redskins. Vikings 35 Washington 20. Dec. 18, 1976.

[@jstube36]

I was 6 years old living in the twin Cities then. It was the first full season I can recall following. And the last time the Vikings reached the Super Bowl.

[@vansavant822]

I was 7 years old. Remember this well. My best friend was a Vikings fan. We watched it together. I cried when it was over. Tough loss. But mad respect to that Viking team. Mad respect. Two classically trained and coached professional football players. Wow.

[@jstube36]

I was born in Minneapolis. The Purple People Eaters were so exciting. Alan Page 88 was my favorite. I feel it's a shame that Jim Marshall 70 is not in the Hall Of Fame. And thanks for sharing those memories. These are priceless.

[@brucedockter3276]

The game was blacked out in the Twin Cities based on NFL rules at the time. However WCCO TV rebroadcast the game after the evening news so local Viking fans could watch. I was 12 at the time, but parents let me stay up late to watch. Even though I knew the outcome, I remember being nervous during the game replay, as if the game might play differently the second time around.

[@theknowitall4090]

Bud Grant. The days when u just penciled in the Vikes for a playoff spot. When the greatest coaches are mentioned, Grant never comes up. I know he lost 4 super bowls but this isn't the bills who won the afc by default. The vikes had to deal with the cowboys, Redskins and Rams and still won the nfc 4 times in an 8 year period.

[@jstube36]

What is shocking after all the success of the great Vikings Defense, Jim Marshall is not in the Hall of Fame.

[@sdgakatbk]

Bud Grant was excellent and should be in the Hall. Btw he was an NBA champion. He played forward on the 1949-1950 NBA champion Minneapolis Lakers.

[@johnbenson4672]

@@sdgakatbk Bud Grant is in the NFL HOF.

[@brianwolf6166]

One of the best games of the 1960s ... The Fearsome Foursome didnt do anything, while the offense never went deep to back the Purple Gang back ...

[@Frank_nwobhm]

1:17 Alan Page was not off-sides on that 69-yard Carl Eller pick-six. He was just too fast for the referees to comprehend.

[@michaelturner6358]

Watched this game as a kid while my dad was stationed in North Dakota.

[@Stacie45]

10:10 Gabe needed to see Eller coming and climb the pocket rather than continuing backward into the end zone. Might not have made a difference in the outcome, but taking a sack for a short loss (it would have been called a dump then) would not have been as big a blow as taking a safety. That play was probably the killer for the Rams.

[@mnamhie]

Gabe really blew it for the Rams. You're right, he was lame on the safety. But also the game ending pick. Did he have money on the Vikes? He practically gave it to Page. Roman choked a lot.

[@6400az]

@@mnamhie Truth !

[@Steven-bi1sq]

@@mnamhie Gabriel was my hero as a kid, but looking back on him, he had deficiencies. One of them being unreliable.

[@michaelleroy9281]

The Rams had the game, they let it slip away

[@ourlakehouse116]

This may have been the game that I became a Vikes fan for life, 9 years old at the time

[@wb6162]

Why O'Connell does not yet belong in the same sentence as Bud Grant. Those old Vikings teams were built for the playoffs.

[@jamesdacc2068]

I was a HUGE Rams’ fan when this game was played(Raiders fan now… long story), and I still haven’t gotten over it. This was my first year really following the NFL(I was 7 going on 8 the day after this game), was finishing up my first year of flag football(interestingly the Rams new practice facility is walking distance from park and rec where I played). That Rams team was excellent, winning 11 games in a row. My dad took me to win number 10 at the L A Coliseum 24-23 over the Cowboys. They would beat the Eagles the next week, but wouldn’t win another game that season, and the way they lost that Viking game was absolutely crushing. So even though I’m not a fan anymore, last night’s complete and total destruction of Minnesota was very, very satisfying.

[@jstube36]

@@jamesdacc2068 It's quite a playoff rivalry. I was born in the Twin Cities in November that year. Just a day after the Vikings demolished the Browns 51-3 at the Met. Followed the Vikings through the 1970's. Alan Page was my first favorite Football player. They had some terrific battles with the Rams in those days.

[@jamesdacc2068]

@@jstube36Dude the Vikings, starting with THIS GAME(btw,thank you for posting it, as painful as it is to watch!)would annually crush the Rams’ Super Bowl hopes in the playoffs in the 70s and 80s. I remember when we finally played you guys in the playoffs at the Coliseum, we knew we were gonna win because the weather wouldn’t be a factor and of all things to happen it rained like a mother(The Mud Bowl)and we lost again 14-7. Like I said I’m not a Ram fan any more but the pain is real, lol!

[@jamesdacc2068]

Oh and one more thing. Looking at the great uniforms that both teams wore back then, it is an absolute TRAVESTY what Nike has done with the current unis of the Rams and Vikings. The design teams for both should never be allowed anywhere near an art supply store for the rest of their lives.

[@jstube36]

@ What I remember about 1977 was Tarkenton getting his leg broken. And after Kramer himself got hurt, not too much was expected. But they still had the Human Army Knife, and should be Hall of Famer, Chuck Foreman. 1977 also brought still my favorite Super Bowl of all time. The game that made me a fan of the team I now follow. Yes I too know about changing teams. Long story short. By late 1978 America's Team became, and is still, my team. So we have something in common.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

The Chiefs must have watched these films because their game plan in the Super Bowl was very similar.

[@herbpetrillo163]

Yes, the chiefs game plan was very similar...i think the difference eas the chiefs linebackers were tremendous

[@seanp3302]

fuck the chiefs, fuck the afl.

[@realbarbaracarroll]

This looks like a rougher game than how they play today

[@billlopez2083]

It was and it is a rougher game then, no sissy overpaid cry babies on the field, real Men real football real weather

[@paulheaphy4228]

I remember this game. The Bloomington games were always exceptional.

[@jstube36]

@@paulheaphy4228 The Met was something else. One of the few Stadiums where both teams had to share the same sideline. IMO the best Football Field ever.

[@mf7482]

RIP Bob Brown who played in this game for LA, he did go to the Hall of Fame in 2004. He was in the company of future Hall of Famers when he was traded by LA to the Oakland Raiders.

[@tommyrawlings3046]

This was the way football was meant to be played.... Offensive lineman were not allowed to hold and grab like they do now on every play!

[@tommythomason6187]

Back when the NFL mattered. This was REAL football, played by tough men - not ignorant whiners - and no rules that ruined the flow of the game.

[@MyXxx77]

You're not kidding. It used to resemble the Battle of Hastings. Now, it's just slick, sterile, corporate sports entertainment garbage played by a bunch of spoiled divas. God forbid they should have to play on real grass or a baseball infield. God forbid receivers should have to play without their synthetic shark skin gloves that make it nearly impossible to drop a pass. I can't remember the last time I watched a Super Bowl from start to finish. I'll take the best marching band in the country over the phony uber-modern halftime shows any day of the week and I don't care who they get. It has nothing to do with football. Once upon a time, there was this great game called football...

[@tommythomason6187]

@@MyXxx77 Absolutely agree.

[@fdsuperstar2547]

How true about the rules.

[@lonelychameleon3595]

Back when the Vikings could actually win in the playoffs.

[@OBESPRING1982]

As long as the zebras had their choking backs.

[@floydthebarber9956]

@@OBESPRING1982 Butt hurt

[@OBESPRING1982]

@@floydthebarber9956 SKOL: Still Kan't Obtain a Lombardi

[@kbrewski1]

The Vikings had to win a whole slew of playoff games to get to 4 Super Bowls in an 8 year period. Unbeaten in league championship games from 69 until 1977. The frozen tundra of Metropolitan Stadium certainly helped. Neither the Rams or George Allen's Redskins could beat the Vikes in Minn (0-5 from 69 to 76 in the playoffs at the Met). It was a cold beautiful thing.

[@OBESPRING1982]

@@kbrewski1 After 1969, the "league championship game" and Super Bowl became one and the same. So, your statement is factually incorrect.

[@kennycarlson9654]

wow 73 ron yary kept deacon jones in check

[@massvt3821]

Thiaswas the game that put the Vikings on the map. They did make the playoffs in 1968, but they weren't a truly strong team. They would remain an NFL/NFC power for a decade. In many ways, the Rams did, too...

[@okd521]

Ah the good old days when every game ever played in Minnesota was cold and miserable as hell! I still haven't gotten over the fact that they lost to the chiefs in the super bowl!

[@bufnyfan1]

especially after they totally hammered the Chiefs in 1970 in the Vikings home opener (27-10)-in Super Bowl 4 the Vikings played a team they had never played before/had only one week to prepare and weren't used to "hype" of a Super Bowl game (the Chiefs had already been to a Super Bowl before)--with an offseason to review films/design a game plan to deal with KC's intricate offensive formations--Bud Grant and his boys had no problem with the Chiefs

[@gimmeshelter1969]

They didn't just lose to Kansas City. They were humiliated by them. This was back when the AFL was still considered inferior to the NFL. This game changed a lot of minds about that.

[@gregford2103]

George Allen's Rams were among the top teams in football during the late 1960s, but they had a tendency to run out of gas late in the season or in the playoffs. In 1967, they went 11-1-2, and led Green Bay 7-0 early in the Western Conference playoff. However, they then faltered after that and lost 28-7. The following season, the Rams could have played Baltimore for the Coastal Division championship in the regular-season finale, but fell to Chicago the week before, which gave the Colts the title. In 1969, the Rams started 11-0, but lost their last three games and then blew a 10-point lead in this game.

[@kbrewski1]

You can add 74, 76 and 77 to that list of playoff ineptitude. People love to rag on the Vikings 4 SB losses in 8 years, but those 4 SB losses meant that the Rams didn't even sniff the SB for over a decade because the Packers and the Vikings were always in the way, and the Rams psychologically and physically couldn't handle the cold.

[@OBESPRING1982]

@@kbrewski1 They couldn't handle the rigged officiating. Queens motto is SKOL - Still Kan't Obtain a Lombardi.

[@kbrewski1]

@@OBESPRING1982 WAAAAAAHHHHH!!! I'm a prissy Ewes fan who lives in La La land and we couldn't win ANY important playoff games in the 60s and 70s until we got to play Tampa Bay in 79, we puzzies blame it all on the refs because we are wimpy eunuchs who love to whine and cry. WAAAAAHHHHH!! We don't like the cold! We don't like the mud! We have an audition in Burbank to prepare for (see Bernie Casey, Merlin Olsen, Fred Dryer, Rosey Grier etc)! We have no balls! WAAAAAHHHHH!!!

[@Vezzo55]

Old Time Football....

[@jstube36]

Like wine it gets better with age.

[@drbonesshow1]

The problem with the Vikings they always played their best football in the championship not the Super Bowl. Maybe this year as a wild-card they can win it all.

[@davidx6912]

That front four has long been heralded, and rightly so, but those linebackers, whew! Roy Winston and Hilgenberg mugged anyone who got past- yikes! Clotheslines and high shots galore! Hackbart and Kassulke laid some waste in the D-backs, too! Big hitters all around on that defense.

[@redbaronreborn3372]

Minnesota becoming a dome team in 1982 was that franchise worst mistake as they have not been to a SB since 1976! Being an outdoor cold weather team was a tremendous advantage,[ask LA] meanwhile both GB and Chicago remain outside teams and both have won super bowls since the last time Minnesota appeared in one. That's not a coincidence!

[@michaelleroy9281]

For the team, not a home field advantage for the fans in November and December

[@robertperrella4194]

the 12:00 mark,alan page made a TREMENDOUS play but gabriel had jack snow wide open on a down and out !!!!!!! roman gabriel by fra WAS THE TOUGHEST QB OF ALL TIME!!!!!!! but that "no look" short pass symbolized gabriel's weakness WHICH IS CARELESSNESS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Wasted_Talent007]

When I was a kid, Seattle didn't have a team yet. On television, we got to see one of two teams. The Forty Niners or the Rams. This was before Bill Walsh and Joe Montana, San Francisco was horrible at the time, so my team was the Los Angeles Rams. I loved that team. I loved the uniforms. In fact, I disowned the Rams as blasphemous when they introduced that horrid yellow into their uniforms. My favorite teams switched up over time. I liked the Jets with Joe Namath. Then I liked the Oilers with Earl Campbell. Finally, Seattle got a team, and I could root for the home team. It was this particular Rams team, shown in this video, that was my first ever "favorite" team. I still love those uniforms. The best in franchise history. Actually, My favorite of all time for any team.

[@WheelhouseMike]

The 49ers were great then. They won the first 3 NFC West divisions. 70-72. Lost to the Cowboys all 3 seasons in the playoffs. 70 & 71 in the NFC championship and 72 when the Cowboys were the wild card team.

[@Wasted_Talent007]

@@WheelhouseMike They sucked in the 60s, when I first started watching football.

[@michaeltootikian4402]

As a life long fan of the Rams , unfortunately I remember watching this game

[@dougsmith4756]

I lived not far from Met Stadium. Listened to the game on the radio. This game was back when home games were blacked out locally even when sold out. Playoff games included. I think it was 1972 or 1973 when home games were on TV if sold out.

[@alhampton5427]

The Vikings

[@randyacuna3248]

The rams and vikings both play the same physical style, hated the rams losing this game rather then losing the super bowl which the vikings did.

[@juanamj1594]

Thanks for the upload. Do you have any of these NFL Game of the Week episodes? 1969 Week 2 Colts vs Vikings 1969 Week 8 Browns vs Vikings

[@jstube36]

Glad you enjoy it. I do not have the requested footage. But will search.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Both games the Vikings put up 52( Colts) 51 ( Browns)

[@barbaracaroll]

Both are on KZbin