Minnesota Vikings • 1974 Highlights

[@torykitchen633]

Just great childhood memories of my old Vikings! Just a damn shame we didn't win the big game in the 70's and the chances since then in the NFC Title games since up to present day is heartbreaking! But I am 58 now and still a diehard Vikings fan, we'll get that Super Bowl one year, I hope I live long enough to see it! SKOL!

[@donaldcook6184]

These Vikings were one of my favorite teams growing up as a kid.

[@ricshaffer4009]

Marshall, Eller and Page with whomever else was an incredible Defensive Line and played together for a long time...

[@CarlosReyes-qe2iq]

Gary Larsen, Doug Sutherland, and Bob Lurtsema.

[@BruceWayne-ri4wr]

I tell everybody this I truly believe the purple gang was the greatest defense in NFL history Go look up their statistics from 68 to 78 what they did for 10 years is unequaled in NFL history they were number one against the run and the pass like three or four different times I don't know why in the super bowls they couldn't stop the run for some reason because they always stopped it during the regular season and in the playoffs you couldn't run on them but then during the super bowls they would get ran all over which just made no sense because they were great at stopping the run they even had a saying back then you couldn't spot Minnesota attend nothing lead or you would lose for sure because the Vikings defense was just so good if they got up on by 10 on you you wasn't coming back

[@TimAllen-fs2rg]

I was just going to say the same thing until I saw your post . You nailed it ​@@CarlosReyes-qe2iq

[@randolphdavid4516]

Great childhood memories. Still waiting for the SB victory before I die.

[@Jiltedin2007]

Now that Mary Tyler Moore is dead, you're going to find someone to erase that curse she must have on The Vikings considering that Minnesota has never been to A Super Bowl after The Mary Tyler Moore Show was cancelled.

[@toppz462]

Man I HATED the G_D Damn Vikings!!! I was a die hard Rams fan as a kid and the Vikes along with the C'Boys broke my little kid heart every friggin year!!!

[@stevenervo2438]

If vikes won a super bowl it would not be the same. I could care less now. Would have rather seen 70's team win it. They deserved it. They respected the game and the entire team stood in a line at attention on the sidelines with helmets at there side during anthem. Players you could look up to

[@отпирайте]

steve nervo i heard they had poor preparation for super bowls. I would almost call 70s vikes a dynasty despite not winning it.

[@samuelhunt661]

Viking Fan 4Life what's up dude we haven't met but I share your enthusiasm for the vikings since 1971!

[@carlosmirsalas8873]

I love that at The end when Coach Grant waits for Jim Marshall he's favorite player Awesome stuff

[@gregt6688]

Started following these guys in 1971, I was an eleven year old kid in Montana. Even then like now the saying I use is the good news the vikings made the playoffs the bad news they made the playoffs, it's been a heart breaking journey with this team year in and year out but the stumbling bumbling Vikes are still my team.

[@thereilneid2868]

Born & raised in Detroit, always a Lions fan, but a HUGE closet Vikings fan growing up. Lol. Those teams in the 70's just owned the Lions (everyone did & still does) they won like 16 of 17 game's at one point. Loved Chuck Foreman, Tarkenton & that defense was just so dominating. ALWAYS wished they got a Superbowl ring.

[@darenaker5686]

I chuckled when I read your comments lol. Nobody is going to be owning your Lions now imo

[@JayDogTitan]

The Minnesota Vikings I grew up on.

[@lloydkline6946]

❤ Minnesota viking 1970s, purple people eaters

[@lloydkline1518]

Losing superbowl in 1960s/ 1970s ;; Michigan football losing rosebowl to usc& pac ten champion 1970s; ❤️ breaker

[@lloydkline1518]

I think the Kansas city chief superbowl was only winnable super 🏈 bowl they a chance to win ; Minnesota viking beat Kansas city chief in the regular season; bud grant prepare the viking good enough

[@caseyboles-mu4kg]

i love it. ive been a fan 47 years skol.

[@jasintosamora1103]

Forgot to mention during their sb runs the vikes and I remember a commentor saying this during a game were the most opportunistic team in the league. A good example was the deflected pass to Hilgenberg in the nfc cg. In a tough contest a championship team makes the opponent pay for their mistakes. Tarkenton and the vikes did just that. This comment was given to you by purple blood.

[@MrMajoco]

Great memories! Thx for posting. I was a kid at the 51-10 Houston game, still remember Tarkenton raring back and throwing as far as he could to hit Gilliam on the 80 yd bomb...the old Met exploded. The next week Plunkett hit Vataha for a 55 yd bomb just b4 the just-barely TD to the tight end to win the game late for NE. Heartbreaker. What a great team...no Vikings defense has been better since those days.

[@jackkitchen737]

I watched some of these games, as an eight year old Vikings fan living in Akron, Ohio. LOL....I remember seeing the game in week two vs Detroit on WJW Channel 8 (CBS) at 1pm on a Sunday in mid/late September and being on the edge of my seat as the Vikings barely hung on for a 7-6 win. I also saw both Rams games, and both Cardinals games. I had just learned all the rules the year before and was really into this season and couldn't get enough. Great stuff.

[@williamcrawford9432]

hey Jack

[@stevenervo2438]

I too was a fan in Akron Ohio at 14yrs old in 1974. A fan since 1970. They were my idols. Don't follow anymore. Modern day Vikings are a disgrace to the teams of the 70's. Don't know how to win and sure as hell don't know how to stand for the anthem. I remember the "Viking " lineup as it was called and the players would form a straight line on the sidelines with helmets in left hand at their side and stood at attention during the anthem. Every game.

[@отпирайте]

steve nervo world is changing i guess

[@PaulbylPaulbyl]

Jack Kitchen I have been a Vikes fan since the 74 season. If I recall correctly CBS carried the NFC games and NBC carried the AFC games, and to get Vikes score you had to flip between the two on Sunday afternoon. As you're from Ohio certainly you remember the hail mary Kramer to Rashad against the Browns in 1980. That is one of my favorite Vikes victories of all time.

[@dwaynecoy1871]

@Alfonso Hunt - he called it the "Vikings Formation" and had Jim Marshall teach everyone how it's done during training camp. He picked Marshall to walk them through it because he was good at military training after coming out the ROTC in college. During the season, Grant didn't have to say anything. He left it up Marshall, Carl Eller, and Mick Tingelhoff to make sure it was being properly before every game.

[@carlhall3196]

These guys truly were the best teams the Vikings ever had

[@dwightlove3704]

What about that sorry team from '98???

[@lloydkline1518]

1987 Minnesota viking; ❤️1969: 1973"1974 1975: 1976 Minnesota viking

[@6400az]

@@dwightlove3704 Similar to the 84 Dolphins. Great for TV, but no defense to ever win championships

[@dwightlove3704]

@@6400az That team he had a good defense John Randle and his friends were no joke on Sunday.

[@loydbruceleewouldbescary2637]

1975 minnosoda viking, late 1990s minnosoda viking

[@samuelmoulds1016]

yeah, I was a BIG Tarkington fan!. I wanted to have a video of EVERYONE of Fran's 'scrambles'!!!

[@steven2212]

Grew up watching my Vikings get crushed in every super bowl they played in. But the regular seasons were fantastic.

[@tronconesgym]

Chuck Foreman: only RB to lead the entire league in receiving yards ever. This will never happen again.

[@6400az]

Led in receptions but not yards.

[@tronconesgym]

@@6400az good correction

[@chuckyufarley2999]

Rickey Young led the league in receptions in '78.

[@dwightlove3704]

John Gilliam another underrated speed demon from HBCU COUNTRY(SOUTH CAROLINA ST)

[@kja9881]

Dwight Love John Gilliam was my favorite Vikings receiver and great 👍!

[@dwightlove3704]

@@kja9881 Yes he was one of mine as well along with John Stallworth in his early yrs Gilliam was said to be a 9.4 man in the 100yd dash.Gilliam started out with the Cardinals in the '60s.

[@wallytverstol8627]

WOW. i remember all these games once i see the highlights. all the way back to 1960 when the practiced in my home town Bemidji MN. they had a lot of great teams . this years team has both offense and defense. superbowl 2018 g vikes

[@scottgilbraith2534]

Wally Tverstol in my mind it’s a good year if they beat the packers. It’s a great year if they sweep them.

[@miked3858]

the start of many playoff loses by my rams in the 70"s. they drove me crazy.

[@michaelleroy9281]

Not in 1978

[@tsnide34]

5:10 “After review, the ball carrier was done before the ball crossed the plane.” Vikings win!

[@jeffreynapisa122]

Good times watching football in tbise days when players retired with their teams.

[@richardlarson9459]

Those were great days, when the Vikes ruled the division. Love the video.

[@rigalance]

please post more this brings back so many memories. thanx a lot

[@lloydkline3265]

Love 1970s Minnesota Vikings

[@smokeysdad8627]

Love these videos. Running backs were huge back then

[@joesmith8270]

Glory days for the Vikes. Unfortunately they played powerhouse teams in the early 70s, Miami and Pittsburgh.

[@greenbeagle13]

What a great video. Can you imagine how many penalties would have been called in today's NFL games - especially the QB actually getting tackled? I wish the Vikings had won a SB, just not against my Miami Dolphins. Loved when the Vikings played in their outside stadium.

[@LLAND18]

I absolutely love the old NFL what a game that it was. The new NFL just doesn’t do it for me. I wish the Cardinals were still in St. Louis

[@JoshZepnick]

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we’d all have a merry Christmas!

[@samuelmoulds1016]

yeah, I loved Conrad Dobler and his autobiography!!!!

[@michaelleroy9281]

They had horrible attendance and an outdated stadium, that's why they moved to Phoenix in 1988

[@johnkillion2243]

randy fast , this is some awesome stuff !!!!

[@rowhill59]

Great memories of this game. 15 year old midwestern hullagan hitched a ride out to the old met stadium with my good buddy "Cully " who sadly passed last April. We snuck into the game by rushing the gate. Remember running on the field after final gun and tried to snatch Jack Youngblood's helmet from his hand. I was lucky he didn't smash me in the face with it.😎🥊👊

[@76vike19]

Good story, RIP Cully.

[@necrophagiakc]

Became a Vikings fan in 79' 💪🏿💪🏿

[@carrion_man3700]

Thanks for the upload. SKOL!!!

[@paulbloede4214]

At this point, I think there's just something about the 1974 and 1978 Vikings seasons, that make them my two favorite seasons from the 1972-1978 combined Fran Tarkenton and Bud Grant era, if I had to choose. Several observations from this video: Tarkenton and Foreman are certainly shown with phenomenal plays and highlights, but the short segment focusing on Alan Page is the best I've seen on him. Each of the three or four plays shown, featuring Page, around halfway through this video, could qualify as among the very best of all the great plays he made, throughout his NFL career. And, since Dave Osborn is one of my favorite running backs of all time (loved his control over his body, his 2nd effort, his diving touchdown plunges, his elusiveness, and his toughness) it's great to see him having this one great year, among all of his final seasons among his 11 total seasons with the team (one of the great things to like about the 60s and 70s Vikings is how many of their players had such long both NFL and Vikings careers). Nice to see how well Osborn performed in the late-season, after-the-playoff-spot-clinched, Tarkenton-benched-for safety and to allow Bob Berry to play against his old team: Falcons game. Regarding the 1974 season, of course, the Vikings played best, among their 4 Super Bowl losses, in the game that ended the 1974 season, against the Steelers. If they could only have found an answer for Franco Harris, despite the greatness of the Steelers defense that game and the struggles of the Vikings offense, if they could have just stopped Harris more, plus had that bad play call by the official near the end of the game not overturned by the other official, and the ball given over to the Vikings offense, then they would have won Super Bowl IX. I know that is just what-if land, and fantasy-land, but it's my thoughts. The slick artificial turf field, and Gilliam's wrist injury, going into Super Bowl IX, also played significant factors, in the Vikings defeat.

[@Deucealive75]

There was an interception in that game that was called back because Carl Eller was off sides that could have changed the momentum. I always thought this was the best chance of the Vikings winning one of the 70's super bowls. The Steelers passing game wasn't fully established at that point. But their defense was amazing in that game. And you can't win a super bowl, or any football game when your defense is getting shredded by the run. This was the story of the Vikings 70's super bowl games.

[@lloydkline1518]

I think Kansas city chief was Minnesota viking best chance to win a superbowl; Minnesota viking beat Kansas city chief earlier that season;;Minnesota viking coach bud grant didn't prepare Minnesota viking good enough for the superbowl 1970

[@haroldmccoy6748]

The Steelers TE Larry Brown fumble reverse call was the correct call as the game replays clearly showed the TE's rearend touch the tuff before the ball was dislodged . The vikings also still had over 3 minutes remaining afterwards to hold the Steelers into a fg attempt,a action the Steelers kicker Gerrella had not succeeded at accomplishing because of his holder inability to secure a snap from center and a missed fg attempt . Even if Gerrella converts the fg ,it's still only a 12 -6 ball game , assuming the vikings prevented another Steelers successful first down ,they should have almost two minutes at their disposal. Pittsburgh converted three third downs ,the final dagger being the coupe de gras, game sealing TD pass to the guy who was involved in the first ,forth qtr, third down conversion by Pittsburgh,highlited by a fraudulent controversial overruled fumble . The vikings simply couldn't corral TE ,Larry Brown or the Steelers offense when they needed a stop . The game wasn't over because of a correct call reversal,plenty of time remained ,even if the original fumble call on the field wasn't overturned ,the way that steel curtain defense was playing ,the vikings weren't scoring a TD ,or even getting a single first down .

[@chuckyufarley2999]

@@lloydkline1518 Best chance to win one they played in, debatable. Their best chance to win one they damn near played in and overall the one that really got away...1987. NFC championship came down to the wire, then the Redskins go on to destroy Denver. Best defense they'd had since the peak PPE years and an offense that hung 36 points on the league's 3rd best defense in the divisional round...on the road. Forget '98 and '09, 1987 would have been a lead pipe cinch.

[@selloutasaurus]

I love these NFL films from this period of the mid-to-late seventies. someone once posted the last game seen here on this film. The NFC championship game of 1974 between the Rams and the Vikings. Do you happen to have that film? It was really well put together. I think the beauty of the film has to do with the sunlight and the uniforms and the way the story was told and the unusual twists and turns in the game. thanks

[@robedin6626]

"Without regard for personal safety"....lol, that pretty much sums up the entire NFL in the 70s. Lots of tackles on these films would be 15 yard penalties today.

[@paulbloede4214]

I can't resist adding one more comment, mostly (or somewhat) related to the 1974 Vikings. I've decided the next 4 Vikings deserving of Hall of Fame induction (I'm limiting myself to the 1961-1979 time frame) are: Jim Marshall, Bill Brown, Dave Osborn, and Chuck Foreman, in no particular order. Dave Osborn perhaps amazes me the most, of all of these four players, in terms of his fundamental soundness and excellence as a running back and football player, including remarkable self-control over the movements of his body, something I've noticed most pronouncedly, among other Vikings players, in Krause and WR Paul Flatley (1963-1967), although all good football players, and so many Vikings, were also quite capable in that regard. 1974 was Osborn's best season, among his later of 11 seasons with the Vikings. He ran for just a few yards under 1,000 in 1967. Around 1970, Butkus said Osborn and Brown were the only 2 truly tough running backs in the NFL. In the 1970 highlights film, Summerall says something to the effect that he may not initially amaze the viewer or the defender, but "all he does is beat you," and something like, "he has the savvy of a card-shark." To wrap up this comment, in terms of obscure Osborn successes, specifically in 1974: in Super Bowl IX, he had two fascinating plays. Late in the game, none other than Mean Joe Greene picks up a fumble and starts to run with it, but Osborn makes an excellent solo tackle on him, stopping him in his tracks. Furthermore, at some point well into the game, Osborn is blocking in the backfield, picking up the blitz of Steelers linebacker Andy Russell, and with a fundamentally sound, legal, and clean block, happens to injure Russell, causing Russell to miss the rest of the football game. Just two examples, at the end of his last productive season with the Vikings, of Osborn, the all-around football player, playing a great overall game of football, and really deserving to be on the football field. Incidentally, writing this makes me wonder if Page had lost enough of "deserving to be on the football field" to have been traded by Grant, in the middle of the 1978 season, and if Krause had really lost enough, also, to lose his starting safety position, as of the beginning of the 1978 season, becoming just a backup, plus still the holder on kicks: two of the few moves, by Grant, during his tenure, that I happen to question, for whatever level of football knowledge I may be said to have, vs the professionals there, at the time (which is probably, little).

[@76vike19]

Osborn I don't think is even in the Vikes ROH

[@chuckyufarley2999]

Compare Bobby Bryant's numbers to the dozen or so HoF DBs above and below him in career INTs, and you'll edit your list. Darrell Green played in 135 more games than Bryant and only has 3 more picks. Ronde Barber, 80 more games, 4 FEWER picks. Sure, Bobby played most of his career before the Mel Blount rule changed the game, but at a buck seventy soaking wet, he wasn't mugging receivers up and down the field. He was definitely more of a cover corner than the typical 70's head hunter types. 51 career INTs in 161 games and just 128 starts.

[@CarlosReyes-qe2iq]

Marshall may get in, but posthumously. ​@@chuckyufarley2999

[@Matthew-k6k]

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

[@balrog322]

I missed this game when it was played-as a 19-year old Bay Area denizen & Raider fan I knew the eventual SB winner would be decided in the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum later this day-I just looked in to see the famous play when LA had the ball on the Minnesota one-foot line. I remembered reading in Sports Illustrated Ram guard Tom Mack claimed Alan Page simply charged across the LOS and pointed at the Ram line, asking rhetorically “What did he have to lose, a six-inch penalty?” Judging by the movement clearly evident at 18:53-54, I must conclude, 46 years later, the HOF guard was making excuses & or whining after his team proceeded to bungle the scoring opportunity and lose the game.

[@jacktheripoff1888]

I wished I had missed the AFC game. Raiders up 13-3 after 3 quarters then Steelers get 21 in the forth. After coming off that historic win over Miami the week before in "the sea of hands" game. I can never look at any films of that game because after all was said and done it meant nothing. Just reminded me of the enourmous choke that happened a week later. I'll assume many a Chiefs fan now think of that win over Buffalo the same way.

[@randyjohnson6395]

What great memories of my friends , Mike Weber , Steve schires , Billy broszko and me Randy Johnson .

[@cortchiewelch9492]

why doesn't the nfl network put this kind of stuff on television? how about an additional network, something similar to the history channel?

[@bluemoon95]

I agree with that statement. Especially during the offseason

[@williamivery1809]

Yess!!!!

[@samuelhunt661]

Stu voigt chuck foreman yes. Foreman was one of the first running backs to lead the NFC in receiving. Rickey young was another viking rb great pass catcher! We were the first team to consistently lead the NFC in same category!

[@76vike19]

my sister worked at a local bar in MSP and told me Ricky Young did coke. I was 12 in 1978 and it crushed me.

[@lloydkline1518]

@@76vike19 Minnesota viking trade great offensive linemen Ed white for Ricky Young

[@massvt3821]

Vikings start fast, have a mid-season lull, but finish strongly, and defeat St. Louis and LA in the playoffs. The Steeler running game proved to be too much, and a stifling Pittsburgh defense led to a Super Bowl defeat for Minnesota..

[@6400az]

On two occasions they lost two in a row.

[@conni70]

1974 was a sham...the Rams earned home field advantage that season, beating the Vikings for the tie breaker, but still had to travel to frigid Minnesota for the NFC title game...Pete Rozelle was in love with that stupid pre determined playoff rotation system that fucked the Rams in 1967, 73 & 74...

[@76vike19]

@@conni70 True but the Rams had home field against Dallas - I think twice and Minnesota once and still spit the bit.

[@ClaytonRistrom-qf6bw]

Never get sick of watching these videos.Go Purple people eaters

[@mitchelle4322]

Great video, old time Viking fans like me appreciate it but they ruined the vid by playing autumn wind at the end!

[@lloydkline1518]

❤️ Minnesota viking especially 1960s/ 1970s purple people eaters ; Fran tarkenton; bud grant

[@massvt3821]

The last year for long-time players like Grady Alderman, Milt Sunde, Gary Larsen and Bill Brown, one-time starters now relegated to back-up roles...

[@6400az]

Oscar Reed's last year too.

[@massvt3821]

I don't think Oscar did all that much in 74, though. His best years were in 72 and 73..

[@6400az]

MassVt Reed disappeared in 74. He had and outstanding post season in 73' ( minus the SB ofcourse ) He just outperformed every one, kinda like a one hit wonder in those two games. In 74' Osborn some how got his job back, or at least shared it with Marinaro , but he did play more than Reed. Think he also started in 71 , but just never became a solid , long term starter.

[@toscodav]

Was Chuck Forman injured that year? Did he even play in SB 9?

[@6400az]

Probowler in 74'. As far as the SB, one could question if any of the Vikings played. But Foreman was there in SB IX .

[@Hambone3773]

Is that Pat Summerall narrating?

[@purplesword3800]

Foreman wasn't crazy fast he was incredibly elusive and he had the craziest jukes of any back I've seen. Unbelievably good pass catcher too. He and terry Metcalfe played like slot backs, linebackers had no chance of covering him on pass routes.

[@6400az]

Yes, correct. He had good speed at best. Had he had game breaking speed he d have a cazeellion yards. Time after time, you see him get caught from behind once he breaks into the defensive backfield.

[@lloydkline1518]

Minnesota viking trade legendary Minnesota viking offensive linemen Ed white for running back Ricky Young: pretty much ended chuck Forman Minnesota viking career after knee surgery;; ❤️ chuck Forman born on Christmas 🎄 day;; ❤️ chuck Forman spin move

[@daleschmieg9050]

@@lloydkline1518 -yes, the Vikings lost all resemblance of a respectable running game with the loss of Ed White. Foreman also didn't have a notable running mate, as each season there was a different starter alongside him. The Vikings designed their offense around him, so he was pretty well used and abused heading into 1978, and the loss of White and the knee injury really sped up the end of his career.

[@lloydkline1518]

@@daleschmieg9050 Ricky Young Great pass catcher: not great runner;; remember Ed white crazy glue commercial; great. at arm wrestling too

[@daleschmieg9050]

@@lloydkline1518 - yes, the Vikings greatly valued the all purpose back, but they never had what the great teams of the '70's had, a 1-2 punch at RB with legitimate HB and FB.

[@jacktheripoff1888]

The 70's NFC and the Big-3, the Vikings, Rams, and Cowboys. Every NFC championship game from 1970-1979 had at least one of these 3 teams in them, and 6 of them had both. Got to feel for Rams fans. 4 losses in 5 years in '74, 75, 76, and '78. Never could get past Minnesota on the road, and the 2 they had at home against the Cowboys they got beat bad. Finally they got one in '79 with probably their weakest team from that era at 9-7, had they pulled off the upset against the Steelers it would have been worth the wait.

[@daleschmieg9050]

Pretty much the same thing in the AFC with Miami, Pittsburgh, and Oakland. 10/10 with at least one of those, and 5 with two of them. This AFL/AFC condition went from 1967-80, while this NFL/NFC condition went from 1969-1982. With all those added years, only 1/3 played in those games.

[@jacktheripoff1888]

@@daleschmieg9050 It really bothers me still that the Raiders only had 1 SB win by 1978. The '74 AFC title game was theirs to win, and lost it. In '73 and '75 they lost to better teams. And in '77 they got jobbed by a bad call at the goal line, but maybe that was a karma payback for the '76 game against the Patriots. The losses in '68, '69, and '70 I was too young to remember.

[@jacktheripoff1888]

@@daleschmieg9050 It still was a fun decade for a kid to watch football. And it was when Monday Night Football was like a real cultural event. Too bad I rarely could stay up to see those games end.

[@daleschmieg9050]

@@jacktheripoff1888 - copy that on the MNF thing. If my team, the Vikings, were playing, my mom made me take a nap earlier if I wanted to watch it. Otherwise, it was over for me after the halftime highlights segment. The Raiders and the Rams always seemed to have a frustrating way of falling short in the postseason, with the exception of the 76 Raiders.

[@jacktheripoff1888]

@@daleschmieg9050 Remember when MNF halftime highlights were like the ONLY highlights you got to really see? There used to be a show called This Week In Pro Football that would air in our area (Cleveland suburbs) Saturday at Noon, but by 1976 or '77 it was gone. The best thing that happened was ESPN NFL prime time when it came on in '87. You got to see detailed highlights in real speed as opposed to slow motion NFL films. When I think of all the Viking playoff games from the 70's the one I think of most is the Rams mud bowl. Just so unreal, especially in LA of all places. I think that was the same day the Raiders beat the Colts in the double overtime game. I actually have a hard time following sports of any kind any more. Too much comes along with the actual game that I have no use for. I find myself just going back in time via KZbin to remember better days as a sports viewer. I'll watch the SB next week, I'll turn it on right at kickoff and ANY halftime show is a no-show for me. Been that way for years. I guess it just to satisfy a curiosity of an old habit that I guess won't break.

[@kjkjokm1576]

日本のテレビでも放映していました。テレビの前で録音したのを思い出しました。

[@JohnnysComedyNetwork]

Good old days

[@ricshaffer4009]

I was 5yrs old and just starting to realy get into Football...but I already had 2 favorite players...hometown hero DT Jerry Sherk. Of Cleveland and Fran Tarkenton...why did an Ohio boy choose he...he was small but exciting...and Sherk was the '76 defensive player of the year...within 4 years both were gone...thank Goodness for Brian Sipe or I might lost intrest

[@bill94803]

Benchwarmer Bob Lurtsema was on this team too!

[@purplesword3800]

This was a somewhat strange yr. Losses to detroit at home(unthinkable) and new england( blew lead late). I guess detroit had to win eventually. Remember the dallas game well, some question as to fred cox' FG being good.

[@suerichardson5726]

I thought the kick was wide, we got a break...wish this film had a better angle

[@purplesword3800]

A hair inside the upright.

[@Jiltedin2007]

How the Packers Game at Home. How do you explain losing that game. Did the Packers wanted it more also? Up 17-6 on the Rams at Halftime only to lose 20-17 on 2 Late 4th Quarter Touchdowns could not be avoidable considering that the game was played in Los Angeles. That Rams Loss in Los Angeles would be the Vikings last loss for 1974 until Super Bowl IX.

[@6400az]

James Harris picked apart Jackie Wallace in he last drive. He subbed most of 1974 for Bobby Bryant who was out with an injury

[@purplesword3800]

6400az was just watching the NFC championship game that yr when you responded..what a wild series of plays that decided that game..alan page detecting the rams OL was moving cost L.A. 5 big yrds then next play wally picks off harris in end zone..

[@отпирайте]

Man the old school pats were so cool, the bledsoe era too

[@georgeegri6388]

Those were the days 🥳🏈 outstanding Vikings football 🏈 4 nfc championship games 👆🤔🥳 like coach bud grant said nobody can control the way the 🏈 bounces👀👆🏈🤔

[@reilneid6436]

Chuck Foreman, my all-time favorite RB & Vikings my favorite team. So what that i was born in Detroit & unfortunately had the Lions here. LMAO

[@lloydkline1518]

❤️ chuck Forman spin move ; Minnesota viking 1960s/ 1970s purple people eaters; Fran tarkenton; bud grant; lives metro Detroit tiger stadium detroit lions; Pontiac silver dome detroit lions etc etc

[@reilneid6436]

@@lloydkline1518 great stuff Lloyd. 70's Vikings were underrated & were a disrespected dynasty in NFL talk. So dominate till they ran into Dallas or Pitt. They actually had a 20 something game winning streak against my Lions in early-mid 70's.....lol

[@lloydkline1518]

@@reilneid6436 I lives in metro Detroit tiger stadium Pontiac silver dome stadiums Detroit lions; bud grant coaching magic 🎩 alway work against Detroit lions;; ❤️ 1960s/ 1970s college football/ NFL football 🏈; football was better wishbone offense I formation : today football players are too big & strong

[@reilneid6436]

@@lloydkline1518 agree 100%. So much about '70's football I really miss BUT also love today's game. Used to really like DB on those Viking team's Paul Krause. Foreman was my favorite though. Tiger stadium in 1970. Lions vs Browns & Lions won. A cold Dec day outside. Was great to be at

[@lloydkline1518]

@@reilneid6436 the problems with college & NFL football 🏈 it starts too late football to be outside it should start in late July; good football weather end like October after October it should be indoors;; too much 💰 football 🏈 players & stuff it should played indoors ;;

[@williejohnson9994]

0:52 Tiger Stadium

[@lloydkline1518]

Detroit lions used play at tiger stadium through 1974;; remember Reggie Jackson on the roof homerun & Cecil fielder left field roof homerun in the 1990s

[@dwaynecoy1871]

If you were playing Fantasy Football in 74, you'ld want Chuck Foreman as your number 1 running back.

[@richardcampbell1876]

Chuck Foreman the best ever

[@purplesword3800]

The thing that bothers me about the steelers super bowl is although they couldn't run a lick against pitt & harris had a big day(on alot of carries thou) the game should've been 9-7. Cox missed an extra pt, there was a question as to whether the steelers fumbled, didn't pentalties wipe out a big tark to Gilliam play? Possibly the most winnable of the supes.

[@6400az]

At that point it should have been 10-9 Vikings. Remember early in the game Randy Potl recovered fumble deep in Steeler territory, only to end up with a missed Cox FG......a short one mind you ( what else is new )

[@purplesword3800]

6400az you know i forgot about that. thanx for reminder.

[@6400az]

No prob...not the best of memories, but that game was there for the taking...regardless how bad they played.

[@purplesword3800]

6400az to think that it would have been 0-0 at half were it not for a botched hand off by tark-osborn.

[@6400az]

Pretty odd. Vikings defense did make some plays, got ZERO help form the offense. The fumble was mostly on Tarkenton.....watch the SB IX NFL FILMS show, he pull back form center too fast and never had a good grip on the ball.

[@bonanzatime]

I Love This Music And Narraration.👍👍

[@6400az]

The Vikings where struggling a bit here. In successive weeks the won 7-6. Then 11-7 , 23-21 .Crushed Houston then lost 2 in a row.

[@dylanjohnston6825]

Was Ed Marinaro coming off the bench for the Vikings?

[@jrnumex9286]

what would the vikings be without cox?

[@6400az]

Well, to start they would have gone 11-0 in 1975....... then again they never would have drafted Foreman had it not been for his pathetic year in 72. ..... so he wasn't all that bad :)

[@jrnumex9286]

@@6400az mr 64, actually that was a joke in H.S. small town wis. 'what would the vikings be without cox? (coc..) guys would say it loud in front of girls and teachers walking by.

[@DNSKansas]

Incomplete version. The full version starts with Super Bowl IX.

[@depaola63]

My Vikes 💪🏈🌟

[@jimsaksa-qc3ip]

Tarkenton's inconsistencies were never criticized

[@williamdavis6294]

If you are >55 already team for a decade. As a young child the SB losses were probably hard for a minute. But the continued success helped one nourish and grow, Truly! Those Purple People Eaters., Those Horns on the Helmut As a Packer Fan, only a Child, I dreaded them! - remembrance if Glory not present. Read 'Instant Replay' great book

[@ugotmossed84]

I’d trade five Super Bowl wins going forward for one in the 70s.

[@chuckyufarley2999]

Before the Red Sox finally prevailed in 2004, I was sure we could have worked a deal with Boston (New England) to trade our 2 WS trophies for the two Lombardis the Pats had won at that point.

[@dwightlove3704]

Chuck Foreman another person Canton has not recognized!!!!!

[@tommythomason6187]

And, they played a pretty difficult schedule. Only the Saints and the Falcons, who were coming unraveled, were bad teams. Chiefs were getting old. Oilers not a patsy. They won half their games in 1974, Bears impotent on offense, but defensively very tough Got the Cardinals twice. Regular season contest very competetive but in the playoffs, the Cardinals' great line couldn't keep the Vikes out of the backfield, and Rams starting to hit a stride.

[@mikehanzal9562]

To bad those Viking teams in the 70's couldn't have played those super bowls in a cold weather climate.

[@gibby7133]

Whats the song at 8:55

[@mitchelle4322]

Street Warfare by Sam Spence

[@generationll]

How ironic that there is NO MENTION of Super Bowl 9

[@MrTeatreeoil]

generationll who was the defensive coach?

[@Jiltedin2007]

Because The Vikings lost in the Super Bowl!

[@generationll]

The Vikings 1974 season did not end with the NFC title game game in the L.A Rams

[@Jiltedin2007]

Of course not! But it was their last win in the 1974 Season.

[@6400az]

This is part of a series of 4 games called ", Purple Power Years. Showcasing the Vikings Superbowl year runs, ofcourse they're not going to focus on anything negative. However in the original film, they do show and mention SB IX.

[@lloydkline6946]

❤ purple people eaters Minnesota viking

[@sumego4180]

I miss the Vikings outdoors. Those 70 teams could have won one super bowl if they could have stopped the run. The purple people eaters were too small.

[@lloydkline1518]

NFL& college football players 🏈 football players are too big & strong & ❤️ college football 1970s wishbone/I formation offense football players were smaller

[@lloydkline1518]

Really: purple people eater were small back in the 1970s; Jim marshall used throw shot put at Ohio state;; Minnesota viking secondary seems to be their weakness even either Paul Krause & Bobby brown

[@douglassopa2544]

yes they were the best. cuz they were brutal on every down,,

[@jackbuck3892]

This is odd. It looks like both teams were on the same sideline. Is that the way it was in the old stadium

[@selloutasaurus]

back then both teams stood on the same sideline when they played at the Minnesota Vikings home field at Metropolitan Stadium.

[@toscodav]

Yes. The stadium wasn't built for football so the seats on the other side of the field went all the way to the ground. If a team was on that side of the field, it would block the fans view of the field.

[@gocygo63]

...when the Packers used to play some games at County Stadium (baseball) in Milwaukee, they used to do that as well...

[@gls600]

Both teams used the same sideline in the outfield at Tiger Stadium in Detroit.

[@joekowalski182]

Vintage football is the best

[@Matthew-k6k]

Year after year after year after year

[@lloydkline3265]

Minnesota Vikings look unbeatable in 1974

[@lloydkline1518]

Minnesota viking looks unbeatable in 1975 too

[@jasintosamora1103]

I don't understand why they have not retired number 22 paul krause jersey the NFL s all time leader in ints that to me is a great disrespect to the greatest free saftey of all time as a viking fan since age 8 i am now 56 i still picture him grabbing an opponents pass i like Harrison Smith but no one should be allowed to wear number 22 in a viking uniform imo

[@76vike19]

he couldn't tackle

[@76vike19]

@JBSptfn Amen!

[@chuckyufarley2999]

What about 81? That's really a tough one since they gave it to Joe Senser so soon after Carl Eller left the team. Then AC gets it the year after Senser retires. Carter didn't quite have a retired number career, but he's still an all-time Viking great. Senser didn't have much of a career, but he was on pace for greatness before a knee injury took him out.

[@theprofessor8589]

John Gilliam burned the shit out of Roger Wehrli, the overrated Hall of Fame corner, at 17:08!!

[@Struwwel2]

The NFC Central in 1974: Vikings led the division, Lions and Packers were about 50-50, Bears sucked. Being a Vikings fan teaches you a valuable life skill: you learn how to cope with the disappointment that comes from pushing the boulder anywhere 3/4th to 7/8th of the way up the hill before it rolls back down again.

[@chuckyufarley2999]

As for life skills, the first one I think I learned from them was never buy a Vikings winter coat. Jerseys, hoodies, hats..all okay, but a winter coat you have to keep wearing for at least another 2-3 months after they rip your heart out

[@robfloyd7968]

TWA. The On-Time Airline.

[@jeffreynapisa122]

Just think Walter Payton was still at Jackson state ,and came yr later to the 🐻 's

[@Jiltedin2007]

The 1974 NFC Championship Game should have been played in Los Angeles.

[@mikejohnson9606]

The NFL in 1974, the playoffs were in a rotation playoffs. In 1975, the NFL changed that to best record and seeded.

[@lloydkline1518]

@@mikejohnson9606 Minnesota viking got cheated of home field advantage

[@Jiltedin2007]

@@mikejohnson9606 The Rams beat those Minnesota Vikings, 20-17, at the Los Angeles Coliseum. Based on "Head-to-Head" the Rams had the edge on the Vikings considering that both teams finished 1974 with identical 10-4 marks. The Rams very much got screwed there, for the second straight year.

[@conni70]

and this proves the false stereo types about L.A fans...7:30...

[@lennyjohnson9331]

Old stadium looks like one used for horse racing

[@Football__Junkie]

Stu Voigt: from playing in the Super Bowl to serving time for bank fraud

[@lloydkline1518]

Jail bird/ stu voigt

[@michaelleroy9281]

That I did not know

[@scarletmacaw]

Jeff Semen.

[@smoothoperator7023]

I like the Oakland Raiders ☠️Autumn Wind ☠️ music better!

[@depaola63]

Fred Cox was TERRIBLE 🤮🌹

[@jimsaksa-qc3ip]

Time to losr another Super Bowl

[@michaelleroy9281]

Or not make the Super Bowl at all, once again in 2024