@@mikeanton8338 I know but I wish the Vikings played outside. Besides, None of the cities you mentioned got as cold as Minnesota's Met stadium. It was the coldest place to play in the NFL.
@@bensonhurst7272 the Meadowlands now when it's COLD AND WINDY HOME of course of the N.Y. Giants and N.Y. Jets BUT IN THD 1970S THE Jets played at Shea Stadium and IT WAS BRICK THERE IN WINTER IT WAS RIGHT off the Long Island Sound at La Guardia Airport And the Giants were at Yankee Stadium then till 1973 then Yale Bowl in New Haven Connecticut While the Meadowlands was being built from 1971 - 1976
yes, I am a huge rams fan and that outdoor stadium killed us, then, we we finally got a home playoff game against you guys, it rained in LA like nothing before and the field turned into a foot of mud. just like the new rams stadium sure it's fantastic, but it has the dumb roof! It's LA for Christ's sake, it should be outdoors. in the sun, that's LA right? the vikings when they played for 3 or 4 years in Minnesota's college stadium outdoors, I kept on hoping for a snow storm so I could see them play in the cold and snow one last time. never happened. every game was like sunny for every home game they played there.
Huge Vikings fan and I’ve never forgotten those Vikings but I had forgotten how good Larry Brown was. Old time rugged football with legends all over the field.
It's just as well the Redskins lost this game, because if they had returned to the Super Bowl, they would have been dominated even worse than the year before. They would've simply been no match for Miami.
The old Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota. Real place for a football game to be played. All those legendary Vikings: Bud Grant, Fran Tarkenton, Chuck Foreman, Jimmy Marshall, Carl Ellard, Alan Paige, Paul Krause, Mike Tinglehoff.
I was at this game. 19 years old. Had a full wine skin of brandy. Leaped the fence, over a security guard, and ran out on to the field at games end. Got green dye (they dyed the grass) on my pants when I slipped and stumbled. Never forget. Evaded security and made it out... (Drinking age was 18 at the time)
😝 I was there too. Age 5 and was with my dad and my uncle I think. We sat in the very first row. Sounds great, except the stadium was designed for baseball because we could not see over the players on the sideline. We could see the ball in the air and that’s it. It was cool to be so close to players on sidelines but we were bummed. I was too young to be very upset
you got that right, they beat our rams so many times based on a penalty here, a bizarre turnover there, horrible freak weather in LA for that one playoff game, just unbelievable what happened to them against the vikings over the years. As 13 year old rams fan I wanted to cry back then. But at the same time I think had they won some of those championship games, they probably would have lost the super bowls that would have followed because they would be up against the 70's steelers, or raiders. just as when we got back to the championship game in the 80's only to run into the 85 bears, got back again, only to run into the joe montanna niners. we were always like second best behind one legendary team or another
Back in the good ole days when there were no domed stadiums, except for the Astrodome in Houston. When players had to play football outside in the elements, and fans had to be just as tough LoL. I miss those days.
Ruff tuff Billy kilmer from Azusa California his wife was my 5th grade teacher @ victor hodge elementary School in beautiful Azusa California Billy kilmer was a tuff man always my favorite player he was a real man GOD BLESS good ol Billy kilmer
thanks for posting this. I was a Viking fan in Virginia at 12 years old surrounded by Redskin fans. this was a great win. we still need a super bowl win.
True but it’s almost too easy now. Way too many 50+ yard FGs. It’s weak that Offenses are routinely rewarded with points for making it only to the defense’s 35 or 40 yd line.
@@anthonydonofrio3869 That’s true. Fred Cox of the Vikings was 2 for 25 from 50 and over and my favorite teams kicker Toni Linhart’s longest career fg was 45 yards. They absolutely stunk in the 70s.
Skins were competitive in this Icebox playoff showdown. Three years later they barely showed up against the Vikes, 35-6 before two late TD's made the final score look decent. Strange given that Grant's squad was just as ancient as Allen's in 1976.
The Vikings replenished their team every year with draft picks like Ron Yary, Foreman and Sammie White. The Redskins brought in a few super stars like Riggins, Calvin Hill and Fugett but failed to replenish their lines.
I was a 'Skins fanatic as a kid. I missed this game because I went with my mom to go X-Mas shopping. I didn't know my guys were playing at the time. I was stunned that I missed the game and my boys LOST!
@Aaron D. Digby, Sr. John Gilliam was right up there as well. Highlights week after week ....4 straight probowls. Warfield may have been a bit past his prime.
Oscar Reid was the fullback, though Foreman seemed bigger. Reid and later, Brent McClanahan (#33), complimented Foreman well in that backfield. Foreman had some unreal moves.
@@tommythomason6187 The fullback was once only a punter/kicker. As the game developed, the “T” formation became dominant and the fullback was positioned “deepest” in the backfield. When the “I” became the dominant formation, the FB became a blocker. In MN in the 60’s/70’s, Jerry Burns ran a modified “pro-style” that made both his backs primary pass catchers, thus the RB/FB designation meant very little, with the “best back” becoming the primary ball carrier. From 1974-1979 running backs led the NFL in receptions… including Foreman (‘75) and Rickey Young (‘78) so designations like FB and HB became less about what a back did - and more about simple nomenclature.
@@jjustice8825 Foreman did have his best years when he was not designated as the FB. Even before Chuck, Viking RB's not designated as the FB received most of the carries. The running backs for the Vikings started to accumulate receptions only when Tarkenton came back to Minnesota. A practice Fran used when he played in New York
Starting ‘Skins CB Pat Fischer’s first half injury hurt them in the 2nd half as Allen was forced to use kick return specialist Speedy Duncan to cover Gilliam and or Jim Lash. Props to Tarkenton for taking advantage of an aging Speedy’s diminished coverage and tackling skills.
@@jeffofbako1570 Should still be that way now!!!! But all the panzy wanna-be' pretending to be football players would cry too much. The game is cheap shit now compared to the old days, its all about money now. Those f**kers aren't football players now, they re ENTERTAINERS.
Loss of CB Pat Fischer in the 2nd half hurt the Skins pass coverage. Also, Tarkenton isolated RG Oscar Reed on a slow Redskin MLB Myrion Pottios, and made big gains....
Skins, lost '71 at 49ers, lost Super Bowl 7 to 17-0 Dolphins 1972 season. Lost this game '73, lost at Rams 1974 playoffs, no playoffs in 1975. Lost again to Vikings in cold Metro-Stadium in 1976 season. No more playoffs till 1982, when they won that years Super Bowl.
John Gilliam made a similar drop vs dallas two yrs later in the HAIL MARY playoff game. Fun fact bud grant is 3-0 vs george allen in playoffs. 69(rams) 73/76(redskins)
@@65TossTrap I met Oscar Reed in about 2007 or 08 in Duluth. He actually seemed kind of short or medium size, maybe 5'9'' or 5' 10". I asked him about the great run of his in this game. He lookedat me and said, "you remember that?"
Wasn't this the game with the famous half-time speech from Carl Eller. Legend has it he ended it by smashing a locker room chalk board to the floor. I guess it worked.
no doubt, the rams in the 70's had about as good a defense as the vikings, won 7 straight division titles, and never even GOT to the super bowl. they had james harris, pat haden, etc at qb
@@toscodav your right, but I was just thinking that the super bowl they got to was played in Jan 1980. I watched it and remember at the end the announcers were saying how great the rams played and they were an up and coming team, then they tanked until they got eric dickerson and again, without a decent qb
This was a good 1970s playoff game. Tough defense and some clutch plays both on offense and defense. This Vikings team went on to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. Those veteran George Allen Redskins teams seemed to wear down in the playoffs each season. They would play the other team tough, not embarrass themselves but they never had enough to advance. One more item, 1973 was the last season when the goal posts were on the goal line. They were moved to the end line where they are today the next season to encourage more scoring rather than coaches settling for field goals.
Love these games and the NFL Films productions. Interesting - at 8:05 Mike Bass picks off Tarkenton and as he breaks the tackle and starts up field, you can see players from both teams coming on the field as the play continues. Everyone thought the play was over. But the interesting part is that both teams were on the same sideline. Was that normal at Metropolitan Stadium - there has to be reason one team was not on the other sideline?
There wasn't access to locker rooms, electricity or water available on the outfield side of Met Stadium. There was no way for a team on the that side of the field to get to the grandstand side without crossing through the field of play.
That was normal at Met stadium for both teams to be on the same side. The seats on the other side of the field were not raised so the first several rows of seats wouldn't be able to see the action if they let players stand there.
Also, wish the vikings would bring back the bigger horn on the helmets that practically wrap around. that would be cool. I had one as a kid playing backyard football. I loved the vikings, until they got fran tarkington. oh man, then, did I hate them.
Thanks Comrade! Vikings fan my whole life. Unfortunately. We all know what happens with any Viking trip to the super bowl. Such amazing talent, just count all those HOF players. Up there with Dallas and Pittsburgh.
Grew up outside of DC. Even as a kid I couldn't stand George Allen. Too bad Lombardi passed... he was building a dynasty around Sonny Jurgensen and Larry Brown and a tough defense.
@@rogerwilliams5366 I wanna say he was a tough old pro who made huge plays.Then again, can't deny he did resort to cheap shots on occasions as evident here.
@@6400az The Purple Gang was mostly a pretty clean team, but Hilgenberg was prone to the occasional cheap shot. Unfortunately, all of this led to a somewhat premature death..
That's total b******* Statistically, the Rams beat the hell out of The Vikings every single time in the playoffs, but Minnesota always got the brakes. The fumbles tip passes were bad calls by the referees every single time.
As with Super bowl 7, Redskins would of won this game with Jurgensen. Jurgensen almost got the start because Kilmer was in the hospital all week. But Sonny also had a bad knee, so they went with Billy.
Yea these look like real men pffthh ! Pretty lil yellow pants And Purple Jerseys.These lil pansies aren't real me like in the 1930-40 those was real men playing real football ! Not all this passing & girly colored uniforms.Flying on first class jets indoor plumbing & wearing hard plastic helmets pffthh we didn't have helmets & jets to be pampered by ! They even had to warm the field up so there precious lil toes didn't get cold.
my vikings, never going to happen, play outdoors to start, this franchise is done....nut job qb, criminal owners,, awful HC. After 50 years? About done supporting them
@Aaron D. Digby, Sr. NFL is a different breed ; todsy ;; indoor football stadium ; unreal.cable tv money ;;;; lower seed NFL teams have won superbowls ; however NFL& college football seasons are too long ;; college football & basketball players are getting paid : etc etc different breed
Good stuff .Two very good football teams going at it. But those Viking teams will only be remembered as very good. Fact is they were dominated in 3 of the next 4 Super Bowls.
