Jim Marshall's accomplishments as a defensive player: 282 consecutive games over a 20 year career. 130.5 Quarterback sacks 2XPro Bowls. Played hurt never missed a game. He is definitely a Hall of Fame!
@@vincesmith2499Yes. But who is most likely to get hurt a Defensive player or A RB that takes a beating evertime it touches the ball??? We're talking about Jim Brown the GOAT.
As Tarkenton said later, it was a good thing he threw it away, as opposed to spiking it, which could have given the 49ers a chance to recover in the end zone for a TD. Which could have been the winning points, as the Vikings only won by 5 points.
I'm not sure what NFL rules were at the time (or now, for that matter) but under college rules today, THAT was what got him the safety. It would have been a foul on Team B (defense) for an illegal forward pass, and since it was from the end zone, you'd have a safety. However, not so fast. The offense would almost certainly take the ball at the dead ball spot (wherever it went out of bounds). Unless it was late in the game and the 2 points made the difference (or 1 or 2 other scenarios), taking the ball instead of the safety would have been the smart move. Incidentally, I did something similar in basketball at the age of 6 or 7. I got excited when I got the rebound of a free throw and took off the other way towards the other team's goal. The backcourt violation stopped me from scoring! Oh, well.
It's so nice to see everyone be so supportive of Jim in the comments. It must feel great knowing that people won't just remember you for your one big mistake but instead for all the successes you've had.
That's where 2k got it from. My friend always picked Montana and would run back into his endzone, the broadcaster would scream "HE'S GOING THE WRONG WAY!... TOUCHDOWN!" Nobody could ever play a second down on him because he scored every game by running into his own endzone and passing the ball to Randy Moss lmfao
I like how this video summed up that day properly. The 49er broadcaster said that Marshall was the hero that day, as the winning touchdown was scored on a fumble return that he had caused. As bad as running the wrong way for 66 yards and scoring for the other team is, it could have been worse. After crossing the goal line, he flung the ball out of play in jubilee, but had he dropped it in the end zone and a 49er recovered it, it would have been a TD. Assuming the extra point, that's a 5 point swing, and the Vikings won the game by 5 points.
Alan Page's words at the end are interesting, talking about the kind of players that the Hall of Fame was built for. Page, who is enshrined there, also helped build it in his younger days.
When I was in Little League, I always played second base. We were in the Championship game every damn year, but never won it. The last champ game I played, we played at the new field. It was setup for night games an everything. It was about four innings in, and I flubbed a ground ball, badly. The other team filled the bases, with two outs. It should have been an easy out to end the inning. I was so dejected. I let my team mates down. Then the very next batter, the very next pitch, lined one right over my head. I didn't have time to think, but I leapt up three feet in the air, shot my mitt up and snatched that puppy down for the out. Ended the inning. The fans went nuts. I was immediately vindicated. I feel for Jim Marshall. One big mistake, but he ended up winging the game.
As a life long Vikings fan, I've learned that you're almost definitely right: if there is a way to lose, we find it. Every time. I like to think this is the only timeline where we DON'T lose that game :)
See now that's interesting, I never knew that it was him that stripped the ball from the QB to win the game. And still we gravitate to this clip. But how can you not, each time I see it I hope he'll figure it out, but he never does. I'm screaming, hey, HEY, YRTWW!
Maaaaaan, isn't that just like the media and most people that only focus on or remember you for the bad you do in life. This made all kinds of headlines off of a 2pt debacle. 19,20 yr career,played every game and possibly never missed a practice,BIG,STRONG,DURABLE,ROUGH & RUGGED on and off the field, coach loves it when he's hurt and has a temperature of 103 because he plays his BEST. Let's not 4get inspite of his misfortune he bounced back and made a BIG TIME play to contribute to a victory in the same game...Come ON NOOOOW! They DON'T make many like that anymore. HOF'ER IN MY BOOK in this life and the next💪🏿🔥👍🏿✊🏿🙏🏿🤝🏿💯👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
It is a dirty shame this guy is remembered for this, he was a helluva player. Kind of like Bill Buckner, helluva player and just remembered for one ghastly blunder. Although Buckner's mistake was far more consequential.
Actually Eller scored the fumble/TD to take a 10 point lead (not to win the game like the video says) It was BEFORE Marshall's safety which made it 27-19 Minn. A bit later SF scored a FG to make it a 27-22 Minn win. The game was not in doubt when Marshall scored the safety. The video makes it look like Eller bailed them out. Nope! They are wrong.
Reminds me of one Anaheim Ducks hockey game I watched years ago, Scott Niedermayer one of the smoothest-skating defenseman in NHL history accidentally stepping on the puck and eating sh*t before an opposing forward took it in for a breakaway goal. Not quite as bad as this though O.o
Marshall always maintained that he ran the wrong way because he lost his bearings. If this happened on mid filed, I could buy it. but shouldn't it have occurred to him that, given that they were in 49er territory, it should been a short run rather than a long run to the goal?
@@MelvinZoopers But after he got the ball and ran for about 10 yards, it should have occurred to him that "Wait a minute. We were near the 49er goal line. I'm running toward ours." Say what you want, but that just wasn't smart play.on his part.
@@AlexAcostaArt He threw the ba after crossing the wrong goa ine. It appeared that it went out in the fied of pay. Shoudn't that be Minn ba at the spot?
@@MelvinZoopers 😂 I'm sorry, but that might have been the funniest exchange I've ever seen in my entire life (it was even funnier before I remembered that Alan Page also played defense for the Vikes. I thought you just thought he was the Chief Justice for literally no reason whatsoever hahahaha) They're being ridiculous anyway; making a the wrong call on a split-second decision doesn't somehow mean someone is unintelligent at all, it just means they're a human being. Heck, I've already made 3 mistakes today and I've only been awake for a few hours! It happens. If anything, I think the way he handled it says significantly more about him than the mistake ever will.
Bill Kilmer played at halfback much of 1964. He then didn't play at all in 1965, missed most of the season in 1963, and that was after John Brodie broke his arm when his car ended up wrapped around a light pole (best reason that the 2-12 49ers had their overall worst season up until that time) and was in a handful of games for the 49ers in 1966. Then he was taken by the New Orleans Saints in the expansion draft.
