Minnesota Vikings • 1975 Highlights 

❤️ purple people eater defense of 1960s/1970s: plus Fran tarkenton; bud grant Mr Freeze; & or iceman

You're exactly right they should have been the best team of that era their defense in my pain is the greatest defensive NFL history Go look up some of the numbers they put up during that 10-year stretch from 68 to 70 7 My God they was number one against the run in the past like three or four different times they gave up only like 110 points in a 14 game schedule one time I mean that was just an overpowering defense I don't know what would happen in those super bowls why they wouldn't be able to stop the run and they would make excuses the announcers all their small on defense well they had no trouble stopping the run during the regular season in the playoffs they were always great against the run it's just four games they're being judged by four games for hundreds of games were they dominated everybody

Chargin Chuck.

Spin move chuck forman

He was one of the greats!

if not for getting hit in the eye with a snowball from the buffalo fan in final game that yr, he would have stayed in the game and gotten those Xtra rushing yds needed to win triple crown. I remember watching this game. Jim Otis of St Louis ended up winning rushing title in their game the next day by 6 yds. fate

Chuck Foreman is still my favorite player ever! He is the perfect example at his position of the not so over the top #'s, but this 75' season he almost made history in just his 3rd year! Plus HE was THE biggest reason the " Vikes" GOT to ...** 2 out of 3 SUPER BOWLS in HIS first 3 seasons! He belongs in" The Hall'......& like I said, I hated the teams, but Cliff Branch of Oakland ( come ON now!..3 RINGS he has too!! + the #'s!) & CLUTCH ASS' Mr. Drew Pearson of Dallas!!.....Hail Mary' ...game, this season....I know!!!!....But I RESPECT GREATNESS!! I didn't know Buddy Ryan was the D' coach of this team?!! .. ( Pat says it here)..also fred cox!!! HE KILLED THE VIKES Can't even make an extra point from 10 yards??! Many times!! I read somewhere he was Bud Grant's hunt'n & fishing pal!! He was terrible!! He kicked toooooooo low!! The Redskin game here, 31-30 loss..he SHOULD have WON it! Great days to remember still..**..God bless' I turned 54 years young on May 18..I remember these now classic's!!

That was fucked! I guess #44 is as good as you can be and NOT get in the HOF! I bet if the Vikings would have WON , one of the 3 Chuck Foreman was in ( 3 in his first 4 seasons!) He may be in The Hall"...Great games in those days in the Met"...They should have never left when they did! I know Big $ New Homes, but " indoors?" NO! That weather was there big + ask the players from the LA Rams in those NFC Title games!

I know for sure those rushing stats are not correct. He only had 3 1,000 yard seasons.

Mr Minnesota Viking, him and coach bud Grant

❤ 1975 Minnesota viking team, ❤ ron yary, ed white, mick tilgelhoff, hall of fame offensive line

Tarkenton was also a tremendous "ball-handler" just amazing

He was a great quarterback. Roger Staubach is still my favorite, Fran was my second favorite in the 70s , Stabler was third.

@@kmjr2400 in the battle with Oakland raiders football vs Pittsburgh steelers football 1972 playoffs Kenny Stabler was a backup quarterback

You were at this back then? That’s amazing

@@creativekloud9223 He was a young buck in those days I'm sure.

Lucky , ❤️ purple people eater, minnosoda viking

Grant was overrated; stubborn ol bull. They drafted well and their players were top notch. Grant was too old school sometimes.

And...too nice. Had fantastic players in a division that was pretty weak during most of his tenure. But still, playing in that dump called Met stadium had to suck, ridiculously cold in winter. He let his QB's run the offense, primarily Tark. Defense? They were off the charts talented.

Fran called the plays, but Jerry Burns had a lot to do with creating that offense.

+JellyBean2144 So did I.

***** During the downpour when they delayed the concert?

1975 Vikings better than 1976 Vikings team

As did i! One block from the Met. Ended up graduating from Lakeville high. Fantastic memories. What the hell happened to Minnesota?

@@lloydkline3265 got my vote

Really, ❤ purple people eaters Minnesota viking

I went to Shea stadium

Foreman For The...Fame in Canton!

Minnesota viking got Ron yary for the Fran tarkenton trade ;; original Fran tarkenton trade ; Minnesota viking wasn't good at drafting offensive linemen & offensive skin players especially low round NFL draft; Dallas Tom Landry was great at that

Ehh, possibly but don't bet you're life on it . Althought you are correct in your assessment about the aging defense In his 3 SB games Tarkenton was nothing short of horrid,as he was in the Hail Mary Game against Dallas. From everything I Ve read, Tarkenton didn't exactly endear himself to his teammates. I know he was great and had all those records, but I think Joe Kapp was a better fit and would've won a few SBs with him instead.

bitterangrydrunk They also came close with 1998 team that lost at home to ATL in nfc championship game.

@@stevenervo2438 People tend to forget the 98' Vikings defense. Which you can't blame them since there WAS none.

'87 was their BEST chance. Played the Redskins to the wire in the NFC Championship. Best defense they'd had in over 10 years. Doleman and Millard were beasts. Washington went on to destroy Denver.

And two missed fg as well . He was terrible

And '75 OJ, too... Holy sh...t! Lydell Mitchell was bad ass, as well!

@@jonprude2557 Jon Prude great points on Mitchell. Larry Brown on Wash was also a beast & don't forget about Silver Montgomery on Phil.

I live in metro Detroit! :: Pontiac silver dome open 1975 Detroit lions

❤️ Fran tarkenton Minnesota viking talking viking football; Fran tarkenton very good business man too

I was 10 years old, in 5th grade, the last time they played in the Super Bowl. At that time the Bucs had just lost every game of their expansion season, and the Saints were by far the losingest team in the league. If you would have told me then that I'd be damn near 60 and the Bucs and Saints would have 3 Lombardi trophies between them and the Vikings would still not have even played in another Super Bowl, I'd have quit watching football then and saved myself DECADES of disappointment.

Vikings won 10 straight from start of season. In 1969 they lost season opener then 12 straight before losing Finale.

THey also opend the 1973 season with 10 straight wins...

Really, I did not know thst

That 12 game streak was the longest in the NFL in 35 years up to that time

Really love Minnesota Vikings offensive line ed white, mick tingelhoff and Ron yary, etc etc

❤ Purple people eaters ❤ ron yary & ed white& ,mick tilgelhoff

Purple people eaters Minnesota viking

1975 Minnesota viking; 11 /0 start: they seem unbeatable

@@lloydkline1518 They played 3-1 Detroit in week 5, the only team with a winning record during their 11-0 start. The Lions later beat the Vikings and finished 7-7 for the season

No way. The 1969 team was by far the better team . Number 1 in both offense and defense to start. The 75 team was good, but many of the key players where past their prime.

Absolutely. All these years later what kills me is their win-loss record during the regular season against the teams that beat them in those Super Bowls. Those were some good teams, no doubt, but not the juggernauts they've always been made out to be. You always hear people say the Vikings were good, but just ran into better teams in the SB. Bullshit. They routinely beat those teams the year before or after playing them in the SB. Their SB downfall was poor game planning and Fran's play calling in the 3 he played in.

The 2000 Vikings were actually a slight favorite over the Giants, if I remember correctly.

The '87 defense was probably the best out of all their post-70s title contenders. The only reason they looked like underdogs, on paper, was because of the 0-fer performance of their replacement team, which tanked their record and put them on the road for every playoff game. Nobody in that era did what they did to San Francisco, at Candlestick, in the play-offs or otherwise. Imagine what they might have done in the late 80s had they drafted Marcus Allen instead of Darrin Nelson in '82. Probably a lot fewer road playoff games, and the Herschel Walker trade more than likely never happens.

Minnesota viking last great football team , purple people eaters

Hail Mary pass of Roger starback broke 💔 my ❤️ heart ; brilliant pass & catch

yeah, that frozen solid slab was SOOO much easier on them!! lol

nobody talks about ANYTHING except the hail mary!!!

+William Elliott Fred Cox was as representative as any for the utter insanity that existed over "soccer-style" kickers. In the 1970s NFL coaches (even the greats like Bud Grant) seriously believed that straight ahead was the proper way, the only way, to place-kick. Cox, for his career, was something like 2-for-24 or 2-for-26 from outside the 50. And he was one of the better kickers of that era! When the Vikings lost to the Skins, Cox got death threats because he missed an early extra point (the margin of defeat) and a game-ending (long) FG. Sort of. Idiot Viking fans looked in the local phone book and found a Fred Cox. Wasn't the kicker. That Fred Cox worked for the railroad. It was all over the local news the week after the Skins game. F*cked up as things are now, things were fairly f*cked up back then, too.

bitterangrydrunk that is pure crazy. I can laugh but that says something about us and our obsession with sports. I have some of those games on dvd. His leg had nothing in it. He kicked the football like a kickball it was unnerving to watch.

+William Elliott ...Fred Cox sucked cox!

Nicky Depaola LMFAO

+William Elliott Jim Baaken for the Cardinals also comes to mind. By the mid-70s, the straight-ahead kicker was on the endangered species list. ( I can think of Cox, Mosely, Baaken, Jim Turner?, Errol Mann, and that's a bout it.)..

Night Train Lane had 14 interceptions for LA and was shipped off to Chicago

Would you really have wanted to see the Vikings in 4 straight Super Bowls...only to probably lose them all? I don't think Fran the Man could have taken it.

Ditto ‘98, 09 & ‘17..... same ol’ Vikings..🤯