I started to follow NFL the next season 1974 age 9. Rooted for the Vikings in Super Bowl 9. Like all kids I loved the helmet logos, and collected the little plastic helmets, stickers, football cards and pennants. All gone now, but i still have the the helmets.
Old time Bengal uniforms, Csonka running rampant, the Vikings setting up to lose yet another Super Bowl, Billy Kilmer with a 40" waistline, John Hadl wearing #21 at QB with an epic face mask and some dudes I had never heard of catching Terry Bradshaw passes. Great time capsule...thanx for sharing. Loved the NFL in the 70s!
and alan page in the super bowl once again, playing dirty as he did vs KC when his dirty play,trying to injure len dawson, exposed him as the sore loser that he surely was.....
Divisional Playoff week stands out in my memory as often the best NFL weekend. It's so easy to remember the sequence of games early and late, Saturday and Sunday.
I was a teenager during this great era of NFL football, and what sticks out is how good/great some players were even though I'd seen them in their prime. Carl Eller is one such player - watching these old films you realize just how great he was, there's plenty others, but Carl and Franco Harris stick out in my mind as players I knew were great when watching them, but look even greater watching these old highlight films. Thanks for the upload, Majik Man.
I remember as a young kid seeing Kenny Anderson in the Super Bowl vs the 49ers. I didn’t know he went way back. That’s why I value this football history.
The Redskins at Vikings contest is the very first Playoff game I can remember watching. I was 7 years old and I was hooked as a Viking fan. I also remember watching the Sunday early game between Cincinnati and Miami. For some reason, I don't recall watching the other two games. After this weekend, I never missed watching a playoff game in the NFL. To this date.
All time BEST ERA EVER for me growing up !! LOVE THE VIKES since I was 6 in 1969....may we BUST OUT OF HEARTBRAK HOTEL just this once for my 56 year old ass !!...Chuck Foreman my favorite player ! { He was NFL Rookie of the year in 73' and helped in a HUGE way his first 4 seasons Minnesota went to 3 Super Bowls !! { lost to some of the BEST teams ever and beat those tough Cowboys & Rams of the day to get there !! ...I am bay area born and raised , always loved the color purple and that's how The VIKES became my team, I had the beautiful JC Penny catalog jacket ever 2 years a new one my mother would get me ! Best Victory as a fan was " The Anthony Carter Game " in 1987 !! This weekend would be beautiful if that happen to SF !! ...in the words of The HOF Coach John Madden, ANYTHING can happen ! That's why they play the game ! GO VIKES !! ONE TIME 4 NICKY D out here !! Blessings all in 2020....It's all entertainment !
Remember chuck Forman spin move; great hands; ed white; ron yary; mitch tingeloff great offensive line right side; remember ed white glue commercial; remember 1975 hail Mary pass by roger starbuck
#44 Chuck Foreman is my all time favorite player !!! If those " Vikes " would have won just one of those 3 Super Bowls he helped bring them too in his first 4 seasons , he's no doubt in The NFL Hall of Fame !! He was awesome his first 5 of his 8 seasons !! The 1st RB who also led the NFL in receiving !!
@@depaola63 ran beyhind viking ron yary; ed white ;mitch tingeloff right side offensive line; chuck Forman birthday is on Christmas; I like Robert Smith better former Minnesota Vikings running back; chuck Forman hurt his knee remember; remember the legendary offensive lineman ed white trade for san Diego chargers running back ; bad Minnesota Vikings trade
I know I'm commenting on an old post, but want to share that I'm impressed with the low key volume and relaxed pacing of the commercials! Equally great is the long serve of highlights between network breaks.
My goodness!!! While watching highlights of the Oakland/Steelers playoff game I think the Steelers came to the same conclusion I did. They needed quality receivers for Bradshaw. So what did they do? In the following 1974 draft the Steelers drafted Lynn Swann in the 1st Round and John Stallworth in the 4th round. Not to mention Jack Lambert in the 2nd and Mike Webster in the 5th. What a draft!
Yea you'll never find a better draft than that one. Although the ugly secret of the steelers is the huge amount of Turnovers they had each year. I'm not sure they were the best team of the 70's, they certainly were one of them though. Swann had an impact almost immediately & it took Stallworth til his 4th year to develop into something.
Still regarded as the best draft in NFL history... Hard to believe now, but, the Steelers had a hard time w/ Bradshaw and his play, it took quite awhile for Him to mature. Bradshaw was replaced many times, even losing his job to Hanratty (who sucked) and Joe Gilliam who was an undisciplined freak of nature w/ a rifle arm and great speed, but he was un-coachable. The Steelers stuck w/ Bradsahw bc he was the 1st choice in the NFL draft - numero uno and finally w/ the help of some awesome teammates he and the team began to jell.
The Steelers of the 70s also pioneered the usage of steroids, for their offensive linemen in particular. This was the worst-kept secret in the NFL in the 70s. That draft was great, no doubt about it. But there was a reason a team that hadn't scored a single post-season point in its entire 40-year history suddenly started picking up Lombardi trophies like they were bottle caps laying on the ground.
For the Vikings they hadn't won a playoff game since NFL championship of 1969. So having Fran Tarkenton back really helped out along with having John Gilliam just tear up the NFL as a pass receiver. Then having Chuck Foreman for your ground attack really really helped the VIkings get a playoff win and get to the Super Bowl. It's just the Dolphins were so dominant from 1970-74. You couldn't stop their 3 heading monster in Kick,Morris, and Czonka. That along with Bob Griese hitting Paul Warfield
Oscar Reed could do it all. He may have been Chuck Foreman's blocking fullback, but watch him pick holes in the Redskin pursuit to side step them and pick up 15 extra yards.
Those Steelers vs Raiders playoff games in 1970's were gladiator duels. They were the most violent games of the past 50 years. Whoever survived deserved to win a Super Bowl. Madden and Knoll hated each other. Yes, Miami won successive Super Bowl games. But for sheer brutality, Steelers and Raiders were it.
Due to the NFL's insane method of rotating playoff seeding (rather than determining it by best W/L record), the 10-4 Central Division champion Bengals got shafted into having to play their Divisional Playoff game at 12-2 Miami instead of hosting the 9-4-1 Raiders, while the Raiders got to host the Wild Card Steelers. On the NFC side, the 12-2 Rams had to play at the 10-4 Cowboys, while the 12-2 Vikings survived despite having to play the NFC Championship Game in Dallas as well. From 1970 through 1974, the top 3 seeds in each conference were rotated by divison each year. The #1 seed would host the #3 seed (regardless of record), with the winner guaranteed to host the Conference Championship Game. And the #2 seed would host the Wild Card team, with the winner required to play the CCG on the road. If the WC team came from the same division as the team designated as the #2 seed for that year, then the #1 and #2 seeds would switch spots. (this is why, in 1972, the undefeated Dolphins played the AFC Championship Game in Pittsburgh) In 1973, the AFC East winner (Miami) was designated as the #1 seed, the AFC West winner (Oakland) was the #2 seed and the Central winner (Cincinnati) was the #3 seed. In the NFC, the East champ (Dallas) was the #1 seed, the Central champ (Minnesota) was #2 and the West winner (Los Angeles) was the #3 seed. After 5 ridiculously-seeded post-seasons, the NFL finally scrapped this method in favor of using W/L percentage to determine playoff seeding in 1975.
I always wondered why the undefeated 72 dolphins had to play the afc championship game on the road in Pittsburgh? I wasn't born until 79 and it always erked me trying to figure it out watching old nfl films videos! So thank you . It makes sense now although it makes no sense why they did that from 70-74 like you said
NOW, looking back it does seem "insane" but back then it really didn't matter to anyone in particular. It was accepted as a fact of NFL life. INSANE is probably the best word to describe it for anyone/NFL fan under 40 yrs of age.
@@frankreading793 fran tarkanian was older than Roger stanback, Minnesota Vikings offense really not develop until like wideouts, running backs , offense line until defense got old, I remember roger stanback speciality was the two minute offense, shotgun formation, I love the pre game show cbs and NBC especially CBS with the pretty ladies
When i think of the great Rams defense i think of 67. They were #1. They held together for quite a long time. Always sub-par QB play. Alot like the Vikings.
Never trust an old man’s memory. I read comments how playing outdoors in Minnesota was this huge viking advantage. Over the last 30 years of playing indoors, the Vikings have the largest difference in home wins/road wins. Yet, old men whine that their viqueens lost a huge advantage when they stopped playing their home games outdoors. I love it.
20:09 Chuck Noll never minced words when it came to his own team... perhaps another reason The Steel Curtain took no prisoners for the next 7 or 8 years.
How about Drew Pearson's playoff debut? The usual Rams O doesn't get it done in the playoffs. Knox had some tough playoff losses, the 1976 NFC championship game was the toughest Rams outplayed the Vikings but special team mistakes cost them. In 1973 they had rotation which is why the 12- 2 Rams were @ the 10- 4 Cowboys. Might have been different if it was played in LA, but maybe not. Dallas beat Rams 37 -7 in 75 NFC championship and 28 - 0 in 1978 NFC championship.
In those days the Vikes had an alternate jersey w/out the stripes that they wore in "warm weather games" in fact they wore them the very next week in Dallas for the NFC Championship game. I guess in this game some players simply wore the wrong jersey?
Dark Jersey was ALWAYS the HOME team, the Cowboys were the only team I can recall from the 60's-70's that wore white at home. The NFL's unofficial policy was Dark jersey HOME, Light jersey AWAY. Nowadays I have no idea what's what.
The Steelers did journey across the country to make sure Oakland didn’t have both champions in baseball and football but it wouldn’t happen in 1973 they’d have to wait instead of 1974 to do it
Interesting...albeit trivial....but anyone notice the two different styles of Dolphins helmets during this '73 season? Some decals are the original (with the Dolphin tail "hanging out") ...others with the decal dolphin centered.
The Los Angeles Rams, similar to the Minnesota Vikings, also lost twice only, neither of them at home. But unfortunately, the Rams would be eliminated at Dallas in the Divisional Playoffs.
I thought the same thing, but I think this is how they came up with 5. Vikes lost to Colts in 1968, then lost to the Cowboys in the "Playoff Bowl" the following week. That was a consolation type game back then. Then in 1969, the Vikes lost to the Chiefs in the SB, though I never really thought of that as a playoff game. Then the Niners and Cowboys make it 5.
@@herbpetrillo163 football is just a game, the thing with bud Grant he should have been a college football coach, , it success just being in the super bowl they give teams a conference championship trophies now , bud grant won the Canadian football team championship like twice, in professional sports they tear good conditions building like the Auburn hills the place ,because Detroit red wing build a newer building, they had to join they did not want to compete for business, college sports old buildings are legendary
@@herbpetrillo163 the thing I like about college sports won a bowl game or win conference tournament they had a successful season build for recruiting etc
1sttvbn it was because playoffs sites back then were decided on a rotation basis unless a wild card team made the championship game. They didn’t have the seedings back like they had today.
During those rotation days of 1970 to 1974, the winner of the divisional round wild card game went on the road to the championship game. The worst crime of this was in 1972 when the undefeated Dolphins had to play the 11-3 Steelers at Three Rivers.
@@dolphingoosby7195 Oh, please sir , sit down will you. If you don't like it give him a nickname not already taken..." The 42nd Ballerina" maybe?Grew up in Miami btw.....smile at that 🤪
Never trust an old man’s memory. I read comments how playing outdoors in Minnesota was this huge viking advantage. Over the last 30 years of playing indoors, the Vikings have the largest difference in home wins/road wins. Yet, old men whine that their viqueens lost a huge advantage when they stopped playing their home games outdoors. I love it.
Heh-heh. Move the Vikings/Redskins game to 2022 and.... 1:25-unsportmanlike conduct penalty-15 yards. 1:50- 15 minute review and overturned- didn't make a "football move". 5:15- number 73 (Ron Yary?) ejected for life. 7:54- defenseless player, 8:15-late hit. Oh, and can't call 'em the Redskins anymore.
A fitting end to maybe the most boring, meat grinder season in NFL history. The closest playoff game was 7 points and the Super Bowl winner was almost preordained. You can understand why the NFL made major changes the next year.
George Allen keeps Sonny Jurgenson on the bench. Kilmer’s dink and dunk attack with no explosion kills Redskins playoff hopes. I like George Allen as a coach, but he wasn’t an offense minded coach. To think Vince Lombardi at one time called Sonny the greatest quarterback he ever coached, and Allen sits him! It Doesn’t make sense!!!!
Yes. George and Sonny had a sour relationship from the beginning. It is too bad. Kilmer was a good gutsy quarterback but he was not in the same league as the great Sonny. Also remember George was a defensive guru and the offense was third on his list of priorities behind the defense and special teams. He was better suited to be a defensive coordinator than a head coach.
To be fair, George Allen is a great head coach. He is in the Hall of Fame. The problem with him is he does not play rookies and hardly use the draft. Can I also say he was the Rex Ryan of the 60’s and 70’s?
