Randy Moss' FIRST Game! (Buccaneers vs. Vikings, 1998) 

"Looking back, Randy Moss was the best player in the game from the first day he arrived. We just didn't want to go overboard at the time incase it did not pan out" - John Madden

Randy Moss killed us his rookie year. What a Hall of Famer.

Having both CC and Moss is probably the one of the best WR duos in NFL history.

Not even counting Moss/Carter, this game had a ton of stars. From 1997-2000, RB Robert Smith was an absolute beast. Crazy, this game had Smith, Dunn, Alstott and Neal all in the backfield. Running Randall Cunningham started season as a Backup for Johnson (before leading them to 15-1 record). Tampa's Defense had Derrick Brooks, Lynch, Barber, Sapp. Nickerson. Minn had Robert Griffith, and John Randall the one man Sack Machine. Two SB winning QB's as well in Dilfer/Johnson. Awesome seeing this old footage!

"We've got a star on our hands in the NFL, Randy Moss!"

The moment you realize that both quarterbacks actually won Super Bowls.

I'm not even a Vikings fan, but seeing that '98 team still feels like a punch to the gut (especially when Anderson MAKES his first field goal of the season)

Robert smith was so underrated as a running back

Greatest receiver ever

The first TD catch by Moss was on the Madden 2000 intro!

there will never be another randy moss one of a kind player and so cool he moon packer fan in playoff game randy moss have fun all the time throw ball up like rainbow it land in his hand he was the best

As a Vikings’ fan, no player infuriated me as much as Mike Alstott did in those years. ‘Can’t anybody bring him down!?!?’ No. No they cannot.

Man we should have won that season. Most incredible football team I’ve ever seen and they played their worst game of the year when it counted...still a ton of fond memories.

Imagine any of the greats paired with Moss(other than Brady). Montana. Marino. Moon. Sheesh! Records that might never be broken.

I was gonna make a highlight of this game for my channel, but my footage was pretty bad. Glad to see the cleaner, much better looking version from the official NFL archives! Don't hesitate to revisit the '98 Vikings again soon!

Man he underthrew moss so many times lol. Moss was just so great at tracking the ball.

This was back when opponents didn't realize single coverage was like leaving Moss wide open.

This was before Randy Moss had a connection with Dante Culpepper in the old Metrodome. A Great Connection

And of course Cris caught 2 TD's as well, all that man did was catch Touchdowns!

Moss is the reason I became a Vikings fan. Love from Jamaica 🇯🇲 💪🏾

I was loving this throwback until I saw Gary Anderson trot out, which reminded me of how this season ended. Ugh. Still a gut punch two decades later.

You are watching greatness. History at its finest. 2 hall of famers in one game and more!!!

Mike Alstott was a bulldozer back then💪

Jerry Glanville was such a goofy announcer but I think the NFL could use a little of that silliness these days. Too many color guys take it way too serious. Anywho, Randy Moss burst onto the scene like a bullet!

This is that magical era that saw the sunset of the greatest QBs from my childhood ride out in to the sunset...but not before appointing a "Sherif" to keep the peace in the AFC East.

And this was versus an elite defense lol. The most talented reciever ever!

in the rain in GB with Randall Cunningham throwing RM TD's on a string. Oct 98 that's when I said HS this guys a beast.

Miss Jerry Glanville calling games cause his commentary would always crack me up 😂

I still love watching #47 bring the hammer. Man could Lynch blow up a play!

I wanna see a player wear the single bar helmet like Gary Anderson in today's game

“Throw it up above their head... they can’t jump with me golly!”

Great video. And an added bonus was to see Korey Stringer so many times. He was an amazing young man....

Randy Moss 1998/1999 Rookie Of The Year 🏆 17 reception touchdowns (Rookie season record)

I love the NFL

Best player on the field in your very first game -- that is really saying something

The Bucs had BOTH Mike Allstott and Lorenzo Neal in 1998, blocking for Warrick Dunn! That and their great D is why they could afford to have Dilfer as QB

I always wanted to see the full highlights of this game thx NFL throwback

Best WR of all times period…….

When you realize both Dilfer and Johnson together have more rings than Brees, Fouts, Rivers, Marino, Moon and Kelly combined

3:45 this touchdown marked the birth of one of the top 3 best WR’s of all time.

NFL Throwback could you guys post Calvin Johnson’s first game? (2007 Lions @ Raiders)

Warrick Dunn looked like a third-down back, and he could catch. He ran outside like a tailback, and inside like a 225 lb. power back. I don't think he gets enough credit.

it utterly amazes me how Minnesota didn't (at bare minimum) make one Super Bowl APPEARANCE with those offensive skill players. utterly amazing.

Brad Johnson tearin' up his future Superbowl winning team like a boss. And shoutouts to 3:40 , the genesis of the phrase "You Got Mossed".

I miss those uniforms. I have one. I love the yellow trimmings outside the numbers. And that purple. Unforgettable season.

I remember watching the Vikings draft Moss, they already had two monster WRs....

Came here for Randy! Automatic like

Im sitting here watching the game - oooh'ing & awww'ing- like i dont know the outcome.. That tipped Moss TD always gets me, i see it so much, its on nearly EVERY highlight montage on espn or nfl network. We got our revenge, but still.

I love how he jumps into the crowd after that first TD. He's telling all them "I got this for a few years, yall..no worries."

Do first games for tb12 ( from his unofficial debut on the thanksgiving game against the lions in 2000, the 2001 jets game where bledsoe hit started his legacy or his full starting gaming the week after the jets game), obj, adrian peterson, ray lewis, eli manning, rob gronk, kurt warner, nick foles, shannon sharpe, tony gonzales, emmett smith, bo jackson, barry sanders, von miller, jerry rice, drew brees, larry fitzgerald, terrell owens, chad ochocinco johnson, big ben, LT(ladamian tomlinson), steve smith, joe montana, dan marino, warren moon, john elway, joe flacco, sean taylor and lawrence taylor the original LT

What bout Randy Moss Thanksgiving game against the Cowboys 👌

The Bucs gave the Vikings their only loss that year in the regular season when they played in Tampa.

John lynch had some Dawkins type hits

Jerry Rice threat-level not even comparable to Moss, not even close, like, not the same zip code, how TF can anyone claim so with the a straight face? Moss zoomed through & soared over secondaries to levels never seen before or after.

I have been to less than a dozen Vikings games in my life. This was my first. That bobbling catch was so close to me. It's branded into my memory like no other play.

Many current NFL fans in this generation forget or don't realize just how powerful and untackable Mike Alstott really was. When in takes almost half of an opposing defense's Front 7 to bring him down sometimes even on short yardage plays, that's a sign of a very powerful player. It was like grown men trying to tackle or reign in a huge black bull insane with hunger.

Still my favorite of all time straight fuckin beast

God I miss that team!

Trent Dilfer: Buccaneers quarterback later wins Super Bowl XXXV with the Ravens Brad Johnson: Vikings quarterback later wins Super Bowl XXXVII with the Buccaneers 2 Super Bowl winning QBs. lol

"You need one yard I'll getcha three. You need five yards I'll getcha three." - Leroy Hoard

Randy Moss’ career is born

Best channel on RU-vid 👌

"There are gonna be nighmares from corners in the league "..no truer words have been said

Those were the days true Minnesota Vikings fan here… from MN

Got him in fantasy this year. Won me the whole season.

Great games back then 8n the Metrodome . Moss, Carter, Reed, Smith, Cunningham. McDaniel, Steussie, Christy, Dixon and Stringer atleat 700 lbs of beef. David Palmer awesome returner, Randle, Ed Mcdaniel, Edwards, Rudd super fast crew. And a hard hard hitter secondary. Great team.

Johnson's first deep throw to Moss down the right sideline...he threw it a full two seconds late. Fact is, after Johnson's shoulder injury, his arm wasn't strong enough to overthrow Moss. Even on the TD pass down the left side, Moss had to stop and wait for the ball to catch up. That's what 4.23 seconds in the 40 looks like. We'll probably never see that combo of speed, size, vertical and talent again at wide receiver. Moss didn't pile up as many yards as some, but he was the ultimate CB's nightmare.

"Miss this field goal Gary, or your family dies" only explanation for his miss against Atlanta. Dude was automatic. He would walk away immediately after kicks. I'm still butt hurt about the loss. I remember this was the first year I watched the Vikings. I was 12 years old and just got into football. Best and worst year all at the beginning. Can't even fathom how it wasn't just a blow-out all year. Man. Imagine the cred the Vikings would have, had they won it all.

Watching this both teams were dam good

If my Patriot's had drafted Moss & then Brady a few years later,we would have won like 10 SB. GREATEST WR of all time and no disrespect to JR because he had a ridiculous loaded offense. Moss was a star the minute he entered the league PERIOD

Greatest to ever do it

9:43 Mike Allstott in the eye with Lorenzo Neal at Fullback...how can you not love that

Talk about full circle as a bucs fan brad Johnson got us over the hump and helped us get our first championship

Wow that was almost an amazing catch by Moss @1:30

Brad Johnson was throwing lots of dots back to back

Only Jersey I own! The Freak! 😎

Good ole' fashion ass kicking.

Retitle this to "Best NFL Wide Receiver In History vs. Buccaneers"

Please do Patriots vs ravens 2007, include when the announcers say "Is tonight the night" after the ravens first touchdown

This was a great game I was there

I miss these day's 😔

Moss making an impact IMMEDIATELY. Lol

Brad Johnson throwing dimes out here!!!!

Does anybody out there have any 1998 Vikings preseason footage or games? I have never seen a single preseason game from that year as they were very difficult to see outside of that market back then. Did Randy Moss get a TD wearing purple #18?

Moss fucking balled in his first game opener..

Moss da boss

The Dome was absolutely LIT!

Im so early this only has 23 views

I'm still upset they didn't get to the superbowl!

Hardy Nickerson #56 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Starting linebacker for 15 consecutive years from 1988-2002 5x Pro Bowl selection 4x All Pro selection 1990's All Decade Team 1998 "Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year

Great vid this was the glory days of football...now football is only good for fantasy football leagues

At around 10:00 Mike Alstott meets Robert Griffith head on. Funny the roof didn't collapse at the Metrodome haha.

My gawd! This mans seemed polished his first game in the league!

What is Weird is BOTH QB's in this game would go on to win Super Bowls for different teams just a few years later, Trent Dilfer 2 years later for the 2000 Ravens, and Brad Johnson 5 years later for the 2002 Tampa Bay Bucs. 1998 Minnesota Vikings one of the ALL time great teams fails to win a Super bowl, yet in this game there were 2 SB winning QB's on the same field. SMDH

11:28-11:32 that’s late hit or unnecessary roughness in today’s league smh, I miss these days

I love the 98 Vikings

Moss should have won MVP that season. I don’t care that he was a rookie

I may be reaching but I think he could’ve went straight from high school to the Nfl 🏈 😅🤷🏽‍♂️🔥

It's funny that B. Johnson wound up winning a SB withh the Bucs 🤣🤷🏿‍♂️

I remember running outside after watching the greats and trying too copy everything they did from vick, to college drew brees, Eric crouch, jake the snake, steve mcnair I'm sure all my football junkies do the same! That what lead me here! To the greatest wideout of all-time