Top 10 Most Devastating Championship Losses of All-Time | Vault Stories 

As a Lions fan, I have finally found a video where I don't have to worry about seeing my team lose.

As a Viking fan I can appreciate the grim humor in "you would be purple too if you spent the last 50 years choking ".

The 98 Vikings Loss still hurts me. And I’m not even a Vikings fan.

That touchdown taken away by the referees from the Oilers was one of the biggest reasons that the public came to be in favor of instant replays and it's probably the reason why it happened.

Honorable mention: 1999 Jaguars. 15-3 as a final record in getting to the AFC Championship Game...all 3 losses to the Titans, including that conference championship game

Vikings gotta have like 6 on this list

As an Eagles fan the most Heartbreaking loss was the lost to the Buccaneers in the 2002 Nfc Championship game, that interception by Ronde Barber still plays inside my head like it was yesterday.

The Packers in 2014 still boggles my mind. " Well, we're up 16 at halftime on the road. Let's change the game plan "

That Oilers play is something you’ll be like 80’s years old and you’ll never stop talking about or forget. He clearly had 2 feet down.

Montana got hit so hard he thought his last name was Idaho

The Browns fumbling on the 2 was painful.

I remember watching that Vikings Saints game in 2009. I’ll never forgot how amazed I was watching Favre take hit after hit and keep making amazing plays. One of my favorite games of all time

So absurd to blame Gary Anderson for that loss. The Vikings were still up by a touchdown. If the defense avoids giving up a touchdown, Minnesota still wins. It's not like he missed a chip-shot in the final seconds like Blair Walsh did vs. Seattle.

I really thought the game when billy cundiff missed the kick Ravens vs Patriots 2012 AFC championship would be on here.....i cried my heart out that game

If the 79 Houston Oilers make that catch it may have prevented the franchise move to Tennessee. 18 years later. Great theory.

My wife hates football, but she wept after the Vikings lost to the Falcons. It was the worst sports feeling I have ever felt.

Update : Rams / Saints 2018 Bucs / Rams 2000 Ravens / Patriots 2011

The Vikings have lost 4 NFC championship games in my lifetime. They were favored in all 4. Gotta say the '98 Anderson miss was worse than the Favre interception.

Will always love seeing the Tip. And the rant afterwards is legendary.

the 1985 AFC CS between the dolphins vs patriots deserves a spot. This was the closest Dan Marino came to playing in another super bowl, and everyone wanted to see the rematch from MNF of the bears vs dolphins. The dolphins were easily better than the pats that year, but 4 or 5 fumbles and missed field goals caused the fins to lose, and the patriots ended up getting blown out in the super bowl.

Imagine blowing a 7 point lead late in the 4th and then giving up a field goal in OT and then blaming your kicker

It's like every Giants playoff win ever was a miracle lmao

Poor Ernest Byner he was honestly 90% of the reason the Browns were even still in the game

This list needs to be amended to add the "NOLA No-Call" in the 2018 NFC Championship with the Saints and Rams.

Saints fan: “We were robbed!” Vikings fan: “Oh how the turns have tabled”

When Anderson missed that field goal is when the curse started for the Vikings with kickers

That 09 Vikings one should be higher. They hadn't even been to the SB since the 70s, and they lost on such a boneheaded play. Some of the teams ahead of them on the list had won championships recently, so it wasn't as devestating.

I always find it interesting that Favre’s interception is the highlight of what went wrong. But I believe AP fumbled 3 times prior to that. Each was drive and momentum killing.

Thanks for reminding me of our pain. Vikings fan...

Add the 2018 Saints to this list

That blown Renfro TD call set the wheels in motion for the beginning of the end of the Oilers in Houston. That 1992 playoff collapse against the Bills all but sealed their fate. The 1979 NFC Championship game in Tampa Bay is also a worthy mention since the Buccaneers nearly defeated the Los Angeles Rams before their QB and starting defensive line were decimated by injuries and the Rams prevailed 9 to 0. It was also running back Ricky Bell's only shot at a ring before he died four years later at age 29 in 1984. **R.I.P. RICKY BELL** **R.I.P. LEE ROY SELMON** **R.I.P. WALLY CHAMBERS**

I come back to this vid once every so often to get hyped about the season.

He says "It looked like Renfro got his feet in bounds with the catch." BECAUSE HE OBVIOUSLY DID!

As a Packers fan that Seahawks game still gives me nightmares. That being said, 2008 against the Giants might've been worse because the Packers were such heavy favorites that night...

Excellent list. I couldn’t agree more. 👍🏼

Great vids. Keep em coming

Nice list, Throwback. I honestly thought the 2007 NFC title game would be on here. I couldn't agree more about the '98 NFC title game being number 1. Tough loss there

Ravens at Patriots lee Evans drop and missed field goal should’ve been back to back Super Bowls for Baltimore 2011-2012

I’m still feeling the nightmares for those 49ers losses in the Harbaugh era with the NFC CHAMPIONSHIP, the SUPER BOWL, and then the final NFC CHAMPIONSHIP... I had actual nightmares for weeks after each. It was gut punching football.

In my opinion the 1998 Vikings was the greatest team in nfl history to lose a NFL championship game

Gotta love the Vikings announcer at the end, “the spot, the kick, wiiiide .. no it’s good.” At no point did that kick look wide anything 😂

You cut off the best part at 0:35 "THIS ISN'T DETROIT!!!"

Gary Anderson absolutely JINXED by the announcers! Every time "122 consecutive kicks made" or "QB is 8 for 8 on this drive" comes out of their mouths, you KNOW the streak is over.

As a Packer fan, when Viking Brett throws that pick, I still yell, "See how it feels!" Loved Favre, but boy he could kill you as his fan.

I remember that Packers game vs. the Seahawks. That one cut me deep and I'm not even a Packers fan.

As a Vikings fan, I thought 2009 was worse than 1998. You'd need more than a 12 minute video to go over all the aggravating and unfortunate things about that game. It was so much more than just a missed kick in 1998, as crazy as it was for Anderson to miss given his record.

Great memories and I watched each and every game. .

Good list

Wow that Houston play was definitely a catch

2012 falcons. Up 17-0 and even after the 9ers miss a filed goal the still lose in the 4th. Pretty heartbreaking but overshadowed by 28-3. Im a falcons fan so i know lol

Thankfully, I was fortunate enough to watch all of those games on live TV. The Mike Renfro no call I remember very well and how upset my whole family was. I remember how badly I was pulling for the Giants to get a sack on Montana when he was blown up. The Packers loss and the Vikings loss to the Saints were both really devastating, but I think you're right about the Vikings loss to the Falcons was the worst.

Lived in Minnesota from 90 to 2005. So glad I had moved by the time Farve came along. The heartbreak is real.

Packers vs. Seahawks, Burnett picks off Wilson with 5 minutes and lays down at the 40 yard line. He had a ton of running room, at least enough to put the offense in position to kick another field goal. Big mistake by him. The only time you do that is when there's 20-15 seconds left in the game or under 2 min. when the other team has no timeouts. Seattle had all 3 timeouts and a killer defense. The Packers were way too conservative down the stretch.

Soooo so many things had to go wrong for the Packers to lose that game, and every single one of them did. I still haven't gotten over it. It haunts me.

Being a Browns and Vikings fan makes this video hurt so much more than it should

As a Cowboys fan that '94 game with Frisco still hurts a lot. I have to imagine though after two losses in a row for the Niners they just wanted it more that day even with our mistakes we made.

THIS ISN'T DETROIT MAN, THIS IS THE SUPER BOWL!

"The Drive" = "The Prevent Defense" : worked perfectly. Prevented winning. Thanks, Marty...

"THIS IS NOT DETROIT MAN , THIS IS THE SUPERBOWL" 🤣🤣🤣

2014 Packers is by FAR number 1. Blowing a 19-7 lead at the 2 min warning is just brutal.

1:50 1st and 10 with 23s on the clock he had 2 guys wide open, but under threw it to a guy double covered.

Kyle Williams is a cursed name around these parts

Anyone else here after watching the most devastating Wild Card and Divisional round losses just uploaded? Love these.

Honestly, that 14' championship game still haunts my dreams, man.

What about Brett Favre's last game as a Packer against the Giants?

Us Vikings fans know a few things about heartbreak

As a VIKINGS fan, both of those losses cut deep..still

I was 10 years old in 1998, and even my ten year old self, living in Philadelphia (huge Randall Cunningham kid), recognized how devastating that Vikings loss was ... ill never forget it, I was at a Discovery Zone in NE Philly and vividly remember thinking that the Falcons were going to get worked in the SB ... not saying Minnesota would've definitely beat Denver, but it for sure would NOT have been an ass-whooping like it ended up being ... crazy how memories work, right?

Thank you Brett for not only your many glorious years in Green Bay but continuing the greatest moments in Vikings history.

That 1998 game still haunts my dreams 😭

Mcnabb was the devastating part of the eagles 4 straight championship games. Dude threw 5 interceptions and 1 touchdown. Any other QB would have gotten them their first ring with that hall of fame defense he had holding teams to under 15 points average. But mcnabb was the best player on the other team. Only game he actually played well in was the AZ one but too little too late.

Great video! Football just isn't the same without Pat Summerall's voice!

I’m a Vikings fan, why am I here

Hey Vikings fans If it makes you feel better we blew a 28-3 lead in the super bowl.

10 & 1 hurt. I can remember them like yesterday. 😢

4:07 2001 I was about 12 years old living near Reading, PA and didn't really care about football, but by the time 4:12 rolled around I was all in on the Eagles, rewatching this almost made me cry. Eagles got it this year.

Well I’m a Viking fan so... screw me

Oh lord, that Seahawks clip from 2013 gave me flashbacks to my Broncos in the SB that year... Ugh.

As a Vikings fan, i go for my team so hard, but i always realize we are cursed

I was there for the Eagles-Bucs mess. Lifelong Eagles fan. The Eagles were supposed to walk over Tampa, many pointing to Tampa being 0 for forever in games with a Kickoff temp of 45 and under. Tampa blew that one up. Fans were talking Super Bowl all week before; “our year” and all that jazz. Nobody told the Bucs. 60,000+ fans party before the game. Brian Mitchell returns the kickoff deep, and Duce Staley scores. Eagles up 7-0 two minutes into the game. The crowd was so loud I thought the Vet was going to collapse like the walls of Jericho. The Eagles tried to sit on their 7-0 lead, but 58 minutes later, Tampa was going to the Super Bowl. The 60,000+ fans party became a Wake; quietest Eagles crowd ever. My wife and I drove in with two of our friends, having a grand old time. So quiet on the way home you’d think somebody died. It took 15 years to put that memory to bed.

I've blocked that 2014 Championship Game out of my memory as a Packers fan... I hate you for bringing it back lol

Watching that replay of Gary Andersens miss 21 years later still hurts just as bad. That team was one of the greatest of all time!

As a giants fan, i still get nervous watching these last second kicks deciding games, especially being at SB 25, and witnessing scott norwood

Every Time somebody says he hasn't missed a field goal in x many attempts he's bound to miss. It's like the gods saying don't be so cocky!

As a Broncos fan I’m glad elway went out with two but it sucks for the browns.

Those 90s cowboys uniforms are fresh AF. This from a Pats fan.

#5 FTW. The most dramatic 4th Quarter ever for this NYG fan. I never tire of watching the highlights or the game in its entirety. But the Marshall hit on Montana was not as important as the fake punt called on the field by the Giants' Gary Reasons. Immortal in the hearts of Giants fans!

As along time vikes fan, watching that field goal still hurts just as much 23 years later.

Man that 2014 championship game always haunts my dreams😩

Those SF mid 90’s uniforms were too fire dawg 🔥 🔥

As vikings fan, this still hurt a lot in 2021.

The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.

For two from the same season, just go to 1987 postseason. The Minnesota game-tying drive against Washington ended on a dropped pass.

1998 for the Vikings then led to the 41-0 debacle to the Giants in 2000, two straight 10+ loss seasons in 2001 and 2002 and the Unmiracle in Arizona in 2003. The art of collapses in the NFL can also involve the Vikings. Just ask the Jets, who have perfected the art of collapses.

That Oilers Mike Renfro play is why we have instant replay today. That play started instant replay.

Number 10 you didn't mention Bounty Gate, the subsequent overtime rule change, or the trifecta of incorrect ref calls that allowed the Saints to win in OT.

The vikes 98 championship game. Damn!

How is the ravens 2011 afc championship loss not here

As a Steelers fan The 01’ and 04’ AFC championship games were the most devastating to me! Both times losing to the Pats when we were actually the better team!

As a Vikings fan since 1968, I "appreciate" you including 2 of our horrible memories, including your #1 ranking of what was the REAL FIRST Greatest Show on Turf, the 15-1 MISSING RING 1998 Vikings NFC Champ OT loss. Here's the problem. You've got the 2009 Vikings NFC Champ OT loss to the Saints only ranked 10th, when it really needs to be in the top 5 also. That game was won if the Vikes just run the ball and try a FG, no need to throw it. That's why it has to be ranked higher. But even more egregiously, you completely left off the EVEN WORSE 1975 NFC playoff loss to the Cowgirls on the infamous Hail Drew Pushoff Play, which turned a safe 14-10 Viking victory with seconds to go into a 17-14 L absolute nightmare. That game needs to be ranked in this list because: 1. It was probably the best of those 1969>1976 VIKINGS teams, considering that Tarkenton had an MVP season and Chuck Foreman also was an absolute stud both rushing and receiving in 1975. Set RB record for catches, 73, had 22 TDs. 2. Drew Pearson caught a key 4th down sideline pass that should have been waved off as OB. He failed to get both feet down, or any feet because Nate Wright hit him in the air and pushed him out. Terrible no call, game would have been over. 3. Everyone knows the infamous Hail Drew Pearson Pushoff Play. Terrible underthrown Staubach pass which is now considered "iconic" which is ridiculous. Nate Wright again in PERFECT position to intercept the underthrown pass, settling under it. Pearson was running too fast, about to overrun the ball, so he had to try to hold up, and PUSHED OFF WITH BOTH ARMS OUTSTRETCHED ON NATE WRIGHT. Replays from NFL Films clearly show the Pushoff. Wright did not just slip or fall down. He went down immediately after Pearson pushed Wright with both arms. Another inexcusable NO CALL on the Cowgirls, clearly OFF pass Interference. 4. The post Pushoff aftermath was an embarrassing and tragic mess, as a fan hit the ref in the head with a bottle. On top of that, it was later found that Fran Tarkenton's Dad had suffered a heart attack and died while watching the game on TV. It can't get any more brutal than that. Yes, I know, it wasn't the NFC Championship, but its a playoff loss that prevented a possible Super Bowl win finally. I rest my case.