|| Purple Pain || The Painful History of the Minnesota Vikings
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- Since their conception, the Minnesota Vikings have been not only a very storied franchise in the NFL, but also one of the most disappointing. Take a dive into what has made this organization so fun and so frustrating to watch over the last 60 years.
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So much potential. So much history and nothing to show for it. It’s tough being a Vikings fan sometimes but I’ll never forget these moments. It will make a Super Bowl that much sweeter to have endured so much heartbreak
It's frustrating because it's not mediocrity and disappointment. It's excellence and disappointment. By so many metrics and by far the most successful team without a Superbowl
If you're alive lmao.
Ever since that '09 year, knocking the Saints out of the playoffs feels as good as a super bowl win, or at least as far as I'll ever know
You are incredibly correct 😁
And that’s the sad part lol. As a saints fan we can kiss a super bowl trophy, Vikings fans can only kiss their ass and super bowl dreams goodbye.
Saints won SUPER BOWL , Vikings NOT
@@eddiekulp1241 The "Saints" cheated and we're punished by the NFL for what they did that season. There will be no tainted title in Minnesota when we get ours.
@@mitcharett2586 cheated? You guys literally would of won the game had Brett Favre not thrown a "Favre pick" lol stop
My Dad loved this team and was a fan since 1961 until his death a few years ago. He would've loved the Diggs catch against the Saints but wouldn't have grumbled about another conference let down. Of all the games he watched and dissected (he had a great football mind) throughout the years the one Vikings game he seemed bitter about was the Vikings first Super Bowl against the Chiefs "Bud was outcoached pure and simple" they should've won. Even if the Vikings were getting blown out like in the 2001 NFC championship game against the Giants he would watch until the very end...he just loved that team.
After the 2011 season I quit. My Dad literally took it personal (to a degree). He was actually upset that I turned my back on his beloved Vikings. I explained that I took the Vikings losses more personal than he did and it had no longer become enjoyable but painful to watch..."I'm done" I told him. It never strained our relationship but he would be greatly disappointed to know I have not looked back. If the Vikings ever make it back to the S.B. I hope it is with a team that is a true contender five S.B. losses would be too much. If there is any fanbase deserving of a S.B. it's this one, however, Lions fans would disagree.
This is dedicated to my Dad (through thick and thin) a Viking fan forever.
Thanks for your post. Might I suggest that you come back aboard the Vikings longboat , and try to enjoy each game. Experience the joy of winning. One day WE WILL WIN THE BIG ONE. For now, enjoy each game as they come. After all, at the end of every season there's one Champion and THIRTY ONE disappointed franchises going back to the drawing board and preparing for the upcoming draft. And the odds are, that this year's Champion won't win it the next season. So, enjoy them when they happen, pray for good health for our team, and SKOL, VIKINGS!
Bro.Mitch, who used to watch with my late Dad in the 60's when Minnesota first got the Vikings. We both watched down through the years until he left for Heaven in 2010. I'm still watching . Vikings ride or die! 🏈🤗
No shame in that man. As an eagles fan, I would love for the eagles and vikings to meet again, and I wouldn't be mad if the vikings won because that franchise deserves a title more than anything. Anybody that has some sort of devotion is worthy of being considered a fan. The eagles frustrated me for so many years but when they won it all in February 2018, it was well worth the wait. Sorry though it was done at the Vikings' new location U.S. bank stadium.
@@EmbraceTheStruggle24 That's ok. The SuperBowl here brought a lot of fun, celebrities, concerts, The Tonight Show, athletes, and money to Minneapolis. We'd love to host one again. I'll never forget watching the Goodyear blimp fly by my 11th floor apt.
Loved this video. Still get chills when I see diggs run into the end zone. I want nothing more then to see Minnesota win a super bowl SKOL
One day bro.. one day..
@Bob 😂😂😂😂😂
@@jaydenkieltygames the year 2050 I see the Vikings winning a super bowl
@@jm-jm7yl and Brady as their QB.
I’m 24 and I hope to see a SB win before I’m dead
I feel as though I may be asking too much
Vikunts will never win a super bowl!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@kobeisthegoat5767 and you will never be able to spell the word Vikings
@@jk-wc6bj nah I spelt it correctly, the vikunts😂😂🖕🏽🤡
#FUCKTHEVIKUNTS
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@@hendricksonrunner5015 With how the NFL is today, in the next 2-3 years that could change given contracts, and the fact Zimmer is finally fuckin gone.
@@ipapachubbs8609 not happening😂🚮
They are cursed and have been crushing my heart since I was a little kid in the early 70`s. You did a fantastic job encapsulating the curse. Now you can add the 2022 season of disappointment. haha After the 98, 15 and 1 season NFC championship loss and heartbreak I refused to get emotionally attached to this team anymore. ha
Not to rub more salt in the wound but I’m surprised the az game at the end of 2003 wasn’t on here. That had to be the most painful regular season loss ever! I hope the Vikings are able to get their first super bowl win sometime 🤞🏻
Fuck the push out rule lol
A Vikings fan since the early '70s and that Cardinal loss barely registers on the Viking disappointment Richter scale. Favre's pick in New Orleans is the only real heartbreaker in the last 20 years that ranks up there with the worst of them.
@polsdofer I agree the force out rule was the stupidest rule ever
@Chuck Yufarley to a degree probably but come on it had to be infuriating losing to the 3-12 cardinals after just dismantling the 12-2 chiefs the week before. To me the most painful one has to be the 1998 game against the Falcons because if Gary Anderson makes the easy fg Vikings get to the super bowl and personally I think they beat Denver in that game. Again I hope the Vikings get their first super bowl title
@@gmoneyslotmachinevideos Like I said, after all the years of having them rip out our hearts, that loss, to me anyway, isn't more than a blip by comparison. I probably remember the heartbreaks from the Super Bowl years more because I was younger and REALLY wore my heart on my sleeve for the team then. The Cardinal loss, the missed FG against the Seahawks, the drubbing they took in Philly, all par for the course by now. I agree with you about the loss against Atlanta. I was at the game and had decided that if they scored on that drive, the game was over and I wanted to be first in line to buy an NFC championship shirt, so I watched Anderson's miss while standing at a souvenir table. He had all the shirts and hats and whatnot all ready to go...piles of them. Anderson misses the kick and the guy quietly starts hiding all the championship merch. Son. Of. A. Bitch!
I think that loss saved us from an 0-5 SB record, though. Their defense was really beaten up and with Denver's offense, I think they had a good chance of losing that game. '87 and '09 were their best shots at winning.
Man this hurt a lot watching this ☹😒😩🥺😭💔 lol but good job you did a great job on this 👏🏾👍🏾🙌🏾
I appreciate it.
I cried watching this :(
#SKOL
Here's the bane of the Minnesota Vikings: Minnesota Nice. When the Vikings are handed the plate with the last piece of jello, they ALWAYS say, "Naw, You'd better take it!"
I hope I'm not rubbing it in, but the Vikings went down again in the playoffs to the Giants.
Earlier in the season when the Vikings started out 9-1, I really believed that this would finally be their year.
They have the worst legacy of failure
Who's here preparing for the SBNation documentary?
Man. Watching this in 2022. Seeing Jeff Gladney listed among promising young players. B I G O O F.
Gladney and Danzler 😆
Rip Jeff Gladney
As an Aussie Vikings fan I hope that one day I can watch a game live and hopefully one day in my life, witness a Lombardi trophy coming to the great state of Minnesota 💪 Go Vikings
Jesus, the sequel to this video could cover this season alone with all the highs and lows.
As a kid living in the Bay Area, I lived and breathed Vikings Football. The Purple Gang. Loved the rivalry with the Rams and the Fearsome Foursome. Broke my heart in four Super Bowls.
Dude this makes me so sad I’ve been let down so many times. But Bruh you deserve WAYYY more views and likes.
I appreciate the support my man 👍
Here's the bane of the Minnesota Vikings: Minnesota Nice. When the Vikings are handed the plate with the last piece of jello, they ALWAYS say, "Naw, You'd better take it!"
Great video! I’ve been a die-hard Viking fan my whole life. I’ve lived the heartbreak from the late 80’s to now. I became a Vikings fan when I played pop-warner/youth football. My hometown used NFL teams in that league and I was the QB for the Vikings. I have been a fan since. I’m from WV and Lonnie Warwick, Vikings LB from ‘65-‘72, lives in my area. Randy Moss grew up about an hour away from this area as well. My sophomore year of high school we played against DuPont, in basketball, which featured Randy Moss & Jason Williams.
I will always bleed purple & gold! I just want to see them raise the Lombardi trophy up one time in my lifetime. Let’s keep the faith, we have a promising young team. Skol!!
Here's the bane of the Minnesota Vikings: Minnesota Nice. When the Vikings are handed the plate with the last piece of jello, they ALWAYS say, "Naw, You'd better take it!"
Thanks. Enjoyed watching it. Lots of hard work went into this.
I appreciate it Justin. Glad you enjoyed yourself.
Here's the bane of the Minnesota Vikings: Minnesota Nice. When the Vikings are handed the plate with the last piece of jello, they ALWAYS say, "Naw, You'd better take it!"
This was very well done, thanks for your hard work!
SKOL
What makes the Vikings even sadder is that they have the best win percentage among all franchises.
No need to remind me 🥲
This is really well done. I've lived in Buffalo for most of my life, and have seen plenty of suffering - but I don't know that it compares to what Vikings fans have gone through.
Here's the bane of the Minnesota Vikings: Minnesota Nice. When the Vikings are handed the plate with the last piece of jello, they ALWAYS say, "Naw, You'd better take it!"
Buffalo's 4 consecutive Super Bowl losses must have been torturous to watch during the Kelly/Thomas years. They changed the overtime rules after the Vikings loss to Atlanta that both teams would get a possession if the first team scored a field goal. With what happened to the Bills last year, there's talk that they may change the current rules after a touchdown score. Minnesota/Buffalo = misery loves company!
"Whatever don't kill the Vikings will make them stronger"!!! Them loses didn't make them disband the organization. I am a fan forever. I will be on cloud 9 when they win the Superbowl. Rest in peace Wade Wilson and Tarvarius Jackson.
Kirk just threw a check down on a 4th and 8 continue the season or go home, ya like that? Go Cowboys
@@ms.felonystrutter2472 Vikings gonna Viking 🥴
As a Browns fan I always appreciated the Vikings. Love the helmets.
I'd love any teams helmet if mine where orange. Maybe get a black stripe every now and then lol.
@@andrewpeterson3302 hey now I love the Browns helmet lol
I still can't belive that pass Favre threw in the 09 NFC title game against the Saints. There already in FG range (albeit at the tail end), and he has ten plus yards of open field in front of him & the side line to stop the clock, and yet his decision is throw blindly throw a pass across his body up for grabs? I guess he's the all time INT leader for a reason lol
So many painful memories and yet so many great memories
Everyone talks about Gary Anderson's missed field goal in 1998 but he should not have even attempted the kick. The Vikings should have been taking a knee and going to the Super Bowl with a seven point win. On that last Vikings drive when they led by seven and were trying to run out the clock an Ivy league running back named Robert Smith made not one, not two, but three insanely dumb plays. Three times he ran out of bounds without being forced to stopping the clock for Atlanta and leaving them just over a minute to come back and tie the game. If he just makes two boneheaded plays instead of three the only chance for Atlanta is one last second 71 yards hail mary.
Not to mention kneeling in the first half TO RUN OUT CLOCK when HE HAD THE BEST OFFENSE EVER...WTF
(The Forgotten Play) Robert Griffith dropping that INT hurts just as much, because the Falcons tied the game on the Next Play.
(The Forgotten Play) Robert Griffith dropping that INT hurts just as much, because the Falcons tied the game on the Next Play.
Ohio State...
Well Sean Payton cheated in 2010 and now he's jinxed lol
It's a beautiful thing to see 😁
I think we would of definitely won the supper bowl that season
@@scruffy3818 You're probably right, but I think '87 is the one that got away from us. Probably the best defense the Vikings had since the 60s-70s, and look what the Redskins did to the Broncos.
Good because they shouldn't have the won the Super Bowl. Since they won it they been cursed. And I hope it stays that way until we win a Super Bowl.
Im gonna cursed the Packers, Cowboys, and Saints until we win a Super Bowl. Those the three teams I really can't stand
That whole season you knew the league was going to guarantee New Orleans a trophy .
After Katrina it was a given !!!
Well done. My first game that I fully remember was the 75 Hail Mary game. I was 6 years old. It just got worse after that.
Talk about bittersweet!
@@TheBigMac22222 Yeah - that game was the only time I ever heard my father swear and he's not that kind of guy - he never swears. I remember the whiskey bottle incident - and then I remember the next day reading the Star/Tribune about it at my parent's business. Even then it took me days to get over it.
I'm exactly the same age as you . 1st Vikings game I ever went to was in Detroit.in 74 Loved them ever since from Ohio
I remember that game vividly. Years later a good friend of mine told me her two favorite teams were the Vikings and Cowboys. I told her she must have been too busy playing with her Christmas Barbies in 1975 to EVER consider the Cowboys as her second favorite team.
Pearson pushed off!!!
But the league loved Staubach and the Cowturds , so ...
To bad that ref got beaned by a whiskey bottle though !!!
I have been a fan since1970. Please win at least 1 Super Bowl before I die. I'm 59 now.
First things first get to a Super Bowl
I've been a Vikes fan since I was 13 years old. I'm 45 now. I've never wavered in my love for my Vikings although there have been times I questioned why bother. I got too much invested to change my mind now. SKOL.
Here's the bane of the Minnesota Vikings: Minnesota Nice. When the Vikings are handed the plate with the last piece of jello, they ALWAYS say, "Naw, You'd better take it!"
Great Video.
Chuck foreman was so good.
Amazing video!
Appreciate it 👍
And I've been here for it all !!!
It's becoming very clear to me that I will probably depart this mortal coil never having seen my Vikings win that elusive Lombardi .
I've often wondered, who in football heaven we pissed off so badly that they'd continually jerk this team and its fans around like this .
Maybe it's the ghost of George Halas never forgiving our upstart Vikings for rubbing his Bears face in the turf in our very first game .
Who knows and at this point does it matter ... I'll just end by saying the same thing we Vikings fans say every season , there's always next year !!!!
My parents and grandparents were at that game.
My first game I watched was the 1987 NFC Championship Game. I was 6 years old. I've seen the Vikings make it to 4 NFC Championship Games with zero Ws. I appreciate the heartache as long as I am able to feel what it's like to win the Lombardi trophy at the end just once. It will make it all the sweeter. SKOL!
Being a vikings fan is possibly the most depressing practice in human history
I grew up in San Diego, but now that I live overseas and S.D. no longer has a team, I'm picking the Vikings to watch.
Been a vikings fan since 1967. Will never see them win a Super Bowl.. 😥 💜💛💜💛💜
I was laughing at the end of the video; That guy smashing up his coffee table sums up 60 years of Vikings fans frustration.
Seeing the loss to the falcons in that NFCCG still makes my stomach turn
One of the worst losses in NFL history for sure.
im a new nfl fan from scotland and i decided to pick the vikings as my favourite team and seeing this makes me sad but also excited to see when they finally do win one, probably not for a while though
Im a minneapolis native of 32 years. I knew all of this. I lived through most of this. I proceeded to watch it. Now I'm sad. Well done video, but I regret doing this to myself.
Here's the bane of the Minnesota Vikings: Minnesota Nice. When the Vikings are handed the plate with the last piece of jello, they ALWAYS say, "Naw, You'd better take it!"
I was six when the Viking came in the league. I sat through each and every single heartbreak. I'm not exactly sure when it happened.
But the bad luck or bad Karma or Jinx or whatever it is that permeates this franchise. Has finally gotten to be to much for me. I will
not watch these games live any longer. It's too stressful and too heartbreaking.
And it's always something. I will record the game and then watch for the final score. If they win, I will watch through the game and
watch how it was played. No matter what happened. I knew the outcome and didn't need to get stressed out about the officials or
the bad luck or just crappy play. I watched this team for sixty years and this team has disappointed me countless times. Numerous
miracle plays just to end up disappointing fans in the next game. This franchise is literally jinxed. If they ever again reach the Super
Bowl. I will watch it after I record it. But only if they win. To be honest. I don't think I need to worry about that. This team is not going
anywhere. I don't expect them to reach the Super Bowl again in my lifetime.
This is really depressing, but the problem with this team runs very deep. There is something about this franchise. It's not the ownership.
But it is something to do with expectations. It has become a mountain too high for this team to climb. It doesn't matter who is on the
team or the amount of talent. Teams that win the big games have a culture of winning. The Vikings franchise always appears happy
and content to just be there and it's not enough and the fan should be demanding more after sixty years of failure. The owners and
the coaches and right down to the last player will say the right things. But this team never plays like there is no tomorrow. That is what's
missing. This team never leaves it all on the field. Never. The history books prove my point. They come back the next year and put up
just another mediocre season. Regardless of their record. This team finds a way to fail and fall short.
I was born in 09 and really don't remember much till the Carter/moss Era. The saints beating of Farve was somthing I had never seen before. It looked like a WWE match. Honestly this whole state is cursed. I was 0 when any team aside from the Lynx have won. Our sports teams in fact have been downright mediocre.
@@andrewpeterson3302 2 weeks in a row,2 all time great quarterbacks threw really stupid interceptions that lead to New Orleans winning the Super Bowl. I think they were chosen by the NFL to win that year.
@@lynwessel2471 it was rigged . The officiating in that nfc championship was ridiculous. Nfl wanted New Orleans to win after Katrina because they were about to relocate
love this video
I appreciate it! Took quite a bit of time 😅
Don't blame Anderson for the '98 Atlanta debacle. If anyone was to blame it was Dennis Green with perfectly dreadful clock management and play selection. Cunningham throws a pick-6 right at the end of the first half instead of squatting on it and even when Atlanta tried it with about a minute to play in regulation, Green opts to THEN squat on it and play for overtime where they promptly lost to an inferior team. Denver/Minnesota would've been a great game. Thanks Dennis! The man could spot talent, was a terrific motivator, but a BAD clock manager. As for Favre in '09, "This isn't Detroit, man! This is the Super Bowl!" Thanx PA! #skol
I love this
Im just sad for bud grant what a gentleman he was... hopefully we can win it soon so he can be able to witness it. In the KOC we trust
I hate how much I love this team
I love when I hear Paul Allen!
As a Packer fan I can relate, sure we have won championships in my lifetime but just 2 with 2 different HoF QBs is sad when we had so many more opportunities.
My dad would have loved this... he was a (mostly disappointed) Vikings fan his whole life... 😖💜
The Vikings are cursed because before the AFL NFL merger they won the last championship winning the Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy and it came up missing and since then it’s been downhill for the Vikings chances of winning the Super Bowl even getting to the Super Bowl 😞
After the 2-2 start of the 2017 season is when I started to support the Vikings. Before this season I hadn't watched a single full NFL game and of course I hadn't watched the Vikings. Any regrets on my decision? Not even one. Skol!
Purple pain is a perfect name for the Vikings.
I'm not the biggest Minnesota Viking fan, but I have to feel for their long-suffering fanbase. No Superbowl appearances in nearly 45 years, endless NFC championship chokes/collapse, and memorable talents such as Randy Moss, Adrian Peterson, Fran Tarkenton, Cris Carter, and Randall Cunningham. The Vikings take being a hard-luck franchise to exceptional heights.
The Vikings' day will come. I'm not exactly a diehard Vikings fan either, but I believe their time will come. This year they have had some amazing luck, and it's possible that maybe they will produce when it matters just when it looks like they're about to roll over.
We also tragically lost our offensive coordinator if I recall correctly, I think it was during the off season after the Mpls miracle. I just remember it was another blow to our momentum.
It was our o-line coach, but still sad
Love that Jeff Gladney is one of the last players mentioned...one more blip in the everlasting curse.
2022 Minnesota Vikings are going to be good
4 years into the 2020s and the curse still continues.
I met Wade Wilson many times, a man of pure class. He got us Super Bowl ring on the team he grew up loving: America's Team, The Holy Grail of the NFL....(George Allen's words that stick) the Almighty Dallas Cowboys. Wade worked as a coach for his beloved Cowboys until his way too early sad passing. Btw Darrin Nelson was included in the Walker trade but refused to report so he stayed and a pick added, leading to Jimmy saying, "when it comes to Nelson we rather have the pick anyway. " The trade brought the first Cowboy I ever met Issac Holt. Met him here in the bowels of Veterans Stadium after laying out an eagle in the most pivotal play in the EarlyJimmy/Jerry win Dec 15, 91 on the Kelvin Martin punt return.
7:15 That wasn't a knock on The Vikings. The rest of the NFC central improved greatly in the 80's. That division was ATROCIOUS (other than the Vikings) in the 70's. So the 70's were easier for Minnesota to finish first.
I just hope that before 2030 the Vikings win 1 or 2 Super Bowls. We all need to believe, yes we do every year…. But we need to believe more and more!
If u got Mahomes when u had the chance u might have won a SB
My Vikes 💔 I’m 59 now and loved Minnesota from 1969-2009 ⭐️ 40 years of heartbreak was ENOUGH 🤬🤬🤬🤬
Watching this in the 2022-2023 season, it feels good being 10-2
Y'all had one of the best nicknames ever in the Purple People Eaters tho
You're not wrong there.
2009…💔
Here after losing to the 0-10-1 Lions
This is the most depressing video I’ve ever seen lol. And it’s the second time I’m watching it
I appreciate the willingness to come back to something like this 😅
All this time, it has to be the color purple--it puts them to sleep--too mellow--relaxing.
Robert Smith ran out of bounds in the final drive against the Falcons in the championship game. Cost like 45 seconds that Falcons would not have.
Don't remind me about even more pain 😭
@@TheBigMac22222 I can remember a ton more if you like pain.
You are the first person besides me I have ever heard mention that. Even the game announcers never said a word. And he didn't run out of bounds once on that drive he did it 3 times.
@@bryanjones4444 we are both special and extremely intelligent. Lol. But it's 100% correct.
@@boxcarent.3147 nice!!!
Sub'd keep up the great content
I appreciate it!
Minnesota lost alot of their home field advantage when becoming a dome team.Not a coincidence that they've never been back to a SB since 1976.
I blame the vikings secondary in that 1998 NFC championship game, one of the DB’s dropped a game selling pick, and Chris chandler led a game winning drive in OT, so I wouldn’t blame Anderson all on this even thought he missed a easy fg
Curious that you completely left out the 2003 season finale vs the Cardinals.
Three added notes:
1) the hail mary should have been offensive pass interference.
2) Kai had missed some kicks leading up to that game all from the left hash. For some reason they designed a run to the left on the previous play. Smh
3) 2017 was truly a year of destiny. New stadium, hyped fan base with the new skol chant, lost 2 starting QBs and a stud RB by week 2, THEN we get the Minneapolis Miracle. It truly felt as though it was our fate to finally get our first SB and on our home turf. That Philly game hurt bad.
Ooooooh about that Jeff Gladney RIP
Readign all of these comments makes me think there is still hope for the Vikes to get at least one superbowl before I die (Which wont be for a long long time). We have amazing team its jsut that we cant all get in sync on the right time. We need peterson moss and favre back. Could you imagine moss and jjetas standign side by side as favre throws to them. Chills. Allthough I thought that Sean Payton the former saints coach set up the bounty. they amde a movie about it called Home team starring Kevin James as Sean Payton.
20 division titles? Damn, they are cursed!
Not cursed, as the Roger Goodell decides who wins the Super Bowl. The NFL is fixed and rigged. 🤷♂️
@@batman91500 congrats on the stupidest comment of the year, and it’s only March!
This reminds me that even through the pain, the Vikings have PUT the pain on a lot of franchises. Cleveland, the Saints (4 times in the playoffs, the MM beat one of the last really good Drew Brees/Sean Payton teams. Kirk beat the very last one in 2019). In 1987 they beat a VERY good 49er team to get to the champ. game.
Writing this in 2022, lets see how this ages. They have a team (once again) that can make some noise.
No noise ☹️
Well, I for one remember the Golden Age of the 70s. Sure it would have been nice to win a Super Bowl but at least they could beat the Rams and Cowboys to get there. I was at the Vikings' games in Dallas. They defeated Dallas 27-10 in the 73 NFC Title Game, 23-21 in Week 4 of 74, and lost to the Cowboys in Texas Stadium in 77. (The most exciting part of that game was when the guy caught on fire). They never fell to Rams until the 1978 playoffs. And the worst loss showed just how good of a coach Grant was. After the Hail Mary loss, they came back and returned to Super Bowl 11. Lots of teams that suffered cruel playoff losses collapsed the year after. Wally Hilgenburg told me when I was working on an article that was published, that the reason they lost Super Bowls was that they didn't score enough points. Their style was predicated on other teams making mistakes. The Raiders, Dolphins, Chiefs, and Steelers didn't make them in Super Bowls but the Vikings did beat them all in the regular season when they did. I am very much a Bud Grant disciple in my coaching style. (I coach Texas High School Football) I do not like long practices spending all weekend watching films and wasting time sitting in the field house. As Grant said, "time does not represent work."
Grant also didn't put up with nonsense as Dallas's Tom Landry did. Chuck Foreman and Ahmad Rashad acted bored after scoring. Sammy White after his bonehead move in 1976 against the Lions never did anything again to celebrate. I always liked their classiness and Grant said losing those Super Bowls didn't change his life. He would have liked to have won them sure, but he still pretty much got to do what he wanted in life.
Been waiting 60 years to win a super bowl!
Since the 1976 season they have to get to the Super Bowl before they can win it
The Browns be like, "9 NFC championships and 4 Super Bowl appearances? How do we sign up for this kind of "curse" instead of the one we have?"
The Browns have won 4 NFL championships, in 1950, '54, '55 & '64.
Good shit #SKOL
Your forgot about the Minneapolis Red Jackets. Nice video tho
I knew when that 98 Vikings team didn’t win to get to the super bowl, all hope was lost
Ever hear I the DOOMSDAY DAY Defense, Fearsome FOURSOME
I've dubbed them the most cursed team in all of football since the waning seconds of the 2017 NFC Championship.
If you think about it , my foster kids Vikings have lost 8 super bowls. I 💯 percent knew they would get blown out because of management.
I'm born and raised in mols Minnesota tell me about the heartbreaks go Vikings 💜🏈👁️🏆!?
Doesn't really matter, I'm a 'Viking' for life... I like the Saints, Cowboys, Bills, Broncos, & Cardinals, but Vikings is my #1... Same with the 'Iowa Hawkeyes'. I Lived from Germany to Hawaii, all over the U.S., graduated high school 2 miles from Arizona State University, & it doesn't matter. (Growing up a 'Military Brat'.) When I set my Picks, it won't change. GO VIKES !!!
Did you know any Vikings fans in Germany
Rashad was a true coward as a receiver. I met Mike Lynn at his daughter's graduation in 1993.....great guy, he noticed my Cowboys tie right away and said "Your welcome." Lol
winced Alot watching this. UGH
23:35 Damnit 😂😂😂
As a Cowboys fan ....they screwed up moving in doors, that weather was an advantage. The Cowboys came in 1960 and NOT ALLOWED TO DRAFT UNTIL 1961....and look at the job Tom Tex and Gil did compared to the Vikings....
1998 should have been the year.
15-1, 556 points.
Coach of the year with Green, Rookie of the year with Moss.
There was NO WAY the Vikings would lose....
And then Anderson took the kick.
I was at a restaurant and remember the Minneapolis miracle
Now that the Saints are screwed in 2021. I’m going to have a lot of fun seeing the Saints suffer how we did.
Add Jan 15 2023. The "Wild card" game.
Personally my hopes were all dashed in 18 when I really thought there was justice for them to finally win a championship while being the first team to do so at home. Unfortuneltly it was the Eagles time to finally lose their "curse"
I never knew their first draft pick was a super young Ryan Reynolds.
26:40 probably the loudest us bank stadium ever has and ever will be.
The miracle at the Mets < Minneapolis miracle