Minnesota Vikings • 1971 Highlights
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- čas přidán 22. 01. 2016
- Bought this video/tape on eBay quite a few years ago and thought it was time to share (we're not getting any younger, NFL Films). So, for the "old" fans that are still around, and for the current fans that are just curious, here's what your Minnesota Vikings were doing forty-five years ago...that's assuming CZcams allows me to keep it posted.
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Does anyone else just find it ridiculously hard to believe that this is now 45 years ago?!!! 45 YEARS!!!! I was a teenager and can't believe it's been that long. I remember these games like they were last week. Time, she does fly.
Enigma71559 I am a58 yr old vikings fan since 71 seen most heartache won't give up!
I am 65 now (March 2021) and I remember these games like they were played yesterday....
53 years upon my viewing
Ed White was hardly a stand in..
Ball hawking defense brought on by all the up front pressure..
From 1969-71, the Vikings played 42 regular season games and allowed a total of 415 points -- less than 10 per game. They had seven shutouts -- one out of every six games. They allowed more than 20 points twice (in the '69 opener vs. the Giants, and vs. San Diego in '71).
As a lifelong Vikings fan who didn't get all--in till 1973 (when I was 9), I really appreciate these highlights, especially the older ones. Thanks, Randy!
Alan page was voted the NFC's MVP for this season. Well deserved, as he was absolutely essential to every Viking victory..
always admired Alan Page--he had the tremendous foresight to realize his football career wouldn't last forever and studied in his free time away from the field to become a lawyer and ultimately became a Minnesota Supreme Court Judge--he also didn't talk much about his football career after he left the game (despite his illustrious career)-in fact when Time Magazine did an expose on former Super Bowl teams-Mr. Page was asked to wear his old #88 jersey for a photo op--he refused-he didn't want to send a message to young people that sports should be something to focus entirely on
@@bufnyfan1 class act.. So many of the vikings of this era were..
Actually he was the MVP of the entire NFL in 1971...not just the NFC. To this day hes the only defensive player ever named league MVP other than Lawrence Taylor in 1986. Quite an accomplishment
My favorite Viking of all time !
Alan page was so dominant this yr it almost overshadowed every other year he was merely great.
The Vikings ranked 23rd in yards gained, but ranked 2nd in fewest yards allowed. Gives you an indication of how much they depended on the likes of Alan Page, etc, for their wins. Amazing that they had an 11-3 record..
MassVt You cannot win
Without being on the
Offense
Sun Tse
low key, the greatest defense ever.
@@seanp3302 got my vote: ❤️ purple people eater Minnesota viking 1960s/ 1970s
I grew up in the upper Midwest and was a Vikings fan for many years. Thanks for these videos. Love the Hamm's beer commercials
This team had one of the greatest defenses EVER!! But because we now judge great teams on 'rings', the 1971 Vikings don't get the deserved credit.
Today they give NFC champion giants NFC champion 🏆 trophy
71 was the last year when the Vikings absolutely awesome on defense...they were a good defensive team after that...but never quite the same Purple Gang as during 69-71.
I was 8 in 1971 ✨look how fun life was then 👀❤️
So you are 61?
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Thank you, Randy for posting all of the Viking Highlights! Been a fan since 1965! It's good to hear these names and see these games again!
These Vikings are legendary, the defense year in and out we're dominant, sometimes gave up some ground but points were nearly impossible to come bye. These fellas "the purple gang" were sorta part of our Minnesota family
Thank you so much for bringing back the best years of Pro Football. Great memories about the greatest players ever. Strong Viking fan I was and thought that Norm Snead should have been given more playing time. A pure passer that held many NFL passing records when he was with the Eagles. The offense as a whole was missing something that would have made the team Super Bowl winners.
Back in the good old days when football was just as pure as music and prime time television. Nothing fancy and commercialised like it is today.
Time travel is real! This took me back to Met stadium and I recognized all the Viking greats that are still there. Thank you. I believe Dave Osborn is one of the only vikes from that era still with us.
I have met some of these legends like Krause, Sharockman, Marshall, Ellen, and Voigt, a few other others from these teams. Brought back a lot of memories from the Purple People Eaters teams. Thank you for sharing it
Right now I'm playing whole 1971 season with Sports Illustrated's Paydirt.....great game
How's that goin'? I''m often tempted to play Paydirt on cold days... If you are a Paydirt geek, you must have kept stats. I'd like to know the results.
The opening Hamm's commercial.. Cheesy music. Sideburns...muttonchops... The hair styles and the clothing....not to mention cigarettes!!!U was 12 and kinda remember those times!
ah yes, long remember the '70s.
Yes I was 12 also, and have vague memories of that time
That Minnesota defense: wow, did they hit!
Love the Vikings. I live in Arlington(for my whole 50+ years) so I have to be a Cowboys fan and I am. But the Vikes are my second favorite team(my family is from MN and ND) pissed me off that they lost to the shegauls in the championship last year. Would have at least been good if Wentz (NDSU) would have won, injured, lost hope in who would win.
Loved this team as a kid, Page,Eller, Marshall.
Back then they were called the Purple People Eaters. Sounds strange, but that was the 70's.
I'm not sure if they were named after the song. I like to call them the purple people or the purple gang.👍👍👍👍🏈🏈🏈🏈
Viking offense was truly offensive this year--they had several games in which they barely mustered 100 yards of total offense, and yet they often won..
When you have no running game...it's tough to generate much offense.
The 1971 Vikings had some trouble moving the ball on defense great as ever
I WAS A COWBOYS FAN FIRST. BUT THE 60S & 70S VIKINGS WERE FUN TO WATCH. ESPECIALLY LATE SEASON GAMES AT METROPOLITAN STA.
I HATED FOR MY TEAM TO GO THERE. 60S/70S VIKES TUFF SOBS.
AND, IT'S REALLY TOO BAD THAT MET STA. WAS TORN DOWN. TO ME, A GREAT PART OF THE NFL WAS DONE AWAY WITH.
Played the 1971 Vikings season in a Strat-O-Matic play by mail league. For away games you would mail instructions to the opponent who played the board game, and visa-versa. It was a lot of fun. I believe I led them to a 9-4-1 record. Loved the team as I always loved a tough, hard hitting defense. The offense was pretty deplorable though. :)
IMO, the TOUGH Minnesota Vikings died when Metropolitan Stadium was torn down. 🏈
Not really, they where on the way down come the late 70s. By the mid 80s they where competitive again
Sharockman just barely missed 2 INTs against SF, one of which would have been a sure TD for Minnesota..
That was a frustrating game.. 2 of their 2 losses(Chicago & SF) were by a grand total of 7 pts..
talk about memories. the vikes became a force after this year
Love the "Classic" Bear unis(LOL).
This was the first year of following the Vikes, 11 year old kid from Montana
The viking defense must of won at least 7-8 of their 11 games that yr. They scored 245 pts and frankly remembering those games without gene washington and john beasley they had no passing game.
Bob Grimm was a good receiver...what really hurt was their lack of a running game.
Also injured was John Henderson. In 71' the WR's wherr Grim and Al Denson aquired from Denver. Played just one season with the team.
awesome clip :)
For some strange reason, NFL Films always catches Jim Mitchell of the Lions in a forlorn state after losing a game. Over the years, I seen him in these highlight films several times, walking dejectedly off the field after losing a tough game..
Hard to believe just how poorly Minnesota's offense played in 1971. Amazing that they managed to win 11 games..
Chuck Foreman would finally change that but he didn't come along until '73.
Getting Tarkenton, and John Gilliam, certainly improved their offense in 72, but the running game still lacked....until 73, and Chuck Foreman.
Yes, that is true. But by then the defense was not what they where before.
Who Minnesota viking quarterback in 1971
Glory Days!
Love bud grant Minnesota Vikings
They sure loved their beer n perogies in MN back in those days........
I'm a Cowboys fan,but I never understood why Minnesota became a dome team.
Their VIKINGS home games should be outdoors in the cold and snow late in the season.
Also, I really miss the music used in these highlights by NFL Films.
Building a mixed use facility was the only way to go if the Vikings wanted to move to Minneapolis and its corporate partners. The city county and state would not build a football only facilitybecause that would mean building a separate one for the Twins. It turned out the Metrodome was the beginning of the end for the mixed Football/Baseball stadium fad that started around1963 with Shea Stadium and ended with Joe Robbie in Miami in 1987.
The 1971 Vikings--a team without a QB.
Yep the 1970 and 71 vikings were dominant teams defensively and on special teams but the combination of cuozzo and lee weren't good enough.
+purple sword Don't forget Norm Snead, whom they got in 1971. Snead's biggest contribution to the Vikings was being part of the trade to the New York Giants which returned Fran Tarkenton to Minnesota. Snead would have a good season with the Giants in 1972, leading them to their last winning season until 1981.
I'm not sure that's fair. The running game was weak before Chuck Foreman came along.
Who was Minnesota viking quarterback in 1971
Gary cuozzo not a quarterback
Poor Bills QB Dennis Shaw that day got sacked about 8 or 9 times and he stayed in the entire game. Amazing he even survived.
I would still prefer to go to a game in an older stadium like that as opposed to this new contraption they just built.
Yep. But it's all about money and Corporate America these days. How many luxury suites and PSLs they can sell. I actually got into a fairly heated argument with a guy and his wife at a season ticket holder event several years ago. They were complaining about the Metrodome and how it didn't have all the fancy amenities they had at the Super Bowl stadium the previous year when they went. I said I just want to watch football. I don't need seem some waiter coming to my seat to take my drink order. They got mad.
Right on all of the above, thumbs up. Who needs all the hoopla for a game? And $8 beer??? Jeez !
Enigma71559- could not agree more. I love these old videos, but I am a Raiders fan, and my team just deserted Oakland for the second time for a spaceship looking stadium. I hate it, I have lost so much interest in the nfl over the last several years, even as my team has become good again, I find it hard to care.
I really don't even watch the NFL any more. I don't feel like I'm missing anything at all.
@@massvt3821 it too about money now, players kneeling on the flag , I miss the 1970s nfl CBS pre game show
I think QB's have nightmares when they see carl eller busting in from his DE position.
This was the last year when the Viking Defense was devastating. In 1972 they had many injuries and after that they were a very good defense but not the crushers they used to be.
The Vikings drafted poorly in 1970 and '71 which contributed to the disappointment of the '71 season. Hardly anyone from those two years stuck with the team. The first-round pick in '71, running back Leo Hayden, was one of the worst top choices in the history of the franchise. Things picked up in the '72 draft when they got Jeff Siemon and in '73 when they got the great Chuck Foreman.
The Vikes also had quite a few veterans from the 1960s that played on well into the 70s so they were starting to age. Until recently I almost forgot about Gary Cuozzo. I think he only started for about a year & a half if I remember correctly.
In 1970 they drafted lineman John Henry ward. Better than Hayden, then again so is everyone on this thread..)
Viking fan since 72 when I first saw Tarkenton play. Chuck Foreman 1973 rookie of the year.👍🏈🏈
@@6400az Yes
Chuck Forman had hands like wide receiver : ❤️ chuck Forman spin move
To this day I am convinced that if Gary Cuozzo had played the entire playoff game vs the Dallas Cowboys we would have won.
Nice!
Minnesota in those days whipped a lot of ass Loved seeing Bud Grant on the sideline. Metropolitan Stadium fire breathing machines to thaw the frozen field.
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During the 1971 preseason, the Vikings and the San Diego Chargers had an epic bench-clearing brawl.
Was it on a late hit on Mike Garret by Wally Hilgenberg, only seen the tail end of Garret throwing the ball at him.
I think it started with a high hit by Carl Eller on John Hadl.
threeby8887 Alright than you.I've seen pictures of Mike Garret throwing the ball at Hilgenberg on a late hit out of bounds, thought maybe it started there.. Where did you see the footage?. I have the Vikings 1971 season in review doesn't show anything.
6400az Teams often did not include preseason footage in their highlight films, unless NFL Films did a sound-wiring of a player or a coach in a preseason game. I read about the brawl (I think there was another one earlier in that game as well) in a Los Angeles Times sports section from 1971 at a sports library in L.A.
threeby8887 Ahhh, ok. It was a preseason game. I've just seen that Garret/ Hilgenberg incident but never knew how it ended. The only time I recall the Vikings getting into a fight in the 70's was in the 16-14 win over Detroit in 72', They blocked Errol Mann's last second FG and there was a fight between several players.Thank you ( I typed than you last time , lol )
Ed shrockman had a tremendous yr in 71..
Karl Kassulke would be paralyzed a year later in a motorcycle accident. He would never play again.
+MrOneHotDog Actually it was in 1973 that Kassulke suffered his injury.
@@3243_ in the offseason, so 1972 was his last NFL season
I actually liked the purple road jersey without the stripes on the sleeves.
clint jones never was the back we thought he would be
Truer words were never spoken at the 18:08 mark..
There's more repetition in this season highlight--they must have shown Page's sack of Staubach in the end zone about 8 times..
Well, it IS a Viking highlight video. And that was about only Viking highlight in that Christmas Day playoff game.
1971 was the season the Vikings had no running game. It was the last season when their defense was at its best...they just didn't have the offense to go with it.
They need to get back to that physical style of play !
Why isn't Jim Marshall in Canton?
Yeah... that's lame. Wasn't this man the ultimate stud? It can't really be cause of that wrong-way TD in '64? Playing DE in outdoor Minnesota for 20 years, jumping outta planes...Dude was dynomite!
It doesn't make sense: four NFC titles championship 1970s; original purple people eaters member ; I hear pro bowl stuff : today alot of football players doesn't want to be in pro bowl anyway: they let reserve get in
Can't believe the Eagles allowed a journeyman ball-player to wear legend Harold Carmichael's #17(SMDh).
The script writer should have included more scores and hard facts beyond the first game.
When was the last time a team had three No. 1 QBs or maybe it was three No. 2 QBs and still finished first?
What ever happened in 1972 in the first year Tarkenton came back? Why did they not make it to the Super Bowl as the narrator was suggesting?
+zaraman0077 The offense under Tarkenton played pretty well, but the defense had several breakdowns, esp late in games, and they wound up 7-7. Very unexpected because for the previous 3 seasons, the Vikings had the best defense in the entire NFL..
The 1972 team ( tarks first back from the giants) were beset with injuries and lost a bunch of very close games including a 16-14 loss to miami a game minny outplayed the undefeated ( soon to be) 17-0 dolphins.
+purple sword That game with Miami was highlighted by Viking linebacker Roy Winston's shattering blindside hit that nearly broke Larry Csonka in half.
+zaraman0077 The 1972 team also played a very difficult schedule, so it was a perfect storm of things. They played Miami, Washington, Pittsburgh, Green Bay (twice), San Francisco....and who else am I missing?
They played the Rams, too, although they were having a down year themselves. Still had good talent, though..
Seems funny to see white DB's.
Whatever happened to Clint Jones ?
There might have been an in jury, but I do know that Jones wasn't considered to be a good receiver out of the backfield, and Oscar Reed took his place in 1972. Jones had good years from 69-71, but never quite became the difference maker that he was thought to be as a Michigan State All-American..
Traded to Sand Diego after 1972
Jones got a huge amount of ink for several years from the likes of Ralph Reeve at the St. Paul Dispatch but as MassVT notes was not the difference maker everyone hoped he would be. Jones on a scale of 1 to 10? Five maybe. Chuck Foreman? Eight plus.
B. Frost Just don't know what happened to Jones. Like Washington he was a former track man. He had that 80 yard run again the Bears in 69' and actually became a starter think in 71'. After 72 he was gone though.. I think I'd give Foreman a flat out 10. There was little more he could do in those 5 years.His low yard per rush can be attributed to him always getting the ball on a 4th and inches, or goal line situation where he'd fly over the top. He probably should have been the league MVP in 75' but Tarkenton was getting more press since he chased Unitas' record all year. Had Foreman not been hit with the snowball in the eye and missed all of the 4th quarter in the Buffalo game, he'd a won the " Triple Crown"...MVP then ?
remember watching that game against Bills. got hit with a snowball and left the game. I believe Jim Otis of St Louis won the rushing title the next day (sunday) by just 6yds or so. AFC teams were just better in those days. more innovative I think and just better players at that time maybe. we just have to live with those 4 losses. made my childhood tougher that's for sure
How in the actual FUCK is Jim Marshall not in the Hall of Fame??? Many people say he was better than Carl Eller who is in the HOF
Carl Eller stats are better than Jim marshall; ❤️ Jim Marshall;; lots of great football players are not in NFL football hall of fame 🏈;; Jim marshall it his pro bowl stuff very low
Vikings fan since 68. It's a travesty that Jim Marshall isn't in the HOF. If I'm not mistaken ,he holds record for fumble recoveries by D.E. in a career. @@lloydkline1518
super bowl’s 5 and 6 more likely than not would have been the vikings years if they resigned joe kapp.
you know back then the vikes, in my opinion, were the best. problem was they never got adjusted to hot weather. if you watched their 4 super bowls they were tired and wore down by half time. it wrks both ways. hot to cold and cold to hot. you need an adjustment period. that is why they failed and looked bad in all the games. OH and they had some great teams in the 70's
Interesting perspective.
Nah, dont think so. It was in the 30's for SB IX. In all the others chilly except for XI.
Great defensive team lost to cowboys on Christmas day in playoffs that year
real football , not the crap today , i dont care if brady wins 25 superbowls , he never played the purple gang
hate summerall...hate him...hate him....