Sorry Vikings fans but even if they score after the blocked punt, they were doomed. There defensive line was no match for our offensive line. I do believe it would have kept them in the game upto midway in the 3rd quarter, then Raiders, well there the Raiders, they would have pounced on Vikes with a vengance
Well, if you can compete up on till the 3rd quarter, there's a much better chance than the game being over in the 1st as was the case. Call it anything, but that MClanahan fumble, was nothing short of tragic.
- It's amazing that Franco Harris attended the game, considering how furious the Steelers/Raiders games of the 70's were. The Raiders did, after all, beat the Steelers in the AFC championship that year.
-The catch (though out-of-bounds) in the back of the end zone by Dave Casper (play starts at 11:50) is an amazing example of how great hands he has. This is high quality football by both teams!
The vikings went 15-1 in 1998 and still didn't get to the super bowl, they haven't been to the super bowl since '77 and probably will never win a super bowl.
Hard to imagine what Page and Marshall were thinking playing around 220 pounds as defensive lineman. Still, coming off the ball fast at this lighter weight worked against the Redskins and Rams in the playoffs, though it was a doomed strategy against the mammoth Raiders offensive line.
The only reason I can think of as to why the Vikings played well against bigger O-lineman, Redskins & Rams and where succesfull, was because the weather had to have been the equalizer.
I know they had a HUGE avantage in frigid Met Stadium...many will say " well both teams had to play in the cold". True, but only the Vikings enjoyed it. I've looked at their Superbowls , and they just can't do a thing.
@sportshistorybuff If I had to decide who was the worst team in Super Bowl history, the Vikings or Bills, I would definitely say the Vikings, mainly because the Vikings basically didn't even bother to compete in the four Super Bowls...in all four Super Bowls, the Vikings were shutout at halftime in every single one...16-0 against the Chiefs, 17-0 against the Dolphins, 2-0 against the Steelers, 16-0 against the Raiders...
Without question!! At least the Bills made SOME plays, and lost that one on the last second field goal miss.The Vikings played like if it was their first pre-season game. They where just horrible.Against the Steelrs the defense DID manage to make some plays, but they where on the field too long. Not to mention, they coul'nt get ANY help form the offense. The other SB's, it was mistake after mistake.They where God awefull.
@sportshistorybuff Plus, I think that the reason that the Vikings played so poorly in the postseason, in particular the Super Bowl, is primarily because they didn't have a rival during the regular season...from 1969-1977, there were only two teams from the NFC Central that made the playoffs, other than the Vikings...the 72 Packers, who won the division, and the 77 Bears, who were a wildcard...the Vikings basically had the division won by the seventh week, every single year...
Also, the Vikings might not have been in this Super Bowl if not for the fact that they blocked two Tom Dempsey field goal attempts in the title gams vs. the Rams. Bobby Bryant blocked one and returned the oter for the back-breaking TD.
Also, this is the earliest Super Bowl (by the calendar) ever played, as it was played on January 9, 1977. By contrast, Super Bowl XLIV was played on February 7, 2010.
Let's not forget, speaking of big special team plays by the Vikings of that era, that the Vikings' only points of Super Bowl IX vs. the Steelers came on a blocked punt when Matt Blair blocked a punt by Bobby Walden and Terry Brown recovered it in the end zone for the Vikings' only TD of the game. Of course, place kicker Fred Cox would have to have the extra point blocked, such was the Vikings' misfortune in their four Super Bowl losses.
You're referring to the touchdown on the blocked punt in Super Bowl IX, which was the Vikings' only score of that game. Yes, Fred Cox's kick hit the left upright. That marked the first time an extra point was flat-out missed in the Super Bowl. Oddly enough, that happened twice in Super Bowl XI, as Errol Mann missed TWO PATs in Super Bowl XI. (An injured Roy Gerela also missed a PAT in Super Bowl X.)
Yes , that is what I was referring to. Leave to Fred Cox and the Vikings to be th 1st at anything bad.To my knowledge, the 1st non-converted PAT in the SB was when Mark Washington blocked Jim O'briens' extra point in SB V. I remember the Errol Mann misses. Can't say I remember Gerelas'.I do know he injured himself trying to tackle Thomas Henderson on the opening kick off.Steelers got 21 points the weirdest ways.
Well, Roy Gerela mised three kicks in Super Bowl X due to the badly bruised ribs he suffered as a result of that tackle he made on Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson on the opening kickoff. The first occured moments after Lynn Swann's legendary catch while the Steelers were pinned against their own goal line late in the second quarter. However, the second one may have helped to decide the game, as the infamous incident between Lambert and Cliff Harris occurred after that second miss.
Typical Vikings- throw away perfect oppurtunity. On par with gary anderson missing only FG the whole damn year that would have put game away vs. Falcons & Favre throwing pick vs. Saints that would have set up game winning TD or FG.
This is a Historic Super Bowl. Not just because the Raiders won their first of three Lombardis, Not just for the Vikings becoming the first team to lose four Super Bowls but that this was the last time the Super Bowl was played entirely in the daytime with an early-afternoon kickoff. The next year, the Super Bowl kickoff was moved to late-afternoon usually around 4pm or 5pm eastern and for West Coast Super Bowls such as XIV, XVII, XIX, XXI and so forth, the kickoff was around 3:15pm Pacific.
Watch the blocked punt sequence @ 1:00 . You wanna talk about bad luck. Check this out.
Bobby Bryant has a beeline on the ball, he's gonna pick it up and score. Nope, the ball takes a freak bounce back and over his head. At this point, the ball appears to be heading perfectly to the waiting hands of Fred Mcneil, he's gonna grab it and score..............inexplicably the ball then bounces AWAY from him.........WTF !!
I truly feel it would have been a different game had the Vikings scored.
Wish the ball had bounced away from the Vikes on their field-goal block in the NFC Championship Game. It wasn't easy being a Rams fan come playoff time in the 1970s (except for '79). Jim Marshall actually looks a bit smaller than Dave Casper in this footage. It's amazing that Marshall was such an iron man at his size. I thought Davis should have been named Super Bowl MVP - or perhaps even Shell or Upshaw.
Agree,certainly not Biletnikof. I've read both Marshall and Page where under 220 in that game.
Such is the way of that bouncing football.It ball bounced perfectly for Bryant against the Rams, then in the Superbowl .....was'nt gonna happen! Did you noticed how it bounced away from both Vikng players...as if ordained by the Vikings curse!! The Rams had bad luck against the Vikings, must have been as bad for you in December as it was for me in January.... I'm still pist off dang it !!
I too believe the game would have been different had the Vikes jumped on top with their golden opportunity. You never know where that magic bean is going to go, but I think only a Minnesota or Buffalo would get two bad bounces in the same play. Rams would have been better off trying for a touchdown on fourth down and not making it. As much as that loss continues to sting, the Mud Bowl haunts me more than any other game.
Sorry Vikings fans but even if they score after the blocked punt, they were doomed. There defensive line was no match for our offensive line. I do believe it would have kept them in the game upto midway in the 3rd quarter, then Raiders, well there the Raiders, they would have pounced on Vikes with a vengance
ptcpaul 3 weeks ago
@ptcpaul
Well, if you can compete up on till the 3rd quarter, there's a much better chance than the game being over in the 1st as was the case. Call it anything, but that MClanahan fumble, was nothing short of tragic.
6400az 3 weeks ago
Wow, 0-4 in the SB, '75 Hail Mary, '98 NFC Title, Favre in '09. All-time great choke artists.
blanchelincoln 1 month ago
@blanchelincoln
Yes, I've been following them for over 40 years. Their choking is so predictable, as if scripted by a higher order.
6400az 3 weeks ago
A couple of random thoughts:
- It's amazing that Franco Harris attended the game, considering how furious the Steelers/Raiders games of the 70's were. The Raiders did, after all, beat the Steelers in the AFC championship that year.
-The catch (though out-of-bounds) in the back of the end zone by Dave Casper (play starts at 11:50) is an amazing example of how great hands he has. This is high quality football by both teams!
fin8glr 1 month ago
@fin8glr
You think the Vikings played quality ball in this game?
6400az 2 weeks ago
I enjoyed listening to Curt Gowdy broacast games when I was a kid!
DAS603 1 month ago
Willie Hall bailed out Ray Guy on that fumble recovery and it was all raiders after that!
DAS603 1 month ago
Loved, Dandy Don:)!!!
jsteptoe36 1 month ago
Curt Gowdy best announcer of all time!
DAS603 2 months ago
The vikings went 15-1 in 1998 and still didn't get to the super bowl, they haven't been to the super bowl since '77 and probably will never win a super bowl.
DAS603 2 months ago
The largest guy in the NFL was 275 pounds! Now he would be told to bulk up to make an NFL squad. Didn't Daunte Culpepper almost weigh this much?
sportshistorybuff 3 months ago
Hard to imagine what Page and Marshall were thinking playing around 220 pounds as defensive lineman. Still, coming off the ball fast at this lighter weight worked against the Redskins and Rams in the playoffs, though it was a doomed strategy against the mammoth Raiders offensive line.
sportshistorybuff 3 months ago
@sportshistorybuff
The only reason I can think of as to why the Vikings played well against bigger O-lineman, Redskins & Rams and where succesfull, was because the weather had to have been the equalizer.
I know they had a HUGE avantage in frigid Met Stadium...many will say " well both teams had to play in the cold". True, but only the Vikings enjoyed it. I've looked at their Superbowls , and they just can't do a thing.
6400az 3 months ago
@sportshistorybuff If I had to decide who was the worst team in Super Bowl history, the Vikings or Bills, I would definitely say the Vikings, mainly because the Vikings basically didn't even bother to compete in the four Super Bowls...in all four Super Bowls, the Vikings were shutout at halftime in every single one...16-0 against the Chiefs, 17-0 against the Dolphins, 2-0 against the Steelers, 16-0 against the Raiders...
GemCan78 3 months ago
@GemCan78
Without question!! At least the Bills made SOME plays, and lost that one on the last second field goal miss.The Vikings played like if it was their first pre-season game. They where just horrible.Against the Steelrs the defense DID manage to make some plays, but they where on the field too long. Not to mention, they coul'nt get ANY help form the offense. The other SB's, it was mistake after mistake.They where God awefull.
6400az 2 months ago
@sportshistorybuff Plus, I think that the reason that the Vikings played so poorly in the postseason, in particular the Super Bowl, is primarily because they didn't have a rival during the regular season...from 1969-1977, there were only two teams from the NFC Central that made the playoffs, other than the Vikings...the 72 Packers, who won the division, and the 77 Bears, who were a wildcard...the Vikings basically had the division won by the seventh week, every single year...
GemCan78 3 months ago
Also, the Vikings might not have been in this Super Bowl if not for the fact that they blocked two Tom Dempsey field goal attempts in the title gams vs. the Rams. Bobby Bryant blocked one and returned the oter for the back-breaking TD.
Also, this is the earliest Super Bowl (by the calendar) ever played, as it was played on January 9, 1977. By contrast, Super Bowl XLIV was played on February 7, 2010.
cjs3872 4 months ago
Let's not forget, speaking of big special team plays by the Vikings of that era, that the Vikings' only points of Super Bowl IX vs. the Steelers came on a blocked punt when Matt Blair blocked a punt by Bobby Walden and Terry Brown recovered it in the end zone for the Vikings' only TD of the game. Of course, place kicker Fred Cox would have to have the extra point blocked, such was the Vikings' misfortune in their four Super Bowl losses.
cjs3872 4 months ago
@cjs3872
Even more misfortune. Cox did'nt have the extra point blocked..........it hit the upright.
6400az 2 weeks ago
@6400az
You're referring to the touchdown on the blocked punt in Super Bowl IX, which was the Vikings' only score of that game. Yes, Fred Cox's kick hit the left upright. That marked the first time an extra point was flat-out missed in the Super Bowl. Oddly enough, that happened twice in Super Bowl XI, as Errol Mann missed TWO PATs in Super Bowl XI. (An injured Roy Gerela also missed a PAT in Super Bowl X.)
cjs3872 2 weeks ago
@cjs3872
Yes , that is what I was referring to. Leave to Fred Cox and the Vikings to be th 1st at anything bad.To my knowledge, the 1st non-converted PAT in the SB was when Mark Washington blocked Jim O'briens' extra point in SB V. I remember the Errol Mann misses. Can't say I remember Gerelas'.I do know he injured himself trying to tackle Thomas Henderson on the opening kick off.Steelers got 21 points the weirdest ways.
6400az 2 weeks ago
@6400az
Well, Roy Gerela mised three kicks in Super Bowl X due to the badly bruised ribs he suffered as a result of that tackle he made on Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson on the opening kickoff. The first occured moments after Lynn Swann's legendary catch while the Steelers were pinned against their own goal line late in the second quarter. However, the second one may have helped to decide the game, as the infamous incident between Lambert and Cliff Harris occurred after that second miss.
cjs3872 2 weeks ago
Typical Vikings- throw away perfect oppurtunity. On par with gary anderson missing only FG the whole damn year that would have put game away vs. Falcons & Favre throwing pick vs. Saints that would have set up game winning TD or FG.
6t4eldo 4 months ago
The blocked punt is the only time you see the Vikings cheering in the this superbowl.
zap51 5 months ago
This is a Historic Super Bowl. Not just because the Raiders won their first of three Lombardis, Not just for the Vikings becoming the first team to lose four Super Bowls but that this was the last time the Super Bowl was played entirely in the daytime with an early-afternoon kickoff. The next year, the Super Bowl kickoff was moved to late-afternoon usually around 4pm or 5pm eastern and for West Coast Super Bowls such as XIV, XVII, XIX, XXI and so forth, the kickoff was around 3:15pm Pacific.
markofly76 6 months ago
@markofly76 also this is the only SuperBowl that didn't play the national anthem before it. Just god bless America
beaverpitt 4 months ago
Watch the blocked punt sequence @ 1:00 . You wanna talk about bad luck. Check this out.
Bobby Bryant has a beeline on the ball, he's gonna pick it up and score. Nope, the ball takes a freak bounce back and over his head. At this point, the ball appears to be heading perfectly to the waiting hands of Fred Mcneil, he's gonna grab it and score..............inexplicably the ball then bounces AWAY from him.........WTF !!
I truly feel it would have been a different game had the Vikings scored.
6400az 7 months ago
@6400az
Wish the ball had bounced away from the Vikes on their field-goal block in the NFC Championship Game. It wasn't easy being a Rams fan come playoff time in the 1970s (except for '79). Jim Marshall actually looks a bit smaller than Dave Casper in this footage. It's amazing that Marshall was such an iron man at his size. I thought Davis should have been named Super Bowl MVP - or perhaps even Shell or Upshaw.
7747jc 6 months ago
@7747jc
Agree,certainly not Biletnikof. I've read both Marshall and Page where under 220 in that game.
Such is the way of that bouncing football.It ball bounced perfectly for Bryant against the Rams, then in the Superbowl .....was'nt gonna happen! Did you noticed how it bounced away from both Vikng players...as if ordained by the Vikings curse!! The Rams had bad luck against the Vikings, must have been as bad for you in December as it was for me in January.... I'm still pist off dang it !!
6400az 6 months ago
@6400az
I too believe the game would have been different had the Vikes jumped on top with their golden opportunity. You never know where that magic bean is going to go, but I think only a Minnesota or Buffalo would get two bad bounces in the same play. Rams would have been better off trying for a touchdown on fourth down and not making it. As much as that loss continues to sting, the Mud Bowl haunts me more than any other game.
7747jc 6 months ago
painful to watch as a viking fan but thanks for posting. AFC was too tough in these days and the vikes were running on fumes. Great Raider team..
tknippe 8 months ago
How many Raider games have you recorded?
raiderfanforever999 9 months ago