Absolutely gorgeous!! I miss the vikings when they were fun to watch 😣

That hook and lateral play was as good as I've seen.

Husband of a cousin of mine gave me his tix for this game. Went with a friend from Cleveland. One of the best days of my life.

I remember that last play so well. Ahmad Rashad nonchalantly basket-catches the fluttering ball and backs into the end zone. Awesome. Despite the Super Bowl losses, the 1970s were a great time to be a Vikings fan. Love those teams.

I was a 14 yr old Viking fan, growing up in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. I still can't believe they went 80 yards in 14 seconds. Wow what a finish. Listen to that crowd at the Met!

Love Bud Grant running off the field arm in arm with the late great Matt Blair.

This was when football was FOOTBALL!!! I remember this game and it was cold as hell. Vikings weren't my favorite team, but I loved Tommy Kramer.

Charlie Jones made this moment even more special! RIP

@alfonsogreen2722

7 жыл бұрын

yes he did

@bobblaszczak7972

3 жыл бұрын

Charlie Jones was awesome. Pat Summerall. Kurt Gowdy. Keith Jackson. Howard Cosell. Voices of Sports in that era. I know I forgot to name a few.

@jimmywoods7879

Жыл бұрын

Boy he had a distinctive voice

I watched this game live and still gives me goosebumps to this day👍 still hoping the Vikings can win a Super Bowl 👍

@Thewildterritories

Жыл бұрын

How about all the miracles this season?

@adambaum9732

Жыл бұрын

They can't, the Vikings will NEVER win a Super Bowl.

@kingstonvlach7835

Жыл бұрын

@@adambaum9732 🤓

@dickdeeb6018

Жыл бұрын

I watched it too i was a kid theyre not the vikings anymore not for a long time theyre the violet queens playing their part in the script

@a.m.v.6938

Жыл бұрын

@@Thewildterritories I would gladly give back all the miracle finishes they have ever had for one Super Bowl victory.

Still scarred from the four Super Bowl losses of my childhood, but this salves the wound a bit!

@billbrowne5655

9 жыл бұрын

No worries, Erich. Zim and TB will bring us one. We are finally on the path. You will see.

@randymarsh7049

7 жыл бұрын

Bill Browne I think so👍

@bobblaszczak7972

3 жыл бұрын

@@billbrowne5655 sorry to say that 5 years later it still eludes Viking fans. I'm from Philly area, but as a kid my team was the Vikings. Love seeing old videos like this. Just watched 1975 playoff game. Chuck Foreman videos. Chuck was the man #44.

@lloydkline1518

2 жыл бұрын

Superbowl losses& nfc championship games losses still hurt NFC championship losses: hurt its too; Minnesota viking should've. had a different coach other than bud grant in the superbowls

@ThekiBoran

2 жыл бұрын

Bud Grant said he'd rather be 0-4 than 0-0.

The story goes Ahmad had taped the game on his VCR and, upon arriving home that evening, rewound the tape and watched the entire game, straight-thru. When it got down to the time of his game-winning catch, the tape....ran...out. This is great; thanks for posting!

@isualum13

4 жыл бұрын

That's what he gets for taping the game without the expressed written consent of the NFL.

@elnardowebster2842

4 жыл бұрын

@@isualum13 lol

The execution on that hook n lateral was phenomenal

Even though no super bowls, I will take all of Bud Grant's years with the Vikings over anything current!

I remember sitting in the living room watching this game. The rally really started with around 7 minutes to go . GREAT freakin' game.

One should remember it was an interception by Bobby Bryant #20 that lead to this, he made a lot of crucial big plays!

@robertrowe5349

Жыл бұрын

Redskins gave him away

Kardiac Kids had one of the most insane seasons imaginable. In victory and defeat Football Gods owed Minnesota this after Drew Pearson

I loved the way the camera focused on Art Modell in his press box...and we can never see him, lol 😆 😂

I was 11 and remember watching this game with my dad, what a game it was.

As a kid I was a big Vikings fan. Had winter coat and hat in team colors and logos. Great memories of team for sure.

the late great charlie jones on the announcers mic, my favorite sports broadcaster of that time, ex-chief quarterback lenny dawson on color.

Brought a tear to my eye as I recalled watching this game with my dad. I can still hear his excitement as his favorite player, Teddy Brown gathers in the hook and lateral and scampers down the field.

@billbrowne5655

9 жыл бұрын

Yes, that play, to me was actually just as amazing as the following play. The odds of two such plays is, well, Un-Viking like.

@patricksaillant942

Жыл бұрын

Kramer was the best!! I loved that guy!!!

@terrancethomas9792

8 ай бұрын

It was awesome to see that Ted Brown play. I remember how excited I was. Never fully seeing the play all these years. It was outstanding.

Oh the memories that's why I'm vikings fan!

I was eight yrs old and remember watching the game with my dad.

I've been a fan since the mid 70-s. One day I hope they can build a Vikings team that doesn't need miracles.

Not a Vikings Fan but I vividly remember this play happening as a child.

Everything happened so fast that the Joe Senser to Ted Brown hook and lateral was never replayed. I would love to see that play in slow-mo from different angles. Tommy Kramer was my guy. Coaches around the league were always saying how smart he was.

If that was on TV today, those final 14 seconds would have taken at least 10 minutes.

One of the few Viking moments that went our way. That's why we love this so much. Plus it was in our stadium.

@YourLocalRealist

Жыл бұрын

Few!!?? Try being a Rams fan in the 70s! Either you guys or the Cowboys knocked us out.

I remember this game very well. The Vikes had to win it to make the playoffs and they did. I was just a kid but I recall it fondly. We had company over for dinner and to also watch this game. Trouble was it looked like the Browns had the game in the bag. Everyone had given up and were not even paying attention to the game anymore. But too young and stupid to know better me kept the faith and for once, I was rewarded.

Lost of people left the stadium before this drive. After the game, Bud Grant was quoted as saying, "I hope the radios of everyone who left early didn't work on the way home".

@billbrowne5655

9 жыл бұрын

Funny you bring up Bud Grant. That enthusiasm he showed was rare and out of his real form. It shows that some miraculous plays can bring anybody out of their shell.

@laudanum669

6 жыл бұрын

I was at this game with my friend Ron. we were about 15 years old. It was pretty nice out at the start of the game but got allot colder as the game went on. We talked about leaving, so glad we stayed. Still have the ticket stub. We used to sneak into the Met stadium and walk around. go on the field, nobody ever bothered us. Try that today. Go Vikes !

How awesome was that catch and lateral by Senser. He was smothered and still pulled it off.

I loved these Vikes, but after Tarkenton and Co lost SB Xl, we were never the same.

Best 2 play sequence ever. Although a replay would have been nice. Good job NBC

I remember watching this game.

Good to hear Charlie Jones again.

I scored on that play 6 times in high school and we got it from bud grant , loved these men tommy Kramer 👍

Best Viking Finish ever - until today!!!

@russellmitchem5465

5 жыл бұрын

Vikings were always a strong passing team,but inconsistent on defense and winning big games...

@paulrolf9011

3 жыл бұрын

Never

@Jiltedin2007

2 жыл бұрын

Are you talking about the Stephon Diggs game?

@jimjackson9719

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jiltedin2007 yes. It’s really the last time it felt good to be a Vikings fan.

I can just see Art Modell saying, "Just for that, I'm moving this team to Baltimore!"

That friends WAS Vikings football!

Vikings will win our first Super Bowl!

The Vikes missed the extra point after all the hoopla, winning 28-23. I saw this game on TV, and was in tears for joy after the win!

@bigbananadealer846

8 жыл бұрын

+RovingRoy lol kicker was too excited probably

@tsnide34

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigbananadealer846 Actually it was the indifference of the O-Line that allowed the kick to be blocked. :)

Tommy Kramer was a great QB. I know he had some personal issues in his career, but dont we all!! God Bless Tommy Kramer!! Vikings fan from Mass since 68'!! My NFC Team! Lolol

My favorite Viking moment ever! I remember watching this as a kid and going nuts and my mother yelled at me for going crazy. Priceless...

@chadlawrence664

2 жыл бұрын

yep and then threw the ITSA football to myself and made some miraculous catches too as a 9 year old :)

Tommy Kramer, one of my favorite Vikes!!!

I remember this like yesterday, for Christmas my Dad had gotten a radio that could pick up TV channels. We were on the south end of our property clearing out underbrush at the property edge, I remember the weather was pretty mild that day for a MN winter. So my Dad brings along his new radio and tunes it to the NBC broadcast of the game. What an amazing ending! And it made our whole day that the Vikings got a last second win to clinch the division. Great memories.

One of the last great moments in Metropolitan Stadium

I was a kid and I remember my dad so disgusted that the Vikes had "lost" the game he stormed out of the house. After Ahmad made the catch I ran outside and told my dad and of course at first he didn't believe it. I remember most the look on his face of, "Really? No way!" and he missed it! That's probably why I have to always wait to the very end no matter what!

Love that hook-and-ladder play. Hitting on two gadget plays in a row to make the playoffs was unreal.

@rokyericksonroks

Жыл бұрын

Bud Grant did not shake hands with Rutigliano, but did with the head referee.

I was watching this game with my father. Disgusted that the Vikings were behind he left to go ice fishing. When he got home later that night I told him all about it, he could hardly believe it and regretted giving up on the game. There were some wild games at old Metropolitan Stadium. We went to a Kicks game that had set a soccer league attendance record at the time. The Kicks won if I remember correctly. The MOA is not nearly as exciting.

Absolutely electric. Thanks Secret Base for sending me here.

I love how Rashad catches the ball so casually. I knew about the Hail mary but I never knew the play that preceded it. Great win for Min.

People either forgot or didn't know that Ahmad Rashad was a very good receiver back in the 70's & 80's!!!! GREAT Catch, Great Game!!!

@tomitstube

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Astrop - iremember when he was bobby moore.

@tomitstube

8 жыл бұрын

+Robert Astrop i remember when he was bobby moore.

@supervike1

5 жыл бұрын

Ahmad Rashad is still among my favorite all time Vikings. That number 28 was magic. Petersen will get that number retired, but I'll always know it as Ahmad's number.

My brother and I were at this game and in the stands in this end zone. Brings back great memories. Thank you

I forgot all about that play! 👍😃

Great moment in Vikes history! The ole hook and ladder play. Skol!

Burnsie mentioned this game in his rant. Squadron left squadron right some damn thing!

I Get Emotional Recalling That Day...AWESOME!!!

Several months after this in the backyard my friends and I, were always Kramer and Rashad. Emulating our best one-handed catch with our Itza football. LOL

This was so sweet 🎉

I'd say this miracle finish has now been surpassed in Vikings history!!

@pf8951

6 жыл бұрын

I am not so sure. Against new Orleans they went 75 yards in 24 seconds with 1 time out. In this game against Cleveland they went 80 yards in 14 seconds, with no timeouts. If they would have lost this game they would have missed the playoffs. Ironically they lost their next game to Philadelphia. 31-16 in the 1980 playoffs.

@ATLKing404

3 жыл бұрын

@@pf8951 Yeah but the one against new orleans was a playoff game so that makes the stakes higher

@paulrolf9011

3 жыл бұрын

Never..case closed

@paulrolf9011

3 жыл бұрын

@@ATLKing404 never

@paulsonj72

5 ай бұрын

​@@pf8951 They still had to play Houston in the season finale but the game had no meaning to Minnesota as they were locked in as the #3 seed while Houston has to win to make the AFC playoffs. Vikes lost by four but IIEC played a lot of people. I think if they needed to win that game they would have.

Saw this live when I was 11 y.o. This is definitely one of the top 5 memories I have watching sports as a kid.

@billbrowne5655

9 жыл бұрын

Cool. I was living in Nebraska, and listened to it via Woonsocket, South Dakota on the radio. After I heard the crazy ending, I ran to the TV to see the highlights to confirm what I heard was real. I was a junior in high school.

@billbrowne5655

9 жыл бұрын

Check that, Arthur, it was Yankton, South Dakota.

@arthurbishop3173

9 жыл бұрын

Sounds like an old fart thing to say-and maybe it is, but football was much, much better then. Teams played in bad weather constantly, corporate influence was minimal, and free agency wasn't carving teams up on a yearly basis.

Love the security guard in yellow at 1:16 clearly watching the ball instead of the crowd. But I can't say that I blame him. It was the last play.

The lateral play was brilliant and set up miracle catch.

I remember watching this game on TV 👍

In this day and age, I can imagine some coaches trying a field goal from 63 yards away instead of the hail Mary.

Tommy Kramer was pretty impressive in those days - and Rashad had the greatest hands ever. The man could catch anything - sometimes with ONE hand!

Up until last night this was the greatest Vikings miracle of all time.

Skol vikes i wasn't even born when this happened and i got the chills.

Ted Brown's son JT plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning in the NHL. I guess growing up in Minnesota he chose hockey instead of football.

@TL2354

2 жыл бұрын

Did you really guess that?

@RRaquello

2 жыл бұрын

@@TL2354 I guess…

I'm pretty sure my dad brings up this play every Sunday when we're watching the Vikings. SKOL!

I was 10 and I cried

At a family gathering a number of years later I recalled this play. Someone commented "Ahmad Rashad used to be a player?"

@2themoon863

2 жыл бұрын

Now blow their minds and tell them that was Bobby Moore who caught that pass (Rashad had converted to Islam a few years earlier and changed his name).

That hook-and-lateral was sweet - 39 yards!

Remember watching this game in our basement with my cousins and uncles and all the bad mouthing before this happened.

1:26 "MINNESOTA! THEY ARE THE CHAMPIONS!" Sounds pretty awesome to me. LOL.

@RovingRoy

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, if you could just hear that one February, that would be even better!!!!!!

Love it

Back before players did a carefully choreographed dance routine after every play.

RIP Marty

Never seen this ending to this game before.

Great Tommy Kramer Hail Mary Team, cleveland coach - Sam Ritgliano - The River Boat Gambler Great Memories!!

SKOL VIKINGS for life!

I remember watching this game with my father. After Ahmad scored, my father said can you imagine being the guy who tells the Browns' players that went to the locker room early to come back to the field while the Vikings kick the extra point.

This was the day I became a permanent Vikings fan...I was 12

@BurchSlap

8 жыл бұрын

+vikingbill68507 I was also 12 when this happened! My favorite Viking moment - so far! :)

@arthurbishop3173

7 жыл бұрын

I was 11...and it remains one of only a couple of sports highlights that still bring tears to my eyes. What a special day, and congrats to all Vikings fans!! One of the best finales and come from behind wins I've ever seen. When football was magical!!!

@TheTarbender1

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, especially when we Viking fans had had that 1975 Staubach to Pearson 'Hail Mary' pass shoved down our throats for years. GO VIKINGS!!

@supervike1

5 жыл бұрын

LOL. Me too. I was 12 and this cemented it for me as well. My sisters and I still talk about this play occasionally.

@lloydkline1518

2 жыл бұрын

❤️ Minnesota viking 1960s/1970s

It was the greatest miracle finish. Not anymore. Not after today. Stefon Diggs TD goes into 1st place as the greatest miracle finish in Vikings history.

@TL2354

2 жыл бұрын

Was all for not

I watched this game and said touchdown before the ball got to Rashad hoping of course glad it worked out! What a finish

My new main man

Marv Levy and Bud Grant both lost four Super Bowl games and were inducted into the Hall of Fame yet Dan Reeves who lost four Super Bowl games as a head coach, but won one as a fullback and one as an assistant coach isn’t in the Hall of Fame.

My family had season tickets at the old met stadium. So many memories!

@davidlafleche1142

2 жыл бұрын

I still remember the last time the Red Sox played the Twins there: September, 1981. I remembered those weird, L-shaped light towers: I thought those things would break off, and crash onto the upper deck! Ned Martin hated that place. He thought the baseball booth was too high. If I had owned the Twins, I would have rebuilt the entire stadium, one section at a time, and made the new one just like the old one, but more modern.

awesome video

This was the year that I first started watching football because my Lions drafted Billy Sims. If Minnesota would've lost this game, the Lions would've won the division and made the playoffs. The network switched over right after the Lions game and I saw this live. So began my torture.

I was at this game as a kid. My parents took me for my birthday.

Tommy Kramer is one of the most underrated QBs in history.

@Bulldog17ful

6 жыл бұрын

Old two liter Tommy was fun to watch but he also gave people lots of heartburn as well

I showed this to my girlfriend (who's a Packer fan) and even she was impressed by this and thought it was cool. the lateral play caught her by big surprise. as well as the hail mary.

@RovingRoy

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful, now tell her to give you some "cheesehead" now!

My brother and I were there and in that end zone.

Kansas City got into FG range in 13 seconds against Buffalo. The Vikings here drove 80 yards for a TD in 14 seconds. ✅ Vikings

494 tommy to downtown teddy brown. Then to akmaud(as Bud called him)Rashad. Man I loved that era of Vikings football.

Just one year later, the Miami Dolphins would successfully use the same Hook & Lateral play against the San Diego Chargers in the AFC Divisional playoff game that many have called the greatest NFL game of all time.

I remember it so clearly. Win and your in, don't you go home

What a great game. I love those games in snowy, cold weather, outdoor stadiums. Players today are so spoiled. Celebrating every first down, turnover or touchdown is ridiculous. Act like a professional, not a punk.

@flyguyry1

2 жыл бұрын

Ok whitey

“Heidi Game II”: This game was on NBC, and (for those of us in Colorado) so was the 4:00 EST game, San Diego at Denver-visiting team determine whether NBC (AFC) or CBS (NFC) covered the game back then. At 4:00 the broadcast switched to San Diego-Denver… …which was right after the hook and ladder play to Ted Brown, but BEFORE the Hail Mary to Ahmad Rashad-in fact the switch took place just before the last snap! We saw a dull first six minutes or so-no score, couple of pints-and then the score posted at the bottom of the screen, with some comment about the finish; it didn’t take a genius to figure out what had happened, but we didn’t see it until halftime. There might have been a cut in from New York also during the first quarter, I don’t remember, but a lot of people here weren’t happy about that-certainly not on the scale of the original Heidi Game, though!

@BurchSlap

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing that! I hadn't heard that story. I was watching it in North Carolina, and fortunately they didn't cut away from it. It was so rare to see the VIkings on TV back then!

@paulsonj72

5 ай бұрын

Being in the Broncos territory they were obligated to switch to that game at kickoff. IIEC those.rules.are.still in place but don't happen that often now since late games on the doubleheader network start at 4:25 ET