The CRAZIEST GAME of Joe Kapp's CAREER | Lions @ Vikings (1968)
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- Joe Kapp might just be the toughest quarterback to ever play in the NFL. And no game is a better example of that than what happened in week 4 of the 1968 NFL season, when the Minnesota Vikings played the Detroit Lions, and Kapp, who left the game with a concussion and was relieved by backup Gary Cuozzo, had to be re-inserted into the game under the most unlikely of circumstances
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Two large losses for Vikings fans and family recently...Kapp and Bud Grant...RIP to two Vikings legends..
Somewhere I'd like to think the two are going over the game plan for the heavenly Vikings next game.
My very favorite player and players and coach of the Minnesota Vikings RIP to the players and coaches who have passed from that great era of the NFL and AFL
One of my brothers has a great story about going to see Kapp's 7 TD game. We had just moved to the suburbs of Minneapolis when one of our neighbors, whose father-in-law was a prominent local businessman offered to take my brother and his friend to the Vikings game that Sunday. Of course, what 13-year-old boy is going to turn down a chance to see his first NFL game. So they go to the old Met Stadium, and they get ushered down to the best seats in the stadium. It turned out that the reason that the tickets were available was because the father-in-law's friend Hubert couldn't make it. His friend Hubert was Hubert H. Humphrey, the former Vice-President.
He was the Dick Butkus of quarterbacks in that era. He was that tough
RIP Joe Kapp. Great video paying respect to a legend.
Yeah, 🪦 To Minnesota Vikings’ Legendary QB Joe Kapp. 🌹💐 That Guy Really Was One Tough SOB. Even Though He, HC Bud Grant & The Rest Of The Vikings Who Never Won A Super Bowl. 💜💛
Didn't know he died
They had no idea back then about concussions. Hit ‘em hard enough to see stars was the goal every down.
Lest we forget, Joe Kapp was the head coach of Cal when they ran The Play against Stanford.
RIP Joe Kapp
My favorite Joe Kapp highlight is him getting into a fist fight with CFL HOF defensive lineman Angelo Mosca at a luncheon when both were in their 70s.
What prompted the fight/what was it about?
It was about Mosca roughing up Kapp during their playing days.
@@3243_ Thx for the info. I wonder who won the rematch :)
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In 1963, Joe Kapp's BC Lions were making their first Grey Cup appearance in franchise history, and at home too. Their opponents were the perennial Eastern Division champion Hamilton Tiger-Cats who were led on defense by # 68 Angelo Mosca. The Lions had a star running back in Willie Fleming. During the game, Fleming is tackled out of bounds and Mosca comes in with a late hit that the officials missed. Fleming was injured on that hit and never returned to action and Hamilton went on to win the Grey Cup. I'm surprised the rivalry didn't end the next season when the same two teams met in the Grey Cup again and this time Kapp's Lions prevailed to win their first Grey Cup in franchise history.
The segment from 2011 can be found here:
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It also appeared on ESPN's Monday Night Countdown:
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@@higgy04 Hi Higgy ... Thanks so much for that backstory and the links! I never knew that information before. I knew that Joe Kapp and Bud Grant got their initial professional football "fame" in the Canadian Football League (CFL), but didn't know that piece of the mosaic. Ironically, had I been born sooner in life, there might have been a "chance" I could have heard it (the game) take place on the radio !! Why? Because I grew up on the U.S. - Canada border, and my Dad often had the car radio set to CHML (900 on the AM dial) out of Hamilton, Ontario ... and while driving around taking care of errands with my Dad on the weekends during the late 60s and early 70s, we would hear a Hamilton Tiger Cats radio sports talk show from mid-summer until mid-November [the CFL season was earlier than ours; it started in July or the first week of August at the latest and wrapped up with the Grey Cup which usually took place around the time of our/U.S. Thanksgiving weekend] !!! Great memories :)
RIP Joe Kapp. He is a True Goat, Thank you JaguarGator9 for showcasing a legend at QB.
8 TDs still hasn't happened. And when it does Joe Kapps 7 in the 60s is still gonna be untouchably impressive
Definitely, because of how the rules were in 1969.
Bud grant, and joe kapp. 2 cfl legends, 2 vikings in the 60s, 2 guys who knew how to football
May Joe Kapp rest in peace. And may each of his loved ones be comforted and healed.
One of the most underrated quarterbacks ever
👍😔
Definitely!
Kapp was a REAL man...a REAL player...the kind of person who CREATED the game..and used to represent true manhood in this country....True GRIT!
Kapp and Bud Grant can meet again. RIP Joe Kapp
Where?
They never really had a social relationship. Joe about the only thing Bud said to him Socially was "get a haircut" . Bud wasn't social with his players
My first football hero and the reason i became and still am a Viking fan is Joe Kapp, even though i live in Cali. Joe i only got to see em play that 69 year and then he got traded to the Patriots. Next time i saw Joe was in the movie Joe Kidd, when CLint Eastwood took that bean pot and creased Joes cranium. Think the next movie was the Longest Yard with Burt Reynolds. RIP Joe!!!!
On one play, in the 1969 NFL Championship Game, Kapp ran the ball around right end. He was met head on by Cleveland’s left LB. Kapp ran right over him - knocking him out cold. A QB knocking out a LB! The Vikings went on to win that game handily. R.I.P. Joe Kapp.
That would be Jim Houston #82
I feel fortunate to have watched that game live myself as well. It didn't look like a thunderous hit by Joe, but he caught the lineman square up, lots of impact there. :) I miss those days of football. Dirt and mud-stained uniforms, serious play. No halftime celebration after making a three-yard catch. Just pure warrior football.
@@floofycatzI too very much miss that era of football 🏈 which I consider the very best of times in the NFL and AFL to watch just pure football 🏈 in the great outdoors nothing like it could measure up to those days
Incredible toughness by Kapp and Cuozzo!
RIP Joe Kapp " 40 for 60"
Another great video. I was fortunate enough to see him play from 67'-69'. He was my favorite Viking. What many fans don't know is, is in that 69' game against the Colts, he broke his non-throwing wrist on his second touchdown pass when Bubba Smith crashed into him and drove him into the turf. He ended up throwing five more touchdowns and played the rest of the season with a cast on his broken wrist. That's the definition of tough
Next to Unitas Joe Kapp was the toughest QB to ever play. His skills where not superstar but he was a stud. 7 tds against the Baltimore Colts wow.
Thanks for this video -- great memories. As a little kid, I was just starting to understand and follow football in the 1967 season. I was first and foremost a fan of my hometown "AFL" Buffalo Bills ... but we were a bad team back then (that would continue to get even worse -- but they were still "my" team), and I also was happy to watch some NFL games when the Bills weren't on TV (what little kid back then could ever get enough of watching football?) The Vikings were my favorite "NFL" team at the time. I was too young back then to have ever known about the bitter feud between the AFL and NFL, or that Minneapolis/Minnesota WAS actually originally SCHEDULED/SUPPOSED to have been an AFL team until the NFL poached them from the AFL (Minnesota secretly agreed to "string along" the AFL until the last minute before that year's draft in exchange for being awarded an NFL expansion franchise!) -- all I simply knew was that there were two leagues and that they played against each other in the Super Bowl. Had I known when I was that innocent little kid just starting to follow football in 1967 about the dishonorable treachery the NFL and Vikings owner(s) had committed against the AFL, I'm sure my childlike sense of "right vs. wrong" would have made it impossible for me to like ANY "NFL" team (especially the Vikings given what they had done -- even though it turns out that the treacherous secret deal is directly responsible for the existence of the Oakland Raiders because the AFL had to scramble at the last minute to come up with an "eighth team" to balance the league ... and the Raiders became my second favorite AFL team behind the Bills because of Daryle Lamonica, so it all worked out). Now, looking back, I'm glad my Dad never poisoned my mind with that information about the AFL-NFL feud or the Vikings owner(s) dishonorable actions towards the AFL to prejudice me. Left with an open mind to enjoy all of football, I was actually a big fan of stoic Bud Grant, tough-as-nails Joe Kapp, the "Purple People Eaters'" Alan Page, Carl Eller, Jim Marshall, etc. -- and actually rooted for the Vikings in SB IV against the hated AFL rival KC Chiefs who had apparently knocked off my Bills in the 1966 AFL Championship game to prevent us from appearing in the first-ever Super Bowl (remember, I had no awareness of the Bills in their 1964 and 1965 AFL Championship years or in their 1966 near-threepeat AFL championship season because I was too young to know about football at that time, but in 1967 I had been told by my Dad that, although the Bills were presently a bad team, they had once been GREAT not too long ago beforehand and that I had "just barely missed" those years of greatness ... which to this day is still a source of regret, especially because the Bills have never yet "won it all" in the era of the merged NFL and I don't know if I'll ever live to see the Bills win it all). I also remember watching a terrific snowy, sloppy, muddy game between the Vikings and Detroit Lions in old Tiger Stadium around that time -- if it wasn't the 1968 season it was probably the 1969 season when the Vikes eventually went to the SB (and it might well have been the Lions' annual Thanksgiving Day game). IMO those were the "good old days" of football played in the elements by tough players who truly loved the game and weren't pampered, overpaid prima donnas. R.I.P. to both Joe Kapp and Bud Grant.
You sound like you lived my life back then because I was the same age and the same exact memories including the Vikings Detroit game in the snow ❄️🌨️ the only difference is I grew up a Minnesota Vikings fan
Nice !!!
I was also a Minnesota North Stars fan until the Buffalo Sabres joined the NHL. Loved "Gump" Worsley and Cesare Maniago !!! @@jameshuseby6290
I loved to watch Joe Kapp play. I have a mental image of his silhouette vaulting over the line of scrimmage, both arms in the air and the ball in one hand. I don't know if that happened or not but it should have.
It did happen
R.i.p prayers 🙏❤️🙏🙏
I was just thinking, man a JG video would be great to watch right now, and bam, there it was. Good job as always, you're a big part of my lineup :)
RIP to my boyhood idol
THANK FOR THIS AWESOME MINI-DOCUMENTARY OF HIS CAREER AND HE WILL LIVE ON IN VIKINGS LORE THANKS AGAIN.
Love Joe Kapp. Better than Tarkenton? No, but he was still very good in spite of his unorthodox throwing style.
9:48 The 1965 Baltimore Colts featuring…injured backup quarterback Gary Cuozzo. 😮 Unreal!
And that Colts team had to finish the season with running back Tom Matte playing quarterback.
@@3243_ He led the Colts to a must win over the Rams 20-17 last game of the season
@@michaelleroy9281 Nearly beat the Packers in their Western Division Playoff Game, and beat the Cowboys in the Playoff Bowl.
Thanks for remembering Kap! Great video.
Joe Kapp accomplished a lot in his career which is outstanding for an 18th round pick. However, after the 1969 season, he fell off a cliff with the 1970 Patriots. Then his career was over.
The Patriots were a terrible organization in 1970.. I'm not sure any quarterback could have succeeded there.
The Boston Patriots were the worst Team in Professional football don't think any QB could have a good season playing with that team
Great story ! At some point in 1968 they actually did have a 3rd string QB, think he may have been brought in after this game. King Hill was their punter but also played QB.
This story is very similar to that of Bert Trautmann a goalie who played in the 1956 FA Cup Final for Man City when he absolutely would not be allowed to under modern injury protocol. This is because in the 75th minute of that game, Trautmann got knocked out in a collision with a Birmingham City player in which that player's knee smashed into Trautmann's neck. However unlike this story, there were no subs in soccer back in those days, so Trautmann continued to play in goal for the remaining 15 minutes with a broken neck & a concussion. Man City won the match & the FA Cup 3-1. Trautmann's neck was broken so badly that it was visibly crooked & Trautmann was unable to turn his head. According to the X-rays done on the injury, if the injury had taken place any lower down on the neck closer to the spinal cord than it actually was, Trautmann would have died. Trautmann would eventually make a full recovery & play until 1964. A quick note on Joe Kapp, before he played for the Vikings, he played in the CFL mostly with the BC Lions & led them to 2 Grey Cup titles in 1963 & 1964.
R.I.P
2:15 how I will always remember Joe Kapp, throwing that jump pass.
Your videos are incredibly informative. A must watch for NFL historians.
I grew up in Green Bay and secretly loved the Vikings. My father had a close friend who worked for the Packers and he said that Lombardi said the greatest player he ever saw as Joe Kapp and that no Packer team would come close to the 12-1 Viking team
It's a shame he didn't stay at Minnesota because he fizzled out quickly when he went to New England.
I think he had a lot of help in fizzling out from his then-Boston Patriot teammates.
You amaze me
You've got talent
Keep it up
RIP Mr Kapp!
I remember Joe Kapp in the NFL but I also remember that video that came at a CFL banquet when he and Anthony Mozgov (if I’m spelling his name correctly) were supposed to have a sort of peace treaty because they had a rivalry when they played in the CFL and instead Anthony swung at Joe with a cane and Joe ended up on top of Anthony. At the time both guys were in their 70’s and obviously Monday Night Countdown had a field day with it but it reminded that both of these guys despite their age still had that competitive fire in them. Just goes to show that age is just a number. For example I’m 30 but my friends and family look at me and say you look 25.
The confrontation was between Kapp and fellow CFL legend Angelo Mosca.
That video used to be on youtube. I remember viewing it about 10 years ago.
Did anyone mention how Joe Kapp played a pivotal role in bringing free agency to the NFL?
It was a magical time, a magical year for the Vikings and Joe! Lost out to Roman Gabriel for the NFL MVP. Roman had a great year but Joe beat him twice and went to the Super Bowl.
Mr Kapp was one of the toughest 💪to ever wear the Purple 💜 RIP !!
So...when i was in high school, my football coach told me that if I threw an interception in the upcoming game, i was going to be benched. i decided to spike the ball on every passing play. I was still benched.
You have to Honorably Mention Dante Pastorini...he missed 5 games in 9 years.
As JG covered in another post, Pastoriini's performance in the 1978 Wild Card game was legendary- a twisted knee; swollen elbow; sore shoulder and 3 broken ribs.
He started, and had the best game of his career up until then.
And I grew up a Steelers fan...
So I got to see how tough that man was at least twice a year.
I remember the '69 season well. The LA Rams were 11 and 0. Then met up with the Vikings. I was a Rams fan then, with Roman Gabriel as QB, the Fearsome Foursome defense. Minnesota knocked the crap out of the Rams, who ended up losing their last 3 games, including this one. Joe Kapp was amazing, like a a street fighter who is a QB. I fell in love with him then.
As a 15 year old fan of the Vikings and a fan of the LA Rams the very best time I ever had was getting tickets for my brother in law who was a Marine on leave from the Vietnam War and me and going to the 1969 Playoff game Minnesota Vikings vs LA Rams at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington Minnesota with a qt of Vodka and a gallon of orange juice which both only came in glass bottles in those days hidden in my other Brother in Law's snowmobile suit I was wearing and did we have a ball at that game especially because of the way the Vikings turned it around and won the game best Vikings playoff game memories and season for my Brother in Law and me ever !
Joe was such an inspiration to the Vikings. Damn shame the Vikings didn’t come to an agreement on a contract! What could of, would of been for them at least the next two years!!!!
Yes I remember being so disappointed and depressed when I heard that they traded my very favorite player just wasn't the same after he left the Vikings sure we had a lot of great seasons after that but it still wasn't the same without Joe Kapp being the QB and leader of the team
Joe. Kapp the longest Yard
He is up their with Bud Grant
Wow, what a video! Great presentation!
1968 cure for concussion: 1-2 bottles Whiskey/1-2 packs non-filter cigarettes/(little dubbage never hurt nobody) Now get back out there!
Considering that Gary Cuozzo was an orthodontist, I wonder if he attempted to treat Joe Kapp for his concussion.
Good video, thanks!
ok I really hate the on screen click the subscribe and bell reminder, but I DO appreciate that you put it in the dead space of the 4:3 portion of the video. hats off.
Rest in peace.
Respect to Vikings country, and Hail 2 Legends to football Valhalla
I remember that game it was the year I first started following the Lions and when I first started hating the Vikings
Yes Bud Grant had a great unbeaten streak going on for years against the Detroit lions
@@jameshuseby6290 yes I painfully remember that & I had a best friend from Minnedota who always rubber it in. But I think the Lions should sweep the Vikings this year.
good job, from a sad, sad vikings fan. I hope you beat the crap out of the packers in the unlikely event you meet em in the playoffs. @@KarlRosePhotography
@@notpsicoh2107 Thanks yes I hope the Pack can beat the Dallas REFS
Same thing happened to Steve Dils when he came in for Kramer. He took a hit to the head early in the game and didn't remember anything from the rest of the game.
Thanks nice story
Was told he wasn't resigned because Finks felt he had too much power .
Old Vikings are only reason I like today's Vikings. Hoped they would at least get back to SB for the old guys before they are gone. Not gonna happen in near future. Probably never!
I m sure it had something to do with that. Very similar as to why George Allen played Bill Kilmer instead of a healthy Jurgensen. Cuozzo was the Vikings equivalent to Kilmer.
9:04 ha!! Every time you do this and say “where’s the clip Where’s the fo….” I think a cuss word is coming. Lol@me
New record for the GOAT, Jaguar Gator......
Only 4:20 until he says, " That is just as good as spiking the ball on every play."
OK...they absolutely knew how bad concussions were in 1968 because I had one after wrecking my sled. Doc Mason had me on concussion watch all night and never ever would have allowed me play a game of football. Football teams were notorious for disregarding players health then (now too).
A friend of mine who was the middle linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings, Lonnie (Sam) Warwick, once beat the crap out of Joe Kapp.
Yeah you summarized the difference between that generation and this one in 2023. One person so tough he wants to play no matter what and the fact that felt you needed to apologize to your viewers saying that you do not advocate this decision because concussions are serious. Nobody ever apologized for being tough, playing or working hard, being a good team mate. We weren't weak, we were tough, we over came because we knew we could. If we said we were fine, we were fine. Now? pshh
4:11 - What most of us look forward to hearing.
RIP Nutty Joe 💜💜💜
While the Lions were playing at Metropolitan Stadium that day, their home park was hosting the fourth game of the World Series: th-cam.com/video/0I90u-qwkLs/w-d-xo.html
Who was the WR that wore #84? That guy is in,almost,as many highlights as Kapp in this video.
All pro wide receiver Gene Washington My Brother in Law my Twin Brother and me went to the 1970 Minnesota Vikings vs 49ers playoff game at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington Minnesota where The Vikings had there All Pro wide receiver Gene Washington and the 49ers had there All Pro wide receiver named Gene Washington
@@jameshuseby6290 Thank you for your assistance. Now,I know. Dude was impressive in Joe Kapp’s highlight reel.
I heard Billy Kilmer played a game with a broken leg. Can that be true?
No , that was Jack Youngblood
I just heard that the NFL is considering putting thick foam padding on player helmets. And after that, pretty soon football players will look like the Michelin Man.
Here's the coaches' film from Joe's first professional regular season game; he's wearing dark jersey #82. th-cam.com/video/c9oXuLXmMm4/w-d-xo.html
Brett Favre
How dumb can a team be not to have a thrid string Quarterback 🤦
It was very common back then.
Only 40 players on the roster then. 😮
Joe Kapp was my hero . I'm 71 years old and never saw anything like him outside an ice Hockey rink ! I still have my # 11 jersey and have to tell people , no not Wilson , no not Cullepepper , KAPP . Kapp who ? Kapp's the guy , who at 70 years , old knocked a former football opponent on his ass with a right cross. I'm an old Ice hockey guy and looking for some old rivals ?
Kapp came in second in the MVP voting to the best QB in 1969, Roman Gabriel. Unfortunately, the referees stole the 1969 western conference playoff game from the Rams.
Kapp had major CTE issues according to reports. You can see why he did by looking at his helmet. It seems small on him with very little padding.