@@denisceballos9745 about a month later, I got my high school girlfriend pregnant. She didn't know or say until May 1978 and I was due to ship off to MCRD San Diego,
Viking playoff win that year in LA was glorious last hurrah for that great group.Rams overjoyed they finally got a home playoff game vs Minn.Had not rained in forever in LA. That day it poured and poured some more. As was often case in those playoff games Rams were beat before the game started.
That rain ended arguably the worst drought ever in California. It's what brought about things like water saving shower heads and restaurants serving water only if you requested it.
@@markgardner9460 I was watching the MNF game where the Rams destroyed Minnesota 35-3 had nearly 300 yards rushing,picked off Fran Tarkenton and sacked him 4 times, and I'm thinking this is a payback of sorts for the playoff losses! When I heard that the weather in LA was going to be a monsoon...I was pretty optimistic that would be heavily in the Vikes favor..and it was!
1977 would be the last full season of Page , Eller, and Marshall on the D-line. Another note about Fred Cox. He was a Chiropractor. Had an office in Buffalo, Minn. In fact, Fred made more money fixing backs than he did kicking Field Goals.
Not the best Vikings season but the most interesting one in my lifetime. The Snow Bowl, The Mud Bowl, Tark's injury after going 17 for 18 and beating the heck out of Cincinnati, the snowman catching on fire in the Dallas playoff game, Payton's record setting 275 yard game in Chicago, Tommy Kramer throwing 3 touchdowns in the 4th quarter to beat SF, a fake field goal to beat the Bears in OT at home Quite a year from beginning to end.
My favorite memory from that season was Kramer's three 4th quarter td passes against San Fran. I jumped so high that I thought I was going to hit my head on the ceiling.
@@markgardner9460 That was an incredible game, one I never get tired of reliving. At least the 4th quarter, the first 3 were dreadful. Paul Krause throwing a TD to Stu Voight against the Bears in OT is also a great memory.
@markgardner9460 Strange that Lynn Dickey's broken leg caused him to miss the 78 season too, at least as the starter. I remember Whitehurst being the starter all year. Possibly Dickey could have played later in the year, but the Packers stuck with Whitehurst since they were winning. I think they nearly made the playoffs in 78. I also recall they had a good rookie running back named Middleton who went over 1000 yards in 78. Anyway, Dickey was a far better QB than Whitehurst and became an excellent QB by the early 80s with great wide receivers James Lofton and John Jefferson and TE Paul Coffman (as I'm sure you recall)
Evidently, Duckey experienced complications with his broken leg that caused him to miss the entire 1978 season. Interestingly, Topps produced a 1978 football card for him and he was depicted with a new facemask (at least I think it was a new one). Perhaps, they took a pre-season photo of him? If someone could provide more details, that would be great!
Thanks for the mini-bio on Fred Cox. Football fans weren't fully aware of it at the time, but the era of the straight-on toe kicker was coming to a close. Great footage!
Yes, when Russell Erxleben kicked two 60+ yard field goals in 1977 at the University of Texas, it put the nail in the coffin for straight-on kickers. Even though the college game used a tee in 1977 (and in 1976, I think), Tony Franklin of Texas A & M, who was a side-winding barefoot booter, successfully connected on 64 & 65 yard field goals in 1976. The end was near, as they say, for the straight-on kickers.
Now that's 1970's NFC Central football. Thanks, I enjoyed that Vikings team. The Vikes had a goofy season all the way to the NFC Championship. Wasn't this the slippery "mud bowl" season too? The Pack suffered through one of their worst seasons in '77. I liked Starr as a qb but he had a lot to be desired as a GM/Coach. Thanks brother, you're appreciated.
Great selection for this time of year. I remember Johnny U being pretty awful as an announcer. My memory didn’t play tricks on me this time. Love those old Lite beer commercials. I used to think the rodeo guy was Slim Pickens! Nice work Mark!
This was one of Unitas' more livlier performances. I trimmed portions of his commentary from this game where he stammered and struggled to articulate. Thanks, Evan!
He was a better announcer than Jim Brown, Alex Karras and Joe Montana, in my opinion. There are a lot of other announcers who only did it for 1 or 2 years that he was better than, too. Oh, and he was better than Bob Trumpy.
1977 was the last year of peak Chuck Foreman. It was his third straight season of 1,000 yards or more, but the wear and tear on running backs of that era was wearing him down. He only rushed for 3.2 yards a carry in 1978 and in 1979, he was displaced by Rickey Young as the primary ball carrier.
Yes, he had a knee injury, then bulked up too much because he thought being heavier would offer more protection against further injury. However, the quality if the Vikes offensive line play decreased dramatically and that combination resulted in awful yards per carry.
I've often wondered if the Vikings maybe would've advanced to a few more SB's over the past 48 years if they had continued to be an outdoor team making Atlanta Falcons, Chicago Bears or Niners have to play NFC Divisional or NFCCG in °7-8 degree, blinding brutal Canadian blizzards in early-to-mid January instead of playing in a neutral, climate-controlled Metrodome for the next 31 years. Ironically, moving indoors did wonders for the Twins because they won two World Series in a span of 5 years within a decade of moving into the Metrodome.
I give those fans a lot of credit just for showing up. It was an eskimo convention out there. The Pack only won 4 games that year and had almost no offense.
They averaged less than 10 points per game and didn't have any gamebreakers. That would change the following year when they drafted James Lofton and started Terdell Middleton at Running Back.
@markgardner9460 The Packers scored only 134 points in that season. At least they scored more points than the second-year Buccaneers, who scored 103 points. The game between the two? Packers defeated the Buccaneers 13-0.
@@jameswilson7790 I won a promotion and got free tickets to that game and the best part about it was meeting Ray Nitschke in person in a booth area he had outside Tampa Stadium! A genuinely nice guy!
Great to hear from you again! I noticed that there weren't any time stoppages for injured players during this game. Playing in snow provided some additional cushion that I'm sure the players relished.
Another great video. Amazing both Tarkington and Dicky broke their legs the prior week. Francis was hardly ever injured as I recall and he was a small man. Listed as 6’ I believe but would bet he was more 5’11 or 5’10”
I've heard a few people say that he was 5'11". I saw him in person close up and I don't think that he was 6 foot tall. He was listed at 190 pounds playing weight which was a joke...more like 175.
3:09 - Noticing Larry 'The Rock' McCarren finishing the tackle on the Vikings punt return. Times sure have changed now that the Long Snapper is a specific special teams position. 14:59 - Run back made by the Packers backup center. Probably didn't get much playing time in those days for the Packers when the previously mentioned Larry 'The Rock' McCarren played. Minnesota played a couple of games in treacherous conditions during the 1977 Season. Besides the snow game in Green Bay, there was the Mud Bowl at the LA Coliseum against the Rams.
That was cool, thanks for posing. Page and Eller only 230lbs each playing D line. Liked the Miller Lite commercials. Saw Dangerfield in Milwaukee mid 80's and he said his contract w Miller Lite was done in a month, "after that drink whatever the F you want"
22:45: It was mentioned earlier by the commentators about the number of fumbles the Vikings had that season. McClanahan already fumbled once and now Foreman. In the 14 games, Foreman had 9 and McClanahan 7. Too much.....
Both RB's had a propensity for fumbling. While Foreman's fumble totals can be adequately dismissed due to the high number of yearly touches, McClanahan's can not. He seemed to cough it up at the most inopportune time - case in point, the Raiders Super Bowl game.
A much better game than Thursday's Seahawks-Bears snoozefest. Also, announcers have changed a ton since then. When was the last time you heard the phrase "made a fine tackle?"
Yes, you brought up a great topic. Defenders really stuck their heads into the fray, including the Defensive Backs. It was a very physical game back then that was marked, mostly, by textbook tackling technique.
@markgardner9460 Absolutely, although I was referring more to things like word choices by the announcers. You don't hear "fine" much any more. Everything is "great." 😁
I saw him on "The Strip" in Bloomington a time or two when he had sufficiently celebrated a Vikings win or mourned a loss. When #9 was of sound mind and body, I don't think there was a better QB during that portion of his career. He was cool under pressure and was especially adept at running out of the pocket to pick up crucial first downs (a trait that goes largely unrecognized now).
@markgardner9460 From the 1976 Disney movie "Gus," the field goal kicking mule. Johnny U plays himself as the analyst and Bob Crane is Pepper, the play by play guy. "Right? Right!" was his catch phrase and he never let Johnny get a word in. Seeing him as this game's analyst
@ It was in early February 78. It was actually probably just a couple of months after this game. I’m in Southern NJ near Atlantic City, and it was a white out for 3 days. No one could go out side. Huge 15-20 foot snowdrifts everywhere. Never seen anything like it. We were off from school for two weeks. It was awesome.
@@markgardner9460 Football , hitting cars with snowballs every night and making money shoveling snow, for a ten year old kid it was heaven! Oh and also digging out snow forts.
One day/night in '77 or '78, I made $36 snow shoveling at 3 bucks a pop. That bought a LOT of baseball and football cards a few months later. Snow forts and snow tunnels were the best!
The Packers that year had one of the worst offenses in the 14 game era of the NFL. Obviously they were not going to score much in the snow, but in 14 games, they scored 134 points. In the opener, they scored 24 points in beating the Saints and after that never scored more than 16 points in any game, were held to single digits in 7 games and scored 10 points ( a touchdown and a field goal) 4 times.
@@markgardner9460 In the 82 season when the Vikings and Redskins played, Rick Danmeier and Mark Moseley were the kickers, the last two straight ahead kickers in the NFL. AND...the last time two straight ahead kickers played in the same game. And yes, Moseley has the honor of being the very last one. Although I think there was another after Moseley but only played in a couple of games so he doesn't count. That was the year when the Redskins had a terrific year. I think they were about 14-2 and won the super bowl. Now who was the first soccer style kicker? Was it Jan Stenerud? His last two seasons were with the Vikings.
Football is meant to be played outside, but not on a baseball field. It's either a dust cloud or a muddy mess. Have you played on a field where you scrape across dirt when you fall? I have and I give those raspberries the raspberry.
Real authentic NFL. We salute you! Thanks.
I appreciate that very much! Thank you.
My mom and dad went to that game. Primarily because my mom loved the Packers. Ah the memories.
Can we please put the bigger horns back on the Vikings helmets...it looks so much better!!
A BIG "Heck yeah" to that!!!
Agree, uniforms post-Met stadium days suck! The retros of 1960s & 1970s way better.
No gloves back then. No insulated under armor. No heaters on the sidelines. Nov. 27, 1977, it was a very good year. 👍🏼
That was a lot of snow for late November...even for back then.
@@denisceballos9745 about a month later, I got my high school girlfriend pregnant. She didn't know or say until May 1978 and I was due to ship off to MCRD San Diego,
Viking playoff win that year in LA was glorious last hurrah for that great group.Rams overjoyed they finally got a home playoff game vs Minn.Had not rained in forever in LA. That day it poured and poured some more. As was often case in those playoff games Rams were beat before the game started.
Every year after MN beat LA in the play-offs, Rams fans would say "Wait till the Vikings have to play here!"
That rain ended arguably the worst drought ever in California. It's what brought about things like water saving shower heads and restaurants serving water only if you requested it.
@@markgardner9460 I was watching the MNF game where the Rams destroyed Minnesota 35-3 had nearly 300 yards rushing,picked off Fran Tarkenton and sacked him 4 times, and I'm thinking this is a payback of sorts for the playoff losses! When I heard that the weather in LA was going to be a monsoon...I was pretty optimistic that would be heavily in the Vikes favor..and it was!
RIP Greg Gumbel.
I liked his work. Thank you for bringing him up.
Greg Gumbel was a great, not good announcer and a good human being.
Yes RIP Mr Gumbel
RIP ❤
1977 would be the last full season of Page , Eller, and Marshall on the D-line. Another note about Fred Cox. He was a Chiropractor. Had an office in Buffalo, Minn. In fact, Fred made more money fixing backs than he did kicking Field Goals.
...and in the end, he probably made more money on Nerf residual income than by being a Kicker and a Back Quack.
@@jstube36 he still is making money from Nerf footballs.
@@markgardner9460 Cox said he made twice the money being a chiropractor than a kicker and he was making 200,000 a year on the residuals from Nerf!!
Football that I grew up watching
Not the best Vikings season but the most interesting one in my lifetime. The Snow Bowl, The Mud Bowl, Tark's injury after going 17 for 18 and beating the heck out of Cincinnati, the snowman catching on fire in the Dallas playoff game, Payton's record setting 275 yard game in Chicago, Tommy Kramer throwing 3 touchdowns in the 4th quarter to beat SF, a fake field goal to beat the Bears in OT at home Quite a year from beginning to end.
My favorite memory from that season was Kramer's three 4th quarter td passes against San Fran. I jumped so high that I thought I was going to hit my head on the ceiling.
@@markgardner9460 That was an incredible game, one I never get tired of reliving. At least the 4th quarter, the first 3 were dreadful. Paul Krause throwing a TD to Stu Voight against the Bears in OT is also a great memory.
Agree both of those games were amazing.
Sammy White definitely used the weather to his advantage
Love the Miller Lite commercial
Great upload! Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
@markgardner9460 Strange that Lynn Dickey's broken leg caused him to miss the 78 season too, at least as the starter. I remember Whitehurst being the starter all year. Possibly Dickey could have played later in the year, but the Packers stuck with Whitehurst since they were winning. I think they nearly made the playoffs in 78. I also recall they had a good rookie running back named Middleton who went over 1000 yards in 78. Anyway, Dickey was a far better QB than Whitehurst and became an excellent QB by the early 80s with great wide receivers James Lofton and John Jefferson and TE Paul Coffman (as I'm sure you recall)
Evidently, Duckey experienced complications with his broken leg that caused him to miss the entire 1978 season. Interestingly, Topps produced a 1978 football card for him and he was depicted with a new facemask (at least I think it was a new one). Perhaps, they took a pre-season photo of him? If someone could provide more details, that would be great!
@markgardner9460 I see, that makes sense regarding the injury. I recall Dickey always wearing a 3 bar facemask, later the rounded style in the 80s
Thanks for the mini-bio on Fred Cox. Football fans weren't fully aware of it at the time, but the era of the straight-on toe kicker was coming to a close. Great footage!
Yes, when Russell Erxleben kicked two 60+ yard field goals in 1977 at the University of Texas, it put the nail in the coffin for straight-on kickers. Even though the college game used a tee in 1977 (and in 1976, I think), Tony Franklin of Texas A & M, who was a side-winding barefoot booter, successfully connected on 64 & 65 yard field goals in 1976. The end was near, as they say, for the straight-on kickers.
Awesome. Thanks for posting
Glad you enjoyed it
Now that's 1970's NFC Central football. Thanks, I enjoyed that Vikings team. The Vikes had a goofy season all the way to the NFC Championship. Wasn't this the slippery "mud bowl" season too? The Pack suffered through one of their worst seasons in '77. I liked Starr as a qb but he had a lot to be desired as a GM/Coach. Thanks brother, you're appreciated.
Yea, do not ever think that a great quarter back can make a great coach.
Norm Van Brocklin and Otto Graham are testaments to that statement.
Great selection for this time of year. I remember Johnny U being pretty awful as an announcer. My memory didn’t play tricks on me this time. Love those old Lite beer commercials. I used to think the rodeo guy was Slim Pickens! Nice work Mark!
This was one of Unitas' more livlier performances. I trimmed portions of his commentary from this game where he stammered and struggled to articulate. Thanks, Evan!
I didn't think Unitas was a very good announcer but he definitely was a icon.
He was a better announcer than Jim Brown, Alex Karras and Joe Montana, in my opinion. There are a lot of other announcers who only did it for 1 or 2 years that he was better than, too. Oh, and he was better than Bob Trumpy.
Those 70s commercials are excellent 👍
Glad you like them! i think they are, too.
1977 was the last year of peak Chuck Foreman. It was his third straight season of 1,000 yards or more, but the wear and tear on running backs of that era was wearing him down. He only rushed for 3.2 yards a carry in 1978 and in 1979, he was displaced by Rickey Young as the primary ball carrier.
Yes, he had a knee injury, then bulked up too much because he thought being heavier would offer more protection against further injury. However, the quality if the Vikes offensive line play decreased dramatically and that combination resulted in awful yards per carry.
The SPin Doctor in the snow of Green Bay, thanks for posting Mark, i never saw this one!!!!
You bet!
This game was played two days before my mom was killed in car accident in Kenosha. I probably watched it then, but have no memory of it.
Very sorry for your loss ❤
Damn, so sorry man!
Sorry for your loss 😢
I’m so sorry.
Love the old videos of snow games!
Indeed. It translated to a game of basic blocking and tackling. It wasn't a track meet with players dressed in biking shorts like today.
I've often wondered if the Vikings maybe would've advanced to a few more SB's over the past 48 years if they had continued to be an outdoor team making Atlanta Falcons, Chicago Bears or Niners have to play NFC Divisional or NFCCG in °7-8 degree, blinding brutal Canadian blizzards in early-to-mid January instead of playing in a neutral, climate-controlled Metrodome for the next 31 years. Ironically, moving indoors did wonders for the Twins because they won two World Series in a span of 5 years within a decade of moving into the Metrodome.
I think that you're correct. The Vikings lost their huge homefield advantage, as well as psychological advantage when they moved indoors.
The Vikes haven't been to the Super Bowl playing indoors!
I remember watching this!
I don't recall watching this...probably because my neughborhood friends and I were playing football outside in the snow at the same time.
I give those fans a lot of credit just for showing up. It was an eskimo convention out there. The Pack only won 4 games that year and had almost no offense.
They averaged less than 10 points per game and didn't have any gamebreakers. That would change the following year when they drafted James Lofton and started Terdell Middleton at Running Back.
@markgardner9460 The Packers scored only 134 points in that season. At least they scored more points than the second-year Buccaneers, who scored 103 points. The game between the two? Packers defeated the Buccaneers 13-0.
@@jameswilson7790 I won a promotion and got free tickets to that game and the best part about it was meeting Ray Nitschke in person in a booth area he had outside Tampa Stadium! A genuinely nice guy!
Great stuff!!!
The Packers record was 2 - 8. Yet, there was still a pretty full stadium. You have to admire those fans coming out in that kind of weather.
Yes, indeed! They had great fan support and still do.
Some thing to be said about season tickets
I remember this! When football really was football!
I always liked Lee as quarterback, he also could punt if needed!!
Excellent choice for some real football viewing this winter! This is a great game to watch. Makes you wish you were out there playing yourself!
Great to hear from you again! I noticed that there weren't any time stoppages for injured players during this game. Playing in snow provided some additional cushion that I'm sure the players relished.
Another great video. Amazing both Tarkington and Dicky broke their legs the prior week. Francis was hardly ever injured as I recall and he was a small man. Listed as 6’ I believe but would bet he was more 5’11 or 5’10”
I've heard a few people say that he was 5'11". I saw him in person close up and I don't think that he was 6 foot tall. He was listed at 190 pounds playing weight which was a joke...more like 175.
They definitely added a couple of inches and 15 pounds to Fran!
The dying embers of the Purple People Eaters!
I was absolutely stunned when Gary Burley broke Fran's leg! I thought he was almost indestructible!
In bad weather games Bud Grant tried to hit a big pass play early, before the field conditions got worse.
It was a tough time as a Packer fan!
Wow, I had just got to my first USAF base in AZ, as a young wet behind the ears kid. Always a Vike fan though. Loved Tarkenton!
My favorite Vikuing back then in the snow was Joe Kapp .
Ir's too bad that the Vikings didn't pay him what he wanted. He may have been able to propel them to the Super Bowl in '70 and/or '71.
Ahhh its miller time!
Gary Bender was a bit premature to give Unitas credit for being in the Hall of Fame.
Johnny wasn't inducted until 1979.
great catch!
It was a foregone conclusion!
Yes and today's announcers make the same mistake all of the time, too.
Don’t forget about Packers/ Broncos October of 1984. Monday night football. Good stuff.
I remember watching that game on tv! Unbelievable.....and that was early in October...the 15th.
3:09 - Noticing Larry 'The Rock' McCarren finishing the tackle on the Vikings punt return. Times sure have changed now that the Long Snapper is a specific special teams position.
14:59 - Run back made by the Packers backup center. Probably didn't get much playing time in those days for the Packers when the previously mentioned Larry 'The Rock' McCarren played.
Minnesota played a couple of games in treacherous conditions during the 1977 Season. Besides the snow game in Green Bay, there was the Mud Bowl at the LA Coliseum against the Rams.
Here's to "The Rock" who had a fine 12 year career as a 12th round draft pick who made two Pro Bowl teams!
@@markgardner9460 I wonder if the Packers had made more playoff appearances, would Larry have been considered for Canton via the Veteran's Committee?
I don't think so. They're just getting around to Jim Tyrer who played in the '60's and his qualifications are stronger.
That was cool, thanks for posing. Page and Eller only 230lbs each playing D line. Liked the Miller Lite commercials. Saw Dangerfield in Milwaukee mid 80's and he said his contract w Miller Lite was done in a month, "after that drink whatever the F you want"
Gary Bender was being liberal in his weight approximations, as Page played at 218 and Marshall at 222, per both players' admissions.
Great Rodney quote!!!
Heh, Vikes only threw the ball 8 times in this game.
Time to put on the Brockington jersey for this one
YES!!!
I don't believe John Brockington jerseys were available for sale in 1977
I bought a Fran Tarkenton one in December 1976, so I think they were available then, especially since he was the Packers best player.
i love that year make me cry thank you very much for send is to me.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You are welcome!
22:45: It was mentioned earlier by the commentators about the number of fumbles the Vikings had that season. McClanahan already fumbled once and now Foreman. In the 14 games, Foreman had 9 and McClanahan 7. Too much.....
Both RB's had a propensity for fumbling. While Foreman's fumble totals can be adequately dismissed due to the high number of yearly touches, McClanahan's can not. He seemed to cough it up at the most inopportune time - case in point, the Raiders Super Bowl game.
This was still not even the middle of the Packers slump decades
A much better game than Thursday's Seahawks-Bears snoozefest.
Also, announcers have changed a ton since then. When was the last time you heard the phrase "made a fine tackle?"
Yes, you brought up a great topic. Defenders really stuck their heads into the fray, including the Defensive Backs. It was a very physical game back then that was marked, mostly, by textbook tackling technique.
@markgardner9460 Absolutely, although I was referring more to things like word choices by the announcers. You don't hear "fine" much any more. Everything is "great." 😁
Yes, they do tend to provide embellishing comments.
SKOL 💪🏿💪🏿 became a Vikings fan in 79'
'79 is when Two Minute Tommy took over. He could move the chains with the best of 'em! I became a Vikes fan in '73.
@@markgardner9460 my all time favorite Viking
@@markgardner9460Two Minute Tommy was a media created nickname
I saw him on "The Strip" in Bloomington a time or two when he had sufficiently celebrated a Vikings win or mourned a loss. When #9 was of sound mind and body, I don't think there was a better QB during that portion of his career. He was cool under pressure and was especially adept at running out of the pocket to pick up crucial first downs (a trait that goes largely unrecognized now).
Packers: We'll have the home field advantage here on the "Frozen Tundra!"
Vikings: Bwahahahaha! It's WARM here!
To me, it didn't seem as though the heating coils underneath the playing field were making any noticeable difference.
@@markgardner9460 Hahaha! Nope!
When I was in little league football I played in conditions just like this one day. I'll never forget how miserable we were.
Like Unitas said, it was the worst for players who didn't play and were stationed idly on the sidelines (like myself)
This game would've been better if Johnny Unitas had Pepper with him calling the action. Right? Right!
Pepper who?
@markgardner9460 From the 1976 Disney movie "Gus," the field goal kicking mule. Johnny U plays himself as the analyst and Bob Crane is Pepper, the play by play guy. "Right? Right!" was his catch phrase and he never let Johnny get a word in. Seeing him as this game's analyst
Dick Butkus plays the bad guy too ..
Ah, yes. I saw that movie when it came out, but never picked up on it.
Has the Packers ever been this bad?
In 1958 they were 1-10-1, then Vince Lombardi took over and transformed them into a 7 & 5 team in 1959.
With global warming and climate change, you will never see games like this again.
Anybody remember the Blizzard of 78?
I lived in MN then and there were probably more than one. Which one are you thinking of?
@ It was in early February 78. It was actually probably just a couple of months after this game. I’m in Southern NJ near Atlantic City, and it was a white out for 3 days. No one could go out side. Huge 15-20 foot snowdrifts everywhere. Never seen anything like it. We were off from school for two weeks. It was awesome.
No school? It didn't get better than that!!!
@@markgardner9460 Football , hitting cars with snowballs every night and making money shoveling snow, for a ten year old kid it was heaven! Oh and also digging out snow forts.
One day/night in '77 or '78, I made $36 snow shoveling at 3 bucks a pop. That bought a LOT of baseball and football cards a few months later. Snow forts and snow tunnels were the best!
Everyone knows of the Nerf but who here remembers the Itza?
Loved the Itza football. Growing up friends and I would play in the backyard and could really chuck the ball much further than a Nerf.
I agree that they could be thrown farther, but I think that the Nerf was easier to catch.
Butterfingers McClanahan as usual , lol !
He seemed to cough it up at the most crucial parts of games.
Super Bowl 11 vs Oakland at goal line fumbled it
Rubbing their noses in the frozen tundra of Titletown USA! 😂😂😂
It surprises me that the refs were telling you who committed the penalty way back in '77. I always thought that came later.
It began in 1975.
Thank you for that info!
@@markgardner9460 You are welcome.
@@markgardner9460 You are welcome.
The Packers that year had one of the worst offenses in the 14 game era of the NFL. Obviously they were not going to score much in the snow, but in 14 games, they scored 134 points. In the opener, they scored 24 points in beating the Saints and after that never scored more than 16 points in any game, were held to single digits in 7 games and scored 10 points ( a touchdown and a field goal) 4 times.
As a Packers fan 75 76 77 were bad years. But I agree that 77 team was terrible worst packers team in the 70s
Odd to see a non soccer style kicker
Yes, Cox was one of a dying breed. His successor, Rick Danmeier, also was a straight-ahead Kicker....second to last - Mark Moseley was the last.
@@markgardner9460 In the 82 season when the Vikings and Redskins played, Rick Danmeier and Mark Moseley were the kickers, the last two straight ahead kickers in the NFL. AND...the last time two straight ahead kickers played in the same game. And yes, Moseley has the honor of being the very last one. Although I think there was another after Moseley but only played in a couple of games so he doesn't count.
That was the year when the Redskins had a terrific year. I think they were about 14-2 and won the super bowl.
Now who was the first soccer style kicker? Was it Jan Stenerud? His last two seasons were with the Vikings.
Pete Gogolak was the first in 1964 for Buffalo. Stenerud started in 1967.
Football is meant to be played outside, but not on a baseball field. It's either a dust cloud or a muddy mess. Have you played on a field where you scrape across dirt when you fall? I have and I give those raspberries the raspberry.
Alas, the owners saved a pretty penny in having their players play in multi-purpose stadiums, Professor.
I remember this! When football really was football!