Sam Spence music, Jack Whitaker's voice, a game played on a hockey rink and very few penalties for deliberating hitting a player on the other team. It MUST be late 1970!
I have vivid memories of watching this game in my PJs as a little kid back in 70. I’ve been a Niner fan ever since. The Niners lost a close one the following week to the Cowboys in their last game at Kezar. You really needed thick skin to be a Niner fan in those days with the Cowboys & Rams beating on them like a drum, the Raiders being in their heyday across the Bay, the team meltdown in the 76 season after starting 6-1, followed by the Joe Thomas era. Hence the phrase ‘Forty-Niner Faithful’. That’s why the Catch game was a big deal. It got them over the hump. The Vikings are another team which caused a lot of heart ache with their fans.
Walsh was the man !!!!! Both before and after him the 49ers have always came up short. I look at the Seifert years as still part of the Bill Walsh era.
That Vikings team remindes me of the 2001 Baltimore Ravens. They released Trent Dilfer, the Vikings didn't resign Joe Kapp. The defense ead everything for both teams and championship worthy. But it was the guys that replaced the quaterbacks, Cuazzo and Grbac that let the team down. In Cuazzos case, his receivers and backs with the drops and fumbled killed momentum.
As a 10 year old Vikings fan who lived a few miles away from Metropolitan Stadium, this game was almost as disappointing as the previous year's Super Bowl loss to an AFL team. It was fully expected that the Vikings with the best Defense in the NFL would beat the 49ers at home in the frigid cold. Lets face it, the 49ers back then were not exactly a juggernaut. The Vikings wasted the NFL's best D in both 70 and 71 losing at home (to Dallas in 71).
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Bud Grant is still alive at age 95!. He coached this game 52 years ago. Amazing.
Sam Spence music, Jack Whitaker's voice, a game played on a hockey rink and very few penalties for deliberating hitting a player on the other team. It MUST be late 1970!
Cedric Hardman was a great pass rusher who should be in the HOF
Playing indoors is the greatest mistake the Vikings made!!!
Before Walsh came along, this was the greatest game in 49er history. How I loved this team.
I have vivid memories of watching this game in my PJs as a little kid back in 70. I’ve been a Niner fan ever since. The Niners lost a close one the following week to the Cowboys in their last game at Kezar. You really needed thick skin to be a Niner fan in those days with the Cowboys & Rams beating on them like a drum, the Raiders being in their heyday across the Bay, the team meltdown in the 76 season after starting 6-1, followed by the Joe Thomas era. Hence the phrase ‘Forty-Niner Faithful’. That’s why the Catch game was a big deal. It got them over the hump. The Vikings are another team which caused a lot of heart ache with their fans.
Thank you to the Sabol family for all these incredible gems
God I loved the old Met.
These old classic videos are a real treasure.
Number 59 of the Minnesota Vikings is a friend of mine, middle linebacker Lonnie Warwick.
The 49ers were the surprise team of 1970 10-3-1
I remember watching this game as a kid...Players were so tough then mentally and physically especially playing in Bloomington in the winter
The tough Minnesota Vikings just weren't the same without Kapp or Tarkenton.
Gary Cuozzo-now there's a name from the 60's, early 70's NFL. A Viking here, he also played in a Super Bowl as a Colt.
Walsh was the man !!!!! Both before and after him the 49ers have always came up short. I look at the Seifert years as still part of the Bill Walsh era.
What gets lost here is the 49ers had a very good team, a very young good team.
Love NFL films.John facenda needs to voice this one. He is my favorite.
I love the old NFL Films music!
That Vikings team remindes me of the 2001 Baltimore Ravens. They released Trent Dilfer, the Vikings didn't resign Joe Kapp. The defense ead everything for both teams and championship worthy. But it was the guys that replaced the quaterbacks, Cuazzo and Grbac that let the team down. In Cuazzos case, his receivers and backs with the drops and fumbled killed momentum.
As a 10 year old Vikings fan who lived a few miles away from Metropolitan Stadium, this game was almost as disappointing as the previous year's Super Bowl loss to an AFL team. It was fully expected that the Vikings with the best Defense in the NFL would beat the 49ers at home in the frigid cold. Lets face it, the 49ers back then were not exactly a juggernaut. The Vikings wasted the NFL's best D in both 70 and 71 losing at home (to Dallas in 71).