The Minnesota Vikings of the 1970s were among the greatest football teams ever assembled. Entering 1974, Bud Grant’s teams had reached two Super Bowls, but lost them both. The good times don’t last forever. It’s time to cash in.
Written and directed by Jon Bois
Written and produced by Alex Rubenstein
Rights specialist Lindley Sico
Secret Base executive producers Will Buikema and Jon Bois
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Oh yeah! I can’t wait to keep hearing the story!
“An insurmountable lead of 28-3” never fails to make me laugh
I would LOVE to hear you guys interview Alan Page
I’m gonna feel bad about Super Bowl XI as a raiders fan. We took that away from you.
I can take some solace in the interesting matchup of two very good guys that day.
Gene Upshaw matched up with Alan Page. We’ve actually previously seen the two together picketing. GU would win that day and carry on Page’s commitment to Player rights eventually heading the nflpa.
Alex: With an insurmountable lead of 28-3 midway through the third quarter…
The torture of Falcons fans never ends, does it?
Tarkenton lost 3 Super Bowls. Joe Kapp was QB in SB vs KC. Thank you for this episode.
“Insurmountable lead of 28-3” falcons fans can never escape lmao
For MIB fans….
Do you think the company/people who run secret base are at Archanans? 😂
These videos remind me of griffins story about how the baseball wasn’t tanned correctly resulting a cubs World Series win.
Shoutout the livestream chat, same time next week everyone!
Jon’s tone in this one is one of tired exasperation. One of us. One of us.
And we’ve only left the 70s 😂
I think the athlete/coach portraits in this are my favourite among the Dorktown documentaries, the closeup photo contrasted with the 'just sitting around' zoomed out photo is really good
Why do you insist on making me cry
aw Francis Monkman died? RIP
thank you
Jon Bois sure can spin one hell of a tale.
As a Jets fan, don't know how Vikings fans can hold on for so long. Ah… give me another 4 eps and I'll understand a little better.
Man this was a tough episode to watch just as a sports fan. Its sad to see them go out like that
Ouch baby….. very ouch.
This series has been so excellent! Another great episode. Bittersweet for us purple fans. SKOL!
Intro music gets me so hype
Reaching out to alan page is so impressive. Shoutouts to alex for noticing that
Awesome as always
47:48 how do you not show the Willie brown interception
The Viking organization should have blew that team up after 1977. Grant should have been let go, and players should have been traded. That era was over.
Also, I have a suggestion: You should do your next Dorktown team series on the Portland Trail Blazers.
And yet, it gets worse. Dropped pass, missed kick, donut, bounties and interceptions, riding high off press to then completely no show…
Losing 4 Super Bowls is the least painful part of the story.
I have very much been looking forward to this episode. I grew up in Frederick Maryland, even went to the same high school (decades later). I always heard about Chuck Foreman and how ahead of his time he was. I grew up staring at old newspaper clippings and posters of Foreman on my Barber's back wall. This was the time before YouTube highlight reels were a couple clicks away. So I'm very happy you covered this subject and gave Chuck Foreman some shine.
Great work as always.
I love your game analysis because it really helps me understand the strategy and the mindset of football. Watching at home on TV, I might as well be watching kids play with toys, but you guys give it to the context that makes it make sense.
What song did the episode start out with? I’ve heard it used so many times on this channel but have no idea what it’s called
The "entertainment" factor of the super bowl isn't an excuse for losing 4 of them. At the end of the day you still have to play football and win. The eagles didn't lose the super bowl because of the halftime show, they lost because the chiefs were a better team. You lost because you weren't the best team. No amount of entertainment or lack thereof would of helped you win.
That call in Superbowl 9 was still the most confounding thing I've ever seen. Pain.
Correction: Jon doubled the Elway/Smith AV on the audio. 206 & 204 are the correct numbers.
Marriage falling apart, job needs emails and texts answered, kids still at soccer practice even though the sun has gone down … it can all wait: Dorktown is on, baby!
I'm surprised it didn't mentioned that Fran Tarkenton hosted Saturday Night Live in early 1977.
Cowboys gifted a Super Bowl.
Ah yes an insurmountable 28-3 lead 🤣
You know, everybody talks about how Jim Marshall should be a Hall of Famer, and rightfully so. But my question is this: Why hasn’t Chuck Foreman been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame? Because Bud Grant’s offensive coordinator, Jerry Burns, ran the West Coast offense for the Vikings. And Chuck Foreman was lethal as both a runner AND receiver in Burns’s offense. The Vikings might not have been a powerhouse without Foreman. In other words…Chuck Foreman belongs in Canton, Ohio.
"an insurmountable 28-3 lead midway through the 3rd quarter" was just unnecessary, thanks Alex
I wonder if that line about the steelers was a dorktown sneak preview…a story about a team that "ignores the universe's signs that they're not supposed to be here" sounds like dorktown bread and butter
Enjoy it, Vikings fans. This is the climax of the story. The rest is just the denouement.
I have been wondering for *years* what the hell flew across the screen during the original Hail Mary, the fact that its a god damn orange is not the answer I was expecting
Some of the best writing and delivery every created comes in these videos when Jon gets me to hope for a team to win a game I know they lost. Its an incredible moment when against all reason, logic or rational thought the narrative compels me to let go of everything and just hope before it all comes crashing down.
I dont know how you guys did it, but as a diehard Packers fan, here I was hoping history was somehow wrong and Tarkenton got that elusive ring.
That cop's agonizing over his jurisdiction brings so much laughter to me 😂
As a Steelers fan this is the big one for me. The most we will be involved in this story at least.
wow this is so depressing for vikings fans
the only thing i got from this video is that Larry Fitzgerald does not have a top 50 single team AV all time, and the cardinals which are the oldest franchise have 0 entries on that list
sensational