October 2, 2025 • 7 mins
Are the Minnesota Vikings the most cursed team in NFL history? Tim recalls the 5-most heart breaking moments in franchise history.
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Are the Minnesota Vikings the most cursed team in NFL history?
Today we investigate, but first I need to tell you
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(00:26):
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one hundred and twenty nine dollars. All right, Today we
are ranking the top five most heartbreaking moments in Minnesota
Vikings history. And let's begin with number five, the two
(00:47):
thousand NFC Championship Game blowout forty one. Don't if you
have Randy Moss and Dante Colpe, you should never ever,
ever score zero points in a game. The Vikings got
(01:08):
destroyed by the New York Giants. And the reason why
that's number five is because of the embarrassment, and the
reason why it's not higher on the list is because
it was utter humiliation, not a bones crushing heartbreak. Let's
go to number four, the twenty fifteen wild Card game
(01:31):
Vikings Seahawks at TCF Banks Stadium, sub zero temperature. Bud
Grant walks onto the field before kickoff in a polo.
The Vikings are in a great spot. They have a
twenty seven yard field goal for the win, and Blair
Walsh misses. I remember where I was for this. I
(01:53):
was officiating a basketball game and I was standing around
the television with a bunch of other dads, And before
the kick, I said, Gary Anderson flashbacks because I thought
it was a guarantee. A twenty seven yard field goal
wasn't much longer than an extra point used to be,
and he missed it. One of the easiest field goals
(02:15):
in NFL history was missed by Blair Walsh and he
was never the same again. Pain level. I will put
that one at about a three and a half out
of five. Number three the four Super Bowl losses by
the famous Purple People leaders in the nineteen seventies. The
(02:36):
Vikings lost the Super Bowl in nineteen seventy, nineteen seventy four,
nineteen seventy five, and nineteen seventy seven. The Purple People leaders,
led by Alan Page, Carl Eller, Jim Marshall, and the
quiet Gary Larson, never won a Super Bowl, but they
led the Vikings to ten titles in eleven years, four
(03:02):
Super Bowls, and the Vikings fell short in every single one.
This pain level was a four out of five. A
quick reminder and how great the Purple People Eater players were.
Alan Page Hall of Famer, NFL MVP in nineteen seventy one,
first defensive player to win the MVP award. Carl Eller,
(03:24):
Hall of Famer, six time pro bowler, elite pass rusher
who terrorized quarterbacks off the edge. Jim Marshall, ironman of
the group, played two hundred and seventy consecutive games for
the Vikings. Gary Larson played eleven seasons in Minnesota. I
did not know much about Gary Larson. Let's advance to
(03:45):
number two the nineteen ninety eight NFC Championship game, Gary
Anderson's missfield goal pain level one one hundred out of ten.
The best Vikings team ever fifteen to one. Unstoppable offense
Randall c Randy Moss's rookie season, Chris Carter, Jake Reid,
(04:05):
Robert Smith, and a kicker who hadn't missed all year.
Let's not forget about the defense. John Randall, Ed McDaniel,
Robert Griffith and Jimmy Hitchcock, a team that felt like destiny.
A highlighting offensive reel every single game. Gary Anderson hadn't
(04:25):
missed all season, misses a thirty eight yard field goal,
and then the Falcons tie it, go to overtime and win.
The heartbreaks so bad that it made a cameo in
How I Met Your Mother, and that leads to number one.
The two thousand and nine NFC Championship game pay level
(04:46):
one thousand out of ten. The Vikings outplayed the Saints
for most of that game, but the turnovers and bounty gate.
The Vikings had three fumbles and two interceptions and still
somehow or in range to kick a game winning field goal,
(05:06):
but Prett Farv threw across his body to Tracy Porter.
But before that, the Vikings had the ball on the
thirty three yard line in range to kick a fifty
one yard field goal, and out of a timeout, the
Vikings have twelve men in the huddle. I wonder how
that play influenced the final play. If the Vikings don't
(05:27):
commit a twelve man in the huddle penalty, does Adrian
Peterson get the ball at the thirty three yard line
to try to gain three yards to kick a forty
eight yard field goal. Twelve men in the huddle knocks
the Vikings back. Farv throws across his body when he
could have ran for five yards or thrown it to
Bernard Burying right on the side. Gary Anderson's miss kick
(05:49):
by itself is obviously heartbreaking. That's why I called it
a one hundred out of ten. This is a one
thousand out of ten because it wasn't just rhtt Farv's interception,
it was the twelve in the huddle. It's the bounty game,
it's the Peterson fumbles, it's the poor officiating. The Vikings
didn't just have a single interception that cost them the game.
They were about five parameters that lost them this game,
(06:12):
and they were still in range to kick a fifty
one yard field goal. Somehow they were able to overcome
all the odds that they forced upon themselves with the
fumbles and interceptions, the illegal bounty gate, and the poor officiating.
That's why this game is the most heartbreaking loss in
Minnesota Vikings history. So are the Vikings the most cursed
(06:35):
team in the NFL. It's hard to argue otherwise. Based
on the examples that I presented today. They've had very
good teams, great teams even but they have always come
up short in the big game, which makes the Minnesota
Vikings the most cursed team in NFL history. If you
(06:57):
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Are the Minnesota Vikings the most cursed team in NFL history?
Today we investigate, but first I need to tell you
about zero Res Carpet Cleaning, because right now they're offering
three carpets cleaned for only one hundred and twenty nine dollars.
Go to zeros dot com and check out their special
(00:26):
carpet cleaning offers. Tell them you heard about them from
the brawl with Tim Paul. Zero Res carpet cleaning, three carpets,
one hundred and twenty nine dollars. All right, Today we
are ranking the top five most heartbreaking moments in Minnesota
Vikings history. And let's begin with number five, the two
(00:47):
thousand NFC Championship Game blowout forty one. Don't if you
have Randy Moss and Dante Colpe, you should never ever,
ever score zero points in a game. The Vikings got
(01:08):
destroyed by the New York Giants. And the reason why
that's number five is because of the embarrassment, and the
reason why it's not higher on the list is because
it was utter humiliation, not a bones crushing heartbreak. Let's
go to number four, the twenty fifteen wild Card game
(01:31):
Vikings Seahawks at TCF Banks Stadium, sub zero temperature. Bud
Grant walks onto the field before kickoff in a polo.
The Vikings are in a great spot. They have a
twenty seven yard field goal for the win, and Blair
Walsh misses. I remember where I was for this. I
(01:53):
was officiating a basketball game and I was standing around
the television with a bunch of other dads, And before
the kick, I said, Gary Anderson flashbacks because I thought
it was a guarantee. A twenty seven yard field goal
wasn't much longer than an extra point used to be,
and he missed it. One of the easiest field goals
(02:15):
in NFL history was missed by Blair Walsh and he
was never the same again. Pain level. I will put
that one at about a three and a half out
of five. Number three the four Super Bowl losses by
the famous Purple People leaders in the nineteen seventies. The
(02:36):
Vikings lost the Super Bowl in nineteen seventy, nineteen seventy four,
nineteen seventy five, and nineteen seventy seven. The Purple People leaders,
led by Alan Page, Carl Eller, Jim Marshall, and the
quiet Gary Larson, never won a Super Bowl, but they
led the Vikings to ten titles in eleven years, four
(03:02):
Super Bowls, and the Vikings fell short in every single one.
This pain level was a four out of five. A
quick reminder and how great the Purple People Eater players were.
Alan Page Hall of Famer, NFL MVP in nineteen seventy one,
first defensive player to win the MVP award. Carl Eller,
(03:24):
Hall of Famer, six time pro bowler, elite pass rusher
who terrorized quarterbacks off the edge. Jim Marshall, ironman of
the group, played two hundred and seventy consecutive games for
the Vikings. Gary Larson played eleven seasons in Minnesota. I
did not know much about Gary Larson. Let's advance to
(03:45):
number two the nineteen ninety eight NFC Championship game, Gary
Anderson's missfield goal pain level one one hundred out of ten.
The best Vikings team ever fifteen to one. Unstoppable offense
Randall c Randy Moss's rookie season, Chris Carter, Jake Reid,
(04:05):
Robert Smith, and a kicker who hadn't missed all year.
Let's not forget about the defense. John Randall, Ed McDaniel,
Robert Griffith and Jimmy Hitchcock, a team that felt like destiny.
A highlighting offensive reel every single game. Gary Anderson hadn't
(04:25):
missed all season, misses a thirty eight yard field goal,
and then the Falcons tie it, go to overtime and win.
The heartbreaks so bad that it made a cameo in
How I Met Your Mother, and that leads to number one.
The two thousand and nine NFC Championship game pay level
(04:46):
one thousand out of ten. The Vikings outplayed the Saints
for most of that game, but the turnovers and bounty gate.
The Vikings had three fumbles and two interceptions and still
somehow or in range to kick a game winning field goal,
(05:06):
but Prett Farv threw across his body to Tracy Porter.
But before that, the Vikings had the ball on the
thirty three yard line in range to kick a fifty
one yard field goal, and out of a timeout, the
Vikings have twelve men in the huddle. I wonder how
that play influenced the final play. If the Vikings don't
(05:27):
commit a twelve man in the huddle penalty, does Adrian
Peterson get the ball at the thirty three yard line
to try to gain three yards to kick a forty
eight yard field goal. Twelve men in the huddle knocks
the Vikings back. Farv throws across his body when he
could have ran for five yards or thrown it to
Bernard Burying right on the side. Gary Anderson's miss kick
(05:49):
by itself is obviously heartbreaking. That's why I called it
a one hundred out of ten. This is a one
thousand out of ten because it wasn't just rhtt Farv's interception,
it was the twelve in the huddle. It's the bounty game,
it's the Peterson fumbles, it's the poor officiating. The Vikings
didn't just have a single interception that cost them the game.
They were about five parameters that lost them this game,
(06:12):
and they were still in range to kick a fifty
one yard field goal. Somehow they were able to overcome
all the odds that they forced upon themselves with the
fumbles and interceptions, the illegal bounty gate, and the poor officiating.
That's why this game is the most heartbreaking loss in
Minnesota Vikings history. So are the Vikings the most cursed
(06:35):
team in the NFL. It's hard to argue otherwise. Based
on the examples that I presented today. They've had very
good teams, great teams even but they have always come
up short in the big game, which makes the Minnesota
Vikings the most cursed team in NFL history. If you
(06:57):
need your bathroom or model, contact five Star Bath Solutions
of Minneapolis because they transformed our bathroom in only forty
eight hours. We didn't want an eight week project because
we didn't want to all be forced into our teeny
tiny bathroom in the basement of our house. So we
found five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis and they transformed
(07:19):
our bathroom in forty eight hours. New floors, bathtub, surround,
shower head, single to a double stink, vanity, countertops, and mirror.
All done by five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis in
only forty eight hours. They offer affordable transformations and they
will give you beautiful solutions. Don't wait eight weeks, get
(07:43):
your bathroom project done in forty eight hours Five Star
Bath Solutions of Minneapolis,
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