The Bucs were trailing the St. Louis Rams 11-6 in the NFC Championship Game with 51 seconds to go. They're stealing our signals and that kind of thing. The play was reviewed and the officials said the ruling on the field as an incomplete pass stood even though replays clearly showed the ball never touched the ground. Nothing has ever been proven that New York actually stole the radio transmission signal from the Vikings headsets that day. -- Lindsey Thiry, All 259 picks | Every team's class A season-ticket holder even filed a lawsuit, which was quickly thrown out. There were two other questionable calls later in that game. Higbee over 43.5 receiving yards and Rob Gronkowski under 63.5 receiving yards same-game parlay +270 . On second-and-10 at San Francisco's 45, Theismann threw deep for receiver Art Monk. Miami responded with a drive to the Colts 20-yard line, only to have Olindo Mare miss a 38-yard field goal attempt with 31 seconds left in the half. "That was trash," former Lions defensive lineman Darryl Tapp said at the time. In the fourth quarter, Ray Lewis recovered a fumble from Gannon on the Raiders 6-yard line, setting up Stover's third field goal to close out the scoring. "There's no way that that team we fielded gets blanketed 41-0," Griffith reiterated. 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She remembers hearing snippets of Hindi and Sindhi in her home and studying Mandarin in school in Singapore, where she lived for six years. Gonzalez has a valid argument, but he was instead ruled out of bounds, and the Chiefs had no recourse in those pre-instant replay days. The Ravens forced four interceptions and held the Raiders offense to only 191 total yards, 17 rushing yards, and three points. Jack ended up with the ball and got up and headed for the end zone, but officials blew the play dead and stopped what would have been a touchdown. The following is a list of all regular season and postseason games played between the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings. Had the organization been a bit less aggressive in free agency at . [1], at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey. Players and coaches to this day believe that kept the Panthers from having a legitimate shot at winning the Super Bowl after going 15-1 during the regular season. Then came the 1989 NFC Championship game. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. It was their last game as division rivals, as the Saints moved to the NFC South in 2002. The referee in that game, Bill Leavy, volunteered a heartfelt mea culpa in 2010, saying: "I kicked two calls in the fourth quarter and I impacted the game, and as an official, you never want to do that." Lewis 1 run (Stover kick) BAL 70, BAL Sharpe 58 pass from Dilfer (Stover kick) BAL 143, BAL Ja. But more than a decade later, there are still questions about whether Holmes' right foot touched down or if his toes were pressed against the bottom of his left cleat. After a Dolphins punt, Oakland drove 41 yards in 10 plays to score on Sebastian Janikowski's 36-yard field goal. The first meet of the season is Dan Gabor (which we host) on March 4th after a scrimmage on Friday, February 17th, where Amador will participate in sprints, hurdles, and long-distance races. They got waxed, 41-0. They own the music and the footage used in this video. The Tuck Rule, Jan. 19, 2002. Theyre stealing our signals and that kind of thing. Hindi. Mel Gray's phantom catch, Nov. 16, 1975. The stories of the alleged hacking into the Vikings signals have become part of the lore of the game that has carried on over the years. With three seconds on the clock, McNair once again tried to punch it in for the score but Sam Adams, Corey Harris and Ray Lewis stopped the run short of the goal line to preserve the win as time expired. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright . Ravens receiver Jermaine Lewis returned the ensuing kickoff 29 yards to the 38-yard line. The 33-yard field goal was good, leading to a 3-0 Patriots win in a strike-shortened regular season. The Giants shut out the Vikings by limiting them to only 114 offensive yards, sacking quarterback Daunte Culpepper four times, and forcing five turnovers, and handing the Vikings their first shutout and worst loss in their postseason history. "The Holy Roller," Sept. 10, 1978. -- Courtney Cronin, Roddy was held, Jan. 20, 2013. Early in the third quarter, Chris Oldham's interception gave New Orleans the ball at the Rams 45-yard line, setting up Brooks' 10-yard touchdown pass to Jackson that increased their lead to 177. Appearing on "The Dugout Sports Show with Glenn & Brock" out of Cleveland over the weekend, Griffith said there was something missing from those teams that got exposed in the playoffs. Which first-round prospects should Raiders focus on at combine? The 49ers have lost the game nine times, with their most recent defeat coming in 2013. The former Eagles tight end, now an investment broker in Philadelphia, stood on Pattison Avenue staring at the stadium which was already packed with explosives. The teams then traded field goals in the third quarter, with Tennessee getting their field goal following a blocked punt. The substitution trick, Jan. 10, 2015. The next time they got the ball, Oakland advanced 78 yards, featuring a 32-yard completion from Rich Gannon to running back Terry Kirby, and scored on Jankikowski's 33-yard field goal to go up 13-0 early in the second quarter. 2000 NFC Wild Card Round: Eagles 21, Buccaneers 3. Mandarin. The NFC championship was decided on the final play. There are many to choose from here over the past decade, from the Calvin Johnson catch rule to Calvin Johnson's batted ball out of the end zone to Trey Flowers' phantom hands-to-the-face against Green Bay. This was the fourth postseason meeting between the Dolphins and Raiders. Nobody has any proof. -- Mike Reiss, Robbery in Motown, Dec. 21, 1997. CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GB | HOU | IND Saints running back Chad Morton tied a playoff record with 13 receptions for 106 yards. The Patriots effectively slowed the Greatest Show on Turf and defeated the Rams 20-17 in Super Bowl XXXVI, thanks in large part to how their defensive backs mugged receivers throughout the game and were not flagged for it. After a four-minute delay, the replay official ruled that -- even without clear indisputable video evidence -- Majkowski was behind the line and awarded the touchdown (and victory) to the Packers. Miami threatened to score late in the first quarter, but quarterback Jay Fiedler's pass in the end zone was intercepted by Indianapolis safety Chad Cota. He didn't specify the plays, but the penalties on Locklear (which negated a completion to the Steelers' 1-yard line) and Hasselbeck (which put Pittsburgh 15 yards closer to what would be the clinching touchdown) were both in the final frame. The home team . They don't pack much of a wallop." Could the Cowboys look at a running back in first round again? Kiper's draft grades for every team -- Jordan Raanan, "Stay off the bottle," Dec. 9, 2018. I dont want to name any names, it just felt like we went into a situation where we could not win. Jim Everett was outstanding in his early career with the Rams; during the 1989 season, he even won a game over the 49ers and almost made it 2-2 in the regular season. With Moss making the Vikings into an elite team, Minnesota returned to Giants Stadium in 2000 for the NFC Championship game. 1:27. It was almost like they knew the call. Two months later, the NFL passed a rule that makes it illegal for an offensive player wearing an eligible number -- between 1 and 49, or 80 to 89 -- to report as ineligible and line up outside the tackle box. He is working with Dennis Green for the San Francisco entrant in the fledgling UFL as a defensive coaching assistant. Develop Later on, Tory James forced a fumble from Lamar Smith that was recovered by Raiders cornerback Charles Woodson on the Miami 43-yard line. -- ESPN staff. [1], at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota. But Culpepper soon returned the favor with a pass that was intercepted in the end zone by Emmanuel McDaniel. In the third quarter, Culpepper lost a fumble while being sacked by safety Shaun Williams, and Cornelius Griffin recovered the ball on the Vikings 29, setting up Toomer's 7-yard touchdown reception to close out the scoring. I'm a reason for a lot of that. The game: The Seahawks became the first team to win a division with a 7-9 record, finishing atop the lowly NFC West. We should also mention that New Yorks offensive coordinator in the 2000 NFC Championship was none other than Sean Payton, the same Sean Payton who was suspended for an entire season after his involvement in the infamous Bountygate scandal that played a major role in the New Orleans Saints defeating the Vikings in the 2009 NFC Championship. He followed it up with a successful two-point conversion pass to tight end Ken Dilger. [1], at Adelphia Coliseum, Nashville, Tennessee. While the frustration felt by the Vikings in the loss to Atlanta was emotional, it was explainable. He also caught 3 passes for 18 yards. Philadelphia then drove 57 yards in eight plays to go up 21-3 on the third play of the fourth quarter with McNabb's 2-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Thomason. NOW PLAYING . This was the second postseason meeting between the Buccaneers and Eagles. In March 2013, the Tuck Rule was abolished by a vote of 29-1 (Washington and New England abstained). to bad (Sean Locklear getting flagged for holding an offsides Clark Haggans) to baffling (Matt Hasselbeck getting flagged for a "low block" while trying to make a tackle on an interception return). About logos. Because they overturned that call. Rams quarterback Kurt Warner committed four turnovers (three interceptions and a fumble), while running back Marshall Faulk, who shredded the Saints with 220 rushing yards during their encounter in the regular season, was held to a season-low 24 yards on the ground. The Giants denied it, claiming the Vikings just have sour grapes after one of the worst championship game beat-downs in league history. Minnesota eventually got a chance to score when cornerback Robert Tate intercepted a pass from Collins and returned it to the Giants 37-yard line. On second-and-23, Bert Emanuel made a 12-yard reception at the Rams' 23-yard line, setting up a third-and-11. Don Shula protested the call under the NFL's unfair act, claiming it gave the Patriots a competitive advantage. NFC Championship Game NFC at AFC : Site City TBD : 6:30pm ET FOX---Sunday, Feb 11, 2024. The Most Interesting Articles, Mysteries and Discoveries. Instead of a first down putting Detroit in field goal range, the Lions punted, gave up a drive for a touchdown and lost 24-20, continuing the team's playoff losing streak. The Saints responded with quarterback Aaron Brooks completing 7 consecutive passes for 85 yards, the last a 2-yard touchdown pass to rookie tight end Dave Stachelski, his first career NFL touchdown. -- Josh Weinfuss, Too much contact, Feb. 3, 2002. The content on this site is for entertainment and educational purposes only. Do you have a sports website? But New Orleans then scored 31 unanswered points, beginning with an 11-play, 70-yard drive that ended with Brooks' 12-yard touchdown pass to Robert Wilson on their opening drive. Then on the Eagles fourth drive, Torrance Small fumbled while being tackled by Shaun Williams, and Dave Thomas recovered the loose ball for New York on the Eagles 34-yard line to set up Brad Daluiso's 37-yard field goal. Heres what Griffith told a Cleveland radio station in 2009. Emanuel catch reversal, Jan. 23, 2000. Miami won the only previous meeting while the Colts were in Balitmore. The NFC Championship game of the NFL Playoffs will see the San Francisco 49ers (13-4) and Philadelphia Eagles (14-3) meet at Lincoln Financial Field on January 29, starting at 3:00 PM ET.The 49ers Projecting the futures of Kirk Cousins, Dalvin Cook and other Vikings veterans. The Steelers went on to win. I have no idea how we get blown out in the championship game, but it was a bit eerie how that game unfolded. Team Stats. The Titans reached midfield with 6:55 remaining, but Steve McNairs pass ricocheted off of Eddie Georges hands, then into the hands of Ray Lewis for the interception, who then returned it 50 yards for a touchdown to seal the victory for Baltimore. January 14, 2001 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ After an initial ruling of fumble when a blitzing Charles Woodson dislodged the ball from Tom Brady with 1:50 to play in a divisional playoff game the Raiders led 13-10, the call was changed to an incomplete pass after a video review. The Saints, who were 3-13 the previous year, won their first playoff game in their 34-year history with quarterback Aaron Brooks' 266 passing yards and four touchdowns, holding off the defending champion Rams, who scored three touchdowns in the final quarter. Faced with third down and 12 from the Dolphins 42-yard line, Manning completed an 11-yard pass to Marvin Harrison. Baltimore got an early scoring chance when Ray Lewis intercepted a pass from Denver quarterback Gus Frerotte on the Broncos 39-yard line. This was the first postseason meeting between the Rams and Saints.[1]. In the history of the Minnesota Vikings, one of the franchises most embarrassing losses was easily when they were steamrolled 41-0 by the New York Giants in the 2000 NFC Championship. The Eagles never recovered after the Giants' Ron Dixon returned the opening kickoff 97 yards for a touchdown. One official signaled incomplete, but after a few seconds of chaos, another signaled a touchdown. The officiating was so bad that the NFL later issued a statement saying that the officials had made errors in the game. But others remain skeptical, including Griffith who believes that the loss to the Giants wasn't just a matter of one team imposing its will on the other. The Broncos went on to win the Super Bowl, a destiny that may well have been waiting for the Chiefs had Gonzalez been given the touchdown. New Orleans responded by driving 65 yards in 10 plays, boosted by a 40-yard pass interference penalty against cornerback Wasswa Serwanga. In the second round, the divisional playoffs, the number 1 seed hosted the worst surviving seed from the first round (seed 4, 5 or 6), while the number 2 seed played the other team (seed 3, 4 or 5). Down 16-10 on Monday Night Football, the Titans had the ball on the Ravens' 1-yard line when McNair dove into the end zone behind center Bruce Matthews for what would have been the go-ahead touchdown. Black And Blue: The Story Of The 1980 NFC Championship Game. The AFC Championship Game for the 2022 NFL season will be played on Sunday, January 29, 2022. Business; Politics; Military; Elections; Law; Immigration; Technology. In the fourth quarter, Oakland finished off the Dolphins by intercepting Fiedler twice, one by James and the other by Eric Allen. When we hit the field, they were everywhere we were trying to be. Five plays later, the Raiders scored the game-winning touchdown. Pearson admitted years later that he used his "outside arm to get inside leverage on [Vikings cornerback] Nate Wright," which many thought was a deliberate push off that should have resulted in offensive pass interference. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Then a 16-yard run by James moved the ball into Dolphins territory, and Vanderjagt finished the drive with a 50-yard field goal to give the Colts a 17-10 lead. Jackson caught nine passes for 124 yards and a touchdown in the final postseason game of his career. In the third quarter the Eagles drove 75 yards to the New York 12-yard line, only to have Akers miss a 30-yard field goal attempt. They appeared to suffer a setback when Brooks' 50-yard completion to Willie Jackson on their next drive was nullified by Devin Bush's interception a few plays later. The Raiders scored 20 points in the first half, recorded 140 rushing yards, and forced four turnovers to shut out the Dolphins in their first home playoff game since returning to Oakland from Los Angeles in 1995, which occurred in 1980. The NFC champion is not necessarily the team with the best record in the regular season. Because of untimely injuries, unfortunate circumstances, or myriad other reasons, many teams' plans throughout NFL history have not produced the desired result. Even though they had only 134 yards of total offense and six first downs, with quarterback Trent Dilfer completing just five of 16 passes, the Ravens broke a 1010 tie in the fourth quarter with Anthony Mitchell's 90-yard blocked field goal touchdown return and Ray Lewis' 50-yard interception touchdown return. Basically, the Toronto newspaper alleged that the Giants knew what plays Minnesota was going to run before each snap during the matchup. If the critics were to be believed, the Giants had no business being in the 2000 playoffs, let alone the NFC Championship game where they would face the mighty Minnesota Vikings, a team whose . Why the Packers' transition to Jordan Love, whenever it happens, will require patience, A new home for Michael Thomas? It wasn't until coach Tony Dungy called timeout that officials decided to review the play. So Payton was involved in multiple events in which Minnesotas opponents were accused of cheating. After the first six drives of the game ended in punts, Buccaneers fullback Mike Alstott rushed for 18 yards and caught a pass for eight yards as the team drove 58 yards in eight plays to score on Martn Gramtica's 29-yard field goal early in the second quarter. (0:58). No surprise here. In March 2004, one week before Veterans Stadium was imploded, John Spagnola came by for one last look. That suggestion from safety Malcolm Jenkins came after a controversial call on the opening kickoff of the Eagles-Cowboys game that went in Dallas' favor and helped decide the division. Oakland won two of the previous three meetings. (NFC Championship - Jan. 23rd, 2000) In this 1999 NFC title game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and St. Louis Rams at what was known as the Trans World Dome, the Bucs' Bert Emanuel "caught" an 11-yard pass with less than a minute left. Attention conspiracy theorists: The NFL is totally picking refs to help the Rams win Super Bowl 53. Collins had previously started the 1996 NFC Championship Game for the Carolina Panthers. Meanwhile, Fiedler completed only five of 14 passes for 42 yards. Leading Dallas 14-10 with 24 seconds remaining in the divisional playoffs, the Vikings were the victims of a critical no-call after Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach launched a prayer to Drew Pearson in the end zone. Huge huge swing plays. The National Football League playoffs for the 1999 season began on January 8, 2000. Following Week 12 of the 2000 regular season, the New York Giants found themselves with a record of 7-4, having just lost their second consecutive game, this time a 31-21 beating at the hands of th He finished the game with 110 rushing yards, one reception for 15 yards, and two touchdowns. This was the first time the Broncos were prevented from scoring a touchdown in 28 postseason games over a span of three decades. It is one of the most recent massive officiating controversies, but it's far from the only one. How it unfolded was that the Giants got up big in the opening minutes, thwarting the Vikings at every turn, and Griffith believes there was a different power at play than just incredible game-planning and play-calling. NOW PLAYING video Smith rushed for 74 yards and a touchdown, while also catching 2 passes for 25. JAX | KC | LV | LAC | LAR | MIA | MIN However, the Saints were forced to punt and the Rams marched 62 yards on just three plays to score on Faulk's 25-yard touchdown reception to make it 3120 with 3:52 left. The Cowboys, Rams and Packers are second on the list with six NFC Championship Game losses apiece. After reviewing the play, the officials ruled that Jack was down by contact and the Jaguars took over on their own 33-yard line. A look at the legendary life of Emlen Tunnell, who served in World War II and became the first African American to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Ravens were confused about which players to match up with in coverage, and the Patriots scored on that drive to cut into Baltimore's 14-point lead in the second half. But the ensuing drive lasted barely a minute before cornerback Jason Sehorn made a diving interception from McNabb, then got back up and returned it 32 yards for a touchdown to increase the Giants lead to 170. In the fourth quarter, an 11-yard run by Fiedler and a 19-yard run by Smith set up a 38-yard field goal from Mare, making the score 1410. The Cardinals won in overtime and went on to win the division while Washington missed the playoffs by two games -- but they also entered a final-game loss to Philadelphia knowing they were already eliminated. Kerry Collins threw for . In this game, the team that made far MORE plays was the loser. But Manning led the Colts back, completing a 13-yard pass to Marcus Pollard, a 38-yard pass to Marvin Harrison, and an 18-yard pass to Pathon. "Whenever they made a check on defense, they knew exactly where we were at and what we were doing. The NFL did not use a fixed bracket playoff system, and there were no restrictions regarding teams from the same division matching up in any round. We got up on a lot of teams and were able to patch together a pretty good defensive effort, but did we have a dominant defensive effort? -- Jeff Legwold, Bucs 31, Chiefs 9 Find out more. Background. Referee Bill Carollo and replay official Jerry Markbreit determined that the nose of the ball touched the ground as Emanuel fell, ruling it an incompletion. So as we get ready for the conference championship games this weekend, our NFL Nation reporters picked out one such controversy for each team. In the 2012 NFC Championship Game against San Francisco, receiver Roddy White said he was held/interfered with by NaVorro Bowman on a fourth-and-4 play from the 49ers' 10-yard line with just over a minute remaining. Following their blowout 41-0 win over the Minnesota Vikings in the 2000 NFC Championship, the New York Giants were accused of cheating in the game. tails." The postseason tournament concluded with the St. Louis Rams defeating the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV, 23-16, on January 30, at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.. It's likely no coincidence that Rams coach Mike Martz was on the Competition Committee that, in 2004, made illegal contact a point of emphasis. No penalty flag for that infraction. The Chargers finished that season 9-7, one game behind the Broncos in the AFC West. The 1 and 2 seeds from each conference then received a bye in the first round. All betting content is intended for an audience ages 21+. Down eight, 31-23, with 2:22 left in the game, the Packers stormed 58 yards down the field . Up next are the AFC . The Tennessee Titans won 13 games in the 2000 regular season. But Baltimore tied the game early in the second quarter after Dilfer's 56-yard pass to Shannon Sharpe set up running back Jamal Lewis' 1-yard touchdown run. Hold on every play. "When you get to that point of the game, once they've let stuff like that go, it's a done deal. In the divisional round of the playoffs, Dez Bryant made a spectacular fourth-down catch of a Tony Romo fade pass near the Green Bay goal line that should have put the Cowboys in position to take the lead late in the fourth quarter. Minnesota then ran off a 10-play, 65-yard drive of their own, the longest gain a 34-yard completion from Culpepper to Cris Carter. This NFC Championship Game in New Orleans was in constant doubt, with scores tied at 7-7, 14-14, 21-21 and 28-28 until Garrett Hartley's 40-yard field goal less than five minutes into overtime . If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call 1-800-GAMBLER. WFT fumbled and TB recovered in the previous game. The NFL changed the rule the following year. Despite their sluggish start, Indianapolis had complete control of the game by the end of the first half, leading 14-0. Two players later, the Eagles got the ball back when Damon Moore forced and recovered a fumble from running back Tiki Barber. The NFC Championship Game for the 2022 NFL season will be played on Sunday, January 29, 2022. 11. . Missed penalties, questionable flags, iffy rulings from the replay booth we've seen it all. The Dolphins then marched 61 yards in 11 plays, ending with Smith's game-winning touchdown. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 6 at St. Louis Rams 11 on January 23rd, 2000 - Full team and player stats and box score . Nobody has any proof. Gannon completed 12 of 18 passes for 141 yards and a touchdown, while also rushing for 31 yards. The picked-up flag, Jan. 4, 2015. Please see our Contributors and Sources page for data source details. But those teams were at an extreme end of pushing money forward into future salary-cap seasons. Faulk's reception on the two-point conversion made it 3128 with 2:36 left. AFC Championship Game AFC at AFC . Horrible." Although the Super Bowl, the fourth and final round of the playoffs, was played at a neutral site, the designated home team was based on an annual rotation by conference. Meanwhile, Raiders quarterback Rich Gannon was knocked out of the game by a ferocious hit from Baltimore defensive tackle Tony Siragusa. The Broncos held a 10-7 lead over the Giants late in the first half of Super Bowl XXI, with the ball at their own 13-yard line. Randy Moss and the Vikings travel to the Meadowlands for an NFC title game matchup against Michael Strahan and the Giants, who host the big game for the firs. The postseason tournament concluded with the Baltimore Ravens defeating the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV, 347, on January 28, 2001, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. 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