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The following week Minnesota hosted the Cleveland Browns for the NFL championship. The winner would go on to play the AFL champion in the Super Bowl. The game was played in frigid temperatures and Joe put the Vikings ahead early. Deep in Cleveland territory he tried to hand off to fullback Bill Brown. Brown and Kapp collided and Joe spun away from Brown, tucked the ball under his arm and blasted through the Cleveland defense and into the end zone. Shortly afterwards Joe was involved in a play that had football fans everywhere talking. Joe dropped back to pass and could not find an open receiver. He roared up the middle where Cleveland's tough, veteran linebacker Jim Houston was waiting. Houston moved in for the hit and Joe seemed to run right over him and knocked him out cold. The Cleveland defence seemed to sag at the sight of Houston lying on the field unmoving and fans were awestruck. Never before had they seen a quarterback knock a linebacker out of a game! Joe looks back at that play with a smile; "On that particular play I take no credit for anything but luck. I put all my moves on him - both of them - and he didn't go for them. Houston was going to kill me! His jaw ran into my knee and knocked him out cold. It just shows God loves QB's more than linebackers." Maybe it was luck but regardless, Cleveland was beaten. The final score was 27-7 for the Vikings and it was now off to the Super Bowl!
Man, I didn't think Brett would do it. Talk about going to the Dark Side... Joining the team that's Green Bay's biggest rival? I can't wait to see if the Pack D respects him enough to overlook this, or if they manicure the turf with him. Ready for the Season,Jerry
No kidding, Chris. I thought Rob had some kind of Viking version of Blue Tooth to alert him of any comments concerning his beloved team.Big Red Machine mentioned Tark, but I never liked Francis. Just a pussy footin' scrambler with his short, deadly passes.
