Top 10 Most Devastating Championship Losses of All-Time | Vault Stories

these are the most devastating losses in championship game history we start our countdown with number 10 and with the team that knows heartbreak all too well the Minnesota Vikings the 2009 NFC Championship game swung back and forth all night long and just as it looked like we'd see Brett Favre against Peyton Manning in the Super Bowl well this happened Brett Favre goes back to pass he pumps intercepted I can't believe what I'm seeing right now why do you even ponder passing I mean you can take a knee and try a 56 yard field goal [Music] [Applause] next up Jim Harbaugh's Niners at number nine San Francisco made three straight championship games from 2011 to 2013 and suffered two agonizing losses Harbaugh led the 49ers to a 13 and 3 record in just his first season as head coach unfortunately his team would be without ted ken in the 2011 NFC title game thus second-year receiver Kyle Williams would take over return duties San Francisco fans just look away Willian stays away in that fall Yemen Thomas I believe gone maybe Kyle Williams touched it sure look to Michoacan touched his name I agree Kyle Williams from the 20-yard line straight ahead to the 25 goes down stripped of the ball Kyle Williams incredible tides to kick snap down jitka chick is good your Giants are going to the Super Bowl fast forward two years the NFL's best rivalry at that time Seattle and San Francisco were in a heavyweight fight into the game's final moments intercepted of the maybe their season end heart rate for the third consecutive year okay let's go to number eight the end of Dallas is three-peat bid and may be the strangest seven and a half minutes in championship game history [Applause] and left on the ground San Francisco ball our fake inside the 10 touchdown on he was the turn of the day [Applause] with the wine twenty-one zip just like that the Cowboys were shell-shocked while Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin eventually got them back in the game you've got a wonder if Dallas would have won four straight Super Bowls had it not been for the early game blunders and a very controversial no call intended for my Deion Sanders was with him and he had the that one the whole cowboy sideline is looking for a penalty on this one scene he gets a Chevy he whose left hand in there he thought he should have had the penalty and he didn't get it but he can't go on to feel he'd better calm down okay on to number seven Andy Reid's Eagles this team lost three straight title games in the early 2000s before finally getting over the hump on their fourth try 2001 against the Rams their couple blitz he steps up he fires 2002 against the Bucks and it's intercepted it is intercepted running with the football and seemingly with the game down the right sideline is run they barber and with that many dreams they have crushed and who remembers Ricky Manny coming out of nowhere in 2003 just he's picked up the pass is picked off by man you 13 pick man gotten into the year number six the Mike Renfro game at the 1979 Oilers were victorious here it's entirely possible the franchise never moves to Tennessee it was love you blue against the team of the decade in their second straight AFC title game meeting with Pittsburgh up 17 to 10 late in the third quarter it looked as if Oilers quarterback Dan Pastorini hit receiver Mike Renfro for touchdown but instead nothing I think he had two feet in I got to say what I'm saying and he aged going to touch that 82 feet in Renfro is upset nobody is called to play but see if the feet come down now he's got the ball he does hide her leg it is a touch less thing about it the man on the spot didn't see it so he couldn't call him and now [Applause] [Music] [Applause] bizarre it looked like Renfro got his feet inbounds with the cash either way boilers kicked a field goal and that's as close as it would get Pittsburgh won 27 to 13 and route to their fourth Super Bowl win another three-peat attempt denied at number five with Timmons to go the 1990 49ers were on their way to holding off the pesky Giants that is until one hit changed everything the balls loose and turn over maybe right there as they hit leonard Marshall coming from the back side boy Rosie that was the end of the Joe Montana era in San Francisco now up by a point with just under three minutes left all the 49ers had to do was run out the clock [Applause] large steel around the peg with the ball and they kick is good there will be no 3p how about another Dallas San Francisco clash rightfully so the 1981 NFC Championship is known for the Joe Montana Dwight Clark miraculous connection known as the catch but what many forget is that there were still 51 seconds left on the clock [Applause] [Music] [Applause] talk about a play that changed in FL history Eric Wright doesn't make that tackle does the 49ers dynasty even come to be dis Dallas keep its momentum through the 80s one play later San Francisco sealed their Super Bowl fate number three the 2014 NFC championship okay this game made absolutely no sense how Seattle pulled this one out of their hat remains one of the biggest magic tricks in NFL history Russell Wilson's fourth interception with just over five minutes left should have been the end of it but this is only where the misery began for Packers fans Wilson waits for the snap of the shotgun takes the handoff to Lynch Wilson takes it around left end himself and scores there it is bounces high the COS granted Bostick got to make that ghost hands it off to Marge only to the 50 minute here's the snap once of lucky bilasa deep over the the Seahawks have defended their NFC championship a couple the biggest gut punch losses ever come in at number two the Browns had a 20 to 13 lead late in the fourth quarter of the 1986 AFC Championship unfortunately for Browns fans of the hundreds of thousands of drives throughout NFL history John Elway would orchestrate the drive to tie the game under pressure little Street passed 'soul on the right side 20 five inside the bunny delwyn looking to run pointing on the block always going in motion and fires over the middle rolling touchdown ejection then in overtime we saw rich Carlos's field goal barely sneaked in to send the Broncos to the Superbowl it is all over here in Cleveland and the big gathering of 79,000 next year they take that one more step they'll be there okay one year later same stakes in Denver this time lways fourth-quarter touchdown put Denver up 38 to 31 Browns running back earnest Byner had already totaled 187 yards and two touchdowns before this [Laughter] [Applause] weirdest fighter has played his heart up to have that happen unbelievable doesn't seem fair alright we're at number one the most devastating loss in conference championship history is one that Vikings fans know all too well the Gary Anderson game Minnesota dominated their way to a 16 in one record heading into the 1998 NFC title game against the Dirty Bird Falcons and of any Vikings team ever this was the one most destined for Lombardi Trophy leading 27 20 late look fourth all they needed was Gary Andersen to hit a chip shot field goal to send Minnesota to Super Bowl 33 he makes this pretty much this game is over 39 yard attempt the spot the kick by Anderson on the way Gary Andersen has missed a field goal for the first time in two years unbelievable Danny drop touchdown mathis who is this place quiet now that's it the spot the kick Wyatt no it's good the Falcons have stolen the thunder from the Vikings it's like getting punched in the gut for Viking fans not only in the stadium but all over the United States [Applause] you

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Published: Fri Jan 18 2019