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Minnesota Vikings kicker Gary Anderson reacts on the sideline after missing his first field goal of the season, a 38-yard attempt that missed to the left of the goal post, late in the fourth [9] [10] At a critical moment late in the game, Anderson missed a field goal for the first time that year, which, if converted, would have given the Vikings a nearly insurmountable 10-point lead. [5] [9] [10] Instead, the Falcons scored a touchdown to tie the game on their ensuing drive and subsequently won by a field goal in overtime. [11] It was Jan. 17, 1999, and the Vikings had a 27-20 lead on the Atlanta Falcons with 2:11 to play. Gary Anderson came on for a 39-yard field goal attempt. The big play: A missed 38-yard field goal by Gary Anderson — who had not missed a kick all season — that would have given the Vikings a 10-point lead with 2:18 to play. Vikings kicker Gary Anderson watched his fourth-quarter field-goal attempt miss wide left against the Falcons in the NFC Championship Game on Jan. 17, 1999. No 15-1 team had missed the Super The NFL place-kicker might be the loneliest athlete in all of sports, especially after missing a an important field goal. Here's our list of the 20 most memorable failed field-goal attempts. All the Vikings needed was a 38-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter of the Jan. 17, 1999, NFC title game at home against Atlanta, a kick that would have cemented his first trip to the Super With less than five minutes to play, the Vikings could run the clock and head for the Super Bowl. It didn't work out that way. Minnesota moved downfield, headed inexorably it seemed toward Atlanta's end zone for one more wrapup score. The drive stalled at the 22 and out came Anderson for a 38-yard field goal. For chances are, none of it would have mattered had Gary Anderson, fresh off the only perfect season in NFL history, not missed a routine 38-yard field goal attempt that would have put the Vikings He never missed a field goal, hitting 35 straight. And he never missed an extra point, going 59-for-59. The first kicker in NFL history to go an entire season without a miss. Billy Cundiff’s 32-yard miss in the closing moments of the 2012 AFC championship, allowing the New England Patriots to beat the Baltimore Ravens, 23-20, and go to the Super Bowl. Elling played 23 games with the the Vikings from 2003-2004, he only had a field goal percentage of 72 percent, he hit 18 of 25. Edinger played one season in 2005 and kicked 25 of 34 field goals Sunday in Gillette Stadium, Billy Cundiff missed a 32-yard game-tying field goal that would have sent the Baltimore Ravens and New England Patriots to overtime, where the winner earned a spot in The 1998 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 38th in the National Football League (NFL). The Vikings became the third team in NFL history to win 15 games during the regular season, [1] which earned them the National Football Conference (NFC) Central division championship and the first overall seed in the NFC playoffs. A jubilant Jim O'Brien celebrates his Super Bowl-winning field goal. The rookie, however, missed a PAT earlier in the game. Super Bowl: V Year: 1971 Kicker: Jim O'Brien Team: Baltimore Colts O On this day in 1999 "The Miss", NFC Championship Game; Minnesota Vikings kicker Gary Anderson missed a field goal in the fourth quarter allowing the Blair Walsh missed a less-than-chipshot field goal on Sunday that would have moved his Minnesota Vikings into the divisional playoffs. The 27-yarder never had a chance, especially after the laces Stafford and Brady won the Super Bowl those years. the late surge by the Packers after Will Reichard’s second missed field goal of the game for the Vikings with 9:18 remaining prevented them The Minnesota Vikings announced on Tuesday that they have released kicker Blair Walsh, who infamously missed a potential game-winning 27-yard field goal in the waning seconds against the Seahawks The Vikings had Atlanta beat in the 1999 NFC title game, and likely would've won the Super Bowl if it wasn't for one errant field goal. Gary Anderson hadn't missed all season.
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