RFK Stadium - “It was the kind of game you have to pinch yourself to make sure you won,” said George Allen after the game, and the 55,004 in attendance and anyone else who watched the Redskins topple the previously unbeaten Vikings would have to agree.

The Redskins lost a 21-0 second-quarter lead, but, when the normally reliable Minnesota kicker Fred Cox missed a pair of fourth-quarter attempts, the Redskins had an opportunity to top the Vikings’ comeback. They did just that when Billy Kilmer hit Frank Grant with a 15-yard touchdown pass in the game’s last minute and Mark Moseley made the extra point. Ron McDole blocked Cox’s attempt at redemption from 45 yards as time ran out.