Joe Kapp: Difference between revisions

Early in the [[1969 Minnesota Vikings season|1969 season]], Kapp tied an all-time record when he threw for seven touchdown passes against the defending NFL champion [[1969 Baltimore Colts season|Colts]] on [[1969 Minnesota Vikings season#Week 2: vs. Baltimore Colts|September 28]].<ref name="kkooco">{{Cite news |date=September 29, 1969 |title=Kapp's 7 TD passes take kick out of Colts |page=36 |work=Pittsburgh Press |agency=UPI |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Dx4fAAAAIBAJ&pg=4532%2C6215652}}</ref> He is tied with seven other players ([[Sid Luckman]], [[Adrian Burk]], [[George Blanda]], [[Y. A. Tittle]], [[Nick Foles]], [[Peyton Manning]], and [[Drew Brees]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_td_single_game.htm|website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]|title=NFL Passing Touchdowns Single Game Leaders}}</ref><!-- Burk was one of the officials who worked the game.--> Kapp led the Vikings to a 12–2 record, and a berth in [[Super Bowl IV]] after defeating the [[1969 Los Angeles Rams season|Los Angeles Rams]] 23–20 in the Western Conference [[1969 NFL playoffs|championship game]], and the [[1969 Cleveland Browns season|Cleveland Browns]] 27–7 in the last non-Super Bowl [[National Football League|NFL]] [[1969 NFL Championship Game|Championship game]]. However, he was unable to lead the team to victory in the [[Super Bowl IV|Super Bowl]], as the Vikings lost 23–7 to the [[1969 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]]. On July 20, 1970, ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' dubbed Kapp "The Toughest [[Chicano]]" on the cover of its weekly magazine.<ref name=sivmomch/> He received the team MVP, but refused the team MVP award, saying, "There is no one most valuable Viking. There are 40 most valuable Vikings."<ref name="Joe Kapp, NFL Quarterback">{{Cite web |title=Joe Kapp, NFL Quarterback |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1025444/index.htm |access-date=April 8, 2002 |publisher=sportsillustrated.cnn.com}}</ref>

 

 

Despite Kapp being a Super Bowl quarterback, no team in the NFL made contact with him until after the start of the 1970 regular season,<ref name="cooloff">{{Cite news |date=October 1, 1970 |title=Ex-player sees move to cool off Joe Kapp |page=19 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |agency=Associated Press |location=(Idaho) |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=77BeAAAAIBAJ&pg=3762%2C164202}}</ref> when the [[1970 Boston Patriots season|Boston Patriots]] (1–1) signed him on October 2 to a four-year contract,<ref name="ergpobt">{{Cite news |date=October 2, 1970 |title=Patriots obtain Joe Kapp; terms being worked out |page=3B |work=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=Associated Press |location=(Oregon) |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iAcRAAAAIBAJ&pg=1660%2C231662}}</ref><ref name="bbupi">{{Cite news |date=October 2, 1970 |title=Patriots sign Kapp |page=7 |work=The Bulletin |agency=UPI |location=(Bend, Oregon) |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=__9XAAAAIBAJ&pg=4507%2C3510596}}</ref><ref name="wbawnr">{{Cite news |date=October 3, 1970 |title=Kapp says 'We'll be a winner' after signing with Patriots |page=10 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |agency=Associated Press |location=(Idaho) |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8bBeAAAAIBAJ&pg=3398%2C631597}}</ref> making him the highest paid player in the league. The Patriots gave up [[defensive back]] [[John Charles (American football)|John Charles]] and a [[1972 NFL draft|1972 first round draft pick]] (which was used to select [[linebacker]] [[Jeff Siemon]]) as compensation to the Vikings.<ref>{{cite news|via=newspapers.com|accessdate=May 10, 2023|newspaper=Philadelphia Inquirer|author=Forbes, Gordon|title=Colts, Vikings Get OK to Sign Mira|date=October 5, 1970|page=24|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer/124360997/}}</ref> His first appearance for Boston was on October 11 at [[1970 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City]], relieving starter [[Mike Taliaferro]] in the third quarter of a 23–10 loss.<ref name="shattr">{{Cite news |date=October 12, 1970 |title=Chiefs still bother Kapp; Patriots shattered, 23–10 |page=15 |work=Lawrence Daily Journal-World |agency=Associated Press |location=(Kansas) |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ek4yAAAAIBAJ&pg=5757%2C5095747}}</ref><ref name="kcstpt">{{Cite news |date=October 12, 1970 |title=Kansas City stops Boston Pats, 23–10 |page=8 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |agency=Associated Press |location=(Idaho) |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-rBeAAAAIBAJ&pg=2139%2C2443772}}</ref>