The Rams and Vikings will square off yet again Monday ... a rookie tackle on the 1976 Rams. The temperature at kickoff for that championship game in Bloomington, Minn., was 14 degrees.

On Dec. 29, 1974, the Rams and Vikings played for the NFC championship ... the first quarter of the NFC championship game Dec. 26, 1976, in Bloomington, Minnesota. (AP Photo) After all of that ...

1976 in Bloomington. (AP Photo) The 9-5 rapidly aging Vikings were given little chance to pull off an upset. They had lost 35-3 to the Rams in Week 6, and they lost Tarkenton to injury ...

It's the second battle of teacher vs. student this year when Sean McVay and the Rams take on Kevin O'Connell and the Vikings.

The Vikings and Rams were regular playoff foes in the 1970s. Minnesota dominated the rivalry then but lost all four of its Super Bowl appearances through the 1976 season and hasn't been back since.

Vikings defensive back Bobby Bryant takes a look behind him as he returns a blocked field goal 90 yards for a touchdown against the Rams in the first quarter of the NFC championship game Dec. 26, 1976 ...