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He called the Vikings "the worst franchise in Super Bowl history. Minnesota went to the Super Bowl four separate times from 1970 to 1977 and didn't score a single first-half point in any of those games. The Vikings had a really, really good defense, and their offense just kept on letting the defense down, game after game after game." [26]
The Vikings' famed Purple People Eaters defensive line stopping a Rams rushing play in the 1977 NFC Divisional Playoff game. The 1977 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 17th in the National Football League. After starting the season 5–3, the team's starting quarterback Fran Tarkenton broke his leg in week 9 and missed the rest of the season.
Minnesota 14 Super Bowl XI: 3 Los Angeles: 14 Dec 26 – Metropolitan Stadium 2 Dallas: 12 NFC: 3 ... Minnesota Vikings: January 9, 1977: 3:30 p.m. NBC Divisional ...
1977 Super Bowl (11): Oakland Raiders 32, Minnesota Vikings 14. 1978 Super Bowl (12): Dallas Cowboys 27, Denver Broncos 10. 1979 Super Bowl (13): Pittsburgh Steelers 35, Dallas Cowboys 31.
The Vikings played in their second straight Super Bowl, Super Bowl IX (3rd overall), losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 16–6, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans on January 12, 1975. [ 22 ] [ 1 ] Led by Tarkenton and running back Chuck Foreman , the 1975 Vikings got off to a 10–0 start and easily won another division title.
Dawson was 1–0 in an AFL Championship game played before the NFL and AFL first met in the Super Bowl. Three pairs of quarterbacks faced off twice in the Super Bowl: Staubach and Bradshaw, Aikman and Kelly, and Brady and Eli Manning. In each case the same quarterback (Bradshaw, Aikman, and Manning) won both games.
The National Football League playoffs for the 1977 season began on December 24, 1977. The postseason tournament concluded with the Dallas Cowboys defeating the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII, 27–10, on January 15, 1978, at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.
1974, Super Bowl IX: Steelers 16, Minnesota Vikings 6. 1975, Super Bowl X: Steelers 21, Dallas Cowboys 17. 1976: lost to Raiders 24-7 in AFC Championship Game. PITTSBURGH STEELERS, TAKE II.