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The Vikings became the second team in football history to miss the playoffs after getting off to a 6–0 start, following the 1978 Washington Redskins. [ 70 ] In 2004 , Daunte Culpepper amassed MVP-like statistics, throwing for 4,717 passing yards (leading the NFL), 39 passing touchdowns (a Viking record), and 5,123 total yards (an NFL record ...
The Minnesota Vikings are an American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.After initially committing to become one of the founding members of the American Football League (AFL) in 1959, the team joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion franchise and played their first game in 1961, as part of the Western Conference.
The Bears–Vikings rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings. The rivalry began in the 1961, when the Vikings joined the NFL as an expansion team and were placed in the NFL Western Conference, alongside the Bears. The Vikings' inaugural game as a franchise took place in Minnesota ...
at Minnesota Vikings Overall series Notes 1970: Vikings 2–0: Vikings 30–17: Vikings 24–20: Tie 9–9–2 As a result of the AFL–NFL merger, the Lions and Vikings were placed in the newly formed National Football Conference (NFC) and the NFC Central (later renamed to the NFC North in the 2002 season). 1971: Vikings 2–0: Vikings 16–13 ...
Since the franchise's inception, the Vikings have completed 64 seasons of play in the NFL. The team won one NFL Championship in 1969, and was the last team crowned NFL champions before the AFL–NFL merger in 1970. The franchise has been conference champions three times since the merger, but has never won the Super Bowl. The Vikings have been ...
Minnesota was favored by nine points to win the title game at home, [1] [7] and they won, 27–7. [2] [8] [9] Of the four NFL teams that joined the league during the AFL era (1960s), Minnesota was the sole winner of a pre-merger NFL championship.
The Rams–Vikings rivalry is an NFL rivalry between the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The rivalry was most heated in the 1970s when the Vikings and Rams faced off in many consequential playoff games.
Vikings placekicker Gary Anderson had joined the team that off-season after playing for three different teams in his 16-year NFL career. In 1998, he became the first placekicker in NFL history to convert every field goal and extra point attempted, [9] [10] scoring a regular season record of 164 points in the process. [22]