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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.
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 ...
Minnesota Vikings enfranchised by the NFL in 1961, with the Dallas Cowboys moving to the Eastern Conference. [9] AFL's Los Angeles Chargers moved to San Diego. The league also reduced the roster limit from 38 back to 36 players during these two years. [6]
The NFL caught a huge break when the Vikings held on to beat the Green Bay Packers in Week 17. That ensured the Vikings' Week 18 game at the Lions would be for the NFC North title and the No. 1 ...
The Vikings beat the Rams in the 1969 Western Conference Championship, NFC title games in 1974 and '76, and a '77 divisional matchup before L.A. got revenge in 1978.
In doing so, the Vikings became the second team in NFL history to have a .500 record (8–8) in the regular season and win a playoff game (The St. Louis Rams did the same thing only a day earlier). In the divisional round, the Vikings were defeated by the eventual NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles. [73]
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 ...
Daunte Culpepper was the Vikings' starting quarterback for six seasons from 2000 to 2005. Jim McMahon was the Vikings' starting quarterback for the 1993 season. Brett Favre took over as the Vikings' starting quarterback in 2009. Teddy Bridgewater was the Vikings' starting quarterback from Week 4 of the 2014 season until the end of the 2015 ...