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The 1969 season was the Minnesota Vikings' ninth season in the National Football League (NFL) and their third under head coach Bud Grant. With a 12–2 record, the best in the league, the Vikings won the NFL Central division title, to qualify for the playoffs for the second year in a row. This was the first of three consecutive seasons as the ...
Minnesota had a regular season record of 12–2, including a 51–3 defeat of the Browns eight weeks earlier on November 9. [3] [4] The Vikings defeated the Los Angeles Rams 23–20 in the Western Conference championship a week earlier at Met Stadium.
However, the Vikings would not even consider playing at the University of Minnesota's Memorial Stadium even on a temporary basis. Discussions for a new stadium actually began in 1970, with six years remaining in both the Twins' and Vikings' leases. While the initial talks focused on a stadium for the Vikings, the Twins quickly joined the ...
The 1969 NFL season was the 50th regular season of the National Football League, ... defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 23–7, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, ...
This gave home field advantage to the Central Division winner, the Minnesota Vikings (12–2), which had the league's best record. The previous year's playoff hosts were Century, Coastal, and Eastern, respectively, and 1967 was like 1969. All three playoff games in 1969 were hosted by the team with the better regular season record.
Memorial Stadium also served as the university's track and field venue, and was an occasional back-up venue for professional football and soccer. In 1969, the NFL's Minnesota Vikings played a regular season game on October 5 against the Green Bay Packers at Memorial Stadium.
Minnesota Vikings: Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1982 2013 Closed in 2013 due to damage sustained during a snowstorm. The Vikings played for two seasons at the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium before moving into their permanent home, U.S. Bank Stadium. [96] [97] Kingdome: Seattle Seahawks: Seattle, Washington: 1976 1999 Demolished in early ...
On July 18, 2017, the Vikings announced that that year's training camp would be the Vikings' last in Mankato, Minnesota. Minnesota State University, Mankato had hosted Vikings training camp for over 50 years. [9] Beginning with summer 2018, Vikings training camp is held at TCO Performance Center. Approximately 5,000 fans per day attend training ...