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The 1970 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 10th in the National Football League and the first season following the AFL–NFL merger.Under head coach Bud Grant, they finished with a 12–2 record and won the first ever NFC Central title before losing to the San Francisco 49ers 17–14 at home in the NFC Divisional Playoff game.
Since the franchise's inception, the Vikings have completed 61 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 ...
The Purple People Eaters in January 1970 at Metropolitan Stadium.From left to right: Marshall, Larsen, Eller, and Page. The Purple People Eaters was the nickname given to the defensive line of the Minnesota Vikings from 1967 to 1977, consisting mainly of Alan Page, Carl Eller, Jim Marshall, and Gary Larsen.
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 ...
The Minnesota Vikings is an American football franchise based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The team was established in 1961 and is part of the National Football League 's NFC North division. Since then, the team has taken part in the NFL playoffs 31 times, reaching four Super Bowls in 1970 , 1974 , 1975 and 1977 .
The Minnesota Vikings entered the November 19 game in Atlanta with a spotless 9–0 record, but left with their first loss. The Falcons jumped out to a 17–7 halftime lead, then held on as the Vikings came up one yard short on fourth down at the Atlanta 39 with 55 seconds to play. The victory was the Falcons sixth in a row.
The Minnesota Vikings held off the Seattle Seahawks in a 27-24 thriller on Sunday to keep pace in the race for the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs in a critical game for each team's playoff fate ...
On offense, the Vikings' inside running game depended on center Mick Tingelhoff blocking linebackers. Stram put 285-pound Buck Buchanan or 295-pound Curley Culp nose to nose in front of Tingelhoff, who weighed only 235 pounds. To Minnesota's credit, the NFL used the so-called light "greyhound" centers while the AFL used big centers.