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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.
Most points scored in a game: 54, Dallas Cowboys 13–54 Minnesota Vikings, October 18, 1970 Most points allowed in a game: 56 , St. Louis Cardinals 56–14 Minnesota Vikings, October 6, 1963 Most points in a game (both teams): 89 , Minnesota Vikings 41–48 Chicago Bears , October 19, 2008
The Vikings have been divisional champions 20 times, most among current members of their division. Minnesota has played 820 regular and postseason games and has appeared in the postseason 31 times. [2] The team's worst season was 1962, when they won two games, lost eleven, and tied one (a 0.154 winning percentage). [3]
He started 31 consecutive regular season games to start his Vikings career before sitting out the final game of 2019 with the team's playoff berth already secured; Sean Mannion started in his place. Seven Vikings quarterbacks have made at least one start in their rookie season: Tarkenton in 1961, Vander Kelen in 1963, Kramer in 1977, Jackson in ...
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.
Super Bowl IV was an American football game played on January 11, 1970, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was the fourth and final AFL–NFL World Championship Game in professional football prior to the AFL–NFL merger taking effect the following season.
The 10–3–1 49ers, making their first playoff game since 1957, [6] [7] [8] stunned the heavily favored Vikings, the defending NFL champions who had finished the regular season with an NFL best record at 12–2. The 49ers defeated the Vikings in Minnesota, despite losing three of five fumbles; Minnesota had four turnovers.
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.