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Fran Tarkenton was born on February 3, 1940, in Richmond, Virginia. His father, Dallas Tarkenton, was a Methodist minister. [4] [5] Tarkenton went to Athens High School in Athens, Georgia, and later attended the University of Georgia, where he was the quarterback on the Bulldog football team and a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. [6]
Dawson was 1–0 in an AFL Championship game played before the NFL and AFL first met in the Super Bowl. Four pairs of quarterbacks faced off twice in the Super Bowl: Staubach and Bradshaw, Aikman and Kelly, Brady and Eli Manning, and Mahomes and Hurts.
Fran Tarkenton. Super Bowl appearances: 3. Super Bowls: VIII, IX, XI. Team: Minnesota Vikings. Before Jim Kelly and the Buffalo Bills lost four straight, Tarkenton and the Vikings set the standard ...
Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton played in three of the Vikings' four winless Super Bowl appearances in the 1970s. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) (Focus On Sport via Getty Images)
The Vikings' past starting quarterbacks include Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees Fran Tarkenton, Brett Favre and Warren Moon. [2] The team's first starting quarterback was George Shaw ; he was replaced by Tarkenton in the franchise's first game, and the future Hall of Famer retained the starting role for most of the remainder of the season.
Fran Tarkenton was league MVP in 1975 and led the NFL in completions for a second straight year in 1976, when the Vikings reached the Super Bowl for the fourth time in eight years.
The Vikings playing against the Chiefs in Super Bowl IV. On March 7, 1967, Fran Tarkenton was traded to the New York Giants for first- and second-round selections in the 1967 draft, a first-round selection in 1968, and a second-round selection in 1969.
The Vikings played in their second straight Super Bowl, Super Bowl IX (3rd overall), losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 16–6, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans on January 12, 1975. [22] [1] Led by Tarkenton and running back Chuck Foreman, the 1975 Vikings got off to a 10–0 start and easily won another division title.