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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.
This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) for the Minnesota Vikings. This list is accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
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 ...
Buck Buchanan (#86) and Curley Culp (#61) of the Chiefs defense stopping a Vikings' rushing play in Super Bowl IV. Super Bowl IV was an American football game played on January 11, 1970, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Considered one of the best passing-catching backs in NFL history, [1] Foreman started in three Super Bowls with the Vikings and was the premiere back for the team for most of the 1970s. Upon entering the league in 1973 , he was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year , and he was selected to the Pro Bowl for the first five seasons of his career.
The 1970 season was the closest the Giants came to making the playoffs during a 17-year drought, from 1964 through 1980. [ 32 ] On January 27, 1972 , Tarkenton was traded back to the Vikings for quarterback Norm Snead , receiver Bob Grim , running back Vince Clements , a first rounder in 1972 (24th overall: Larry Jacobson , defensive lineman ...
The defense allowed a league-worst 480 points, coming within four points of matching the franchise-worst set in 1984. The Vikings lost four games by allowing the opposition to make game-winning scores in the final minutes of the game. Some Vikings players also suffered injury, notably Adrian Peterson and Kyle Rudolph. In spite of these problems ...