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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 Vikings' starting quarterback for the first game of their inaugural season against the Chicago Bears was George Shaw. [3] However, he was replaced by Fran Tarkenton early on, who passed for four touchdowns in the game and rushed for one more. Tarkenton went on to start in 10 of the Vikings' 14 regular season matches that year. [4]
Their worst seasons since the NFL changed to a 16-game schedule were in 1984 and 2011, when they could only manage a 3–13 record. [4] The best regular-season record was achieved in 1998, when the Vikings went 15–1, but kicker Gary Anderson , who had gone 35-for-35 in field goal attempts during the regular season, missed a 38-yard attempt ...
The Minnesota Vikings will be going back to Nick Mullens for their must-win Week 18 game against the Detroit Lions. ... and went 13-for-22 for 113 yards and a touchdown in the 33-10 loss. This ...
Robert Scott Smith (born March 4, 1972) is an American college football analyst for Fox Sports and the Big Ten Network.He played professionally as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, and played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
The Vikings beat the Rams in the 1969 Western Conference Championship, NFC title games in 1974 and '76, and a '77 divisional matchup before L.A. got revenge in 1978.
Minnesota was dominated in all three phases and Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold was sacked nine times, tying an NFL playoff record. The Vikings went from a 14-win team to one-and-done in the playoffs.
The Minnesota Vikings are an American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.After initially committing to become one of the founding members of the American Football League (AFL) in 1959, the team joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion franchise and played their first game in 1961, as part of the Western Conference.