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The Vikings defense managed to prevent a score when Earsell Mackbee recovered a fumble from running back Tom Matte, but after a punt, Colts quarterback Earl Morrall completed a 39-yard pass to Willie Richardson that gave the team a first down on the Vikings' 36-yard line. On the next play, Richardson made a leaping catch on the 3-yard line for ...
In 1969, the hosts were the Capitol and Central division winners for the conference championships (first round), and the Western Conference for the championship game. This gave home field advantage to the Central Division winner, the Minnesota Vikings (12–2), which had the league's best record.
This game was the biggest comeback win by a road team in the playoffs since 1972, and the first postseason win for the Vikings in nine years. [2] It was also the first playoff win of Green's career, following four first-round playoff losses over the last five years.
Minnesota picked up 28 first downs to Jacksonville's 10. The Vikings ran 39 plays in Jaguars territory and finished with 402 yards. But Darnold essentially tried to hand the game to Jacksonville ...
Officials assessed Walker with a 15-yard personal foul for unnecessary roughness. Instead of facing fourth down and a certain punt in the game's final minute, the Vikings were awarded a new set of ...
Jones was injured late in the third quarter of the Jaguars and Vikings game. He missed a bit of the third quarter and a good chunk of the fourth before returning to action on the final two drives ...
The 1969 NFL Championship Game was the 37th and final championship game prior to the AFL–NFL merger, played January 4, 1970, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb south of Minneapolis. The winner of the game earned a berth in Super Bowl IV in New Orleans against the champion of the American Football League. [1] [2]
The Vikings gained 27 first downs to 10 for the Jaguars. But Darnold killed multiple drives with avoidable mistakes, and the Vikings finished the game without scoring a touchdown despite five ...