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The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. The Vikings compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. [ 8] Founded in 1960 as an expansion team, the team began play the following year.
From left to right: Marshall, Larsen, Eller, and Page. The Purple People Eaters was a nickname for the defensive line of the Minnesota Vikings from 1967 to 1977, consisting mainly of Alan Page, Carl Eller, Jim Marshall, Gary Larsen, and Doug Sutherland . The term is a reference to a popular song from 1958, the efficiency of the defense, and the ...
The 1969 season was the Minnesota Vikings ' ninth season in the National Football League (NFL) and their third under head coach Bud Grant. With a 12–2 record, the best in the league, the Vikings won the NFL Central division title, to qualify for the playoffs for the second year in a row. This was the first of three consecutive seasons as the ...
Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Warren Moon was the Minnesota Vikings ' starting quarterback from 1994 to 1996. 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.
27 DeWayne McBride. 26 Kene Nwangwu. Wide receivers. 3 Jordan Addison. 81 Lucky Jackson. 8 Trishton Jackson. 40 Ty James. 18 Justin Jefferson. 82 Jeshaun Jones.
The Minnesota Vikings is an American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, and a part of the National Football League (NFL), playing in its NFC North division. Since the franchise was established in 1960, over 1,000 players have appeared in at least one game for the Vikings.
The 1975 season was the Minnesota Vikings ' 15th in the National Football League . The Vikings began with a 10-game win streak before losing by one point to the Washington Redskins, though there was generally very little expectation they would equal the 1972 Dolphins ' perfect season. [1] The 1975 Vikings had an even easier schedule than the ...
The 1980 season was the Minnesota Vikings ' 20th in the National Football League and their 14th under head coach Bud Grant. The Vikings finished with a 9–7 record, equal to that of the Detroit Lions, but won the NFC Central division title on the tiebreaker. In the Divisional Playoffs the Vikings lost to the Philadelphia Eagles 31–16.