History of the Minnesota Vikings

On September 27th, 1960, the team was officially named Minnesota Vikings, because Minnesota is the cultural center of northern Europe and America, and its home stadium is located in the Metropolitan Stadium. Then the team hired the retired former Hawks quarterback Norm Van Brocklin as the first head coach in the team's history.

As a new army in the NFL, the Vikings won the first place automatically with 196 1 They chose tulane university's running back Tommy Mei Sen and won the quarterback Fran Tarkenton of the University of Georgia in the third round. In addition, they got veterans George Shaw and George Shaw through surgery in the offseason. Viking's NFL debut was a great success. They beat Chicago Bears 37-13 in the opening match of 196 1, and quarterback Tarkenton was ordered to come off the bench at the crucial moment, making four touchdowns and scoring a touchdown, thus starting his legendary career. However, the reality is cruel. In the first season, the Vikings only won 3 games, 1 1 negative, and in the following seven seasons, the team's single-season winning rate did not exceed 50%. The team's starting road encountered unexpected hardships.

1On March 7, 967, the Vikings and the giants completed a big deal that shocked the alliance. The Vikings traded quarterback Tarkenton for the first and second rounds of the Giants, the first round 1968 and the second round 1969. In the following three years, Livingkin used these draft picks to win running guard Clinton Jones and catcher Bob Grimm, future hall of fame offensive interception Ron Ari and offensive guard Ed White respectively. On the fourth day after the transaction was completed, the Vikings fired the head coach Brocklin, who had just renewed his contract a month ago, and hired Bud Grant, a famous coach of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He will also bring experienced quarterback Joe Karp from CFL to fill the vacancy left by Tarkenton's departure. In the late 1960s, Viking management established a powerful team with stable attack and terrible defense through a wave of vigorous operation. At that time, the Viking Defence Corps gathered a large number of star players. Among them, Alain Page and Carl Eller, future members of the Hall of Fame, and Gary Larson and Jim Marshall, who have participated in professional bowling for many times, are the best. The terrible defense force is called "Purple Ogre". Under the guidance of this line of defense, the Vikings won the first place in the Central District with a score of 65,438 to 0.968, becoming the first.

1969, the Vikings won the record of 12 and 2 losses in the regular season with a wave of 12 winning streak, and beat Cleveland Brown 27-7 at home in this season's NFL championship, entering the fifth Super Bowl against AFL championship, which was the last Super Bowl before the merger of NFL and AFL, but ended up with 23. Vikings continued to maintain good competitiveness with dominant defensive performance in 1970 and 197 1. Defensive interception Allen Peggy won the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) with 197 1, becoming the first defense group player to win the MVP in history.

1972 is the most unforgettable year in the team's history. At the beginning of the new year, the vikings made another super big deal. Vikings packed Noam Snead, Bob Grimm and Vince clements, and added the first round signing in 1972 and 73, which brought them back. However, the team's record in the first season after the return of the king was not satisfactory. Although Tarkenton and John gilliam helped the Vikings play a gorgeous passing attack, the poor ground attack made the team's final record only 7 wins and 7 losses that year. In order to solve this problem, the Vikings took off the future professional bowl running guard Chuck Foreman in the first draft of the following year.

The Vikings who solved the problem of ground attack immediately became the top team of 1973. They started with a wave of nine consecutive victories, and finally advanced to the playoffs with a regular-season record of 12 wins and 2 losses, and advanced to the Super Bowl for the second time in the team's history. Unfortunately, they failed to beat the Miami Dolphins and lost again at the last minute.

1974 season, Vikings won the first place in the division again with a record of 10 and 4 losses. During the playoffs, the Vikings entered the Super Bowl for the second year in a row by virtue of the cold weather at home, but the warm New Orleans made the Vikings lose their advantage and were finally defeated by the Pittsburgh Steelers with a score of 6: 16, continuing their tragic fate.

1975 season, the vikings continued their previous strength. Tarkenton and Furman trained and led the team to start with 18 wins and 0 losses, easily winning the first place in the division. Unfortunately, they were eliminated by dallas cowboys in the playoffs, and cowboy quarterback Roger Staubach desperately passed the ball to catcher Drew Pearson at the last minute to finish the touchdown. There is a name of "Hail Mary" in history, but it is controversial that Pearson had an obvious pushing action against Virgin Point defender Nate Wright before he finished catching the ball, which should be interfered by the attacker. The home fans who were dissatisfied with the referee were furious, and tens of thousands of garbage fragments were thrown into the stadium. One of the referee on duty was hit by a flying wine bottle and was unconscious.

In the following season 1976, the Vikings entered the Super Bowl for the third time in four years, but they still failed to get rid of their fate, and finally lost at 14:32, and passed the Super Bowl for the fourth time.

The continuous heavy blow made the vikings lose their vitality. In the following two years, although the Vikings continued to be stable in the playoffs, they did not make much achievements. After being eliminated by the Rams in the 1978 season, the disheartened Tarkenton announced his retirement.

The new home of the Vikings, the Metropolitan Dome Gymnasium, also broke ground in the same year. Vikings officially bid farewell to the Metropolitan Gymnasium on 1982, moved into the Dome Gymnasium and entered the era of indoor venues. 1982 September 12, the Vikings defeated the visiting tampa bay buccaneers team in the first regular season of the Metropolitan Dome. This year, the Viking defense rose again under the leadership of star guard Joey Browner, and the defense group began a golden age of ten years, and the Vikings returned to the right track.

1October 27th, 1984, the team's meritorious coach Bud Grant announced his retirement. In the 17 season when he was the Viking coach, the team got a high winning percentage of 63.2% (15 1 86-5 draw), and he was 86-5 draw,1086, Les Steckel 1086.000000060606 However, the Vikings in Steckel lost 13 games in 1984 season, and suffered the worst record in team history. The Vikings fired him immediately, and Grant, who had retired, had to return to the mountain and take up the post of head coach again.

More than a year after his comeback, Grant announced his retirement again at the beginning of 1986, ranking sixth in history with 168 in the number of coaching wins. Jerry Burns, the offensive coordinator of the team, became the new head coach of the Vikings. In Burns's first season as coach, the Vikings won 9-7 in the regular season, getting rid of the quagmire of winning 50% for four consecutive years.

1987 this season is another memorable season. The Vikings stumbled into the playoffs, unexpectedly defeated the champion in the wild card game against the New Orleans Saints, and then killed another favorite team, the San Francisco 49ers, in regionals. Viking receiver anthony carter hit a record 227 yards in a game. Unfortunately, in the League of Nations final, the Vikings failed to finish the touchdown at the last minute and were eventually eliminated by the Washington Reds. Can it not continue the miracle?

1989 10 June 12, Vikings and cowboys completed an earthquake-level transaction involving 8 players and10 draft pick. The Vikings paid a high price for star running guard Herschel Walker, with five people and nine draft picks. Cowboys used these draft picks to select the future celebrity running guard Emmitt Smith and professional bowling security guard Darren Woodson, and thus established the cowboy dynasty in the early 1990s. On the contrary, Volcker's performance in Viking was lower than expected, and the transaction ended in a complete failure of Viking. On February 3rd, 199 165438, team coach Burns announced his retirement. During his six seasons as a Viking, the team scored 52 wins and 43 losses and led the team into the playoffs three times. Dennis Green, head coach of Stanford University, took office at random and became the fifth head coach in the team's history. His arrival also brought the Vikings hope of re-rising. During his 65,438+00 season as head coach of the Vikings, the team entered the playoffs eight times, won the division first four times and entered the League of Nations finals twice, with a total record of 92 wins and 67 losses, making the Vikings ranked fifth among all teams in the 1990s.

98 is another unforgettable season. In addition to quarterback Randall Cunningham, running guard robert smith and two Hall of Famers, the Vikings took over Chris Carter and Randy Moss, and made a magnificent attack that was rare in history. The total score of the regular season is as high as 556 points, and no game scores less than 24 points. In the end, he advanced to the playoffs with a record of 15 wins 1 losses and became a favorite to win the championship. Unfortunately, in the last match between the League of Nations and the Atlanta Falcons, Gary Anderson, a Viking footballer who played well all the year round, accidentally kicked a 38-yard shot at the last moment of regular time, dragging the game into overtime. Finally, the Viking was shot by a falcon in overtime.

Vikings got off to a bad start in the 1999 season. After a 2-4 start, the coaching staff decided to let veteran Jeff George take the place of Cunningham as the starting quarterback, which received miraculous results. The Vikings then ended up with 8 wins and 2 losses and made it to the playoffs with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses. After the wild card game defeated the cowboy, the Vikings met the St. Louis Ram. Facing the God of Kurtis Eugene Warner, the Vikings finally failed to resist the ram's onslaught in the second half and were out again. 200 1-2005

After entering the new millennium, the second-year quarterback Kulpepper officially took office, and quickly showed his strength, leading the Vikings to start with 1 1 win and 2 losses. It's a pity that Culpepper has been out of action for the last three games due to injury, and the Viking's record in the regular season has also dropped to 1 1 win and 5 losses. Culpepper, who came back from the fire line in the group stage, led the team to easily win the Saints. However, in the League of Nations championship, Viking, who was originally favored by the outside world, was bloodbath by the New York giants with a score of 4 1-0, which was also the most painful playoff defeat in the history of Viking team.

In the following 200 1 season, the Vikings' record in the regular season was only 5 wins, 1 1 negative. For the first time in six years, they failed to advance to the playoffs. The team then reluctantly fired the head coach Dennis Green and attacked the front coach Mike Tess as the head coach. In the 2003 season, the Vikings collapsed under the excellent situation of 6 wins and 0 losses, and finally missed the playoffs.

In 2004, Culpepper reached the peak of his career. He sent the league's highest 47 17 yards and 39 touchdowns, and the total number of yards was 5 123, a record high. He almost dragged the Vikings into the playoffs alone. The Vikings were eliminated by the League of Nations champion philadelphia eagles after the wild card game defeated their arch-enemy Green Bay Packers.

On March 2, 2005, the Vikings traded Randy Moss, one of the greatest receivers in the team's history, to the Oakland Raiders, and Culpepper was reimbursed for a knee injury in the middle of the new season. After that, Culpepper, who was recovering from injury, was in trouble outside the stadium and was finally sent to Miami Dolphins by the Vikings. At the same time, the Vikings fired the head coach Mike Tess, and philadelphia eagles's offensive coordinator Brad Childress became the new head coach of the Vikings.

2006-2008

In 2006, the Vikings unexpectedly ended up with 6 wins 10 losses. After the end of the season, the Vikings replaced Adrian Peterson, the first running guard in the future league, and the team entered a new era.

Peterson, who entered the league for the first time, showed amazing dominance. In the ninth week of 2007, against San Diego Electro-Optic, he rushed out of the terrible single game of 296 yards, which is still the highest record in the league, and finally won the best offensive rookie of the season and the honor of professional bowl MVP.

In 2008, Peterson went one step further, rushing out of 65,438+0,760 yards, breaking the team's historical record. Under the leadership of him and the ruling defense team, the team finally won the first place in the division again, but lost to philadelphia eagles in the wild card game and was out again.

From 2006 to 2008, Viking's powerful defense group frightened all teams. They ranked first in the league in ground defense for three consecutive seasons. The "Williams Wall" composed of defensive interception kevin williams and defensive top Pat Williams, together with jared Allen, the strongest monster in the league, created a steel defensive front.

2009-20 10

After months of negotiation and consultation, the legendary quarterback Brett Favre, who retired twice, decided to join the Vikings. He signed a two-year $25 million contract with the team. After the news broke out, the league was in an uproar, and packers fans even hated joining their sworn enemy Fabvre in the same district.

The two teams met on June 5, 2009 10. Fabvre's stunt in the first battle with the old master created a one-night game with the highest ratings in history. Fabvre played well and led the Vikings to a 30-23 home win. He personally achieved an unprecedented record of 32 teams in the league. When the Vikings won the runner-up in the League of Nations with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, they bloodied the visiting dallas cowboys team at home with a score of 34:3 in the regionals, and advanced to the League of Nations finals with their heads held high, becoming the favourites to win the championship. In the League of Nations Finals with Saints, the Vikings served the ball five times in the audience, among which Fabvre's interception at the regular time made the Vikings lose their upcoming victory. In overtime, the saints guessed the coins first and then attacked. (This game also directly promoted the change of overtime rules. Starting from the 20 1 1 season, the first team to attack and finish shooting will no longer win directly. )

In the 20 10 season, Fabvre's magic was gone, and the team's strength plummeted. Although the Vikings repurchased Randy Moss from the New England Patriots in the middle of the season, Moss was no longer at his peak, but his domineering personality became a cancer in the locker room and was removed from the team again only one month later. This season's Vikings ended tragically. Fabvre retired for the third time and never came back. The team was fired before the end of the season.

In addition, a heavy snow in June 5438+February of that year crushed the roof of the Metropolitan Dome Stadium, the main Viking stadium, and the stadium was seriously damaged. The team had to end the historical mission of the Metropolitan Dome Stadium ahead of schedule and temporarily move its home to the TCF Bank Stadium of the University of Minnesota.

20 1 1 till now

After the bleak 20 10 season, the Vikings made a big change from the player lineup to the coaching staff, and the team officially entered a state of reconstruction. They also selected quarterback christian pound by signing in the first round, and then had a hard 20 1 1 season.

In the 20 12 draft, the Vikings won the left tackle Matt ahmed khalil and the security guard Harrison Smith in the first round. Both of them performed well in their rookie season, and the team also replaced the kicker Blair Walsh. Walsh's rookie season was amazing, and he turned the tide at critical moments many times and integrated into his career in the current season. This year is Adrian Peterson's peak season. He ran a terrible 2097 yards all year, almost hitting a record high, and he was awarded the title of the most valuable player. Unfortunately, Pound, the starting quarterback of the wild card game, was absent due to injury, and the Vikings were forced to send poor backup quarterback Joe Webber, which was finally easily defeated by the packers.

In the 20 13 season, the vikings became a weak team again, with only 5 wins in the regular season, 1 1 negative, and no wins in the away game. After losing 480 points and ranking first in the league, head coach Fraser was immediately fired, and the Vikings ushered in the era of Mike Zimmer.

The arrival of Mozi brought the Vikings the hope of revival. He and the uniform team led by general manager Rick Spearman won linebacker Anthony Barr and quarterback Teddy bridgewater in the 20 14 draft. However, this season, Peterson was suspended indefinitely because of the child abuse scandal (teaching his son with branches). The vikings in the transitional period ended up with 7 wins and 9 losses, but by this time they had already shown signs of rising.

In the 20 15 season, the Vikings reloaded and won one game after another with excellent defense and solid ground attack. Bridgewater, the quarterback, also showed good game management ability, helping the Vikings win the national northern championship again after five years. In the wild card game, Viking faced the menacing Seattle Seahawk, and the Seahawk scored zero in the first three quarters. Unfortunately, Walsh accidentally missed a 27-yard long-range shot at the last minute, and the Viking was out in tears.