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The Vikings' stretch from 1968 to basically the present is impressive in a perverse way. During that time, they have made the playoffs 30 times -- third-most behind Pittsburgh and Dallas -- but have never won a Super Bowl. The 10 other teams that have made the playoffs more than 20 times during tha...

I agree with '69 being a great campaign, but why was '70 so bad?

Was he a blood and guts QB in the manner of Joe Kapp. I looked up his stats tonight and they are eerily like Joe Namath's. Both are Hall of Famers, but I've always heard people say that Namath should not be in there.

really enjoying reading these opinions about my Vikes. To me, turnovers and inability to rush the football were the Vikes downfall in each of those SBs, with the possible exception being vs Miami. The Vikes were negative 12 in the plus-minus category (15 turnovers to 3 takeaways) with notables (to m...

Just before Taylor took the sideline hitch pass for a TD, KC tossed a first down incompletion but Minnesota was tagged with a 15-yard personal foul (I believe it was roughing he QB). Instead of 2nd and 10 from their 39, KC had 1st at 10 at the Vikings 46. This all happen soon after Minnesota had cut...

The Charlie West fumble on the kickoff after KC went up 9-0 pretty much was the point where it was obvious Minnesota was in trouble. What continues to confound me -- as a Vikings fan -- is that 8 months later Minnesota turned the tables on the Chiefs w/o Kapp at the helm of the offense. Maybe it was...

I appreciate the insight you guys have provided about this topic. Just seems like they were kinda an outlier in that era that was mostly Packers, Colts, Giants and Browns. I guess the '60 Eagles could be put in the same category?

Was this one of those fluke situations? What happened to the Packers this season? Appears their defense is what carried them. But, I've heard in some circles that the '63 Chargers would've bested them?

IIRC the two regular season Colts-Dolphins games were fairly close. Was surprised at the AFC title game final score back when I was 8 years old!!

That's some interesting info. Might you be able to do ones for each of the 1970s seasons?