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The Vikings played in their second straight Super Bowl, Super Bowl IX (3rd overall), losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 16–6, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans on January 12, 1975. [ 22 ] [ 1 ] Led by Tarkenton and running back Chuck Foreman , the 1975 Vikings got off to a 10–0 start and easily won another division title.
The franchise has been conference champions three times since the merger, but has never won the Super Bowl. The Vikings have been divisional champions 20 times, most among current members of their division. Minnesota has played 820 regular and postseason games and has appeared in the postseason 32 times. [2]
On January 12, 1975, The Vikings played in their second straight Super Bowl, Super Bowl IX (3rd overall), losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 16–6, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans. In 1975, Mike Lynn, who had been hired the previous year as an assistant to Max Winter, was named general manager of the Vikings.
Super Bowl matchups by year. Super Bowl 1: Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10. ... Super Bowl 8: Miami Dolphins 24, Minnesota Vikings 7. Super Bowl 9: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Minnesota ...
Minnesota Vikings (4) – appeared in Super Bowls IV, VIII, IX, and XI; they won the NFL Championship in 1969, the last year before the AFL–NFL merger, but failed to win the subsequent Super Bowl. Buffalo Bills (4) – XXV , XXVI , XXVII , and XXVIII ; in 1964 and 1965 , they won the last two AFL Championships before the first Super Bowl in ...
Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Minnesota Vikings 6 MVP: Franco Harris | Location: Tulane Stadium, New Orleans | Date: Jan. 12, 1975 Super Bowl VIII: Miami Dolphins 24, Minnesota Vikings 7
Minnesota Vikings N: 1974: IX: Terry Bradshaw * Pittsburgh Steelers A: Fran Tarkenton * Minnesota Vikings N: 1975: X: Terry Bradshaw * Pittsburgh Steelers A: Roger Staubach * Dallas Cowboys N: 1976: XI: Ken Stabler * Oakland Raiders A: Fran Tarkenton * Minnesota Vikings N: 1977: XII: Roger Staubach * Dallas Cowboys N: Craig Morton: Denver ...
Super Bowl IX was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Minnesota Vikings to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1974 season.