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The 1969 NFL Championship Game was the 37th and final championship game prior to the AFL–NFL merger, played January 4, ... The Vikings dominated the game, racking ...
1969 Minnesota Vikings season; General manager: Jim Finks: Head coach: Bud Grant: Home field: Metropolitan Stadium Memorial Stadium (October 5) Results; Record: 12–2: Division place: 1st NFL Central: Playoff finish: Won Western Conference Championship Game (vs. Rams) 23–20 Won NFL Championship (vs. Browns) 27–7 Lost Super Bowl IV (vs ...
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.
The 1969 division races were largely uneventful. All four division winners assumed first place by week five and never relinquished it. The closest races were in the Central and Coastal, where the Vikings and Rams won their divisions by 2½ games, but the Rams had clinched with four games to play and the Vikings with three games to play.
The NFL Championship Game was ended after the 1969 season, succeeded by the NFC Championship Game. [2] [6] The champions of that game play the champions of the AFC Championship Game in the Super Bowl to determine the NFL champion. [2] The Green Bay Packers won the most NFL championships before the merger, winning eleven of the fifty ...
The Lions defeated the Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium in Week 7, 31-29, on a 44-yard Jake Bates field goal with 19 seconds remaining in the game. Show comments Advertisement
The Miller-Brownsville game in 1969 went back and forth until the Eagles finally prevailed. With Brownsville ahead 10-9 after Ruben Fernandez’s field goal, Miller responded with a 12-play, 60 ...
The Vikings are 7-1 this season in one-score games. Murray went 31-of-45 for 260 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions in the loss for Arizona, which marked its second straight and dropped ...