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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 ...
Minnesota had a regular season record of 12–2, including a 51–3 defeat of the Browns eight weeks earlier on November 9. [3] [4] The Vikings defeated the Los Angeles Rams 23–20 in the Western Conference championship a week earlier at Met Stadium.
Memorial Stadium also served as the university's track and field venue, and was an occasional back-up venue for professional football and soccer. In 1969, the NFL's Minnesota Vikings played a regular season game on October 5 against the Green Bay Packers at Memorial Stadium.
However, the Vikings would not even consider playing at the University of Minnesota's Memorial Stadium even on a temporary basis. Discussions for a new stadium actually began in 1970, with six years remaining in both the Twins' and Vikings' leases. While the initial talks focused on a stadium for the Vikings, the Twins quickly joined the ...
The 1969 NFL season was the 50th regular season of the National Football League, ... defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 23–7, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, ...
Dec. 17—Sunday, Dec. 20, 1981, marked the end of an era for the Minnesota Vikings. After 21 seasons at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, the team played its final game there on that cold ...
Leading up to Sunday's game, the Vikings purchased approximately 1,900 tickets at the Lions' home stadium on the secondary market at around $1,000 per ticket, according to Sports Illustrated's ...
Minnesota Vikings: Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1982 2013 Closed in 2013 due to damage sustained during a snowstorm. The Vikings played for two seasons at the University of Minnesota's TCF Bank Stadium before moving into their permanent home, U.S. Bank Stadium. [96] [97] Kingdome: Seattle Seahawks: Seattle, Washington: 1976 1999 Demolished in early ...