The Minnesota Vikings have been at the top of their division for quite some time. Only the Dallas Cowboys made more playoff appearances than the Vikings during the same time span. The Vikings also played in four Super Bowls, namely Super Bowl IV, VIII, IX, and XI. Only four other teams have surpassed this record.

The Vikings professional football saga began in August 1959 in Minneapolis when five businessmen obtained the franchise in the American Football League. The Minnesota entrepreneurs who started it all were Bill Boyer, Bernie Ridder, Max Winter, Ole Haugsrud, and HP Skoglund. However, five months after they were awarded an AFL franchise, they lost it and were still awarded the 14th franchise in the National Football League. This franchise started playing in 1961.

There is no other team in history that made a spectacular debut like the Vikings did in their first game as a team in September 1961. Then rookie Fran Tarkenton made an outstanding debut when he threw four touchdown passes off the bench. He also had a run for a fifth touchdown that led to the loss of his opponent, the Chicago Bears. Twenty-five years later, Tarkenton became the first Vikings player to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The Minnesota Vikings’ first management team was led by general manager Bert Rose and head coach Norm Van Brocklin. The Viking are not only an excellent team, but they have also run an innovative marketing campaign that encourages people to watch every game that takes place in their home stadium. Due to this spectacular campaign, almost all the seats in the Metropolitan Stadium where they play their home games are filled every time a game is played. Ultimately, the stadium’s capacity was increased to hold 47,900 people.

The pioneering manager and coach resigned in 1964 and 1967 and the team turned to Canadian replacements for its management team. Jim Finks was named the new general manager and Bud Grant as the new field leader. The success that followed the Vikings for decades to come has already been associated with a hard-faced Grant on the fringes of Metropolitan Stadium. He is ranked #8 for winning team coaches before retiring permanently in 1985.

It was only in 1982 that the Vikings moved into the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. It was the site of Super Bowl XXVI with a capacity of 63,000 seats. And here, Viking’s winning tradition continues to be revealed to its millions of fans around the world. Which is good because consistency plays a huge role as a team. Even if the players have changed, they must still maintain the greatness and efforts that their previous players have put into the team’s name. There is only one Minnesota Vikings and everything must be done to preserve the integrity of a winning team. And it must be done at all costs.

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