Skorich was considered the logical choice after the club gave Norm Van Brocklin permission to seek the head coaching job with the Minnesota Vikings, the newest National Football League entry.

In the strike-shortened 1982 season, the Falcons made the playoffs but lost to the Minnesota Vikings, 30 – 24.

On January 18, 1999, the Falcons upset the top-seeded 15 – 1 Vikings at Minnesota in the NFC Championship Game, 30 – 27 in an epic overtime victory.

On December 21, 2008, Atlanta beat the Minnesota Vikings 24 – 17 to clinch a wild card spot, earning a trip to the playoffs for the first time since 2004.

He missed several important field goals, including a 31-yarder which would have sent the Panthers into overtime against the Minnesota Vikings.

On December 20, 2010, Hester set an NFL record for most touchdowns on a punt or kickoff return with his 14th career return coming against the Minnesota Vikings.

Later that same year, they would trade veteran running back Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings for five veteran players and eight draft choices.

Gailey led the team to two playoff appearances with a 10 – 6 record in 1998 and an NFC East championship, but the Cowboys were defeated in the playoffs by the Arizona Cardinals 20-7 ; after an 8 – 8 season in 1999 ( during which Irvin suffered a career-ending spinal injury in a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles ) ending in another playoff loss ( this time to the Minnesota Vikings 27-10 ), he was fired and became the first Cowboys coach who did not take the team to a Super Bowl.

Dallas ended their playoff run after a hard divisional playoff loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

There were also five teams which the Texans had never beaten: the Baltimore Ravens ( 0-5 in regular season, 0-1 in playoffs ), Minnesota Vikings ( 0-2 ), New York Jets ( 0-5 ), Philadelphia Eagles ( 0-3 ) and San Diego Chargers ( 0-4 ).

Although the white jerseys of the Minnesota Vikings at the time also had a similar striping pattern and continued as such ( as well as the throwbacks the New England Patriots wore in the Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions in 2002, though the Patriots later wore the same throwbacks in 2009 with truncated stripes and in 2010 became their official alternate uniform ), the Colts and most college teams with this striping pattern did not make this adjustment.

In the years 1953 – 66 the Colts played in the NFL Western Conference ( also known as division ), but were never known to have a significant rivalry with any of the other franchises in that alignment, seeing as they were the eastern-most team and the rest of the division included the Great Lakes franchises Green Bay, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, and after 1961, the Minnesota Vikings.

Weaver ultimately narrowed his choices down to three: Mike Shanahan, an assistant coach for the San Francisco 49ers, Tony Dungy, defensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings, and Tom Coughlin, head coach for Boston College.

In 1982, the Twins moved into the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, which they shared with the Minnesota Vikings, but the team continued to struggle.

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The team was officially named the Minnesota Vikings on September 27, 1960 ; the name is partly meant to reflect Minnesota's place as a center of Scandinavian American culture.

The Vikings played their first game at the Metrodome in a preseason matchup against the Seattle Seahawks on August 21, 1982 in a game Minnesota won, 7 – 3.

This injury was a very significant part to this Minnesota Vikings team due to the fact they also lost Moss.

Minnesota began the 2006 season 4 – 2 ( Childress became the first coach in Vikings history to start 2 – 0 in his first year ), but would finish the year at 6 – 10, receiving the 7th pick in the NFL Draft ; with it, the Vikings selected Adrian Peterson out of the University of Oklahoma.

Because of on-going repairs to the roof of the Metrodome, the Vikings played their December 20 game versus the Chicago Bears at TCF Bank Stadium ( the home of the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers ).

The 2010 season was a step down for the Minnesota Vikings.

Minnesota Vikings uniform combination

Minnesota Vikings uniform: 1996 – 2005

The Marlins also drafted P Johan Santana from Houston in the Rule 5 Draft but traded him to Minnesota in a prearranged deal for P Jared Camp.

In 2009, the Seahawks once again wore the white jersey and blue pants combination for road games against the Minnesota ( November 22 ), St. Louis ( November 29 ), Houston ( December 13 ) and Green Bay ( December 27 ).

* The eponymous cities in Texas, Mississippi, and Minnesota are named after Houston

The 1989 – 90 season saw Miami awarded with the 3rd pick overall, only to parlay via two trades ( first with the Denver Nuggets and later with the Houston Rockets ) into getting the 9th and 12th picks, with which they selected Willie Burton of the University of Minnesota and Alec Kessler of the University of Georgia.

Owner Peter Pocklington had explored moving the Oilers to Minnesota during the 1990s, and in 1998 Pocklington almost made a deal to sell the team to Leslie Alexander, the owner of the Houston Rockets of the NBA who would have moved the team to Houston, Texas.

Minnesota has two minor-league affiliates, the Houston Aeros of the American Hockey League and the Orlando Solar Bears of the ECHL.

The La Crosse Metropolitan Statistical Area includes all of La Crosse County and Houston County, Minnesota, to the west.

* Most fumbles, game: 10 ; Phil-Pitt Eagles vs. New York Giants, October 9, 1943 ; Detroit Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings, November 12, 1967 ; Kansas City Chiefs vs. Houston Oilers, October 12, 1969 ; San Francisco vs. Detroit Lions, December 17, 1978.

Black Hammer Township is a township in Houston County, Minnesota, United States.

Category: Townships in Houston County, Minnesota

es: Municipio de Black Hammer ( condado de Houston, Minnesota )

Brownsville Township is a township in Houston County, Minnesota, United States.

Category: Townships in Houston County, Minnesota

es: Municipio de Brownsville ( condado de Houston, Minnesota )

Caledonia is a city in Houston County, Minnesota, United States and is part of the La Crosse, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Category: Populated places in Houston County, Minnesota

Caledonia Township is a township in Houston County, Minnesota, United States.

Category: Townships in Houston County, Minnesota

es: Municipio de Caledonia ( condado de Houston, Minnesota )

Crooked Creek Township is a township in Houston County, Minnesota, United States.

Category: Townships in Houston County, Minnesota

es: Municipio de Crooked Creek ( condado de Houston, Minnesota )

Eitzen is a city in Houston County, Minnesota, United States.