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A similar game called Knattleikr had been played for a thousand years or more by the Vikings as documented in the Icelandic Sagas.
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.
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.
The Vikings played in Super Bowl XI, their third Super Bowl ( 4th overall ) in 4 years, against the Oakland Raiders at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on January 9, 1977.
The Vikings played their final game at Metropolitan Stadium on December 20 to conclude the 1981 NFL season by losing to the Kansas City Chiefs, 10 6.
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.
He served as the Vikings ' offensive coordinator from 1968 85, when the team won 11 division titles and played in 4 Super Bowls.
On August 2, 1986, Fran Tarkenton was the first player who played the majority of his career with the Vikings to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The Vikings played the Washington Redskins in the NFC Championship Game on January 17, 1988, at RFK Stadium.
When the Vikings played the Chicago Bears in the first of their two games, Peterson broke the record for single game All-Purpose ( rushing, receiving, kick returning ) yards ( 361 total yards, 224 rushing ).
Brett Favre played for the Vikings in 2009 and 2010.
On August 18, 2009, after months of speculation and negotiations, twice-retired veteran quarterback Brett Favre, who until 2007 played 16 years for division arch rival Green Bay Packers, signed a two-year, $ 25 million deal with the Vikings, starting what many Vikings fans refer to as " The Brett Favre Era ".
On October 5, 2009, the Vikings hosted the Green Bay Packers as Favre played his former team for the first time.
In the first week of the 2010 NFL regular season, the Vikings played the defending Super Bowl champions, the New Orleans Saints.
In Week 2, the Vikings played the Miami Dolphins and lost 14 10.
In Week 9, the Vikings played the Arizona Cardinals at home and won 27 24 in overtime.
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 ).
This marks the third consecutive venue or date change for a Vikings game and was the first NFL game played on a Tuesday since 1964.
On October 11, 1964 the Vikings played the Detroit Lions at Metropolitan Stadium and the Lions mistakenly only brought their white jerseys to Minnesota.
Three years later, the Vikings played the November 7, 2010 home game against the Arizona Cardinals in the all-purple uniform.
During home games at the Metrodome, the Vikings Gjallarhorn is loudly played and sounds often after the team has made a big play, gets a first down, or scores a touchdown.
The Saints and the Vikings have played each other three times in the postseason, with the most recent being the 2009 NFC Championship Game.

Vikings and Dallas
Dallas ended their playoff run after a hard divisional playoff loss to the Minnesota Vikings.
However, the Vikings lost to the Dallas Cowboys in the playoffs, 17 14, on a controversial touchdown pass from the Cowboys ' quarterback Roger Staubach to wide receiver Drew Pearson that became known as the Hail Mary.
On October 12, 1989, the Vikings acquired Herschel Walker from Dallas.
The Vikings held the Eagles 14 16 at halftime, but the Eagles, coming off of a 44 6 victory over the Dallas Cowboys, defeated the Vikings, 26 14.
The Vikings won a crucial victory against another struggling team in the form of the Dallas Cowboys 24 21, but in Week 7 the Vikings lost to the arch-rival Green Bay Packers 28 24.
The Vikings were making their second Super Bowl appearance after also finishing the regular season with a 12-2 record, and posting postseason victories over the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys.
The Vikings earned their second appearance in the Super Bowl after defeating the wild card Washington Redskins, 27-20, and the NFC Eastern Champion Dallas Cowboys 27-10, in the playoffs.
Dallas went on to defeat the Minnesota Vikings, 17 14, with a 50-yard touchdown pass from Staubach to Drew Pearson with less than a minute to play in what was called the " Hail Mary pass ".
Led by Staubach and the Doomsday Defense, Dallas advanced to their second Super Bowl after posting a 12-2 record season record and playoff victories over the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings.
The Eagles were making their first Super Bowl appearance after posting a 12-4 regular season record and postseason victories over the Minnesota Vikings and the Dallas Cowboys
The Eagles advanced through the playoffs, defeating the Minnesota Vikings, 31-16, and the Dallas Cowboys, 20 7.
Meanwhile, the Redskins beat the Detroit Lions, 31-7, the Minnesota Vikings, 21-7, and the Dallas Cowboys, 31 17.
After losing two straight games in November ( one to the rival Dallas Cowboys ), they finished off the regular season winning their remaining five games, including dominating wins over playoff teams Denver Broncos, 41 6, and Minnesota Vikings, 38 10.
On January 15, 1983, during the second round of the playoffs against the Minnesota Vikings, John Riggins rushed for a Redskins playoff record 185 yards, leading Washington to a 21 7 win and a place in the NFC Championship Game against Dallas, whom they beat 31 to 17.
In January 2010, Prince wrote a new song, " Purple and Gold ", inspired by his visit to a Minnesota Vikings football game against the Dallas Cowboys.
* Most fumble recoveries for touchdowns: 3 ; Detroit Lions ( 2 ) vs. Minnesota Vikings ( 1 ), December 9, 1962 ( 2 own, 1 opponents '); Green Bay Packers ( 2 ) vs. Dallas Cowboys ( 1 ), November 29, 1964 ( all opponents '); Oakland Raiders ( 2 ) vs. Buffalo Bills ( 1 ), December 24, 1967 ( all opponents '); Oakland Raiders ( 2 ) vs. Philadelphia Eagles ( 1 ), September 24, 1995 ( all opponents '); Tennessee Titans ( 2 ) vs. Pittsburgh Steelers ( 1 ), January 2, 2000 ( all opponents ').
One-time National Football League player and Hall-of-Famer Tony Dorsett played football for the Hopewell Vikings, setting several records during his high school career, then moving to the Pitt Panthers, and the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos of the NFL, setting even more records and ensuring his enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
* The Metrodome was the site of Dallas Cowboys running back Tony Dorsett's 99 yard run, on January 3, 1983 the longest run from scrimmage in NFL history, in a Monday night game that was won by the Minnesota Vikings.
This was four days before the Vikings played the Dallas Cowboys in the last regular-season game of the 1982 NFL season.
( 2002-2003 Dallas Cowboys, 2003-2004 San Francisco 49ers, 2004 Minnesota Vikings, 2006 Houston Texans, 2007 Chicago Bears )
In 1973, the Vikings defeated the Dallas Cowboys for the NFC championship but lost to the Miami Dolphins 24 7 in Super Bowl VIII.

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