The Vikings beat the Rams in the 1969 Western Conference Championship, NFC title games in 1974 and '76, and a '77 divisional ...

For those with no real skin in the game, what becomes objectively clear about the Vikings is that fans aren’t wrong about ...

Detroit’s injury-riddled defense had been mostly a sieve of late, surrendering 31 to Green Bay, 34 to San Francisco and 48 to ...

Terry Bradshaw already was feeling immense pressure — internally if not externally — when he took the field for the biggest ...

This will be Minnesota’s 24th playoff appearance since 1976 when Fran Tarkenton and the Purple People Eaters lost for a fourth time in the Super Bowl. The Vikings haven’t been back to the big ...

My pro football dream started back when the much vaunted "Purple People Eaters" defense was in place in 1970, when they ...