Mar

31

Weekly History Lesson: Stats from the 1998 Season

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March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Hey Vikings fans!  It’s time for another history lesson, and this time we’re going to follow up last week’s lesson by taking a look at why the Vikings were so good in 1998.

First of all, the Vikings had a great offense.  They put up 556 points during the regular season, which at the time, and [...]

Mar

26

Weekly History Lesson: The 1998 Minnesota Vikings

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March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment

For this week’s history lesson we’re going to take a look at the season that many Vikings fans remember as one of their favorites, and one of the most heartbreaking:  The 1998 season.
1998 was near the transition for me from when basketball was my favorite sport to watch to when football took over.  I grew [...]

Mar

18

Vikings History Lesson (Repost): The Fall of Daunte Culpepper

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March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Hey Vikings fans. I posted this earlier in the week, but the post has somehow disappeared. I am re-writing this article from scratch, but so it won’t be exactly the same, but I wanted to warn you in case a few of you saw the original, or if whatever error swallowed the original [...]

Mar

11

Vikings History Lesson: Starting QBs

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March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment

A look at the Vikings Quarterback history

Feb

24

Vikings History Lesson: ‘87 NFC Championship game

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February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment

The Vikings lose the 87 NFC Championship game

Feb

16

Vikings History Lesson: The Herschel Walker Trade

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February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Let’s take a look at the infamous Herschel Walker trade.

Oct

9

Vikings History Lesson: The Vikings Coaching History Part 5

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October 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Hey Vikings fans! Welcome to the weekly history lesson. This will actually be the last lesson during the regular season. This is one of the features that I want to save for the off-season, because it’s something that I don’t need regular season football news in order to do it. I did want to finish [...]

Sep

24

Vikings History Lesson: The Vikings Coaching History Part 6

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September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Hey Vikings fans, it’s time for part 6 of our 7 part series on the Vikings Head Coaches.
 
Vikings fans, meet the sixth head coach for the Vikings:  Mike Tice.

 (Bio from Wikipedia Article found here)

Michael Peter Tice (born February 2, 1959 in Bayshore, New York) is an American football National Football League coach, best known as [...]

Sep

19

Vikings History Lesson: The Vikings Coaching History Part 5

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September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 
Hey Vikings fans, it’s time for part 5 of our 7 part series on the Vikings Head Coaches.
 
Vikings fans, meet the fifth head coach for the Vikings:  Dennis Green.
 

 
Dennis Green has been coaching for quite some time, but his most successful coaching stint came in Minnesota.
 
Green played halfback for three seasons at the University of [...]

Sep

10

Vikings History Lesson: The Vikings Coaching History Part 4

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September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 
Hey Vikings fans.  Just so you know, these history lessons will probably come closer to the middle of the week during the regular season since game recaps will probably take much of my blogging time during the first day or two of the week.
 
Anyway, we’re back with part 4 of our series on Vikings head [...]

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