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 […]

Sep

2

Vikings History Lesson: The Vikings Coaching History Part 3

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September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 
Hello, Vikings fans.  For today’s history lesson we’re going to take a look at part 3 of our series on the Vikings head coaches.  The third head coach in Vikings history was Les Steckel.
 
Steckel only coached the Vikings for one year (1984), and after that year he was replaced by the same man that preceded […]

Aug

19

Weekly History Lesson: The Vikings Coaching History part 1

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August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 
Good morning, Class.  For the next several weeks we will look at the Minnesota Vikings head coaches.  In the 47 years that the Vikings have been an NFL franchise, there have only been 7 coaches to lead the team.  We’ll briefly look at one a week until we go through all seven.
 
Norm Van Brocklin

 
The very […]

Aug

12

Weekly History Lesson: Super Bowl IV

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August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 
 
Good morning Vikings fans.  I’m a day late, but better late than never, right?
 
Today we’re going to look at Super Bowl IV.  Even though it is not the most pleasant memory for older Vikings fans, it’s still a big part of the team’s history.
 
Super Bowl IV, played on January 11, 1970 was the final game […]

Aug

4

Weekly History Lesson: The first Viking superstar - Fran Tarkenton

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August 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 
Hello Vikings fans, and welcome back to our weekly history class.  Today we will take a look at the first true Viking superstar:  Fran Tarkenton.
 
Quarterback Fran Tarkenton was drafted in 1961 by the Vikings out of the University of Georgia.  Tarkenton was the third round draft pick for Minnesota during their first year in the […]

Jul

28

Monday Morning Vikings History Lesson: The First Game

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July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Good Morning, class!  My name is Mr. The Jazzy One.  We here at the Minnesota Vikings Content Quake page are going to be implementing several weekly features in the coming weeks, starting with this one:  The Monday Morning Vikings History Lesson.
For the first lesson we are going to, appropriately enough, start with the first Vikings […]