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Classic Team Logo of The Day

04 Feb

The logo of a football team that entered the NFL in 1961, the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings, along with the Buffalo Bills, have the distinction of having lost 4 Super Bowl games, and never having won a single title. They were upset in Super Bowl IV by the Chiefs, when CFL veteran Joe Kapp was their quarterback, then lost 3 more times in the 1970s with Fran Tarkenton at the helm. Bud Grant was the coach for all 4 losses. Despite their Super Bowl failures, the Vikings were one of the strongest NFL teams throughout the late 1960s and into the ’70s. To add to their hard luck, in 1998, the Vikes won 15 of 16 regular season games and advanced to the NFC Championship game, where they were upset by Atlanta. Their kicker, Gary Anderson, who had been a perfect 35 for 35 on field goal attempts during the season, missed for the first time all year from 38 yards out with a chance to win the game, and they wound up losing in overtime.

 

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