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The Minnesota Vikings, a professional American football team is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Currently members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). They have won their division 16 times, and became the first team to appear in four Super Bowls, but the club also became the first one to lose four Super Bowls.From the start, the Vikings embraced an energetic marketing program and produced a first-year season ticket sale of nearly 26,000 and an average home attendance of 34,586, about 85 percent of the capacity of 40,800 Metropolitan Stadium.

The stadium capacity eventually increased to 47,900 and they won their first regular season game as they beat the Chicago Bears 37-13 on Opening Day 1961.During the late 1960's, the Vikings we're built a powerful defense known as the Purple People Eaters, led by Alan Page, Carl Eller, Gary Larson, and Jim Marshall. Their stingy defense that earned the Vikings their fist Central Division Title and their first playoff berth was in 1968.The team continued to shine in 1970 and 1971 since their Purple People Eater defense led them back to the playoffs. In 1971, the defense was so impressive that Alan Page became the first defensive player to win the NFL Most Valuable Player.

The Vikings played their 1st game at the Metrodome in a pre season match up against Seattle on Aug. 21, 1982. The 1st touchdown in the new facility was scored by Joe Senser on an 11-yard pass from Tommy Kramer. The 1st regular-season game in the Metrodome was the 1982 opener on September 12, when the Vikings defeated Tampa Bay, 17-10. On October 12, 1989, the Vikings acquired Herschel Walker from Dallas for Issiac Holt, David Howard, Darrin Nelson, Jesse Solomon, Alex Stewart, a first-round choice in 1992, conditional 1st-round choices in 1990 and '91, conditional 2nd-round choices in 1990, '91 and '92, and a conditional 3rd-round choice in 1992. The Vikings would return to the NFC Championship Game again in 2000, but lost again as they were humiliated 41-0 by the New York Giants in the Meadowlands.

The Vikings played their 1st game at the Metrodome in a pre season match up against Seattle on Aug. 21, 1982. The 1st touchdown in the new facility was scored by Joe Senser on an 11-yard pass from Tommy Kramer. The 1st regular-season game in the Metrodome was the 1982 opener on September 12, when the Vikings defeated Tampa Bay, 17-10. On October 12, 1989, the Vikings acquired Herschel Walker from Dallas for Issiac Holt, David Howard, Darrin Nelson, Jesse Solomon, Alex Stewart, a first-round choice in 1992, conditional 1st-round choices in 1990 and '91, conditional 2nd-round choices in 1990, '91 and '92, and a conditional 3rd-round choice in 1992. The Vikings would return to the NFC Championship Game again in 2000, but lost again as they were humiliated 41-0 by the New York Giants in the Meadowlands.