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Head Coach: Brad Childress

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The 2009 Minnesota Vikings are once again NFC contenders this year and are favorites to win the Super Bowl. Thanks to superstars like Brett Favre and star running back Adrian Peterson, this year promises to be anything but dull. Don't miss your opportunity to this explosive team with Vikings game tickets from the Metrodome's best seats.

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Vikings 2009-2010 Outlook

The Minnesota Vikings have extremely high hopes for the 2009-10 NFL season and a return to post-season play. The Vikings finished 10-6 in 2008 and won the NFC North crown. The successful season came to quick crashing end, however, as the Wild Card Philadelphia Eagles upset the Vikings at the Metrodome 26-14. The Vikings will look to win a 2nd consecutive NFC North division title and pick up a few playoff victories en route to the Super Bowl. Vikings tickets at the Metrodome will surely be hard to come by during the 2009-2010 NFL schedule.

Head Coach Brad Childress has fully implemented his offensive and defensive schemes, and he will rely heavily on a powerful rushing attack led by reigning NFL Rookie of the Year Adrian Peterson and dependable veteran Running Back Chester Taylor. Few teams can match the dynamic rushing duo of Peterson and Taylor, and it will be difficult for opposing defenses to stay fresh with the speedy, yet pounding rushing styles of both backs. Quarterback Tarvaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels will battle it out for the starting quarterback job. Quarterback Brett Favre announced his retirement at the end of July - right before the opening of training camp - but there are rumblings that Favre might consider playing in 2009 and his 1st choice would be the Vikings. The Minnesota Vikings will rely on a pair of Wide Receivers acquired from the NFC North division foe Chicago Baers - Bernard Berrian and Bobby Wade - as well as Sidney Rice, a 3rd year player out of South Carolina. Rookie "Ultra-back" Percy Harvin will also see a wide variety of plays to take advantage of his unique rushing and receiving abilities. Ultimately, the Vikings success will come down to the eventual quarterback's ability to limit mistakes and develop a repoire with all three wide receivers. If that happens, the Vikings offense could be tough to stop during an entire game. With teams having to focus on stopping the explosive rushing attack, the Vikings air attack should be able to stretch the field and haul in long touchdown passes when defenses over-play the efficient running game.

On the defensive end, the Minnesota Vikings have a good mix of experienced veterans and young up and coming superstars. The Minnesota Vikings have a talented deep secondary led by veterans Darren Sharper and Antoine Winfield and sneaky young defensive backs Cedric Griffin and Madieu Williams. Defensive Tackles Pat Williams and Kevin Williams (no relation) should plug up the center, and linebackers E.J. Henderson, Chad Greenway and Ben Leber are as good as any other linebackers in the NFL. Opposing teams’ offenses will surely find it difficult to move the football consistently throughout the season, and the defensive unit should be able to keep the Minnesota Vikings in a lot of games this year. If the offense can generate a consistent and balanced attack and avoid costly mistakes, the Minnesota Vikings will win a lot of games this season and the Minnesota Vikings should find themselves back in the playoffs for the first time since the 2004-2005 NFL season.

Vikings TV/Radio

All Minnesota Vikings football games can be seen on one of the following television broadcasts depending on the team they are playing: Fox Sports, CBS, or ESPN. Tune into the Minnesota Vikings flagship station The SCORE 690 AM to catch each Minnesota Vikings football game on the radio. In the Twin Cities area, Minnesota Vikings football games can also be heard on KFAN-AM 1130 and KQQL FM 107.9.

The Metrodome

Unlike many other NFL teams, the Minnesota Vikings have only played in 2 different stadiums during their existence. Currently, the Minnesota Vikings play in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, nicknamed the “Homerdome”. The Metrodome is the home of another professional sports team, MLB baseball’s Minnesota Twins. The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers football and baseball teams also play their home games in the Metrodome. For 2 years from 1989 through 1990, the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves played their home games in the Metrodome and in 1984, an NASL soccer team, the Minnesota Strikers, played their home season inside the Metrodome. The Metrodome also hosted the NCAA Men’s Final Four in 1992 and 2001. Ironically, the University of Duke Blue Devils won both NCAA Championships played at the Metrodome. The Metrodome holds a seating capacity of 63,000 fans for NFL football games, a seating capacity of 48,000 for MLB baseball games and a seating capacity of 50,000 for basketball games.

The Metrodome has a very unique teflon fabric dome, which requires a significant amount of air and pressure to keep the dome inflated. Heavy snows common during the winter months in the State of Minnesota have caused minor puncture holes in the Metrodome’s roof 3 times since its construction. In each of those instances, the Teflon dome began to deflate and required immediate attention to “plug” the holes and “re-inflate” the dome.

MLB baseball games played in the Metrodome are often adventurous because of the low roof and the bulky speakers that hang from the roof. If a baseball hits the roof or speakers, it is still considered in play when it hits the field of play. If a baseball actually gets caught in one of the rafters or speakers near the roof, the player is awarded a ground-rule double. MLB umpires have called back many a home run because of the unique roof structure. Because of the Metrodome’s MLB baseball oddities and because many of the seats in the Metrodome offer limited sight lines or require fans to turn their necks and heads to get a better view of the field, there have been many calls for a replacement for the Metrodome by owners, fans and critics alike for some time now. To date only a new proposed Twins Ballpark and a new Gopher Stadium have received approval from the necessary authorities. Construction is set to begin on both stadiums in early 2007.

History

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional football team in the National Football League (the NFL). The Minnesota Vikings play in the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division with three other teams: the Chicago Bears, the Green Bay Packers, and the Detroit Lions. The Minnesota Vikings have won 1 NFL Championship. The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, hosts all Minnesota Vikings home games.

Professional football in the Twin Cities began auspiciously in 1959 when the AFL expansion franchise granted to 3 Minneapolis businessmen collapsed after only 5 months of existence. A short time thereafter, the NFL awarded its 14th franchise to the same business group. On September 27, 1960, the group officially named the team the Minnesota Vikings and professional football would begin in the Twin Cities during the 1961 season. After numerous coaching changes and internal disruptions in the early 1960’s, the Minnesota Vikings began to assemble a powerful defense towards the later part of the decade. The swarming defense, known as “The Purple People Eaters”, was led by Carl Eller, Gary Larsen, Jim Marshall and Alan Page. Alan Page was a graduate and star player at the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish and later served as a Minnesota Supreme Court Justice following his magnificent NFL football career. The Minnesota Vikings made the playoffs for the first time in 1968. A year later, they won the NFL Championship following a 27-7 drubbing of the Cleveland Browns on January 4, 1970. That Minnesota Vikings team was the first post 1960 NFL expansion team to win an NFL Championship game. However, the Minnesota Vikings, as the NFL Champion representative, lost to the underdog AFL Champion Kansas City Chiefs one week later in the Super Bowl in a 23-7 upset.

The Minnesota Vikings continued to shine throughout the 1970’s. Led by the stingy Purple People Eaters, the Minnesota Vikings continued to dominate NFL football play for most of the decade. Through 1978, the Minnesota Vikings made the playoffs every year except for 1972. However, the team could never seem to finish their great regular season play with a successful playoff run. In 1974, the Minnesota Vikings lost to the Miami Dolphins 24-7 in Super Bowl VIII in Houston, Texas, in 1975 the Minnesota Vikings lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers 16-6 in Super Bowl IX in New Orleans, Louisiana and in 1977 they lost to the Oakland Raiders 32-14 in Super Bowl XI in Pasadena, California. The Minnesota Vikings have not played in another Super Bowl since that 1977 loss.

From 1987 through 2000, the Minnesota Vikings put together another good stretch of regular season play. The Minnesota Vikings participated in post-season play in all but 3 years during that span, but always seemed to fall just short of that elusive Super Bowl berth. The Minnesota Vikings lost in the NFC Championship game 3 times during that stretch: 17-10 to the Washington Redskins on January 17, 1988; 30-27 to the Atlanta Falcons on January 17, 1999; and 41-0 to the New York Giants on January 14, 2001. The Minnesota Vikings have only made the NFL playoffs once since that demoralizing 2001 NFC Championship Game loss to the Giants, so Minnesota Vikings fans are optimistic that new Head Coach Brad Childress will work some Minnesota Vikings magic to bring the team back to the playoffs during the 2006-2007 NFL season.

The Minnesota Vikings showed significant improvement during the 2006-7 NFL season. Although the team only won 6 games, Head Coach Brad Childress has the Vikings going in the right direction. The Minnesota Vikings were one of the more exciting surprises during the 2007-2008 NFL season. The Minnesota Vikings finished 2nd in the NFC North with an 8-8 record and just missed out on qualifying for post-season play. Star Running Back Adrian Peterson rushed for over 1300 yards on only 238 carries for a gaudy 5.8 yard average per carry. Peterson won the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award and was named the Pro Bowl MVP for his 2-touchdown, 129-yard rushing performance. Peterson also broke the NFL's single-game rushing record when he rushed for 296 yards on 30 carries against the San Diego Chargers on November 4, 2007. Although the Vikings did not qualify for post-season play, the future looks bright with young superstar Adrian Peterson leading the rushing attack. The The 7 wins was the most wins recorded by the Lions since 2000 when the Lions won 9 games. The Minnesota Vikings expect to build off of the successful 2007-8 NFL season, and anything short of a playoff appearance will surely be a disappointment for the franchise and their loyal fans.

Hall of Famers

Seven men associated with the Minnesota Vikings have been inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame. Most notably, one of the NFL’s greatest quarterbacks, Fran Tarkenton, was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 1986. Tarkenton had 2 stints with the Minnesota Vikings, from 1961 through 1966 and from 1972 through 1978. In his second tour of duty, Fran Tarkenton led the Minnesota Vikings to 3 Super Bowl berths, but a Super Bowl Championship always eluded Tarkenton and his Vikings. While Tarkenton finished his career with impressive passing numbers, Tarkenton also finished with impressive rushing yardage totals and rushing touchdowns because of his unique scrambling ability. Tarkenton was selected to play in 9 NFL Pro Bowls and he was the NFL’s Most Valuable Player in 1975. Other notable offensive stars who were inducted into the Hall of Fame include Quarterback Jim Finks (1995) and Offensive Tackle Ron Yary. Notable defensive stars who were inducted into the Hall of Fame include Defensive End Carl Eller (2004), Safety Paul Krause (1998), and Defensive Tackle and Defensive End Alan Page (1988). Head Coach Bud Grant was also inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 1994. Bud Grant coached the Minnesota Vikings from 1967 through 1983 and during the 1985 season. During his first stint with the Minnesota Vikings, he led the team to its only NFL Championship in 1969 and to three other Super Bowl appearances during the 1973, 1974 and 1976 NFL regular seasons.