Minnesota Vikings: Top 20 games in franchise history
By Dan Zinski
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The Minnesota Vikings have played some memorable games in their long history and these are the 20 greatest.
Dec 29, 2013; Minneapolis, MN, USA; A general view of the Metrodome during the first quarter between the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions at Mall of America Field at H.H.H. Metrodome. The Vikings defeated the Lions 14-13. Mandatory Credit: Brace Hemmelgarn-USA TODAY Sports
A few ground rules I established for myself when ranking the top 20 games in Vikings franchise history.
Rule #1: No Vikings losses. The 1998 NFC title game may have been objectively great but it will be found nowhere on this list.
Rule #2: Playoff games will not automatically be given precedence over games featuring historic individual performances or great team feats like huge comebacks.
Rule #3: An honest effort will be made to avoid being biased toward more recent events. However, I can’t guarantee that such a bias will be entirely eliminated.
A person can’t help favoring games they witnessed themselves over ones they only heard about or saw on replay years after the fact.
Rule #4: Have fun with it!
Here’s what I came up with. Shout out to Adam Carlson for writing up some of the games.