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Dawson was 1–0 in an AFL Championship game played before the NFL and AFL first met in the Super Bowl. Three pairs of quarterbacks faced off twice in the Super Bowl: Staubach and Bradshaw, Aikman and Kelly, and Brady and Eli Manning. In each case the same quarterback (Bradshaw, Aikman, and Manning) won both games. Daunte Culpepper was the Vikings' starting quarterback for six seasons from 2000 to 2005. Jim McMahon was the Vikings' starting quarterback for the 1993 season. Brett Favre took over as the Vikings' starting quarterback in 2009. Teddy Bridgewater was the Vikings' starting quarterback from Week 4 of the 2014 season until the end of the 2015 The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). A franchise was granted to Minneapolis businessmen Bill Boyer, H. P. Skoglund and Max Winter in 1959 as a member of the American Football League (AFL). The ownership forfeited It has been a long, long time since the Minnesota Vikings last went a Super Bowl. They are 0-4 and have not been to the big game since the 1976 regular season. As Kirk Cousins looks to break the streak in 2020, let's take a look at the QBs who have taken on the task before him. As of the 2007 season, the Vikings have lost four Super Bowls: Super Bowl IV, January 11, 1970: Kansas City Chiefs 23, Vikings 7 Super Bowl VIII, January 13, 1974: Miami Dolphins 24, Vikings 7 Super Bowl IX, January 12, 1975: Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Vikings 6 Super Bowl XI, January 9, 1977: Oakland Raiders 32, Vikings 14 A game-by-game listing of the starting quarterbacks in the Super Bowl. FRAN TARKENTON, Minnesota Vikings: Georgia: 2/3/40: 34 : X: 1/18/76. TERRY BRADSHAW Super Bowl History + indicates Hall of Fame; Table; Date SB AFC Pts NFC Pts MVP Stadium City Minnesota Vikings: 14: Fred Biletnikoff+ Rose Bowl: Pasadena After a solid six-year stint in the Twin Cities, Cousins is one of the best quarterbacks in Minnesota Vikings history. Cousins is the Vikings all-time leader in passer rating (101.2), 2nd in passing touchdowns (171), and 3rd in passing yards (23,265). In Minnesota, Kirk topped 4,200+ yards passing four times and 30+ TDs three times. The Vikings have made four trips to the Super Bowl in their 57 years as a team.. Minnesota's first appearance in the Super Bowl was Super Bowl IV in 1970 when the Chiefs toppled the Vikings 23-7. The Minnesota Vikings have never won the Super Bowl. The Vikings have reached the Super Bowl a total of four times (1970, 1974, 1975, and 1977) but have never won. They are one of two teams in NFL history that have reached the Super Bowl four times without a win. The Vikings played in their second straight Super Bowl, Super Bowl IX (3rd overall), losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers, 16–6, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans on January 12, 1975. [ 22 ] [ 1 ] Led by Tarkenton and running back Chuck Foreman , the 1975 Vikings got off to a 10–0 start and easily won another division title. Defense dominated the first half as the only points were a safety by the Steelers — the first safety in Super Bowl history — when Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton was trapped in the end zone Jan 15, 1978; New Orleans, LA, USA; FILE PHOTO; Dallas Cowboys quarterback (12) Roger Staubach in action against the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII at the Superdome. The Cowboys defeated the The other Vikings quarterback who started in Minnesota's lone other Super Bowl appearance was Joe Kapp, who landed at No. 59 on Rosenthal's list. He wrote: The Vikings squandered a 12-2 record the following year, giving up a lead to the Cowboys in the Division round. In 1976, Tarkenton, Foreman, and receiver Sammy White led the team to its fourth Super Bowl in eight seasons. Oakland scored the first 19 points in Super Bowl XI and the Raiders went on to win, 32-14. Although the Vikings fell short in all three contests, Tarkenton's performances and leadership during this era cemented his status as the best quarterback in team history and the one who came closest to delivering Minnesota its first Super Bowl victory. Super Bowl IX was an American football game played between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Minnesota Vikings to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 1974 season. James Bradley Johnson (born September 13, 1968) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback for 17 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), Johnson played for the Minnesota Vikings, Washington Redskins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Dallas Cowboys. [33] [34] [35] Tarkenton led the Vikings to three National Football Conference championships, but the Vikings lost each ensuing Super Bowl. In the 1974 Super Bowl, Minnesota lost to the Miami Dolphins 24–7 in Houston. [36] They lost the 1975 Super Bowl to the Pittsburgh Steelers 16–6 in New Orleans, [37] and (in Minnesota's last Super Bowl Super Bowl. Date. Result. XLI. Feb. 4, 2007. Indianapolis 29, Chicago 17. XLII. Feb. 3, 2008. New York Giants 17, New England 14. XLIII. Feb. 1, 2009. Pittsburgh 27
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