The Vikings won their first regular season game, defeating the Chicago Bears 37-13 on Opening Day 1961.

Former Eagles quarterback Norm Van Brocklin was hired on January 18, 1961. Van Brocklin had just finished his career as a player on a high note, having defeated the Green Bay Packers in the 1960 NFL Championship Game.

In a 44-38 loss to the Washington Redskins in 1986, Kramer threw for 490 yards.

Kramer shared the honor with none other than Joe Montana.

As a new franchise, the Vikings had the first overall selection in the 1961 NFL Draft, and they picked running back Tommy Mason of Tulane. They also took a young quarterback from the University of Georgia named Fran Tarkenton in the third round.

Moss was traded for Harris and the Raiders' first round pick (7th overall, which Minnesota parlayed into wide receiver Troy Williamson).

The Vikings played their home games at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis from 1982 to 2013. In their last game at the Metrodome on December 29, 2013, they defeated the Detroit Lions 14-13 to end the season.

Culpepper finished the 2004 season with a QB rating of 110.9.

When the Minnesota Vikings first came into the NFL in 1961, they picked up Jim Marshall from the Cleveland Browns in the expansion draft. He would become a founding member of the Purple People Eaters.

The Vikings played in four Super Bowl games in the 1970s, but lost all four.