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1961
Minnesota Vikings

Coach Norm Van Brocklin and rookie quarterback Fran Tarkenton (on his right) celebrate the Minnesota Vikings' opening-day upset of the Chicago Bears.

The National Football League expansion team wins only two more games in its first season.

Photo of Minnesota Vikings celebrating in locker room.
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  		• Read Clifford E. Clark, Jr. (editor), Minnesota in a Century of Change: The State and Its People Since 1900.
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  		• Read Joel A. Rippel's, 75 Memorable Moments in Minnesota Sports
  		• Read Jay Weiner's, Stadium Games: Fifty Years of Big League Deals and Bush League Boondogles
  		• Read Joe Soucheray's, Once There Was a Ballpark: the Season of the Met, 1956-1981
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