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<h1>The heartbreak of the Minnesota Vikings</h1>
<p>The Minnesota Vikings have been breaking the hearts of their fans since their founding in 1960. They are one of the only teams in the NFL without a Super Bowl title, and not for a lack of trying. They have been to four Super Bowls and many close calls of going back to the Super Bowl. Here are 3 of their biggest blunder that traumatized their fanbase.</p>
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1998 NFC Championship game against the Atlanta Falcons
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The game is considered one of the most memorable conference championship games in NFL history. Entering the playoffs, the Vikings were the favorite to win the Super Bowl, as they had set the NFL record for most points scored by a team in a single season. They had gone undefeated in their home stadium, the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, during the regular season, and their placekicker, Gary Anderson, had become the first kicker in NFL history to convert every field goal and extra point attempt in a season. At a critical moment late in the game, Anderson missed a field goal for the first time that year, which, if converted, would have given the Vikings a nearly insurmountable 10-point lead. Instead, the Falcons scored a touchdown to tie the game on their ensuing drive and subsequently won by a field goal in overtime.Due to its impact on the game's outcome, Anderson's missed field goal has since become the focal point of the loss
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2009 NFC Championship game against the New Orleans Saints
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The 2009 NFC Championship game between the Vikings and Saints in the Louisiana Superdome on the evening of January 24, 2010 was one with two major storylines: New Orleans, less than five years after Hurricane Katrina and coming off consecutive seasons without a winning record, were looking to win their first-ever conference championship. And the Vikings, quarterbacked by the 40-year-old Brett Favre in perhaps his final playoff game, were trying to reach their first Super Bowl since the 1970s. The game didnt disappoint: the teams exchanged touchdowns throughout, with neither side leading by more than 7, and when the Vikings Adrian Peterson scored a touchdown with under five minutes to go, one of three for him on the night, it was 28-28. Favre had been bruised and battered throughout the game by a physical Saints defense. In the final moments, Favre again led the Vikings down the field, but with 19 seconds left, a pass intended for Sidney Rice was intercepted, one of five Minnesota turnovers, and the game went into overtime. After New Orleans won the coin flip, a 40-yard field goal by the Saints Garrett Hartley lifted the Saints into the Super Bowl. “Its a moment Ive been waiting for for a long time and obviously were not done yet,” quarterback Drew Brees said afterward. And he was right: the Saints upset the Colts, 31-17, to win Super Bowl XLIV.
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2001 NFC Championship game against the New York Giants
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Minnesota got off to a bad start and never recovered. After the opening kickoff, Collins led the Giants 74 yards in just four plays, throwing a 46-yard touchdown pass to Hilliard to give them a 7 to 0 lead less than two minutes into the game. Then Giants safety Lyle West recovered a fumble from kick returner Moe Williams on the Vikings 18-yard line and Collins capitalized with an 18-yard touchdown pass to fullback Greg Comella on the next play, giving New York a 14 to 0 lead before the Vikings offense had even stepped onto the field. Minnesota eventually got a chance to score when cornerback Robert Tate intercepted a pass from Collins and returned it to the Giants 37-yard line. But Culpepper soon returned the favor with a pass that was intercepted in the end zone by Emmanuel McDaniel. Collins threw another interception on New York's following drive, this one to Don Morgan on the Vikings 12-yard line. However, Minnesota could not advance the ball, and Mitch Berger's 26-yard punt gave the Giants great field position on the Minnesota 41-yard line. Collins then threw a 22-yard pass to Amani Toomer that set up a Brad Daluiso field goal on the first play of the second quarter.
The next time New York got the ball, Collins' 43-yard completion to Ron Dixon set up an 8-yard touchdown pass to receiver Joe Jurevicius, making the score 24 to 0. Then after a punt, New York drove 62 yards and scored another Daluiso field goal, aided by a 21-yard run from Tiki Barber, and a 21-yard pass interference penalty against cornerback Wasswa Serwanga. On the last drive of the half, Hilliard caught four passes for 59 yards on a 77-yard drive that ended with his 7-yard touchdown reception with 12 seconds left.
By the time the first half ended, New York had scored 34 points (more than they had scored in any of their regular-season games) and gained 386 yards, while holding the Vikings to 45 yards.
In the third quarter, Culpepper lost a fumble while being sacked by safety Shaun Williams, and Cornelius Griffin recovered the ball on the Vikings 29, setting up Toomer's 7-yard touchdown reception to close out the scoring. New York's defense would dominate the Vikings for the rest of the game, not allowing them to get beyond the Giants 40-yard line. They also intercepted Culpepper twice, one by Sam Garnes and the other by Jason Sehorn.
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