Former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton remembers the days of playing in old Metropolitan Stadium. And he’d love to see the team go back to the great outdoors when they move out of ...

The seed for what Fran Tarkenton likes to call the greatest ... 17, 1961 — 60 years ago Friday — the Bears visited Metropolitan Stadium, the $8.5 million Bloomington prairie home of the ...

The Vikings-Bears rivalry dates to the first game in Vikings history in September 1961, which Minnesota won 37-13 at Metropolitan ... Quarterback Fran Tarkenton, who was a rookie and didn't ...

FRAN TARKENTON ... to the playoffs in Tarkenton’s five seasons was 1970 when they finished 9-5. If they had defeated the Rams on the final Sunday of the season at Yankee Stadium, they would ...

“We happen to think that Fran ... at Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis. The Giants got a three-player haul, including quarterback Norm Snead. The Vikings wound up riding Tarkenton to three ...

I visited with former Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton, who played in a lot ... and practicing outside and [playing at] old Metropolitan Stadium outside, by the time game time came, you ...

He retreated to the parking lot outside Metropolitan Stadium, where he and ... to express our condolences to the Tarkenton family for the unexpected death of Fran’s father, Dallas Tarkenton ...

17, 1961: The Vikings take the field at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington ... Third-round draft pick Fran Tarkenton came off the bench to connect on 17-of-23 passes for 250 yards and 4 touchdown ...

Twins first baseman Harmon Killebrew and Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton, the Hall of Famers whose exploits at Metropolitan Stadium are Minneapolis sports folklore staples, were the first ...

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton hands off to running ... first two decades playing outside at Bloomington's Metropolitan Stadium. Former Vikings Coach Bud Grant was famous for his ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - 63 years ago, today, the Minnesota Vikings rumbled onto the turf at Metropolitan Stadium ... future Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton. Tarkenton actually didn’t ...