Vikings at Lions Week - 1976: Minnesota musters just 168 total yards (47 passing for Tarkenton), but the defense wins the turnover battle vs the Lions 2-0, and the Vikings Nate Allen blocks the PAT that would have tied it.

Vikings at Lions Week - 1972: The Viking defense is again king, as they give up just 213 yards of offense and create 5 turnovers. Fran Tarkenton throws just 15 times in the game, but two were for TDs. Vikes in an easy one, 34-10.

Vikings at Lions Week - 1971: Opening Monday Night and the Vikings mirror the 2026 squad, with almost no offense, but a suffocating defense. Vikes win 16-13.

The Vikings are at 6 wins to open the season. The most any Viking team has ever achieved was winning their first 10 games in 1975. In that season, they lost 31-30 in WASH, when Fred Cox had a potential game winning FG of 54 yards blocked

And then there was one. Your Minnesota Vikings are the sole remaining undefeated team in the NFL after yesterday. The 1973 Dolphins will now scoreboard watch....

Vikings at Lions Week 1969 - The first Viking Super Bowl Team handles the Lions easily in Detroit with a 27-0 shutout in the snow and mud of Tiger Stadium on Thanksgiving Day. Neither team have over 175 yards of offense. But see the Jim Marshall pick & the Alan Page TD.

Vikings at Lions Week 1968 - You think he 2026 Viking offense is dull? Here is the 1968 squad - Joe Kapp throws just 10 times (completes 6, but 3 to the other team!). But the famed Purple People Eater defense holds DET to 131 yds and 6 points in the win.

Vikings at Lions Week - 1965 - The Vikings first win IN Detroit as this one surviving play shows Ed Sharockman secures a 40 yard Pick 6 to give the Vikings the easy 29-7 win in the mud at Tiger Stadium.

Vikings at Lions Week 1961 - The first time Minnesota ever played the Detroit Lions. Detroit came in 8-3-1 against the 1st year Viking squad. The game was close, but how many of you remember the DET QB Jim Ninowski?

Guess what folks? No delay of games today and no wasted timeouts for plays getting in late. Baby steps, but that’s a good start

How many games are won with 150 yards these days? But hard to get more with just 24 attempts

Observation #12 in MIN win vs INDY (I missed one!). At this stage in the season, you start to wonder if you are seeing a Viking Defense that gets whispered in the same conversation as the Ravens 2000 and Bears 1985 teams

Observation #20 in MIN win vs INDY – Harrison Smith showed you why he is still a Viking with his game-sealing INT, and Daniel Jones showed you why he is not the QB in Minnesota. Vikes go to 6-0.

Observation #19 in MIN win vs INDY – When you have a poor offense, you better play clean (penalties) and turnover free. The Vikings did both today in the win.

Observation #18 in MIN win vs INDY– An offense that has TJ Hockenson, Justin Jefferson, and Jordan Addison can’t lack explosiveness. I would recommends KOC get help from Brian Flores to help him dissect what defenses are doing, and where his WRs or QB are coming up short.

Observation #17 in MIN win vs INDY– When the Viking defense guesses on pass on 3rd and short, and when they do, they leave big gaping holes for opposing offenses to pick up the 1st down. The one downside to the constant, aggressive pressure.

Observation #16 in MIN win vs INDY – The Colt offense was just effective enough to keep the Viking offense off the field. They showed other teams the old rule that a good screen pass game can beat a fast pass rush.

Observation #15 in MIN win vs INDY – If Kyler Murray does not find a receiver quickly in rhythm, he seems to struggle to find any secondary receiver. A pro QB has to be able to find outlets receivers and receivers underneath when the primary is not open.

Observation #14 in MIN win vs INDY– Today was a lesson on Defense winning Championships. They do, but the offense IS going to be needed as this schedule moves to its toughest part.