Since their players stepped on the field for the very first time in 1961, one thing has continued to allude the Minnesota Vikings. No Vikings team during the history of the franchise has ever finished a season as a Super Bowl champion.
Minnesota has come very close in the past. The Vikings have appeared in four Super Bowls during their existence, but the last time they were in the big game was all the way back in 1977 against the Oakland Raiders.
In the last two decades, Minnesota has ended up on the brink of a Super Bowl berth numerous times.