The Atlanta Falcons are back in NFC play this weekend, taking on a familiar foe and one of their partners in perpetual suffering in the Minnesota Vikings. Minnesota currently owns a 20-12 lead in the all time series.
The Falcons were Minnesota’s bogey team in their first two years of existence. The Vikings were one of three wins for the Birds in 1966 and their only win of the season in a miserable 1-12 1967 campaign. After that, however, Minnesota became a dominant force in the NFL with the arrival of the Purple People Eaters in 1968.