The Vikings will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their 1969 NFL championship squad on Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium. That team lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl IV in New Orleans on Jan. 11, 1970, at Tulane Stadium in front of 80,562 fans.
That Chiefs team took down the Raiders in the AFL Championship Game and followed that up by beating the Vikings in the Super Bowl — a feat that no one predicted.
The fact is that the Vikings were 12-point favorites and everyone thought they would dominate the Chiefs.