The Minnesota Vikings are sitting at 1-5 as they enter their Week 7 bye. Despite some significant defensive changes in the offseason, this was supposed to be a potentially promising season. The start has been about everything but promising. While I don’t think that the Vikings’ talent matches their record you can’t explain away this 1-5 record. It’s a poor start. Just for “fun” here’s a look at equally poor starts in the franchise’s 60 years.
1961: 1-5
Finished: 3-11
1962: 1-5
Finished: 2-11-1
1990: 1-5
Finished: 6-10
2002: 1-5
Finished: 6-10
2011: 1-5
Finished: 3-13
2013: 1-5
Finished: 5-10-1
2020: 1-5
Finished: ?
1-5 hasn’t happened often but it sure sucks when it does.
Norm Van Brocklin and Leslie Frazier each coached two of the 1-5 starts. Jerry Burns and Mike Tice coached the other two.
Even the disastrous Les Steckel year (1984) didn’t start 1-5. It started 2-4.
There were a couple 1-4-1 starts (1966 & 1967).
In 1999 the Vikings started 2-4 and made the playoffs. Something like that could happen again.
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