Minnesota Vikings Quarterbacks

In August 1959, a group of Minneapolis businessmen were awarded a franchise in the new American Football League (AFL). In January 1960, they forfeited their AFL membership and were awarded the 14th franchise of the NFL. Today the team is known as the Minnesota Vikings.

15 Shaw, George QB Oregon 1961
(The injured QB that Unitas replaced for the Colts)
10 Tarkenton, Fran QB Georgia 1961-1966, 1972-1978 Drafted 3rd Round
15 McCormick, John QB Massachusetts 1962
15 VanderKelen, Ron QB Wisconsin 1963-1967
17 Berry, Bob QB Oregon 1965-1967,1973-1976
11 Kapp, Joe QB California 1967-1969
10 Hill, King P/QB Rice 1968
15 Cuozzo, Gary QB Virginia 1968-1971
19 Lee, Bob QB Pacific 1969-1972, 1975-1978
Drafted 17th Round / 441 overall
*Brian Dowling QB Yale1969* 11th Round / 277 overall
17 Cappleman, Bill QB Florida State 1970
Drafted 2nd Round / 51 overall
16 Snead, Norm QB Wake Forest 1971
**Neil Graff QB Wisconsin 1972*
Drafted 16th Round / 414 overall
15 Wells, Mike QB Illinois 1973-1974
Drafted 4th Round / 80 overall
9 Kramer, Tommy QB Rice 1977-1989
Drafted 1st Round / 27 overall
11 Reaves, John QB Florida 1979
12 Dils, Steve QB Stanford 1979-1983
Drafted 4th Round / 97 overall
13 Livingston, Mike QB Southern Methodist 1980
11 Wilson, Wade QB East Texas State 1981-1991 Drafted 8th Round / 210
4 Manning, Archie QB Mississippi 1983-1984
13 Bono, Steve QB UCLA 1985-1986
Drafted 6th Round / 142 overall
*Pease, BrentQBMontana 1987 *
Drafted 11th round / 295 overall*
16 Gannon, Rich QB Delaware 1987-1992
12 Bishop, Keith QB Wheaton College 1987
7 Adams, Tony QB Utah State 1987
(Strike games starter)
5 Miller, Larry QB Northern Iowa 1987
7 English, Jon QB Tulane* 1987
14 Renfroe, Gilbert QB Tennessee State 1990
12 Salisbury, Sean QB USC 1990-1994
14 Johnson, Brad QB Florida State 1992-1998, 2005-06 Drafted 9th Round / 227 overall
13 Torretta, Gino QB Miami 1993
Drafted 7th Round / 192 overall
6 McMahon, Jim QB Brigham Young 1993
1 Moon, Warren QB Washington 1994-1995
5 May, Chad QB Kansas State 1995
Drafted 4th Round / 111 overall
6 Walker, Jay QB Howard 1996-1997
7 Cunningham, Randall QB UNLV 1997-1999
11 Fiedler, Jay QB Dartmouth 1998
8 Bouman, Todd QB St. Cloud State 1997-2002
3 George, Jeff QB Illinois 1998
11/12 Culpepper, Daunte QB Central Florida 1999-2005 Drafted 1st Round / 11 overall
5 Cockerham, Billy QB Minnesota 2000
6 Brister, Bubby QB NE Louisiana 2000
14 Miller, Romaro QB Mississippi 2001
3 Wynn, Spergon QB SW Texas State 2001
12 Hill, Shaun QB Maryland 2002-2003
12 Frerotte, Gus QB Tulsa 2003-2004, 2008
14J.T. O'Sullivan QB UC-Davis2005
9 Bollinger, Brooks QB Wisconsin2006-2007
7 Tarvaris Jackson QB Alabama State2006-2009
Drafted 2nd Round/ 64 overall
2Drew Henson QB Michigan2006-2007
13 Kelly Holcomb QB Middle Tennessee State 2007-2007
4 Tyler Thigpen QB Coastal Carolina 2007-07 preseason Drafted 7th Round / 217
4 John David Booty QB USC 2008-2009
Drafted 5th Round / 137 overall
17Glennon, Sean QB Virginia Tech 2009-2009 Preseason
18 Rosenfels, Sage QB Iowa State 2009-2009

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[mlbfan74]

You forgot Brad johnson

[AVSEAL2012]

@mlbfan74 At 2:42 Brad Johnson appears in a #14 Purple Vikings uniform.

[sd31263]

Except for Kapp, they all sucked.

[AVSEAL2012]

@sd31263 Your just afraid, Joe Kapp will take a swing at you like he did at the Grey Cup this year.

[NoobSaibot911]

Jon English!

[AVSEAL2012]

@NoobSaibot911 Yes, Jon English. Coach Wally English's son. 1979 Went to Michigan State, spent 1980 with jr. college before Transferring to Iowa State in 1980. Couldn't break into the starting line up. Mean while Dan gets hired by Tulane, Jon played for Tulane while his court case with NCAA proceeded. He claimed since he had waited out a year the first time he transferred, and the by-laws use the term "first", He was exempt during a second transfer. The NCAA didn't agree; "first" mean "last".

[PoliceDepartment9192]

@Varangian1915 Yeah he was with Oakland in '98.

[UncleHappyHands]

Sad we've only had like 1 QB that was good his whole career, frank tarkenton.

[jacob3553]

@sd31263 what about tarkenton he is a hall of famer

[sd31263]

And if all these guys were Vikings, why aren't they all in Vikings uniforms?

[Varangian1915]

The year is incorrect with Jeff George. I'm sure he was the qb in 1999 not 98.

[theskeptic2010]

@mAzDaR20 I think that just about every team has gotten burned by the Vikings at least once. I went to school with a few guys who used to be die hard LA Rams fans of the old LA Rams team with Roman Gabriel, Merlin Olson, etc but the Vikings always seemed to have the Rams number, especially when they played @ Met Stadium. My buddies always used to tell me that the Vikings were the luckiest team on the face of the earth, and in some respects they were but they still had great teams and ballplayers