Table of Contents
Foreword Randall McDaniel xi
Introduction xv
1 Bud Grant Arrives 1
2 Super Bowl IV 4
3 Randy and Red Resurrect a Franchise 6
4 The 1998 NFC Championship Game 11
5 Adrian Peterson, MVP or Miracle? 13
6 The Purple People Eaters 16
7 Super Bowl VIII: Dominated Again 19
8 Favre Arrives 21
9 2009 NFC Championship Game 23
10 Tarkenton Arrives on the Scene 26
11 Mick Tingelhoff 29
12 The Push-Off 31
13 Alan Page 34
14 Cris Carter 37
15 Herschel Walker Trade 41
16 Jim Marshall 45
17 Visit Kezar Stadium and the Wrong-Way Run 48
18 Carl Eller 50
19 Super Bowl IX 52
20 The 2010 Season Implodes 55
21 Stormin' Norman 58
22 Trading Tarkenton 61
23 Fred Cox, the Father of the Nerf 64
24 Korey Stringer's Death 67
25 Sing Prince's Purple Prose 70
26 Max Winter 72
27 Favre vs. Packers 74
28 The Scrambler 78
29 Jim Finks 80
30 Super Bowl XI 83
31 A.P. and the Chaotic 2014 Season 86
32 Viking Durability 88
33 Bud Grant, a Man of Few Words 90
34 Joe Kapp 94
35 Visit Howard Wood Field 97
36 Purple Pass Rushers 99
37 Take a Love Boat Cruise on Lake Minnetonka 101
38 Cris Carter's Family 104
39 John Randle 106
40 Ahmad Rashad and the Miracle at the Met 111
41 Darrin Nelson's Drop 113
42 Randall McDaniel 115
43 Paul Krause 117
44 Gary Zimmerman 119
45 Eat at Tinucci's-Where Randy Moss Wouldn't Take His Dog 122
46 Unsung Heroes 125
47 Ron Yary 126
48 Dennis Green 128
49 Dave Osborn 130
50 Adrian Peterson Rushes for 296 132
51 Mike Tice 135
52 Chris Doleman 137
53 Tingelhoffs $500 Signing Bonus 141
54 Go to Mankato for Training Camp 142
55 Jerry Reichow, a Scout's Life 145
56 Red and Randy Split 147
57 Keith Millard's Guns 149
58 Tony Dungy 151
59 Jared Allen 153
60 Robert Smith 157
61 Go to Adrian Peterson Day 159
62 The Wilf's American Dream 161
63 Boom Boom Brown 164
64 Daunte Culpepper 166
65 Antoine Winfield 170
66 Les Steckel 172
67 Find a Community Tuesday Event 174
68 Brad Childress 176
69 Chuck Foreman 179
70 Warren Moon 180
71 Favre's Magical Metrodome Debut 182
72 The Williams Wall 184
73 Tommy Mason and His Monkey 187
74 Jerry Burns 189
75 Benchwarmer Bob's Place in History 191
76 Steve Hutchinson's Poison Pill 193
77 Enjoy Winterfest 195
78 Matt Birk 196
79 Matt Blair's Scary Journey 198
80 Grady Alderman Was No Stiff 201
81 Go to U.S. Bank Stadium and Join Club Purple 203
82 "Two-Minute" Tommy 204
83 Randall McDaniel, Student-Athlete 206
84 Roy Winston 209
85 Super Bowl LII 211
86 Dirty Jobs 213
87 Joey Browner and Family 215
88 Studwell, Greenway, and the Art of the Tackle 217
89 Big Play Bobby Bryant 218
90 Lynn Loathed Replacement Players 220
91 Feisty Prankster Wally Hilgenberg 222
92 Anthony Carter 225
93 Gene Washington 227
94 Ed White 229
95 Isiah Thomas vs. Cris Carter 231
96 The Tragic Case of Orlando Thomas 233
97 Visit Lambeau Field, the Site of Moss' Moonshot 235
98 Rick Spielman 237
99 Mike Zimmer 239
100 The 2015 Season and Beyond 242
Acknowledgments 247
Sources 249
