<P> In the first week of the 2010 NFL regular season, the Vikings played the defending Super Bowl champions, the New Orleans Saints . The Vikings lost 14--9 . In Week 2, the Vikings played the Miami Dolphins and lost 14--10 . The Vikings defeated the Detroit Lions 24--10 in the third week of the season . After a week four bye - week, the Vikings received star wide receiver Randy Moss in a trade with the New England Patriots . Even with the addition of Moss, the Vikings lost to the New York Jets 29--20 in Week 5 . The Vikings won a crucial victory against another struggling team in the form of the Dallas Cowboys 24--21, but in Week 7 the Vikings lost to the arch - rival Green Bay Packers 28--24 . In Week 9, the Vikings played the Arizona Cardinals at home and won 27--24 in overtime, coming back from a 24--10 deficit in the final four minutes of regulation . Favre threw for a career - high 446 passing yards . The Vikings then went on to face the Chicago Bears, but were defeated, and then went on to be blown out 31--3 at home by the Packers the following game . Head coach Brad Childress was fired the following Monday . With Leslie Frazier filling in for the fired Childress, the Vikings won two games in a row . One against the Washington Redskins on the road, and a blowout win over the Buffalo Bills at home . </P> <P> After a winter storm dropped nearly 17 inches of snow in the Minneapolis / St Paul area the Saturday before the Vikings December 12 home game versus the New York Giants and 30 mph gusts drove snow removers off the dome's roof overnight, several panels were damaged as the weight of the snow caused the roof to collapse . After viewing the damage, Vikings management and the NFL decided to move the game to Monday and play it at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan . Because of on - going repairs to the roof of the Metrodome, the Vikings played their December 20 game versus the Chicago Bears at TCF Bank Stadium . Favre threw the final touchdown pass of his career (to Percy Harvin) in this game . The game was played 29 years to the day after the last outdoor game at old Met Stadium . On December 26, the NFL announced that the game versus the Philadelphia Eagles was being postponed to Tuesday, December 28, 2010 because of blizzard conditions . This marks the third consecutive venue or date change for a Vikings game and was the first NFL game played on a Tuesday since 1964 . The Vikings proceeded to upset the dynamic Eagles offense, led by a resurgent Michael Vick, 24--14 with rookie Joe Webb at the helm . The Vikings finished the season 6--10 with a 20--13 loss against the Detroit Lions . </P> <P> The 2010--11 season was a step down for the Minnesota Vikings . After coming within a few plays of Super Bowl XLIV, Minnesota ended the 2010 season with a 6--10 record and a last place finish in the NFC North for the first time since 1990 . During the season, the Vikings had many distractions, including trading for Randy Moss and then waiving him only a month later, Brett Favre's NFL investigation for allegedly sending inappropriate text messages to Jets' employee Jenn Sterger while he was with the team in 2008, the Metrodome's collapse and resulting venue changes, and finally head coach Brad Childress' firing on November 22 following a 31--3 loss at the hands of the rival Green Bay Packers . </P> <P> After serving as the interim head coach for the final six games of the season (finishing with a 3--3 record), defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier was officially named the head coach on January 3, 2011, after signing a three - year contract . On January 17, Brett Favre retired for the third, and officially last, time, leaving the team in search for a long term replacement at the quarterback position . Wasting no time after being appointed head coach, Frazier began to restructure the team's coaching staff, including letting go of offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and hiring Mike Singletary as linebackers coach and Bill Musgrave as the new offensive coordinator . Their first round draft pick was Christian Ponder, a quarterback from Florida State University . The team finished with a 3--13 record, tied with the 1984 Vikings for the second worst record in franchise history . </P>

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