Chart: Coldest Vikings Home Games

January 6, 2016 at 3:50AM

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The Vikings-Seattle game Sunday could be one of the coldest in NFL history. The forecast calls for a high temperature of zero; there have been only nine games in league history where the temperature didn't exceed zero. The Vikings' coldest game, 2 below against Chicago on Dec. 3, 1972, was the sixth-most frigid in NFL history.

COLDEST VIKINGS HOME GAMES

• 2 below vs. Chicago, Dec. 3, 1972 (wind north 11 mph)

• 0 vs. Green Bay, Dec. 10, 1972 (wind SW 9 mph)

• 5 vs. Los Angeles, Nov. 29, 1964 (wind NW 12 mph)

• 9 vs. Chicago, Dec. 5, 1970 (wind north 25 mph)

• 9 vs. San Francisco*, Dec. 27, 1970 (wind north 10 mph)

* playoff game

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