Pro Football Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton can recount the exact moment when his future was a blank slate that needed paint, and fast. He was a college backup quarterback at the University of ...

NFL 100: At No. 95, Fran Tarkenton proved QBs could run long before Young, Vick and Lamar Zak Keefer July 11, 2021Updated July 17, 2023 104 ...

Tarkenton was lost The expansion Vikings reported to training camp at Bemidji State University on July 7, 1961. A seven-week grind would include five exhibition games, the first four on the road.

Fran Tarkenton helped lead the Giants out of the wilderness when he was acquired in 1967, ending a 17-year playoff drought. Kidwiler Collection/Diamond Images/Getty Images ...

Tarkenton played 18 seasons with the Minnesota Vikings from 1961 to '78. He owned NFL records in career passing yards (47,003), completions (3,686) and passing touchdowns (342) at the time of his ...

Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton, who was a bit of a handful early in his own career, has been speaking out lately regarding a couple of quarterbacks who play in the division where he was a ...

If Kirk Cousins needs advice on scrambling, Fran Tarkenton is just a phone call away. The Vikings’ quarterback spoke Friday about his 10-yard run for a first down that kept a first-quarter drive ...

Vikings Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton was in Canton, Ohio, last weekend for the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction of his friend and former teammate BMTN Staff | Aug 12, 2015 ...

It definitely won’t sit well with Tarkenton if Favre can do in one season what Fran couldn’t in 13. That said, Tarkenton realizes that Brett is playing at a very high level. “I’m just amazed,” ...

Fran Tarkenton ripped Jared Goff on Monday.It’s been an eventful last 24 hours for the Los Angeles Rams. They got smoked by the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday in front of a half-empty stadium, then ...