>> Cathy: IT IS TIME OR HISTORY TRIVIA AND LAST WEEK'S QUESTION WAS INSPIRED BY THE LATE VIKINGS GREAT BUD GRANT.

BUD OF COURSE WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS OLD SCHOOL FOOTBALL WAYS.

NO HEATERS ON THE SIDELINE.

TOUGH DEFENSES.

STRAIGHT LEG KICKERS.

HERE'S OUR QUESTION.

KEEPING INMIND BUD GRANT AND HIS TRADITIONAL WAYS, WHEN WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE VIKINGS PLAYED A AME ON ARTIFICIAL TURF IN MINNESOTA?

WE PLEADED WITH YOU TO BE CAREFUL WITH THIS QUESTION BUT MOST OF YOU DIDN'T HEED THAT.

NEARLY ALL OF YOUR GUESSES WERE WRONG.

READ 'EM AND WEEP.

>> I THINK THAT THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS PLAYED THE HOUSTON OILERS ON DECEMBER 14TH, 1986.

THAT WAS THEIR FIRST ASTROTURF.

>> TULANE STADIUM WHERE THE VIKINGS PLAYED IN SUPER OWL IX AGAINST THE PITTSBURGH STEELERS.

I JUST REMEMBER WATCHING IT AS A YOUNG GUY AND SEEING THAT THE TURF WAS ABOUT AS FAKEY AS HEY COME.

>> THE FIRST YEAR THE VIKINGS PLAYED ON TURF WAS IN 1982 IN THE METRODOME OPEN.

>> IN 1969 THE VIKINGS PLAYED A REGULAR SEASON GAME ON OCTOBER 5TH AGAINST THE GREEN BAY PACKERS AT MEMORIAL STADIUM WHICH HAD THE CRAPPIEST ARTIFICIAL TURF I'VE EVER BEEN ON.

>> JIM, YOU WERE HALF-RIGHT.

MEMORIAL STADIUM WAS INDEED THE LOCATION OF THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL TURF VIKINGS GAME IN MINNESOTA.

BUT THAT 1969 GAME WAS PLAYED ON GRASS.

FOR THE RIGHT ANSWER, LET'S ALL LISTEN TO THE DETAILS SUPPLIED BY VIEWER MIKE FROM ST. LOUIS PARK.

>> AUGUST 8TH, 1971.

THERE WAS A PRESEASON GAME AGAINST THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS.

THE GAME WAS PLAYED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA'S MEMORIAL STADIUM.

THEY JUST INSTALLED ARTIFICIAL TURF IN 1970.

THIS IS MIKE FROM ST. LOUIS PARK.

>> Cathy: YES, YES.

MEMO NORMAL STADIUM WAS FITTED WITH TARTAN TURF, OF THE 3M COMPANY.

THE VIKINGS PLAYED AT MEMORIAL STADIUM IN THE FALL OF 1971.

SEVERAL COLLEGES THAT YEAR HOSTED PRESEASON NFL GAMES AS WITH A WAY TO MAKE SOME MONEY.

THERE WAS THE LAST TIME THE VIKINGS WOULD PLAY AT MEMORIAL STADIUM.

MAY REMEMBER THE UNIVERSITY'S CURRENT FOOTBALL STADIUM WAS THE HOME OF THE VEHICLE VIKINGS IN THE 2014-2015 SEASONS.

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