Tarkenton
Americannoun
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On second and 7 from his own 10-yard line, Vikings quarterback Fran Tarkenton lost the ball and had to fall on it in the Vikings’ end zone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2026
“I love Fran,” Rams defensive end Fred Dryer said once of Tarkenton, his former New York Giants teammate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025
Win or lose, Tarkenton had made a pregame commitment to “Saturday Night Live,” NBC’s edgy, late-night comedy show that debuted a year earlier and turns 50 on Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024
He joined Peyton Manning, Carson Palmer, Fran Tarkenton and Kurt Warner as the only quarterbacks to throw at least 100 TD passes for multiple teams.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
Tarkenton hit Stu Voigt and Ahmad Rashad with clutch passes and found Foreman on a fourth-down pass for 10 yards that allowed the Vikings to keep the ball.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
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