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Vikings arrive in Philly to cheers and jeers

The Vikings arrived at their hotel in Philadelphia on Saturday to cheers and jeers from the crowds.

PHILADELPHIA - For the first time since 2009, the Minnesota Vikings are in the NFC Championship game.

They arrived at their hotel in Philadelphia on Saturday, about 24 hours ahead of the game against the Eagles.

The Minnesota team was greeted with cheers, jeers, booing, and calls of "go home" and even "nerds."

The Eagles and Vikings have a combined 15 NFC Championship game appearances between them. Both teams were 13-3 during their regular season, and neither has won a Super Bowl.

"When you get to this point in the playoffs, turnovers always end up being the difference, you know, they're +11 in turnovers this year, they've got 19 interceptions I believe," Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer said. "Going into the game you never really know. I mean, there's times where I've said, 'This is gonna be a low-scoring game,' and it's 30 to 28 or something like that, so you've just got to go out and play the best you can."

The game starts at 5:40 p.m. Sunday.

A win would mean the Vikings are going to the Super Bowl for the first time in 41 years.

KARE 11 has crews in Philadelphia and will offer team coverage Sunday online and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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