Minnesota kicker Blair Walsh has shanked a 27-yard field goal with 26 seconds to play to gift Seattle a bone-chilling 10-9 NFC Wild Card win.
Walsh, who had hit on 22, 43 and 47 yard field goals, looked poised to send a frigid Vikings crowd home happy but hooked the game winning attempt leaving both teams and a packed Twin Cities stadium stunned on Sunday.
"Crazy things happen in the playoffs," said Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson.
"It was an ugly game, we didn't play very well on offence and that's on me. I take the blame for that. We've got to be better.
"But we won, we kept battling. That is the great thing about it, you have to keep battling in the playoffs, you have to keep battling every opportunity you've got.
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"Defence was lights out. They made so many big plays that kept us in the game."
As the lowest remaining seed in the NFC at number six the Seahawks, bidding for a third straight appearance in the Super Bowl, will now head to Charlotte next weekend for a divisional showdown with number one ranked Carolina Panthers.
The Green Bay Packers will take on the Washington Redskins later on Sunday to close out the Wild Card weekend with the winner facing the Arizona Cardinals.
With the temperature sitting at -21C at kick-off, the game was the third-coldest NFL playoff ever and the Arctic like conditions left both offences labouring.
Seattle's first possession ended with punter Jon Ryan unable to handle a low snap and the Vikings took over and converted the miscue into a 22-yard Walsh field goal.
The Vikings built on their advantage with 43- and 47-yard field goals in the third quarter before the Seahawks offence finally heated up in the fourth.
Russell Wilson hit Doug Baldwin with a three-yard touchdown strike to cap an 80-yard drive and chop the Minnesota lead to 9-7.
On Minnesota's next possession disaster struck when Adrian Peterson fumbled on his own 40 and the Seahawks quickly turned that into a 46-yard Steven Hauschka field goal and a 10-9 lead that held up after Blair's surprising miss.
