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Record: 8-6-0, Finished 1st in NFL Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 282 points (20.1/g), 8th of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 242 points (17.3/g), 6th.
Differential of 40 points (2.9/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 8.3-5.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.5/g), 5th.
Simple Rating System: Total 2.7, Offense: 0.3, Defense: 2.4, SoS: -0.2, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Bud Grant
Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Burns
Training Camp: Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota)
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sat | September 14 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Atlanta Falcons | 47 | 7 | 21 | 404 | 218 | 186 | 2 | 14 | 234 | 153 | 81 | 4 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 22 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 26 | 13 | 20 | 242 | 118 | 124 | 1 | 18 | 242 | 137 | 105 | 2 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 29 | boxscore | L | 2-1 | Chicago Bears | 17 | 27 | 17 | 279 | 121 | 158 | 3 | 20 | 409 | 131 | 278 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 6 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | Detroit Lions | 24 | 10 | 18 | 265 | 130 | 135 | 9 | 247 | 168 | 79 | 1 | |||
| 5 | Sun | October 13 | boxscore | L | 3-2 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 17 | 20 | 15 | 190 | 51 | 139 | 4 | 10 | 207 | 86 | 121 | 7 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 20 | boxscore | L | 3-3 | Dallas Cowboys | 7 | 20 | 16 | 274 | 144 | 130 | 3 | 9 | 177 | 93 | 84 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Sun | October 27 | boxscore | L | 3-4 | @ | Chicago Bears | 24 | 26 | 17 | 274 | 177 | 97 | 1 | 20 | 418 | 171 | 247 | 1 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 3 | boxscore | W | 4-4 | Washington Redskins | 27 | 14 | 15 | 317 | 102 | 215 | 3 | 9 | 133 | 92 | 41 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 10 | boxscore | W | 5-4 | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 10 | 15 | 226 | 66 | 160 | 1 | 21 | 263 | 91 | 172 | 4 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 17 | boxscore | W | 6-4 | @ | Detroit Lions | 13 | 6 | 15 | 252 | 113 | 139 | 3 | 6 | 131 | 38 | 93 | 1 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 24 | boxscore | L | 6-5 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 9 | 21 | 15 | 229 | 141 | 88 | 2 | 22 | 413 | 243 | 170 | 3 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 1 | boxscore | L | 6-6 | Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 31 | 9 | 127 | 47 | 80 | 5 | 19 | 324 | 123 | 201 | 2 | ||
| 13 | Sun | December 8 | boxscore | W | 7-6 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 30 | 20 | 15 | 247 | 122 | 125 | 1 | 15 | 280 | 179 | 101 | 3 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 15 | boxscore | W | 8-6 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 24 | 17 | 15 | 280 | 135 | 145 | 2 | 18 | 286 | 156 | 130 | 2 | |
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| Division | Sun | December 22 | boxscore | L | 8-7 | @ | Baltimore Colts | 14 | 24 | 22 | 351 | 266 | 85 | 3 | 15 | 295 | 245 | 50 | 2 | |