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Record: 12-2-0, Finished 1st in NFL Central Division
NFL Season Summary
1969 Champions
Scored 379 points (27.1/g), 1st of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 133 points (9.5/g), 1st.
Differential of 246 points (17.6/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 12.9-1.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.9/g), 3rd.
Coached by Bud Grant (12-2-0)
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1969 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 21 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | New York Giants | 23 | 24 | 13 | 327 | 230 | 97 | 2 | 13 | 320 | 205 | 115 | 2 |
| 2 | Sun | September 28 | box | W | 1-1 | Baltimore Colts | 52 | 14 | 34 | 622 | 530 | 92 | 3 | 15 | 235 | 179 | 56 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 5 | box | W | 2-1 | Green Bay Packers | 19 | 7 | 12 | 230 | 73 | 157 | 16 | 173 | 65 | 108 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 12 | box | W | 3-1 | @ | Chicago Bears | 31 | 0 | 19 | 256 | 71 | 185 | 1 | 8 | 119 | 65 | 54 | 4 |
| 5 | Sun | October 19 | box | W | 4-1 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 27 | 10 | 19 | 332 | 216 | 116 | 1 | 7 | 169 | 90 | 79 | 1 |
| 6 | Sun | October 26 | box | W | 5-1 | Detroit Lions | 24 | 10 | 13 | 201 | 149 | 52 | 1 | 13 | 167 | 60 | 107 | 4 | |
| 7 | Sun | November 2 | box | W | 6-1 | Chicago Bears | 31 | 14 | 15 | 296 | 104 | 192 | 3 | 14 | 211 | 26 | 185 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 9 | box | W | 7-1 | Cleveland Browns | 51 | 3 | 31 | 454 | 266 | 188 | 8 | 151 | 109 | 42 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 16 | box | W | 8-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 9 | 7 | 18 | 270 | 114 | 156 | 2 | 10 | 225 | 138 | 87 | 3 |
| 10 | Sun | November 23 | box | W | 9-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 52 | 14 | 25 | 329 | 215 | 114 | 4 | 10 | 145 | 97 | 48 | 5 | |
| 11 | Thu | November 27 | box | W | 10-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 27 | 0 | 9 | 173 | 85 | 88 | 2 | 9 | 156 | 82 | 74 | 3 |
| 12 | Sun | December 7 | box | W | 11-1 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 20 | 13 | 15 | 246 | 69 | 177 | 15 | 247 | 186 | 61 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 14 | box | W | 12-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 7 | 7 | 193 | 82 | 111 | 3 | 15 | 291 | 279 | 12 | 4 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 21 | box | L | 12-2 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 10 | 9 | 167 | 42 | 125 | 8 | 5 | 111 | 50 | 61 | 3 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | December 27 | box | W | 13-2 | Los Angeles Rams | 23 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| ConfChamp | January 4 | box | W | 14-2 | Cleveland Browns | 27 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| SuperBowl | January 11 | box | L | 14-3 | N | Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 23 | |||||||||||