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1973 Minnesota Vikings
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Record: 12-2-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
1973 NFC Champions
Scored 296 points (21.1/g), 9th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 168 points (12.0/g), 2nd.
Differential of 128 points (9.1/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 11.1-2.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.7/g), 5th.
Simple Rating System: Total 8.6, Offense: 1.7, Defense: 6.9, SoS: -0.5, 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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Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 16 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Oakland Raiders | 24 | 16 | 16 | 273 | 170 | 103 | 2 | 19 | 353 | 153 | 200 | 4 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 23 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | @ | Chicago Bears | 22 | 13 | 13 | 309 | 121 | 188 | 1 | 16 | 374 | 174 | 200 | 2 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 30 | boxscore | W | 3-0 | Green Bay Packers | 11 | 3 | 17 | 284 | 78 | 206 | 4 | 10 | 160 | 70 | 90 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 7 | boxscore | W | 4-0 | @ | Detroit Lions | 23 | 9 | 17 | 326 | 179 | 147 | 3 | 15 | 245 | 91 | 154 | 4 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 14 | boxscore | W | 5-0 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 17 | 13 | 14 | 220 | 124 | 96 | 1 | 28 | 430 | 320 | 110 | 5 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 21 | boxscore | W | 6-0 | Philadelphia Eagles | 28 | 21 | 25 | 409 | 192 | 217 | 1 | 19 | 315 | 189 | 126 | |||
| 7 | Sun | October 28 | boxscore | W | 7-0 | Los Angeles Rams | 10 | 9 | 19 | 253 | 71 | 182 | 1 | 11 | 157 | 68 | 89 | 2 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 4 | boxscore | W | 8-0 | Cleveland Browns | 26 | 3 | 23 | 353 | 152 | 201 | 1 | 4 | 145 | 75 | 70 | 3 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 11 | boxscore | W | 9-0 | Detroit Lions | 28 | 7 | 23 | 403 | 155 | 248 | 1 | 17 | 246 | 119 | 127 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Mon | November 19 | boxscore | L | 9-1 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 20 | 17 | 291 | 209 | 82 | 3 | 18 | 347 | 171 | 176 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 25 | boxscore | W | 10-1 | Chicago Bears | 31 | 13 | 20 | 375 | 172 | 203 | 3 | 16 | 198 | 57 | 141 | 2 | ||
| 12 | Sun | December 2 | boxscore | L | 10-2 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 0 | 27 | 13 | 201 | 120 | 81 | 3 | 17 | 332 | 105 | 227 | ||
| 13 | Sat | December 8 | boxscore | W | 11-2 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 31 | 7 | 10 | 221 | 83 | 138 | 17 | 300 | 148 | 152 | 5 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 16 | boxscore | W | 12-2 | @ | New York Giants | 31 | 7 | 19 | 313 | 130 | 183 | 2 | 13 | 266 | 154 | 112 | 2 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | December 22 | boxscore | W | 13-2 | Washington Redskins | 27 | 20 | 17 | 359 | 218 | 141 | 2 | 18 | 314 | 159 | 155 | 2 | ||
| ConfChamp | Sun | December 30 | boxscore | W | 14-2 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 27 | 10 | 20 | 306 | 103 | 203 | 4 | 9 | 153 | 63 | 90 | 6 | |
| SuperBowl | Sun | January 13 | boxscore | L | 14-3 | N | Miami Dolphins | 7 | 24 | 14 | 238 | 166 | 72 | 2 | 21 | 259 | 63 | 196 | ||
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