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1977 Minnesota Vikings
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Record: 9-5-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 231 points (16.5/g), 16th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 227 points (16.2/g), 13th.
Differential of 4 points (0.3/g), 14th.
Expected W-L: 7.1-6.9.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -17 (-1.2/g), 28th.
Coached by Bud Grant (9-5-0)
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1977 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| 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 18 | box | L | 0-1 | Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 16 | 20 | 294 | 138 | 156 | 5 | 16 | 297 | 166 | 131 | 1 | |
| 2 | Sat | September 24 | box | W | 1-1 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 9 | 3 | 17 | 315 | 211 | 104 | 3 | 8 | 138 | 34 | 104 | 3 |
| 3 | Sun | October 2 | box | W | 2-1 | Green Bay Packers | 19 | 7 | 24 | 325 | 131 | 194 | 8 | 208 | 127 | 81 | |||
| 4 | Sun | October 9 | box | W | 3-1 | Detroit Lions | 14 | 7 | 13 | 314 | 256 | 58 | 3 | 19 | 281 | 222 | 59 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 16 | box | W | 4-1 | Chicago Bears | 22 | 16 | 22 | 396 | 201 | 195 | 2 | 17 | 303 | 133 | 170 | 2 | |
| 6 | Mon | October 24 | box | L | 4-2 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 3 | 35 | 16 | 206 | 108 | 98 | 3 | 21 | 397 | 114 | 283 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 30 | box | W | 5-2 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 14 | 7 | 17 | 357 | 212 | 145 | 5 | 10 | 212 | 78 | 134 | 2 |
| 8 | Sun | November 6 | box | L | 5-3 | St. Louis Cardinals | 7 | 27 | 16 | 237 | 130 | 107 | 3 | 23 | 459 | 143 | 316 | 4 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 13 | box | W | 6-3 | Cincinnati Bengals | 42 | 10 | 30 | 423 | 216 | 207 | 3 | 13 | 248 | 187 | 61 | 2 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 20 | box | L | 6-4 | @ | Chicago Bears | 7 | 10 | 11 | 188 | 102 | 86 | 4 | 18 | 366 | 23 | 343 | 2 |
| 11 | Sun | November 27 | box | W | 7-4 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 13 | 6 | 12 | 218 | 60 | 158 | 2 | 9 | 169 | 61 | 108 | 4 |
| 12 | Sun | December 4 | box | W | 8-4 | San Francisco 49ers | 28 | 27 | 18 | 309 | 257 | 52 | 5 | 19 | 243 | 47 | 196 | 2 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 11 | box | L | 8-5 | @ | Oakland Raiders | 13 | 35 | 11 | 214 | 147 | 67 | 7 | 17 | 306 | 124 | 182 | 3 |
| 14 | Sat | December 17 | box | W | 9-5 | @ | Detroit Lions | 30 | 21 | 18 | 393 | 199 | 194 | 1 | 14 | 172 | 122 | 50 | 3 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Mon | December 26 | box | W | 10-5 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 14 | 7 | ||||||||||
| ConfChamp | Sun | January 1 | box | L | 10-6 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 6 | 23 | ||||||||||