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1989 Minnesota Vikings
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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 351 points (21.9/g), 11th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 275 points (17.2/g), 6th.
Differential of 76 points (4.8/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 10.3-5.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 15th.
Coached by Jerry Burns (10-6-0)
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1989 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Day | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 10 | box | W | 1-0 | Houston Oilers | 38 | 7 | 29 | 343 | 188 | 155 | 11 | 104 | 34 | 70 | 3 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 17 | box | L | 1-1 | @ | Chicago Bears | 7 | 38 | 18 | 320 | 253 | 67 | 4 | 20 | 306 | 142 | 164 | 1 |
| 3 | Sun | September 24 | box | L | 1-2 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14 | 27 | 17 | 258 | 146 | 112 | 2 | 23 | 278 | 119 | 159 | 1 |
| 4 | Sun | October 1 | box | W | 2-2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 17 | 3 | 23 | 365 | 203 | 162 | 3 | 7 | 158 | 64 | 94 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 8 | box | W | 3-2 | Detroit Lions | 24 | 17 | 14 | 229 | 138 | 91 | 3 | 20 | 237 | 84 | 153 | 4 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 15 | box | W | 4-2 | Green Bay Packers | 26 | 14 | 21 | 398 | 160 | 238 | 2 | 11 | 219 | 151 | 68 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 22 | box | W | 5-2 | @ | Detroit Lions | 20 | 7 | 13 | 264 | 147 | 117 | 1 | 21 | 282 | 198 | 84 | 5 |
| 8 | Mon | October 30 | box | L | 5-3 | @ | New York Giants | 14 | 24 | 20 | 250 | 140 | 110 | 4 | 13 | 174 | 55 | 119 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 5 | box | W | 6-3 | Los Angeles Rams | 23 | 21 | 23 | 376 | 276 | 100 | 1 | 14 | 304 | 185 | 119 | 2 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 12 | box | W | 7-3 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 24 | 10 | 18 | 303 | 145 | 158 | 1 | 13 | 201 | 111 | 90 | 2 |
| 11 | Sun | November 19 | box | L | 7-4 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 9 | 10 | 18 | 219 | 136 | 83 | 5 | 22 | 270 | 179 | 91 | 1 |
| 12 | Sun | November 26 | box | L | 7-5 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 19 | 20 | 22 | 377 | 301 | 76 | 2 | 16 | 332 | 248 | 84 | 1 |
| 13 | Sun | December 3 | box | W | 8-5 | Chicago Bears | 27 | 16 | 24 | 387 | 251 | 136 | 2 | 18 | 315 | 178 | 137 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 10 | box | W | 9-5 | Atlanta Falcons | 43 | 17 | 23 | 457 | 237 | 220 | 1 | 15 | 255 | 188 | 67 | 3 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 17 | box | L | 9-6 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 17 | 23 | 19 | 316 | 194 | 122 | 1 | 16 | 320 | 256 | 64 | 2 |
| 16 | Mon | December 25 | box | W | 10-6 | Cincinnati Bengals | 29 | 21 | 24 | 393 | 274 | 119 | 1 | 26 | 429 | 309 | 120 | 5 | |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Sat | January 6 | box | L | 10-7 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 13 | 41 | 25 | 385 | 299 | 86 | 5 | 22 | 403 | 241 | 162 | 1 |