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Minnesota Vikings Franchise Encyclopedia

Regular Season Record (all-time) : 385-316-9
Playoff Record (all-time) : 18-24 (Last appearance after 2004 season)
 Super Bowls Won: 0 out of 4 appearances
 Championships Won: 0
Passing Leader (all-time): Fran Tarkenton - 33,098 yards
Rushing Leader (all-time): Robert Smith - 6,818 yards
Receiving Leader (all-time): Cris Carter - 12,383 yards
Winningest Coach (all-time): Bud Grant - 158 wins

Playoff Log / Head-to-Head Records / All Minnesota Vikings Draftees / Year-by-Year Starting Lineups / All-Pros and Pro Bowlers

All-time franchise leaderboards

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Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks

Glossary · * indicate playoff appearances
Top Players Off Rank Def Rank Overall Rank
Year Lg Tm W L T Coaches Passing Rushing Receiving Pts Yds Pts Yds T/G Pts± Yds± out of
2007 NFL Minnesota Vikings 8 8 0 Childress Jackson Peterson Wade 15 13 12 20 13 10 18 32
2006 NFL Minnesota Vikings 6 10 0 Childress Johnson Taylor Taylor 26 23 14 8 10 22 15 32
2005 NFL Minnesota Vikings 9 7 0 Tice Johnson Moore Taylor 19 25 19 21 12 19 27 32
2004 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 8 8 0 Tice Culpepper Smith Burleson 6 4 26 28 18 13 11 32
2003 NFL Minnesota Vikings 9 7 0 Tice Culpepper Williams Moss 6 1 23 23 5 11 5 32
2002 NFL Minnesota Vikings 6 10 0 Tice Culpepper Bennett Moss 8 2 30 26 31 24 12 32
2001 NFL Minnesota Vikings 5 11 0 Green,Tice Culpepper Bennett Moss 24 12 26 27 31 28 26 31
2000 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 11 5 0 Green Culpepper Smith Moss 5 5 24 28 26 15 15 31
1999 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 10 6 0 Green George Smith Moss 5 3 18 27 27 9 13 31
1998 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 15 1 0 Green Cunningham Smith Moss 1 2 6 13 2 1 2 30
1997 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 9 7 0 Green Johnson Smith Reed 11 8 19 29 10 16 21 30
1996 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 9 7 0 Green Johnson Smith Reed 23 12 15 16 11 17 11 30
1995 NFL Minnesota Vikings 8 8 0 Green Moon Smith Carter 4 4 27 20 2 10 8 30
1994 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 10 6 0 Green Moon Allen Carter 7 3 13 5 13 8 2 28
1993 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 9 7 0 Green McMahon Graham Carter 20 17 12 1 5 17 8 28
1992 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 11 5 0 Green Gannon Allen Carter 4 11 7 8 3 4 10 28
1991 NFL Minnesota Vikings 8 8 0 Burns Gannon Walker Carter 13 10 16 14 9 16 12 28
1990 NFL Minnesota Vikings 6 10 0 Burns Gannon Walker Carter 9 12 16 13 18 13 12 28
1989 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 10 6 0 Burns Wilson Walker Carter 11 14 6 1 15 10 3 28
1988 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 11 5 0 Burns Wilson Nelson Carter 4 7 2 1 1 1 1 28
1987 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 8 7 0 Burns Wilson Nelson Carter 13 15 16 10 12 12 14 28
1986 NFL Minnesota Vikings 9 7 0 Burns Kramer Nelson Jordan 4 4 5 11 4 4 4 28
1985 NFL Minnesota Vikings 7 9 0 Grant Kramer Nelson Carter 14 16 17 16 18 16 20 28
1984 NFL Minnesota Vikings 3 13 0 Steckel Kramer Anderson Lewis 24 25 28 28 26 28 28 28
1983 NFL Minnesota Vikings 8 8 0 Grant Dils Nelson Nelson 18 20 17 19 2 20 21 28
1982 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 5 4 0 Grant Kramer Brown White 13 14 20 19 7 16 15 28
1981 NFL Minnesota Vikings 7 9 0 Grant Kramer Brown Senser 13 6 21 17 25 18 10 28
1980 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 9 7 0 Grant Kramer Brown Rashad 15 11 11 26 3 14 20 28
1979 NFL Minnesota Vikings 7 9 0 Grant Kramer Young Rashad 24 19 17 18 21 22 21 28
1978 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 8 7 1 Grant Tarkenton Foreman Rashad 12 17 20 14 24 13 15 28
1977 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 9 5 0 Grant Tarkenton Foreman White 16 14 13 11 28 14 7 28
1976 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 11 2 1 Grant Tarkenton Foreman White 9 6 2 6 12 5 3 28
1975 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 12 2 0 Grant Tarkenton Foreman Gilliam 3 5 3 1 2 2 1 26
1974 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 10 4 0 Grant Tarkenton Foreman Lash 5 3 3 10 3 4 5 26
1973 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 12 2 0 Grant Tarkenton Foreman Gilliam 9 7 2 12 5 5 8 26
1972 NFL Minnesota Vikings 7 7 0 Grant Tarkenton Reed Gilliam 12 12 11 5 6 10 7 26
1971 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 11 3 0 Grant Cuozzo Jones Grim 18 23 1 2 4 4 14 26
1970 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 12 2 0 Grant Cuozzo Osborn Washington 3 19 1 1 4 1 1 26
1969 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 12 2 0 Grant Kapp Osborn Washington 1 10 1 1 3 1 2 16
1968 NFL Minnesota Vikings* 8 6 0 Grant Kapp Brown Washington 8 14 6 5 5 6 9 16
1967 NFL Minnesota Vikings 3 8 3 Grant Kapp Osborn Washington 14 14 7 6 9 13 12 16
1966 NFL Minnesota Vikings 4 9 1 Van Brocklin Tarkenton Brown Flatley 9 4 8 5 13 9 3 15
1965 NFL Minnesota Vikings 7 7 0 Van Brocklin Tarkenton Brown Flatley 4 4 14 7 11 9 4 14
1964 NFL Minnesota Vikings 8 5 1 Van Brocklin Tarkenton Brown Brown 4 6 6 10 5 4 5 14
1963 NFL Minnesota Vikings 5 8 1 Van Brocklin Tarkenton Mason Flatley 8 11 12 9 4 10 10 14
1962 NFL Minnesota Vikings 2 11 1 Van Brocklin Tarkenton Mason Mason 13 12 14 12 13 14 13 14
1961 NFL Minnesota Vikings 3 11 0 Van Brocklin Tarkenton McElhenny Reichow 9 12 14 14 6 12 14 14

Playoff Game Log

Glossary
Score
Week Opp Tm Opp
2004 Playoffs
WildCard W @ Green Bay Packers 31 17
Division L @ Philadelphia Eagles 14 27
2000 Playoffs
Division W New Orleans Saints 34 16
ConfChamp L @ New York Giants 0 41
1999 Playoffs
WildCard W Dallas Cowboys 27 10
Division L @ St. Louis Rams 37 49
1998 Playoffs
Division W Arizona Cardinals 41 21
ConfChamp L Atlanta Falcons 27 30
1997 Playoffs
WildCard W @ New York Giants 23 22
Division L @ San Francisco 49ers 22 38
1996 Playoffs
WildCard L @ Dallas Cowboys 15 40
1994 Playoffs
WildCard L Chicago Bears 18 35
1993 Playoffs
WildCard L @ New York Giants 10 17
1992 Playoffs
WildCard L Washington Redskins 7 24
1989 Playoffs
Division L @ San Francisco 49ers 13 41
1988 Playoffs
WildCard W Los Angeles Rams 28 17
Division L @ San Francisco 49ers 9 34
1987 Playoffs
WildCard W @ New Orleans Saints 44 10
Division W @ San Francisco 49ers 36 24
ConfChamp L @ Washington Redskins 10 17
1982 Playoffs
WildCard W Atlanta Falcons 30 24
Division L @ Washington Redskins 7 21
1980 Playoffs
Division L @ Philadelphia Eagles 16 31
1978 Playoffs
Division L @ Los Angeles Rams 10 34
1977 Playoffs
Division W @ Los Angeles Rams 14 7
ConfChamp L @ Dallas Cowboys 6 23
1976 Playoffs
Division W Washington Redskins 35 20
ConfChamp W Los Angeles Rams 24 13
SuperBowl L N Oakland Raiders 14 32
1975 Playoffs
Division L Dallas Cowboys 14 17
1974 Playoffs
Division W St. Louis Cardinals 30 14
ConfChamp W Los Angeles Rams 14 10
SuperBowl L N Pittsburgh Steelers 6 16
1973 Playoffs
Division W Washington Redskins 27 20
ConfChamp W @ Dallas Cowboys 27 10
SuperBowl L N Miami Dolphins 7 24
1971 Playoffs
Division L Dallas Cowboys 12 20
1970 Playoffs
Division L San Francisco 49ers 14 17
1969 Playoffs
Division W Los Angeles Rams 23 20
ConfChamp W Cleveland Browns 27 7
SuperBowl L N Kansas City Chiefs 7 23
1968 Playoffs
Division L @ Baltimore Colts 14 24

Head-to-Head Franchise Records

Glossary
Score
Opponent W L T W-L% Tm Opp
Arizona Cardinals 9 9 0 .500 411 420
Atlanta Falcons 15 8 0 .652 551 366
Baltimore Ravens 1 2 0 .333 64 77
Buffalo Bills 7 4 0 .636 260 191
Carolina Panthers 4 3 0 .571 122 139
Chicago Bears 50 41 2 .549 1931 1733
Cincinnati Bengals 5 5 0 .500 209 184
Cleveland Browns 9 3 0 .750 316 173
Dallas Cowboys 10 10 0 .500 487 467
Denver Broncos 7 5 0 .583 253 258
Detroit Lions 61 30 2 .670 2029 1733
Green Bay Packers 44 48 1 .478 1760 1924
Houston Texans 1 0 0 1.000 34 28
Indianapolis Colts 7 13 1 .350 447 544
Jacksonville Jaguars 2 1 0 .667 80 59
Kansas City Chiefs 4 5 0 .444 208 154
Miami Dolphins 4 5 0 .444 167 179
New England Patriots 4 6 0 .400 219 202
New Orleans Saints 17 7 0 .708 635 409
New York Giants 11 8 0 .579 455 362
New York Jets 1 7 0 .125 122 197
Oakland Raiders 4 8 0 .333 229 294
Philadelphia Eagles 11 9 0 .550 461 463
Pittsburgh Steelers 8 6 0 .571 329 256
San Diego Chargers 5 5 0 .500 231 262
San Francisco 49ers 19 18 1 .514 851 868
Seattle Seahawks 4 6 0 .400 242 256
St. Louis Rams 17 14 2 .547 715 757
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 19 0 .620 1080 891
Tennessee Titans 7 3 0 .700 273 151
Washington Redskins 6 8 0 .429 341 295