1973 Minnesota Vikings Game Log

Record: 12-2-0, 1st in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bud Grant (12-2-0)

Points For: 296 (21.1/g) 9th of 26

Points Against: 168 (12.0/g) 2nd of 26

SRS: 8.60 (4th of 26), SOS: -0.54

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 27-20 vs. Washington Redskins
Won Conference Championship 27-10 vs. Dallas Cowboys
Lost Super Bowl 7-24 vs. Miami Dolphins

Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Burns

Defensive Coordinator: Neill Armstrong

Other Notable Asst.: Jack Patera (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium

Principal Owner/President: Max Winter

VP/General Manager: Jim Finks

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota)

Game Logs

Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 16	boxscore	W			Oakland Raiders	24	16	13	31	170	2	1	2	17	6.0	5.2	41.9	67.9	35	103	2.9	1	1	1	3	3	7	280
2	Sun	September 23	boxscore	W		@	Chicago Bears	22	13	12	18	121	1	1	7	68	10.5	4.8	66.7	81.0	35	188	5.4	0	5	6	1	1	5	227
3	Sun	September 30	boxscore	W			Green Bay Packers	11	3	12	16	78	0	1	3	31	6.8	4.1	75.0	58.9	43	206	4.8	0	3	3	0	0	5	211
4	Sun	October 7	boxscore	W		@	Detroit Lions	23	9	17	24	179	2	2	3	20	8.3	6.6	70.8	85.2	31	147	4.7	0	3	3	2	2	4	160
5	Sun	October 14	boxscore	W		@	San Francisco 49ers	17	13	10	22	124	1	1	2	12	6.2	5.2	45.5	59.7	30	96	3.2	1	1	2	2	2	6	250
6	Sun	October 21	boxscore	W			Philadelphia Eagles	28	21	16	21	192	1	0	1	10	9.6	8.7	76.2	119.5	44	217	4.9	3	0	2	4	4	2	83
7	Sun	October 28	boxscore	W			Los Angeles Rams	10	9	8	16	71	1	0	3	20	5.7	3.7	50.0	83.1	45	182	4.0	0	1	4	1	1	5	184
8	Sun	November 4	boxscore	W			Cleveland Browns	26	3	14	24	152	1	0	2	19	7.1	5.8	58.3	91.0	51	201	3.9	1	4	6	2	2	3	122
9	Sun	November 11	boxscore	W			Detroit Lions	28	7	11	16	155	1	1	3	22	11.1	8.2	68.8	94.5	48	248	5.2	2	0	1	4	4	4	141
10	Mon	November 19	boxscore	L		@	Atlanta Falcons	14	20	17	30	209	2	1	2	5	7.1	6.5	56.7	86.7	32	82	2.6	0	0	1	2	2	5	204
11	Sun	November 25	boxscore	W			Chicago Bears	31	13	13	18	172	2	0	2	39	11.7	8.6	72.2	139.1	39	203	5.2	2	1	2	4	4	2	72
12	Sun	December 2	boxscore	L		@	Cincinnati Bengals	0	27	16	29	120	0	1	1	7	4.4	4.0	55.2	50.9	26	81	3.1	0	0	1	0	0	7	297
13	Sat	December 8	boxscore	W		@	Green Bay Packers	31	7	10	19	83	2	0	1	8	4.8	4.2	52.6	99.2	37	138	3.7	1	1	2	4	4	8	291
14	Sun	December 16	boxscore	W		@	New York Giants	31	7	10	14	130	0	0	0	0	9.3	9.3	71.4	100.3	42	183	4.4	3	1	1	4	4	3	106

Playoffs Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
15	Sat	December 22	boxscore	W			Washington Redskins	27	20	16	28	218	2	1	1	4	7.9	7.5	57.1	91.1	34	141	4.1	1	2	2	3	3	6	115
16	Sun	December 30	boxscore	W		@	Dallas Cowboys	27	10	10	21	103	1	1	4	30	6.3	4.1	47.6	58.2	47	203	4.3	1	2	2	3	3	3	39
17	Sun	January 13	boxscore	L		N	Miami Dolphins	7	24	18	28	166	0	1	2	16	6.5	5.5	64.3	65.5	24	72	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	5	106	26:15

Opponent Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
1	Sun	September 16	boxscore	W			Oakland Raiders	24	16	13	30	153	0	2	4	30	6.1	4.5	43.3	31.7	39	200	5.1	0	3	3	1	1	5	124
2	Sun	September 23	boxscore	W		@	Chicago Bears	22	13	10	19	174	0	0	1	10	9.7	8.7	52.6	84.1	43	200	4.7	1	2	4	1	1	4	61
3	Sun	September 30	boxscore	W			Green Bay Packers	11	3	7	20	70	0	1	1	10	4.0	3.3	35.0	25.0	30	90	3.0	0	1	3	0	0	5	112
4	Sun	October 7	boxscore	W		@	Detroit Lions	23	9	18	31	91	0	3	5	40	4.2	2.5	58.1	23.4	30	154	5.1	0	3	3	0	0	2	22
5	Sun	October 14	boxscore	W		@	San Francisco 49ers	17	13	31	48	320	1	2	0	0	6.7	6.7	64.6	73.3	28	110	3.9	0	2	4	1	1	1	47
6	Sun	October 21	boxscore	W			Philadelphia Eagles	28	21	23	32	189	0	0	2	12	6.3	5.6	71.9	86.6	26	126	4.8	3	0	1	3	3	5	104
7	Sun	October 28	boxscore	W			Los Angeles Rams	10	9	10	20	68	0	2	2	19	4.4	3.1	50.0	18.3	30	89	3.0	0	3	5	0	0	4	50
8	Sun	November 4	boxscore	W			Cleveland Browns	26	3	12	23	75	0	2	2	15	3.9	3.0	52.2	22.9	16	70	4.4	0	1	1	0	0	7	162
9	Sun	November 11	boxscore	W			Detroit Lions	28	7	16	34	119	1	1	4	33	4.5	3.1	47.1	53.4	24	127	5.3	0	0	0	1	1	6	181
10	Mon	November 19	boxscore	L		@	Atlanta Falcons	14	20	11	23	171	2	1	0	0	7.4	7.4	47.8	83.8	42	176	4.2	0	2	4	2	2	3	39
11	Sun	November 25	boxscore	W			Chicago Bears	31	13	10	20	57	1	1	8	50	5.4	2.0	50.0	52.1	35	141	4.0	0	2	3	1	1	4	63
12	Sun	December 2	boxscore	L		@	Cincinnati Bengals	0	27	12	17	105	1	0	0	0	6.2	6.2	70.6	106.2	39	227	5.8	1	2	2	3	3	5	105
13	Sat	December 8	boxscore	W		@	Green Bay Packers	31	7	14	32	148	1	4	1	11	5.0	4.5	43.8	28.6	36	152	4.2	0	0	2	1	1	5	80
14	Sun	December 16	boxscore	W		@	New York Giants	31	7	11	28	154	1	2	0	0	5.5	5.5	39.3	39.9	32	112	3.5	0	0	3	1	1	1	35

Opponent Playoffs Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting
Week	Day	Date			OT		Opp	Tm	Opp	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Sk	Yds	Y/A	NY/A	Cmp%	Rate	Att	Yds	Y/A	TD	FGM	FGA	XPM	XPA	Pnt	Yds	ToP
15	Sat	December 22	boxscore	W			Washington Redskins	27	20	13	24	159	1	1	0	0	6.6	6.6	54.2	71.4	42	155	3.7	1	2	4	2	2	4	60
16	Sun	December 30	boxscore	W		@	Dallas Cowboys	27	10	10	21	63	0	4	3	26	4.2	2.6	47.6	14.7	25	90	3.6	0	1	1	1	1	4	63
17	Sun	January 13	boxscore	L		N	Miami Dolphins	7	24	6	7	63	0	0	1	10	10.4	7.9	85.7	104.2	53	196	3.7	3	0	0	0	0	3	36	33:45