1996 Minnesota Vikings Game Log

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Record: 9-7-0, 2nd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dennis Green (9-7-0)

Points For: 298 (18.6/g) 23rd of 30

Points Against: 315 (19.7/g) 15th of 30

Expected W-L: 7.5-8.5

SRS: -0.15 (16th of 30), SOS: .92

Playoffs:
Lost Wild Card 15-40 vs. Dallas Cowboys

Offensive Coordinator: Brian Billick

Defensive Coordinator: Foge Fazio

Other Notable Asst.: John Levra (Defensive Line), Tom Olivadotti (Inside Linebackers), Keith Rowen (Offensive Line), Ray Sherman (Quarterbacks) and Mike Tice (Tight Ends)

Stadium: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

VP/de facto General Manager: Jeff Diamond

CEO/Managing Partner: Roger Headrick

Offensive Scheme: West Coast

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +5000; O/U: 8.0

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

Game Logs

Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting		Downs
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	3DConv	3DAtt	4DConv	4DAtt	ToP
1	Sun	September 1	boxscore	W			Detroit Lions	17	13	21	37	183	1	0	4	31	5.8	4.5	56.8	79.0	27	128	4.7	0	1	2	2	2	8	336	7	17	0	0	30:56
2	Sun	September 8	boxscore	W		@	Atlanta Falcons	23	17	15	26	266	2	1	1	9	10.6	9.9	57.7	102.4	33	99	3.0	0	3	3	2	2	4	180	6	13	0	0	29:11
3	Sun	September 15	boxscore	W		@	Chicago Bears	20	14	22	44	239	1	1	0	0	5.4	5.4	50.0	64.5	34	138	4.1	1	2	2	2	2	9	315	9	20	0	0	35:03
4	Sun	September 22	boxscore	W			Green Bay Packers	30	21	24	41	263	2	2	2	17	6.8	6.1	58.5	73.5	33	88	2.7	1	3	3	3	3	6	276	9	20	0	0	37:59
5	Sun	September 29	boxscore	L		@	New York Giants	10	15	13	25	140	0	1	2	3	5.7	5.2	52.0	52.1	20	88	4.4	0	1	1	1	1	7	273	2	11	0	0	22:17
6	Sun	October 6	boxscore	W			Carolina Panthers	14	12	19	34	192	2	1	4	17	6.1	5.1	55.9	79.5	30	101	3.4	0	0	1	2	2	5	160	5	16	1	2	33:56
7	Sun	October 13	boxscore	L		@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	24	22	34	255	0	1	3	22	8.1	6.9	64.7	75.0	21	139	6.6	1	2	3	1	1	3	144	6	13	0	0	28:29
9	Mon	October 28	boxscore	L			Chicago Bears	13	15	25	41	268	1	1	5	29	7.2	5.8	61.0	78.1	14	11	0.8	0	2	3	1	1	4	124	5	14	1	1	27:21
10	Sun	November 3	boxscore	L			Kansas City Chiefs	6	21	22	42	210	1	2	1	8	5.2	4.9	52.4	54.7	14	48	3.4	0	0	1	0	0	8	296	3	14	1	1	23:27
11	Sun	November 10	boxscore	L		@	Seattle Seahawks	23	42	22	42	300	2	2	1	10	7.4	7.0	52.4	71.5	12	15	1.3	1	0	0	1	1	8	352	3	11	0	0	22:23
12	Sun	November 17	boxscore	W	OT	@	Oakland Raiders	16	13	20	33	263	1	2	1	12	8.3	7.7	60.6	70.6	44	182	4.1	0	3	4	1	1	4	160	10	20	0	1	39:16
13	Sun	November 24	boxscore	L			Denver Broncos	17	21	24	35	246	2	2	2	20	7.6	6.6	68.6	83.7	28	50	1.8	0	1	1	2	2	5	165	9	16	0	0	32:11
14	Sun	December 1	boxscore	W			Arizona Cardinals	41	17	21	29	263	4	0	1	6	9.3	8.8	72.4	139.8	45	149	3.3	1	2	3	5	5	1	49	8	14	0	0	37:46
15	Sun	December 8	boxscore	W		@	Detroit Lions	24	22	19	29	173	3	0	2	22	6.7	5.6	65.5	116.0	31	116	3.7	0	1	1	3	3	3	129	11	15	0	0	31:34
16	Sun	December 15	boxscore	W			Tampa Bay Buccaneers	21	10	25	35	194	1	2	3	27	6.3	5.1	71.4	70.4	32	145	4.5	2	0	0	3	3	7	322	5	14	0	0	34:34
17	Sun	December 22	boxscore	L		@	Green Bay Packers	10	38	17	34	203	1	1	2	8	6.2	5.6	50.0	66.2	17	49	2.9	0	1	1	1	1	8	336	3	12	0	0	22:50

Playoffs Game Logs

Playoffs Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting		Downs
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	3DConv	3DAtt	4DConv	4DAtt	ToP
18	Sat	December 28	boxscore	L		@	Dallas Cowboys	15	40	15	27	205	1	2	2	3	7.7	7.1	55.6	61.5	15	63	4.2	1	0	0	1	1	2	160	1	7	1	2	17:57

Opponent Game Logs

Opponent Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting		Downs
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	3DConv	3DAtt	4DConv	4DAtt	ToP
1	Sun	September 1	boxscore	W			Detroit Lions	17	13	21	42	244	1	4	3	8	6.0	5.4	50.0	36.3	29	191	6.6	0	2	2	1	1	4	67	3	10	0	1	29:04
2	Sun	September 8	boxscore	W		@	Atlanta Falcons	23	17	24	41	245	2	1	3	21	6.5	5.6	58.5	81.9	19	79	4.2	0	1	2	2	2	4	70	6	14	0	1	30:49
3	Sun	September 15	boxscore	W		@	Chicago Bears	20	14	18	40	191	1	3	1	8	5.0	4.7	45.0	36.6	23	108	4.7	0	0	1	2	2	7	250	4	13	0	1	24:57
4	Sun	September 22	boxscore	W			Green Bay Packers	30	21	14	27	157	2	1	7	41	7.3	4.6	51.9	78.8	15	60	4.0	0	0	0	3	3	8	307	1	11	0	1	22:01
5	Sun	September 29	boxscore	L		@	New York Giants	10	15	18	29	146	0	0	5	21	5.8	4.3	62.1	74.8	40	145	3.6	1	3	3	0	0	6	137	5	17	2	2	37:43
6	Sun	October 6	boxscore	W			Carolina Panthers	14	12	15	30	155	0	4	1	0	5.2	5.0	50.0	25.7	28	101	3.6	1	1	1	1	1	4	62	3	12	1	2	26:04
7	Sun	October 13	boxscore	L		@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	24	22	35	208	3	0	1	10	6.2	5.8	62.9	107.8	31	76	2.5	0	1	2	3	3	6	162	6	14	0	0	31:31
9	Mon	October 28	boxscore	L			Chicago Bears	13	15	23	35	180	0	2	1	7	5.3	5.0	65.7	54.5	29	96	3.3	1	2	4	1	1	3	36	7	14	0	0	32:39
10	Sun	November 3	boxscore	L			Kansas City Chiefs	6	21	19	33	157	0	1	1	8	5.0	4.6	57.6	57.3	43	202	4.7	3	0	2	3	3	7	211	6	17	1	1	36:33
11	Sun	November 10	boxscore	L		@	Seattle Seahawks	23	42	23	34	253	2	0	2	15	7.9	7.0	67.6	109.1	37	199	5.4	3	2	3	4	4	6	144	2	13	1	1	36:29
12	Sun	November 17	boxscore	W	OT	@	Oakland Raiders	16	13	14	27	112	0	1	4	27	5.1	3.6	51.9	47.1	32	125	3.9	0	2	2	1	1	7	181	6	17	1	1	32:37
13	Sun	November 24	boxscore	L			Denver Broncos	17	21	27	36	309	2	1	3	25	9.3	7.9	75.0	107.3	23	79	3.4	1	0	1	3	3	4	64	5	12	1	2	27:49
14	Sun	December 1	boxscore	W			Arizona Cardinals	41	17	26	40	245	1	2	3	25	6.8	5.7	65.0	69.3	12	35	2.9	1	1	1	2	2	3	46	4	11	1	2	22:14
15	Sun	December 8	boxscore	W		@	Detroit Lions	24	22	21	31	235	1	0	3	15	8.1	6.9	67.7	100.9	23	145	6.3	1	3	4	1	1	2	156	3	10	1	1	28:26
16	Sun	December 15	boxscore	W			Tampa Bay Buccaneers	21	10	13	32	77	0	2	3	27	3.3	2.2	40.6	22.4	20	92	4.6	1	1	1	1	1	10	430	4	15	0	0	25:26
17	Sun	December 22	boxscore	L		@	Green Bay Packers	10	38	16	25	207	3	0	2	5	8.5	7.7	64.0	129.5	41	233	5.7	2	1	1	5	5	3	37	5	11	1	1	37:10

Opponent Playoffs Game Logs

Opponent Playoffs Game Logs Table
								Score		Passing											Rushing				Scoring				Punting		Downs
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	3DConv	3DAtt	4DConv	4DAtt	ToP
18	Sat	December 28	boxscore	L		@	Dallas Cowboys	15	40	21	31	183	0	1	1	9	6.2	5.7	67.7	69.7	46	255	5.5	3	4	4	4	4	1	43	7	14	0	1	42:03

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