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List of Minnesota Vikings seasons

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List of Minnesota Vikings seasons
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The Vikings have played at [[U.S. Bank Stadium]] since 2016.

The Minnesota Vikings are an American football team playing in the National Football League (NFL). The Vikings compete in the NFL as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The team was established in 1959, when three Minneapolis businessmen – Bill Boyer, H. P. Skoglund and Max Winter – were awarded a franchise in the new American Football League (AFL). In January 1960, the ownership group forfeited its AFL membership and, along with Bernie Ridder and Ole Haugsrud, was awarded the NFL's 14th franchise, with play to begin in 1961.

Since the franchise's inception, the Vikings have completed 64 seasons of play in the NFL. The team won one NFL Championship in 1969, and was the last team crowned NFL champions before the AFL–NFL merger in 1970. The franchise has been conference champions three times since the merger, but has never won the Super Bowl. The Vikings have been divisional champions 21 times, most among current members of their division. Minnesota has played 1039 regular and postseason games and has appeared in the postseason 32 times.

The team's worst season was 1962, when they won two games, lost eleven, and tied one (a 0.154 winning percentage). Their worst seasons since the NFL changed to a 16-game schedule were in 1984 and 2011, when they could only manage a 3–13 record. The best regular-season record was achieved in 1998, when the Vikings went 15–1, but kicker Gary Anderson, who had gone 35-for-35 in field goal attempts during the regular season, missed a 38-yard attempt with less than three minutes remaining in the NFC Championship Game. With an overtime loss to the Atlanta Falcons, the Vikings became the first 15–1 team in NFL history to not reach the Super Bowl.

Key

UPINFCUPI NFC Player of the Year

Seasons

NFL champions
(1920–1969)†Super Bowl champions
(1966–present)‡Conference champions
(1967–present)°Division champions
(1967–present)*Wild card berth
(1970–present)§
SeasonTeamLeagueConferenceDivisionRegular seasonPostseason resultsAwardsHead coachFinishWLTTotal56747811
1961NFLWestern7th3110Norm Van Brocklin
1962NFLWestern6th2111
1963NFLWesternT-4th581Paul Flatley (ROY)
1964NFLWesternT-2nd851Fran Tarkenton (PBMVP)
1965NFLWestern5th770
1966NFLWesternT-6th491
1967NFLWesternCentral4th383Bud Grant
1968NFLWesternCentral*1st*860Lost Conference Playoffs (at Colts) 14–24
1969NFL†Western°Central*1st*1220Won Conference Playoffs (Rams) 23–20
Won NFL Championship (Browns) 27–7†
Lost Super Bowl IV (vs. Chiefs) 7–23Bud Grant (COY)
1970NFLNFCCentral*1st*1220Lost Divisional Playoffs (49ers) 14–17
1971NFLNFCCentral*1st*1130Lost Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys) 12–20Carl Eller (GH)
Alan Page (MVP, DPY, UPINFC)
1972NFLNFCCentral3rd770
1973NFLNFC°Central*1st*1220Won Divisional Playoffs (Redskins) 27–20
Won Conference Championship (at Cowboys) 27–10
Lost Super Bowl VIII (vs. Dolphins) 7–24Chuck Foreman (OROY)
Alan Page (GH)
1974NFLNFC°Central*1st*1040Won Divisional Playoffs (Cardinals) 30–14
Won Conference Championship (Rams) 14–10
Lost Super Bowl IX (vs. Steelers) 6–16
1975NFLNFCCentral*1st*1220Lost Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys) 14–17Fran Tarkenton (MVP, BBA, UPINFC, OPY)
1976NFLNFC°Central*1st*1121Won Divisional Playoffs (Redskins) 35–20
Won Conference Championship (Rams) 24–13
Lost Super Bowl XI (vs. Raiders) 14–32Chuck Foreman (UPINFC)
Sammy White (ROY, OROY)
1977NFLNFCCentral*1st*950Won Divisional Playoffs (at Rams) 14–7
Lost Conference Championship (at Cowboys) 6–23
1978NFLNFCCentral*1st*871Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Rams) 10–34Ahmad Rashad (PBMVP)
1979NFLNFCCentral3rd790
1980NFLNFCCentral*1st*970Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Eagles) 16–31
1981NFLNFCCentral4th790
1982NFLNFC4th540Won First round (Falcons) 30–24
Lost Second round (at Redskins) 7–21
1983NFLNFCCentral4th880
1984NFLNFCCentral5th3130Les Steckel
1985NFLNFCCentral3rd790Bud Grant
1986NFLNFCCentral2nd970Tommy Kramer (CPY)Jerry Burns
1987NFLNFCCentral2nd§870Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Saints) 44–10
Won Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 36–24
Lost Conference Championship (at Redskins) 10–17
1988NFLNFCCentral2nd§1150Won Wild Card Playoffs (Rams) 28–17
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 9–34
1989NFLNFCCentral*1st*1060Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 13–41Keith Millard (DPY, UPINFC)
1990NFLNFCCentral5th6100
1991NFLNFCCentral3rd880
1992NFLNFCCentral*1st*1150Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Redskins) 7–24Chris Doleman (UPINFC)
Dennis Green (COY)Dennis Green
1993NFLNFCCentral2nd§970Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Giants) 10–17
1994NFLNFCCentral*1st*1060Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Bears) 18–35
1995NFLNFCCentral4th880
1996NFLNFCCentral2nd§970Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Cowboys) 15–40
1997NFLNFCCentral4th§970Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Giants) 23–22
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 22–38
1998NFLNFCCentral*1st*1510Won Divisional Playoffs (Cardinals) 41–21
Lost Conference Championship (Falcons) 27–30 (OT)Randall Cunningham (BBA)
Dennis Green (COY)
Randy Moss (OROY)
1999NFLNFCCentral2nd§1060Won Wild Card Playoffs (Cowboys) 27–10
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Rams) 37–49Cris Carter (MOY)
Randy Moss (PBMVP)
2000NFLNFCCentral*1st*1150Won Divisional Playoffs (Saints) 34–16
Lost Conference Championship (at Giants) 0–41
2001NFLNFCCentral4th5110Dennis Green (5–10)Mike Tice (0–1)
2002NFLNFCNorth2nd6100Mike Tice
2003NFLNFCNorth2nd970
2004NFLNFCNorth2nd§880Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Packers) 31–17
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Eagles) 14–27
2005NFLNFCNorth2nd970
2006NFLNFCNorth3rd6100Brad Childress
2007NFLNFCNorth2nd880Adrian Peterson (OROY, PBMVP)
2008NFLNFCNorth*1st*1060Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Eagles) 14–26Adrian Peterson (BBA)
2009NFLNFCNorth*1st*1240Won Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys) 34–3
Lost Conference Championship (at Saints) 28–31 (OT)Percy Harvin (OROY)
2010NFLNFCNorth4th6100Madieu Williams (MOY)Brad Childress (3–7)Leslie Frazier (3–3)
2011NFLNFCNorth4th3130Leslie Frazier
2012NFLNFCNorth2nd§1060Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Packers) 10–24Kyle Rudolph (PBMVP)
Adrian Peterson (BBA, MVP, OPY)
2013NFLNFCNorth4th5101
2014NFLNFCNorth3rd790Mike Zimmer
2015NFLNFCNorth*1st*1150Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Seahawks) 9–10
2016NFLNFCNorth3rd880
2017NFLNFCNorth*1st*1330Won Divisional Playoffs (Saints) 29–24
Lost Conference Championship (at Eagles) 7–38
2018NFLNFCNorth2nd871
2019NFLNFCNorth2nd§1060Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Saints) 26–20 (OT)
Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 10–27
2020NFLNFCNorth3rd790
2021NFLNFCNorth2nd890
2022NFLNFCNorth*1st*1340Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Giants) 24–31Justin Jefferson (OPY)Kevin O'Connell
2023NFLNFCNorth3rd7100
2024NFLNFCNorth2nd§1430Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Rams) 9–27Kevin O'Connell (COY)
2025NFLNFCNorth3rd980
54644611Regular season record through 2025
21320Playoff record through 2025
Regular season and playoff record through 2025

Footnotes

  • The Vikings were defeated on a desperation touchdown pass thrown by Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach with less than a minute left in the game. Staubach coined the phrase "Hail Mary pass", referring to his toss, and the game itself became known as "The Hail Mary".
  • The NFL expanded from a 14-game regular season schedule to 16 beginning in 1978.
  • The 1982 NFL season was shortened from 16 regular season games to 9 due to a players' strike. For playoff seedings, division standings were ignored and the league used a 16-team tournament format for the season.
  • The 1987 NFL season was shortened from 16 regular season games to 15 due to a players' strike.
  • The "finish", "wins", "losses", and "ties" columns list regular season results and exclude any postseason play. Regular and postseason records are combined only at the bottom of the list.

References

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;Inline citations

References

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  2. "Minnesota Vikings Team Encyclopedia". Sports Reference.
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  4. "1964 Minnesota Vikings".
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  6. Wilner, Barry. (September 26, 1999). "Final Four of 1998 Losing At a Rapid Pace in 1999". [[Los Angeles Times]].
  7. "Minnesota Vikings". Pro-Football Reference.
  8. Shrake, Edwin. (September 28, 1964). "Now The Nfl's Toddlers Run With The Big Men".
  9. (2008). "2009 ESPN Sports Almanac". Ballantine Books.
  10. "Fran Tarkenton Statistics". Sports Reference.
  11. (January 4, 2009). "AP NFL Coach of the Year". ESPN.
  12. "Carl Eller Biography". Pro Football Hall of Fame.
  13. ''2009 ESPN Sports Almanac'', p. 278.
  14. "Alan Page Statistics". Sports Reference.
  15. "Vikings' Peterson voted AP Offensive Rookie of the Year". National Football League.
  16. Olderman, Murray. (January 11, 1974). "Page Takes Halas Trophy". Columbia Missourian.
  17. ''2009 ESPN Sports Almanac'', pp. 278–279.
  18. "Tommy Kramer Statistics". Sports Reference.
  19. "History: All-Time Honors". Minnesota Vikings.
  20. "Randall Cunningham Statistics". Sports Reference.
  21. (December 8, 2008). "Chat transcript with Roger Staubach". Pro Football Hall of Fame.
  22. Pasquarelli, Len. (May 18, 2009). "Schedule expansion gaining momentum". ESPN.
  23. Forbes, Gordon. (June 8, 2001). "'82 strike changed salary dealings forever". USA Today.
  24. Wong, Glenn M.. (2008). "The Comprehensive Guide to Careers in Sports". Jones & Bartlett.
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