List of Minnesota Vikings seasons

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).^[1] 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.^[1]

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 20 times, most among current members of their division. Minnesota has played 820 regular and postseason games and has appeared in the postseason 32 times.^[2]

The team's worst season was 1962, when they won two games, lost eleven, and tied one (a 0.154 winning percentage).^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5] With an overtime loss to the Atlanta Falcons, the Vikings became the first 15–1 team in NFL history not to reach the Super Bowl.^[6]

Key

BBA	Bert Bell Award
COY	NFL Coach of the Year Award
CPY	NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award
DPY	NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award
GH	George Halas Trophy
MOY	Walter Payton Man of the Year Award
MVP	NFL Most Valuable Player Award
OPY	NFL Offensive Player of the Year Award
OROY	NFL Rookie of the Year Award
PBMVP	Pro Bowl Most Valuable Player Award
ROY	UPI NFL-NFC Rookie of the Year
UPINFC	UPI 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)^§

Franchise records according to Pro-Football Reference.com^[7]
Season	League	Conference	Division	Regular season				Postseason results	Awards	Head coach(es)
Season	League	Conference	Division	Finish	Won	Lost	Tied	Postseason results	Awards	Head coach(es)
1961	NFL	Western		7th	3	11	0			Norm Van Brocklin
1962	NFL	Western		6th	2	11	1
1963	NFL	Western		T-4th	5	8	1		Paul Flatley (ROY)^[8]
1964	NFL	Western		T-2nd	8	5	1		Fran Tarkenton (PBMVP)^[9]^[10]
1965	NFL	Western		5th	7	7	0
1966	NFL	Western		T-6th	4	9	1
1967	NFL	Western	Central	4th	3	8	3			Bud Grant
1968	NFL	Western	Central*	1st*	8	6	0	Lost Conference Playoffs (at Colts) 14–24
1969	NFL^†	Western°	Central*	1st*	12	2	0	Won Conference Playoffs (Rams) 23–20 Won NFL Championship (Browns) 27–7^† Lost Super Bowl IV (vs. Chiefs) 7–23	Bud Grant (COY)^[11]
1970	NFL	NFC	Central*	1st*	12	2	0	Lost Divisional Playoffs (49ers) 14–17
1971	NFL	NFC	Central*	1st*	11	3	0	Lost Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys) 12–20	Carl Eller (GH)^[12] Alan Page (MVP, DPY, UPINFC)^[13]^[14]
1972	NFL	NFC	Central	3rd	7	7	0
1973	NFL	NFC°	Central*	1st*	12	2	0	Won Divisional Playoffs (Redskins) 27–20 Won Conference Championship (at Cowboys) 27–10 Lost Super Bowl VIII (vs. Dolphins) 7–24	Chuck Foreman (OROY)^[15] Alan Page (GH)^[16]
1974	NFL	NFC°	Central*	1st*	10	4	0	Won Divisional Playoffs (Cardinals) 30–14 Won Conference Championship (Rams) 14–10 Lost Super Bowl IX (vs. Steelers) 6–16
1975	NFL	NFC	Central*	1st*	12	2	0	Lost Divisional Playoffs^[a] (Cowboys) 14–17	Fran Tarkenton (MVP, BBA, UPINFC, OPY)^[13]
1976	NFL	NFC°	Central*	1st*	11	2	1	Won Divisional Playoffs (Redskins) 35–20 Won Conference Championship (Rams) 24–13 Lost Super Bowl XI (vs. Raiders) 14–32	Chuck Foreman (UPINFC)^[17] Sammy White (ROY, OROY)^[15]
1977	NFL	NFC	Central*	1st*	9	5	0	Won Divisional Playoffs (at Rams) 14–7 Lost Conference Championship (at Cowboys) 6–23
1978^[b]	NFL	NFC	Central*	1st*	8	7	1	Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Rams) 10–34	Ahmad Rashad (PBMVP)^[9]
1979	NFL	NFC	Central	3rd	7	9	0
1980	NFL	NFC	Central*	1st*	9	7	0	Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Eagles) 16–31
1981	NFL	NFC	Central	4th	7	9	0
1982^[c]	NFL	NFC		4th	5	4	0	Won First round (Falcons) 30–24 Lost Second round (at Redskins) 7–21
1983	NFL	NFC	Central	4th	8	8	0
1984	NFL	NFC	Central	5th	3	13	0			Les Steckel
1985	NFL	NFC	Central	3rd	7	9	0			Bud Grant
1986	NFL	NFC	Central	2nd	9	7	0		Tommy Kramer (CPY)^[18]	Jerry Burns
1987^[d]	NFL	NFC	Central	2nd^§	8	7	0	Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Saints) 44–10 Won Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 36–24 Lost Conference Championship (at Redskins) 10–17
1988	NFL	NFC	Central	2nd^§	11	5	0	Won Wild Card Playoffs (Rams) 28–17 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 9–34
1989	NFL	NFC	Central*	1st*	10	6	0	Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 13–41	Keith Millard (DPY, UPINFC)^[13]
1990	NFL	NFC	Central	5th	6	10	0
1991	NFL	NFC	Central	3rd	8	8	0
1992	NFL	NFC	Central*	1st*	11	5	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Redskins) 7–24	Chris Doleman (UPINFC)^[13] Dennis Green (COY)^[19]	Dennis Green
1993	NFL	NFC	Central	2nd^§	9	7	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Giants) 10–17
1994	NFL	NFC	Central*	1st*	10	6	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Bears) 18–35
1995	NFL	NFC	Central	4th	8	8	0
1996	NFL	NFC	Central	2nd^§	9	7	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Cowboys) 15–40
1997	NFL	NFC	Central	4th^§	9	7	0	Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Giants) 23–22 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 22–38
1998	NFL	NFC	Central*	1st*	15	1	0	Won Divisional Playoffs (Cardinals) 41–21 Lost Conference Championship (Falcons) 27–30 (OT)	Randall Cunningham (BBA)^[20] Dennis Green (COY)^[19] Randy Moss (OROY)^[15]
1999	NFL	NFC	Central	2nd^§	10	6	0	Won Wild Card Playoffs (Cowboys) 27–10 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Rams) 37–49	Cris Carter (MOY)^[19] Randy Moss (PBMVP)^[9]
2000	NFL	NFC	Central*	1st*	11	5	0	Won Divisional Playoffs (Saints) 34–16 Lost Conference Championship (at Giants) 0–41
2001	NFL	NFC	Central	4th	5	11	0			Dennis Green (5–10) Mike Tice (0–1)
2002	NFL	NFC	North	2nd	6	10	0			Mike Tice
2003	NFL	NFC	North	2nd	9	7	0
2004	NFL	NFC	North	2nd^§	8	8	0	Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Packers) 31–17 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Eagles) 14–27
2005	NFL	NFC	North	2nd	9	7	0
2006	NFL	NFC	North	3rd	6	10	0			Brad Childress
2007	NFL	NFC	North	2nd	8	8	0		Adrian Peterson (OROY,^[15] PBMVP)^[9]
2008	NFL	NFC	North*	1st*	10	6	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Eagles) 14–26	Adrian Peterson (BBA)
2009	NFL	NFC	North*	1st*	12	4	0	Won Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys) 34–3 Lost Conference Championship (at Saints) 28–31 (OT)	Percy Harvin (OROY)
2010	NFL	NFC	North	4th	6	10	0		Madieu Williams (MOY)	Brad Childress (3–7) Leslie Frazier (3–3)
2011	NFL	NFC	North	4th	3	13	0			Leslie Frazier
2012	NFL	NFC	North	2nd^§	10	6	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Packers) 10–24	Kyle Rudolph (PBMVP) Adrian Peterson (BBA, MVP, OPY)
2013	NFL	NFC	North	4th	5	10	1
2014	NFL	NFC	North	3rd	7	9	0			Mike Zimmer
2015	NFL	NFC	North*	1st*	11	5	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Seahawks) 9–10
2016	NFL	NFC	North	3rd	8	8	0
2017	NFL	NFC	North*	1st*	13	3	0	Won Divisional Playoffs (Saints) 29–24 Lost Conference Championship (at Eagles) 7–38
2018	NFL	NFC	North	2nd	8	7	1
2019	NFL	NFC	North	2nd^§	10	6	0	Won Wild Card Playoffs (at Saints) 26–20 (OT) Lost Divisional Playoffs (at 49ers) 10–27
2020	NFL	NFC	North	3rd	7	9	0
2021	NFL	NFC	North	2nd	8	9	0
2022	NFL	NFC	North*	1st*	13	4	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Giants) 24–31	Justin Jefferson (OPY)	Kevin O'Connell
2023	NFL	NFC	North	3rd	7	10	0
2024	NFL	NFC	North	2nd^§	14	3	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Rams) 9–27
Total^[f]					537	438	11	Regular season record through 2024
					21	32	—	Playoff record through 2024
					558	470	11	Regular season and playoffs

Footnotes

^a 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".^[21]
^b The NFL expanded from a 14-game regular season schedule to 16 beginning in 1978.^[22]
^c The 1982 NFL season was shortened from 16 regular season games to 9 due to a players' strike.^[23] For playoff seedings, division standings were ignored and the league used a 16-team tournament format for the season.^[24]
^d The 1987 NFL season was shortened from 16 regular season games to 15 due to a players' strike.^[25]
^f 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

General

"Minnesota Vikings History". CBSSports.com. Archived from the original on December 12, 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2008.
"Minnesota Vikings". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 16, 2007. Retrieved March 26, 2007.

Inline citations

^ ^a ^b Josza, Frank P.; Guthrie, John J. (August 30, 1999). Relocating teams and expanding leagues in professional sports. Quorum Books. p. 51. ISBN 1-56720-193-8.
^ "Minnesota Vikings Team Encyclopedia". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
^ "1962 Minnesota Vikings". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
^ "1964 Minnesota Vikings". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
^ Freeman, Mike (January 18, 1999). "N.F.L. Conference Championships; Belief Is the Margin of Victory As Falcons Dance Off to Miami". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 25, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
^ Wilner, Barry (September 26, 1999). "Final Four of 1998 Losing At a Rapid Pace in 1999". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
^ "Minnesota Vikings". Pro-Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
^ Shrake, Edwin (September 28, 1964). "Now The Nfl's Toddlers Run With The Big Men". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on December 3, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 2009 ESPN Sports Almanac. Ballantine Books. 2008. p. 261. ISBN 978-0-345-51172-0.
^ "Fran Tarkenton Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on July 4, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
^ "AP NFL Coach of the Year". ESPN. Associated Press. January 4, 2009. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
^ "Carl Eller Biography". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on August 3, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 2009 ESPN Sports Almanac, p. 278.
^ "Alan Page Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Vikings' Peterson voted AP Offensive Rookie of the Year". National Football League. Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 4, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
^ Olderman, Murray (January 11, 1974). "Page Takes Halas Trophy". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved August 8, 2009.^{[dead link‍]}
^ 2009 ESPN Sports Almanac, pp. 278–279.
^ "Tommy Kramer Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c "History: All-Time Honors". Minnesota Vikings. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
^ "Randall Cunningham Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 30, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2009.
^ "Chat transcript with Roger Staubach". Pro Football Hall of Fame. December 8, 2008. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ Pasquarelli, Len (May 18, 2009). "Schedule expansion gaining momentum". ESPN. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ Forbes, Gordon (June 8, 2001). "'82 strike changed salary dealings forever". USA Today. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ Wong, Glenn M. (2008). The Comprehensive Guide to Careers in Sports. Jones & Bartlett. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-7637-2884-7.
^ Staudohar, Paul D.; Mangan, J. A. (1991). The Business of Professional Sports. University of Illinois Press. p. 63. ISBN 0-252-06161-6. A major difference between this strike and the earlier one was that each team rostered a squad of strikebreakers so that only one regular season game had to be canceled.

[AFL-1] Josza, Frank P.; Guthrie, John J. (August 30, 1999). Relocating teams and expanding leagues in professional sports. Quorum Books. p. 51. ISBN 1-56720-193-8.

[2] "Minnesota Vikings Team Encyclopedia". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2009.

[3] "1962 Minnesota Vikings". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.

[4] "1964 Minnesota Vikings". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2018.

[5] Freeman, Mike (January 18, 1999). "N.F.L. Conference Championships; Belief Is the Margin of Victory As Falcons Dance Off to Miami". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 25, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2009.

[6] Wilner, Barry (September 26, 1999). "Final Four of 1998 Losing At a Rapid Pace in 1999". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2009.

[7] "Minnesota Vikings". Pro-Football Reference. Archived from the original on January 29, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.

[8] Shrake, Edwin (September 28, 1964). "Now The Nfl's Toddlers Run With The Big Men". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on December 3, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2009.

[ESPN261-9] 2009 ESPN Sports Almanac. Ballantine Books. 2008. p. 261. ISBN 978-0-345-51172-0.

[10] "Fran Tarkenton Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on July 4, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2009.

[11] "AP NFL Coach of the Year". ESPN. Associated Press. January 4, 2009. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2009.

[12] "Carl Eller Biography". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on August 3, 2009. Retrieved August 5, 2009.

[ESPN278-13] 2009 ESPN Sports Almanac, p. 278.

[14] "Alan Page Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved August 5, 2009.

[ROY-15] "Vikings' Peterson voted AP Offensive Rookie of the Year". National Football League. Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 4, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2009.

[16] Olderman, Murray (January 11, 1974). "Page Takes Halas Trophy". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved August 8, 2009.^{[dead link‍]}

[17] 2009 ESPN Sports Almanac, pp. 278–279.

[18] "Tommy Kramer Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2009.

[honors-19] "History: All-Time Honors". Minnesota Vikings. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved August 8, 2009.

[20] "Randall Cunningham Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 30, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2009.

[21] "Chat transcript with Roger Staubach". Pro Football Hall of Fame. December 8, 2008. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved July 26, 2009.

[22] Pasquarelli, Len (May 18, 2009). "Schedule expansion gaining momentum". ESPN. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2009.

[23] Forbes, Gordon (June 8, 2001). "'82 strike changed salary dealings forever". USA Today. Archived from the original on December 11, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2009.

[24] Wong, Glenn M. (2008). The Comprehensive Guide to Careers in Sports. Jones & Bartlett. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-7637-2884-7.

[25] Staudohar, Paul D.; Mangan, J. A. (1991). The Business of Professional Sports. University of Illinois Press. p. 63. ISBN 0-252-06161-6. A major difference between this strike and the earlier one was that each team rostered a squad of strikebreakers so that only one regular season game had to be canceled.

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