Minnesota Vikings seasons

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This is a list of seasons completed by the Minnesota Vikings American Football Franchise of the National Football League (NFL). The list documents the season-by-season records of the Vikings' franchise from 1961 to present, including postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches.

The Vikings won one NFL Championship in 1969 and were the last team crowned NFL Champions before the AFL-NFL Merger in 1970. The franchise has been conference champions four times, but have never won the Super Bowl. The Vikings have been divisional champions 16 times, third to the Chicago Bears (17) and Green Bay Packers (18). In their 46-year history, the Vikings have played 736 regular and post-season games and have appeared in the post-season 24 times.

For complete team history, see History of the Minnesota Vikings

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.

NFL Champions (1920–1969)	Super Bowl Champions (1970–present)	Conference Champions	Division Champions	Wild Card Berth

Season	Team	League	Conference	Division	Regular Season				Post Season Results	Awards
Season	Team	League	Conference	Division	Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties	Post Season Results	Awards
1961	1961	NFL	Western		7th	3	11	0
1962	1962	NFL	Western		6th	2	11	1
1963	1963	NFL	Western		T-4th	5	8	1		Paul Flatley (ROY)
1964	1964	NFL	Western		T-2nd	8	5	1		Fran Tarkenton (PBMVP)
1965	1965	NFL	Western		5th	7	7	0
1966	1966	NFL	Western		T-6th	4	9	1
1967	1967	NFL	Western	Central	4th	3	8	3
1968	1968	NFL	Western	Central	1st	8	6	0	Lost Divisional Playoffs (Colts) 24-14
1969	1969	NFL	Western	Central	1st	12	2	0	Won Divisional Playoffs (Rams) 23-20 Won NFL Championship (1) (Browns) 27-7 Lost Super Bowl IV (Chiefs) 23-7	Bud Grant (COY)
1970	1970	NFL	NFC	Central	1st	12	2	0	Lost Divisional Playoffs (49ers) 17-14
1971	1971	NFL	NFC	Central	1st	11	3	0	Lost Divisional Playoffs (Cowboys) 20-12	Alan Page (MVP), (DPY), (NFC)
1972	1972	NFL	NFC	Central	3rd	7	7	0
1973	1973	NFL	NFC	Central	1st	12	2	0	Won Divisional Playoffs (Redskins) 27-20 Won Conference Championship (Cowboys) 27-10 Lost Super Bowl VIII (Dolphins) 24-7	Chuck Foreman (OROY)
1974	1974	NFL	NFC	Central	1st	10	4	0	Won Divisional Playoffs (Cardinals) 30-14 Won Conference Championship (Rams) 14-10 Lost Super Bowl IX (Steelers) 16-6
1975	1975	NFL	NFC	Central	1st	12	2	0	Lost Divisional Playoffs^[1] (Cowboys) 17-14	Fran Tarkenton (MVP), (BBA), (NFC), (OPY)
1976	1976	NFL	NFC	Central	1st	11	2	1	Won Divisional Playoffs (Redskins) 35-20 Won Conference Championship (Rams) 24-13 Lost Super Bowl XI (Raiders) 32-14	Sammy White (ROY), (OROY) Chuck Foreman (NFC)
1977	1977	NFL	NFC	Central	1st	9	5	0	Won Divisional Playoffs (Rams) 14-7 Lost Conference Championship (Cowboys) 23-6
1978	1978	NFL	NFC	Central	1st	8	7	1	Lost Divisional Playoffs (Rams) 34-10	Ahmad Rashad (PBMVP)
1979	1979	NFL	NFC	Central	3rd	7	9	0
1980	1980	NFL	NFC	Central	1st	9	7	0	Lost Divisional Playoffs (Eagles) 31-16
1981	1981	NFL	NFC	Central	4th	7	9	0
1982^[2]	1982	NFL	NFC		4th	5	4	0	Won First Round (Falcons) 30-24 Lost Second Round (Redskins) 21-7
1983	1983	NFL	NFC	Central	4th	8	8	0
1984	1984	NFL	NFC	Central	5th	3	13	0
1985	1985	NFL	NFC	Central	3rd	7	9	0
1986	1986	NFL	NFC	Central	2nd	9	7	0		Tommy Kramer (CPY)
1987^[3]	1987	NFL	NFC	Central	2nd	8	7	0	Won Wild Card Playoffs (Saints) 44-10 Won Divisional Playoffs (49ers) 36-24 Lost Conference Championship (Redskins) 17-10
1988	1988	NFL	NFC	Central	2nd	11	5	0	Won Wild Card Playoffs (Rams) 28-17 Lost Divisional Playoffs (49ers) 34-9
1989	1989	NFL	NFC	Central	1st	10	6	0	Lost Divisional Playoffs (49ers) 41-13	Keith Millard (DPY), (NFC)
1990	1990	NFL	NFC	Central	5th	6	10	0
1991	1991	NFL	NFC	Central	3rd	8	8	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Redskins) 24-7
1992	1992	NFL	NFC	Central	1st	11	5	0		Chris Doleman (NFC) Dennis Green (COY)
1993	1993	NFL	NFC	Central	2nd	9	7	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Giants) 17-10
1994	1994	NFL	NFC	Central	1st	10	6	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Bears) 35-18
1995	1995	NFL	NFC	Central	4th	8	8	0
1996	1996	NFL	NFC	Central	2nd	9	7	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Cowboys) 40-15
1997	1997	NFL	NFC	Central	4th	9	7	0	Won Wild Card Playoffs (Giants) 23-22 Lost Divisional Playoffs (49ers) 38-22
1998	1998	NFL	NFC	Central	1st	15	1	0	Won Divisional Playoffs (Cardinals) 41-21 Lost Conference Championship^[4] (Falcons) 30-27 OT	Randy Moss (OROY) Randall Cunningham (BBA) Dennis Green (COY)
1999	1999	NFL	NFC	Central	2nd	10	6	0	Won Wild Card Playoffs (Cowboys) 27-10 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Rams) 49-37	Cris Carter (MOY) Randy Moss (PBMVP)
2000	2000	NFL	NFC	Central	1st	11	5	0	Won Divisional Playoffs (Saints) 34-16 Lost Conference Championship (Giants) 41-0
2001	2001	NFL	NFC	Central	4th	5	11	0
2002	2002	NFL	NFC	North	2nd	6	10	0
2003	2003	NFL	NFC	North	2nd	9	7	0
2004	2004	NFL	NFC	North	2nd	8	8	0	Won Wild Card Playoffs (Packers) 31-17 Lost Divisional Playoffs (Eagles) 27-14
2005	2005	NFL	NFC	North	2nd	9	7	0
2006	2006	NFL	NFC	North	3rd	6	10	0
Total						377	308	9	(1961–2006, includes only regular season)
						18	24		(1961–2006, includes only playoffs)
						395	332	9	(1961–2006, includes both regular season and playoffs)

[edit] Footnotes

^ The Vikings were defeated on a desperation touchdown pass thrown by Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach with less than a minute left. Staubach coined the phrase "Hail Mary pass", referring to his toss [1], and the game became known as The Hail Mary.
^ The 1982 NFL season was shortened from 16 regular seasons games to nine due to a players' strike. For playoff seedings, division standings were ignored and eight teams from each conference were seeded one through eight based on their regular season records.
^ The 1987 NFL season was shortened from 16 regular season games to 15 due to a players' strike.
^ Vikings placekicker Gary Anderson finished the 1998 NFL regular season without missing a field goal, but missed his first attempt in the 1998 NFC Championship Game.