2000 Minnesota Vikings season

Infobox NFL_season
team = Minnesota Vikings
year = 2000
record = 11-5
division_place = 1st NFC Central
coach = Dennis Green
stadium = Metrodome
playoffs = W NFC Divisional Playoff
L NFC Championship
pro bowlers = 52000 was the 40th year of season play for the Minnesota Vikings and the 81st regular season of the National Football League.

Led by first-year starting quarterback Daunte Culpepper, the Vikings had a 2000 season in which Robert Smith ran for a team record 1,521 yards and 7 touchdowns. The Vikings started out 7-0 and were 11-2 after 14 weeks, but slumped briefly, losing their last three to the Rams, Packers and Colts while Culpepper was hampered by injury. However, they would return to the playoffs again for the fifth straight year. After easily beating the Saints in the Divisional game 34-16, they were humiliated 41-0 by the New York Giants in the Conference Championship, and to top that, Robert Smith retired at the end of the year, after only playing eight NFL seasons.

Uniform combinations

Regular Season

eason Standings

eason Schedule

*9/3 Chicago W 30-27

*9/10 Miami W 13-7

*9/17 @ New England W 21-13

*10/1 Detroit W 31-24

*10/9 Tampa Bay W 30-23

*10/15 @ Chicago W 28-16

*10/22 Buffalo W 31-27

*10/29 @ Tampa Bay L 13-41

*11/6 @ Green Bay L 20-26 (OT)

*11/12 Arizona W 31-14

*11/19 Carolina W 31-17

*11/23 @ Dallas W 27-15

*11/30 Detroit W 24-17

*12/10 @ St. Louis L 29-40

*12/17 Green Bay L 28-33

*12/24 @ Indianapolis L 10-31

Postseason

*1/6 New Orleans W 34-16 (NFC Divisional)

*1/14 @ NY Giants L 0-41 (NFC Championship)

Roster

Playoffs

NFC Divisional Playoffs

* Minnesota Vikings 34, New Orleans Saints 16Linescore Amfootball
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R1=3
R2=0
R3=7
R4=6
RT=16
Home=Vikings
H1=10
H2=7
H3=10
H4=7
HT=34

"at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota"

*Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST/11:30 a.m. CST
*Game weather: Played indoors, domed stadium
*TV announcers (FOX): Dick Stockton and Matt Millen
*Referee: Walt Coleman
*Game attendance: 63,881

NFC Championship Game

* New York Giants 41, Minnesota Vikings 0Linescore Amfootball
Road=Vikings
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=0
RT=0
Home=Giants
H1=14
H2=20
H3=7
H4=0
HT=41

"at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey"

*Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
*Game weather: convert|40|°F|°C, cloudy
*TV announcers (FOX): Pat Summerall and John Madden
*Referee: Tony Corrente
*Game attendance: 79,310

Awards and records

*Gary Anderson, NFC Special Teams Player of the Week, Week 8 [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 202 ]
*Mitch Berger, NFC Special Teams Player of the Week, Week 14 [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 202 ]
*Mitch Berger, NFC Special Teams Player of the Month, December [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 202 ]
*Cris Carter, All-NFL Team (as selected by the Associated Press, Pro Football Weekly, and the Pro Football Writers of America) [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 202 ]
* Cris Carter, NFC Pro Bowl Selection [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 362 ]
*Daunte Culpepper, NFC Offensive Player of the Week, Week 6 [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 202 ]
*Duante Culpepper, NFC Offensive Player of the Week, Week 12 [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 202 ]
* Chris Hovan, PFW/Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team
*Randy Moss, All-NFL Team (as selected by the Associated Press, Pro Football Weekly, and the Pro Football Writers of America) [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 202 ]
*Randy Moss, PFW/PFWA All-Pro Team [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 203 ]
*Robert Smith, NFC Offensive Player of the Month, December [ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 202 ]

References