1998 Minnesota Vikings Game Log

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Record: 15-1-0, 1st in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dennis Green (15-1-0)

Points For: 556 (34.8/g) 1st of 30

Points Against: 296 (18.5/g) 6th of 30

Expected W-L: 13.1-2.9

SRS: 14.89 (1st of 30), SOS: -1.36

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 41-21 vs. Arizona Cardinals
Lost Conference Championship 27-30 vs. Atlanta Falcons

Offensive Coordinator: Brian Billick

Defensive Coordinator: Foge Fazio

Other Notable Asst.: Dave Atkins (Tight Ends), Tom Olivadotti (Inside Linebackers), Andre Patterson (Defensive Line) and Mike Tice (Offensive Line)

Stadium: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Principal Owner: Red McCombs

VP/de facto General Manager: Jeff Diamond

Offensive Scheme: West Coast

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2000; O/U: 8.5

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 6	boxscore	W			Tampa Bay Buccaneers	31	7	15	25	181	4	1	1	8	7.6	7.0	60.0	105.2	27	117	4.3	0	1	1	4	4	4	172	4	11	0	0	26:30
2	Sun	September 13	boxscore	W		@	St. Louis Rams	38	31	21	37	227	2	2	3	22	6.7	5.7	56.8	70.4	31	194	6.3	3	1	1	5	5	5	205	8	15	0	0	30:18
3	Sun	September 20	boxscore	W			Detroit Lions	29	6	20	35	211	1	0	2	9	6.3	5.7	57.1	84.3	24	76	3.2	1	5	5	2	2	4	188	3	12	0	0	25:45
4	Sun	September 27	boxscore	W		@	Chicago Bears	31	28	16	25	258	4	0	3	17	11.0	9.2	64.0	138.0	27	93	3.4	0	1	1	4	4	5	175	6	13	0	0	26:57
5	Mon	October 5	boxscore	W		@	Green Bay Packers	37	24	20	32	442	4	0	0	0	13.8	13.8	62.5	145.8	34	103	3.0	0	3	3	4	4	1	51	8	13	0	0	34:23
7	Sun	October 18	boxscore	W			Washington Redskins	41	7	22	38	288	2	0	0	0	7.6	7.6	57.9	99.5	38	147	3.9	3	2	2	5	5	5	210	10	17	0	0	33:13
8	Sun	October 25	boxscore	W		@	Detroit Lions	34	13	17	30	170	2	2	4	20	6.3	5.0	56.7	67.4	27	159	5.9	1	2	2	4	4	2	98	7	12	0	0	27:00
9	Sun	November 1	boxscore	L		@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24	27	21	25	270	2	1	2	21	11.6	10.0	84.0	121.7	19	70	3.7	1	1	1	3	3	2	86	7	10	1	1	26:25
10	Sun	November 8	boxscore	W			New Orleans Saints	31	24	28	40	303	1	2	2	13	7.9	7.2	70.0	79.5	32	162	5.1	3	1	1	4	4	3	135	12	18	1	1	37:09
11	Sun	November 15	boxscore	W			Cincinnati Bengals	24	3	14	22	224	1	3	2	12	10.7	9.3	63.6	73.1	29	125	4.3	1	1	1	3	3	4	224	5	10	0	0	27:38
12	Sun	November 22	boxscore	W			Green Bay Packers	28	14	20	30	248	2	1	2	16	8.8	7.8	66.7	100.4	21	92	4.4	0	2	2	2	2	3	162	6	12	0	0	27:49
13	Thu	November 26	boxscore	W		@	Dallas Cowboys	46	36	17	35	353	4	1	1	6	10.3	9.8	48.6	110.8	19	118	6.2	2	1	1	5	5	4	152	2	8	0	0	21:57
14	Sun	December 6	boxscore	W			Chicago Bears	48	22	21	31	349	4	1	0	0	11.3	11.3	67.7	131.6	27	109	4.0	1	2	2	6	6	2	88	6	10	0	0	28:43
15	Sun	December 13	boxscore	W		@	Baltimore Ravens	38	28	32	56	332	2	1	2	13	6.2	5.7	57.1	78.9	33	88	2.7	0	6	6	2	2	2	74	13	22	1	1	40:33
16	Sun	December 20	boxscore	W			Jacksonville Jaguars	50	10	20	37	237	4	0	1	7	6.6	6.2	54.1	109.9	33	180	5.5	1	3	3	5	5	5	245	4	12	0	0	33:32
17	Sat	December 26	boxscore	W		@	Tennessee Oilers	26	16	23	35	235	2	1	0	0	6.7	6.7	65.7	92.0	29	103	3.6	0	3	3	1	1	4	196	6	13	0	0	31:37

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
19	Sun	January 10	boxscore	W		Arizona Cardinals	41	21	17	28	228	3	1	1	8	8.4	7.9	60.7	107.4	36	188	5.2	2	2	2	5	5	1	44
20	Sun	January 17	boxscore	L	OT	Atlanta Falcons	27	30	29	48	254	2	0	3	12	5.5	5.0	60.4	88.4	34	102	3.0	1	2	3	3	3	4	82

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 6	boxscore	W			Tampa Bay Buccaneers	31	7	23	37	251	1	1	1	9	7.0	6.6	62.2	79.9	23	68	3.0	0	0	1	1	1	4	66	6	14	0	1	33:30
2	Sun	September 13	boxscore	W		@	St. Louis Rams	38	31	25	45	275	1	4	1	8	6.3	6.0	55.6	44.2	27	135	5.0	2	1	1	4	4	5	78	6	16	2	2	29:42
3	Sun	September 20	boxscore	W			Detroit Lions	29	6	20	40	142	0	2	5	18	4.0	3.2	50.0	37.7	31	137	4.4	0	2	2	0	0	4	69	8	18	2	4	34:15
4	Sun	September 27	boxscore	W		@	Chicago Bears	31	28	25	39	361	4	1	1	11	9.5	9.0	64.1	117.6	26	91	3.5	0	0	0	4	4	6	151	7	13	0	0	33:03
5	Mon	October 5	boxscore	W		@	Green Bay Packers	37	24	23	39	204	2	3	2	13	5.6	5.0	59.0	58.1	20	102	5.1	0	1	1	3	3	3	40	2	10	2	3	25:37
7	Sun	October 18	boxscore	W			Washington Redskins	41	7	10	26	95	0	1	5	22	4.5	3.1	38.5	33.3	22	82	3.7	1	0	1	1	1	8	282	2	14	0	1	26:47
8	Sun	October 25	boxscore	W		@	Detroit Lions	34	13	20	37	214	1	1	4	17	6.2	5.2	54.1	69.0	28	137	4.9	0	2	2	1	1	8	288	8	18	1	1	33:00
9	Sun	November 1	boxscore	L		@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24	27	11	22	132	1	0	0	0	6.0	6.0	50.0	83.9	41	246	6.0	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	7	12	2	3	33:35
10	Sun	November 8	boxscore	W			New Orleans Saints	31	24	11	16	138	1	0	3	30	10.5	7.3	68.8	116.1	21	52	2.5	0	1	1	3	3	4	69	0	7	1	2	22:51
11	Sun	November 15	boxscore	W			Cincinnati Bengals	24	3	16	27	91	0	1	4	22	4.2	2.9	59.3	50.1	34	103	3.0	0	1	1	0	0	5	100	4	14	0	3	32:22
12	Sun	November 22	boxscore	W			Green Bay Packers	28	14	31	39	277	2	1	3	26	7.8	6.6	79.5	102.7	18	53	2.9	0	0	0	2	2	4	72	7	12	1	1	32:11
13	Thu	November 26	boxscore	W		@	Dallas Cowboys	46	36	34	57	455	1	0	0	0	8.0	8.0	59.6	90.9	24	58	2.4	3	3	3	3	3	4	70	5	14	1	2	38:03
14	Sun	December 6	boxscore	W			Chicago Bears	48	22	25	42	272	1	1	3	31	7.2	6.0	59.5	76.7	24	67	2.8	2	0	0	2	2	6	169	0	13	4	6	31:17
15	Sun	December 13	boxscore	W		@	Baltimore Ravens	38	28	16	26	212	1	1	0	0	8.2	8.2	61.5	84.1	16	55	3.4	1	0	0	2	2	2	188	2	6	1	2	19:27
16	Sun	December 20	boxscore	W			Jacksonville Jaguars	50	10	12	27	69	1	2	4	19	3.3	2.2	44.4	33.1	28	138	4.9	0	1	1	1	1	8	282	3	13	0	0	26:28
17	Sat	December 26	boxscore	W		@	Tennessee Oilers	26	16	18	36	264	0	0	2	21	7.9	6.9	50.0	74.3	21	90	4.3	1	3	3	1	1	3	37	2	9	0	1	28:23

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
19	Sun	January 10	boxscore	W		Arizona Cardinals	41	21	23	41	242	0	2	0	0	5.9	5.9	56.1	53.1	23	74	3.2	3	0	0	3	3	2	144
20	Sun	January 17	boxscore	L	OT	Atlanta Falcons	27	30	27	43	317	3	0	3	23	7.9	6.9	62.8	108.4	29	110	3.8	0	3	3	3	3	4	72

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