From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2000 Minnesota Vikings season
2000 Minnesota Vikings season
Round Pick Name Position College
1 (25) Chris Hovan Defensive Tackle Boston
2 (55) Fred Robbins Defensive Tackle Wake Forest
2 (56) Michael Boireau Defensive End University of Miami
3 (88) Doug Chapman Running Back Marshall
4 (106) Antonio Wilson Linebacker Texas A&M
4 (118) Tyrone Carter Safety Minnesota
5 (165) Troy Walters Wide Receiver Stanford
7 (240) Mike Milano Center San Diego State
7 (244) Giles Cole Tight End Texas
7 (248) Lewis Kelly Offensive Guard South Carolina State
2000 Minnesota Vikings season 2000 Draft
Head coach Dennis Green
Home field Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Personnel
Results
Staff
2000 Minnesota Vikings staff
Record 11–5
Front Office Defensive Coaches
Division Place 1st NFC Central
• Owner – Red • Defensive
Playoff finish Won NFC Divisional Playoff McCombs Coordinator –
Lost NFC Championship • President – Gary Emmitt Thomas
Pro Bowlers 5
Woods • Defensive Line –
• Director of Football Fred von Appen
Timeline Administration – • Inside
Rob Brzezinski Linebackers –
Previous season Next season
Head Coaches Trent Walters
• Head Coach – • Outside
Dennis Green Linebackers –
2000 was the 40th year of season play for the Minnesota • Assistant Head John Fontes
Vikings and the 81st regular season of the National Foot- Coach/Defensive • Quality Control-
ball League. Backs – Richard Defense – Chuck
Led by first-year starting quarterback Daunte Culpep- Solomon Knox, Jr.
per, the Vikings had a 2000 season in which Robert Smith Offensive Coaches Special Teams
ran for a team record 1,521 yards and 7 touchdowns. The • Offensive Coaches
Vikings started out 7-0 and were 11-2 after 14 weeks, but Coordinator – • Special Teams –
slumped briefly, losing their last three to the Rams, Pack- Sherman Lewis Gary Zauner
ers and Colts while Culpepper was hampered by injury. • Quarterbacks – Strength and Condi-
However, they would return to the playoffs again for the Alex Wood tioning
fifth straight year. After easily beating the Saints in the • Running Backs – • Strength and
Divisional game 34-16, they were humiliated 41-0 by the Carl Hargrave Conditioning –
New York Giants in the Conference Championship, and to • Wide Receivers – Steve Wetzel
top that, Robert Smith retired at the end of the year, af- Charlie Baggett • Assistant
ter only playing eight NFL seasons. Strength and
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2000 Minnesota Vikings season
Week Date Opponent Result TV Time Attendance
1 September 3, 2000 Chicago Bears W 30-27 FOX 1:00pm 64,104
2 September 10, 2000 Miami Dolphins W 13-7 CBS 1:00pm 64,112
3 September 17, 2000 at New England Patriots W 21-13 FOX 4:00pm 59,835
4 Bye
5 October 1, 2000 at Detroit Lions W 31-24 FOX 1:00pm 76,438
6 October 9, 2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 30-23 ABC 9:00pm 64,162
7 October 15, 2000 at Chicago Bears W 28-16 ESPN 8:30pm 66,944
8 October 22, 2000 Buffalo Bills W 31-27 CBS 1:00pm 64,116
9 October 29, 2000 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 41-13 FOX 1:00pm 65,589
10 November 6, 2000 at Green Bay Packers L 26-20 (OT) ABC 9:00pm 59,854
11 November 12, 2000 Arizona Cardinals W 31-14 FOX 1:00pm 64,223
12 November 19, 2000 Carolina Panthers W 31-17 FOX 1:00pm 64,208
13 November 23, 2000 at Dallas Cowboys W 27-15 FOX 4:00pm 63,878
14 November 30, 2000 Detroit Lions W 24-17 ESPN 8:30pm 64,214
15 December 10, 2000 at St. Louis Rams L 40-29 FOX 4:00pm 66,273
16 December 17, 2000 Green Bay Packers L 33-28 FOX 4:00pm 64,183
17 December 24, 2000 at Indianapolis Colts L 31-10 FOX 4:00pm 56,672
NFC Central
Team W L T PCT PF PA
Minnesota Vikings 11 5 0 .688 397 371
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 6 0 .625 388 269
Green Bay Packers 9 7 0 .563 353 323
Detroit Lions 9 7 0 .563 307 307
Chicago Bears 5 11 0 .313 216 355
• Tight Ends – John Conditioning – Quarterbacks Offensive Linebackers Reserve
Tice John Kasper Running Linemen Defensive Lists
• Offensive Line – Backs Defensive Backs CB Practice
Mike Tice Wide Re- Linemen Special Squad
• Quality Control- ceivers DE Teams Rook-
Offense – Dean Tight ies in ital-
Dalton Ends ics
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Playoffs
Regular season
NFC Divisional Playoffs
Schedule
Minnesota Vikings 34, New Orleans Saints 16
Division Standings
1 2 3 4 Total
Roster Saints 3 0 7 6 16
Minnesota Vikings roster Vikings 10 7 10 7 34
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at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Min- VIKINGS 40TH SEASON ALL-TIME TEAM 1961-2000
nesota • OFFENSE
• : 12:30 p.m. EST/11:30 a.m. CST • WRs: Ahmad Rashad, Cris Carter
• : Played indoors, domed stadium • Ts: Ron Yary, Tim Irwin
• : 63,881 • Gs: Ed White, Randall McDaniel
• : Walt Coleman • C: Mick Tingelhoff
• : Dick Stockton, Matt Millen, and Pam Oliver • TE: Steve Jordan
• QB: Fran Tarkenton
• RBs: Chuck Foreman, Robert Smith
NFC Championship Game • K: Fred Cox
New York Giants 41, Minnesota Vikings 0 • Special Teams Coverage: Bill Brown
• DEFENSE
1 2 3 4 Total • DEs: Jim Marshall, Carl Eller
• DTs: Alan Page, John Randle
Vikings 0 0 0 0 0
• LBs: Jeff Siemon, Matt Blair, Scott Studwell
Giants 14 20 7 0 41 • Ss: Paul Krause, Joey Browner
• CBs: Bobby Bryant, Carl Lee
at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey • P: Greg Coleman
• : 12:30 p.m. EST • Special Teams Returns: Darrin Nelson
• : 40 °F (4 °C), cloudy • Head Coach: Bud Grant
• : 79,310
• : Tony Corrente
• : Pat Summerall, John Madden, D.J. Johnson, and References
Pam Oliver [1] 2009 Minnesota Vikings Media Guide. p. 251.
http://www.vikings.com/news/media-guide.html.
Retrieved 2010-03-06.
Awards and records [2] ^ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman
• Gary Anderson, NFC Special Teams Player of the Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p.
Week, Week 8 [2] 202
• Mitch Berger, NFC Special Teams Player of the Week, [3] NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman
Week 14 [2] Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p.
• Mitch Berger, NFC Special Teams Player of the 362
Month, December [2] [4] NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman
• Cris Carter, All-NFL Team (as selected by the Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p.
Associated Press, Pro Football Weekly, and the Pro 203
Football Writers of America) [2] 2000 NFL season
• Cris Carter, NFC Pro Bowl Selection [3] AFC East Central West East Central
• Daunte Culpepper, NFC Offensive Player of the Week,
Buffalo Baltimore Denver Arizona Chicago
Week 6 [2]
• Duante Culpepper, NFC Offensive Player of the Week, Indianapolis Cincinnati Kansas Dallas Detroit
Week 12 [2] City
• Chris Hovan, PFW/Pro Football Writers of America Miami Cleveland Oakland NY Giants Green Bay
All-Rookie Team
• Randy Moss, All-NFL Team (as selected by the
New Eng- Jacksonville San Philadelphia Minnesota
Associated Press, Pro Football Weekly, and the Pro
land Diego
Football Writers of America) [2]
• Randy Moss, PFW/PFWA All-Pro Team [4] NY Jets Pittsburgh Seattle Washington Tampa
• Robert Smith, NFC Offensive Player of the Month, Bay
December [2] Tennessee
2000 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XXXV
40 year team
The team recognized an all-time team in 2000 by an-
nouncing the 40th-season all-time team. [1]
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