The Minnesota Vikings were 9-7 in 1996. They finished 2nd in the NFC Central and 6th in the NFC. They fell to the Dallas Cowboys, 40 to 15, in the 1996 NFC Wild Card game.

1996 Stats

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GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team
16
298
5,204
1,030
5.1
1,546
435
3.6
3,899
561
7.0
34
241
284
75
186
23
106
835
Team Rank
23rd
12th
14th
15th
24th
20th
20th
9th
8th
10th
11th
14th
24th
28th
11th
15th
14th
16th
Opponent
16
315
5,087
1,025
5.0
1,966
445
4.4
3,384
537
6.3
43
263
309
117
169
23
105
840
Opponent Rank
15th
16th
18th
15th
24th
16th
30th
8th
17th
9th
6th
22nd
20th
26th
12th
7th
13th
12th
Net
-17
+117
+5
+0.1
-420
-10
-0.9
+515
+24
+0.6
-9
-22
-25
-42
+17
0
+1
-5
Net Rank
17th
11th
17th
13th
26th
18th
28th
4th
11th
8th
7th
18th
22nd
29th
10th
13th
15th
14th

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NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
4
1
0
.800
Patriots Patriots
4
2
0
.667
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
4
1
0
.800
Bengals Bengals
2
4
0
.333
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
5
1
0
.833
Jaguars Jaguars
4
2
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
4
2
0
.667
Broncos Broncos
4
2
0
.667
NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
4
2
0
.667
Commanders Commanders
3
2
0
.600
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
4
1
0
.800
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
5
1
0
.833
Panthers Panthers
3
3
0
.500
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
4
2
0
.667
Seahawks Seahawks
4
2
0
.667

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/12
DET DET
@
KC KC
8:20 PM
Mon
10/13
BUF BUF
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM
Mon
10/13
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8:15 PM
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
10/19
LAR LAR
@
JAX JAX
9:30 AM