Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings were 9-7 in 1997. They finished 4th in the NFC Central and 6th in the NFC. They fell to the San Francisco 49ers, 38 to 22, in the 1997 NFC divisional game.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sat 1/3	@	SF	L 22-38
Sat 12/27	@	NYG	W 23-22
Sun 12/21	vs	IND	W 39-28
Sun 12/14	vs	DET	L 13-14
Sun 12/7	@	SF	L 17-28

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

3,036

Johnson

RUSH YDS

1,266

Smith

REC YDS

1,138

Reed

1997 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Packers	13	3	.813
Buccaneers	10	6	.625
Lions	9	7	.563
Vikings	9	7	.563
Bears	4	12	.250

1997 Stats

See stats

	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	354	5,354	1,022	5.2	2,041	449	4.5	3,537	540	6.6	33	224	293	96	177	20	97	800
Team Rank		11th	8th	16th	8th	6th	15th	3rd	16th	12th	18th	9th	22nd	16th	17th	9th	24th	11th	11th
Opponent	16	359	5,687	1,028	5.5	1,983	442	4.5	3,957	542	7.3	44	253	325	104	195	26	81	668
Opponent Rank		19th	29th	17th	30th	23rd	13th	28th	27th	19th	28th	10th	12th	28th	19th	28th	20th	30th	30th
Net		-5	-333	-6	-0.3	+58	+7	+0.1	-420	-2	-0.8	-11	-29	-32	-8	-18	-6	+16	+132
Net Rank		16th	21st	15th	21st	10th	12th	12th	25th	14th	26th	7th	16th	24th	18th	23rd	23rd	25th	25th

Gallery

NFL 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,503

Stafford

1,356

Prescott

1,290

Jones

Rush Yards Leaders

480

Taylor

450

Cook

447

Williams

Rec Yards Leaders

588

Nacua

534

Smith-Njigba

449

Jefferson

Pass TD Leaders

12

Goff

11

Stafford

10

Tagovailoa

Rush TD Leaders

6

Taylor

5

Cook

5

Williams

Rec TD Leaders

6

St. Brown

5

Egbuka

5

Odunze

QB Rating Leaders

130.5

Jackson

120.7

Goff

114.8

Darnold

Sack Leaders

8.0

Bonitto

7.0

Burns

5.5

Young

NFL 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

34.8

32.6

30.6

30.2

29.2

28.2

Opp PPG Rankings

12.2

15.8

17.8

19.2

19.4

19.6

Total Yards Rankings

406.6

401.8

395.8

381.2

375.8

365.0

Rush Yards Rankings

156.4

154.4

137.0

136.5

135.7

134.8

Pass Yards Rankings

300.6

298.2

279.4

259.8

256.6

254.6

Sack Leaders

30.0

16.0

15.0

14.0

NFL Fantasy 2025

Fantasy RB Rankings

105.3

Taylor

86.5

Williams

84.9

McCaffrey

Fantasy WR Rankings

82

Nacua

77.4

Egbuka

77.4

St. Brown

Fantasy TE Rankings

54.3

Goedert

46.7

Kincaid

45.2

Ferguson

Fantasy K Rankings

57

Shrader

57

McLaughlin

56

Aubrey

NFL 2025 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-1

3-2

Worst Record ATS

1-4

2-4

2-3

NFL 2025 Division Standings

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	4	2	0	.667
Commanders	3	2	0	.600
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Lions	4	1	0	.800
Packers	2	1	1	.625
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Buccaneers	4	1	0	.800
Falcons	2	2	0	.500
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	1	0	.800
Seahawks	3	2	0	.600

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	4	1	0	.800
Patriots	3	2	0	.600
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	3	1	0	.750
Bengals	2	3	0	.400
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Colts	4	1	0	.800
Jaguars	4	1	0	.800
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Broncos	4	2	0	.667
Chargers	3	2	0	.600