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.

1997 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
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

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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
Packers Packers
3
1
1
.700
Lions Lions
4
2
0
.667
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)
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
Sun
10/19
NE NE
@
TEN TEN
1:00 PM