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The 2009 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 49th in the National Football League (NFL) and their fourth under head coach Brad Childress.The Vikings improved upon their 10–6 record and defended their NFC North title from 2008, their first successful defense of a divisional title since they won six NFC Central titles in a row between 1973 and 1978.
On January 4, 2009, the Vikings hosted the Philadelphia Eagles for the wild-card round, their first home playoff game in eight years. The Eagles led the Viking 16–14 at halftime and, coming off a 44–6 victory over the Dallas Cowboys , went on to defeat the Vikings 26–14.
The Vikings have been divisional champions 20 times, most among current members of their division. Minnesota has played 820 regular and postseason games and has appeared in the postseason 32 times. [2] The team's worst season was 1962, when they won two games, lost eleven, and tied one (a 0.154 winning percentage). [3]
In 2009, the Vikings recruited veteran quarterback Brett Favre out of retirement to be their new starting quarterback. [21] In Week 13 of the 2010 season, Favre suffered a chest injury that ended his NFL-record streak of consecutive starts at 297 (321 including postseason games), and Tarvaris Jackson reclaimed the starting spot for Week 14.
The Vikings would lose to the Los Angeles Rams 27–9 in a game played at State Farm Stadium in Arizona due to the wildfires in southern California. Including the postseason, all four of the 2024 Vikings' losses came at the hands of the Lions and Rams. On January 21, 2025, O'Connell signed a contract extension with the Vikings. [78]
The Minnesota Vikings are an American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.After initially committing to become one of the founding members of the American Football League (AFL) in 1959, the team joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion franchise and played their first game in 1961, as part of the Western Conference.
Two Vikings coaches have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Grant and Van Brocklin, although Van Brocklin was elected for his playing career. [7] Mike Tice is the only former Vikings player to have become a head coach for the franchise. [8] Dennis Green was the first African American head coach in franchise history.
Rice at Vikings training camp in 2009. In 2009, Rice had the most successful and stellar season of his career. Rice won his starting job back, and showed chemistry with new quarterback Brett Favre. In a game against the Baltimore Ravens, he finished with six catches for 176 yards. [23]