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The 2005 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 45th in the National Football League (NFL), and Mike Tice's fourth and final season as head coach. The Vikings finished the season with a 9–7 record and missed the playoffs despite going 8–3 over the final 11 weeks.
The best regular-season record was achieved in 1998, when the Vikings went 15–1, but kicker Gary Anderson, who had gone 35-for-35 in field goal attempts during the regular season, missed a 38-yard attempt with less than three minutes remaining in the NFC Championship Game. [5]
Daunte Culpepper was the Vikings' starting quarterback for six seasons from 2000 to 2005. Jim McMahon was the Vikings' starting quarterback for the 1993 season. Brett Favre took over as the Vikings' starting quarterback in 2009. Teddy Bridgewater was the Vikings' starting quarterback from Week 4 of the 2014 season until the end of the 2015 ...
He led the Vikings to victory in the first seven games of the season, and helped them finish 11–5 and advance to the NFC Championship game, where they were beaten by the New York Giants 41–0. During the season, Culpepper passed for 3,937 yards, 33 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. He also rushed for 470 yards and seven touchdowns.
– The Minnesota Vikings’ season ended in Arizona on Monday night. The Vikings were defeated 27-9 by the Los Angeles Rams in what was a disappointing playoff performance.
When Vikings players returned from their bye week on Monday to begin a five-game push for a playoff spot that appeared much more contested than it had a week earlier, Brian Flores gathered the ...
The Vikings made the playoffs as a wild-card team after a 14-3 season and second-place finish in the NFC North. They had a chance to secure the division and the No. 1 seed on Sunday, but lost to ...
Tice's contract was allowed to expire at the end of the 2005 season, and he was quickly replaced by Eagles offensive coordinator Brad Childress. [32] After Childress' first season in charge, the Vikings' regular season record improved by two wins a season from 6–10 in 2006 to 12–4 in 2009.