2000 Minnesota Vikings season

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2000 Minnesota Vikings season
Head coach Dennis Green
Home field Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Results
Record 11–5
Division place 1st NFC Central
Playoff finish Won NFC Divisional Playoff
Lost NFC Championship
Pro Bowlers 5

The 2000 Minnesota Vikings season was the team's 40th season in the National Football League.

The season

The team was led by first-year starting quarterback Daunte Culpepper and running back Robert Smith, who ran for a then team record 1,521 yards and 7 touchdowns. The Vikings started out 7–0 and were 11–2 after 14 weeks, but slumped briefly, losing their last three to the Rams, Packers and Colts while Culpepper was hampered by injury.

Despite the rough patch, the Vikings would return to the playoffs again for the fifth straight year. After easily beating the Saints in the Divisional game 34–16, they were humiliated 41–0 by the New York Giants in the Conference Championship, and to top that, Robert Smith retired at the end of the year, after only playing eight NFL seasons.

Also following the season, the Vikings let future Hall of Fame defensive tackle John Randle, who spent the first 11 seasons with the team, go. He later signed with the Seattle Seahawks and spent the next three seasons there before quietly retiring in 2003.

After the departures of several members of the famed 1998 team, including Smith, Cris Carter, Randle and coach Green, the Vikings never again competed for a Super Bowl during Randy Moss' first tenure with the team, though they made the playoffs in 2004 despite winning only eight games. After defeating the Packers in the Wildcard round, the Vikings were ousted by the Philadelphia Eagles the following week. 2000 was the last winning season the Vikings would achieve until 2008.

Six Vikings including Culpepper, Moss, Carter, Smith, Korey Stringer and Matt Birk were selected to play in the Pro Bowl after the season. It was Stringer's only Pro Bowl appearance before his death in 2001.

Offseason

2000 Draft

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Main article: 2000 NFL draft
2000 Minnesota Vikings Draft
Draft order Player name Position College Notes
Round Choice Overall
1 25 25 Chris Hovan Defensive Tackle Boston
2 24 55 Fred Robbins Defensive Tackle Wake Forest
25 56 Michael Boireau Defensive End University of Miami from Redskins[a]
3 26 88 Doug Chapman Running Back Marshall
4 12 106 Antonio Wilson Linebacker Texas A&M from Ravens[b]
24 118 Tyrone Carter Safety Minnesota
5 26 155 Surrendered to the Washington Redskins[c]
36 165 Troy Walters Wide Receiver Stanford Compensatory pick
6 25 191 Traded to the Baltimore Ravens[b]
7 26 232 Traded to the Cleveland Browns[d]
34 240 Mike Milano Center San Diego State Compensatory pick
38 244 Giles Cole Tight End Texas Compensatory pick
42 248 Lewis Kelly Offensive Guard South Carolina State Compensatory pick
^[a] During the 1999 NFL Draft, Washington traded their 1999 1st round selection (11th overall – Daunte Culpepper), 1999 3rd round selection (73rd overall – later traded to Pittsburgh), and 2000 2nd round selection (56th overall) to Minnesota in exchange for QB Brad Johnson.
^[b] The details of these trades are unknown but may involve Baltimore's acquisition of OL Everett Lindsay from Minnesota.
^[c] Washington received this selection as compensation for restricted free agent G Brad Badger.
^[d] Minnesota traded their 7th round selection (232nd overall) to Cleveland for DT Jerry Ball.

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result TV Time (CT) Venue Attendance
1 September 3, 2000 Chicago Bears W 30–27 FOX 12:00pm Metrodome
64,104
2 September 10, 2000 Miami Dolphins W 13–7 CBS 12:00pm Metrodome
64,112
3 September 17, 2000 at New England Patriots W 21–13 FOX 3:00pm Foxboro Stadium
59,835
4 Bye
5 October 1, 2000 at Detroit Lions W 31–24 FOX 12:00pm Silverdome
76,438
6 October 9, 2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 30–23 ABC 8:00pm Metrodome
64,162
7 October 15, 2000 at Chicago Bears W 28–16 ESPN 7:30pm Soldier Field
66,944
8 October 22, 2000 Buffalo Bills W 31–27 CBS 12:00pm Metrodome
64,116
9 October 29, 2000 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 13-41 FOX 12:00pm Raymond James Stadium
65,589
10 November 6, 2000 at Green Bay Packers L 20-26 (OT) ABC 8:00pm Lambeau Field
59,854
11 November 12, 2000 Arizona Cardinals W 31–14 FOX 12:00pm Metrodome
64,223
12 November 19, 2000 Carolina Panthers W 31–17 FOX 12:00pm Metrodome
64,208
13 November 23, 2000 at Dallas Cowboys W 27–15 FOX 3:00pm Texas Stadium
63,878
14 November 30, 2000 Detroit Lions W 24–17 ESPN 7:30pm Metrodome
64,214
15 December 10, 2000 at St. Louis Rams L 29-40 FOX 3:00pm TWA Dome
66,273
16 December 17, 2000 Green Bay Packers L 28-33 FOX 3:00pm Metrodome
64,183
17 December 24, 2000 at Indianapolis Colts L 10-31 FOX 3:00pm RCA Dome
56,672

Standings

NFC Central
Team W L T PCT PF PA
(2) Minnesota Vikings 11 5 0 .688 397 371
(5) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 6 0 .625 388 269
Green Bay Packers 9 7 0 .563 353 323
Detroit Lions 9 7 0 .563 307 307
Chicago Bears 5 11 0 .313 216 355

Postseason

NFC Divisional Playoffs

Minnesota Vikings 34, New Orleans Saints 16
1 2 3 4 Total
Saints 3 0 7 6 16
Vikings 10 7 10 7 34

at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota

NFC Championship Game

New York Giants 41, Minnesota Vikings 0
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 0 0 0 0 0
Giants 14 20 7 0 41

at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Statistics

Team leaders

Category Player(s) Value
Passing Yards Daunte Culpepper 3,937
Passing Touchdowns Daunte Culpepper 33
Rushing Yards Robert Smith 1,521
Rushing Touchdowns Robert Smith
Daunte Culpepper		 7
Receiving Yards Randy Moss 1,437
Receiving Touchdowns Randy Moss 15
Points Gary Anderson 111
Kickoff Return Yards Troy Walters 692
Punt Return Yards Troy Walters 217
Tackles Ed McDaniel 118
Sacks John Randle 8
Interceptions Robert Tate
Kailee Wong		 2
Forced Fumbles John Randle
Robert Tate		 2

League rankings

Category Total yards Yards per game NFL rank
(out of 31)
Passing Offense 3,832 Yards 239.5 YPG 7th
Rushing Offense 2,129 Yards 133.1 YPG 6th
Total Offense 5,961 Yards 372.6 YPG 5th
Passing Defense 3,913 Yards 244.6 YPG 28th
Rushing Defense 1,788 Yards 111.8 YPG 15th
Total Defense 5,701 Yards 356.3 YPG 28th

Personnel

Staff

2000 Minnesota Vikings staff
Front Office

Head Coaches

  • Head Coach – Dennis Green
  • Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs – Richard Solomon

Offensive Coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator – Sherman Lewis
  • Quarterbacks – Alex Wood
  • Running Backs – Carl Hargrave
  • Wide Receivers – Charlie Baggett
  • Tight Ends – John Tice
  • Offensive Line – Mike Tice
  • Quality Control-Offense – Dean Dalton
  

Defensive Coaches

  • Defensive Coordinator – Emmitt Thomas
  • Defensive Line – Fred von Appen
  • Inside Linebackers – Trent Walters
  • Outside Linebackers – John Fontes
  • Quality Control-Defense – Chuck Knox, Jr.

Special Teams Coaches

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Steve Wetzel
  • Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Daryl Lawrence

[1]

Final roster

2000 Minnesota Vikings final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists


Practice squad



Rookies in italics
 54 Active, 4 Inactive, 0 Practice squad

Awards and records

  • Gary Anderson, NFC Special Teams Player of the Week, Week 8 [2]
  • Mitch Berger, NFC Special Teams Player of the Week, Week 14 [2]
  • Mitch Berger, NFC Special Teams Player of the Month, December [2]
  • Cris Carter, All-NFL Team (as selected by the Associated Press, Pro Football Weekly, and the Pro Football Writers of America) [2]
  • Cris Carter, NFC Pro Bowl Selection [3]
  • Daunte Culpepper, NFC Offensive Player of the Week, Week 6 [2]
  • Daunte Culpepper, NFC Offensive Player of the Week, Week 12 [2]
  • Chris Hovan, PFW/Pro Football Writers of America All-Rookie Team
  • Randy Moss, All-NFL Team (as selected by the Associated Press, Pro Football Weekly, and the Pro Football Writers of America) [2]
  • Randy Moss, PFW/PFWA All-Pro Team [4]
  • Robert Smith, NFC Offensive Player of the Month, December [2]

40-year team

The team recognized an all-time team in 2000 by announcing the 40th-season all-time team. [1]

VIKINGS 40TH SEASON ALL-TIME TEAM 1961–2000

  • OFFENSE
  • WRs: Ahmad Rashad, Cris Carter
  • Ts: Ron Yary, Tim Irwin
  • Gs: Ed White, Randall McDaniel
  • C: Mick Tingelhoff
  • TE: Steve Jordan
  • QB: Fran Tarkenton
  • RBs: Chuck Foreman, Robert Smith
  • K: Fred Cox
  • Special Teams Coverage: Bill Brown
  • DEFENSE
  • DEs: Jim Marshall, Carl Eller
  • DTs: Alan Page, John Randle
  • LBs: Jeff Siemon, Matt Blair, Scott Studwell
  • Ss: Paul Krause, Joey Browner
  • CBs: Bobby Bryant, Carl Lee
  • P: Greg Coleman
  • Special Teams Returns: Darrin Nelson
  • Head Coach: Bud Grant

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 202
  3. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 362
  4. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 203
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