1973 Minnesota Vikings season

1973 Minnesota Vikings season
General managerJim Finks
Head coachBud Grant
Home fieldMetropolitan Stadium
Results
Record12–2
Division place1st NFC Central
Playoff finishWon Divisional Playoffs
(vs. Redskins) 27–20
Won NFC Championship
(at Cowboys) 27–10
Lost Super Bowl VIII
(vs. Dolphins) 7–24
Pro BowlersDT Alan Page
T Ron Yary
DE Carl Eller
WR John Gilliam
S Paul Krause
LB Jeff Siemon
FB Chuck Foreman
AP All-ProsDE Carl Eller (1st team)
DT Alan Page (1st team)
T Ron Yary (1st team)
Uniform

The 1973 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 13th in the National Football League (NFL). With a 12–2 record, the Vikings regained the NFC Central title after having gone 7–7 the previous year. They started the season 9–0 and looked a threat to the previous year's Miami Dolphins' record of a perfect season before losing to the Atlanta Falcons and Cincinnati Bengals in their next three games. Their narrow 10–9 win over the Los Angeles Rams constituted the last time until 1997 that the last two unbeaten NFL teams played each other.[1]

The Vikings defeated the Washington Redskins 27–20 in the NFC Divisional Playoff game at home and went on to upset the Dallas Cowboys 27–10 in Irving, Texas to win the NFC Championship, before losing 24–7 to the Dolphins in Super Bowl VIII at Rice Stadium in Houston.

  1. ^ "Last Undefeated NFL teams by Year". Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2012.