- Source: 2000 Minnesota Vikings season
The 2000 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 40th in the National Football League (NFL). They won the NFC Central division title with an 11–5 record. After not retaining either Randall Cunningham or Jeff George, 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 seven touchdowns. The Vikings started out 7–0 and were 11–2 after 14 weeks, but slumped briefly, losing their last three to the St. Louis Rams, Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts while Culpepper was hampered by injury.
After easily beating the New Orleans Saints in the Divisional game 34–16, they were defeated 41–0 by the New York Giants in the Conference Championship. Running back Robert Smith retired at the end of the year, after only playing eight NFL seasons. It would be 2004 before the Vikings returned to the playoffs.
After a contract dispute, Hall of Fame defensive tackle John Randle was let go after 11 seasons with the Vikings. Randle had only eight sacks this year, ending a streak of eight consecutive seasons with 10+ sacks.
Seven Vikings including Culpepper, Moss, Carter, Smith, Korey Stringer, Robert Griffith 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.
This would be the final full season for Dennis Green as the team's head coach, he was fired the next season with just one game remaining on the schedule.
Offseason
= 2000 draft
=Notes:
= Undrafted free agents
=Staff
Roster
Preseason
= Schedule
== Game summaries
=Week 1: vs. New Orleans Saints
Week 2: at San Diego Chargers
Week 3: vs. Arizona Cardinals
Week 4: at Indianapolis Colts
Regular season
= Schedule
=Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
= Game summaries
=Week 1: vs. Chicago Bears
Week 2: vs. Miami Dolphins
Week 3: at New England Patriots
Week 5: at Detroit Lions
Week 6: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week 7: at Chicago Bears
Week 8: vs. Buffalo Bills
Week 9: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week 10: at Green Bay Packers
Week 11: vs. Arizona Cardinals
Week 12: vs. Carolina Panthers
Week 13: at Dallas Cowboys
Week 14: vs. Detroit Lions
Week 15: at St. Louis Rams
Week 16: vs. Green Bay Packers
Week 17: at Indianapolis Colts
This was the first occasion the Colts hosted the Vikings in the regular season since 1968 in Baltimore, although the two teams would again play in the Colts’ stadium during that postseason. The intervening gap of 31 seasons constitutes the second-longest gap without one team visiting another in NFL history, and at the time was a record.
= Standings
=Postseason
= Schedule
== Game summaries
=NFC Divisional Playoffs: vs (#3) New Orleans Saints
NFC Championship Game: vs (#1) New York Giants
Statistics
= Team leaders
== League rankings
=Awards and records
Gary Anderson, NFC Special Teams Player of the Week, Week 8
Mitch Berger, NFC Special Teams Player of the Week, Week 14
Mitch Berger, NFC Special Teams Player of the Month, December
Cris Carter, All-NFL Team (as selected by the Associated Press, Pro Football Weekly and the Pro Football Writers of America)
Cris Carter, NFC Pro Bowl Selection
Daunte Culpepper, NFC Offensive Player of the Week, Week 6
Daunte Culpepper, NFC Offensive Player of the Week, Week 12
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)
Randy Moss, PFW/PFWA All-Pro Team
Robert Smith, NFC Offensive Player of the Month, December
40-year team
The Vikings named an all-time team in 2000 in recognition of the franchise's 40th year in the NFL.
Offense
WR: Ahmad Rashad, Cris Carter
T: Ron Yary, Tim Irwin
G: Ed White, Randall McDaniel
C: Mick Tingelhoff
TE: Steve Jordan
QB: Fran Tarkenton
RB: Chuck Foreman, Robert Smith
K: Fred Cox
ST: Bill Brown
Defense
DE: Jim Marshall, Carl Eller
DT: Alan Page, John Randle
LB: Jeff Siemon, Matt Blair, Scott Studwell
S: Paul Krause, Joey Browner
CB: Bobby Bryant, Carl Lee
P: Greg Coleman
RS: Darrin Nelson
Head coach: Bud Grant
Notes
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