• Source: 2003 Minnesota Vikings season

      • The 2003 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 43rd in the National Football League (NFL). They finished second in the NFC North with a 9–7 record, behind the 10–6 Green Bay Packers, but missed the playoffs for a third straight year. Despite gaining 6,294 yards of offense over their 16 games, by far the most in the league, the team managed just 416 points, the sixth-most in the NFL. The Vikings won their first six games of the 2003 season, then lost their next four games, after which they alternated wins and losses for the remainder of the season. The Vikings were officially eliminated from postseason contention with a loss to the Arizona Cardinals on the last play of their final game.
      Wide receiver Randy Moss led the NFL with 17 touchdown receptions, the third time in his career that he led the league in that category. After two seasons of inconsistency, rejuvenated quarterback Daunte Culpepper was voted to play in the second Pro Bowl of his career at the end of the season.


      Offseason




      = 2003 draft

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      Notes:


      Staff




      Roster




      Preseason




      = Schedule

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      = Game summaries

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      Week 1: vs. Jacksonville Jaguars




      Week 2: at Kansas City Chiefs




      Week 3: at Oakland Raiders




      Week 4: vs. Arizona Cardinals




      Regular season




      = Schedule

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      = Game summaries

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      Week 1: at Green Bay Packers




      Week 2: vs. Chicago Bears




      Week 3: at Detroit Lions




      Week 4: vs. San Francisco 49ers




      Week 5: at Atlanta Falcons




      Week 7: vs. Denver Broncos




      Week 8: vs. New York Giants




      Week 9: vs. Green Bay Packers




      Week 10: at San Diego Chargers




      Week 11: at Oakland Raiders




      Week 12: vs. Detroit Lions




      Week 13: at St. Louis Rams




      Week 14: vs. Seattle Seahawks




      Week 15: at Chicago Bears




      Week 16: vs. Kansas City Chiefs




      Week 17: at Arizona Cardinals



      Despite still having a chance to make the playoffs by winning the NFC North, the Vikings squandered a 17–6 fourth-quarter lead in the final two minutes and lost to the 3–12 Arizona Cardinals after Josh McCown threw a 28-yard pass to Nate Poole for the game-winning touchdown with no time left, and with the Packers' win over the Broncos, giving them the NFC North title, and ending the Vikings season.


      = Standings

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      Statistics




      = Team leaders

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      * Vikings single season record


      = League rankings

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      References

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