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The Vikings' famed Purple People Eaters defensive line stopping a Rams rushing play in the 1977 NFC Divisional Playoff game.

The 1977 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 17th in the National Football League. After starting the season 5–3, the team's starting quarterback Fran Tarkenton broke his leg in week 9 and missed the rest of the season. Despite losing Tarkenton, the team managed to finish the season with a 9–5 record and went to the playoffs as winners of the NFC Central division title. They beat the Los Angeles Rams 14–7 in the Divisional Round in a game played in Los Angeles and termed the Mud Bowl, although the Vikings had lost 35–3 to the same opponent in week 6.[1][2] In the NFC Championship game played in Dallas, the Vikings lost to the Dallas Cowboys 23–6.

Offseason

1977 Draft

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colspan="6" style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| 1977 Minnesota Vikings Draft
colspan="2" style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Draft order rowspan="2" style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Player name rowspan="2" style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Position rowspan="2" style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| College rowspan="2" style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Notes
style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Round style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Selection
1 27 Tommy Kramer Quarterback Rice
2 55 Dennis Swilley Guard Texas A&M
3 83 Tommy Hannon Safety Michigan State
4 111 Traded to the Seattle SeahawksШаблон:Ref
5 138 Ken Moore Tight end Northern Illinois
6 166 Traded to the New England PatriotsШаблон:Ref
7 194 Traded to the Cincinnati BengalsШаблон:Ref
8 222 Clint Strozier Defensive back USC
9 250 Scott Studwell Linebacker Illinois
10 278 Dan Beaver Kicker Illinois
11 306 Keith Hartwig Wide receiver Arizona
12 335 Jim Kelleher Running back Colorado
Шаблон:Note The Vikings traded their fourth-round selection (111th overall) to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for WR Ahmad Rashad.
Шаблон:Note The Vikings traded their sixth-round selection (166th overall) and 1976 eighth-round selection (235th overall) to the New England Patriots in exchange for OL Doug Dumler.
Шаблон:Note The Vikings traded their seventh-round selection (194th overall) to the Cincinnati Bengals in exchange for TE Orlando Nelson.

Roster

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Preseason

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance[3]
1 August 6 at Los Angeles Rams W 22–17 1–0 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 55,168
2 August 13 Cleveland Browns W 34–33 2–0 Metropolitan Stadium 45,370
3 August 19 at Baltimore Colts L 7–29 2–1 Memorial Stadium 45,529
4 August 26 Miami Dolphins W 33–7 3–1 Metropolitan Stadium 44,396
5 September 3 at Cincinnati Bengals L 7–26 3–2 Riverfront Stadium 52,942
6 September 10 at Buffalo Bills W 30–6 4–2 Rich Stadium 35,017

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 18 Dallas Cowboys L 10–16 Шаблон:Small 0–1 Metropolitan Stadium 47,678
2 September 24 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 9–3 1–1 Tampa Stadium 66,272
3 October 2 Green Bay Packers W 19–7 2–1 Metropolitan Stadium 47,143
4 October 9 Detroit Lions W 14–7 3–1 Metropolitan Stadium 45,860
5 October 16 Chicago Bears W 22–16 Шаблон:Small 4–1 Metropolitan Stadium 47,708
6 October 24 at Los Angeles Rams L 3–35 4–2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 62,414
7 October 30 at Atlanta Falcons W 14–7 5–2 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 59,257
8 November 6 St. Louis Cardinals L 7–27 5–3 Metropolitan Stadium 47,066
9 November 13 Cincinnati Bengals W 42–10 6–3 Metropolitan Stadium 45,371
10 November 20 at Chicago Bears L 7-10 6–4 Soldier Field 49,563
11 November 27 at Green Bay Packers W 13–6 7–4 Lambeau Field 56,267
12 December 4 San Francisco 49ers W 28–27 8–4 Metropolitan Stadium 40,745
13 December 11 at Oakland Raiders L 13–35 8–5 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 52,771
14 December 17 at Detroit Lions W 30–21 9–5 Silverdome 78,572

Game summaries

Week 7: at Atlanta Falcons

Minnesota's Fran Tarkenton threw a 54-yard touchdown pass to Sammy White to tie the game in the second quarter, then tossed a 6-yard scoring pass to Bob Tucker in the fourth quarter after Chuck Foreman's 51-yard run to salvage a big win for the Vikings. The Falcons took the lead early lead on a 49-yard scoring pass from Scott Hunter to Greg McCrary.Шаблон:Citation needed

Week 10: at Chicago Bears

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Week 11: at Green Bay Packers

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Week 13: at Oakland Raiders

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Standings

Шаблон:1977 NFC Central standings

Postseason

Week Date Opponent Result Venue Attendance
Div December 26 at Los Angeles Rams W 14–7 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 62,538
Conf January 1 at Dallas Cowboys L 6–23 Texas Stadium 61,968

Statistics

Team leaders

width=150px style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Category width=150px style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Player(s) width=75px style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Value
Passing yards Fran Tarkenton 1,734
Passing touchdowns Fran Tarkenton 9
Rushing yards Chuck Foreman 1,112
Rushing touchdowns Chuck Foreman 6
Receiving yards Sammy White 760
Receiving touchdowns Sammy White 9
Points Chuck Foreman
Sammy White
54
Kickoff return yards Manfred Moore 524
Punt return yards Manfred Moore 277
Interceptions Bobby Bryant 4

League rankings

width=150px style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Category width=100px style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Total yards width=110px style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| Yards per game width=80px style="Шаблон:NFLPrimaryStyle"| NFL rank
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Passing offense 2,368 169.1 6th
Rushing offense 1,821 130.1 21st
Total offense 4,189 299.2 14th
Passing defense 1,581 112.9 3rd
Rushing defense 2,218 158.4 21st
Total defense 3,799 271.4 11th

References

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  1. Heroes of Yesteryear: Pro Football’S Dying Breed of Players from a Bygone Era, Danny Jones, Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, 2017. Chapter on Chuck Foreman.
  2. The Super '70s, Tom Danyluk, Mad Uke Publishing, 2005, page 95. The person being interviewed, "LM," is former Rams running back (1972-'79) Lawrence McCutcheon.
  3. Шаблон:Cite web