This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

1978 Minnesota VikingsW1978 Minnesota Vikings↗

NFL · NFC Central · 8–7–1 (.531) · 1st in division · PF 294 · PA 306 · Coach Bud Grant · Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Rams) 10–34

◀ 1977 1979 ▶

Schedule (21 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
1978-08-05	1	vs Washington Redskins	W 20–13		Metropolitan Stadium	46,212
1978-08-12	2	@ Kansas City Chiefs	L 13–17		Arrowhead Stadium	41,092
1978-08-18	3	@ Miami Dolphins	L 22–30		Miami Orange Bowl	46,316
1978-08-26	4	vs Buffalo Bills	W 30–27		Metropolitan Stadium	45,062
1978-09-03	1	@ New Orleans Saints	L 24–31	0–1	Superdome	54,187
1978-09-11	2	vs Denver Broncos	W 12–9 OT	1–1	Metropolitan Stadium	46,508
1978-09-17	3	vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 10–16	1–2	Metropolitan Stadium	46,152
1978-09-25	4	@ Chicago Bears	W 24–20	2–2	Soldier Field	53,551
1978-10-01	5	@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 24–7	3–2	Tampa Stadium	65,972
1978-10-08	6	@ Seattle Seahawks	L 28–29	3–3	Kingdome	62,031
1978-10-15	7	vs Los Angeles Rams	L 17–34	3–4	Metropolitan Stadium	46,551
1978-10-22	8	vs Green Bay Packers	W 21–7	4–4	Metropolitan Stadium	47,411
1978-10-26	9	@ Dallas Cowboys	W 21–10	5–4	Texas Stadium	61,848
1978-11-05	10	vs Detroit Lions	W 17–7	6–4	Metropolitan Stadium	46,008
1978-11-12	11	vs Chicago Bears	W 17–14	7–4	Metropolitan Stadium	43,286
1978-11-19	12	vs San Diego Chargers	L 7–13	7–5	Metropolitan Stadium	38,859
1978-11-26	13	@ Green Bay Packers	T 10–10 OT	7–5–1	Lambeau Field	51,737
1978-12-03	14	vs Philadelphia Eagles	W 28–27	8–5–1	Metropolitan Stadium	38,722
1978-12-09	15	@ Detroit Lions	L 14–45	8–6–1	Silverdome	78,685
1978-12-17	16	@ Oakland Raiders	L 20–27	8–7–1	Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	44,643
1978-12-31	Divisional	@ Los Angeles Rams	L 10–34		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	69,631

Roster (49)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Status
0	Tommy Kramer	QB	6-2	200	ACT
0	Bob Lee	QB	6-2	195	ACT
10	Fran Tarkenton	QB	6-0	185	ACT
0	Sammy Johnson	RB	6-0	223	ACT
0	Mark Kellar	RB	6-0	225	ACT
0	Robert Miller	RB	5-11	204	ACT
0	Rickey Young	RB	6-2	200	ACT
33	Brent McClanahan	RB	5-10	194	ACT
44	Chuck Foreman	RB	6-2	206	ACT
0	Kevin Miller	WR	5-10	180	ACT
0	Ahmad Rashad	WR	6-2	200	ACT
0	Harry Washington	WR	6-0	180	ACT
0	Sammy White	WR	5-11	190	ACT
0	Steve Craig	TE	6-3	231	ACT
0	Bob Tucker	TE	6-3	230	ACT
0	Stu Voigt	TE	6-1	200	ACT
0	Nate Allen	DB	5-10	170	ACT
0	Bobby Bryant	DB	6-1	170	ACT
0	Tom Hannon	DB	5-11	193	ACT
0	Paul Krause	DB	6-3	200	ACT
0	John Turner	DB	6-0	193	ACT
0	Phil Wise	DB	6-0	190	ACT
0	Nate Wright	DB	5-11	180	ACT
0	Randy Holloway	DL	6-5	245	ACT
0	Jim Marshall	DL	6-4	248	ACT
0	Mark Mullaney	DL	6-6	242	ACT
0	Lyman Smith	DL	6-5	250	ACT
0	Doug Sutherland	DL	6-3	250	ACT
0	James White	DL	6-3	270	ACT
81	Carl Eller	DL	6-6	247	ACT
88	Alan Page	DL	6-4	225	TRT
0	Rick Danmeier	K	6-0	183	ACT
0	Matt Blair	LB	6-5	229	ACT
0	Paul Harris	LB	6-3	225	TRT
0	Wally Hilgenberg	LB	6-3	229	ACT
0	Fred McNeill	LB	6-2	230	ACT
50	Jeff Siemon	LB	6-2	230	ACT
55	Scott Studwell	LB	6-2	225	ACT
0	Charlie Goodrum	OL	6-3	256	ACT
0	Wes Hamilton	OL	6-3	255	ACT
0	Jim Hough	OL	6-2	267	ACT
0	Bob Lingenfelter	OL	6-7	277	ACT
0	Frank Myers	OL	6-5	255	ACT
0	Steve Riley	OL	6-5	258	ACT
0	Dennis Swilley	OL	6-3	241	ACT
0	Mick Tingelhoff	OL	6-2	237	ACT
0	Ron Yary	OL	6-5	255	ACT
0	Greg Coleman	P	6-0	185	ACT
0	Mike Wood	P	5-11	199	TRD

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Schedule (21 games)

Roster (49)