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

1979 Minnesota VikingsW1979 Minnesota Vikings↗

NFL · NFC Central · 7–9 (.438) · 3rd in division · PF 259 · PA 337 · Coach Bud Grant · Did not qualify

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Schedule (20 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
1979-08-02	1	@ Seattle Seahawks	L 9–12		Kingdome	60,881
1979-08-11	2	@ San Diego Chargers	L 0–19		San Diego Stadium	49,037
1979-08-18	3	vs Miami Dolphins	L 10–21		Metropolitan Stadium	45,790
1979-08-23	4	vs Kansas City Chiefs	L 0–25		Metropolitan Stadium	39,578
1979-09-02	1	vs San Francisco 49ers	W 28–22	1–0	Metropolitan Stadium	46,539
1979-09-09	2	@ Chicago Bears	L 7–26	1–1	Soldier Field	53,231
1979-09-16	3	vs Miami Dolphins	L 12–27	1–2	Metropolitan Stadium	46,187
1979-09-23	4	vs Green Bay Packers	W 27–21 OT	2–2	Metropolitan Stadium	46,524
1979-09-30	5	@ Detroit Lions	W 13–10	3–2	Silverdome	75,295
1979-10-07	6	vs Dallas Cowboys	L 20–36	3–3	Metropolitan Stadium	47,572
1979-10-15	7	@ New York Jets	L 7–14	3–4	Shea Stadium	54,479
1979-10-21	8	vs Chicago Bears	W 30–27	4–4	Metropolitan Stadium	41,164
1979-10-28	9	vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 10–12	4–5	Metropolitan Stadium	46,906
1979-11-04	10	@ St. Louis Cardinals	L 7–37	4–6	Busch Memorial Stadium	47,213
1979-11-11	11	@ Green Bay Packers	L 7–19	4–7	Milwaukee County Stadium	52,706
1979-11-18	12	vs Detroit Lions	W 14–7	5–7	Metropolitan Stadium	43,650
1979-11-25	13	@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 23–22	6–7	Tampa Stadium	70,039
1979-12-02	14	@ Los Angeles Rams	L 21–27 OT	6–8	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	56,700
1979-12-09	15	vs Buffalo Bills	W 10–3	7–8	Metropolitan Stadium	42,239
1979-12-16	16	@ New England Patriots	L 23–27	7–9	Schaefer Stadium	54,719

Roster (51)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Status
0	Steve Dils	QB	6-1	190	ACT
0	Tommy Kramer	QB	6-2	200	ACT
0	John Reaves	QB	6-3	210	ACT
0	Ted Brown	RB	5-10	198	ACT
0	Jimmy Edwards	RB	5-9	185	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	Douglas Cunningham	WR	6-3	195	ACT
0	Terry LeCount	WR	5-10	172	ACT
0	Kevin Miller	WR	5-10	180	ACT
0	Ahmad Rashad	WR	6-2	200	ACT
0	Robert Steele	WR	6-4	196	ACT
0	Sammy White	WR	5-11	190	ACT
0	Bob Tucker	TE	6-3	230	ACT
0	Stu Voigt	TE	6-1	200	ACT
0	Nate Allen	DB	5-10	170	TRT
0	Tim Baylor	DB	6-6	191	ACT
0	Bobby Bryant	DB	6-1	170	ACT
0	Tom Hannon	DB	5-11	193	ACT
0	Kurt Knoff	DB	6-2	188	ACT
0	Paul Krause	DB	6-3	200	ACT
0	Keith Nord	DB	6-0	197	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	Steve Niehaus	DL	6-4	270	ACT
0	Dave Roller	DL	6-2	240	ACT
0	Doug Sutherland	DL	6-3	250	ACT
0	James White	DL	6-3	270	ACT
0	Rick Danmeier	K	6-0	183	ACT
0	Matt Blair	LB	6-5	229	ACT
0	Joe Harris	LB	6-1	225	TRD
0	Wally Hilgenberg	LB	6-3	229	ACT
0	Derrel Luce	LB	6-3	220	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	Dave Huffman	OL	6-6	255	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	Ron Yary	OL	6-5	255	ACT
0	Greg Coleman	P	6-0	185	ACT

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Schedule (20 games)

Roster (51)