2007 Minnesota Vikings season
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The 2007 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 47th in the National Football League (NFL). The Vikings' 8–8 record under second-year head coach Brad Childress was an improvement on their 6–10 record in 2006; nonetheless, for the third straight year, the Vikings failed to make the playoffs.
2007 Minnesota Vikings season | |
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Owner | Zygi Wilf |
Head coach | Brad Childress |
Home field | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
Results | |
Record | 8–8 |
Division place | 2nd NFC North |
Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
Pro Bowlers | 7
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AP All-Pros | 6
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Uniform | |
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Although they had the worst pass defense in the NFL in 2007, surrendering 4,225 passing yards, the Vikings finished the season with the league's best defense against the run, allowing only 74.1 rushing yards per game, as well as the best rushing offense with running backs Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor. Peterson was named the Offensive Rookie of the Year for 2007.[1]