Yearly Results: 1966-70

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1966

Head Coach Norm Van Brocklin

Preseason (3-1-1)

8/6	T	6	Detroit at New Orleans	38,500	6
8/13	W	35	Pittsburgh at Portland	21,228	6
8/20	W	24	Los Angeles	40,270	10
8/26	W	30	Washington at Cleveland	83,414	27
9/2	L	24	at Dallas	58,316	28

Regular Season (4-9-1)

Finish: Tied Sixth in NFL Western Conference

9/11	T	20	at San Francisco	29,312	20
9/18	L	23	Baltimore	47,426	38
9/25	L	17	at Dallas	64,116	28
10/2	L	10	Chicago	47,426	13
10/16	W	35	Los Angeles	47,426	7
10/23	L	17	at Baltimore	60,238	20
10/30	W	28	San Francisco	45,077	3
11/6	W	20	at Green Bay	50,861	17
11/13	L	31	Detroit	43,939	32
11/20	L	16	at Los Angeles	38,775	21
11/27	L	16	Green Bay	47,426	28
12/4	L	13	Atlanta	37,117	20
12/11	W	28	at Detroit	43,022	16
12/18	L	28	at Chicago	45,191	41

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1967

Head Coach Bud Grant

Preseason (2-3)

8/12	W	34	Philadelphia at Tulsa	24,500	0
8/18	L	9	at Denver	31,850	14
8/27	L	3	New York at New Haven	43,584	21
9/2	W	16	Atlanta at Cleveland	84,236	3
9/10	L	14	Cleveland	40,012	42

Regular Season (3-8-3)

Finish: Fourth in NFC Central

9/17	L	21	San Francisco	39,638	27
9/22	L	3	at Los Angeles	52,255	39
10/1	L	7	Chicago	42,868	17
10/8	L	24	St. Louis	40,017	34
10/15	W	10	at Green Bay (Milw)	49,601	7
10/22	T	20	Baltimore	47,693	20
10/29	L	20	at Atlanta	52,859	21
11/5	W	27	New York	44,960	24
11/12	T	10	Detroit	44,032	10
11/19	L	10	at Cleveland	68,631	14
11/26	W	41	at Pittsburgh	23,773	27
12/3	L	27	Green Bay	47,693	30
12/10	T	10	at Chicago	40,110	10
12/17	L	3	at Detroit	44,874	14

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1968

Head Coach Bud Grant

Preseason (3-2)

8/10	L	10	Kansas City	45,228	13
8/17	W	39	at Denver	20,901	16
8/24	W	52	Philadelphia	41,229	10
9/1	L	28	at St. Louis	25,233	31
9/6	W	20	New Orleans at Shrev.	23,000	17

Regular Season (8-6)

Finish: NFL Central Champions

9/14	W	47	Atlanta	45,563	7
9/22	W	26	at Green Bay (Milw)	49,346	13
9/29	L	17	Chicago	47,644	27
10/6	W	24	Detroit	44,289	10
10/13	L	17	at New Orleans	71,105	20
10/20	L	7	Dallas	47,644	20
10/27	L	24	at Chicago	46,562	26
11/3	W	27	Washington	47,644	14
11/10	W	14	Green Bay	47,644	10
11/17	W	13	at Detroit	48,654	6
11/24	L	9	at Baltimore	60,238	21
12/1	L	3	Los Angeles	47,644	31
12/8	W	30	at San Francisco	29,049	20
12/15	W	24	at Philadelphia	54,530	17

 Western Conference Championship Game

 Memorial Stadium

12/22

L

14

Baltimore

60,238

24

 NFL Playoff Bowl

Orange Bowl

*1/5/69

L

13

Dallas

22,961

17

* Stats from game do not count.

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1969

Head Coach Bud Grant

Preseason (5-1)

8/2	W	45	Miami at Tampa	37,219	10
8/9	W	26	Denver	45,916	6
8/23	W	41	St. Louis at Memphis	34,417	13
8/30	L	21	NY Jets at Win.-Salem	31,500	24
9/6	W	28	NY Giants	47,900	27
9/13	W	23	Cleveland at Akron	28,561	16

Regular Season (12-2)

Finish: NFL Central Champions

9/21	L	23	at NY Giants	62,900	24
9/28	W	52	Baltimore	47,900	14
10/5	W	19	Green Bay at U of MN	60,740	7
10/12	W	31	at Chicago	45,757	0
10/19	W	27	at St. Louis	49,430	10
10/26	W	24	Detroit	47,900	10
11/2	W	31	Chicago	47,900	14
11/9	W	51	Cleveland	47,900	3
11/16	W	9	at Green Bay (Milw)	48,321	7
11/23	W	52	Pittsburgh	47,202	14
11/27	W	27	at Detroit	57,906	0
12/7	W	20	at Los Angeles	80,430	13
12/14	W	10	San Francisco	43,028	7
12/21	L	3	at Atlanta	52,872	10

 Western Conference Championship Game

 Metropolitan Stadium

12/27

W

23

Los Angeles

47,900

20

 NFL Championship Game

 Metropolitan Stadium

1/4/70

W

27

Cleveland

47,900

7

 Super Bowl IV

 Tulane Stadium

1/11/70

L

7

Kansas City

80,562

23

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1970

Head Coach Bud Grant

Preseason (4-2)

8/8	L	13	New Orleans at Canton	17,932	14
8/15	L	13	Pittsburgh	45,591	20
8/22	W	14	at Houston	44,563	7
8/30	W	52	NY Jets	47,900	21
9/5	W	24	at Cleveland	83,043	21
9/11	W	31	at Chicago	46,630	30

Regular Season (12-2)

Finish: NFC Central Champions

9/20	W	27	Kansas City	47,900	10
9/27	W	26	New Orleans	47,900	0
10/4	L	10	at Green Bay (Milw)	47,967	13
10/11	W	24	at Chicago	45,485	0
10/18	W	54	Dallas	47,900	13
10/26	W	13	Los Angeles	47,900	3
11/1	W	30	at Detroit	58,210	17
11/8	W	19	at Washington	50,415	10
11/15	W	24	Detroit	47,900	20
11/22	W	10	Green Bay	47,900	3
11/29	L	10	at NY Jets	62,333	20
12/5	W	16	Chicago	47,900	13
12/13	W	35	at Boston	37,819	14
12/20	W	37	at Atlanta	57,992	7

NFC Divisional Playoffs
(Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, MN)
12/27	L	14	San Francisco	46,050	17

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