Yearly Results: 1976-80

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1976

Head Coach Bud Grant

Preseason (3-3)

7/31	L	3	at Miami	39,939	16
8/7	W	13	at Kansas City	32,851	10
8/16	L	7	at Cleveland	44,336	31
8/22	W	23	Cincinnati	43,784	17
8/28	W	20	Philadelphia	46,512	16
9/5	L	17	at Denver	52,129	30

Regular Season (11-2-1)

Finish: NFC Central Champions

9/12	W	40	at New Orleans	48,156	9
9/19	T	10	Los Angeles	47,310 (OT)	10
9/26	W	10	at Detroit	77,292	9
10/4	W	17	Pittsburgh	47,809	6
10/10	W	20	Chicago	47,948	19
10/17	W	24	NY Giants	47,156	7
10/24	W	31	at Philadelphia	56,233	12
10/31	L	13	at Chicago	56,602	13
11/7	W	31	Detroit	46,735	23
11/14	W	27	Seattle	45,087	21
11/21	W	17	at Green Bay (Milw)	53,104	10
11/29	L	16	at San Francisco	56,775	20
12/5	W	20	Green Bay	43,700	9
12/11	W	29	at Miami	46,543	7

 NFC Divisional Playoffs

 Metropolitan Stadium

12/18

W

35

Washington

47,221

20

 NFC Championship Game

 Metropolitan Stadium

12/26

W

24

Los Angeles

47,191

13

 Super Bowl XI

 Rose Bowl

1/9/77

L

14

Oakland

103,438

32

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1977

Head Coach Bud Grant

Preseason (4-2)

8/6	W	22	at Los Angeles	55,168	17
8/13	W	34	Cleveland	45,370	33
8/19	L	7	at Baltimore	45,529	29
8/26	W	33	Miami	44,396	7
9/3	L	7	at Cincinnati	52,942	36
9/10	W	30	at Buffalo	35,017	6

Regular Season (9-5)

Finish: NFC Central Champions

9/18	L	10	Dallas	47,678 (OT)	16
9/24	W	9	at Tampa Bay	66,272	3
10/2	W	19	Green Bay	47,143	7
10/9	W	14	Detroit	45,860	7
10/16	W	22	Chicago	47,708 (OT)	16
10/24	L	3	at Los Angeles	62,414	35
10/30	W	14	at Atlanta	59,257	7
11/6	L	7	St. Louis	47,066	27
11/13	W	42	Cincinnati	47,371	10
11/20	L	7	at Chicago	49,563	10
11/27	W	13	at Green Bay	52,267	6
12/4	W	28	San Francisco	40,745	27
12/11	L	13	at Oakland	52,771	35
12/17	W	30	at Detroit	78,572	21

 NFC Divisional Playoffs

 LA Coliseum

12/26

W

14

Los Angeles

62,538

7

 NFC Championship Game

 Texas Stadium

1/1/78

L

6

Dallas

61,968

23

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1978

Head Coach Bud Grant

Preseason (2-2)

8/5	W	20	Washington	46,212	13
8/12	L	13	at Kansas City	41,092	17
8/18	L	22	at Miami	46,316	30
8/26	W	30	Buffalo	45,062	27

Regular Season (8-7-1)

Finish: NFC Central Champions

9/3	L	24	at New Orleans	54,187	31
9/11	W	12	Denver	46,508 (OT)	9
9/17	L	10	Tampa Bay	46,152	16
9/25	W	24	at Chicago	53,561	20
10/1	W	24	at Tampa Bay	65,972	7
10/8	L	28	at Seattle	62,031	29
10/15	L	17	Los Angeles	46,551	34
10/22	W	21	Green Bay	47,411	7
10/26	W	21	at Dallas	61,848	10
11/5	W	17	Detroit	46,008	7
11/12	W	17	Chicago	43,286	14
11/19	L	7	San Diego	38,859	13
11/26	T	10	at Green Bay	51,737 (OT)	10
12/3	W	28	Philadelphia	38,722	27
12/9	L	14	at Detroit	78,685	45
12/17	L	20	at Oakland	44,643	27

 NFC Divisional Playoffs

 LA Coliseum

12/31

L

10

Los Angeles

469,631

34

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1979

Head Coach Bud Grant

Preseason (0-4)

8/2	L	9	at Seattle	60,881	12
8/11	L	0	at San Diego	49,037	19
8/18	L	10	Miami	45,790	21
8/23	L	0	Kansas City	39,578	25

Regular Season (7-9)

Finish: Third in NFC Central

9/2	W	28	San Francisco	46,539	22
9/9	L	7	at Chicago	53,231	26
9/16	L	12	Miami	46,187	27
9/23	W	27	Green Bay	45,524 (OT)	21
9/30	W	13	at Detroit	75,295	10
10/7	L	20	Dallas	47,572	36
10/15	L	7	at NY Jets	54,479	14
10/21	W	30	Chicago	41,164	27
10/28	L	10	Tampa Bay	46,906	12
11/4	L	7	at St. Louis	47,213	37
11/11	L	7	at Green Bay (Milw)	52,706	19
11/18	W	14	Detroit	43,650	7
11/25	W	23	at Tampa Bay	70,039	22
12/2	L	21	at Los Angeles	56,700 (OT)	27
12/9	W	10	Buffalo	42,239	3
12/16	L	23	at New England	54,710	27

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1980

Head Coach Bud Grant

Preseason (3-1)

8/9	W	21	San Diego	45,179	17
8/18	L	10	at Kansas City	38,879	14
8/23	W	17	at Miami	36,116	10
8/30	W	38	Cleveland	47,262	16

Regular Season (9-7)

Finish: NFC Central Champions

9/7	W	24	Atlanta	44,733	23
9/14	L	7	Philadelphia	46,460	42
9/21	W	34	at Chicago	59,983	14
9/28	L	7	at Detroit	80,291	27
10/5	L	17	Pittsburgh	57,583	23
10/12	W	13	Chicago	46,751	7
10/19	L	0	at Cincinnati	44,487	14
10/26	L	3	at Green Bay	43,361	16
11/2	W	39	at Washington	52,060	14
11/9	W	34	Detroit	46,264	0
11/16	W	38	Tampa Bay	46,032	30
11/23	L	13	Green Bay	47,234	25
11/30	W	23	at New Orleans	30,936	20
12/7	W	21	at Tampa Bay	65,649	10
12/14	W	28	Cleveland	45,202	23
12/21	L	16	at Houston	51,064	20

 NFC Divisional Playoffs

 Veterans Stadium

1/3/81

L

16

Philadelphia

68,434

31

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