The 1999 Minnesota Vikings season was the franchise's 39th season in the National Football League.
After going 15â€"1 in 1998 the Vikings began the 1999 season with high hopes of another great season. Randall Cunningham resumed duties again in 1999, but after a lukewarm 2â€"4 start, he was benched and Jeff George was given the starting job. He finished the season with an 8â€"2 record, and led the Vikings into the postseason once again, with an overall team record of 10â€"6. Minnesota beat Dallas in the Wild Card Game 27â€"10, and faced playoff newcomer Kurt Warner and the St. Louis Rams in the Divisional Round. The game was a shootout which Minnesota led 17â€"14 at halftime, but the Rams outscored Minnesota 35 to 20 in the second half to win 49â€"37. St. Louis would go on to win Super Bowl XXXIV.
Offseason
1999 Expansion Draft
1999 Draft
- ^[a] Washington traded their 1st round selection (11th overall), 3rd round selection (73rd overall)[b], and 2000 2nd round selection to Minnesota in exchange for QB Brad Johnson.
- ^[b] Minnesota traded their 2nd round selection (59th overall), Washington's 3rd round selection (73rd overall), and their own 5th round selection (163rd overall) to Pittsburgh to move up 15 spots to the 44th overall selection and make this pick.
- ^[c] Minnesota traded their 3rd round selection (91st overall) to New England for CB Jimmy Hitchcock.
- ^[d] Minnesota received Miami's 4th round selection (120th overall) as compensation for restricted free agent TE Hunter Goodwin.
- ^[e] Baltimore traded Tampa Bay's 6th round selection (185th overall) to Minnesota in exchange for OL Everett Lindsay.
Regular season
Schedule
Standings
Postseason
Statistics
Team leaders
League rankings
Personnel
Staff
Final roster
References
