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  1st NFC North (7-1-0)

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Founded: 1961

Stadium: Mall of America Field

Tickets: 651-989-5151

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(2009)

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Team News more

  • Favre's Lambeau homecoming was must-see TV for fans

    11/02/2009
    Brett Favre's return to Green Bay was must-see viewing for NFL fans. Fox's national game Sunday, which was mainly the Vikings' 38-26 win over the Packers, was the network's second most-watched Sunday telecast since it started airing the NFL in 1994.

  • Favre wins in Lambeau return

    11/01/2009
    For the second time in less than a month, Brett Favre sliced up his former team and stuck it to the franchise that cast him aside as the Minnesota Vikings beat the Green Bay Packers 38-26 at Lambeau on Sunday. Despite being jeered repeatedly by Packers fans who once cheered his every move, Favre completed 17 of 28 passes for 244 yards and four touchdowns without an interception.

  • Favre welcomed back to Lambeau with boos

    11/01/2009
    A day once unfathomable to Packers fans finally arrived Sunday, when Brett Favre returned to Green Bay as the opponent. Worse, he came with those hated Vikings and picked apart the Packers, throwing four touchdown passes in Minnesota's 38-26 victory.

  • Hamstring injury can't keep Berrian out vs. Packers

    11/01/2009
    Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Bernard Berrian is active for Sunday's game against the Green Bay Packers despite a nagging hamstring injury, giving quarterback Brett Favre one of his top targets against his former team.

  • Winfield out

    10/30/2009
    The Minnesota Vikings will be without Pro Bowl cornerback Antoine Winfield when they face the Green Bay Packers in a pivotal NFC North game on Sunday.

  • Goodell to testify on Vikings' suspensions

    10/30/2009
    NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is returning to Capitol Hill next week, this time to testify about the case of two professional football players whose suspensions were blocked by the courts.

  • Vikings' Harvin voted Week 7 Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week

    10/30/2009
    Voters on NFL.com have made their choice. Wide receiver Percy Harvin of the Minnesota Vikings is the Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Week for games played on Oct. 25-26.

  • Illness sidelines Vikings rookie Harvin

    10/29/2009
    Minnesota Vikings rookie wide receiver and kick returner Percy Harvin didn't practice Thursday because of illness.
Head Coach more
Brad Childress

Regular Season: 31-25

Postseason: 0-1

Experience: 1

Career record: 31-26

Pro Career: Named the seventh head coach in Vikings' history on Jan. 6, 2006. Childress enters his 29th season of coaching, including his ninth in the NFL.

He joins the Vikings following seven years with the Philadelphia Eagles, including the past four seasons as offensive coordinator. During his tenure in Philadelphia, the Eagles reached Super Bowl XXXIX, played in four straight NFC Championship games, won four straight NFC East titles, and amassed a 70-42 (.625) record in the regular season.

During Childress' time as offensive coordinator (2002-05), the Eagles' 43 victories were the most in the NFC over that span. The Eagles' offense since 2000 featured seven players who earned 14 berths in the Pro Bowl.

Childress got his first taste of NFL coaching in 1985 when he served as the quarterbacks coach for the Indianapolis Colts.

Career record: 0-0.

Background: Coached at Illinois (1978-84), Northern Arizona (1986-89), Utah (1990), and Wisconsin (1991-98). The coaching staff at Northern Arizona included future NFL head coaches Bill Callahan, Marty Mornhinweg, and Andy Reid. Childress briefly played quarterback and wide receiver at Illinois before transferring to Eastern Illinois, where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology.

Personal: Born June 27, 1956 in Aurora, Ill. He and his wife Dru-Ann have four children: Cara, Kyle, Andrew, and Christopher.


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Draft 2009 more
Pick Player
Rd 1, Pick 22 (22) Harvin, Percy WR 
Rd 2, Pick 22 (54) Loadholt, Phil OL 
Rd 3, Pick 22 (86) Allen, Asher CB 
Rd 5, Pick 14 (150) Brinkley, Jasper ILB 
Rd 7, Pick 22 (231) Sanford, Jamarca FS 
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Scoreboard more
Lambeau Field - Wk 8 1 2 3 4 T
Minnesota Vikings 7 10 7 14 38
Green Bay Packers 3 0 17 6 26
Schedule more
Wk Date Opponent Time
6 Sun, Oct 18 Baltimore 33-31   W
7 Sun, Oct 25 @ Pittsburgh 17-27   L
8 Sun, Nov 01 @ Green Bay 38-26   W
9 Bye
10 Sun, Nov 15 Detroit 1:00 PM ET
11 Sun, Nov 22 Seattle 1:00 PM ET
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Injuries more
Player (Pos) Injury
No Injuries Reported
Regular Season Leaders more
Passing Att Cmp Yds TDs
Brett Favre 256 174 1925 16
Tarvaris Jackson 5 4 82 0
Rushing Car Yds Avg TDs
Adrian Peterson 163 784 4.8 9
Chester Taylor 45 123 2.7 1
Receiving Rec Yds Avg TDs
Sidney Rice 37 585 15.8 2
Percy Harvin 28 369 13.2 3
Transactions more
Date Transaction
10/21 DeAndre Wright (CB) practice squad addition.
10/21 John David Booty (QB) practice squad deletion.
10/17 John David Booty (QB) practice squad addition.
10/17 Clint Oldenburg (T) practice squad deletion.
NFC North more
Team W L T Win %
Minnesota 7 1 0 .875
Green Bay 4 3 0 .571
Chicago 4 3 0 .571
Detroit 1 6 0 .143
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