1973 Minnesota Vikings season
| 1973 Minnesota Vikings season | |
|---|---|
| General manager | Jim Finks |
| Head coach | Bud Grant |
| Home stadium | Metropolitan Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 12–2 |
| Division place | 1st NFC Central |
| Playoffs | Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Redskins) 27–20 Won NFC Championship (at Cowboys) 27–10 Lost Super Bowl VIII (vs. Dolphins) 7–24 |
| All-Pros | DE Carl Eller (1st team) DT Alan Page (1st team) T Ron Yary (1st team) |
| Pro Bowlers | DT Alan Page T Ron Yary DE Carl Eller WR John Gilliam S Paul Krause LB Jeff Siemon FB Chuck Foreman |
| Uniform | |
The 1973 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 13th in the National Football League (NFL). With a 12–2 record, the Vikings regained the NFC Central title after having gone 7–7 the previous year. They started the season 9–0 and looked a threat to the previous year's Miami Dolphins' record of a perfect season before losing to the Atlanta Falcons and Cincinnati Bengals in their next three games. Their narrow 10–9 win over the Los Angeles Rams constituted the last time until 1997 that the last two unbeaten NFL teams played each other.
The Vikings defeated the Washington Redskins 27–20 in the NFC Divisional Playoff game at home and went on to upset the Dallas Cowboys 27–10 in Irving, Texas to win the NFC Championship, before losing 24–7 to the Dolphins in Super Bowl VIII at Rice Stadium in Houston.