Thread: Worthless historical Vikings stats-W/L home vs road.

I was sitting around wondering how the various coaches of the Vikings did during their tenure regarding their W/L records at home and away and how that related to their playoff appearances, but, I didn’t feel like looking for relationships, so, here the information is for some nerd that wants to play around with it.
This information was weaseled from pfr.com.

[size=12pt]1961-1966: Van Brocklin[/size]

1961: 3-11-0
Home: 3-4
Away: 0-7

1962: 2-11-1
Home: 1-5-1
Away: 1-6

1963: 5-8-1
Home: 3-4
Away: 2-4-1

1964: 8-5-1
Home: 4-3
Away: 4-2-1

1965: 7-7
Home: 2-5
Away: 5-2

1966: 4-9-1
Home: 2-5
Away: 2-4-1

Van Brocklin Summary
Home:
15-26-1
Away:
14-25-3

Tough start in the league.
Norm has an interesting background.

[size=12pt]1967-1983: Grant[/size]

1967: 3-8-3
Home: 1-4-2
Away: 2-4-1

1968: 8-6
Home: 4-3
Away: 4-3

NFL Divisional Playoff: lost 14 - 24 at Baltimore Colts

1969: 12-2
Home: 7-0
Away: 5-2

NFL Divisional Playoff: won 23 - 20 vs. Los Angeles Rams
NFL Championship Game: won 27 - 7 vs. Cleveland Browns
Super Bowl: lost 7 - 23 vs. Kansas City Chiefs

1970: 12-2
Home: 7-0
Away: 5-2

NFC Divisional Playoff: lost 14 - 17 vs. San Francisco 49ers

1971: 11-3
Home: 5-2
Away: 6-1

NFC Divisional Playoff: lost 12 - 20 vs. Dallas Cowboys

1972: 7-7
Home: 3-4
Away: 4-3

1973: 12-2
Home: 7-0
Away: 5-2

NFC Divisional Playoff: won 27 - 20 vs. Washington Redskins
NFC Championship Game: won 27 - 10 at Dallas Cowboys
Super Bowl: lost 7 - 24 vs. Miami Dolphins

1974: 10-4
Home: 4-3
Away: 6-1

NFC Divisional Playoff: won 30 - 14 vs. St. Louis Cardinals
NFC Championship Game: won 14 - 10 vs. Los Angeles Rams
Super Bowl: lost 6 - 16 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

1975: 12-2
Home: 7-0
Away: 5-2

NFC Divisional Playoff: lost 14 - 17 vs. Dallas Cowboys

1976: 11-2-1
Home: 6-0-1
Away: 5-2

NFC Divisional Playoff: won 35 - 20 vs. Washington Redskins
NFC Championship Game: won 24 - 13 vs. Los Angeles Rams
Super Bowl: lost 14 - 32 vs. Oakland Raiders

1977: 9-5
Home: 5-2
Away: 4-3

NFC Divisional Playoff: won 14 - 7 at Los Angeles Rams
NFC Championship Game: lost 6 - 23 at Dallas Cowboys

1978: 8-7-1
Home: 5-3
Away: 3-4-1

NFC Divisional Playoff: lost 10 - 34 at Los Angeles Rams

1979: 7-9
Home: 5-3
Away: 2-6

1980: 9-7
Home: 5-3
Away: 4-4

NFC Divisional Playoff: lost 16 - 31 at Philadelphia Eagles

1981: 7-9
Home: 5-3
Away: 2-6

1982: 5-4
Home: 4-1
Away: 1-3

NFC Wildcard Game: won 30 - 24 vs. Atlanta Falcons
NFC Divisional Playoff: lost 7 - 21 at Washington Redskins

1983: 8-8
Home: 3-5
Away: 5-3

Grant Summary (excluding one post Steckel year):
Home: 83-36-3
Away: 68-51-2

Bud is a god to Vikings fans.
He racked up a winning record at home and away over the course of his career as head coach, but, unfortunately, never won the Super Bowl.

[size=12pt]1984: Steckel[/size]

1984: 3-13
Home: 2-6
Away: 1-7

Steckel Summary
See above.
One year prodigy as head coach for the Vikings, although, he does have a more extensive coaching career than some give him credit for.
I have yet to see someone wearing a Steckel jersey around.

[size=12pt]1985: Grant[/size]

1985: 7-9
Home: 4-4
Away: 3-5

Grant overall summary:
Home: 87-40-3
Away: 71-56-2

Nice.

[size=12pt]1986-1991: Burns[/size]

1986: 9-7
Home: 5-3
Away: 4-4

1987: 8-7
Home: 5-3
Away: 3-4

NFC Wildcard Game: won 44 - 10 at New Orleans Saints
NFC Divisional Playoff: won 36 - 24 at San Francisco 49ers
NFC Championship Game: lost 10 - 17 at Washington Redskins

1988: 11-5
Home: 7-1
Away: 4-4

NFC Wildcard Game: won 28 - 17 vs. Los Angeles Rams
NFC Divisional Playoff: lost 9 - 34 at San Francisco 49ers

1989: 10-6
Home: 8-0
Away: 2-6

NFC Divisional Playoff: lost 13 - 41 at San Francisco 49ers

1990: 6-10
Home: 4-4
Away: 2-6

1991: 8-8
Home: 4-4
Away: 4-4

Burns Summary:
Home:
33-15
Away:
19-28

I was never a fan of Jerry Burns, AKA Rat Face.
He had a tough time winning on the road.
If I would have been posting on pp.o at that time I probably would have had CCthebest syndrome and hated him from day one without any justification other than looking for any and every flaw found on the team and putting it all on his shoulders.

[size=12pt]1992-2001: Green[/size]

1992: 11-5
Home: 5-3
Away: 6-2

NFC Wildcard Game: lost 7 - 24 vs. Washington Redskins

1993: 9-7
Home: 4-4
Away: 5-3

NFC Wildcard Game: lost 10 - 17 at New York Giants

1994: 10-6
Home: 6-2
Away: 4-4

NFC Wildcard Game: lost 18 - 35 vs. Chicago Bears

1995: 8-8
Home: 6-2
Away: 2-6

1996: 9-7
Home: 5-3
Away: 4-4

NFC Wildcard Game: lost 15 - 40 at Dallas Cowboys

1997: 9-7
Home: 5-3
Away: 4-4

NFC Wildcard Game: won 23 - 22 at New York Giants
NFC Divisional Playoff: lost 22 - 38 at San Francisco 49ers

1998: 15-1
Home: 8-0
Away: 7-1

NFC Divisional Playoff: won 41 - 21 vs. Arizona Cardinals
NFC Championship Game: lost 27 - 30 vs. Atlanta Falcons

1999: 10-6
Home: 6-2
Away:
4-4

NFC Wildcard Game: won 27 - 10 vs. Dallas Cowboys
NFC Divisional Playoff: lost 37 - 49 at St. Louis Rams

2000: 11-5
Home: 7-1
Away: 4-4

NFC Divisional Playoff: won 34 - 16 vs. New Orleans Saints
NFC Championship Game: lost 0 - 41 at New York Giants

Green overall summary (including 15 games in 2001):
Home:
57-23
Away:
40-39

On paper Denny Green looks like a hero, well, paper that is not being used for his pathetic attempt at writing anyway.
He fielded decent teams and choked when the pressure was on.
0-41? Atlanta?
What a head case.

[size=12pt]2001: Green/Tice: 5-11[/size]

Green
Home: 5-3
Away: 0-7

Tice
Home: 0-0
Away: 0-1

[size=12pt]2002-2005: Tice[/size]

2002: 6-10
Home: 4-4
Away: 2-6

2003: 9-7
Home: 6-2
Away: 3-5

2004: 8-8
Home: 5-3
Away: 3-5

NFC Wildcard Game: won 31 - 17 at Green Bay Packers
NFC Divisional Playoff: lost 14 - 27 at Philadelphia Eagles

2005: 9-7
Home: 6-2
Away: 3-5

Tice Summary:
Home: 21-11
Away: 11-22

Another coach that cannot win consistently on the road and another coach that choked when games mattered.
Arizona?
Too many to mention.

[size=12pt]2006-?:
Childress[/size]

2006: 6-10
Home: 3-5
Away: 3-5

2007:
1-2
Home: 1-0
Away: 0-2

Childress Summary (through three games of ’07 season):
Home: 4-5
Away: 3-7

There are not many fans signing up for his fan club right now.
The verdict will be out on him within the next couple years.
This season has barely started and some people are writing him off after two losses on the road by 3 pts each.
Insanity.
The Vikings started off the season at 1-2 in 1989 and in 1999 and still made it to the playoffs.

Guess what.
I lived through all of that, I will live through this, the Good Lord Willing.
;D

Great read - thanks for the historical perspective!

It was fun to see how consistent Bud was over his reign and I was surprised that Denny had almost a 0.500 record on the road, I thought it was worse than that.

"Marrdro" wrote:

Guess what.
I lived through all of that, I will live through this, the Good Lord Willing.

;D

I give a ton of credit to people who lived through all those super bowl losses, I wouldn't have survived!

"VKG4LFE" wrote:

"Marrdro" wrote:

Guess what.
I lived through all of that, I will live through this, the Good Lord Willing.

;D

I give a ton of credit to people who lived through all those super bowl losses, I wouldn't have survived!

I was young.
I didn't know any better.
;D

"VKG4LFE" wrote:

"Marrdro" wrote:

Guess what.
I lived through all of that, I will live through this, the Good Lord Willing.

;D

I give a ton of credit to people who lived through all those super bowl losses, I wouldn't have survived!

Actually, it was great.
I was just a kid, but we thought the Vikings could win the super bowl every year.
It was exciting, from grade school through high school we talked about the Vikings all week in school.