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1986 Minnesota Vikings season

Head coach	Jerry Burns
General manager	Mike Lynn
Home field	Metrodome

Results
Record	9–7
Division Place	2nd NFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Timeline

Previous season	Next season
1985	1987

1986 was the 26th year of season play for the Minnesota Vikings and the 67th regular season of the National Football League. The Vikings finished with a record of nine wins and seven losses.

Contents

1 Offseason
- 1.1 NFL Draft
2 Personnel
- 2.1 Staff
- 2.2 Roster
3 Regular season
- 3.1 Schedule
- 3.2 Standings
4 Awards and records
5 References

Offseason

NFL Draft

Personnel

Staff

1986 Minnesota Vikings staff

Front Office

President – Max Winter
General Manager – Mike Lynn
Administrative Assistant – Bob Hollway

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Jerry Burns

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Bob Schnelker
Running Backs – Marc Trestman
Receivers – Dick Rehbein
Tight Ends – Tom Batta
Offensive Line – John Michels

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Floyd Peters
Defensive Line – Paul Wiggin
Linebackers – Monte Kiffin
Defensive Backs – Pete Carroll

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams – Tom Batta

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Roster

1986 Minnesota Vikings roster

Quarterbacks

9 Tommy Kramer

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

87 Leo Lewis

Tight Ends

86 Mike Mularkey

Offensive Linemen

51 Jim Hough G

Defensive Linemen

79 Doug Martin DE
77 Mark Mullaney DE

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

47 Joey Browner S
39 Carl Lee CB

Special Teams

8 Greg Coleman P

Reserve Lists

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics
Active, Inactive, Practice Squad

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 7, 1986	Detroit Lions	L 13-10	54,851
2	September 14, 1986	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 23-10	34,579
3	September 21, 1986	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 31-7	56,795
4	September 28, 1986	Green Bay Packers	W 42-7	60,478
5	October 5, 1986	at Chicago Bears	L 23-0	63,921
6	October 12, 1986	at San Francisco 49ers	W 27-24 (OT)	58,637
7	October 19, 1986	Chicago Bears	W 23-7	62,851
8	October 26, 1986	Cleveland Browns	L 23-20	59,133
9	November 2, 1986	at Washington Redskins	L 44-38 (OT)	51,928
10	November 9, 1986	at Detroit Lions	W 24-10	53,725
11	November 16, 1986	New York Giants	L 22-20	62,003
12	November 23, 1986	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 24-20	53,003
13	November 30, 1986	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 45-13	56,235
14	December 7, 1986	at Green Bay Packers	W 32-6	47,637
15	December 14, 1986	at Houston Oilers	L 23-10	32,738
16	December 21, 1986	New Orleans Saints	W 33-17	51,209

Standings

NFC Central
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Chicago Bears	14	2	0	.875	352	187	W7
Minnesota Vikings	9	7	0	.563	398	273	W1
Detroit Lions	5	11	0	.313	277	326	L4
Green Bay Packers	4	12	0	.250	254	418	L1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2	14	0	.125	239	473	L7

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Awards and records

Tommy Kramer, NFL Comeback Player of the Year

References

^ 2010 Minnesota Vikings Media Guide. p. 265. http://www.vikings.com/news/media-guide.html. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
^ (PDF) 2010 NFL Record and Fact Book. National Football League. p. 382. http://www.nfl.info/download/2010%20NFL%20Record%20and%20Fact%20Book.pdf. Retrieved February 22, 2011.

v d e Minnesota Vikings

Founded in 1961 • Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Franchise	Franchise • History • Expansion Draft • Players • Quarterbacks • Head coaches • Seasons • Statistics • Draft

Stadiums	Metropolitan Stadium • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Proposed: New Vikings Stadium Temporary stadiums due to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome roof collapse in 2010: Ford Field (December 13) • TCF Bank Stadium (December 20) Temporary stadium due to a conflict with a Minnesota Twins playoff game at Metropolitan Stadium in 1969: Memorial Stadium (October 5)

Culture	Purple People Eaters • "Skol, Vikings" • Herschel Walker trade • Love Boat Scandal

Rivalries	Chicago Bears • Detroit Lions • Green Bay Packers

Lore	The Wrong Way Run • Ed Thorp Memorial Trophy • 2010 Metrodome roof collapse

Head coaches	Van Brocklin • Grant • Steckel • Burns • Green • Tice • Childress • Frazier

Division championships (18)	1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2009

League championship	1969

Super Bowl appearances (4)	IV • VIII • IX • XI

Retired numbers	10, 53, 70, 77, 80, 88

Seasons	1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League • Conference: National Football Conference • Division: North Division

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1986 NFL season v d e
AFC	East	Central	West	East	Central	West	NFC
	Buffalo	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
	Indianapolis	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
	Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
	New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
	NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay
1986 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XXI

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