2006 Minnesota Vikings season
| 2006 Minnesota Vikings season | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Brad Childress |
| Owner | Zygi Wilf |
| Home field | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome |
| Results | |
| Record | 6–10 |
| Division place | 3rd NFC North |
| Playoff finish | did not qualify |
| Pro Bowlers |
4
|
| AP All-Pros |
2
|
| Uniform | |
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The 2006 Minnesota Vikings season was the team's 46th regular season in the National Football League.
The Vikings attempted to improve on their 9–7 record in 2005 which was the last under embattled head coach Mike Tice. The season ended with team posting a 6–10 record and Brad Childress as the new coach.
The Vikings surrendered only 985 rushing yards in 2006, making Minnesota one of only two franchises in NFL history to allow fewer than 1,000 rushing yards in a 16-game season. (The other was the Super Bowl champion 2000 Baltimore Ravens.)
The season saw the Vikings change their uniforms, which remained until 2012.
On January 6, 2006, the Vikings were the first NFL organization to hire a new head coach during the 2006 offseason, Brad Childress. Childress previously held the QB coach position with the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999 to 2002, then was the Offensive Coordinator from 2002 to 2005, and also at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1993 to 1999 under Barry Alvarez.
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The Vikings start the regular season on the road against the Washington Redskins on September 11, the first game of a Monday Night Football doubleheader on opening weekend. The Vikes would draw first blood as RB Chester Taylor helped Minnesota score on their opening drive with a 4-yard TD run However, during the extra-point try, Chris Kluwe fumbled the snap and instead tried to go for a two-point conversion, which failed. The Vikings lead would be cut in half later in the quarter, as Redskins kicker John Hall made a 27-yard field goal. In the second quarter, things were starting to look grim for the Vikings, as RB Clinton Portis and Kicker John Hall provided the Redskins a 5-yard TD run and another 27-yard field goal to make the score 13–6. The Vikings would respond with a last-second field goal by Kicker Ryan Longwell (from 46 yards out) as time ran out on the first half. In the third quarter, the Vikings would greatly respond as QB Brad Johnson threw a 20-yard TD pass to WR Marcus Robinson to give Minnesota a 16–13 lead. However, the Redskins would tie the game up on a 22-yard field goal by John Hall. Late in the fourth quarter, Longwell gave the Vikings a 19–16 lead, as kicked a 31-yard field goal. During the final minute of the game, the Vikes held their ground and hung on to give Brad Childress his first head coaching win, as opposing kicker John Hall missed a 48-yard field goal.
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