All-Time Series
QB Fran Tarkenton hits RB Chuck Foreman on a 31- yard TD pass, as the Vikings escape with a 9-3 win at Tampa Stadium (9/24/77)… Bucs gain just 155 total yards but force four Minnesota turnovers en route to a 16-10 road win (9/17/78)…
iio QB Doug Williams scores on a 13-yard TD run with 19 seconds left but the ensuing PAT is blocked, giving the Vikings a 23- 22 win (11/25/79)… Tampa Bay would rebound to win the division crown… RB James Wilder runs for 219 yards – including a 75-yard TD – as Bucs earn 17-12 win (11/6/83), their first at the Metrodome… Steve Christie kicks 36-yard FG in OT to lift Bucs to 23-20 road win (9/30/90)… Tampa Bay scores 17 points in the fourth quarter en route to 24-13 win in Tampa (10/13/96), Tony Dungy’s first win as head coach… Bucs open 3-0 with a 28-14 win at Minnesota (9/14/97)… QB Trent Dilfer completes 15- of-20 passes for 192 yards and two TDs… QB Shaun King makes his starting debut and leads the Bucs to a 24-17 win before a then-record crowd of 65,741 on Monday Night Football in Tampa (12/6/99)
Now, for the video highlights of all the plays mentioned above!
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.. Despite Donnie Abraham’s 53-yard return of a blocked field goal in the fourth quarter, Minnesota rallies for a 30-23 victory in the Metrodome on another Monday night (10/9/00)… Both teams rack up more than 400 yards of offense (10/29/00) but the Bucs win a blowout, 41-13, behind King’s career-best four touchdown passes… QB Brad Johnson threw for a career-high five touchdown passes vs. Minnesota as the Buccaneers defeated the Vikings for the fifth consecutive time at home (11/3/02)… RB Cadillac Williams ran for 148 yards and one touchdown on 27 carries to lift the Buccaneers past the Vikings in Minnesota, marking the third victory over the Vikings in the past three meetings (9/11/05)… Led by four field goals from K Matt Bryant, the Buccaneers extended their winning streak over the Vikings to four games (11/16/08).
The Buccaneers have won seven of the last ten and four consecutive meet- ings with Minnesota, but the Vikings lead the all-time series 31-20. Tampa Bay also owns an 8-1 record over the last nine games played in Tampa. The series started in 1977, when Tampa Bay joined the NFC Central Division. Minnesota won, 9-3, at Tampa Stadium in 1977 before the Bucs upset the Vikings, 16-10, at Metropolitan Stadium in 1978. That win was just the third in franchise history and the first against a divisional opponent. Tampa Bay also won, 12-10, at the Met the following year en route to its first division title, breaking Minnesota’s six-year run as NFC Central champs. The Vikings won 10 of 12 contests from 1984-1989, but the series has tightened up in recent years. Tampa Bay and Minnesota split the season series in the final nine years (1993-2001) the two teams were in the NFC Central. The Bucs’ 41-13 decision in 2000 was the most lopsided victory for Tampa Bay in the long series; Minnesota’s most dominant win came in a 45-13 win in 1986. Tampa Bay posted 41 points in consecutive home wins against the Vikings in 2000 and 2001 and scored 38 points in the 2002 meeting, a 38-24 win. Tampa’s 24-13 victory at Minnesota in 2005 and 19-13 victory at Tampa in 2008 made it four-in-a-row over the Vikings.
Videos? We have them..but no one has the game details like Bucpower.com!
| Click on the date to review the game in question | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 1977 | H | Lost 3-9 | |||
| 01 Oct 1978 | H | Lost 7-24 | 17 Sep 1978 | A | Won 16-10 |
| 25 Nov 1979 | H | Lost 22-23 | 28 Oct 1979 | A | Won 12-10 |
| 07 Dec 1980 | H | Lost 10-21 | 16 Nov 1980 | A | Lost 30-38 |
| 05 Sep 1981 | H | Won 21-13 | 08 Nov 1981 | A | Lost 10-25 |
| 12 Sep 1982 | A | Lost 10-17 | |||
| 18 Sep 1983 | H | Lost 16-19 | 06 Nov 1983 | A | Won 17-12 |
| 07 Oct 1984 | H | Won 35-31 | 04 Nov 1984 | A | Lost 24-27 |
| 15 Sep 1985 | H | Lost 16-31 | 08 Dec 1985 | A | Lost 7-26 |
| 14 Sep 1986 | H | Lost 10-23 | 30 Nov 1986 | A | Lost 13-45 |
| 18 Oct 1987 | H | Won 20-10 | 15 Nov 1987 | A | Lost 17-23 |
| 23 Oct 1988 | H | Lost 20-49 | 09 Oct 1988 | A | Lost 13-14 |
| 12 Nov 1989 | H | Lost 10-24 | 01 Oct 1989 | A | Lost 3-17 |
| 16 Dec 1990 | H | Won 26-13 | 30 Sep 1990 | A | Won 23-20 |
| 08 Dec 1991 | H | Lost 24-26 | 03 Nov 1991 | A | Lost 13-28 |
| 08 Nov 1992 | H | Lost 7-35 | 20 Sep 1992 | A | Lost 20-26 |
| 21 Nov 1993 | H | Won 23-10 | 10 Oct 1993 | A | Lost 0-15 |
| 30 Oct 1994 | H | Lost 13-36 | 27 Nov 1994 | A | Won 20-17 |
| 15 Oct 1995 | H | Won 20-17 | 03 Dec 1995 | A | Lost 19-31 |
| 13 Oct 1996 | H | Won 24-13 | 15 Dec 1996 | A | Lost 10-21 |
| 26 Oct 1997 | H | Lost 6-10 | 14 Sep 1997 | A | Won 28-14 |
| 01 Nov 1998 | H | Won 27-24 | 06 Sep 1998 | A | Lost 7-31 |
| 05 Dec 1999 | H | Won 24-17 | 03 Oct 1999 | A | Lost 14-21 |
| 29 Oct 2000 | H | Won 41-13 | 09 Oct 2000 | A | Lost 23-30 |
| 28 Oct 2001 | H | Won 41-14 | 30 Sep 2001 | A | Lost 16-20 |
| 3 Nov 2002 | H | Won 38-24 | 11 Sep 2005 | H | Won 23-14 |
| 16 Nov 2008 | H | Won 19-13 | |||
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