Head coach Brad Childress Record 8–8 Playoff finish did not qualify | Owner Zygi Wilf Division place 2nd NFC North | |
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Home field Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | ||
The 2007 Minnesota Vikings season was the team's 47th season in the National Football League. The Vikings' 8–8 record under second-year head coach Brad Childress was an improvement on their 6–10 record in 2006; nonetheless, for the third straight year, the Vikings failed to make the playoffs. The Vikings also lost both games to the Packers in the 2007 season, making head coach Brad Childress 0–4 against the division rivals from Wisconsin.
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The Vikings finished the season with the best defense against the run, as well as the best rushing offense with (primarily) running backs Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor. Adrian Peterson was named 2007 Offensive Rookie of the Year for 2007.
The Vikings' defense was the league's best against the run in 2007, allowing only 74.1 rushing yards per game. However, the Vikings pass defense surrendered 4,225 passing yards, the most in the NFL in 2007.
Offseason
The Vikings began the 2007 offseason by losing their defensive coordinator, Mike Tomlin, who was hired to be the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers on January 21, 2007. Coach Brad Childress waited until after the Super Bowl to hire Leslie Frazier, who served as special assistant to the head coach/defensive backs coach under Tony Dungy at the Indianapolis Colts. Frazier became the Vikings' new defensive coordinator on February 8. Frazier played cornerback for the 1985 Chicago Bears, and had just won Super Bowl XLI over his former Bears team when he was hired by the Vikings.