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2000 Minnesota Vikings Season
The 2000 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 40th in the National Football League (NFL). They won the NFC Central division title with an 11–5 record and beat the New Orleans Saints in the divisional round of the playoffs before losing 41–0 to the New York Giants in the NFC Championship Game. After not retaining either Randall Cunningham or Jeff George, the team was led by first-year starting quarterback Daunte Culpepper and running back Robert Smith, who ran for a then team record 1,521 yards and seven touchdowns. The Vikings started out 7–0 and were 11–2 after 14 weeks, but slumped briefly, losing their last three to the St. Louis Rams, Green Bay Packers and Indianapolis Colts while Culpepper was hampered by injury. Despite the rough patch, the Vikings would return to the playoffs again for the fifth straight year. After easily beating the Saints in the Divisional game 34–16, they were defeated 41–0 by the New York Giants in the Conference Championship, and to top tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NFC Central
The National Football Conference – Northern Division or NFC North is one of the four divisions of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Nicknamed the "Black and Blue Division" for the rough and tough rivalry games between the teams, it currently has four members: the Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, and Minnesota Vikings. The NFC North was previously known as the NFC Central from 1970 to 2001. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were previously members, from 1977, one year after they joined the league as an expansion team, until 2002 when they moved to the NFC South. The division was created in 1967 as the Central Division of the NFL's Western Conference and existed for three seasons before the AFL–NFL merger. After the merger, it was renamed the NFC Central and retained that name until the NFL split into eight divisions in 2002. The four current division teams have been together in the same division or conference since the Viking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Griffith
Robert Otis "Griff" Griffith (born November 30, 1970) is a former American football strong safety in the National Football League. He played 13 seasons in the league, mostly for the Minnesota Vikings from 1994 to 2001. He also played three seasons with the Cleveland Browns, and two seasons with the Arizona Cardinals, In 2008, he retired as a member of the Minnesota Vikings. Griffith also served as an Executive Member of the NFLPA (National Football League Player's Association) for six years. Currently he is CEO and Chairman of Matador Enterprises Inc. High school and college Griffith played high school football, basketball and track at Mount Miguel High School in Spring Valley, California (near San Diego) where he earned All-CIF honors. Griffith played college football at San Diego State University where one of his teammates was future St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk. He walked on to the SDSU football team as an undersized cornerback, but quickly became an in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defensive Tackle
A defensive tackle (DT) is a position in American football that will typically line up on the line of scrimmage, opposite one of the offensive guards, however he may also line up opposite one of the tackles. Defensive tackles are typically the largest and strongest of the defensive players. Depending on a team's individual defensive scheme, a defensive tackle may be called upon to fill several different roles. These roles may include merely holding the point of attack by refusing to be moved, or penetrating a certain gap between offensive linemen to break up a play in the opponent's backfield. If a defensive tackle reads a pass play, his primary responsibility is to pursue the quarterback, or simply knock the pass down at the line if it is within arm's reach. Other responsibilities of the defensive tackle may be to pursue the screen pass or drop into coverage in a zone blitz scheme. In a traditional 4–3 defense, there is no nose tackle. Instead there is a left and right defensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Hovan
Christopher James Hovan (born May 12, 1978) is a former American football defensive tackle. He played college football at Boston College, and was a National Football League (NFL) defensive tackle from 2000 to 2010. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round of 2000 NFL Draft. Hovan also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and St. Louis Rams. Early years Hovan grew up in Rocky River, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. played his high school football at St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland. During his career he earned many honors and awards including an honorable mention All-American by USA Today, and All-City and All-State by ''The Plain Dealer''. He finished his high school career with a school record 28 career sacks. He also played lacrosse, earning All-State recognition. College career Hovan played his college football at Boston College. As a senior, he was an All-American and was a semi-finalist for the Lombardi Award. He also became the first player in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Minnesota Vikings First-round Draft Picks
The Minnesota Vikings joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1961. The Vikings' first draft selection as an NFL team was Tommy Mason, a running back from Tulane University. The team's most recent first-round selection is Lewis Cine, a safety from Georgia. Every April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as the "NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", more commonly known as the NFL Draft. Teams are ranked in reverse order based on the previous season's record, with team with the worst record picking first, the team with the second-worst record picking second, and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion always picks last and the Super Bowl loser always picks second-last. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cris Dishman
Cris Edward Dishman (born August 13, 1965) is an American football coach and former cornerback who is the defensive coordinator for the Vegas Vipers of the XFL (2020), XFL. He played for the Houston Oilers, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Minnesota Vikings, and the Washington Redskins during his thirteen-year career from 1988 to 2000 in the National Football League. Early career Dishman attended DeSales High School (Louisville, Kentucky), St. Francis DeSales High School where he was two time Kentucky All-State in 1981 and 1982. Dishman played college football at Purdue Boilermakers football, Purdue University, where he was named to the All-Big Ten Conference, Big Ten team in 1987. He also ran Track and field athletics, track for the Purdue Boilermakers, Boilermakers, running the 200 metres, 200-meter dash and 400 metres, 400-meter dash. He graduated in 1988 with a degree in criminal justice. Dishman was selected in the 5th round with the 125th pick of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Houston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Sauer
Craig Curtis Sauer (born December 13, 1972) is a former professional American football linebacker who played in the National Football League. He played for the Atlanta Falcons (1996–1999) and Minnesota Vikings (2000). His father was a professional minor league baseball player and he has three brothers who have played professional ice hockey. Football career Sauer played college football at the University of Minnesota. He was selected in the sixth round (188th overall pick) of the 1996 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons. He ended up playing more NFL games than all but 12 of the 87 players taken in the last two rounds of that year's draft. As a rookie in 1996, Sauer played in all 16 games for the Falcons, but only started one. He had seven tackles, four assists and one forced fumble that season. In 1997, he once again played in all 16 games and started one. He had eight tackles, one assist and one fumble recovery for the season. In 1998, he played all 16 games again, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryce Paup
Bryce Eric Paup (born February 29, 1968) is an American former professional football player who was an outside linebacker for eleven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars and the Minnesota Vikings. Early life Paup grew up on a farm in Scranton, Iowa, where he played football at Scranton High School. He played collegiately at the University of Northern Iowa, and was selected by the Packers in the 6th round of the 1990 NFL Draft. Professional career In the first game of the 1991 season, Paup was involved in a tackle that sidelined Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Randall Cunningham, ending Cunningham's season. The tackle was below the waist and right at Cunningham's knee which ruined Cunningham's 1991 season. His aggressive physical style led Packers fans to refer to his tackle as “Paup Smear”. In 1995, his first season with the Buffalo Bills, Paup was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year by the Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Glover (American Football)
Andrew Lee Glover (born August 12, 1967) is a former professional American football player. A 6'6", tight end from the Grambling State University Tigers, Glover was drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders in the tenth round of the 1991 NFL Draft. Glover attended East Ascension High School in Gonzales, LA Gonzales is a city in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,231. Known as the "Jambalaya Capital of the World", it is famous for its annual Jambalaya Festival, which was first held in 1968. S .... Glover and his wife, Mary, were the main plaintiffs in a class action suit against the NFL for its negligence in preventing brain injuries to its players., page 1 References 1967 births Living people American football tight ends East Ascension High School alumni Grambling State Tigers football players Los Angeles Raiders players Oakland Raiders players Minnesota Vikings players New Orleans Saints players Players of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny McWilliams
Johnny E. McWilliams (born December 14, 1972) is a former American football tight end. Early years McWilliams prepped at Pomona High School. College career McWilliams played college football at the University of Southern California. Professional career McWilliams was selected with the 64th pick of the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals where he played until 1999. In 2000, he played for the Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. Founded in 1960 as an expansion .... References 1972 births Living people Players of American football from Pomona, California American football tight ends USC Trojans football players Arizona Cardinals players Minnesota Vikings players {{tightend-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff George
Jeff is a masculine name, often a short form (hypocorism) of the English given name Jefferson or Jeffrey, which comes from a medieval variant of Geoffrey. Music * DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ/turntablist record producer Jeffrey Allen Townes * Excision (musician), Canadian dubstep producer and DJ Jeff Abel * Jeff Abercrombie, bassist for American rock band Fuel * Jeff Allen, English session drummer * Jeff Baxter, American guitarist for rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers * Jeff Beal (born 1963), American composer of music for various media * Jeff Beck, electric guitarist * Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter * Jeff Coffin, saxophonist, bandleader, composer and educator * Jeff Current, lead singer of American alternative rock band Against All Will * Jeff Fatt, Australian musician and actor, formerly with the children's band The Wiggles * Jeff Gillan, an American journalist * Jeff Graham, Canadian radio DJ * Jeff Hanneman (1964–2013), American guitarist, founding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bubby Brister
Walter Andrew "Bubby" Brister III (born August 15, 1962) is a former American football quarterback who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets, Denver Broncos, and Minnesota Vikings. He played quarterback for Tulane and Northeast Louisiana and was selected in the third round of the 1986 NFL Draft by the Steelers. Brister played high school football in Monroe, Louisiana and enrolled at Tulane University. He transferred to Northeast Louisiana University–now known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe—in 1984. He was a two-sport athlete and was selected out of high school of the 1981 Major League Baseball draft by the Detroit Tigers. He played one season of Minor League Baseball with the Bristol Tigers before attending college for football. College career Brister began 1983 as Tulane's starting quarterback, before being replaced by Jon English and then transferred to Northeast Louisiana. Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
