Minnesota Vikings: 2000 Achievements

The Vikings' 5th straight trip to the playoffs is the 2nd-longest consecutive playoff season streak in team history. Only the 1973-78 Vikings (6 seasons) made the post-season more consecutive seasons than the 1996-2000 Vikings.
The Vikings hosted a playoff game in three consecutive seasons for only the 2nd time in team history (1973, '74, '75).
The Vikings set a season-long home attendance record for an eight-game home season with 513,322 in 2000, topping the mark set in 1999 at 513,051. The 1998, '99 and '00 Vikings are the only teams in club history to draw over half-a-million fans to their home games.
Since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger, only Miami (304), Dallas (290) and Pittsburgh (283) have won more games than the Vikings' 282 regular-season victories.
Since Red McCombs took over ownership of the Vikings the team has sold out 33 consecutive home games (pre, regular and post-season) and have not had a game blacked out under McCombs' direction.
The Vikings made the playoffs for the 8th time in 9 seasons under Head Coach Dennis Green and the 21st time since the AFL-NFL merger in 1970. Only Dallas, with 22 appearances, has made the postseason more than the Vikings over the past 30 seasons.
The Vikings' 8 playoff appearances since 1992 are the most in the NFL, edging Dallas and San Francisco's 7 each.
The Vikings are the only NFL team to play in the Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs in each of the past 4 seasons (1997, '98, '99 and 2000).
The Vikings recorded 3 straight 10+ win seasons (1998, '99, '00) for the first time since 1974, '75, '76.
The Vikings' 36 wins over three seasons (15 in 1998, 10 in 1999, 11 in 2000) are the most in back-to-back-to-back seasons in team history (Vikings won 35 games over the 1969, '70 and '71 seasons, 12-12-11 wins respectively).
The Vikings' 92 wins is tied for the 2nd most in the NFL since 1992 when Dennis Green became Head Coach. Only San Francisco's 95 wins are more than Minnesota and Green Bay's 92 since 1992.
The Vikings set a new NFL record with 30 consecutive games with 300+ yards of total offense, breaking the old record of 29 straight games held by the Los Angeles Rams from 1949-51.
Head Coach Dennis Green has the best winning percentage (.639) among head coaches in team history and his 92-52 record ranks 2nd among Vikings' coaches for all-time wins (Bud Grant-158).
Head Coach Dennis Green's 92 wins are the most among active NFL coaches since 1992, edging Mike Holmgren's 90 and Bill Cowher's 86.
Head Coach Dennis Green's winning percentage (.639) is the highest in Vikings' history, bettering Bud Grant's .620 and Jerry Burns' .547.
Gary Anderson broke George Blanda's NFL career scoring record with a 21-yard field goal vs. Buffalo (10/22/00). Anderson now has 2,059 career points.
Gary Anderson's extra point and field goal kicking percentage of .985 (67-of-68) is the 2nd highest of his career, trailing only his perfect 94-of-94 season in 1998 with the Vikings.
Gary Anderson extended his NFL record for most career field goals made to 461.
Mitch Berger set a new Vikings' record with 22 punts of 50+ yards in a season, breaking the mark he and Bobby Walden had held with 18 (Berger, 1999 and Walden, 1964).
Mitch Berger extended his streak of punts without a block to 297.
Mitch Berger led the NFC in punting average at 44.7. Berger led the NFC in punting for the 2nd straight season. Only Harry Newsome in 1991 and '92 has duplicated the feat in Vikings' history.
Matt Birk and Korey Stringer earned berths in the Pro Bowl for the Vikings this season. Their selection gives the Vikings 5 different offensive linemen in the game over the past 5 seasons.
Cris Carter became only the 2nd player in NFL history to catch 1,000+ passes in a career, joining Jerry Rice.
Cris Carter now ranks 2nd in NFL history with 1,020 career receptions, trailing only Jerry Rice's 1,281.
Cris Carter now ranks 2nd in NFL history with 123 receiving TDs, trailing only Jerry Rice's 176.
Cris Carter now ranks 6th in NFL history with 12,962 career receiving yards.
Cris Carter's 124 career TDs (123 receiving, 1 fumble recovery) ranks 6th in NFL history. The rest of the list: Jerry Rice- 187, Emmitt Smith- 156, Marcus Allen- 145, Jim Brown- 126, Walter Payton- 125, Cris Carter- 124.
Cris Carter extended his Vikings' records for receptions (931), receiving yards (11,512) and receiving TDs (104).
Cris Carter extended his own team record with his 8th straight 1,000-yard receiving season.
Cris Carter ties Steve Largent for most consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons with 8, trailing only Jerry Rice's 12.
Cris Carter set a new Vikings' record for combined net yards, passing the mark formerly held by Darrin Nelson at 10,365. Carter now has 11,535 combined net yards in his Viking career.
Cris Carter set his career-high with 168 receiving yards on 9 catches vs. Miami (9/10).
Cris Carter's 1,274 receiving yards is the 2nd-highest total of his career, trailing only his 1,371 yards in 1995.
Cris Carter has caught 50+ passes for 10 straight seasons.
Cris Carter has started 128 consecutive games going into the 2001 season.
Cris Carter has caught a pass in 145 of the past 147 games he has played in.
Cris Carter earned his 8th consecutive trip to the Pro Bowl, the 2nd longest streak in Vikings' history, trailing only Randall McDaniel's 11 straight trips.
Cris Carter led the team in receptions for a team-record 10th straight season.
Cris Carter caught 90+ passes for the 5th time in his Viking career.
Daunte Culpepper led the NFC and tied for the NFL lead with 33 TD passes.
Daunte Culpepper's 33 TD passes is tied for 2nd-most in Vikings' history with Warren Moon's 1995 total and trails only Randall Cunningham's 34 in 1998.
Daunte Culpepper is the 1st Vikings QB to start in the Pro Bowl since Tommy Kramer in 1986.
Daunte Culpepper became only the 5th QB in NFL history to post 40 combined passing/rushing TDs in a season, joining Dan Marino, Steve Young, Kurt Warner and Brett Favre.
Daunte Culpepper finished the season ranked 2nd in the NFC and 4th in the NFL with 3,937 passing yards.
Daunte Culpepper's 3,937 passing yards is the 3rd-highest total in Vikings' history, trailing Warren Moon's 4,264 in 1994 and 4,228 in 1995.
Daunte Culpepper's 62.7 completion % ranks tied for 2nd-best in Vikings' history with Brad Johnson's 1996 total and trails only Fran Tarkenton's 64.2% in 1975.
Daunte Culpepper ranks 2nd in team history for 300-yard games in a season with 5, trailing Warren Moon's 6 in 1994.
Daunte Culpepper ranks 2nd in team history with 7 pass plays over 50 yards on the season, trailing the 8 Warren Moon had in 1995 and Randall Cunningham had in 1998.
Daunte Culpepper set a new Vikings' record for rushing yards by a QB with 470, breaking the mark of 376 set by Fran Tarkenton in 1966.
Daunte Culpepper set a new Vikings' record for rushing attempts by a QB in a season with 89, breaking the mark of 62 held by Fran Tarkenton since 1966.
Daunte Culpepper set a new Vikings' record for rushing TDs by a QB in a season with 7, breaking the old mark of 5 held by Fran Tarkenton (1961) and Wade Wilson (1987).
Daunte Culpepper became only the 4th Viking QB to start all 16 games in a season, joining Fran Tarkenton (1978), Tommy Kramer (1979) and Warren Moon (1995).
Daunte Culpepper's QB rating of 98.0 is the 2nd highest in Vikings' history for a season, trailing Randall Cunningham's 106.0.
Daunte Culpepper's QB rating of 98.0 ranked 3rd in the NFC for the season and 4th in the NFL. Culpepper's rating marks the 3rd straight season that a Viking QB has ranked among the NFC's top 3 in passer rating: Randall Cunningham 1st in 1998, Jeff George 3rd in 1999, Culpepper 3rd in 2000.
Robert Griffith notched 100+ tackles for the 5th straight season, closing in on the team record for 100-tackle seasons by a defensive back held by Joey Browner (6 seasons).
Robert Griffith ranks 4th in Vikings' history for tackles by a defensive back with 724, trailing only Carl Lee (755), Tommy Hannon (1,096) and Joey Browner (724).
Robert Griffith has 7.5 career sacks, tieing him for 2nd in Vikings' history among defensive backs with Karl Kassulke and trailing the team record of 9.5 held by Joey Browner.
Robert Griffith earned his 1st trip to the Pro Bowl, becoming the first Vikings' safety since Joey Browner in 1990 to gain a berth in the game. Griffith is only the 4th Vikings' safety to play in the game, joining Karl Kassulke, Paul Krause and Browner.
Ed McDaniel ranks 2nd all-time in Vikings' history with 77.5 career tackles for loss, trailing only Carl Eller's 87 tackles for loss.
Ed McDaniel ranks 2nd all-time in Vikings' history for sacks by a linebacker with 19.5, trailing only Matt Blair's 23.
Ed McDaniel ranks 5th in Vikings' history for tackles by a linebacker with 943, joining Scott Studwell (1,981), Matt Blair (1,452), Jeff Siemon (1,382) and Fred McNeill (1,068) as the only LBs with over 800 career tackles.
Ed McDaniel went over the 100-tackle mark for the 6th time in his career, finishing with 131 stops on the season, good for 2nd on the team.
Ed McDaniel has finished 1st or 2nd on the team in tackles in 5 of the past 6 seasons.
Ed McDaniel has started every game, including playoffs, since the 1997 season opener.
Randy Moss broke his own Vikings' single-season receiving record with 1,437 yards, breaking his 1999 mark of 1,413.
Randy Moss became the fastest player to reach 4,000 career receiving yards in NFL history, doing it in 47 career games, bettering the mark of 48 games held by Jerry Rice.
Randy Moss became the fastest player to reach 3,000 career receiving yards in NFL history, doing it in 36 games, breaking the mark of 38 games held by Jerry Rice.
Randy Moss became only the 2nd player in NFL history to record 1,000+ receiving yards in each of his first 3 seasons in the NFL, joining San Diego great John Jefferson.
Randy Moss set NFL records for most catches, yards and receiving TDs of any NFL player over their first 3 seasons. Moss' 225 catches passes Jerry Rice's 200, his 4,121 yards passes Rice's 3,575 and his 42 TDs passes Rice's 40.
Randy Moss led the NFL with 15 receiving TDs, the 2nd time in his 3-year career he has led the NFL in receiving TDs (17 as a rookie in 1998).
Randy Moss broke his own Vikings' record with 8 games over the 100-yard mark. He had 7 games over 100 yards in 1999.
Randy Moss ranked 4th in the NFC with 1,437 yards.
Randy Moss ranked 2nd in the NFC in scoring among non-kickers with 92 points, trailing only Marshall Faulk's 160 points.
Randy Moss' 44 TDs since entering the League in 1998 is 2nd in the NFL in the past 3 seasons, trailing only Marshall Faulk's 48.
Randy Moss ranks 3rd in Vikings' history for career 100-yard receiving games with 19, trailing Anthony Carter's 22 and Cris Carter's 39.
Randy Moss ranks 4th in Vikings' history for career receiving TDs with 43, trailing Sammy White's 50, Anthony Carter's 52 and Cris Carter's 104.
Randy Moss set a Vikings' record with 16 plays of 50+ yards in a career (15 receptions, 1 punt return).
Randy Moss tied a Vikings' record held by Jake Reed with 4 straight 100-yard receiving games. The streak spanned the games @ Green Bay (11/6), vs. Arizona (11/12), vs. Carolina (11/19) and @ Dallas (11/23).
Randy Moss tied the Vikings' career record for catches of 40+ yards with 29, matching the mark set by Anthony Carter.
Randy Moss tied the Vikings' career record for catches of 50+ yards with 14, matching the record of 14 set by Gene Washington.
Randy Moss set a new Vikings' record for catches of 60+ yards with 7, breaking the mark of 4 held by Cris Carter, Anthony Carter and Gene Washington.
Randy Moss set a new Vikings' record with a TD catch in 12 games on the 2000 season, breaking the old mark of 11 held by Cris Carter and himself in 1998.
In 24 career games against the NFC Central, Randy Moss has 124 catches, 2,495 yards (20.1 avg.) and 24 TDs.
Randy Moss caught the longest pass of his career, a 78-yard TD, from Daunte Culpepper vs. Green Bay (12/17). The 78-yarder ties Cris Carter @ Philadelphia (10/15/90) for 8th longest pass play in Vikings' history.
Randy Moss (15) and Cris Carter (9) combined for 24 receiving TDs, tieing for the 3rd most combined receiving TDs in Vikings history, trailing the 29 by Moss (17) and Carter (12) in 1998, the 26 by Carter (17) and Jake Reed (9) in 1995 and matching the 24 by Carter (13) and Moss (11) in 1999.
John Randle has led or tied for the team lead in sacks for the past 8 straight seasons and 9 times in his 11-year career.
John Randle finished the 2000 seson with 114 career sacks, ranking him 3rd in Vikings history behind Jim Marshall's 127 and Carl Eller's 130.
John Randle has played in 176 consecutive games, never missing a game since entering the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Vikings in 1990. His 176 straight games played is 2nd all-time among Vikings defensive players trailing only Jim Marshall's 270. Randle ranks 4th all-time among Vikings for consecutive games played behind Marshall's 270, Mick Tingelhoff's 240 and Tim Irwin's 181.
Robert Smith holds the NFL record for highest career average yards per TD run at 27.2 (32 TDs- 869 yards). He snaps his own record of 26.6 yards per TD.
Robert Smith became the 1st Viking to lead the NFC in rushing, ending the season with 1,521 yards.
Robert Smith finished 2nd in the NFL in rushing yards, the highest NFL rank a Vikings player has ever accomplished. His 1,521 trailed Indianapolis' Edgerrin James' 1,709.
Robert Smith broke his own Vikings' single-season rushing record of 1,266 yards set in 1997. His 2000 season total was 1,521 yards.
Robert Smith broke the Vikings' career rushing record held by Chuck Foreman (5,879 yards) in the 2nd quarter at Chicago (10/15/00). Smith's career total now stands at 6,818 yards.
Robert Smith set a team record for single-season rushing attempts with 295, breaking the old mark of 280 held by Chuck Foreman in 1975.
Robert Smith broke the Vikings' record for combined rushing/receiving yards held by Chuck Foreman since 1975 (1,761 yards- 1,070 rushing & 691 receiving) with 1,869 yards (1,521 rushing & 348 receiving).
Robert Smith set a Vikings' record with his 4th consecutive 1,000-yard rushing season.
Robert Smith joins Emmitt Smith and Marshall Faulk as the only NFC backs to run for 1,000+ yards in each of the last 4 seasons.
Robert Smith set a Vikings' record for fewest games needed to break the 1,000-yard mark, achieving the honor in 10 games on the 2000 season.
Robert Smith set a Vikings' record with 8 games over the 100-yard mark on the 2000 season.
Robert Smith set a Vikings' record by rushing for 100+ yards in 5 consecutive games on the 2000 season.
Robert Smith extended his own Vikings' record with his 29th career 100-yard game. Minnesota is 22-7 in those games.
Robert Smith climbed to 2nd in Vikings' history for games with 20+ carries with his 30th (Chuck Foreman, 31 holds record). The Vikings are 21-9 in those games.
Robert Smith climbed to 4th in Vikings' history for most career starts by a RB with 72, trailing only Ted Brown (73), Chuck Foreman (84) and Bill Brown (111).
Robert Smith climbed to 4th in Vikings' history for career rushing TDs with 32, trailing Ted Brown's 40 and Bill Brown and Chuck Foreman's 52.
Robert Smith ranks 2nd in team history for most 50+ yard plays in a career (rushing & receiving) with 14, matching the mark held by Gene Washington and trailing Randy Moss' 15. Washington and Moss' 50+ yard plays all came on receptions while Smith has 12 rushes and 2 receptions over 50 yards.
Robert Smith led the team in rushing for the 6th consecutive season (1995-00), tying the mark of 6 straight seasons held by Chuck Foreman (1973-78).
Robert Smith is the only NFL back to have a 70+ yard run in each of the past 4 seasons (1997-2000).
Todd Steussie became only the 6th offensive tackle in Vikings' history to start 100 career games. His career total now stands at 111 games. He joins Gary Zimmerman (108), Steve Riley (138), Tim Irwin (188), Grady Alderman (194) and Ron Yary (199).
Orlando Thomas climbed to 8th in Vikings' history for interceptions with 21, trailing John Turner in 7th place by 1 interception.
Chris Walsh tied a Vikings record' for most career onside kicks recovered with 4, tieing the mark set by Stu Voigt.
Troy Walters tied the Vikings' record for most kickoff returns in a single game with 8 vs. Green Bay (12/17/00), matching the mark set by Qadry Ismail vs. Detroit (11/23/95). Walters sets a team rookie record with the 8 kickoff returns.