2009 Minnesota Vikings season

2009 Minnesota Vikings season
Owner	Zygi Wilf
Head coach	Brad Childress
Home field	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Results
Record	12–4
Division place	1st NFC North
Playoff finish	Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Cowboys) 34–3 Lost NFC Championship (at Saints) 28–31 (OT)
Pro Bowlers	10 QB Brett Favre (bench; injured) RB Adrian Peterson WR Sidney Rice (bench) OT Bryant McKinnie (cut) G Steve Hutchinson DE Jared Allen DT Kevin Williams CB Antoine Winfield (injured) KR Percy Harvin (injured) ST Heath Farwell
AP All-Pros	4 RB Adrian Peterson (1st team) G Steve Hutchinson (1st team) DE Jared Allen (1st team) DT Kevin Williams (1st team)
Uniform
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The 2009 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 49th in the National Football League (NFL) and their fourth under head coach Brad Childress. The Vikings improved upon their 10–6 record and defended their NFC North title from 2008, their first successful defense of a divisional title since they won six NFC Central titles in a row between 1973 and 1978. They beat the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC Divisional Playoff at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, but lost the NFC Championship Game in overtime to the eventual Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints, missing out on what would have been their first Super Bowl since Super Bowl XI in 1976. This year's NFC Championship Game is also dubbed by many as the "Bountygate Game" that also resulted in several players and coaching staff (including head coach Sean Payton) receiving 12-month suspensions three years later. The Vikings had 10 Pro Bowlers and four All-Pros on their roster, both league-highs for the season.