document_title: 2017 Minnesota Vikings season

question_text: who did the vikings lose to in the 2017 season

question_tokens: who did the vikings lose to in the 2017 season

text: 2017 Minnesota Vikings season

text: Roster changes[edit]

text: Draft[edit]

text:
2017 Minnesota Vikings draft

Draft order
Player name
Position
Height
Weight
College
Contract
Notes

Round
Choice
Overall

1
14
14
Traded to the Philadelphia Eagles[A]

2
9
41
Dalvin Cook
RB
6-0
209
Florida State
4 years / $6.35 million
from Bengals[B]

16
48
Traded to the Cincinnati Bengals[B]

3
6
70
Pat Elflein
C
6-3
295
Ohio State
4 years / $3.33 million
from NY Jets[C]

15
79
Traded to the New York Jets[C]

22
86
Traded to the Kansas City Chiefs[D]
from Dolphins[E]

40
104
Traded to the San Francisco 49ers[F]
from Chiefs[D]

4
2
109
Jaleel Johnson
DT
6-3
316
Iowa

from 49ers[F]

13
120
Ben Gedeon
LB
6-2
244
Michigan

21
128
Traded to the Cincinnati Bengals[B]
from Dolphins[E]

25
132
Traded to the Philadelphia Eagles[G]
from Chiefs[D]

32
139
Traded to the Kansas City Chiefs[H]
from Browns via Eagles[G]

5
16
160
Traded to the New York Jets[C]

27
170
Rodney Adams
WR
6-1
189
USF

from Chiefs[H]

37
180
Danny Isidora
G
6-3
306
Miami

from Chiefs[H]

6
16
199
Traded to the Washington Redskins[I]

18
201
Bucky Hodges
TE
6-6
257
Virginia Tech

from Washington[I]

7
1
219
Stacy Coley
WR
6-0
195
Miami

from Cleveland via 49ers[F]

2
220
Ifeadi Odenigbo
DE
6-3
258
Northwestern

from San Francisco via Washington[I]

12
230
Traded to the Washington Redskins[I]
from Eagles[G]

14
232
Elijah Lee
LB
6-3
228
Kansas State

27
245
Jack Tocho
CB
6-0
202
N.C. State

from Chiefs[D]

text: Draft trades

text:
Jump up ^ The Vikings traded their first-round selection (14th overall), as well as their 2018 fourth-round selection to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for quarterback Sam Bradford.[1]
^ Jump up to: a b c The Vikings traded a second- and fourth-round selection (48th and 128th overall, respectively) to the Cincinnati Bengals in exchange for Cincinatti's second-round selection (41st overall).[2]
^ Jump up to: a b c The Vikings traded a third- and fifth-round selection (79th and 160th overall, respectively) to the New York Jets in exchange for the Jets' third-round selection (70th overall).[2]
^ Jump up to: a b c d The Vikings traded their third-round selection (86th overall) to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for Kansas City's third-, fourth-, and seventh-round selections (104th, 132nd and 245th overall, respectively).[2]
^ Jump up to: a b The Vikings acquired additional selections in the third- and fourth rounds (86th and 129th overall, respectively) in a trade that sent their 2016 third-round selection (186th) to the Miami Dolphins.[3]
^ Jump up to: a b c The Vikings traded a third-round selection (104th overall) to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for San Francisco's fourth- and seventh-round selections (109th and 219th overall, respectively).[2]
^ Jump up to: a b c The Vikings traded their fourth-round selection (132nd overall) to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for Philadelphia's fourth- and seventh-round selections (139th and 230th overall).[2]
^ Jump up to: a b c The Vikings traded their fourth-round selection (139nd overall) to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for Kansas City's two fifth-round selections (170th and 180th overall).[2]
^ Jump up to: a b c d The Vikings traded their sixth- and seventh-round selection (199th and 230th overall) to the Washington Redskins in exchange for Washington's sixth- and seventh-round selections (201st and 220th overall).[2]

text:
2017 Minnesota Vikings UDFA

Player
Position
Height
Weight
College

Wes Lunt
QB
6-5
225
Illinois

Terrell Newby
RB
5-10
200
Nebraska

R.J. Shelton
WR
5-11
202
Michigan State

Josiah Price
TE
6-4
248
Michigan State

Aviante Collins
OT
6-4
295
TCU

Nick Fett
OT
6-7
311
Iowa State

Freddie Tagaloa
OT
6-8
316
Arizona

Tashawn Bower
DE
6-5
236
LSU

Caleb Kidder
DE
6-5
259
Montana

Sam McCaskill
DE
6-3
259
Boise State

Dylan Bradley
DT
6-1
265
Southern Miss

Eric Wilson
LB
6-2
225
Cincinnati

Shaan Washington
LB
6-3
220
Texas A&M

Horace Richardson
CB
6-0
190
SMU

Tommy Armstrong Jr.
S
6-1
220
Nebraska

text: Transactions[edit]

text:
Re-signings

Date
Player name
Position
Contract terms

January 2, 2017
Moritz Böhringer
WR
[RFC][4]

Kyle Carter
TE

Cayleb Jones
WR

Marquis Lucas
OT

Tre Roberson
CB

Bishop Sankey
RB

Sterling Bailey
DT

Austin Shepherd
OT

Cedric Thompson
S

March 8, 2017
Jeremiah Sirles
OT
1 year / $690,000[5]

March 15, 2017
Terence Newman
CB
1 year / $3.25 million[6]

Adam Thielen
WR
3 years / $17 million[7]

March 24, 2017
Brian Robison
DE
2 years / $7.5 million[8]

text:
Departures

Date
Player name
Position
Note
New team

February 10, 2017
Brandon Fusco
G
Released[9]
San Francisco 49ers

Mike Harris
G

March 6, 2017
Chad Greenway
OLB
Retired[10]

March 9, 2017
Rhett Ellison
TE
UFA
New York Giants[11]

Matt Kalil
OT
Carolina Panthers[12]

Jeff Locke
P
Indianapolis Colts[13]

March 10, 2017
Charles Johnson
WR
Carolina Panthers[14]

Captain Munnerlyn
CB
Carolina Panthers[15]

March 11, 2017
Audie Cole
LB
Jacksonville Jaguars[16]

March 13, 2017
Cordarrelle Patterson
WR/KR
Oakland Raiders[17]

March 14, 2017
Andre Smith
OT
Cincinnati Bengals

March 24, 2017
Scott Crichton
DT
Released

May 4, 2017
Marquis Lucas
OT
Waived

Sterling Bailey
DE

Cedric Thompson
S

May 16, 2017
B. J. Dubose
DT
Waived
[18]

May 17, 2017
Toby Johnson
DT
Waived

May 27, 2017
Matt Asiata
RB
UFA
Detroit Lions

May 31, 2017
Mitch Mathews
WR
Waived[19]

text:
Additions

Date
Player name
Position
Previous team
Contract terms

January 3, 2017
Reid Fragel
OT
Kansas City Chiefs
[RFC][20]

Marshall Koehn
K
Miami Dolphins

Taylor Symmank
P

March 9, 2017
Riley Reiff
OT
Detroit Lions
5 years / $58.75 million[21]

March 10, 2017
Mike Remmers
OT
Carolina Panthers
5 years / $30 million[22]

March 14, 2017
Datone Jones
DE
Green Bay Packers
1 year / $3.75 million[23]

March 16, 2017
Latavius Murray
RB
Oakland Raiders
3 years / $15.0 million[24]

March 30, 2017
Terrell Sinkfield
CB
BC Lions (CFL)
[25]

Mitch Mathews
WR
Cleveland Browns

Nick Truesdell
TE
Cleveland Gladiators (AFL)

March 31, 2017
Case Keenum
QB
Los Angeles Rams
1 year / $2.0 million[26]

April 3, 2017
Ryan Quigley
P
Arizona Cardinals
1 year / $2.0 million[27]

May 10, 2017
Michael Floyd
WR
New England Patriots
1 year / $1.5 million

May 17, 2017
Will Sutton
DT
Chicago Bears

[28]

text: Staff[edit]

text:
2017 Minnesota Vikings staff

Front office

Owner/Chairman – Zygi Wilf
Owner/President – Mark Wilf
Owner/Vice Chairman – Leonard Wilf
General Manager – Rick Spielman
Executive Vice President – Football Operations – Rob Brzezinski
Chief Operating Officer – Kevin Warren
Assistant General Manager – George Paton
Director of College Scouting – Jamaal Stephenson
Director of Pro Scouting – Ryan Monnens

Head coaches

Head Coach – Mike Zimmer

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Pat Shurmur
Quarterbacks – Kevin Stefanski
Running Backs – Kennedy Polamalu
Wide Receivers – Darrell Hazell
Assistant Wide Receivers – Drew Petzing
Tight Ends – Clancy Barone
Offensive Line – Tony Sparano
Assistant Offensive Line – Andrew Janocko

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – George Edwards
Defensive Line – Andre Patterson
Assistant Defensive Line – Robert Rodriguez
Linebackers – Adam Zimmer
Defensive Backs – Jerry Gray
Defensive Assistant – Jeff Howard
Defensive Quality Control/Assistant Defensive Backs – Jonathan Gannon

Special teams coaches

Special Teams Coordinator – Mike Priefer
Assistant Special Teams – Ryan Ficken

Strength and conditioning

Head Athletic Trainer – Eric Sugarman
Head Strength and Conditioning – Mark Uyeyama
Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Derik Keyes
Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Reshard Langford
Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Chaz Mahle

text: Final roster[edit]

text:
2017 Minnesota Vikings final roster

Quarterbacks

 8 Sam Bradford
 5 Teddy Bridgewater
 7 Case Keenum
 1 Kyle Sloter

Running backs

31 Mack Brown
30 C. J. Ham FB
21 Jerick McKinnon
25 Latavius Murray

Wide receivers

13 Stacy Coley
14 Stefon Diggs
18 Michael Floyd
19 Adam Thielen
11 Laquon Treadwell
17 Jarius Wright

Tight ends

89 David Morgan II
82 Kyle Rudolph

Offensive linemen

61 Joe Berger G
76 Aviante Collins T
67 Cornelius Edison C
65 Pat Elflein C
69 Rashod Hill T
63 Danny Isidora G
71 Riley Reiff T
74 Mike Remmers T
75 Jeremiah Sirles G

Defensive linemen

90 Tashawn Bower DE
97 Everson Griffen DE
99 Danielle Hunter DE
94 Jaleel Johnson DT
92 Tom Johnson DT
98 Linval Joseph DT
96 Brian Robison DE
93 Shamar Stephen DT
91 Stephen Weatherly DE

Linebackers

55 Anthony Barr OLB
40 Kentrell Brothers MLB
42 Ben Gedeon OLB
54 Eric Kendricks MLB
59 Emmanuel Lamur OLB
50 Eric Wilson OLB

Defensive backs

20 Mackensie Alexander CB
24 Tramaine Brock CB
41 Anthony Harris FS
27 Jayron Kearse SS
23 Terence Newman CB
29 Xavier Rhodes CB
34 Andrew Sendejo SS
35 Marcus Sherels CB
22 Harrison Smith FS
26 Trae Waynes CB

Special teams

 2 Kai Forbath K
44 Jeff Overbaugh LS
 4 Ryan Quigley P

Reserve lists

81 Blake Bell TE (IR)
33 Dalvin Cook RB (IR)
62 Nick Easton G (IR)
73 Sharrif Floyd DT (NF-Inj.)
47 Kevin McDermott LS (IR)
43 Bishop Sankey RB (IR)
57 Shaan Washington OLB (IR)

Practice squad

12 Rodney Adams WR
79 Dylan Bradley DT (Injured)
16 Cayleb Jones WR
78 Dieugot Joseph OT
68 Cedrick Lang T
66 Caushaud Lyons DT
95 Ifeadi Odenigbo DE
38 Horace Richardson CB
39 Jack Tocho S
85 Nick Truesdell TE
56 Antwione Williams OLB

Rookies in italics 53 Active, 8 Inactive, 11 Practice squad

text: Preseason[edit]

text: Schedule[edit]

text: The Vikings' preliminary preseason schedule was announced on April 10.

text:
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Record
Venue
NFL.com
recap

1
August 10
at Buffalo Bills
W 17–10
1–0
New Era Field
Recap

2
August 18
at Seattle Seahawks
L 13–20
1–1
CenturyLink Field
Recap

3
August 27
San Francisco 49ers
W 32–31
2–1
U.S. Bank Stadium
Recap

4
August 31
Miami Dolphins
L 9–30
2–2
U.S. Bank Stadium
Recap

text: Game summaries[edit]

text: Week 1: at Buffalo Bills[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
Total

Vikings
0
3
14
0
17

Bills
0
3
0
7
10

text: at New Era Field, Orchard Park, New York

text:
Date: August 10
Game time: 7:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Partly cloudy, 82 °F (28 °C)
Game attendance: 60,459
Referee: Terry McAulay (77)
TV: Fox-9
Recap, Game Book

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

No scoring plays.

Second quarter

BUF – Steven Hauschka 42-yard field goal, 14:15. Bills 3–0. Drive: 7 plays, 37 yards, 2:46.
MIN – Kai Forbath 36-yard field goal, 3:26. Tied 3–3. Drive: 11 plays, 60 yards, 5:47.

Third quarter

MIN – C. J. Ham 2-yard run (Marshall Koehn kick), 10:34. Vikings 10–3. Drive: 7 plays, 69 yards, 3:26.
MIN – Rodney Adams 2-yard pass from Taylor Heinicke (Kai Forbath kick), 1:09. Vikings 17–3. Drive: 14 plays, 71 yards, 7:28.

Fourth quarter

BUF – Dezmin Lewis 1-yard pass from Nathan Peterman (Austin Rehkow kick), 10:08. Vikings 17–10. Drive: 13 plays, 79 yards, 6:01.

Top passers

MIN – Case Keenum – 11/16, 121 yards
BUF – Nathan Peterman – 13/25, 112 yards, TD

Top rushers

MIN – Terrell Newby – 12 rushes, 26 yards
BUF – Jonathan Williams – 4 rushes, 39 yards

Top receivers

MIN – Stacy Coley – 3 receptions, 67 yards
BUF – Sammy Watkins – 4 receptions, 39 yards

text: Week 2: at Seattle Seahawks[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
Total

Vikings
3
3
0
7
13

Seahawks
7
7
6
0
20

text: at CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington

text:
Date: August 18
Game time: 9:00 p.m. CDT/7:00 p.m. PDT
Game weather: Sunny, 73 °F (23 °C)
Game attendance: 68,550
Referee: Tony Corrente (99)
TV: Fox-9
Recap, Game Book

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

SEA – Kasen Williams 1-yard pass from Russell Wilson (Blair Walsh kick), 9:36. Seahawks 7–0. Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards, 5:24.
MIN – Marshall Koehn 29-yard field goal, 3:07. Seahawks 7–3. Drive: 11 plays, 76 yards, 6:29.

Second quarter

SEA – Mike Davis 22-yard pass from Russell Wilson (Blair Walsh kick), 1:57. Seahawks 14–3. Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 4:07.
MIN – Kai Forbath 51-yard field goal, 0:09. Seahawks 14–6. Drive: 10 plays, 41 yards, 1:48.

Third quarter

SEA – Blair Walsh 52-yard field goal, 13:51. Seahawks 17–6. Drive: 4 plays, −16 yards, 1:03.
SEA – Blair Walsh 52-yard field goal, 5:15. Seahawks 20–6. Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards, 4:29.

Fourth quarter

MIN – Bucky Hodges 21-yard pass from Taylor Heinicke (Marshall Koehn kick), 2:49. Seahawks 20–13. Drive: 6 plays, 81 yards, 1:25.

Top passers

MIN – Sam Bradford – 7/11, 95 yards
SEA – Russell Wilson – 13/18, 206 yards, 2 TD

Top rushers

MIN – Dalvin Cook – 7 rushes, 40 yards
SEA – Alex Collins – 10 rushes, 58 yards

Top receivers

MIN – Stefon Diggs – 4 receptions, 65 yards
SEA – Doug Baldwin – 4 receptions, 69 yards

text: Week 3: vs. San Francisco 49ers[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
Total

49ers
7
7
10
7
31

Vikings
0
0
17
15
32

text: at U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minnesota

text:
Date: August 27
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
Game weather: None (domed stadium)
Game attendance: 66,551
Referee: Ronald Torbert (62)
TV: NBC
Recap, Game Book

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

SF – Marquise Goodwin 46-yard pass from Brian Hoyer (Robbie Gould kick), 10:30. 49ers 7–0. Drive: 5 plays, 79 yards, 2:29.

Second quarter

SF – Carlos Hyde 24-yard pass from Brian Hoyer (Robbie Gould kick), 14:55. 49ers 14–0. Drive: 10 plays, 88 yards, 5:31.

Third quarter

MIN – Marshall Koehn 58-yard field goal, 10:59. 49ers 14–3. Drive: 6 plays, 27 yards, 1:53.
SF – Nick Rose 55-yard field goal, 5:32. 49ers 17–3. Drive: 8 plays, 26 yards, 3:07.
MIN – Rodney Adams 9-yard pass from Case Keenum (Marshall Koehn kick), 1:43. 49ers 17–10. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:49.
SF – Raheem Mostert 87-yard pass from C. J. Beathard (Nick Rose kick), 0:49. 49ers 24–10. Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 0:54.
MIN – Jerick McKinnon 108-yard kickoff return (Marshall Koehn kick), 0:37. 49ers 24–17. Drive: 0 plays, 0 yards, 0:12.

Fourth quarter

SF – Raheem Mostert 4-yard run (Robbie Gould kick), 7:48. 49ers 31–17. Drive: 13 plays, 75 yards, 7:49.
MIN – Kyle Carter 16-yard pass from Case Keenum (Marshall Koehn kick), 6:09. 49ers 31–24. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 1:39.
MIN – Terrell Newby 1-yard run (Taylor Heinicke run), 0:00. Vikings 32–31. Drive: 14 plays, 63 yards, 2:44.

Top passers

SF – Brian Hoyer – 12/17, 176 yards, 2 TD
MIN – Case Keenum – 10/14, 139 yards, 2 TD

Top rushers

SF – Matt Breida – 7 rushes, 29 yards
MIN – Jerick McKinnon – 7 rushes, 27 yards

Top receivers

SF – Raheem Mostert – 2 receptions, 104 yards, TD
MIN – Stacy Coley – 4 receptions, 76 yards

text: Week 4: vs. Miami Dolphins[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
Total

Dolphins
7
16
0
7
30

Vikings
0
6
0
3
9

text:
Date: August 31
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Played indoor (domed stadium)
Game attendance: 66,409
Referee: Pete Morelli (135)
TV: Fox-9
Recap, Game Book

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

MIA – Kenyan Drake 1-yard run (Andrew Franks kick), 11:07. Dolphins 7–0. Drive: 10 plays, 78 yards, 3:53.

Second quarter

MIA – Jakeem Grant 65-yard pass from David Fales (Andrew Franks kick), 12:17. Dolphins 14–0. Drive: 4 plays, 77 yards, 1:30.
MIN – Cayleb Jones 8-yard pass from Taylor Heinicke (kick failed, wide left), 7:38. Dolphins 14–6. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:39.
MIA – MarQueis Gray 6-yard pass from David Fales (Andrew Franks kick), 0:24. Dolphins 21–6. Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards, 1:29.
MIA – Taylor Heinicke sacked in the end zone by Praise Martin-Oguike for a safety, 0:12. Dolphins 23–6.

Third quarter

No scoring plays.

Fourth quarter

MIN – Kai Forbath 24-yard field goal, 14:53. Dolphins 23–9. Drive: 15 plays, 58 yards, 8:37.
MIA – Mitch Mathews 19-yard pass from David Fales (Andrew Franks kick), 11:51. Dolphins 30–9. Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards, 3:02.

Top passers

MIA – David Fales – 12/20, 193 yards, 3 TD
MIN – Mitch Leidner – 14/19, 129 yards

Top rushers

MIA – Kenyan Drake – 8 rushes, 27 yards, TD
MIN – Bronson Hill – 13 rushes, 35 yards

Top receivers

MIA – Jakeem Grant – 4 receptions, 141 yards, TD
MIN – Cayleb Jones – 9 receptions, 127 yards, TD

text: Regular season[edit]

text: Schedule[edit]

text:
Week
Date
Opponent
Result
Record
Venue
NFL.com
recap
Attendance

1
September 11
New Orleans Saints
W 29–19
1–0
U.S. Bank Stadium
Recap
66,606

2
September 17
at Pittsburgh Steelers
L 9–26
1–1
Heinz Field
Recap
65,971

3
September 24
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
W 34–17
2–1
U.S. Bank Stadium
Recap
66,390

4
October 1
Detroit Lions
L 7–14
2–2
U.S. Bank Stadium
Recap
66,730

5
October 9
at Chicago Bears
W 20–17
3–2
Soldier Field
Recap
61,834

6
October 15
Green Bay Packers
W 23–10
4–2
U.S. Bank Stadium
Recap
66,848

7
October 22
Baltimore Ravens
W 24–16
5–2
U.S. Bank Stadium
Recap
66,751

8
October 29
at Cleveland Browns
W 33–16
6–2
Twickenham Stadium
(London, England)
Recap
74,237

9
Bye

10
November 12
at Washington Redskins
W 38–30
7–2
FedExField
Recap
74,476

11
November 19
Los Angeles Rams
W 24–7
8–2
U.S. Bank Stadium
Recap
66,809

12
November 23
at Detroit Lions
W 30–23
9–2
Ford Field
Recap
66,613

13
December 3
at Atlanta Falcons
W 14–9
10–2
Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Recap
71,185

14
December 10
at Carolina Panthers
L 24–31
10–3
Bank of America Stadium
Recap
73,728

15
December 17
Cincinnati Bengals
W 34–7
11–3
U.S. Bank Stadium
Recap
66,833

16
December 23
at Green Bay Packers
W 16–0
12–3
Lambeau Field
Recap
78,092

17
December 31
Chicago Bears
W 23–10
13–3
U.S. Bank Stadium
Recap
66,802

text: Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

text: Game summaries[edit]

text: Week 1: vs. New Orleans Saints[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
Total

Saints
3
3
3
10
19

Vikings
3
13
3
10
29

text:
Date: September 11
Game time: 6:10 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Played indoors (domed stadium)
Game attendance: 66,606
Referee: Gene Steratore (114)
TV announcers (ESPN): Sean McDonough, Jon Gruden and Lisa Salters
Recap, Game Book

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

NO – Wil Lutz 43-yard field goal, 8:21. Saints 3–0. Drive: 13 plays, 56 yards, 6:39.
MIN – Kai Forbath 24-yard field goal, 1:01. Tied 3–3. Drive: 14 plays, 78 yards, 7:20.

Second quarter

NO – Wil Lutz 21-yard field goal, 5:26. Saints 6–3. Drive: 13 plays, 74 yards, 6:49.
MIN – Stefon Diggs 18-yard pass from Sam Bradford (Kai Forbath kick), 4:08. Vikings 10–6. Drive: 3 plays, 74 yards, 1:18.
MIN – Stefon Diggs 2-yard pass from Sam Bradford (kick failed, wide right), 0:03. Vikings 16–6. Drive: 10 plays, 95 yards, 1:40.

Third quarter

MIN – Kai Forbath 32-yard field goal, 11:07. Vikings 19–6. Drive: 8 plays, 54 yards, 3:53.
NO – Wil Lutz 24-yard field goal, 2:43. Vikings 19–9. Drive: 8 plays, 83 yards, 2:46.

Fourth quarter

MIN – Kyle Rudolph 15-yard pass from Sam Bradford (Kai Forbath kick), 12:52. Vikings 26–9. Drive: 9 plays, 89 yards, 4:51.
NO – Wil Lutz 20-yard field goal, 7:49. Vikings 26–12. Drive: 12 plays, 73 yards, 5:03.
MIN – Kai Forbath 45-yard field goal, 4:00. Vikings 29–12. Drive: 8 plays, 48 yards, 3:49.
NO – Coby Fleener 8-yard pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick), 1:56. Vikings 29–19. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 2:04.

Top passers

NO – Drew Brees – 27/37, 291 yards, TD
MIN – Sam Bradford – 27/32, 346 yards, 3 TD

Top rushers

NO – Adrian Peterson – 6 rushes, 18 yards
MIN – Dalvin Cook – 22 rushes, 127 yards

Top receivers

NO – Coby Fleener – 5 receptions, 54 yards, TD
MIN – Adam Thielen – 9 receptions, 157 yards

text: Week 2: at Pittsburgh Steelers[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
Total

Vikings
0
3
6
0
9

Steelers
7
7
6
6
26

text: at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

text:
Date: September 17
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT/12:00 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Sunny, 78 °F (26 °C)
Game attendance: 65,971
Referee: Pete Morelli (135)
TV announcers (Fox): Kenny Albert, Ronde Barber and Kristina Pink
Recap, Game Book

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

PIT – Martavis Bryant 27-yard pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell kick), 3:02. Steelers 7–0. Drive: 9 plays, 78 yards, 5:43.

Second quarter

PIT – JuJu Smith-Schuster 4-yard pass from Ben Roethlisberger (Chris Boswell kick), 13:31. Steelers 14–0. Drive: 5 plays, 60 yards, 3:12.
MIN – Kai Forbath 42-yard field goal, 8:50. Steelers 14–3. Drive: 11 plays, 51 yards, 4:41.

Third quarter

PIT – Chris Boswell 46-yard field goal, 12:19. Steelers 17–3. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards, 2:06.
MIN – C. J. Ham 1-yard run (kick failed, wide left), 9:57. Steelers 17–9. Drive: 6 plays, 82 yards, 2:22.
PIT – Chris Boswell 29-yard field goal, 5:05. Steelers 20–9. Drive: 10 plays, 74 yards, 4:52.

Fourth quarter

PIT – Chris Boswell 37-yard field goal, 3:18. Steelers 23–9. Drive: 11 plays, 64 yards, 4:44.
PIT – Chris Boswell 43-yard field goal, 1:53. Steelers 26–9. Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 0:20.

Top passers

MIN – Case Keenum – 20/37, 167 yards
PIT – Ben Roethlisberger – 23/35, 243 yards, 2 TD

Top rushers

MIN – Dalvin Cook – 12 rushes, 64 yards
PIT – Le'Veon Bell – 27 rushes, 87 yards

Top receivers

MIN – Kyle Rudolph – 4 receptions, 45 yards
PIT – Martavis Bryant – 3 receptions, 91 yards, TD

text: Week 3: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Buccaneers
3
0
14
0
17

Vikings
7
14
10
3
34

text:
Date: September 24
Game time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Played indoors (domed stadium)
Game attendance: 66,390
Referee: John Hussey (35)
TV announcers (Fox): Thom Brennaman, Chris Spielman and Peter Schrager
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[show]Game information

First quarter

MIN – Dalvin Cook 1-yard run (Kai Forbath kick), 10:58. Vikings 7–0. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 4:02.
TB – Nick Folk 40-yard field goal, 6:18. Vikings 7–3. Drive: 8 plays, 53 yards, 4:40.

Second quarter

MIN – Jarius Wright 2-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 10:25. Vikings 14–3. Drive: 13 plays, 76 yards, 5:57.
MIN – Stefon Diggs 17-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 0:47. Vikings 21–3. Drive: 6 plays, 92 yards, 3:04.

Third quarter

MIN – Stefon Diggs 59-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 12:25. Vikings 28–3. Drive: 3 plays, 66 yards, 1:03.
TB – Cameron Brate 15-yard pass from Jameis Winston (Nick Folk kick), 8:47. Vikings 28–10. Drive: 6 plays, 46 yards, 3:38.
MIN – Kai Forbath 20-yard field goal, 2:24. Vikings 31–10. Drive: 13 plays, 73 yards, 6:23.
TB – DeSean Jackson 25-yard pass from Jameis Winston (Nick Folk kick), 0:00. Vikings 31–17. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:24.

Fourth quarter

MIN – Kai Forbath 37-yard field goal, 8:40. Vikings 34–17. Drive: 6 plays, 16 yards, 3:45.

Top passers

TB – Jameis Winston – 28/40, 328 yards, 2 TD
MIN – Case Keenum – 25/33, 369 yards, 3 TD

Top rushers

TB – Jacquizz Rodgers – 5 rushes, 15 yards
MIN – Dalvin Cook – 27 rushes, 97 yards, TD

Top receivers

TB – DeSean Jackson – 4 receptions, 84 yards, TD
MIN – Stefon Diggs – 8 receptions, 173 yards, 2 TD

text: Week 4: vs. Detroit Lions[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Lions
0
3
11
0
14

Vikings
0
7
0
0
7

text:
Date: October 1
Game time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Played indoors (domed stadium)
Game attendance: 66,730
Referee: Bill Vinovich (52)
TV announcers (Fox): Thom Brennaman, Chris Spielman and Peter Schrager
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[show]Game information

First quarter

No scoring plays.

Second quarter

DET – Matt Prater 29-yard field goal, 10:47. Lions 3–0. Drive: 15 plays, 82 yards, 8:02.
MIN – Dalvin Cook 5-yard run (Kai Forbath kick), 1:07. Vikings 7–3. Drive: 11 plays, 81 yards, 4:33.

Third quarter

DET – Matt Prater 37-yard field goal, 10:41. Vikings 7–6. Drive: 8 plays, 29 yards, 3:37.
DET – Ameer Abdullah 3-yard run (Matthew Stafford–T. J. Jones pass), 8:00. Lions 14–7. Drive: 5 plays, 29 yards, 2:25.

Fourth quarter

No scoring plays.

Top passers

DET – Matthew Stafford – 19/31, 209 yards
MIN – Case Keenum – 16/30, 219 yards

Top rushers

DET – Ameer Abdullah – 20 rushes, 94 yards, TD
MIN – Dalvin Cook – 13 rushes, 66 yards, TD

Top receivers

DET – Marvin Jones – 2 receptions, 42 yards
MIN – Stefon Diggs – 5 receptions, 98 yards

text: Week 5: at Chicago Bears[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Vikings
0
3
14
3
20

Bears
2
0
7
8
17

text: at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

text:
Date: October 9
Game time: 7:30 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Partly cloudy, 70 °F (21 °C)
Game attendance: 61,834
Referee: Jerome Boger (23)
TV announcers (ESPN): Sean McDonough, Jon Gruden and Lisa Salters
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[show]Game information

First quarter

CHI – Sam Bradford sacked in the end zone by Leonard Floyd for a safety, 1:31. Bears 2–0.

Second quarter

MIN – Kai Forbath 26-yard field goal, 1:02. Vikings 3–2. Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 1:26.

Third quarter

MIN – Kyle Rudolph 13-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 8:16. Vikings 10–2. Drive: 13 plays, 75 yards, 6:44.
CHI – Benny Cunningham 38-yard pass from Pat O'Donnell (Connor Barth kick), 5:23. Vikings 10–9. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:53.
MIN – Jerick McKinnon 58-yard run (Kai Forbath kick), 3:31. Vikings 17–9. Drive: 5 plays, 82 yards, 1:52.

Fourth quarter

CHI – Zach Miller 20-yard pass from Mitchell Trubisky (Mitchell Trubisky run), 12:24. Tied 17–17. Drive: 11 plays, 79 yards, 6:07.
MIN – Kai Forbath 26-yard field goal, 0:12. Vikings 20–17. Drive: 6 plays, 20 yards, 2:08.

Top passers

MIN – Case Keenum – 17/21, 140 yards, TD
CHI – Mitchell Trubisky – 12/25, 128 yards, TD

Top rushers

MIN – Jerick McKinnon – 16 rushes, 95 yards, TD
CHI – Jordan Howard – 19 rushes, 76 yards

Top receivers

MIN – Jerick McKinnon – 6 receptions, 51 yards
CHI – Kendall Wright – 4 receptions, 46 yards

text: Week 6: vs. Green Bay Packers[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Packers
0
10
0
0
10

Vikings
0
14
3
6
23

text:
Date: October 15
Game time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Played indoors (domed stadium)
Game attendance: 66,848
Referee: Ronald Torbert (62)
TV announcers (Fox): Thom Brennaman, Troy Aikman and Erin Andrews
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[show]Game information

First quarter

No scoring plays.

Second quarter

MIN – Jerick McKinnon 27-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 14:53. Vikings 7–0. Drive: 2 plays, 42 yards, 0:11.
GB – Davante Adams 14-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Mason Crosby kick), 10:40. Tied 7–7. Drive: 3 plays, 18 yards, 1:24.
MIN – Jerick McKinnon 3-yard run (Kai Forbath kick), 7:22. Vikings 14–7. Drive: 8 plays, 84 yards, 3:18.
GB – Mason Crosby 26-yard field goal, 1:51. Vikings 14–10. Drive: 7 plays, 30 yards, 2:11.

Third quarter

MIN – Kai Forbath 36-yard field goal, 9:35. Vikings 17–10. Drive: 12 plays, 57 yards, 5:25.

Fourth quarter

MIN – Kai Forbath 34-yard field goal, 14:57. Vikings 20–10. Drive: 11 plays, 66 yards, 5:16.
MIN – Kai Forbath 53-yard field goal, 10:47. Vikings 23–10. Drive: 4 plays, 0 yards, 1:29.

Top passers

GB – Brett Hundley – 18/33, 157 yards, TD
MIN – Case Keenum – 24/38, 239 yards, TD

Top rushers

GB – Aaron Jones – 13 rushes, 41 yards
MIN – Jerick McKinnon – 16 rushes, 69 yards, TD

Top receivers

GB – Jordy Nelson – 6 receptions, 60 yards
MIN – Adam Thielen – 9 receptions, 97 yards

text: Week 7: vs. Baltimore Ravens[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Ravens
3
3
3
7
16

Vikings
3
6
9
6
24

text:
Date: October 22
Game time: 12:00 p.m. CDT
Game weather: Played indoors (domed stadium)
Game attendance: 66,751
Referee: Carl Cheffers (51)
TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel, Trent Green and Jamie Erdahl
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First quarter

BAL – Justin Tucker 48-yard field goal, 8:30. Ravens 3–0. Drive: 9 plays, 35 yards, 4:11.
MIN – Kai Forbath 52-yard field goal, 3:39. Tied 3–3. Drive: 12 plays, 41 yards, 4:51.

Second quarter

MIN – Kai Forbath 51-yard field goal, 12:55. Vikings 6–3. Drive: 8 plays, 38 yards, 2:50.
BAL – Justin Tucker 57-yard field goal, 9:56. Tied 6–6. Drive: 6 plays, 33 yards, 2:59.
MIN – Kai Forbath 43-yard field goal, 0:35. Vikings 9–6. Drive: 15 plays, 60 yards, 7:01.

Third quarter

MIN – Kai Forbath 43-yard field goal, 10:53. Vikings 12–6. Drive: 7 plays, 50 yards, 4:07.
MIN – Latavius Murray 29-yard run (kick failed, hit right upright), 7:58. Vikings 18–6. Drive: 3 plays, 45 yards, 1:21.
BAL – Justin Tucker 47-yard field goal, 2:58. Vikings 18–9. Drive: 10 plays, 46 yards, 5:00.

Fourth quarter

MIN – Kai Forbath 34-yard field goal, 11:54. Vikings 21–9. Drive: 6 plays, 35 yards, 2:15.
MIN – Kai Forbath 32-yard field goal, 3:03. Vikings 24–9. Drive: 12 plays, 64 yards, 6:47.
BAL – Chris Moore 13-yard pass from Joe Flacco (Justin Tucker kick), 0:00. Vikings 24–16. Drive: 14 plays, 68 yards, 3:03.

Top passers

BAL – Joe Flacco – 27/39, 186 yards, TD
MIN – Case Keenum – 20/31, 188 yards

Top rushers

BAL – Alex Collins – 10 rushes, 30 yards
MIN – Latavius Murray – 18 rushes, 113 yards, TD

Top receivers

BAL – Benjamin Watson – 5 receptions, 38 yards
MIN – Jarius Wright – 3 receptions, 54 yards

text: Week 8: at Cleveland Browns[edit]

text: NFL London Games

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2
3
4
Total

Vikings
3
9
11
10
33

Browns
6
7
3
0
16

text: at Twickenham Stadium, London, England

text:
Date: October 29
Game time: 2:30 p.m. BST/8:30 a.m. CDT
Game weather: Partly cloudy, 56 °F (13 °C)
Game attendance: 74,237
Referee: Jeff Triplette (42)
TV announcers (NFLN): Greg Gumbel, Trent Green and Jamie Erdahl
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[show]Game information

First quarter

CLE – Isaiah Crowell 26-yard run (kick failed, hit right upright), 11:20. Browns 6–0. Drive: 2 plays, 37 yards, 0:29.
MIN – Kai Forbath 35-yard field goal, 5:27. Browns 6–3. Drive: 7 plays, 18 yards, 3:26.

Second quarter

MIN – Adam Thielen 18-yard pass from Case Keenum (kick blocked), 2:48. Vikings 9–6. Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards, 3:12.
CLE – DeShone Kizer 1-yard run (Zane Gonzalez kick), 0:40. Browns 13–9. Drive: 8 plays, 82 yards, 2:08.
MIN – Kai Forbath 34-yard field goal, 0:00. Browns 13–12. Drive: 6 plays, 62 yards, 0:40.

Third quarter

MIN – Kai Forbath 43-yard field goal, 13:32. Vikings 15–13. Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 1:19.
CLE – Zane Gonzalez 23-yard field goal, 5:34. Browns 16–15. Drive: 12 plays, 55 yards, 4:57.
MIN – Jerick McKinnon 1-yard run (Jerick McKinnon run), 1:16. Vikings 23–16. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 4:18.

Fourth quarter

MIN – Kyle Rudolph 4-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 10:06. Vikings 30–16. Drive: 9 plays, 84 yards, 4:47.
MIN – Kai Forbath 51-yard field goal, 1:09. Vikings 33–16. Drive: 4 plays, −1 yard, 1:42.

Top passers

MIN – Case Keenum – 27/43, 288 yards, TD
CLE – DeShone Kizer – 18/34, 179 yards

Top rushers

MIN – Jerick McKinnon – 14 rushes, 50 yards, TD
CLE – Isaiah Crowell – 11 rushes, 64 yards, TD

Top receivers

MIN – Adam Thielen – 5 receptions, 98 yards, TD
CLE – Isaiah Crowell – 4 receptions, 54 yards

text: Week 10: at Washington Redskins[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Vikings
7
21
7
3
38

Redskins
10
7
3
10
30

text: at FedExField, Landover, Maryland

text:
Date: November 12
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST/12:00 p.m. CST
Game weather: Cloudy, 44 °F (7 °C)
Game attendance: 74,476
Referee: Bill Vinovich (52)
TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, Charles Davis and Pam Oliver
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[show]Game information

First quarter

WAS – Maurice Harris 36-yard pass from Kirk Cousins (Nick Rose kick), 10:57. Redskins 7–0. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 4:03.
MIN – Latavius Murray 1-yard run (Kai Forbath kick), 8:18. Tied 7–7. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:39.
WAS – Nick Rose 28-yard field goal, 0:08. Redskins 10–7. Drive: 10 plays, 52 yards, 4:33.

Second quarter

MIN – Stefon Diggs 3-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 11:45. Vikings 14–10. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:23.
WAS – Kirk Cousins 1-yard run (Nick Rose kick), 4:37. Redskins 17–14. Drive: 13 plays, 60 yards, 7:08.
MIN – Adam Thielen 7-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 1:49. Vikings 21–17. Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards, 2:48.
MIN – David Morgan II 1-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 0:22. Vikings 28–17. Drive: 3 plays, 23 yards, 1:16.

Third quarter

MIN – Jarius Wright 7-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 12:22. Vikings 35–17. Drive: 6 plays, 72 yards, 2:38.
WAS – Nick Rose 21-yard field goal, 8:24. Vikings 35–20. Drive: 11 plays, 69 yards, 3:58.

Fourth quarter

WAS – Kirk Cousins 2-yard run (Nick Rose kick), 14:47. Vikings 35–27. Drive: 2 plays, 2 yards, 0:06.
MIN – Kai Forbath 53-yard field goal, 7:45. Vikings 38–27. Drive: 13 plays, 40 yards, 7:02.
WAS – Nick Rose 55-yard field goal, 1:14. Vikings 38–30. Drive: 13 plays, 41 yards, 2:29.

Top passers

MIN – Case Keenum – 21/29, 304 yards, 4 TD
WAS – Kirk Cousins – 26/45, 327 yards, TD

Top rushers

MIN – Latavius Murray – 17 rushes, 68 yards, TD
WAS – Samaje Perine – 9 rushes, 35 yards

Top receivers

MIN – Adam Thielen – 8 receptions, 166 yards, TD
WAS – Jamison Crowder – 4 receptions, 76 yards

text: Week 11: vs. Los Angeles Rams[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Rams
7
0
0
0
7

Vikings
0
7
0
17
24

text:
Date: November 19
Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
Game weather: Played indoors (domed stadium)
Game attendance: 66,809
Referee: Walt Anderson (66)
TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, Charles Davis, Greg Olsen and Pam Oliver
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[show]Game information

First quarter

LAR – Todd Gurley 6-yard run (Greg Zuerlein kick), 10:42. Rams 7–0. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:18.

Second quarter

MIN – Latavius Murray 8-yard run (Kai Forbath kick), 13:31. Tied 7–7. Drive: 7 plays, 30 yards, 3:09.

Third quarter

No scoring plays.

Fourth quarter

MIN – Latavius Murray 2-yard run (Kai Forbath kick), 14:15. Vikings 14–7. Drive: 11 plays, 71 yards, 6:01.
MIN – Adam Thielen 65-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 10:14. Vikings 21–7. Drive: 5 plays, 93 yards, 2:23.
MIN – Kai Forbath 39-yard field goal, 2:23. Vikings 24–7. Drive: 12 plays, 64 yards, 5:55.

Top passers

LAR – Jared Goff – 23/37, 225 yards
MIN – Case Keenum – 27/38, 280 yards, TD

Top rushers

LAR – Todd Gurley – 15 rushes, 37 yards, TD
MIN – Latavius Murray – 15 rushes, 95 yards, 2 TD

Top receivers

LAR – Robert Woods – 8 receptions, 81 yards
MIN – Adam Thielen – 6 receptions, 123 yards, TD

text: Week 12: at Detroit Lions[edit]

text: NFL on Thanksgiving Day

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1
2
3
4
Total

Vikings
13
7
7
3
30

Lions
0
10
6
7
23

text: at Ford Field, Detroit, Michigan

text:
Date: November 23
Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST/11:30 a.m. CST
Game weather: Played indoors (domed stadium)
Game attendance: 66,613
Referee: Tony Corrente (99)
TV announcers (Fox): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Erin Andrews
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[show]Game information

First quarter

MIN – Kyle Rudolph 1-yard pass from Case Keenum (kick blocked), 5:29. Vikings 6–0. Drive: 14 plays, 80 yards, 6:59.
MIN – Case Keenum 9-yard run (Kai Forbath kick), 3:55. Vikings 13–0. Drive: 3 plays, 39 yards, 0:56.

Second quarter

DET – Matt Prater 32-yard field goal, 10:15. Vikings 13–3. Drive: 12 plays, 69 yards, 5:33.
MIN – Kyle Rudolph 22-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 0:37. Vikings 20–3. Drive: 5 plays, 74 yards, 1:21.
DET – Marvin Jones 6-yard pass from Matthew Stafford (Matt Prater kick), 0:10. Vikings 20–10. Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 0:27.

Third quarter

MIN – Latavius Murray 2-yard run (Kai Forbath kick), 7:08. Vikings 27–10. Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 2:08.
DET – Matt Prater 32-yard field goal, 7:08. Vikings 27–13. Drive: 12 plays, 61 yards, 5:44.
DET – Matt Prater 50-yard field goal, 1:03. Vikings 27–16. Drive: 8 plays, 40 yards, 4:01.

Fourth quarter

DET – Marvin Jones 43-yard pass from Matthew Stafford (Matt Prater kick), 14:16. Vikings 27–23. Drive: 3 plays, 39 yards, 0:33.
MIN – Kai Forbath 36-yard field goal, 3:42. Vikings 30–23. Drive: 9 plays, 45 yards, 2:39.

Top passers

MIN – Case Keenum – 21/30, 282 yards, 2 TD
DET – Matthew Stafford – 20/35, 250 yards, 2 TD

Top rushers

MIN – Latavius Murray – 20 rushes, 84 yards, TD
DET – Theo Riddick – 5 rushes, 20 yards

Top receivers

MIN – Adam Thielen – 8 receptions, 89 yards
DET – Marvin Jones – 6 receptions, 109 yards, 2 TD

text: Week 13: at Atlanta Falcons[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Vikings
0
7
0
7
14

Falcons
3
3
3
0
9

text: at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia

text:
Date: December 3
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST/12:00 p.m. CST
Game weather: Played indoor (retractable roof closed)
Game attendance: 71,185
Referee: Brad Allen (122)
TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, Charles Davis and Pam Oliver
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[show]Game information

First quarter

ATL – Matt Bryant 38-yard field goal, 5:24. Falcons 3–0. Drive: 15 plays, 58 yards, 7:24.

Second quarter

MIN – Jerick McKinnon 2-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 10:01. Vikings 7–3. Drive: 9 plays, 53 yards, 5:04.
ATL – Matt Bryant 36-yard field goal, 5:47. Vikings 7–6. Drive: 8 plays, 65 yards, 4:14.

Third quarter

ATL – Matt Bryant 47-yard field goal, 11:57. Falcons 9–7. Drive: 7 plays, 46 yards, 3:03.

Fourth quarter

MIN – Kyle Rudolph 6-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 14:56. Vikings 14–9. Drive: 15 plays, 89 yards, 8:15.

Top passers

MIN – Case Keenum – 25/30, 227 yards, 2 TD
ATL – Matt Ryan – 16/29, 173 yards

Top rushers

MIN – Latavius Murray – 16 rushes, 76 yards
ATL – Devonta Freeman – 12 rushes, 74 yards

Top receivers

MIN – Adam Thielen – 4 receptions, 51 yards
ATL – Mohamed Sanu – 3 receptions, 43 yards

text: Week 14: at Carolina Panthers[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Vikings
7
6
0
11
24

Panthers
7
7
10
7
31

text: at Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina

text:
Date: December 10
Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST/12:00 p.m. CST
Game weather: 41 °F (5 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 73,728
Referee: Terry McAulay (77)
TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson
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[show]Game information

First quarter

CAR – Jonathan Stewart 60-yard run (Graham Gano kick), 10:55. Panthers 7–0. Drive: 3 plays, 69 yards, 1:35.
MIN – Kyle Rudolph 18-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 6:28. Tied 7–7. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 4:27.

Second quarter

CAR – Jonathan Stewart 1-yard run (Graham Gano kick), 14:16. Panthers 14–7. Drive: 14 plays, 89 yards, 7:12.
MIN – Kai Forbath 30-yard field goal, 5:02. Panthers 14–10. Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards, 4:03.
MIN – Kai Forbath 22-yard field goal, 0:07. Panthers 14–13. Drive: 11 plays, 64 yards, 2:26.

Third quarter

CAR – Devin Funchess 18-yard pass from Cam Newton (Graham Gano kick), 8:42. Panthers 21–13. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 6:18.
CAR – Graham Gano 41-yard field goal, 6:51. Panthers 24–13. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards, 1:37.

Fourth quarter

MIN – Adam Thielen 52-yard pass from Case Keenum (Case Keenum–Blake Bell pass), 5:36. Panthers 24–21. Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards, 1:28.
MIN – Kai Forbath 27-yard field goal, 3:07. Tied 24–24. Drive: 4 plays, −3 yards, 1:29.
CAR – Jonathan Stewart 1-yard run (Graham Gano kick), 1:47. Panthers 31–24. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:20.

Top passers

MIN – Case Keenum – 27/44, 280 yards, 2 TD
CAR – Cam Newton – 13/25, 137 yards, TD

Top rushers

MIN – Jerick McKinnon – 7 rushes, 46 yards
CAR – Jonathan Stewart – 16 rushes, 103 yards, 3 TD

Top receivers

MIN – Adam Thielen – 6 receptions, 105 yards, TD
CAR – Devin Funchess – 3 receptions, 59 yards, TD

text: Week 15: vs. Cincinnati Bengals[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Bengals
0
0
0
7
7

Vikings
17
7
3
7
34

text:
Date: December 17
Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
Game weather: Played indoor (domed stadium)
Game attendance: 66,833
Referee: Walt Coleman (65)
TV announcers (CBS): Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts and Evan Washburn
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text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

MIN – Latavius Murray 1-yard run (Kai Forbath kick), 10:31. Vikings 7–0. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:29.
MIN – Eric Kendricks 31-yard interception return (Kai Forbath kick), 5:54. Vikings 14–0.
MIN – Kai Forbath 53-yard field goal, 1:30. Vikings 17–0. Drive: 4 plays, 3 yards, 2:10.

Second quarter

MIN – Stefon Diggs 20-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 6:41. Vikings 24–0. Drive: 8 plays, 77 yards, 4:24.

Third quarter

MIN – Kai Forbath 35-yard field goal, 6:34. Vikings 27–0. Drive: 10 plays, 71 yards, 5:29.

Fourth quarter

MIN – Kyle Rudolph 1-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 12:53. Vikings 34–0. Drive: 7 plays, 83 yards, 3:38.
CIN – Giovani Bernard 2-yard run (Randy Bullock kick), 6:22. Vikings 34–7. Drive: 6 plays, 23 yards, 2:56.

Top passers

CIN – Andy Dalton – 11/22, 113 yards
MIN – Case Keenum – 20/23, 236 yards, 2 TD

Top rushers

CIN – Giovani Bernard – 15 rushes, 37 yards, TD
MIN – Latavius Murray – 20 rushes, 76 yards, TD

Top receivers

CIN – Brandon LaFell – 8 receptions, 81 yards
MIN – Jerick McKinnon – 7 receptions, 114 yards

text: Week 16: at Green Bay Packers[edit]

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2
3
4
Total

Vikings
10
0
3
3
16

Packers
0
0
0
0
0

text: at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

text:
Date: December 23
Game time: 7:30 p.m. CST
Game weather: Clear, 10 °F (−12 °C)
Game attendance: 78,092
Referee: Carl Cheffers (51)
TV announcers (NBC): Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth and Michele Tafoya
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text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

MIN – Kai Forbath 49-yard field goal, 8:28. Vikings 3–0. Drive: 9 plays, 39 yards, 3:50.
MIN – Stefon Diggs 4-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 0:56. Vikings 10–0. Drive: 5 plays, 68 yards, 2:09.

Second quarter

No scoring plays.

Third quarter

MIN – Kai Forbath 20-yard field goal, 1:20. Vikings 13–0. Drive: 12 plays, 62 yards, 6:12.

Fourth quarter

MIN – Kai Forbath 27-yard field goal, 2:56. Vikings 16–0. Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 1:00.

Top passers

MIN – Case Keenum – 14/25, 139 yards, TD
GB – Brett Hundley – 17/40, 130 yards

Top rushers

MIN – Latavius Murray – 21 rushes, 69 yards
GB – Jamaal Williams – 15 rushes, 58 yards

Top receivers

MIN – Stefon Diggs – 5 receptions, 60 yards, TD
GB – Lance Kendricks – 4 receptions, 36 yards

text: Week 17: vs. Chicago Bears[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
Total

Bears
0
7
0
3
10

Vikings
7
9
7
0
23

text:
Date: December 31
Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
Game weather: Played indoors (domed stadium)
Game attendance: 66,802
Referee: Craig Wrolstad (4)
TV announcers (Fox): Kevin Burkhardt, Charles Davis and Pam Oliver
Recap, Game Book

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

MIN – Latavius Murray 1-yard run (Kai Forbath kick), 9:07. Vikings 7–0. Drive: 7 plays, 70 yards, 3:45.

Second quarter

MIN – Latavius Murray 1-yard run (Kai Forbath kick), 9:30. Vikings 14–0. Drive: 11 plays, 71 yards, 6:08.
CHI – Bryce Callahan 59-yard punt return (Mike Nugent kick), 5:50. Vikings 14–7.
MIN – Penalty on Mitchell Trubisky enforced in the end zone for a safety, 2:25. Vikings 16–7.

Third quarter

MIN – Stefon Diggs 15-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 0:14. Vikings 23–7. Drive: 7 plays, 63 yards, 3:36.

Fourth quarter

CHI – Mike Nugent 55-yard field goal, 8:22. Vikings 23–10. Drive: 5 plays, 11 yards, 1:31.

Top passers

CHI – Mitchell Trubisky – 20/36, 178 yards
MIN – Case Keenum – 21/29, 189 yards, TD

Top rushers

CHI – Tarik Cohen – 3 rushes, 13 yards
MIN – Latavius Murray – 20 rushes, 111 yards, 2 TD

Top receivers

CHI – Dontrelle Inman – 5 receptions, 94 yards
MIN – Stefon Diggs – 6 receptions, 65 yards, TD

text: Standings[edit]

text: Division[edit]

text:
NFC North

view
talk
edit

W
L
T
PCT
DIV
CONF
PF
PA
STK

(2) Minnesota Vikings
13
3
0
.813
5–1
10–2
382
252
W3

Detroit Lions
9
7
0
.533
5–1
8–4
410
376
W1

Green Bay Packers
7
9
0
.438
2–4
5–7
320
384
L3

Chicago Bears
5
11
0
.313
0–6
1–11
264
320
L1

text: Conference[edit]

text:
NFC

v
t
e

#
Team
Division
W
L
T
PCT
DIV
CONF
SOS
SOV
STK

Division leaders

1[a]
Philadelphia Eagles
East
13
3
0
.813
5–1
10–2
.461
.433
L1

2[a]
Minnesota Vikings
North
13
3
0
.813
5–1
10–2
.492
.447
W3

3[b]
Los Angeles Rams
West
11
5
0
.688
4–2
7–5
.504
.460
L1

4[b][c]
New Orleans Saints
South
11
5
0
.688
4–2
8–4
.535
.483
L1

Wild Cards

5[c]
Carolina Panthers
South
11
5
0
.688
3–3
7–5
.539
.500
L1

6
Atlanta Falcons
South
10
6
0
.625
4–2
9–3
.543
.475
W1

Did not qualify for the playoffs

7[d]
Detroit Lions
North
9
7
0
.563
5–1
8–4
.496
.368
W1

8[d]
Seattle Seahawks
West
9
7
0
.563
4–2
7–5
.492
.444
L1

9[d]
Dallas Cowboys
East
9
7
0
.563
5–1
7–5
.496
.438
W1

10
Arizona Cardinals
West
8
8
0
.500
3–3
5–7
.488
.406
W2

11[e]
Green Bay Packers
North
7
9
0
.438
2–4
5–7
.539
.357
L3

12[e]
Washington Redskins
East
7
9
0
.438
1–5
5–7
.539
.429
L1

13
San Francisco 49ers
West
6
10
0
.375
1–5
3–9
.512
.438
W5

14[f]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
South
5
11
0
.313
1–5
3–9
.555
.375
W1

15[f]
Chicago Bears
North
5
11
0
.313
0–6
1–11
.559
.500
L1

16
New York Giants
East
3
13
0
.188
1–5
1–11
.531
.458
W1

Tiebreakers[g]

^ Jump up to: a b Philadelphia claimed the No. 1 seed over Minnesota based on winning percentage vs. common opponents. Philadelphia's cumulative record against Carolina, Chicago,
the Los Angeles Rams and Washington was 5–0, compared to Minnesota's 4–1 cumulative record against the same four teams.
^ Jump up to: a b The Los Angeles Rams claimed the No. 3 seed over New Orleans based on head-to-head victory.
^ Jump up to: a b New Orleans clinched the NFC South division over Carolina based on head-to-head sweep.
^ Jump up to: a b c Detroit finished ahead of Dallas and Seattle based on conference record, while Seattle finished ahead of Dallas based on head-to-head victory.
^ Jump up to: a b Green Bay finished ahead of Washington based on record vs. common opponents. Green Bay's cumulative record against Dallas, Minnesota, New Orleans and Seattle
was 2–3, compared to Washington's 1–4 cumulative record against the same four teams.
^ Jump up to: a b Tampa Bay finished ahead of Chicago based on head-to-head victory.
Jump up ^ When breaking ties for three or more teams under the NFL's rules, they are first broken within divisions, then comparing only the highest ranked remaining team from each division.

Legend

w — Clinched wild card

x — Clinched playoff berth

y — Clinched division

z — Clinched first-round bye

* — Clinched home-field advantage

text: Postseason[edit]

text: Schedule[edit]

text:
Playoff round
Date
Opponent (seed)
Result
Record
Venue
NFL.com
recap

Wild Card
First-round bye

Divisional
January 14, 2018
New Orleans Saints (4)
W 29–24
1–0
U.S. Bank Stadium
Recap

NFC Championship
January 21, 2018
at Philadelphia Eagles (1)
L 7–38
1–1
Lincoln Financial Field
Recap

text: Game summaries[edit]

text: NFC Divisional Playoffs: vs. (#4) New Orleans Saints[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
Total

Saints
0
0
7
17
24

Vikings
10
7
0
12
29

text:
Date: January 14, 2018
Game time: 3:40 p.m. CST
Game weather: Played indoors (domed stadium)
Game attendance: 66,612
Referee: Gene Steratore (114)
TV announcers (Fox): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews and Chris Myers
Recap, Game Book

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

MIN – Jerick McKinnon 14-yard run (Kai Forbath kick), 9:45. Vikings 7–0. Drive: 8 plays, 55 yards, 4:15.
MIN – Kai Forbath 20-yard field goal, 4:42. Vikings 10–0. Drive: 7 plays, 79 yards, 2:27.

Second quarter

MIN – Latavius Murray 1-yard run (Kai Forbath kick), 9:58. Vikings 17–0. Drive: 12 plays, 58 yards, 6:08.

Third quarter

NO – Michael Thomas 14-yard pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick), 1:18. Vikings 17–7. Drive: 12 plays, 80 yards, 6:40.

Fourth quarter

NO – Michael Thomas 3-yard pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick), 13:09. Vikings 17–14. Drive: 6 plays, 30 yards, 3:00.
MIN – Kai Forbath 49-yard field goal, 10:12. Vikings 20–14. Drive: 7 plays, 44 yards, 2:57.
NO – Alvin Kamara 14-yard pass from Drew Brees (Wil Lutz kick), 3:01. Saints 21–20. Drive: 4 plays, 40 yards, 2:20.
MIN – Kai Forbath 53-yard field goal, 1:29. Vikings 23–21. Drive: 9 plays, 40 yards, 1:32.
NO - Wil Lutz 43-yard field goal, 0:25. Saints 24–23. Drive: 11 plays, 50 yards, 1:04.
MIN – Stefon Diggs 61-yard pass from Case Keenum (run failed), 0:00. Vikings 29–24. Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 0:25.

Top passers

NO – Drew Brees – 25/40, 294 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
MIN – Case Keenum – 25/40, 318 yards, TD, INT

Top rushers

NO – Alvin Kamara – 11 rushes, 43 yards
MIN – Latavius Murray – 19 rushes, 50 yards, TD

Top receivers

NO – Michael Thomas – 7 receptions, 85 yards, 2 TD
MIN – Stefon Diggs – 6 receptions, 137 yards, TD

text: NFC Championship: at (#1) Philadelphia Eagles[edit]

text:
1
2
3
4
Total

Vikings
7
0
0
0
7

Eagles
7
17
7
7
38

text: at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

text:
Date: January 21, 2018
Game time: 6:40 p.m. EST/5:40 p.m. CST
Game weather: Cloudy, 47 °F (8 °C)
Game attendance: 69,596
Referee: Ed Hochuli (85)
TV announcers (Fox): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews and Chris Myers
Recap, Game Book

text:
[show]Game information

First quarter

MIN – Kyle Rudolph 25-yard pass from Case Keenum (Kai Forbath kick), 10:14. Vikings 7–0. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:46.
PHI – Patrick Robinson 50-yard interception return (Jake Elliott kick), 6:26. Tied 7–7.

Second quarter

PHI – LeGarrette Blount 11-yard run (Jake Elliott kick), 13:37. Eagles 14–7. Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 6:20.
PHI – Alshon Jeffery 53-yard pass from Nick Foles (Jake Elliott kick), 1:09. Eagles 21–7. Drive: 7 plays, 76 yards, 2:07.
PHI – Jake Elliott 38-yard field goal, 0:00. Eagles 24–7. Drive: 4 plays, 60 yards, 0:29.

Third quarter

PHI – Torrey Smith 41-yard pass from Nick Foles (Jake Elliott kick), 10:05. Eagles 31–7. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 4:55.

Fourth quarter

PHI – Alshon Jeffery 5-yard pass from Nick Foles (Jake Elliott kick), 14:10. Eagles 38–7. Drive: 12 plays, 92 yards, 7:11.

Top passers

MIN – Case Keenum – 28/48, 271 yards, TD, 2 INT
PHI – Nick Foles – 26/33, 352 yards, 3 TD

Top rushers

MIN – Jerick McKinnon – 10 rushes, 40 yards
PHI – Jay Ajayi – 18 rushes, 73 yards

Top receivers

MIN – Jerick McKinnon – 11 receptions, 86 yards
PHI – Zach Ertz – 8 receptions, 93 yards

text: The Vikings, who marched onto Lincoln Financial Field as three-point favorites primarily due to a lack of confidence in Eagles second-string quarterback Nick Foles, lost in a massive upset to the number 1 seeded Philadelphia Eagles by a score of 38–7. Although the Vikings took an early lead on their opening drive via a pass from Case Keenum to Kyle Rudolph, the Eagles leveled the scores on a 50-yard Patrick Robinson interception return before scoring a further 31 unanswered points over the final three quarters.

text: Pro Bowl[edit]

text: Four Vikings players were elected to the Pro Bowl when the rosters were announced on December 19, 2017, with three-time selection Everson Griffen, two-time selection Xavier Rhodes and first-timer Adam Thielen all named as starters, while Griffen's fellow third-timer Anthony Barr was named on the bench at outside linebacker behind the Cardinals' Chandler Jones and the Redskins' Ryan Kerrigan.[29][30] Safety Harrison Smith was rated as the best safety in the league by Pro Football Focus over the course of the season, but was not included in the roster for the Pro Bowl, leading to some considering him to be one of the biggest snubs of the season.[31][32][33]

text: Smith was eventually named to the NFC's Pro Bowl roster on January 22, after New York Giants safety Landon Collins withdrew due to injury. Kyle Rudolph was also included after Jimmy Graham pulled out with an injury, while Linval Joseph took the place of the Super Bowl-bound Philadelphia Eagles' Fletcher Cox. Smith will be appearing in his third straight Pro Bowl, while Rudolph and Joseph are appearing in their second career Pro Bowls.[34] Barr and Griffen also pulled out of the Pro Bowl due to injury, replaced by Thomas Davis and Michael Bennett respectively.[35]

text: Statistics[edit]

text: Team leaders[edit]

text:
Category
Player(s)
Total

Passing yards
Case Keenum
3,547

Passing touchdowns
Case Keenum
22

Rushing yards
Latavius Murray
842

Rushing touchdowns
Latavius Murray
8

Receptions
Adam Thielen
91

Receiving yards
Adam Thielen
1,276

Receiving touchdowns
Stefon Diggs
Kyle Rudolph
8

Points
Kai Forbath
130

Kickoff return yards
Jerick McKinnon
312

Punt return yards
Marcus Sherels
372

Tackles
Eric Kendricks
113

Sacks
Everson Griffen
13.0

Interceptions
Harrison Smith
5

Forced fumbles
Everson Griffen
3

text: Source: Minnesota Vikings' official website[36]

text: League rankings[edit]

text:
Category
Total yards
Yards per game
NFL rank
(out of 32)

Passing offense
3,753
234.6
11th

Rushing offense
1,957
122.3
7th

Total offense
5,710
356.9
11th

Passing defense
3,078
192.4
2nd

Rushing defense
1,337
83.6
2nd

Total defense
4,415
275.9
1st

text: Source: NFL.com.[37]


document_title: Lean on Me (film)

question_text: who played kid ray in lean on me

question_tokens: who played kid ray in lean on me

root

text: Lean on Me (film)

text: Plot[edit]

text: By 1987, the once successful Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey, has deteriorated due to drugs and crime. The majority of students cannot pass basic skills testing, and even the teachers are not safe from gang violence. Mayor Bottman (Alan North) learns that the school will be turned over to state administration unless 75% of the students can pass the minimum basic skills test. He consults with school superintendent Dr. Frank Napier (Robert Guillaume), who suggests the school hire elementary school principal Joe Clark, aka "Crazy Joe" (Morgan Freeman), a former teacher at Eastside High, as the new principal. Reluctantly, the mayor hires Clark.

tag: p

text: Clark's immediate radical changes include expelling 300 students identified as drug dealers or abusers and troublemakers, instituting programs to improve school spirit including painting over graffiti-covered walls, and requiring students to learn the school song, and be punished if they cannot sing it on demand. When one of the expelled students is found beating up another student, Clark orders the doors of the school chained shut during school hours since alarmed security doors cannot be purchased.

text: Some parents react strongly to these measures, including Leonna Barrett (Lynne Thigpen), mother of one of the expelled students, who presses the mayor to oust Clark. Clark's radicalism causes him to come into conflict with members of the faculty, particularly English teacher Mr. Darnell, whom Clark suspends for picking up a piece of trash during a recital of the school song, and choir teacher Mrs. Elliot, whom Clark fires for being insubordinate after he cancels a pre-planned choral event, the school's upcoming annual Lincoln Center concert. Napier sets Clark straight over these incidents and lectures him to start being a team player. Clark reinstates Mr. Darnell, though he is too late to re-hire Mrs. Elliot.

text: His actions begin to have a positive effect on his students. Thomas Sams, a student expelled for crack use, pleads to be allowed to return to school and gradually reforms. Clark also reunites one of his old elementary students, Kaneesha Carter, with her estranged mother. Unfortunately, a practice basic skills test fails to garner enough passing students. Clark confronts his staff for their failure to educate their students and to prepare them for the world. He institutes a tutorial program to strengthen academic skills and encourages remedial reading courses on Saturdays which parents may attend alongside their children.

text: When the minimum basic skills test is finally assessed, the students are much better prepared and filled with a sense of self-worth. Before the results can arrive, the fire chief raids the school and discovers the chained doors. Clark is arrested for violating fire safety codes. That evening, the students gather at the meeting of the Paterson Board of Education, where school board member Ms. Barrett, is leading for Clark's removal. The students demand that Clark be released from jail and retained as principal. The mayor has Clark released from jail and talk to the students to go home. Clark calls for his students to return to their homes. He is interrupted by assistant principal Ms. Levias who reports that more than 75% of the students have passed the basic skills test. He announces the results over his megaphone. As a result, the school's current administration remains intact, and Clark is allowed to keep his job as principal of Eastside High. The students break into their school song in celebration. The film ends with the senior students graduating high school and Clark handing them their diplomas.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Morgan Freeman – as Joe Louis Clark
Beverly Todd – Mrs. Joan Levias
Alan North – as Mayor Don Bottman (based on Frank X. Graves, Jr.)[1]
Robert Guillaume – as Dr. Frank Napier
Ethan Phillips – as Mr. Rosenberg
Lynne Thigpen – Leonna Barrett
Robin Bartlett - Mrs. Elliott
Michael Beach – Mr. Larry Darnell
Sandra Reaves-Phillips – Mrs. Powers
Tony Todd – William Wright, Dean of Security
Sloane Shelton – Mrs. Hamilton
Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins – Thomas Sams
Karen Malina White – Kaneesha Carter
Karina Arroyave – Maria
Alex Romaguera - Kid Ray
Jose R. Severino - John Jones
Michael P. Moran - Mr. Ed O'Malley
Ivonne Coll – Mrs. Santos
Regina Taylor – Mrs. Carter
Jim Moody – Mr. Lott
Linda M. Salgado – Linda
Mike Starr – Mr. Zarella
Reverend Herschell Slappy – Himself
Cole Dragone - Boss
Michael Imperioli - George
David Nelson - Real Student
Anthony Avildsen (the director's real-life son) as Clark's student in prologue
Michael Best - Songbird
Kenneth Kelly - Songbird
Dwayne Jones - Songbird
Anthony Fuller - Songbird
Steven Capers Jr. - Songbird

tag: ul

text: Music[edit]

text: Songs included in the film include:

text:
Eastside High School Alma Mater, written by Catherine Peragallo Miller
Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses
I Ain't Makin' It by Daddy-O and DBC
Lean on Me by Thelma Houston
Lean on Me by Club Nouveau

text: Reception[edit]

text: On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 69%, based on 16 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10.[2] On CinemaScore, audiences gave the film a rare grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale.

text: Awards and honors[edit]

text: 1991 NAACP Image Awards

text:
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture – Morgan Freeman (won)
Outstanding Motion Picture (won)

text: 1990 Young Artist Awards

text:
Young Artist Award Best Motion Picture – Drama (nominated)
Best Young Actor Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Jermaine 'Huggy' Hopkins (nominated)
Best Young Actress Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Karen Malina White (nominated)
Jackie Coogan Award – Norman Twain, producer (nominated)

text: Other honors

text: The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists:

text:
2003: AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains:

“Crazy” Joe Clark – Nominated Hero[3]

2004: AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs:

"Lean on Me" – Nominated[4]

2006: AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers – Nominated[5]


document_title: List of Prime Ministers of Tanzania

question_text: who was the first prime minister of tanzania

text: List of Prime Ministers of Tanzania

text: Chief Minister of Tanganyika[edit]

text:
№
Chief Minister
(Birth–Death)
Portrait
Tenure
Political affiliation
(at time of appointment)

Took office
Left office

1
Julius Nyerere
(1922–1999)

2 September 1960
1 May 1961

Tanganyika African National Union

tag: table

text: Prime Ministers of Tanganyika[edit]

text:
№
Prime Minister
(Birth–Death)
Portrait
Tenure
Political affiliation
(at time of appointment)

Took office
Left office

1
Julius Nyerere
(1922–1999)

1 May 1961
22 January 1962

Tanganyika African National Union

2
Rashidi Kawawa
(1926–2009)

22 January 1962
9 December 1962

Tanganyika African National Union

Post abolished (9 December 1962 – 29 October 1964)

text: Prime Ministers of Tanzania[edit]

text:
№
Prime Minister
(Birth–Death)
Portrait
Tenure
Political affiliation
(at time of appointment)
President(s)

Took office
Left office

Post abolished (1 November 1964 – 17 February 1972)

1
Rashidi Kawawa
(1924–2009)

17 February 1972
13 February 1977

Tanganyika African National Union
Nyerere

Chama Cha Mapinduzi [1]
Nyerere

2
Edward Sokoine
(1938–1984)

13 February 1977
7 November 1980

Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Nyerere

3
Cleopa Msuya
(1932–)

7 November 1980
24 February 1983

Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Nyerere

(2)
Edward Sokoine
(1938–1984)

24 February 1983
12 April 1984
(died in office.)

Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Nyerere

4
Salim Ahmed Salim
(1942–)

24 April 1984
5 November 1985

Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Nyerere

5
Joseph Warioba
(1940–)

5 November 1985
9 November 1990

Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Mwinyi

6
John Malecela
(1934–)

9 November 1990
7 December 1994

Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Mwinyi

(3)
Cleopa Msuya
(1932–)

7 December 1994
28 November 1995

Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Mwinyi
Mkapa

7
Frederick Sumaye
(1950–)

28 November 1995
30 December 2005

Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Mkapa
Kikwete

8
Edward Lowassa
(1953–)

30 December 2005
7 February 2008

Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Kikwete

9
Mizengo Pinda
(1948–)

9 February 2008
5 November 2015

Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Kikwete

10
Kassim Majaliwa
(1961–)

20 November 2015
Incumbent

Chama Cha Mapinduzi
Magufuli


document_title: Climate of Georgia (U.S. state)

question_text: when will it start getting cooler in georgia

text: Climate of Georgia (U.S. state)

text: Temperatures[edit]

text: Most of Georgia has a sub -tropical climate tempered some by occasional climax air masses in the winter, hot/humid summers are typical, except at the highest elevations. Weather conditions in various localities of Georgia depend on how close they are to the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico, and their altitude. This is especially true in the mountainous areas in the northern part of the state, which are farther away from ocean waters and can be up to 4,500 feet (1,400 m) or higher above sea level. The areas near the Florida-Georgia border, extending from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the Chattahoochee River, experience the most subtropical weather, similar to that of Florida: hot, humid summers with frequent afternoon thunderstorms and mild, somewhat drier winters.

text: Despite having moderate weather compared to many other states, Georgia has occasional extreme weather. The highest temperature ever recorded is 112 °F (44 °C),[3] while the lowest ever recorded is −17 °F (−27 °C).[4] Heat waves with temperatures over 100 °F (38 °C) have been recorded.

text: Precipitation[edit]

text: The entire state, including the North Georgia mountains, receives moderate to heavy rain, which varies from 45 inches (1,100 mm) in central Georgia[5] to approximately 75 inches (1,900 mm) around the Northeast part of the state.[6] Georgia has had severe droughts in the past, especially in 2007. Tropical Storm Alberto in July 1994 looped across central Georgia, leading to 24-hour rainfall amounts exceeding 20 inches (510 mm) across central sections of the state.[7] It also became the wettest tropical cyclone on record for the state of Georgia, eclipsing the record set in 1929.[8] Snowfall, which occurs in most winters, increases in frequency and average amounts per year to the north.

text: Winter[edit]

text: Southern and southeast areas of the state experience snow much less frequently than other parts of Georgia. The Georgia Piedmont, sometimes referred to as the Blue Ridge province,[9] is somewhat cooler in winter than the coastal areas. The Southern areas of the Piedmont may receive snow every other year, while areas close to the foothills get snow a couple times a year averaging anywhere from a trace up 2" of annual snowfall. The biggest winter threat to the northern piedmont is freezing rain which is rain that freezes on contact. The mountains of Georgia have the coolest climate and most frequent snowfall in the state, although snowfall is less than any other part of the Appalachian Mountains. The exception to this is the mountain areas of Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Union, White and Rabun Counties, and surrounding counties which average 3 to 8 inches of snow annually. Heavy snow is considered 3|in|cm}} or more of snow in a 12 hour period or 4 inches (10 cm) or more of snow in a 24 hour period". Watches for heavy snow are issued when a 50 percent or greater chance of 2 inches (5.1 cm) or more of snow falling in a 12-hour period, or 4 inches (10 cm) or more in a 24-hour period is expected.The Deceptive Killers], Accessed December 11, 2007 Archived March 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.</ref>[10]

text: Winterweather watches are issued when there is a "50 percent or greater chance of significant and damaging accumulations of ice during freezing rain situations"; these watches are normally issued 12 to 48 hours in advance. A winter storm warning for an ice storm means that icy conditions are "occurring, imminent, or have a very high probability of occurring". These warnings are usually issued when there is an 80 percent or greater chance of meeting ice storm conditions.[11]

text: Blizzards in Georgia are rare. The last blizzard the state had was in March 1993.[12][13]

text: Winter in South Georgia, which lasts from December to January, is much more mild. Daytime highs range from approximately 50 °F (10 °C) in the northernmost interior areas to near 70 °F (21 °C) along the coast and in the extreme south.[14]

text: Winters in Georgia are determined by the Pacific Ocean. During El Niño, the jet stream is located along the Southern U.S., allowing for colder and wetter conditions with greater snowfall. The opposite phase, La Niña, keeps the jet stream further north, thus winters are warmer and drier across Georgia.

text: Spring[edit]

text: Weather during springtime in North Georgia and the mountains changes from day to day and year to year.[15] Early spring in the North Georgia Mountains can be very chilly during the day; average highs are near 62 °F (17 °C). The weather can be highly variable with temperatures ranging between 75 °F (24 °C) and 40 °F (4 °C). The rainiest time of the year is normally April, which can also be a windy month where daytime temperatures can rise to near 75 °F (24 °C) and evening temperatures fall to around 40 °F (4 °C)

text: Summer[edit]

text: Summers are hot and humid with temperatures in the afternoons that reach, on average, to near 90 °F (32 °C). Overnight lows fall to near 68 °F (20 °C) [15] and there is usually an 8 °F (4 °C) difference in temperature between the mountains and Atlanta. While humidity in North Georgia, especially in the mountains, can be high it is not as high as it is in South Georgia. Summer thunderstorms add to the humidity in the area by providing 4.5 inches (110 mm) to 5.5 inches (140 mm) of rain during the summer months.

text: Tropical cyclones[edit]

text: Although Georgia experiences many tropical cyclones,[16] it only rarely experiences a direct hurricane strike due to its fairly small coastline. The last hurricane to directly affect the Georgia coastline was Hurricane David in 1979. The last major hurricane (Category 3 or higher) to hit the Georgia coast directly was in 1898. More common are hurricanes which strike the Florida Panhandle, weaken over land, and bring tropical storm or hurricane-force winds and heavy rain to the Georgia interior (especially the southwestern areas), as well as hurricanes that come close to the Georgia coastline, brushing the coast on their way up to hit the Carolinas.

text: Tornadoes[edit]

text: Georgia is one of the leading states in incidents of tornadoes though they are rarely stronger than F1 .[17] Southwestern and northern sections of the state have historically reported the largest amount of tornadoes.[18] The areas closest to the Florida border report F0 and F1 tornadoes associated with summer afternoon thunderstorms. However, tornadoes of F3 intensity or greater within Georgia are uncommon, with three events reported on average each year.[19]

text: Fall[edit]

text: Georgia's autumns are normally sunny and cool.[20] September and October, the driest months of the year, qualify as "Indian Summer" weather with temperatures that are near 78 °F (26 °C) during the daytime. At night, the temperature drops to near 50 °F (10 °C). It is much cooler in November with an average high of 62 °F (17 °C) and low of 36 °F (2 °C). The first freeze of the year normally falls within November, except in the northern mountains, where it occurs in October.[15]

text: Statistics for selected cities[edit]

text:
[show]Climate data for Atlanta (Hartsfield–Jackson Int'l), 1981–2010 normals,[a] extremes 1878–present[b]

Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year

Record high °F (°C)
79
(26)
80
(27)
89
(32)
93
(34)
97
(36)
106
(41)
105
(41)
104
(40)
102
(39)
95
(35)
84
(29)
79
(26)
106
(41)

Mean maximum °F (°C)
69.6
(20.9)
73.2
(22.9)
80.8
(27.1)
85.0
(29.4)
89.3
(31.8)
94.6
(34.8)
96.3
(35.7)
95.4
(35.2)
91.4
(33)
84.4
(29.1)
77.5
(25.3)
70.8
(21.6)
97.6
(36.4)

Average high °F (°C)
52.3
(11.3)
56.6
(13.7)
64.6
(18.1)
72.5
(22.5)
79.9
(26.6)
86.4
(30.2)
89.1
(31.7)
88.1
(31.2)
82.2
(27.9)
72.7
(22.6)
63.6
(17.6)
54.0
(12.2)
71.9
(22.2)

Daily mean °F (°C)
43.3
(6.3)
47.2
(8.4)
54.3
(12.4)
62.0
(16.7)
70.1
(21.2)
77.3
(25.2)
80.2
(26.8)
79.4
(26.3)
73.5
(23.1)
63.3
(17.4)
54.0
(12.2)
45.3
(7.4)
62.6
(17)

Average low °F (°C)
34.3
(1.3)
37.7
(3.2)
44.1
(6.7)
51.5
(10.8)
60.3
(15.7)
68.2
(20.1)
71.3
(21.8)
70.7
(21.5)
64.8
(18.2)
54.0
(12.2)
44.5
(6.9)
36.5
(2.5)
53.2
(11.8)

Mean minimum °F (°C)
15.7
(−9.1)
20.9
(−6.2)
27.4
(−2.6)
35.2
(1.8)
47.6
(8.7)
58.5
(14.7)
65.1
(18.4)
63.7
(17.6)
51.4
(10.8)
38.5
(3.6)
29.5
(−1.4)
20.0
(−6.7)
12.1
(−11.1)

Record low °F (°C)
−8
(−22)
−9
(−23)
10
(−12)
25
(−4)
37
(3)
39
(4)
53
(12)
55
(13)
36
(2)
28
(−2)
3
(−16)
0
(−18)
−9
(−23)

Average precipitation inches (mm)
4.20
(106.7)
4.67
(118.6)
4.81
(122.2)
3.36
(85.3)
3.67
(93.2)
3.95
(100.3)
5.27
(133.9)
3.90
(99.1)
4.47
(113.5)
3.41
(86.6)
4.10
(104.1)
3.90
(99.1)
49.71
(1,262.6)

Average snowfall inches (cm)
1.3
(3.3)
0.4
(1)
0.8
(2)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0.4
(1)
2.9
(7.4)

Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)
10.9
9.8
9.7
8.6
9.3
9.9
11.7
9.7
7.5
6.9
8.8
10.5
113.3

Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)
0.8
0.6
0.3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.4
2.1

Average relative humidity (%)
67.6
63.4
62.4
61.0
67.2
69.8
74.4
74.8
73.9
68.5
68.1
68.4
68.3

Mean monthly sunshine hours
164.0
171.7
220.5
261.2
288.6
284.8
273.8
258.6
227.5
238.5
185.1
164.0
2,738.3

Percent possible sunshine
52
56
59
67
67
66
63
62
61
68
59
53
62

Source: NOAA (relative humidity and sun 1961–1990)[22][23][24]

text:
[hide]Climate data for Savannah, Georgia (Savannah/Hilton Head Int'l), 1981–2010 normals,[c] extremes 1871–present[d]

Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year

Record high °F (°C)
84
(29)
86
(30)
94
(34)
95
(35)
101
(38)
104
(40)
105
(41)
104
(40)
102
(39)
97
(36)
89
(32)
83
(28)
105
(41)

Mean maximum °F (°C)
76.3
(24.6)
79.6
(26.4)
84.3
(29.1)
89.4
(31.9)
93.6
(34.2)
98.0
(36.7)
99.3
(37.4)
97.6
(36.4)
94.0
(34.4)
88.6
(31.4)
82.8
(28.2)
77.6
(25.3)
100.3
(37.9)

Average high °F (°C)
60.4
(15.8)
64.3
(17.9)
70.9
(21.6)
77.6
(25.3)
84.6
(29.2)
89.9
(32.2)
92.4
(33.6)
90.6
(32.6)
86.0
(30)
78.4
(25.8)
70.6
(21.4)
62.5
(16.9)
77.4
(25.2)

Average low °F (°C)
38.6
(3.7)
41.7
(5.4)
47.6
(8.7)
53.6
(12)
62.1
(16.7)
69.8
(21)
72.8
(22.7)
72.4
(22.4)
67.8
(19.9)
57.5
(14.2)
47.9
(8.8)
40.8
(4.9)
56.1
(13.4)

Mean minimum °F (°C)
21.7
(−5.7)
25.9
(−3.4)
30.8
(−0.7)
38.3
(3.5)
49.3
(9.6)
61.8
(16.6)
67.8
(19.9)
66.4
(19.1)
55.4
(13)
40.9
(4.9)
32.0
(0)
24.5
(−4.2)
19.3
(−7.1)

Record low °F (°C)
3
(−16)
8
(−13)
20
(−7)
28
(−2)
39
(4)
49
(9)
61
(16)
57
(14)
43
(6)
28
(−2)
15
(−9)
9
(−13)
3
(−16)

Average precipitation inches (mm)
3.69
(93.7)
2.79
(70.9)
3.73
(94.7)
3.07
(78)
2.98
(75.7)
5.95
(151.1)
5.60
(142.2)
6.56
(166.6)
4.58
(116.3)
3.69
(93.7)
2.37
(60.2)
2.95
(74.9)
47.96
(1,218.2)

Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)
9.0
8.1
7.7
6.8
7.0
11.9
12.3
13.5
9.6
7.1
6.8
8.4
108.2

Average relative humidity (%)
69.6
67.0
66.8
65.4
70.1
73.6
76.0
78.6
77.7
72.9
72.3
70.8
71.7

Mean monthly sunshine hours
175.5
181.0
232.0
275.6
288.9
276.0
271.3
245.8
214.3
228.6
193.5
174.2
2,756.7

Percent possible sunshine
55
59
62
71
67
65
62
60
58
65
61
56
62

Source: NOAA (relative humidity and sun 1961–1990)[25][26][27]


document_title: National Accountability Bureau

question_text: who is the current chairman of nab pakistan

text: National Accountability Bureau

text: Mission[edit]

text: Its mission according to the official website:

text:
“

is to work to eliminate corruption through a comprehensive approach encompassing prevention, awareness, monitoring and combating.[8]

”

text: Organization[edit]

text:
The bureau has two principal officers: the Chairman; and the Prosecutor General of Accountability in Pakistan. The Chairman is the head of investigation, and serves a four-year term. Lt-Gen Syed Mohammad Amjad was the first chairman of the bureau. Justice (R)
Javed Iqbal is the present chairman of NAB. The Prosecutor General is the head of prosecution, and serves a three-year term. Deputy Attorney General Waqas Qadeer Dar is current Prosecutor General of National Accountability Bureau (Nab).

text: Performance and notable operations[edit]

text: Financial recoveries[edit]

text: Since its formation, the institution has recovered over ₨. 240 Bn (approximately $ 4 Bn) from corruption committed by country's elite politicians, bureaucrats, former military officers, and those involved in the white-collar crimes. According to Musharraf the "NAB was created to put the fear of God in the corrupt, as Pakistan was on the brink of being declared a failed state before he came to power."

text: In its research studies published by NAB in 2011, the institution has recovered ₨. 119.5Bn from bank defaults and provided ₨. 60Bn to restructured the banks.[9]

text: Prosecution and investigations[edit]

text: In 2011, the NAB reported that it has 1791 cases that were under prosecution, out of which, 1093 cases prosecutions were completed.[10]

text: Infrastructure[edit]

text: In 2013, NAB inducted a large number of officers and conducted their Investigation Training at COMSATS University in Islamabad. The officers, after successful completion of the Seven Months off-job and 2 Months on-job training, were posted to different bureaus within the country. There are various challenges currently faced by NAB, including a slow judicial process, difficulty in collecting prosecutable evidence since the majority of country's public record is not electronically archived or integrated into a central database.

text: NAB employees are consistently kept up to date with new training programs in financial crimes.

text: Criticism[edit]

text: The National Accountability Bureau has been criticized by the Supreme Court for mismanagement. Justice Jawad S. Khawaja of the Supreme Court criticized the institution for its practice of 'plea bargain' and described it as 'institutionalized corruption.' Under the said practice the Bureau arrests suspects and negotiates for an out-of-court settlement under which the suspect is made to sign a confession and deposit funds of an amount determined by NAB. Justice Khawaja stated during court proceedings that he believed some NAB officials warn influential suspects before arrest to allow them sufficient time to escape.[11][12]

text: Past Chairmen[edit]

text:
Cdre. Mohammad Zakaullah, 1999-2003
Lt-Gen. Muhammad Amjad, 2003-2005
Lt-Gen. Shahid Aziz, 2005-2007
Naveed Ahsan, 2007-2010
Deedar Hussain, 2010-2011
Adm. Fasih Bokhari, 2011-2013
Qamar Zaman Chaudhry, 2013-2017
Javaid Iqbal, 2017-Present


document_title: Slave states and free states

question_text: what number state is west virginia to enter the union

text: Slave states and free states

text: Early history[edit]

text: Historically, slavery in Eastern North America in the 17th and 18th century began in the English colonies. Slavery in the colonial US was established in each of the Thirteen Colonies. During British colonization, the number of people in slavery expanded, primarily drawn from the Atlantic slave trade.[1] Organized political and social movements to end slavery began in the mid-18th century.[2] The sentiments of the American Revolution (1775-1783) and the equality evoked by the Declaration of Independence stood in contrast to the status of most black Americans. Despite this, thousands of black Americans fought against the British in hopes of a new order. Thousands also joined the British army, encouraged by British offers of freedom in exchange for military service.[2] (See Black Patriot and Black Loyalist).

text: In the 1770s, blacks throughout New England began sending petitions to northern legislatures demanding freedom. Five of the Northern self-declared states adopted policies to at least gradually abolish slavery: Pennsylvania (1780), New Hampshire and Massachusetts (1783), Connecticut and Rhode Island (1784). Vermont had abolished slavery in 1777, while it was still independent, and when it joined the United States as the 14th state in 1791, it was the first state to join untainted by slavery. These state jurisdictions thus enacted the first abolition laws in the Americas.[3] By 1804 (including, New York (1799), New Jersey (1804)), all of the northern states had abolished slavery or set measures in place to gradually abolish it.[2][4]

text: In the south, Kentucky was created a slave state from Virginia (1792), and Tennessee was created a slave state from North Carolina (1796). By 1804, before the creation of new states from the federal western territories, the number of slave and free states was eight each. In popular usage, the geographic divide between the slave and free states was called the Mason-Dixon line (between Maryland and Pennsylvania or Delaware).

text: The 1787, United States Constitutional Convention debated slavery, and for a time slavery was a major impediment to passage of the new constitution. As a compromise, the institution was acknowledged though never mentioned directly in the constitution, as in the case of the Fugitive Slave Clause. In 1808, the United States outlawed the international slave import trade, but the domestic trade in half the states continued.

text: New territories[edit]

text: The Northwest Ordinance of 1787, passed just before the U.S. Constitution was ratified, had prohibited slavery in the federal Northwest Territory. The southern boundary of the territory was the Ohio River, which was regarded as a westward extension of the Mason-Dixon line. The territory was generally settled by New Englanders and American Revolutionary War veterans granted land there. The 6 states created from the territory were all free states: Ohio (1803), Indiana (1816), Illinois (1818), Michigan (1837), Wisconsin (1848), and Minnesota (1858).

text: During the War of 1812, the British accepted as free all slaves who came into their hands, with no conditions as to military service such as had been made in Dunmore's Proclamation in the Revolutionary War. By the end of the War of 1812, the momentum for antislavery reform, state by state, appeared to run out of steam, with half of the states having already abolished slavery (Northeast), prohibited from the start (Midwest) or committed to eliminating slavery, and half committed to continuing the institution indefinitely (South).

text: The potential for political conflict over slavery at a federal level made politicians concerned about the balance of power in the United States Senate, where each State was represented by two Senators. With an equal number of slave states and free states, the Senate was equally divided on issues important to the South. As the population of the free states began to outstrip the population of the slave states, leading to control of the House of Representatives by free states, the Senate became the preoccupation of slave-state politicians interested in maintaining a Congressional veto over federal policy in regard to slavery and other issues important to the South. As a result of this preoccupation, slave states and free states were often admitted into the Union in opposite pairs to maintain the existing Senate balance between slave and free states.

text: Missouri Compromise[edit]

text: Controversy over whether Missouri should be admitted as a slave state resulted in the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which specified that Louisiana Purchase territory north of latitude 36° 30', which described most of Missouri's southern boundary, would be organized as free states and territory south of that line would be reserved for organization as slave states. As part of the compromise, the admission of Maine (1820) as a free state was secured to balance Missouri's admission as a slave state (1820).

text: Texas and the Mexican Cession[edit]

text: The admission of Texas (1845) and the acquisition of the vast new Mexican Cession territories (1848), after the Mexican–American War, created further North-South conflict. Although the settled portion of Texas was an area rich in cotton plantations and dependent on slave labor, the territory acquired in the Mountain West did not seem hospitable to cotton or slavery.

text: As part of the Compromise of 1850, California was admitted as a free state (1850), without a slave state pair. To avoid creating a free state majority in the Senate, California agreed to send one pro-slavery and one anti-slavery senator to Congress.[citation needed]

text: Last battles[edit]

text: The difficulty of identifying territory that could be organized into additional slave states stalled the process of opening the western territories to settlement, while slave state politicians sought a solution, with efforts being made to acquire Cuba (see: Ostend Manifesto, 1852) and to annex Nicaragua (see: Walker affair, 1856–57), both to be slave states.

text: In 1854, the Missouri Compromise of 1820 was superseded by the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed white male settlers in the new territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery within each territory. The result was that pro- and anti-slavery elements flooded into Kansas with the goal of voting slavery up or down, leading to bloody fighting.[5] An effort was initiated to organize Kansas for admission as a slave state, paired with Minnesota, but the admission of Kansas as a slave state was blocked because of questions over the legitimacy of its slave state constitution. Anti-slavery settlers in "Bleeding Kansas" in the 1850s were called Free-Staters and Free-Soilers, because they fought (successfully) to include Kansas in the Union as a free state in 1861.

text: When the admission of Minnesota proceeded unimpeded in 1858, the balance in the Senate was lost; a loss that was compounded by the subsequent admission of Oregon as a free state in 1859.

text: Slave and free state pairs[edit]

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text: Before 1812, the concern about balancing slave-states and free states was not profound. This is how the states lined up in 1812. The year column is the year the state ratified the US Constitution or was admitted to the Union:

text:
Slave states
Year
Free states
Year

Delaware
1787
New Jersey(Slave until 1804)
1787

Georgia
1788
Pennsylvania
1787

Maryland
1788
Connecticut
1788

South Carolina
1788
Massachusetts
1788

Virginia
1788
New Hampshire
1788

North Carolina
1789
New York(Slave until 1799)
1788

Kentucky
1792
Rhode Island
1790

Tennessee
1796
Vermont
1791

Louisiana
1812
Ohio
1803

text: After 1812, and until 1850, maintaining the balance of free and slave state votes in the Senate was considered of paramount importance if the Union were to be preserved, and states were typically admitted in pairs:

text:
Slave states
Year
Free states
Year

Mississippi
1817
Indiana
1816

Alabama
1819
Illinois
1818

Missouri
1821
Maine
1820

Arkansas
1836
Michigan
1837

Florida
1845
Iowa
1846

Texas
1845
Wisconsin
1848

text: The balance was maintained until 1850:

text:
Slave states
Year
Free states
Year

California(One pro-slavery Senator)
1850

Minnesota
1858

Oregon
1859

Kansas
1861

text: The Civil War (1861-1865) disrupted and eventually ended slavery:

text:
Slave state
Year
Free state
Year

West Virginia(gradual abolition plan)
1863
Nevada
1864

text: West Virginia[edit]

text: During the Civil War, a Unionist government in Wheeling, Virginia, presented a statehood bill to Congress in order to create a new state from 48 counties in western Virginia. The new state would eventually incorporate 50 counties. The issue of slavery in the new state delayed approval of the bill. In the Senate Charles Sumner objected to the admission of a new slave state, while Benjamin Wade defended statehood as long as a gradual emancipation clause would be included in the new state constitution.[6] Two senators represented the Unionist Virginia government, John S. Carlile and Waitman T. Willey. Senator Carlile objected that Congress had no right to impose emancipation on West Virginia, while Willey proposed a compromise amendment to the state constitution for gradual abolition. Sumner attempted to add his own amendment to the bill, which was defeated, and the statehood bill passed both houses of Congress with the addition of what became known as the Willey Amendment. President Lincoln signed the bill on December 31, 1862. Voters in western Virginia approved the Willey Amendment on March 26, 1863.[7]

text: President Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, which exempted from emancipation the border states (four slave states loyal to the Union) as well as some territories occupied by Union forces within Confederate states. Two additional counties were added to West Virginia in late 1863, Berkeley and Jefferson. The slaves in Berkeley were also under exemption but not those in Jefferson County. As of the census of 1860, the 49 exempted counties held some 6000 slaves over 21 years of age who would not have been emancipated, about 40% of the total slave population.[8] The terms of the Willey Amendment only freed children, at birth or as they came of age, and prohibited the importation of slaves.[9]

text: West Virginia became the 35th state on June 20, 1863, and the last slave state admitted to the Union.[10][11][12] Eighteen months later, the West Virginia legislature completely abolished slavery,[13] and also ratified the 13th Amendment on February 3, 1865.

text: End of slavery[edit]

text: At the start of the Civil War, there were 34 states in the United States, 15 of which were slave states. Eleven of these slave states issued various emergency declarations of secession from the United States to form the Confederacy and were represented in the Confederate Congress.[14][15] The slave states that stayed in the Union, Maryland, Missouri, Delaware, and Kentucky (called, border states) were seated in the U.S. Congress. By the time the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, Tennessee was already in Union control. Accordingly, the Proclamation applied only to the 10 remaining Confederate states. Abolition of slavery became a condition of the return of local rule and restoration in those states that had declared their secession.

text:
The border states of Maryland (November 1864)[16] and Missouri (January 1865),[17]
one of the Confederate states, Tennessee (January 1865),[18] and the new state of West Virginia (February 1865),[19] abolished slavery just prior to the end of the Civil War (May 1865). In the District of Columbia, slavery was abolished in 1862.[20] However, slavery persisted in Delaware,[21] Kentucky,[22] and 10 of the 11 of the former Confederate states, until the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery throughout the United States on December 6, 1865, ending the distinction between slave and free states.[23]