YOUR GUIDE TO THE TWIN CITIES
players
| #28 | Adrian Peterson |
| Position | Running back | DOB | 3/21/85 | Height | 6'1" | Weight | 212 |
Biography
- Acquired: First-round draft choice (seventh overall) in 2007
- College: Oklahoma
- NFL season: third
- Led the league in rushing, the first Viking to accomplish the feat, with 1,760 yards in 2008.
- Holds the NFL record for yards rushing in a game (296 vs. San Diego 11/4/07).
- Won the Bert Bell Award as pro football's player of the year in 2008.
- All-Pro first team last season, has started the Pro Bowl for the NFC the past two seasons, and was the game's MVP following the 2007 season.
- With 3,101 rushing yards in his first two seasons is fourth best in NFL history for a third-year player.
- His father, Nelson Peterson, was a college basketball player at Idaho State and his mother, Bonita Jackson, was a track and field standout.
- Peterson has a daughter, Adeja.
2009 Minnesota Vikings Schedule/Results
2009 National Football Conference Standings
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| LA Lakers | 88 | FINAL |
| Boston | 87 |
| Golden State | 84 | 4th Qtr |
| Denver | 71 |
| Houston | 84 | 4th Qtr 6:20 |
| Phoenix | 83 |
| Oklahoma City | 8 | 1st Qtr 6:48 |
| Sacramento | 16 |
| St. Louis | 4 | FINAL(SO) |
| New Jersey | 3 |
| Montreal | 4 | FINAL |
| NY Islanders | 2 |
| Tampa Bay | 3 | FINAL(OT) |
| NY Rangers | 4 |
| Toronto | 3 | FINAL |
| Philadelphia | 4 |
| Winnipeg | 3 | FINAL(SO) |
| Washington | 2 |
| Dallas | 4 | FINAL |
| Columbus | 2 |
| Nashville | 3 | FINAL |
| Ottawa | 4 |
| Los Angeles | 1 | FINAL |
| Florida | 3 |
| Vancouver | 5 | FINAL |
| Minnesota | 2 |
| Calgary | 0 | 3rd Prd 20:00 |
| Phoenix | 1 |
| (21) Wisconsin | 68 | FINAL |
| Minnesota | 61 |
| Ole Miss | 60 | FINAL |
| (20) Miss State | 70 |
| Illinois | 71 | FINAL |
| (23) Indiana | 84 |
| Tennessee St | 72 | FINAL |
| (9) Murray State | 68 |
| (16) St Marys-CA | 10:00 PM |
| Gonzaga |
| Old Dominion | 63 | FINAL |
| (12) Delaware | 76 |
| Wisconsin | 54 | FINAL |
| (18) Penn State | 69 |
| (5) Duke | 71 | FINAL |
| Boston College | 62 |
| (8) Maryland | 91 | FINAL |
| Clemson | 61 |
| Detroit | 70 | FINAL |
| (9) Green Bay | 58 |
| (10) Ohio State | 65 | FINAL |
| Illinois | 66 |
| (24) South Carolina | 47 | FINAL |
| Arkansas | 68 |
| Michigan | 63 | FINAL |
| (13) Nebraska | 52 |
| U-S-C | 44 | 2nd Half 5:30 |
| (4) Stanford | 60 |
| (19) Gonzaga | 40 | 2nd Half 1:28 |
| B-Y-U | 68 |
| (11) Tennessee | 58 | 2nd Half 7:00 |
| Vanderbilt | 70 |
vikings schedule
| Date/Opponent | Time | W | L | Score | |
| 2011 preseason | |||||
| Aug 13 @ Tennessee | L | 14-3 | |||
| Aug 20 at Seattle | W | 20-7 | |||
| Aug 27 vs. Dallas | L | 23-17 | |||
| Sep 1 vs. Houston | W | 28-0 | |||
| 2011 regular season | |||||
| Sep 11 at San Diego | L | 24-17 | |||
| Sep 18 vs. Tampa Bay | L | 24-20 | |||
| Sep 25 vs. Detroit | L | 26-23 OT | |||
| Oct. 2 at Kansas City | L | 22-17 | |||
| Oct 9 vs. Arizona | W | 34-10 | |||
| Oct 16 - at Chicago | L | 39-10 | |||
| Oct 23 vs. Green Bay | L | 33-27 | |||
| Oct 30 at Carolina | W | 24-21 | |||
| Nov. 14 at Green Bay | L | 45-7 | |||
| Nov 20 vs. Oakland | L | 27-21 | |||
| Nov 27 at Atlanta | L | 24-14 | |||
| Dec 4 vs. Denver | L | 35-32 | |||
| Dec 11 at Detroit | L | 34-28 | |||
| Dec 18 vs. New Orleans | L | 42-20 | |||
| Dec 24 at Washington | W | 33-26 | |||
| Jan 1 vs. Chicago | L | 17-13 | |||
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