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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| Seattle - LP: F. Hernandez | 0 | FINAL |
| Cleveland - WP: J. Masterson | 6 |
| Toronto | 0 | Postponed |
| NY Yankees | 0 |
| Arizona - LP: W. Miley | 1 | FINAL |
| Miami - WP: R. Nolasco | 2 |
| Cincinnati - LP: A. Chapman | 2 | FINAL |
| Philadelphia - WP: A. Bastardo | 3 |
| Houston - LP: L. Harrell | 0 | FINAL |
| Pittsburgh - WP: J. Locke | 1 |
| Los Angeles | 2 | Bottom 6th Inning |
| Atlanta | 1 |
| Tampa Bay - WP: M. Moore | 3 | FINAL |
| Baltimore - LP: C. Tillman | 1 |
| Boston | 3 | Delayed |
| Minnesota | 1 |
| Milwaukee - LP: K. Lohse | 2 | FINAL |
| St. Louis - WP: J. Gast | 4 |
| NY Mets - WP: S. Rice | 4 | FINAL |
| Chicago Cubs - LP: K. Fujikawa | 3 |
| Chicago WSox | 0 | Top 8th Inning |
| LA Angels | 4 |
| Kansas City | 3 | Bottom 6th Inning |
| Oakland | 2 |
| Washington | 2 | Top 6th Inning |
| San Diego | 7 |
| San Francisco | 0 | Bottom 5th Inning |
| Colorado | 2 |
| Detroit - D. Fister | 7:05 PM |
| Texas - D. Holland |
| Memphis | 81 | 4th Qtr 0:53 |
| San Antonio | 105 |
| Los Angeles | 0 | FINAL |
| Red Bull New York | 1 |
| Sporting Kansas City | 0 | 2nd Half |
| D.C. | 0 |
| Real Salt Lake | 9:30 PM |
| Chivas USA |
| Date/Opponent | Time | W | L | Score |
| 2013 preseason | ||||
| Aug 9 - vs. Houston | 7 pm | |||
| Aug 16 - at Buffalo | 6 pm | |||
| Aug 25 - at San Francisco | 7 pm | |||
| Aug 29 - vs. Tennessee | 7 pm | |||
| 2013 regular season | ||||
| Sep 8 - at Detroit | Noon | |||
| Sep 15 - at Chicago | Noon | |||
| Sep 22 - vs. Cleveland | Noon | |||
| Sep 29 - vs. Pittsburgh (in London) | Noon | |||
| Oct 6 - Bye | ||||
| Oct 13 - vs. Carolina | Noon | |||
| Oct 21 - at. NY Giants | 7:40 pm | |||
| Oct 27 - vs. Green Bay | 7:30 pm | |||
| Nov 3 - at Dallas | Noon | |||
| Nov 7 - vs. Washington | 7:25 pm | |||
| Nov 17 - at Seattle | 3:25 pm | |||
| Nov. 24 - at Green Bay | Noon | |||
| Dec 1 - vs. Chicago | Noon | |||
| Dec 8 - at Baltimore | Noon | |||
| Dec 15 - vs. Philadelphia | Noon | |||
| Dec 22 - at Cincinnati | Noon | |||
| Dec 29 - vs. Detroit | Noon |
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