--The Vikings' loss in that title game included a missed 38-yard field goal by Gary Anderson in the fourth quarter that would have clinched the victory and sent the Vikings to the Super Bowl.
Vikings quarterback Gus Frerotte would not confirm that he is playing with a broken transverse process in his back, as Fox play-by-play announcer Joe Buck said Sunday.
Days after a federal judge ruled that Pat Williams could continue playing despite an NFL ruling that banned him for four games for violating the league's policy on performance enhancing drugs, the Vikings lost the Pro Bowl nose tackle to injury.
PLAYER NOTES --DE Jared Allen had two sacks, two tackles for a loss and four quarterback hurries Sunday despite playing with a sore shoulder and a knee injury suffered the previous week at Detroit.