With Randy Moss and Cris Carter out wide, Randall Cunningham and the Vikings went 15-1 in the regular season. From there, they defeated the Cardinals in the divisional round of the playoffs, but they lost a close one in the conference championship game.

Cunningham earned a career- and season-high passer rating of 106.0 with 8.54 ANY/A. He threw for 34 touchdowns in 15 games that season, tossing only 10 interceptions.