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Minnesota Vikings at Pittsburgh Steelers

Final · Kickoff

2009 Regular season · Week 7 · Heinz Field

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Historical final score from the WHYNFL results archive. WHYNFL preserves the team labels of the time and converts supplied Eastern kickoff times. Team links open today's franchise hubs. Historical box scores and play-by-play are not supplied.

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MINMinnesota Vikings17Away
PITPittsburgh Steelers27Home
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Steelers beat Vikings 27–17 in 2009 Week 7

The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Minnesota Vikings 27–17 at home at Heinz Field in Week 7 of the 2009 regular season on October 25, 2009.

The result moved the Steelers to 5–2 and dropped the Vikings to 6–1. It was the Steelers’ fourth straight win. The Vikings finished 2009 at 12–4 and lost in the NFC Championship Game. The Steelers finished 2009 at 9–7 and missed the playoffs.

In their previous meeting, the Pittsburgh Steelers won 18–3 on December 18, 2005. When they met again, the Minnesota Vikings won 34–27 on September 29, 2013.

Written by WHYNFL from the final scores in its results archive, which begins with the 1999 season. Records, streaks and season results count regular-season and playoff finals.

Series Steelers lead the series 3–0 after meeting No. 3 since 2001 Full series history

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