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1977 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 9-5-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 231 points (16.5/g), 16th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 227 points (16.2/g), 13th.
 Differential of 4 points (0.3/g), 14th.
 Expected W-L: 7.1-6.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -17 (-1.2/g), 28th.

Simple Rating System: Total -1.6, Offense: -1.0, Defense: -0.6, SoS: -1.9, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Bud Grant

 Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Burns
 Defensive Coordinator: Buddy Ryan

 Other Notable Asst.: Buddy Ryan (Defensive Line)

Training Camp: Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 231 4189 933 4.5 245 228 388 2368 19 22 5.6 126 510 1821 9 3.6 110 46 24 9
Team Defense 227 3799 890 4.3 212 149 312 1581 15 16 4.6 80 548 2218 11 4.0 119 29 13 13
Lg Rank Offense 16 14 14 3 6 4 20 11 13 21 21 21 23 27
Lg Rank Defense 13 11 7 4 3 18 21 4 20 21 10 21 23 16

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 18 boxscore L OT 0-1 Dallas Cowboys 10 16 20 294 138 156 5 16 297 166 131 1
2 Sat September 24 boxscore W 1-1 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 9 3 17 315 211 104 3 8 138 34 104 3
3 Sun October 2 boxscore W 2-1 Green Bay Packers 19 7 24 325 131 194 8 208 127 81
4 Sun October 9 boxscore W 3-1 Detroit Lions 14 7 13 314 256 58 3 19 281 222 59 1
5 Sun October 16 boxscore W OT 4-1 Chicago Bears 22 16 22 396 201 195 2 17 303 133 170 2
6 Mon October 24 boxscore L 4-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 3 35 16 206 108 98 3 21 397 114 283
7 Sun October 30 boxscore W 5-2 @ Atlanta Falcons 14 7 17 357 212 145 5 10 212 78 134 2
8 Sun November 6 boxscore L 5-3 St. Louis Cardinals 7 27 16 237 130 107 3 23 459 143 316 4
9 Sun November 13 boxscore W 6-3 Cincinnati Bengals 42 10 30 423 216 207 3 13 248 187 61 2
10 Sun November 20 boxscore L 6-4 @ Chicago Bears 7 10 11 188 102 86 4 18 366 23 343 2
11 Sun November 27 boxscore W 7-4 @ Green Bay Packers 13 6 12 218 60 158 2 9 169 61 108 4
12 Sun December 4 boxscore W 8-4 San Francisco 49ers 28 27 18 309 257 52 5 19 243 47 196 2
13 Sun December 11 boxscore L 8-5 @ Oakland Raiders 13 35 11 214 147 67 7 17 306 124 182 3
14 Sat December 17 boxscore W 9-5 @ Detroit Lions 30 21 18 393 199 194 1 14 172 122 50 3
Playoffs
Division Mon December 26 boxscore W 10-5 @ Los Angeles Rams 14 7 14 189 45 144 14 267 118 149 3
ConfChamp Sun January 1 boxscore L 10-6 @ Dallas Cowboys 6 23 12 214 148 66 4 16 328 158 170 2

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
10 Fran Tarkenton 37 QB 9 9 6-3-0 155 258 60.1 1734 9 3.5 14 5.4 59 6.7 5.0 11.2 192.7 69.2 22 232 5.36 3.76 7.9 1 2
19 Bob Lee 32 qb 5 4 3-1-0 42 72 58.3 522 4 5.6 4 5.6 48 7.3 5.9 12.4 104.4 76.3 7 47 6.01 4.75 8.9
9 Tommy Kramer 22 qb 6 1 0-1-0 30 57 52.6 425 5 8.8 4 7.0 69 7.5 6.1 14.2 70.8 77.0 6 45 6.03 4.76 9.5 1 1
22 Paul Krause 35 FS 14 14 1 1 100.0 11 1 100.0 0 0.0 11 11.0 31.0 11.0 0.8 152.1 0 0 11.00 31.00 0.0
Team Total 28.4 14 9-5-0 228 388 58.8 2692 19 4.9 22 5.7 69 6.9 5.4 11.8 192.3 72.7 35 324 5.60 4.16 8.3 2 3
Opp Total 14 149 312 47.8 1835 15 4.8 16 5.1 5.9 4.54 12.3 131.1 61.0 30 254 4.6 3.4 8.8

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
44 Chuck Foreman* 27 RB 14 14 270 1112 6 51 4.1 79.4 19.3 38 308 8.1 3 31 2.7 22.0 1420 9 9
33 Brent McClanahan 26 FB 14 14 95 324 1 18 3.4 23.1 6.8 34 276 8.1 2 23 2.4 19.7 600 3 7
48 Sammy Johnson 25 14 0 55 217 2 26 3.9 15.5 3.9 4 21 5.3 0 8 0.3 1.5 238 2 0
35 Robert Miller 24 14 0 46 152 0 14 3.3 10.9 3.3 27 246 9.1 0 25 1.9 17.6 398 0 2
10 Fran Tarkenton 37 QB 9 9 15 6 0 8 0.4 0.7 1.7 6 0 3
19 Bob Lee 32 qb 5 4 12 -8 0 7 -0.7 -1.6 2.4 -8 0 1
9 Tommy Kramer 22 qb 6 1 10 3 0 8 0.3 0.5 1.7 3 0 3
39 Mark Kellar 25 14 0 7 15 0 9 2.1 1.1 0.5 15 0 0
28 Ahmad Rashad 28 WR 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 51 681 13.4 2 48 3.6 48.6 681 2 2
85 Sammy White* 23 WR 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 41 760 18.5 9 69 2.9 54.3 760 9 2
83 Stu Voigt 29 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 212 10.6 1 24 1.4 15.1 212 1 0
38 Bob Tucker 32 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 109 12.1 2 29 1.1 13.6 109 2 0
26 Bob Grim 32 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 65 21.7 0 23 0.2 4.6 65 0 3
84 Steve Craig 26 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 14 14.0 0 14 0.1 1.0 14 0 0
Team Total 28.4 14 510 1821 9 51 3.6 130.1 36.4 228 2692 11.8 19 69 16.3 192.3 4513 28 36
Opp Total 14 548 2218 11 4.0 158.4 39.1 149 1581 10.6 15 10.6 112.9 3799 26 23

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
36 Manfred Moore 27 KR/PR 12 0 47 277 0 28 5.9 24 524 0 48 21.8 801
26 Bob Grim 32 14 0 11 69 0 44 6.3 1 4 0 4 4.0 138
85 Sammy White* 23 WR 14 14 7 113 0 36 16.1 873
35 Robert Miller 24 14 0 5 66 0 20 13.2 464
33 Brent McClanahan 26 FB 14 14 4 90 0 32 22.5 690
39 Mark Kellar 25 14 0 3 37 0 16 12.3 52
67 Dennis Swilley 22 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 28.4 14 58 346 0 44 6.0 45 834 0 48 18.5 5693
Opp Total 14 42 1 48 999 2 20.8

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
12 Neil Clabo 25 P 14 0 83 3302 69 0 39.8
14 Fred Cox 39 K 14 0 7 3 6 4 4 1 17 8 47.1% 29 25 86.2%
Team Total 28.4 14 7 3 6 4 4 1 17 8 47.1% 29 25 86.2% 83 3302 69 0 39.8
Opp Total 14 17 7 41.2% 29 26 89.7% 92 3514 38.2

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
44 Chuck Foreman* 27 RB 14 14 0 9 2 3 0
33 Brent McClanahan 26 FB 14 14 0 7 2 0 0
10 Fran Tarkenton 37 QB 9 9 0 3 2 -14 0
20 Bobby Bryant 33 RCB 14 14 4 44 0 41 0
43 Nate Wright 31 LCB 14 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27 1
59 Matt Blair* 27 LLB 14 13 1 18 0 18 0 0 0 2 0 0
26 Bob Grim 32 14 0 0 3 0 0 0
9 Tommy Kramer 22 qb 6 1 0 3 0 -3 0
36 Manfred Moore 27 KR/PR 12 0 0 3 0 0 0
50 Jeff Siemon* 27 MLB 14 13 1 9 0 9 0 0 0 2 0 0
85 Sammy White* 23 WR 14 14 0 2 1 0 0
23 Jeff Wright 28 SS 14 14 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0
25 Nate Allen 29 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 Paul Krause 35 FS 14 14 2 25 0 25 0
54 Fred McNeill 25 RLB 14 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
35 Robert Miller 24 14 0 0 2 0 0 0
28 Ahmad Rashad 28 WR 14 14 0 2 0 0 0
72 James White 24 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
21 Joe Blahak 27 12 0 0 0 1 0 0
57 Doug Dumler 27 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
68 Charles Goodrum 27 LG 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
58 Wally Hilgenberg 35 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
19 Bob Lee 32 qb 5 4 0 1 0 0 0
88 Alan Page 32 RDT 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
78 Steve Riley 25 LT 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
55 Scott Studwell 23 lb 14 3 1 4 0 4 0
67 Dennis Swilley 22 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
53 Mick Tingelhoff 37 C 14 14 0 0 1 0 0
29 Phil Wise 28 13 0 1 4 0 4 0
Team Total 28.4 14 16 109 0 41 0 0 36 25 13 1 1
Opp Total 14 35 23 10

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
44 Chuck Foreman* 27 RB 14 14 6 3 9 54
85 Sammy White* 23 WR 14 14 9 9 54
14 Fred Cox 39 K 14 0 25 8 49
33 Brent McClanahan 26 FB 14 14 1 2 3 18
48 Sammy Johnson 25 14 0 2 2 12
28 Ahmad Rashad 28 WR 14 14 2 2 12
38 Bob Tucker 32 8 0 2 2 12
59 Matt Blair* 27 LLB 14 13 1 1 6
83 Stu Voigt 29 TE 14 14 1 1 6
43 Nate Wright 31 LCB 14 14 1 1 6
81 Carl Eller 35 LDE 14 14 1 2
Team Total 28.4 14 9 19 1 1 30 25 8 1 231
Opp Total 14 11 15 1 2 26 7 227