1978 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 8-7-1, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 294 points (18.4/g), 12th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 306 points (19.1/g), 20th.
Differential of -12 points (-0.8/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 7.6-8.4.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -8 (-0.5/g), 24th.

Coached by Bud Grant (8-7-1)

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1978 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 3	box	L	0-1	@	New Orleans Saints	24	31	28	424	269	155	6	19	321	183	138	1
2	Mon	September 11	box	W	1-1		Denver Broncos	12	9	13	206	105	101	3	18	231	129	102	6
3	Sun	September 17	box	L	1-2		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	16	15	219	146	73	5	10	155	63	92	1
4	Mon	September 25	box	W	2-2	@	Chicago Bears	24	20	17	295	142	153	2	23	278	188	90	3
5	Sun	October 1	box	W	3-2	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24	7	19	319	208	111	1	18	370	283	87	3
6	Sun	October 8	box	L	3-3	@	Seattle Seahawks	28	29	28	391	274	117	1	23	432	248	184	2
7	Sun	October 15	box	L	3-4		Los Angeles Rams	17	34	13	167	125	42	2	23	326	146	180	3
8	Sun	October 22	box	W	4-4		Green Bay Packers	21	7	22	294	234	60	1	14	247	118	129	2
9	Thu	October 26	box	W	5-4	@	Dallas Cowboys	21	10	21	281	137	144		13	239	147	92	4
10	Sun	November 5	box	W	6-4		Detroit Lions	17	7	22	312	188	124	5	11	175	105	70	3
11	Sun	November 12	box	W	7-4		Chicago Bears	17	14	18	313	223	90	3	15	233	47	186	4
12	Sun	November 19	box	L	7-5		San Diego Chargers	7	13	17	272	209	63	4	19	287	163	124	3
13	Sun	November 26	box	T	7-5-1	@	Green Bay Packers	10	10	15	293	182	111	5	16	318	164	154	3
14	Sun	December 3	box	W	8-5-1		Philadelphia Eagles	28	27	23	369	289	80	3	18	376	213	163	1
15	Sat	December 9	box	L	8-6-1	@	Detroit Lions	14	45	16	235	213	22	3	22	507	350	157	2
16	Sun	December 17	box	L	8-7-1	@	Oakland Raiders	20	27	21	389	299	90	7	16	311	143	168	2
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 31	box	L	8-8-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	10	34

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	294	4779	1127	4.2	308	352	592	3243	25	34	5.2	176	505	1536	10	3.0	102	51	17	30
Team Defense	306	4806	1034	4.6	436	240	442	2690	15	22	5.7	137	559	2116	20	3.8	278	43	21	21
Lg Rank Offense	12	17			7		1	2	3	27	16		28	28	25	28		26	10
Lg Rank Defense	20	14			14		19	19	9	13	16		11	10	21	12		8	3

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
Fran Tarkenton	38	QB	16	16	345	572	60.3	3468	25	4.4	32	5.6	58	6.1	4.0	10.1	216.8	68.9	27	254	5.4	3.4	4.5
Tommy Kramer	23		4	0	5	16	31.3	50	0	0.0	1	6.3	19	3.1	0.3	10.0	12.5	15.1	1	11	2.3	-0.4	5.9
Bob Lee	33		3	0	2	4	50.0	10	0	0.0	1	25.0	6	2.5	-8.8	5.0	3.3	16.7	2	20	-1.7	-9.2	33.3
Team Total	27.8		16		352	592	59.5	3528	25	4.2	34	5.7	58	6.0	3.8	10.0	220.5	66.6	30	285	5.2	3.2	4.8
Opp Total			16		240	442	54.3	2690	15	3.4	22	5.0		6.1	4.2	11.2	168.1	63.3	33	227	5.7	3.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	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
Chuck Foreman	28	FB	14	14	237	749	5	21	3.2	53.5	16.9	61	396	6.5	2	20	4.4	28.3	1145	7	8
Rickey Young	25	RB	16	16	134	417	1	16	3.1	26.1	8.4	88	704	8.0	5	48	5.5	44.0	1121	6	6
Robert Miller	25		15	2	70	213	3	19	3.0	14.2	4.7	22	230	10.5	0	29	1.5	15.3	443	3	2
Fran Tarkenton	38	QB	16	16	24	-6	1	15	-0.3	-0.4	1.5								-6	1	7
Mark Kellar	26		16	0	11	34	0	5	3.1	2.1	0.7	3	-5	-1.7	0	8	0.2	-0.3	29	0	1
Sammy Johnson	26		3	0	11	41	0	17	3.7	13.7	3.7								41	0	0
Brent McClanahan	27		13	0	10	26	0	22	2.6	2.0	0.8	2	11	5.5	0	7	0.2	0.8	37	0	1
Sammy White	24	WR	16	16	5	30	0	16	6.0	1.9	0.3	53	741	14.0	9	33	3.3	46.3	771	9	1
Greg Coleman	24	P	9	0	2	22	0	17	11.0	2.4	0.2								22	0	0
Tommy Kramer	23		4	0	1	10	0	10	10.0	2.5	0.3								10	0	0
Ahmad Rashad*	29	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	66	769	11.7	8	58	4.1	48.1	769	8	2
Bob Tucker	33	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	47	540	11.5	0	35	2.9	33.8	540	0	2
Steve Craig	27		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	31	7.8	0	9	0.3	1.9	31	0	0
Stu Voigt	30		15	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	52	13.0	0	27	0.3	3.5	52	0	0
Kevin Miller	23	RET	16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	35	35.0	1	35	0.1	2.2	35	1	3
Harry Washington	22		10	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	24	24.0	0	24	0.1	2.4	24	0	0
Team Total	27.8		16		505	1536	10	22	3.0	96.0	31.6	352	3528	10.0	25	58	22.0	220.5	5064	35	34
Opp Total			16		559	2116	20		3.8	132.3	34.9	240	2690	11.2	15		15.0	168.1	4806	35	35

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Kevin Miller	23	RET	16	0	48	239	0	47	5.0	40	854	0	38	21.4	1128
Harry Washington	22		10	0						4	71	0	20	17.8	95
Sammy White	24	WR	16	16	1	0	0	0	0.0	3	50	0	20	16.7	821
Brent McClanahan	27		13	0						3	38	0	24	12.7	75
Robert Miller	25		15	2						2	23	0	13	11.5	466
Steve Craig	27		16	0						1	0	0	0	0.0	31
Mark Kellar	26		16	0						1	13	0	13	13.0	42
Rickey Young	25	RB	16	16						1	8	0	8	8.0	1129
Team Total	27.8		16		49	239	0	47	4.9	55	1057	0	38	19.2	6360
Opp Total			16		52		0			61	1297	0		21.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	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
Rick Danmeier	26	K	16	0	1	1	5	4	5	3	8	4			19	12	63.2%	37	36	97.3%
Greg Coleman	24	P	9	0																	51	1991	61	1	39.0
Mike Wood	24		7	0																	31	1100	47	2	35.5
Team Total	27.8		16		1	1	5	4	5	3	8	4			19	12	63.2%	37	36	97.3%	82	3091	61	3	37.7
Opp Total			16												19	13	68.4%	39	33	84.6%	92	3330			36.2

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Matt Blair*	28	LLB	16	16		3	28	0	20			0	3	49	1
Bobby Bryant	34	RCB	16	16		7	69	0	23			1	0	0	0
Carl Eller	36	lde	14	7								0	3	0	0
Chuck Foreman	28	FB	14	14								8	0	0	0
Charles Goodrum	28	LG	16	16								0	1	0	0
Tom Hannon	23	FS	16	14		2	0	0	0			0	3	0	0
Randy Holloway	23		16	0								0	2	0	0
Mark Kellar	26		16	0								1	0	0	0
Jim Marshall	41	RDE	16	16								0	2	0	0
Brent McClanahan	27		13	0								1	0	0	0
Fred McNeill	26	RLB	16	15		2	1	0	1			0	6	39	0
Kevin Miller	23	RET	16	0								3	0	0	0
Robert Miller	25		15	2								2	2	4	0
Mark Mullaney	25	LDE	15	9								0	1	0	0
Ahmad Rashad*	29	WR	16	16								2	1	0	0
Fran Tarkenton	38	QB	16	16								7	7	-7	0
Bob Tucker	33	TE	16	16								2	0	0	0
John Turner	22		14	0		1	15	0	15
James White	25	RDT	16	10								0	1	0	0
Sammy White	24	WR	16	16								1	0	0	0
Phil Wise	29	SS	16	16		2	21	0	14			0	1	20	0
Nate Wright	32	LCB	16	16		5	58	0	30
Rickey Young	25	RB	16	16								6	2	0	0
Team Total	27.8		16			22	192	0	30			34	35	105	1
Opp Total			16		30							35	14

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	FblTD	OthTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Rick Danmeier	26	K	16	0					36	12	72
Sammy White	24	WR	16	16		9					54
Ahmad Rashad*	29	WR	16	16		8					48
Chuck Foreman	28	FB	14	14	5	2					42
Rickey Young	25	RB	16	16	1	5					36
Robert Miller	25		15	2	3						18
Matt Blair*	28	LLB	16	16			1				6
Fred McNeill	26	RLB	16	15				1			6
Kevin Miller	23	RET	16	0		1					6
Fran Tarkenton	38	QB	16	16	1						6
Team Total	27.8		16		10	25	1	1	36	12	294
Opp Total			16		20	15			33	13	306

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