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1984 Minnesota Vikings
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Record: 3-13-0, Finished 5th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 276 points (17.2/g), 24th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 484 points (30.2/g), 28th.
Differential of -208 points (-13.0/g), 28th.
Expected W-L: 3.3-12.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-0.8/g), 26th.
Coached by Les Steckel (3-13-0)
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1984 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Tommy Kramer | 29 | 7 | 9 | 124 for 236, 1,678 yards, 9 td, 10 int, & 15 rushes for 9 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 27th pick / 1977 |
| QB | Wade Wilson | 25 | 3 | 5 | 102 for 195, 1,019 yards, 5 td, 11 int, & 9 rushes for 30 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 210th pick / 1981 |
| RB | Ted Brown | 27 | 5 | 9 | 98 rushes for 442 yards, 3 td, & 46 catches for 349 yards and 3 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 16th pick / 1979 |
| RB | Darrin Nelson | 25 | 2 | 8 | 80 rushes for 406 yards, 3 td, & 27 catches for 162 yards and 1 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 7th pick / 1982 |
| FB | Alfred Anderson | 23 | Rook | 14 | 201 rushes for 773 yards, 2 td, & 17 catches for 102 yards and 1 td | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 67th pick / 1984 |
| WR | Mike A. Jones | 24 | 1 | 14 | 38 catches for 591 yards, 1 td, & 4 rushes for 45 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 159th pick / 1983 |
| WR | Sammy White | 30 | 8 | 11 | 21 catches for 399 yards, 1 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 54th pick / 1976 |
| WR | Leo Lewis | 28 | 3 | 5 | 47 catches for 830 yards, 4 td, & 2 rushes for 11 yards and 0 td | |
| TE | Steve Jordan | 23 | 2 | 14 | 38 catches for 414 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for 4 yards and 1 td | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 179th pick / 1982 |
| LT | Steve Riley | 32 | 10 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 25th pick / 1974 |
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| LG | Curtis Rouse | 24 | 2 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 11th / 286th pick / 1982 |
| C | Ron Sams | 23 | 1 | 10 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 160th pick / 1983 |
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| RG | Terry Tausch | 25 | 2 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 39th pick / 1982 |
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| RT | Tim Irwin | 26 | 3 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 74th pick / 1981 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Neil Elshire | 26 | 3 | 10 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LDE | Doug Martin | 27 | 4 | 6 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 9th pick / 1980 |
| NT | Charlie Johnson | 32 | 7 | 15 | 4.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 175th pick / 1977 |
| RDE | Mark Mullaney | 31 | 9 | 6 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 25th pick / 1975 |
| RDE | Randy Holloway | 29 | 6 | 5 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 21st pick / 1978 |
| RDE | Greg Smith | 25 | Rook | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 184th pick / 1982 |
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| LOLB | Matt Blair | 34 | 10 | 9 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 51st pick / 1974 |
| LOLB | Robin Sendlein | 26 | 3 | 8 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 45th pick / 1981 |
| LILB | Scott Studwell | 30 | 7 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 9th / 250th pick / 1977 |
| RILB | Dennis Johnson | 26 | 4 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 92nd pick / 1980 |
| ROLB | Fred McNeill | 32 | 10 | 13 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 17th pick / 1974 |
| LCB | John Swain | 25 | 3 | 10 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 101st pick / 1981 |
| LCB | Joey Browner | 24 | 1 | 8 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1983 |
| RCB | Rufus Bess | 28 | 5 | 13 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| SS | Tom Hannon | 29 | 7 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1977 |
| FS | Carl Lee | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 186th pick / 1983 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jan Stenerud* | 42 | 17 | 0 | 20 of 23 field goals & 30 of 31 extra points | |
| P | Greg Coleman | 30 | 7 | 0 | 82 punts for a 42.4 average, 0 blocked | Cincinnati Bengals / 14th / 398th pick / 1976 |
| PR | Darrin Nelson | 25 | 2 | 8 | 23 punt returns for a 7.8 average and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 7th pick / 1982 |
| KR | Darrin Nelson | 25 | 2 | 8 | 39 kick returns for a 22.8 average and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 7th pick / 1982 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Alfred Anderson | 23 | RB | 16 | 14 | 219 | 6-1 | Baylor | 8/4/1961 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 67th pick / 1984 |
| Hasson Arbubakrr | 24 | DE | 4 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Pasadena Community College,Texas Tech | 12/9/1960 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 9th / 238th pick / 1983 |
| Walker Lee Ashley | 24 | LB | 15 | 1 | 234 | 6-0 | Penn State | 7/28/1960 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1983 |
| Rufus Bess | 28 | DB | 16 | 13 | 184 | 5-9 | South Carolina State | 9/13/1956 | 5 | |
| Matt Blair | 34 | LB | 11 | 9 | 232 | 6-5 | Iowa State | 9/20/1950 | 10 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 51st pick / 1974 |
| Ted Brown | 27 | RB | 13 | 9 | 206 | 5-10 | North Carolina State | 2/15/1957 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 16th pick / 1979 |
| Joey Browner | 24 | DB | 16 | 8 | 221 | 6-2 | USC | 5/15/1960 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1983 |
| Malcolm Carson | 25 | G | 1 | 0 | 260 | 6-2 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 11/1/1959 | Rook | |
| Robert Cobb | 27 | DE | 2 | 1 | 248 | 6-4 | Arizona,Cincinnati | 10/12/1957 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 3rd / 66th pick / 1981 |
| Greg Coleman | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Florida A&M | 9/9/1954 | 7 | Cincinnati Bengals / 14th / 398th pick / 1976 |
| Dwight Collins | 23 | WR | 16 | 1 | 208 | 6-1 | Pittsburgh | 8/23/1961 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 154th pick / 1984 |
| Jeff Colter | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 171 | 5-10 | Kansas | 4/23/1961 | Rook | |
| Steve Dils | 29 | QB | 3 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Stanford | 12/8/1955 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 97th pick / 1979 |
| Bill Dugan | 25 | G-T | 1 | 0 | 275 | 6-4 | Penn State | 6/5/1959 | 3 | Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 58th pick / 1981 |
| Neil Elshire | 26 | DE | 12 | 10 | 260 | 6-6 | Oregon | 3/8/1958 | 3 | |
| Grant Feasel | 24 | C | 9 | 3 | 278 | 6-7 | Abilene Christian | 6/28/1960 | 1 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 161st pick / 1983 |
| Dennis Fowlkes | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 238 | 6-2 | West Virginia | 3/11/1961 | 1 | |
| Marcellus Greene | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Arizona | 12/12/1957 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 11th / 296th pick / 1981 |
| John Haines | 23 | NT-DE-DT | 8 | 0 | 266 | 6-6 | Texas | 12/16/1961 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 180th pick / 1984 |
| Wes Hamilton | 31 | G | 4 | 1 | 261 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 4/24/1953 | 8 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 85th pick / 1976 |
| Tom Hannon | 29 | DB | 16 | 16 | 193 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 3/5/1955 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1977 |
| Don Hasselbeck | 29 | TE | 16 | 0 | 245 | 6-7 | Colorado | 4/1/1955 | 7 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1977 |
| Matt Hernandez | 23 | T | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-6 | Purdue | 10/16/1961 | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 8th / 210th pick / 1983 |
| Randy Holloway | 29 | DE | 8 | 5 | 250 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 8/26/1955 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 21st pick / 1978 |
| Jim Hough | 28 | G-C | 9 | 3 | 267 | 6-2 | Utah State | 8/4/1956 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 100th pick / 1978 |
| Tim Irwin | 26 | T | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-7 | Tennessee | 12/13/1958 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 74th pick / 1981 |
| Charlie Johnson | 32 | NT | 16 | 15 | 266 | 6-3 | Colorado | 2/17/1952 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 7th / 175th pick / 1977 |
| Dennis Johnson | 26 | LB-DE | 16 | 15 | 234 | 6-3 | USC | 6/19/1958 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 92nd pick / 1980 |
| Mike A. Jones | 24 | WR | 16 | 14 | 181 | 5-11 | Tennessee State | 4/14/1960 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 159th pick / 1983 |
| Steve Jordan | 23 | TE | 14 | 14 | 236 | 6-3 | Brown | 1/10/1961 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 179th pick / 1982 |
| Tommy Kramer | 29 | QB | 9 | 9 | 200 | 6-2 | Rice | 3/7/1955 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 27th pick / 1977 |
| Terry LeCount | 28 | WR | 2 | 1 | 178 | 5-10 | Florida | 7/9/1956 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 91st pick / 1978 |
| Carl Lee | 23 | DB | 16 | 14 | 185 | 5-11 | Marshall | 2/6/1961 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 186th pick / 1983 |
| Leo Lewis | 28 | WR | 16 | 5 | 170 | 5-8 | Missouri | 9/17/1956 | 3 | |
| Archie Manning | 35 | QB | 6 | 2 | 212 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 5/19/1949 | 13 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 2nd pick / 1971 |
| Chris Martin | 24 | LB | 16 | 1 | 236 | 6-2 | Auburn | 12/19/1960 | 1 | |
| Doug Martin | 27 | DE-NT | 13 | 6 | 260 | 6-3 | Washington | 5/22/1957 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 9th pick / 1980 |
| Fred McNeill | 32 | LB | 13 | 13 | 229 | 6-2 | UCLA | 5/6/1952 | 10 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 17th pick / 1974 |
| Mike Mularkey | 23 | TE | 16 | 2 | 245 | 6-4 | Florida | 11/19/1961 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 229th pick / 1983 |
| Mark Mullaney | 31 | DE | 7 | 6 | 242 | 6-6 | Colorado State | 4/30/1953 | 9 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 25th pick / 1975 |
| Darrin Nelson | 25 | RB | 15 | 8 | 184 | 5-9 | Stanford | 1/2/1959 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 7th pick / 1982 |
| David Nelson | 21 | RB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Heidelberg | 11/23/1963 | Rook | |
| Allen Rice | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 203 | 5-10 | Baylor | 4/5/1962 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 140th pick / 1984 |
| Steve Riley | 32 | T | 16 | 16 | 258 | 6-5 | USC | 11/23/1952 | 10 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 25th pick / 1974 |
| Curtis Rouse | 24 | G-T | 16 | 15 | 316 | 6-3 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 7/13/1960 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 11th / 286th pick / 1982 |
| Ron Sams | 23 | C-G | 12 | 10 | 261 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 4/12/1961 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 160th pick / 1983 |
| Robin Sendlein | 26 | LB | 15 | 8 | 225 | 6-3 | Texas | 12/1/1958 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 45th pick / 1981 |
| Joe Senser | 28 | TE | 8 | 1 | 235 | 6-4 | West Chester | 8/18/1956 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 152nd pick / 1979 |
| Greg Smith | 25 | DE-NT | 16 | 6 | 270 | 6-3 | Kansas | 10/22/1959 | Rook | Kansas City Chiefs / 7th / 184th pick / 1982 |
| Jan Stenerud* | 42 | K | 16 | 0 | 187 | 6-2 | Montana State | 11/26/1942 | 17 | |
| Mark Stewart | 25 | LB | 4 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Washington | 10/13/1959 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 127th pick / 1983 |
| Scott Studwell | 30 | LB | 16 | 15 | 228 | 6-2 | Illinois | 8/27/1954 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 9th / 250th pick / 1977 |
| Paul Sverchek | 23 | NT | 3 | 0 | 252 | 6-3 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 5/9/1961 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 208th pick / 1984 |
| John Swain | 25 | DB | 15 | 10 | 195 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 9/4/1959 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 101st pick / 1981 |
| Terry Tausch | 25 | G-T | 16 | 16 | 275 | 6-5 | Texas | 2/5/1959 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 39th pick / 1982 |
| Willie Teal | 27 | DB | 11 | 4 | 195 | 5-10 | LSU | 12/20/1957 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 30th pick / 1980 |
| Maurice Turner | 24 | RB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Utah State | 9/10/1960 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 12th / 325th pick / 1983 |
| Ruben Vaughan | 28 | DT-NT-DE | 5 | 0 | 261 | 6-2 | Colorado | 8/5/1956 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 6th / 138th pick / 1979 |
| Billy Waddy | 30 | WR | 4 | 0 | 187 | 5-11 | Colorado | 2/19/1954 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 50th pick / 1977 |
| Danny Wagoner | 25 | DB | 4 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Kansas | 12/12/1959 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 9th / 231st pick / 1982 |
| Sammy White | 30 | WR | 13 | 11 | 190 | 5-11 | Grambling State | 3/16/1954 | 8 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 54th pick / 1976 |
| Wade Wilson | 25 | QB | 8 | 5 | 210 | 6-3 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 2/1/1959 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 210th pick / 1981 |
| Team Total | 26.7 | 16 | 227.9 | 6-2.0 | 3.8 |