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1986 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 398 points (24.9/g), 4th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 273 points (17.1/g), 5th.
 Differential of 125 points (7.8/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 11.4-4.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +13 (0.8/g), 4th.

Coached by Jerry Burns (9-7-0)

1986 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 L 0-1 Detroit Lions 10 13 14 275 213 62 2 19 303 79 224 1
2 Sun September 14 W 1-1 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 10 17 242 120 122 21 239 156 83 3
3 Sun September 21 W 2-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 31 7 22 412 250 162 1 13 235 154 81 3
4 Sun September 28 W 3-1 Green Bay Packers 42 7 25 383 297 86 1 15 220 138 82 4
5 Sun October 5 L 3-2 @ Chicago Bears 0 23 11 159 114 45 3 18 370 199 171 3
6 Sun October 12 W 4-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 27 24 21 351 317 34 3 21 413 348 65 2
7 Sun October 19 W 5-2 Chicago Bears 23 7 19 376 219 157 1 10 190 137 53 2
8 Sun October 26 L 5-3 Cleveland Browns 20 23 20 396 238 158 2 14 199 50 149 2
9 Sun November 2 L 5-4 @ Washington Redskins 38 44 21 526 471 55 3 20 487 378 109 1
10 Sun November 9 W 6-4 @ Detroit Lions 24 10 22 432 270 162 3 15 282 201 81 4
11 Sun November 16 L 6-5 New York Giants 20 22 21 353 244 109 1 23 383 293 90 2
12 Sun November 23 L 6-6 @ Cincinnati Bengals 20 24 22 284 164 120 1 24 413 248 165 2
13 Sun November 30 W 7-6 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 45 13 25 463 342 121 20 267 166 101 3
14 Sun December 7 W 8-6 @ Green Bay Packers 32 6 20 303 146 157 1 19 367 223 144 3
15 Sun December 14 L 8-7 @ Houston Oilers 10 23 18 301 191 110 6 18 377 259 118 1
16 Sun December 21 W 9-7 New Orleans Saints 33 17 23 395 317 78 1 16 267 187 80 6

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 398 5651 1024 5.5 321 290 519 3913 31 15 7.0 186 461 1738 14 3.8 114 29 14 21
Team Defense 273 5012 1013 4.9 466 276 494 3216 16 24 6.0 155 481 1796 10 3.7 286 42 18 25
Lg Rank Offense 4 4 7 15 5 2 4 3 19 16 15 17 5 11
Lg Rank Defense 5 11 8 10 13 5 7 19 14 13 4 10 7 8

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Tommy Kramer* 31 QB 13 13 208 372 55.9 3000 24 6.5 10 2.7 76 8.1 7.5 14.4 230.8 92.6 31 178 7.0 6.5 7.7
Wade Wilson 27 9 3 80 143 55.9 1165 7 4.9 5 3.5 39 8.1 7.1 14.6 129.4 84.4 13 94 6.9 5.9 8.3
Alfred Anderson 25 FB 16 8 1 2 50.0 17 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 8.5 8.5 17.0 1.1 79.2 0 0 8.5 8.5 0.0
Steve Bono 24 1 0 1 1 100.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 79.2 0 0 3.0 3.0 0.0
Allen Rice 24 fb 14 8 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.6 16 290 519 55.9 4185 31 6.0 15 2.9 76 8.1 7.4 14.4 261.6 90.1 44 272 7.0 6.3 7.8
Opp Total 16 276 494 55.9 3216 16 3.2 24 4.9 6.5 4.6 11.7 201.0 66.3 38 259 6.0 3.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Darrin Nelson 27 RB 16 16 191 793 4 42 4.2 49.6 11.9 53 593 11.2 3 34 3.3 37.1 1386 7 3
Alfred Anderson 25 FB 16 8 83 347 2 29 4.2 21.7 5.2 17 179 10.5 2 37 1.1 11.2 526 4 3
Allen Rice 24 fb 14 8 73 220 2 19 3.0 15.7 5.2 30 391 13.0 3 32 2.1 27.9 611 5 5
Ted Brown 29 13 0 63 251 4 60 4.0 19.3 4.8 15 132 8.8 0 20 1.2 10.2 383 4 0
Tommy Kramer* 31 QB 13 13 23 48 1 13 2.1 3.7 1.8 48 1 7
Wade Wilson 27 9 3 13 9 1 13 0.7 1.0 1.4 9 1 3
Wayne Wilson 29 7 0 8 14 0 6 1.8 2.0 1.1 14 0 0
Leo Lewis 30 WR 16 16 3 -16 0 -2 -5.3 -1.0 0.2 32 600 18.8 2 76 2.0 37.5 584 2 3
Greg Coleman 32 P 16 0 2 46 0 30 23.0 2.9 0.1 46 0 0
Anthony Carter 26 WR 12 10 1 12 0 12 12.0 1.0 0.1 38 686 18.1 7 60 3.2 57.2 698 7 1
Hassan Jones 22 wr 16 6 1 14 0 14 14.0 0.9 0.1 28 570 20.4 4 55 1.8 35.6 584 4 1
Steve Jordan* 25 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 58 859 14.8 6 68 3.6 53.7 859 6 0
Mike Mularkey 25 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 89 8.1 2 20 0.7 5.6 89 2 0
Jim Gustafson 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 61 12.2 2 18 0.4 4.4 61 2 0
Buster Rhymes 24 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 25 8.3 0 12 0.6 5.0 25 0 0
Team Total 26.6 16 461 1738 14 60 3.8 108.6 28.8 290 4185 14.4 31 76 18.1 261.6 5923 45 31
Opp Total 16 481 1796 10 3.7 112.3 30.1 276 3216 11.7 16 17.3 201.0 5012 26 32

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Rufus Bess 30 RET 16 0 23 162 0 15 7.0 31 705 0 43 22.7 867
Buster Rhymes 24 5 0 9 213 0 34 23.7 238
Leo Lewis 30 WR 16 16 7 53 0 13 7.6 637
Allen Rice 24 fb 14 8 1 0 0 0 0.0 5 88 0 23 17.6 699
Alfred Anderson 25 FB 16 8 3 38 0 17 12.7 564
Darrin Nelson 27 RB 16 16 3 105 0 40 35.0 1491
Ted Brown 29 13 0 2 18 0 17 9.0 401
Wayne Wilson 29 7 0 2 33 0 26 16.5 47
Tim Irwin 28 RT 16 16 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.6 16 31 215 0 15 6.9 56 1200 0 43 21.4 7338
Opp Total 16 40 0 79 1532 0 19.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Kicking Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Chuck Nelson 26 K 16 0 28 22 78.6% 47 44 93.6% 3 72 31 0 24.0
Greg Coleman 32 P 16 0 67 2774 69 0 41.4
Wade Wilson 27 9 3 2 76 46 1 38.0
Team Total 26.6 16 28 22 78.6% 47 44 93.6% 72 2922 69 1 40.6
Opp Total 16 33 27 81.8% 27 24 88.9% 75 3022 40.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Keith Millard 24 RDT 15 15 10.5 1 17 0 17 0 1 3 0
Doug Martin 29 LDE 15 15 9.0 0 2 0 0
Tommy Kramer* 31 QB 13 13 7 3 -3 0
Issiac Holt 24 LCB 16 15 8 54 0 27 1 0 0 0
Joey Browner* 26 SS 16 16 0.5 4 62 1 39 0 4 0 0
Rufus Bess 30 RET 16 0 1 12 0 12 3 3 0 0
Allen Rice 24 fb 14 8 5 2 0 0
Tim Newton 23 LDT 14 9 5.0 0 1 0 0
Scott Studwell 32 MLB 15 15 1.0 1 2 0 2 0 4 0 0
Alfred Anderson 25 FB 16 8 3 2 0 0
Chris Doleman 25 llb 16 9 3.0 1 59 1 59 2 0 0 0 0 49
Leo Lewis 30 WR 16 16 3 1 0 0
Jesse Solomon 23 13 4 2 34 0 18 0 0 2 0 0 96
Wade Wilson 27 9 3 3 1 -2 0
Gerald Robinson 23 12 4 3.5 43
John Harris 30 FS 16 15 3 69 0 28
Carl Lee 25 RCB 16 16 3 10 0 10 86
Darrin Nelson 27 RB 16 16 3 0 0 0
David Howard 25 RLB 14 13 2.5
Tim Irwin 28 RT 16 16 0 2 0 0
Mark Mullaney 33 RDE 11 9 2.0
Gary Zimmerman 25 LT 16 16 0 2 0 0
Walker Lee Ashley 26 16 0 0 1 0 0
Anthony Carter 26 WR 12 10 1 0 0 0
Hassan Jones 22 wr 16 6 1 0 0 0
Steve Jordan* 25 TE 16 16 0 1 0 0
Chris Martin 26 LLB 16 10 0 0 1 0 0 65
Joe Phillips 23 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Mike Stensrud 30 11 4 1.0
Dennis Swilley 31 C 16 16 1 0 -14 0
Team Total 26.6 16 38.0 24 319 2 59 2 31 34 -16 0 344
Opp Total 16 44 32 14

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Chuck Nelson 26 K 16 0 44 22 110
Anthony Carter 26 WR 12 10 7 42
Darrin Nelson 27 RB 16 16 4 3 42
Steve Jordan* 25 TE 16 16 6 36
Allen Rice 24 fb 14 8 2 3 30
Alfred Anderson 25 FB 16 8 2 2 24
Ted Brown 29 13 0 4 24
Hassan Jones 22 wr 16 6 4 24
Jim Gustafson 25 14 0 2 12
Leo Lewis 30 WR 16 16 2 12
Mike Mularkey 25 16 1 2 12
Joey Browner* 26 SS 16 16 1 6
Chris Doleman 25 llb 16 9 1 6
Issiac Holt 24 LCB 16 15 1 6
Tommy Kramer* 31 QB 13 13 1 6
Wade Wilson 27 9 3 1 6
Team Total 26.6 16 14 31 2 1 44 22 398
Opp Total 16 10 16 24 27 273