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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)
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1986 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 7 | box | L | 0-1 | Detroit Lions | 10 | 13 | 14 | 275 | 213 | 62 | 2 | 19 | 303 | 79 | 224 | 1 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 14 | box | W | 1-1 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 23 | 10 | 17 | 242 | 120 | 122 | 21 | 239 | 156 | 83 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 21 | box | W | 2-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 31 | 7 | 22 | 412 | 250 | 162 | 1 | 13 | 235 | 154 | 81 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sun | September 28 | box | W | 3-1 | Green Bay Packers | 42 | 7 | 25 | 383 | 297 | 86 | 1 | 15 | 220 | 138 | 82 | 4 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 5 | box | L | 3-2 | @ | Chicago Bears | 0 | 23 | 11 | 159 | 114 | 45 | 3 | 18 | 370 | 199 | 171 | 3 |
| 6 | Sun | October 12 | box | W | 4-2 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 27 | 24 | 21 | 351 | 317 | 34 | 3 | 21 | 413 | 348 | 65 | 2 |
| 7 | Sun | October 19 | box | W | 5-2 | Chicago Bears | 23 | 7 | 19 | 376 | 219 | 157 | 1 | 10 | 190 | 137 | 53 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | October 26 | box | L | 5-3 | Cleveland Browns | 20 | 23 | 20 | 396 | 238 | 158 | 2 | 14 | 199 | 50 | 149 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 2 | box | L | 5-4 | @ | Washington Redskins | 38 | 44 | 21 | 526 | 471 | 55 | 3 | 20 | 487 | 378 | 109 | 1 |
| 10 | Sun | November 9 | box | W | 6-4 | @ | Detroit Lions | 24 | 10 | 22 | 432 | 270 | 162 | 3 | 15 | 282 | 201 | 81 | 4 |
| 11 | Sun | November 16 | box | L | 6-5 | New York Giants | 20 | 22 | 21 | 353 | 244 | 109 | 1 | 23 | 383 | 293 | 90 | 2 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 23 | box | L | 6-6 | @ | Cincinnati Bengals | 20 | 24 | 22 | 284 | 164 | 120 | 1 | 24 | 413 | 248 | 165 | 2 |
| 13 | Sun | November 30 | box | W | 7-6 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 45 | 13 | 25 | 463 | 342 | 121 | 20 | 267 | 166 | 101 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 7 | box | W | 8-6 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 32 | 6 | 20 | 303 | 146 | 157 | 1 | 19 | 367 | 223 | 144 | 3 |
| 15 | Sun | December 14 | box | L | 8-7 | @ | Houston Oilers | 10 | 23 | 18 | 301 | 191 | 110 | 6 | 18 | 377 | 259 | 118 | 1 |
| 16 | Sun | December 21 | box | W | 9-7 | New Orleans Saints | 33 | 17 | 23 | 395 | 317 | 78 | 1 | 16 | 267 | 187 | 80 | 6 | |
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 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 | 286 | 276 | 494 | 3216 | 16 | 24 | 6.0 | 155 | 481 | 1796 | 10 | 3.7 | 106 | 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 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 8 | ||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Tommy Kramer* | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 7-6-0 | 208 | 372 | 55.9 | 3000 | 24 | 6.5 | 10 | 2.7 | 76 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 14.4 | 230.8 | 92.6 | 31 | 178 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.7 |
| 11 | Wade Wilson | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2-1-0 | 80 | 143 | 55.9 | 1165 | 7 | 4.9 | 5 | 3.5 | 39 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 14.6 | 129.4 | 84.4 | 13 | 94 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 8.3 | |
| 46 | 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 | |
| 13 | 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 | ||
| 36 | 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 | 9-7-0 | 290 | 519 | 55.9 | 4185 | 31 | 6.0 | 15 | 2.9 | 76 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 14.4 | 261.6 | 90.1 | 44 | 272 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 7.8 | |||
| Opp Total | 16 | 276 | 494 | 55.9 | 3475 | 16 | 3.2 | 24 | 4.9 | 7.0 | 5.5 | 12.6 | 217.2 | 68.5 | 38 | 259 | 6.0 | 4.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 20 | 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 |
| 46 | 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 |
| 36 | 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 |
| 23 | 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 | |
| 9 | Tommy Kramer* | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 23 | 48 | 1 | 13 | 2.1 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 48 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| 11 | Wade Wilson | 27 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 45 | Wayne Wilson | 29 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 87 | 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 |
| 8 | Greg Coleman | 32 | P | 16 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 30 | 23.0 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 46 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 81 | 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 |
| 84 | 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 |
| 83 | 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 | |
| 86 | 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 | ||
| 80 | 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 | ||
| 88 | 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 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 21 | Rufus Bess | 30 | RET | 16 | 0 | 23 | 162 | 0 | 15 | 7.0 | 31 | 705 | 0 | 43 | 22.7 | 867 |
| 88 | Buster Rhymes | 24 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 213 | 0 | 34 | 23.7 | 238 | ||||||
| 87 | Leo Lewis | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 13 | 7.6 | 637 | |||||
| 36 | Allen Rice | 24 | fb | 14 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 88 | 0 | 23 | 17.6 | 699 |
| 46 | Alfred Anderson | 25 | FB | 16 | 8 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 17 | 12.7 | 564 | |||||
| 20 | Darrin Nelson | 27 | RB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 105 | 0 | 40 | 35.0 | 1491 | |||||
| 23 | Ted Brown | 29 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 9.0 | 401 | ||||||
| 45 | Wayne Wilson | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0 | 26 | 16.5 | 47 | ||||||
| 76 | 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 | |||||||||
| 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 | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 1 | Chuck Nelson | 26 | K | 16 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 22 | 78.6% | 47 | 44 | 93.6% | 3 | 72 | 31 | 0 | 24.0 | ||
| 8 | Greg Coleman | 32 | P | 16 | 0 | 67 | 2774 | 69 | 0 | 41.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Wade Wilson | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 76 | 46 | 1 | 38.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 54 | Jesse Solomon | 23 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 96 | |||||
| 39 | Carl Lee | 25 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 86 | |||||||||
| 57 | Chris Martin | 26 | LLB | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | ||||||||
| 56 | Chris Doleman | 25 | llb | 16 | 9 | 3.0 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | |||
| 95 | Gerald Robinson | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3.5 | 43 | |||||||||||||
| 75 | Keith Millard | 24 | RDT | 15 | 15 | 10.5 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 79 | Doug Martin | 29 | LDE | 15 | 15 | 9.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 91 | Joe Phillips | 23 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| 9 | Tommy Kramer* | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | -3 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Issiac Holt | 24 | LCB | 16 | 15 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 47 | Joey Browner* | 26 | SS | 16 | 16 | 0.5 | 4 | 62 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | Rufus Bess | 30 | RET | 16 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 36 | Allen Rice | 24 | fb | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 96 | Tim Newton | 23 | LDT | 14 | 9 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 55 | Scott Studwell | 32 | MLB | 15 | 15 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 46 | Alfred Anderson | 25 | FB | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Leo Lewis | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Wade Wilson | 27 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 44 | John Harris | 30 | FS | 16 | 15 | 3 | 69 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Darrin Nelson | 27 | RB | 16 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 99 | David Howard | 25 | RLB | 14 | 13 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||
| 76 | Tim Irwin | 28 | RT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 77 | Mark Mullaney | 33 | RDE | 11 | 9 | 2.0 | |||||||||||||
| 65 | Gary Zimmerman | 25 | LT | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 58 | Walker Lee Ashley | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 81 | Anthony Carter | 26 | WR | 12 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 84 | Hassan Jones | 22 | wr | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 83 | Steve Jordan* | 25 | TE | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 74 | Mike Stensrud | 30 | 11 | 4 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||
| 67 | 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 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chuck Nelson | 26 | K | 16 | 0 | 44 | 22 | 110 | ||||||||||
| 81 | Anthony Carter | 26 | WR | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 42 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Darrin Nelson | 27 | RB | 16 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 42 | |||||||||
| 83 | Steve Jordan* | 25 | TE | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 36 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Allen Rice | 24 | fb | 14 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||
| 46 | Alfred Anderson | 25 | FB | 16 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||
| 23 | Ted Brown | 29 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 24 | |||||||||||
| 84 | Hassan Jones | 22 | wr | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 80 | Jim Gustafson | 25 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 87 | Leo Lewis | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 86 | Mike Mularkey | 25 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 47 | Joey Browner* | 26 | SS | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 56 | Chris Doleman | 25 | llb | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 30 | Issiac Holt | 24 | LCB | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 9 | Tommy Kramer* | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Wade Wilson | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.6 | 16 | 14 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 44 | 22 | 398 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 16 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 27 | 273 |