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1988 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 406 points (25.4/g), 4th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 233 points (14.6/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 173 points (10.8/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 12.6-3.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +23 (1.4/g), 1st.

Coached by Jerry Burns (11-5-0)

1988 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 4 L 0-1 @ Buffalo Bills 10 13 21 300 170 130 2 18 310 196 114 1
2 Sun September 11 W 1-1 New England Patriots 36 6 24 415 265 150 2 12 214 111 103 5
3 Sun September 18 W 2-1 @ Chicago Bears 31 7 20 376 249 127 1 14 235 165 70 5
4 Sun September 25 W 3-1 Philadelphia Eagles 23 21 21 392 287 105 3 12 205 135 70 2
5 Sun October 2 L 3-2 @ Miami Dolphins 7 24 17 353 295 58 4 20 342 264 78 3
6 Sun October 9 W 4-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 13 15 276 207 69 2 18 331 154 177 3
7 Sun October 16 L 4-3 Green Bay Packers 14 34 20 324 257 67 5 22 355 230 125 2
8 Sun October 23 W 5-3 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 49 20 25 433 305 128 1 18 243 215 28 7
9 Sun October 30 L 5-4 @ San Francisco 49ers 21 24 15 321 229 92 3 16 339 209 130 2
10 Sun November 6 W 6-4 Detroit Lions 44 17 33 553 355 198 1 8 89 21 68 2
11 Sun November 13 W 7-4 @ Dallas Cowboys 43 3 18 325 222 103 1 12 159 49 110 7
12 Sun November 20 W 8-4 Indianapolis Colts 12 3 13 275 192 83 17 213 110 103 2
13 Thu November 24 W 9-4 @ Detroit Lions 23 0 24 353 172 181 3 60 42 18 2
14 Sun December 4 W 10-4 New Orleans Saints 45 3 20 426 217 209 1 13 233 107 126 3
15 Sun December 11 L 10-5 @ Green Bay Packers 6 18 15 255 211 44 2 19 298 201 97 4
16 Mon December 19 W 11-5 Chicago Bears 28 27 17 218 156 62 2 21 465 280 185 3
Playoffs
WildCard Mon December 26 W 12-5 Los Angeles Rams 28 17
Division Sun January 1 L 12-6 @ San Francisco 49ers 9 34

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 406 5595 1068 5.2 318 294 520 3789 20 18 6.7 187 501 1806 22 3.6 112 30 12 19
Team Defense 233 4091 952 4.3 401 219 480 2489 12 36 4.8 132 435 1602 10 3.7 243 53 17 26
Lg Rank Offense 4 7 8 13 4 15 10 5 12 20 5 22 6 4
Lg Rank Defense 2 1 1 8 2 1 1 1 4 5 5 6 1 7

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%
Wade Wilson* 29 QB 14 10 204 332 61.4 2746 15 4.5 9 2.7 68 8.3 7.5 13.5 196.1 91.5 33 227 6.9 6.2 9.0
Tommy Kramer 33 qb 10 6 83 173 48.0 1264 5 2.9 9 5.2 47 7.3 5.3 15.2 126.4 60.5 11 62 6.5 4.6 6.0
Rich Gannon 23 3 0 7 15 46.7 90 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 6.0 6.0 12.9 30.0 66.0 3 22 3.8 3.8 16.7
Team Total 27.3 16 294 520 56.5 4100 20 3.8 18 3.5 68 7.9 6.7 13.9 256.3 80.4 47 311 6.7 5.6 8.3
Opp Total 16 219 480 45.6 2489 12 2.5 36 7.5 5.2 2.1 11.4 155.6 38.8 37 274 4.8 1.4

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 29 RB 13 11 112 380 1 27 3.4 29.2 8.6 16 105 6.6 0 27 1.2 8.1 485 1 3
Allen Rice 26 16 4 110 322 6 24 2.9 20.1 6.9 30 279 9.3 0 38 1.9 17.4 601 6 1
Alfred Anderson 27 FB 16 13 87 300 7 18 3.4 18.8 5.4 23 242 10.5 1 19 1.4 15.1 542 8 3
Rick Fenney 24 13 3 55 271 3 28 4.9 20.8 4.2 15 224 14.9 0 42 1.2 17.2 495 3 0
D.J. Dozier 23 8 1 42 167 2 19 4.0 20.9 5.3 5 49 9.8 0 20 0.6 6.1 216 2 0
Wade Wilson* 29 QB 14 10 36 136 2 15 3.8 9.7 2.6 136 2 4
Darryl Harris 22 RET 14 0 34 151 1 34 4.4 10.8 2.4 6 30 5.0 0 7 0.4 2.1 181 1 1
Tommy Kramer 33 qb 10 6 14 8 0 5 0.6 0.8 1.4 8 0 3
Anthony Carter* 28 WR 16 16 4 41 0 21 10.3 2.6 0.3 72 1225 17.0 6 67 4.5 76.6 1266 6 1
Rich Gannon 23 3 0 4 29 0 15 7.3 9.7 1.3 29 0 0
Hassan Jones 24 WR 16 15 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.4 0.1 40 778 19.5 5 68 2.5 48.6 785 5 0
Mike Mularkey 27 16 0 1 -6 0 -6 -6.0 -0.4 0.1 3 39 13.0 0 19 0.2 2.4 33 0 0
Bucky Scribner 28 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
Steve Jordan* 27 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 57 756 13.3 5 38 3.6 47.3 756 5 2
Jim Gustafson 27 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 231 15.4 1 47 0.9 14.4 231 1 0
Leo Lewis 32 RET 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 141 12.8 1 46 0.7 8.8 141 1 2
Carl Hilton 24 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 1 1.0 1 1 0.1 0.1 1 1 0
Team Total 27.3 16 501 1806 22 34 3.6 112.9 31.3 294 4100 13.9 20 68 18.4 256.3 5906 42 22
Opp Total 16 435 1602 10 3.7 100.1 27.2 219 2489 11.4 12 13.7 155.6 4091 22 36

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
Leo Lewis 32 RET 16 1 58 550 0 64 9.5 1 12 0 12 12.0 703
Darryl Harris 22 RET 14 0 39 833 0 30 21.4 1014
Darrin Nelson 29 RB 13 11 9 210 0 30 23.3 695
D.J. Dozier 23 8 1 5 105 0 27 21.0 321
Anthony Carter* 28 WR 16 16 1 3 0 3 3.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 1269
Allen Rice 26 16 4 1 0 0 0 0.0 601
Team Total 27.3 16 59 553 0 64 9.4 56 1160 0 30 20.7 7619
Opp Total 16 39 0 81 1622 0 20.0

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
Bucky Scribner 28 P 16 0 84 3387 55 2 40.3
Chuck Nelson 28 K 16 0 25 20 80.0% 49 48 98.0%
Team Total 27.3 16 25 20 80.0% 49 48 98.0% 84 3387 55 2 40.3
Opp Total 16 25 21 84.0% 24 22 91.7% 96 4061 42.3

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*+ 26 RDT 15 15 8.0 0 2 5 0
Carl Lee*+ 27 RCB 16 16 8 118 2 58 0 0 1 0 0 60
Jesse Solomon 25 LLB 16 16 2.5 4 84 1 78 0 0 2 3 0 124
Chris Doleman* 27 RDE 16 16 8.0 2 0 0 0 0 58
Henry Thomas 23 LDT 15 15 6.0 1 7 0 7 4 0 1 2 1 80
Wade Wilson* 29 QB 14 10 4 4 -9 0
Joey Browner*+ 28 SS 16 16 5 29 0 18 0 2 9 0
David Howard 27 RLB 16 16 1.0 3 16 0 10 0 2 33 0
Najee Mustafaa 24 lcb 16 7 3 63 0 36 0 1 2 17 0 35
Al Baker 32 14 4 5.5
Darrin Nelson 29 RB 13 11 3 2 0 0
Darrell Fullington 24 15 0 3 57 0 40 0 1 0 0
Alfred Anderson 27 FB 16 13 3 0 0 0
John Harris 32 FS 13 10 3 46 0 27
Wymon Henderson 27 16 0 1 13 0 13 0 0 2 0 0 25
Tommy Kramer 33 qb 10 6 3 0 -12 0
Doug Martin 31 LDE 11 10 3.0
Scott Studwell* 34 MLB 16 16 1.0 0 2 0 0
Anthony Carter* 28 WR 16 16 1 1 0 0
Brad Edwards 22 fs 16 6 2 47 1 37 36
Issiac Holt 26 LCB 13 9 2 15 0 15 1
Steve Jordan* 27 TE 16 16 2 0 0 0
Leo Lewis 32 RET 16 1 2 0 0 0
Chris Martin 28 9 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 1 10
Tim Newton 25 14 1 1.0 0 1 0 0
Allen Rice 26 16 4 1 1 0 0
Walker Lee Ashley 28 16 0 1 94 1 94
Darryl Harris 22 RET 14 0 1 0 -4 0
Bucky Scribner 28 P 16 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 27.3 16 37.0 36 589 5 94 6 22 27 44 2 435 1
Opp Total 16 47 36 19 2

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 28 K 16 0 48 20 108
Alfred Anderson 27 FB 16 13 7 1 48
Anthony Carter* 28 WR 16 16 6 36
Allen Rice 26 16 4 6 36
Hassan Jones 24 WR 16 15 5 30
Steve Jordan* 27 TE 16 16 5 30
Rick Fenney 24 13 3 3 18
D.J. Dozier 23 8 1 2 12
Carl Lee*+ 27 RCB 16 16 2 12
Wade Wilson* 29 QB 14 10 2 12
Walker Lee Ashley 28 16 0 1 6
Brad Edwards 22 fs 16 6 1 6
Jim Gustafson 27 16 0 1 6
Darryl Harris 22 RET 14 0 1 6
Carl Hilton 24 8 0 1 6
Leo Lewis 32 RET 16 1 1 6
Chris Martin 28 9 0 1 6
Darrin Nelson 29 RB 13 11 1 6
Jesse Solomon 25 LLB 16 16 1 6
Henry Thomas 23 LDT 15 15 1 6
Issiac Holt 26 LCB 13 9 1 2
Team Total 27.3 16 22 20 2 5 48 20 1 404
Opp Total 16 10 12 22 21 2 233