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1989 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 351 points (21.9/g), 11th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 275 points (17.2/g), 6th.
 Differential of 76 points (4.8/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 10.3-5.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 15th.

Coached by Jerry Burns (10-6-0)

1989 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 10 W 1-0 Houston Oilers 38 7 29 343 188 155 11 104 34 70 3
2 Sun September 17 L 1-1 @ Chicago Bears 7 38 18 320 253 67 4 20 306 142 164 1
3 Sun September 24 L 1-2 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 14 27 17 258 146 112 2 23 278 119 159 1
4 Sun October 1 W 2-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 3 23 365 203 162 3 7 158 64 94 1
5 Sun October 8 W 3-2 Detroit Lions 24 17 14 229 138 91 3 20 237 84 153 4
6 Sun October 15 W 4-2 Green Bay Packers 26 14 21 398 160 238 2 11 219 151 68 3
7 Sun October 22 W 5-2 @ Detroit Lions 20 7 13 264 147 117 1 21 282 198 84 5
8 Mon October 30 L 5-3 @ New York Giants 14 24 20 250 140 110 4 13 174 55 119
9 Sun November 5 W 6-3 Los Angeles Rams 23 21 23 376 276 100 1 14 304 185 119 2
10 Sun November 12 W 7-3 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 10 18 303 145 158 1 13 201 111 90 2
11 Sun November 19 L 7-4 @ Philadelphia Eagles 9 10 18 219 136 83 5 22 270 179 91 1
12 Sun November 26 L 7-5 @ Green Bay Packers 19 20 22 377 301 76 2 16 332 248 84 1
13 Sun December 3 W 8-5 Chicago Bears 27 16 24 387 251 136 2 18 315 178 137 2
14 Sun December 10 W 9-5 Atlanta Falcons 43 17 23 457 237 220 1 15 255 188 67 3
15 Sun December 17 L 9-6 @ Cleveland Browns 17 23 19 316 194 122 1 16 320 256 64 2
16 Mon December 25 W 10-6 Cincinnati Bengals 29 21 24 393 274 119 1 26 429 309 120 5
Playoffs
Division Sat January 6 L 10-7 @ San Francisco 49ers 13 41

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 351 5255 1053 5.0 326 272 499 3189 17 19 5.9 172 514 2066 12 4.0 126 33 14 28
Team Defense 275 4184 1021 4.1 432 252 488 2501 18 18 4.5 140 462 1683 14 3.6 266 36 18 26
Lg Rank Offense 11 14 8 16 17 18 12 15 8 7 18 11 12 10
Lg Rank Defense 6 1 3 9 1 9 19 1 14 11 15 4 15 4

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 30 QB 14 12 194 362 53.6 2543 9 2.5 12 3.3 50 7.0 5.8 13.1 181.6 70.5 27 194 6.0 4.9 6.9
Tommy Kramer 34 8 4 77 136 56.6 906 7 5.1 7 5.1 39 6.7 4.9 11.8 113.3 72.7 12 75 5.6 4.0 8.1
D.J. Dozier 24 rb 14 6 1 1 100.0 19 1 100.0 0 0.0 19 19.0 29.0 19.0 1.4 158.3 0 0 19.0 29.0 0.0
Team Total 27.1 16 272 499 54.5 3468 17 3.4 19 3.8 50 6.9 5.6 12.8 216.8 72.0 40 279 5.9 4.6 7.4
Opp Total 16 252 488 51.6 2501 18 3.7 18 3.7 5.1 3.8 9.9 156.3 63.4 71 502 4.5 2.4

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
Herschel Walker 27 RB 11 10 169 669 5 47 4.0 60.8 15.4 18 162 9.0 1 24 1.6 14.7 831 6 5
Rick Fenney 25 fb 16 8 151 588 4 25 3.9 36.8 9.4 30 254 8.5 2 26 1.9 15.9 842 6 4
Alfred Anderson 28 FB 11 8 52 189 2 14 3.6 17.2 4.7 20 193 9.7 0 18 1.8 17.5 382 2 3
D.J. Dozier 24 rb 14 6 46 207 0 38 4.5 14.8 3.3 14 148 10.6 0 30 1.0 10.6 355 0 2
Wade Wilson 30 QB 14 12 32 132 1 23 4.1 9.4 2.3 132 1 5
Darrin Nelson 30 RET 5 0 31 124 0 24 4.0 24.8 6.2 7 52 7.4 0 11 1.4 10.4 176 0 0
Tommy Kramer 34 8 4 12 9 0 5 0.8 1.1 1.5 9 0 1
Jessie Clark 29 3 0 10 57 0 14 5.7 19.0 3.3 2 14 7.0 0 12 0.7 4.7 71 0 1
Allen Rice 27 4 0 6 25 0 10 4.2 6.3 1.5 4 29 7.3 0 14 1.0 7.3 54 0 0
Anthony Carter* 29 WR 16 16 3 18 0 17 6.0 1.1 0.2 65 1066 16.4 4 50 4.1 66.6 1084 4 0
Hassan Jones 25 WR 16 13 1 37 0 37 37.0 2.3 0.1 42 694 16.5 1 50 2.6 43.4 731 1 2
Leo Lewis 33 RET 16 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 0.7 0.1 12 148 12.3 1 28 0.8 9.3 159 1 4
Steve Jordan* 28 TE 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 506 14.5 3 34 2.2 31.6 506 3 1
Jim Gustafson 28 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 144 10.3 2 22 0.9 9.0 144 2 0
Darryl Ingram 23 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 47 9.4 1 21 0.3 2.9 47 1 0
Brent Novoselsky 23 15 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 11 2.8 2 6 0.3 0.7 11 2 0
Team Total 27.1 16 514 2066 12 47 4.0 129.1 32.1 272 3468 12.8 17 50 17.0 216.8 5534 29 28
Opp Total 16 462 1683 14 3.6 105.2 28.9 252 2501 9.9 18 15.8 156.3 4184 32 29

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Leo Lewis 33 RET 16 0 44 446 0 65 10.1 2 30 0 15 15.0 635
Darrin Nelson 30 RET 5 0 14 317 0 32 22.6 493
Herschel Walker 27 RB 11 10 13 374 1 93 28.8 1205
D.J. Dozier 24 rb 14 6 12 258 0 63 21.5 613
Alfred Anderson 28 FB 11 8 5 75 0 36 15.0 457
Anthony Carter* 29 WR 16 16 1 2 0 2 2.0 1 19 0 19 19.0 1105
Jessie Clark 29 3 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 77
Travis Curtis 24 FS 16 11 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
Rick Fenney 25 fb 16 8 1 12 0 12 12.0 854
Allen Rice 27 4 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 67
Team Total 27.1 16 45 448 0 65 10.0 51 1122 1 93 22.0 7104
Opp Total 16 32 0 68 1287 0 18.9

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 29 P 15 0 72 2864 55 0 39.8
Rich Karlis 30 K 13 0 39 31 79.5% 28 27 96.4%
Teddy Garcia 25 3 0 5 1 20.0% 8 8 100.0%
Team Total 27.1 16 44 32 72.7% 36 35 97.2% 72 2864 55 0 39.8
Opp Total 16 21 13 61.9% 33 32 97.0% 95 3857 40.6

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
Chris Doleman*+ 28 RDE 16 16 21.0 5 0 5 7 0 94
Keith Millard*+ 27 RDT 16 16 18.0 1 48 0 48 0 1 31 1
Al Noga 24 LDE 16 15 11.5 0 0 1 0 0 63
Henry Thomas 24 LDT 14 14 9.0 3 0 3 37 1 94
Mike Merriweather 29 RLB 15 15 3.5 3 29 1 15 0 1 0 0 1
Wade Wilson 30 QB 14 12 5 2 -7 0
Joey Browner* 29 SS 16 16 1.0 5 70 0 34
Leo Lewis 33 RET 16 0 4 2 0 0
Rick Fenney 25 fb 16 8 4 1 0 0
Herschel Walker 27 RB 11 10 5 0 0 0
Alfred Anderson 28 FB 11 8 3 1 0 0
D.J. Dozier 24 rb 14 6 2 2 0 0
Najee Mustafaa 25 LCB 16 16 2 7 0 7 0 0 2 27 1 48
Scott Studwell 35 MLB 16 16 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Ray Berry 26 LLB 16 10 3.0 1
Mark Dusbabek 25 16 1 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
Jessie Clark 29 3 0 1 1 0 0
Ken Clarke 33 11 0 2.0
Hassan Jones 25 WR 16 13 2 0 0 0
Carl Lee* 28 RCB 16 16 2 0 0 0 75
Anthony Carter* 29 WR 16 16 0 1 0 0
Brad Edwards 23 9 1 1 18 0 18 21
Darrell Fullington 25 16 2 1 0 0 0
Issiac Holt 27 5 1 1 90 1 90
Steve Jordan* 28 TE 16 15 1 0 0 0
Tommy Kramer 34 8 4 1 0 -7 0
Kirk Lowdermilk 26 C 16 16 0 1 0 0
Tim Newton 26 9 2 0 1 5 1
Allen Rice 27 4 0 0 1 0 0
Thomas Strauthers 28 12 0 1.0
Team Total 27.1 16 71.0 18 264 2 90 8 28 30 93 4 411 2
Opp Total 16 40 29 11

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Rich Karlis 30 K 13 0 27 31 120
Herschel Walker 27 RB 11 10 5 1 1 42
Rick Fenney 25 fb 16 8 4 2 36
Anthony Carter* 29 WR 16 16 4 24
Steve Jordan* 28 TE 16 15 3 18
Alfred Anderson 28 FB 11 8 2 12
Jim Gustafson 28 16 0 2 12
Brent Novoselsky 23 15 3 2 12
Teddy Garcia 25 3 0 8 1 11
Mike Merriweather 29 RLB 15 15 1 1 8
Issiac Holt 27 5 1 1 6
Darryl Ingram 23 16 2 1 6
Hassan Jones 25 WR 16 13 1 6
Leo Lewis 33 RET 16 0 1 6
Keith Millard*+ 27 RDT 16 16 1 6
Najee Mustafaa 25 LCB 16 16 1 6
Tim Newton 26 9 2 1 6
Henry Thomas 24 LDT 14 14 1 6
Wade Wilson 30 QB 14 12 1 6
Ray Berry 26 LLB 16 10 1 2
Team Total 27.1 16 12 17 1 4 2 35 32 2 351
Opp Total 16 14 18 32 13 275