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1990 Minnesota Vikings
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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 351 points (21.9/g), 9th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 326 points (20.4/g), 16th.
Differential of 25 points (1.6/g), 13th.
Expected W-L: 8.7-7.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.2/g), 18th.
Simple Rating System: Total 2.4, Offense: 2.6, Defense: -0.2, SoS: 0.9, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Jerry Burns
Other Notable Asst.: Marc Trestman (Quarterbacks)
Training Camp: Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Rich Gannon | 25 | 3 | 12 | 182 for 349, 2,278 yards, 16 td, 16 int, & 52 rushes for 268 yards and 1 td | New England Patriots / 4th / 98th pick / 1987 |
| KR | Herschel Walker | 28 | 4 | 16 | 44 kick returns for a 22.0 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 114th pick / 1985 |
| FB | Alfred Anderson | 29 | 6 | 6 | 59 rushes for 207 yards, 2 td, & 13 catches for 80 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 67th pick / 1984 |
| WR | Anthony Carter | 30 | 5 | 14 | 70 catches for 1,008 yards, 8 td, & 3 rushes for 16 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 334th pick / 1983 |
| WR | Hassan Jones | 26 | 4 | 10 | 51 catches for 810 yards, 7 td, & 1 rush for -7 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 120th pick / 1986 |
| TE | Steve Jordan* | 29 | 8 | 16 | 45 catches for 636 yards, 3 td | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 179th pick / 1982 |
| LT | Gary Zimmerman | 29 | 4 | 16 | New York Giants / 1st / 3rd pick / 1984 Supp | |
| LG | Randall McDaniel*+ | 26 | 2 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1988 | |
| C | Kirk Lowdermilk | 27 | 5 | 13 | 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 59th pick / 1985 |
| RG | Todd Kalis | 25 | 2 | 14 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 108th pick / 1988 | |
| RT | Tim Irwin | 32 | 9 | 16 | 2 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 74th pick / 1981 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Al Noga | 25 | 2 | 16 | 6.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 71st pick / 1988 |
| LDT | Henry Thomas | 25 | 3 | 16 | 8.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1987 |
| RDT | Ken Clarke | 34 | 12 | 10 | 7.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDE | Chris Doleman* | 29 | 5 | 16 | 11.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 4th pick / 1985 |
| LLB | Mark Dusbabek | 26 | 1 | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 4th / 105th pick / 1987 |
| MLB | Scott Studwell | 36 | 13 | 15 | Minnesota Vikings / 9th / 250th pick / 1977 | |
| RLB | Mike Merriweather | 30 | 8 | 16 | 2.5 sacks, 3 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 70th pick / 1982 |
| LCB | Carl Lee* | 29 | 7 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 186th pick / 1983 |
| RCB | Najee Mustafaa | 26 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 100th pick / 1987 |
| SS | Joey Browner*+ | 30 | 7 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1983 |
| FS | Darrell Fullington | 26 | 2 | 11 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 124th pick / 1988 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Donald Igwebuike | 30 | 5 | 0 | 14 of 16 field goals & 19 of 19 extra points | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 10th / 260th pick / 1985 |
| P | Harry Newsome | 27 | 5 | 0 | 78 punts for a 42.3 average, 1 blocked | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 214th pick / 1985 |
| PR | Leo Lewis | 34 | 9 | 0 | 25 punt returns for a 7.2 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Herschel Walker | 28 | 4 | 16 | 44 kick returns for a 22.0 average and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 114th pick / 1985 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | Alfred Anderson | 29 | FB | 11 | 6 | 219 | 6-1 | Baylor | 8/4/1961 | 6 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 67th pick / 1984 |
| 54 | Walker Lee Ashley | 30 | 4 | 0 | 234 | 6-0 | Penn St. | 7/28/1960 | 7 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1983 | |
| 50 | Ray Berry | 27 | lb | 16 | 3 | 227 | 6-2 | Baylor | 10/28/1963 | 3 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 44th pick / 1987 |
| 68 | Paul Blair | 27 | 2 | 0 | 295 | 6-4 | Oklahoma St. | 8/3/1963 | 4 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 110th pick / 1986 | |
| 53 | David Braxton | 25 | 1 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Wake Forest | 5/25/1965 | 1 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1989 | |
| 44 | Michael Brim | 24 | db | 16 | 3 | 192 | 6-0 | Virginia Union | 1/23/1966 | 2 | 2 | Phoenix Cardinals / 4th / 95th pick / 1988 |
| 47 | Joey Browner*+ | 30 | SS | 16 | 16 | 221 | 6-2 | USC | 5/15/1960 | 7 | 13 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1983 |
| 81 | Anthony Carter | 30 | WR | 15 | 14 | 168 | 5-11 | Michigan | 9/17/1960 | 5 | 9 | Miami Dolphins / 12th / 334th pick / 1983 |
| 80 | Cris Carter | 25 | wr | 16 | 5 | 202 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 11/25/1965 | 3 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 3rd pick / 1987 Supp |
| 33 | Jessie Clark | 30 | rb | 5 | 3 | 231 | 6-0 | Arkansas,Louisiana Tech | 1/3/1960 | 7 | 0 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 188th pick / 1983 |
| 71 | Ken Clarke | 34 | RDT | 12 | 10 | 268 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 8/28/1956 | 12 | 5 | |
| 56 | Chris Doleman* | 29 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 289 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 10/16/1961 | 5 | 11 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 4th pick / 1985 |
| 42 | D.J. Dozier | 25 | rb | 6 | 1 | 200 | 6-0 | Penn St. | 9/21/1965 | 3 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 14th pick / 1987 |
| 59 | Mark Dusbabek | 26 | LLB | 14 | 11 | 232 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 6/23/1964 | 1 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 105th pick / 1987 |
| 24 | Pat Eilers | 24 | 8 | 0 | 197 | 5-11 | Yale,Notre Dame | 9/3/1966 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 91 | Willie Fears | 26 | 2 | 0 | 278 | 6-3 | NW State (LA) | 6/4/1964 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 31 | Rick Fenney | 26 | fb | 12 | 5 | 235 | 6-1 | Washington | 12/7/1964 | 3 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 211th pick / 1987 |
| 62 | Chris Foote | 34 | c | 16 | 3 | 256 | 6-3 | USC | 12/2/1956 | 10 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 6th / 144th pick / 1980 |
| 29 | Darrell Fullington | 26 | FS | 16 | 11 | 197 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 4/17/1964 | 2 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 124th pick / 1988 |
| 6 | Jim Gallery | 29 | 2 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Minnesota | 9/15/1961 | 3 | 0 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 10th / 254th pick / 1984 | |
| 16 | Rich Gannon | 25 | QB | 14 | 12 | 210 | 6-3 | Delaware | 12/20/1965 | 3 | 8 | New England Patriots / 4th / 98th pick / 1987 |
| 74 | Brian Habib | 26 | 16 | 0 | 299 | 6-7 | Washington | 12/2/1964 | 1 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 10th / 264th pick / 1988 | |
| 25 | Alonzo Hampton | 23 | 10 | 0 | 191 | 5-10 | Pittsburgh | 1/19/1967 | Rook | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 104th pick / 1990 | |
| 89 | Ira Hillary | 28 | 3 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | South Carolina | 11/13/1962 | 3 | 0 | Kansas City Chiefs / 8th / 210th pick / 1985 | |
| 72 | Dave Huffman | 33 | 1 | 0 | 280 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 4/4/1957 | 11 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1979 | |
| 4 | Donald Igwebuike | 30 | K | 8 | 0 | 181 | 5-9 | Clemson | 12/27/1960 | 5 | 0 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 10th / 260th pick / 1985 |
| 76 | Tim Irwin | 32 | RT | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-7 | Tennessee | 12/13/1958 | 9 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 74th pick / 1981 |
| 22 | Ken L. Johnson | 24 | 4 | 0 | 203 | 6-2 | Florida A&M | 9/14/1966 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 84 | Hassan Jones | 26 | WR | 15 | 10 | 198 | 6-0 | Florida St. | 7/2/1964 | 4 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 120th pick / 1986 |
| 82 | Mike L. Jones | 24 | 11 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Michigan,Texas A&M | 11/10/1966 | Rook | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 54th pick / 1990 | |
| 83 | Steve Jordan* | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 236 | 6-3 | Brown | 1/10/1961 | 8 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 179th pick / 1982 |
| 69 | Todd Kalis | 25 | RG | 15 | 14 | 296 | 6-6 | Arizona St. | 5/10/1965 | 2 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 108th pick / 1988 |
| 52 | William Kirksey | 24 | 9 | 0 | 221 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 1/29/1966 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 39 | Carl Lee* | 29 | LCB | 16 | 16 | 185 | 5-11 | Marshall | 2/6/1961 | 7 | 9 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 186th pick / 1983 |
| 87 | Leo Lewis | 34 | PR | 11 | 0 | 170 | 5-8 | Missouri | 9/17/1956 | 9 | 0 | |
| 63 | Kirk Lowdermilk | 27 | C | 15 | 13 | 269 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 4/10/1963 | 5 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 59th pick / 1985 |
| 64 | Randall McDaniel*+ | 26 | LG | 16 | 16 | 276 | 6-3 | Arizona St. | 12/19/1964 | 2 | 11 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1988 |
| 26 | Audray McMillian | 28 | db | 15 | 2 | 190 | 5-11 | Houston | 8/13/1962 | 5 | 2 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 84th pick / 1985 |
| 57 | Mike Merriweather | 30 | RLB | 16 | 16 | 230 | 6-2 | Pacific | 11/26/1960 | 8 | 10 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 70th pick / 1982 |
| 75 | Keith Millard | 28 | dt | 4 | 4 | 260 | 6-6 | Washington St. | 3/18/1962 | 5 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 13th pick / 1984 |
| 48 | Najee Mustafaa | 26 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 6/20/1964 | 3 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 100th pick / 1987 |
| 53 | Richard Newbill | 22 | 2 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 2/8/1968 | Rook | 0 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 126th pick / 1990 | |
| 18 | Harry Newsome | 27 | P | 16 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | Wake Forest | 1/25/1963 | 5 | 0 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 8th / 214th pick / 1985 |
| 99 | Al Noga | 25 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-1 | Hawaii | 9/16/1965 | 2 | 9 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 71st pick / 1988 |
| 85 | Brent Novoselsky | 24 | te | 16 | 3 | 232 | 6-2 | Pennsylvania | 1/8/1966 | 2 | 1 | |
| 93 | John Randle | 23 | 16 | 0 | 290 | 6-1 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 12/12/1967 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 7 | Fuad Reveiz | 27 | 9 | 0 | 225 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 2/24/1963 | 5 | 0 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 195th pick / 1985 | |
| 36 | Allen Rice | 28 | 15 | 0 | 203 | 5-10 | Baylor | 4/5/1962 | 6 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 140th pick / 1984 | |
| 60 | Adam Schreiber | 28 | 16 | 0 | 290 | 6-4 | Texas | 2/20/1962 | 6 | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 9th / 243rd pick / 1984 | |
| 30 | Cedric Smith | 22 | fb | 15 | 1 | 238 | 5-11 | Florida | 5/27/1968 | Rook | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 131st pick / 1990 |
| 27 | Ken Stills | 27 | db | 12 | 3 | 185 | 5-10 | Wisconsin | 9/6/1963 | 5 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 8th / 209th pick / 1985 |
| 94 | Thomas Strauthers | 29 | de | 13 | 2 | 262 | 6-4 | Jackson St. | 4/6/1961 | 7 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 10th / 258th pick / 1983 |
| 55 | Scott Studwell | 36 | MLB | 15 | 15 | 228 | 6-2 | Illinois | 8/27/1954 | 13 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 9th / 250th pick / 1977 |
| 97 | Henry Thomas | 25 | LDT | 16 | 16 | 277 | 6-2 | LSU | 1/12/1965 | 3 | 8 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1987 |
| 34 | Herschel Walker | 28 | KR | 16 | 16 | 225 | 6-1 | Georgia | 3/3/1962 | 4 | 8 | Dallas Cowboys / 5th / 114th pick / 1985 |
| 58 | Jimmy Williams | 30 | 4 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 11/15/1960 | 8 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 1st / 15th pick / 1982 | |
| 11 | Wade Wilson | 31 | qb | 6 | 4 | 210 | 6-3 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 2/1/1959 | 9 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 210th pick / 1981 |
| 73 | Craig Wolfley | 32 | g | 8 | 2 | 265 | 6-1 | Syracuse | 5/19/1958 | 10 | 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 138th pick / 1980 |
| 65 | Gary Zimmerman | 29 | LT | 16 | 16 | 294 | 6-6 | Oregon | 12/13/1961 | 4 | 7 | New York Giants / 1st / 3rd pick / 1984 Supp |
| Team Total | 27.6 | 16 | 233.1 | 6-1.6 | 4.5 |
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