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1992 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 374 points (23.4/g), 4th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 249 points (15.6/g), 7th.
 Differential of 125 points (7.8/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 11.6-4.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.6/g), 3rd.

Coached by Dennis Green (11-5-0)

1992 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 6 W 1-0 @ Green Bay Packers 23 20 18 425 248 177 3 18 271 155 116 3
2 Sun September 13 L 1-1 @ Detroit Lions 17 31 20 270 175 95 4 12 169 96 73 1
3 Sun September 20 W 2-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26 20 20 319 190 129 1 18 333 231 102 2
4 Sun September 27 W 3-1 @ Cincinnati Bengals 42 7 28 423 317 106 14 178 65 113 4
5 Sun October 4 W 4-1 Chicago Bears 21 20 18 332 205 127 4 19 275 189 86 2
6 Bye Week
7 Thu October 15 W 5-1 Detroit Lions 31 14 23 393 291 102 17 293 226 67 2
8 Sun October 25 L 5-2 Washington Redskins 13 15 12 218 143 75 3 15 252 136 116 2
9 Mon November 2 W 6-2 @ Chicago Bears 38 10 18 312 148 164 1 16 293 165 128 4
10 Sun November 8 W 7-2 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 35 7 22 296 171 125 3 24 351 278 73 3
11 Sun November 15 L 7-3 Houston Oilers 13 17 10 170 96 74 1 27 342 215 127 4
12 Sun November 22 W 8-3 Cleveland Browns 17 13 10 141 52 89 3 14 275 180 95 4
13 Sun November 29 W 9-3 @ Los Angeles Rams 31 17 24 408 274 134 3 22 337 247 90 4
14 Sun December 6 L 9-4 @ Philadelphia Eagles 17 28 15 219 81 138 1 26 360 135 225 2
15 Sun December 13 L 9-5 San Francisco 49ers 17 20 10 185 71 114 1 21 287 152 135 1
16 Sun December 20 W 10-5 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 6 3 18 341 125 216 3 17 288 130 158 1
17 Sun December 27 W 11-5 Green Bay Packers 27 7 22 447 282 165 1 13 211 182 29 3
Playoffs
WildCard Sat January 2 L 11-6 Washington Redskins 7 24

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 374 4899 995 4.9 288 258 458 2869 18 15 5.8 157 497 2030 19 4.1 115 32 17 16
Team Defense 249 4515 997 4.5 473 320 508 2782 12 28 5.0 154 438 1733 11 4.0 293 42 14 26
Lg Rank Offense 4 11 9 19 18 12 6 17 5 7 4 14 12 20
Lg Rank Defense 7 8 20 22 7 3 1 3 14 14 11 12 2 13

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%
Rich Gannon 27 QB 12 12 159 279 57.0 1905 12 4.3 13 4.7 60 6.8 5.2 12.0 158.8 72.9 25 177 5.7 4.2 8.2
Sean Salisbury 29 qb 10 4 97 175 55.4 1203 5 2.9 2 1.1 51 6.9 6.6 12.4 120.3 81.7 15 116 5.7 5.5 7.9
Anthony Carter 32 WR 16 14 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
Keith Henderson 26 13 0 1 1 100.0 36 1 100.0 0 0.0 36 36.0 46.0 36.0 2.8 158.3 0 0 36.0 46.0 0.0
Hassan Jones 28 wr 9 5 1 1 100.0 18 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 18.0 18.0 18.0 2.0 118.7 0 0 18.0 18.0 0.0
Harry Newsome 29 P 16 0 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 27.6 16 258 458 56.3 3162 18 3.9 15 3.3 60 6.9 5.8 12.3 197.6 77.2 40 293 5.8 4.8 8.0
Opp Total 16 320 508 63.0 2782 12 2.4 28 5.5 5.5 3.2 8.7 173.9 62.3 51 342 5.0 2.3

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
Terry Allen 24 RB 16 16 266 1201 13 51 4.5 75.1 16.6 49 478 9.8 2 36 3.1 29.9 1679 15 9
Roger Craig 32 15 1 105 416 4 21 4.0 27.7 7.0 22 164 7.5 0 22 1.5 10.9 580 4 2
Rich Gannon 27 QB 12 12 45 187 0 14 4.2 15.6 3.8 187 0 5
Keith Henderson 26 13 0 34 113 1 12 3.3 8.7 2.6 4 60 15.0 0 23 0.3 4.6 173 1 1
Anthony Carter 32 WR 16 14 16 66 1 14 4.1 4.1 1.0 41 580 14.1 2 54 2.6 36.3 646 3 1
Sean Salisbury 29 qb 10 4 11 0 0 4 0.0 0.0 1.1 0 0 4
Darrin Nelson 33 RET 16 0 10 5 0 9 0.5 0.3 0.6 5 0 2
Cris Carter 27 WR 12 12 5 15 0 6 3.0 1.3 0.4 53 681 12.8 6 44 4.4 56.8 696 6 1
Joe P. Johnson 30 wr 15 6 4 26 0 9 6.5 1.7 0.3 21 211 10.0 1 37 1.4 14.1 237 1 0
Hassan Jones 28 wr 9 5 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 22 308 14.0 4 43 2.4 34.2 309 4 0
Steve Jordan 31 TE 14 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 394 14.1 2 60 2.0 28.1 394 2 0
Jake Reed 25 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 142 23.7 0 51 0.4 8.9 142 0 0
Mike Tice 33 TE 12 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 65 13.0 1 34 0.4 5.4 65 1 0
Brent Novoselsky 26 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 63 15.8 0 34 0.3 3.9 63 0 0
Derek Tennell 28 3 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 12 6.0 0 8 0.7 4.0 12 0 0
Danta Whitaker 28 6 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.2 0.7 4 0 0
Team Total 27.6 16 497 2030 19 51 4.1 126.9 31.1 258 3162 12.3 18 60 16.1 197.6 5192 37 29
Opp Total 16 438 1733 11 4.0 108.3 27.4 320 2782 8.7 12 20.0 173.9 4515 23 23

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
Anthony Parker 26 RET 16 3 33 336 0 42 10.2 2 30 0 15 15.0 366
Darrin Nelson 33 RET 16 0 29 626 0 53 21.6 631
Keith Henderson 26 13 0 5 111 0 29 22.2 284
Joe P. Johnson 30 wr 15 6 5 79 0 25 15.8 316
Ronnie West 24 12 0 2 27 0 27 13.5 27
Scott Adams 26 15 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Jake Reed 25 16 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 143
Team Total 27.6 16 33 336 0 42 10.2 45 874 0 53 19.4 6402
Opp Total 16 34 1 50 925 0 18.5

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
Harry Newsome 29 P 16 0 72 3243 84 1 45.0
Fuad Reveiz 29 K 16 0 25 19 76.0% 45 45 100.0%
Team Total 27.6 16 25 19 76.0% 45 45 100.0% 72 3243 84 1 45.0
Opp Total 16 25 20 80.0% 27 27 100.0% 76 3184 41.9

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*+ 31 RDE 16 16 14.5 1 27 1 27 6 0 3 0 0 64 1
John Randle 25 RDT 16 14 11.5 0 0 1 0 0 56
Terry Allen 24 RB 16 16 9 2 0 0
Al Noga 27 LDE 16 16 9.0 0 0 1 3 0 54
Audray McMillian*+ 30 RCB 16 16 8 157 2 51
Anthony Parker 26 RET 16 3 3 23 0 23 0 2 2 58 1 29
Sean Salisbury 29 qb 10 4 4 3 -5 0
Jack Del Rio 29 MLB 16 16 2.0 2 92 1 84 1 0 2 0 0 153
Carlos Jenkins 24 LLB 16 12 4.0 1 19 1 19 1 0 1 22 1 73
Todd Scott* 24 SS 16 16 1.0 5 79 1 35 73
Henry Thomas* 27 LDT 16 16 6.0 69
Rich Gannon 27 QB 12 12 5 0 0 0
Vencie Glenn 28 16 3 5 65 0 39 50
Mike Merriweather 32 RLB 16 16 3.0 0 2 3 0
Carl Lee 31 LCB 16 16 2 20 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 75
Darrin Nelson 33 RET 16 0 2 2 0 0
Roger Craig 32 15 1 2 0 0 0
Brent Novoselsky 26 16 1 0 2 0 0
Scott Adams 26 15 0 1 0 0 0
Anthony Carter 32 WR 16 14 1 0 0 0
Cris Carter 27 WR 12 12 1 0 0 0
Keith Henderson 26 13 0 1 0 0 0
Adam Schreiber 30 16 1 0 1 0 0
Mike Tice 33 TE 12 9 0 1 4 0
Ronnie West 24 12 0 1 0 0 0
Felix Wright 33 FS 13 13 1 20 0 20
Team Total 27.6 16 51.0 28 502 6 84 11 29 25 85 2 827 1
Opp Total 16 40 23 9

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
Fuad Reveiz 29 K 16 0 45 19 102
Terry Allen 24 RB 16 16 13 2 90
Cris Carter 27 WR 12 12 6 36
Roger Craig 32 15 1 4 24
Hassan Jones 28 wr 9 5 4 24
Anthony Carter 32 WR 16 14 1 2 18
Carlos Jenkins 24 LLB 16 12 1 1 12
Steve Jordan 31 TE 14 12 2 12
Audray McMillian*+ 30 RCB 16 16 2 12
Chris Doleman*+ 31 RDE 16 16 1 1 8
Jack Del Rio 29 MLB 16 16 1 6
Keith Henderson 26 13 0 1 6
Joe P. Johnson 30 wr 15 6 1 6
Anthony Parker 26 RET 16 3 1 6
Todd Scott* 24 SS 16 16 1 6
Mike Tice 33 TE 12 9 1 6
Team Total 27.6 16 19 18 2 6 45 19 1 374
Opp Total 16 11 12 1 27 20 249