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1993 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 277 points (17.3/g), 20th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 290 points (18.1/g), 12th.
 Differential of -13 points (-0.8/g), 17th.
 Expected W-L: 7.6-8.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.6/g), 5th.

Simple Rating System: Total -0.1, Offense: -1.3, Defense: 1.2, SoS: 0.7, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Dennis Green (9-7-0)
 Offensive Coordinator: Brian Billick and Jack Burns
 Defensive Coordinator: Tony Dungy

Training Camp: Mankato State (Mankato, Minnesota)

Team Stats and Rankings

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 277 4824 1008 4.8 283 315 526 3200 18 14 5.7 182 447 1624 8 3.6 85 24 10 16
Team Defense 290 4406 938 4.7 259 310 478 2870 11 24 5.5 139 415 1536 14 3.7 98 34 10 22
Lg Rank Offense 20 17 17 12 14 13 9 14 17 21 21 17 5 4
Lg Rank Defense 12 1 1 7 6 1 2 8 7 6 21 10 9 23

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 5 boxscore L 0-1 @ Los Angeles Raiders 7 24 18 205 147 58 3 19 312 214 98 1
2 Sun September 12 boxscore W 1-1 Chicago Bears 10 7 15 276 155 121 1 7 140 52 88 1
3 Bye Week
4 Sun September 26 boxscore W 2-1 Green Bay Packers 15 13 17 317 210 107 1 15 256 150 106 2
5 Sun October 3 boxscore L 2-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 19 38 15 271 219 52 1 17 254 204 50 1
6 Sun October 10 boxscore W 3-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15 0 18 268 144 124 1 11 169 110 59 5
7 Bye Week
8 Mon October 25 boxscore W 4-2 @ Chicago Bears 19 12 14 252 87 165 1 12 250 159 91 3
9 Sun October 31 boxscore L 4-3 Detroit Lions 27 30 25 378 262 116 3 13 338 260 78 2
10 Sun November 7 boxscore L 4-4 San Diego Chargers 17 30 21 346 326 20 3 24 411 263 148 1
11 Sun November 14 boxscore W 5-4 @ Denver Broncos 26 23 18 427 357 70 3 25 342 250 92 4
12 Sun November 21 boxscore L 5-5 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10 23 12 235 153 82 2 18 300 200 100
13 Sun November 28 boxscore L 5-6 New Orleans Saints 14 17 16 288 182 106 1 15 254 100 154 3
14 Sun December 5 boxscore W 6-6 @ Detroit Lions 13 0 14 234 133 101 1 16 219 111 108 5
15 Sun December 12 boxscore L 6-7 Dallas Cowboys 20 37 20 270 173 97 1 25 356 208 148
16 Sun December 19 boxscore W 7-7 @ Green Bay Packers 21 17 21 361 207 154 16 320 253 67 2
17 Sun December 26 boxscore W 8-7 Kansas City Chiefs 30 10 23 424 219 205 1 12 220 183 37 3
18 Fri December 31 boxscore W 9-7 @ Washington Redskins 14 9 16 272 226 46 1 14 265 153 112 1
Playoffs
WildCard Sun January 9 boxscore L 9-8 @ New York Giants 10 17 11 260 181 79 1 17 270 94 176

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec 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% 4QC GWD
9 Jim McMahon 34 QB 12 12 8-4-0 200 331 60.4 1968 9 2.7 8 2.4 58 5.9 5.4 9.8 164.0 76.2 23 104 5.3 4.8 6.5 2 2
12 Sean Salisbury 30 qb 11 4 1-3-0 115 195 59.0 1413 9 4.6 6 3.1 55 7.2 6.8 12.3 128.5 84.0 12 77 6.5 6.0 5.8 0 1
Team Total 27.2 16 9-7-0 315 526 59.9 3381 18 3.4 14 2.7 58 6.4 5.9 10.7 211.3 79.1 35 181 5.7 5.2 6.2 2 3
Opp Total 16 310 478 64.9 3146 11 2.3 24 5.0 6.6 4.8 10.1 196.6 70.3 45 276 5.5 3.8 8.6

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
23 Barry Word 30 RB 13 8 142 458 2 14 3.2 35.2 10.9 9 105 11.7 0 27 0.7 8.1 563 2 3
31 Scottie Graham 24 7 3 118 488 3 31 4.1 69.7 16.9 7 46 6.6 0 11 1.0 6.6 534 3 0
20 Robert Smith 21 10 2 82 399 2 26 4.9 39.9 8.2 24 111 4.6 0 12 2.4 11.1 510 2 0
33 Roger Craig 33 14 3 38 119 1 11 3.1 8.5 2.7 19 169 8.9 1 31 1.4 12.1 288 2 1
9 Jim McMahon 34 QB 12 12 33 96 0 16 2.9 8.0 2.8 96 0 4
29 Charles Evans 26 3 0 14 32 0 5 2.3 10.7 4.7 4 39 9.8 0 21 1.3 13.0 71 0 0
12 Sean Salisbury 30 qb 11 4 10 -1 0 6 -0.1 -0.1 0.9 -1 0 3
81 Anthony Carter 33 WR 15 14 7 19 0 9 2.7 1.3 0.5 60 775 12.9 5 39 4.0 51.7 794 5 1
82 Qadry Ismail 23 KR 15 3 3 14 0 6 4.7 0.9 0.2 19 212 11.2 1 37 1.3 14.1 226 1 1
80 Cris Carter* 28 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 86 1071 12.5 9 58 5.4 66.9 1071 9 0
83 Steve Jordan 32 TE 14 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 56 542 9.7 1 53 4.0 38.7 542 1 0
46 Derek Tennell 29 te 16 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 122 8.1 0 17 0.9 7.6 122 0 0
87 Mike Tice 34 TE 16 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 39 6.5 1 21 0.4 2.4 39 1 1
86 Jake Reed 26 10 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 65 13.0 0 18 0.5 6.5 65 0 0
89 Olanda Truitt 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 40 10.0 0 13 0.5 5.0 40 0 0
84 Eric Guliford 24 PR 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 45 45.0 0 45 0.1 4.5 45 0 1
Team Total 27.2 16 447 1624 8 31 3.6 101.5 27.9 315 3381 10.7 18 58 19.7 211.3 5005 26 15
Opp Total 16 415 1536 14 3.7 96.0 25.9 310 2870 9.3 11 19.4 179.4 4406 25 24

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
82 Qadry Ismail 23 KR 15 3 42 902 0 47 21.5 1128
84 Eric Guliford 24 PR 10 0 29 212 0 50 7.3 5 101 0 29 20.2 358
27 Anthony Parker 27 14 0 9 64 0 20 7.1 64
20 Robert Smith 21 10 2 1 4 0 4 4.0 3 41 0 16 13.7 555
33 Roger Craig 33 14 3 1 11 0 11 11.0 299
55 Jack Del Rio 30 MLB 16 16 1 4 0 4 4.0 4
29 Charles Evans 26 3 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 82
31 Scottie Graham 24 7 3 1 16 0 16 16.0 550
26 Audray McMillian 31 RCB 16 16 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 27.2 16 39 280 0 50 7.2 55 1086 0 47 19.7 6371
Opp Total 16 46 1 58 1420 1 24.5

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
18 Harry Newsome 30 P 16 0 90 3862 64 0 42.9
7 Fuad Reveiz 30 K 16 0 4 4 12 12 6 6 7 3 6 1 35 26 74.3% 28 27 96.4%
Team Total 27.2 16 4 4 12 12 6 6 7 3 6 1 35 26 74.3% 28 27 96.4% 90 3862 64 0 42.9
Opp Total 16 33 25 75.8% 31 29 93.5% 78 3307 42.4

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
55 Jack Del Rio 30 MLB 16 16 0.5 4 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 169 0
53 Fred Strickland 27 RLB 16 15 0 0 4 4 0 137 0
51 Carlos Jenkins 25 LLB 16 16 2.5 2 7 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 88 0
39 Carl Lee 32 LCB 16 16 3 20 0 19 0 0 0 1 0 0 77 0
25 Vencie Glenn 29 FS 16 16 5 49 0 23 0 1 0 0 0 0 76 0
56 Chris Doleman* 32 RDE 16 16 12.5 1 -3 0 -3 0 3 0 1 0 0 68 0
97 Henry Thomas 28 LDT 13 13 9.0 1 0 0 0 0 66 0 1
93 John Randle*+ 26 RDT 16 16 12.5 3 0 0 0 0 59 0
38 Todd Scott 25 SS 13 12 2 26 0 26 0 0 0 1 0 0 61 0
37 Lamar McGriggs 25 9 4 1 63 1 63 0 1 0 0 0 0 30 0
58 Ed McDaniel 24 7 1 21 0
27 Anthony Parker 27 14 0 1 1 0 1 0 20 0
98 Esera Tuaolo 25 11 3 16 0
90 Robert Harris 24 16 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 14 0
54 Dave Garnett 23 16 0 11 0
77 Brad Culpepper 24 15 0 9 0
92 Roy Barker 24 LDE 16 16 6.0 0 0 1 0 0
9 Jim McMahon 34 QB 12 12 0 4 1 -7 0
26 Audray McMillian 31 RCB 16 16 4 45 1 22 0 0 0 1 0 0
50 Bobby Abrams 26 4 0 2 0
12 Sean Salisbury 30 qb 11 4 0 3 1 -9 0
59 Ashley Sheppard 24 10 0 1.0 1 0
23 Barry Word 30 RB 13 8 0 3 0 0 0
99 James Harris 25 6 0 1 0
81 Anthony Carter 33 WR 15 14 0 1 0 0 0
80 Cris Carter* 28 WR 16 16 0 0 1 0 0
33 Roger Craig 33 14 3 0 1 0 0 0
84 Eric Guliford 24 PR 10 0 0 1 0 0 0
76 Tim Irwin 35 RT 16 16 0 0 1 0 0
82 Qadry Ismail 23 KR 15 3 0 1 0 0 0
24 J.C. Pearson 30 13 0 1 0 0 0 0
87 Mike Tice 34 TE 16 12 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 27.2 16 45.0 24 211 2 63 0 14 15 14 -12 0 926 0 1
Opp Total 16 35 24 14

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
7 Fuad Reveiz 30 K 16 0 27 26 105
80 Cris Carter* 28 WR 16 16 9 9 54
81 Anthony Carter 33 WR 15 14 5 5 30
31 Scottie Graham 24 7 3 3 3 18
33 Roger Craig 33 14 3 1 1 2 12
20 Robert Smith 21 10 2 2 2 12
23 Barry Word 30 RB 13 8 2 2 12
82 Qadry Ismail 23 KR 15 3 1 1 6
83 Steve Jordan 32 TE 14 12 1 1 6
37 Lamar McGriggs 25 9 4 1 1 6
26 Audray McMillian 31 RCB 16 16 1 1 6
87 Mike Tice 34 TE 16 12 1 1 6
97 Henry Thomas 28 LDT 13 13 1 2
Team Total 27.2 16 8 18 2 28 27 26 1 275
Opp Total 16 14 11 1 1 29 25 290