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1995 Minnesota Vikings
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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 4th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 412 points (25.8/g), 4th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 385 points (24.1/g), 27th.
Differential of 27 points (1.7/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 8.6-7.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.7/g), 2nd.
Simple Rating System: Total 3.7, Offense: 5.1, Defense: -1.4, SoS: 2.0, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Dennis Green (8-8-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Brian Billick
Defensive Coordinator: Tony Dungy
Training Camp: Mankato State (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 | Warren Moon* | 39 | 11 | 16 | 377 for 606, 4,228 yards, 33 td, 14 int, & 33 rushes for 82 yards and 0 td | |
| RB | Robert Smith | 23 | 2 | 7 | 139 rushes for 632 yards, 5 td, & 7 catches for 35 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 21st pick / 1993 |
| RB | Scottie Graham | 26 | 3 | 6 | 110 rushes for 406 yards, 2 td, & 4 catches for 30 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 188th pick / 1992 |
| FB | Charles Evans | 28 | 2 | 8 | 19 rushes for 59 yards, 1 td, & 18 catches for 119 yards and 1 td | Minnesota Vikings / 11th / 295th pick / 1992 |
| WR | Cris Carter* | 30 | 8 | 16 | 122 catches for 1,371 yards, 17 td, & 1 rush for 0 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 3rd pick / 1987 Supp |
| WR | Jake Reed | 28 | 4 | 16 | 72 catches for 1,167 yards, 9 td | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 68th pick / 1991 |
| TE | Adrian Cooper | 27 | 4 | 13 | 18 catches for 207 yards, 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 103rd pick / 1991 |
| TE | Andrew Jordan | 23 | 1 | 7 | 27 catches for 185 yards, 2 td | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 179th pick / 1994 |
| LT | Todd Steussie | 25 | 1 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1994 | |
| LG | Randall McDaniel*+ | 31 | 7 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1988 | |
| C | Jeff Christy | 26 | 2 | 16 | Phoenix Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1992 | |
| RG | John Gerak | 25 | 2 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 57th pick / 1993 | |
| RG | David Dixon | 26 | 1 | 6 | New England Patriots / 9th / 232nd pick / 1992 | |
| RT | Korey Stringer | 21 | Rook | 15 | 2 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 24th pick / 1995 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Roy Barker | 26 | 3 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 98th pick / 1992 |
| NT | Esera Tuaolo | 27 | 4 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1991 |
| RDT | John Randle*+ | 28 | 5 | 16 | 10.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RDE | Derrick L. Alexander | 22 | Rook | 12 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 11th pick / 1995 |
| LLB | Broderick Thomas | 28 | 6 | 16 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 6th pick / 1989 |
| MLB | Jack Del Rio | 32 | 10 | 9 | 3.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 68th pick / 1985 |
| MLB | Jeff Brady | 27 | 4 | 7 | 3.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 12th / 323rd pick / 1991 |
| RLB | Ed McDaniel | 26 | 3 | 16 | 4.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 125th pick / 1992 |
| LCB | Corey Fuller | 24 | Rook | 10 | 0.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 55th pick / 1995 |
| LCB | Donald Frank | 30 | 5 | 6 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Dewayne Washington | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 18th pick / 1994 |
| SS | Harlon Barnett | 28 | 5 | 12 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 101st pick / 1990 | |
| FS | Orlando Thomas | 23 | Rook | 11 | 0.0 sacks, 9 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1995 |
| FS | Charles Mincy | 26 | 4 | 9 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 133rd pick / 1991 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Fuad Reveiz | 32 | 10 | 0 | 26 of 36 field goals & 44 of 44 extra points | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 195th pick / 1985 |
| P | Mike Saxon | 33 | 10 | 0 | 72 punts for a 40.9 average, 0 blocked | Detroit Lions / 11th / 300th pick / 1984 |
| PR | David Palmer | 23 | 1 | 0 | 26 punt returns for a 13.2 average and 1 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 40th pick / 1994 |
| KR | Qadry Ismail | 25 | 2 | 1 | 42 kick returns for a 24.7 average and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1993 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Derrick L. Alexander | 22 | DE | 15 | 12 | 277 | 6-4 | Florida St. | 11/13/1973 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 11th pick / 1995 |
| 53 | Tuineau Alipate | 28 | LB | 16 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Washington St. | 8/21/1967 | 1 | |
| 92 | Roy Barker | 26 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 287 | 6-5 | North Carolina | 2/14/1969 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 98th pick / 1992 |
| 42 | Harlon Barnett | 28 | DB | 15 | 12 | 200 | 5-11 | Michigan St. | 1/2/1967 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 101st pick / 1990 |
| 56 | Pete Bercich | 24 | LB | 9 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 12/23/1971 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 211th pick / 1994 |
| 50 | Jeff Brady | 27 | LB | 16 | 7 | 235 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 11/9/1968 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 12th / 323rd pick / 1991 |
| 52 | Richard Brown | 30 | LB | 16 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | San Diego St. | 9/21/1965 | 8 | |
| 80 | Cris Carter* | 30 | WR | 16 | 16 | 202 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 11/25/1965 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 3rd pick / 1987 Supp |
| 62 | Jeff Christy | 26 | C | 16 | 16 | 284 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 2/3/1969 | 2 | Phoenix Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1992 |
| 87 | Adrian Cooper | 27 | TE | 13 | 13 | 255 | 6-5 | Oklahoma | 4/27/1968 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 103rd pick / 1991 |
| 67 | Rick Cunningham | 28 | T | 11 | 1 | 311 | 6-7 | Oregon St.,Texas A&M | 1/4/1967 | 5 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 106th pick / 1990 |
| 55 | Jack Del Rio | 32 | LB | 9 | 9 | 246 | 6-4 | USC | 4/4/1963 | 10 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 68th pick / 1985 |
| 85 | Greg DeLong | 22 | TE | 2 | 2 | 250 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 4/3/1973 | Rook | |
| 71 | David Dixon | 26 | G | 15 | 6 | 343 | 6-5 | Arizona St. | 1/5/1969 | 1 | New England Patriots / 9th / 232nd pick / 1992 |
| 29 | Charles Evans | 28 | RB | 16 | 8 | 240 | 6-1 | Clark (GA) | 4/16/1967 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 11th / 295th pick / 1992 |
| 72 | Jason Fisk | 23 | DT-NT | 8 | 0 | 295 | 6-3 | Stanford | 9/4/1972 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 243rd pick / 1995 |
| 37 | Donald Frank | 30 | DB | 12 | 6 | 192 | 6-0 | Winston-Salem St. | 10/24/1965 | 5 | |
| 27 | Corey Fuller | 24 | DB | 16 | 10 | 220 | 5-10 | Florida St. | 5/1/1971 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 55th pick / 1995 |
| 46 | John Gerak | 25 | G-C | 16 | 6 | 290 | 6-3 | Penn St. | 1/6/1970 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 57th pick / 1993 |
| 31 | Scottie Graham | 26 | RB | 16 | 6 | 217 | 5-9 | Ohio St. | 3/28/1969 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 7th / 188th pick / 1992 |
| 24 | Robert Griffith | 25 | DB | 16 | 1 | 197 | 5-11 | San Diego St. | 11/30/1970 | 1 | |
| 23 | Shelly Hammonds | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 189 | 5-10 | Penn St. | 2/13/1971 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 134th pick / 1994 |
| 99 | James Harris | 27 | DE | 12 | 3 | 266 | 6-6 | Temple | 5/13/1968 | 2 | |
| 91 | Martin Harrison | 28 | DE-LB | 11 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Washington | 9/20/1967 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 276th pick / 1990 |
| 78 | Chris Hinton | 34 | T-G | 4 | 4 | 300 | 6-4 | Northwestern | 7/31/1961 | 12 | Denver Broncos / 1st / 4th pick / 1983 |
| 82 | Qadry Ismail | 25 | WR | 16 | 1 | 196 | 6-0 | Syracuse | 11/8/1970 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1993 |
| 25 | Alfred M. Jackson | 28 | WR | 8 | 2 | 183 | 6-0 | San Diego St. | 7/10/1967 | 6 | Los Angeles Rams / 5th / 135th pick / 1989 |
| 14 | Brad Johnson | 27 | QB | 5 | 0 | 226 | 6-5 | Florida St. | 9/13/1968 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 9th / 227th pick / 1992 |
| 89 | Andrew Jordan | 23 | TE | 13 | 7 | 260 | 6-6 | West. Carolina | 6/21/1972 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 179th pick / 1994 |
| 32 | Amp Lee | 24 | RB | 16 | 3 | 200 | 5-11 | Florida St. | 10/1/1971 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 45th pick / 1992 |
| 61 | Everett Lindsay | 25 | T-G | 16 | 0 | 305 | 6-4 | Mississippi | 9/18/1970 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 133rd pick / 1993 |
| 58 | Ed McDaniel | 26 | LB | 16 | 16 | 230 | 5-11 | Clemson | 2/23/1969 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 125th pick / 1992 |
| 64 | Randall McDaniel*+ | 31 | G | 16 | 16 | 276 | 6-3 | Arizona St. | 12/19/1964 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1988 |
| 21 | Charles Mincy | 26 | DB | 16 | 9 | 195 | 6-0 | Washington | 12/16/1969 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 133rd pick / 1991 |
| 1 | Warren Moon* | 39 | QB | 16 | 16 | 218 | 6-3 | Washington | 11/18/1956 | 11 | |
| 68 | Mike Morris | 34 | C-G | 16 | 0 | 276 | 6-5 | Truman St. | 2/22/1961 | 8 | |
| 22 | David Palmer | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 173 | 5-8 | Alabama | 11/19/1972 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 40th pick / 1994 |
| 30 | Bobby Phillips | 26 | RB | 8 | 0 | 187 | 5-9 | Virginia Union | 12/8/1969 | Rook | |
| 93 | John Randle*+ | 28 | DT-DE | 16 | 16 | 290 | 6-1 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 12/12/1967 | 5 | |
| 86 | Jake Reed | 28 | WR | 16 | 16 | 216 | 6-3 | Grambling St. | 9/28/1967 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 68th pick / 1991 |
| 7 | Fuad Reveiz | 32 | K | 16 | 0 | 225 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 2/24/1963 | 10 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 195th pick / 1985 |
| 4 | Mike Saxon | 33 | P | 16 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | San Diego St. | 7/10/1962 | 10 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 300th pick / 1984 |
| 95 | Fernando Smith | 24 | DE | 12 | 1 | 287 | 6-6 | Jackson St. | 8/2/1971 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 55th pick / 1994 |
| 26 | Robert Smith | 23 | RB | 9 | 7 | 212 | 6-2 | Ohio St. | 3/4/1972 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 21st pick / 1993 |
| 73 | Todd Steussie | 25 | T | 16 | 16 | 320 | 6-6 | California | 12/1/1970 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1994 |
| 28 | James Stewart | 24 | RB | 4 | 0 | 238 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 12/8/1971 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 157th pick / 1995 |
| 77 | Korey Stringer | 21 | T | 16 | 15 | 350 | 6-4 | Ohio St. | 5/8/1974 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 24th pick / 1995 |
| 51 | Broderick Thomas | 28 | LB-DE | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 2/20/1967 | 6 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 6th pick / 1989 |
| 43 | Orlando Thomas | 23 | DB | 16 | 11 | 222 | 6-1 | La-Lafayette | 10/21/1972 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1995 |
| 83 | Mike Tice | 36 | TE | 3 | 1 | 253 | 6-7 | Maryland | 2/2/1959 | 14 | |
| 98 | Esera Tuaolo | 27 | NT-DT | 16 | 16 | 277 | 6-2 | Oregon St. | 7/11/1968 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1991 |
| 81 | Chris Walsh | 27 | WR | 16 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Stanford | 12/12/1968 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 251st pick / 1992 |
| 20 | Dewayne Washington | 23 | DB | 15 | 14 | 195 | 5-11 | North Carolina St. | 12/27/1972 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 18th pick / 1994 |
| Team Total | 27.0 | 16 | 244.0 | 6-2.2 | 3.6 |