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1999 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 399 points (24.9/g), 5th of 31 in the NFL.
 Allowed 335 points (20.9/g), 18th.
 Differential of 64 points (4.0/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 9.6-6.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.6/g), 27th.

Coached by Dennis Green (10-6-0)

1999 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 12 box W 1-0 @ Atlanta Falcons 17 14 19 299 184 115 22 359 278 81 3
2 Sun September 19 box L 1-1 Oakland Raiders 17 22 19 354 320 34 3 22 402 240 162 1
3 Sun September 26 box L 1-2 @ Green Bay Packers 20 23 21 328 231 97 2 20 360 289 71
4 Sun October 3 box W 2-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21 14 20 364 296 68 1 22 370 286 84 2
5 Sun October 10 box L 2-3 Chicago Bears 22 24 26 445 279 166 5 23 379 278 101
6 Sun October 17 box L 2-4 @ Detroit Lions 23 25 17 327 267 60 5 19 299 189 110 1
7 Sun October 24 box W 3-4 San Francisco 49ers 40 16 25 395 240 155 2 14 260 178 82 2
8 Sun October 31 box W 4-4 @ Denver Broncos 23 20 15 302 205 97 24 391 256 135 3
9 Mon November 8 box W 5-4 Dallas Cowboys 27 17 17 308 190 118 2 14 328 123 205 2
10 Sun November 14 box W 6-4 @ Chicago Bears 27 24 23 459 349 110 3 21 456 407 49 2
11 Bye Week
12 Sun November 28 box W 7-4 San Diego Chargers 35 27 27 485 356 129 2 19 458 396 62 3
13 Mon December 6 box L 7-5 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17 24 21 339 246 93 4 13 190 87 103 3
14 Sun December 12 box L 7-6 @ Kansas City Chiefs 28 31 21 326 151 175 4 22 380 207 173 2
15 Mon December 20 box W 8-6 Green Bay Packers 24 20 15 305 229 76 2 20 319 212 107 3
16 Sun December 26 box W 9-6 @ New York Giants 34 17 18 378 204 174 2 25 344 268 76 1
17 Sun January 2 box W 10-6 Detroit Lions 24 17 20 379 242 137 3 20 302 286 16 2
Playoffs
WildCard Sun January 9 box W 11-6 Dallas Cowboys 27 10 20 374 199 175 18 389 278 111 3
Division Sun January 16 box L 11-7 @ St. Louis Rams 37 49 27 475 388 87 3 23 405 374 31 3

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 399 5793 995 5.8 324 316 530 3989 32 21 7.0 192 422 1804 13 4.3 96 40 19 36
Team Defense 335 5597 1065 5.3 320 373 606 3980 20 12 6.1 213 413 1617 9 3.9 83 30 18 24
Lg Rank Offense 5 3 6 19 5 3 24 3 20 14 10 6 30 28
Lg Rank Defense 18 27 27 31 30 11 26 23 10 14 10 17 17 4

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
3 Jeff George 32 QB 12 10 8-2-0 191 329 58.1 2816 23 7.0 12 3.6 80 8.6 8.3 14.7 234.7 94.2 28 228 7.2 7.0 7.8
7 Randall Cunningham 36 qb 6 6 2-4-0 124 200 62.0 1475 8 4.0 9 4.5 61 7.4 6.2 11.9 245.8 79.1 15 101 6.4 5.3 7.0
84 Randy Moss* 22 WR 16 16 1 1 100.0 27 1 100.0 0 0.0 27 27.0 47.0 27.0 1.7 158.3 0 0 27.0 47.0 0.0
Team Total 27.8 16 10-6-0 316 530 59.6 4318 32 6.0 21 4.0 80 8.1 7.6 13.7 269.9 89.3 43 329 7.0 6.4 7.5
Opp Total 16 373 606 61.6 4252 20 3.3 12 2.0 7.0 6.8 11.4 265.8 85.4 46 272 6.1 5.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
26 Robert Smith 27 RB 13 12 221 1015 2 70 4.6 78.1 17.0 24 166 6.9 0 34 1.8 12.8 1181 2 1
44 Leroy Hoard 31 15 3 138 555 10 53 4.0 37.0 9.2 17 166 9.8 0 29 1.1 11.1 721 10 4
21 Moe Williams 25 14 0 24 69 1 10 2.9 4.9 1.7 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.1 0.9 81 1 0
3 Jeff George 32 QB 12 10 16 41 0 17 2.6 3.4 1.3 41 0 8
7 Randall Cunningham 36 qb 6 6 10 58 0 14 5.8 9.7 1.7 58 0 2
84 Randy Moss* 22 WR 16 16 4 43 0 15 10.8 2.7 0.3 80 1413 17.7 11 67 5.0 88.3 1456 11 3
22 David Palmer 27 RET 8 2 3 12 0 7 4.0 1.5 0.4 4 25 6.3 0 13 0.5 3.1 37 0 1
12 Daunte Culpepper 22 1 0 3 6 0 9 2.0 6.0 3.0 6 0 1
33 Harold Morrow 26 16 0 2 1 0 5 0.5 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
28 Robert Tate 26 16 1 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.1 0.2 7 0 1
80 Cris Carter*+ 34 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 90 1241 13.8 13 68 5.6 77.6 1241 13 0
86 Jake Reed 32 WR 16 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 44 643 14.6 2 50 2.8 40.2 643 2 0
82 Andrew Glover 32 TE 16 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 327 11.7 1 31 1.8 20.4 327 1 0
89 Matthew Hatchette 25 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 180 20.0 2 80 0.7 13.8 180 2 0
40 Jim Kleinsasser 22 fb 13 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 13 2.2 0 11 0.5 1.0 13 0 2
85 Andrew Jordan 27 11 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 40 8.0 1 11 0.5 3.6 40 1 0
45 John Henry Mills 30 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 30 10.0 0 14 0.2 2.0 30 0 0
87 Carlester Crumpler 28 11 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 35 17.5 1 31 0.2 3.2 35 1 0
81 Chris Walsh 31 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 24 12.0 1 18 0.1 1.5 24 1 0
Team Total 27.8 16 422 1804 13 70 4.3 112.8 26.4 316 4318 13.7 32 80 19.8 269.9 6122 45 23
Opp Total 16 413 1617 9 3.9 101.1 25.8 373 3980 10.7 20 23.3 248.8 5597 29 31

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
22 David Palmer 27 RET 8 2 12 93 0 18 7.8 27 621 0 51 23.0 751
28 Robert Tate 26 16 1 25 627 1 76 25.1 634
84 Randy Moss* 22 WR 16 16 17 162 1 64 9.5 1618
21 Moe Williams 25 14 0 10 240 1 85 24.0 321
19 Yo Murphy 26 1 0 3 14 0 7 4.7 4 80 0 24 20.0 94
91 John Burrough 27 10 2 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
85 Andrew Jordan 27 11 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 40
40 Jim Kleinsasser 22 fb 13 7 1 0 0 0 0.0 13
33 Harold Morrow 26 16 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 21
Team Total 27.8 16 32 269 1 64 8.4 70 1597 2 85 22.8 7988
Opp Total 16 28 0 69 1423 0 20.6

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
1 Gary Anderson 40 K 16 0 8 6 11 9 9 4 2 30 19 63.3% 46 46 100.0%
17 Mitch Berger* 27 P 16 0 61 2769 75 0 45.4
Team Total 27.8 16 8 6 11 9 9 4 2 30 19 63.3% 46 46 100.0% 61 2769 75 0 45.4
Opp Total 16 42 29 69.0% 32 32 100.0% 69 2857 41.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
24 Robert Griffith 29 SS 16 16 4.0 3 0 0 0 94 26
58 Ed McDaniel 30 MLB 16 16 2.0 0 0 2 0 0 86 34
57 Dwayne Rudd 23 RLB 16 16 3.0 2 0 1 0 0 88 29
37 Jimmy Hitchcock 29 RCB 16 16 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 73 9
20 Kenny Wright 22 LCB 16 12 1 11 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 64 10
42 Orlando Thomas 27 FS 13 12 2 32 1 27 2 0 1 0 0 51 19
56 Chris Doleman 38 RDE 14 12 8.0 2 0 2 7 0 41 12
93 John Randle 32 LDE/rdt 16 16 10.0 1 1 0 1 4 0 3 0 0 29 9
94 Tony Williams 24 RDT 16 12 5.0 0 0 1 0 0 30 15
52 Kailee Wong 23 LLB 13 8 0 0 1 4 0 34 12
92 Duane Clemons 25 lde 16 9 9.0 2 0 4 0 0 29 7
96 Jerry Ball 35 LDT 13 10 1.0 15 8
29 Chris Rogers 22 10 4 18 2
34 Ramos McDonald 23 lcb 5 5 16 1
32 Anthony Bass 24 14 3 1 4 0 4 14 2
28 Robert Tate 26 16 1 1 18 0 18 0 1 0 0 0 14 1
91 John Burrough 27 10 2 1.0 10 4
30 Antonio Banks 26 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 1
55 Corey Miller 31 5 3 1 0 0 0 8 4
75 Joe Phillips 36 16 1 1.0 5 2
3 Jeff George 32 QB 12 10 8 2 0 0
51 Rob Holmberg 28 16 0 2 3
95 Martin Harrison 32 4 0 2 1
99 Stalin Colinet 25 3 1 2 0
44 Leroy Hoard 31 15 3 4 0 0 0
84 Randy Moss* 22 WR 16 16 0 3 0 0 0
12 Daunte Culpepper 22 1 0 0 1 1 -2 0
7 Randall Cunningham 36 qb 6 6 2 0 -1 0
40 Jim Kleinsasser 22 fb 13 7 0 2 0 0 0
53 Kivuusama Mays 24 11 0 1 0
17 Mitch Berger* 27 P 16 0 0 1 0 0
33 Harold Morrow 26 16 0 0 1 0 0
22 David Palmer 27 RET 8 2 1 0 0 0
26 Robert Smith 27 RB 13 12 1 0 0 0
73 Todd Steussie 29 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.8 16 46.0 12 66 1 27 14 23 22 8 0 737 211
Opp Total 16 43 31 13 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1 Gary Anderson 40 K 16 0 46 19 103
80 Cris Carter*+ 34 WR 16 16 13 13 78
84 Randy Moss* 22 WR 16 16 11 1 12 72
44 Leroy Hoard 31 15 3 10 10 60
89 Matthew Hatchette 25 13 0 2 2 12
86 Jake Reed 32 WR 16 8 2 2 12
26 Robert Smith 27 RB 13 12 2 2 12
21 Moe Williams 25 14 0 1 1 2 12
87 Carlester Crumpler 28 11 1 1 1 6
82 Andrew Glover 32 TE 16 13 1 1 6
85 Andrew Jordan 27 11 1 1 1 6
28 Robert Tate 26 16 1 1 1 6
42 Orlando Thomas 27 FS 13 12 1 1 6
81 Chris Walsh 31 16 1 1 1 6
Team Total 27.8 16 13 32 1 2 1 49 46 19 397
Opp Total 16 9 20 2 32 29 1 335