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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.
Simple Rating System: Total 4.4, Offense: 5.2, Defense: -0.8, SoS: 0.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Dennis Green (10-6-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Ray Sherman
Defensive Coordinator: Foge Fazio
Other Notable Asst.: Mike Tice (Offensive Line)
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 | Jeff George | 32 | 9 | 10 | 191 for 329, 2,816 yards, 23 td, 12 int, & 16 rushes for 41 yards and 0 td | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1990 |
| QB | Randall Cunningham | 36 | 14 | 6 | 124 for 200, 1,475 yards, 8 td, 9 int, & 10 rushes for 58 yards and 0 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 37th pick / 1985 |
| RB | Robert Smith | 27 | 6 | 12 | 221 rushes for 1,015 yards, 2 td, & 24 catches for 166 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 21st pick / 1993 |
| FB | Jim Kleinsasser | 22 | Rook | 7 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 6 catches for 13 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 44th pick / 1999 |
| WR | Cris Carter*+ | 34 | 12 | 16 | 90 catches for 1,241 yards, 13 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 3rd pick / 1987 Supp |
| WR | Randy Moss* | 22 | 1 | 16 | 80 catches for 1,413 yards, 11 td, & 4 rushes for 43 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 21st pick / 1998 |
| WR | Jake Reed | 32 | 8 | 8 | 44 catches for 643 yards, 2 td | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 68th pick / 1991 |
| TE | Andrew Glover | 32 | 8 | 13 | 28 catches for 327 yards, 1 td | Los Angeles Raiders / 10th / 274th pick / 1991 |
| LT | Todd Steussie | 29 | 5 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1994 |
| LG | Randall McDaniel* | 35 | 11 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1988 | |
| C | Jeff Christy* | 30 | 6 | 16 | Phoenix Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1992 | |
| RG | David Dixon | 30 | 5 | 16 | New England Patriots / 9th / 232nd pick / 1992 | |
| RT | Korey Stringer | 25 | 4 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 24th pick / 1995 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | John Randle | 32 | 9 | 16 | 10.0 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| LDE | Duane Clemons | 25 | 3 | 9 | 9.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 16th pick / 1996 |
| LDT | Jerry Ball | 35 | 12 | 10 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1987 |
| RDT | Tony Williams | 24 | 2 | 12 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 151st pick / 1997 |
| RDT | John Randle | 32 | 9 | 16 | 10.0 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| RDE | Chris Doleman | 38 | 14 | 12 | 8.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 4th pick / 1985 |
| LLB | Kailee Wong | 23 | 1 | 8 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 51st pick / 1998 |
| MLB | Ed McDaniel | 30 | 7 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 125th pick / 1992 |
| RLB | Dwayne Rudd | 23 | 2 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 20th pick / 1997 |
| LCB | Kenny Wright | 22 | Rook | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 120th pick / 1999 |
| LCB | Ramos McDonald | 23 | 1 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 80th pick / 1998 | |
| RCB | Jimmy Hitchcock | 29 | 4 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 3rd / 88th pick / 1995 |
| SS | Robert Griffith | 29 | 5 | 16 | 4.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Orlando Thomas | 27 | 4 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1995 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Gary Anderson | 40 | 17 | 0 | 19 of 30 field goals & 46 of 46 extra points | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 171st pick / 1982 |
| P | Mitch Berger* | 27 | 5 | 0 | 61 punts for a 45.4 average, 0 blocked | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 193rd pick / 1994 |
| PR | Randy Moss* | 22 | 1 | 16 | 17 punt returns for a 9.5 average and 1 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 21st pick / 1998 |
| KR | David Palmer | 27 | 5 | 2 | 27 kick returns for a 23.0 average and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 40th pick / 1994 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary Anderson | 40 | K | 16 | 0 | 193 | 5-11 | Syracuse | 7/16/1959 | 17 | Buffalo Bills / 7th / 171st pick / 1982 |
| 49 | Obafemi Ayanbadejo | 24 | RB | 2 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | San Diego St. | 3/5/1975 | 1 | |
| 96 | Jerry Ball | 35 | NT-DT | 13 | 10 | 330 | 6-1 | SMU | 12/15/1964 | 12 | Detroit Lions / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1987 |
| 30 | Antonio Banks | 26 | DB | 6 | 1 | 203 | 5-10 | Virginia Tech | 3/12/1973 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 113th pick / 1997 |
| 32 | Anthony Bass | 24 | DB | 14 | 3 | 192 | 6-1 | Bethune-Cookman | 3/27/1975 | 1 | |
| 17 | Mitch Berger* | 27 | P | 16 | 0 | 220 | 6-4 | Colorado | 6/24/1972 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 193rd pick / 1994 |
| 78 | Matt Birk | 23 | C | 15 | 0 | 300 | 6-4 | Harvard | 7/23/1976 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 173rd pick / 1998 |
| 91 | John Burrough | 27 | DE-DT | 10 | 2 | 275 | 6-5 | Washington St.,Wyoming | 5/17/1972 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 7th / 245th pick / 1995 |
| 80 | Cris Carter*+ | 34 | WR | 16 | 16 | 202 | 6-3 | Ohio St. | 11/25/1965 | 12 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 3rd pick / 1987 Supp |
| 62 | Jeff Christy* | 30 | C | 16 | 16 | 284 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 2/3/1969 | 6 | Phoenix Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1992 |
| 92 | Duane Clemons | 25 | DE | 16 | 9 | 275 | 6-5 | California | 5/23/1974 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 16th pick / 1996 |
| 99 | Stalin Colinet | 25 | DT-DE | 3 | 1 | 281 | 6-6 | Boston Col. | 7/17/1974 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 78th pick / 1997 |
| 87 | Carlester Crumpler | 28 | TE | 11 | 1 | 260 | 6-6 | East Carolina | 9/5/1971 | 5 | Seattle Seahawks / 7th / 202nd pick / 1994 |
| 12 | Daunte Culpepper | 22 | QB | 1 | 0 | 264 | 6-4 | Central Florida | 1/28/1977 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 11th pick / 1999 |
| 7 | Randall Cunningham | 36 | QB | 6 | 6 | 212 | 6-4 | UNLV | 3/27/1963 | 14 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 37th pick / 1985 |
| 50 | Antico Dalton | 24 | LB | 2 | 0 | 240 | 6-1 | Hampton | 12/31/1975 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 199th pick / 1999 |
| 27 | Kevin Devine | 25 | DB | 2 | 0 | 179 | 5-9 | California | 12/11/1974 | 2 | |
| 71 | David Dixon | 30 | G | 16 | 16 | 343 | 6-5 | Arizona St. | 1/5/1969 | 5 | New England Patriots / 9th / 232nd pick / 1992 |
| 56 | Chris Doleman | 38 | DE-LB | 14 | 12 | 289 | 6-5 | Pittsburgh | 10/16/1961 | 14 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 4th pick / 1985 |
| 3 | Jeff George | 32 | QB | 12 | 10 | 218 | 6-4 | Purdue,Illinois | 12/8/1967 | 9 | Indianapolis Colts / 1st / 1st pick / 1990 |
| 82 | Andrew Glover | 32 | TE | 16 | 13 | 250 | 6-6 | Grambling St. | 8/12/1967 | 8 | Los Angeles Raiders / 10th / 274th pick / 1991 |
| 24 | Robert Griffith | 29 | DB | 16 | 16 | 197 | 5-11 | San Diego St. | 11/30/1970 | 5 | |
| 95 | Martin Harrison | 32 | DE-LB | 4 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Washington | 9/20/1967 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 276th pick / 1990 |
| 89 | Matthew Hatchette | 25 | WR | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | Mercyhurst,Langston | 5/1/1974 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 235th pick / 1997 |
| 37 | Jimmy Hitchcock | 29 | DB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 5-10 | North Carolina | 11/9/1970 | 4 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 88th pick / 1995 |
| 44 | Leroy Hoard | 31 | RB | 15 | 3 | 225 | 5-11 | Michigan | 5/15/1968 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 2nd / 45th pick / 1990 |
| 51 | Rob Holmberg | 28 | LB | 16 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Navy,Penn St. | 5/6/1971 | 5 | Los Angeles Raiders / 7th / 217th pick / 1994 |
| 55 | Olrick Johnson | 22 | LB | 5 | 0 | 244 | 6-0 | Florida A&M | 8/20/1977 | Rook | |
| 85 | Andrew Jordan | 27 | TE | 11 | 1 | 260 | 6-6 | West. Carolina | 6/21/1972 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 179th pick / 1994 |
| 40 | Jim Kleinsasser | 22 | TE-FB | 13 | 7 | 272 | 6-3 | North Dakota | 1/31/1977 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 44th pick / 1999 |
| 63 | Corbin Lacina | 29 | G | 14 | 0 | 302 | 6-4 | Augustana (SD) | 11/2/1970 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 6th / 167th pick / 1993 |
| 53 | Kivuusama Mays | 24 | LB | 11 | 0 | 247 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 1/7/1975 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 110th pick / 1998 |
| 58 | Ed McDaniel | 30 | LB | 16 | 16 | 230 | 5-11 | Clemson | 2/23/1969 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 125th pick / 1992 |
| 64 | Randall McDaniel* | 35 | G | 16 | 16 | 276 | 6-3 | Arizona St. | 12/19/1964 | 11 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1988 |
| 34 | Ramos McDonald | 23 | DB | 5 | 5 | 195 | 5-11 | New Mexico | 4/30/1976 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 80th pick / 1998 |
| 55 | Corey Miller | 31 | LB | 5 | 3 | 252 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 10/25/1968 | 8 | New York Giants / 6th / 167th pick / 1991 |
| 45 | John Henry Mills | 30 | LB | 15 | 0 | 226 | 6-0 | Wake Forest | 10/31/1969 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 131st pick / 1993 |
| 31 | Don Morgan | 24 | DB | 2 | 0 | 202 | 5-11 | Nevada-Reno | 9/18/1975 | Rook | |
| 68 | Mike Morris | 38 | C-G | 16 | 0 | 276 | 6-5 | Truman St. | 2/22/1961 | 12 | |
| 33 | Harold Morrow | 26 | FB | 16 | 0 | 232 | 5-11 | Auburn | 2/24/1973 | 3 | |
| 84 | Randy Moss* | 22 | WR | 16 | 16 | 215 | 6-4 | Marshall | 2/13/1977 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 21st pick / 1998 |
| 19 | Yo Murphy | 26 | WR | 1 | 0 | 187 | 5-10 | Idaho | 5/11/1973 | Rook | |
| 22 | David Palmer | 27 | WR | 8 | 2 | 173 | 5-8 | Alabama | 11/19/1972 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 40th pick / 1994 |
| 75 | Joe Phillips | 36 | NT-DT-DE | 16 | 1 | 298 | 6-5 | Oregon St.,SMU | 7/15/1963 | 13 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 93rd pick / 1986 |
| 93 | John Randle | 32 | DT-DE | 16 | 16 | 290 | 6-1 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 12/12/1967 | 9 | |
| 86 | Jake Reed | 32 | WR | 16 | 8 | 216 | 6-3 | Grambling St. | 9/28/1967 | 8 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 68th pick / 1991 |
| 29 | Chris Rogers | 22 | DB | 10 | 4 | 192 | 5-10 | Howard | 1/3/1977 | Rook | |
| 57 | Dwayne Rudd | 23 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-2 | Alabama | 2/3/1976 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 20th pick / 1997 |
| 97 | Talance Sawyer | 23 | DE | 2 | 0 | 270 | 6-2 | UNLV | 6/14/1976 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 185th pick / 1999 |
| 26 | Robert Smith | 27 | RB | 13 | 12 | 212 | 6-2 | Ohio St. | 3/4/1972 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 21st pick / 1993 |
| 73 | Todd Steussie | 29 | T | 16 | 16 | 320 | 6-6 | California | 12/1/1970 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1994 |
| 77 | Korey Stringer | 25 | T | 16 | 16 | 350 | 6-4 | Ohio St. | 5/8/1974 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 24th pick / 1995 |
| 28 | Robert Tate | 26 | DB | 16 | 1 | 188 | 5-10 | Cincinnati | 10/19/1973 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 183rd pick / 1997 |
| 27 | Keith Thibodeaux | 25 | DB | 3 | 0 | 189 | 5-11 | NW State (LA) | 5/16/1974 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 140th pick / 1997 |
| 42 | Orlando Thomas | 27 | DB | 13 | 12 | 222 | 6-1 | La-Lafayette | 10/21/1972 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 42nd pick / 1995 |
| 81 | Chris Walsh | 31 | WR | 16 | 1 | 194 | 6-1 | Stanford | 12/12/1968 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 251st pick / 1992 |
| 21 | Moe Williams | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Kentucky | 7/26/1974 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 75th pick / 1996 |
| 94 | Tony Williams | 24 | DT | 16 | 12 | 296 | 6-2 | Memphis | 7/9/1975 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 151st pick / 1997 |
| 52 | Kailee Wong | 23 | LB | 13 | 8 | 250 | 6-2 | Stanford | 5/23/1976 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 51st pick / 1998 |
| 20 | Kenny Wright | 22 | DB | 16 | 12 | 205 | 6-1 | Arkansas,NW State (LA) | 9/14/1977 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 120th pick / 1999 |
| Team Total | 27.8 | 16 | 241.0 | 6-2.0 | 4.8 |