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2000 Minnesota Vikings

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

Scored 397 points (24.8/g), 5th of 31 in the NFL.
 Allowed 371 points (23.2/g), 24th.
 Differential of 26 points (1.6/g), 15th.
 Expected W-L: 8.6-7.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -10 (-0.6/g), 26th.

Simple Rating System: Total 1.9, Offense: 4.3, Defense: -2.3, SoS: 0.3, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Dennis Green

 Defensive Coordinator: Emmitt Thomas

 Other Notable Asst.: Mike Tice (Offensive Line)

Training Camp: Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing Average Drive
Pts Yds Ply Y/P TO FL 1stPy 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD #Dr Sc% TO% Start Time Plays Yds Pts
Team Offense 397 5961 958 6.2 28 10 19 319 307 495 3832 33 18 7.2 193 428 2129 14 5.0 107 174 39.7 14.9 Own 30.9 2:43 5.6 34.1 2.3
Team Defense 371 5701 1011 5.6 18 10 26 344 369 584 3913 23 8 6.4 208 396 1788 17 4.5 110 170 38.2 15.3 Own 30.0 2:53 6.1 33.5 2.1
Lg Rank Offense 5 5 13 6 7 23 7 2 19 3 17 6 12 1 3 14 9 5 7 3 2
Lg Rank Defense 24 28 31 22 29 28 28 17 31 24 8 15 25 27 6 31 26 30 30 30 27

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 3 boxscore W 1-0 Chicago Bears 30 27 17 374 188 186 1 23 425 272 153 1
2 Sun September 10 boxscore W 2-0 Miami Dolphins 13 7 24 468 343 125 4 10 209 160 49 1
3 Sun September 17 boxscore W 3-0 @ New England Patriots 21 13 23 315 161 154 2 18 267 164 103 1
4 Bye Week
5 Sun October 1 boxscore W 4-0 @ Detroit Lions 31 24 19 439 261 178 27 355 226 129 1
6 Mon October 9 boxscore W 5-0 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 23 17 322 207 115 2 22 346 283 63 3
7 Sun October 15 boxscore W 6-0 @ Chicago Bears 28 16 17 368 177 191 1 17 294 196 98
8 Sun October 22 boxscore W 7-0 Buffalo Bills 31 27 17 348 251 97 1 21 406 286 120 1
9 Sun October 29 boxscore L 7-1 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 41 25 401 302 99 3 23 413 261 152
10 Mon November 6 boxscore L OT 7-2 @ Green Bay Packers 20 26 22 407 250 157 5 19 298 217 81
11 Sun November 12 boxscore W 8-2 Arizona Cardinals 31 14 29 460 302 158 2 14 249 198 51 2
12 Sun November 19 boxscore W 9-2 Carolina Panthers 31 17 19 446 329 117 2 23 330 252 78 3
13 Thu November 23 boxscore W 10-2 @ Dallas Cowboys 27 15 18 360 192 168 22 404 276 128 2
14 Thu November 30 boxscore W 11-2 Detroit Lions 24 17 19 305 160 145 2 20 352 213 139 2
15 Sun December 10 boxscore L 11-3 @ St. Louis Rams 29 40 23 312 208 104 32 508 346 162
16 Sun December 17 boxscore L 11-4 Green Bay Packers 28 33 19 400 332 68 2 28 434 280 154
17 Sun December 24 boxscore L 11-5 @ Indianapolis Colts 10 31 11 236 169 67 1 25 411 283 128 1
Playoffs
Division Sat January 6 boxscore W 12-5 New Orleans Saints 34 16 18 429 302 127 19 355 286 69 2
ConfChamp Sun January 14 boxscore L 12-6 @ New York Giants 0 41 9 114 60 54 5 31 518 380 138 2

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 QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
11 Daunte Culpepper* 23 QB 16 16 11-5-0 297 474 62.7 3937 33 7.0 16 3.4 78 8.3 8.2 13.3 246.1 98.0 34 181 7.39 7.28 6.7 3 4
6 Bubby Brister 38 2 0 10 20 50.0 82 0 0.0 1 5.0 20 4.1 1.9 8.2 41.0 40.0 1 6 3.62 1.48 4.8
17 Mitch Berger 28 P 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.00 -45.00 0.0
Team Total 27.4 16 11-5-0 307 495 62.0 4019 33 6.7 18 3.6 78 8.1 7.8 13.1 251.2 94.7 35 187 7.23 6.95 6.6 3 4
Opp Total 16 369 584 63.2 4127 23 3.9 8 1.4 7.1 7.24 11.2 257.9 91.6 31 214 6.4 6.5 5.0

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
26 Robert Smith* 28 RB 16 16 295 1521 7 72 5.2 95.1 18.4 36 348 9.7 3 53 2.3 21.8 1869 10 4
11 Daunte Culpepper* 23 QB 16 16 89 470 7 27 5.3 29.4 5.6 470 7 11
21 Moe Williams 26 16 0 23 67 0 10 2.9 4.2 1.4 4 31 7.8 0 12 0.3 1.9 98 0 0
40 Jim Kleinsasser 23 FB 14 8 12 43 0 7 3.6 3.1 0.9 10 98 9.8 0 21 0.7 7.0 141 0 0
6 Bubby Brister 38 2 0 5 20 0 12 4.0 10.0 2.5 20 0 1
84 Randy Moss*+ 23 WR 16 16 3 5 0 9 1.7 0.3 0.2 77 1437 18.7 15 78 4.8 89.8 1442 15 2
82 Troy Walters 24 KR/PR 12 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.3 0.1 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.4 8 0 2
80 Cris Carter* 35 WR 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 96 1274 13.3 9 53 6.0 79.6 1274 9 3
87 Johnny McWilliams 28 te 15 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 180 8.2 3 26 1.5 12.0 180 3 0
81 Chris Walsh 32 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 18 191 10.6 0 21 1.1 11.9 191 0 0
86 John Davis 27 TE 15 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 202 11.9 1 37 1.1 13.5 202 1 0
89 Matthew Hatchette 26 wr 14 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 190 11.9 2 39 1.1 13.6 190 2 0
85 Andrew Jordan 28 te 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 63 7.9 0 12 0.5 3.9 63 0 0
33 Harold Morrow 27 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.1 0.1 2 0 0
22 David Palmer 28 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 0.2 -0.3 -2 0 1
Team Total 27.4 16 428 2129 14 72 5.0 133.1 26.8 307 4019 13.1 33 78 19.2 251.2 6148 47 26
Opp Total 16 396 1788 17 4.5 111.8 24.8 369 3913 10.6 23 23.1 244.6 5701 40 17

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 Troy Walters 24 KR/PR 12 0 15 217 0 63 14.5 30 692 0 38 23.1 917
37 Tyrone Carter 24 fs 15 7 17 389 0 38 22.9 389
22 David Palmer 28 6 0 10 33 0 16 3.3 6 120 0 24 20.0 151
21 Moe Williams 26 16 0 10 214 0 34 21.4 312
81 Chris Walsh 32 16 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 2 9 0 6 4.5 211
33 Harold Morrow 27 16 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 19
42 Orlando Thomas 28 FS 9 9 1 15 0 15 15.0 15
Team Total 27.4 16 26 261 0 63 10.0 67 1456 0 38 21.7 7865
Opp Total 16 32 0 69 1519 1 22.0

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
1 Gary Anderson 41 K 16 0 1 1 5 5 9 9 7 7 1 23 22 95.7% 45 45 100.0%
17 Mitch Berger 28 P 16 0 62 2773 60 0 44.7
Team Total 27.4 16 1 1 5 5 9 9 7 7 1 23 22 95.7% 45 45 100.0% 62 2773 60 0 44.7
Opp Total 16 29 25 86.2% 38 38 100.0% 65 2594 39.9

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
58 Ed McDaniel 31 RLB 16 15 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 98 21
52 Kailee Wong 24 MLB 16 16 2.0 2 28 0 14 0 0 1 0 0 0 83 28
24 Robert Griffith* 30 SS 16 16 1.0 1 25 0 25 0 1 0 2 0 0 75 29
28 Robert Tate 27 RCB 16 16 2 12 0 12 0 2 0 1 0 0 59 10
57 Dwayne Rudd 24 LLB 14 13 52 17
25 Cris Dishman 35 LCB 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 45 7
99 Chris Hovan 22 LDT 16 13 2.0 43 5
20 Kenny Wright 23 lcb 16 7 0 0 1 11 0 34 6
42 Orlando Thomas 28 FS 9 9 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 31 7
97 Talance Sawyer 24 RDE 16 16 6.0 0 0 2 0 0 27 10
37 Tyrone Carter 24 fs 15 7 1 0 0 0 0 29 9
94 Tony Williams 25 RDT 16 12 4.0 27 6
93 John Randle 33 LDE 16 16 8.0 2 0 0 0 0 25 1
91 John Burrough 28 lde 14 6 2.0 19 10
27 Keith Thibodeaux 26 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 17 1
29 Wasswa Serwanga 24 db 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 16 1
55 Lemanski Hall 30 lb 15 1 1 0 1 1 0 8 1
11 Daunte Culpepper* 23 QB 16 16 0 11 5 -23 0
95 Bryce Paup 32 10 0 2.0 6 1
90 Gabe Northern 26 lb 9 2 5 3
56 Jim Nelson 25 16 0 3 3
30 Antonio Banks 27 14 0 4 0
26 Robert Smith* 28 RB 16 16 0 4 3 0 0
80 Cris Carter* 35 WR 16 16 0 3 2 0 0
98 Fred Robbins 23 8 0 1.0 1 2
92 Fernando Smith 29 1 0 2 1
31 Don Morgan 25 2 0 2 0
82 Troy Walters 24 KR/PR 12 0 0 2 1 0 0
92 Roy Barker 31 4 0 1 0
6 Bubby Brister 38 2 0 0 1 1 0 0
84 Randy Moss*+ 23 WR 16 16 0 2 0 0 0
59 Craig Sauer 28 9 0 1 0
74 Brad Badger 25 16 0 0 0 1 0 0
78 Matt Birk* 24 C 16 16 0 1 0 0 0
71 David Dixon 31 RG 16 16 0 0 1 0 0
33 Harold Morrow 27 16 0 0 0 1 0 0
22 David Palmer 28 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
21 Moe Williams 26 16 0 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.4 16 31.0 8 65 0 25 0 9 26 25 -11 0 713 179
Opp Total 16 35 17 7

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
1 Gary Anderson 41 K 16 0 45 22 111
84 Randy Moss*+ 23 WR 16 16 15 15 1 92
26 Robert Smith* 28 RB 16 16 7 3 10 60
80 Cris Carter* 35 WR 16 16 9 9 54
11 Daunte Culpepper* 23 QB 16 16 7 7 42
87 Johnny McWilliams 28 te 15 7 3 3 18
89 Matthew Hatchette 26 wr 14 4 2 2 12
86 John Davis 27 TE 15 9 1 1 6
21 Moe Williams 26 16 0 1 2
Team Total 27.4 16 14 33 47 2 45 22 397
Opp Total 16 17 23 1 38 25 371