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2001 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 5-11-0, Finished 4th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 290 points (18.1/g), 24th of 31 in the NFL.
 Allowed 390 points (24.4/g), 26th.
 Differential of -100 points (-6.2/g), 28th.
 Expected W-L: 5.3-10.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -21 (-1.3/g), 31st.

Coached by Mike Tice (0-1-0) and Dennis Green (5-10-0)

2001 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 9 box L 0-1 Carolina Panthers 13 24 19 343 234 109 5 15 291 200 91 2
2 Sun September 23 box L 0-2 @ Chicago Bears 10 17 19 319 215 104 2 15 284 237 47 1
3 Sun September 30 box W 1-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 16 25 402 312 90 2 20 331 223 108 1
4 Sun October 7 box L 1-3 @ New Orleans Saints 15 28 16 340 306 34 3 20 370 210 160 1
5 Sun October 14 box W 2-3 Detroit Lions 31 26 23 343 198 145 1 28 457 328 129 1
6 Sun October 21 box W 3-3 Green Bay Packers 35 13 23 377 177 200 2 10 234 160 74 1
7 Sun October 28 box L 3-4 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14 41 11 195 130 65 1 26 446 269 177 1
8 Bye Week
9 Sun November 11 box L 3-5 @ Philadelphia Eagles 17 48 16 301 245 56 4 33 487 215 272 1
10 Mon November 19 box W 4-5 New York Giants 28 16 24 359 263 96 3 18 358 297 61 2
11 Sun November 25 box L 4-6 Chicago Bears 6 13 15 316 192 124 1 11 235 93 142 1
12 Sun December 2 box L 4-7 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 16 21 12 385 340 45 3 21 364 157 207 2
13 Sun December 9 box W 5-7 Tennessee Titans 42 24 24 496 348 148 1 24 453 271 182 2
14 Sun December 16 box L 5-8 @ Detroit Lions 24 27 16 314 234 80 2 19 369 202 167 1
15 Sun December 23 box L 5-9 Jacksonville Jaguars 3 33 16 214 186 28 2 23 423 209 214
16 Sun December 30 box L 5-10 @ Green Bay Packers 13 24 19 302 103 199 3 13 213 157 56 1
17 Mon January 7 box L 5-11 @ Baltimore Ravens 3 19 10 179 93 86 4 16 351 139 212

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 290 5185 978 5.3 288 335 555 3576 23 23 5.9 179 376 1609 10 4.3 88 39 16 21
Team Defense 390 5666 985 5.8 497 291 478 3367 16 8 6.6 166 477 2299 21 4.8 312 18 10 19
Lg Rank Offense 24 12 17 10 7 9 27 13 28 25 20 10 30 27
Lg Rank Defense 26 27 21 5 18 7 31 28 24 30 31 31 31 24

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Daunte Culpepper 24 QB 11 11 4-7-0 235 366 64.2 2612 14 3.8 13 3.6 57 7.1 5.9 11.1 237.5 83.3 33 186 6.1 5.0 8.3
Spergon Wynn 23 3 2 0-2-0 48 98 49.0 418 1 1.0 6 6.1 47 4.3 1.6 8.7 139.3 38.6 10 65 3.3 0.9 9.3
Todd Bouman 29 5 3 1-2-0 51 89 57.3 795 8 9.0 4 4.5 80 8.9 7.8 15.6 159.0 98.3 4 27 8.3 7.2 4.3
Mitch Berger 29 P 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Randy Moss 24 WR 16 16 1 1 100.0 29 0 0.0 0 0.0 29 29.0 29.0 29.0 1.8 118.7 0 0 29.0 29.0 0.0
Team Total 27.3 16 5-11-0 335 555 60.4 3854 23 4.1 23 4.1 80 6.9 5.5 11.5 240.9 77.9 47 278 5.9 4.6 7.8
Opp Total 16 291 478 60.9 3367 16 3.3 8 1.7 7.0 6.6 11.6 210.4 86.3 30 204 6.6 5.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Michael Bennett 23 RB 13 13 172 682 2 31 4.0 52.5 13.2 29 226 7.8 1 80 2.2 17.4 908 3 0
Daunte Culpepper 24 QB 11 11 71 416 5 34 5.9 37.8 6.5 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.1 0.0 416 5 16
Doug Chapman 24 16 3 63 195 0 19 3.1 12.2 3.9 16 135 8.4 1 38 1.0 8.4 330 1 1
Jim Kleinsasser 24 FB 11 11 23 72 1 11 3.1 6.5 2.1 24 184 7.7 0 18 2.2 16.7 256 1 2
Travis Prentice 25 14 0 14 13 2 6 0.9 0.9 1.0 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.1 0.7 23 2 1
Harold Morrow 28 16 2 12 67 0 15 5.6 4.2 0.8 13 142 10.9 0 28 0.8 8.9 209 0 1
Todd Bouman 29 5 3 9 61 0 21 6.8 12.2 1.8 61 0 1
Spergon Wynn 23 3 2 8 61 0 14 7.6 20.3 2.7 61 0 3
Randy Moss 24 WR 16 16 3 38 0 18 12.7 2.4 0.2 82 1233 15.0 10 73 5.1 77.1 1271 10 0
Cris Carter 36 WR 16 16 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 73 871 11.9 6 52 4.6 54.4 875 6 2
Byron Chamberlain* 30 TE 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 57 666 11.7 3 47 3.6 41.6 666 3 1
Jake Reed 34 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 309 11.4 1 27 1.7 19.3 309 1 0
Chris Walsh 33 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 67 7.4 0 19 0.6 4.2 67 0 0
Andrew Jordan 29 16 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 11 3.7 1 4 0.2 0.7 11 1 0
Team Total 27.3 16 376 1609 10 34 4.3 100.6 23.5 335 3854 11.5 23 80 20.9 240.9 5463 33 35
Opp Total 16 477 2299 21 4.8 143.7 29.8 291 3367 11.6 16 18.2 210.4 5666 37 22

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Nate Jacquet 26 RET 10 0 29 219 0 23 7.6 46 1012 0 53 22.0 1231
Troy Walters 25 6 0 11 69 0 16 6.3 18 425 0 50 23.6 494
Don Morgan 26 16 2 4 17 0 6 4.3 4 78 0 24 19.5 95
Harold Morrow 28 16 2 6 109 0 28 18.2 318
Chris Walsh 33 16 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 1 10 0 10 10.0 79
Travis Prentice 25 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 25
Shawn Worthen 23 4 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 11
Team Total 27.3 16 45 307 0 23 6.8 77 1647 0 53 21.4 7417
Opp Total 16 34 0 59 1266 1 21.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Gary Anderson 42 K 16 0 7 7 4 2 7 6 18 15 83.3% 30 29 96.7%
Mitch Berger 29 P 12 0 47 2046 67 0 43.5
Lee Johnson 40 4 0 25 983 59 0 39.3
Team Total 27.3 16 7 7 4 2 7 6 18 15 83.3% 30 29 96.7% 72 3029 67 0 42.1
Opp Total 16 38 33 86.8% 39 39 100.0% 72 2902 40.3

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Daunte Culpepper 24 QB 11 11 16 7 -17 0
Talance Sawyer 25 RDE/lde 16 16 5.0 1 2 0 2 4 1 0 2 0 0 35 20
Chris Hovan 23 RDT 16 16 6.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 30 15
Nate Jacquet 26 RET 10 0 4 2 0 0
Lance Johnstone 28 rde 16 5 5.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 29 9
Harold Morrow 28 16 2 1 3 0 0
Kailee Wong 25 MLB 16 16 3.0 1 27 1 27 4 83 16
Doug Chapman 24 16 3 1 2 0 0
Lemanski Hall 31 LLB 16 13 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 46 14
Spergon Wynn 23 3 2 3 0 -2 0
Patrick Chukwurah 22 16 3 2.5 3 0 0 0 0 5 3
Cris Carter 36 WR 16 16 2 0 0 0
Tyrone Carter 25 fs 15 7 1.0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 46 1 45 5
Byron Chamberlain* 30 TE 16 15 1 1 0 0
Stalin Colinet 27 LDE 11 11 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 2
Winfield Garnett 25 12 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 12 7
Robert Griffith 31 SS 10 9 2 25 0 14 6 1 0 0 0 0 47 16
Eric Kelly 24 RCB 16 11 2 -7 0 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 59 15
Jim Kleinsasser 24 FB 11 11 0 2 0 0 0
Ed McDaniel 32 RLB 14 13 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 59 16
Travis Prentice 25 14 0 1 1 0 0
Fred Robbins 24 LDT 16 12 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 17 10
Troy Walters 25 6 0 2 0 0 0
Brad Badger 26 LT 13 12 0 1 0 0
Michael Bennett 23 RB 13 13 0 1 0 0
Todd Bouman 29 5 3 1 0 0 0
David Dixon 32 RG 15 14 0 1 0 0
Don Morgan 26 16 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
Jim Nelson 26 16 2 0 0 1 -1 0 22 16
Orlando Thomas 29 FS 13 10 1 0 0 0 7 45 16
Chris Walsh 33 16 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.3 16 30.0 8 47 1 27 69 14 35 28 26 1 693 221
Opp Total 16 47 22 12

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Gary Anderson 42 K 16 0 29 15 74
Randy Moss 24 WR 16 16 10 60
Cris Carter 36 WR 16 16 6 36
Daunte Culpepper 24 QB 11 11 5 2 34
Michael Bennett 23 RB 13 13 2 1 18
Byron Chamberlain* 30 TE 16 15 3 18
Travis Prentice 25 14 0 2 12
Jake Reed 34 16 0 1 1 8
Tyrone Carter 25 fs 15 7 1 6
Doug Chapman 24 16 3 1 6
Andrew Jordan 29 16 4 1 6
Jim Kleinsasser 24 FB 11 11 1 6
Kailee Wong 25 MLB 16 16 1 6
Team Total 27.3 16 10 23 1 1 3 29 15 290
Opp Total 16 21 16 1 39 33 390