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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 Day 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 5.8 312 291 478 3367 16 8 6.6 166 477 2299 21 4.8 127 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 28 5 18 7 31 27 24 30 31 31 31 24

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%
11 Daunte Culpepper 24 QB 11 11 4-7-0 235 366 64.2 2612 14 3.8 13 3.6 57 7.1 6.3 11.1 237.5 83.3 33 186 6.1 5.3 8.3
3 Spergon Wynn 23 3 2 0-2-0 48 98 49.0 418 1 1.0 6 6.1 47 4.3 1.7 8.7 139.3 38.6 10 65 3.3 1.0 9.3
8 Todd Bouman 29 5 3 1-2-0 51 89 57.3 795 8 9.0 4 4.5 80 8.9 8.7 15.6 159.0 98.3 4 27 8.3 8.0 4.3
17 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
84 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 5.9 11.5 240.9 77.9 47 278 5.9 5.0 7.8
Opp Total 16 291 478 60.9 3571 16 3.3 8 1.7 7.5 7.4 12.3 223.2 88.1 30 204 6.6 6.5

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
23 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
11 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
34 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
40 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
30 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
33 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
8 Todd Bouman 29 5 3 9 61 0 21 6.8 12.2 1.8 61 0 1
3 Spergon Wynn 23 3 2 8 61 0 14 7.6 20.3 2.7 61 0 3
84 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
80 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
87 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
86 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
81 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
85 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

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
83 Nate Jacquet 26 RET 10 0 29 219 0 23 7.6 46 1012 0 53 22.0 1231
82 Troy Walters 25 6 0 11 69 0 16 6.3 18 425 0 50 23.6 494
31 Don Morgan 26 16 2 4 17 0 6 4.3 4 78 0 24 19.5 95
33 Harold Morrow 28 16 2 6 109 0 28 18.2 318
81 Chris Walsh 33 16 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 1 10 0 10 10.0 79
30 Travis Prentice 25 14 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 25
95 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
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 42 K 16 0 7 7 4 2 7 6 18 15 83.3% 30 29 96.7%
17 Mitch Berger 29 P 12 0 47 2046 67 0 43.5
12 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
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
52 Kailee Wong 25 MLB 16 16 3.0 1 27 1 27 4 83 16
58 Ed McDaniel 32 RLB 14 13 1.0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 59 16
25 Eric Kelly 24 RCB 16 11 2 -7 0 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 59 15
24 Robert Griffith 31 SS 10 9 2 25 0 14 6 1 0 0 0 0 47 16
55 Lemanski Hall 31 LLB 16 13 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 46 14
42 Orlando Thomas 29 FS 13 10 1 0 0 0 7 45 16
97 Talance Sawyer 25 RDE/lde 16 16 5.0 1 2 0 2 4 1 0 2 0 0 35 20
22 Tyrone Carter 25 fs 15 7 1.0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 1 46 1 45 5
99 Chris Hovan 23 RDT 16 16 6.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 30 15
28 Robert Tate 28 rcb 16 5 0 0 0 0 5 34 7
20 Kenny Wright 24 lcb 15 8 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 34 5
51 Lance Johnstone 28 rde 16 5 5.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 29 9
56 Jim Nelson 26 16 2 0 0 1 -1 0 22 16
21 Dale Carter 32 LCB 8 8 0 0 0 0 5 24 9
21 Henry Jones 34 ss 5 5 21 7
98 Fred Robbins 24 LDT 16 12 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 17 10
92 Winfield Garnett 25 12 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 12 7
93 Stalin Colinet 27 LDE 11 11 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 2
91 Willie Howard 24 8 0 10 5
11 Daunte Culpepper 24 QB 11 11 0 16 7 -17 0
27 Keith Thibodeaux 27 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 2
50 Patrick Chukwurah 22 16 3 2.5 3 0 0 0 0 5 3
31 Don Morgan 26 16 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 0
54 Antonio Wilson 24 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3
83 Nate Jacquet 26 RET 10 0 4 2 0 0
95 Shawn Worthen 23 4 0 3 0
33 Harold Morrow 28 16 2 1 3 0 0
96 Andre O'Neal 26 4 1 1 2
34 Doug Chapman 24 16 3 1 2 0 0
3 Spergon Wynn 23 3 2 3 0 -2 0
80 Cris Carter 36 WR 16 16 2 0 0 0
87 Byron Chamberlain* 30 TE 16 15 1 1 0 0
40 Jim Kleinsasser 24 FB 11 11 0 2 0 0 0
30 Travis Prentice 25 14 0 1 1 0 0
29 Wasswa Serwanga 25 7 0 1 0
82 Troy Walters 25 6 0 2 0 0 0
59 Fearon Wright 23 7 0 1 0
74 Brad Badger 26 LT 13 12 0 1 0 0
23 Michael Bennett 23 RB 13 13 0 1 0 0
8 Todd Bouman 29 5 3 1 0 0 0
71 David Dixon 32 RG 15 14 0 1 0 0
90 Jeff Hazuga 23 3 0 0 1
81 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

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 42 K 16 0 29 15 74
84 Randy Moss 24 WR 16 16 10 10 60
80 Cris Carter 36 WR 16 16 6 6 36
11 Daunte Culpepper 24 QB 11 11 5 5 2 34
23 Michael Bennett 23 RB 13 13 2 1 3 18
87 Byron Chamberlain* 30 TE 16 15 3 3 18
30 Travis Prentice 25 14 0 2 2 12
86 Jake Reed 34 16 0 1 1 1 8
22 Tyrone Carter 25 fs 15 7 1 1 6
34 Doug Chapman 24 16 3 1 1 6
85 Andrew Jordan 29 16 4 1 1 6
40 Jim Kleinsasser 24 FB 11 11 1 1 6
52 Kailee Wong 25 MLB 16 16 1 1 6
Team Total 27.3 16 10 23 1 1 35 3 29 15 290
Opp Total 16 21 16 1 39 33 390