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2005 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFC North Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 306 points (19.1/g), 19th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 344 points (21.5/g), 19th.
 Differential of -38 points (-2.4/g), 19th.
 Expected W-L: 6.9-9.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.3/g), 12th.

Coached by Mike Tice (9-7-0)

2005 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 11 box L 0-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 24 15 248 215 33 5 12 345 199 146 2
2 Sun September 18 box L 0-2 @ Cincinnati Bengals 8 37 21 304 227 77 7 26 504 337 167 1
3 Sun September 25 box W 1-2 New Orleans Saints 33 16 21 420 274 146 15 296 182 114 4
4 Sun October 2 box L 1-3 @ Atlanta Falcons 10 30 17 261 198 63 3 22 368 83 285
5 Bye Week
6 Sun October 16 box L 1-4 @ Chicago Bears 3 28 16 283 203 80 2 16 192 97 95 3
7 Sun October 23 box W 2-4 Green Bay Packers 23 20 24 363 255 108 1 19 374 329 45
8 Sun October 30 box L 2-5 @ Carolina Panthers 13 38 14 253 171 82 27 449 338 111
9 Sun November 6 box W 3-5 Detroit Lions 27 14 19 285 121 164 1 20 289 231 58 3
10 Sun November 13 box W 4-5 @ New York Giants 24 21 11 137 125 12 1 25 405 281 124 5
11 Mon November 21 box W 5-5 @ Green Bay Packers 20 17 22 331 171 160 2 13 236 215 21 2
12 Sun November 27 box W 6-5 Cleveland Browns 24 12 18 281 200 81 2 20 262 184 78 5
13 Sun December 4 box W 7-5 @ Detroit Lions 21 16 20 345 242 103 19 223 118 105 1
14 Sun December 11 box W 8-5 St. Louis Rams 27 13 16 259 146 113 2 20 337 229 108 6
15 Sun December 18 box L 8-6 Pittsburgh Steelers 3 18 11 185 131 54 3 14 275 133 142 1
16 Sun December 25 box L 8-7 @ Baltimore Ravens 23 30 18 262 220 42 1 23 367 279 88 2
17 Sun January 1 box W 9-7 Chicago Bears 34 10 22 396 247 149 13 251 97 154

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 306 4613 945 4.9 285 323 510 3146 18 16 5.6 169 381 1467 10 3.9 83 30 14 33
Team Defense 344 5173 1029 5.0 512 319 533 3332 23 24 5.9 177 462 1841 14 4.0 304 35 11 31
Lg Rank Offense 19 25 20 16 20 20 17 23 28 27 22 19 20 21
Lg Rank Defense 19 21 21 22 22 24 2 19 21 19 18 17 5 17

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Brad Johnson 37 QB 15 9 184 294 62.6 1885 12 4.1 4 1.4 80 6.4 6.2 10.2 125.7 88.9 23 134 5.5 5.3 7.3
Daunte Culpepper 28 qb 7 7 139 216 64.4 1564 6 2.8 12 5.6 68 7.2 5.0 11.3 223.4 72.0 31 169 5.6 3.7 12.6
Team Total 26.6 16 323 510 63.3 3449 18 3.5 16 3.1 80 6.8 5.7 10.7 215.6 81.7 54 303 5.6 4.6 9.6
Opp Total 16 319 533 59.8 3332 23 4.3 24 4.5 6.3 4.7 10.4 208.3 73.6 34 207 5.9 4.0

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
Mewelde Moore 23 RB 16 8 155 662 1 33 4.3 41.4 9.7 37 339 9.2 2 29 2.3 21.2 1001 3 2
Michael Bennett 27 rb 16 6 126 473 3 61 3.8 29.6 7.9 27 124 4.6 2 20 1.7 7.8 597 5 5
Ciatrick Fason 23 13 0 32 62 4 15 1.9 4.8 2.5 62 4 1
Daunte Culpepper 28 qb 7 7 24 147 1 18 6.1 21.0 3.4 147 1 5
Brad Johnson 37 QB 15 9 18 53 0 16 2.9 3.5 1.2 53 0 5
Moe Williams 31 6 1 13 20 0 9 1.5 3.3 2.2 8 52 6.5 0 25 1.3 8.7 72 0 1
Koren Robinson* 25 wr 14 5 4 27 1 13 6.8 1.9 0.3 22 347 15.8 1 80 1.6 24.8 374 2 2
Troy Williamson 22 14 3 3 28 0 11 9.3 2.0 0.2 24 372 15.5 2 56 1.7 26.6 400 2 0
Travis Taylor 27 WR 16 13 2 3 0 5 1.5 0.2 0.1 50 604 12.1 4 31 3.1 37.8 607 4 1
Nate Burleson 24 WR 12 9 2 -6 0 -2 -3.0 -0.5 0.2 30 328 10.9 1 20 2.5 27.3 322 1 0
Shaun Hill 25 1 0 2 -2 0 -1 -1.0 -2.0 2.0 -2 0 0
Jermaine Wiggins 30 TE 16 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 69 568 8.2 1 24 4.3 35.5 568 1 0
Marcus Robinson 30 wr 15 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 515 16.6 5 68 2.1 34.3 515 5 0
Jim Kleinsasser 28 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 171 7.8 0 15 1.4 10.7 171 0 1
Richard Owens 25 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 18 9.0 0 12 0.1 1.1 18 0 0
Richard Angulo 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.5 5.5 11 0 0
Team Total 26.6 16 381 1467 10 61 3.9 91.7 23.8 323 3449 10.7 18 80 20.2 215.6 4916 28 25
Opp Total 16 462 1841 14 4.0 115.1 28.9 319 3332 10.4 23 19.9 208.3 5173 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
Koren Robinson* 25 wr 14 5 2 0 0 0 0.0 47 1221 1 86 26.0 1595
Mewelde Moore 23 RB 16 8 21 245 1 71 11.7 4 72 0 27 18.0 1318
Keenan Howry 24 4 0 12 78 0 19 6.5 78
Troy Williamson 22 14 3 12 192 0 28 16.0 592
Nate Burleson 24 WR 12 9 5 21 0 10 4.2 343
Richard Owens 25 16 2 3 25 0 16 8.3 43
Ciatrick Fason 23 13 0 2 4 0 4 2.0 66
E.J. Henderson 25 RLB 15 14 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Travis Taylor 27 WR 16 13 1 0 0 0 0.0 607
Dontarrious Thomas 25 14 2 1 6 0 6 6.0 6
Moe Williams 31 6 1 1 16 0 16 16.0 88
Team Total 26.6 16 41 344 1 71 8.4 71 1549 1 86 21.8 6809
Opp Total 16 45 0 67 1416 0 21.1

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
Chris Kluwe 24 P 15 0 71 3130 62 0 44.1
Paul Edinger 27 K 16 0 11 11 8 3 10 8 5 3 34 25 73.5% 31 31 100.0% 2 75 40 0 37.5
Darren Bennett 40 1 0 8 300 53 0 37.5
Team Total 26.6 16 11 11 8 3 10 8 5 3 34 25 73.5% 31 31 100.0% 81 3505 62 0 43.3
Opp Total 16 33 28 84.8% 34 34 100.0% 72 3010 41.8

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
Darren Sharper* 30 FS 14 14 9 276 2 92 16 0 1 1 14 0 41 10
Lance Johnstone 32 15 1 7.5 16 4
Michael Bennett 27 rb 16 6 5 2 0 0
Brad Johnson 37 QB 15 9 5 1 -1 0
Brian Williams 26 RCB 14 9 1.0 4 59 0 31 9 2 1 0 0 0 36 12
Antoine Winfield 28 LCB 16 16 4 5 0 4 8 0 0 2 0 0 89 9
Daunte Culpepper 28 qb 7 7 5 0 -4 0
Keith Newman 28 LLB 13 10 3.0 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 29 12
Darrion Scott 24 LDE/rde 16 15 4.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 40 18
Kevin Williams 25 RDT 14 14 4.0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 6 0 31 10
Erasmus James 23 RDE 15 9 4.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 23 5
Mewelde Moore 23 RB 16 8 2 2 0 0
C.J. Mosley 22 12 2 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 4
Raonall Smith 27 llb 16 6 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 28 7
Pat Williams 33 LDT 16 16 1.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 42 25
Nate Burleson 24 WR 12 9 0 2 0 0
Corey Chavous 29 SS 16 16 2 0 0 0 5 54 17
Sam Cowart 30 MLB 15 14 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 72 13
E.J. Henderson 25 RLB 15 14 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 55 22
Koren Robinson* 25 wr 14 5 2 0 0 0
Fred Smoot 26 rcb 11 8 2 0 0 0 9 37 4
Moe Williams 31 6 1 1 1 0 0
Dovonte Edwards 23 12 0 1 51 1 51 3 16 1
Ciatrick Fason 23 13 0 1 0 0 0
Napoleon Harris 26 15 3 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 18 7
Jim Kleinsasser 28 TE 16 16 1 0 0 0
Bryant McKinnie 26 LT 16 16 0 1 0 0
Willie Offord 27 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 4 2
Richard Owens 25 16 2 0 1 0 0
Travis Taylor 27 WR 16 13 1 0 0 0
Kenechi Udeze 22 3 2 1.0 5 0
Team Total 26.6 16 34.0 24 392 3 92 86 9 25 20 16 0 783 217
Opp Total 16 54 22 11 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Paul Edinger 27 K 16 0 31 25 106
Marcus Robinson 30 wr 15 9 5 1 32
Michael Bennett 27 rb 16 6 3 2 30
Ciatrick Fason 23 13 0 4 24
Mewelde Moore 23 RB 16 8 1 2 1 24
Travis Taylor 27 WR 16 13 4 24
Koren Robinson* 25 wr 14 5 1 1 1 18
Darren Sharper* 30 FS 14 14 2 12
Troy Williamson 22 14 3 2 12
Nate Burleson 24 WR 12 9 1 6
Daunte Culpepper 28 qb 7 7 1 6
Dovonte Edwards 23 12 0 1 6
Jermaine Wiggins 30 TE 16 8 1 6
Team Total 26.6 16 10 18 1 1 3 1 31 25 306
Opp Total 16 14 23 1 34 28 1 344