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2007 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 2nd in NFC North Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 365 points (22.8/g), 15th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 311 points (19.4/g), 12th.
 Differential of 54 points (3.4/g), 10th.
 Expected W-L: 9.5-6.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 13th.

Simple Rating System: Total 3.8, Offense: 1.4, Defense: 2.4, SoS: 0.4, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Brad Childress (8-8-0)
 Offensive Coordinator: Darrell Bevell
 Defensive Coordinator: Leslie Frazier

Training Camp: Mankato State (Mankato, Minnesota)

Team Stats and Rankings

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 365 5379 964 5.6 294 249 432 2745 12 14 5.8 139 494 2634 22 5.3 131 30 16 24
Team Defense 311 5410 1063 5.1 305 415 646 4225 22 15 6.2 222 379 1185 7 3.1 67 31 16 16
Lg Rank Offense 15 13 19 32 28 29 6 19 6 1 1 1 19 26
Lg Rank Defense 12 20 20 32 32 15 20 18 4 1 3 2 9 5

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 9 boxscore W 1-0 Atlanta Falcons 24 3 15 302 163 139 1 17 265 169 96 2
2 Sun September 16 boxscore L OT 1-1 @ Detroit Lions 17 20 17 313 190 123 5 29 415 359 56 5
3 Sun September 23 boxscore L 1-2 @ Kansas City Chiefs 10 13 18 256 133 123 1 14 251 201 50 1
4 Sun September 30 boxscore L 1-3 Green Bay Packers 16 23 20 382 227 155 2 20 384 338 46 2
5 Bye Week
6 Sun October 14 boxscore W 2-3 @ Chicago Bears 34 31 16 444 133 311 20 458 375 83 4
7 Sun October 21 boxscore L 2-4 @ Dallas Cowboys 14 24 11 196 65 131 1 22 381 253 128 2
8 Sun October 28 boxscore L 2-5 Philadelphia Eagles 16 23 20 256 151 105 22 385 323 62
9 Sun November 4 boxscore W 3-5 San Diego Chargers 35 17 26 528 150 378 2 14 229 187 42 2
10 Sun November 11 boxscore L 3-6 @ Green Bay Packers 0 34 11 247 161 86 1 29 488 368 120
11 Sun November 18 boxscore W 4-6 Oakland Raiders 29 22 25 478 250 228 5 18 372 307 65 2
12 Sun November 25 boxscore W 5-6 @ New York Giants 41 17 15 251 124 127 18 309 234 75 4
13 Sun December 2 boxscore W 6-6 Detroit Lions 42 10 29 443 227 216 1 14 253 230 23 1
14 Sun December 9 boxscore W 7-6 @ San Francisco 49ers 27 7 11 280 163 117 1 17 282 209 73 5
15 Mon December 17 boxscore W 8-6 Chicago Bears 20 13 21 372 236 136 4 11 209 177 32 1
16 Sun December 23 boxscore L 8-7 Washington Redskins 21 32 23 299 212 87 3 19 367 261 106
17 Sun December 30 boxscore L OT 8-8 @ Denver Broncos 19 22 16 332 160 172 3 21 362 234 128

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 Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
7 Tarvaris Jackson 24 QB 12 12 8-4-0 171 294 58.2 1911 9 3.1 12 4.1 71 6.5 5.3 11.2 159.3 70.8 19 70 5.9 4.7 6.1 1 2
13 Kelly Holcomb 34 3 3 0-3-0 42 83 50.6 515 2 2.4 1 1.2 40 6.2 6.1 12.3 171.7 73.1 12 87 4.5 4.5 12.6
9 Brooks Bollinger 28 5 1 0-1-0 33 50 66.0 391 1 2.0 1 2.0 50 7.8 7.3 11.8 78.2 88.0 7 36 6.2 5.8 12.3 1 1
18 Sidney Rice 21 13 4 2 2 100.0 94 0 0.0 0 0.0 79 47.0 47.0 47.0 7.2 118.7 0 0 47.0 47.0 0.0
5 Chris Kluwe 26 P 16 0 1 1 100.0 27 0 0.0 0 0.0 27 27.0 27.0 27.0 1.7 118.7 0 0 27.0 27.0 0.0
30 Mewelde Moore 25 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
29 Chester Taylor 28 rb 14 8 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
Team Total 26.5 16 8-8-0 249 432 57.6 2938 12 2.8 14 3.2 79 6.8 5.9 11.8 183.6 74.2 38 193 5.8 5.0 8.1 2 3
Opp Total 16 415 646 64.2 4500 22 3.4 15 2.3 7.0 6.6 10.8 281.3 86.3 38 275 6.2 5.8 5.6

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
28 Adrian Peterson* 22 RB 14 9 238 1341 12 73 5.6 95.8 17.0 19 268 14.1 1 60 1.4 19.1 1609 13 4
29 Chester Taylor 28 rb 14 8 157 844 7 84 5.4 60.3 11.2 29 281 9.7 0 50 2.1 20.1 1125 7 5
7 Tarvaris Jackson 24 QB 12 12 54 260 3 32 4.8 21.7 4.5 260 3 5
30 Mewelde Moore 25 12 0 20 113 0 17 5.7 9.4 1.7 6 48 8.0 0 20 0.5 4.0 161 0 1
49 Tony Richardson* 36 14 3 7 13 0 4 1.9 0.9 0.5 11 89 8.1 0 12 0.8 6.4 102 0 0
38 Naufahu Tahi 26 10 0 6 15 0 6 2.5 1.5 0.6 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.7 22 0 0
9 Brooks Bollinger 28 5 1 5 18 0 10 3.6 3.6 1.0 18 0 1
82 Troy Williamson 24 wr 11 8 2 29 0 26 14.5 2.6 0.2 18 240 13.3 1 60 1.6 21.8 269 1 0
84 Aundrae Allison 21 KR 11 0 2 3 0 3 1.5 0.3 0.2 8 122 15.3 0 35 0.7 11.1 125 0 2
83 Jeff Dugan 26 16 3 2 7 0 4 3.5 0.4 0.1 7 57 8.1 0 27 0.4 3.6 64 0 1
19 Bobby Wade 26 WR/PR 16 12 1 -9 0 -9 -9.0 -0.6 0.1 54 647 12.0 3 40 3.4 40.4 638 3 3
89 Robert Ferguson 28 WR 15 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 391 12.2 1 71 2.1 26.1 391 1 0
18 Sidney Rice 21 13 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 396 12.8 4 60 2.4 30.5 396 4 0
81 Visanthe Shiancoe 27 TE 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 323 12.0 1 79 1.7 20.2 323 1 1
40 Jim Kleinsasser 30 TE 16 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 43 10.8 1 26 0.3 2.7 43 1 0
45 Garrett Mills 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 26 13.0 0 18 2.0 26.0 26 0 0
Team Total 26.5 16 494 2634 22 84 5.3 164.6 30.9 249 2938 11.8 12 79 15.6 183.6 5572 34 27
Opp Total 16 379 1185 7 3.1 74.1 23.7 415 4225 10.2 22 25.9 264.1 5410 29 37

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
84 Aundrae Allison 21 KR 11 0 20 574 1 104 28.7 699
82 Troy Williamson 24 wr 11 8 17 387 0 56 22.8 656
28 Adrian Peterson* 22 RB 14 9 16 412 0 53 25.8 2021
19 Bobby Wade 26 WR/PR 16 12 16 112 0 17 7.0 750
30 Mewelde Moore 25 12 0 13 130 0 42 10.0 1 20 0 20 20.0 311
41 Charles Gordon 23 16 3 2 48 0 27 24.0 48
83 Jeff Dugan 26 16 3 1 18 0 18 18.0 82
73 Otis Grigsby 27 4 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
81 Visanthe Shiancoe 27 TE 16 15 1 0 0 0 0.0 323
Team Total 26.5 16 29 242 0 42 8.3 59 1461 1 104 24.8 7275
Opp Total 16 43 1 65 1441 0 22.2

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
5 Chris Kluwe 26 P 16 0 81 3621 70 0 44.7
8 Ryan Longwell 33 K 16 0 3 3 6 6 11 10 4 1 24 20 83.3% 40 39 97.5%
Team Total 26.5 16 3 3 6 6 11 10 4 1 24 20 83.3% 40 39 97.5% 81 3621 70 0 44.7
Opp Total 16 32 28 87.5% 31 31 100.0% 82 3780 46.1

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
56 E.J. Henderson 27 MLB 16 16 4.5 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 16 0 95 24
52 Chad Greenway 24 RLB 16 16 2 39 1 37 4 2 1 4 0 0 78 27
23 Cedric Griffin 25 RCB 16 16 0 0 0 0 10 2 1 2 50 1 82 10
26 Antoine Winfield 30 LCB 10 10 1 14 1 14 9 1 0 1 0 0 58 9
51 Ben Leber 29 LLB 16 10 5.0 1 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 10 0 51 16
31 Marcus McCauley 24 lcb 16 9 0 0 0 0 8 54 10
42 Darren Sharper* 32 SS 16 16 4 61 1 41 8 1 0 0 0 0 49 14
94 Pat Williams* 35 LDT 16 16 2.0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 43 19
24 Dwight Smith 29 FS 14 13 4 112 1 93 9 1 0 0 0 0 44 7
95 Kenechi Udeze 24 LDE 16 15 5.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 37 0 37 10
93 Kevin Williams*+ 27 RDT 16 16 3.0 2 72 2 54 6 1 0 1 0 0 29 8
41 Charles Gordon 23 16 3 1 0 0 0 5 30 9
91 Ray Edwards 22 RDE 12 11 5.0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 9 1 26 3
59 Heath Farwell 26 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 5
97 Spencer Johnson 26 16 0 3.0 1 0 2 0 0 21 3
96 Brian Robison 24 rde 16 5 4.5 1 0 0 0 0 20 5
25 Tank Williams 27 13 2 0 0 0 0 1 15 3
50 Vinny Ciurciu 27 13 0 11 1
37 Eric Frampton 23 9 0 9 2
92 Jayme Mitchell 23 10 0 1.0 5 4
99 Erasmus James 25 6 1 1.0 5 2
27 Ronyell Whitaker 28 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2
21 Mike Doss 26 8 1 5 1
54 Dontarrious Thomas 27 13 0 5 0
90 Fred Evans 24 11 0 1.0 3 0
28 Adrian Peterson* 22 RB 14 9 0 4 3 0 0
7 Tarvaris Jackson 24 QB 12 12 0 5 0 -12 0
29 Chester Taylor 28 rb 14 8 0 5 0 0 0
19 Bobby Wade 26 WR/PR 16 12 0 3 1 0 0
81 Visanthe Shiancoe 27 TE 16 15 0 1 2 0 0
84 Aundrae Allison 21 KR 11 0 0 2 0 0 0
98 Darrion Scott 26 4 0 1 0
78 Matt Birk* 31 C 16 16 0 1 0 -16 0
9 Brooks Bollinger 28 5 1 0 1 0 0 0
83 Jeff Dugan 26 16 3 0 1 0 0 0
73 Otis Grigsby 27 4 0 1.0
13 Kelly Holcomb 34 3 3 0 1 0 0 0
76 Steve Hutchinson*+ 30 LG 16 16 0 0 1 0 0
30 Mewelde Moore 25 12 0 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.5 16 36.0 15 298 6 93 77 18 27 26 94 2 806 194
Opp Total 16 38 37 21 2

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
8 Ryan Longwell 33 K 16 0 39 20 99
28 Adrian Peterson* 22 RB 14 9 12 1 13 78
29 Chester Taylor 28 rb 14 8 7 7 42
18 Sidney Rice 21 13 4 4 4 24
7 Tarvaris Jackson 24 QB 12 12 3 3 2 22
19 Bobby Wade 26 WR/PR 16 12 3 3 18
93 Kevin Williams*+ 27 RDT 16 16 2 2 12
84 Aundrae Allison 21 KR 11 0 1 1 6
91 Ray Edwards 22 RDE 12 11 1 1 6
89 Robert Ferguson 28 WR 15 8 1 1 6
52 Chad Greenway 24 RLB 16 16 1 1 6
23 Cedric Griffin 25 RCB 16 16 1 1 6
40 Jim Kleinsasser 30 TE 16 10 1 1 6
42 Darren Sharper* 32 SS 16 16 1 1 6
81 Visanthe Shiancoe 27 TE 16 15 1 1 6
24 Dwight Smith 29 FS 14 13 1 1 6
82 Troy Williamson 24 wr 11 8 1 1 6
26 Antoine Winfield 30 LCB 10 10 1 1 6
9 Brooks Bollinger 28 5 1 1 2
Team Total 26.5 16 22 12 1 2 6 43 3 39 20 363
Opp Total 16 7 22 1 31 28 2 311