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2008 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC North Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 379 points (23.7/g), 12th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 333 points (20.8/g), 13th.
 Differential of 46 points (2.9/g), 13th.
 Expected W-L: 9.2-6.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 24th.

Coached by Brad Childress (10-6-0)

2008 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Mon September 8 box L 0-1 @ Green Bay Packers 19 24 21 355 168 187 1 15 317 178 139
2 Sun September 14 box L 0-2 Indianapolis Colts 15 18 16 299 120 179 1 17 321 296 25 2
3 Sun September 21 box W 1-2 Carolina Panthers 20 10 17 305 186 119 1 14 204 157 47 2
4 Sun September 28 box L 1-3 @ Tennessee Titans 17 30 18 333 253 80 4 16 275 199 76 1
5 Mon October 6 box W 2-3 @ New Orleans Saints 30 27 16 270 226 44 17 375 320 55 4
6 Sun October 12 box W 3-3 Detroit Lions 12 10 23 392 257 135 3 8 212 112 100 1
7 Sun October 19 box L 3-4 @ Chicago Bears 41 48 28 439 284 155 5 20 327 274 53 1
8 Bye Week
9 Sun November 2 box W 4-4 Houston Texans 28 21 15 345 168 177 1 20 389 327 62 3
10 Sun November 9 box W 5-4 Green Bay Packers 28 27 18 361 141 220 3 12 184 110 74
11 Sun November 16 box L 5-5 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 13 19 14 210 111 99 2 21 363 255 108 1
12 Sun November 23 box W 6-5 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 30 12 15 226 104 122 1 17 321 286 35 5
13 Sun November 30 box W 7-5 Chicago Bears 34 14 17 378 200 178 1 10 228 125 103 3
14 Sun December 7 box W 8-5 @ Detroit Lions 20 16 20 301 168 133 2 15 268 191 77
15 Sun December 14 box W 9-5 @ Arizona Cardinals 35 14 20 396 157 239 1 16 316 273 43 2
16 Sun December 21 box L 9-6 Atlanta Falcons 17 24 24 350 195 155 4 18 222 124 98
17 Sun December 28 box W 10-6 New York Giants 20 19 15 328 218 110 1 19 357 222 135
Playoffs
WildCard Sun January 4 box L 10-7 Philadelphia Eagles 14 26 16 301 153 148 2 15 350 283 67 2

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 379 5288 1014 5.2 292 267 452 2956 22 17 6.0 150 519 2332 15 4.5 119 31 14 23
Team Defense 333 4679 946 4.9 255 324 530 3449 15 12 6.0 163 371 1230 10 3.3 72 25 13 20
Lg Rank Offense 12 17 18 28 25 11 23 19 3 5 14 6 27 29
Lg Rank Defense 13 6 4 22 18 5 21 13 2 1 6 2 15 8

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%
12 Gus Frerotte 37 QB 11 11 8-3-0 178 301 59.1 2157 12 4.0 15 5.0 99 7.2 5.7 12.1 196.1 73.7 29 164 6.0 4.7 8.8
7 Tarvaris Jackson 25 qb 9 5 2-3-0 88 149 59.1 1056 9 6.0 2 1.3 59 7.1 7.7 12.0 117.3 95.4 14 97 5.9 6.4 8.6
18 Sidney Rice 22 13 3 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 29 16 1 1 1 100.0 4 1 100.0 0 0.0 4 4.0 24.0 4.0 0.3 122.9 0 0 4.0 24.0 0.0
Team Total 27.1 16 10-6-0 267 452 59.1 3217 22 4.9 17 3.8 99 7.1 6.4 12.0 201.1 81.5 43 261 6.0 5.3 8.7
Opp Total 16 324 530 61.1 3753 15 2.8 12 2.3 7.1 6.6 11.6 234.6 82.5 45 304 6.0 5.6

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
28 Adrian Peterson*+ 23 RB 16 15 363 1760 10 67 4.8 110.0 22.7 21 125 6.0 0 16 1.3 7.8 1885 10 9
29 Chester Taylor 29 16 1 101 399 4 21 4.0 24.9 6.3 45 399 8.9 2 47 2.8 24.9 798 6 2
7 Tarvaris Jackson 25 qb 9 5 26 145 0 29 5.6 16.1 2.9 145 0 5
12 Gus Frerotte 37 QB 11 11 19 7 1 5 0.4 0.6 1.7 7 1 4
87 Bernard Berrian 28 WR 16 13 4 26 0 14 6.5 1.6 0.3 48 964 20.1 7 99 3.0 60.3 990 7 1
83 Jeff Dugan 27 9 2 4 7 0 2 1.8 0.8 0.4 2 12 6.0 0 9 0.2 1.3 19 0 0
84 Aundrae Allison 22 15 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 10 109 10.9 0 21 0.7 7.3 110 0 2
5 Chris Kluwe 27 P 16 0 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 -0.4 0.1 -7 0 1
19 Bobby Wade 27 WR 16 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 53 645 12.2 2 59 3.3 40.3 645 2 2
81 Visanthe Shiancoe 28 TE 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 42 596 14.2 7 40 2.6 37.3 596 7 0
38 Naufahu Tahi 27 fb 16 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 16 37 2.3 0 7 1.0 2.3 37 0 1
18 Sidney Rice 22 13 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 141 9.4 4 23 1.2 10.8 141 4 0
40 Jim Kleinsasser 31 TE 16 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 92 15.3 0 34 0.4 5.8 92 0 0
45 Garrett Mills 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 65 13.0 0 23 0.6 8.1 65 0 0
89 Robert Ferguson 29 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 25 8.3 0 9 0.4 3.1 25 0 0
44 Thomas Tapeh 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.5 3.5 7 0 0
Team Total 27.1 16 519 2338 15 67 4.5 146.1 32.4 267 3217 12.0 22 99 16.7 201.1 5555 37 31
Opp Total 16 371 1230 10 3.3 76.9 23.2 324 3449 10.6 15 20.3 215.6 4679 25 34

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
43 Maurice Hicks 30 RET 11 0 29 690 0 38 23.8 690
41 Charles Gordon 24 RET 9 2 15 66 0 20 4.4 2 61 0 42 30.5 127
84 Aundrae Allison 22 15 0 9 58 0 27 6.4 6 100 0 22 16.7 268
29 Chester Taylor 29 16 1 10 234 0 37 23.4 1032
82 Darius Reynaud 23 3 0 8 201 0 49 25.1 201
87 Bernard Berrian 28 WR 16 13 7 114 1 82 16.3 1104
40 Jim Kleinsasser 31 TE 16 11 3 36 0 14 12.0 128
19 Bobby Wade 27 WR 16 14 3 35 0 20 11.7 680
38 Naufahu Tahi 27 fb 16 5 2 31 0 20 15.5 68
28 Adrian Peterson*+ 23 RB 16 15 1 16 0 16 16.0 1901
Team Total 27.1 16 34 273 1 82 8.0 61 1369 0 49 22.4 7197
Opp Total 16 42 4 78 1830 0 23.5

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
8 Ryan Longwell 34 K 16 0 10 10 9 7 9 6 6 6 34 29 85.3% 40 40 100.0%
5 Chris Kluwe 27 P 16 0 73 3473 62 1 47.6
Team Total 27.1 16 10 10 9 7 9 6 6 6 34 29 85.3% 40 40 100.0% 73 3473 62 1 47.6
Opp Total 16 36 26 72.2% 35 35 100.0% 80 3480 43.5

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 Chad Greenway 25 LLB 16 15 5.5 0 0 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 84 29
26 Antoine Winfield* 31 LCB 16 16 2.0 2 5 0 4 11 4 0 2 28 1 76 14
23 Cedric Griffin 26 RCB 16 15 1 -2 0 -2 14 4 0 0 0 0 74 11
42 Darren Sharper 33 SS 16 16 1 12 0 12 5 0 0 2 20 0 57 9
51 Ben Leber 30 RLB 16 15 1.5 2 29 0 28 7 1 1 4 10 0 45 17
93 Kevin Williams*+ 28 RDT 16 16 8.5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 46 15
69 Jared Allen*+ 26 RDE 16 16 14.5 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 41 13 2
91 Ray Edwards 23 LDE 15 15 5.0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 34 19
20 Madieu Williams 27 FS 9 9 2 -1 0 0 3 38 4
94 Pat Williams* 36 NT 14 14 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 31 13
56 E.J. Henderson 28 4 3 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 26 5
99 Napoleon Harris 29 MLB 10 5 1.0 0 0 1 27 1 24 8
25 Tyrell Johnson 23 fs 16 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 0 20 7
41 Charles Gordon 24 RET 9 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 17 1
22 Benny Sapp 27 14 4 2 13 0 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 13 3
96 Brian Robison 25 15 0 2.5 1 0 0 0 0 7 7
90 Fred Evans 25 16 2 6 10
28 Adrian Peterson*+ 23 RB 16 15 0 9 2 0 0 4 0
97 Ellis Wyms 29 16 0 2.5 1 0 0 0 0 6 2
58 David Herron 24 14 3 4 2
12 Gus Frerotte 37 QB 11 11 0 4 1 -1 0 2 0
54 Vinny Ciurciu 28 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 1
78 Matt Birk 32 C 16 16 0 1 0 -22 0 3 0
21 Marcus McCauley 25 10 1 3 1
81 Visanthe Shiancoe 28 TE 16 15 0 0 1 0 0 3 0
29 Chester Taylor 29 16 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0
39 Husain Abdullah 23 16 0 0 6
7 Tarvaris Jackson 25 qb 9 5 5 1 0 0
84 Aundrae Allison 22 15 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0
87 Bernard Berrian 28 WR 16 13 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
62 Ryan Cook 25 RT 16 14 0 0 2 2 0 1 0
40 Jim Kleinsasser 31 TE 16 11 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
38 Naufahu Tahi 27 fb 16 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
83 Jeff Dugan 27 9 2 1 0
73 Otis Grigsby 28 8 1 1 0
76 Steve Hutchinson*+ 31 LG 16 16 1 0
71 Jimmy Kennedy 29 2 0 1 0
5 Chris Kluwe 27 P 16 0 1 1 0 0
55 Dontarrious Thomas 28 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
19 Bobby Wade 27 WR 16 14 2 0 0 0
37 Eric Frampton 24 16 0 0 1
43 Maurice Hicks 30 RET 11 0 1 0 0 0
46 Cullen Loeffler 27 16 0 0 1
Team Total 27.1 16 45.0 12 56 0 28 66 23 31 26 71 2 678 201 2
Opp Total 16 43 34 21 1

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
8 Ryan Longwell 34 K 16 0 40 29 127
28 Adrian Peterson*+ 23 RB 16 15 10 10 60
87 Bernard Berrian 28 WR 16 13 7 1 8 48
81 Visanthe Shiancoe 28 TE 16 15 7 7 42
29 Chester Taylor 29 16 1 4 2 6 36
18 Sidney Rice 22 13 3 4 4 24
19 Bobby Wade 27 WR 16 14 2 2 12
26 Antoine Winfield* 31 LCB 16 16 1 1 2 12
12 Gus Frerotte 37 QB 11 11 1 1 6
99 Napoleon Harris 29 MLB 10 5 1 1 6
69 Jared Allen*+ 26 RDE 16 16 2 4
Team Total 27.1 16 15 22 1 2 1 41 40 29 2 377
Opp Total 16 10 15 4 1 35 26 1 333