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2009 Minnesota Vikings

Franchise Index: Previous Season

Record: 8-1-0, Currently 1st place in NFC North Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 271 points (30.1/g), 2nd of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 184 points (20.4/g), 12th.
 Differential of 87 points (9.7/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 6.4-2.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +4 (0.4/g), 6th.

Coached by Brad Childress (8-1-0)

2009 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 13 box W 1-0 @ Cleveland Browns 34 20 19 310 85 225 17 268 179 89 2
2 Sun September 20 box W 2-0 @ Detroit Lions 27 13 18 265 153 112 1 17 265 136 129 3
3 Sun September 27 box W 3-0 San Francisco 49ers 27 24 19 377 283 94 1 13 246 188 58 1
4 Mon October 5 box W 4-0 Green Bay Packers 30 23 22 334 271 63 1 19 424 342 82 2
5 Sun October 11 box W 5-0 @ St. Louis Rams 38 10 21 377 288 89 1 27 400 278 122 4
6 Sun October 18 box W 6-0 Baltimore Ravens 33 31 19 426 259 167 20 448 367 81
7 Sun October 25 box L 6-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 17 27 21 386 297 89 2 14 259 152 107 1
8 Sun November 1 box W 7-1 @ Green Bay Packers 38 26 19 355 244 111 2 21 351 261 90
9 Bye Week
10 Sun November 15 box W 8-1 Detroit Lions 27 10 19 492 340 152 2 19 297 204 93 1
11 Sun November 22 Seattle Seahawks
12 Sun November 29 Chicago Bears
13 Sun December 6 @ Arizona Cardinals
14 Sun December 13 Cincinnati Bengals
15 Sun December 20 @ Carolina Panthers
16 Mon December 28 @ Chicago Bears
17 Sun January 3 New York Giants

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 271 3322 572 5.8 177 198 293 2220 17 3 7.1 111 260 1102 12 4.2 53 10 7 13
Team Defense 184 2958 566 5.2 167 205 327 2107 14 6 5.8 111 205 851 2 4.2 39 14 8 17
Lg Rank Offense 2 7 14 20 12 5 1 7 8 10 5 16 4 18
Lg Rank Defense 12 15 17 25 23 20 26 14 3 6 1 12 18 5

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%
4 Brett Favre 40 9 194 285 68.1 2269 17 6.0 3 1.1 63 8.0 8.7 11.7 252.1 107.5 19 131 7.0 7.7 6.3
7 Tarvaris Jackson 26 4 4 7 57.1 82 0 0.0 0 0.0 33 11.7 11.7 20.5 20.5 98.5 0 0 11.7 11.7 0.0
18 Sidney Rice 23 9 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 27.3 9 198 293 67.6 2351 17 5.8 3 1.0 63 8.0 8.7 11.9 261.2 106.9 19 131 7.1 7.8 6.1
Opp Total 9 205 327 62.7 2307 14 4.3 6 1.8 7.1 7.1 11.3 256.3 90.3 34 200 5.8 5.9

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 24 9 181 917 11 64 5.1 101.9 20.1 21 199 9.5 0 44 2.3 22.1 1116 11 4
29 Chester Taylor 30 9 52 139 1 11 2.7 15.4 5.8 25 216 8.6 0 33 2.8 24.0 355 1 1
12 Percy Harvin 21 9 9 46 0 13 5.1 5.1 1.0 31 422 13.6 3 51 3.4 46.9 468 3 1
7 Tarvaris Jackson 26 4 7 -7 0 -1 -1.0 -1.8 1.8 -7 0 0
4 Brett Favre 40 9 6 -3 0 1 -0.5 -0.3 0.7 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 0.1 -0.2 -5 0 1
83 Jeff Dugan 28 4 3 7 0 5 2.3 1.8 0.8 4 36 9.0 2 25 1.0 9.0 43 2 0
38 Naufahu Tahi 28 6 2 3 0 2 1.5 0.5 0.3 7 53 7.6 0 32 1.2 8.8 56 0 0
18 Sidney Rice 23 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 44 786 17.9 2 63 4.9 87.3 786 2 0
87 Bernard Berrian 29 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 321 10.7 3 36 3.8 40.1 321 3 0
81 Visanthe Shiancoe 29 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 246 9.8 6 21 2.8 27.3 246 6 0
17 Greg Lewis 29 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 50 10.0 1 32 1.7 16.7 50 1 0
40 Jim Kleinsasser 32 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 15 3.8 0 6 1.3 5.0 15 0 0
11 Jaymar Johnson 25 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.2 1.8 9 0 0
Team Total 27.3 9 260 1102 12 64 4.2 122.4 28.9 198 2351 11.9 17 63 22.0 261.2 3453 29 9
Opp Total 9 205 851 2 4.2 94.6 22.8 205 2107 10.3 14 22.8 234.1 2958 16 21

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
12 Percy Harvin 21 9 29 889 2 101 30.7 1357
11 Jaymar Johnson 25 5 16 134 0 24 8.4 143
82 Darius Reynaud 24 4 11 132 0 36 12.0 132
87 Bernard Berrian 29 8 2 13 0 8 6.5 334
96 Brian Robison 26 5 2 7 0 7 3.5 7
18 Sidney Rice 23 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 786
38 Naufahu Tahi 28 6 1 0 0 0 0.0 56
Team Total 27.3 9 29 279 0 36 9.6 33 896 2 101 27.2 4628
Opp Total 9 19 1 51 1109 0 21.7

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 35 K 9 1 1 5 5 3 3 6 5 1 1 16 15 93.8% 32 32 100.0%
5 Chris Kluwe 28 P 9 41 1797 60 0 43.8
Team Total 27.3 9 1 1 5 5 3 3 6 5 1 1 16 15 93.8% 32 32 100.0% 41 1797 60 0 43.8
Opp Total 9 16 13 81.3% 19 19 100.0% 48 217 4.5

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
56 E.J. Henderson 29 7 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 48 15
52 Chad Greenway 26 9 2 49 0 36 4 1 0 2 0 0 49 8
23 Cedric Griffin 27 8 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 44 9
69 Jared Allen 27 9 10.5 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 52 1 29 6 1
25 Tyrell Johnson 24 9 1 0 0 0 5 33 5
20 Madieu Williams 28 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 32 5
91 Ray Edwards 24 9 5.5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 25 6
26 Antoine Winfield 32 5 1 0 0 0 4 25 2
94 Pat Williams 37 8 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 21 8
93 Kevin Williams 29 8 6.0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 17 7
51 Ben Leber 31 8 2.5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 5
22 Benny Sapp 28 8 0 0 0 0 3 21 2
71 Jimmy Kennedy 30 7 3.0 9 2
41 Karl Paymah 27 8 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 3
21 Asher Allen 21 3 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 7 2
96 Brian Robison 26 5 1.5 1 1 0 0 0 3 2
90 Fred Evans 26 5 4 2
59 Heath Farwell 28 7 4 1
39 Husain Abdullah 24 6 1 2
54 Jasper Brinkley 24 6 2 0
28 Adrian Peterson 24 9 0 4 0 -12 0
29 Chester Taylor 30 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
37 Eric Frampton 25 5 0 3
55 Kenny Onatolu 27 9 0 3
33 Jamarca Sanford 24 4 1 1
98 Letroy Guion 22 2 1 0
64 Anthony Herrera 29 1 1 0
76 Steve Hutchinson 32 1 1 0
18 Sidney Rice 23 9 1 0
4 Brett Favre 40 9 1 0 0 0
12 Percy Harvin 21 9 1 0 0 0
17 Greg Lewis 29 3 0 1
92 Jayme Mitchell 25 2 0 1
65 John Sullivan 24 1 1 0 -4 0
Team Total 27.3 9 32.0 6 49 0 36 33 14 9 9 42 1 408 101 1
Opp Total 9 19 21 13

Scoring Summary

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No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
8 Ryan Longwell 35 K 9 32 15 77
28 Adrian Peterson 24 9 11 11 66
81 Visanthe Shiancoe 29 9 6 6 36
12 Percy Harvin 21 9 3 2 5 30
87 Bernard Berrian 29 8 3 3 18
83 Jeff Dugan 28 4 2 2 12
18 Sidney Rice 23 9 2 2 12
69 Jared Allen 27 9 1 1 1 8
17 Greg Lewis 29 3 1 1 6
29 Chester Taylor 30 9 1 1 6
Team Total 27.3 9 12 17 2 1 32 32 15 1 271
Opp Total 9 2 14 1 19 13 184