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2009 Minnesota Vikings
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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC North Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 470 points (29.4/g), 2nd of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 312 points (19.5/g), 10th.
Differential of 158 points (9.9/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 11.6-4.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 8th.
Simple Rating System: Total 7.2, Offense: 6.6, Defense: 0.6, SoS: -2.7, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Brad Childress
Offensive Coordinator: Darrell Bevell
Defensive Coordinator: Leslie Frazier
Training Camp: Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Brett Favre* | 40 | 18 | 16 | 363 for 531, 4,202 yards, 33 td, 7 int, & 9 rushes for 7 yards and 0 td | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1991 |
| RB | Adrian Peterson*+ | 24 | 2 | 15 | 314 rushes for 1,383 yards, 18 td, & 43 catches for 436 yards and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 7th pick / 2007 |
| WR | Bernard Berrian | 29 | 5 | 15 | 55 catches for 618 yards, 4 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 78th pick / 2004 |
| WR | Sidney Rice* | 23 | 2 | 14 | 83 catches for 1,312 yards, 8 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 44th pick / 2007 |
| TE | Jim Kleinsasser | 32 | 10 | 8 | 10 catches for 70 yards, 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 44th pick / 1999 |
| TE | Visanthe Shiancoe | 29 | 6 | 13 | 56 catches for 566 yards, 11 td | New York Giants / 3rd / 91st pick / 2003 |
| LT | Bryant McKinnie* | 30 | 7 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 7th pick / 2002 |
| LG | Steve Hutchinson*+ | 32 | 8 | 16 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 17th pick / 2001 | |
| C | John Sullivan | 24 | 1 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 187th pick / 2008 | |
| RG | Anthony Herrera | 29 | 4 | 14 | ||
| RT | Phil Loadholt | 23 | Rook | 15 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 54th pick / 2009 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ray Edwards | 24 | 3 | 16 | 8.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 127th pick / 2006 |
| LDT | Pat Williams | 37 | 12 | 15 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RDT | Kevin Williams*+ | 29 | 6 | 16 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 9th pick / 2003 |
| RDE | Jared Allen*+ | 27 | 5 | 16 | 14.5 sacks, 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 126th pick / 2004 |
| LLB | Chad Greenway | 26 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 17th pick / 2006 |
| MLB | E.J. Henderson | 29 | 6 | 12 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 40th pick / 2003 |
| RLB | Ben Leber | 31 | 7 | 13 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 71st pick / 2002 |
| LCB | Antoine Winfield* | 32 | 10 | 9 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 23rd pick / 1999 |
| RCB | Cedric Griffin | 27 | 3 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 48th pick / 2006 |
| SS | Tyrell Johnson | 24 | 1 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 43rd pick / 2008 |
| FS | Madieu Williams | 28 | 5 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 56th pick / 2004 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ryan Longwell | 35 | 12 | 0 | 26 of 28 field goals & 54 of 55 extra points | |
| P | Chris Kluwe | 28 | 4 | 0 | 73 punts for a 43.9 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Darius Reynaud | 24 | 1 | 0 | 30 punt returns for a 10.3 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Percy Harvin* | 21 | Rook | 8 | 42 kick returns for a 27.5 average and 2 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 22nd pick / 2009 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | AV | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Husain Abdullah | 24 | 14 | 0 | 204 | 6-0 | Washington St. | 7/27/1985 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 21 | Asher Allen | 21 | db | 10 | 1 | 190 | 5-10 | Georgia | 1/22/1988 | Rook | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 86th pick / 2009 |
| 69 | Jared Allen*+ | 27 | RDE | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-6 | Idaho St. | 4/3/1982 | 5 | 17 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 126th pick / 2004 |
| 87 | Bernard Berrian | 29 | WR | 16 | 15 | 190 | 6-1 | Fresno St. | 12/27/1980 | 5 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 78th pick / 2004 |
| 54 | Jasper Brinkley | 24 | lb | 16 | 4 | 275 | 6-2 | South Carolina | 7/12/1985 | Rook | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 150th pick / 2009 |
| Ryan Cook | 26 | 16 | 0 | 325 | 6-6 | New Mexico | 5/8/1983 | 3 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 51st pick / 2006 | ||
| Jon Cooper | 23 | 1 | 0 | 290 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 10/1/1986 | Rook | 0 | |||
| 83 | Jeff Dugan | 28 | te | 16 | 4 | 261 | 6-4 | Maryland | 4/8/1981 | 5 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 220th pick / 2004 |
| 91 | Ray Edwards | 24 | LDE | 16 | 16 | 270 | 6-5 | Purdue | 1/1/1985 | 3 | 8 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 127th pick / 2006 |
| 90 | Fred Evans | 26 | 13 | 0 | 307 | 6-5 | Texas St. | 11/6/1983 | 3 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 212th pick / 2006 | |
| 59 | Heath Farwell* | 28 | 16 | 0 | 235 | 6-0 | San Diego St. | 12/31/1981 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Brett Favre* | 40 | QB | 16 | 16 | 225 | 6-2 | Southern Miss | 10/10/1969 | 18 | 16 | Atlanta Falcons / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1991 |
| 37 | Eric Frampton | 25 | 16 | 0 | 204 | 5-11 | Washington St. | 2/6/1984 | 2 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 5th / 165th pick / 2007 | |
| 52 | Chad Greenway | 26 | LLB | 16 | 16 | 240 | 6-2 | Iowa | 1/12/1983 | 2 | 9 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 17th pick / 2006 |
| 23 | Cedric Griffin | 27 | RCB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 6-0 | Texas | 11/11/1982 | 3 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 48th pick / 2006 |
| 98 | Letroy Guion | 22 | 7 | 0 | 295 | 6-4 | Florida St. | 6/21/1987 | 1 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 152nd pick / 2008 | |
| 12 | Percy Harvin* | 21 | KR | 15 | 8 | 200 | 5-11 | Florida | 5/28/1988 | Rook | 12 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 22nd pick / 2009 |
| 56 | E.J. Henderson | 29 | MLB | 12 | 12 | 245 | 6-1 | Maryland | 8/3/1980 | 6 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 40th pick / 2003 |
| 50 | Erin Henderson | 23 | 2 | 0 | 242 | 6-3 | Maryland | 7/1/1986 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 64 | Anthony Herrera | 29 | RG | 14 | 14 | 315 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 6/14/1980 | 4 | 6 | |
| Artis Hicks | 31 | g | 16 | 3 | 320 | 6-4 | Memphis | 11/28/1978 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 76 | Steve Hutchinson*+ | 32 | LG | 16 | 16 | 313 | 6-5 | Michigan | 11/1/1977 | 8 | 14 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 17th pick / 2001 |
| 7 | Tarvaris Jackson | 26 | 8 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Arkansas,Alabama St. | 4/21/1983 | 3 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 64th pick / 2006 | |
| 11 | Jaymar Johnson | 25 | 6 | 0 | 177 | 5-11 | Jackson St. | 7/10/1984 | 1 | 0 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 193rd pick / 2008 | |
| 25 | Tyrell Johnson | 24 | SS | 15 | 15 | 200 | 5-11 | Arkansas St. | 5/19/1985 | 1 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 43rd pick / 2008 |
| 71 | Jimmy Kennedy | 30 | dt | 13 | 1 | 320 | 6-4 | Penn St. | 11/15/1979 | 6 | 2 | St. Louis Rams / 1st / 12th pick / 2003 |
| 40 | Jim Kleinsasser | 32 | TE | 16 | 8 | 272 | 6-3 | North Dakota | 1/31/1977 | 10 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 44th pick / 1999 |
| 5 | Chris Kluwe | 28 | P | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-4 | UCLA | 12/24/1981 | 4 | 0 | |
| 51 | Ben Leber | 31 | RLB | 16 | 13 | 244 | 6-3 | Kansas St. | 12/7/1978 | 7 | 6 | San Diego Chargers / 3rd / 71st pick / 2002 |
| 17 | Greg Lewis | 29 | wr | 13 | 1 | 180 | 6-0 | Illinois | 2/12/1980 | 6 | 1 | |
| Phil Loadholt | 23 | RT | 15 | 15 | 343 | 6-8 | Oklahoma | 1/21/1986 | Rook | 8 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 54th pick / 2009 | |
| 46 | Cullen Loeffler | 28 | 16 | 0 | 241 | 6-5 | Texas | 1/27/1981 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 8 | Ryan Longwell | 35 | K | 16 | 0 | 199 | 6-0 | California | 8/16/1974 | 12 | 0 | |
| 74 | Bryant McKinnie* | 30 | LT | 16 | 16 | 335 | 6-8 | Miami (FL) | 9/23/1979 | 7 | 12 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 7th pick / 2002 |
| 92 | Jayme Mitchell | 25 | 4 | 0 | 285 | 6-6 | Mississippi | 3/15/1984 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 55 | Kenny Onatolu | 27 | 16 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Nebraska-Omaha | 10/8/1982 | Rook | 1 | ||
| 41 | Karl Paymah | 27 | db | 12 | 2 | 204 | 6-0 | Washington St. | 11/29/1982 | 4 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 3rd / 76th pick / 2005 |
| 28 | Adrian Peterson*+ | 24 | RB | 16 | 15 | 217 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 3/21/1985 | 2 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 7th pick / 2007 |
| 82 | Darius Reynaud | 24 | PR | 11 | 0 | 201 | 5-9 | West Virginia | 12/29/1985 | 1 | 0 | |
| 18 | Sidney Rice* | 23 | WR | 16 | 14 | 200 | 6-4 | South Carolina | 9/1/1986 | 2 | 14 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 44th pick / 2007 |
| 96 | Brian Robison | 26 | 16 | 0 | 258 | 6-2 | Texas | 4/28/1983 | 2 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 102nd pick / 2007 | |
| 33 | Jamarca Sanford | 24 | db | 14 | 1 | 200 | 5-10 | Mississippi | 8/27/1985 | Rook | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 231st pick / 2009 |
| 22 | Benny Sapp | 28 | lcb | 16 | 7 | 190 | 5-9 | Iowa,Northern Iowa | 1/20/1981 | 5 | 3 | |
| 81 | Visanthe Shiancoe | 29 | TE | 16 | 13 | 250 | 6-4 | Morgan St. | 6/18/1980 | 6 | 8 | New York Giants / 3rd / 91st pick / 2003 |
| 65 | John Sullivan | 24 | C | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 8/8/1985 | 1 | 7 | Minnesota Vikings / 6th / 187th pick / 2008 |
| 38 | Naufahu Tahi | 28 | rb | 15 | 2 | 230 | 6-0 | BYU | 10/30/1981 | 2 | 1 | |
| 29 | Chester Taylor | 30 | 16 | 0 | 213 | 5-11 | Toledo | 9/22/1979 | 7 | 7 | Baltimore Ravens / 6th / 207th pick / 2002 | |
| 93 | Kevin Williams*+ | 29 | RDT | 16 | 16 | 311 | 6-5 | Oklahoma St. | 8/16/1980 | 6 | 14 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 9th pick / 2003 |
| 20 | Madieu Williams | 28 | FS | 16 | 16 | 193 | 6-1 | Towson St.,Maryland | 10/18/1981 | 5 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 56th pick / 2004 |
| 94 | Pat Williams | 37 | LDT | 15 | 15 | 315 | 6-3 | NE State (OK),Texas A&M | 10/24/1972 | 12 | 7 | |
| 26 | Antoine Winfield* | 32 | LCB | 10 | 9 | 190 | 5-9 | Ohio St. | 6/24/1977 | 10 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 23rd pick / 1999 |
| 34 | Albert Young | 24 | 7 | 0 | 209 | 5-10 | Iowa | 2/25/1985 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 27.3 | 16 | 244.8 | 6-2.0 | 4.1 |
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