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1985 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 346 points (21.6/g), 14th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 359 points (22.4/g), 17th.
 Differential of -13 points (-0.8/g), 16th.
 Expected W-L: 7.7-8.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 18th.

Coached by Bud Grant (7-9-0)

1985 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 8 box W 1-0 San Francisco 49ers 28 21 15 268 182 86 1 29 489 272 217 7
2 Sun September 15 box W 2-0 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 16 18 262 183 79 2 22 349 234 115 5
3 Thu September 19 box L 2-1 Chicago Bears 24 33 23 445 411 34 5 21 480 353 127 1
4 Sun September 29 box W 3-1 @ Buffalo Bills 27 20 19 338 167 171 1 20 277 162 115 2
5 Sun October 6 box L 3-2 @ Los Angeles Rams 10 13 25 306 172 134 1 14 188 130 58 1
6 Sun October 13 box L 3-3 @ Green Bay Packers 17 20 18 285 223 62 3 18 280 145 135 3
7 Sun October 20 box W 4-3 San Diego Chargers 21 17 27 360 298 62 3 23 295 163 132 4
8 Sun October 27 box L 4-4 @ Chicago Bears 9 27 16 236 206 30 5 24 413 211 202 2
9 Sun November 3 box W 5-4 Detroit Lions 16 13 20 301 138 163 2 11 153 84 69
10 Sun November 10 box L 5-5 Green Bay Packers 17 27 19 311 134 177 3 20 370 195 175 1
11 Sun November 17 box L 5-6 @ Detroit Lions 21 41 16 311 248 63 5 24 365 217 148 2
12 Sun November 24 box L 5-7 New Orleans Saints 23 30 17 284 225 59 3 19 371 137 234 3
13 Sun December 1 box W 6-7 @ Philadelphia Eagles 28 23 13 239 172 67 24 443 306 137 3
14 Sun December 8 box W 7-7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26 7 23 474 309 165 5 17 327 176 151 6
15 Sun December 15 box L 7-8 @ Atlanta Falcons 13 14 23 377 286 91 5 15 274 190 84 1
16 Sun December 22 box L 7-9 Philadelphia Eagles 35 37 25 354 281 73 3 23 390 266 124 3

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 346 5151 1027 5.0 317 311 576 3635 22 29 5.9 189 406 1516 19 3.7 95 47 18 33
Team Defense 359 5464 1065 5.1 509 280 490 3241 20 22 6.2 163 542 2223 16 4.1 324 44 22 22
Lg Rank Offense 14 16 12 4 7 11 26 12 28 27 9 23 25 14
Lg Rank Defense 17 16 16 9 15 12 12 20 23 22 14 14 5 3

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%
Tommy Kramer 30 QB 15 15 277 506 54.7 3522 19 3.8 26 5.1 57 7.0 5.0 12.7 234.8 67.8 39 255 6.0 4.2 7.2
Wade Wilson 26 4 1 33 60 55.0 404 3 5.0 3 5.0 42 6.7 5.0 12.2 101.0 71.8 4 28 5.9 4.2 6.3
Steve Bono 23 1 0 1 10 10.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 0.5 0.5 5.0 5.0 39.6 2 13 -0.7 -0.7 16.7
Team Total 26.7 16 311 576 54.0 3931 22 3.8 29 5.0 57 6.8 4.9 12.6 245.7 67.3 45 296 5.9 4.1 7.2
Opp Total 16 280 490 57.1 3241 20 4.1 22 4.5 6.6 5.0 11.6 202.6 72.2 33 223 6.2 4.3

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
Darrin Nelson 26 RB 16 10 200 893 5 37 4.5 55.8 12.5 43 301 7.0 1 25 2.7 18.8 1194 6 7
Ted Brown 28 FB 14 9 93 336 7 30 3.6 24.0 6.6 30 291 9.7 3 54 2.1 20.8 627 10 1
Alfred Anderson 24 fb 12 6 50 121 4 10 2.4 10.1 4.2 16 175 10.9 1 54 1.3 14.6 296 5 0
Allen Rice 23 14 1 31 104 3 15 3.4 7.4 2.2 9 61 6.8 1 13 0.6 4.4 165 4 0
Tommy Kramer 30 QB 15 15 27 54 0 11 2.0 3.6 1.8 54 0 9
Mike A. Jones 25 wr 16 8 2 6 0 6 3.0 0.4 0.1 46 641 13.9 4 44 2.9 40.1 647 4 0
Greg Coleman 31 P 16 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
Leo Lewis 29 WR 10 10 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.2 0.1 29 442 15.2 3 43 2.9 44.2 444 3 1
Steve Jordan 24 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 68 795 11.7 0 32 4.3 49.7 795 0 2
Anthony Carter 25 WR 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 43 821 19.1 8 57 2.7 51.3 821 8 1
Mike Mularkey 24 te 15 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 196 15.1 1 51 0.9 13.1 196 1 0
Sammy White 31 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 76 9.5 0 15 1.3 12.7 76 0 0
Buster Rhymes 23 RET 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 124 24.8 0 36 0.3 8.3 124 0 2
Jay Carroll 24 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.1 0.5 8 0 0
Team Total 26.7 16 406 1516 19 37 3.7 94.8 25.4 311 3931 12.6 22 57 19.4 245.7 5447 41 27
Opp Total 16 542 2223 16 4.1 138.9 33.9 280 3241 11.6 20 17.5 202.6 5464 36 37

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
Buster Rhymes 23 RET 15 0 53 1345 0 88 25.4 1469
Darrin Nelson 26 RB 16 10 16 133 0 21 8.3 3 51 0 26 17.0 1378
Anthony Carter 25 WR 16 15 9 117 0 41 13.0 938
Allen Rice 23 14 1 4 70 0 27 17.5 235
Maurice Turner 25 10 0 4 61 0 18 15.3 61
Rufus Bess 29 RCB 11 11 2 33 0 22 16.5 33
Ted Brown 28 FB 14 9 1 7 0 7 7.0 634
Joey Browner* 25 SS 16 16 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.7 16 25 250 0 41 10.0 68 1576 0 88 23.2 7273
Opp Total 16 36 0 68 1491 0 21.9

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
Jan Stenerud 43 K 16 0 2 1 11 10 7 3 5 1 1 26 15 57.7% 43 41 95.3%
Greg Coleman 31 P 16 0 67 2867 62 0 42.8
Team Total 26.7 16 2 1 11 10 7 3 5 1 1 26 15 57.7% 43 41 95.3% 67 2867 62 0 42.8
Opp Total 16 37 29 78.4% 39 38 97.4% 65 2691 41.4

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
Keith Millard 23 nt 16 5 11.0 0 1 0 0
Tommy Kramer 30 QB 15 15 9 0 -16 0
Darrin Nelson 26 RB 16 10 7 2 16 0
Joey Browner* 25 SS 16 16 1.0 2 17 1 15 1 3 5 0
Doug Martin 28 LDE 16 15 4.0 0 2 29 0
Tim Newton 22 NT 16 14 2.0 2 63 0 63 1 1 0 0
Rufus Bess 29 RCB 11 11 1.0 2 27 0 27 0 2 0 0
Neil Elshire 27 16 3 5.0 1
Mark Mullaney 32 RDE 15 13 2.0 1 15 0 15 0 2 0 0
Willie Teal 28 LCB 16 16 3 6 0 6 0 2 65 1
John Turner 29 15 4 5 62 0 25
Chris Doleman 24 LOLB 16 13 0.5 1 5 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 113
Buster Rhymes 23 RET 15 0 2 2 0 0
Chris Martin 25 ROLB 12 12 3.5 98
Dennis Fowlkes 24 RILB 15 8 2.0 0 1 0 0
Carl Lee 24 rcb 15 5 3 68 0 35 87
Matt Blair 35 6 2 1.0 0 1 0 0
Ted Brown 28 FB 14 9 1 1 0 0
Anthony Carter 25 WR 16 15 1 1 0 0
Greg Coleman 31 P 16 0 1 1 0 0
Steve Jordan 24 TE 16 16 2 0 0 0
Leo Lewis 29 WR 10 10 1 1 0 0
Scott Studwell 31 LILB 14 12 2 20 0 13
Jay Carroll 24 15 0 0 1 0 0
Issiac Holt 23 15 1 1 0 0 0
Dave Huffman 28 15 3 1 0 -26 0
Dennis Johnson 27 rde 8 6 0 1 0 0
Allen Rice 23 14 1 0 1 0 0
Curtis Rouse 25 LT 16 13 0 1 0 0
Dennis Swilley 30 C 16 13 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.7 16 33.0 22 283 1 63 0 27 31 73 1 298 1
Opp Total 16 45 37 15

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jan Stenerud 43 K 16 0 41 15 86
Ted Brown 28 FB 14 9 7 3 60
Anthony Carter 25 WR 16 15 8 48
Darrin Nelson 26 RB 16 10 5 1 36
Alfred Anderson 24 fb 12 6 4 1 30
Mike A. Jones 25 wr 16 8 4 24
Allen Rice 23 14 1 3 1 24
Leo Lewis 29 WR 10 10 3 18
Joey Browner* 25 SS 16 16 1 6
Mike Mularkey 24 te 15 5 1 6
Willie Teal 28 LCB 16 16 1 6
Neil Elshire 27 16 3 1 2
Team Total 26.7 16 19 22 1 1 41 15 1 346
Opp Total 16 16 20 38 29 359