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1978 Minnesota Vikings Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-7-1, 1st in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bud Grant (8-7-1)

Points For: 294 (18.4/g) 12th of 28

Points Against: 306 (19.1/g) 20th of 28

Expected W-L: 7.6-8.4

SRS: -0.16 (11th of 28), SOS: .60

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 10-34 vs. Los Angeles Rams

Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Burns

Defensive Coordinator: Bob Hollway

Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium

Principal Owner/President: Max Winter

General Manager: Mike Lynn

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1200

Training Camp: Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	294	4779	1127	4.2	51	17	308	352	592	3243	25	34	5.2	176	505	1536	10	3.0	102	113	817	30
Opp. Stats	306	4806	1034	4.6	43	21	278	240	442	2690	15	22	5.7	137	559	2116	20	3.8	120	110	1013	21
Lg Rank Offense	12	17			26	10	7		1	2	3	27	19		28	28	25	28
Lg Rank Defense	20	14			8	3	12		19	19	9	13	15		11	10	21	12

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	New Orleans Saints	24	31	28	424	269	155	6	19	321	183	138	1	-5.44	-9.30	6.71
2	Mon	September 11	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	1-1		Denver Broncos	12	9	13	206	105	101	3	18	231	129	102	6	-20.47	24.57	4.26
3	Sun	September 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	16	15	219	146	73	5	10	155	63	92	1	-27.23	20.99	-3.21
4	Mon	September 25	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2	@	Chicago Bears	24	20	17	295	142	153	2	23	278	188	90	3	-4.35	10.81	0.71
5	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24	7	19	319	208	111	1	18	370	283	87	3	-1.15	5.16	2.25
6	Sun	October 8	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-3	@	Seattle Seahawks	28	29	28	391	274	117	1	23	432	248	184	2	13.46	-15.91	1.45
7	Sun	October 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-4		Los Angeles Rams	17	34	13	167	125	42	2	23	326	146	180	3	-26.88	9.49	-1.20
8	Sun	October 22	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4		Green Bay Packers	21	7	22	294	234	60	1	14	247	118	129	2	-2.17	18.96	-1.33
9	Thu	October 26	8:30PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4	@	Dallas Cowboys	21	10	21	281	137	144		13	239	147	92	4	0.24	11.32	2.48
10	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4		Detroit Lions	17	7	22	312	188	124	5	11	175	105	70	3	-6.55	17.20	0.26
11	Sun	November 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4		Chicago Bears	17	14	18	313	223	90	3	15	233	47	186	4	-9.66	13.79	3.93
12	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-5		San Diego Chargers	7	13	17	272	209	63	4	19	287	163	124	3	-19.02	12.72	-2.62
13	Sun	November 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	T	OT	7-5-1	@	Green Bay Packers	10	10	15	293	182	111	5	16	318	164	154	3	-25.19	28.21	-1.99
14	Sun	December 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-5-1		Philadelphia Eagles	28	27	23	369	289	80	3	18	376	213	163	1	4.67	-7.72	3.62
15	Sat	December 9	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-6-1	@	Detroit Lions	14	45	16	235	213	22	3	22	507	350	157	2	-16.46	-16.75	-1.20
16	Sun	December 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-7-1	@	Oakland Raiders	20	27	21	389	299	90	7	16	311	143	168	2	-16.78	14.20	-4.09
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 31	5:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-8-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	10	34	12	244	208	36	2	25	409	209	200	1	-15.47	-13.43	0.21

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Fran Tarkenton	38	QB	16	16	8-7-1	345	572	60.3	3468	25	4.4	32	5.6	174	43.9	58	6.1	4.4	10.1	216.8	68.9	27	254	4.51	5.37	3.8	2	1
2	Tommy Kramer	23	QB	4	0		5	16	31.3	50	0	0.0	1	6.3	3	23.5	19	3.1	0.3	10.0	12.5	15.1	1	11	5.88	2.29	-0.4	0	1
3	Bob Lee	32	QB	3	0		2	4	50.0	10	0	0.0	1	25.0	1	33.3	6	2.5	-8.8	5.0	3.3	16.7	2	20	33.33	-1.67	-9.2	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	8-7-1	352	592	59.5	3243	25	4.2	34	5.7	178	43.2	58	6.0	4.2	10.0	202.7	66.6	30	285	4.82	5.21	3.56	2	2

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Fran Tarkenton	38	QB	1	1	0-1-0	18	37	48.6	219	1	2.7	2	5.4	10	36.8	31	5.9	4.0	12.2	219.0	53.8	1	11	2.63	5.47	3.6	0	0
2	Chuck Foreman	28	FB	1	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0			0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	18	38	47.4	208	1	2.6	2	5.3	10	35.9	31	5.8	3.9	12.2	208.0	52.4	1	11	2.56	5.33	3.54	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Chuck Foreman	28	FB	14	14	237	749	5	59	47.7	21	3.2	53.5	16.9	89	61	396	6.5	2	18	36.0	20	4.4	28.3	68.5	4.4	298	3.8	1145	7	8
2	Rickey Young	25	RB	16	16	134	417	1	18	49.3	16	3.1	26.1	8.4	112	88	704	8.0	5	34	57.1	48	5.5	44.0	78.6	6.3	222	5.0	1121	6	6
3	Sammy White	24	WR	16	16	5	30	0	1	60.0	16	6.0	1.9	0.3	112	53	741	14.0	9	40	44.6	33	3.3	46.3	47.3	6.6	58	13.3	771	9	1
4	Ahmad Rashad	29	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	129	66	769	11.7	8	38	43.4	58	4.1	48.1	51.2	6.0	66	11.7	769	8	2	PB
5	Bob Tucker	33	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	74	47	540	11.5	0	26	51.4	35	2.9	33.8	63.5	7.3	47	11.5	540	0	2
6	Robert Miller	25	RB	15	2	70	213	3	16	41.4	19	3.0	14.2	4.7	27	22	230	10.5	0	13	63.0	29	1.5	15.3	81.5	8.5	92	4.8	443	3	2
7	Stu Voigt	30	TE	15	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	4	52	13.0	0	4	44.4	27	0.3	3.5	44.4	5.8	4	13.0	52	0	0
8	Sammy Johnson	26	RB	3	0	11	41	0	2	27.3	17	3.7	13.7	3.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			11	3.7	41	0	0
9	Brent McClanahan	27	RB	13	0	10	26	0	0	0.0	22	2.6	2.0	0.8	2	2	11	5.5	0	1	50.0	7	0.2	0.8	100.0	5.5	12	3.1	37	0	1
10	Kevin Miller	23	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	35	35.0	1	1	100.0	35	0.1	2.2	100.0	35.0	1	35.0	35	1	3
11	Steve Craig	27	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	4	31	7.8	0	2	66.7	9	0.3	1.9	66.7	5.2	4	7.8	31	0	0
12	Mark Kellar	26	RB	16	0	11	34	0	1	27.3	5	3.1	2.1	0.7	4	3	-5	-1.7	0	0	25.0	8	0.2	-0.3	75.0	-1.3	14	2.1	29	0	1
13	Harry Washington	22	WR	10	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	1	24	24.0	0	1	20.0	24	0.1	2.4	20.0	4.8	1	24.0	24	0	0
14	Greg Coleman	24	P	9	0	2	22	0	1	50.0	17	11.0	2.4	0.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	11.0	22	0	0
15	Tommy Kramer	23	QB	4	0	1	10	0	1	100.0	10	10.0	2.5	0.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	10.0	10	0	0
16	Fran Tarkenton	38	QB	16	16	24	-6	1	3	12.5	15	-0.3	-0.4	1.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			24	-0.3	-6	1	7
	Team Totals			16	16	505	1536	10	102	44.0	22	3.0	96.0	31.6	570	352	3528	10.0	25	178	47.2	58	22.0	220.5	61.8	6.2	857	5.9	5064	35	33

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Ahmad Rashad	29	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	14	7	84	12.0	1	4	50.0	31	7.0	84.0	50.0	6.0	7	12.0	84	1	0
2	Chuck Foreman	28	FB	1	1	13	31	0	2	38.5	8	2.4	31.0	13.0	8	3	38	12.7	0	2	25.0	20	3.0	38.0	37.5	4.8	16	4.3	69	0	0
3	Rickey Young	25	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	4	49	12.3	0	2	40.0	24	4.0	49.0	80.0	9.8	4	12.3	49	0	0
4	Bob Tucker	33	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	4	48	12.0	0	2	60.0	21	4.0	48.0	80.0	9.6	4	12.0	48	0	0
5	Mark Kellar	26	RB	1	0	2	7	0	0	0.0	4	3.5	7.0	2.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	3.5	7	0	0
6	Stu Voigt	30	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
7	Harry Washington	22	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
8	Sammy White	24	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
9	Fran Tarkenton	38	QB	1	1	1	-2	0	0	0.0	-2	-2.0	-2.0	1.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-2.0	-2	0	1
	Team Totals			1	1	16	36	0	2	31.3	8	2.3	36.0	16.0	37	18	219	12.2	1	10	37.8	31	18.0	219.0	48.6	5.9	34	7.5	255	1	1

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Matt Blair	28	LLB	16	16	3	28	0	20	2	0	3	49	1	4.0	0	0	0	0	PB
2	Bobby Bryant	34	RCB	16	16	7	69	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
3	Charles Goodrum	28	LG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
4	Jim Marshall	41	RDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
5	Ahmad Rashad	29	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
6	Jeff Siemon	28	MLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
7	Doug Sutherland	30	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
8	Fran Tarkenton	38	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	-7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Bob Tucker	33	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
10	Sammy White	24	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Phil Wise	29	SS	16	16	2	21	0	14	1	0	1	20	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Nate Wright	31	LCB	16	16	5	58	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Rickey Young	25	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
14	Fred McNeill	26	RLB	16	15	2	1	0	1	4	0	6	39	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
15	Chuck Foreman	28	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Tom Hannon	23	FS	16	14	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
17	James White	25	RDT	16	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0
18	Mark Mullaney	25	LDE	15	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	0	0	0	0
19	Carl Eller	36	LDE	14	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	5.0	0	0	0	0
20	Robert Miller	25	RB	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Randy Holloway	23	DE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Mark Kellar	26	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Brent McClanahan	27	RB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
24	Kevin Miller	23	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	John Turner	22	DB	14	0	1	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	22	192	0	30	15	34	35	105	1	33.0	0	0	0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Bobby Bryant	34	RCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Frank Myers	22	LT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Fran Tarkenton	38	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Kevin Miller	23	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0

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