1996 Minnesota Vikings Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-7-0, 2nd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Dennis Green (9-7-0)

Points For: 298 (18.6/g) 23rd of 30

Points Against: 315 (19.7/g) 15th of 30

Expected W-L: 7.5-8.5

SRS: -0.15 (16th of 30), SOS: .92

Playoffs:
Lost Wild Card 15-40 vs. Dallas Cowboys

Offensive Coordinator: Brian Billick

Defensive Coordinator: Foge Fazio

Other Notable Asst.: John Levra (Defensive Line), Tom Olivadotti (Inside Linebackers), Keith Rowen (Offensive Line), Ray Sherman (Quarterbacks) and Mike Tice (Tight Ends)

Stadium: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

VP/de facto General Manager: Jeff Diamond

CEO/Managing Partner: Roger Headrick

Offensive Scheme: West Coast

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +5000; O/U: 8.0

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	298	5204	1030	5.1	32	13	284	331	561	3658	24	19	6.1	186	435	1546	7	3.6	75	106	835	23
Opp. Stats	315	5087	1025	5.0	35	13	309	314	537	3121	18	22	5.4	169	445	1966	15	4.4	117	105	840	23
Lg Rank Offense	23	12			17	14	24		8	8	8	17	10		20	24	27	20
Lg Rank Defense	15	16			8	14	20		17	9	10	7	7		16	24	22	30

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 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Detroit Lions	17	13	16	311	183	128		27	435	244	191	5	-4.99	13.66	-3.70
2	Sun	September 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Atlanta Falcons	23	17	18	365	266	99	2	21	324	245	79	2	4.09	-2.57	0.11
3	Sun	September 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	Chicago Bears	20	14	21	377	239	138	1	17	299	191	108	3	-6.85	12.05	-2.74
4	Sun	September 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0		Green Bay Packers	30	21	18	351	263	88	4	8	217	157	60	4	-16.02	26.98	-2.07
5	Sun	September 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-1	@	New York Giants	10	15	10	228	140	88	2	21	291	146	145		-12.76	0.21	4.48
6	Sun	October 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1		Carolina Panthers	14	12	16	293	192	101	2	15	256	155	101	6	-4.14	9.56	-3.32
7	Sun	October 13	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-2	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	24	17	394	255	139	3	20	284	208	76		1.65	-8.91	-3.60
8									Bye Week
9	Mon	October 28	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3		Chicago Bears	13	15	16	279	268	11	2	18	276	180	96	2	-5.34	3.21	-0.08
10	Sun	November 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4		Kansas City Chiefs	6	21	13	258	210	48	2	23	359	157	202	1	-10.41	-4.37	3.93
11	Sun	November 10	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5	@	Seattle Seahawks	23	42	16	315	300	15	4	26	452	253	199	1	-2.58	-11.02	-5.36
12	Sun	November 17	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	6-5	@	Oakland Raiders	16	13	20	445	263	182	2	13	237	112	125	1	-0.81	10.48	-5.55
13	Sun	November 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-6		Denver Broncos	17	21	20	296	246	50	2	22	388	309	79	3	-0.55	-4.79	2.29
14	Sun	December 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-6		Arizona Cardinals	41	17	29	412	263	149		18	280	245	35	3	24.59	5.61	-8.75
15	Sun	December 8	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-6	@	Detroit Lions	24	22	21	289	173	116		23	380	235	145		11.63	-15.16	3.83
16	Sun	December 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-6		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	21	10	21	339	194	145	4	8	169	77	92	2	-8.84	26.17	-7.65
17	Sun	December 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-7	@	Green Bay Packers	10	38	12	252	203	49	2	29	440	207	233	2	-11.62	-21.39	1.71
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sat	December 28	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-8	@	Dallas Cowboys	15	40	12	268	205	63	6	27	438	183	255	2	-15.23	-15.10	5.01

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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
1	Brad Johnson	28	QB	12	8	5-3-0	195	311	62.7	2258	17	5.5	10	3.2	110	47.2	82	7.3	6.9	11.6	188.2	89.4	15	119	4.60	6.56	6.2	2	3
2	Warren Moon	40	QB	8	8	4-4-0	134	247	54.3	1610	7	2.8	9	3.6	74	39.8	54	6.5	5.4	12.0	201.3	68.7	19	122	7.14	5.59	4.6	1	2
3	Jay Walker	24	QB	1	0		2	2	100.0	31	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	100.0	19	15.5	15.5	15.5	31.0	118.7	0	0	0.00	15.50	15.5	0	0
4	Chris Walsh	28	WR	15	0		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			16	16	9-7-0	331	561	59.0	3658	24	4.3	19	3.4	186	44.0	82	7.0	6.3	11.8	228.6	80.4	34	241	5.71	6.15	5.52	3	5

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	Brad Johnson	28	QB	1	1	0-1-0	15	27	55.6	208	1	3.7	2	7.4	7	41.4	50	7.7	5.1	13.9	208.0	62.0	2	3	6.90	7.07	4.7	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	15	27	55.6	205	1	3.7	2	7.4	7	41.4	50	7.7	5.1	13.9	205.0	62.0	2	3	6.90	7.07	4.66	0	0

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						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	Jake Reed	29	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	128	72	1320	18.3	7	56	53.1	82	4.5	82.5	56.3	10.3	72	18.3	1320	7	0
2	Cris Carter	31	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	167	96	1163	12.1	10	57	51.5	43	6.0	72.7	57.5	7.0	96	12.1	1163	10	1	PB
3	Robert Smith	24	RB	8	7	162	692	3	25	51.2	57	4.3	86.5	20.3	14	7	39	5.6	0	1	14.3	16	0.9	4.9	50.0	2.8	169	4.3	731	3	2
4	Amp Lee	25	RB	16	3	51	161	0	5	31.4	12	3.2	10.1	3.2	71	54	422	7.8	2	25	46.5	21	3.4	26.4	76.1	5.9	105	5.6	583	2	2
5	Leroy Hoard	28	RB	6	6	105	420	3	25	45.7	25	4.0	70.0	17.5	14	10	129	12.9	0	5	64.3	37	1.7	21.5	71.4	9.2	115	4.8	549	3	3
6	Qadry Ismail	26	WR	16	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	46	22	351	16.0	3	19	43.5	54	1.4	21.9	47.8	7.6	22	16.0	351	3	2
7	Scottie Graham	27	RB	11	0	57	138	0	4	35.1	12	2.4	12.5	5.2	9	7	48	6.9	0	2	44.4	18	0.6	4.4	77.8	5.3	64	2.9	186	0	0
8	Charles Evans	29	FB	16	6	13	29	0	0	23.1	9	2.2	1.8	0.8	25	22	135	6.1	0	7	60.0	16	1.4	8.4	88.0	5.4	35	4.7	164	0	0
9	Andrew Jordan	24	TE	13	9	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	31	19	128	6.7	0	5	38.7	15	1.5	9.8	61.3	4.1	19	6.7	128	0	0
10	Brad Johnson	28	QB	12	8	34	90	1	13	47.1	13	2.6	7.5	2.8	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			34	2.6	90	1	5
11	David Palmer	24	WR	11	1	2	9	0	0	50.0	8	4.5	0.8	0.2	11	6	40	6.7	0	3	27.3	20	0.5	3.6	54.5	3.6	8	6.1	49	0	3
12	Chris Walsh	28	WR	15	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	9	4	39	9.8	1	3	44.4	17	0.3	2.6	44.4	4.3	4	9.8	39	1	0
13	Greg DeLong	23	TE	16	8	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	20	8	34	4.3	0	0	0.0	9	0.5	2.1	40.0	1.7	8	4.3	34	0	0
14	David Frisch	26	TE	10	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	3	27	9.0	1	2	50.0	21	0.3	2.7	75.0	6.8	3	9.0	27	1	0
15	Hunter Goodwin	24	TE	9	6	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	24	24.0	0	1	50.0	24	0.1	2.7	50.0	12.0	1	24.0	24	0	0
16	Warren Moon	40	QB	8	8	9	6	0	3	33.3	5	0.7	0.8	1.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			9	0.7	6	0	7
17	Randall McDaniel	32	LG	16	16	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	0.5	0.1	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	0.5	1	0	0	PB,AP-1
	Team Totals			16	16	435	1546	7	75	43.7	57	3.6	96.6	27.2	551	331	3899	11.8	24	186	47.0	82	20.7	243.7	60.1	7.1	766	7.1	5445	31	25

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	Amp Lee	25	RB	1	0	7	26	0	1	42.9	8	3.7	26.0	7.0	5	2	59	29.5	0	1	40.0	43	2.0	59.0	40.0	11.8	9	9.4	85	0	1
2	Qadry Ismail	26	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	6	3	78	26.0	0	2	50.0	50	3.0	78.0	50.0	13.0	3	26.0	78	0	0
3	Cris Carter	31	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	7	3	36	12.0	1	1	28.6	30	3.0	36.0	42.9	5.1	3	12.0	36	1	1
4	Leroy Hoard	28	RB	1	0	3	21	0	0	66.7	12	7.0	21.0	3.0	1	1	7	7.0	0	0	100.0	7	1.0	7.0	100.0	7.0	4	7.0	28	0	1
5	Brad Johnson	28	QB	1	1	3	14	1	2	100.0	8	4.7	14.0	3.0	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	4.7	14	1	0
6	Andrew Jordan	24	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	10	10.0	0	1	100.0	10	1.0	10.0	100.0	10.0	1	10.0	10	0	0
7	Jake Reed	29	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	10	10.0	0	1	50.0	10	1.0	10.0	50.0	5.0	1	10.0	10	0	0
8	Charles Evans	29	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	3	9	3.0	0	1	50.0	7	3.0	9.0	75.0	2.3	3	3.0	9	0	0
9	Scottie Graham	27	RB	1	1	2	2	0	0	0.0	1	1.0	2.0	2.0	1	1	-1	-1.0	0	0	0.0	-1	1.0	-1.0	100.0	-1.0	3	0.3	1	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	15	63	1	3	53.3	12	4.2	63.0	15.0	27	15	208	13.9	1	7	44.4	50	15.0	208.0	55.6	7.7	30	9.0	271	2	3

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						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	Jeff Brady	28	MLB	16	16	3	20	0	8	0	0	3	0	0	1.5	101	74	27	0
2	Cris Carter	31	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
3	John Randle	29	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	11.5	46	35	11	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-7
4	Fernando Smith	25	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	4	0	9.5	65	41	24	0
5	Todd Steussie	26	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
6	Orlando Thomas	24	FS	16	16	5	57	0	34	2	0	1	0	0	0.0	83	65	18	0
7	Dewayne Washington	24	RCB	16	16	2	27	1	27	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	75	69	6	0
8	Corey Fuller	25	LCB	16	14	3	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	64	53	11	0
9	Robert Griffith	26	SS	14	14	4	67	0	41	2	1	0	0	0	2.0	95	78	17	0
10	Dixon Edwards	28	RLB	14	13	1	18	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	3.5	96	68	28	0
11	Darryl Talley	36	LLB	12	12	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	51	41	10	0
12	John Gerak	26	RG	14	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Derrick Alexander	23	RDE	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3.5	48	33	15	0
14	Esera Tuaolo	28	LDT	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	29	15	14	0
15	Greg DeLong	23	TE	16	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
16	Martin Harrison	29	RDE	16	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	28	21	7	0
17	Brad Johnson	28	QB	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	-8	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
18	Warren Moon	40	QB	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Robert Smith	24	RB	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Jason Fisk	24	LDT	16	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	31	22	9	0
21	Leroy Hoard	28	RB	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Harlon Barnett	29	DB	16	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	61	48	13	0
23	Dave Garnett	26	LB	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	13	8	5	0
24	Amp Lee	25	RB	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Qadry Ismail	26	WR	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
26	Alfred Jackson	29	DB	14	2	2	4	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Pete Bercich	25	LB	15	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	12	10	2	0
28	David Palmer	24	WR	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Richard Brown	31	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	2	2	0
30	Duane Clemons	22	DE	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	0.0	7	2	5	0
31	Ben Hanks	24	LB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	3	2	0
32	Chris Johnson	25	DB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	1	3	0
33	Sean Vanhorse	28	DB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
	Team Totals			16	16	22	206	1	41	21	26	25	7	0	43.0	922	692	230	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Jeff Brady	28	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	8	7	1	0
2	Cris Carter	31	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
3	Dixon Edwards	28	RLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	3	1	0
4	Jason Fisk	24	LDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	9	0	0
5	Corey Fuller	25	LCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
6	Robert Griffith	26	SS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0
7	Martin Harrison	29	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0	0
8	John Randle	29	RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
9	Fernando Smith	25	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	2	0
10	Darryl Talley	36	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	6	4	2	0
11	Orlando Thomas	24	FS	1	1	1	4	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
12	Dewayne Washington	24	RCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	5	0	0
13	Derrick Alexander	23	RDE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	0	0
14	Harlon Barnett	29	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	6	1
15	Pete Bercich	25	LB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
16	Leroy Hoard	28	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
17	Chris Johnson	25	DB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0
18	Amp Lee	25	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
19	James Manley	22	DT	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	4	0	4	0	2	4	1	0	0	1.0	69	62	7	0

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