1978 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) - The Pro Football Archives

1978 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) 1st place National Football Conference Central Division 8-7-1 .531

Head Coach: Bud Grant

Jerry Burns	Offensive Coordinator
Bob Hollway	Defense
Bus Mertes	Offensive Backs
John Michels	Offensive Line
Jocko Nelson	Linebackers
Murray Warmath	Defensive Line

Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/5/1978	H	Washington Redskins	20-13	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46212
Sat	8/12/1978	A	Kansas City Chiefs	13-17	L		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	41092
Fri	8/18/1978	A	Miami Dolphins	22-30	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	46316
Sat	8/26/1978	H	Buffalo Bills	30-27	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	45062
Sun	9/3/1978	A	New Orleans Saints	24-31	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	54187
Mon	9/11/1978	H	Denver Broncos	12-9	W	OT	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46508
Sun	9/17/1978	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10-16	L		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46152
Mon	9/25/1978	A	Chicago Bears	24-20	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	53561
Sun	10/1/1978	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	24-7	W		Tampa, FL	Tampa Stadium	65972
Sun	10/8/1978	A	Seattle Seahawks	28-29	L		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	62031
Sun	10/15/1978	H	Los Angeles Rams	17-34	L		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46551
Sun	10/22/1978	H	Green Bay Packers	21-7	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47411
Thu	10/26/1978	A	Dallas Cowboys	21-10	W		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	61848
Sun	11/5/1978	H	Detroit Lions	17-7	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46008
Sun	11/12/1978	H	Chicago Bears	17-14	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	43286
Sun	11/19/1978	H	San Diego Chargers	7-13	L		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	38859
Sun	11/26/1978	A	Green Bay Packers	10-10	T	OT	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	51737
Sun	12/3/1978	H	Philadelphia Eagles	28-27	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	38772
Sat	12/9/1978	A	Detroit Lions	14-45	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	78685
Sun	12/17/1978	A	Oakland Raiders	20-27	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	44643
Sun	12/31/1978	A	Los Angeles Rams	10-34	L		Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	69631	NFC Divisional Playoff

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
25	Nate Allen	CB	5-10	170	30	Texas Southern	16	0
59	Matt Blair	LLB	6-5	242	28	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Iowa State	16	16
20	Bobby Bryant	RCB	6-0	176	34	South Carolina	16	16
8	Greg Coleman	P	6-0	182	24	Florida A&M	9	0
84	Steve Craig	TE	6-3	231	27	Northwestern	16	0
7	Rick Danmeier	K	6-0	188	26	Lakewood State JC; Sioux Falls	16	0
81	Carl Eller	LDE	6-6	252	36	Minnesota	14	7
44	Chuck Foreman	FB	6-2	209	28	Miami (Florida)	14	14
68	Charlie Goodrum	LOG	6-3	256	28	Florida A&M	16	16
61	Wes Hamilton	ROG	6-3	271	25	Tulsa	16	15
45	Tom Hannon	FS	5-11	195	23	Michigan State	16	14
57	Paul Harris	LB	6-3	220	24	Alabama	1	0
58	Wally Hilgenberg	RLB	6-2	230	36	Iowa	15	1
75	Randy Holloway	DE	6-5	255	23	Pittsburgh	16	0
51	Jim Hough	ROG	6-2	268	22	Utah State	15	1
48	Sammy Johnson	RB	6-1	226	26	North Carolina	3	0
39	Mark Kellar	RB	6-0	225	26	Northern Illinois	16	0
9	Tommy Kramer	QB	6-2	205	23	Rice	4	0
22	Paul Krause	FS	6-3	199	36	Iowa	16	2
19	Bob Lee	QB	6-2	190	32	Arizona State; San Francisco CC; Pacific	3	0
76	Bob Lingenfelter	OT	6-7	277	24	Nebraska	5	0
70	Jim Marshall	RDE	6-3	239	41	Ohio State	16	16
33	Brent McClanahan	RB	5-10	202	27	Arizona State	13	0
54	Fred McNeill	RLB	6-2	229	26	UCLA	16	15
87	Kevin Miller	WR	5-10	180	23	Louisville	16	0
35	Robert Miller	FB	5-11	204	25	Kansas	15	2
77	Mark Mullaney	LDE	6-6	246	25	Colorado State	15	9
74	Frank Myers	LOT	6-5	255	22	Texas A&M	12	11
88	Alan Page	RDT	6-5	255	33	Notre Dame	6	6
28	Ahmad Rashad	WR	6-2	202	29	Oregon	16	16
78	Steve Riley	LOT	6-6	258	26	Southern California	5	5
50	Jeff Siemon	MLB	6-2	235	28	Stanford	16	16
79	Lyman Smith	DT	6-5	250	22	Duke	11	0
55	Scott Studwell	LB	6-2	228	24	Illinois	13	0
69	Doug Sutherland	LDT	6-3	250	30	Wisconsin-Superior	16	16
67	Dennis Swilley	OG	6-3	257	23	Texas A&M	14	0
10	Fran Tarkenton	QB	6-1	190	38	Georgia	16	16
53	Mick Tingelhoff	C	6-1	237	38	Nebraska	16	16
38	Bob Tucker	TE	6-3	225	33	Bloomsburg	16	16
27	John Turner	CB	6-0	196	22	Miami (Florida)	14	0
83	Stu Voigt	TE	6-1	223	30	Wisconsin	15	0
80	Harry Washington	WR	6-0	180	22	Grays Harbor JC; Colorado State	10	0
72	James White	RDT	6-3	270	25	Oklahoma State	16	10
85	Sammy White	WR	5-11	195	24	Grambling State	16	16
29	Phil Wise	SS	6-0	193	29	South Dakota; Nebraska-Omaha	16	16
5	Mike Wood	P	5-11	199	24	Southeast Missouri State	7	0
43	Nate Wright	LCB	5-11	179	31	Monterey Peninsula JC; San Diego State	16	16
73	Ron Yary	ROT	6-6	256	32	Cerritos JC; Southern California	16	16
34	Rickey Young	HB	6-2	198	25	Jackson State	16	16

DRAFT LIST	Round	Overall	Pos	College	Notes
Randy Holloway	1	21	DE	Pittsburgh
John Turner	2	48	DB	Miami (Florida)
Whip Walton	3	75	LB	San Diego State
Jim Hough	4	100	C	Utah State
Mike Wood	8	204	K	Southeast Missouri State	from SEA
Mike Deutsch	9	240	P	Colorado State
Hughie Shaw	10	272	RB	Texas A&M-Kingsville
Ron Harris	11	299	RB	Colorado State
Jeff Morrow	12	326	T	Minnesota

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	90	84	55	62	3
Opponents Totals	93	103	36	74	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	31:25	308	102	176	30	120/262 45.8%	14/21 66.7%	113	817
Opponents Totals	28:35	278	120	137	21	90/231 39.0%	8/13 61.5%	110	1013

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Rick Danmeier	0	36	37	97.3	12	19	63.2	72
Sammy White	9	0	0		0	0		54
Ahmad Rashad	8	0	0		0	0		48
Chuck Foreman	7	0	0		0	0		42
Rickey Young	6	0	0		0	0		36
Robert Miller	3	0	0		0	0		18
Matt Blair	1	0	0		0	0		6
Fred McNeill	1	0	0		0	0		6
Kevin Miller	1	0	0		0	0		6
Fran Tarkenton	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	37	36	37	97.3	12	19	63.2	294
Opponents Totals	39	33	39	84.6	13	19	68.4	306

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Rick Danmeier	12	19	63.2	1/1	4/5	3/5	4/8	0/0
Team Totals	12	19	63.2	1/1	4/5	3/5	4/8	0/0
Opponents Totals	13	19	68.4	2/2	3/3	5/8	3/6	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chuck Foreman	237	749	3.2	21	5
Rickey Young	134	417	3.1	16	1
Robert Miller	70	213	3.0	19	3
Sammy Johnson	11	41	3.7	17	0
Mark Kellar	11	34	3.1	5	0
Sammy White	5	30	6.0	16	0
Brent McClanahan	10	26	2.6	22	0
Greg Coleman	2	22	11.0	17	0
Tommy Kramer	1	10	10.0	10	0
Fran Tarkenton	24	-6	-0.3	15	1
Team Totals	505	1536	3.0	22	10
Opponents Totals	559	2116	3.8	36t	20

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Fran Tarkenton	572	345	60.3	195	3468	6.1	10.1	58t	25	4.4	32	5.6	27	254	3214	68.9
Tommy Kramer	16	5	31.3	10	50	3.1	10.0	19	0	0.0	1	6.3	1	11	39	15.1
Bob Lee	4	2	50.0	1	10	2.5	5.0	6	0	0.0	1	25.0	2	20	-10	16.7
Team Totals	592	352	59.5	206	3528	6.0	10.0	58t	25	4.2	34	5.7	30	285	3243	66.6
Opponents Totals	442	240	54.3	180	2917	6.6	12.2	56t	15	3.4	22	5.0	33	227	2690	65.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Rickey Young	88	704	8.0	48	5
Ahmad Rashad	66	769	11.7	58t	8
Chuck Foreman	61	396	6.5	20	2
Sammy White	53	741	14.0	33t	9
Bob Tucker	47	540	11.5	35	0
Robert Miller	22	230	10.5	29	0
Stu Voigt	4	52	13.0	27	0
Steve Craig	4	31	7.8	9	0
Mark Kellar	3	-5	-1.7	8	0
Brent McClanahan	2	11	5.5	7	0
Kevin Miller	1	35	35.0	35t	1
Harry Washington	1	24	24.0	24	0
Team Totals	352	3528	10.0	58t	25
Opponents Totals	240	2917	12.2	56t	15

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Bryant	7	69	9.9	23	0
Nate Wright	5	58	11.6	30	0
Matt Blair	3	28	9.3	20	0
Phil Wise	2	21	10.5	14	0
Fred McNeill	2	1	0.5	1	0
Tom Hannon	2	0	0.0	0	0
John Turner	1	15	15.0	15	0
Team Totals	22	192	8.7	30	0
Opponents Totals	34	424	12.5	97t	2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Greg Coleman	51	1991	39.0	61	1	4	12	321	1590	30.6
Mike Wood	31	1100	35.5	47	2	4	3	220	800	24.2
Team Totals	85	3091	36.4	61	3	8	15	541	2390	28.1
Opponents Totals	92	3327	36.2	58	1	8	14	239	2928	31.8

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Kevin Miller	48	8	239	5.0	47
Sammy White	1	0	0	0.0	0
Tom Hannon	0	2	0
Robert Miller	0	1	0
Team Totals	49	11	239	4.9	47
Opponents Totals	52	5	541	10.4	34

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Kevin Miller	40	854	21.4	38
Harry Washington	4	71	17.8	20
Sammy White	3	50	16.7	20
Brent McClanahan	3	38	12.7	24
Robert Miller	2	23	11.5	13
Mark Kellar	1	13	13.0	13
Rickey Young	1	8	8.0	8
Steve Craig	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	55	1057	19.2	38
Opponents Totals	61	1297	21.3	56

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Matt Blair	0	0	1	2	3	49	1
Bobby Bryant	1		0	0	0	0	0
Carl Eller	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Chuck Foreman	8		0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Goodrum	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Tom Hannon	0	0	1	2	3	0	0
Randy Holloway	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Mark Kellar	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Marshall	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Brent McClanahan	1		0	0	0	0	0
Fred McNeill	0	0	0	6	6	39	0
Kevin Miller	3		0	0	0	0	0
Robert Miller	2		2	0	2	4	0
Mark Mullaney	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ahmad Rashad	2		0	1	1	0	0
Fran Tarkenton	7		7	0	7	-7	0
Bob Tucker	2		0	0	0	0	0
James White	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Sammy White	1		0	0	0	0	0
Phil Wise	0	0	1	0	1	20	0
Rickey Young	6		2	0	2	0	0
Team Totals	34	19	15	20	35	105	1
Opponents Totals	35	21	13	17	30		2