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 |
SCORES | ||||||||||
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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 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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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 | |||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College | Notes |
1 | 21 | Randy Holloway | DE | Pittsburgh | |
2 | 48 | John Turner | DB | Miami (Florida) | |
3 | 75 | Whip Walton | LB | San Diego State | |
4 | 100 | Jim Hough | C | Utah State | |
8 | 204 | Mike Wood | K | Southeast Missouri State | |
9 | 240 | Mike Deutsch | P | Colorado State | |
10 | 272 | Hughie Shaw | RB | Texas A&M-Kingsville | |
11 | 299 | Ron Harris | RB | Colorado State | |
12 | 326 | Jeff Morrow | 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 | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Danmeier | 0 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 12 | 19 | 63.2 | 0 | 72 |
Sammy White | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
Ahmad Rashad | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
Chuck Foreman | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Rickey Young | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
Robert Miller | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Matt Blair | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Fred McNeill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Kevin Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Team Totals | 37 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 12 | 19 | 63.2 | 0 | 294 |
Opponents Totals | 39 | 33 | 39 | 84.6 | 13 | 19 | 68.4 | 0 | 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 | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kevin Miller | 48 | 8 | 239 | 5.0 | 47 | 0 |
Sammy White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Tom Hannon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Robert Miller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Team Totals | 49 | 11 | 239 | 4.9 | 47 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 52 | 5 | 541 | 10.4 | 34 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kevin Miller | 40 | 854 | 21.4 | 38 | 0 | |
Harry Washington | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 20 | 0 | |
Sammy White | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 20 | 0 | |
Brent McClanahan | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 24 | 0 | |
Robert Miller | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 | |
Mark Kellar | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
Rickey Young | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
Steve Craig | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 55 | 1057 | 19.2 | 38 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 61 | 1297 | 21.3 | 56 | 0 |
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 |
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