1979 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) |
| 3rd place • National Football Conference • Central Division • 7-9-0 .438 |
| Head Coach: Bud Grant |
| Jerry Burns | Offensive Coordinator |
| Bob Hollway | Defense |
| Bus Mertes | Offensive Backs |
| John Michels | Offensive Line |
| Floyd Reese | Linebackers |
| Les Steckel | Receivers |
| Murray Warmath | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 8/2/1979 | A | Seattle Seahawks | 9-12 | L | OT | Seattle, WA | Kingdome | 60881 |
| Sat | 8/11/1979 | A | San Diego Chargers | 0-19 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 49037 | |
| Sat | 8/18/1979 | H | Miami Dolphins | 10-21 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 45790 | |
| Thu | 8/23/1979 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 0-25 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 39578 | |
| Sun | 9/2/1979 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 28-22 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46539 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1979 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-26 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 53231 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1979 | H | Miami Dolphins | 12-27 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46187 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1979 | H | Green Bay Packers | 27-21 | W | OT | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46524 |
| Sun | 9/30/1979 | A | Detroit Lions | 13-10 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 75295 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1979 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 20-36 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47572 | |
| Mon | 10/15/1979 | A | New York Jets | 7-14 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 54479 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1979 | H | Chicago Bears | 30-27 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 41164 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1979 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10-12 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46906 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1979 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 7-37 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 47213 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1979 | A | Green Bay Packers | 7-19 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 52706 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1979 | H | Detroit Lions | 14-7 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 43650 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1979 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 23-22 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 70039 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1979 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-27 | L | OT | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 56700 |
| Sun | 12/9/1979 | H | Buffalo Bills | 10-3 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 42239 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1979 | A | New England Patriots | 23-27 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 54719 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Nate Allen | 25 | RCB | 5-10 | 170 | 31 | Texas Southern | 5 | 2 |
| Tim Baylor | 47 | FS | 6-5 | 199 | 25 | Morgan State | 16 | 1 |
| Matt Blair | 59 | LLB | 6-5 | 242 | 29 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Iowa State | 16 | 16 |
| Ted Brown | 23 | FB | 5-10 | 210 | 22 | North Carolina State | 14 | 9 |
| Bobby Bryant | 20 | RCB | 6-0 | 176 | 35 | South Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| Greg Coleman | 8 | P | 6-0 | 182 | 25 | Florida A&M | 16 | 0 |
| Doug Cunningham | 89 | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Rice | 6 | 1 |
| Rick Danmeier | 7 | K | 6-0 | 188 | 27 | Lakewood State JC; Sioux Falls | 16 | 0 |
| Steve Dils | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 191 | 24 | Stanford | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Edwards | 32 | RB | 5-9 | 185 | 27 | Oklahoma; Louisiana-Monroe | 14 | 0 |
| Chuck Foreman | 44 | FB | 6-2 | 212 | 29 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 7 |
| Charlie Goodrum | 68 | LOG | 6-3 | 256 | 29 | Florida A&M | 15 | 9 |
| Wes Hamilton | 61 | ROG | 6-3 | 271 | 26 | Tulsa | 16 | 16 |
| Tom Hannon | 45 | SS | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Michigan State | 16 | 16 |
| Joe Harris | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 227 | 27 | Georgia Tech | 2 | 0 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 58 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 37 | Iowa | 8 | 0 |
| Randy Holloway | 75 | DE | 6-5 | 255 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Hough | 51 | LOG | 6-2 | 268 | 23 | Utah State | 16 | 7 |
| Dave Huffman | 56 | C | 6-6 | 284 | 22 | Notre Dame | 13 | 0 |
| Kurt Knoff | 25 | FS | 6-2 | 188 | 25 | Kansas | 10 | 7 |
| Tommy Kramer | 9 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Rice | 16 | 16 |
| Paul Krause | 22 | FS | 6-3 | 199 | 37 | Iowa | 16 | 8 |
| Terry LeCount | 80 | WR | 5-10 | 176 | 23 | Florida | 12 | 0 |
| Derrel Luce | 57 | RLB | 6-3 | 224 | 27 | Baylor | 16 | 1 |
| Jim Marshall | 70 | RDE | 6-3 | 239 | 42 | Ohio State | 16 | 16 |
| Brent McClanahan | 33 | RB | 5-10 | 202 | 28 | Arizona State | 16 | 0 |
| Fred McNeill | 54 | RLB | 6-2 | 229 | 27 | UCLA | 16 | 15 |
| Kevin Miller | 87 | WR | 5-10 | 180 | 24 | Louisville | 3 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 35 | RB | 5-11 | 204 | 26 | Kansas | 16 | 0 |
| Mark Mullaney | 77 | LDE | 6-6 | 246 | 26 | Colorado State | 16 | 16 |
| Frank Myers | 74 | OT | 6-5 | 255 | 23 | Texas A&M | 14 | 0 |
| Steve Niehaus | 71 | DT | 6-4 | 255 | 25 | Notre Dame | 3 | 0 |
| Keith Nord | 49 | S | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | St. Cloud State | 16 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 28 | WR | 6-2 | 202 | 30 | Oregon | 16 | 16 |
| Steve Riley | 78 | LOT | 6-6 | 258 | 27 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
| Dave Roller | 76 | LDT | 6-2 | 270 | 30 | Kentucky | 15 | 6 |
| Jeff Siemon | 50 | MLB | 6-2 | 235 | 29 | Stanford | 16 | 12 |
| Robert Steele | 82 | WR | 6-4 | 196 | 23 | North Alabama | 16 | 0 |
| Scott Studwell | 55 | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 25 | Illinois | 14 | 4 |
| Doug Sutherland | 69 | LDT | 6-3 | 250 | 31 | Wisconsin-Superior | 16 | 10 |
| Dennis Swilley | 67 | C | 6-3 | 257 | 24 | Texas A&M | 16 | 16 |
| Bob Tucker | 38 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 34 | Bloomsburg | 16 | 15 |
| John Turner | 27 | LCB | 6-0 | 196 | 23 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 16 |
| Stu Voigt | 83 | TE | 6-1 | 223 | 31 | Wisconsin | 16 | 1 |
| James White | 72 | RDT | 6-3 | 270 | 26 | Oklahoma State | 16 | 16 |
| Sammy White | 85 | WR | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Grambling State | 15 | 15 |
| Phil Wise | 29 | S | 6-0 | 193 | 30 | South Dakota; Nebraska-Omaha | 1 | 0 |
| Nate Wright | 43 | CB | 5-11 | 179 | 32 | Monterey Peninsula JC; San Diego State | 10 | 0 |
| Ron Yary | 73 | ROT | 6-6 | 256 | 33 | Cerritos JC; Southern California | 16 | 16 |
| Rickey Young | 34 | HB | 6-2 | 198 | 26 | Jackson State | 16 | 16 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 16 | Ted Brown | RB | North Carolina State |
| 2 | 43 | Dave Huffman | C | Notre Dame |
| 4 | 97 | Steve Dils | QB | Stanford |
| 5 | 129 | Jerry Meter | LB | Michigan |
| 6 | 152 | Joe Senser | TE | West Chester |
| 7 | 181 | Bob Winkel | DT | Kentucky |
| 9 | 236 | Billy Diggs | WR | Winston-Salem State |
| 11 | 291 | Brian Nelson | WR | Texas Tech |
| 12 | 317 | David Stephens | LB | Kentucky |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 40 | 74 | 74 | 65 | 6 | 259 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 94 | 63 | 124 | 6 | 337 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30:35 | 311 | 112 | 168 | 31 | 88/232 37.9% | 9/14 64.3% | 96 | 787 |
| Opponents Totals | 29:25 | 297 | 148 | 133 | 16 | 90/232 38.8% | 13/17 76.5% | 93 | 786 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Danmeier | 0 | 28 | 30 | 93.3 | 13 | 22 | 59.1 | 0 | 67 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Rickey Young | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Sammy White | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Chuck Foreman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Terry LeCount | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Robert Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Tucker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Stu Voigt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ted Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommy Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 28 | 31 | 90.3 | 13 | 22 | 59.1 | 0 | 259 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 32 | 42 | 76.2 | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 1 | 337 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Danmeier | 13 | 22 | 59.1 | 1 | 44 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 5/7 | 5/10 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 22 | 59.1 | 1 | 44 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 5/7 | 5/10 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 24 | 62.5 | 0/1 | 6/7 | 5/6 | 4/10 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rickey Young | 188 | 708 | 3.8 | 26 | 3 |
| Ted Brown | 130 | 551 | 4.2 | 34 | 1 |
| Chuck Foreman | 87 | 223 | 2.6 | 16 | 2 |
| Tommy Kramer | 32 | 138 | 4.3 | 20 | 1 |
| Robert Miller | 35 | 109 | 3.1 | 20 | 2 |
| Brent McClanahan | 14 | 29 | 2.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 487 | 1764 | 3.6 | 34 | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 583 | 2526 | 4.3 | 43t | 24 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Kramer | 566 | 315 | 55.7 | 227 | 3397 | 6.0 | 10.8 | 55t | 23 | 4.1 | 24 | 4.2 | 36 | 249 | 3148 | 69.3 |
| Terry LeCount | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | -9 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 566 | 315 | 55.7 | 227 | 3397 | 6.0 | 10.8 | 55t | 23 | 4.1 | 24 | 4.2 | 37 | 258 | 3139 | 69.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 424 | 229 | 54.0 | 173 | 2965 | 7.0 | 12.9 | 56t | 14 | 3.3 | 22 | 5.2 | 30 | 268 | 2697 | 65.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Rashad | 80 | 1156 | 14.5 | 52t | 9 |
| Rickey Young | 72 | 519 | 7.2 | 18 | 4 |
| Sammy White | 42 | 715 | 17.0 | 55t | 4 |
| Ted Brown | 31 | 197 | 6.4 | 35 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 24 | 223 | 9.3 | 21 | 2 |
| Chuck Foreman | 19 | 147 | 7.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 15 | 139 | 9.3 | 18 | 2 |
| Brent McClanahan | 10 | 57 | 5.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Terry LeCount | 6 | 119 | 19.8 | 36t | 2 |
| Doug Cunningham | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Robert Steele | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jimmy Edwards | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 315 | 3397 | 10.8 | 55t | 23 |
| Opponents Totals | 229 | 2965 | 12.9 | 56t | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Hannon | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 52 | 0 |
| Nate Wright | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Paul Krause | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Matt Blair | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 29 | 0 |
| John Turner | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Kurt Knoff | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Scott Studwell | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Nate Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 351 | 16.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 308 | 12.8 | 38 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Coleman | 90 | 3551 | 39.5 | 70 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 354 | 3017 | 33.2 |
| Team Totals | 91 | 3551 | 39.0 | 70 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 354 | 3017 | 33.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 93 | 3688 | 39.7 | 72 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 288 | 3200 | 34.4 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Edwards | 33 | 2 | 186 | 5.6 | 42 | 0 |
| Kevin Miller | 18 | 2 | 85 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Keith Nord | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| John Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Allen | 1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 57 | 9 | 288 | 5.1 | 42 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 10 | 354 | 7.4 | 27 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Edwards | 44 | 1103 | 25.1 | 83 | 0 | |
| Ted Brown | 8 | 186 | 23.3 | 43 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 20 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 19 | 0 | |
| Robert Steele | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Studwell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 61 | 1380 | 22.6 | 83 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 1070 | 18.1 | 33 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30.0 | 268.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 37.0 | 258.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Baylor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Blair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Ted Brown | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Edwards | 10 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Goodrum | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Hamilton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Hannon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hough | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -6 | 0 | |
| Paul Krause | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrel Luce | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Fred McNeill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Keith Nord | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Steve Riley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Studwell | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Dennis Swilley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| James White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Yary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 18 | 22 | 11 | 33 | 22 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 11 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 2 |
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