1977 Minnesota Vikings: 9-5-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 5-2-0 (142 points scored, 110 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (89 points scored, 117 allowed) Head Coach: Bud Grant 231 points scored (16th of 28 teams), 227 points allowed (13th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 228 388 2,368 ( 6) 5.60 19 22 510 1,821 (21) 3.6 9 4,189 (14) 46 Defense: 149 312 1,581 ( 3) 4.62 15 16 548 2,222 (21) 4.1 11 3,803 (11) 29
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Rick Danmeier K 1 6'0 183 25 1 Sioux Falls 9 Tommy Kramer QB 6 6'1 199 22 R Rice 10 Fran Tarkenton QB 9 6'1 185 37 17 Georgia 12 Neil Clabo P 14 6'2 200 24 3 Tennessee 14 Fred Cox K 14 5'10 200 38 15 Pittsburgh 19 Bob Lee QB 5 6'2 195 32 9 Pacific 20 Bobby Bryant DB 14 6'0 170 33 10 South Carolina 21 Joe Blahak DB 12 5'9 185 27 5 Nebraska 22 Paul Krause DB 14 6'3 205 35 14 Iowa 23 Jeff Wright DB 14 5'11 190 28 7 Minnesota 25 Nate Allen DB 14 5'10 174 29 7 Texas Southern 26 Bob Grim WR 14 6'0 188 32 11 Oregon State 28 Ahmad Rashad WR 14 6'2 200 27 5 Oregon 29 Phil Wise DB 13 6'0 193 28 7 Nebraska-Omaha 33 Brent McClanahan RB 14 5'10 202 26 5 Arizona State 35 Robert Miller RB 14 5'11 204 24 3 Kansas 36 Manfred Moore RB 12 6'0 200 26 4 Southern California 38 Bob Tucker TE 8 6'3 230 32 8 Bloomsburg 39 Mark Kellar RB 14 6'0 225 25 2 Northern Illinois 40 Windlan Hall DB 5 5'11 175 27 6 Arizona State 43 Nate Wright DB 14 5'11 180 30 9 San Diego State 44 Chuck Foreman RB 14 6'2 207 27 5 Miami 45 Tom Hannon DB 12 5'11 193 22 R Michigan State 48 Sammy Johnson RB 14 6'0 226 25 4 North Carolina 50 Jeff Siemon LB 14 6'2 237 27 6 Stanford 53 Mick Tingelhoff C 14 6'1 240 37 16 Nebraska 54 Fred McNeill LB 14 6'2 229 25 4 UCLA 55 Scott Studwell LB 14 6'2 224 23 R Illinois 57 Doug Dumler C 14 6'3 242 26 5 Nebraska 58 Wally Hilgenberg LB 11 6'3 229 35 13 Iowa 59 Matt Blair LB 14 6'5 229 27 4 Iowa State 61 Wes Hamilton OG 14 6'3 255 24 2 Tulsa 62 Ed White OG 13 6'2 270 30 9 California 67 Dennis Swilley OG 14 6'3 241 22 R North Texas State 68 Charlie Goodrum OG 14 6'3 256 27 5 Florida A&M 69 Doug Sutherland DT 14 6'3 250 29 8 Wisconsin-Superior 70 Jim Marshall DE 14 6'3 240 39 18 Ohio State 72 James White DT 14 6'3 263 24 2 Oklahoma State 73 Ron Yary OT 14 6'6 255 31 10 Southern California 76 Joey Jackson DE 3 6'4 262 28 3 New Mexico State 77 Mark Mullaney DE 14 6'6 242 24 3 Colorado State 78 Steve Riley OT 14 6'6 258 24 4 Southern California 81 Carl Eller DE 14 6'6 247 35 14 Minnesota 83 Stu Voigt TE 14 6'1 225 29 8 Wisconsin 84 Steve Craig TE 14 6'3 231 26 4 Northwestern 85 Sammy White WR 14 5'11 189 23 2 Grambling 88 Alan Page DT 14 6'5 245 32 11 Notre Dame
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Fran Tarkenton 258 155 60.1 1,734 6.72 11.2 9 3.5 14 5.4 22 232 69.2 Bob Lee 72 42 58.3 522 7.25 12.4 4 5.6 4 5.6 7 47 76.3 Tommy Kramer 57 30 52.6 425 7.46 14.2 5 8.8 4 7.0 6 45 77.0 Paul Krause 1 1 100.0 11 11.00 11.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 0 0 152.1
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ahmad Rashad 51 681 13.4 2 Sammy White 41 760 18.5 9 Chuck Foreman 38 308 8.1 3 Brent McClanahan 34 276 8.1 2 Robert Miller 27 246 9.1 0 Stu Voigt 20 212 10.6 1 Bob Tucker 9 109 12.1 2 Sammy Johnson 4 21 5.2 0 Bob Grim 3 65 21.7 0 Steve Craig 1 14 14.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Chuck Foreman 270 1,112 4.1 6 Brent McClanahan 95 324 3.4 1 Sammy Johnson 55 217 3.9 2 Robert Miller 46 152 3.3 0 Mark Kellar 7 15 2.1 0 Fran Tarkenton 15 6 0.4 0 Tommy Kramer 10 3 0.3 0 Bob Lee 12 -8 -0.7 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Manfred Moore 24 524 21.8 0 Sammy White 7 113 16.1 0 Robert Miller 5 66 13.2 0 Brent McClanahan 4 90 22.5 0 Mark Kellar 3 37 12.3 0 Bob Grim 1 4 4.0 0 Dennis Swilley 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Manfred Moore 47 277 5.9 2 0 Bob Grim 11 69 6.3 4 0 Joe Blahak 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 27 QB Tommy Kramer 129 Rice 2 55 OG Dennis Swilley 139 Texas A&M 3 83 DB Tom Hannon 117 Michigan State 5 138 TE Ken Moore 6 Northern Illinois 8 222 DB Clint Strozier USC 9 250 LB Scott Studwell 201 Illinois 10 278 K Dan Beaver Illinois 11 306 WR Keith Hartwig 4 Arizona 12 334 RB Jim Kelleher Colorado
Traded draft picks: #4 to SEA (Larry Seivers), #6 to DET via NE (Reggie Pinkney), #7 to CIN (Jim Corbett)
Transactions:
| 03-11-1977 | traded cash to Patriots for Joe Blahak |
| 06-20-1977 | traded Minnesota's #7 pick in the 1978 draft to Eagles for Bill Bradley |
| 08-02-1977 | traded Minnesota's #8 pick in the 1978 draft and #10 pick in the 1979 draft to Jets for Phil Wise |
| 08-17-1977 | Ed White retired |
| 09-05-1977 | traded Autry Beamon and Amos Martin to Seahawks for Seattle's #8 pick in the 1978 draft |
| 10-25-1977 | traded Minnesota's #5 pick in the 1978 draft to Giants for Bob Tucker |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/26/77 at Los Angeles Rams W 14-7 01/01/78 at Dallas Cowboys L 6-23
1977 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/18/77 vs Dallas Cowboys L 10-16 (OT) 0-1-0 09/24/77 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 9-3 1-1-0 10/02/77 vs Green Bay Packers W 19-7 2-1-0 10/09/77 vs Detroit Lions W 14-7 3-1-0 10/16/77 vs Chicago Bears W 22-16 (OT) 4-1-0 10/24/77 at Los Angeles Rams L 3-35 4-2-0 10/30/77 at Atlanta Falcons W 14-7 5-2-0 11/06/77 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 7-27 5-3-0 11/13/77 vs Cincinnati Bengals W 42-10 6-3-0 11/20/77 at Chicago Bears L 7-10 6-4-0 11/27/77 at Green Bay Packers W 13-6 7-4-0 12/04/77 vs San Francisco 49ers W 28-27 8-4-0 12/11/77 at Oakland Raiders L 13-35 8-5-0 12/17/77 at Detroit Lions W 30-21 9-5-0