1978 Minnesota Vikings roster and stats

1978 Minnesota Vikings: 8-7-1
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Home record: 5-3-0 (129 points scored, 127 allowed) Road record: 3-4-1 (165 points scored, 179 allowed) Head Coach: Bud Grant 294 points scored (12th of 28 teams), 306 points allowed (20th) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 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: 352 592 3,243 ( 2) 5.21 25 34 505 1,536 (28) 3.0 10 4,779 (17) 51 Defense: 240 442 2,690 (19) 5.66 15 22 559 2,116 (10) 3.8 20 4,806 (14) 43

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 5 Mike Wood K 7 5'11 199 24 R Southeast Missouri State 7 Rick Danmeier K 16 6'0 183 26 2 Sioux Falls 8 Greg Coleman P 9 6'0 178 24 2 Florida A&M 9 Tommy Kramer QB 4 6'1 199 23 2 Rice 10 Fran Tarkenton QB 16 6'1 185 38 18 Georgia 19 Bob Lee QB 3 6'2 195 33 10 Pacific 20 Bobby Bryant DB 16 6'1 170 34 11 South Carolina 22 Paul Krause DB 16 6'3 205 36 15 Iowa 25 Nate Allen DB 16 5'11 174 30 8 Texas Southern 27 John Turner DB 14 6'0 199 22 R Miami 28 Ahmad Rashad WR 16 6'2 200 28 6 Oregon 29 Phil Wise DB 16 6'0 193 29 8 Nebraska-Omaha 33 Brent McClanahan RB 13 5'10 202 27 6 Arizona State 34 Rickey Young RB 16 6'2 198 24 4 Jackson State 35 Robert Miller RB 15 5'11 204 25 4 Kansas 38 Bob Tucker TE 16 6'3 230 33 10 Bloomsburg 39 Mark Kellar RB 16 6'0 225 26 3 Northern Illinois 43 Nate Wright DB 16 5'11 180 31 10 San Diego State 44 Chuck Foreman RB 14 6'2 207 28 6 Miami 45 Tom Hannon DB 16 5'11 193 23 2 Michigan State 48 Sammy Johnson RB 3 6'1 226 26 5 North Carolina 50 Jeff Siemon LB 16 6'2 237 28 7 Stanford 51 Jim Hough C 15 6'2 267 22 R Utah State 53 Mick Tingelhoff C 16 6'1 240 38 17 Nebraska 54 Fred McNeill LB 16 6'2 229 26 5 UCLA 55 Scott Studwell LB 13 6'2 224 24 2 Illinois 57 Paul Harris LB 1 6'3 215 23 2 Alabama 58 Wally Hilgenberg LB 15 6'3 229 36 14 Iowa 59 Matt Blair LB 16 6'5 229 28 5 Iowa State 61 Wes Hamilton OG 16 6'3 255 25 3 Tulsa 67 Dennis Swilley OG 14 6'3 241 23 2 North Texas State 68 Charlie Goodrum OG 16 6'3 256 28 6 Florida A&M 69 Doug Sutherland DT 16 6'3 250 30 9 Wisconsin-Superior 70 Jim Marshall DE 16 6'3 240 40 19 Ohio State 72 James White DT 16 6'3 263 25 3 Oklahoma State 73 Ron Yary OT 16 6'6 255 32 11 Southern California 74 Frank Myers OT 12 6'5 255 22 R Texas A&M 75 Randy Holloway DE 16 6'5 245 23 R Pittsburgh 76 Bob Lingenfelter OT 5 6'7 277 24 2 Nebraska 77 Mark Mullaney DE 15 6'6 242 25 4 Colorado State 78 Steve Riley OT 5 6'6 258 25 5 Southern California 79 Lyman Smith DT 11 6'5 250 22 R Duke 80 Harry Washington WR 10 6'0 180 22 R Colorado State 81 Carl Eller DE 14 6'6 247 36 15 Minnesota 83 Stu Voigt TE 15 6'1 225 30 9 Wisconsin 84 Steve Craig TE 16 6'3 231 27 5 Northwestern 85 Sammy White WR 16 5'11 189 24 3 Grambling 87 Kevin Miller WR 16 5'10 180 23 R Louisville 88 Alan Page DT 6 6'4 245 33 12 Notre Dame

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Fran Tarkenton 572 345 60.3 3,468 6.06 10.1 25 4.4 32 5.6 27 254 68.9 Tommy Kramer 16 5 31.2 50 3.12 10.0 0 0.0 1 6.2 1 11 15.1 Bob Lee 4 2 50.0 10 2.50 5.0 0 0.0 1 25.0 2 20 16.7

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Rickey Young           88    704    8.0    5
Ahmad Rashad           66    769   11.7    8
Chuck Foreman          61    396    6.5    2
Sammy White            53    741   14.0    9
Bob Tucker             47    540   11.5    0
Robert Miller          22    230   10.5    0
Stu Voigt               4     52   13.0    0
Steve Craig             4     31    7.8    0
Mark Kellar             3     -5   -1.7    0
Brent McClanahan        2     11    5.5    0
Kevin Miller            1     35   35.0    1
Harry Washington        1     24   24.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Chuck Foreman         237    749    3.2    5
Rickey Young          134    417    3.1    1
Robert Miller          70    213    3.0    3
Sammy Johnson          11     41    3.7    0
Mark Kellar            11     34    3.1    0
Sammy White             5     30    6.0    0
Brent McClanahan       10     26    2.6    0
Greg Coleman            2     22   11.0    0
Tommy Kramer            1     10   10.0    0
Fran Tarkenton         24     -6   -0.2    1

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Kevin Miller           40    854   21.4    0
Harry Washington        4     71   17.8    0
Sammy White             3     50   16.7    0
Brent McClanahan        3     38   12.7    0
Robert Miller           2     23   11.5    0
Mark Kellar             1     13   13.0    0
Rickey Young            1      8    8.0    0
Steve Craig             1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Kevin Miller           48    239    5.0    8    0
Sammy White             1      0    0.0    0    0
Tom Hannon              0      0      ?    2    0
Robert Miller           0      0      ?    1    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Greg Coleman 51 1,991 39.0 4 12 1 31 321 30.6 Mike Wood 31 1,100 35.5 4 3 2 21 220 24.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Rick Danmeier 1/1 4/5 3/5 4/8 0/0 12/19 36/37 72 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Matt Blair 4.0 3 28 0 Bobby Bryant 7 69 0 Carl Eller 5.0 Tom Hannon 1.0 2 0 0 Jim Marshall 4.0 Fred McNeill 1.0 2 1 0 Mark Mullaney 9.0 Jeff Siemon 1.0 Doug Sutherland 4.0 John Turner 1 15 0 Phil Wise 2 21 0 Nate Wright 5 58 0

1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 21 DE Randy Holloway 103 Pittsburgh 2 48 DB John Turner 116 Miami 3 75 LB Whip Walton 2 San Diego State 4 100 C Jim Hough 111 Utah State 8 204 K Mike Wood 50 S.E. Missouri State [pick acquired from SEA] 9 240 P Mike Deutsch Colorado State 10 272 RB Hughie Shaw Texas A&I 11 299 RB Ron Harris Colorado State 12 326 OT Jeff Morrow Minnesota

Traded draft picks: #5 to NYG (Jim Krahl), #6 to WAS via SF (Tony Green), #7 to PHI (Greg Marshall), #8 to NYJ (Roy Eppes)

Transactions:

05-19-1978	claimed Maynard Stensrud on waivers from ?
07-28-1978	traded Ed White to Chargers for Rickey Young
08-15-1978	placed Jeff Wright on injured reserve
08-16-1978	traded Minnesota's #8 pick in the 1979 draft to Colts for Frank Myers
08-23-1978	traded Neil Clabo to Patriots for a draft pick or other future considerations
08-29-1978	claimed Lyman Smith on waivers from Dolphins
08-29-1978	claimed Paul Harris on waivers from Buccaneers
10-11-1978	Bears claimed Alan Page on waivers
10-22-1978	placed Steve Riley on injured reserve

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/31/78    at Los Angeles Rams        L 10-34

1978 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/03/78    at New Orleans Saints      L 24-31       0-1-0
09/11/78    vs Denver Broncos          W 12-9 (OT)   1-1-0
09/17/78    vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers    L 10-16       1-2-0
09/25/78    at Chicago Bears           W 24-20       2-2-0
10/01/78    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 24-7        3-2-0
10/08/78    at Seattle Seahawks        L 28-29       3-3-0
10/15/78    vs Los Angeles Rams        L 17-34       3-4-0
10/22/78    vs Green Bay Packers       W 21-7        4-4-0
10/26/78    at Dallas Cowboys          W 21-10       5-4-0
11/05/78    vs Detroit Lions           W 17-7        6-4-0
11/12/78    vs Chicago Bears           W 17-14       7-4-0
11/19/78    vs San Diego Chargers      L 7-13        7-5-0
11/26/78    at Green Bay Packers       T 10-10 (OT)  7-5-1
12/03/78    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 28-27       8-5-1
12/09/78    at Detroit Lions           L 14-45       8-6-1
12/17/78    at Oakland Raiders         L 20-27       8-7-1

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