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:
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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 |
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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