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1979 Minnesota Vikings: 7-9-0
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Home record: 5-3-0 (151 points scored, 155 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (108 points scored, 182 allowed) Head Coach: Bud Grant 259 points scored (24th of 28 teams), 337 points allowed (18th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 315 566 3,139 (12) 5.21 23 24 487 1,764 (23) 3.6 9 4,903 (19) 41 Defense: 229 424 2,697 (11) 5.94 14 22 583 2,526 (26) 4.3 24 5,223 (18) 33


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Rick Danmeier K 16 6'0 183 27 3 Sioux Falls 8 Greg Coleman P 16 6'0 178 25 3 Florida A&M 9 Tommy Kramer QB 16 6'1 199 24 3 Rice 12 Steve Dils QB 1 6'1 190 23 R Stanford 20 Bobby Bryant DB 14 6'0 170 35 12 South Carolina 22 Paul Krause DB 16 6'3 205 37 16 Iowa 23 Ted Brown RB 14 5'10 198 22 R North Carolina State 25 Kurt Knoff DB 10 6'2 188 25 3 Kansas 25 Nate Allen DB 5 5'10 174 31 9 Texas Southern 27 John Turner DB 16 6'0 199 23 2 Miami 28 Ahmad Rashad WR 16 6'2 200 29 7 Oregon 29 Phil Wise DB 1 6'0 193 30 9 Nebraska-Omaha 32 Jimmy Edwards RB 14 5'9 185 27 1 Northeast Louisiana 33 Brent McClanahan RB 16 5'10 202 28 7 Arizona State 34 Rickey Young RB 16 6'2 195 25 5 Jackson State 35 Robert Miller RB 16 5'11 204 26 5 Kansas 38 Bob Tucker TE 16 6'3 230 34 11 Bloomsburg 43 Nate Wright DB 10 5'11 180 32 11 San Diego State 44 Chuck Foreman RB 12 6'2 207 29 7 Miami 45 Tom Hannon DB 16 5'11 193 24 3 Michigan State 47 Tim Baylor DB 16 6'6 190 25 4 Morgan State 49 Keith Nord DB 16 6'0 197 22 R St. Cloud State 50 Jeff Siemon LB 16 6'2 237 29 8 Stanford 51 Jim Hough OG 16 6'2 267 23 2 Utah State 52 Joe Harris LB 2 6'1 225 26 3 Georgia Tech 54 Fred McNeill LB 16 6'2 229 27 6 UCLA 55 Scott Studwell LB 14 6'2 224 25 3 Illinois 56 Dave Huffman OG 13 6'6 255 22 R Notre Dame 57 Derrel Luce LB 16 6'3 227 27 5 Baylor 58 Wally Hilgenberg LB 8 6'3 229 37 15 Iowa 59 Matt Blair LB 16 6'5 229 29 6 Iowa State 61 Wes Hamilton OG 16 6'3 255 26 4 Tulsa 67 Dennis Swilley C 16 6'3 241 24 3 North Texas State 68 Charlie Goodrum OG 15 6'3 256 29 7 Florida A&M 69 Doug Sutherland DT 16 6'3 250 31 10 Wisconsin-Superior 70 Jim Marshall DE 16 6'3 240 41 20 Ohio State 71 Steve Niehaus DT 3 6'4 255 25 4 Notre Dame 72 James White DT 16 6'3 263 26 4 Oklahoma State 73 Ron Yary OT 16 6'6 255 33 12 Southern California 74 Frank Myers OT 14 6'5 255 23 2 Texas A&M 75 Randy Holloway DE 16 6'5 245 24 2 Pittsburgh 76 Dave Roller DT 15 6'2 270 30 6 Kentucky 77 Mark Mullaney DE 16 6'6 242 26 5 Colorado State 78 Steve Riley OT 16 6'6 258 26 6 Southern California 80 Terry LeCount WR 12 5'10 172 23 2 Florida 82 Robert Steele WR 16 6'4 196 23 2 North Alabama 83 Stu Voigt TE 16 6'1 225 31 10 Wisconsin 85 Sammy White WR 15 5'11 189 25 4 Grambling 87 Kevin Miller WR 3 5'10 180 24 2 Louisville 89 Doug Cunningham WR 6 6'2 195 23 1 Rice
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Tommy Kramer 566 315 55.7 3,397 6.00 10.8 23 4.1 24 4.2 36 249 69.3 Terry LeCount 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 9 0.0
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Ahmad Rashad           80  1,156   14.4    9
Rickey Young           72    519    7.2    4
Sammy White            42    715   17.0    4
Ted Brown              31    197    6.4    0
Bob Tucker             24    223    9.3    2
Chuck Foreman          19    147    7.7    0
Stu Voigt              15    139    9.3    2
Brent McClanahan       10     57    5.7    0
Robert Miller           9     60    6.7    0
Terry LeCount           6    119   19.8    2
Doug Cunningham         5     50   10.0    0
Robert Steele           1     10   10.0    0
Jimmy Edwards           1      2    2.0    0
Tommy Kramer            0      3      ?    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Rickey Young          188    708    3.8    3
Ted Brown             130    551    4.2    1
Chuck Foreman          87    223    2.6    2
Tommy Kramer           32    138    4.3    1
Robert Miller          35    109    3.1    2
Brent McClanahan       14     29    2.1    0
Sammy White             1      6    6.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Jimmy Edwards          44  1,103   25.1    0
Ted Brown               8    186   23.2    0
Brent McClanahan        3     53   17.7    0
Robert Miller           3     38   12.7    0
Robert Steele           1      0    0.0    0
Scott Studwell          1      0    0.0    0
Stu Voigt               1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Jimmy Edwards          33    186    5.6    2    0
Kevin Miller           18     85    4.7    2    0
Keith Nord              3     11    3.7    3    0
Bobby Bryant            1      7    7.0    2    0
John Turner             1      0    0.0    0    0
Nate Allen              1     -1   -1.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Greg Coleman 90 3,551 39.5 9 23 1 48 354 33.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Rick Danmeier 0/0 3/5 5/7 5/10 0/0 13/22 28/30 67 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Nate Allen 1 0 0 Matt Blair 4.0 3 32 0 Bobby Bryant 2 50 0 Tom Hannon 3.0 4 85 0 Randy Holloway 2.0 Kurt Knoff 2 25 0 Paul Krause 3 49 0 Jim Marshall 1.5 Fred McNeill 3.5 Mark Mullaney 8.0 Steve Niehaus 1.0 Keith Nord 1.0 Jeff Siemon 1.0 Scott Studwell 1 18 0 Doug Sutherland 1.0 John Turner 2 48 0 James White 7.0 Nate Wright 4 44 0
1979 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 16 RB Ted Brown 104 North Carolina State 2 43 C Dave Huffman 128 Notre Dame 4 97 QB Steve Dils 106 Stanford 5 129 LB Jerry Meter Michigan 6 152 TE Joe Senser 49 West Chester 7 181 DT Bob Winkel 31 Kentucky 9 236 WR Billy Diggs Winston-Salem 11 291 WR Brian Nelson Texas Tech 12 317 LB David Stephens Kentucky

Traded draft picks: #8 to BAL (Nesby Glasgow), #10 to NYJ (Ed McGlasson)


Transactions:
05-08-1979Fran Tarkenton retired
06-01-1979Mick Tingelhoff retired
07-30-1979traded Carl Eller and Minnesota's #8 pick in the 1980 draft to Seahawks for Steve Niehaus
08-21-1979placed Anthony Norman on injured reserve
08-21-1979placed Joe Senser on injured reserve
08-28-1979placed Lyman Smith on injured reserve
11-28-1979placed Chuck Foreman on injured reserve


1979 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/02/79    vs San Francisco 49ers     W 28-22       1-0-0
09/09/79    at Chicago Bears           L 7-26        1-1-0
09/16/79    vs Miami Dolphins          L 12-27       1-2-0
09/23/79    vs Green Bay Packers       W 27-21 (OT)  2-2-0
09/30/79    at Detroit Lions           W 13-10       3-2-0
10/07/79    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 20-36       3-3-0
10/15/79    at New York Jets           L 7-14        3-4-0
10/21/79    vs Chicago Bears           W 30-27       4-4-0
10/28/79    vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers    L 10-12       4-5-0
11/04/79    at St. Louis Cardinals     L 7-37        4-6-0
11/11/79    at Green Bay Packers       L 7-19        4-7-0
11/18/79    vs Detroit Lions           W 14-7        5-7-0
11/25/79    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 23-22       6-7-0
12/02/79    at Los Angeles Rams        L 21-27 (OT)  6-8-0
12/09/79    vs Buffalo Bills           W 10-3        7-8-0
12/16/79    at New England Patriots    L 23-27       7-9-0

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