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