1980 Minnesota Vikings: 9-7-0
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Home record: 5-3-0 (174 points scored, 173 allowed) Road record: 4-4-0 (143 points scored, 135 allowed) Head Coach: Bud Grant
317 points scored (15th of 28 teams), 308 points allowed (11th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 331 574 3,688 ( 3) 6.00 22 23 433 1,642 (27) 3.8 14 5,330 (11) 26
Defense: 283 499 3,400 (24) 6.43 24 24 531 2,456 (25) 4.6 15 5,856 (26) 38
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Rick Danmeier K 16 6'0 204 28 4 Sioux Falls 8 Greg Coleman P 16 6'0 184 26 4 Florida A&M 9 Tommy Kramer QB 15 6'1 204 25 4 Rice 12 Steve Dils QB 16 6'1 192 24 2 Stanford 20 Bobby Bryant DB 14 6'0 177 36 13 South Carolina 23 Ted Brown RB 16 5'10 200 23 2 North Carolina State 24 Larry Brune DB 16 6'2 202 27 1 Rice 25 Kurt Knoff DB 16 6'2 202 26 4 Kansas 26 Marvin Cobb DB 2 6'0 188 27 6 Southern California 27 John Turner DB 16 6'0 199 24 3 Miami 28 Ahmad Rashad WR 16 6'2 200 30 8 Oregon 31 Eddie Payton RB 16 5'8 175 29 3 Jackson State 34 Rickey Young RB 16 6'2 195 26 6 Jackson State 35 Robert Miller RB 16 5'11 204 27 6 Kansas 37 Willie Teal DB 0 5'10 195 22 R Louisiana State 38 Bob Tucker TE 16 6'3 230 35 12 Bloomsburg 40 Doug Paschal RB 16 6'2 219 22 R North Carolina 43 Nate Wright DB 16 5'11 180 33 12 San Diego State 45 Tom Hannon DB 16 5'11 190 25 4 Michigan State 49 Keith Nord DB 16 6'0 193 23 2 St. Cloud State 50 Jeff Siemon LB 16 6'2 237 30 9 Stanford 51 Jim Hough OG 10 6'2 270 24 3 Utah State 52 Dennis Johnson LB 12 6'3 231 22 R Southern California 53 Henry Johnson LB 16 6'1 235 22 R Georgia Tech 54 Fred McNeill LB 16 6'2 226 28 7 UCLA 55 Scott Studwell LB 16 6'2 224 26 4 Illinois 56 Dave Huffman OG 16 6'6 258 23 2 Notre Dame 57 Derrel Luce LB 4 6'3 225 28 6 Baylor 58 Jim Langer C 13 6'2 253 32 11 South Dakota State 59 Matt Blair LB 14 6'5 237 30 7 Iowa State 61 Wes Hamilton OG 13 6'3 266 27 5 Tulsa 62 Brent Boyd OG 16 6'3 260 23 R UCLA 63 Nick Bebout OT 1 6'5 260 29 8 Wyoming 67 Dennis Swilley C 16 6'3 241 25 4 North Texas State 68 Mel Mitchell OG 6 6'3 260 27 4 Tennessee State 69 Doug Sutherland DT 16 6'3 250 32 11 Wisconsin-Superior 71 John Vella OT 8 6'4 260 30 8 Southern California 72 James White DT 16 6'3 263 27 5 Oklahoma State 73 Ron Yary OT 14 6'6 255 34 13 Southern California 75 Randy Holloway DE 16 6'5 252 25 3 Pittsburgh 76 Dave Roller DT 15 6'2 270 31 7 Kentucky 77 Mark Mullaney DE 16 6'6 242 27 6 Colorado State 78 Steve Riley OT 16 6'6 258 27 7 Southern California 79 Doug Martin DE 11 6'3 258 23 R Washington 80 Terry LeCount WR 16 5'10 187 24 3 Florida 81 Joe Senser TE 16 6'4 238 24 1 West Chester 82 Bob Bruer TE 12 6'5 235 27 2 Mankato State 83 Stu Voigt TE 3 6'1 225 32 11 Wisconsin 85 Sammy White WR 16 5'11 189 26 5 Grambling 87 Kevin Miller WR 4 5'10 184 25 3 Louisville 89 Ken Sanders DE 6 6'5 245 30 9 Howard Payne
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Tommy Kramer 522 299 57.3 3,582 6.86 12.0 19 3.6 23 4.4 37 214 72.2
Steve Dils 51 32 62.7 352 6.90 11.0 3 5.9 0 0.0 4 32 102.7
Joe Senser 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ahmad Rashad 69 1,095 15.9 5 Rickey Young 64 499 7.8 2 Ted Brown 62 623 10.0 2 Sammy White 53 887 16.7 5 Joe Senser 42 447 10.6 7 Bob Tucker 15 173 11.5 1 Terry LeCount 13 168 12.9 0 Robert Miller 10 19 1.9 0 Doug Paschal 2 18 9.0 0 Ron Yary 1 5 5.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ted Brown 219 912 4.2 8 Rickey Young 130 351 2.7 3 Tommy Kramer 31 115 3.7 1 Robert Miller 27 98 3.6 1 Sammy White 4 65 16.2 0 Doug Paschal 15 53 3.5 1 Steve Dils 3 26 8.7 0 Eddie Payton 2 15 7.5 0 Ahmad Rashad 1 8 8.0 0 Joe Senser 1 -1 -1.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Eddie Payton 53 1,184 22.3 0 Doug Paschal 4 66 16.5 0 Bob Bruer 2 20 10.0 0 Keith Nord 1 70 70.0 1 Robert Miller 1 23 23.0 0 Brent Boyd 1 20 20.0 0 Ron Yary 1 3 3.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Eddie Payton 34 251 7.4 9 0 Keith Nord 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1980 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 9 DT Doug Martin 126 Washington 2 30 DB Willie Teal 80 LSU [pick acquired from DET via SF] 3 68 C Brent Boyd 59 UCLA [pick acquired from NO] 4 92 LB Dennis Johnson 85 USC 5 121 RB Doug Paschal 16 North Carolina 5 122 RB Paul Jones California [pick acquired from NO] 6 148 DE Ray Yakavonis 21 East Stroudsburg 7 174 LB Henry Johnson 46 Georgia Tech 9 232 RB Dennis Mosley Iowa 10 258 WR Kenny Brown Nebraska 11 288 RB Sam Harrell 6 East Carolina 12 315 DB Thomas Lane Florida A&M
Traded draft picks: #2 to SF (Keena Turner), #3 to SF (Jim Miller), #8 to SEA (Vic Minor)
Transactions:
| 04-1980 | traded Minnesota's #2 and #3 picks in the 1980 draft to 49ers for Detroit's #2 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 04-17-1980 | traded Chuck Foreman to Patriots for New England's #3 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 04-18-1980 | traded Steve Riley to Saints for New Orleans' #3 and #5 picks in the 1980 draft |
| 06-1980 | traded Minnesota's #3 and #5 picks in the 1981 draft to Saints for Steve Riley |
| 09-06-1980 | traded Minnesota's #9 pick in the 1981 draft to Seahawks for Nick Bebout |
| 09-24-1980 | traded Minnesota's #6 pick in the 1981 draft and #5 pick in the 1982 draft to Dolphins for Jim Langer |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 01/03/81 at Philadelphia Eagles L 16-31
1980 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/07/80 vs Atlanta Falcons W 24-23 1-0-0 09/14/80 vs Philadelphia Eagles L 7-42 1-1-0 09/21/80 at Chicago Bears W 34-14 2-1-0 09/28/80 at Detroit Lions L 7-27 2-2-0 10/05/80 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 17-23 2-3-0 10/12/80 vs Chicago Bears W 13-7 3-3-0 10/19/80 at Cincinnati Bengals L 0-14 3-4-0 10/26/80 at Green Bay Packers L 3-16 3-5-0 11/02/80 at Washington Redskins W 39-14 4-5-0 11/09/80 vs Detroit Lions W 34-0 5-5-0 11/16/80 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 38-30 6-5-0 11/23/80 vs Green Bay Packers L 13-25 6-6-0 11/30/80 at New Orleans Saints W 23-20 7-6-0 12/07/80 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 21-10 8-6-0 12/14/80 vs Cleveland Browns W 28-23 9-6-0 12/21/80 at Houston Oilers L 16-20 9-7-0
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