1980 Minnesota Vikings roster and stats

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: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- 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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Greg Coleman 81 3,139 38.8 8 20 0 42 259 33.6 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Rick Danmeier 1/1 6/6 8/10 1/9 0/0 16/26 33/38 81 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Matt Blair 1.0 3 0 0 Larry Brune 2 68 0 Bobby Bryant 3 10 0 Tom Hannon 4 89 1 Randy Holloway 4.0 Kurt Knoff 3 87 1 Doug Martin 5.0 Fred McNeill 3.0 Mark Mullaney 5.0 Keith Nord 1.0 Jeff Siemon 1.0 Scott Studwell 1 4 0 John Turner 1.0 6 22 0 James White 4.0 Nate Wright 2 16 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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