1982 Minnesota Vikings: 5-4-0
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Home record: 4-1-0 (110 points scored, 96 allowed) Road record: 1-3-0 (77 points scored, 102 allowed) Head Coach: Bud Grant
187 points scored (13th of 28 teams), 198 points allowed (20th) NFL Averages: 20.2 points/game (181.4 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: 187 334 1,969 ( 5) 5.53 15 12 245 912 (22) 3.7 6 2,881 (14) 17
Defense: 157 292 1,875 (19) 5.82 11 12 260 1,020 (14) 3.9 8 2,895 (19) 21
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Rick Danmeier K 9 6'0 200 30 6 Sioux Falls 8 Greg Coleman P 9 6'0 185 28 6 Florida A&M 9 Tommy Kramer QB 9 6'2 200 27 6 Rice 12 Steve Dils QB 9 6'1 190 26 4 Stanford 20 Darrin Nelson RB 7 5'9 180 23 R Stanford 21 Rufus Bess DB 8 5'9 185 26 4 South Carolina State 22 Jarvis Redwine RB 7 5'10 205 25 2 Nebraska 23 Ted Brown RB 8 5'10 210 25 4 North Carolina State 24 Bryan Howard DB 2 6'0 200 23 R Tennessee State 25 Kurt Knoff DB 9 6'2 190 28 6 Kansas 27 John Turner DB 9 6'0 199 26 5 Miami 28 Ahmad Rashad WR 7 6'2 200 32 10 Oregon 29 John Swain DB 9 6'1 195 23 2 Miami 31 Eddie Payton RB 9 5'8 179 31 5 Jackson State 32 Tony Galbreath RB 8 6'0 230 28 7 Missouri 34 Rickey Young RB 9 6'2 200 28 8 Jackson State 36 Sam Harrell RB 1 6'2 225 25 2 East Carolina 37 Willie Teal DB 9 5'10 195 24 3 Louisiana State 44 Walt Williams DB 1 6'0 185 28 6 New Mexico State 45 Tom Hannon DB 9 5'11 190 27 6 Michigan State 49 Keith Nord DB 9 6'0 195 25 4 St. Cloud State 50 Jeff Siemon LB 9 6'2 235 32 11 Stanford 51 Jim Hough OG 9 6'2 267 26 5 Utah State 52 Dennis Johnson LB 9 6'3 230 24 3 Southern California 53 Henry Johnson LB 9 6'1 235 24 3 Georgia Tech 54 Fred McNeill LB 9 6'2 230 30 9 UCLA 55 Scott Studwell LB 8 6'2 225 28 6 Illinois 56 Dave Huffman OG 9 6'6 255 25 4 Notre Dame 57 Robin Sendlein LB 9 6'3 224 23 2 Texas 59 Matt Blair LB 9 6'5 234 32 9 Iowa State 61 Wes Hamilton OG 9 6'3 268 29 7 Tulsa 62 Brent Boyd OG 4 6'3 260 25 3 UCLA 65 Charlie Johnson DT 9 6'3 265 30 6 Colorado 66 Terry Tausch OT 2 6'5 275 23 R Texas 67 Dennis Swilley C 9 6'6 260 27 6 North Texas State 68 Curtis Rouse OG 5 6'3 290 22 R Tennessee-Chattanooga 72 James White DT 9 6'3 270 29 7 Oklahoma State 73 Neil Elshire DE 5 6'6 260 24 2 Oregon 75 Randy Holloway DE 9 6'5 250 27 5 Pittsburgh 76 Tim Irwin OT 9 6'6 275 23 2 Tennessee 77 Mark Mullaney DE 9 6'6 245 29 8 Colorado State 78 Steve Riley OT 9 6'6 255 29 9 Southern California 79 Doug Martin DE 9 6'3 255 25 3 Washington 80 Terry LeCount WR 9 5'10 180 26 5 Florida 81 Joe Senser TE 9 6'4 235 26 3 West Chester 82 Bob Bruer TE 8 6'5 235 29 4 Mankato State 83 Steve Jordan TE 9 6'3 230 21 R Brown 84 Sam McCullum WR 6 6'2 190 29 9 Montana State 85 Sammy White WR 7 5'11 190 28 7 Grambling 87 Leo Lewis WR 9 5'8 170 26 2 Missouri 88 Mardye McDole WR 2 5'11 195 23 2 Mississippi State 89 Harold Jackson WR 1 5'10 175 36 15 Jackson State 91 Ray Yakavonis DT 2 6'4 250 25 2 East Stroudsburg
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Tommy Kramer 308 176 57.1 2,037 6.61 11.6 15 4.9 12 3.9 21 130 77.3
Steve Dils 26 11 42.3 68 2.62 6.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 8 49.8
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Ted Brown 31 207 6.7 2 Sammy White 29 503 17.3 5 Joe Senser 29 261 9.0 1 Ahmad Rashad 23 233 10.1 0 Tony Galbreath 17 153 9.0 0 Terry LeCount 14 179 12.8 1 Sam McCullum 12 131 10.9 0 Darrin Nelson 9 100 11.1 0 Leo Lewis 8 150 18.8 3 Bob Bruer 8 102 12.8 2 Rickey Young 4 44 11.0 1 Steve Jordan 3 42 14.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ted Brown 120 515 4.3 1 Darrin Nelson 44 136 3.1 0 Tony Galbreath 39 116 3.0 1 Tommy Kramer 21 77 3.7 3 Rickey Young 16 49 3.1 1 Greg Coleman 1 15 15.0 0 Steve Dils 1 5 5.0 0 Jarvis Redwine 2 2 1.0 0 Terry LeCount 1 -3 -3.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Jarvis Redwine 12 286 23.8 0 Eddie Payton 12 271 22.6 0 Darrin Nelson 6 132 22.0 0 Keith Nord 3 43 14.3 0 Sam Harrell 2 21 10.5 0 Mardye McDole 1 26 26.0 0 Neil Elshire 1 7 7.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Eddie Payton 22 179 8.1 5 0 Rufus Bess 2 17 8.5 0 0 Tom Hannon 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1982 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 7 RB Darrin Nelson 152 Stanford 2 39 OT Terry Tausch 90 Texas 4 92 LB Jim Fahnhorst 82 Minnesota 6 147 LB Greg Storr 3 Boston College 7 179 TE Steve Jordan 176 Brown 8 206 LB Kirk Harmon Pacific 9 233 DB Bryan Howard 2 Tennessee State 10 260 WR Gerald Lucear Temple 11 286 OG Curtis Rouse 68 Tennessee-Chattanooga 12 318 RB Hobson Milner Cincinnati
Traded draft picks: #3 to NO (Eugene Goodlow), #5 to MIA (Bob Nelson)
Transactions:
| 05-28-1982 | traded Jeff Siemon to Chargers for a #6 pick in the 1983 draft |
| 08-19-1982 | traded Minnesota's #2 pick in the 1983 draft to Eagles for Charlie Johnson |
| 08-22-1982 | traded Ron Yary to Rams for the Rams' #10 pick in the 1983 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 01/09/83 vs Atlanta Falcons W 30-24 01/15/83 at Washington Redskins L 7-21
1982 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/82 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 17-10 1-0-0 09/16/82 at Buffalo Bills L 22-23 1-1-0 11/21/82 at Green Bay Packers L 7-26 1-2-0 11/28/82 vs Chicago Bears W 35-7 2-2-0 12/05/82 at Miami Dolphins L 14-22 2-3-0 12/12/82 vs Baltimore Colts W 13-10 3-3-0 12/19/82 at Detroit Lions W 34-31 4-3-0 12/26/82 vs New York Jets L 14-42 4-4-0 01/03/83 vs Dallas Cowboys W 31-27 5-4-0
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