Minnesota VikingS AT TENNESSEE TITANS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2008
WEEK 4 - MINNESOTA VIKINGS (1-2) AT TENNESSEE TITANS (3-0) 2008 PRESEASON Date Opponent Result Aug. 8 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS L 17-34 Aug. 16 at Baltimore Ravens W 23-15 Aug. 23 PITTSBURGH STEELERS L 10-12 Aug. 28 at Dallas Cowboys L 10-16 2008 REGULAR SEASON Sept. 8 at Green Bay Packers (MNF) L 19-24 Sept. 14 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS L 15-18 Sept. 21 CAROLINA PANTHERS W 20-10 Sept. 28 at Tennessee Titans Noon Oct. 6 at New Orleans Saints (MNF) 7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 DETROIT LIONS Noon Oct. 19 at Chicago Bears Noon Oct. 26 BYE Nov. 2 HOUSTON TEXANS Noon Nov. 9 GREEN BAY PACKERS Noon Nov. 16 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Noon* Nov. 23 at Jacksonville Jaguars Noon* Nov. 30 CHICAGO BEARS (SNF) 7:15 p.m.* Dec. 7 at Detroit Lions Noon* Dec. 14 at Arizona Cardinals 3:05 p.m.* Dec. 21 ATLANTA FALCONS Noon* Dec. 28 NEW YORK GIANTS Noon* * Game time subject to change/fl exible scheduling WEEKLY MEDIA SCHEDULE Tuesday, September 23 Players Day Off - No Access Wednesday, September 24 11:45 a.m. - Brad Childress Available 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Open Locker Room 1:30-3:30 p.m. - Practice * Thursday, September 25 11:45 a.m. - Bevell/Ferraro/Frazier Available 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Open Locker Room 1:30-3:30 p.m. - Practice * Friday, September 26 11:45 a.m.-12:50 p.m. - Practice * 12:50 p.m. - Brad Childress Available 12:50-1:35 p.m. - Open Locker Room Saturday, September 27 No Access Sunday, September 28 12:00 p.m. - Minnesota Vikings at Tennessee Titans Monday, September 29 12:35 p.m. - Brad Childress Press Conference 2:30-3:15 p.m. - Open Locker Room * Practice open through individual drills Sunday, September 28, 2008 - LP Field - Noon (CT) - FOX GAME SUMMARY After gaining their fi rst win of the 2008 season, the Minnesota Vikings (1-2) will go back on the road this week to take on the undefeated Tennessee Titans (3-0) on Sunday, September 28 at LP Field. Kickoff is set for noon (CT). Sunday s game features two evenly matched defenses that are both ranked in the top 10 in several areas, including total defense (Vikings 7th, Titans 3rd), rushing defense (Vikings 3rd, Titans 10th), opponents fi rst downs (Vikings T-5th, Tennessee T-2nd), and opponents points (Vikings 8th, Titans 1st). This will be the 10th matchup between the Vikings and the Titans, with Minnesota holding the overall series lead 7-3. The last time the two teams met in Nashville was on December 26, 1998, as Minnesota defeated Tennessee 26-16 in Tennessee s fi nal game as the Oilers. BROADCAST COVERAGE TELEVISION: FOX (Channel 9) Play-By-Play: Chris Myers Analyst: JC Pearson Sideline Reporter: TBD LOCAL RADIO: KFAN-AM 1130/KTLK 100.3-FM Play-by-Play: Paul Allen Analyst: Pete Bercich Sideline Reporter: Greg Coleman Pre-Game Show: Joe Anderson 10:00 a.m. CT KFAN and KTLK serve as the fl agship stations for the 73-station, 6-state Minnesota Vikings Radio Network. A WIN WOULD... * Improve the Vikings record against Tennessee to 8-3. * Give the Vikings their fi rst win in their fi rst visit to LP Field and the fi rst road victory against Tennessee since the franchise became the Titans in 1999. * Improve the Vikings record against the AFC South to 18-19-1. * Give Head Coach Brad Childress his fi rst regular season victory against the AFC South. WHAT TO WATCH FOR * With 100+ rushing yards, RB Adrian Peterson can tie Michael Bennett for 3rd place in team history with nine 100-yard games. He s currently tied with Bill Brown for 4th all-time with 8. * With one sack, LB E.J. Henderson can move into 4th place all-time among Vikings LBs. * With an INT for a TD, Darren Sharper will move into a tie for 2nd place all-time in the NFL. * With a defensive touchdown, DT Kevin Williams will have sole possession of the all-time lead for defensive touchdowns by a Viking. * With a fumble recovery, CB Antoine Winfield can tie former CB Bobby Bryant for most fumble recoveries by a cornerback in team history (7). Winfi eld currently has six. * With a takeaway, Winfi eld can move into a 6th place tie for takeaways among Vikings CBs. Winfi eld ranks 8th among CBs with 19, trailing Earsell Mackbee and Willie Teals s 20. * With 162 passing yards, QB Gus Frerotte will have 19,500 for his career (including playoffs). STATS OF THE WEEK * The Vikings have four drives of 10+ plays through the fi rst three games. Minnesota has 100% scoring effi ciency on those drives, scoring 19 points. * According to Stats, Inc., since the 1970 merger, the Vikings rank tied for 1st in the NFL with 46 fumble recoveries returned for touchdowns (includes special teams and offense).
MEET THE HEAD COACHES CHILDRESS ENTERS 3RD SEASON AT HELM NFL Head Coach: 3rd Year Overall NFL Experience: 11th Year Coaching Experience: 31st Year Overall NFL Record: 15-20 (.429) Regular Season: 15-20 (.429) Postseason: 0-0 (.000) Record with MIN: 15-20 (.429) Record vs. TEN: 0-0 (.000) College: Eastern Illinois ( 78) Entering his third season leading the Vikings, Head Coach Brad Childress has a team built on his principles for winning football. Childress squad features strong play along both lines, a dynamic running game and an opportunistic defense. A bevy of top-fl ight linemen have been important to developing the identity of the Vikings and are now being complimented by emerging playmakers. The offseason addition of 2007 NFL sack leader and All-Pro DE Jared Allen via trade with Kansas City along with free agent starters WR Bernard Berrian, FB Thomas Tapeh, and S Madieu Williams fi lled key positions with veteran playmakers. With Allen, the Vikings now have 5 Pro Bowlers along the offensive and defensive lines and 7 members of the 2007 Pro Bowl squad. Coupled with a pair of proven 1,000-yard runners in the backfi eld and an aggressive defense with a nose for the ball, the Vikings enter 2008 with a strong nucleus of experienced talent. Since taking over the team in 2006, Childress has placed a premium on playing smart football, minimizing mistakes and winning the line of scrimmage. The 2007 Vikings became the 1st team in franchise history to rank #1 in the NFL in rushing offense and rushing defense. The duos of G Steve Hutchinson and C Matt Birk on offense joined by DTs Kevin Williams and Pat Williams on defense all made second consecutive Pro Bowl trips in 2007. The Vikings offense set franchise records by rushing for 2,634 yards (164.6 yards per game) with rookie phenom Adrian Peterson leading the way with an NFC-best 1,341 yards. Peterson s total ranked as the 2nd-highest in team history, and his 5.6 yards-per-carry average ranked 2nd-best in the NFL. Fellow RB Chester Taylor, coming off his fi rst 1,000-yard rushing season in 2006, fi nished with 844 yards and 7 TDs on 157 carries. Together Peterson and Taylor accounted for 2,185 of the team s rushing total, giving the Vikings the most dangerous rushing tandem in team history in terms of yardage. Second-year QB Tarvaris Jackson showed signifi cant improvement from year one as he threw for 1,911 yards and 9 TDs while rushing for 260 yards and 3 scores despite missing 4 games due to injury. He fi nished the season 8-4 as a starter. Defensively, the Williams tandem shut down the run better than anyone in the NFL, and the Vikings posted the #1 rush defense for the 2nd straight year. Over the past 2 seasons, the team has stifl ed opponents by allowing 67.9 yards per game, 2.9 yards per carry and 0.5 rushing TDs per game in those 32 games. Behind the rugged DTs, the Vikings have an emerging trio of linebackers who have a knack for the big play and ball-hawking defensive backs. The 2007 squad tied a francise record by scoring 6 TDs on interception returns and 2 more on fumble returns. The Vikings 13 defensive TDs (9 INTs, 4 FRs) since 2006 lead the NFL and are 5 more than the runner-up Packers 8. On special teams, the Vikings ranked 4th in the NFL with a 24.8 kickoff return average and 6th in the NFL as they held opponents to an average starting fi eld position just beyond the 26-yard line (26.2). The 2008 season marks Childress 31st in coaching and his 11th on an NFL sideline. He currently has a combined record of 220-176-8, including playoffs and bowl action. CHILDRESS COACHING BACKGROUND 2006-08 Minnesota Vikings Head Coach 2002-05 Philadelphia Eagles Offensive Coordinator 1999-01 Philadelphia Eagles Quarterbacks 1991-98 Wisconsin Offensive Coordinator/QBs/RBs 1990 Utah Wide Receivers 1986-89 Northern Arizona Offensive Coordinator 1985 Indianapolis Colts QBs/Quality Control 1978-84 Illinois Running Backs/Wide Receivers FISHER LEADS THE TITANS NFL Head Coach: 14th Year Overall NFL Experience: 23rd Year Coaching Experience: 23rd Year Overall NFL Record: 123-104-0 (.542) Regular Season: 118-99-0 (.544) Postseason: 5-5-0 (.500) Record with TEN: 123-104-0 (.542) Record vs. MIN: 0-4 (.000) College: Southern California ( 81) Jeff Fisher is in his 14th full season as head coach of the Tennessee Titans and his 9th as Executive Vice President. Fisher holds the franchise record for wins by a head coach with 123 and is the NFL leader in tenure with one team among active coaches. Over the past nine seasons (1999-2007), Fisher has guided the Titans to fi ve playoff appearances. Only fi ve teams have more appearances during that time. Fisher has also led Tennessee to two division titles (2000, 2002), two AFC Championship games (1999, 2002) and one Super Bowl berth (XXXIV). He presided over the most victorious (56 regular season wins and fi ve postseason wins) and successful fi veyear period in the franchise s 48-year history from 1999-2003. Last season Fisher coached the Titans to the playoffs for the fi rst time since 2003, guiding the team to a 10-6 record through the toughest division in the NFL. The team ranked fi fth in the NFL in rushing, fi fth in yards allowed on defense and they recorded a 5-3 mark on the road. Prior to coaching, Fisher played for the Chicago Bears from 1981-85 as a defensive back and a return specialist. He appeared in 49 games and earned a Super Bowl ring after Chicago s 1985 season, despite spending the year on IR with an ankle injury that ended his career. FISHER S COACHING BACKGROUND 1994-2008 Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans Head Coach * 1994 Houston Oilers Defensive Coordinator # 1992-93 San Francisco 49ers Defensive Backs 1991 Los Angeles Rams Defensive Coordinator 1988-90 Philadelphia Eagles Defensive Coordinator 1986-88 Philadelphia Eagles Defensive Backs * Last six games in 1994 # First 10 games in 1994 VIKINGS-TITANS ALL-TIME VIKINGS VS. TITANS ALL-TIME Won 7, Lost 3; Home 6-1, Away 1-2 Year... Site... Result 1974... Minnesota...W 51-10 1980... Houston... L 20-16 1983... Minnesota...W 34-14 1986... Houston... L 23-10 1989... Minnesota...W 38-7 1992... Minnesota... L 17-13 1995... Minnesota...W 23-17 OT 1998... Tennessee...W 26-16 2001... Minnesota...W 42-24 2004... Minnesota...W 20-3 LAST TIME The last time the Vikings played the Titans was on October 24, 2004, at the Metrodome, a game the Vikings won 20-3. Offensively the game was dominated by RB Mewelde Moore, who ran for 138 yards. RB Moe Williams added a 1-yard touchdown run in the 2nd quarter, and K Morten Anderson kicked two 29-yard fi eld goals during the game. On the opposite side of the ball, the defensive backfi eld took things into its own hands, picking off Billy Volek 3 times. Cornerbacks Antoine Winfield, Terry Shaw and Rod Smith each had an interception in the game. DT Kevin Williams added one sack. WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 2
VIKINGS-TITANS INFORMATION VIKINGS PERFORMANCES VS. TITANS Jared Allen 2 games, 11 tackles, 1 sack, 1 pass defensed Gus Frerotte 2 games, 30-of-61 passing, 379 yards, 4 TDs, 4 INTs Ryan Longwell 3 games, 7-for-7 FGs, 8-for-8 PATs for 28 points with two 50+ yard fi eld goals (long of 54) Chester Taylor 3 games, 7 receptions, 59 yards Antoine Winfield 3 games, 2 INTs VIKINGS BIG DAYS VS. TITANS VIKINGS VS. TITANS SERIES NOTES * K Ryan Longwell kicked the second-longest fi eld goal of his career against the Titans, a 54-yarder on 12/16/01. Longwell also booted a 53-yarder against the Titans on 10/11/04, both times in Tennessee. * WR Bobby Wade caught 4 passes for 63 yards and carried the ball 3 times for 11 yards as a member of the Chicago Bears on 11/14/04. * S Madieu Williams returned the fi rst interception of his career 51 yards for a TD against the Titans on 10/31/04. * DT Pat Williams scored his fi rst career TD against the Titans as a member of the Buffalo Bills on 12/14/03, returning a fumble 28 yards for the score to top off an 11-tackle game. LAST WEEK The Minnesota Vikings scored 20 unanswered points spanning the fi nal three quarters Sunday at the Metrodome to defeat the previously undefeated Carolina Panthers 20-10 and notch Minnesota s fi rst victory of the 2008 season. Vikings Offense Veteran QB Gus Frerotte started his third career game for the Vikings and his fi rst since his last stint with the team in 2003. After throwing an early interception Frerotte shook off the rust and went on to have a solid day in the pocket, completing 16 of 28 attempts for 204 yards and a TD. Frerotte s day was highlighted by his 34-yard touchdown strike to TE Visanthe Shiancoe and a 48-yard bomb down the sideline to WR Bernard Berrian, which set up the score. Berrian led all receivers in the game with 79 yards on three catches. Despite playing through a sore hamstring RB Adrian Peterson still averaged 4.5 yards per carry, rushing the football 17 times for 77 yards. Those 77 yards allowed Peterson to set a new team record for most yards rushed through the fi rst three games of a season with 340 currently good for second in the NFL as well. Vikings Defense The Vikings defense turned in an impressive performance, limiting the Panthers to only 204 yards on the day, 47 on the ground and 18 yards that came after the Vikings had given the ball back to the Panthers after four kneel-downs in the fi nal seconds of the game. Vikings defenders had a big day fi lling out the stat sheet. Notably the Vikings pass rushers got to Panthers QB Jake Delhomme fi ve times during the afternoon, causing two forced fumbles. LB Chad Greenway and CB Antoine Winfield both notched their fi rst sacks of the season while DT Kevin Williams recorded his fi rst two sacks and DE Jared Allen picked up his second. LB E.J. Henderson led the team in tackles with 15 total stops (13 solo). The turning point of the game was Winfi eld s takedown. Winfi eld knocked the ball loose, scooped it up and retuned it 19 yards for a touchdown to tie the game right before halftime. It was only the third time in Vikings history that a player had recorded four stats on one play (sack, FF, FR, TD). The Vikings defense now ranks third in the NFL in rush yards allowed per game (70.3), seventh in total yards allowed per game (280.7), and 8th in points allowed per game (17.3). Vikings Special Teams K Ryan Longwell connected on both his fi eld goal attempts (28 and 32), RB Chester Taylor returned two kicks for 44 yards, and P Chris Kluwe placed two kicks inside the Panthers 20 yard-line and recorded a 55-yard punt. THIS AND THAT * DE Jared Allen has 3.0 career sacks of Titans QB Kerry Collins. * Four different Vikings have combined for 6.0 sacks of Collins. * Two different Vikings have intercepted Collins - S Darren Sharper and CB Benny Sapp. * TE Jim Kleinsasser has never played against Tennessee despite being in his 10th year. Kleinsasser missed the 01 and 04 contests due to injury. * RB Chester Taylor will play in his 95th career game. * LB Chad Greenway will start his 20th career game and needs one solo tackle to reach 100 for his career. * LB Ben Leber will start his 25th game as a Viking. WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 3 * Vikings defensive standouts Antoine Winfield and Pat Williams have bad memories from Nashville as part of the Music City Miracle Wild Card playoff game between their Buffalo Bills and the Titans that served as a springboard to the Titans Super Bowl XXXIV berth. * The Vikings have only played Tennessee twice since they became thetitans in 1999, both home games and both Vikings victories. * Minnesota defeated Tennessee 26-16 in Tennessee s fi nal game as the Oilers at Vanderbilt Stadium on December 26, 1998. * The Vikings acquired Hall of Fame QB Warren Moon from the Houston Oilers in a 1994 trade. Moon went to the Pro Bowl in 1994 and 95 for the Vikings and set numerous passing records in his 3 Vikings seasons. * C Matt Birk is the only Vikings player remaining from the last time thevikings played at Tennessee. * The Vikings have outscored Tennessee 234-91 in the Vikings seven victories. SERIES BY THE NUMBERS Record vs. Titans...7-3-0 Last Regular season game...vikings 20, Titans 3 (2004) Vikings largest winning margin...41 (1974) Titans largest winning margin...13 (1986) Current series streak... Vikings W4 Vikings longest winning streak... 4 (1995-Present) Titans longest winning streak...1 (1992) Most Points, Vikings...51 (1974) Most points, Titans...24 (2001) Most points, Both teams...66; Vikings 42, Titans 24 (2001) Fewest Points, Vikings...10 (1986) Fewest points, Titans...3 (2004) Fewest Points, Both teams...23; Vikings 20, Titans 3 (2004) 2008 STATISTICAL SNAPSHOT (NFL Ranking following Week 3) Vikings Titans 1-2 Record 3-0 18.0 (23t) Points Per Game 24.0 (12) 54 (18) First Downs 49 (24t) 319.7 (17) Total Offense Per Game 315.7 (18) 161.7 (5) Net Rushing Yards Per Game 156.0 (7) 158.0 (24) Net Passing Yards Per Game 159.7 (22) 2/26 (12t) Had Intercepted/Yards Returned 3/56 (20t) 6/38 (13t) Sacks Allowed/Yards Lost 2/13 (3t) 32:58 (3) Possession Average 30:11 (15) 31.7 (23) Third Down Efficiency 30.8 (26) 17.3 (8) Opp. Points Per Game 9.7 (1) 46 (5t) Opp. First Downs 42 (2t) 280.7 (7) Opp. Total Offense Per Game 240.3 (3) 70.3 (3) Opp. Net Rushing Yards Per Game 89.0 (10) 210.3 (20) Opp. Net Passing Yards Per Game 151.3 (3) 2/1 (14t) Defensive Interceptions/Yards 7/115 (1) 7/49 (15t) Defensive Sacks/Yards 11/83 (3) +1 (10t) Turnover Ratio +3 (4t) 16/46.3 (12) Punts/Gross Punting Average 19/45.1 (16) 20/147 (22t) Penalties/Yards 18/136 (15t)
2008 INDIVIDUAL LEADERS (Qualifying Players Only) 2008 Minnesota Vikings Category Player Total NFC Rank NFL Rank Scoring Longwell... 30... 2t...2t Rushing Yds. Peterson... 340...2... 2 Rushing Att. Peterson... 65...2... 3 Passing Yds. Jackson... 308...16... 30 Receptions Taylor... 7... 48t...91t Receiving Yds. Berrian... 117...33... 62 Interceptions Gordon/Winfi eld... 1... 5t...12t Fumble Rec. Leber/Winfi eld... 1... 2t...4t Sacks Allen/K. Williams... 2.0... 12t...17t Punting Avg. Kluwe... 46.3...5... 10 Punt Ret. Avg. Allison... 6.7...12... 24 KO Ret. Avg. Taylor... 26.3...4... 9 2008 Tennessee Titans Category Player Total AFC Rank NFL Rank Scoring White... 24... 6t...17t Rushing Yds. Johnson... 276...1... 7 Rushing Att. Johnson... 49...6...14t Passing Yds. Collins... 382...14... 29 Receptions Scaife... 10... 24t...50t Receiving Yds. Scaife... 137...23... 48 Interceptions Finnegan... 4...1... 1 Fumble Rec. Vanden Bosch... 1... 3t...4t Sacks Haynesworth... 3.0... 2t...6t Punting Avg. Hentrich... 45.1...8... 15 Punt Ret. Avg. Carr... 7.5...12... 22 KO Ret. Avg. Carr... 23.9...8... 17 VIKINGS-TITANS INFORMATION VIKINGS-TITANS CONNECTIONS VIKINGS-TITANS CONNECTIONS - Vikings WR Bobby Wade played for Tennessee in 2005 and 2006. - Titans FB Ahmard Hall (pronounced ah-mod ), whose middle name is Rashad, was named after former Vikings WR Ahmad Rashad. LOCAL CONNECTIONS - Vikings T Artis Hicks attended Central Merry High in Jackson, TN, and played collegiately at Memphis. - Vikings G Anthony Herrera played collegiately at the University of Tennessee. - Titans defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz was a graduate assistant for the University of Minnesota in 1990 NFL CONNECTIONS - Vikings DT Pat Williams and CB Antoine Winfield played in Buffalo with Titans LB Josh Stamer and while Titans wide receivers coach Fred Graves was on staff. - Vikings G Steve Hutchinson played with Titans assistant secondary coach Marcus Robertson in Seattle. - Vikings WRs Bernard Berrian and Bobby Wade played with Titans WR Justin Gage in Chicago. - Vikings S Darren Sharper, K Ryan Longwell and WR Robert Ferguson all played for Green Bay while Titans K Rob Bironas was there for the 2002 training camp. Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell was on staff with the Packers at that time. - Sharper and Longwell were teammates of Titans P Craig Hentrich during their rookie season in Green Bay. - Vikings DE Ellis Wyms was teammates with Titans QB Chris Simms for Tampa Bay while Vikings defensive backs coach Joe Woods was on staff - Vikings QB Gus Frerotte, DT Fred Evans and DE Otis Grigsby all played with Titans DT Kevin Vickerson with the Miami Dolphins. - Vikings def. coord. Leslie Frazier and Titans head coach Jeff Fisher played together for the Chicago Bears on the Super Bowl XX Championship team. - Frazier s last year playing for the Bears, 1986, was Titans assistant head coach/linebackers Dave McGinnis fi rst year as Chicago s linebackers coach. - Vikings defensive line coach Karl Dunbar was on McGinnis staff when he was the head coach for the Arizona Cardinals and coached with him while McGinnis was the Cardinals defensive coordinator, as well as Titans special teams assistant Marty Galbraith. - Frazier was on staff in Indianapolis when Titans CB Nick Harper, G Jake Scott and LB David Thornton played there. - Vikings tight ends coach Jimmie Johnson and Titans running backs coach Earnest Byner played together for the Washington Redskins. Johnson was also team mates with Titans director of player personnel Lake Dawson on the Kansas City Chiefs in 1994. - Vikings RB Chester Taylor played for the Baltimore Ravens while Byner was the team s director of player development. - Vikings T Artis Hicks and FB Thomas Tapeh played with Titans DE Jevon Kearse for Philadelphia. Vikings head coach Brad Childress, head strength and conditioning coach Tom Kanavy and head athletic trainer Eric Sugarman were also on staff while Kearse played for the Eagles. - Vikings LB Vinny Ciurciu played for Carolina while Titans DT Tony Brown was in the Panthers 2003 training camp and played one game for the team in 2006. Brown also played with Vikings RB Maurice Hicks in San Francisco in 2004. - Vikings LB Ben Leber played with Titans DE Dave Ball for San Diego. - Vikings TE Visanthe Shiancoe played with Titans QB Kerry Collins for the New York Giants in 2003. - Vikings WR coach George Stewart was on Atlanta s staff while Titans TE Alge Crumpler was there. COLLEGE CONNECTIONS - Vikings LS Cullen Loeffler, CB Cedric Griffin and DE Brian Robison were teammates with Titans DB Michael Griffin, FB Ahmard Hall, TE Bo Scaife and QB Vince Young at Texas. Loeffl er and Griffi n also played with Titans QB Chris Simms at Texas. - Vikings P Chris Kluwe played with Titans DE Dave Ball at UCLA while Vikings running backs coach Eric Bieniemy was on staff. - Vikings WR Aundrae Allison and Titans RB Chris Johnson were teammates at East Carolina. - Vikings DE Letroy Guion and Titans WR Chris Davis played together at Florida State. - Vikings WR Bernard Berrian and CB Marcus McCauley played at Fresno State with Titans WR Paul Williams. - Vikings def. line coach Karl Dunbar and Titans C Kevin Mawae were teammates at LSU in 1989 while Titans asst. special teams coach Marty Galbraith was on staff. - Vikings WR Bobby Wade played at the University of Arizona while Titans secondary coach Chuck Cecil was the team s television analyst. - Vikings T Artis Hicks and Titans DT Tony Brown were teammates at Memphis. Hicks also played at Memphis with Titans DE Jacob Ford. WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 4 WHAT OPPONENTS ARE SAYING Panthers Head Coach John Fox On the Vikings being a desperate team... They re a good football team, number one. We knew we were coming in for a fi ght. We look at tape. We don t look at records and we knew it was going to be a tough game. We didn t play well enough for us to win in their place. Panthers Quarterback Jake Delhomme On the last time he was beat up like he was against Minnesota... I really can t tell you. Maybe Chicago a few years back in November when we played them. But they are a very good football team. If you couldn t see that by watching fi lm this week, then you are blind. I don t have any idea how they are a 1-2 football team. Panthers Defensive Tackle Damione Lewis On Gus Frerotte We all knew he had a little experience, and we were going to try and get after him a little bit and move him around in the pocket. But he side-stepped and ran some downfi eld and made some big plays in the passing game. PETERSON VS. THE AFC RB Adrian Peterson has 594 rushing yards and four TDs in four games against the AFC. Peterson is averaging 148.5 rushing yards per game in those contests. at Kansas City, 9/23/07-25 rushes, 102 yards, 1 TD, 4.1 avg. vs. San Diego, 11/4/07-30 rushes, 296 yards, 3 TD, 9.9 avg. at Denver, 12/30/07-11 rushes, 36 yards, 0 TD, 3.3 avg. vs. Indianapolis, 9/14/08-29 rushes, 160 yards, 0 TD, 5.5 avg.
VIKINGS TEAM NOTES VIKINGS COORDINATORS Offensive Coordinator Darrell Bevell Offensive Coordinator Darrell Bevell enters his 3rd season with the Vikings with 2 Pro Bowlers along the offensive line, the 2007 NFC-leading rusher in the backfi eld, a more experienced quarterback and a new playmaking wide receiver. In 2007, Bevell helped put together the best rushing attack in the NFL as the Vikings averaged 164.6 yards per game and 5.3 yards per carry. Their 2,634 rushing yards was the highest total in team history while their 22 rushing touchdowns ranked tied for 2nd. The Vikings were led by the rushing tandem of rookie RB Adrian Peterson and RB Chester Taylor, who amassed a combined 2,185 yards on the ground, shattering Daunte Culpepper and Robert Smith s previous highest rushing total by a tandem of 1,991 yards in 2000. Against San Diego, Peterson broke the NFL single-game rushing record when he gained 296 yards on the ground. Peterson, along with C Matt Birk, G Steve Hutchinson, and FB Tony Richardson earned trips to the 2008 Pro Bowl. This offseason, Bevell s offense saw the addition of deep threat WR Bernard Berrian, FB Thomas Tapeh and RB Maurice Hicks. Asst. Head Coach/Def. Coord. Leslie Frazier On the defensive side of the ball, Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Leslie Frazier will begin his 2nd season with the Vikings and his 9th season in the NFL. In his fi rst year with Minnesota, Frazier led the team to its 2nd-consecutive #1 ranking against the run, holding opponents to 74.1 yards per game on the ground. The team notched 8 defensive touchdowns and led the league with 6 interceptions returned for scores. The Vikings tied for 9th with 31 takeaways and tied a team record for the most defensive points scored in a season with 50 (8 touchdowns, 1 safety). Prior to joining the Vikings, Frazier won a Super Bowl in 2006 as a member of the Indianapolis Colts staff, coaching defensive backs and serving as a special assistant to Tony Dungy. During that championship season, the Colts defense posted 13 takeaways in the playoffs and allowed only 2 second-half TDs in the 4 postseason games. During the 2008 offseason, Frazier saw his unit add key pieces at defensive end with the trade for Jared Allen, who led the NFL with 15.5 sacks in 2007, and at safety with the signing of free agent Madieu Williams. Frazier now has 3 Pro Bowlers along the defensive line and 4 members of the 2007 Pro Bowl squad. Special Teams Coordinator Paul Ferraro The 2008 season marks Paul Ferraro s 3rd as the Vikings Special Teams Coordinator, his 4th season of NFL coaching and his 27th season of coaching overall. Ferraro s 2007 special teams units, the core of which have returned in 2008, were some of the most successful in team history. The 2007 squad set team records for kickoff return average, the longest kickoff return in team history, the most punts landed inside the 20, and the most 50+ yard punts. The team also converted a pair of onside kicks. Leading the way on special teams in 2007 was LB Heath Farwell, who topped the team in special teams tackles for the 2nd straight season, was voted by his teammates as the Special Teams MVP and was recognized as a Pro Bowl alternate. The Vikings ranked 4th overall in the NFL with a 24.8 kickoff return average, which also ranked as the highest return average in team history, and 6th in the NFL as they held opponents to an average starting fi eld position just beyond the 26-yard line (26.2). WR Aundrae Allison ranked #1 in the NFC and #3 in the NFL with an average of 28.7 yards per kickoff return, while Kluwe shattered his record of 28 punts inside the 20, as he landed 34. VIKINGS ASSISTANT COACHES Juney Barnett (Assistant Strength and Conditioning); Eric Bieniemy (Running Backs); Brendan Daly (Defensive Assistant/Defensive Line); Karl Dunbar (Defensive Line); Ryan Ficken (Quality Control-Offense/ Running Backs); Jim Hueber (Assistant Offensive Line); Jeff Imamura (Quality Control-Defense/Linebackers); Jimmie Johnson (Tight Ends); Tom Kanavy (Strength and Conditioning); Derek Mason (Assistant Secondary); Pat Morris (Offensive Line); Brian Murphy (Assistant Special Teams); Chad O Shea (Offensive Assistant/Wide Receivers); Fred Pagac (Linebackers); Kevin Rogers (Quarterbacks); Ryan Silverfi eld (Offensive/Defensive Assistant); Kevin Stefanski (Assistant to Head Coach); George Stewart (Wide Receivers); Martin Streight (Assistant Strength and Conditioning); Joe Woods (Defensive Backs) VIKINGS ELECT 2008 CAPTAINS The following are the Minnesota Vikings captains for the 2008 season, as voted on by teammates: Offense - Steve Hutchinson Defense - E.J. Henderson Special Teams - Ryan Longwell The Vikings will also honor offensive, defensive and special teams players of the week that will go out for the coin toss as well. VIKINGS BUILD PRACTICE SQUAD The following 8 players are currently on the Vikings practice squad: #61 Martail Burnett... DE...Rookie...Utah #75 Chris Clark... T...Rookie...Southern Miss. #63 Brian Daniels... G...1st Year...Colorado #11 Jaymar Johnson... WR...Rookie...Jackson State #82 Darius Reynaud... WR...Rookie...West Virginia #67 Isaiah Ross... G...1st Year...Nevada #24 Marcus Walker... CB...Rookie...Oklahoma #34 Albert Young... RB...Rookie...Iowa VIKINGS LATEST ROSTER MOVES Date Player Transaction Sept. 17... G Isaiah Ross...Signed to Practice Squad Sept. 16... C Tim Mattran...Released from Practice Squad Sept. 10... T Chris Clark...Signed to Practice Squad Sept. 9... DE Martail Burnett...Signed to Practice Squad Sept. 9... DT Leger Douzable...Released from Practice Squad Sept. 9... LB Kyle Shotwell...Released from Practice Squad VIKINGS VS. AFC/AFC SOUTH * The Vikings have a combined regular season record of 70-70-1 (.500) against AFC opponents and are 17-19-1 in the team s 37 games against the AFC South. * Minnesota is 0-4 against the AFC in the postseason. * On the road, the Vikings are 2-12 against the AFC South, and Minnesota is 3-4 against the division during the month of September. * During Vikings Head Coach Brad Childress era, the Vikings are averaging 368.2 yards per game in nine games against AFC opponents. * The Vikings defense has 20 sacks, one safety, eight forced fumbles and seven interceptions in those nine games. * RB Adrian Peterson has 594 rushing yards and four TDs in 4 AFC games. Peterson is averaging 148.5 yards per game. WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 5
VIKINGS TEAM NOTES After trading away their 1st round pick and two 3rd round picks with Kansas City for DE Jared Allen, the Vikings used two picks on defense and three on offense in the 2008 NFL Draft. With their only selection on Day 1, the Vikings traded up in the 2nd round to take S Tyrell Johnson out of Arkansas State. Johnson was the 2nd safety drafted in 2008 and the highest drafted safety by the Vikings since Orlando Thomas in 1995. With their remaining four picks, the Vikings chose QB John David Booty, DT Letroy Guion, C John Sullivan and WR Jaymar Johnson. Round 1 Traded the #17 overall pick to Kansas City Chiefs for DE Jared Allen. Round 2 1. Tyrell Johnson (#43), S, Arkansas State (Traded Philadelphia #47 and #117 pick for #43 and #152) 2008 Totals: 3 starts, 14 tackles (11 solo), 1 PD Round 3 Traded the #73 and #82 overall picks to Kansas City Chiefs for DE Jared Allen. Round 5 2. John David Booty (#137), QB, Southern California (Traded Green Bay #150 and #209 for #137) 2008 Totals: Has not played during 2008 regular season. 3. Letroy Guion (#152), DT, Florida State 2008 Totals: Has not played during 2008 regular season. Round 6 4. John Sullivan (#187), C, Notre Dame 2008 Totals: 3 games played 5. Jaymar Johnson (#193), WR, Jackson State (Practice Squad) Round 7 Traded the #209 overall pick to Green Bay 2008 NFL DRAFT In one of the most active offseasons in recent team history, the Vikings added several players via free agency, highlighted by WR Bernard Berrian (Chicago), S Madieu Williams (Cincinnati), and FB Thomas Tapeh (Philadelphia). The team also landed 2007 sack leader DE Jared Allen via a trade with the Kansas City Chiefs. Free Agency Notes WR Bernard Berrian (Chi.) Had career-best 71 catches in 2007...Has averaged 14.6 yards per catch during career S Michael Boulware (Hou.) - IR Started for Seattle in Super Bowl XL and intercepted Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger in the game RB Maurice Hicks (SF) Owns the top 2 single-season kickoff return totals in 49ers history, including team record 1,502 in 2007 CB Benny Sapp (KC) Snared INT off Brett Favre vs. Green Bay last season FB Thomas Tapeh (Phi.) Helped Eagles advance to Super Bowl XXXIX after the 2004 season S Madieu Williams (Cin) Has 9 career INTs, 5 of which have come in the past 2 seasons...also has 268 career tackles DE Ellis Wyms (Sea.) Posted a sack on NFL MVP Rich Gannon in Super Bowl XXXVII during Tampa Bay Buccaneers win Trade DE Jared Allen OFFSEASON ACQUISITIONS Notes Led the NFL with 15.5 sacks in 2007 despite missing 2 games...earned 1st Pro Bowl and All-Pro Honors VIKINGS FACTS AND FIGURES Oldest Vikings player Gus Frerotte, 37 Born 7/31/71 Youngest Vikings player Letroy Guion, 21 Born 6/21/87 Most seasons as a Viking Matt Birk 11th Vikings season Most NFL seasons Gus Frerotte 15th season in the NFL College with the most Vikings Maryland, 4 Jeff Dugan, E.J. Henderson, Erin Henderson, Madieu Williams Conference with the most Vikings Big 12 9 players on 08 roster Largest Viking Bryant McKinnie, T Stands 6-8 and weighs 335 pounds Smallest Viking Antoine Winfi eld, CB Stands 5-9 and weighs 180 pounds Former 1 st -round draft picks 7 Chad Greenway, Steve Hutchinson, Bryant McKinnie, Adrian Peterson, Kenechi Udeze, Kevin Williams, Antoine Winfi eld Pro Bowlers 7 Jared Allen, Matt Birk, Steve Hutchinson, Adrian Peterson, Darren Sharper, Kevin Williams, Pat Williams Coaches who played in the NFL 5 Eric Bieniemy, Karl Dunbar, Leslie Frazier, Jimmie Johnson, Fred Pagac NEW FACES The Vikings have 15 new faces from the 2007 season - S Husain Abdullah, DE Jared Allen, WR Bernard Berrian, QB John David Booty, QB Gus Frerotte, DT Letroy Guion, LB Erin Henderson, RB Maurice Hicks, S Tyrell Johnson, T Drew Radovich, S Benny Sapp, C John Sullivan, FB Thomas Tapeh, S Madieu Williams, and DT Ellis Wyms. WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 6
VIKINGS TEAM NOTES The Vikings have 7 rookies on their current roster: HEY ROOK! DRAFT CHOICES * Tyrell Johnson Vikings fi rst pick in 2008 NFL Draft (2nd round, 43rd overall) Second safety drafted in 2008 and highest-drafted safety by the Vikings since Orlando Thomas in 1995 Highest-drafted Arkansas State defensive player since Cincinnati selected LB Bill Bergey #31 overall in 1969. * John David Booty Played at USC under former Vikings assistant Pete Carroll Left USC ranked 4th in career TD passes and 5th in career passing yards 6th QB selected in 2008 NFL Draft Brother, Josh, was a QB with the Cleveland Browns. * Letroy Guion First Florida State player drafted by the Vikings since CB Corey Fuller in 1995 Youngest Viking, turned 21 on 6/21/08. * John Sullivan Fourth center taken in 2008 NFL Draft; fi rst Notre Dame center since 2003 Served as team captain his senior season. ROOKIE FREE AGENTS * S Husain Abdullah Honorable Mention All-Pac 10 as a senior Named Cougars Defensive MVP Brother, Hazma, was a starter for Denver Broncos in 2007 Teammates at WSU with Eric Frampton. * LB Erin Henderson Brother of Vikings starting MLB E.J. Henderson, he and E.J. have never been teammates before Led ACC in tackles in 2007 and fi nished 9th in the nation with 11.08 tackles per game Named 2007 Honorable Mention All-American by Pro Football Weekly, Rivals.com, SI.com and College Football News. * Drew Radovich Teammates at USC with John David Booty Father, Mark, was a LB at Arizona State (1974-1976) Member of the 2006 and 2007 Rose Bowl Championship squads. INTERNATIONAL VIKINGS The Vikings have three players who were born outside of the United States: * G Anthony Herrera was born in Trinidad, Tobago, before emigrating to the United States as a child, arriving in Florida on his 14th birthday. Herrera became a U.S. citizen in the spring of 2008. * FB Thomas Tapeh was born in Liberia and moved to the United States with his mother and two sisters when he was nine years old. * S Madieu Williams is a native of Sierra Leone. He moved to Maryland with his family at age nine. NFL WEEK FOUR SCHEDULE (All Times Cenral) Sunday, September 28 Minnesota at Tennessee...Noon Atlanta at Carolina... Noon Cleveland at Cincinnati... Noon Houston at Jacksonville... Noon Denver at Kansas City... Noon San Francisco at New Orleans... Noon Arizona at N.Y. Jets... Noon Green Bay at Tampa Bay... Noon San Diego at Oakland...3:05 p.m. Buffalo at St. Louis...3:05 p.m. Washington at Dallas...3:15 p.m. Philadelphia at Chicago...7:15 p.m. Monday, September 29 Baltimore at Pittsburgh...7:30 p.m. Open Dates: Detroit, Indianapolis, Miami, New England, N.Y. Giants and Seattle. VIKINGS INACTIVES The following players were inactive last week vs. Carolina: #4 John David Booty... QB #18 Sidney Rice... WR #20 Madieu Williams... S #21 Marcus McCauley... CB #44 Thomas Tapeh... FB #60 Drew Radovich... T #83 Jeff Dugan... TE #98 Letroy Guion... DT NFL STANDINGS AFC East Team W L T Pct. PF PA Home Away Conf. Div. Buffalo 3 0 0 1.000 78 49 2-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 New England 2 1 0.667 49 58 1-1 1-0 2-1 1-1 Miami 1 2 0.333 62 64 0-1 1-1 1-1 1-1 N.Y. Jets 1 2 0.333 59 81 0-1 1-1 1-2 1-1 AFC North Team W L T Pct. PF PA Home Away Conf. Div. Baltimore 2 0 0 1.000 45 20 2-0 0-0 2-0 2-0 Pittsburgh 2 1 0.667 54 38 1-0 1-1 2-0 1-0 Cincinnati 0 3 0.000 40 67 0-1 0-2 0-1 0-2 Cleveland 0 3 0.000 26 66 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-2 AFC South Team W L T Pct. PF PA Home Away Conf. Div. Tennessee 3 0 0 1.000 72 29 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 Jacksonville 1 2 0.333 49 58 0-1 1-1 1-2 1-1 Indianapolis 1 2 0.333 52 67 0-2 1-0 0-1 0-1 Houston 0 2 0.000 29 69 0-0 0-2 0-2 0-1 AFC West Team W L T Pct. PF PA Home Away Conf. Div. Denver 3 0 0 1.000 114 84 2-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 Oakland 1 2 0.333 60 73 0-1 1-1 1-2 1-1 San Diego 1 2 0.333 110 94 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 Kansas City 0 3 0.000 32 78 0-1 0-2 0-2 0-1 NFC East Team W L T Pct. PF PA Home Away Conf. Div. Dallas 3 0 0 1.000 96 63 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 N.Y. Giants 3 0 0 1.000 83 43 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 Washington 2 1 0.667 60 57 2-0 0-1 2-1 0-1 Philadelphia 2 1 0.667 90 50 2-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 NFC North Team W L T Pct. PF PA Home Away Conf. Div. Green Bay 2 1 0.667 88 71 1-1 1-0 2-1 2-0 Minnesota 1 2 0.333 54 52 1-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 Chicago 1 2 0.333 70 60 0-1 1-1 0-2 0-0 Detroit 0 3 0.000 59 113 0-1 0-2 0-3 0-1 NFC South Team W L T Pct. PF PA Home Away Conf. Div. Tampa Bay 2 1 0.667 71 57 1-0 1-1 2-1 1-1 Carolina 2 1 0.667 56 61 1-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 Atlanta 2 1 0.667 81 59 2-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 New Orleans 1 2 0.333 80 83 1-0 0-2 1-1 1-0 NFC West Team W L T Pct. PF PA Home Away Conf. Div. Arizona 2 1 0.667 71 47 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 San Fran. 2 1 0.667 77 66 1-1 1-0 2-1 1-1 Seattle 1 2 0.333 77 80 1-1 0-1 1-1 1-1 St. Louis 0 3 0.000 29 116 0-1 0-2 0-3 0-1 WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 7
VIKINGS TEAM NOTES 2008 STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE The Vikings face the toughest strength of schedule of all NFC teams during the 2008 NFL season. Minnesota hosts the past two Super Bowl Champions - N.Y. Giants and Indianapolis Colts and plays six teams that went to the 2007 playoffs - Green Bay, Indianapolis, Tennessee, Tampa Bay, Jacksonville and N.Y. Giants. 2008 NFL Strength of Schedule Team 2007 Pct./W-L Pittsburgh Steelers.598 / 153-103 Indianapolis Colts.594 / 152-104 Jacksonville Jaguars.559 / 143-113 Minnesota Vikings.551 / 141-115 Baltimore Ravens.551 / 141-115 Cincinnati Bengals.547 / 140-116 Cleveland Browns.547 / 140-116 Houston Texans.547 / 140-116 Detroit Lions.543 / 139-117 Tennessee Titans.543 / 139-117 Chicago Bears.531 / 136-120 Green Bay Packers.531 / 136-120 Dallas Cowboys.523 / 134-122 Washington Redskins.523 / 134-122 NY Giants.520 / 133-123 Philadelphia Eagles.520 / 133-123 St. Louis Rams.488 / 125-131 San Francisco 49ers.484 / 124-132 Seattle Seahawks.477 / 122-134 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.469 / 120-136 Arizona Cardinals.465 / 119-137 Carolina Panthers.465 / 119-137 Miami Dolphins.465 / 119-137 Atlanta Falcons.461 / 118-138 NY Jets.457 / 117-139 Kansas City Chiefs.453 / 116-140 Buffalo Bills.449 / 115-141 New Orleans Saints.449 / 115-141 Denver Broncos.445 / 114-142 Oakland Raiders.438 / 112-144 San Diego Chargers.422 / 108-148 New England Patriots.387 / 99-157 DOME FIELD ADVANTAGE The Vikings currently have a combined record of 138-77-0 (.642) at the HHH Metrodome in the regular season and the playoffs. The team has never been shut out at the Dome and hasn t been shut out at a home stadium since 10/7/62, when they lost 13-0 to Chicago at Met Stadium. COACH CHILDRESS ON... The fans at the Metrodome during Vikings-Panthers game... The one thing I ll say is great, great fans. When you talk about six false starts and a delay of game penalty (by Carolina), I m not sure if (we ve) ever had more. Scoring defensive touchdowns... We talk about it all the time. We don t just talk about turnovers on defense. We talk about turnovers and scoring with the football. That s why when you guys do watch practice, you see them taking it all the way to the end zone. It s just a mindset. They believe that they re going to do that, and they feel bad when they don t score on defense. That s a good feeling as a coach, knowing the defense is going out there with an offensive mentality. Facing Tennessee... Tennessee is very tough. It s a noisy stadium. They have a veteran quarterback, obviously. They have a (heck) of a defensive line, I do know that. They can run the football. Usually that s a pretty good mix. We ll have our hands full going down there against the AFC South this week. PRACTICE SQUAD MAKES PERFECT The Vikings have several players on the 53-man roster who have climbed the NFL ladder, starting their careers as practice squad players. Vikings starting RG Anthony Herrera was a practice squad player as a rookie in 2004. Vikings CB Charles Gordon and LB David Herron began their careers as practice squad members with the club and moved into regular roles with the team. Veteran RB Maurice Hicks was a member of the 49ers practice squad in 2004 before moving to the active roster and setting team record for kickoff return yards in 2006 and 2007. Special teams standout Vinny Ciurciu entered the NFL in 2003 on the Panthers practice squad but ended that season playing in the Super Bowl for the team against New England. The Vikings top special teams player, Heath Farwell (IR), came into the NFL as a rookie free agent and spent the majority of his rookie season on the Vikings practice squad before moving to the active roster. UNDRAFTED DOESN T MEAN UNDESERVING For many NFL players, not being selected in the 7 rounds of the draft is extra motivation to prove their worth. The Vikings feature a number of undrafted players who have earned valuable roles on the team. The most notable is 2-time Pro Bowl DT Pat Williams, who was a rookie free agent with Buffalo in 1997 before moving into a starting role with the Bills in 2000. The Vikings had 3 undrafted rookies make the 53-man roster in 2008 - LB Erin Henderson, S Hussain Abdullah and T Drew Radovich. Vikings long snapper Cullen Loeffler was a rookie free agent with the club as was starting RG Anthony Herrera and DB/return man Charles Gordon. Vikings lineman Artis Hicks was a rookie free agent with the Eagles and went on to start in the Super Bowl for the team. The Vikings most notable all-time undrafted players include future Ring of Honor inductees John Randle and Mick Tingelhoff. VIKINGS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Players Husain Abdullah...WHO-sane ab-dul-la Bernard Berrian...bare-E-an Vinny Ciurciu...chur-choo Jeff Dugan...DOO-gan Gus Frerotte... FUR-ott Letroy Guion...LA-troy GUY-on Otis Grigsby...grigs-BEE Anthony Herrera... HA-rare-ah Tarvaris Jackson...ta-VAR-is Tyrell Johnson... TIE-rell Jim Kleinsasser... KLINE-sauce-er Chris Kluwe... CLUE-ee Ben Leber...LEE-ber Cullen Loeffl er...leff-ler Brian Robison... ROB-ah-sin Visanthe Shiancoe...vi-sahn-tay SHANK-oh Naufahu Tahi...nah-fah-WHO TAH-hee Thomas Tapeh... ta-pay Madieu Williams... muh-dee-you Antoine Winfi eld... an-twan Ellis Wyms...wims Coaches Eric Bieniemy... bee-en-uh-me Tom Kanavy... ka-nay-vee Fred Pagac... PUG-itch AT WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 8
VIKINGS OFFENSIVE TEAM NOTES VIKINGS RUSHING OFFENSE UNDER CHILDRESS Since Brad Childress took over in 2006, the Vikings have rushed for 4,939 yards over the past three seasons, which ranks 3rd in the NFL during that time frame. The Vikings fi nished with the #1 rushing offense in 2007 with 2,634 yards, and currently the team ranks 5th in 2008 with 485 yards on the ground. 2008 Rushing Yards Per Game Team/GP Attempts Yards Yds Per Game 1) Atlanta/3... 106...609...203.0 2) Baltimore/2... 90...380...190.0 3) Oakland/3... 107...548...182.7 4) Seattle/3... 101...499...166.3 5) Minnesota/3... 101...485...161.7 Rushing Yards 2006-2008 (Regular Season) Team Attempts Yards 1) Jacksonville... 1,127... 5,299 2) Atlanta... 1,028... 5,068 3) Minnesota... 1,037... 4,939 4) San Diego... 1,087... 4,909 * The team s 4.8 yards-per-carry average over the past three seasons ranks 2nd, behind the Atlanta Falcons 4.9 average. Rushing Average 2006-2008 (Regular Season) Team Attempts Yards Avg. 1) Atlanta... 1,028... 5,068...4.9 2) Minnesota... 1,037... 4,939...4.8 * The Vikings 139 rushes of 10+ yards from 2006-2008 (13.4% of Vikings rushes) ranks 3rd in the league. Rushes of 10+ Yards 2006-2008 Team Rushes of 10+ Yards 1) Jacksonville... 156 2) Atlanta Falcons... 140 3) Minnesota... 137 * RB Chester Taylor s 95-yard TD run against Seattle (2006) ranks as the longest run in the NFL in the past three years. * The Vikings have scored 35 rushing touchdowns, which ranks 8th in the NFL. * In 2007, the Vikings offense ranked tied for 6th in the league in explosive plays (10+ yards) with 213 (87 rush, 126 pass). The team also scored 19 touchdowns on plays of 10+ yards, which ranked tied for 9th in the NFL. The Vikings 87 rushes of 10+ yards in 07 led the league and the19.4 yards-per-rush average of those 87 carries also ranked 1st. * The Vikings 2007 ground attack ranked #1 all-time in team history and the 5.3 yards-per-carry average also ranks tied for 1st. The Vikings 22 rushing TDs that year ranks tied for 2nd all-time. Vikings Single-Season Rushing Yards 1) 2,634... 2007 2) 2,507... 2002 3) 2,343... 2003 Vikings Single-Season Rushing Average 1t) 5.3... 2007 1t) 5.3... 2002 Vikings Single-Season Rushing Touchdowns 1) 26... 2002 2t) 22... 2007 2t) 22... 1988 VIKINGS QUARTERBACKS Fifteen-year veteran QB Gus Frerotte, in his second stint with the Vikings, leads the team in 2008 after playing with the Miami Dolphins in 2005 and the St. Louis Rams for the past two seasons. Frerotte spent the 2003-04 seasons with the Vikings where he started two games (both wins) and completed 38-of-66 (57.6%) passes for 690 yards and 7 touchdowns. He set the franchise record for single-game passer rating at 157.2 points and threw 4 TDs in his fi rst Vikings start. He has started 85 career games, including playoff games for two different teams. Third-year QB Tarvaris Jackson serves as the backup in 2008 after leading the team in 2007. Jackson has started 16 of 18 games played since coming into the league as a rookie in 2006. He has completed 248 of 434 passes (57.1%) for 2,694 yards and 12 TDs while rushing 80 times for 402 yards (5.0 yards per carry) during his career. Serving as the Vikings 3rd quarterback in 2008 is John David Booty, who was drafted out of USC in the 5th round (137th overall) of the 2008 draft. While with the Trojans, Booty posted a 20-3 record as a starter. He currently ranks 4th on the all-time USC career TD passing list with 55 TDs. IN GUS WE TRUST With the win against Carolina in Week Three, QB Gus Frerotte, now 3-0 as a Vikings starter, became only the 4th quarterback in team history to win his fi rst three starts as a Viking. He has also now won his past two NFL starts, dating back to December 2007 with St. Louis. Against the Panthers, Frerotte completed 16- of-28 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown. On the team s fi rst possession of the second half, Frerotte hit WR Bernard Berrian on a 48-yard bomb and two plays later capped off the 5-play, 80-yard drive with a 34- yard TD pass to TE Visanthe Shiancoe. Shiancoe was the 37th player to which Frerotte has thrown a touchdown pass in his 15-year career. Frerotte s fi rst two Vikings victories came during his fi rst stint with the team in 2003, when he beat San Francisco and Atlanta. In those games, Frerotte completed 30-of-45 passes (66.7%) for 506 yards, six touchdowns and one interception. He holds the highest passer rating in Vikings history with his 157.2 rating against the 49ers. Vikings Quarterbacks To Start 3-0 Player/Season Consecutive Starting Wins 1) Daunte Culpepper, 2000...7 2) Jeff George, 1999...5 3) Bob Lee, 1970-71...4 4) Gus Frerotte, 2003, 2008...3 Vikings Single-Game Passer Rating Player/Game Rating 1) Gus Frerotte, vs. San Francisco, 9/28/03...157.2 2) Warren Moon, vs. New Orleans, 11/19/95...152.9 3) Brad Johnson, vs. Atlanta, 12/1/96...152.4 Vikings Most Touchdown Passes In First Start Player/Game TDs 1t) Gus Frerotte, vs. San Francisco, 9/28/03...4 1t) Todd Bouman, vs. Tennessee, 12/9/01...4 3) Jeff George, vs. San Francisco, 10/24/99...3 EFFICIENT ON 4TH DOWN The Vikings are currently tied for 10th in the NFL on fourth down effi ciency, going 2-for-3 in the fi rst three games. The only 4th down the Vikings didn t convert was a kneeldown at the end of the Carolina game. Vikings 2008 4th Down Conversions Game Situation Result at Green Bay, 9/8/08... 4-1, GB 23... Jackson 23t pass to Rice at Green Bay, 9/8/08... 4-1, GB 29... Jackson 3 run vs. Carolina, 9/21/08... 4-11, CAR 12... Frerotte -2 kneel WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 9
VIKINGS OFFENSIVE TEAM NOTES VIKINGS RUNNING BACKS The Vikings currently boast one of the most dangerous running attacks in the NFL, led by RBs Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor. Together the two accounted for 2,185 yards on the ground in 2007, which surpassed Robert Smith and Daunte Culpepper s 1,991 combined rushing yards in 2000. Peterson and Taylor also fi nished #2 and #3 in the league with rushing averages of 5.6 and 5.4 yards-per-carry respectively. Peterson broke the NFL record for most rushing yards in a single game with 296 against the San Diego Chargers and Taylor has the longest run in Vikings history with a 95-yard scamper at Seattle (2006). RB Maurice Hicks joined the Vikings in the 2008 offseason, after spending the previous four years with the San Francisco 49ers. With the 49ers, Hicks had 205 career carries for 869 yards (4.2 avg.) and six touchdowns. He was also a weapon on special teams as he owns the top two single-season kickoff return totals in 49ers history, including the team record of 1,502 in 2007. Also joining the Vikings during the 2008 offseason was FB Thomas Tapeh. Tapeh, who graduated high school in St. Paul, MN, and attended the University of Minnesota, is in his 5th year in the NFL, having played with the Philadelphia Eagles from 2004-07. Tapeh played with the Eagles when Vikings Head Coach Brad Childress was the Eagles offensive coordinator, and both men helped the Eagles advance to Super Bowl XXXIX after the 2004 season. Tapeh helped RB Brian Westbrook set a career-high with 1,333 rushing yards and opened holes for Westbrook to break the 100-yard mark 14 times during 2006-07, including playoffs. FBs Jeff Dugan and Naufahu Tahi round out the Vikings backfi eld. Dugan, a 7th-round draft choice (220 overall) in 2004, has started 12 games during his Vikings career, including 7 in 2006. He is a physical blocker who helped the Vikings set a team record with 2,634 rushing yards in 2007. He can also line up at TE. Tahi is in his 3rd year in the NFL and with the Vikings. He was originally picked up by the Vikings from the Cincinnati Bengals practice squad. WINNING ON THE GROUND The Vikings are a combined 10-4 when one of their current running backs rushes for 100 yards. Adrian Peterson - 8 games - 4-4 record 296...vs. San Diego, 11/4/07 W 224...at Chicago, 10/14/07 W 160...vs. Indianapolis, 9/14/08 L 116...vs. Detroit, 12/2/07 W 112...vs. Green Bay, 9/30/07 L 103...at Green Bay, 9/8/08 L 103...vs. Atlanta, 9/9/07 W 102...at Kansas City, 9/23/07 L Chester Taylor - 6 games - 6-0 record 169...at Seattle, 10/22/06 W 164...vs. Oakland, 11/18/07 W 136...vs. Arizona, 11/26/06 W 123...vs. Detroit, 10/8/06 W 113...vs. Carolina, 9/17/06 W 101...at San Francisco, 12/9/07 W RUSHING YARDS BY A TANDEM The rushing tandem of Adrian Peterson and Chester Taylor ranked as the best in team history in terms of yardage in 2007. Together the two accounted for 2,185 yards on the ground, which surpassed Robert Smith and Daunte Culpepper s 1,991 combined rushing yards in 2000. Peterson and Taylor also finished #2 and #3 in the league with rushing averages of 5.6 and 5.4 respectively. Most Rushing Yards By A Tandem - Vikings 2,185... 2007: Adrian Peterson-1,341; Chester Taylor-844 1,991... 2000: Robert Smith-1,521; Daunte Culpepper-470 RUSHING TO THE TOP RB Adrian Peterson ranks 2nd in the NFL with 340 rushing yards through Week Three. He became the fi rst Vikings RB in team history to break the 100-yard plateau in the opening two games of the season and he ran for his 8th career 100-yard game vs. Indianapolis, which is tied for 4th in Vikings history. His 160 yards on the day against the Colts is his 3rd best game as a pro, and his 340 total yards is a new team record for most rushing yards gained after the fi rst three games of a season. Peterson joins former RB Robert Smith as the only Vikings players to gain 300+ yards after three games. Peterson has a career average of 98.9 rushing yards per game in his 17 NFL contests. In Week One, Peterson became only the 2nd RB in Vikings history to rush for 100+ yards in consecutive openers- vs. Atlanta in 2007 and at Green Bay in 2008. He joined Vikings all-time leading rusher Robert Smith in the feat, which he accomplished in the 1996 and 1997 openers. Peterson can join Smith and Chuck Foreman as the only Vikings RBs to post consecutive 1,000-yard rushing seasons if he continues his pace. 2008 NFL Rushing Leaders 1) Michael Turner, ATL... 366 2) Adrian Peterson, MIN... 340 3) Julius Jones, SEA... 312 4) Matt Forte, CHI... 304 5) Frank Gore, SF... 287 Vikings Career 100-Yard Rushing Performances 1) Robert Smith... 29 2) Chuck Foreman... 17 3) Michael Bennett... 9 4) Adrian Peterson... 8 5) Bill Brown... 8 6) Terry Allen... 7 Peterson s 100-Yard Rushing Performances vs. Atlanta, 9/9/07... 103 at Kansas City, 9/23/07... 102 vs. Green Bay, 9/30/07...112 at Chicago, 10/14/07... 224 vs. San Diego, 11/4/07... 296 vs. Detroit, 12/2/07...116 at Green Bay, 9/8/08... 103 vs. Indianapolis, 9/14/08... 160 Peterson s Career Touchdowns Game Play vs. Atlanta, 9/9/07...60 pass from Jackson at Kansas City, 9/23/07...11 run at Chicago, 10/14/07... 67 run, 73 run, 35 run at Dallas, 10/21/07...20 run vs. San Diego, 11/4/07... 1 run, 64 run, 46 run vs. Detroit, 12/2/07... 16 run, 13 run vs. Chicago, 12/17/07... 1 run, 8 run at Green Bay, 9/8/08...1 run FOOTBALL HAT TRICK RB Adrian Peterson and former RB Chuck Foreman are the only running backs in team history to rush for 3 TDs in single games twice during their Vikings careers. The 2007 Vikings were also the first team in franchise history to ever have a running back rush for 3 TDs in a single game more than once in a season. 2007 Vikings 3-Rushing TD Performances Adrian Peterson... at Chicago, 10/14/07 Adrian Peterson... vs. San Diego, 11/4/07 Chester Taylor...vs. Oakland, 11/18/07 WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 10
VIKINGS OFFENSIVE TEAM NOTES VIKINGS OFFENSIVE LINE The Vikings offensive line is anchored by two perennial Pro Bowlers in C Matt Birk and G Steve Hutchinson. Birk, who has played in 133 career games with 110 starts since being drafted by the Vikings in 1998, has played in six Pro Bowls (1998-2007), which is tied with Mick Tinglehoff for the most by a Vikings center. He has paved the way for some of the best rushing performances in Vikings history, having been a fi xture in the lineup for four of the Vikings top fi ve single-season performances during his seven seasons as a full-time starter. He has also helped set the top three team rushing marks. Hutchinson joined the Vikings in 2006 and helped the team lead the NFL in rushing yards in 2007 with 2,634. Widely considered the top guard in the NFL, he has appeared in fi ve Pro Bowls and is a 5-time All-Pro. Hutchinson has blocked for 1,000-yard rushers in each of his seven NFL seasons. Also starting along the line are T Ryan Cook, G Anthony Herrera and T Artis Hicks. Currently T Bryant McKinnie is serving a four-game suspension, which he will return from when the Vikings head to New Orleans. Backup tackles Marcus Johnson and Drew Radovich, along with C John Sullivan, fi ll out the rest of the offensive line. FOLLOWING ROUTE 76 Since joining the Vikings in 2006, perennial All-Pro LG Steve Hutchinson has proven his worth. In 35 games with the Vikings he has blocked for a 100-yard rusher 15 times (Adrian Peterson-8, Chester Taylor-6, Artose Pinner-1). Hutchinson has now blocked for a 100-yard rusher 46 times in his career and has made room for three games with a runner over 200 yards. He has had a 1,000-yard rusher behind him in each of his 7 NFL seasons and is off to a fast start again in 2008. Hutchinson has appeared in fi ve Pro Bowls during his seven accrued seasons in the NFL. VIKINGS TIGHT ENDS The Vikings tight ends unit includes 10-year veteran Jim Kleinsasser and two players in their second year with the Vikings in Visanthe Shiancoe and Garrett Mills. Last season, Kleinsasser and Shiancoe played a critical role in the Vikings #1-ranked rushing attack. Averaging 164.6 yards per game, the team gained 2,634 yards on 494 carries. Kleinsasser was recognized for his unselfi sh blocking with a spot on the USA Today s All-Joe Team. He has now blocked for four of the top fi ve single-season rushing totals in team history. Not only did the Kleinsasser and Shiancoe duo assist in the Vikings rushing attack, but the two also contributed in the passing game. In Shiancoe s fi rst year with the Vikings, he fi nished with career highs in every category, hauling in 27 receptions for 323 yards and one touchdown. He caught the longest pass by a Vikings TE in team history, a 79-yarder on a reverse by WR Sidney Rice. Kleinsasser added four catches for 43 yards and currently ranks 5th in Vikings annals for career catches by a TE with 159. Mills joined the Vikings on September 2, 2007, after his release in fi nal roster cuts by New England. He was inactive for the opening 15 games of the season before dressing in the fi nale at Denver. In that game, he caught two passes for 26 yards, including a long of 18. ENDS MAKE PLAYS Currently Vikings tight ends Visanthe Shiancoe and Garrett Mills have combined for 10 catches, 141 receiving yards and one touchdown through the fi rst three games. In Week Two, Shiancoe caught a 34-yard TD pass from QB Gus Frerotte. It was Shiancoe s fi fth career TD reception and his second with the Vikings. He is tied for second on the team with 6 catches for 82 yards. Mills currently ranks 6th on the team as he has pulled in four receptions for 59 yards, including a 23-yarder at Green Bay. VIKINGS WIDE RECEIVERS In 2008 the Vikings receiving core will benefi t from the addition of big-play WR Bernard Berrian, who was acquired as a free agent from Chicago this past offseason. The former 3rd round draft pick of the Bears played four seasons for the Vikings NFC North foe and used his exceptional speed to rack up 2,197 yards on 150 receptions. Berrian joins incumbents Sidney Rice and Bobby Wade as the Vikings starting wideouts. Rice, 22 years old, enters his second season in Minnesota. As a rookie Rice gained 396 yards and scored four touchdowns. His four trips to the end zone ranked him second behind Kansas City s Dwayne Bowe for rookie TD catches. The former high school quarterback also threw two passes on trick plays that resulted in 94 yards for the Vikings. His longest pass, 79 yards, is the longest in Vikings history by a non-quarterback. Bobby Wade returns to his preferred slot position in 2008 after a strong season last year in which he led the Vikings in receptions with 54, which was also a career high. Second-year man Aundrae Allison, holder of the longest play in Vikings history - a 104-yard kickoff return - and Robert Ferguson round out the receiving core. BERRI NICE After having three catches for 38 yards through the fi rst two games, WR Bernard Berrian showcased his big-play ability in Week Three when he caught a 48-yard pass from QB Gus Frerotte on the Vikings opening drive of the second half. The catch led to a Vikings touchdown that gave the Vikings a 17-10 lead. Berrian fi n- ished the day with 3 catches for 79 yards. Berrian currently leads the team with 117 receiving yards and ranks 2nd in receptions with six. His 48-yard catch is the Vikings longest in 2008. CONTROLLING THE CLOCK Currently the Vikings rank 3rd in the NFL in time of possession, as they have held on to the ball nearly 33 minutes per game (32:58) in the fi rst three weeks. The Vikings 18:41 time of possession average in the second half also ranks 3rd. Against the Panthers in Week Three, the Vikings held on to the ball for 34 minutes and 18 seconds. The team s 19-play, 75-yard drive that ate up 11:34 ranks as the second-longest in Vikings history. The Vikings have not held the ball for less than 32 minutes in any of their three games in 2008. NFL Time of Possession Team Time of Possession 1) Baltimore... 37:02 2) Jacksonville... 33:54 3) Minnesota... 32:58 Vikings Longest Scoring Drive Times Game Time of Possession 1) vs. Detroit, 11/3/85 (19 plays, 79 yards, FG)...12:07 2) vs. Carolina, 9/21/08 (19 plays, 75 yards, FG)...11:34 3) vs. Detroit, 10/6/68 (15 plays, 79 yards, TD)...10:49 4) vs. Tampa Bay, 10/28/79 (19 plays, 89 yards, FG)...10:42 AT WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 11
VIKINGS DEFENSIVE TEAM NOTES VIKINGS DEFENSIVE LINE The Vikings defensive line contains three Pro Bowlers in defensive tackles Kevin Williams and Pat Williams and newcomer DE Jared Allen. Together Kevin and Pat, along with defensive ends Ray Edwards and Kenechi Udeze and now Allen (on reserve/non-football illness list in 2008), have formed the toughest defensive line in the NFL against the run for the past two-plus years. In 2007, the team allowed an average of 74.1 yards per game on the ground, and only three teams - Dallas, Washington and Denver - gained 100 yards rushing, while the longest individual rush was for 30 yards. The previous season the Vikings allowed just 985 rushing yards (61.6 per game), which ranked 2nd since the 1969 AFL-NFL merger to only the 2000 Baltimore Ravens, who gave up only 970 rushing yards during their Super Bowl Championship season. Kevin has played in three Pro Bowls while Pat has played in the past two. In one of the biggest 2008 offseason moves in the NFL, Allen joined the Vikings via a trade with the Kansas City Chiefs. Having led the NFL in sacks with 15.5 in 2007 despite missing two games, Allen earned his fi rst Pro Bowl and All-Pro Honors that season. His 45.0 sacks rank 2nd to only DE Jason Taylor (47.0) since Allen entered the league in 2004. Filling out the rest of the line is Edwards, who tied for the team lead in sacks in 07 with 5.0, as well as defensive tackles Fred Evans and Ellis Wyms and defensive ends Otis Grigsby and Brian Robison. Wyms joined the Vikings via free agency during the 2008 offseason and Douzable was drafted by the team in the 5th round of the 2008 draft (152 overall). Robison earned all-rookie honors in 2007 as he ranked 3rd among NFL rookies with 4.5 sacks. WILLIAMS WRITES HISTORY In Week 14 last season at San Francisco, DT Kevin Williams scored his 4th career TD on an 18-yard INT return, moving him into a 1st-place tie for the most career defensive touchdowns (INTs and FRs) in Vikings history. The interception was also Williams 2nd on the season, which tied a team record for the most in a season by a defensive lineman, and his 4th career pick, which is a team record for the most in a career by a defensive lineman. Williams NFL TDs vs. Jacksonville, 11/28/04... 77 fumble return at Seattle, 10/22/06... 0 fumble return vs. Atlanta, 9/9/07... 54 INT return at San Francisco, 12/9/07... 18 INT return Most Career Defensive Touchdowns (INT-FR) - Vikings 1t) Kevin Williams, 2003-07 (2-2)...4 1t) Orlando Thomas, 1995-01 (2-2)...4 1t) Dewayne Washington, 1994-97 (3-1)...4 1t) Joey Browner, 1983-91 (3-1)...4 1t) Bobby Bryant, 1968-80 (3-1)...4 1t) Paul Krause, 1968-79 (2-2)...4 1t) Ed Sharockman, 1962-72 (3-1)...4 Most Career Interceptions By A Defensive Lineman - Vikings 1) Kevin Williams, 2003-07... 4 2) Chris Doleman, 1987-93, 99... 3 3t) 4 Players... 2 Most Single Season INTs By A Defensive Lineman - Vikings 1t) Kevin Williams, 2007... 2 1t) Tim Newton, 1985... 2 HURRY UP AND THROW DE Ray Edwards currently leads the Vikings with 9 quarterback hurries. Against Indianapolis and Peyton Manning in Week 2, Edwards tied a career-high with 5 hurries, while at Green Bay, he was only one of two Vikings to notch a QB hurry of Aaron Rodgers, which he did 3 times. NOWHERE TO RUN The Vikings have allowed only two 100-yard individual rushing performances in the past 35 games. Only St. Louis Rams RB Steven Jackson (12/31/06) and Green Bay Packers RB Ryan Grant (9/8/08) have reached the century mark during that time with 142 and 119 yards respectively. Over the past three seasons (2006-08), the Vikings have given up a total of 2,381 rushing yards. Opponents are averaging just 68.0 rushing yards per game during that time. The Vikings ranked #1 against the rush in both 2006 and 2007 and are currently ranked 3rd in 2008, having given up 211 yards through three games (70.3 avg). Opponents Average Rushing Yards Per Game Season Avg. Yds/Game(Rank) 2006...61.6 (1st) 2007...74.1 (1st) 2008... 70.3 (3rd) Opponents Average Rushing Yards Per Carry Season Avg. Yds/Carry (Rank) 2006...2.8 (1st) 2007... 3.1 (2nd) 2008... 3.2 (4th) Opponents Rushing Touchdowns Season Rushing TDs (Rank) 2006... 9 (T-4th) 2007...7 (T-3rd) 2008... 3 (T-15th) Opponents Rushes For Negative Yards (No Kneeldowns) Season Negative Rushes (Rank) Yards Lost (Rank) 2006...63 (1st)... -151 (1st) 2007...62 (1st)... -139 (1st) 2008... 7 (T-2nd)... -19 (4th) STACK OF SACKS After a slow start with only 2.0 sacks during the fi rst two weeks of the 2008 season, the Vikings defense exploded in Week Three for 5.0 sacks of Panthers QB Jake Delhomme. DT Kevin Williams notched 2.0 sacks in the game and DE Jared Allen added another. LB Chad Greenway collected his fi rst career sack while CB Antoine Winfield got his second career sack and his fi rst as a Viking. The Vikings 5.0 sacks in the game were the most in a single game since they notched the same amount against Oakland in 2007 (11/18). The Vikings 7.0 sacks during the 2008 season ranks tied for 15th in the NFL. DE Jared Allen and DT Kevin William s 2.0 sacks apiece currently rank tied for 17th among individuals. Over the past two seasons, the Vikings 45 sacks ranks tied for 9th in the league. NFL Sacks 2007-2008 Team Sacks 1) N.Y. Giants... 66 2) Dallas... 56 3) Seattle... 55 4) New England... 53 5) Tennessee... 51 6) Philadelphia... 50 7t) Chicago... 46 7t) Pittsburgh... 46 9t) Minnesota... 45 9t) Green Bay... 45 AT WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 12
VIKINGS DEFENSIVE TEAM NOTES ALLEN NOTCHES FIRST VIKINGS SACK Vikings newly-acquired DE Jared Allen, who fi nished as the 2007 NFL sack leader with 15.5 sacks, currently ranks tied for 1st on the team and tied for 17th in the NFL with 2.0 sacks through the fi rst three games. Allen notched his fi rst sack as a Viking in Week 2 vs. Indianapolis when he caught QB Peyton Manning for a 5-yard loss. It was Allen s first sack of Manning. In Week Three vs. Carolina, Allen caught QB Jake Delhomme for his second sack of the year and his 45th career sack. Since entering the league in 2004, Allen s 45.0 sacks rank 2nd in the NFL behind only Redskins DE Jason Taylor, who has 47.0 during that time frame. NFL Sack Leaders from 2004-2008 Player Sacks 1) Jason Taylor...47.0 2) Jared Allen...45.0 3) Aaron Kampman...42.5 4t) Patrick Kerney...41.5 4t) Aaron Schobel...41.5 2007 NFL Sack Leaders Player Sacks 1) Jared Allen...15.5 2) Patrick Kerney...14.5 3t) Demarcus Ware...14.0 3t) Mario Williams...14.0 VIKINGS LINEBACKERS A trio of ball-hawking linebackers return for the Vikings in 2008, including 2007 Team Defensive MVP and 2008 defensive captain E.J. Henderson. The middle linebacker, Henderson has led the Vikings in tackles in each of the past two seasons with 155 and 142 tackles respectively. Henderson also has recorded 8.5 of his 10.5 sacks over the past two seasons as well as scoring his lone career touchdown on a 45-yard interception return in 2006. Flanking Henderson are Ben Leber and Chad Greenway. Leber, a seven year veteran out of Kansas State, was acquired by the Vikings from San Diego in 2006. He has three-times been a starter on the NFL s number-one rated rush defense with San Diego in 2005 and Minnesota in 2006 and 2007. Greenway starts his second season at linebacker after missing all of his rookie season with a knee injury. Greenway was a fi rst round selection (17th overall) of the Vikings in 2006 after an impressive college campaign where he was named an All-American his senior year. In his fi rst year starting for the Vikings in 2007 Greenway showed his playmaking abilities as he led the team in takeaways with 6 (4 FR, 2 INT) and was second on the team with 130 tackles. His four fumble recoveries tied him for the NFL lead. Green way also returned an interception for a touchdown off of eventual Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning. Second-year man out of Michigan State David Herron, former Carolina Panther and Boston College Eagle Vinny Ciurciu, and rookie Erin Henderson, brother of E.J. and Maryland product, round out the linebacking core for Defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier and linebackers coach Fred Pagac. LB Heath Farwell, who led the team in special teams tackles in both 2006 and 2007 with 25 and 32 respectively, was lost for the 2008 season with a torn ACL in the fi rst preseason game. MAN IN THE MIDDLE Currently Vikings captain LB E.J. Henderson leads the team with 31 tackles (25 solo). He also has one of the team s 7.0 sacks. Over the past four years (2004-2007) Henderson has led the team in tackles three times. In 2004 he led the squad with 125 stops. In 2006 his 142 tackles led the Vikings and last year his 155 stops were a career--high and led the team. He was named the team s 2007 defensive MVP for his performance. The only year Henderson didn t lead the team in tackles was in 2005, when he ranked 2nd with 102. HENDERSON HOUNDS QBS LB E.J. Henderson s sack of Colts QB Peyton Manning gave him 10.5 for his career and moved him into 5th place in Vikings history for sacks by a linebacker. Sacks by Vikings Linebackers 1) Matt Blair... 23.0 2) Ed McDaniel... 20.5 3) Fred McNeill... 16.5 4) Roy Winston... 11.0 5) E.J. Henderson... 10.5 GREENWAY NEARING 100 Vikings LB Chad Greenway has 99 solo tackles and 153 total stops through 19 career games. In 2007, he ranked 2nd on the team with 130 total tackles (83 solo), tying for the team lead once and leading the squad in three games. Greenway also ranked tied for 1st in the NFL with 4 fumble recoveries in 2007. In Week Three vs. Carolina, Greenway notched his fi rst NFL sack when he threw QB Jake Delhomme for a two-yard loss. VIKINGS DEFENSIVE BACKS The Vikings return three of four starters in the secondary for 2008 with CB Cedric Griffin, S Darren Sharper, and CB Antoine Winfield. Sharper, the 12-year veteran, is the leader in the secondary and the owner of several impressive numbers. The four-time Pro Bowl starter has 53 career interceptions (17 with the Vikings), the most by any active player in the NFL. He also is tied for fi fth in NFL history with eight career interception return touchdowns. Winfi eld, another veteran, has played nine seasons in the NFL. A fi rst round pick (23rd overall) by Buffalo in the 1999 NFL draft, Winfi eld has gone on to record 763 career tackles and 18 interceptions prior to the 08 season. Winfi eld is still playing some of his best football, notching touchdowns off of interceptions in each of the last two seasons. The former University of Texas star Griffi n enters his third year with Vikings after being drafted by the team in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft. Griffi n scored the fi rst touchdown of his NFL career last year in Dallas when he received a lateral from teammate LB Ben Leber off of a fumble and took it 28 yards for a score. Joining the three starters is 2008 free agent pickup S Madieu Williams. Williams adds another veteran body in the defensive backfi eld having been a three-year starter (missed his sophomore season due to injury) for Cincinnati. With Williams sidelined for the fi rst few games with a neck injury, however, the Vikings fi rst selection in the 2008 NFL Draft (2nd round, 43rd overall) S Tyrell Johnson will gain some important and meaningful reps at the safety position. Johnson was named the 2007 Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Adding depth to the secondary is CB Charles Gordon, CB Marcus McCauley, S Eric Frampton, CB Benny Sapp and rookie S Husain Abdullah. WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 13
VIKINGS DEFENSIVE TEAM NOTES FUMBLES LEAD TO SCORES With CB Antoine Winfield s fumble recovery for a TD in Week Three, the Vikings scored their 46th TD off a fumble recovery since the 1970 NFL merger. That total ranks tied for 1st during that time span. Fumble Recoveries for a Touchdown Since 1970 - NFL Team FR for TD 1t) Minnesota Vikings... 46 1t) Tennessee Titans... 46 3t) Atlanta Falcons... 45 3t) Oakland Raiders... 45 Since Head Coach Brad Childress took over in 2006, the Vikings have scored six times on fumble recoveries (fi ve defensive recoveries, one offensive recovery), which ranks tied for 1st in the NFL. Fumble Recoveries for a Touchdown 2006-2008 - NFL Team...FR for TD 1t) Minnesota Vikings... 6 1t) San Diego Chargers... 6 3) Houston Texans... 5 SHARPER IMAGE S Darren Sharper is currently tied for the Vikings team record for the most interception returns for a touchdown with three. As a Viking, Sharper has notched 17 INTs. He now has 1,024 career return yards, which ranks 8th in NFL history. Sharper currently leads all active players with the most interceptions (53) as well as the most combined takeaways (58). His 53 INTs are tied with Deion Sanders for 21st all-time. Interceptions By Active NFL Players 1) Darren Sharper... 53 2) Ty Law... 52 Combined Takeaways By Active NFL Players 1) Darren Sharper... 58 (53 INTs, 5 FRs) 2) Ty Law... 57 (52 INTs, 5 FRs) NFL Career Interception Return TDs 1) Rod Woodson... 12 2t) Ken Houston... 9 2t) Deion Sanders... 9 2t) Aeneas Williams... 9 5t) Darren Sharper... 8 5t) Eric Allen... 8 Vikings Career Interception Return TDs 1t) Darren Sharper (S)... 3...2005-07 1t) Jimmy Hitchcock (CB)... 3...1998-99 1t) Dewayne Washington (CB) 3...1994-97 1t) Audray McMillian (CB)... 3...1989-93 1t) Joey Browner (S)... 3...1983-91 1t) Bobby Bryant (CB)... 3...1967-80 1t) Ed Sharockman (CB)... 3...1962-72 1t) Rip Hawkins (LB)... 3...1961-65 TAKEAWAY TOINE A ballhawker who hits with authority, Vikings CB Antoine Winfield frequently fi nds himself around the ball. In Week Two against the Colts, Winfi eld intercepted QB Peyton Manning for the third time in Winfi eld s career. The INT was Winfi eld s 13th since joining Minnesota in 2004. In Week Three, Winfi eld notched his 19th Vikings career takeaway (13 INTs, 6 FRs), which ranks 8th for the most in team history among cornerbacks and 23rd overall. PICKS, PICKS, PICKS The Vikings defense currently ranks tied for 6th in the league with two interceptions. Both picks came in Week 2 off QB Peyton Manning as CBs Antoine Winfield and Charles Gordon each hauled in an errant pass. The Vikings have notched 38 interceptions from 2006-2008, which is tied for 9th in the NFL during that time. Nine of those INTs have gone for touchdowns, a total that leads the league over the 2006-08 seasons. The team has scored 14 defensive touchdowns (9 INTs, 5 FRs) in the past 35 games, and that also leads the league over the 2006-08 seasons. NFL Interceptions 2006-2008 1) Baltimore...49 2t) Green Bay...47 2t) San Diego...47 4) Tennessee...46 5t) Chicago...44 5t) Jacksonville...44 7) New England...43 8) Oakland...39 9t) Minnesota...38 * Cincinnati, Cleveland, Indianapolis are also tied for 9th with 38 NFL Defensive Touchdowns (2006-08) Minnesota Vikings... 14 (9 INTs, 5 FRs) Green Bay Packers... 11 (7 INTs, 4 FRs) Vikings Defensive Touchdowns (2006-08) Game Play vs. Chicago, 9/24/06... Antoine Winfi eld 7 INT return vs. Detroit, 10/8/06... Ben Leber FR in end zone vs. Detroit, 10/8/06... E.J. Henderson 45 INT return at Seattle, 10/22/06... Kevin Williams FR in end zone at Green Bay, 12/21/06... Fred Smoot 47 INT return vs. Atlanta, 9/9/07... Kevin Williams 54 INT return vs. Atlanta, 9/9/07... Antoine Winfi eld 14 INT return at Detroit, 9/16/07... Ray Edwards 9 FR return at Dallas, 10/21/07... Cedric Griffi n 28 FR return at NY Giants, 11/25/07... Darren Sharper 20 INT return at NY Giants, 11/25/07... Dwight Smith 93 INT return at NY Giants, 11/25/07... Chad Greenway 37 INT return at San Francisco, 12/9/07... Kevin Williams 18 INT return vs. Carolina, 9/21/08... Antoine Winfi eld 19 FR return PICKS FOR SIX Over the team s 48-year existence, only seven times have the Vikings returned two or more interceptions for touchdowns in the same game. In each of those games, the Vikings were victorious. Game Players with INTs for TDs Result at Green Bay, 10/29/1972...Wally Hilgenberg and Paul Krause... W 27-13 vs. New Orleans, 12/4/1988...Carl Lee and Jesse Solomon... W 45-3 vs. Detroit, 10/8/1989...Issiac Holt and Mike Merriweather... W 24-17 at Chicago, 11/2/1992...Jack Del Rio and Carlos Jenkins... W 38-10 vs. Detroit Lions, 11/23/2003...Corey Chavous and Brian Williams... W 24-14 vs. Atlanta Falcons, 9/9/2007...Kevin Williams and Antoine Winfi eld... W 24-3 at New York Giants, 11/25/2007...Chad Greenway, Darren Sharper, Dwight Smith... W 41-17 WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 14
VIKINGS DEFENSIVE/SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES FOUR STATS, ONE PLAY In Week Three, CB Antoine Winfield collected four defensive statistics on the same play - a quarterback sack, a forced fumble, an opponent fumble recovery and a fumble return for a touchdown - when he hit QB Jake Delhomme near the end of the fi rst half, knocking the ball loose and returning it 19 yards for the score. RETURN TO SENDER Under Head Coach Brad Childress, the Vikings have scored 17 times on returns (INT, FR, KR and PR), a number that ranks 2nd in the league from 2006-08. The Vikings have scored 14 times on defense, returning 9 interceptions and 5 fumble recoveries for touchdowns. The other 3 scores came on a kickoff return, a punt return and an offensive fumble recovered for a TD. NFL Returns/Defensive Touchdowns 2006-2008 Team... TDs 1) Chicago... 19 2) Minnesota... 17 3) Green Bay... 14 4t) Arizona... 12 4t) San Diego... 12 4t) Tennessee... 12 Most INT Returns For Touchdowns In A Single Game - NFL 1) 4... Seattle...vs. Kansas City, 11/4/84 2t) 3... Minnesota...at NY Giants, 11/25/07 2t) 3... Tampa Bay...vs. New Orleans, 12/11/77 2t) 3... Cincinnati...vs. Houston, 12/17/72 2t) 3... Houston...vs. San Diego, 12/19/71 2t) 3... Buffalo...vs. NY Jets, 9/29/68 2t) 3... Baltimore...vs. Pittsburgh, 9/29/68 2t) 3... Philadelphia...vs. Pittsburgh, 12/12/65 2t) 3... Cleveland...vs. Chicago, 12/11/60 2t) 3... Baltimore...vs. Green Bay, 11/5/50 PICKS, PICKS, PICKS In the Vikings 48-year history, the team has returned 78 interceptions for touchdowns; 9 of those INT returns have come in the past 3 seasons under Coach Childress and his staff. TAYLOR MADE RB Chester Taylor currently ranks 4th in the NFC and 8th in the NFL with a 26.3 yards per kickoff return average. Taylor has returned six kickoffs for 158 yards, with a long of 37. In Week 2, Taylor returned three kickoffs for 93 yards, an average of 31.0 yards per return. His fi rst two returns were for 37 and 35 yards, giving the Vikings starting fi eld position at their own 38 and 34-yard lines. NFC Kickoff Return Leaders Player Returns Yards Average 1) Felix Jones, DAL... 9... 316...35.1 2) Danieal Manning, CHI... 6... 162...27.0 3) Allen Rossum, SF... 10... 265...26.5 4) Chester Taylor, MIN... 6... 158...26.3 5) Rock Cartwright, WAS... 10... 258...25.8 NFL Kickoff Return Leaders Player Returns Yards Average 1) Darren Sproles, SD... 7... 253...36.1 2) Ellis Hobbs, NE... 10... 360...36.0 3) Felix Jones, DAL... 9... 316...35.1 4) Brian Witherspoon, JAC... 8... 256...32.0 5) Johnnie Lee Higgins, OAK...11... 327...29.7 6) Danieal Manning, CHI... 6... 162...27.0 7) Allen Rossum, SF... 10... 265...26.5 8) Chester Taylor, MIN... 6... 158...26.3 WHEN THE GAME IS ON THE LINE One of the most accurate kickers in the NFL since entering the league as an unheralded rookie free agent in 1997, K Ryan Longwell has left a lasting impression on the record books. With the Vikings, Longwell has made 37-of-37 field goals from inside 45 yards in his Vikings career. His only misses are from 46+ yards. Longwell is now tied with former K Fuad Reviez for most consecutive FGs made under 40 yards with 32. Longwell s Game Winners Date...Game...FG...Time... Final 12/27/98...at Detroit...50...9:49... 16-13 9/17/00...Philadelphia...38...0:03... 6-3 10/15/00...San Francisco...35...0:54... 31-28 12/24/00...Tampa Bay...22...6:31 OT... 17-14 11/14/04...Minnesota...33...0:00... 34-31 11/21/04...@ Houston...46...0:00... 16-13 12/12/04...Detroit...23...0:02... 16-13 12/24/04...@ Minnesota...29...0:00... 34-31 12/11/05...Detroit...28...5:17 OT... 16-13 9/11/06...@ Washington...31...1:00... 19-16 9/17/06...Carolina...19...7:25 OT... 16-13 10/14/07...@ Chicago...55...0:00... 34-31 NFL Career FG Percentage Leaders (Regular Season) 1) Mike Vanderjagt...86.5 2) Shayne Graham...85.2 3) Matt Stover...83.5 4) Phil Dawson...83.0 5t) Jeff Reed...82.2 5t) Matt Bryant...82.2 5t) Adam Vinatieri...82.2 8) John Carney...82.1 9) Ryan Longwell...82.1 LONGWELL S 276 IS 23RD IN NFL HISTORY K Ryan Longwell is currently in 23rd place all-time with 276 made fi eld goals. He needs 6 to tie Fred Cox and Jim Bakken s 282. NFL Career FGs Made (Regular Season) 1) Morten Anderson...565 2) Gary Anderson...538 3) Matt Stover...436 4) John Carney...428 5) Jason Elam...397 6) Jason Hanson...385 7) Nick Lowery...383 8) Jan Stenerud...373 9) Norm Johnson...366 10) John Kasay...362 11) Eddie Murray...352 12) Al Del Greco...347 13) Steve Christie...336 14) George Blanda...335 15) Adam Vinatieri...313 16) Jeff Wilkins...307 17t) Pat Leahy...304 17t) Jim Turner...304 19t) Matt Bahr...300 19t) Mark Moseley...300 21t) Jim Bakken...282 21t) Fred Cox...282 23) Ryan Longwell...276 WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 15
LONGWELL RANKS 24TH IN ALL-TIME SCORING K Ryan Longwell currently ranks 24th in all-time scoring in NFL history with 1,273 points. In Week Two vs. Indianapolis, Longwell s 15 points moved him past former WR Jerry Rice s 1,256. Since entering the league in 1997, Longwell ranks 3rd in total scoring behind kickers Jason Elam and Adam Vinatieri. All-Time NFL Scoring Leaders Player/Seasons Games Points 1) Morten Anderson, 1982-2007 (25)... 382... 2,544 2) Gary Anderson, 1982-2004 (23)... 353... 2,434 3) George Blanda, 1949-1975 (26)... 340... 2,002 4) John Carney, 1988-2008 (21)... 277... 1,847 5) Matt Stover, 1991-2008 (18)... 273... 1,831 6) Jason Elam, 1993-2008 (16)... 239... 1,813 7) Norm Johnson, 1982-1999 (18)... 273... 1,736 8) Nick Lowery, 1978-1996 (18)... 260...1,711 9) Jan Stenerud, 1967-1985 (19)... 263... 1,699 10) Jason Hanson, 1992-2008 (17)... 258... 1,680 11) Eddie Murray, 1980-2000 (19)... 250... 1,594 12) Al Del Greco, 1984-2000 (17)... 248... 1,584 13) John Kasay, 1991-2008 (17)... 240... 1,530 14) Steve Christie, 1990-2004 (15)... 229... 1,476 15) Pat Leahy, 1974-1991 (18)... 250... 1,470 16) Jim Turner, 1964-1979 (16)... 228... 1,439 17) Matt Bahr, 1979-1995 (17)... 235... 1,422 18) Jeff Wilkins, 1994-2007 (14)... 200... 1,416 19) Adam Vinatieri, 1996-2008 (13)... 192... 1,403 20) Mark Moseley, 1970-1986 (16)... 213... 1,382 21) Jim Bakken, 1962-1978 (17)... 234... 1,380 22) Fred Cox, 1963-1977 (15)... 210... 1,365 23) Lou Groza, 1950-1967 (17)... 216... 1,349 24) Ryan Longwell, 1997-2008 (12)... 179... 1,273 25) Jerry Rice, 1985-2004 (20)... 303... 1,256 NFL Scoring 1997-2008 Player Points 1) Jason Elam... 1,334 2) Adam Vinatieri... 1,283 3) Ryan Longwell... 1,273 FROM 50 AND BEYOND K Ryan Longwell has connected on 15 fi eld goals from 50+ yards during his career. He also has two of the fi ve longest fi eld goals in Vikings history. Longwell s 50+ Yard Field Goals - Career Date FG Final 9/2/97, at Detroit...50...W 20-10 10/17/99, at Denver...50...L 10-31 10/8/00, at Detroit...51...L 24-31 10/29/00, at Miami...51...L 20-28 11/12/00, at Tampa Bay...52...L 15-20 12/16/01, at Tennessee...54...L 20-26 10/5/03, vs. Kansas City...50...L 34-40 10/11/04, at Tennessee...53...L 27-48 10/17/04, at Detroit...50...W 38-10 9/11/05, at Detroit...50...L 3-17 10/23/05, at Minnesota...53...L 20-23 11/13/05, at Atlanta...53...W 33-25 11/13/05, at Atlanta...51...W 33-25 10/14/07, at Chicago...55...W 34-31 9/14/08, vs. Indianapolis...53...L 15-18 Longest Field Goals In Vikings History 1) 56... Paul Edinger, vs. Green Bay, 10/23/05 2) 55... Ryan Longwell, at Chicago, 10/14/07 3t) 54... Jan Stenerud, vs. Atlanta, 9/16/84 3t) 54... Paul Edinger, vs. Chicago, 1/1/06 5t) 53... Ryan Longwell, vs. Indianapolis, 9/14/08 5t) 53... 4 other players VIKINGS SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 16 PINNING THEM DEEP Vikings 4th year P Chris Kluwe has left opponents inside their own 20-yard line six times in 2008, which ranks tied for 5th in the NFC and 7th in the NFL. Leaving opponents inside the 20 is familiar territory for Kluwe, as he has done so 85 times since entering the league in 2005. That total ranks tied for 4th during that time span. Kluwe s 46.3-yard gross punting average ranks 11th in the league in 2008, and his career average of 43.8 ranks 15th in the league during that time. In 2007, Kluwe left opponents inside the 20-yard line 34 times, which ranked 3rd in the NFL and was a Vikings single-season record. Kluwe broke a single game team record at Detroit (9/16/07) when he punted 4 times for 230 yards, a gross average of 57.5 yards per punt. He now has two of the top three gross punting performances in team history. 2008 Punts Inside The 20-Yard Line Player Punts Inside 20 1) Dustin Colquitt, KC... 10 2) Jason Baker, Car... 9 3t) Mitch Berger, Pit... 7 3t) Josh Bidwell, TB... 7 3t) Nick Harris, Det... 7 3t) Brad Maynard, Chi... 7 7t) Chris Kluwe, Min... 6 7t) Brandon Fields, Mia... 6 7t) Shane Lechler, Oak... 6 7t) Saverio Rocca, Phi... 6 Punts Inside the 20-Yard Line - 2005-2008 Player Punts Inside 20 1) Mike Scifres... 98 2) Brian Moorman... 90 3) Dustin Colquitt... 87 4t) Chris Kluwe... 85 4t) Jason Baker... 85 4t) Nick Harris... 85 Vikings Single Game Gross Punting Average 1) Chris Kluwe, at Det., 9/16/07... 57.5 (4 punts - 230 yards) 2) Mitch Berger, vs. Cin., 11/15/98... 55.8 (4 punts - 223 yards) 3) Chris Kluwe, vs. TB, 9/11/05... 54.3 (4 punts - 217 yards) Most 50+ Yard Punts In A Single Season 1) Chris Kluwe, 2007... 29 2t) Chris Kluwe, 2006... 22 2t) Mitch Berger, 2000... 22 VIKINGS VS. NFC/NFC NORTH The Vikings have an all-time record (regular season and postseason) of 333-268-9 (.546) versus the NFC. Against NFC North opponents, the franchise is a combined 156-121-5 in the 282 games against the division. The Vikings have the most playoff appearances (22) and division titles (16) within the NFC North. Team Total Games All-Time Series Titles Chicago Bears...94... 50-42-2...2 Detroit Lions...93... 61-30-2...0 Green Bay Packers...95... 45-49-1...4 IMPORTANT 2008 SEASON DATES October 14 - Trading Deadline January 3-4 - Wild Card Playoffs January 10-11 - Divisional Playoffs January 18 - Conference Championships February 1 - Super Bowl XLIII, Tampa, Florida
Where Vikings Rank among the NFC leaders (TOP 10) VIKINGS LEADERS IN THE NFL Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Gordon, Interceptions (1) NR 3T 5T Kluwe, Punting Average (46.3) 8 9 5 Leber, Fumble Recoveries (1) NR NR 2T Longwell, Scoring (30) NR 3T 2T Peterson, Rushing Yards (340) 4 1 2 Peterson, Total Yards Scrimm. (371) 8 1 7 Rice, Receiving TDs (1) 1T 6T 9T Taylor, Kickoff Return Avg. (26.3) NR 2 4 Winfi eld, Interceptions (1) NR 3T 5T Winfi eld, Fumble Recoveries (1) NR NR 2T Where Vikings Rank among the NFL leaders (TOP 10) Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Leber, Fumble Recoveries (1) NR NR 4T Longwell, Scoring (22) NR 3T 2T Peterson, Rushing Yards (340) 5 1 2 Peterson, Total Yards Scrimm. (371) NR 1 7 Taylor, Kickoff Return Avg. (26.3) NR 7 8 Winfi eld, Fumble Recoveries (1) NR NR 4T Where Vikings Rank Offensively and Defensively (NFC) Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Overall Offense 6 11 13 Rushing Offense 2 2 3 Passing Offense 11 13 15 Points Scored 11 15 15 Overall Defense 9 10 3 Rushing Defense 12 3 2 Passing Defense 7 12 9 Points Allowed 11T 7 4 Turnover Ratio 11T 7T 6T Where Vikings Rank Offensively and Defensively (NFL) Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Overall Offense 8 15 17 Rushing Offense 3 4 5 Passing Offense 20 24 24 Points Scored 16 22T 22T Overall Defense 18T 20 8 Rushing Defense 21 7 3 Passing Defense 16 24 21 Points Allowed 22T 17 9 Turnover Ratio 22T 12T 9T NR-Not ranked in top 10 WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 17
VIKINGS EXTRA POINTS VOICES OF THE VIKINGS KFAN-AM radio mid-day personality Paul Allen enters his 7th season as the Vikings radio play-by-play voice in 2008. Joining him in the booth for the 2nd year is former Vikings LB and coach Pete Bercich, while former Vikings punter Greg Coleman will serve as the sideline reporter. KFAN-AM (1130) and KTLK (100.3 FM) serve as the fl agship stations for the Minnesota Vikings Radio Network, which includes outlets in six states: Minnesota: Iowa: Market Station Freq. Market Station Freq. Twin Cities KFAN-AM 1130 Ames KASI-AM 1430 Twin Cities KTLK-FM 100.3 Cedar Rapids KMJM-AM 1360 Aitkin KKIN-FM 94.3 Mason City KGLO-AM 1300 Alexandria KIKV-FM 100.7 Sioux City KMNS-AM 620 Austin KNFX-AM 970 Spencer KICD-AM 1240 Bemidji KBUN-AM 1450 Bemidji KBHP-FM 101.1 Montana: Benson KSCR-FM 93.5 Miles City KKRY-FM 92.5 Blue Earth KBEW-FM 98.1 Brainerd KBLB-FM 93.3 North Dakota: Crookston KROX-AM 1260 Bismarck KXMR-AM 710 Dassel KARP-FM 106.9 Carrington KDAK-AM 1600 Detroit Lakes KDLM-AM 1340 Devils Lake KDLR-AM 1240 Detroit Lakes KRCQ-FM 102.3 Dickinson KLTC-AM 1460 Duluth WEBC-AM 560 Fargo KFGO-AM 790 Ely WELY-AM 1450 Ely WELY-FM 94.5 Grand Forks KKXL-AM 1440 Fergus Falls KBRF-AM 1250 Jamestown KQDJ-AM 1400 Grand Rapids KMFY-FM 96.9 Minot KRRZ-AM 1390 Hibbing WMNT-AM 650 Oakes KDDR-AM 1220 Hutchinson KARP-FM 106.9 Valley City KOVC-AM 1490 Intl. Falls KSDM-FM 104.1 Williston KEYZ-AM 600 Jackson KRAQ-FM 105.7 Mankato KHRS-FM 105.9 Mankato KXLP-FM 93.1 South Dakota: Mankato KYSM-AM 1230 Aberdeen KSDN-AM 930 Marshall KARL-FM 105.1 Milbank KMSD-AM 1510 Morris KKOK-FM 95.7 Mobridge KMLO-FM 100.7 New Ulm KNUJ-FM 107.3 Pierre KPLO-FM 94.5 Park Rapids KPRM-AM 870 Sioux Falls KXQL-FM 107.9 Pine City WCMP-FM 100.9 Sisseton KBWS-FM 102.9 Rochester KRCH-FM 101.7 Watertown KWAT-AM 950 Rochester KWEB-AM 1270 Yankton KVTK-AM 1570 Roseau KCAJ-FM 102.1 St. Cloud WJON-AM 1240 Wisconsin: Spring Grove KQYB-FM 98.3 Amery WLMX-FM 104.9 Staples KSKK-FM 94.7 Balsam Lake WLMX-FM 104.9 Thief River Falls KTRF-AM 1230 Eau Claire WMEQ-AM 880 Wadena KSKK-FM 94.7 Hayward WHSM-FM 101.0 Walker KQKK-FM 101.9 LaCrosse KYOB-FM 98.3 Waseca KOWZ-AM 1170 Menomonie WMEQ-AM 880 Winona KWNO-FM 99.3 Rice Lake WKFX-FM 99.1 VIKINGS ON THE AIR Catch the Vikings every Saturday during the season from 6:00-7:00 p.m. on back-toback FSN North shows - Vikings GamePlan and Vikings Weekly. Vikings GamePlan offers an in-depth look at the upcoming opponent. Hosted by Vikings play-by-play announcer Paul Allen, the show lets fans watch and listen to Head Coach Brad Childress and assistant coaches discuss the week s matchup and the state of the 2008 Vikings. Vikings Weekly is a 30-minute segment that gives fans an opportunity to see their favorite athletes off the fi eld in a more personal setting. Players allow host Ann Carroll and crew to follow them outside of Winter Park to get a glimpse of their hobbies, their families, and other parts of their lives that fans otherwise wouldn t know. ALLEN TEAMS WITH JDRF TO SACK DIABETES Vikings DE Jared Allen is launching a new initiative called Sack Diabetes. This regular season, in each city where Allen plays, he will donate $3,000 for every sack he records through his newly formed foundation to the local Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) chapter. For every sack Jared records at the Metrodome, he will make a $3,000 donation to the Minnesota JDRF chapter. Cities where Vikings play this season include: Date Team JDRF Chapter/Branch 9/8...Green Bay... Northeast Wisconsin 9/28...Tennessee... Nashville Chapter 10/6...New Orleans... Louisiana 10/19...Chicago... Greater Illinois 11/16...Tampa Bay... Tampa Bay 11/23...Jacksonville... Jacksonville 12/7...Detroit... Greater Detroit 12/14...Arizona... Desert Southwest COMMUNITY CALENDAR VIKINGS HOST AMERICAN HEART ASSOCATION WHAT MOVES U CLINIC AT CATHOLIC CHARITIES ST. JOSEPH S HOME FOR CHILDREN On Tuesday, September 23, longtime St. Joseph s Home for Children supporter, Tarvaris Jackson, along with teammates Robert Ferguson, Charles Gordon, Chris Kluwe, John Sullivan, and Albert Young, held an American Heart Association What Moves U assembly at Catholic Charities St. Joseph s Home for Children. Approximately 65 youth from St. Joe s were led through a series of drills designed to teach the basics of football. Players delivered a positive message to the children about the importance of perseverance and teamwork as well as stressed the importance of being active. The event s focus on activity also fi t perfectly with the Vikings commitment to health and fi tness and our support of Nickelodeon s World Wide Day of Play, which will take place on Saturday, September 27. Nickelodeon goes dark from 12 to 3 p.m. on September 27 to encourage kids to be active a message the Vikings and the NFL fully support! Established as a day focused on active play and getting kids away from their TV, WWDP aligns perfectly with NFL Play 60: The NFL Movement for an Active Generation, aimed at getting children active for at least 60 minutes a day. St. Joseph s Home for Children is recognized by the NFL s Ed Block Courage Award Foundation as serving as a Courage House for the Minnesota Vikings. St. Joe s provides shelter and intake services for Hennepin County children removed from their homes due to abuse or instability. Since 1998 the Vikings have partnered with Catholic Charities St. Joseph s Home for Children on numerous community events. The Catholic Charities program annually assists more than 2,000 children. BUSINESS VENTURES Outside of Winter Park, several Vikings players dedicate a signifi cant amount of free time operating their own entrepreneurial ventures. * Matt Birk opened Matty B s, a supper club in native St. Paul in the spring of 2006, and Matty B s Urban Bar and Grill in Minneapolis in the fall of 2006. * Vinny Ciurciu started a sportswear company, Anger Sports, with his brother that specializes in workout and casual clothes. * Bobby Wade owns a visual marketing company, Free Mind, that specializes in promotional items. * Pat Williams owns an automobile detailing company, Automotive Concepts, in the Twin Cities. WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 18
VIKINGS IN THE COMMUNITY Jared Allen Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Aundrae Allison African American Adoption Agency Bernard Berrian Special Olympics Minnesota Matt Birk H.I.K.E. Foundation (Hope, Inspiration, Knowledge and Education) United Way Brad Childress Saturday Special Community Guests Program Special Olympics Minnesota Vinny Ciurciu University of Minnesota Children s Hospital, Fairview Ryan Cook United Way Hometown Huddle Jeff Dugan Ronald McDonald House Starkey Hearing Foundation Ray Edwards Summit Academy OIC Heath Farwell R.T. Autism and Muscular Dystrophy Association Charles Gordon Catholic Charities St. Joseph s Home For Children Chad Greenway Lead the Way Foundatio Memorial Blood Centers Zeta Tau Alpha Breast Cancer Awareness Cedric Griffin Salvation Army E.J. Henderson Gamespeed/E.J Henderson Youth Foundation Police Activities League Anthony Herrera University of Minnesota Children s Hospital, Fairview Artis Hicks Ronald McDonald House Steve Hutchinson American Heart Association What Moves U Campaign Tarvaris Jackson Catholic Charities St. Joseph s Home For Children Marcus Johnson Youth Water Safety Tyrell Johnson Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Jim Kleinsasser The Make-A-Wish Foundation Chris Kluwe The United Way Lift Up America Ben Leber University of Minnesota Children s Hospital, Fairview Cullen Loeffler Sherriff s Youth Program The Lone Star Paralysis Foundation Ryan Longwell Hunger Solutions Minnesota Marcus McCauley African American Adoption Agency Bryant McKinnie Breast Cancer Awareness NFL Youth Football Junior Player Development Garrett Mills Starkey Hearing Foundation Jayme Mitchell Salvation Army Harbor Light Center Adrian Peterson Adrian Peterson s All Day Foundation Special Olympics Minnesota Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities Sidney Rice Children s Home Society Family Services Adoption Program Darren Sharper Sharper Kids Foundation Team Spokesperson for Books for Africa Visanthe Shiancoe Kaboom! Playgrounds Naufahu Tahi United Way Thomas Tapeh Kaboom! Playgrounds Chester Taylor Kaboom! Playgrounds Kenechi Udeze Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities The Marrow Program Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Bobby Wade What Moves U and NFL Play 60 Kevin Williams Children s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota Madieu Williams Madieu Williams Foundation YMCA Pat Williams Vikings Children s Fund Bowl With the Vikings United Way Live United Big Brothers Big Sisters Antoine Winfield North Community YMCA NFL Play 60 WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 19
VIKINGS EXTRA POINTS QUICK HITS Franchise Founded: January 28, 1960 First Head Coach: Norm Van Brocklin First Regular Season Game: 9/17/61 - Vikings 37, Chicago Bears 13 First Playoff Game: 12/22/68 - Vikings 14, Baltimore Colts 24 First Super Bowl: Super Bowl IV (1/11/70) Vikings 7, Chiefs 23 Playoff Appearances/Games: 25/42 Super Bowl Appearances: 4 - Super Bowl IV, VIII, IX, and XI All-Time Record (Reg. Season and Postseason): 404-342-9 All-Time Home Record: 235-136-4 All-Time Away Record: 169-206-5 Home Stadiums: Metropolitan Stadium (1961-1981) - 97-59-4 HHH Metrodome (1982-present) - 138-77-0 Stadium Info: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Capacity: 64,121 Address: 500 11th Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55415 Playing Surface: FieldTurf Training Facilities: Winter Park Address: 9520 Viking Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 Training Camp: Minnesota State University-Mankato Address: 700 Ellis Avenue, Mankato, MN 56002 Owner/Chairman: Zygi Wilf Owner/President: Mark Wilf STADIUM UPDATE As committed as the Vikings are to bringing a Super Bowl championship to the fans and to the state, the franchise is equally devoted to securing a long-term home for the team in Minnesota. The Vikings are one of the few NFL franchises without a stadium solution but remain determined to collaborate with the State Legislature, the Governor and local leaders to resolve this issue. With the team s Metrodome lease set to expire in 2011 and costs increasing $50 million with each year of delay, 2009 is the critical year to preserve the long-term viability of the Vikings in Minnesota. Working with the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission (MSFC), the Vikings are moving forward on a public-private partnership that will open a new, multi-purpose stadium on the current Metrodome site in the year 2012. The two sides will present this stadium development plan to the 2009 Legislature for consideration. The joint proposal will include specifi c stadium design and program elements, a fi nance plan and principles of agreement on how the new facility will be operated and governed, all crucial topics for state leaders to analyze as they work to reach a stadium solution in 2009. The economic development proposal will include three critical elements that go beyond hosting Vikings home games: A retractable-roof stadium that will give Minnesotans a state-of-theart venue to be used year-round for high school and amateur sports, trade shows, community and cultural events, as well as national and international happenings. A Winter Garden light rail train station that will serve as a connecting point for the future Central Corridor light rail line and the existing Hiawatha line. This gathering place is integral to the Vikings vision of the overall development and will host indoor/outdoor activities for transit riders, neighborhood residents, downtown workers and stadium attendees. A privately-fi nanced redevelopment of the Downtown East area that will include offi ce buildings, residences, shops and restaurants. This exciting project will create jobs, boost the economy and bring a renewed energy to this area of Minneapolis. VIKINGS YEAR-BY-YEAR Year Preseason Regular Season Playoffs 1961...0-5-0... 3-11-0...0-0-0 1962...2-3-0... 2-11-1...0-0-0 1963...4-1-0... 5-8-1...0-0-0 1964...5-0-0... 8-5-1...0-0-0 1965...5-0-0... 7-7-0...0-0-0 1966...3-1-1... 4-9-1...0-0-0 1967...2-3-0... 3-8-3...0-0-0 1968...3-2-0... 8-6-0...0-1-0 1969...5-1-0... 12-2-0... 2-1-0 (SB loss) 1970...4-2-0... 12-2-0...0-1-0 1971...4-2-0... 11-3-0...0-1-0 1972...3-2-0... 7-7-0...0-0-0 1973...5-0-0... 12-2-0... 2-1-0 (SB loss) 1974...3-2-0... 10-4-0... 2-1-0 (SB loss) 1975...2-3-1... 12-2-0...0-1-0 1976...3-3-0... 11-2-1... 2-1-0 (SB loss) 1977...4-2-0... 9-5-0...1-1-0 1978...2-2-0... 8-7-1...0-1-0 1979...0-4-0... 7-9-0...0-0-0 1980...3-1-0... 9-7-0...0-1-0 1981...1-3-0... 7-9-0...0-0-0 1982...3-2-0... 5-4-0...1-1-0 1983...3-1-0... 8-8-0...0-0-0 1984...1-3-0... 3-13-0...0-0-0 1985...3-1-0... 7-9-0...0-0-0 1986...3-1-0... 9-7-0...0-0-0 1987...2-2-0... 8-7-0...2-1-0 1988...3-1-0... 11-5-0...1-1-0 1989...3-1-0... 10-6-0...0-1-0 1990...3-1-0... 6-10-0...0-0-0 1991...2-2-0... 8-8-0...0-0-0 1992...4-0-0... 11-5-0...0-1-0 1993...4-1-0... 9-7-0...0-1-0 1994...3-2-0... 10-6-0...0-1-0 1995...2-2-0... 8-8-0...0-0-0 1996...1-3-0... 9-7-0...0-1-0 1997...3-2-0... 9-7-0...1-1-0 1998...4-0-0... 15-1-0...1-1-0 1999...2-2-0... 10-6-0...1-1-0 2000...1-3-0... 11-5-0...1-1-0 2001...4-0-0... 5-11-0...0-0-0 2002...2-2-0... 6-10-0...0-0-0 2003...1-3-0... 9-7-0...0-0-0 2004...2-2-0... 8-8-0...1-1-0 2005...3-1-0... 9-7-0...0-0-0 2006...2-1-1... 6-10-0...0-0-0 2007...2-2-0... 8-8-0...0-0-0 2008...1-3-0... 1-2-0...--- Totals...130-86-3 (.594)...386-318-9 (.541)... 18-24-0 (.429) VIKINGS ALL-TIME COACHES Years Head Coach Total Games Regular Season (%) Playoffs (%) Overall (%) 1961-66...Norm Van Brocklin...84... 29-51-4 (.369)...0-0-0 (.000)...29-51-4 (.369) 1967-83, 1985... Bud Grant...281... 158-96-5 (.618)...10-12-0 (.454)...168-108-5 (.607) 1984...Les Steckel...16... 3-13-0 (.188)...0-0-0 (.000)...3-13-0 (.188) 1986-91... Jerry Burns...101... 52-43-0 (.547)...3-3-0 (.500)...55-46-0 (.544) 1992-2001... Dennis Green...171... 97-62-0 (.610)...4-8-0 (.250)...101-70-0 (.591) 2002-05... Mike Tice...67... 32-33-0 (.492)...1-1-0 (.500)...33-34-0 (.493) 2006-08...Brad Childress...35... 15-20-0 (.429)...0-0-0 (.000)...15-20-0 (.429) WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 20
MEDIA INFORMATION Bob Hagan, Director of Public Relations 952-828-6505 haganb@vikings.nfl.net Tom West, Assistant Director of Public Relations 952-828-6552 westt@vikings.nfl.net Jeff Anderson, Manager of Public Affairs 952-828-6570 andersonj@vikings.nfl.net Evan Koch, Public Relations Assistant 952-828-6511 koche@vikings.nfl.net Tom Halkin, Public Relations Intern 952-918-8383 halkint@vikings.nfl.net Pat Ottum, Public Relations Intern 952-918-8382 ottump@vikings.nfl.net The typical Vikings weekly media schedule during the season is below: Monday 12:35 p.m. - Coach Childress Press Conference 2:30-3:15 p.m. - Open Locker Room Tuesday Players Day Off - No Media Access Wednesday 11:35 a.m. - Coach Childress Press Conference 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Open Locker Room 1:30-3:30 p.m. - Practice* Thursday 11:35 a.m. - Coordinators Bevell/Frazier/Ferraro Available 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Open Locker Room 1:30-3:30 p.m. - Practice* Friday 11:45 a.m. - 12:50 p.m. - Practice* 12:50 p.m. - Coach Childress Press Conference 12:50 p.m. - 1:35 p.m. - Open Locker Room Saturday No Media Access VIKINGS PR STAFF CREDENTIAL REQUESTS Credential requests are honored for accredited media on specifi c assignments and must be made through the Vikings PR department. Credentials will not be issued to writers or photographers working on a free-lance basis unless the request is made by a recognized publication or news entity. Season-long credentials are issued in July; game-bygame credentials must be requested at least one week prior to each home game. WEEKLY MEDIA SCHEDULE ASSISTANT COACH AVAILABILITY All position coach interviews must be scheduled through the PR department a day in advance and cleared by Head Coach Brad Childress. Position coaches are available for questions on specifi c players and the position group but coordinators will always serve as the primary spokesmen in their areas. METRODOME GAME DAY INFO * The media will call window/media check-in is located at Gate D. A security representative will check bags before allowing entrance into the stadium. Main Press Box * The main press box is located in sections 108-109. Upon entering the concourse, take a right. Seating charts are located in the press box and wireless internet is available. * A pregame meal will be served in the press box and a halftime meal will be served in the Vikings Lounge directly across the concourse through the glass doors. Meal tickets for halftime will be distributed near the end of the 2nd quarter. * Vikings PR representatives Bob Hagan and Tom West are located in seats 87 and 88. Visiting team PR representatives are located in seats 55-57. For fi eld access, follow the stairs at the back of the press box all the way down to fi eld level. Auxiliary Press Box * The auxiliary press box is located in sections 123-125. Upon entering the concourse, take a left. Seating charts are located in the press box. * Pregame and halftime meals will be served in the press box. * Vikings PR representatives Jeff Anderson or Evan Koch is located in seat 58. *For fi eld access, follow the stairs at the back of the press box all the way down to fi eld level. Photographers Workroom * The photographers workroom is located on the fi eld directly behind the south goal post (closest to the photo check-in tunnel). Upon entering the concourse, take a right and go to the elevator directly across from the main press box and take it to fi eld level or continue through the concourse to the overhead sign that reads Field Access and follow the stairwell down. TV Camera Holding Area * The video waiting area for TV camera operators is located in the back of the fi eld entrance tunnel behind the check-in table. Follow the same procedures as photographers to get to the fi eld. Sunday Post-Game - Coach Childress Press Conference Post-Game - Open Locker Room * Practice is open to media through indivicual drills COACH CHILDRESS PRESS CONFERENCES Head Coach Brad Childress will be available in the fi eldhouse or on the outdoor practice fi eld on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the regular season. COORDINATOR AVAILABILITY Offensive Coordinator Darrell Bevell, Defensive Coordinator Leslie Frazier, and Special Teams Coordinator Paul Ferraro will be available every Thursday during the regular season. All other interview requests for the coordinators should be directed to a member of the PR staff. WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 21 VIKINGS ON THE WEB The Minnesota Vikings offi cial website, which can be viewed at http://www.vikings.com, provides Vikings fans with everything they need to follow their favorite team. Vikings.com is one of the league s most traffi cked sites and is the only place on the web that provides complete video and audio of all Vikings press conferences. Additionally, the website provides unique and exclusive written and video content that can only be found on Vikings.com. Vikings media members can fi nd stats, press releases, weekly game releases and updated rosters under the press tab.
FROM THE HEAD COACH MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008 Head Coach Brad Childress On the injury front we ll know more about (Vinny) Ciurciu when he gets done with his MRI. We don t have any results back yet. Just a couple of notes to finish up on yesterday, I thought defensively they played hard all the way through. I thought they were very good in their sudden-change defense, obviously with our turnover there around the midfield stripe. They did not allow points. They scored with one of their turnovers. We talk about those touchdowns on defense. A negative would have been that long drive and that questionable interference call. There was a lot of good and a lot of stuff to build off of there. We were physical versus the defense. We got pressure on that passer and got a number of quarterback hits. That makes it tough on the quarterback. Offensively I saw some decent signs with mixing the run and the pass together. I was not happy with the six penalties that we had, those holds, and particularly those ones we had in the red zone. Holds are going to happen, but the red-zone one was hard to take. We took a touchdown off of the board, and we took explosive plays off of the board. That one with Ryan Cook we had, I think, a 13 or 14-yard run out the other end of that. I think that we obviously have to take a look at that and some of those holds. Some of those I agree with and some of those I don t agree with at the back side of those plays, but nonetheless those were called. One special teams penalty, I ll have to talk to the director about that, but I thought Charles Gordon made a great play of shoving the guy out of bounds. The guy threw a flag from 50 yards away and said he hit him out of bounds. It wasn t like the guy traveled 30 yards and then he was hit out of bounds, he was shoved out of bounds at the very beginning of the play. I thought it was a good play by Chuck. That cost us some yardage there. Field position-wise we would have been around the 45-yard line or so with (Aundrae) Allison s return. Instead, he goes back and gets penalized from the point where he caught the football. (There are) a lot of things to clean up, but all in all it s good to get your first win. You ve got to get one before you can get two. Q: Did Gus Frerotte meet expectations and then some for you? A: I think that he gave some life to the passing game. I thought he did a nice job of sliding up in the pocket and getting (Bernard) Berrian on that 48-yarder on third down. He gave us some plays in the passing game and made a lot of the routine plays. Q: Was it the same type of game plan you would have gone with if Tarvaris Jackson was playing or did it have to be changed? A: It is (the same) simply for the fact that you have to attack the defense that you re seeing. You have to call plays that you believe will attack that defense. We still managed to roll him and boot him a couple of different times. Garrett (Mills) had a hole and Gus could have helped us getting outside of that a little bit more because Garrett was blocked for a specifi c point. He ll just become more and more familiar with that. Q: Is E.J. Henderson playing even better than you expected? A: We had him for 13 (solo) tackles yesterday and I think he is continuing to play at a high, high level. He had a quarterback sack, a quarterback hit and he s just all around the football. That s the E.J. Henderson that I ve seen since he s been a Mike linebacker. Q: Did you get even better pressure on the quarterback than you had hoped for? A: (Jared Allen) draws attention, whether it s chip help or the extra person looking toward him. Obviously that gets guys single opportunities, a guy like Kevin Williams inside or Ray Edwards coming from the other side. They can t do it all of the time, and it s the same thing for us. We had a plan for (Julius) Peppers and there are times when you don t. Sometimes they get to you and sometimes they don t get to you. Q: Was the pressure primarily from the front four? A: I think it was a good mix. I think the coordinators all did a good job yesterday. There was a good mix of blitz with coverage at different times than you maybe would expect. I thought they did a nice job of moving the plays around as well. Q: How does Adrian Peterson feel today? A: (He s) no sorer than he was before the game yesterday. He had, I think, 41 snaps and only 17 carries. He s doing just fi ne. I think, kind of a Litmus (test) for me was when he was done working out I asked if he could return the opening kickoff. He said, Yeah I can go. I can do that. We didn t want him to return the opening kickoff, but he couldn t return the last kickoff last week. That would be a pretty good starting spot. Q: Is that a type of injury that just lingers on until the bye week or is that something that can be treated? A: There s so much you can do with different treatments right now and he s doing all of it. He takes things home with him; he treats here and he s as aggressive as he can be with it. It will be something that passes. In a perfect world he s going to continue to practice because all of those guys need to take a look and see the different things we re doing in the game plan during the week. Q: What do you like about Naufahu Tahi? A: He ll put his hat on you. They kid him about having a gigantic head. He ll put his hat on you along with that head, (also) his body and legs. He does a nice job of lead blocking, zone blocking and catching the football as well. He s also able to stand back there and take a good look at the zone as a deep-dot tailback. Q: You had some holding calls in the red zone. Has it really been just one issue keeping you guys from converting there? A: It s really not (one issue). I thought Matt (Birk) had a decent block, (one that) we throw (block) on those screens down the fi eld. You saw Ryan Cook had a nice throw on the cut block on Garrett Mill s screen down the fi eld. Matt was starting to throw and tangled up, but you want him tangled up. That s why you throw; you gain the length of your body when you throw on a screen. I think the umpire turned around and got him for a hold. (There was a) devastating block by Adrian Peterson on that play. He came back and walloped somebody for Chester Taylor to get in the end zone. So tough, A, to get one in the red zone, tough, B, to get a touchdown called back. Q: Are you more relaxed this week after the win? A: More relaxed? Yeah, you have to get one before you get two. I don t know if relaxed would be the word. We are playing a team that is 3-0 this week, so (there is) nothing relaxing about that. WEEK 3 -- PANTHERS AT VIKINGS -- 22
FROM THE HEAD COACH Q: Is it strange to you that the quarterback matchup this week is two much older guys in Gus Frerotte and Kerry Collins and does that speak to anything? A: Maybe the Tortoise and the Hare thing, something like that. No, just two savvy veterans that have weathered a lot of storms. I don t think you can put a premium on experience. Obviously Kerry Collins has seen it everywhere from Carolina to the Giants and places in between. Q: How much did your time of possession help keep your defense fresh in that game? A: Well it really does keep them fresh. If you can cut their snaps down, I think we had 71 snaps and they had 50-something snaps, if you can control clock and chew clock there is no downside. Now, you want to chew clock and score points at the end; obviously that s the optimum. It s the best way to be able to exert your will on someone and I think they were huffi ng and puffi ng pretty good there as we were down there at the end of that drive. And by the way on that fi eld goal block, we cut it out. Those guys heard a whistle down on the fi eld, so that s the reason why that happened. Those guys chocked the play down. Q: Do you feel good about the amount of shots you took to Bernard Berrian yesterday? A: We do. And we had some more designed ones in there that he wasn t open on. But yeah, we are looking toward him. But we got plays for all of those guys, whether it s Garrett Mills, we had him dialed up a couple of times. I think Gus missed him once, got pressured once again, and the same thing with Visanthe Shiancoe. Q: Were you trying to get Robert Ferguson more snaps or just trying to rest Berrian more because of that toe? A: It had nothing to do with that toe. If he could go, he could go. So I think he was 47 snaps and maybe Ferg had 20-odd snaps. Ferg is a very good force in the run. He did catch a pass yesterday. You ve got to make sure that you blend that so Ferguson is not your designated run blocker and Berrian is your designated pass catcher, but Ferg commands a physical presence with what he does down fi eld in the run game. Q: Are you apprehensive about your special team s coverage units with Heath Farwell already out and Vinny Ciurciu possibly out? A: Well you don t like to lose good football players; there is no question about that. But there are other guys that have to step up. It s 11 guys covering, not just two guys covering. Those guys obviously have a little extra heartbeat and make a lot of plays, but there are other guys that will be able to fi ll those roles as well. Erin Henderson played yesterday, was up, and gave a decent accounting of himself. (It) could be guys out of the secondary (as well); we cross-train those guys at a lot of different positions and it s just a matter of if you can get up and get in there to make a play. Q: Is there a certain guy you look to step up and be the leader if Vinny is in fact out? A: You just don t crown a guy leader. It s not like they are lined up one through 11. No, there will be another guy at that position but I don t know that we ll put leader on top of his helmet right away. Q: How has Artis Hicks looked so far? A: You know what, I talked to Artis about that right after the game as a matter of fact in the locker room, and he s talking about, Can I get an athlete to block once and a while here out on the edge? And he has another tough one in (Kyle) Vanden Bosch this week so it s not going to slow down to my knowledge. That s a very good defensive front with the little bit that I ve seen of it. So I just expect him to continue to keep competing and he has done a good job of that. Q: How is Ray Edwards? He missed some time and then came back. A: He did. I thought the tackle had his head cocked back pretty good on that rush. As a matter of fact I said something to the referee about that and he was looking at the left tackle before he swung back to the right tackle. I think he is going to be okay. We had him examined this morning. Again, I haven t gotten all the medical reports on him, but he re-entered the game and played a bunch, as well as Otis (Grigsby) came in and gave him some rest. Q: Of all the things that a coach has to keep track of during a game, where do timeouts rank as far as difficulty? A: There are charts. There are people you talk to upstairs. I m going to tell you something about that touchdown that Antoine (Winfi eld) had yesterday. I was right with the back judge. Tell me how much time was left when Antoine hit that guy? A minute and 13 (seconds) and we had three timeouts, if I m not mistaken. We had three and they had one, correct? Okay, so we go to third down and I m hanging right with the guy - standing right next to him within an arm s shot and you can tell him beforehand what your intentions are. If this happens, I m going to get a timeout. (And he ll say), Work with me coach. Just let me know. So as I see the quarterback start to get sacked and obviously going down I can t see the ball fall on the ground. I m 50 yards away; there are linemen standing there. So as that started to happen I tried to jump to the referee to get a timeout and as I look back the ball is running into the end zone. Now that would have been problematic had a whistle blown inadvertently. Whether he could have got it and got it signaled, I don t know, but I was kind of hanging right with him at that point in time. It s something that you got to consider. You re working ahead mentally, do you, don t you? Of course then the ball does swing back to them before the end of the half and they are coming back up the fi eld and we still have three timeouts left. You want to see what their intentions are with running the football and how fast could you get it stopped. If they got a certain point in the downs I would have done that. It turns out that they hit a kind of a seam pass down there and I wanted the clock to get chewed. They use one. I wanted the clock to get chewed. You have to work with it. Q: At the end of your game, when you just knelt in the red zone, was that just to avoid the blocked field goal? A: That s exactly what it is, because I ve been to that movie before where you a re-handing it off to the running back and you thought all is well, and the running back dropped the ball on the ground because somebody is snipping at him and he lost focus and the ball was seated. There is nothing that makes you more sick to your stomach. So you play the odds in that situation because you knew how far (they had to go). My chart was off in that situation because I thought that we would get it down to 24 seconds as opposed to 36 seconds. But the chances of them coming back up and scoring twice with no timeouts are not very good. Q: Does it cross your mind to kick the field goal to save your red zone percentage? A: No, no. I mean that is an unfortunate side note that it goes as a red zone failure, but in the end it goes as a Vikings win. Q: On clock management A: There is really not a chart on, Do I ice the kicker or don t I ice the kicker, that I m aware of...i m usually talking to somebody about that. About the, Do you let them score? What s the scoring combination here? Do you need three points and seven points? Do we need to have the ball back? Are we kicking onsides here? Are we kicking away here? How has the defense been playing? Some of it is goes by feel, Have we been getting them stopped? or, No we better onside it here because, shoot, they have been moving it up and down the fi eld here we are never going to get it back. Some it is true feel-type of things and some of it is true clock-type of things that you have to be thinking about all the time. WEEK 4 -- VIKINGS AT TITANS -- 23
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WON 1, LOST 2 9/8 L 24-19 at Green Bay 71,004 (SO) 9/14 L 18-15 Indianapolis 63,585 (SO) 9/21 W 20-10 Carolina 62,628 (SO) Minn. Opp. Total First Downs...54 46 Rushing...22 13 Passing...26 30 Penalty...6 3 3rd Down: Made/Att...13/41 13/36 3rd Down: Pct...31.7 36.1 4th Down: Made/Att....2/3 0/1 4th Down: Pct...66.6 0.0 Possession Avg...32:58 27:02 Total Net Yards...959 842 Avg. Per Game...319.7 280.7 Total Plays...194 166 Avg. Per Play...4.9 5.1 Net Yards Rushing...485 211 Avg. Per Game...161.7 70.3 Total Rushes...101 66 Net Yards Passing...474 631 Avg. Per Game...158.0 210.3 Sacked/Yards Lost...6/38 7/49 Gross Yards Passing...512 680 Att./Completions...87/46 93/61 Completion Pct....52.9 65.6 Had Intercepted...2 2 Punts/Average...16/46.3 17/43.1 Net Punting Avg...35.1 39.9 Penalties/Yards...20/147 29/230 Fumbles/Ball Lost...3/1 5/2 Touchdowns...4 6 Rushing...1 3 Passing...2 2 Returns...1 1 Score by Periods 1 2 3 4 OT T VIKINGS...6 16 16 16 0 54 Opponents...3 17 14 18 0 52 Scoring Ru Re Rt 1 pt. 2 pt. FG S T Longwell.. 0 0 0 3/3-9/10-30 Peterson...1 0 0 - - - - 6 Rice... 0 1 0 - - - - 6 Shiancoe... 0 1 0 - - - - 6 Winfield... 0 0 1 - - - - 6 VIKINGS... 1 2 2 3/3 0/1 9/10-54 Opponents... 3 2 1 5/5 1/1 3/5-52 SACKS: J. Allen 2, K. Wiliams, 2, Greenway 1, E.J. Henderson 1, Winfield 1, TEAM 7, OPPONENTS 6. FUM/LOST: Alllison 1/0, Gordon 1/0, Jackson, 1/1 VIKINGS 2008 STATISTICS Rushing Att. Yds Avg Long TD Peterson.65 340 5.2 34 1 Taylor...20 81 4.1 10 0 Jackson...11 65 5.9 19 0 Allison...1 1 1.0 1 0 Frerotte...4-2 -0.5 3 0 VIKINGS...101 485 4.8 34 1 Opponents...66 211 3.2 57 3 Receiving No. Yds Avg Long TD Taylor...7 41 5.9 14 0 Berrian...6 117 19.5 48 0 Shiancoe...6 82 13.7 34t 1 Wade...6 77 12.8 22 0 Peterson...5 31 6.2 13 0 Mills...4 59 14.8 23 0 Tahi...4 4 1.0 4 0 Allison...3 42 14.0 21 0 Rice...2 31 15.5 23t 1 Kleinsasser...1 12 12.0 12 0 Ferguson...1 9 9.0 9 0 Tapeh...1 7 7.0 7 0 VIKINGS...46 512 11.1 48 2 Opponents...61 680 11.1 75 2 Interceptions No. Yds Avg Long TD Winfield...1 1 1.0 1 0 Gordon...1 0 0.0 0 0 VIKINGS...2 1 0.5 1 0 Opponents...2 26 13.0 19 0 Opp. Fum. Rec No. Yds Avg Long TD VIKINGS...3 0 0 0 0 Opponents...0 0 0 0 0 Punting No. Yds Avg Net TB In20 Lg B Kluwe...16 740 46.3 35.1 1 6 56 0 VIKINGS...16 740 46.3 35.1 1 6 56 0 Opponents...17 733 43.1 39.9 0 6 55 0 Punt Returns No. FC Yds Avg Long TD Allison...6 3 40 6.7 27 0 Gordon...4 1 15 3.8 9 0 VIKINGS...10 4 55 5.5 27 0 Opponents...10 1 158 15.8 76t 1 Kickoff Returns No. Yds Avg Long TD Taylor... 6 158 26.3 37 0 Allison... 3 51 17.0 22 0 VIKINGS... 9 209 23.2 37 0 Opponents... 13 322 24.8 38 Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Longwell..0/0 4/4 2/2 2/3 1/1 VIKINGS...0/0 4/4 2/2 2/3 1/1 Opponents...0/0 0/0 0/2 3/3 0/0 Vikings: (37, 27) (45, 27, 53, 46, 28, 48N) (28, 32) Opponents: (42, 33B) (30N, 47) (43) Passing Att. Cmp. Yards Pct. Yd/Att TD TD% Int. Int% Lg Sack/Lost Rating Jackson 59 30 308 50.8 5.22 1 1.7 1 1.7 24 3/20 64.8 Frerotte 28 16 204 57.1 7.29 1 3.6 1 3.6 48 3/18 77.1 VIKINGS 87 46 512 52.9 5.89 2 2.3 2 2.3 48 6/38 68.8 Opponents 93 61 680 65.6 7.31 2 2.2 2 2.2 75 7/49 85.4
VIKINGS 2008 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS NAME SOLO ASST. TOTAL SACKS INT PD TFL FF FR QB HURR. Henderson, E.J. 25 6 31 1.0 0 2 4 1 0 3 Greenway, Chad 16 7 23 1.0 0 2 3 1 0 0 Williams, Kevin 13 7 20 2.0 0 2 1 0 0 7 Johnson, Tyrell 11 3 14 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Griffin, Cedric 10 3 13 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Allen, Jared 9 4 13 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 6 Winfield, Antoine 8 4 12 1.0 1 2 0 1 1 0 Sharper, Darren 7 5 12 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Edwards, Ray 7 3 10 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 7 Williams, Pat 4 6 10 0.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Leber, Ben 3 5 8 0.0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Gordon, Charles 6 1 7 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Evans, Fred 3 0 3 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 4 Sapp, Benny 1 1 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Shiancoe, Visanthe 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chester Taylor 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Otis Grigsby 1 0 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brian Robison 0 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ellis Wyms 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 TOTALS 126 56 182 7.0 2 15 14 3 2 30 SPECIAL TEAMS INTERCEPTIONS NAME SOLO ASST. TOTAL FF/FR BK NAME INT-YDS Winfield, Antoine 2 1 3 0/0 0 Antoine Winfield 1-1 Herron, David 3 0 3 0/0 0 Charles Gordon 1-0 Abdullah, Husain 2 1 3 0/0 0 Totals 2-1 Framprton, Eric 2 0 2 0/0 0 Ciurciu, Vinny 1 1 2 0/0 0 Gordon, Charles 2 0 2 0/0 0 PASSES DEFENSED Loeffler, Cullen 1 1 2 0/0 0 NAME PD Ferguson, Robert 1 0 1 0/0 0 Chad Greenway 2 Mills, Garrett 1 0 1 0/0 0 Antoine Winfield 2 Johnson, Tyrell 1 0 1 0/0 0 E.J. Henderson 2 Leber, Ben 1 0 1 0/0 0 Kevin Williams 2 Greenway, Chad 1 0 1 0/0 0 Ray Edwards 2 Tahi, Naufahu 0 1 1 0/0 0 Pat Williams 2 Griffin, Cedric 0 0 0 0/0 1 Tyrell Johnson 1 Totals 13 4 17 0/0 4 Fred Evans 1 Ben Leber 1 Cedric Griffin 1 SACKS Jared Allen 1 NAME SACKS Totals 17 Jared Allen 2.0 Kevin Williams 2.0 Chad Greenway 1.0 QB HURRIES Antoine Winfield 1.0 NAME QBH E.J. Henderson 1.0 Jared Allen 8 Totals 7.0 Ray Edwards 7 Kevin Williams 7 Fred Evans 5 TACKLES FOR LOSS Ellis Wyms 3 NAME TFL E.J. Henderson 2 E.J. Henderson 4 Totals 32 Chad Greenway 3 Jared Allen 1 Fred Evans 1 Cedric Griffin 1 Ray Edwards 1 Ben Leber 1 Kevin Williams 1 Pat Williams 1 Totals 14
MINNESOTA VIKINGS 2008 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Updated: September 17, 2008 2008 Participation No. Name Pos Ht Wt Age Birthdate Exp College HS Hometown Acquired G S DNP IA 39 Abdullah, Husain S 6-0 204 23 7/27/85 R Washington State Pomona, CA FA '08 3 0 0 0 69 Allen, Jared DE 6-6 270 26 4/3/82 5 Idaho State Los Gatos, CA T (KC) '08 3 3 0 0 84 Allison, Aundrae WR 6-0 198 24 6/25/84 2 East Carolina Kannapolis, NC D5 '07 3 0 0 0 87 Berrian, Bernard WR 6-1 185 27 12/27/80 5 Fresno State Winton, CA UFA (Chi) '08 3 3 0 0 78 Birk, Matt C 6-4 309 32 7/23/76 11 Harvard St. Paul, MN D6 '98 3 3 0 0 4 Booty, John David QB 6-3 213 23 1/3/85 R Southern California Shreveport, LA D5a '08 0 0 0 3 54 Ciurciu, Vinny LB 6-0 235 28 5/2/80 6 Boston College Paramus, NJ UFA (Car) '07 3 0 0 0 62 Cook, Ryan T 6-6 328 25 5/8/83 3 New Mexico Albuquerque, NM D2b '06 3 3 0 0 83 Dugan, Jeff FB 6-4 258 27 4/8/81 5 Maryland Pittsburgh, PA D7 '04 0 0 0 3 91 Edwards, Ray DE 6-5 268 23 1/1/85 3 Purdue Cincinnati, OH D4 '06 3 3 0 0 90 Evans, Fred DT 6-4 305 24 11/6/83 3 Texas St.-San Marcos Morgan Park, IL FA '07 3 0 0 0 89 Ferguson, Robert WR 6-1 219 28 12/17/79 8 Texas A&M Houston, TX FA '07 3 0 0 0 37 Frampton, Eric S 5-11 205 24 2/6/84 2 Washington State San Jose, CA W (Det) '07 3 0 0 0 12 Frerotte, Gus QB 6-3 233 37 7/31/71 15 Tulsa Ford City, PA FA '08 1 1 2 0 41 Gordon, Charles CB 5-11 180 24 7/18/84 3 Kansas Santa Monica, CA FA '06 3 1 0 0 52 Greenway, Chad LB 6-2 242 25 1/12/83 3 Iowa Mt. Vernon, SD D1 '06 3 3 0 0 23 Griffin, Cedric CB 6-0 203 25 11/11/82 3 Texas San Antonio, TX D2a '06 3 3 0 0 73 Grigsby, Otis DE 6-3 260 27 11/19/80 2 Kentucky Converse, TX PS (Car) '07 3 0 0 0 98 Guion, Letroy DT 6-4 303 21 6/21/87 R Florida State Starke, FL D5b '08 0 0 0 3 56 Henderson, E.J. LB 6-1 245 28 8/3/80 6 Maryland Aberdeen, MD D2 '03 3 3 0 0 50 Henderson, Erin LB 6-3 244 22 7/1/86 R Maryland Aberdeen, MD FA '08 1 0 0 2 64 Herrera, Anthony G 6-2 315 28 6/14/80 5 Tennessee Naples, FL FA '04 3 3 0 0 58 Herron, David LB 6-1 239 24 6/17/84 1 Michigan State Warren, OH FA '07 3 0 0 0 79 Hicks, Artis G 6-4 335 29 11/28/78 7 Memphis Jackson, TN T (Phi) '06 3 3 0 0 43 Hicks, Maurice RB 5-11 205 30 7/22/78 5 North Carolina A&T Emporia, VA UFA (SF) '08 1 0 0 2 76 Hutchinson, Steve G 6-5 313 30 11/1/77 8 Michigan Ft. Lauderdale, FL RFA (Sea) '06 3 3 0 0 7 Jackson, Tarvaris QB 6-2 225 25 4/21/83 3 Alabama State Montgomery, AL D2c '06 2 2 1 0 72 Johnson, Marcus T 6-6 321 26 12/1/81 4 Mississippi Coffeeville, MS D2 '05 3 0 0 0 25 Johnson, Tyrell S 6-0 207 23 5/19/85 R Arkansas State Rison, AR D2 '08 3 3 0 0 40 Kleinsasser, Jim TE 6-3 272 31 1/31/77 10 North Dakota Carrington, ND D2 '99 3 2 0 0 5 Kluwe, Chris P 6-4 215 26 12/24/81 4 UCLA Los Alamitos, CA W (Sea) '05 3 0 0 0 51 Leber, Ben LB 6-3 244 29 12/7/78 7 Kansas State Vermillion, SD UFA (SD) '06 3 2 0 0 46 Loeffler, Cullen LS 6-5 241 27 1/27/81 5 Texas Ingram, TX FA '04 3 0 0 0 8 Longwell, Ryan K 6-0 200 34 8/16/74 12 California Bend, OR UFA (GB) '06 3 0 0 0 21 McCauley, Marcus CB 6-1 203 25 9/3/83 2 Fresno State Sacramento, CA D3 '07 0 0 0 3 45 Mills, Garrett TE 6-1 235 24 10/12/83 3 Tulsa Jenks, OK W (NE) '07 3 0 0 0 28 Peterson, Adrian RB 6-1 217 23 3/21/85 2 Oklahoma Palestine, TX D1 '07 3 3 0 0 60 Radovich, Drew T 6-5 305 23 6/20/85 R Southern California Mission Viejo, CA FA '08 0 0 0 3 18 Rice, Sidney WR 6-4 202 22 9/1/86 2 South Carolina Gaffney, SC D2 '07 2 2 0 1 96 Robison, Brian DE 6-3 259 25 4/27/83 2 Texas Splendora, TX D4 '07 3 0 0 0 22 Sapp, Benny CB 5-9 190 27 1/20/81 5 Northern Iowa Ft. Lauderdale, FL UFA (KC) '08 3 0 0 0 42 Sharper, Darren S 6-2 210 32 11/3/75 12 William & Mary Richmond, VA FA '05 3 3 0 0 81 Shiancoe, Visanthe TE 6-4 250 28 6/18/80 6 Morgan State Laurel, MD UFA (NYG) '07 3 3 0 0 65 Sullivan, John C 6-4 301 23 8/8/85 R Notre Dame Old Greenwich, CT D6a '08 3 0 0 0 38 Tahi, Naufahu FB 6-0 254 26 10/30/81 3 BYU West Valley City, UT PS (Cin) '06 3 0 0 0 44 Tapeh, Thomas FB 6-1 243 28 3/28/80 5 Minnesota St. Paul, MN UFA (Phi) '08 2 1 0 1 29 Taylor, Chester RB 5-11 213 28 9/22/79 7 Toledo River Rouge, MI UFA (Balt) '06 3 0 0 0 19 Wade, Bobby WR 5-10 186 27 2/25/81 6 Arizona Phoenix, AZ UFA (Tenn) '07 3 1 0 0 93 Williams, Kevin DT 6-5 311 28 8/16/80 6 Oklahoma State Fordyce, AR D1 '03 3 3 0 0 20 Williams, Madieu S 6-1 203 26 10/18/81 5 Maryland Lanham, MD UFA (Cin) '08 0 0 0 3 94 Williams, Pat DT 6-3 317 35 10/24/72 12 Texas A&M Monroe, LA UFA (Buf) '05 3 3 0 0 26 Winfield, Antoine CB 5-9 180 31 6/24/77 10 Ohio State Akron, OH UFA (Buf) '04 3 3 0 0 97 Wyms, Ellis DT 6-3 290 29 4/12/79 8 Mississippi State Indianola, MS UFA (Sea) '08 3 0 0 0 PRACTICE SQUAD 61 Burnett, Martail DE 6-3 262 23 1/10/85 R Utah Los Angeles, CA FA '08 0 0 0 0 75 Clark, Chris T 6-5 315 22 10/1/85 R Southern Mississippi New Orleans, LA FA '08 0 0 0 0 63 Daniels, Brian G 6-4 303 23 10/31/84 1 Colorado Denver, CO FA '07 0 0 0 0 11 Johnson, Jaymar WR 6-0 176 24 7/10/84 R Jackson State Gary, IN D6b '08 0 0 0 0 82 Reynaud, Darius WR 5-9 201 22 12/29/85 R West Virginia Boutte, LA FA '08 0 0 0 0 67 Ross, Isaiah G 6-3 330 26 11/6/81 0 Nevada Elk Grove, CA FA '08 0 0 0 0 24 Walker, Marcus CB 5-11 191 22 5/23/86 R Oklahoma Waco, TX FA '08 0 0 0 0 34 Young, Albert RB 5-10 209 23 2/25/85 R Iowa Moorestown, NJ FA '08 0 0 0 0 INJURED RESERVE 71 Allen, Kenderick DT 6-5 328 29 9/14/78 5 Louisiana State Bogalusa, LA FA '08 0 0 0 0 27 Boulware, Michae S 6-3 220 26 9/17/81 5 Florida State Columbia, SC UFA (Hou) '08 0 0 0 0 59 Farwell, Heath LB 6-0 235 26 12/31/81 4 San Diego State Corona, CA FA '05 0 0 0 0 92 Mitchell, Jayme DE 6-6 285 24 3/15/84 3 Mississippi Jackson, MS FA '06 0 0 0 0 RESERVE/NON-FOOTBALL ILLNESS 95 Udeze, Kenechi DE 6-3 281 25 3/5/83 5 Southern California Los Angeles, CA D1 '04 0 0 0 0 RESERVE/SUSPENDED 74 McKinnie, Bryant T 6-8 335 28 9/23/79 7 Miami Woodbury, NJ D1 '02 0 0 0 0 2008 MINNESOTA VIKINGS COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Brad Childress Assistants: Leslie Frazier (Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator), Darrell Bevell (Offensive Coordinator), Paul Ferraro (Special Teams Coordinator), Juney Barnett (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Eric Bieniemy (Running Backs), Brendan Daly (Defensive Assistant/Defensive Line), Karl Dunbar (Defensive Line), Ryan Ficken (Quality Control-Offense/Running Backs), Jim Hueber (Assistant Offensive Line), Jeff Imamura (Quality Control-Defense/Linebackers), Jimmie Johnson (Tight Ends), Tom Kanavy (Strength and Conditioning), Derek Mason (Assistant Defensive Backs), Pat Morris (Offensive Line), Brian Murphy (Assistant Special Teams), Chad O'Shea (Offensive Assistant/Wide Receivers), Fred Pagac (Linebackers), Kevin Rogers (Quarterbacks), Ryan Silverfield (Offensive/Defensive Assistant), Kevin Stefanski (Assistant to Head Coach), George Stewart (Wide Receivers), Martin Streight (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Joe Woods (Defensive Backs) Active Roster Total - 53
MINNESOTA VIKINGS 2008 NUMERICAL ROSTER Updated: September 17, 2008 2008 Participation No. Name Pos Ht Wt Age Birthdate Exp College HS Hometown Acquired G S DNP IA 4 Booty, John David QB 6-3 213 23 1/3/85 R Southern California Shreveport, LA D5a '08 0 0 0 3 5 Kluwe, Chris P 6-4 215 26 12/24/81 4 UCLA Los Alamitos, CA W (Sea) '05 3 0 0 0 7 Jackson, Tarvaris QB 6-2 225 25 4/21/83 3 Alabama State Montgomery, AL D2c '06 2 2 1 0 8 Longwell, Ryan K 6-0 200 34 8/16/74 12 California Bend, OR UFA (GB) '06 3 0 0 0 12 Frerotte, Gus QB 6-3 233 37 7/31/71 15 Tulsa Ford City, PA FA '08 1 1 2 0 18 Rice, Sidney WR 6-4 202 22 9/1/86 2 South Carolina Gaffney, SC D2 '07 2 2 0 1 19 Wade, Bobby WR 5-10 186 27 2/25/81 6 Arizona Phoenix, AZ UFA (Tenn) '07 3 1 0 0 20 Williams, Madieu S 6-1 203 26 10/18/81 5 Maryland Lanham, MD UFA (Cin) '08 0 0 0 3 21 McCauley, Marcus CB 6-1 203 25 9/3/83 2 Fresno State Sacramento, CA D3 '07 0 0 0 3 22 Sapp, Benny CB 5-9 190 27 1/20/81 5 Northern Iowa Ft. Lauderdale, FL UFA (KC) '08 3 0 0 0 23 Griffin, Cedric CB 6-0 203 25 11/11/82 3 Texas San Antonio, TX D2a '06 3 3 0 0 25 Johnson, Tyrell S 6-0 207 23 5/19/85 R Arkansas State Rison, AR D2 '08 3 3 0 0 26 Winfield, Antoine CB 5-9 180 31 6/24/77 10 Ohio State Akron, OH UFA (Buf) '04 3 3 0 0 28 Peterson, Adrian RB 6-1 217 23 3/21/85 2 Oklahoma Palestine, TX D1 '07 3 3 0 0 29 Taylor, Chester RB 5-11 213 28 9/22/79 7 Toledo River Rouge, MI UFA (Balt) '06 3 0 0 0 37 Frampton, Eric S 5-11 205 24 2/6/84 2 Washington State San Jose, CA W (Det) '07 3 0 0 0 38 Tahi, Naufahu FB 6-0 254 26 10/30/81 3 BYU West Valley City, UT PS (Cin) '06 3 0 0 0 39 Abdullah, Husain S 6-0 204 23 7/27/85 R Washington State Pomona, CA FA '08 3 0 0 0 40 Kleinsasser, Jim TE 6-3 272 31 1/31/77 10 North Dakota Carrington, ND D2 '99 3 2 0 0 41 Gordon, Charles CB 5-11 180 24 7/18/84 3 Kansas Santa Monica, CA FA '06 3 1 0 0 42 Sharper, Darren S 6-2 210 32 11/3/75 12 William & Mary Richmond, VA FA '05 3 3 0 0 43 Hicks, Maurice RB 5-11 205 30 7/22/78 5 North Carolina A&T Emporia, VA UFA (SF) '08 1 0 0 2 44 Tapeh, Thomas FB 6-1 243 28 3/28/80 5 Minnesota St. Paul, MN UFA (Phi) '08 2 1 0 1 45 Mills, Garrett TE 6-1 235 24 10/12/83 3 Tulsa Jenks, OK W (NE) '07 3 0 0 0 46 Loeffler, Cullen LS 6-5 241 27 1/27/81 5 Texas Ingram, TX FA '04 3 0 0 0 50 Henderson, Erin LB 6-3 244 22 7/1/86 R Maryland Aberdeen, MD FA '08 1 0 0 2 51 Leber, Ben LB 6-3 244 29 12/7/78 7 Kansas State Vermillion, SD UFA (SD) '06 3 2 0 0 52 Greenway, Chad LB 6-2 242 25 1/12/83 3 Iowa Mt. Vernon, SD D1 '06 3 3 0 0 54 Ciurciu, Vinny LB 6-0 235 28 5/2/80 6 Boston College Paramus, NJ UFA (Car) '07 3 0 0 0 56 Henderson, E.J. LB 6-1 245 28 8/3/80 6 Maryland Aberdeen, MD D2 '03 3 3 0 0 58 Herron, David LB 6-1 239 24 6/17/84 1 Michigan State Warren, OH FA '07 3 0 0 0 60 Radovich, Drew T 6-5 305 23 6/20/85 R Southern California Mission Viejo, CA FA '08 0 0 0 3 62 Cook, Ryan T 6-6 328 25 5/8/83 3 New Mexico Albuquerque, NM D2b '06 3 3 0 0 64 Herrera, Anthony G 6-2 315 28 6/14/80 5 Tennessee Naples, FL FA '04 3 3 0 0 65 Sullivan, John C 6-4 301 23 8/8/85 R Notre Dame Old Greenwich, CT D6a '08 3 0 0 0 69 Allen, Jared DE 6-6 270 26 4/3/82 5 Idaho State Los Gatos, CA T (KC) '08 3 3 0 0 72 Johnson, Marcus T 6-6 321 26 12/1/81 4 Mississippi Coffeeville, MS D2 '05 3 0 0 0 73 Grigsby, Otis DE 6-3 260 27 11/19/80 2 Kentucky Converse, TX PS (Car) '07 3 0 0 0 76 Hutchinson, Steve G 6-5 313 30 11/1/77 8 Michigan Ft. Lauderdale, FL RFA (Sea) '06 3 3 0 0 78 Birk, Matt C 6-4 309 32 7/23/76 11 Harvard St. Paul, MN D6 '98 3 3 0 0 79 Hicks, Artis G 6-4 335 29 11/28/78 7 Memphis Jackson, TN T (Phi) '06 3 3 0 0 81 Shiancoe, Visanthe TE 6-4 250 28 6/18/80 6 Morgan State Laurel, MD UFA (NYG) '07 3 3 0 0 83 Dugan, Jeff FB 6-4 258 27 4/8/81 5 Maryland Pittsburgh, PA D7 '04 0 0 0 3 84 Allison, Aundrae WR 6-0 198 24 6/25/84 2 East Carolina Kannapolis, NC D5 '07 3 0 0 0 87 Berrian, Bernard WR 6-1 185 27 12/27/80 5 Fresno State Winton, CA UFA (Chi) '08 3 3 0 0 89 Ferguson, Robert WR 6-1 219 28 12/17/79 8 Texas A&M Houston, TX FA '07 3 0 0 0 90 Evans, Fred DT 6-4 305 24 11/6/83 3 Texas St.-San Marcos Morgan Park, IL FA '07 3 0 0 0 91 Edwards, Ray DE 6-5 268 23 1/1/85 3 Purdue Cincinnati, OH D4 '06 3 3 0 0 93 Williams, Kevin DT 6-5 311 28 8/16/80 6 Oklahoma State Fordyce, AR D1 '03 3 3 0 0 94 Williams, Pat DT 6-3 317 35 10/24/72 12 Texas A&M Monroe, LA UFA (Buf) '05 3 3 0 0 96 Robison, Brian DE 6-3 259 25 4/27/83 2 Texas Splendora, TX D4 '07 3 0 0 0 97 Wyms, Ellis DT 6-3 290 29 4/12/79 8 Mississippi State Indianola, MS UFA (Sea) '08 3 0 0 0 98 Guion, Letroy DT 6-4 303 21 6/21/87 R Florida State Starke, FL D5b '08 0 0 0 3 PRACTICE SQUAD 11 Johnson, Jaymar WR 6-0 176 24 7/10/84 R Jackson State Gary, IN D6b '08 0 0 0 0 24 Walker, Marcus CB 5-11 191 22 5/23/86 R Oklahoma Waco, TX FA '08 0 0 0 0 34 Young, Albert RB 5-10 209 23 2/25/85 R Iowa Moorestown, NJ FA '08 0 0 0 0 61 Burnett, Martail DE 6-3 262 23 1/10/85 R Utah Los Angeles, CA FA '08 0 0 0 0 63 Daniels, Brian G 6-4 303 23 10/31/84 1 Colorado Denver, CO FA '07 0 0 0 0 67 Ross, Isaiah G 6-3 330 26 11/6/81 0 Nevada Elk Grove, CA FA '08 0 0 0 0 75 Clark, Chris T 6-5 315 22 10/1/85 R Southern Mississippi New Orleans, LA FA '08 0 0 0 0 82 Reynaud, Darius WR 5-9 201 22 12/29/85 R West Virginia Boutte, LA FA '08 0 0 0 0 INJURED RESERVE 27 Boulware, Michae S 6-3 220 26 9/17/81 5 Florida State Columbia, SC UFA (Hou) '08 0 0 0 0 59 Farwell, Heath LB 6-0 235 26 12/31/81 4 San Diego State Corona, CA FA '05 0 0 0 0 71 Allen, Kenderick DT 6-5 328 29 9/14/78 5 Louisiana State Bogalusa, LA FA '08 0 0 0 0 92 Mitchell, Jayme DE 6-6 285 24 3/15/84 3 Mississippi Jackson, MS FA '06 0 0 0 0 RESERVE/NON-FOOTBALL ILLNESS 95 Udeze, Kenechi DE 6-3 281 25 3/5/83 5 Southern California Los Angeles, CA D1 '04 0 0 0 0 RESERVE/SUSPENDED 74 McKinnie, Bryant T 6-8 335 28 9/23/79 7 Miami Woodbury, NJ D1 '02 0 0 0 0 2008 MINNESOTA VIKINGS COACHING STAFF Head Coach: Brad Childress Assistants: Leslie Frazier (Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator), Darrell Bevell (Offensive Coordinator), Paul Ferraro (Special Teams Coordinator), Juney Barnett (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Eric Bieniemy (Running Backs), Brendan Daly (Defensive Assistant/Defensive Line), Karl Dunbar (Defensive Line), Ryan Ficken (Quality Control-Offense/Running Backs), Jim Hueber (Assistant Offensive Line), Jeff Imamura (Quality Control-Defense/Linebackers), Jimmie Johnson (Tight Ends), Tom Kanavy (Strength and Conditioning), Derek Mason (Assistant Defensive Backs), Pat Morris (Offensive Line), Brian Murphy (Assistant Special Teams), Chad O'Shea (Offensive Assistant/Wide Receivers), Fred Pagac (Linebackers), Kevin Rogers (Quarterbacks), Ryan Silverfield (Offensive/Defensive Assistant), Kevin Stefanski (Assistan to Head Coach), George Stewart (Wide Receivers), Martin Streight (Assistant Strength and Conditioning), Joe Woods (Defensive Backs) Active Roster Total - 53
MINNESOTA VIKINGS 2008 ROSTER-BY-POSITION Updated: September 17, 2008 2008 Participation OFFENSE (25): Darrell Bevell Quarterbacks (3): Kevin Rogers/Ryan Silverfield No. Name Pos Ht Wt Age Birthdate Exp College Hometown How Acq G S DNP IA 4 Booty, John David QB 6-3 213 23 1/3/85 R Southern California Shreveport, LA D5a '08 0 0 0 3 12 Frerotte, Gus QB 6-3 233 37 7/31/71 15 Tulsa Ford City, PA FA '08 1 1 2 0 7 Jackson, Tarvaris QB 6-2 225 25 4/21/83 3 Alabama State Montgomery, AL D2c '06 2 2 1 0 Running Backs (6): Eric Bieniemy/Ryan Ficken No. Name Pos Ht Wt Age Birthdate Exp College Hometown How Acq G S DNP IA 83 Dugan, Jeff FB 6-4 258 27 4/8/81 5 Maryland Pittsburgh, PA D7 '04 0 0 0 3 43 Hicks, Maurice RB 5-11 205 30 7/22/78 5 North Carolina A&T Emporia, VA UFA (SF) '08 1 0 0 2 28 Peterson, Adrian RB 6-1 217 23 3/21/85 2 Oklahoma Palestine, TX D1 '07 3 3 0 0 38 Tahi, Naufahu FB 6-0 254 26 10/30/81 3 BYU West Valley City, UT PS (Cin) '06 3 0 0 0 44 Tapeh, Thomas FB 6-1 243 28 3/28/80 5 Minnesota St. Paul, MN UFA (Phi) '08 2 1 0 1 29 Taylor, Chester RB 5-11 213 28 9/22/79 7 Toledo River Rouge, MI UFA (Balt) '06 3 0 0 0 Wide Receivers (5): George Stewart/Chad O'Shea No. Name Pos Ht Wt Age Birthdate Exp College Hometown How Acq G S DNP IA 84 Allison, Aundrae WR 6-0 198 24 6/25/84 2 East Carolina Kannapolis, NC D5 '07 3 0 0 0 87 Berrian, Bernard WR 6-1 185 27 12/27/80 5 Fresno State Winton, CA UFA (Chi) '08 3 3 0 0 89 Ferguson, Robert WR 6-1 219 28 12/17/79 8 Texas A&M Houston, TX FA '07 3 0 0 0 18 Rice, Sidney WR 6-4 202 22 9/1/86 2 South Carolina Gaffney, SC D2 '07 2 2 0 1 19 Wade, Bobby WR 5-10 186 27 2/25/81 6 Arizona Phoenix, AZ UFA (Tenn) '07 3 1 0 0 Tight Ends (3): Jimmie Johnson No. Name Pos Ht Wt Age Birthdate Exp College Hometown How Acq G S DNP IA 40 Kleinsasser, Jim TE 6-3 272 31 1/31/77 10 North Dakota Carrington, ND D2 '99 3 2 0 0 45 Mills, Garrett TE 6-1 235 24 10/12/83 3 Tulsa Jenks, OK W (NE) '07 3 0 0 0 81 Shiancoe, Visanthe TE 6-4 250 28 6/18/80 6 Morgan State Laurel, MD UFA (NYG) '07 3 3 0 0 Offensive Line (8): Pat Morris/Jim Hueber No. Name Pos Ht Wt Age Birthdate Exp College Hometown How Acq G S DNP IA 78 Birk, Matt C 6-4 309 32 7/23/76 11 Harvard St. Paul, MN D6 '98 3 3 0 0 62 Cook, Ryan T 6-6 328 25 5/8/83 3 New Mexico Albuquerque, NM D2b '06 3 3 0 0 64 Herrera, Anthony G 6-2 315 28 6/14/80 5 Tennessee Naples, FL FA '04 3 3 0 0 79 Hicks, Artis G 6-4 335 29 11/28/78 7 Memphis Jackson, TN T (Phi) '06 3 3 0 0 76 Hutchinson, Steve G 6-5 313 30 11/1/77 8 Michigan Ft. Lauderdale, FL RFA (Sea) '06 3 3 0 0 72 Johnson, Marcus T 6-6 321 26 12/1/81 4 Mississippi Coffeeville, MS D2 '05 3 0 0 0 60 Radovich, Drew T 6-5 305 23 6/20/85 R Southern California Mission Viejo, CA FA '08 0 0 0 3 65 Sullivan, John C 6-4 301 23 8/8/85 R Notre Dame Old Greenwich, CT D6a '08 3 0 0 0 DEFENSE (25): Leslie Frazier Defensive Line (9): Karl Dunbar/Brendan Daly No. Name Pos Ht Wt Age Birthdate Exp College Hometown How Acq G S DNP IA 69 Allen, Jared DE 6-6 270 26 4/3/82 5 Idaho State Los Gatos, CA T (KC) '08 3 3 0 0 91 Edwards, Ray DE 6-5 268 23 1/1/85 3 Purdue Cincinnati, OH D4 '06 3 3 0 0 90 Evans, Fred DT 6-4 305 24 11/6/83 3 Texas St.-San Marcos Morgan Park, IL FA '07 3 0 0 0 73 Grigsby, Otis DE 6-3 260 27 11/19/80 2 Kentucky Converse, TX PS (Car) '07 3 0 0 0 98 Guion, Letroy DT 6-4 303 21 6/21/87 R Florida State Starke, FL D5b '08 0 0 0 3 96 Robison, Brian DE 6-3 259 25 4/27/83 2 Texas Splendora, TX D4 '07 3 0 0 0 93 Williams, Kevin DT 6-5 311 28 8/16/80 6 Oklahoma State Fordyce, AR D1 '03 3 3 0 0 94 Williams, Pat DT 6-3 317 35 10/24/72 12 Texas A&M Monroe, LA UFA (Buf) '05 3 3 0 0 97 Wyms, Ellis DT 6-3 290 29 4/12/79 8 Mississippi State Indianola, MS UFA (Sea) '08 3 0 0 0 Linebackers (6): Fred Pagac/Jeff Imamura No. Name Pos Ht Wt Age Birthdate Exp College Hometown How Acq G S DNP IA 54 Ciurciu, Vinny LB 6-0 235 28 5/2/80 6 Boston College Paramus, NJ UFA (Car) '07 3 0 0 0 52 Greenway, Chad LB 6-2 242 25 1/12/83 3 Iowa Mt. Vernon, SD D1 '06 3 3 0 0 56 Henderson, E.J. LB 6-1 245 28 8/3/80 6 Maryland Aberdeen, MD D2 '03 3 3 0 0 50 Henderson, Erin LB 6-3 244 22 7/1/86 R Maryland Aberdeen, MD FA '08 1 0 0 2 58 Herron, David LB 6-1 239 24 6/17/84 1 Michigan State Warren, OH FA '07 3 0 0 0 51 Leber, Ben LB 6-3 244 29 12/7/78 7 Kansas State Vermillion, SD UFA (SD) '06 3 2 0 0 Defensive Backs (10): Joe Woods/Derek Mason No. Name Pos Ht Wt Age Birthdate Exp College Hometown How Acq G S DNP IA 39 Abdullah, Husain S 6-0 204 23 7/27/85 R Washington State Pomona, CA FA '08 3 0 0 0 37 Frampton, Eric S 5-11 205 24 2/6/84 2 Washington State San Jose, CA W (Det) '07 3 0 0 0 41 Gordon, Charles CB 5-11 180 24 7/18/84 3 Kansas Santa Monica, CA FA '06 3 1 0 0 23 Griffin, Cedric CB 6-0 203 25 11/11/82 3 Texas San Antonio, TX D2a '06 3 3 0 0 25 Johnson, Tyrell S 6-0 207 23 5/19/85 R Arkansas State Rison, AR D2 '08 3 3 0 0 21 McCauley, Marcus CB 6-1 203 24 9/3/83 2 Fresno State Sacramento, CA D3 '07 0 0 0 3 22 Sapp, Benny CB 5-9 190 27 1/20/81 5 Northern Iowa Ft. Lauderdale, FL UFA (KC) '08 3 0 0 0 42 Sharper, Darren S 6-2 210 32 11/3/75 12 William & Mary Richmond, VA FA '05 3 3 0 0 20 Williams, Madieu S 6-1 203 26 10/18/81 5 Maryland Lanham, MD UFA (Cin) '08 0 0 0 3 26 Winfield, Antoine CB 5-9 180 31 6/24/77 10 Ohio State Akron, OH UFA (Buf) '04 3 3 0 0 SPECIAL TEAMS (3): Paul Ferraro Specialists (3): Paul Ferraro/Brian Murphy No. Name Pos Ht Wt Age Birthdate Exp College Hometown How Acq G S DNP IA 5 Kluwe, Chris P 6-4 215 26 12/24/81 4 UCLA Los Alamitos, CA W (Sea) '05 3 0 0 0 46 Loeffler, Cullen LS 6-5 241 27 1/27/81 5 Texas Ingram, TX FA '04 3 0 0 0 8 Longwell, Ryan K 6-0 200 34 8/16/74 12 California Bend, OR UFA (GB) '06 3 0 0 0 Active Roster Total - 53
Updated: September 17, 2008 MINNESOTA VIKINGS 2008 ROSTER BY EXPERIENCE 15th Year (1) 6th Year (5) 3rd Year (9) Rookie (7) Gus Frerotte Vinny Ciurciu Ryan Cook Husain Abdullah E.J. Henderson Ray Edwards John David Booty 12th Year (3) Visanthe Shiancoe Fred Evans Letroy Guion Ryan Longwell Bobby Wade Charles Gordon Erin Henderson Darren Sharper Kevin Williams Chad Greenway Tyrell Johnson Pat Williams Cedric Griffin Drew Radovich 5th Year (9) Tarvaris Jackson John Sullivan 11th Year (1) Jared Allen Garrett Mills Matt Birk Bernard Berrian Naufahu Tahi Jeff Dugan 10th Year (2) Anthony Herrera 2nd Year (7) Jim Kleinsasser Maurice Hicks Aundrae Allison Antoine Winfield Cullen Loeffler Eric Frampton Benny Sapp Otis Grigsby 8th Year (3) Thomas Tapeh Marcus McCauley Robert Ferguson Madieu Williams Adrian Peterson Steve Hutchinson Sidney Rice Ellis Wyms 4th Year (2) Brian Robison Marcus Johnson 7th Year (3) Chris Kluwe 1st Year (1) Artis Hicks David Herron Ben Leber Chester Taylor 1st Round (5) [7] Adrian Peterson (07), [9] Kevin Williams (03), [17] Steve Hutchinson (01-Sea.), [17] Chad Greenway (06), [23] Antoine Winfield (99-Buf.). 2nd Round (11) [40] E.J. Henderson (03), [41] Robert Ferguson (01-GB), [43] Tyrell Johnson (08), [44] Jim Kleinsasser (99), [44] Sidney Rice (07), [48] Cedric Griffin (06), [49] Marcus Johnson (05), [51] Ryan Cook (06), [56] Madieu Williams (04-Cin.), [60] Darren Sharper (97-GB), [64] Tarvaris Jackson (06). 3rd Round (4) [71] Ben Leber (02-SD), [72] Marcus McCauley (07), [78] Bernard Berrian (04-Chi.), [91] Visanthe Shiancoe (02-NYG). 4th Round (4) [102] Brian Robison (07), [106] Garrett Mills (06-NE), [126] Jared Allen (04-KC), [127] Ray Edwards (06). 5th Round (6) [137] John David Booty (08), [139] Bobby Wade (03-Chi.), [146] Aundrae Allison (07), [152] Letroy Guion (08), [162] Thomas Tapeh (04-Phi.), [165] Eric Frampton (07-Det.). 6th Round (4) [173]-Matt Birk (98), [183] Ellis Wyms (01-TB), [187] John Sullivan (08), [207] Chester Taylor (02-Balt.) 7th Round (3) [197] Gus Frerotte (94-Wash.), [212] Fred Evans (06-Mia.), [220] Jeff Dugan (04) Undrafted (16) MINNESOTA VIKINGS 2008 ROSTER BY ROUND [Overall Selection In Brackets] Active Roster Total - 53 Ryan Longwell (97-SF), Pat Williams (97-Buf.), Artis Hicks (02-Phi.), Maurice Hicks (02-Chi.), Vinny Ciurciu (03-Car.), Otis Grigsby (03-Mia.), Anthony Herrera (04), Cullen Loeffler (04), Benny Sapp (04-KC), Chris Kluwe (05-Sea), Charles Gordon (06), Naufahu Tahi (06-Cin.), David Herron (07), Husain Abdullah (08), Erin Henderson (08), Drew Radovich (08). Active Roster Total - 53
WR: 87 Bernard Berrian 89 Robert Ferguson LT: 79 Artis Hicks 60 Drew Radovich LG: 76 Steve Hutchinson 79 Artis Hicks C: 78 Matt Birk 65 John Sullivan RG 64 Anthony Herrera 79 Artis Hicks RT: 62 Ryan Cook 72 Marcus Johnson TE: 81 Visanthe Shiancoe 40 Jim Kleinsasser 45 Garrett Mills WR: 18 Sidney Rice 19 Bobby Wade 84 Aundrae Allison QB: 12 Gus Frerotte 7 Tarvaris Jackson 4 John David Booty FB: 44 Thomas Tapeh 38 Naufahu Tahi 83 Jeff Dugan HB: 28 Adrian Peterson 29 Chester Taylor 43 Maurice Hicks LE: 91 Ray Edwards 73 Otis Grigsby NT: 94 Pat Williams 90 Fred Evans UT: 93 Kevin Williams 97 Ellis Wyms 98 Letroy Guion RE: 69 Jared Allen 96 Brian Robison SLB: 52 Chad Greenway 50 Erin Henderson MLB: 56 E.J. Henderson 58 David Herron WLB: 51 Ben Leber 54 Vinny Ciurciu LCB: 26 Antoine Winfield 21 Marcus McCauley RCB: 23 Cedric Griffin 41 Charles Gordon 22 Benny Sapp SS: 42 Darren Sharper 39 Husain Abdullah FS: 25 Tyrell Johnson 37 Eric Frampton 20 (Madieu Williams) CIAL TEAMS MINNESOTA VIKINGS 2008 UNOFFICIAL DEPTH CHART Updated: September 17, 2008 OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS P: 5 Chris Kluwe K: 8 Ryan Longwell LS: 46 Cullen Loeffler H: 5 Chris Kluwe KR: 29 Chester Taylor 43 Maurice Hicks 84 Aundrae Allison PR: 84 Aundrae Allison 41 Charles Gordon Rookie Players Underlined Injured Players in Parentheses Husain Abdullah - WHO-sane ab-dul-la Bernard Berrian - bare-e-an Vinny Ciurciu - chur-choo Jeff Dugan - DOO-gan Gus Frerotte - FUR-ott Letroy Guion - LA-troy GUY-on Otis Grigsby - grigs-bee Anthony Herrera - HA-rare-ah Tarvaris Jackson - ta-var-is Tyrell Johnson - TIE-rell Jim Kleinsasser - KLINE-sauce-er 2008 VIKINGS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Chris Kluwe - CLUE-ee Ben Leber - LEE-ber Cullen Loeffler - LEFF-ler Brian Robison - ROB-ah-sin Visanthe Shiancoe - vi-sahn-tay SHANK-oh Naufahu Tahi - nah-fah-who TAH-hee Thomas Tapeh - ta-pay Madieu Williams - muh-dee-you Antoine Winfield - an-twan Ellis Wyms - wims Coaches Eric Bieniemy - bee-en-uh-me Tom Kanavy - ka-nay-vee Fred Pagac - PUG-itch
MINNESOTA VIKINGS 2008 PARTICIPATION CHART Date 9/8 9/14 9/21 9/28 10/6 10/12 10/19 11/2 11/9 11/16 11/23 11/30 12/7 12/14 12/21 12/28 2008 Career Opponent @ GB Ind Car @ Ten @ NO Det @ Chi Hou GB @ TB @ Jac Chi @ Det @Ari Atl NYG GP GS DNP IA GP GS Abdullah, Husain P P P 3 0 0 0 3 0 Allen, Jared S S S 3 3 0 0 64 58 Allen, Kenderick IR IR IR 0 0 0 0 31 3 Allison, Aundrae P P P 3 0 0 0 14 0 Berrian, Bernard S S S 3 3 0 0 61 35 Birk, Matt S S S 3 3 0 0 133 110 Booty, John David I I I 0 0 0 3 0 0 Boulware, Michael IR IR IR 0 0 0 0 64 28 Burnett, Martail N PS PS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ciurciu, Vinny P P P 3 0 0 0 73 5 Clark, Chris N PS PS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cook, Ryan S S S 3 3 0 0 25 21 Daniels, Brian PS PS PS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Douzable, Leger PS N N 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dugan, Jeff I I I 0 0 0 1 38 12 Edwards, Ray S S S 3 3 0 0 30 16 Evans, Fred P P P 3 0 0 0 15 0 Farwell, Heath IR IR IR 0 0 0 0 39 0 Ferguson, Robert P P P 3 0 0 0 78 34 Frampton, Eric P P P 3 0 0 0 17 0 Frerotte, Gus DNP DNP S 1 1 0 0 137 83 Gordon, Charles S P P 3 1 0 0 26 4 Greenway, Chad S S S 3 3 0 0 19 19 Griffin, Cedric S S S 3 3 0 0 33 26 Grigsby, Otis P P P 3 0 0 0 11 0 Guion, Letroy I I I 0 0 0 3 0 0 Henderson, E.J. S S S 3 3 0 0 78 63 Henderson, Erin I I P 1 0 0 2 1 0 Herrera, Anthony S S S 3 3 0 0 31 31 Herron, David P P P 3 0 0 0 5 0 Hicks, Artis S S S 3 3 0 0 69 52 Hicks, Maurice I I P 1 0 0 1 56 5 Hutchinson, Steve S S S 3 3 0 0 103 103 Jackson, Tarvaris S S DNP 2 2 1 0 18 16 Johnson, Jaymar PS PS PS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnson, Marcus P P P 3 0 0 0 43 20 Johnson, Tyrell S S S 3 3 0 0 3 3 Kleinsasser, Jim S P S 3 2 0 0 120 95 Kluwe, Chris P P P 3 0 0 0 50 0 Leber, Ben P S S 3 2 0 0 91 74 Loeffler, Cullen P P P 3 0 0 0 67 0 Longwell, Ryan P P P 3 0 0 0 179 0 Mattran, Tim PS PS N 0 0 0 0 0 0 McCauley, Marcus I I I 0 0 0 3 16 9 McKinnie, Bryant SUS SUS SUS 0 0 0 0 88 87 Mills, Garrett P P P 3 0 0 0 4 0 Mitchell, Jayme IR IR IR 0 0 0 0 23 0 Peterson, Adrian S S S 3 3 0 0 17 12 Radovich, Drew I I I 0 0 0 3 0 0 Reynaud, Darius PS PS PS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rice, Sidney S S DNP 2 2 0 1 15 6 Robison, Brian P P P 3 0 0 0 19 6 Ross, Isaiah N N PS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sapp, Benny P P P 3 0 0 0 59 6 Sharper, Darren S S S 3 3 0 0 170 154 Shiancoe, Visanthe P S S 3 2 0 0 83 41 Shotwell, Kyle PS N N 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sullivan, John P P P 3 0 0 0 3 0 Tahi, Naufahu P P P 3 0 0 0 13 0 Tapeh, Thomas S P I 2 1 0 1 41 17 Taylor, Chester P P P 3 0 0 0 94 31 Udeze, Kenechi NFI NFI NFI 0 0 0 0 51 47 Wade, Bobby P P S 3 1 0 0 77 31 Walker, Marcus PS PS PS 0 0 0 0 0 0 Williams, Kevin S S S 3 3 0 0 81 81 Williams, Madieu I I I 0 0 0 3 49 45 Williams, Pat S S S 3 3 0 0 159 116 Winfield, Antoine S S S 3 3 0 0 131 115 Wyms, Ellis P P P 3 0 0 0 82 9 Young, Albert PS PS PS 0 0 0 0 0 0 P-played; S-started; DNP-did not play; IR-injured reserve; N-not with club; I-inactive; NFI-non-football illness; PS-Practice Squad; SUS-Reserve/Suspended
HOW THE 2008 MINNESOTA VIKINGS WERE BUILT YEAR DRAFT TRADES FREE AGENCY/WAIVERS 1998 C Matt Birk (6) 1999 TE Jim Kleinsasser (2) 2003 DT Kevin Williams (1) LB E.J. Henderson (2) 2004 FB Jeff Dugan (7) G Anthony Herrera * LS Cullen Loeffler * CB Antoine Winfield ** 2005 T Marcus Johnson (2) P Chris Kluwe (W-Sea) S Darren Sharper ** DT Pat Williams ** 2006 LB Chad Greenway (1) G Artis Hicks (Phi) CB Charles Gordon * CB Cedric Griffin (2a) G Steve Hutchinson ** T Ryan Cook (2b) LB Ben Leber ** QB Tarvaris Jackson (2c) K Ryan Longwell ** DE Ray Edwards (4) FB Naufahu Tahi (PS-Cin) RB Chester Taylor ** 2007 RB Adrian Peterson (1) LB Vinny Ciurciu ** WR Sidney Rice (2) DT Fred Evans ** CB Marcus McCauley (3) WR Robert Ferguson ** DE Brian Robison (4) S Eric Frampton (W-Det) WR Aundrae Allison (5) DE Otis Grigsby (PS-Car) LB David Herron * TE Garrett Mills (W-NE) TE Visanthe Shiancoe ** WR Bobby Wade ** 2008 S Tyrell Johnson (2) DE Jared Allen (KC) S Husain Abdullah * QB John David Booty (5a) WR Bernard Berrian ** DT Letroy Guion (5b) QB Gus Frerotte ** C John Sullivan (6a) LB Erin Henderson * RB Maurice Hicks ** T Drew Radovich * CB Benny Sapp ** FB Thomas Tapeh ** S Madieu Williams ** DT Ellis Wyms ** * ROOKIE FREE AGENT PRIOR TO JOINING VIKINGS ** NFL VETERAN OR HAD BEEN IN OTHER NFL CAMPS PRIOR TO JOINING VIKINGS # PLAYER WAS DRAFTED BY THE VIKINGS AND RETURNED VIA TRADE, WAIVERS OR FREE AGENCY
MINNESOTA VIKINGS 2008 ROSTER MOVES DATE POSITION PLAYER TRANSACTION September 17 G ROSS, Isaiah Signed to Practice Squad September 16 C MATTRAN, Tim Released from Practice Squad September 10 T CLARK, Chris Signed to Practice Squad September 9 DE BURNETT, Martail Signed to Practice Squad September 9 DT DOUZABLE, Leger Released from Practice Squad September 9 LB SHOTWELL, Kyle Released from Practice Squad September 4 LB SHOTWELL, Kyle Signed to Practice Squad September 4 DE BURNETT, Martail Released from Practice Squad September 2 C JONES, Mike Waived/Injury Settlement August 30 DE BURNETT, Martail Signed to Practice Squad August 30 G DANIELS, Brian Signed to Practice Squad August 30 DT DOUZABLE, Leger Signed to Practice Squad August 30 WR JOHNSON, Jaymar Signed to Practice Squad August 30 C MATTRAN, Tim Signed to Practice Squad August 30 WR REYNAUD, Darius Signed to Practice Squad August 30 CB WALKER, Marcus Signed to Practice Squad August 30 RB YOUNG, Albert Signed to Practice Squad August 29 LB ALEXANDER, Rufus Waived August 29 QB BOLLINGER, Brooks Waived August 29 S BOULWARE, Michael Placed on Injured Reserve August 29 DE BURNETT, Martail Waived August 29 G DANIELS, Brian Waived August 29 DE DOUZABLE, Leger Waived August 29 K HAUSCHKA, Steven Waived August 29 T JOHNSON, Chase Waived August 29 WR JOHNSON, Jaymar Waived August 29 TE JONES, Braden Waived August 29 WR JONES, Nate Waived August 29 LB LEMAN, J Waived August 29 C MATTRAN, Tim Waived August 29 CB McCANN, Dee Waived August 29 C MOZES, Dan Waived August 29 WR NANCE, Martin Waived August 29 DE NORWELL, Chris Waived August 29 WR REYNAUD, Darius Waived August 29 CB SUMRALL, Brandon Waived August 29 CB WALKER, Marcus Waived August 29 RB YOUNG, Albert Waived August 29 T McKINNIE, Bryant Placed on Reserve/Suspended August 25 WR DAVIS, Daniel Waived August 25 T DUMFORD, Sean Waived August 25 T PASTEUR, Brock Waived August 25 LB POPE, Derrick Released August 18 DT ALLEN, Kendrick Placed on Injured Reserve August 12 LB FARWELL, Heath Placed on Injured Reserve August 12 C JONES, Mike Placed on Injured Reserve August 12 DE MITCHELL, Jayme Placed on Injured Reserve August 11 T DUMFORD, Sean Signed August 11 DE NORWELL, Chris Signed August 11 T PASTEUR, Brock Signed August 11 LB FARWELL, Heath Waived/Injured August 11 G JONES, Mike Waived/Injured August 11 DE MITCHELL, Jayme Waived/Injured July 23 QB BOOTY, John David Signed July 23 S JOHNSON, Tyrell Signed July 23 C SULLIVAN, John Signed July 22 DT GUION, Letroy Signed July 22 WR JOHNSON, Jaymar Signed
July 1 QB WRIGHT, Kyle Waived June 27 DB GRIFFIN, Marcus Waived June 27 DB KEY, Travis Waived June 24 WR SURRENCY, Justin Waived June 24 RB WHITLOCK, Arkee Waived June 10 G JONES, Mike Signed June 10 LB CARTER, Brannon Waived May 27 LB CARTER, Brannon Signed May 27 WR DAVIS, Daniel Signed May 27 DE JAMES, Erasmus Traded to Washington May 20 WR LITTLE, Brent Waived May 2 S ABDULLAH, Husain Signed May 2 DE BURNETT, Martail Signed May 2 DE DOUZABLE, Leger Signed May 2 S GRIFFIN, Marcus Signed May 2 K HAUSCHKA, Steven Signed May 2 LB HENDERSON, Erin Signed May 2 WR JONES, Nate Signed May 2 CB KEY, Travis Signed May 2 LB LEMAN, J Signed May 2 C MATTRAN, Tim Signed May 2 T RADOVICH, Drew Signed May 2 WR REYNAUD, Darius Signed May 2 CB SUMRALL, Brandon Signed May 2 CB WALKER, Marcus Signed May 2 QB WRIGHT, Kyle Signed May 2 RB YOUNG, Albert Signed May 2 DE UDEZE, Kenechi Placed on Reserve/Non-Football Illness April 30 WR FILANI, Joel Waived April 30 LB SARTZ, Dallas Waived April 23 DE ALLEN, Jared Acquired via Trade (Kansas City) April 8 QB FREROTTE, Gus Signed March 25 LB FARWELL, Heath Signed as RFA March 25 CB SAPP, Benny Signed as UFA (Kansas City) March 24 WR FERGUSON, Robert Signed March 20 DT ALLEN, Kendrick Signed March 20 S BOULWARE, Michael Signed as UFA (Houston) March 18 DT WYMS, Ellis Signed as UFA (Seattle) March 17 LB SARTZ, Dallas Signed March 14 LB POPE, Derrick Signed as UFA (Miami) March 4 RB HICKS, Maurice Signed as UFA (San Fransisco) March 3 WR BERRIAN, Bernard Signed as UFA (Chicago) March 1 S WILLIAMS, Madieu Signed as UFA (Cincinnati) February 29 FB TAPEH, Thomas Signed as UFA (Philadelphia) February 29 WR WILLIAMSON, Troy Traded to Jacksonville February 20 S SMITH, Dwight Released January 4 WR LITTLE, Brent Signed January 2 G DANIELS, Brian Signed January 2 WR FILANI, Joel Signed January 2 CB McCANN, Dee Signed January 2 WR NANCE, Martin Signed January 2 WR SURRENCY, Justin Signed January 2 RB WHITLOCK, Arkee Signed
2008 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS VIKINGS 1st Downs Total Offense INTs By Minn. Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Pen Fum Scoring T R Pa Pe Yd Ru At Pa Sk/Yd A C I N Yd Lg TD N/Avg N Yd FC Lg TD N Yd Lg TD N/Yd N/LT R P Rt PAT FG S @GB 21 10 7 4 355 187 33 168 1/10 35 16 1 0 0 0 0 5/43.4 4 13 0 9 0 3 60 22 0 9/24 0/0 1 1 0 1/1 2/2 0 IND 16 7 8 1 299 180 23 119 2/10 24 14 0 2 1 1 0 6/43.3 4 42 1 27 0 4 105 37 0 2/5 2/1 0 0 0 0/0 5/6 0 CAR 17 5 11 1 305 119 32 186 3/18 28 16 1 0 0 0 0 5/52.6 2 0 3 0 0 2 44 27 0 9/100 1/0 0 1 1 2/2 2/2 0 @ TEN _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ NO _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DET _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ CHI _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HOU _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GB _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ TB _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ JAX _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CHI _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ DET _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ ARI _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ATL _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NYG _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals 54 22 26 6 959 486 88 473 6/38 87 46 2 2 1 1 0 16/46.3 10 55 4 9 0 9 209 22 0 20/129 3/1 1 2 1 3/3 9/10 0 T R Pa Pe Yd Ru At Pa Sk/Yd A C I N Yd Lg TD N/Avg N Yd FC Lg TD N Yd Lg TD N/Yd N/LT R P Rt PAT FG S 1st Downs Total Offense INTs By Minn. Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Pen Fum Scoring THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 9/8 at Green Bay: 7-16 43.8% 9/14 Indianapolis: 2-13 15.4% 9/21 Carolina: 4-12 33.3% OPPONENTS 1st Downs Total Offense INTs By Opp. Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Pen Fum Scoring T R Pa Pe Yd Ru At Pa Sk/Yd A C I N Yd Lg TD N/Avg N Yd FC Lg TD N Yd Lg TD N/Yd N/LT R P Rt PAT FG S @GB 15 8 6 1 317 139 27 178 0/0 22 18 0 1 7 7 0 5/45.2 3 78 0 76 1 4 92 24 0 12/118 2/0 1 1 1 3/3 1/2 0 IND 17 2 15 0 321 25 19 296 2/15 42 26 2 0 0 0 0 7/44.0 2 30 1 25 0 4 84 27 0 5/45 0/0 1 1 0 1/1 1/2 0 CAR 14 3 9 2 204 47 20 157 5/34 29 17 0 1 19 19 0 5/39.8 5 50 0 19 0 5 146 38 0 12/67 3/2 1 0 0 1/1 1/1 0 @ TEN _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ NO _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DET _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ CHI _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HOU _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GB _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ TB _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ JAX _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CHI _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ DET _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ ARI _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ATL _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NYG _- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals 46 13 30 3 842 211 66 631 7/49 93 61 2 2 26 1 0 17/43.1 10 158 1 9 1 13 322 22 1 29/230 5/2 3 2 1 5/5 3/5 0 T R Pa Pe Yd Ru At Pa Sk/Yd A C I N Yd Lg TD N/Avg N Yd FC Lg TD N Yd Lg TD N/Yd N/LT R P Rt PAT FG S 1st Downs Total Offense INTs By Opp. Punts Punt Returns Kickoff Returns Pen Fum Scoring THIRD DOWN EFFICIENCY 9/8 at Green Bay: 4-10 40.0% 9/14 Indianapolis: 6-15 40.0% 9/21 Carolina: 4-12 27.3% SCORING SUMMARY 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH OT Total VIKINGS' FG 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH OT Total OPP. FG @GB 0 3 3 13 0 19 37, 27 0 10 7 7 0 24 42, 33B IND 6 3 6 0 0 15 45, 27, 53, 46, 28, 48 WL 0 0 7 11 0 18 30WR, 47 CAR 0 10 7 3 0 20 28, 32 3 7 0 0 0 10 43 @ TEN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ NO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ CHI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HOU - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ TB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ JAX - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CHI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ DET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ ARI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ATL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NYG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals 6 16 16 16 0 54 3 17 14 18 0 52
RUSHING No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD @GB 19 103 5.4 34 1 5 19 3.8 9 0 9 65 7.2 19 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 IND 29 160 5.5 29 0 4 18 4.5 7 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 CAR 17 77 4.5 14 0 11 44 4.0 10 0 DNP 0 0 0.0 0 0 @ TEN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ NO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ CHI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HOU - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ TB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ JAX - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CHI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ DET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ ARI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ATL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NYG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals 65 340 5.2 34 1 20 81 4.1 10 0 10 66 6.6 19 0 1 1 1.0 1 0 @GB IND No Adrian Peterson Chester Taylor Tarvaris Jackson Gus Frerotte Yds Avg Lg TD DNP DNP CAR 4-2 -0.5 3 0 @ TEN - - - - - @ NO - - - - - DET - - - - - @ CHI - - - - - HOU - - - - - GB - - - - - @ TB - - - - - @ JAX - - - - - CHI - - - - - @ DET - - - - - @ ARI - - - - - ATL - - - - - NYG - - - - - Totals 4-2 -0.5 3 0 PASSING Aundrae Allison Tarvaris Jackson Gus Frerotte A C YDS PCT TD INT LG SK/YD RT A C YDS PCT TD INT LG SK/YD RT @GB 35 16 178 45.7% 1 1 24 1/10 59.0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP IND 24 14 130 58.3% 0 0 23 3/11 73.3 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CAR DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 28 16 204 57.1% 1 1 48 3/18 77.1 @ TEN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ NO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ CHI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HOU - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ TB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ JAX - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CHI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ DET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ ARI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ATL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NYG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals 59 30 308 50.8% 1 1 24 4/21 64.8 28 16 204 57.1% 1 1 24 4/21 64.8 A C YDS PCT TD INT LG SK/YD RT A C YDS PCT TD INT LG SK/YD RT
Chester Taylor RECEIVING Visanthe Shiancoe No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD @GB 3 21 7.0 14 0 3 38 12.7 24 0 3 21 7.0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 IND 1-2 -2.0-2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 23 23.0 23 0 3 42 14.0 22 0 CAR 3 22 7.3 11 0 3 79 26.3 48 0 2 38 19.0 34t 1 3 35 11.7 15 0 @ TEN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ NO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ CHI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HOU - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ TB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ JAX - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CHI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ DET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ ARI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ATL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NYG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals 7 41 5.9 11 0 6 117 19.5 48 0 6 82 13.7 34t 1 6 77 12.8 22 0 Adrian Peterson Bernard Berrian No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD @GB 1 11 11.0 11 0 3 49 16.3 23 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 IND 4 20 5.0 13 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 2-2 -1.0 3 0 2 37 18.5 21 0 CAR 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 10 10.0 10 0 2 6 3.0 4 0 1 5 5.0 5 0 @ TEN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ NO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ CHI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HOU - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ TB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ JAX - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CHI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ DET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ ARI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ATL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NYG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals 5 31 6.2 13 0 4 59 14.8 23 0 4 4 1.0 4 0 3 42 14.0 21 0 Sidney Rice Jim Kleinsasser Robert Ferguson Bobby Wade Garrett Mills Naufahu Tahi Aundrae Allison Thomas Tapeh No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD No Yds Avg Lg TD @GB 2 31 15.5 23t 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 7 7.0 7 0 IND 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 12 12.0 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 CAR Inactive 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 9 9.0 9 0 Inactive @ TEN - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ NO - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ CHI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HOU - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - GB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ TB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ JAX - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CHI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ DET - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @ ARI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ATL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NYG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Totals 2 31 15.5 23t 1 1 12 12.0 12 0 1 9 9.0 9 0 1 7 7.0 7 0
PUNTING Chris Kluwe No YDS Avg TB I20 LG BL NET @GB 5 217 43.4 0 2 50 0 27.8 IND 6 260 43.3 1 2 56 0 35.0 CAR 5 263 52.6 0 2 55 0 42.6 @ TEN - - - - - - - @ NO - - - - - - - DET - - - - - - @ CHI - - - - - - - HOU - - - - - - - GB - - - - - - - @ TB - - - - - - @ JAX - - - - - - - CHI - - - - - - - @ DET - - - - - - - @ ARI - - - - - - - ATL - - - - - - - NYG - - - - - - - Totals 16 740 46.3 1 6 56 0 31.7 FUMBLE RETURNS Ben Leber Antoine Winfield No Yds Avg LG TD No Yds Avg LG TD @GB 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 IND 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 CAR 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 19 19.0 19 1 @ TEN - - - - - - - - - @ NO - - - - - - - - - DET - - - - - - - - - @ CHI - - - - - - - - - HOU - - - - - - - - - GB - - - - - - - - - @ TB - - - - - - - - - @ JAX - - - - - - - - - CHI - - - - - - - - - @ DET - - - - - - - - - @ ARI - - - - - - - - - ATL - - - - - - - - - NYG - - - - - - - - - Totals 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 19 19.0 19 1 PUNT RETURNS KICKOFF RETURNS Aundrae Allison Charles Gordon Chester Taylor Aundrae Allison No Yds Avg FC LG TD No Yds Avg FC LG TD No Yds Avg FC LG TD No Yds Avg FC LG TD @GB 3 13 4.3 0 9 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 @GB 1 21 21.0 0 21 0 2 39 19.5 0 22 0 IND 1 27 27.0 0 27 0 3 15 5.0 1 9 0 IND 3 93 31.0 0 37 0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0 CAR 2 0 0.0 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 CAR 2 44 22.0 0 27 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 @ TEN - - - - - - - - - - @ TEN - - - - - - - - - - @ NO - - - - - - - - - - @ NO - - - - - - - - - - DET - - - - - - - - - - DET - - - - - - - - - - @ CHI - - - - - - - - - - @ CHI - - - - - - - - - - HOU - - - - - - - - - - HOU - - - - - - - - - - GB - - - - - - - - - - GB - - - - - - - - - - @ TB - - - - - - - - - - @ TB - - - - - - - - - - @ JAX - - - - - - - - - - @ JAX - - - - - - - - - - CHI - - - - - - - - - - CHI - - - - - - - - - - @ DET - - - - - - - - - - @ DET - - - - - - - - - - @ ARI - - - - - - - - - - @ ARI - - - - - - - - - - ATL - - - - - - - - - - ATL - - - - - - - - - - NYG - - - - - - - - - - NYG - - - - - - - - - - Totals 6 40 6.7 0 27 0 4 15 3.8 1 9 0 Totals 6 158 26.3 0 37 0 3 51 17.0 1 22 0
DEFENSIVE GAME-BY-GAME E.J. Henderson Chad Greenway Kevin Williams U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD @GB 5 1 6 1 0.0 1 1 0/0 0/0 0 5 1 6 1 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 7 4 11 1 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 IND 7 3 10 1 1.0 1 0 0/0 0/0 1 7 0 7 1 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 2 2 1 3 0 0.0 4 0 0/0 0/0 1 CAR 13 2 15 2 0.0 2 0 0/0 0/0 1 4 6 10 1 1.0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 4 2 6 0 2.0 2 0 0/0 0/0 1 @ TEN - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ NO - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - DET - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ CHI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - HOU - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - GB - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ TB - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ JAX - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - CHI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ DET - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ ARI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - ATL - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - NYG - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - Totals 25 6 31 4 1.0 4 1 0/0 0/0 2 16 7 23 3 1.0 0 1 0/0 0/0 2 13 7 20 1 2.0 6 0 0/0 0/0 2 Tyrell Johnson Jared Allen Cedric Griffin U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD @GB 2 0 2 0 0.0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 1 1 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 2 0 2 1 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 IND 4 0 4 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 4 3 7 0 1.0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 6 2 8 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 CAR 5 3 8 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 4 1 5 0 1.0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 2 1 3 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 TEN - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ NO - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - DET - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ CHI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - HOU - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - GB - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ TB - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ JAX - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - CHI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ DET - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ ARI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - ATL - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - NYG - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - Totals 11 3 14 0 0.0 1 0 0/0 0/0 1 9 4 13 1 2.0 8 0 0/0 0/0 0 10 3 13 1 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 Darren Sharper Antoine Winfield Ray Edwards U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD @GB 1 1 2 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 5 2 7 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 4 0 4 0 0.0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 IND 3 2 5 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 2 1 3 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 1/1 2 3 2 5 1 0.0 5 0 0/0 0/0 0 CAR 3 2 5 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 1 1 2 0 1.0 0 1 1/19 0/0 0 0 1 1 0 0.0 1 0 0/0 0/0 1 TEN - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ NO - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - DET - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ CHI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - HOU - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - GB - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ TB - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ JAX - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - CHI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ DET - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ ARI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - ATL - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - NYG - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - Totals 7 5 12 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 8 4 12 0 1.0 0 1 1/19 1/1 2 7 3 10 1 0.0 7 0 0/0 0/0 1
DEFENSIVE GAME-BY-GAME Pat Williams Ben Leber Charles Gordon U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD @GB 2 3 5 1 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 1 1 2 1 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 2 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 IND 1 1 2 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 1 2 3 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 2 0 2 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 1/0 1 CAR 1 2 3 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 1 2 3 0 0.0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 2 1 3 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 TEN - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ NO - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - DET - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ CHI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - HOU - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - GB - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ TB - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ JAX - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - CHI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ DET - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ ARI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - ATL - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - NYG - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - Totals 4 6 10 1 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 3 5 8 1 0.0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 6 1 7 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 1/0 1 Fred Evans Benny Sapp Otis Grigsby U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD @GB 1 0 1 1 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 1 1 2 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 IND 0 2 2 0 0.0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 CAR 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 TEN - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ NO - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - DET - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ CHI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - HOU - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - GB - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ TB - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ JAX - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - CHI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ DET - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ ARI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - ATL - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - NYG - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - Totals 1 2 3 1 0.0 4 0 0/0 0 1 1 2 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 Brian Robison Chester Taylor Visanthe Shiancoe U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD @GB 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 IND 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 CAR 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 TEN - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ NO - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - DET - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ CHI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - HOU - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - GB - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ TB - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ JAX - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - CHI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ DET - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - @ ARI - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - ATL - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - NYG - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - Totals 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0
Ellis Wyms U A T TFL SK H FF FR INT/Y PD @GB 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 IND 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 CAR 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 TEN - - 0 - - - - - @ NO - - 0 - - - - - DET - - 0 - - - - - @ CHI - - 0 - - - - - HOU - - 0 - - - - - GB - - 0 - - - - - @ TB - - 0 - - - - - @ JAX - - 0 - - - - - CHI - - 0 - - - - - @ DET - - 0 - - - - - @ ARI - - 0 - - - - - ATL - - 0 - - - - - NYG - - 0 - - - - - Totals 0 0 0 0 0.0 3 0 0/0 0/0 0 DEFENSIVE GAME-BY-GAME
THE LAST TIME 400 YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE By Vikings 443 yards, vs. Detroit, 12/2/07 Playoffs 429 yards, vs. New Orleans, 1/6/01 By Opponents 488 yards, at Green Bay, 11/11/07 Playoffs 518 yards, at N.Y. Giants, 1/14/01 500 YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE By Vikings 528 yards, vs. San Diego, 11/4/07 Playoffs Has never happened By Opponents 504 yards, at Cincinnati, 9/18/05 Playoffs 518 yards, at N.Y. Giants, 1/14/01 300 YARDS PASSING IN A GAME BY A PLAYER By Vikings Daunte Culpepper, 300 yards, vs. New Orleans, 9/25/05 Playoffs Daunte Culpepper, 316 yards, at Philadelphia, 1/16/05 By Opponents Peyton Manning, 311 yards, vs. Indianapolis, 9/14/08 Playoffs Kerry Collins, 381 yards, at N.Y. Giants, 1/14/01 400 YARDS PASSING IN A GAME BY A PLAYER By Vikings Daunte Culpepper, 404 yards, at Detroit, 12/19/04 Playoffs Jeff George, 424 yards, at St. Louis, 1/16/00 By Opponents Matt Leinart, 405 yards, vs. Arizona, 11/26/06 Playoffs Has never happened 4 TOUCHDOWN PASSES IN A GAME BY A PLAYER By Vikings Daunte Culpepper, at Green Bay, 11/14/04 Playoffs Daunte Culpepper, at Green Bay, 1/9/05 By Opponents Tom Brady, vs. New England, 10/30/06 Playoffs Kerry Collins (5), at N.Y. Giants, 1/14/01 100 YARDS RUSHING IN A GAME BY A PLAYER By Vikings Adrian Peterson, 160 yards, vs. Indianapolis, 9/14/08 Playoffs Robert Smith, 140 yards, vs. Dallas, 1/9/00 By Opponents Ryan Grant, 119 yards, at Green Bay, 11/11/07 Playoffs Terry Kirby, 120 yards, at San Francisco, 1/3/98 200 YARDS RUSHING IN A GAME BY A PLAYER By Vikings Adrian Peterson, 296 yards, vs. San Diego, 11/4/07 Playoffs Has never happened By Opponents Walter Payton, 275 yards, at Chicago, 11/20/77 Playoffs Has never happened 3 TOUCHDOWNS RUSHING IN A GAME BY A PLAYER By Vikings Chester Taylor, vs. Oakland, 11/18/07 Playoffs Has never happened By Opponents Steven Jackson, vs. St. Louis, 12/31/06 Playoffs Has never happened 100 YARDS RECEIVING IN A GAME BY A PLAYER By Vikings Troy Williamson, 102 yards, vs. Carolina, 9/17/06 Playoffs Marcus Robinson, 119 yards, at Philadelphia, 1/16/05 By Opponents Anthony Gonzalez, 137 yards, vs. Indianapolis, 9/14/08 Playoffs Ike Hilliard, 155 yards, at N.Y. Giants, 1/14/01 3 TOUCHDOWN CATCHES IN A GAME BY A PLAYER By Vikings Marcus Robinson (15, 15, 2), vs. Cleveland, 11/27/05 Playoffs Has never happened By Opponents Marvin Harrison (4, 15, 18), at Indianapolis, 12/24/00 Playoffs Has never happened 3 TOUCHDOWNS IN A GAME BY A PLAYER By Vikings Chester Taylor, vs. Oakland, 11/18/07 (3 rushing) Playoffs Leroy Hoard, vs. Arizona, 1/10/99 (2 rushing, 1 receiving) By Opponents Marshall Faulk, at St. Louis, 11/30/03 (3 rushing) Playoffs Mario Bates, vs. Arizona, 1/10/99 (3 rushing)
4 TOUCHDOWNS IN A GAME BY A PLAYER By Vikings Ahmad Rashad, vs. San Francisco, 9/2/79 (4 receiving) Playoffs Has never happened By Opponents Steven Jackson, vs. St. Louis, 12/31/06 (3 rushing, 1 receiving) Playoffs Has never happened 3 INTERCEPTIONS IN A GAME BY A PLAYER By Vikings Darren Sharper, at N.Y. Giants, 11/13/05 Playoffs Has never happened By Opponents Deltha O Neal, at Cincinnati, 9/18/05 Playoffs Has never happened PUNT RETURNED FOR TD By Vikings Mewelde Moore, 71 yards, vs. New England, 10/30/06 Playoffs Anthony Carter, 84 yards, at New Orleans, 1/3/88 By Opponents Will Blackmon, 76 yards, at Green Bay, 9/8/08 Playoffs Golden Richards, 63 yards, at Dallas, 12/30/73 KICKOFF RETURNED FOR TD By Vikings Aundrae Allison, 104 yards, vs. Detroit, 12/2/07 Playoffs Has never happened By Opponents J.J. Arrington, 99 yards, vs. Arizona, 11/26/06 Playoffs Tony Horne, 95 yards, at St. Louis, 1/16/00 INTERCEPTION RETURNED FOR TD By Vikings Kevin Williams, 18 yards, at San Francisco, 12/9/07 Playoffs Reggie Rutland, 27 yards, at San Francisco, 1/9/88 By Opponents Ron Bartell, 38 yards, vs. St. Louis, 12/31/06 Playoffs Ken Norton Jr., 23 yards, at San Francisco, 1/3/98 FUMBLE RETURNED FOR TD By Vikings Antoine Winfield, 19 yards vs. Carolina, 9/21/08 Playoffs Nate Wright, 20 yards, vs. St. Louis, 12/21/74 By Opponents Adrian Wilson, 99 yards, vs. Arizona, 11/26/06 Playoffs Kevin Miniefield, 48 yards, vs. Chicago, 1/1/95 PUNT BLOCKED By Vikings Jim Kleinsasser, vs. Chicago, 1/1/06 Playoffs Scott Studwell, at L.A. Rams, 12/31/78 By Opponents Jamie Duncan, at St. Louis, 11/30/03 Playoffs Spencer Tillman, at San Francisco, 1/6/90 PUNT BLOCKED FOR TD By Vikings Issiac Holt, recovered in end zone, vs. San Francisco, 10/12/86 (Blocked by Gerald Robinson) Playoffs Terry Brown, recovered in end zone, vs. Pittsburgh 1/12/75 (Blocked by Matt Blair) By Opponents Tiger Greene, vs. Green Bay, 36 yards,12/2/90 (Blocked by Greene) Playoffs Doug Rogers recovered blocked kick in end zone, vs. Atlanta, 1/9/83 (Blocked by Paul Davis) PUNT BLOCKED FOR SAFETY By Vikings Mike Merriweather, vs. L.A. Rams, 11/5/89 Playoffs Has never happened By Opponents Kevin Miniefield, vs. Chicago, 10/28/96 Playoffs Has never happened SAFETY SCORED By Vikings Penalty on Daunte Culpepper enforced in end zone, vs. Oakland, 11/18/07 Playoffs Ron Jaworski tackled in end zone by Doug Martin and Matt Blair, at Philadelphia, 1/3/81 By Opponents Penalty on Ryan Cook enforced in end zone, at Denver, 12/30/07 Playoffs Fran Tarkenton tackled in end zone, vs. Pittsburgh, 1/12/75 FIELD GOAL BLOCKED By Vikings Cedric Griffin, at Green Bay, 9/8/08 Playoffs Matt Blair, at Philadelphia, 1/3/81 By Opponents Julius Peppers, vs. Carolina, 9/17/06 Playoffs at Green Bay, 1/9/05
BLOCKED FIELD GOAL RETURNED FOR TD By Vikings Has never happened Playoffs Bobby Bryant, 90 yards, vs. L.A. Rams, 12/26/76 By Opponents Patrick Watkins, 68 yards, at Dallas, 10/21/07 Playoffs Has never happened PAT MISSED (1 pt.) By Vikings Ryan Longwell, vs. Chicago, 12/17/07 Playoffs Chuck Nelson, at San Francisco, 1/1/89 By Opponents Jason Hanson (kick aborted), at Detroit, 12/19/04 Playoffs Mike Cofer, at San Francisco, 1/6/90 PAT BLOCKED By Vikings Fernando Smith, at San Francisco, 12/18/95 Playoffs Carl Eller, at Dallas, 1/1/78 By Opponents Jared DeVries, vs. Detroit, 10/8/06 Playoffs Has never happened 50 POINTS SCORED IN GAME By Vikings Minnesota 50, Jacksonville 10, 12/20/98 Playoffs Has never happened By Opponents San Francisco 51, Minnesota 7, 12/8/84 Playoffs Has never happened 40 POINTS SCORED IN GAME By Vikings Minnesota 42, Detroit 10, 12/2/07 Playoffs Minnesota 41, Arizona 21, 1/10/99 By Opponents St. Louis 41, Minnesota 21, 12/31/06 Playoffs N.Y. Giants 41, Minnesota 0, 1/14/01 SHUTOUT SCORED By Vikings Minnesota 13, Detroit 0, 12/5/93 Playoffs Has never happened By Opponents Green Bay 34, Minnesota 0, 11/11/07 Playoffs N.Y. Giants 41, Minnesota 0, 1/14/01 OVERTIME VICTORY By Vikings Minnesota 16, Carolina 13, 9/17/06 Playoffs Has never happened By Opponents Denver 22, Minnesota 19, 12/30/07 Playoffs Atlanta 30, Minnesota 27, 1/17/99 TWO-POINT CONVERSION By Vikings Tarvaris Jackson run, at Denver, 12/30/07 Playoffs Leroy Hoard run, at St. Louis, 1/16/00 By Opponents Dominic Rhodes run, vs. Indianapolis, 9/14/08 Playoffs Has never happened