1980 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) |
| 1st place • National Football Conference • Central Division • 9-7-0 .563 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Bud Grant |
| Jerry Burns | Offensive Coordinator |
| Jimmy Carr | Defensive Backs |
| Tom Cecchini | Defensive Line |
| Bob Hollway | Defense |
| Bus Mertes | Offensive Backs |
| John Michels | Offensive Line |
| Floyd Reese | Linebackers |
| Les Steckel | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/9/1980 | H | San Diego Chargers | 27-17 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 45179 | |
| Mon | 8/18/1980 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 10-24 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 39879 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1980 | A | Miami Dolphins | 17-10 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 36116 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1980 | H | Cleveland Browns | 38-16 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47262 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1980 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 24-23 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 44773 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1980 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-42 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46460 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1980 | A | Chicago Bears | 34-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 59983 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1980 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-27 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 80219 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1980 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-23 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47583 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1980 | H | Chicago Bears | 13-7 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46751 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1980 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 0-14 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 44487 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1980 | A | Green Bay Packers | 3-16 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 55361 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1980 | A | Washington Redskins | 39-14 | W | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 52060 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1980 | H | Detroit Lions | 34-0 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46264 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1980 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 38-30 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46032 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1980 | H | Green Bay Packers | 13-25 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47234 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1980 | A | New Orleans Saints | 23-20 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 30936 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1980 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 21-10 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 65649 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1980 | H | Cleveland Browns | 28-23 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 42202 | |
| Sun | 12/21/1980 | A | Houston Oilers | 16-20 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 51064 | |
| NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 1/3/1981 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 16-31 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 68434 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Nick Bebout | 63 | OT | 6-5 | 261 | 29 | Wyoming | 1 | 0 |
| Matt Blair | 59 | LLB | 6-5 | 242 | 30 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Iowa State | 14 | 14 |
| Brent Boyd | 62 | LOG-ROG | 6-3 | 275 | 23 | UCLA | 16 | 9 |
| Ted Brown | 23 | FB | 5-10 | 210 | 23 | North Carolina State | 16 | 16 |
| Bob Bruer | 82 | TE | 6-5 | 240 | 27 | Minnesota State | 12 | 0 |
| Larry Brune | 24 | S | 6-2 | 202 | 27 | Rice | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 20 | RCB | 6-0 | 176 | 36 | South Carolina | 14 | 12 |
| Marvin Cobb | 26 | S | 6-0 | 188 | 27 | Southern California | 2 | 0 |
| Greg Coleman | 8 | P | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | Florida A&M | 16 | 0 |
| Rick Danmeier | 7 | K | 6-0 | 188 | 28 | Lakewood State JC; Sioux Falls | 16 | 0 |
| Steve Dils | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 191 | 25 | Stanford | 16 | 1 |
| Wes Hamilton | 61 | ROG | 6-3 | 271 | 27 | Tulsa | 13 | 13 |
| Tom Hannon | 45 | LS | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Michigan State | 16 | 16 |
| Randy Holloway | 75 | RDE | 6-5 | 255 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 16 |
| Jim Hough | 51 | LOG | 6-2 | 268 | 24 | Utah State | 10 | 10 |
| Dave Huffman | 56 | ROT | 6-6 | 284 | 23 | Notre Dame | 16 | 2 |
| Dennis Johnson | 52 | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Southern California | 12 | 2 |
| Henry Johnson | 53 | LB | 6-1 | 235 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 16 | 0 |
| Kurt Knoff | 25 | RS | 6-2 | 188 | 26 | Kansas | 16 | 16 |
| Tommy Kramer | 9 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Rice | 15 | 15 |
| Jim Langer | 58 | C | 6-2 | 253 | 32 | South Dakota State | 13 | 0 |
| Terry LeCount | 80 | WR | 5-10 | 176 | 24 | Florida | 16 | 0 |
| Derrel Luce | 57 | LB | 6-3 | 224 | 28 | Baylor | 4 | 0 |
| Doug Martin | 79 | LDE | 6-3 | 264 | 23 | Washington | 11 | 1 |
| Fred McNeill | 54 | RLB | 6-2 | 229 | 28 | UCLA | 16 | 16 |
| Kevin Miller | 87 | WR | 5-10 | 180 | 25 | Louisville | 4 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 35 | RB | 5-11 | 204 | 27 | Kansas | 16 | 0 |
| Mel Mitchell | 68 | ROG | 6-2 | 260 | 27 | Tennessee State | 6 | 0 |
| Mark Mullaney | 77 | LDE | 6-6 | 246 | 27 | Colorado State | 16 | 15 |
| Keith Nord | 49 | S | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | St. Cloud State | 16 | 0 |
| Doug Paschal | 40 | RB | 6-2 | 219 | 22 | North Carolina | 16 | 0 |
| Eddie Payton | 31 | RB | 5-8 | 175 | 29 | Jackson State | 16 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 28 | WR | 6-2 | 202 | 31 | Oregon | 16 | 16 |
| Steve Riley | 78 | LOT | 6-6 | 258 | 28 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
| Dave Roller | 76 | RDT | 6-2 | 270 | 31 | Kentucky | 15 | 2 |
| Ken Sanders | 89 | DE | 6-5 | 242 | 30 | Howard Payne | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Senser | 81 | TE | 6-4 | 235 | 24 | West Chester | 16 | 0 |
| Jeff Siemon | 50 | MLB | 6-2 | 235 | 30 | Stanford | 16 | 2 |
| Scott Studwell | 55 | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 26 | Illinois | 16 | 14 |
| Doug Sutherland | 69 | RDT | 6-3 | 250 | 32 | Wisconsin-Superior | 16 | 14 |
| Dennis Swilley | 67 | C | 6-3 | 257 | 25 | Texas A&M | 16 | 16 |
| Bob Tucker | 38 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 35 | Bloomsburg | 16 | 13 |
| John Turner | 27 | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 196 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 16 | 16 |
| John Vella | 71 | OT | 6-4 | 260 | 30 | Southern California | 8 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 83 | TE | 6-1 | 223 | 32 | Wisconsin | 3 | 3 |
| James White | 72 | LDT | 6-3 | 270 | 27 | Oklahoma State | 16 | 16 |
| Sammy White | 85 | WR | 5-11 | 195 | 26 | Grambling State | 16 | 16 |
| Nate Wright | 43 | LCB | 5-11 | 179 | 33 | Monterey Peninsula JC; San Diego State | 16 | 4 |
| Ron Yary | 73 | ROT | 6-6 | 256 | 34 | Cerritos JC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Rickey Young | 34 | HB | 6-2 | 198 | 27 | Jackson State | 16 | 16 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | Doug Martin | DT | Washington |
| 2 | 30 | Willie Teal | DB | Louisiana State |
| 3 | 68 | Brent Boyd | C | UCLA |
| 4 | 92 | Dennis Johnson | LB | Southern California |
| 5 | 121 | Doug Paschal | RB | North Carolina |
| 5 | 122 | Paul Jones | RB | California |
| 6 | 148 | Ray Yakavonis | DE | East Stroudsburg |
| 7 | 174 | Henry Johnson | LB | Georgia Tech |
| 9 | 232 | Dennis Mosley | RB | Iowa |
| 10 | 258 | Kenny Brown | WR | Nebraska |
| 11 | 288 | Sam Harrell | RB | East Carolina |
| 12 | 315 | Thomas Lane | DB | Florida A&M |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 57 | 90 | 78 | 92 | 317 |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 47 | 90 | 112 | 308 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 29:40 | 324 | 100 | 191 | 33 | 84/222 37.8% | 10/15 66.7% | 90 | 717 |
| Opponents Totals | 30:20 | 330 | 135 | 170 | 25 | 102/228 44.7% | 8/14 57.1% | 111 | 914 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Danmeier | 0 | 33 | 38 | 86.8 | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 0 | 81 |
| Ted Brown | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Joe Senser | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Ahmad Rashad | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Sammy White | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Rickey Young | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Tom Hannon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kurt Knoff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tommy Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Robert Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Keith Nord | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Paschal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Randy Holloway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 33 | 39 | 84.6 | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 1 | 317 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 32 | 40 | 80.0 | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 0 | 308 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Danmeier | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 1 | 47 | 1/1 | 6/6 | 8/10 | 1/9 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 26 | 61.5 | 1 | 47 | 1/1 | 6/6 | 6/10 | 1/9 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 0/0 | 6/7 | 6/10 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Brown | 219 | 912 | 4.2 | 55t | 8 |
| Rickey Young | 130 | 351 | 2.7 | 4t | 3 |
| Tommy Kramer | 31 | 115 | 3.7 | 13 | 1 |
| Robert Miller | 27 | 98 | 3.6 | 27t | 1 |
| Sammy White | 4 | 65 | 16.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Doug Paschal | 15 | 53 | 3.5 | 10t | 1 |
| Steve Dils | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Eddie Payton | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Senser | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 433 | 1642 | 3.8 | 55t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 531 | 2456 | 4.6 | 72t | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Kramer | 522 | 299 | 57.3 | 200 | 3582 | 6.9 | 12.0 | 76t | 19 | 3.6 | 23 | 4.4 | 37 | 214 | 3368 | 72.2 |
| Steve Dils | 51 | 32 | 62.7 | 19 | 352 | 6.9 | 11.0 | 58t | 3 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 32 | 320 | 102.7 |
| Joe Senser | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 574 | 331 | 57.7 | 220 | 3934 | 6.9 | 11.9 | 76t | 22 | 3.8 | 23 | 4.0 | 41 | 246 | 3688 | 74.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 499 | 283 | 56.7 | 192 | 3644 | 7.3 | 12.9 | 89t | 24 | 4.8 | 24 | 4.8 | 30 | 244 | 3400 | 75.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmad Rashad | 69 | 1095 | 15.9 | 76t | 5 | 0 | |||
| Rickey Young | 64 | 499 | 7.8 | 22 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Ted Brown | 62 | 623 | 10.0 | 67t | 2 | ||||
| Sammy White | 53 | 887 | 16.7 | 50 | 5 | 0 | |||
| Joe Senser | 42 | 447 | 10.6 | 58t | 7 | 0 | |||
| Bob Tucker | 15 | 173 | 11.5 | 25 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Terry LeCount | 13 | 168 | 12.9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Miller | 10 | 19 | 1.9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Paschal | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Yary | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 331 | 3934 | 11.9 | 76t | 22 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 283 | 3644 | 12.9 | 89t | 24 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Turner | 6 | 22 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Tom Hannon | 4 | 89 | 22.3 | 41t | 1 |
| Kurt Knoff | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 67t | 1 |
| Bobby Bryant | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Matt Blair | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Brune | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Nate Wright | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Scott Studwell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 296 | 12.3 | 67t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 187 | 8.1 | 32 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Coleman | 81 | 3139 | 38.8 | 65 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 259 | 2720 | 33.6 |
| Team Totals | 81 | 3139 | 38.8 | 65 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 259 | 2720 | 33.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 2789 | 39.3 | 67 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 251 | 2358 | 33.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Payton | 34 | 9 | 251 | 7.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Keith Nord | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 34 | 10 | 251 | 7.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 12 | 259 | 6.2 | 25 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Payton | 53 | 1184 | 22.3 | 59 | 0 | |
| Doug Paschal | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 22 | 0 | |
| Bob Bruer | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Keith Nord | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 70t | 1 | |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Brent Boyd | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Ron Yary | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 63 | 1386 | 22.0 | 70t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 1048 | 16.9 | 44 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| James White | 3.0 | |
| Mark Mullaney | 3.0 | |
| Doug Sutherland | 2.5 | |
| Doug Martin | 2.0 | |
| Fred McNeill | 2.0 | |
| Randy Holloway | 2.0 | |
| Matt Blair | 1.5 | |
| Keith Nord | 1.0 | |
| (Unknown) | 13.0 | |
| Team Totals | 30.0 | 244.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 41.0 | 246.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Blair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Brown | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Hannon | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Holloway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Kramer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry LeCount | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred McNeill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Mullaney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Nord | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Payton | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Studwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Sutherland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rickey Young | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 15 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 0 |
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