1985 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) |
| 3rd place • National Football Conference • Central Division • 7-9-0 .438 |
| Head Coach: Bud Grant |
| Tom Batta | Defensive Assistant |
| Jerry Burns | Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator |
| Pete Carroll | Defensive Backs |
| Bob Hollway | Defensive Coordinator |
| John Michels | Offensive Line |
| Floyd Reese | Linebackers |
| Dick Rehbein | Kicking Teams/Receivers |
| Marc Trestman | Running Backs |
| Paul Wiggin | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1985 | A | Miami Dolphins | 16-13 | W | OT | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 41129 |
| Sat | 8/17/1985 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 41-34 | W | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 56887 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1985 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 10-27 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 56562 | |
| Fri | 8/30/1985 | A | Denver Broncos | 13-9 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 69373 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1985 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 28-21 | W | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 57375 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1985 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 31-16 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 46188 | |
| Thu | 9/19/1985 | H | Chicago Bears | 24-33 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 61242 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1985 | A | Buffalo Bills | 27-20 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 45667 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1985 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 10-13 | L | Anaheim, CA | Anaheim Stadium | 61139 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1985 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-20 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 54674 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1985 | H | San Diego Chargers | 21-17 | W | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 61670 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1985 | A | Chicago Bears | 9-27 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 63815 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1985 | H | Detroit Lions | 16-13 | W | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 58012 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1985 | H | Green Bay Packers | 17-27 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 59970 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1985 | A | Detroit Lions | 21-41 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 54647 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1985 | H | New Orleans Saints | 23-30 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 54117 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1985 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-23 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 54688 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1985 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 26-7 | W | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 51593 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1985 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 13-14 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 14167 | |
| Sun | 12/22/1985 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 35-37 | L | Minneapolis, MN | Metrodome | 49722 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Alfred Anderson | 46 | FB | 6-1 | 218 | 24 | Baylor | 12 | 6 |
| Rufus Bess | 21 | LCB | 5-9 | 183 | 29 | South Carolina State | 11 | 11 |
| Matt Blair | 59 | LLB-LOLB | 6-5 | 242 | 35 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Iowa State | 6 | 2 |
| Steve Bono | 13 | QB | 6-4 | 213 | 23 | UCLA | 1 | 0 |
| Brent Boyd | 62 | LOG | 6-3 | 275 | 28 | UCLA | 15 | 14 |
| Ted Brown | 23 | FB | 5-10 | 210 | 28 | North Carolina State | 14 | 9 |
| Joey Browner | 47 | SS | 6-2 | 218 | 25 | Southern California | 16 | 16 |
| Jay Carroll | 84 | TE | 6-4 | 230 | 24 | Minnesota | 16 | 0 |
| Anthony Carter | 81 | WR | 5-11 | 174 | 25 | Michigan | 16 | 16 |
| Greg Coleman | 8 | P | 6-0 | 182 | 31 | Florida A&M | 16 | 0 |
| Chris Doleman | 56 | LOLB | 6-5 | 273 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 13 |
| Neil Elshire | 73 | LDE-LDT | 6-5 | 256 | 27 | Oregon | 16 | 3 |
| Dennis Fowlkes | 50 | LILB | 6-2 | 245 | 24 | West Virginia | 15 | 8 |
| Issiac Holt | 30 | LCB | 6-1 | 199 | 23 | Alcorn State | 15 | 1 |
| Jim Hough | 51 | C | 6-2 | 268 | 29 | Utah State | 4 | 1 |
| David Howard | 54 | RILB | 6-2 | 232 | 24 | Oregon State; Long Beach State | 16 | 4 |
| Dave Huffman | 72 | LOT | 6-6 | 284 | 28 | Notre Dame | 15 | 3 |
| Tim Irwin | 76 | ROT | 6-7 | 294 | 27 | Tennessee | 16 | 16 |
| Dennis Johnson | 52 | LILB | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Southern California | 8 | 6 |
| Mike Jones | 89 | WR | 5-11 | 183 | 25 | Tennessee State | 16 | 7 |
| Steve Jordan | 83 | TE | 6-3 | 237 | 24 | Brown | 16 | 16 |
| Tommy Kramer | 9 | QB | 6-2 | 205 | 30 | Rice | 15 | 15 |
| Carl Lee | 39 | LCB | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Marshall | 15 | 5 |
| Leo Lewis | 87 | WR | 5-8 | 169 | 29 | Missouri | 10 | 10 |
| Kirk Lowdermilk | 63 | C | 6-3 | 269 | 22 | Ohio State | 16 | 2 |
| Mark MacDonald | 71 | LOG-ROG | 6-4 | 267 | 24 | Boston College | 16 | 3 |
| Chris Martin | 57 | ROLB-RLB | 6-2 | 232 | 25 | Auburn | 12 | 12 |
| Doug Martin | 79 | LDE-LDT | 6-3 | 264 | 28 | Washington | 16 | 15 |
| Fred McNeill | 54 | ROLB | 6-2 | 229 | 33 | UCLA | 10 | 3 |
| Tim Meamber | 53 | LB | 6-3 | 228 | 23 | Washington | 4 | 0 |
| Keith Millard | 75 | RDE | 6-5 | 272 | 23 | Washington State | 16 | 5 |
| Mike Mularkey | 86 | TE | 6-4 | 239 | 24 | Florida | 15 | 5 |
| Mark Mullaney | 77 | RDT-RDE | 6-6 | 246 | 32 | Colorado State | 15 | 13 |
| Darrin Nelson | 20 | RB | 5-9 | 185 | 26 | Stanford | 16 | 10 |
| Tim Newton | 96 | NT-LDE | 6-0 | 290 | 22 | Florida | 16 | 14 |
| Keith Nord | 49 | FS | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | St. Cloud State | 16 | 13 |
| Buster Rhymes | 88 | WR | 6-2 | 218 | 23 | Oklahoma | 15 | 0 |
| Allen Rice | 36 | RB | 5-10 | 205 | 23 | Wharton County JC; Ranger JC; Baylor | 14 | 1 |
| Ted Rosnagle | 28 | CB-S | 6-3 | 202 | 24 | Fullerton JC; Portland State | 6 | 0 |
| Curtis Rouse | 68 | LOT | 6-3 | 322 | 25 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 16 | 13 |
| Robert Smith | 74 | DE | 6-7 | 270 | 23 | Grambling State | 16 | 0 |
| Jan Stenerud | 3 | K | 6-2 | 188 | 43 | Montana State | 16 | 0 |
| Scott Studwell | 55 | RILB-MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 31 | Illinois | 14 | 12 |
| Dennis Swilley | 67 | C | 6-3 | 257 | 30 | Texas A&M | 16 | 13 |
| Terry Tausch | 66 | ROG | 6-5 | 275 | 26 | Texas | 16 | 15 |
| Willie Teal | 37 | RCB | 5-10 | 195 | 28 | Louisiana State | 16 | 16 |
| John Turner | 27 | FS | 6-0 | 196 | 29 | Miami (Florida) | 15 | 4 |
| Maurice Turner | 24 | RB | 5-11 | 200 | 25 | Utah State | 10 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 85 | WR | 5-11 | 195 | 31 | Grambling State | 6 | 0 |
| Wade Wilson | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 208 | 26 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 4 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Chris Doleman | LB | Pittsburgh |
| 2 | 30 | Issiac Holt | DB | Alcorn State |
| 3 | 59 | Kirk Lowdermilk | C | Ohio State |
| 3 | 60 | Tim Meamber | LB | Washington |
| 3 | 66 | Tim Long | T | Memphis |
| 4 | 85 | Buster Rhymes | WR | Oklahoma |
| 4 | 106 | Kyle Morrell | DB | Brigham Young |
| 5 | 115 | Mark MacDonald | G | Boston College |
| 6 | 142 | Steve Bono | QB | UCLA |
| 6 | 164 | Tim Newton | NT | Florida |
| 8 | 198 | Nikita Blair | LB | Texas-El Paso |
| 9 | 227 | Jaime Covington | RB | Syracuse |
| 10 | 254 | Juan Johnson | WR | Langston |
| 11 | 283 | Tim Williams | DB | North Carolina A&T State |
| 12 | 310 | Byron Jones | NT | Tulsa |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 44 | 91 | 83 | 128 | 346 |
| Opponents Totals | 81 | 92 | 96 | 90 | 359 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 28:07 | 317 | 95 | 189 | 33 | 81/206 39.3% | 9/13 69.2% | 88 | 690 |
| Opponents Totals | 31:53 | 324 | 139 | 163 | 22 | 97/223 43.5% | 8/13 61.5% | 123 | 1000 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Stenerud | 0 | 41 | 43 | 95.3 | 15 | 26 | 57.7 | 0 | 86 |
| Ted Brown | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Anthony Carter | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Darrin Nelson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Alfred Anderson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Mike Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Allen Rice | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Leo Lewis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Joey Browner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Mularkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Willie Teal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Neil Elshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 43 | 41 | 43 | 95.3 | 15 | 26 | 57.7 | 1 | 346 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 38 | 39 | 97.4 | 29 | 37 | 78.4 | 0 | 359 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan Stenerud | 15 | 26 | 57.7 | 3 | 49 | 1/2 | 10/11 | 3/7 | 1/5 | 0/1 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 26 | 57.7 | 3 | 49 | 1/2 | 10/11 | 3/7 | 1/5 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 37 | 78.4 | 1/1 | 11/13 | 6/8 | 10/11 | 1/4 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrin Nelson | 200 | 893 | 4.5 | 37 | 5 |
| Ted Brown | 93 | 336 | 3.6 | 30 | 7 |
| Alfred Anderson | 50 | 121 | 2.4 | 10 | 4 |
| Allen Rice | 31 | 104 | 3.4 | 15 | 3 |
| Tommy Kramer | 27 | 54 | 2.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Mike Jones | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Leo Lewis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Greg Coleman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 406 | 1516 | 3.7 | 37 | 19 |
| Opponents Totals | 542 | 2223 | 4.1 | 59 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Kramer | 506 | 277 | 54.7 | 203 | 3522 | 7.0 | 12.7 | 57t | 19 | 3.8 | 26 | 5.1 | 39 | 255 | 3267 | 67.8 |
| Wade Wilson | 60 | 33 | 55.0 | 24 | 404 | 6.7 | 12.2 | 42t | 3 | 5.0 | 3 | 5.0 | 4 | 28 | 376 | 71.8 |
| Steve Bono | 10 | 1 | 10.0 | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 13 | -8 | 39.6 |
| Team Totals | 576 | 311 | 54.0 | 236 | 3931 | 6.8 | 12.6 | 57t | 22 | 3.8 | 29 | 5.0 | 45 | 296 | 3635 | 67.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 490 | 280 | 57.1 | 188 | 3464 | 7.1 | 12.4 | 70t | 20 | 4.1 | 22 | 4.5 | 33 | 223 | 3241 | 74.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Jordan | 68 | 795 | 11.7 | 32 | 0 |
| Mike Jones | 46 | 641 | 13.9 | 44t | 4 |
| Anthony Carter | 43 | 821 | 19.1 | 57t | 8 |
| Darrin Nelson | 43 | 301 | 7.0 | 25t | 1 |
| Ted Brown | 30 | 291 | 9.7 | 54t | 3 |
| Leo Lewis | 29 | 442 | 15.2 | 43t | 3 |
| Alfred Anderson | 16 | 175 | 10.9 | 54t | 1 |
| Mike Mularkey | 13 | 196 | 15.1 | 51t | 1 |
| Allen Rice | 9 | 61 | 6.8 | 13 | 1 |
| Sammy White | 8 | 76 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Buster Rhymes | 5 | 124 | 24.8 | 36 | 0 |
| Jay Carroll | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 311 | 3931 | 12.6 | 57t | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 280 | 3464 | 12.4 | 70t | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Turner | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Carl Lee | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 35 | 0 |
| Willie Teal | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tim Newton | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 63 | 0 |
| Rufus Bess | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Scott Studwell | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Joey Browner | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 15t | 1 |
| Mark Mullaney | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Chris Doleman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Issiac Holt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 283 | 12.9 | 63 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 311 | 10.7 | 50t | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Coleman | 67 | 2867 | 42.8 | 62 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 328 | 2459 | 36.7 |
| Team Totals | 67 | 2867 | 42.8 | 62 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 328 | 2459 | 36.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 2694 | 41.4 | 65 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 250 | 2224 | 34.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darrin Nelson | 16 | 3 | 133 | 8.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Anthony Carter | 9 | 5 | 117 | 13.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 8 | 250 | 10.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 3 | 328 | 9.1 | 21 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buster Rhymes | 53 | 0 | 1345 | 25.4 | 88 | 0 |
| Allen Rice | 4 | 0 | 70 | 17.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Maurice Turner | 4 | 0 | 61 | 15.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Darrin Nelson | 3 | 0 | 51 | 17.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Rufus Bess | 2 | 0 | 33 | 16.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Ted Brown | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Joey Browner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Mularkey | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 68 | 0 | 1576 | 23.2 | 88 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 0 | 1491 | 21.9 | 48 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Keith Millard | 11.0 | |
| Neil Elshire | 5.0 | |
| Doug Martin | 4.0 | |
| Chris Martin | 3.5 | |
| Tim Newton | 2.0 | |
| Mark Mullaney | 2.0 | |
| Dennis Fowlkes | 2.0 | |
| Joey Browner | 1.0 | |
| Matt Blair | 1.0 | |
| Rufus Bess | 1.0 | |
| Chris Doleman | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals | 33.0 | 223.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 45.0 | 296.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rufus Bess | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Blair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joey Browner | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Jay Carroll | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Carter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Coleman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chris Doleman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Fowlkes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Huffman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -26 | 0 | |
| Dennis Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Jordan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tommy Kramer | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -16 | 0 | |
| Leo Lewis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 0 |
| Keith Millard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Mullaney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrin Nelson | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | |
| Tim Newton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Buster Rhymes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Allen Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Rouse | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dennis Swilley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Teal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 65 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 18 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 73 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 22 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 1 |
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