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2008 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)

1st place • National Football Conference • North Division • 10-6-0 .625
Playoff Statistics
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Roster KeyStat Key
Head Coach: Brad Childress
Juney BarnettAssistant Strength and Conditioning
Darrell BevellOffensive Coordinator
Eric BieniemyRunning Backs
Brendan DalyDefensive Assistant-Defensive Line
Karl DunbarDefensive Line
Paul FerraroSpecial Teams Coordinator
Ryan FickenQuality Control-Offense/Running Backs
Leslie FrazierAssistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator
Jim HueberAssistant Offensive Line
Jeff ImamuraQuality Control-Defense/Linebackers
Jimmie JohnsonTight Ends
Tom KanavyStrength and Conditioning
Derek MasonAssistant Defensive Backs
Pat MorrisOffensive Line
Brian MurphyAssistant Special Teams
Chad O'SheaOffensive Assistant-Wide Receivers
Fred PagacLinebackers
Kevin RogersQuarterbacks
Ryan SilverfieldAssistant Offensive Line
Kevin StefanskiAssistant to the Head Coach
George StewartWide Receivers
Martin StreightAssistant Strength and Conditioning
Joe WoodsDefensive Backs
SCORES
DayDateOpponentScoreLocationVenueAttendance
Fri8/8/2008HSeattle Seahawks17-34LMinneapolis, MNHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome62545
Sat8/16/2008ABaltimore Ravens23-15WBaltimore, MDM&T Bank Stadium70585
Sat8/23/2008HPittsburgh Steelers10-12LMinneapolis, MNHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome62625
Thu8/28/2008ADallas Cowboys10-16LIrving, TXTexas Stadium60246
Mon9/8/2008AGreen Bay Packers19-24LGreen Bay, WILambeau Field71004
Sun9/14/2008HIndianapolis Colts15-18LMinneapolis, MNHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome63585
Sun9/21/2008HCarolina Panthers20-10WMinneapolis, MNHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome62628
Sun9/28/2008ATennessee Titans17-30LNashville, TNLP Field69143
Mon10/6/2008ANew Orleans Saints30-27WNew Orleans, LALouisiana Superdome70015
Sun10/12/2008HDetroit Lions12-10WMinneapolis, MNHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome62867
Sun10/19/2008AChicago Bears41-48LChicago, ILSoldier Field62235
Sun11/2/2008HHouston Texans28-21WMinneapolis, MNHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome70118
Sun11/9/2008HGreen Bay Packers28-27WMinneapolis, MNHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome63845
Sun11/16/2008ATampa Bay Buccaneers13-19LTampa, FLRaymond James Stadium65278
Sun11/23/2008AJacksonville Jaguars30-12WJacksonville, FLJacksonville Municipal Stadium65064
Sun11/30/2008HChicago Bears34-14WMinneapolis, MNHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome63722
Sun12/7/2008ADetroit Lions20-16WDetroit, MIFord Field50444
Sun12/14/2008AArizona Cardinals35-14WGlendale, AZUniversity of Phoenix Stadium64457
Sun12/21/2008HAtlanta Falcons17-24LMinneapolis, MNHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome62889
Sun12/28/2008HNew York Giants20-19WMinneapolis, MNHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome63761
NFC Wild Card Playoff
Sun1/4/2009HPhiladelphia Eagles14-26LMinneapolis, MNHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome61746
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
ROSTER
PlayerNoPosHtWtAgeCollegeGPGS
Husain Abdullah39SS6-020423Washington State160
Rufus Alexander57LB6-123225Oklahoma10
Jared Allen69RDE6-626926Idaho State1616
Aundrae Allison84WR6-019822Coffeyville CC; Georgia Military JC; East Carolina150
Bernard Berrian87WR6-118428Fresno State1613
Matt Birk78C6-430832Harvard1616
Vinny Ciurciu54MLB6-023628Clemson; Boston College141
Ryan Cook62ROT6-632825New Mexico1614
Jeff Dugan83TE6-425827Maryland92
Ray Edwards91LDE6-526823Purdue1515
Fred Evans90NT6-430525DuPage JC; Texas State162
Robert Ferguson89WR6-121329Tyler JC; Texas A&M80
Eric Frampton37FS5-1120524Washington State160
Gus Frerotte12QB6-223337Tulsa1111
Charles Gordon41CB5-1118024Kansas92
Chad Greenway52SLB6-224225Iowa1615
Cedric Griffin23RCB6-020326Texas1615
Otis Grigsby73LDE6-326028Kentucky81
Letroy Guion98UT6-430821Florida State20
Napoleon Harris99MLB6-225529Northwestern105
E.J. Henderson56MLB6-124528Maryland43
Erin Henderson50SLB6-324422Maryland100
Anthony Herrera64ROG6-231528Tennessee1616
David Herron58MLB6-123924MIchigan State143
Artis Hicks79LOT-ROT6-432730Memphis126
Maurice Hicks43RB5-1020130North Carolina A&T State110
Steve Hutchinson76LOG6-531331Michigan1616
Tarvaris Jackson7QB6-222725Arkansas; Alabama State95
Marcus Johnson72ROT6-632027Mississippi70
Tyrell Johnson25FS6-020723Arkansas State167
Jimmy Kennedy71NT6-432029Penn State20
Jimmy Kleinsasser40TE6-327231North Dakota1611
Chris Kluwe5P6-421527UCLA160
Ben Leber51WLB6-324430Kansas State1615
Cullen Loeffler46LONG6-524127Texas160
Ryan Longwell8K6-019834California160
Marcus McCauley21RCB-LCB6-120325Fresno State101
Bryant McKinnie74LOT6-833829Lackawanna JC; Miami (Florida)1212
Garrett Mills45TE6-123525Tulsa80
Adrian Peterson28HB6-121823Oklahoma1615
Darius Reynaud82WR5-920124West Virginia30
Sidney Rice18WR6-420222South Carolina133
Brian Robison96RDE6-325925Texas150
Benny Sapp22RCB5-919027Iowa; Northern Iowa144
Darren Sharper42SS6-220933William & Mary1616
Visanthe Shiancoe81TE6-424628Morgan State1615
John Sullivan65C6-430523Notre Dame160
Naufahu Tahi38FB6-025427Brigham Young165
Thomas Tapeh44FB6-124328Minnesota21
Chester Taylor29HB5-1121329Toledo161
Dontarrious Thomas55MLB6-224128Auburn40
Bobby Wade19WR5-1018827Arizona1614
Kevin Williams93UT6-531128Oklahoma State1616
Madieu Williams20FS6-120027Towson; Maryland99
Pat Williams94NT6-330836Navarro JC; Northeastern State; Texas A&M1414
Antoine Winfield26LCB5-918031Ohio State1616
Ellis Wyms97UT6-328529Mississippi State160
DRAFT LIST
RoundOverallPlayerPosCollege
243Tyrell JohnsonDBArkansas State
5137John David BootyQBSouthern California
5152Letroy GuionDTFlorida State
6187John SullivanCNotre Dame
6193Jaymar JohnsonWRJackson State
SCORING BY QUARTERS1st2nd3rd4thPTS
Team Totals9411461110379
Opponents Totals787411566333
TEAM STATSTOP1st DownsFDRFDPFDX3rd Down Efficiency4th Down EfficiencyPENPENY
Team Totals31:192921191502386/218 39.4%9/18 50.0%90692
Opponents Totals28:41255721632068/203 33.5%5/13 38.5%1091002
SCORINGTDX1X1APCTX2X2AFGFGAPCTSAFPTS
Ryan Longwell04040100.000293485.30127
Adrian Peterson10000000060
Bernard Berrian8000000048
Visanthe Shiancoe7000000042
Chester Taylor6000000036
Sidney Rice4000000024
Bobby Wade2000000012
Antoine Winfield2000000012
Gus Frerotte100000006
Napoleon Harris100000006
Jared Allen000000024
Tarvaris Jackson000010000
(Team)000000012
Team Totals414040100.001293485.33379
Opponents Totals363535100.011263672.21333
FIELD GOALSMADEATTPCTBLLG1-1920-2930-3940-4950+
Ryan Longwell293485.32540/010/107/96/96/6
Team Totals293485.32540/010/107/96/96/6
Opponents Totals263672.20/010/105/89/152/3
RUSHINGATTYDSAVGLGTDFD20+40+FUM
Adrian Peterson36317604.867t10812049
Chester Taylor1013994.021t419200
Tarvaris Jackson261455.629010102
Bernard Berrian4266.51402000
Jeff Dugan471.8204000
Gus Frerotte1970.4513002
Aundrae Allison111.0100000
Chris Kluwe1-7-7.0-700000
Team Totals51923384.567t1511923413
Opponents Totals37112303.35710725211
PASSINGATTCOMPCTINCYDSY/ATTY/COMLGTDTD%INTINT%TSYLNYPFD20+40+RTG
Gus Frerotte30117859.110821577.212.199t124.0155.029164199310124873.7
Tarvaris Jackson1498859.15910567.112.059t96.021.314979594816495.4
Chester Taylor11100.0044.04.04t1100.000.0004100122.9
Sidney Rice100.0100.000.000.000000039.6
Team Totals45226759.116832177.112.099t224.9173.8432612956150401281.5
Opponents Totals53032461.119437537.111.675152.8122.345304344916349882.5
RECEIVINGTARRECPCTYDSAVGLGTDFD20+40+FUM
Bobby Wade895359.664512.259t232832
Bernard Berrian954850.596420.199t7341470
Chester Taylor554581.83998.947t217112
Visanthe Shiancoe594271.259614.2407301210
Adrian Peterson392153.81256.01604000
Naufahu Tahi211676.2372.3702001
Sidney Rice311548.41419.423t412100
Aundrae Allison211047.610910.92108100
Jimmy Kleinsasser13646.29215.33405200
Garrett Mills11545.56513.02303100
Robert Ferguson5360.0258.3902000
Jeff Dugan22100.0126.0901000
Thomas Tapeh3133.377.0700000
Team Totals444267321712.099t2215040125
Opponents Totals324375311.675151634987
INTERCEPTIONSINTYDSAVGLGTD
Ben Leber22914.5280
Benny Sapp2136.5140
Antoine Winfield252.540
Madieu Williams2-1-0.500
Darren Sharper11212.0120
Tyrell Johnson100.000
Charles Gordon100.000
Cedric Griffin1-2-2.0-20
Team Totals12564.7280
Opponents Totals1732919.459t2
PUNTINGNOYDSAVGLGBLTBI20OBDNRYDSNYDSNET
Chris Kluwe73347347.6621132355624258935.0
Team Totals74347346.9621132355624258935.0
Opponents Totals80348143.5660429273312839.1
PUNT RETURNSNOFCYDSAVGLGTD20+40+FUM
Charles Gordon1511664.4200101
Aundrae Allison94586.4270101
Bernard Berrian7511416.382t1111
Bobby Wade333511.7200100
Team Totals34232738.082t1413
Opponents Totals42862414.976t4
KICKOFFSNOYDSAVGOBTBRETRETYTDOSAOSR
Ryan Longwell84542064.516771812010
Chris Kluwe16868.000118000
Team Totals85548864.616781830010
Opponents Totals78146113690
KICKOFF RETURNSNOFCYDSAVGLGTD20+40+FUM
Maurice Hicks29069023.83802001
Chester Taylor10023423.4370700
Darius Reynaud8020125.1490420
Aundrae Allison6010016.7220201
Jimmy Kleinsasser303612.0140000
Charles Gordon206130.5420110
Naufahu Tahi203115.5200100
Adrian Peterson101616.0160000
Team Totals610136922.44903532
Opponents Totals780183023.5580
SACKSNOYDS
Jared Allen14.5102.5
Kevin Williams8.559.5
Chad Greenway5.529.0
Ray Edwards5.026.0
Brian Robison2.518.5
Ellis Wyms2.518.0
Antoine Winfield2.020.0
Ben Leber1.59.5
E.J. Henderson1.010.0
Napoleon Harris1.07.0
Pat Williams1.04.0
Team Totals45.0304.0
Opponents Totals43.0261.0
FUMBLESNOLOSTOWNOPPRECYDSTD
Aundrae Allison2010100
Bernard Berrian1100000
Matt Birk10000-220
Ryan Cook0020220
Gus Frerotte41101-10
Charles Gordon1100000
Napoleon Harris00011271
E.J. Henderson0001100
Maurice Hicks1100000
Tarvaris Jackson5310100
Tyrell Johnson0001170
Jimmy Kleinsasser0010100
Chris Kluwe1010100
Ben Leber10044100
Adrian Peterson9420200
Darren Sharper00022200
Visanthe Shiancoe0010100
Naufahu Tahi1110100
Chester Taylor2210100
Dontarrious Thomas0001100
Bobby Wade2000000
Pat Williams0001100
Antoine Winfield00022281
Team Totals3114121325622
Opponents Totals34132014343
DEFENSETKLTTTADTDASTTSTAMTMAPDQHTFLFFBL
Chad Greenway116872985292000581130
Antoine Winfield968214771351001111240
Cedric Griffin91801174116000140240
Darren Sharper69609579300050100
Ben Leber6447174517200074410
Kevin Williams624715471500005181512
Jared Allen544113411300003282030
Ray Edwards533419341900003171210
Pat Williams4431133113000033401
Madieu Williams42384384000030100
Napoleon Harris32248248000001400
Tyrell Johnson31247204430020000
E.J. Henderson27234234000003610
Charles Gordon23221181400031210
Benny Sapp21183131520021000
Husain Abdullah20146001460000000
Fred Evans16610610000002000
Erin Henderson15141301110000010
Brian Robison147777000006310
David Herron1412241810000000
Eric Frampton12111001110000000
Maurice Hicks12120001200000000
Vinny Ciurciu1110130710010000
Ellis Wyms86262000004210
Marcus McCauley65130210000000
Cullen Loeffler54100410000000
Naufahu Tahi54100410000000
Adrian Peterson44000004000000
Visanthe Shiancoe44000004000000
Robert Ferguson33000300000000
Garrett Mills33000300000000
Matt Birk33000003000000
Darius Reynaud22000200000000
Bernard Berrian22000002000000
Gus Frerotte22000002000000
Chester Taylor22000002000000
Otis Grigsby11010000001000
Jimmy Kennedy11010000000000
Dontarrious Thomas10100010000000
Aundrae Allison11000001000000
Ryan Cook11000001000000
Jeff Dugan11000001000000
Steve Hutchinson11000001000000
Jimmy Kleinsasser11000001000000
Team Totals99979820166418111220220679899223
Opponents Totals10988252737152519121191608996213
PENALTIESCalledDeclinedAcceptedYardsNullified YardsFirst DownsStalled Drives
Ryan Cook918502004
Kevin Williams71635030
Benny Sapp60645040
Cedric Griffin61569020
Ray Edwards62418010
Bobby Wade505441703
Matt Birk514301502
Jared Allen51437020
Aundrae Allison413204901
Robert Ferguson30340800
Artis Hicks303251101
Fred Evans30320010
Jimmy Kleinsasser30320001
Gus Frerotte30315001
Bernard Berrian31210400
Ellis Wyms31210000
Bryant McKinnie3129001
Charles Gordon20235010
Anthony Herrera20220701
Rufus Alexander20215500
Pat Williams20210010
Ben Leber2025010
Vinny Ciurciu2020020
Adrian Peterson2115001
Darren Sharper10124010
Garrett Mills10110600
Tarvaris Jackson10115001
Antoine Winfield10115000
David Herron10110000
Naufahu Tahi10110000
Jeff Dugan1015000
Tyrell Johnson1015000
Marcus McCauley1015010
Visanthe Shiancoe1015001
Napoleon Harris1100000
Marcus Johnson1100000
Chris Kluwe1100000
Sidney Rice1100000
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