1979 Minnesota Vikings 12-4 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1979 Minnesota 41 100 63 84 0 288 Opponent 49 60 59 44 0 212 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 288 212 1-0 27 San Francisco 20 68ø 0-5 First Downs 282 288 2-0 13 @Chicago 10 59ø 0-5 Rush 95 107 2-1 17 Miami 19 67ø Pass 177 169 3-1 38 Green Bay 13 61ø 5-15 Pen 10 12 4-1 24 @Detroit 21 70ø Penalties 80 82 4-2 21 Dallas 24 51ø Yards 551 555 5-2 14 @New York (A) 10 56ø 30-40 5-3 0 Chicago 13 50ø 10-20 Rushing Att 458 546 6-3 24 Tampa Bay 20 40ø 0-5 Yards 1737 2301 7-3 21 @St.Louis 10 61ø 5-15 Ave 3.8 4.2 8-3 20 @Green Bay 13 36ø 10-20 Rain TD 8 4 9-3 7 Detroit 0 41ø 0-5 9-4 10 @Tampa Bay 14 84ø 10-20 Passing Att 515 474 10-4 12 @Los Angeles 10 58ø Comp 300 252 11-4 20 Buffalo 0 21ø 10-20 % 58.3 53.2 12-4 20 @New England 15 22ø 5-15 Int 16 23 % 3.1 4.9 TD 25 19 % 4.9 4.0 Yards 3234 3292 Sacked 23 28 Punt Return 51 44 Yards 227 168 Ave 4.5 3.8 Kick Return 49 62 Yards 1133 1025 Ave 23.1 16.5 Punts 83 73 Yards 3242 2953 Ave 39.1 40.5 FG Att 20 25 Made 10 14 % 50.0 56.0 Third Downs 229 231 Made 103 95 % 45.0 41.1 Fourth Downs 17 33 Made 7 12 % 41.2 36.4 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 26 30 Lost 11 15 Turnovers 27 38 Net Offense 4816 5426 Per Play 4.8 5.2 1979 Minnesota Vikings Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Young, R. 186 811 4.4 20 39 26 2 Rashad 81 6 1217 15.0 10 63 53 14 Brown, T. 131 509 3.9 10 33 17 4 Young 73 2 604 8.3 0 29 15 0 Foreman 72 215 3.0 8 13 16 0 White 45 1 542 12.0 2 34 41 6 Miller, R. 24 117 4.9 4 5 20 1 Brown 30 2 274 9.1 2 15 27 3 Kramer 34 60 1.8 1 4 10 1 Tucker 25 3 219 8.8 0 15 18 0 McClanahan 10 30 3.0 0 1 7 0 Foreman 15 1 127 8.5 0 8 19 1 White, S. 1 -5 -5.0 0 0 0 0 Voigt 11 1 82 7.5 0 4 10 0 458 1737 3.8 43 95 26 8 Cunningham 7 3 62 8.9 0 4 11 1 LeCount 7 0 72 10.3 0 4 15 0 McClanahan 4 0 20 5.0 0 1 7 0 Miller 2 0 15 7.5 0 0 9 0 300 19 3234 10.8 14 177 53 25 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Dils 3 3 100.0 35 11.7 18 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 115.3 Kramer 512 297 58.0 3199 10.8 53 46 14 16 3.1 23 25 4.9 79.7 515 300 58.3 3234 10.8 53 46 14 16 3.1 23 25 4.9 80.0 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Danmeier 37 34 91.9 20 10 50.0 40.0 0.0 44 64 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Coleman, G 83 3242 57 10 1 31 44 168 34.6 39.1 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Edwards, J 41 1036 25.3 43 0 Miller, K. 8 0 38 4.8 13 0 McClanahan 2 35 17.5 18 0 Edwards, J 43 1 189 4.4 29 0 Brown, T. 5 58 11.6 22 0 51 1 227 4.5 29 0 Goodrum 1 4 4.0 4 0 Steele 1 0 0.0 0 0 Miller, R. 1 0 0.0 0 0 Hilgenberg 1 0 0.0 0 0 49 1133 23.1 43 0 Fumbles Edwards, 9 Foreman 3 Young, R 2 Miller, 1 1 Brown, T 6 Kramer 3 Rashad 1 Voigt 1 Kramer 3 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Mullaney 9 Mullaney 19 McNeill, 10 Siemon 9 McNeill, 4 Siemon 4 White, J 6 White, J 11 Mullaney 9 Turner, 8 Wright, 4 Mullaney 3 Sutherla 4 Holloway 5 Holloway 8 Bryant 8 Hannon 3 Riley 2 Holloway 4 Sutherla 3 Blair 5 McNeill, 7 Blair 2 Hamilton 2 McNeill, 3 White, J 4 Blair 7 Holloway 2 Brown, T 2 Blair 2 Sutherla 4 Mullaney 5 Sutherla 2 McNeill, 2 Siemon 3 White, J 4 Mullaney 2 Rashad 2 Krause 2 Holloway 4 Nord 2 Edwards, 2 Marshall 1 Wright, 4 Allen, N 2 Goodrum 2 Wright, 1 Krause 3 Krause 2 White, J 1 Sutherla 2 Luce 1 Blair 1 Allen, N 2 Bryant 1 Young, R 1 Hannon 2 Baylor 1 Bryant 1 Knoff 1 White, J 1 Hannon 1 Knoff 1 Kramer 1 Wright, 1 Swilley 1 White, S 1 Tackles Blair 113 Holloway 69 Sutherla 50 Allen, N 23 Nord 11 Wise 10 McNeill, 96 Bryant 69 Wright, 45 Baylor 15 Hilgenbe 11 Marshall 7 Hannon 84 Mullaney 66 White, J 45 Roller 14 Niehaus 10 Knoff 7 Krause 76 Siemon 62 Turner, 35 Studwell 13 Luce 10 Hough 6 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Blair 4 56 14.0 30 0 Hannon 4 111 27.8 54 1 Wright, N 4 88 22.0 46 1 Bryant 3 13 4.3 13 0 Krause 3 17 5.7 17 0 Allen, N. 2 0 0.0 0 0 Turner, J 2 64 32.0 38 0 Holloway 1 0 0.0 0 0 23 349 15.2 54 2 1979 Minnesota Vikings Coach: Bud Grant Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Kramer, Tommy 5 B 1 3 QB Dils, Steve 2 B 1 3 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Young, Rickey 2 1 5 188 708 26 3.8 8 72 519 18 7.2 RB Brown, Ted 2 1 4 130 551 34 4.2 4 31 197 35 6.4 KR RB Foreman, Chuck 2 1 3 87 223 16 2.6 3 19 147 22 7.7 RB Miller, Robert 2 1 5 35 109 20 3.1 1 9 60 14 6.7 KR RB McClanahan, Brent 2 1 5 14 29 9 2.1 1 10 57 9 5.7 KR RB Edwards, Jimmy 2 1 4 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 2 2 2.0 RET WR Rashad, Ahmad 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 9 80 1156 52 14.5 WR White, Sammy 0 0 4 1 6 6 6.0 5 42 715 55 17.0 WR LeCount, Terry 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 1 6 119 36 19.8 WR Cunningham, Doug 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 2 5 50 15 10.0 WR Steele, Robert 0 0 5 0 0 0 0.0 1 1 10 10 10.0 KR WR Miller, Kevin 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 PR TE Tucker, Bob 5 3 5 0 0 0 0.0 3 24 223 21 9.3 TE Voigt, Stu 5 3 5 0 0 0 0.0 2 15 139 18 9.3 KR Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Swilley, Dennis 5 5 5 G Hamilton, Wes 5 5 5 G Goodrum, Charlie 5 5 4 T Yary, Ron 7 7 5 T Riley, Steve 6 6 5 T Myers, Frank 4 4 4 C-G Hough, Jim 4 4 5 LS C-G Huffman, David 3 3 4 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT White, James 5 4 0 3 5 7 0 DT Roller, Dave 4 4 0 1 4 1 0 DT Sutherland, Doug 4 4 0 1 5 0 0 DT Niehaus, Steve 3 3 0 1 1 1 0 DE Mullaney, Mark 6 5 0 3 5 8 0 DE Marshall, Jim 4 4 0 1 5 0 0 DE Holloway, Randy 4 4 0 1 5 0 0 ILB Siemon, Jeff 6 5 2 0 5 1 0 ILB Studwell, Scott 5 4 2 0 4 0 1 OLB Blair, Matt 8 6 3 2 5 4 3 OLB McNeill, Fred 7 5 3 2 5 4 0 OLB Luce, Derrel 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 LB Hilgenberg, Wally 4 3 1 0 2 0 0 CB Bryant, Bobby 6 0 6 0 4 0 2 PR CB Wright, Nate 5 0 5 0 3 0 4 CB Turner, John 5 0 5 0 5 0 2 PR S Hannon, Tom 6 2 4 1 5 3 4 S Krause, Paul 5 1 4 0 5 0 3 S Knoff, Kurt 5 1 4 0 3 0 2 S Nord, Keith 3 1 2 0 5 0 0 PR DB Allen, Nate 4 1 3 0 2 0 1 DB Baylor, Tim 3 1 2 0 5 0 0 DB Wise, Phil 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 Special Teams K Danmeier, Rick P Coleman, Greg