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1981 Minnesota Vikings Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-9-0, 4th in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bud Grant (7-9-0)

Points For: 325 (20.3/g) 13th of 28

Points Against: 369 (23.1/g) 21st of 28

Expected W-L: 6.8-9.2

SRS: -2.04 (18th of 28), SOS: .71

Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Burns

Defensive Coordinator: Bob Hollway

Other Notable Asst.: Floyd Reese (Linebackers) and Les Steckel (Wide Receivers)

Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium

Principal Owner/President: Max Winter

General Manager: Mike Lynn

Defensive Alignment: 3-4

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +2500

Training Camp: Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	325	5845	1129	5.2	50	21	343	382	709	4333	27	29	5.9	217	391	1512	8	3.9	91	109	865	35
Opp. Stats	369	5373	1054	5.1	35	19	299	265	481	3328	26	16	6.5	163	540	2045	15	3.8	117	115	991	19
Lg Rank Offense	13	6			26	22	4		1	2	4	26	19		28	28	28	20
Lg Rank Defense	21	17			19	10	12		8	18	23	24	23		20	15	12	9

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sat	September 5	8:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	21	27	443	343	100	4	10	219	108	111
2	Mon	September 14	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2		Oakland Raiders	10	36	19	269	227	42	3	14	310	161	149	1
3	Sun	September 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-2		Detroit Lions	26	24	18	406	312	94	3	19	404	232	172	2
4	Sun	September 27	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-2	@	Green Bay Packers	30	13	28	410	253	157	3	22	316	245	71	2
5	Sun	October 4	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2		Chicago Bears	24	21	22	345	211	134	1	24	396	307	89	2
6	Sun	October 11	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2	@	San Diego Chargers	33	31	29	526	433	93	3	18	425	305	120	1
7	Sun	October 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		Philadelphia Eagles	35	23	20	334	240	94		26	403	298	105	4
8	Sun	October 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	St. Louis Cardinals	17	30	22	387	318	69	3	18	320	182	138	2
9	Mon	November 2	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4	@	Denver Broncos	17	19	19	325	223	102	2	17	329	182	147	2
10	Sun	November 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	25	10	26	426	221	205	4	10	193	150	43	2
11	Sun	November 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-4		New Orleans Saints	20	10	17	357	287	70	1	23	314	198	116	2
12	Mon	November 23	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-5	@	Atlanta Falcons	30	31	25	460	330	130	5	19	342	193	149	3
13	Sun	November 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-6		Green Bay Packers	23	35	23	404	376	28	5	24	409	294	115	4
14	Sun	December 6	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7	@	Chicago Bears	9	10	16	292	254	38	5	13	244	69	175	2
15	Sat	December 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-8	@	Detroit Lions	7	45	16	216	144	72	4	29	476	271	205	4
16	Sun	December 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-9		Kansas City Chiefs	6	10	16	245	161	84	4	13	273	133	140	2

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Tommy Kramer	26	QB	14	14	7-7-0	322	593	54.3	3912	26	4.4	24	4.0	63	6.6	5.65	12.1	279.4	72.6	19	149	3.10	6.15	5.23	2	2
2	Steve Dils	26	QB	2	2	0-2-0	54	102	52.9	607	1	1.0	2	2.0	44	6.0	5.26	11.2	303.5	66.1	8	66	7.27	4.92	4.28	0	0
3	Wade Wilson	22	QB	3	0		6	13	46.2	48	0	0.0	2	15.4	22	3.7	-3.23	8.0	16.0	16.3	2	19	13.33	1.93	-4.07	0	0
4	Ted Brown	24	FB	16	16		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-45.00	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	7-9-0	382	709	53.9	4333	27	3.8	29	4.1	63	6.4	5.03	12.0	270.8	69.5	29	234	3.93	5.87	4.83	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Ted Brown	24	FB	16	16	274	1063	6	34	3.9	66.4	17.1	83	694	8.4	2	63	5.2	43.4	357	4.9	1757	8	3
2	Joe Senser	25	TE	16	16	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	79	1004	12.7	8	53	4.9	62.8	80	12.6	1006	8	3	PB
3	Sammy White	27	WR	16	16	2	-1	0	1	-0.5	-0.1	0.1	66	1001	15.2	3	53	4.1	62.6	68	14.7	1000	3	1
4	Ahmad Rashad	32	WR	16	15	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	58	884	15.2	7	53	3.6	55.3	58	15.2	884	7	1	PB
5	Terry LeCount	25	WR	16	2	3	51	0	38	17.0	3.2	0.2	24	425	17.7	2	43	1.5	26.6	27	17.6	476	2	0
6	Rickey Young	28	RB	16	13	47	129	0	13	2.7	8.1	2.9	43	296	6.9	2	22	2.7	18.5	90	4.7	425	2	4
7	Tony Galbreath	27	RB	14	1	42	198	2	21	4.7	14.1	3.0	18	144	8.0	0	23	1.3	10.3	60	5.7	342	2	2
8	Leo Lewis	25	WR	4	1	1	16	0	16	16.0	4.0	0.3	2	58	29.0	0	52	0.5	14.5	3	24.7	74	0	0
9	Bob Bruer	28	TE	15	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	38	5.4	3	10	0.5	2.5	7	5.4	38	3	1
10	Sam Harrell	24	RB	4	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	1.8	0.3	2	23	11.5	0	17	0.5	5.8	3	10.0	30	0	0
11	Jarvis Redwine	24	RB	3	0	5	20	0	8	4.0	6.7	1.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	4.0	20	0	1
12	Steve Dils	26	QB	2	2	4	14	0	7	3.5	7.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	3.5	14	0	3
13	Tommy Kramer	26	QB	14	14	10	13	0	8	1.3	0.9	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	1.3	13	0	8
14	Jeff Siemon	31	LILB	16	16	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	391	1512	8	38	3.9	94.5	24.4	382	4567	12.0	27	63	23.9	285.4	773	7.9	6079	35	39

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Matt Blair	31	LOLB	16	16	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	6.0	0	PB
2	Ted Brown	24	FB	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0.0	0
3	Tom Hannon	26	SS	16	16	4	28	0	28	0	1	31	0	0.0	1
4	Kurt Knoff	27	FS	16	16	3	24	0	20	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Fred McNeill	29	ROLB	16	16	2	26	0	14	0	1	11	0	3.0	0
6	Joe Senser	25	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
7	Jeff Siemon	31	LILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	1	-3	0	0.0	0
8	Scott Studwell	27	RILB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.0	0
9	Willie Teal	24	RCB	16	16	4	23	0	15	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
10	James White	28	NT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.0	0
11	Sammy White	27	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Mark Mullaney	28	LDE	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
13	Ahmad Rashad	32	WR	16	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
14	Tommy Kramer	26	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	0.0	0
15	Rickey Young	28	RB	16	13	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Doug Martin	24	RDE	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.0	0
17	Randy Holloway	26	RDE	16	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	45	1	6.0	0
18	Walt Williams	27	LCB	16	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
19	Steve Dils	26	QB	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	Terry LeCount	25	WR	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Tony Galbreath	27	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	John Swain	22	DB	12	1	2	18	0	18	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Bob Bruer	28	TE	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Greg Coleman	27	P	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Dennis Johnson	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
26	Mardye McDole	22	WR	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Keith Nord	24	DB	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Eddie Payton	30	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Jarvis Redwine	24	RB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Ken Sanders	31	DE	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
31	Robin Sendlein	23	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Wade Wilson	22	QB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
33	Ray Yakavonis	24	NT	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	16	0	0		39	18	84	1	33	3

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