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1997 Minnesota Vikings Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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

Coach: Dennis Green (9-7-0)

Points For: 354 (22.1/g) 11th of 30

Points Against: 359 (22.4/g) 19th of 30

Expected W-L: 7.9-8.1

SRS: -0.11 (16th of 30), SOS: .21

Playoffs:
Won Wild Card 23-22 vs. New York Giants
Lost Divisional Round 22-38 vs. San Francisco 49ers

Offensive Coordinator: Brian Billick

Defensive Coordinator: Foge Fazio

Other Notable Asst.: Dave Atkins (Tight Ends), John Levra (Defensive Line), Tom Olivadotti (Inside Linebackers), Ray Sherman (Quarterbacks) and Mike Tice (Offensive Line)

Stadium: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

VP/de facto General Manager: Jeff Diamond

CEO/Managing Partner: Roger Headrick

Offensive Scheme: West Coast

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +4000; O/U: 8.0

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	354	5354	1022	5.2	22	6	293	319	540	3313	26	16	5.8	177	449	2041	14	4.5	96	97	800	20
Opp. Stats	359	5687	1028	5.5	27	15	325	336	542	3704	28	12	6.3	195	442	1983	13	4.5	104	81	668	26
Lg Rank Offense	11	8			7	1	16		12	14	5	16	13		15	6	12	3
Lg Rank Defense	19	29			17	7	28		19	29	28	25	27		13	23	17	28

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	August 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Buffalo Bills	34	13	17	385	200	185	1	22	426	279	147	4	9.45	11.76	1.47
2	Sun	September 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Chicago Bears	27	24	23	378	261	117	1	16	305	158	147	2	7.22	6.64	-7.96
3	Sun	September 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	14	28	20	382	310	72	2	17	376	185	191		2.97	-17.43	-3.41
4	Sun	September 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-2	@	Green Bay Packers	32	38	22	393	208	185	2	24	350	257	93	3	5.25	-8.92	-6.14
5	Sun	September 28	8:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-2		Philadelphia Eagles	28	19	17	365	221	144	1	25	372	272	100	3	10.76	0.96	4.35
6	Sun	October 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-2	@	Arizona Cardinals	20	19	20	353	272	81	3	22	385	277	108	1	4.32	-7.30	4.94
7	Sun	October 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		Carolina Panthers	21	14	17	361	203	158	1	15	277	197	80	2	2.67	13.07	-8.13
8									Bye Week
9	Sun	October 26	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-2	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	6	16	308	214	94		11	229	177	52		0.89	3.09	-2.09
10	Sun	November 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-2		New England Patriots	23	18	18	288	222	66		21	410	293	117	1	6.77	-3.26	4.81
11	Sun	November 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-2		Chicago Bears	29	22	19	302	193	109	2	20	341	251	90	2	7.72	7.77	-3.60
12	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-3	@	Detroit Lions	15	38	18	300	174	126	1	27	477	266	211		-6.59	-20.97	-1.41
13	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-4	@	New York Jets	21	23	19	386	312	74	1	22	357	227	130	3	-1.45	2.86	-5.35
14	Mon	December 1	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-5		Green Bay Packers	11	27	17	253	154	99	2	17	326	187	139		-14.45	1.38	-2.01
15	Sun	December 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-6	@	San Francisco 49ers	17	28	20	298	161	137	2	24	368	270	98		5.00	-7.90	-6.00
16	Sun	December 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		8-7		Detroit Lions	13	14	13	257	43	214		21	390	242	148	1	-6.14	1.13	2.15
17	Sun	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-7		Indianapolis Colts	39	28	17	345	165	180	3	21	298	166	132	5	-0.33	12.19	0.27
		Playoffs
Wild Card	Sat	December 27	12:30PM ET	boxscore	W		10-7	@	New York Giants	23	22	16	293	187	106	3	13	266	190	76	2	-11.77	12.96	0.23
Division	Sat	January 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-8	@	San Francisco 49ers	22	38	16	378	321	57	1	31	394	219	175		-3.51	-13.77	2.37

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1	Brad Johnson	29	QB	13	13	8-5-0	275	452	60.8	3036	20	4.4	12	2.7	151	44.6	56	6.7	6.41	11.0	233.5	84.5	26	164	5.44	6.01	5.72	3	4
2	Randall Cunningham	34	QB	6	3	1-2-0	44	88	50.0	501	6	6.8	4	4.5	27	37.9	34	5.7	5.01	11.4	83.5	71.3	7	60	7.37	4.64	4.01	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	9-7-0	319	540	59.1	3313	26	4.8	16	3.0	178	43.5	56	6.6	6.18	11.1	207.1	82.3	33	224	5.76	5.78	5.43	3	4

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Randall Cunningham	34	QB	2	2	1-1-0	33	76	43.4	534	4	5.3	2	2.6	20	36.7	66	7.0	6.89	16.2	267.0	74.1	3	26	3.80	6.43	6.30	1	1
	Team Totals			2	2	1-1-0	33	76	43.4	508	4	5.3	2	2.6	20	36.7	66	8.3	6.89	16.2	254.0	88.6	3	26	3.80	7.83	8.20	1	1

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Robert Smith	25	RB	14	14	232	1266	6	45	46.1	78	5.5	90.4	16.6	44	37	197	5.3	1	10	36.4	20	2.6	14.1	84.1	4.5	269	5.4	1463	7	0
2	Jake Reed	30	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	118	68	1138	16.7	6	57	55.9	56	4.3	71.1	57.6	9.6	68	16.7	1138	6	0
3	Cris Carter	32	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	158	89	1069	12.0	13	55	48.7	43	5.6	66.8	56.3	6.8	89	12.0	1069	13	3	PB
4	Andrew Glover	30	TE	13	11	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	55	32	378	11.8	3	15	45.5	43	2.5	29.1	58.2	6.9	32	11.8	378	3	0
5	Leroy Hoard	29	RB	12	1	80	235	4	16	40.0	20	2.9	19.6	6.7	15	11	84	7.6	0	1	46.7	30	0.9	7.0	73.3	5.6	91	3.5	319	4	0
6	Charles Evans	30	FB	16	13	43	157	2	0	0.0	13	3.7	9.8	2.7	30	21	152	7.2	0	0	0.0	17	1.3	9.5	70.0	5.1	64	4.8	309	2	0
7	David Palmer	25	WR	16	0	11	36	1	3	45.5	10	3.3	2.3	0.7	40	26	193	7.4	1	9	37.5	23	1.6	12.1	65.0	4.8	37	6.2	229	2	2
8	Brad Johnson	29	QB	13	13	35	139	0	14	48.6	28	4.0	10.7	2.7	1	1	3	3.0	1	1	100.0	3	0.1	0.2	100.0	3.0	36	3.9	142	1	4
9	Randall Cunningham	34	QB	6	3	19	127	0	5	42.1	28	6.7	21.2	3.2	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			19	6.7	127	0	4
10	Chris Walsh	29	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	18	11	114	10.4	1	9	61.1	19	0.8	8.1	61.1	6.3	11	10.4	114	1	0
11	Greg DeLong	24	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	12	8	75	9.4	0	4	50.0	23	0.5	4.7	66.7	6.3	8	9.4	75	0	1
12	Moe Williams	23	RB	14	0	22	59	1	5	45.5	8	2.7	4.2	1.6	5	4	14	3.5	0	0	40.0	7	0.3	1.0	80.0	2.8	26	2.8	73	1	0
13	Hunter Goodwin	25	TE	16	5	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	14	7	61	8.7	0	4	28.6	14	0.4	3.8	50.0	4.4	7	8.7	61	0	0
14	Matthew Hatchette	23	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	12	3	54	18.0	0	3	25.0	38	0.2	3.4	25.0	4.5	3	18.0	54	0	0
15	Robert Green	27	RB	3	1	6	22	0	0	0.0	8	3.7	7.3	2.0	1	1	5	5.0	0	0	0.0	5	0.3	1.7	100.0	5.0	7	3.9	27	0	0
16	Mitch Berger	25	P	14	0	1	0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	449	2041	14	88	39.9	78	4.5	127.6	28.1	523	319	3537	11.1	26	168	44.6	56	19.9	221.1	61.0	6.8	768	7.3	5578	40	15

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jake Reed	30	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	20	10	203	20.3	1	8	40.0	53	5.0	101.5	50.0	10.2	10	20.3	203	1	0
2	Cris Carter	32	WR	2	2	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	25	12	176	14.7	2	7	44.0	66	6.0	88.0	48.0	7.0	12	14.7	176	2	0
3	Andrew Glover	30	TE	2	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	8	5	102	20.4	0	3	62.5	31	2.5	51.0	62.5	12.8	5	20.4	102	0	0
4	Robert Smith	25	RB	2	2	24	73	0	4	29.2	18	3.0	36.5	12.0	4	3	27	9.0	0	1	75.0	10	1.5	13.5	75.0	6.8	27	3.7	100	0	0
5	Randall Cunningham	34	QB	2	2	9	52	0	3	44.4	12	5.8	26.0	4.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			9	5.8	52	0	4
6	Leroy Hoard	29	RB	2	0	8	25	1	2	62.5	6	3.1	12.5	4.0	3	1	9	9.0	0	0	33.3	9	0.5	4.5	33.3	3.0	9	3.8	34	1	0
7	Charles Evans	30	FB	2	1	3	13	0	0	0.0	9	4.3	6.5	1.5	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3	4.3	13	0	0
8	Matthew Hatchette	23	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	1	13	13.0	1	1	25.0	13	1.0	13.0	25.0	3.3	1	13.0	13	1	0
9	Greg DeLong	24	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	1	4	4.0	0	0	0.0	4	1.0	4.0	50.0	2.0	1	4.0	4	0	0
10	Hunter Goodwin	25	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
11	David Palmer	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	1
12	Chris Walsh	29	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			2	2	44	163	1	9	36.4	18	3.7	81.5	22.0	70	33	534	16.2	4	20	41.4	66	16.5	267.0	47.1	7.6	77	9.1	697	5	5

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Cris Carter	32	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB
2	Dixon Edwards	29	RLB	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1.5	50	34	16	0
3	Corey Fuller	26	LCB	16	16	2	24	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	91	82	9	0
4	Robert Griffith	27	SS	16	16	2	26	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	115	90	25	0
5	Ed McDaniel	28	LLB	16	16	1	18	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	1.5	90	65	25	0
6	John Randle	30	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	5	0	15.5	58	47	11	0	PB,AP-1
7	Dewayne Washington	25	RCB	16	16	4	71	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	84	74	10	0
8	Derrick Alexander	24	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	4.5	51	35	16	0
9	Jeff Brady	29	MLB	15	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	30	1	0.0	78	62	16	0
10	Robert Smith	25	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
11	Charles Evans	30	FB	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Brad Johnson	29	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Orlando Thomas	25	FS	15	13	2	1	0	1	1	1	2	26	1	0.0	70	57	13	0
14	Fernando Smith	26	LDE	12	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	0	4.0	41	23	18	0
15	Jason Fisk	25	LDT	16	10	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.0	28	20	8	0
16	Jerry Ball	33	LDT	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	30	17	13	0
17	Duane Clemons	23	DE	13	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	7.0	24	23	1	0
18	Randall Cunningham	34	QB	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Greg DeLong	24	TE	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Torrian Gray	23	DB	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	23	16	7	0
21	Stalin Colinet	23	DE	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	18	14	4	0
22	Dwayne Rudd	21	LB	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	46	31	15	0
23	Tony Williams	22	DT	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	9	3	0
24	Robert Green	27	RB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Pete Bercich	26	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	7	2	0
26	Mitch Berger	25	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-9	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
27	Greg Briggs	29	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Ron George	27	LB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	13	12	1	0
29	David Palmer	25	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Leonard Wheeler	28	DB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	27	23	4	0
	Team Totals			16	16	12	141	0	27	20	16	24	58	2	44.0	958	741	217	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Jerry Ball	33	LDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	6	3	3	0
2	Stalin Colinet	23	DE	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	5	1	0
3	Dixon Edwards	29	RLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	2	2	0
4	Corey Fuller	26	LCB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	15	15	0	0
5	Torrian Gray	23	DB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	12	10	2	0
6	Robert Griffith	27	SS	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	19	16	3	0
7	Ed McDaniel	28	LLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	14	13	1	0
8	John Randle	30	RDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0
9	Dwayne Rudd	21	LB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	13	8	5	0
10	Dewayne Washington	25	RCB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	9	9	0	0
11	Tony Williams	22	DT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	14	11	3	0
12	Randall Cunningham	34	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	-5	0	0.0	0			0
13	Pete Bercich	26	LB	2	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0
14	Duane Butler	24	DB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0			0
15	Duane Clemons	23	DE	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
16	Jason Fisk	25	LDT	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	0	0
17	Ron George	27	LB	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
18	Leroy Hoard	29	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0.0	0			0
19	David Palmer	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0			0
20	Fernando Smith	26	LDE	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0
21	Orlando Thomas	25	FS	1	0						0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0
22	Moe Williams	23	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0
23	Leonard Wheeler	28	DB	1							0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0
	Team Totals			2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	1	0	2.0	130	109	21	0