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1982 Minnesota Vikings: 5-4-0
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Home record: 4-1-0 (110 points scored, 96 allowed) Road record: 1-3-0 (77 points scored, 102 allowed) Head Coach: Bud Grant

187 points scored (13th of 28 teams), 198 points allowed (20th) NFL Averages: 20.2 points/game (181.4 points/team)

Team stats and rankings:
           ---------------- PASSING ----------------    ----------- RUSHING ----------    --- TOTAL ---
           Cmp   Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD  Int    Att   Yards  (Rank) Yd/Att  TD    Yards   (Rank)  Turnovers
Offense:   187   334   1,969   ( 5)   5.53   15   12    245     912   (22)    3.7    6    2,881    (14)      17
Defense:   157   292   1,875   (19)   5.82   11   12    260   1,020   (14)    3.9    8    2,895    (19)      21

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
 7  Rick Danmeier        K      9   6'0   200   30    6   Sioux Falls
 8  Greg Coleman         P      9   6'0   185   28    6   Florida A&M
 9  Tommy Kramer         QB     9   6'2   200   27    6   Rice
12  Steve Dils           QB     9   6'1   190   26    4   Stanford
20  Darrin Nelson        RB     7   5'9   180   23    R   Stanford
21  Rufus Bess           DB     8   5'9   185   26    4   South Carolina State
22  Jarvis Redwine       RB     7   5'10  205   25    2   Nebraska
23  Ted Brown            RB     8   5'10  210   25    4   North Carolina State
24  Bryan Howard         DB     2   6'0   200   23    R   Tennessee State
25  Kurt Knoff           DB     9   6'2   190   28    6   Kansas
27  John Turner          DB     9   6'0   199   26    5   Miami
28  Ahmad Rashad         WR     7   6'2   200   32   10   Oregon
29  John Swain           DB     9   6'1   195   23    2   Miami
31  Eddie Payton         RB     9   5'8   179   31    5   Jackson State
32  Tony Galbreath       RB     8   6'0   230   28    7   Missouri
34  Rickey Young         RB     9   6'2   200   28    8   Jackson State
36  Sam Harrell          RB     1   6'2   225   25    2   East Carolina
37  Willie Teal          DB     9   5'10  195   24    3   Louisiana State
44  Walt Williams        DB     1   6'0   185   28    6   New Mexico State
45  Tom Hannon           DB     9   5'11  190   27    6   Michigan State
49  Keith Nord           DB     9   6'0   195   25    4   St. Cloud State
50  Jeff Siemon          LB     9   6'2   235   32   11   Stanford
51  Jim Hough            OG     9   6'2   267   26    5   Utah State
52  Dennis Johnson       LB     9   6'3   230   24    3   Southern California
53  Henry Johnson        LB     9   6'1   235   24    3   Georgia Tech
54  Fred McNeill         LB     9   6'2   230   30    9   UCLA
55  Scott Studwell       LB     8   6'2   225   28    6   Illinois
56  Dave Huffman         OG     9   6'6   255   25    4   Notre Dame
57  Robin Sendlein       LB     9   6'3   224   23    2   Texas
59  Matt Blair           LB     9   6'5   234   32    9   Iowa State
61  Wes Hamilton         OG     9   6'3   268   29    7   Tulsa
62  Brent Boyd           OG     4   6'3   260   25    3   UCLA
65  Charlie Johnson      DT     9   6'3   265   30    6   Colorado
66  Terry Tausch         OT     2   6'5   275   23    R   Texas
67  Dennis Swilley       C      9   6'6   260   27    6   North Texas State
68  Curtis Rouse         OG     5   6'3   290   22    R   Tennessee-Chattanooga
72  James White          DT     9   6'3   270   29    7   Oklahoma State
73  Neil Elshire         DE     5   6'6   260   24    2   Oregon
75  Randy Holloway       DE     9   6'5   250   27    5   Pittsburgh
76  Tim Irwin            OT     9   6'6   275   23    2   Tennessee
77  Mark Mullaney        DE     9   6'6   245   29    8   Colorado State
78  Steve Riley          OT     9   6'6   255   29    9   Southern California
79  Doug Martin          DE     9   6'3   255   25    3   Washington
80  Terry LeCount        WR     9   5'10  180   26    5   Florida
81  Joe Senser           TE     9   6'4   235   26    3   West Chester
82  Bob Bruer            TE     8   6'5   235   29    4   Mankato State
83  Steve Jordan         TE     9   6'3   230   21    R   Brown
84  Sam McCullum         WR     6   6'2   190   29    9   Montana State
85  Sammy White          WR     7   5'11  190   28    7   Grambling
87  Leo Lewis            WR     9   5'8   170   26    2   Missouri
88  Mardye McDole        WR     2   5'11  195   23    2   Mississippi State
89  Harold Jackson       WR     1   5'10  175   36   15   Jackson State
91  Ray Yakavonis        DT     2   6'4   250   25    2   East Stroudsburg

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Tommy Kramer         308  176   57.1  2,037   6.61  11.6  15   4.9   12   3.9    21   130    77.3
Steve Dils            26   11   42.3     68   2.62   6.2   0   0.0    0   0.0     1     8    49.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Ted Brown              31    207    6.7    2
Sammy White            29    503   17.3    5
Joe Senser             29    261    9.0    1
Ahmad Rashad           23    233   10.1    0
Tony Galbreath         17    153    9.0    0
Terry LeCount          14    179   12.8    1
Sam McCullum           12    131   10.9    0
Darrin Nelson           9    100   11.1    0
Leo Lewis               8    150   18.8    3
Bob Bruer               8    102   12.8    2
Rickey Young            4     44   11.0    1
Steve Jordan            3     42   14.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ted Brown             120    515    4.3    1
Darrin Nelson          44    136    3.1    0
Tony Galbreath         39    116    3.0    1
Tommy Kramer           21     77    3.7    3
Rickey Young           16     49    3.1    1
Greg Coleman            1     15   15.0    0
Steve Dils              1      5    5.0    0
Jarvis Redwine          2      2    1.0    0
Terry LeCount           1     -3   -3.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Jarvis Redwine         12    286   23.8    0
Eddie Payton           12    271   22.6    0
Darrin Nelson           6    132   22.0    0
Keith Nord              3     43   14.3    0
Sam Harrell             2     21   10.5    0
Mardye McDole           1     26   26.0    0
Neil Elshire            1      7    7.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Eddie Payton           22    179    8.1    5    0
Rufus Bess              2     17    8.5    0    0
Tom Hannon              0      0      ?    1    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Greg Coleman 58 2,384 41.1 6 7 0 30 176 36.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Rick Danmeier 0/0 4/5 1/2 3/6 0/1 8/14 23/23 47 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Rufus Bess 0.5 Matt Blair 1.5 Neil Elshire 1.0 Randy Holloway 2.5 1 6 0 Charlie Johnson 1.0 Kurt Knoff 1.0 1 4 0 Doug Martin 11.5 1 0 0 Mark Mullaney 5.0 Scott Studwell 3.0 1 3 0 John Swain 2 20 0 Willie Teal 4 15 0 John Turner 2 43 1 James White 3.0

1982 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 7 RB Darrin Nelson 152 Stanford 2 39 OT Terry Tausch 90 Texas 4 92 LB Jim Fahnhorst 82 Minnesota 6 147 LB Greg Storr 3 Boston College 7 179 TE Steve Jordan 176 Brown 8 206 LB Kirk Harmon Pacific 9 233 DB Bryan Howard 2 Tennessee State 10 260 WR Gerald Lucear Temple 11 286 OG Curtis Rouse 68 Tennessee-Chattanooga 12 318 RB Hobson Milner Cincinnati

Traded draft picks: #3 to NO (Eugene Goodlow), #5 to MIA (Bob Nelson)


Transactions:

05-28-1982traded Jeff Siemon to Chargers for a #6 pick in the 1983 draft
08-19-1982traded Minnesota's #2 pick in the 1983 draft to Eagles for Charlie Johnson
08-22-1982traded Ron Yary to Rams for the Rams' #10 pick in the 1983 draft


Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
01/09/83    vs Atlanta Falcons         W 30-24
01/15/83    at Washington Redskins     L 7-21


1982 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/12/82 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 17-10 1-0-0 09/16/82 at Buffalo Bills L 22-23 1-1-0 11/21/82 at Green Bay Packers L 7-26 1-2-0 11/28/82 vs Chicago Bears W 35-7 2-2-0 12/05/82 at Miami Dolphins L 14-22 2-3-0 12/12/82 vs Baltimore Colts W 13-10 3-3-0 12/19/82 at Detroit Lions W 34-31 4-3-0 12/26/82 vs New York Jets L 14-42 4-4-0 01/03/83 vs Dallas Cowboys W 31-27 5-4-0

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