2008 Minnesota Vikings Roster
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Brad Childress (10-6)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
2008 Minnesota Vikings StatisticsTeam Record: 10-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Brad Childress (10-6)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
2008 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 2008 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, finishing first in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Minnesota ran up 379 points, while the defense surrendered 333. Adrian Peterson piled up yardage, accumulating a 1,760 yards for the Vikings.
Gus Frerotte threw for 2,157 yards. Bobby Wade snagged 53 passes, while Bernard Berrian accumulated 964 receiving yards. Chester Taylor and Visanthe Shiancoe provided receiving help also.
Ben Leber, Benny Sapp, Madieu Williams and Antoine Winfield each seized 2 opponent throws. Jared Allen topped pass rushers with 14.5 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 45 sacks.
Brad Childress coached the team. The 2008 Minnesota Vikings lost in the Wild Card.
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| # | Player | Pos. | Birth Date | Height | Weight | College | Hometown | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | Husain Abdullah | DB | July 27, 1985 | 6'0" | 204 | Washington St. | Los Angeles, CA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 57 | Rufus Alexander | LB | April 12, 1983 | 6'1" | 228 | Oklahoma | Baton Rouge, LA USA | 1 | 0 |
| 69 | Jared Allen | RDE | April 3, 1982 | 6'6" | 265 | Idaho St. | Los Gatos, CA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 84 | Aundrae Allison | WR | June 25, 1984 | 6'0" | 198 | East Carolina | Kannapolis, NC USA | 15 | 0 |
| 87 | Bernard Berrian | WR | December 27, 1980 | 6'1" | 190 | Fresno St. | Winton, CA USA | 16 | 13 |
| 78 | Matt Birk | C | July 23, 1976 | 6'4" | 300 | Harvard | St. Paul, MN USA | 16 | 16 |
| 54 | Vinny Ciurciu | LB | May 2, 1980 | 6'0" | 235 | Clemson | Hackensack, NJ USA | 14 | 1 |
| 62 | Ryan Cook | RT | May 8, 1983 | 6'6" | 325 | New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM USA | 16 | 14 |
| 83 | Jeff Dugan | TE | April 8, 1981 | 6'4" | 261 | Maryland | Allison Park, PA USA | 9 | 2 |
| 91 | Ray Edwards | LDE | January 1, 1985 | 6'5" | 270 | Purdue | Cincinnati, OH USA | 15 | 15 |
| 90 | Fred Evans | DT | November 6, 1983 | 6'5" | 307 | Texas St. | Chicago, IL USA | 16 | 2 |
| 89 | Robert Ferguson | WR | December 17, 1979 | 6'1" | 209 | Texas A&M | Houston, TX USA | 8 | 0 |
| 37 | Eric Frampton | DB | February 6, 1984 | 5'11" | 204 | Washington St. | San Jose, CA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 12 | Gus Frerotte | QB | July 31, 1971 | 6'3" | 237 | Tulsa | Kittanning, PA USA | 11 | 11 |
| 41 | Charles Gordon | PR | July 18, 1984 | 5'11" | 180 | Kansas | Carson, CA USA | 9 | 2 |
| 52 | Chad Greenway | LLB | January 12, 1983 | 6'2" | 240 | Iowa | Mount Vernon, SD USA | 16 | 15 |
| 23 | Cedric Griffin | RCB | November 11, 1982 | 6'0" | 190 | Texas | Natchez, MS USA | 16 | 15 |
| 73 | Otis Grigsby | DE | November 19, 1980 | 6'3" | 260 | Kentucky | San Antonio, TX USA | 8 | 1 |
| 98 | Letroy Guion | DT | June 21, 1987 | 6'4" | 295 | Florida St. | Starke, FL USA | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | Napoleon Harris | MLB | February 25, 1979 | 6'2" | 255 | Northwestern | Chicago, IL USA | 10 | 5 |
| 56 | E.J. Henderson | LB | August 3, 1980 | 6'1" | 245 | Maryland | Aberdeen, MD USA | 4 | 3 |
| 50 | Erin Henderson | LB | July 1, 1986 | 6'3" | 242 | Maryland | Averdeen, MD USA | 10 | 0 |
| 64 | Anthony Herrera | RG | June 14, 1980 | 6'2" | 315 | Tennessee | , Trinidad and Tobago | 16 | 16 |
| 58 | David Herron | LB | June 17, 1984 | 6'1" | 248 | Michigan St. | Warren, OH USA | 14 | 3 |
| 79 | Artis Hicks | LT | November 28, 1978 | 6'4" | 320 | Memphis | Jackson, TN USA | 12 | 6 |
| 43 | Maurice Hicks | KR | July 22, 1978 | 5'11" | 200 | North Carolina A&T | Emporia, VA USA | 11 | 0 |
| 76 | Steve Hutchinson | LG | November 1, 1977 | 6'5" | 313 | Michigan | Fort Lauderdale, FL USA | 16 | 16 |
| 7 | Tarvaris Jackson | QB | April 21, 1983 | 6'2" | 226 | Arkansas | Mongtomery, AL USA | 9 | 5 |
| 25 | Tyrell Johnson | FS | May 19, 1985 | 5'11" | 200 | Arkansas St. | Rison, AR USA | 16 | 7 |
| 72 | Marcus Johnson | G-T | December 1, 1981 | 6'6" | 321 | Mississippi | Greenville, MS USA | 7 | 0 |
| 71 | Jimmy Kennedy | DT | November 15, 1979 | 6'4" | 320 | Penn St. | Yonkers, NY USA | 2 | 0 |
| 40 | Jim Kleinsasser | TE | January 31, 1977 | 6'3" | 272 | North Dakota | Carrington, ND USA | 16 | 11 |
| 5 | Chris Kluwe | P | December 24, 1981 | 6'4" | 215 | UCLA | Philadelphia, PA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 51 | Ben Leber | RLB | December 7, 1978 | 6'3" | 244 | Kansas St. | Vermillion, SD USA | 16 | 15 |
| 46 | Cullen Loeffler | C | January 27, 1981 | 6'5" | 241 | Texas | Washington, DC USA | 16 | 0 |
| 8 | Ryan Longwell | K | August 16, 1974 | 6'0" | 199 | California | Seattle, WA USA | 16 | 0 |
| 21 | Marcus McCauley | DB | September 3, 1983 | 6'1" | 203 | Fresno St. | Sacramento, CA USA | 10 | 1 |
| 74 | Bryant McKinnie | LT | September 23, 1979 | 6'8" | 335 | Miami (FL) | Woodbury, NJ USA | 12 | 12 |
| 45 | Garrett Mills | FB | October 12, 1983 | 6'1" | 230 | Tulsa | Tulsa, OK USA | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | Adrian Peterson | RB | March 21, 1985 | 6'2" | 217 | Oklahoma | Palestine, TX USA | 16 | 15 |
| 82 | Darius Reynaud | WR | December 29, 1985 | 5'9" | 201 | West Virginia | Boutte, LA USA | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Sidney Rice | WR | September 1, 1986 | 6'4" | 200 | South Carolina | Gaffney, SC USA | 13 | 3 |
| 96 | Brian Robison | DE | April 28, 1983 | 6'2" | 258 | Texas | Houston, TX USA | 15 | 0 |
| Roderick Rogers | S | September 7, 1984 | 6'2" | 187 | Wisconsin | Stone Mountain, GA USA | 2 | 0 | |
| 22 | Benny Sapp | DB | January 20, 1981 | 5'9" | 190 | Iowa | Fort Lauderdale, FL USA | 14 | 4 |
| 42 | Darren Sharper | SS | November 3, 1975 | 6'2" | 210 | William & Mary | Richmond, VA USA | 16 | 16 |
| 81 | Visanthe Shiancoe | TE | June 18, 1980 | 6'4" | 250 | Morgan St. | Laurel, MD USA | 16 | 15 |
| 65 | John Sullivan | C | August 8, 1985 | 6'4" | 300 | Notre Dame | Mt. Kisco, NY USA | 16 | 0 |
| 38 | Naufahu Tahi | FB | October 30, 1981 | 6'0" | 230 | BYU | Fontana, CA USA | 16 | 5 |
| 44 | Thomas Tapeh | FB | March 28, 1980 | 6'1" | 243 | Minnesota | Monrovie, Liberia | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | Chester Taylor | RB | September 22, 1979 | 5'11" | 213 | Toledo | River Rouge, MI USA | 16 | 1 |
| 55 | Dontarrious Thomas | LB | September 2, 1980 | 6'2" | 241 | Auburn | Perry, AL USA | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Bobby Wade | WR | February 25, 1981 | 5'10" | 193 | Arizona | Orange County, CA USA | 16 | 14 |
| 93 | Kevin Williams | RDT | August 16, 1980 | 6'5" | 311 | Oklahoma St. | Arkadelphia, AR USA | 16 | 16 |
| 20 | Madieu Williams | FS | October 18, 1981 | 6'1" | 193 | Towson St. | , Sierra Leone | 9 | 9 |
| 94 | Pat Williams | NT | October 24, 1972 | 6'3" | 315 | NE State (OK) | Monroe, LA USA | 14 | 14 |
| 26 | Antoine Winfield | LCB | June 24, 1977 | 5'9" | 190 | Ohio St. | Akron, OH USA | 16 | 16 |
| 97 | Ellis Wyms | DE | April 12, 1979 | 6'3" | 279 | Mississippi St. | Indianola, MS USA | 16 | 0 |
