1979 Minnesota Vikings Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bud Grant (7-9)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota

1979 Minnesota Vikings Roster
1979 Minnesota Vikings Results

The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.

Minnesota ran up 259 points, while the defense conceded 337. Tommy Kramer triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,397 yards. Ahmad Rashad snagged 80 passes for 1,156 yards. Rickey Young was targeted regularly, too.

Rickey Young carried the ball for a team-best 708 yards for the Vikings, and Ted Brown additionally aided the ground game.

Tom Hannon and Nate Wright each snatched 4 opponent throws.

Bud Grant coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Tommy Kramer	566	315	55.7	3397	6.0	23	4.1	24	4.2	55	36	249	69.3
Terry LeCount	0	0		0		0		0		0	1	9	0.0
Totals	566	315	55.7	3397	6.0	23	4.1	24	4.2	55	37	258

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Rickey Young	188	708	3.8	26	3
Ted Brown	130	551	4.2	34	1
Chuck Foreman	87	223	2.6	16	2
Tommy Kramer	32	138	4.3	20	1
Robert Miller	35	109	3.1	20	2
Brent McClanahan	14	29	2.1	9	0
Sammy White	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	487	1764	3.6	34	9

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ahmad Rashad	80	1156	14.4	52	9
Rickey Young	72	519	7.2	18	4
Sammy White	42	715	17.0	55	4
Ted Brown	31	197	6.4	35	0
Bob Tucker	24	223	9.3	21	2
Chuck Foreman	19	147	7.7	22	0
Stu Voigt	15	139	9.3	18	2
Brent McClanahan	10	57	5.7	9	0
Robert Miller	9	60	6.7	14	0
Terry LeCount	6	119	19.8	36	2
Douglas Cunningham	5	50	10.0	15	0
Robert Steele	1	10	10.0	10	0
Jimmy Edwards	1	2	2.0	2	0
Tommy Kramer		3			0
Totals	315	3397	10.8	55	23

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Rick Danmeier	31	28	90.3	22	13	59.1	67
Totals	31	28	90.3	22	13	59.1	67

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Greg Coleman	90	3551	39.5	70
Totals	90	3551	39.5	70

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jimmy Edwards	33	186	5.6	42
Kevin Miller	18	85	4.7	14
Keith Nord	3	11	3.7	7
Bobby Bryant	1	7	7.0	7
John Turner	1	0	0.0	0
Nate Allen	1	-1	-1.0	-1
Totals	57	288	5.1	42

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Jimmy Edwards	44	1103	25.1	83
Ted Brown	8	186	23.2	43
Brent McClanahan	3	53	17.7	20
Robert Miller	3	38	12.7	19
Stu Voigt	1	0	0.0	0
Scott Studwell	1	0	0.0	0
Robert Steele	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	61	1380	22.6	83

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Tom Hannon	4	85	21.2	52
Nate Wright	4	44	11.0	32
Paul Krause	3	49	16.3	18
Matt Blair	3	32	10.7	16
Bobby Bryant	2	50	25.0	29
John Turner	2	48	24.0	36
Kurt Knoff	2	25	12.5	15
Scott Studwell	1	18	18.0	18
Nate Allen	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	22	351	16.0	52

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds
Jimmy Edwards			10	6	0
Tom Hannon		0	0	3	0
Matt Blair		0	0	2	14
Ted Brown			6	2	0
Derrel Luce			0	2	0
Charles Goodrum			0	2	0
Tommy Kramer			9	2	-6
Chuck Foreman			4	1	0
Dennis Swilley			0	1	0
Paul Krause		0	0	1	0
Jim Marshall			0	1	7
James White			0	1	1
Steve Riley			0	1	0
Ron Yary			0	1	0
Fred McNeill			0	1	0
Wes Hamilton			0	1	0
Jim Hough			0	1	0
Tim Baylor			0	1	0
Scott Studwell		0	0	1	6
Keith Nord			1	1	0
Kevin Miller			1	1	0
Bob Tucker			1	0	0
Stu Voigt			1	0	0
Sammy White			1	0	0
Ahmad Rashad			2	0	0
Rickey Young			2	0	0
Robert Miller			1	0	0
John Turner		0	1	0	0
Totals	0	0	40	33	22

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Rick Danmeier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	28	0			67
Ahmad Rashad	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			54
Rickey Young	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Sammy White	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Robert Miller	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Stu Voigt	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Bob Tucker	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Chuck Foreman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Terry LeCount	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Tommy Kramer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Ted Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	9	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	28	0	0	0	259