1981 Minnesota Vikings Statistics
Team Record: 7-9
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Bud Grant (7-9)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1981 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 1981 season with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
Minnesota chalked up 325 points, while the defense gave up 369. Tommy Kramer led the charge, passing for 3,912 yards. Ted Brown snagged 83 passes, while Joe Senser accumulated 1,004 receiving yards, while Ahmad Rashad and Sammy White were targeted regularly as well.
Ted Brown carried the ball for a team-best 1,063 yards for the Vikings.
Tom Hannon and Willie Teal 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 | 593 | 322 | 54.3 | 3912 | 6.6 | 26 | 4.4 | 24 | 4.0 | 63 | 19 | 149 | 72.6 |
Steve Dils | 102 | 54 | 52.9 | 607 | 6.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 44 | 8 | 66 | 66.1 |
Wade Wilson | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 48 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 15.4 | 22 | 2 | 19 | 16.3 |
Ted Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 709 | 382 | 53.9 | 4567 | 6.4 | 27 | 3.8 | 29 | 4.1 | 63 | 29 | 234 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ted Brown | 274 | 1063 | 3.9 | 34 | 6 |
Tony Galbreath | 42 | 198 | 4.7 | 21 | 2 |
Rickey Young | 47 | 129 | 2.7 | 13 | 0 |
Terry LeCount | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 38 | 0 |
Jarvis Redwine | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
Leo Lewis | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Steve Dils | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
Tommy Kramer | 10 | 13 | 1.3 | 8 | 0 |
Sam Harrell | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
Joe Senser | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Jeff Siemon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Sammy White | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 391 | 1512 | 3.9 | 38 | 8 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ted Brown | 83 | 694 | 8.4 | 63 | 2 |
Joe Senser | 79 | 1004 | 12.7 | 53 | 8 |
Sammy White | 66 | 1001 | 15.2 | 53 | 3 |
Ahmad Rashad | 58 | 884 | 15.2 | 53 | 7 |
Rickey Young | 43 | 296 | 6.9 | 22 | 2 |
Terry LeCount | 24 | 425 | 17.7 | 43 | 2 |
Tony Galbreath | 18 | 144 | 8.0 | 23 | 0 |
Bob Bruer | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 10 | 3 |
Leo Lewis | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 52 | 0 |
Sam Harrell | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
Totals | 382 | 4567 | 12.0 | 63 | 27 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Greg Coleman | 88 | 3646 | 41.4 | 73 |
Totals | 88 | 3646 | 41.4 | 73 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eddie Payton | 38 | 303 | 8.0 | 18 | 0 |
Sammy White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 39 | 303 | 7.8 | 18 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eddie Payton | 39 | 898 | 23.0 | 99 | 1 |
Keith Nord | 14 | 229 | 16.4 | 27 | 0 |
Mardye McDole | 11 | 170 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 |
Tony Galbreath | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
Rickey Young | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
Matt Blair | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 67 | 1328 | 19.8 | 99 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Hannon | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 28 | 0 |
Willie Teal | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 15 | 0 |
Kurt Knoff | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 20 | 0 |
Fred McNeill | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
John Swain | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
Matt Blair | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 16 | 120 | 7.5 | 28 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ted Brown | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
Scott Studwell | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommy Kramer | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
James White | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Steve Dils | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Matt Blair | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Senser | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ahmad Rashad | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mardye McDole | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kurt Knoff | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Robin Sendlein | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jeff Siemon | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Mark Mullaney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Randy Holloway | 0 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 0 | ||
Fred McNeill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Yakavonis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Greg Coleman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wade Wilson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
John Swain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Eddie Payton | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Terry LeCount | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Keith Nord | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Hannon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | ||
Bob Bruer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Tony Galbreath | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jarvis Redwine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sammy White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Rickey Young | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 39 | 34 | 84 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Rick Danmeier | 21 | 34 | 0 | 97 | ||||||||||
Ted Brown | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
Joe Senser | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
Ahmad Rashad | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
Sammy White | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Bob Bruer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Tony Galbreath | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Rickey Young | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Terry LeCount | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Randy Holloway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Eddie Payton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Tom Hannon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Walt Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 8 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 323 |