1984 Minnesota Vikings Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-13
Finishing 5th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Les Steckel (3-13)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1984 Minnesota Vikings RosterTeam Record: 3-13
Finishing 5th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Les Steckel (3-13)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1984 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 1984 season with a record of 3 wins and 13 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
Minnesota racked up 276 points, while the porous defense surrendered 484, most in the circuit. Tommy Kramer threw for 1,678 yards, and Wade Wilson played quarterback, too. Leo Lewis snagged 47 passes for 830 yards. Mike Jones, Ted Brown and Steve Jordan each provided receiving help as well.
Alfred Anderson carried the ball for a team-best 773 yards for the Vikings.
Rufus Bess picked off 3 opponent throws. Randy Holloway topped pass rushers with 5 sacks.
Les Steckel 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 | 236 | 124 | 52.5 | 1678 | 7.1 | 9 | 3.8 | 10 | 4.2 | 70 | 24 | 145 | 70.6 | Wade Wilson | 195 | 102 | 52.3 | 1019 | 5.2 | 5 | 2.6 | 11 | 5.6 | 38 | 20 | 159 | 52.5 | Archie Manning | 94 | 52 | 55.3 | 545 | 5.8 | 2 | 2.1 | 3 | 3.2 | 56 | 18 | 153 | 66.1 | Alfred Anderson | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 95 | 13.6 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 14.3 | 43 | 2 | 8 | 89.9 | Greg Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 533 | 281 | 52.7 | 3337 | 6.3 | 18 | 3.4 | 25 | 4.7 | 70 | 64 | 465 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Alfred Anderson | 201 | 773 | 3.8 | 23 | 2 | Ted Brown | 98 | 442 | 4.5 | 19 | 3 | Darrin Nelson | 80 | 406 | 5.1 | 39 | 3 | Allen Rice | 14 | 58 | 4.1 | 16 | 1 | Mike Jones | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 36 | 0 | Archie Manning | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 16 | 0 | Wade Wilson | 9 | 30 | 3.3 | 12 | 0 | Billy Waddy | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 | Leo Lewis | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 | Greg Coleman | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 13 | 0 | Tommy Kramer | 15 | 9 | 0.6 | 14 | 0 | Steve Jordan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | David Nelson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Dwight Collins | 3 | -14 | -4.7 | 1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 444 | 1844 | 4.2 | 39 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Leo Lewis | 47 | 830 | 17.7 | 56 | 4 | Ted Brown | 46 | 349 | 7.6 | 35 | 3 | Mike Jones | 38 | 591 | 15.6 | 70 | 1 | Steve Jordan | 38 | 414 | 10.9 | 26 | 2 | Darrin Nelson | 27 | 162 | 6.0 | 17 | 1 | Sammy White | 21 | 399 | 19.0 | 47 | 1 | Alfred Anderson | 17 | 102 | 6.0 | 28 | 1 | Joe Senser | 15 | 110 | 7.3 | 26 | 0 | Mike Mularkey | 14 | 134 | 9.6 | 26 | 2 | Dwight Collins | 11 | 143 | 13.0 | 43 | 1 | Allen Rice | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 24 | 1 | Tommy Kramer | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 1 | Terry LeCount | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Don Hasselbeck | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
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| Totals | 281 | 3337 | 11.9 | 70 | 18 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Greg Coleman | 82 | 3473 | 42.4 | 62 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 82 | 3473 | 42.4 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Darrin Nelson | 23 | 180 | 7.8 | 21 | 0 | Leo Lewis | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 13 | 0 | Rufus Bess | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 | Willie Teal | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Waddy | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 31 | 217 | 7.0 | 21 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Darrin Nelson | 39 | 891 | 22.8 | 47 | 0 | Alfred Anderson | 30 | 639 | 21.3 | 41 | 0 | Billy Waddy | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 31 | 0 | Rufus Bess | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 19 | 0 | Allen Rice | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 13 | 0 | Leo Lewis | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | Greg Smith | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 | Curtis Rouse | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 | Maurice Turner | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 14 | 0 | David Nelson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 86 | 1775 | 20.6 | 47 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Rufus Bess | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 | John Swain | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 11 | 0 | Willie Teal | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 53 | 1 | Joey Browner | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Scott Studwell | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Fred McNeill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Hannon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Carl Lee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 11 | 120 | 10.9 | 53 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Randy Holloway | 5.0 | 0.0 | Charlie Johnson | 4.0 | 0.0 | Neil Elshire | 3.5 | 0.0 | John Haines | 2.0 | 0.0 | Mark Mullaney | 2.0 | 0.0 | Robert Cobb | 1.0 | 0.0 | Fred McNeill | 1.0 | 0.0 | Robin Sendlein | 1.0 | 0.0 | Joey Browner | 1.0 | 0.0 | Chris Martin | 1.0 | 0.0 | Rufus Bess | 1.0 | 0.0 | Matt Blair | 1.0 | 0.0 | Doug Martin | 1.0 | 0.0 | Hasson Arbubakrr | 0.5 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Carl Lee | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Chris Martin | 45 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Tommy Kramer | 10 | 3 | -5 | 0 | 0 | Darrin Nelson | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joey Browner | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 1 | 0 | Leo Lewis | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Jones | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Allen Rice | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Randy Holloway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alfred Anderson | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred McNeill | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Archie Manning | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rufus Bess | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Waddy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Swain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Curtis Rouse | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Jordan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Hasselbeck | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neil Elshire | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Mularkey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tim Irwin | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | John Haines | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Matt Blair | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ted Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Sams | 1 | 0 | -17 | 0 | 0 | Wade Wilson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Willie Teal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sammy White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 145 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 39 | 57 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Jan Stenerud | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 90 | Ted Brown | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Darrin Nelson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Leo Lewis | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Alfred Anderson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Steve Jordan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Allen Rice | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Mike Mularkey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Joey Browner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dwight Collins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Sammy White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Tommy Kramer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Willie Teal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Chris Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 10 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 276 |
