1990 Minnesota Vikings Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jerry Burns (6-10)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota

1990 Minnesota Vikings Roster
1990 Minnesota Vikings Results

The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 1990 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.

Minnesota scored 351 points, while the defensive squad yielded 326. Rich Gannon threw for 2,278 yards, and Wade Wilson played quarterback, too. Anthony Carter paced all receivers, snagging 70 passes for 1,008 yards. Hassan Jones was targeted regularly also.

Herschel Walker carried the ball for a team-best 770 yards for the Vikings.

Joey Browner picked off 7 opponent throws. Chris Doleman topped pass rushers with 11 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 46 sacks.

Jerry Burns coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Rich Gannon	349	182	52.1	2278	6.5	16	4.6	16	4.6	78	34	188	68.9
Wade Wilson	146	82	56.2	1155	7.9	9	6.2	8	5.5	75	15	90	79.6
Herschel Walker	2	1	50.0	12	6.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	0	0	68.8
Totals	497	265	53.3	3445	6.9	25	5.0	24	4.8	78	49	278

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Herschel Walker	184	770	4.2	58	5
Rick Fenney	87	376	4.3	27	2
Rich Gannon	52	268	5.2	27	1
Alfred Anderson	59	207	3.5	14	2
Wade Wilson	12	79	6.6	24	0
Allen Rice	22	74	3.4	13	0
Jessie Clark	16	49	3.1	11	0
Cedric Smith	9	19	2.1	7	0
Anthony Carter	3	16	5.3	11	0
D.J. Dozier	6	12	2.0	4	0
Cris Carter	2	6	3.0	8	0
Harry Newsome	2	-2	-1.0	0	0
Hassan Jones	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0
Totals	455	1867	4.1	58	10

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Anthony Carter	70	1008	14.4	56	8
Hassan Jones	51	810	15.9	75	7
Steve Jordan	45	636	14.1	38	3
Herschel Walker	35	315	9.0	32	4
Cris Carter	27	413	15.3	78	3
Rick Fenney	17	112	6.6	17	0
Alfred Anderson	13	80	6.2	17	0
Allen Rice	4	46	11.5	24	0
D.J. Dozier	1	12	12.0	12	0
Leo Lewis	1	9	9.0	9	0
Jessie Clark	1	4	4.0	4	0
Totals	265	3445	13.0	78	25

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Donald Igwebuike	19	19	100.0	16	14	87.5	61
Fuad Reveiz	19	19	100.0	12	11	91.7	52
Totals	38	38	100.0	28	25	89.3	113

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Harry Newsome	78	3299	42.3	61
Totals	78	3299	42.3	61

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Leo Lewis	25	180	7.2	30
Ira Hillary	8	45	5.6	12
Totals	33	225	6.8	30

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Herschel Walker	44	966	22.0	64
Allen Rice	12	176	14.7	24
Alfred Anderson	3	44	14.7	24
Leo Lewis	3	39	13.0	15
Cedric Smith	1	16	16.0	16
Ira Hillary	1	6	6.0	6
Adam Schreiber	1	5	5.0	5
Steve Jordan	1	-3	-3.0	-3
Totals	66	1249	18.9	64

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Joey Browner	7	103	14.7	31	1
Mike Merriweather	3	108	36.0	73	0
Audray McMillian	3	20	6.7	20	0
Carl Lee	2	29	14.5	25	0
Najee Mustafaa	2	21	10.5	16	0
Michael Brim	2	11	5.5	11	0
Chris Doleman	1	30	30.0	30	0
Al Noga	1	26	26.0	26	1
Darrell Fullington	1	10	10.0	10	0
Totals	22	358	16.3	73	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Chris Doleman	11.0
Henry Thomas	8.5
Ken Clarke	7.0
Al Noga	6.0
Thomas Strauthers	4.0
Joey Browner	3.0
Mike Merriweather	2.5
Keith Millard	2.0
Darrell Fullington	1.0
John Randle	1.0
Totals	46.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Henry Thomas	109	109	0		0	1	0	0	1
Chris Doleman	92	92	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Al Noga	65	65	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Carl Lee	46	46	0	0				0
Najee Mustafaa	30	30	0	0				0
John Randle	21	21	0		0	0	0	0	1
Michael Brim	16	16	0	0				0
Pat Eilers	11	11	0		0	1	0	0	0
Rich Gannon					10	6	-3	0	0
Mike Merriweather				0	0	4	44	1	0
Tim Irwin					1	2	2	0	0
Kirk Lowdermilk					0	1	0	0	0
Darrell Fullington				0	0	1	0	0	0
Allen Rice					1	1	0	0	0
Wade Wilson					3	1	-2	0	0
Rick Fenney					3	1	0	0	0
Ken Clarke					0	1	0	0	0
Harry Newsome					1	1	-13	0	0
Craig Wolfley					0	1	0	0	0
Mark Dusbabek					0	1	0	0	0
Thomas Strauthers					0	1	0	0	0
Brent Novoselsky					0	1	0	0	0
Anthony Carter					2	0	0	0	0
Leo Lewis					1	0	0	0	0
Herschel Walker					4	0	0	0	0
Steve Jordan					3	0	0	0	0
Alfred Anderson					1	0	0	0	0
Totals	390	390	0	0	30	26	28	2	6

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Donald Igwebuike	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	19	0			61
Herschel Walker	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			54
Fuad Reveiz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	19	0			52
Anthony Carter	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			48
Hassan Jones	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Cris Carter	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Steve Jordan	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Rick Fenney	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Al Noga	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			12
Alfred Anderson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Rich Gannon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Joey Browner	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Mike Merriweather	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Chris Doleman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2
Mark Dusbabek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2
Totals	10	25	0	0	0	2	2	0	25	38	0	0	2	351