1996 Minnesota Vikings Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Dennis Green (9-7)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota

1996 Minnesota Vikings Roster
1996 Minnesota Vikings Results

The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

The Vikings netted 298 points, but the defense yielded 315. Brad Johnson threw for 2,258 yards, and Warren Moon played quarterback, too. Cris Carter snagged 96 passes, while Jake Reed accumulated 1,320 receiving yards.

Robert Smith carried the ball for a team-best 692 yards for Minnesota.

Orlando Thomas intercepted 5 opponent throws. John Randle topped pass rushers with 11.5 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 43 sacks.

Dennis Green coached the team. The 1996 Minnesota Vikings lost in the Wild Card.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Brad Johnson	311	195	62.7	2258	7.3	17	5.5	10	3.2	82	15	119	89.4
Warren Moon	247	134	54.3	1610	6.5	7	2.8	9	3.6	54	19	122	68.7
Jay Walker	2	2	100.0	31	15.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	19	0	0	118.8
Chris Walsh	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	561	331	59.0	3899	7.0	24	4.3	19	3.4	82	34	241

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Robert Smith	162	692	4.3	57	3
Leroy Hoard	105	420	4.0	25	3
Amp Lee	51	161	3.2	12	0
Scottie Graham	57	138	2.4	12	0
Brad Johnson	34	90	2.6	13	1
Charles Evans	13	29	2.2	9	0
David Palmer	2	9	4.5	8	0
Warren Moon	9	6	0.7	5	0
Randall McDaniel	2	1	0.5	1	0
Totals	435	1546	3.6	57	7

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Cris Carter	96	1163	12.1	43	10
Jake Reed	72	1320	18.3	82	7
Amp Lee	54	422	7.8	21	2
Qadry Ismail	22	351	16.0	54	3
Charles Evans	22	135	6.1	16	0
Andrew Jordan	19	128	6.7	15	0
Leroy Hoard	10	129	12.9	37	0
Greg DeLong	8	34	4.2	9	0
Scottie Graham	7	48	6.9	18	0
Robert Smith	7	39	5.6	16	0
David Palmer	6	40	6.7	20	0
Chris Walsh	4	39	9.8	17	1
David Frisch	3	27	9.0	21	1
Hunter Goodwin	1	24	24.0	24	0
Totals	331	3899	11.8	82	24

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Scott Sisson	30	30	100.0	29	22	75.9	96
Totals	30	30	100.0	29	22	75.9	96

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Mitch Berger	88	3616	41.1	63
Totals	88	3616	41.1	63

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
David Palmer	22	216	9.8	69	1
Amp Lee	10	84	8.4	18	0
Totals	32	300	9.4	69	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Qadry Ismail	28	527	18.8	32
David Palmer	13	292	22.5	60
Harold Morrow	6	117	19.5	26
Amp Lee	5	85	17.0	23
Richard Brown	3	35	11.7	12
John Gerak	1	13	13.0	13
Greg DeLong	1	3	3.0	3
Cris Carter	1	3	3.0	3
Totals	58	1075	18.5	60

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Orlando Thomas	5	57	11.4	34	0
Robert Griffith	4	67	16.8	41	0
Jeff Brady	3	20	6.7	8	0
Corey Fuller	3	3	1.0	2	0
Dewayne Washington	2	27	13.5	27	1
Alfred Jackson	2	4	2.0	4	0
Dixon Edwards	1	18	18.0	18	0
Darryl Talley	1	10	10.0	10	0
Jason Fisk	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	22	206	9.4	41	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
John Randle	11.5
Fernando Smith	9.5
Martin Harrison	7.0
Dixon Edwards	3.5
Derrick Alexander	3.5
Esera Tuaolo	2.5
Robert Griffith	2.0
Jeff Brady	1.5
Harlon Barnett	1.0
Jason Fisk	1.0
Totals	43.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FF
Robert Griffith	86.5	78	17	0	1	0	0	2
Jeff Brady	87.5	74	27	0	0	3	0	0
Dewayne Washington	72	69	6	0
Dixon Edwards	82	68	28	0
Orlando Thomas	74	65	18	0	0	1	0	2
Corey Fuller	58.5	53	11	0	0	0	0	1
Harlon Barnett	54.5	48	13		0	1	0	1
Fernando Smith	53	41	24		0	2	4	3
Darryl Talley	46	41	10	0	0	0	0	1
John Randle	40.5	35	11		0	0	0	4
Derrick Alexander	40.5	33	15		0	1	3	0
Jason Fisk	26.5	22	9	0	0	1	0	0
Martin Harrison	24.5	21	7		0	0	0	1
Esera Tuaolo	22	15	14
Pete Bercich	11	10	2		0	1	0	0
Dave Garnett	10.5	8	5		0	1	0	0
Ben Hanks	4	3	2
Sean Vanhorse	3.5	3	1
Duane Clemons	4.5	2	5		0	1	8	0
Richard Brown	3	2	2
Chris Johnson	2.5	1	3
Brad Johnson					5	3	-8	0
Warren Moon					7	2	0	0
John Gerak					0	1	0	0
Greg DeLong					0	1	0	0
Todd Steussie					0	1	0	0
Robert Smith					2	1	0	0
David Palmer					3	1	0	0
Qadry Ismail					2	1	0	0
Cris Carter					1	1	0	0
Amp Lee					2	1	0	0
Leroy Hoard					3	0	0	0
Totals	807	692	230	0	26	25	7	15

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Scott Sisson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	30	0			96
Cris Carter	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			60
Jake Reed	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			42
Robert Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Leroy Hoard	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Qadry Ismail	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Amp Lee	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Chris Walsh	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		8
David Palmer	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Dewayne Washington	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Brad Johnson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
David Frisch	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Andrew Jordan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2
Totals	7	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	22	30	0	2	0	298