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2002 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 2nd in NFC North Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 390 points (24.4/g), 8th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 442 points (27.6/g), 30th.
 Differential of -52 points (-3.2/g), 24th.
 Expected W-L: 6.8-9.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -18 (-1.1/g), 31st.

Coached by Mike Tice (6-10-0)

2002 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 8 box L 0-1 @ Chicago Bears 23 27 19 368 228 140 3 20 368 288 80 2
2 Sun September 15 box L 0-2 Buffalo Bills 39 45 31 449 236 213 3 26 468 437 31
3 Sun September 22 box L 0-3 Carolina Panthers 14 21 13 250 177 73 5 20 370 206 164 2
4 Sun September 29 box L 0-4 @ Seattle Seahawks 23 48 28 443 249 194 4 18 381 222 159 1
5 Bye Week
6 Sun October 13 box W 1-4 Detroit Lions 31 24 22 402 291 111 1 17 354 301 53 1
7 Sun October 20 box L 1-5 @ New York Jets 7 20 21 389 288 101 4 21 407 316 91
8 Sun October 27 box W 2-5 Chicago Bears 25 7 24 364 216 148 1 12 218 174 44 3
9 Sun November 3 box L 2-6 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24 38 22 387 214 173 3 27 446 313 133
10 Sun November 10 box L 2-7 New York Giants 20 27 17 356 132 224 2 26 460 291 169 1
11 Sun November 17 box W 3-7 Green Bay Packers 31 21 24 425 207 218 3 18 367 296 71 3
12 Sun November 24 box L 3-8 @ New England Patriots 17 24 26 417 264 153 3 20 299 219 80
13 Sun December 1 box L 3-9 Atlanta Falcons 24 30 21 369 230 139 3 19 379 152 227 3
14 Sun December 8 box L 3-10 @ Green Bay Packers 22 26 15 316 125 191 1 20 328 204 124 2
15 Sun December 15 box W 4-10 @ New Orleans Saints 32 31 22 439 293 146 18 299 221 78
16 Sat December 21 box W 5-10 Miami Dolphins 20 17 21 368 239 129 3 13 239 170 69 2
17 Sun December 29 box W 6-10 @ Detroit Lions 38 36 24 450 296 154 2 20 386 293 93 3

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 390 6192 1080 5.7 350 337 558 3685 19 23 6.1 191 473 2507 26 5.3 139 41 18 20
Team Defense 442 5769 963 6.0 547 335 542 4103 33 16 7.2 198 394 1666 15 4.2 315 23 7 34
Lg Rank Offense 8 2 4 13 9 20 30 13 8 1 1 1 31 27
Lg Rank Defense 30 26 27 17 29 32 19 32 6 10 17 17 27 30

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Daunte Culpepper 25 QB 16 16 6-10-0 333 549 60.7 3853 18 3.3 23 4.2 61 7.0 5.5 11.6 240.8 75.3 47 244 6.1 4.6 7.9
Todd Bouman 30 1 0 3 6 50.0 85 0 0.0 0 0.0 48 14.2 14.2 28.3 85.0 95.8 2 22 7.9 7.9 25.0
Randy Moss* 25 WR 16 16 1 3 33.3 13 1 33.3 0 0.0 13 4.3 7.7 13.0 0.8 87.5 0 0 4.3 7.7 0.0
Team Total 27.0 16 6-10-0 337 558 60.4 3951 19 3.4 23 4.1 61 7.1 5.6 11.7 246.9 76.1 49 266 6.1 4.7 8.1
Opp Total 16 335 542 61.8 4103 33 6.1 16 3.0 7.6 6.9 12.2 256.4 93.1 27 197 7.2 6.2

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Michael Bennett* 24 RB 16 16 255 1296 5 85 5.1 81.0 15.9 37 351 9.5 1 45 2.3 21.9 1647 6 4
Daunte Culpepper 25 QB 16 16 106 609 10 38 5.7 38.1 6.6 609 10 23
Moe Williams 28 RET 16 0 84 414 11 44 4.9 25.9 5.3 27 251 9.3 0 36 1.7 15.7 665 11 1
Doug Chapman 25 6 0 12 89 0 27 7.4 14.8 2.0 89 0 1
Randy Moss* 25 WR 16 16 6 51 0 25 8.5 3.2 0.4 106 1347 12.7 7 60 6.6 84.2 1398 7 1
Jim Kleinsasser 25 TE 14 12 6 17 0 4 2.8 1.2 0.4 37 393 10.6 1 39 2.6 28.1 410 1 0
Kelly Campbell 22 6 2 1 11 0 11 11.0 1.8 0.2 13 176 13.5 3 32 2.2 29.3 187 3 1
Todd Bouman 30 1 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 9.0 1.0 9 0 2
Nick Davis 23 RET 15 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 0.7 0.1 11 0 4
Kyle Richardson 29 P 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
D'Wayne Bates 27 WR 14 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 50 689 13.8 4 59 3.6 49.2 689 4 2
Byron Chamberlain 31 TE 13 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 389 11.4 0 61 2.6 29.9 389 0 0
Derrick Alexander 31 wr 8 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 134 9.6 1 18 1.8 16.8 134 1 0
Chris Walsh 34 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 172 12.3 1 28 0.9 10.8 172 1 0
Hunter Goodwin 30 te 16 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 20 5.0 1 8 0.3 1.3 20 1 0
Cedric James 23 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 29 29.0 0 29 0.2 5.8 29 0 0
Team Total 27.0 16 473 2507 26 85 5.3 156.7 29.6 337 3951 11.7 19 61 21.1 246.9 6458 45 40
Opp Total 16 394 1666 15 4.2 104.1 24.6 335 4103 12.2 33 20.9 256.4 5769 48 16

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Nick Davis 23 RET 15 0 24 190 0 57 7.9 18 368 0 39 20.4 569
Moe Williams 28 RET 16 0 24 516 0 51 21.5 1181
Tyrone Carter 26 rcb 16 7 17 350 0 34 20.6 350
Doug Chapman 25 6 0 11 225 0 39 20.5 314
Cedric James 23 5 0 10 228 0 29 22.8 257
D'Wayne Bates 27 WR 14 11 4 93 0 61 23.3 1 15 0 15 15.0 797
James Wofford 24 9 0 3 62 0 25 20.7 62
Ronnie Bradford 32 FS 16 15 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Randy Moss* 25 WR 16 16 1 11 0 11 11.0 1409
Team Total 27.0 16 28 283 0 61 10.1 86 1775 0 51 20.6 8516
Opp Total 16 21 0 76 1749 2 23.0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Kyle Richardson 29 P 16 0 62 2474 59 1 39.9
Gary Anderson 43 K 14 0 1 1 8 8 5 5 8 3 1 1 23 18 78.3% 37 36 97.3%
Doug Brien 32 6 0 3 3 1 1 2 1 6 5 83.3% 7 5 71.4%
Team Total 27.0 16 1 1 11 11 6 6 10 4 1 1 29 23 79.3% 44 41 93.2% 62 2474 59 1 39.9
Opp Total 16 28 21 75.0% 46 45 97.8% 65 2542 39.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Daunte Culpepper 25 QB 16 16 23 6 -9 0
Michael Bennett* 24 RB 16 16 4 4 0 0
Lance Johnstone 29 RDE 16 16 7.0 0 0 1 0 0 41 10
Chris Hovan 24 RDT 16 16 5.5 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 38 14
Nick Davis 23 RET 15 0 4 2 0 0
Kenny Mixon 27 LDE 16 16 4.5 1 6 0 6 0 45 26
Greg Biekert 33 MLB 16 16 4 26 0 20 0 0 0 1 0 0 70 31
Lorenzo Bromell 27 16 1 4.0 22 8
Corey Chavous 26 SS/lcb 16 16 1.0 3 76 1 43 5 66 17
Randy Moss* 25 WR 16 16 0 1 2 0 0
D'Wayne Bates 27 WR 14 11 2 0 0 0
Todd Bouman 30 1 0 2 0 0 0
Jack Brewer 23 15 1 2 24 0 23 2 26 7
Doug Chapman 25 6 0 1 1 0 0
Henri Crockett 28 RLB 14 11 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 47 14
Nick Rogers 23 LLB 16 11 2.0 33 9
Brian Williams 23 LCB 16 7 1 2 0 2 6 1 0 1 0 0 36 8
Matt Birk 26 C 16 16 0 1 0 0
Ronnie Bradford 32 FS 16 15 1 20 0 20 0 50 17
Kelly Campbell 22 6 2 1 0 0 0
Tyrone Carter 26 rcb 16 7 1 13 0 13 6 48 9
Lemanski Hall 32 14 4 1.0 17 8
Eric Kelly 25 RCB 16 12 1 0 0 0 0 59 5
Brody Liddiard 25 16 0 1 0 -26 0
Bryant McKinnie 23 LT 8 7 0 1 0 0
Willie Offord 24 ss 12 6 1 6 0 6 0 23 4
Brian Russell 24 16 2 1 18 0 18 2 19 5
Talance Sawyer 26 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Moe Williams 28 RET 16 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 27.0 16 26.0 16 191 1 43 29 1 40 24 -35 0 689 219 1
Opp Total 16 49 16 9

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Gary Anderson 43 K 14 0 36 18 90
Moe Williams 28 RET 16 0 11 66
Daunte Culpepper 25 QB 16 16 10 1 62
Randy Moss* 25 WR 16 16 7 42
Michael Bennett* 24 RB 16 16 5 1 36
D'Wayne Bates 27 WR 14 11 4 24
Doug Brien 32 6 0 5 5 20
Kelly Campbell 22 6 2 3 18
Derrick Alexander 31 wr 8 5 1 6
Corey Chavous 26 SS/lcb 16 16 1 6
Hunter Goodwin 30 te 16 6 1 6
Jim Kleinsasser 25 TE 14 12 1 6
Chris Walsh 34 16 3 1 6
Fred Robbins 25 LDT 16 15 1 2
Team Total 27.0 16 26 19 1 1 41 23 1 390
Opp Total 16 15 33 2 2 45 21 442