1996 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)

2nd place National Football Conference Central Division 9-7-0 .563

Mark Asanovich	Strength and Conditioning
Brian Billick	Offensive Coordinator
Foge Fazio	Defensive Coordinator
Jeff Friday	Assistant Strength and Conditioning
Carl Hargrave	Running Backs
John Levra	Defensive Line
Chip Myers	Wide Receivers
Tom Olivadotti	Inside Linebackers
Keith Rowen	Offensive Line
Ray Sherman	Quarterbacks
Richard Solomon	Defensive Backs
Mike Tice	Tight Ends
Trent Walters	Outside Linebackers
Steve Wetzel	Strength and Conditioning
Gary Zauner	Special Teams

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/3/1996	H	San Diego Chargers	23-20	W	OT	Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	34367
Thu	8/8/1996	H	Buffalo Bills	12-35	L		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	36297
Mon	8/19/1996	A	Miami Dolphins	17-24	L		Miami-Dade County, FL	Joe Robbie Stadium	55598
Fri	8/23/1996	A	New Orleans Saints	13-16	L		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	35728
Sun	9/1/1996	H	Detroit Lions	17-13	W		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	52972
Sun	9/8/1996	A	Atlanta Falcons	23-17	W		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	42688
Sun	9/15/1996	A	Chicago Bears	20-14	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	61301
Sun	9/22/1996	H	Green Bay Packers	30-21	W		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	64168
Sun	9/29/1996	A	New York Giants	10-15	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	70970
Sun	10/6/1996	H	Carolina Panthers	14-12	W		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	60894
Sun	10/13/1996	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13-24	L		Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	32175
Mon	10/28/1996	H	Chicago Bears	13-15	L		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	58143
Sun	11/3/1996	H	Kansas City Chiefs	6-21	L		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	59552
Sun	11/10/1996	A	Seattle Seahawks	23-42	L		Seattle, WA	Kingdome	50794
Sun	11/17/1996	A	Oakland Raiders	16-13	W	OT	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	41183
Sun	11/24/1996	H	Denver Broncos	17-21	L		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	59142
Sun	12/1/1996	H	Arizona Cardinals	41-17	W		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	45767
Sun	12/8/1996	A	Detroit Lions	24-22	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	46043
Sun	12/15/1996	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	21-10	W		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	49202
Sun	12/22/1996	A	Green Bay Packers	10-38	L		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	59306
NFC Wild Card Playoff
Sat	12/28/1996	A	Dallas Cowboys	15-40	L		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	64682

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
90	Derrick Alexander	RDE	6-4	281	23	Florida State	12	9
23	Tomur Barnes	CB	5-10	185	26	Cisco JC; North Texas	2	0
42	Harlon Barnett	SS	5-11	200	29	Michigan State	16	4
56	Pete Bercich	WLB	6-1	242	25	Notre Dame	15	1
17	Mitch Berger	P	6-4	224	24	Tyler JC; Colorado	16	0
50	Jeff Brady	MLB	6-1	241	28	Kentucky	16	16
52	Richard Brown	LB	6-3	240	31	San Diego State	14	0
80	Cris Carter	WR	6-3	209	31	Ohio State	16	16
62	Jeff Christy	C	6-3	284	27	Pittsburgh	16	16
92	Duane Clemons	LB	6-5	275	22	California	13	0
85	Greg DeLong	TE	6-4	252	23	North Carolina	16	8
76	Scott Dill	ROT	6-5	284	30	Memphis	9	1
71	David Dixon	ROG	6-5	350	27	Ricks JC; Arizona State	13	6
59	Dixon Edwards	WLB	6-1	232	28	Michigan State	14	13
29	Chuck Evans	FB	6-1	243	29	Clark Atlanta	16	6
72	Jason Fisk	NT	6-3	296	24	Stanford	16	6
83	David Frisch	TE	6-7	260	26	Missouri; Iowa Central CC; Colorado State	10	1
27	Corey Fuller	LCB	5-10	209	25	Florida State	16	14
54	Dave Garnett	SLB-WLB	6-2	219	26	Stanford	12	4
66	John Gerak	ROG	6-3	300	26	Penn State	14	10
94	Robert Goff	DT	6-3	270	31	Butler CC; Auburn	5	0
87	Hunter Goodwin	TE	6-5	270	24	Texas A&M-Kingsville; Texas A&M	9	6
31	Scottie Graham	RB	5-9	221	27	Ohio State	11	0
24	Robert Griffith	SS	5-11	198	26	San Diego State	14	14
23	Steven Hall	CB	6-0	209	23	Kentucky	1	0
51	Ben Hanks	LB	6-2	222	24	Florida	12	0
91	Martin Harrison	RDE-LDE	6-5	275	29	Washington	16	8
44	Leroy Hoard	RB	5-11	225	28	Michigan	6	6
82	Qadry Ismail	WR	6-0	196	26	Syracuse	16	2
25	Alfred Jackson	LCB	6-0	180	29	San Diego State	14	2
14	Brad Johnson	QB	6-5	225	28	Florida State	12	8
35	Chris Johnson	S	6-0	205	25	San Diego State	5	0
89	Andrew Jordan	TE	6-6	263	24	North Greenville JC; Western Carolina	13	9
32	Amp Lee	RB	5-11	199	25	Florida State	16	3
64	Randall McDaniel	LOG	6-3	279	32	Arizona State	16	16
1	Warren Moon	QB	6-3	217	40	West Los Angeles JC; Washington	8	8
68	Mike Morris	C	6-5	275	35	Truman State	16	0
33	Harold Morrow	RB	5-11	226	23	Auburn	8	0
22	David Palmer	WR	5-8	172	24	Alabama	11	1
40	Anthony Prior	CB	5-11	194	26	Washington State	3	0
93	John Randle	UT	6-1	287	29	Trinity Valley CC; Texas A&M-Kingsville	16	16
86	Jake Reed	WR	6-3	216	29	Grambling State	16	15
9	Scott Sisson	K	6-0	196	25	Georgia Tech	16	0
95	Fernando Smith	LDE-NT	6-6	283	25	Jackson State	16	16
26	Robert Smith	RB	6-2	210	24	Ohio State	8	7
69	Ariel Solomon	C	6-5	271	28	Colorado	16	0
73	Todd Steussie	LOT	6-6	311	26	California	16	16
77	Korey Stringer	ROT	6-4	342	22	Ohio State	16	15
55	Darryl Talley	SLB	6-4	235	36	West Virginia	12	12
43	Orlando Thomas	FS	6-1	217	24	Louisiana-Lafayette	16	16
98	Esera Tuaolo	NT	6-2	278	28	Oregon State	14	9
37	Sean Vanhorse	CB	5-10	180	28	Howard	9	0
6	Jay Walker	QB	6-3	229	24	Howard	1	0
81	Chris Walsh	WR	6-1	198	28	Stanford	15	0
20	DeWayne Washington	RCB	5-11	192	24	North Carolina State	16	16
21	Moe Williams	RB	6-1	204	22	Kentucky	9	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	16	Duane Clemons	DE	California
2	45	James Manley	DT	Vanderbilt
3	75	Moe Williams	RB	Kentucky
4	97	Hunter Goodwin	TE	Texas A&M
5	148	Sean Boyd	DB	North Carolina
7	223	Jon Merrill	G	Duke

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	50	93	51	101	3
Opponents Totals	53	88	80	94	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:14	284	75	186	23	101/240 42.1%	3/5 60.0%	106	835
Opponents Totals	29:46	309	117	169	23	70/211 33.2%	10/17 58.8%	105	840

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Scott Sisson	0	30	30	100.0	0	0	22	29	75.9	0	96
Cris Carter	10	0	0		0	1	0	0		0	60
Jake Reed	7	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	42
Leroy Hoard	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Qadry Ismail	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Robert Smith	3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	18
Amp Lee	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	12
Chris Walsh	1	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	8
David Frisch	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Brad Johnson	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
David Palmer	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
DeWayne Washington	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	6
Andrew Jordan	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		0	2
Team Totals	33	30	30	100.0	2	3	22	29	75.9	0	298
Opponents Totals	36	33	33	100.0	1	3	20	30	66.7	2	315

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Scott Sisson	22	29	75.9	0/0	8/8	11/14	3/7	0/0
Team Totals	22	29	75.9	0/0	8/8	11/14	3/7	0/0
Opponents Totals	20	30	66.7	1/1	6/7	8/10	4/10	1/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Robert Smith	162	692	4.3	57	3	25	5	1	2
Leroy Hoard	105	420	4.0	25	3	25	3	0	3
Amp Lee	51	161	3.2	12	0	5	0	0	0
Scottie Graham	57	138	2.4	12	0	4	0	0	0
Brad Johnson	34	90	2.6	13	1	13	0	0	3
Chuck Evans	13	29	2.2	9	0	0	0	0	0
David Palmer	2	9	4.5	8	0	0	0	0	0
Warren Moon	9	6	0.7	5	0	3	0	0	1
Randall McDaniel	2	1	0.5	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	435	1546	3.6	57	7	75	8	1	9
Opponents Totals	445	1966	4.4	39	15	117	13	0	12

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Brad Johnson	311	195	62.7	106	2258	7.3	11.6	82t	17	5.5	10	3.2	15	119	2139	110	27	7	89.4
Warren Moon	247	134	54.3	104	1610	6.5	12.0	54t	7	2.8	9	3.6	19	122	1488	74	19	2	68.7
Jay Walker	2	2	100.0	0	31	15.5	15.5	19	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	31	2	0	0	118.8
Chris Walsh	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	561	331	59.0	211	3899	7.0	11.8	82t	24	4.3	19	3.4	34	241	3658	186	46	9	80.4
Opponents Totals	537	314	58.5	201	3384	6.3	10.8	80t	18	3.4	22	4.1	43	263	3121	169	39	1	71.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Cris Carter	96	1163	12.1	43t	10	57	16	3	1
Jake Reed	72	1320	18.3	82t	7	56	19	5	0
Amp Lee	54	422	7.8	21	2	25	2	0	2
Qadry Ismail	22	351	16.0	54t	3	19	5	1	0
Chuck Evans	22	135	6.1	16	0	7	0	0	0
Andrew Jordan	19	128	6.7	15	0	5	0	0	0
Leroy Hoard	10	129	12.9	37	0	5	1	0	0
Greg DeLong	8	34	4.3	9	0	0	0	0	0
Scottie Graham	7	48	6.9	18	0	2	0	0	0
Robert Smith	7	39	5.6	16	0	1	0	0	0
David Palmer	6	40	6.7	20	0	3	1	0	0
Chris Walsh	4	39	9.8	17	1	3	0	0	0
David Frisch	3	27	9.0	21	1	2	1	0	0
Hunter Goodwin	1	24	24.0	24	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	331	3899	11.8	82t	24	186	46	9	3
Opponents Totals	314	3384	10.8	80t	18	169	39	1	3

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
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	27t	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
Team Totals	22	206	9.4	41	1
Opponents Totals	19	339	17.8	75t	3

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Mitch Berger	88	3616	41.1	63	2	6	26	7	10	577	2919	32.4
Team Totals	90	3616	40.2	63	2	6	26	7	10	577	2919	32.4
Opponents Totals	84	3596	42.8	68	0	7	37			300	3156	37.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
David Palmer	22	20	216	9.8	69t	1	1	1	3
Amp Lee	10	11	84	8.4	18	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	32	31	300	9.4	69t	1	1	1	3
Opponents Totals	37	28	577	15.6	72	0

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	OSA	OSR
Mitch Berger	71	4889	68.9	2	17	52	1309	0	0
Scott Sisson	1	9	9.0	0	0	1	5	1	0
Team Totals	72	4898	68.0	2	17	53	1314	1	0
Opponents Totals						58	1075

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	G20+	G40+	FUM
Qadry Ismail	28	0	527	18.8	32	14	0	2
David Palmer	13	0	292	22.5	60	6	1	0
Harold Morrow	6	0	117	19.5	26	2	0	0
Amp Lee	5	0	85	17.0	23	1	0	0
Richard Brown	3	0	35	11.7	12	0	0	0
John Gerak	1	0	13	13.0	13	0	0	0
Cris Carter	1	0	3	3.0	3	0	0	0
Greg DeLong	1	0	3	3.0	3	0	0	0
Team Totals	58	0	1075	18.5	60	23	1	2
Opponents Totals	53		1314	24.8	47

SACKS	NO	YDS
John Randle	11.5
Fernando Smith	9.5
Martin Harrison	6.5
Derrick Alexander	4.0
Dixon Edwards	3.5
Esera Tuaolo	2.5
Robert Griffith	2.0
Jeff Brady	1.5
Harlon Barnett	1.0
Jason Fisk	1.0
Team Totals	43.0	263.0
Opponents Totals	34.0	241.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Derrick Alexander	0	0	0	1	1	3
Harlon Barnett	0	0	0	1	1	0
Pete Bercich	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jeff Brady	0	0	0	3	3	0
Cris Carter	1		0	1	1	0
Duane Clemons	0	0	0	1	1	8
Greg DeLong	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jason Fisk	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dave Garnett	0	0	0	1	1	0
John Gerak	0	0	1	0	1	0
Robert Griffith	1		0	0	0	0
Leroy Hoard	3		0	0	0	0
Qadry Ismail	2		1	0	1	0
Brad Johnson	5		3	0	3	-8
Amp Lee	2		1	0	1	0
Warren Moon	7		2	0	2	0
David Palmer	3		1	0	1	0
Fernando Smith	0	0	0	2	2	4
Robert Smith	2		1	0	1	0
Todd Steussie	0	0	1	0	1	0
Orlando Thomas	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team Totals	26	14	12	13	25	7
Opponents Totals	27	13	13	12	25