1981 Minnesota Vikings 8-8 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Minnesota 96 91 66 107 6 366 Opponent 85 135 92 148 0 460 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 366 460 0-1 29 @Tampa Bay 45 First Downs 349 376 0-2 17 Oakland 27 Rush 81 133 1-2 30 Detroit 24 Pass 248 215 1-3 0 @Green Bay 58 Pen 20 28 1-4 13 Chicago 27 Penalties 86 106 1-5 34 @San Diego 54 Yards 713 776 2-5 30 Philadelphia 13 2-6 27 @St. Louis 37 Rushing Att 410 587 2-7 7 @Denver 52 Yards 1606 2612 2-8 10 Tampa Bay 22 Ave 3.9 4.4 3-8 20 New Orleans 13 TD 14 20 4-8 37 @Atlanta 31 5-8 35 Green Bay 20 Passing Att 684 528 6-8 23 @Chicago 0 Comp 383 317 7-8 26 @Detroit 21 % 56.0 60.0 8-8 28 Kansas City 16 Int 14 13 % 2.0 2.5 TD 29 31 % 4.2 5.9 Yards 4466 4015 Sacked 27 28 Punt Return 41 48 Yards 288 503 Ave 7.0 10.5 Kick Return 85 73 Yards 1582 1413 Ave 18.6 19.4 Punts 78 64 Yards 3135 2590 Ave 40.2 40.5 FG Att 28 35 Made 23 27 % 82.1 77.1 Third Downs 237 243 Made 93 114 % 39.2 46.9 Fourth Downs 29 25 Made 15 15 % 51.7 60.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 38 29 Lost 17 15 Turnovers 31 28 Net Offense 5857 6458 Per Play 5.2 5.7 1981 Minnesota Vikings Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Brown,T 283 1196 4.2 27 60 34 8 Brown,T 78 2 847 10.9 5 48 36 1 Galbreath 43 165 3.8 3 11 13 5 Senser 78 9 892 11.4 3 47 48 4 Young,R 51 154 3.0 4 5 17 1 White,S 73 8 926 12.7 8 48 42 10 Kramer 22 27 1.2 0 2 7 0 Rashad 63 7 837 13.3 9 46 45 8 Lewis 1 20 20.0 1 1 20 0 Young,R 43 1 427 9.9 3 22 28 1 White,S 2 15 7.5 0 0 8 0 LeCount 26 2 343 13.2 3 20 32 0 Dils 2 15 7.5 0 0 8 0 Galbreath 15 1 134 8.9 1 9 25 1 Redwine 5 7 1.4 0 2 4 0 Bruer 6 0 50 8.3 0 5 23 3 Senser 1 7 7.0 0 0 7 0 Lewis 1 0 10 10.0 0 1 10 1 410 1606 3.9 35 81 34 14 383 30 4466 11.7 32248 48 29 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Wilson 3 3 100.0 36 12.0 12 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 116.7 Kramer 635 355 55.9 4236 11.9 48 52 32 13 2.0 26 26 4.1 81.6 Dils 46 25 54.3 194 7.8 19 3 0 1 2.2 1 3 6.5 77.6 684 383 56.0 4466 11.7 48 55 32 14 2.0 27 29 4.2 81.6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Danmeier 42 39 92.9 28 23 82.1 66.7 0.0 48 108 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Coleman 78 3135 55 4 0 15 48 503 32.7 40.2 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Payton 48 996 20.8 60 0 Payton 41 6 288 7.0 15 0 McDole 15 255 17.0 31 0 41 6 288 7.0 15 0 Nord 19 302 15.9 31 0 Hamilton 1 11 11.0 11 0 Galbreath 2 18 9.0 9 0 Senser 1 0 0.0 0 0 85 1582 18.6 60 0 Fumbles Kramer 12 Payton 4 Senser 3 White,S 2 LeCount 1 Galbreat 1 Brown,T 7 Nord 3 Dils 2 Young,R 2 Harrell 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Holloway 5 Holloway 11 White,J 18 Turner,J 11 Siemon 6 Mullaney 5 Blair 5 Blair 11 Blair 13 Knoff 7 White,J 4 Kramer 4 Mullaney 5 Martin 10 Mullaney 8 Hannon 6 Blair 3 McNeill 3 White,J 5 Mullaney 5 Holloway 8 Blair 6 Holloway 3 Holloway 3 Martin 4 White,J 5 McNeill 6 McNeill 6 Yakavoni 3 Teal 3 Studwell 2 McNeill 1 Siemon 5 Teal 6 Hannon 2 White,S 3 McNeill 2 Studwell 4 Holloway 6 McNeill 2 Brown,T 2 Hannon 4 Martin 4 Mullaney 2 Swiley 2 Martin 2 White,J 4 Knoff 1 Yary 2 Johnson, 1 Swain 2 Teal 1 Riley 1 Siemon 2 Martin 1 Senser 1 Mullaney 1 Sendlein 1 Siemon 1 Knoff 1 Hamilton 1 Turner,J 1 Blair 1 Hough 1 Young,R 1 Tackles Blair 171 Knoff 73 Studwell 49 Sendlein 25 Williams 19 Johnson, 11 Hannon 106 Teal 65 Mullaney 49 Yakavoni 25 Sanders 16 McDole 10 White,J 81 Siemon 54 Holloway 45 Martin 24 Nord 16 Elshire 3 McNeill 79 Turner,J 52 Swain 26 Lewis 20 Johnson, 12 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Teal 4 28 7.0 19 0 Knoff 3 15 5.0 9 0 Hannon 3 17 5.7 6 0 Swain 2 23 11.5 16 0 Blair 1 0 0.0 0 0 13 83 6.4 19 0 1981 Minnesota Vikings Coach:Bud Grant Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Dils,Steve 2 O 2 1 QB Kramer,Tommy 4 O 2 1 QB Wilson,Wade 2 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Brown,Ted 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Galbreath,Tony 1 0 4 B 3 3 KR RB Harrell,Sam 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Payton,Eddie 1 0 5 B 3 3 RET RB Redwine,Jarvis 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Young,Rickey 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR WR LeCount,Terry 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Lewis,Leo 0 0 2 O 1 3 WR McDole,Mardye 0 0 2 O 1 1 KR WR Rashad,Ahmad 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR White,Sammy 0 0 5 O 1 1 PR TE Bruer,Bob 2 0 4 O 1 1 TE Senser,Joe 2 0 5 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Boyd,Brent 3 3 2 G Hamilton,Wes 6 7 5 G Hough,Jim 6 7 5 G Huffman,David 4 4 4 T Irwin,Tim 4 4 2 T Riley,Steve 5 5 5 T Yary,Ron 6 7 5 C Langer,Jim 4 4 2 C Swiley,Dennis 7 7 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT White,James 7 6 0 1 5 DT Yakavonis,Ray 3 2 0 1 4 DE Elshire,Neil 3 2 0 1 2 DE Holloway,Randy 5 3 0 2 5 DE Martin,Doug 5 3 0 2 5 DE Mullaney,Mark 7 6 0 1 4 DE Sanders,Ken 3 2 0 1 2 ILB Johnson,Dennis 3 2 1 0 5 ILB Siemon,Jeff 5 4 1 0 5 ILB Studwell,Scott 5 3 1 1 5 LB Johnson,Henry 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Blair,Matt 9 4 3 2 5 OLB McNeill,Fred 5 2 2 1 5 OLB Sendlein,Robin 3 2 1 0 5 CB Swain,John 4 0 4 0 3 CB Teal,Willie 5 0 5 0 5 CB Turner,John 6 0 6 0 4 CB Williams,Walt 3 0 3 0 5 S Hannon,Tom 6 1 5 0 5 S Knoff,Kurt 6 1 5 0 5 S Nord,Keith 4 1 3 0 5 KR Special Teams P Coleman,Greg K Danmeier,Rick