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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2002 Minnesota VikingsW2002 Minnesota Vikings↗

NFL · NFC North · 6–10 (.375) · 2nd in division · PF 390 · PA 442 · Coach Mike Tice

◀ 2001 2003 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 3853Daunte Culpepper
2. 85Todd Bouman
3. 13Randy Moss

Rushing (yds)

1. 1296Michael Bennett
2. 609Daunte Culpepper
3. 414Moe Williams

Receiving (yds)

1. 1347Randy Moss
2. 689D'Wayne Bates
3. 393Jimmy Kleinsasser

Sacks

1. 7Lance Johnstone
2. 5.5Chris Hovan
3. 4.5Kenny Mixon

Interceptions

1. 4Greg Biekert
2. 3Corey Chavous
3. 2Jack Brewer

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1081	967
EPA per play	+0.07	+0.07
Pass EPA per play	+0.03	+0.20
Rush EPA per play	+0.12	-0.10
Success rate	45.5%	42.6%
Pass rate	56.2%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 42.2%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2002-09-08	1	@ Chicago Bears	L 23–27	0–1	Memorial Stadium (Champaign)
2002-09-15	2	vs Buffalo Bills	L 39–45 OT	0–2	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2002-09-22	3	vs Carolina Panthers	L 14–21	0–3	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2002-09-29	4	@ Seattle Seahawks	L 23–48	0–4	Seahawks Stadium
2002-10-13	6	vs Detroit Lions	W 31–24	1–4	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2002-10-20	7	@ New York Jets	L 7–20	1–5	Giants Stadium
2002-10-27	8	vs Chicago Bears	W 25–7	2–5	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2002-11-03	9	@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 24–38	2–6	Raymond James Stadium
2002-11-10	10	vs New York Giants	L 20–27	2–7	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2002-11-17	11	vs Green Bay Packers	W 31–21	3–7	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2002-11-24	12	@ New England Patriots	L 17–24	3–8	Gillette Stadium
2002-12-01	13	vs Atlanta Falcons	L 24–30 OT	3–9	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2002-12-08	14	@ Green Bay Packers	L 22–26	3–10	Lambeau Field
2002-12-15	15	@ New Orleans Saints	W 32–31	4–10	Louisiana Superdome
2002-12-21	16	vs Miami Dolphins	W 20–17	5–10	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2002-12-29	17	@ Detroit Lions	W 38–36	6–10	Ford Field

Roster (63)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
8	Todd Bouman	QB	6-2	236	St. Cloud State University; South Dakota State	5	ACT
11	Daunte Culpepper	QB	6-4	260	UCF	3	ACT
12	Shaun Hill	QB	6-3	230	Maryland; Hutchinson CC	0	ACT
33	Harold Morrow	FB	5-11	232	Auburn	6	ACT
40	Jimmy Kleinsasser	FB	6-3	272	North Dakota	3	ACT
20	Moe Williams	RB	6-1	205	Kentucky	6	ACT
23	Michael Bennett	RB	5-9	205	Wisconsin	1	ACT
34	Doug Chapman	RB	5-10	213	Marshall	2	RES
44	James Wofford	RB	6-0	186	UNLV	1	ACT
16	Kelly Campbell	WR	5-10	175	Georgia Tech	0	ACT
81	Chris Walsh	WR	6-1	199	Stanford	10	ACT
82	Derrick Alexander	WR	6-2	206	Michigan	8	RES
84	Randy Moss	WR	6-4	210	Marshall; Florida State	4	ACT
85	D'Wayne Bates	WR	6-2	215	Northwestern	3	ACT
86	Nick Davis	WR	6-0	180	Wisconsin	0	ACT
89	Cedric James	WR	6-1	197	TCU	1	ACT
83	Hunter Goodwin	TE	6-5	270	Texas A&M; Texas A&M University-Kingsville	6	ACT
87	Byron Chamberlain	TE	6-1	264	Wayne State College; Missouri	7	ACT
89	Matt Cercone	TE	6-5	252	Arizona State	3	CUT
43	Brody Liddiard	C	6-4	234	Colorado	2	ACT
60	Cory Withrow	C	6-2	287	Washington State	4	ACT
64	Michael Early	C	6-1	305	Norfolk State	3	ACT
69	Mike Malano	C	6-2	304	San Diego State	2	CUT
78	Matt Birk	C	6-4	310	Harvard	4	ACT
21	Corey Chavous	CB	6-1	208	Vanderbilt	4	ACT
22	Tyrone Carter	CB	5-9	195	Minnesota	2	ACT
25	Eric Kelly	CB	5-10	197	Kentucky	1	ACT
29	Brian Williams	CB	6-0	192	N.C. State	0	ACT
41	Carey Scott	CB	5-11	207	Kentucky State University	1	ACT
51	Lance Johnstone	DE	6-5	250	Temple	6	ACT
79	Kenny Mixon	DE	6-4	271	LSU	4	ACT
91	Lorenzo Bromell	DE	6-6	260	Clemson; Georgia Military	4	ACT
94	Chuck Wiley	DE	6-5	275	LSU	4	ACT
95	Cedric Killings	DT	6-3	310	Carson Newman	2	ACT
97	Talance Sawyer	DT	6-2	270	UNLV	3	RES
99	Chris Hovan	DT	6-2	296	Boston College	2	ACT
26	Ronnie Bradford	FS	5-10	198	Colorado	9	ACT
31	Jason Perry	FS	6-0	200	N.C. State	3	ACT
42	Jack Brewer	FS	6-0	194	Minnesota; SMU	0	ACT
63	Corbin Lacina	G	6-4	314	Augustana (SD)	9	ACT
71	David Dixon	G	6-5	343	Arizona State; Ricks College	10	ACT
1	Gary Anderson	K	5-11	193	Syracuse	20	ACT
4	Doug Brien	K	5-11	190	California	8	CUT
6	Hayden Epstein	K	6-2	214	Michigan	0	ACT
54	Greg Biekert	MLB	6-2	255	Colorado	9	ACT
56	Jim Nelson	MLB	6-1	230	Penn State	4	ACT
93	Darius Holland	NT	6-5	330	Colorado	7	ACT
98	Fred Robbins	NT	6-4	322	Wake Forest	2	ACT
50	Patrick Chukwurah	OLB	6-1	250	Wyoming	1	ACT
52	Henri Crockett	OLB	6-2	238	Florida State	5	ACT
55	Lemanski Hall	OLB	6-0	234	Alabama	8	ACT
57	Raonall Smith	OLB	6-2	245	Washington State	0	RES
58	Nick Rogers	OLB	6-2	251	Georgia Tech	0	ACT
59	Antonio Wilson	OLB	6-2	247	Texas A&M-Commerce	2	ACT
5	Kyle Richardson	P	6-2	210	Arkansas State	5	ACT
24	Willie Offord	SS	6-1	216	South Carolina	0	ACT
27	Brian Russell	SS	6-2	210	San Diego State; Penn	1	ACT
61	Lewis Kelly	T	6-4	310	South Carolina State	2	RES
62	Everett Lindsay	T	6-4	302	Mississippi	9	ACT
65	Jon Carman	T	6-7	329	Georgia Tech	2	CUT
72	Adam Haayer	T	6-6	311	Minnesota	1	ACT
74	Bryant McKinnie	T	6-8	352	Miami; Lackawanna JC	0	ACT
76	Chris Liwienski	T	6-5	325	Indiana	4	ACT

Depth chart, week 21

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Matt Birk	Cory Withrow
HB	Jimmy Kleinsasser	Harold Morrow
LG	Corbin Lacina	Everett Lindsay
LT	Bryant McKinnie	Everett Lindsay
QB	Daunte Culpepper	Todd Bouman
RB	Michael Bennett	Moe Williams
RG	David Dixon	Cory Withrow
RT	Chris Liwienski	Adam Haayer
TE	Byron Chamberlain	Hunter Goodwin
WR	Randy Moss	D'Wayne Bates	Chris Walsh

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
CB	Eric Kelly	Corey Chavous	Brian Williams
FS	Ronnie Bradford
LDE	Kenny Mixon	Chuck Wiley
MLB	Greg Biekert	Jim Nelson
NT	Fred Robbins	Darius Holland
OLB	Nick Rogers	Henri Crockett	Lemanski Hall
RDE	Lance Johnstone	Lorenzo Bromell
SS	Brian Russell	Willie Offord
UT	Chris Hovan

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Kyle Richardson	Todd Bouman
K	Gary Anderson
KR	Nick Davis	Moe Williams
LS	Brody Liddiard	Cory Withrow
P	Kyle Richardson
PR	Nick Davis	D'Wayne Bates

Biggest contracts on the books in 2002

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Randy Moss	WR	2001	7	$63.5M	$9.1M	$18.0M	13.5%
John Randle	IDL	1998	5	$32.5M	$6.5M	$20.0M	12.4%
Shaun Hill	QB	2002	3	$920,000	$306,667	$15,000	0.4%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.