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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

2005 Minnesota VikingsW2005 Minnesota Vikings↗

NFL · NFC North · 9–7 (.562) · 2nd in division · PF 306 · PA 344 · Coach Mike Tice

◀ 2004 2006 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 1885Brad Johnson
2. 1564Daunte Culpepper

Rushing (yds)

1. 662Mewelde Moore
2. 473Michael Bennett
3. 141Daunte Culpepper

Receiving (yds)

1. 604Travis Taylor
2. 568Jermaine Wiggins
3. 515Marcus Robinson

Sacks

1. 8Lance Johnstone
2. 4.5Darrion Scott
3. 3.5Kevin Williams

Interceptions

1. 9Darren Sharper
2. 4Antoine Winfield
3. 4Brian Williams

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	933	1016
EPA per play	-0.08	-0.04
Pass EPA per play	-0.05	-0.02
Rush EPA per play	-0.13	-0.07
Success rate	39.2%	41.8%
Pass rate	60.2%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 41.4%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2005-09-11	1	vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 13–24	0–1	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2005-09-18	2	@ Cincinnati Bengals	L 8–37	0–2	Paul Brown Stadium
2005-09-25	3	vs New Orleans Saints	W 33–16	1–2	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2005-10-02	4	@ Atlanta Falcons	L 10–30	1–3	Georgia Dome
2005-10-16	6	@ Chicago Bears	L 3–28	1–4	Soldier Field
2005-10-23	7	vs Green Bay Packers	W 23–20	2–4	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2005-10-30	8	@ Carolina Panthers	L 13–38	2–5	Bank of America Stadium
2005-11-06	9	vs Detroit Lions	W 27–14	3–5	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2005-11-13	10	@ New York Giants	W 24–21	4–5	Giants Stadium
2005-11-21	11	@ Green Bay Packers	W 20–17	5–5	Lambeau Field
2005-11-27	12	vs Cleveland Browns	W 24–12	6–5	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2005-12-04	13	@ Detroit Lions	W 21–16	7–5	Ford Field
2005-12-11	14	vs St. Louis Rams	W 27–13	8–5	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2005-12-18	15	vs Pittsburgh Steelers	L 3–18	8–6	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2005-12-25	16	@ Baltimore Ravens	L 23–30	8–7	M&T Bank Stadium
2006-01-01	17	vs Chicago Bears	W 34–10	9–7	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Roster (64)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
7	J.T. O'Sullivan	QB	6-2	232	UC Davis	3	ACT
11	Daunte Culpepper	QB	6-4	260	UCF	6	RES
13	Shaun Hill	QB	6-3	230	Maryland; Hutchinson CC	3	ACT
14	Brad Johnson	QB	6-5	235	Florida State	13	ACT
20	Moe Williams	RB	6-1	205	Kentucky	9	RES
23	Michael Bennett	RB	5-9	205	Wisconsin	4	ACT
30	Mewelde Moore	RB	5-11	209	Tulane	1	ACT
35	Ciatrick Fason	RB	6-0	207	Florida	0	ACT
39	Adimchinobe Echemandu	RB	5-10	225	California	1	ACT
15	Chris Jones	WR	6-3	203	Jackson State University	0	ACT
18	Koren Robinson	WR	6-1	205	N.C. State	4	ACT
19	Troy Williamson	WR	6-1	203	South Carolina	0	ACT
81	Nate Burleson	WR	6-0	198	Nevada	2	ACT
82	Keenan Howry	WR	5-10	172	Oregon	2	CUT
87	Marcus Robinson	WR	6-3	215	South Carolina	8	ACT
89	Travis Taylor	WR	6-1	210	Florida	5	ACT
40	Jimmy Kleinsasser	TE	6-3	272	North Dakota	6	ACT
49	Richard Owens	TE	6-4	273	Louisville	1	ACT
83	Jeff Dugan	TE	6-4	258	Maryland	1	ACT
85	Jermaine Wiggins	TE	6-2	260	Georgia; Marshall	6	ACT
86	Richard Angulo	TE	6-8	266	Western New Mexico University	2	ACT
60	Cory Withrow	C	6-2	287	Washington State	7	ACT
64	Anthony Herrera	C	6-2	315	Tennessee	1	ACT
67	Melvin Fowler	C	6-3	310	Maryland	3	ACT
22	Ken Irvin	CB	5-11	182	Memphis	10	CUT
25	Will Hunter	CB	5-10	190	Syracuse	2	ACT
26	Antoine Winfield	CB	5-9	180	Ohio State	6	ACT
27	Fred Smoot	CB	5-11	185	Mississippi State; Hinds CC	4	ACT
28	Laroni Gallishaw	CB	6-0	190	Murray State; Louisville	0	RES
29	Brian Williams	CB	6-0	192	N.C. State	3	ACT
33	Ralph Brown	CB	5-10	185	Nebraska	5	ACT
36	Dovonte Edwards	CB	6-0	182	N.C. State	0	ACT
48	Ukee Dozier	DB	6-1	190	Minnesota	0	ACT
51	Lance Johnstone	DE	6-5	250	Temple	9	ACT
90	Eric Taylor	DE	6-2	305	Memphis	1	CUT
95	Kenechi Udeze	DE	6-3	281	USC	1	RES
98	Darrion Scott	DE	6-3	310	Ohio State	1	ACT
99	Erasmus James	DE	6-4	261	Wisconsin	0	ACT
91	Matt Mitrione	DT	6-2	300	Purdue	3	CUT
93	Kevin Williams	DT	6-5	311	Oklahoma State	2	ACT
96	C.J. Mosley	DT	6-2	315	Missouri	0	ACT
97	Spencer Johnson	DT	6-3	304	Auburn	1	ACT
42	Darren Sharper	FS	6-2	210	William & Mary	8	ACT
72	Marcus Johnson	G	6-6	320	Mississippi	0	ACT
73	Adam Goldberg	G	6-7	305	Wyoming	2	ACT
76	Chris Liwienski	G	6-5	325	Indiana	7	ACT
79	Toniu Fonoti	G	6-4	350	Nebraska	3	RES
1	Paul Edinger	K	5-8	175	Michigan State	5	ACT
59	Heath Farwell	LB	6-0	235	San Diego State; San Jose State	0	ACT
46	Cullen Loeffler	LS	6-5	241	Texas	1	ACT
50	Rod Davis	MLB	6-2	239	Southern Mississippi	1	ACT
54	Dontarrious Thomas	MLB	6-2	241	Auburn	1	ACT
55	Sam Cowart	MLB	6-2	245	Florida State	7	ACT
58	Napoleon Harris	MLB	6-3	253	Northwestern	3	ACT
94	Pat Williams	NT	6-3	317	Texas A&M; Northeastern State (Ok); Navarro	8	ACT
52	Keith Newman	OLB	6-2	250	North Carolina	6	ACT
56	E.J. Henderson	OLB	6-1	245	Maryland	2	ACT
57	Raonall Smith	OLB	6-2	245	Washington State	3	ACT
2	Darren Bennett	P	6-5	235		11	CUT
5	Chris Kluwe	P	6-4	215	UCLA	0	ACT
21	Corey Chavous	SS	6-1	208	Vanderbilt	7	ACT
24	Willie Offord	SS	6-1	216	South Carolina	3	RES
74	Bryant McKinnie	T	6-8	352	Miami; Lackawanna JC	3	ACT
75	Mike Rosenthal	T	6-7	318	Notre Dame	6	ACT

Depth chart, week 17

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Melvin Fowler	Cory Withrow
HB	Jermaine Wiggins	Richard Owens
LG	Anthony Herrera	Chris Liwienski
LT	Bryant McKinnie	Adam Goldberg
QB	Brad Johnson	Shaun Hill	J.T. O'Sullivan
RB	Michael Bennett	Mewelde Moore	Ciatrick Fason
RG	Adam Goldberg	Chris Liwienski
RT	Marcus Johnson	Mike Rosenthal
TE	Jimmy Kleinsasser	Richard Angulo	Jeff Dugan
WR	Travis Taylor	Koren Robinson	Marcus Robinson

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Darren Sharper	Will Hunter
LCB	Antoine Winfield	Ralph Brown	Dovonte Edwards
LE	Darrion Scott	Spencer Johnson
MLB	Sam Cowart	Rod Davis	E.J. Henderson
NT	Pat Williams	C.J. Mosley
RCB	Brian Williams	Fred Smoot	Ukee Dozier
RE	Erasmus James	Lance Johnstone
SLB	Raonall Smith	Napoleon Harris	Keith Newman
SS	Corey Chavous	Will Hunter
UT	Kevin Williams	C.J. Mosley
WLB	E.J. Henderson	Dontarrious Thomas	Raonall Smith

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Brad Johnson	Chris Kluwe	Jermaine Wiggins
K	Paul Edinger
KR	Koren Robinson	Troy Williamson	Ciatrick Fason
LS	Cullen Loeffler	Richard Owens	Cory Withrow
P	Chris Kluwe
PR	Mewelde Moore	Nate Burleson	Koren Robinson

Biggest contracts on the books in 2005

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Randy Moss	WR	2001	7	$63.5M	$9.1M	$18.0M	13.5%
Kevin Williams	IDL	2003	5	$10.7M	$2.1M	$8.0M	2.9%
Shaun Hill	QB	2005	1	$656,000	$656,000	$0	0.8%
Nate Burleson	WR	2003	3	$1.4M	$479,667	$529,000	0.6%

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

Trades in 2005 (6)

Date	Trade
2005-03-03	MIN → OAK: Randy Moss OAK → MIN: Napoleon Harris, 2005 round 1 pick 7, 2005 round 7 pick 219, Adrian Ward
2005-03-18	MIN → NYJ: 2005 round 7 pick 230 NYJ → MIN: Sam Cowart
2005-03-18	MIN → TEN: 2005 round 7 pick 230 TEN → MIN: Carlos Hall
2005-04-24	MIN → WAS: 2005 round 4 pick 120, Manuel White, 2005 round 5 pick 154 WAS → MIN: 2005 round 4 pick 112
2005-09-03	CLV → MIN: Melvin Fowler MIN → CLV: Nat Dorsey
2005-10-18	SDG → MIN: Tonio Fonoti