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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↗

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2007 Minnesota VikingsW2007 Minnesota Vikings↗

NFL · NFC North · 8–8 (.500) · 2nd in division · PF 365 · PA 311 · Coach Brad Childress

◀ 2006 2008 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 1911Tarvaris Jackson
2. 511Kelly Holcomb
3. 391Brooks Bollinger

Rushing (yds)

1. 1341Adrian Peterson
2. 844Chester Taylor
3. 260Tarvaris Jackson

Receiving (yds)

1. 654Bobby Wade
2. 396Sidney Rice
3. 391Robert Ferguson

Sacks

1. 5.5E.J. Henderson
2. 5Ben Leber
3. 5Kenechi Udeze

Interceptions

1. 4Darren Sharper
2. 4Dwight Smith
3. 2Kevin Williams

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	946	1058
EPA per play	-0.03	-0.10
Pass EPA per play	-0.06	+0.00
Rush EPA per play	+0.01	-0.28
Success rate	43.1%	41.8%
Pass rate	48.6%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.03, success rate 42.3%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2007-09-09	1	vs Atlanta Falcons	W 24–3	1–0	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2007-09-16	2	@ Detroit Lions	L 17–20 OT	1–1	Ford Field
2007-09-23	3	@ Kansas City Chiefs	L 10–13	1–2	Arrowhead Stadium
2007-09-30	4	vs Green Bay Packers	L 16–23	1–3	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2007-10-14	6	@ Chicago Bears	W 34–31	2–3	Soldier Field
2007-10-21	7	@ Dallas Cowboys	L 14–24	2–4	Texas Stadium
2007-10-28	8	vs Philadelphia Eagles	L 16–23	2–5	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2007-11-04	9	vs San Diego Chargers	W 35–17	3–5	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2007-11-11	10	@ Green Bay Packers	L 0–34	3–6	Lambeau Field
2007-11-18	11	vs Oakland Raiders	W 29–22	4–6	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2007-11-25	12	@ New York Giants	W 41–17	5–6	Giants Stadium
2007-12-02	13	vs Detroit Lions	W 42–10	6–6	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2007-12-09	14	@ San Francisco 49ers	W 27–7	7–6	Monster Park
2007-12-17	15	vs Chicago Bears	W 20–13	8–6	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2007-12-23	16	vs Washington Redskins	L 21–32	8–7	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2007-12-30	17	@ Denver Broncos	L 19–22 OT	8–8	Invesco Field at Mile High

Roster (58)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
7	Tarvaris Jackson	QB	6-2	225	Alabama State; Arkansas	1	ACT
9	Brooks Bollinger	QB	6-1	205	Wisconsin	4	ACT
13	Kelly Holcomb	QB	6-2	216	Middle Tennessee State	12	ACT
38	Naufahu Tahi	FB	6-0	254	BYU	1	ACT
49	Tony Richardson	FB	6-1	240	Auburn	13	ACT
83	Jeff Dugan	FB	6-4	258	Maryland	3	ACT
28	Adrian Peterson	RB	6-1	220	Oklahoma	0	ACT
29	Chester Taylor	RB	5-11	213	Toledo	5	ACT
30	Mewelde Moore	RB	5-11	209	Tulane	3	ACT
18	Sidney Rice	WR	6-4	202	South Carolina	0	ACT
19	Bobby Wade	WR	5-10	186	Arizona	4	ACT
82	Troy Williamson	WR	6-1	203	South Carolina	2	ACT
84	Aundrae Allison	WR	6-0	198	East Carolina; Georgia Military; Coffeyville CC	0	ACT
89	Robert Ferguson	WR	6-1	219	Texas A&M; Tyler JC	6	ACT
40	Jimmy Kleinsasser	TE	6-3	272	North Dakota	8	ACT
45	Garrett Mills	TE	6-1	235	Tulsa	1	ACT
81	Visanthe Shiancoe	TE	6-4	250	Morgan State	4	ACT
78	Matt Birk	C	6-4	310	Harvard	9	ACT
23	Cedric Griffin	CB	6-0	195	Texas	1	ACT
26	Antoine Winfield	CB	5-9	180	Ohio State	8	ACT
27	Ronyell Whitaker	CB	5-9	196	Virginia Tech	4	ACT
31	Marcus McCauley	CB	6-1	203	Fresno State	0	ACT
41	Charles Gordon	CB	5-11	180	Kansas	1	ACT
73	Otis Grigsby	DE	6-3	260	Kentucky	4	ACT
91	Ray Edwards	DE	6-5	268	Purdue	1	SUS
92	Jayme Mitchell	DE	6-6	285	Mississippi	1	ACT
95	Kenechi Udeze	DE	6-3	281	USC	3	ACT
96	Brian Robison	DE	6-3	259	Texas	0	ACT
98	Darrion Scott	DE	6-3	310	Ohio State	3	RES
99	Erasmus James	DE	6-4	261	Wisconsin	2	RES
60	Conrad Bolston	DT	6-3	300	Maryland	0	ACT
93	Kevin Williams	DT	6-5	311	Oklahoma State	4	ACT
97	Spencer Johnson	DT	6-3	304	Auburn	3	ACT
24	Dwight Smith	FS	5-10	201	Akron	6	ACT
25	Tank Williams	FS	6-2	223	Stanford	5	ACT
63	Brian Daniels	G	6-4	303	Colorado	0	DEV
64	Anthony Herrera	G	6-2	315	Tennessee	3	ACT
76	Steve Hutchinson	G	6-5	313	Michigan	6	ACT
79	Artis Hicks	G	6-4	312	Memphis	5	ACT
58	David Herron	ILB	6-1	239	Michigan State	0	ACT
8	Ryan Longwell	K	6-0	200	California	10	ACT
46	Cullen Loeffler	LS	6-5	241	Texas	3	ACT
54	Dontarrious Thomas	MLB	6-2	241	Auburn	3	ACT
56	E.J. Henderson	MLB	6-1	245	Maryland	4	ACT
90	Fred Evans	NT	6-4	305	Texas State-San Marcos; College of DuPage	1	ACT
94	Pat Williams	NT	6-3	317	Texas A&M; Northeastern State (Ok); Navarro	10	ACT
50	Vinny Ciurciu	OLB	6-0	240	Boston College; Clemson	4	ACT
51	Ben Leber	OLB	6-3	245	Kansas State	5	ACT
52	Chad Greenway	OLB	6-3	237	Iowa	1	ACT
59	Heath Farwell	OLB	6-0	235	San Diego State; San Jose State	2	ACT
5	Chris Kluwe	P	6-4	215	UCLA	2	ACT
21	Mike Doss	SS	5-10	207	Ohio State	4	ACT
37	Eric Frampton	SS	5-11	202	Washington State	0	ACT
42	Darren Sharper	SS	6-2	210	William & Mary	10	ACT
62	Ryan Cook	T	6-6	331	New Mexico	1	ACT
72	Marcus Johnson	T	6-6	320	Mississippi	2	ACT
74	Bryant McKinnie	T	6-8	352	Miami; Lackawanna JC	5	ACT
75	Chase Johnson	T	6-8	330	Wyoming	0	ACT

Depth chart, week 18

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Matt Birk	Anthony Herrera
FB	Tony Richardson	Jeff Dugan	Naufahu Tahi
LG	Steve Hutchinson	Artis Hicks
LT	Bryant McKinnie	Chase Johnson
QB	Tarvaris Jackson	Brooks Bollinger	Kelly Holcomb
RB	Adrian Peterson	Chester Taylor	Mewelde Moore
RG	Anthony Herrera	Artis Hicks
RT	Ryan Cook	Marcus Johnson
TE	Visanthe Shiancoe	Jimmy Kleinsasser	Garrett Mills
WR	Bobby Wade	Robert Ferguson	Sidney Rice

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Dwight Smith	Tank Williams	Eric Frampton
LCB	Antoine Winfield	Marcus McCauley	Charles Gordon
LE	Kenechi Udeze	Jayme Mitchell
MLB	E.J. Henderson	Dontarrious Thomas
NT	Pat Williams	Fred Evans
RCB	Cedric Griffin	Ronyell Whitaker
RE	Brian Robison	Otis Grigsby
SLB	Ben Leber	Vinny Ciurciu	David Herron
SS	Darren Sharper	Mike Doss	Eric Frampton
UT	Kevin Williams	Spencer Johnson
WLB	Chad Greenway	Heath Farwell

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Chris Kluwe
K	Ryan Longwell
KR	Troy Williamson	Aundrae Allison	Charles Gordon
LS	Cullen Loeffler
P	Chris Kluwe
PR	Mewelde Moore	Bobby Wade	Charles Gordon

Biggest contracts on the books in 2007

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	2006	7	$46.5M	$6.6M	$9.5M	6.5%
Adrian Peterson	RB	2007	5	$18.6M	$3.7M	$17.0M	3.4%
Chad Greenway	LB	2006	5	$10.8M	$2.1M	$7.2M	2.1%
Kevin Williams	IDL	2003	5	$10.7M	$2.1M	$8.0M	2.9%
Sidney Rice	WR	2007	4	$3.7M	$926,875	$2.0M	0.9%
Brian Robison	ED	2007	4	$2.1M	$537,250	$484,000	0.5%
Kyle Cook	C	2007	3	$1.1M	$378,333	$20,000	0.3%
Donald Penn	LT	2006	3	$1.1M	$364,167	$12,500	0.4%

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

Trades in 2007 (4)

Date	Trade
2007-04-28	ATL → MIN: 2007 round 2 pick 44, 2007 round 4 pick 121 MIN → ATL: 2007 round 2 pick 41
2007-04-29	MIN → TB: 2007 round 4 pick 106, 2007 round 6 pick 182 TB → MIN: 2007 round 4 pick 102
2007-04-29	DEN → MIN: 2007 round 6 pick 176, 2007 round 7 pick 233, Chandler Williams, 2008 round 3 pick 73 MIN → DEN: 2007 round 4 pick 121
2007-08-27	MIN → PHI: 2007 round None PHI → MIN: Kelly Holcomb