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2008 Minnesota VikingsW2008 Minnesota Vikings↗

NFL · NFC North · 10–6 (.625) · 1st in division · PF 379 · PA 333 · Coach Brad Childress · Lost Wild Card

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Team leaders

Passing (yds)

Rushing (yds)

Receiving (yds)

Sacks

Interceptions

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	1000	935
EPA per play	-0.05	-0.11
Pass EPA per play	-0.08	-0.06
Rush EPA per play	-0.03	-0.19
Success rate	40.1%	39.4%
Pass rate	49.4%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.01, success rate 42.7%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (17 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium
2008-09-08	1	@ Green Bay Packers	L 19–24	0–1	Lambeau Field
2008-09-14	2	vs Indianapolis Colts	L 15–18	0–2	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2008-09-21	3	vs Carolina Panthers	W 20–10	1–2	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2008-09-28	4	@ Tennessee Titans	L 17–30	1–3	LP Field
2008-10-06	5	@ New Orleans Saints	W 30–27	2–3	Louisiana Superdome
2008-10-12	6	vs Detroit Lions	W 12–10	3–3	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2008-10-19	7	@ Chicago Bears	L 41–48	3–4	Soldier Field
2008-11-02	9	vs Houston Texans	W 28–21	4–4	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2008-11-09	10	vs Green Bay Packers	W 28–27	5–4	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2008-11-16	11	@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 13–19	5–5	Raymond James Stadium
2008-11-23	12	@ Jacksonville Jaguars	W 30–12	6–5	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium
2008-11-30	13	vs Chicago Bears	W 34–14	7–5	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2008-12-07	14	@ Detroit Lions	W 20–16	8–5	Ford Field
2008-12-14	15	@ Arizona Cardinals	W 35–14	9–5	University of Phoenix Stadium
2008-12-21	16	vs Atlanta Falcons	L 17–24	9–6	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2008-12-28	17	vs New York Giants	W 20–19	10–6	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
2009-01-04	WC	vs Philadelphia Eagles	L 14–26		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome

Roster (59)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
4	John David Booty	QB	6-3	213	USC	0	ACT
7	Tarvaris Jackson	QB	6-2	225	Alabama State; Arkansas	2	ACT
12	Gus Frerotte	QB	6-3	233	Tulsa	14	ACT
38	Naufahu Tahi	FB	6-0	254	BYU	2	ACT
44	Thomas Tapeh	FB	6-1	243	Minnesota	4	CUT
83	Jeff Dugan	FB	6-4	258	Maryland	4	ACT
28	Adrian Peterson	RB	6-1	220	Oklahoma	1	ACT
29	Chester Taylor	RB	5-11	213	Toledo	6	ACT
43	Maurice Hicks	RB	5-11	205	North Carolina A&T; Montgomery JC (MD)	6	ACT
18	Sidney Rice	WR	6-4	202	South Carolina	1	ACT
19	Bobby Wade	WR	5-10	186	Arizona	5	ACT
82	Darius Reynaud	WR	5-9	208	West Virginia	0	ACT
84	Aundrae Allison	WR	6-0	198	East Carolina; Georgia Military; Coffeyville CC	1	ACT
87	Bernard Berrian	WR	6-1	185	Fresno State	4	ACT
89	Robert Ferguson	WR	6-1	219	Texas A&M; Tyler JC	7	CUT
40	Jimmy Kleinsasser	TE	6-3	272	North Dakota	9	ACT
45	Garrett Mills	TE	6-1	235	Tulsa	2	ACT
81	Visanthe Shiancoe	TE	6-4	250	Morgan State	5	ACT
65	John Sullivan	C	6-4	312	Notre Dame	0	ACT
78	Matt Birk	C	6-4	310	Harvard	10	ACT
21	Marcus McCauley	CB	6-1	203	Fresno State	1	ACT
22	Benny Sapp	CB	5-10	190	Northern Iowa	4	ACT
23	Cedric Griffin	CB	6-0	195	Texas	2	ACT
26	Antoine Winfield	CB	5-9	180	Ohio State	9	ACT
41	Charles Gordon	CB	5-11	180	Kansas	2	RES
69	Jared Allen	DE	6-6	255	Idaho State	4	ACT
73	Otis Grigsby	DE	6-3	260	Kentucky	5	ACT
91	Ray Edwards	DE	6-5	268	Purdue	2	ACT
96	Brian Robison	DE	6-3	259	Texas	1	ACT
71	Jimmy Kennedy	DT	6-4	302	Penn State	5	ACT
90	Fred Evans	DT	6-4	305	Texas State-San Marcos; College of DuPage	2	ACT
93	Kevin Williams	DT	6-5	311	Oklahoma State	5	ACT
94	Pat Williams	DT	6-3	317	Texas A&M; Northeastern State (Ok); Navarro	11	ACT
97	Ellis Wyms	DT	6-3	290	Mississippi State	7	ACT
98	Letroy Guion	DT	6-4	322	Florida State	0	ACT
20	Madieu Williams	FS	6-1	209	Maryland	4	ACT
25	Tyrell Johnson	FS	6-0	207	Arkansas State	0	ACT
37	Eric Frampton	FS	5-11	202	Washington State	1	ACT
64	Anthony Herrera	G	6-2	315	Tennessee	4	ACT
76	Steve Hutchinson	G	6-5	313	Michigan	7	ACT
8	Ryan Longwell	K	6-0	200	California	11	ACT
57	Rufus Alexander	LB	6-1	232	Oklahoma	1	DEV
46	Cullen Loeffler	LS	6-5	241	Texas	4	ACT
55	Dontarrious Thomas	MLB	6-2	241	Auburn	4	ACT
56	E.J. Henderson	MLB	6-1	245	Maryland	5	RES
58	David Herron	MLB	6-1	239	Michigan State	1	ACT
99	Napoleon Harris	MLB	6-3	253	Northwestern	6	ACT
50	Erin Henderson	OLB	6-3	244	Maryland	0	ACT
51	Ben Leber	OLB	6-3	245	Kansas State	6	ACT
52	Chad Greenway	OLB	6-3	237	Iowa	2	ACT
54	Vinny Ciurciu	OLB	6-0	240	Boston College; Clemson	5	ACT
5	Chris Kluwe	P	6-4	215	UCLA	3	ACT
39	Husain Abdullah	SS	6-0	204	Washington State	0	ACT
42	Darren Sharper	SS	6-2	210	William & Mary	11	ACT
60	Drew Radovich	T	6-5	305	USC	0	RES
62	Ryan Cook	T	6-6	331	New Mexico	2	ACT
72	Marcus Johnson	T	6-6	320	Mississippi	3	ACT
74	Bryant McKinnie	T	6-8	352	Miami; Lackawanna JC	6	ACT
79	Artis Hicks	T	6-4	312	Memphis	6	ACT

Depth chart, week 19

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Matt Birk	John Sullivan
FB	Naufahu Tahi	Jeff Dugan
HB	Adrian Peterson	Chester Taylor	Maurice Hicks
LG	Steve Hutchinson	Artis Hicks
LT	Bryant McKinnie	Artis Hicks
QB	Tarvaris Jackson	Gus Frerotte	John David Booty
RG	Anthony Herrera	Artis Hicks
RT	Ryan Cook	Artis Hicks	Marcus Johnson
TE	Visanthe Shiancoe	Jimmy Kleinsasser	Garrett Mills
WR	Bobby Wade	Bernard Berrian	Sidney Rice

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
FS	Madieu Williams	Tyrell Johnson	Eric Frampton
LCB	Antoine Winfield	Marcus McCauley
LE	Brian Robison	Otis Grigsby	Ray Edwards
MLB	Napoleon Harris	David Herron	Dontarrious Thomas
NT	Fred Evans	Jimmy Kennedy	Pat Williams
RCB	Cedric Griffin	Benny Sapp
RE	Jared Allen	Brian Robison
SLB	Chad Greenway	Erin Henderson
SS	Darren Sharper	Husain Abdullah
UT	Kevin Williams	Ellis Wyms	Letroy Guion
WLB	Ben Leber	Vinny Ciurciu

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Chris Kluwe
K	Ryan Longwell
KR	Maurice Hicks	Darius Reynaud	Chester Taylor
LS	Cullen Loeffler
P	Chris Kluwe
PR	Bernard Berrian	Bobby Wade	Aundrae Allison

Biggest contracts on the books in 2008

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Jared Allen	ED	2008	6	$73.3M	$12.2M	$31.0M	10.5%
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%
Sidney Rice	WR	2007	4	$3.7M	$926,875	$2.0M	0.9%
Jimmy Kennedy	IDL	2008	1	$605,000	$605,000	$0	0.5%
Brian Robison	ED	2007	4	$2.1M	$537,250	$484,000	0.5%
John Sullivan	C	2008	4	$1.8M	$450,300	$96,200	0.4%
Erin Henderson	LB	2008	3	$1.2M	$391,667	$20,000	0.3%
Erin Henderson	LB	2008	3	$1.2M	$385,000	$0	0.3%
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%
Chris Clark	RT	2008	1	$88,400	$88,400	$0	0.1%

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

Trades in 2008 (5)

Date	Trade
2008-02-29	JAX → MIN: 2008 round 6 pick 193 MIN → JAX: Troy Williamson
2008-04-23	KC → MIN: Jared Allen, 2009 round 6 pick 187 MIN → KC: 2008 round 1 pick 17, 2008 round 3 pick 73, 2008 round 3 pick 82, 2008 round 6 pick 182
2008-04-26	MIN → PHI: 2008 round 2 pick 47, 2008 round 4 pick 117 PHI → MIN: 2008 round 2 pick 43, 2008 round 5 pick 152
2008-04-27	GNB → MIN: 2008 round 5 pick 137, John David Booty MIN → GNB: 2008 round 5 pick 150, 2008 round 7 pick 209
2008-05-27	MIN → WAS: Erasmus James WAS → MIN: 2008 round None

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