
1977 Minnesota Vikings Statistics
Team Record: 9-5
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Bud Grant (9-5)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1977 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
Minnesota scored 231 points, while the defensive squad conceded 227. Chuck Foreman carried the ball for a team-best 1,112 yards for the Vikings.
Fran Tarkenton passed for 1,734 yards. Ahmad Rashad paced the receiving corps, snagging 51 passes, while Sammy White accumulated 760 receiving yards.
Bobby Bryant picked off 4 opponent throws.
Bud Grant coached the team. The 1977 Minnesota Vikings lost in the Conference Championship.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fran Tarkenton | 258 | 155 | 60.1 | 1734 | 6.7 | 9 | 3.5 | 14 | 5.4 | 59 | 22 | 232 | 69.2 |
Bob Lee | 72 | 42 | 58.3 | 522 | 7.2 | 4 | 5.6 | 4 | 5.6 | 48 | 7 | 47 | 76.3 |
Tommy Kramer | 57 | 30 | 52.6 | 425 | 7.5 | 5 | 8.8 | 4 | 7.0 | 69 | 6 | 45 | 77.0 |
Paul Krause | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 152.1 |
Totals | 388 | 228 | 58.8 | 2692 | 6.9 | 19 | 4.9 | 22 | 5.7 | 69 | 35 | 324 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chuck Foreman | 270 | 1112 | 4.1 | 51 | 6 |
Brent McClanahan | 95 | 324 | 3.4 | 18 | 1 |
Sammy Johnson | 55 | 217 | 3.9 | 26 | 2 |
Robert Miller | 46 | 152 | 3.3 | 14 | 0 |
Mark Kellar | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 9 | 0 |
Fran Tarkenton | 15 | 6 | 0.4 | 8 | 0 |
Tommy Kramer | 10 | 3 | 0.3 | 8 | 0 |
Bob Lee | 12 | -8 | -0.7 | 7 | 0 |
Totals | 510 | 1821 | 3.6 | 51 | 9 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahmad Rashad | 51 | 681 | 13.4 | 48 | 2 |
Sammy White | 41 | 760 | 18.5 | 69 | 9 |
Chuck Foreman | 38 | 308 | 8.1 | 31 | 3 |
Brent McClanahan | 34 | 276 | 8.1 | 23 | 2 |
Robert Miller | 27 | 246 | 9.1 | 25 | 0 |
Stu Voigt | 20 | 212 | 10.6 | 24 | 1 |
Bob Tucker | 9 | 109 | 12.1 | 29 | 2 |
Sammy Johnson | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 8 | 0 |
Bob Grim | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 23 | 0 |
Steve Craig | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Totals | 228 | 2692 | 11.8 | 69 | 19 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Neil Clabo | 83 | 3302 | 39.8 | 69 |
Totals | 83 | 3302 | 39.8 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Manfred Moore | 24 | 524 | 21.8 | 48 | 0 |
Sammy White | 7 | 113 | 16.1 | 36 | 0 |
Brent McClanahan | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 32 | 0 |
Robert Miller | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 20 | 0 |
Mark Kellar | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 16 | 0 |
Bob Grim | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Dennis Swilley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 45 | 834 | 18.5 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Bryant | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 41 | 0 |
Nate Wright | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Paul Krause | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 25 | 0 |
Matt Blair | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Jeff Siemon | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
Jeff Wright | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Phil Wise | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Scott Studwell | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Nate Allen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Fred McNeill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 16 | 109 | 6.8 | 41 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fran Tarkenton | 3 | 2 | -14 | 0 | 0 | ||
Matt Blair | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Chuck Foreman | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
Jeff Siemon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
James White | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Brent McClanahan | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Jeff Wright | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Joe Blahak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nate Wright | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | |
Sammy White | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Steve Riley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Fred McNeill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Alan Page | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Nate Allen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mick Tingelhoff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charles Goodrum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wally Hilgenberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Doug Dumler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Manfred Moore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Robert Miller | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dennis Swilley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Grim | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommy Kramer | 3 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 36 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Sammy White | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
Chuck Foreman | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||||||||
Fred Cox | 8 | 25 | 0 | 49 | ||||||||||
Brent McClanahan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Bob Tucker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Sammy Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
Matt Blair | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Stu Voigt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Nate Wright | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Carl Eller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 231 |