1987 Minnesota Vikings Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Jerry Burns (8-7)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota

1987 Minnesota Vikings Roster
1987 Minnesota Vikings Results

The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 8 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.

Minnesota racked up 336 points, while the defense yielded 335. Wade Wilson threw for 2,106 yards. Anthony Carter snagged 38 passes for 922 yards. Steve Jordan provided receiving help, too.

Darrin Nelson carried the ball for a team-best 642 yards for the Vikings.

Joey Browner picked off 6 opponent throws. Chris Doleman topped pass rushers with 11 quarterback sacks.

Jerry Burns coached the team. The 1987 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
Wade Wilson	264	140	53.0	2106	8.0	14	5.3	13	4.9	73	26	194	76.7
Tony Adams	89	49	55.1	607	6.8	3	3.4	5	5.6	63	18	120	64.2
Tommy Kramer	81	40	49.4	452	5.6	4	4.9	3	3.7	40	7	35	67.5
Rich Gannon	6	2	33.3	18	3.0	0	0.0	1	16.7	12	0	0	2.8
Larry Miller	6	1	16.7	2	0.3	0	0.0	1	16.7	2	1	10	0.0
Totals	446	232	52.0	3185	7.1	21	4.7	23	5.2	73	52	359

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Darrin Nelson	131	642	4.9	72	2
Alfred Anderson	68	319	4.7	27	2
Wade Wilson	41	263	6.4	38	5
D.J. Dozier	69	257	3.7	19	5
Rick Fenney	42	174	4.1	12	2
Allen Rice	51	131	2.6	13	1
Tommy Kramer	10	44	4.4	15	2
James Brim	2	36	18.0	38	1
Tony Adams	11	31	2.8	12	0
Adam Walker	5	24	4.8	11	0
Jeff Womack	9	20	2.2	13	0
Brett Wilson	5	16	3.2	6	0
Jimmy Smith	7	13	1.9	5	0
Leonard Moore	4	11	2.8	4	0
Sam Harrell	5	8	1.6	4	0
Phil Frye	4	4	1.0	2	0
Andre Thomas	6	4	0.7	5	0
Steve Harris	4	3	0.8	2	0
Larry Miller	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Jim Gustafson	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Bucky Scribner	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0
Leo Lewis	5	-7	-1.4	4	0
Totals	482	1983	4.1	72	20

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Anthony Carter	38	922	24.3	73	7
Steve Jordan	35	490	14.0	38	2
Darrin Nelson	26	129	5.0	13	0
Leo Lewis	24	383	16.0	36	2
Allen Rice	19	201	10.6	24	1
James Brim	18	282	15.7	63	2
D.J. Dozier	12	89	7.4	20	2
Hassan Jones	7	189	27.0	58	2
Alfred Anderson	7	69	9.9	22	0
Rick Fenney	7	27	3.9	18	0
Jeff Womack	5	46	9.2	23	1
Jim Gustafson	4	55	13.8	23	0
Steve Finch	3	54	18.0	20	0
Rickey Parks	3	46	15.3	19	0
Phil Frye	3	25	8.3	12	0
Sam Harrell	3	20	6.7	8	0
Willie Gillespie	2	28	14.0	14	0
Ron Daugherty	2	21	10.5	13	0
Steve Harris	2	17	8.5	16	0
Carl Hilton	2	16	8.0	8	2
Brett Wilson	2	14	7.0	9	0
Andre Thomas	2	13	6.5	10	0
Adam Walker	2	3	1.5	2	0
Marc May	1	22	22.0	22	0
Ed Schenk	1	10	10.0	10	0
Leonard Moore	1	8	8.0	8	0
Mike Mularkey	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	232	3185	13.7	73	21

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Chuck Nelson	37	36	97.3	24	13	54.2	75
Dale Dawson	4	4	100.0	5	1	20.0	7
Totals	41	40	97.6	29	14	48.3	82

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Greg Coleman	45	1786	39.7	54
Bucky Scribner	20	827	41.4	54
Dave Bruno	13	464	35.7	53
Totals	78	3077	39.4	54

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Leo Lewis	22	275	12.5	78	1
Rufus Bess	7	86	12.3	28	0
Anthony Carter	3	40	13.3	22	0
Greg Richardson	4	19	4.8	7	0
Totals	36	420	11.7	78	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Neal Guggemos	36	808	22.4	42
Rufus Bess	10	169	16.9	33
Darrin Nelson	7	164	23.4	42
Jeff Womack	5	77	15.4	20
Greg Richardson	4	76	19.0	24
Jimmy Smith	2	42	21.0	22
Allen Rice	2	29	14.5	18
D.J. Dozier	2	23	11.5	13
Mike Mularkey	1	16	16.0	16
Carl Hilton	1	13	13.0	13
Sam Harrell	1	4	4.0	4
Totals	71	1421	20.0	42

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Joey Browner	6	67	11.2	23
Wymon Henderson	4	33	8.2	17
Carl Lee	3	53	17.7	36
John Harris	3	20	6.7	14
Scott Studwell	2	26	13.0	14
Issiac Holt	2	7	3.5	7
Jesse Solomon	1	30	30.0	30
Neal Guggemos	1	26	26.0	26
Wayne Smith	1	24	24.0	24
Fletcher Louallen	1	16	16.0	16
David Howard	1	1	1.0	1
Henry Thomas	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	26	303	11.7	36

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Chris Doleman	11.0
Doug Martin	9.0
Stafford Mays	7.0
Keith Millard	3.5
Henry Thomas	2.5
Jesse Solomon	2.0
Dan Coleman	2.0
Jimmy Walker	1.0
Fred Molden	1.0
Scott Studwell	1.0
Joey Browner	1.0
Totals	41.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Jesse Solomon	126	126	0	0	0	1	33	0	0
Henry Thomas	81	81	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Wymon Henderson	70	70	0	0
Carl Lee	62	62	0	0
Chris Doleman	57	57	0		0	0	0	0	6
Chris Martin	31	31	0		0	1	0	0	0
Najee Mustafaa	12	12	0
Gerald Robinson	1	1	0
Neal Guggemos				0	4	3	0	0	0
Frank Ori					0	2	0	0	0
Leo Lewis					1	2	0		0
Keith Millard					0	2	8	0	0
Stafford Mays					0	2	0	0	0
Allen Rice					1	1	0		0
Steve Harris					0	1	0	0	0
Ray Berry					0	1	0	0	0
Joey Browner				0	0	1	0	0	0
Don Bramlett					0	1	0	0	0
David Evans					0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Womack					0	1	0		0
John Harris				0	0	1	0	0	0
Gary Zimmerman					0	1	4	0	0
Scott Studwell				0	0	1	0	0	0
Marc May					1	0	0	0	0
Rufus Bess					4	0	0	0	0
Steve Jordan					1	0	0		0
Greg Richardson					1	0	0	0	0
Alfred Anderson					1	0	0		0
Wade Wilson					3	0	-3		0
Tony Adams					3	0	0	0	0
Bucky Scribner					1	0	0	0	0
Darrin Nelson					2	0	0		0
Tommy Kramer					2	0	0		0
D.J. Dozier					2	0	0		0
Sam Harrell					1	0	0	0	0
Totals	440	440	0	0	28	24	42	0	6

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Chuck Nelson									13	36	0			75
D.J. Dozier	5	2		0					0	0	0			42
Anthony Carter		7	0						0	0	0			42
Wade Wilson	5								0	0	0			30
Leo Lewis	0	2	1						0	0	0			18
James Brim	1	2							0	0	0			18
Carl Hilton		2		0					0	0	0			12
Steve Jordan		2							0	0	0			12
Allen Rice	1	1		0					0	0	0			12
Hassan Jones		2							0	0	0			12
Darrin Nelson	2	0		0					0	0	0			12
Alfred Anderson	2	0							0	0	0			12
Tommy Kramer	2								0	0	0			12
Rick Fenney	2	0							0	0	0			12
Dale Dawson									1	4	0			7
Jeff Womack	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Joe Stepanek									0	0	0		1	2
Totals	20	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	40	0	0	1	336