2003 Minnesota Vikings Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Mike Tice (9-7)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota

2003 Minnesota Vikings Roster
2003 Minnesota Vikings Results

The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 2003 season with a record of 9 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference.

The Vikings moved the ball well, scoring 416 points, and the defensive squad surrendered 353. Daunte Culpepper led the charge, passing for 3,479 yards. Randy Moss snagged 111 passes for 1,632 yards.

Moe Williams carried the pigskin for a team-best 745 yards for Minnesota, and Onterrio Smith also contributed to the rushing attack.

The opportunistic defense pounced on 35 turnovers. Brian Russell intercepted 9 opponent throws. Kevin Williams topped pass rushers with 10.5 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 37 sacks.

Mike Tice coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Daunte Culpepper	454	295	65.0	3479	7.7	25	5.5	11	2.4	59	37	196	96.4
Gus Frerotte	65	38	58.5	690	10.6	7	10.8	2	3.1	72	5	22	118.1
Randy Moss	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	520	333	64.0	4169	8.0	32	6.2	13	2.5	72	42	218

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Moe Williams	174	745	4.3	61	5
Onterrio Smith	107	579	5.4	47	5
Michael Bennett	90	447	5.0	28	1
Daunte Culpepper	73	422	5.8	42	4
Kelly Campbell	10	71	7.1	19	0
Doug Chapman	15	33	2.2	6	0
Randy Moss	6	18	3.0	11	0
Eddie Johnson	2	15	7.5	15	0
Jim Kleinsasser	2	15	7.5	12	0
John Avery	1	0	0.0	0	0
Charles Stackhouse	1	0	0.0	0	0
Gus Frerotte	12	-2	-0.2	4	0
Totals	493	2343	4.8	61	15

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Randy Moss	111	1632	14.7	72	17
Moe Williams	65	644	9.9	42	3
Jim Kleinsasser	46	401	8.7	19	4
Nate Burleson	29	455	15.7	52	2
Kelly Campbell	25	522	20.9	72	4
D'Wayne Bates	15	151	10.1	18	1
Onterrio Smith	15	129	8.6	20	0
Michael Bennett	12	132	11.0	40	0
Charles Stackhouse	6	30	5.0	10	0
Hunter Goodwin	4	26	6.5	12	0
John Avery	2	24	12.0	13	1
Keenan Howry	2	15	7.5	8	0
Doug Chapman	1	8	8.0	8	0
Totals	333	4169	12.5	72	32

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Aaron Elling	48	48	100.0	25	18	72.0	102
Totals	48	48	100.0	25	18	72.0	102

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Eddie Johnson	56	2191	39.1	55
Leo Araguz	7	271	38.7	44
Totals	63	2462	39.1	55

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Keenan Howry	35	247	7.1	52
Nate Burleson	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	36	247	6.9	52

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Onterrio Smith	27	588	21.8	46
John Avery	16	346	21.6	48
Keenan Howry	12	271	22.6	42
Kelly Campbell	5	101	20.2	23
Doug Chapman	4	51	12.8	20
Kenny Clark	2	33	16.5	21
Randy Moss	1	22	22.0	22
Cory Withrow	1	8	8.0	8
Sean Berton	1	7	7.0	7
Nick Rogers	1	1	1.0	1
E.J. Henderson	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	71	1428	20.1	48

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Brian Russell	9	185	20.6	50	0
Corey Chavous	8	143	17.9	39	1
Brian Williams	5	205	41.0	77	1
Mike Nattiel	1	80	80.0	80	1
Lance Johnstone	1	33	33.0	33	1
Kevin Williams	1	3	3.0	3	0
Chris Claiborne	1	3	3.0	3	0
Ken Irvin	1	1	1.0	1	0
Denard Walker	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	28	653	23.3	80	4

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Kevin Williams	10.5
Lance Johnstone	10.0
Kenny Mixon	5.0
Chris Claiborne	3.0
Brian Williams	3.0
Chris Hovan	2.0
Brian Russell	1.0
Greg Biekert	1.0
Chuck Wiley	1.0
Fred Robbins	0.5
Totals	37.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Brian Russell	86.5	78	17	11	0	1	0	0	0
Corey Chavous	80.5	75	11	14	1	0	0		0
Brian Williams	71	63	16	16	0	0	0		2
Chris Claiborne	70.5	61	19	7	0	2	0	0	1
Greg Biekert	69	61	16		0	0	0	0	1
Denard Walker	50.5	48	5	6
Ken Irvin	50	45	10	13	0	0	0	0	1
Kenny Mixon	48	44	8	4	0	0	0	0	3
Kevin Williams	44.5	37	15	4	0	1	0	0	1
Henri Crockett	33	32	2	2
E.J. Henderson	31	28	6		0	1	0	0	1
Fred Robbins	25	21	8		0	1	0	0	0
Lance Johnstone	24	21	6	6	0	1	0		2
Chris Hovan	23.5	20	7	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Nattiel	16	15	2	3	0	0	0		1
Nick Rogers	12	11	2		0	0	0	0	1
Chuck Wiley	6	6	0		0	1	0	0	1
Eric Kelly	5	5	0
Billy Lyon	4.5	4	1
Willie Offord	4	4	0
Jack Brewer	4	3	2
Raonall Smith	2	2	0		0	1	0	0	0
Talance Sawyer	0.5	0	1
Daunte Culpepper					16	6	0		0
Eddie Johnson					2	2	-5	0	0
Gus Frerotte					2	2	-2	0	0
Jim Kleinsasser					0	1	0		0
Matt Birk					0	1	0	0	0
Kelly Campbell					2	1	0		0
David Dixon					0	1	0	0	0
Moe Williams					2	1	0		0
Michael Bennett					2	1	0		0
Onterrio Smith					1	0	0		0
Nate Burleson					1	0	0		0
Randy Moss					1	0	0		0
John Avery					1	0	0		0
Totals	761	684	154	90	31	25	-7	0	16

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Randy Moss	0	17		0					0	0	0			102
Aaron Elling									18	48	0			102
Moe Williams	5	3							0	0	0			48
Onterrio Smith	5	0		0					0	0	0	1		32
Daunte Culpepper	4								0	0	0			24
Jim Kleinsasser	0	4							0	0	0			24
Kelly Campbell	0	4		0					0	0	0			24
Nate Burleson		2	0						0	0	0			12
Corey Chavous						1			0	0	0			6
Brian Williams						1			0	0	0			6
Mike Nattiel						1			0	0	0			6
Michael Bennett	1	0							0	0	0			6
D'Wayne Bates		1							0	0	0			6
Lance Johnstone						1			0	0	0			6
John Avery	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Hunter Goodwin		0							0	0	0	1		2
Totals	15	32	0	0	0	4	0	0	18	48	0	2	0	412