
2005 Minnesota Vikings Statistics
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
2005 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 2005 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 racked up 306 points, but the defense surrendered 344. Brad Johnson passed for 1,885 yards, and Daunte Culpepper spent time under center also. Jermaine Wiggins snagged 69 passes, while Travis Taylor accumulated 604 receiving yards. Marcus Robinson contributed to the receiving game as well.
Mewelde Moore carried the ball for a team-best 662 yards for Minnesota.
The opportunistic defense led the way with 35 turnovers. Darren Sharper intercepted 9 opponent throws. Lance Johnstone sacked quarterbacks 7.5 times.
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brad Johnson | 294 | 184 | 62.6 | 1885 | 6.4 | 12 | 4.1 | 4 | 1.4 | 80 | 23 | 134 | 88.9 |
Daunte Culpepper | 216 | 139 | 64.4 | 1564 | 7.2 | 6 | 2.8 | 12 | 5.6 | 68 | 31 | 169 | 72.0 |
Totals | 510 | 323 | 63.3 | 3449 | 6.8 | 18 | 3.5 | 16 | 3.1 | 80 | 54 | 303 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mewelde Moore | 155 | 662 | 4.3 | 33 | 1 |
Michael Bennett | 126 | 473 | 3.8 | 61 | 3 |
Daunte Culpepper | 24 | 147 | 6.1 | 18 | 1 |
Ciatrick Fason | 32 | 62 | 1.9 | 15 | 4 |
Brad Johnson | 18 | 53 | 2.9 | 16 | 0 |
Troy Williamson | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 11 | 0 |
Koren Robinson | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 13 | 1 |
Moe Williams | 13 | 20 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 |
Travis Taylor | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
Shaun Hill | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Nate Burleson | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | -2 | 0 |
Totals | 381 | 1467 | 3.9 | 61 | 10 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jermaine Wiggins | 69 | 568 | 8.2 | 24 | 1 |
Travis Taylor | 50 | 604 | 12.1 | 31 | 4 |
Mewelde Moore | 37 | 339 | 9.2 | 29 | 2 |
Marcus Robinson | 31 | 515 | 16.6 | 68 | 5 |
Nate Burleson | 30 | 328 | 10.9 | 20 | 1 |
Michael Bennett | 27 | 124 | 4.6 | 20 | 2 |
Troy Williamson | 24 | 372 | 15.5 | 56 | 2 |
Koren Robinson | 22 | 347 | 15.8 | 80 | 1 |
Jim Kleinsasser | 22 | 171 | 7.8 | 15 | 0 |
Moe Williams | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 25 | 0 |
Richard Owens | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
Richard Angulo | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 323 | 3449 | 10.7 | 80 | 18 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Edinger | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 34 | 25 | 73.5 | 106 |
Totals | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 34 | 25 | 73.5 | 106 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Kluwe | 71 | 3130 | 44.1 | 62 |
Darren Bennett | 8 | 300 | 37.5 | 53 |
Paul Edinger | 2 | 75 | 37.5 | 40 |
Totals | 81 | 3505 | 43.3 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mewelde Moore | 21 | 245 | 11.7 | 71 | 1 |
Keenan Howry | 12 | 78 | 6.5 | 19 | 0 |
Nate Burleson | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 10 | 0 |
Travis Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Koren Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 41 | 344 | 8.4 | 71 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Koren Robinson | 47 | 1221 | 26.0 | 86 | 1 |
Troy Williamson | 12 | 192 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 |
Mewelde Moore | 4 | 72 | 18.0 | 27 | 0 |
Richard Owens | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 16 | 0 |
Moe Williams | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
E.J. Henderson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Dontarrious Thomas | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Ciatrick Fason | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Totals | 71 | 1549 | 21.8 | 86 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Darren Sharper | 9 | 276 | 30.7 | 92 | 2 |
Brian Williams | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 31 | 0 |
Antoine Winfield | 4 | 5 | 1.2 | 4 | 0 |
Fred Smoot | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Corey Chavous | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Dovonte Edwards | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 1 |
Keith Newman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Willie Offord | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 24 | 392 | 16.3 | 92 | 3 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Lance Johnstone | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
Darrion Scott | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Kevin Williams | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
Erasmus James | 4.0 | 0.0 | |
C.J. Mosley | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Keith Newman | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Sam Cowart | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Pat Williams | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Raonall Smith | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Napoleon Harris | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Brian Williams | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Kenechi Udeze | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
E.J. Henderson | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 34.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antoine Winfield | 93.5 | 89 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Cowart | 78.5 | 72 | 13 | 2 | |||||
E.J. Henderson | 66 | 55 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Corey Chavous | 62.5 | 54 | 17 | 5 | |||||
Pat Williams | 54.5 | 42 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Darren Sharper | 46 | 41 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | |
Darrion Scott | 49 | 40 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Fred Smoot | 39 | 37 | 4 | 9 | |||||
Brian Williams | 42 | 36 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Dontarrious Thomas | 41.5 | 35 | 13 | 2 | |||||
Ralph Brown | 35.5 | 34 | 3 | 5 | |||||
Kevin Williams | 36 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Keith Newman | 35 | 29 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Raonall Smith | 31.5 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Erasmus James | 25.5 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Spencer Johnson | 24.5 | 20 | 9 | 2 | |||||
Napoleon Harris | 21.5 | 18 | 7 | 3 | |||||
Lance Johnstone | 18 | 16 | 4 | ||||||
Dovonte Edwards | 16.5 | 16 | 1 | 3 | |||||
Rod Davis | 18 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
C.J. Mosley | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Will Hunter | 11 | 10 | 2 | ||||||
Ken Irvin | 9.5 | 9 | 1 | ||||||
Heath Farwell | 7.5 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
Kenechi Udeze | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
Willie Offord | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |||||
Laroni Gallishaw | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Michael Bennett | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mewelde Moore | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Nate Burleson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Brad Johnson | 5 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bryant McKinnie | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Moe Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Richard Owens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Travis Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Koren Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Ciatrick Fason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Jim Kleinsasser | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Daunte Culpepper | 5 | 0 | -4 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 891.5 | 783 | 217 | 86 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 9 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Paul Edinger | 25 | 31 | 0 | 106 | ||||||||||
Marcus Robinson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||
Michael Bennett | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Mewelde Moore | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
Travis Taylor | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Ciatrick Fason | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
Koren Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
Troy Williamson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Darren Sharper | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Dovonte Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Daunte Culpepper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Nate Burleson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Jermaine Wiggins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 306 |