
2006 Minnesota Vikings Statistics
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Brad Childress (6-10)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
2006 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 2006 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing third in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference.
The Vikings scored 282 points, and the defensive unit conceded 327. Brad Johnson tossed for 2,750 yards. Travis Taylor paced the receiving corps, snagging 57 passes for 651 yards, while Mewelde Moore and Jermaine Wiggins provided receiving help also.
Chester Taylor carried the ball for a team-best 1,216 yards for Minnesota.
The sticky-fingered defense led the way with 36 turnovers. Darren Sharper, Dwight Smith and Antoine Winfield each seized 4 opponent throws. Darrion Scott topped the defensive unit with 5.5 sacks.
Brad Childress 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 | 439 | 270 | 61.5 | 2750 | 6.3 | 9 | 2.1 | 15 | 3.4 | 46 | 29 | 200 | 72.0 |
Tarvaris Jackson | 81 | 47 | 58.0 | 475 | 5.9 | 2 | 2.5 | 4 | 4.9 | 50 | 8 | 37 | 62.5 |
Brooks Bollinger | 18 | 13 | 72.2 | 146 | 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 50 | 6 | 42 | 72.9 |
Ryan Longwell | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
Mewelde Moore | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 158.3 |
Totals | 540 | 332 | 61.5 | 3402 | 6.3 | 13 | 2.4 | 20 | 3.7 | 50 | 43 | 279 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chester Taylor | 303 | 1216 | 4.0 | 95 | 6 |
Artose Pinner | 43 | 190 | 4.4 | 21 | 3 |
Mewelde Moore | 24 | 131 | 5.5 | 15 | 0 |
Ciatrick Fason | 18 | 99 | 5.5 | 15 | 1 |
Brad Johnson | 29 | 82 | 2.8 | 10 | 1 |
Tarvaris Jackson | 15 | 77 | 5.1 | 13 | 1 |
Tony Richardson | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 3 | 0 |
Bethel Johnson | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
Travis Taylor | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Totals | 442 | 1820 | 4.1 | 95 | 12 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Travis Taylor | 57 | 651 | 11.4 | 36 | 3 |
Mewelde Moore | 46 | 468 | 10.2 | 50 | 1 |
Jermaine Wiggins | 46 | 386 | 8.4 | 24 | 1 |
Chester Taylor | 42 | 288 | 6.9 | 24 | 0 |
Troy Williamson | 37 | 455 | 12.3 | 46 | 0 |
Marcus Robinson | 29 | 381 | 13.1 | 40 | 4 |
Billy McMullen | 23 | 307 | 13.3 | 40 | 2 |
Tony Richardson | 13 | 111 | 8.5 | 25 | 0 |
Bethel Johnson | 9 | 156 | 17.3 | 40 | 0 |
Jeff Dugan | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 10 | 1 |
Jim Kleinsasser | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 14 | 0 |
Richard Owens | 6 | 45 | 7.5 | 16 | 1 |
Martin Nance | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 12 | 0 |
Ciatrick Fason | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 12 | 0 |
Artose Pinner | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 8 | 0 |
Totals | 332 | 3402 | 10.2 | 50 | 13 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Kluwe | 93 | 3934 | 42.3 | 68 |
Ryan Longwell | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 |
Totals | 94 | 3961 | 42.1 | 68 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mewelde Moore | 36 | 365 | 10.1 | 71 | 1 |
Dwight Smith | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
Charles Gordon | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 38 | 374 | 9.8 | 71 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bethel Johnson | 45 | 1054 | 23.4 | 65 | 0 |
Troy Williamson | 14 | 324 | 23.1 | 44 | 0 |
Artose Pinner | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 24 | 0 |
Mewelde Moore | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Mike Rosenthal | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Richard Owens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 66 | 1492 | 22.6 | 65 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dwight Smith | 4 | 81 | 20.2 | 47 | 0 |
Antoine Winfield | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 26 | 1 |
Darren Sharper | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
Napoleon Harris | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 |
E.J. Henderson | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 45 | 1 |
Cedric Griffin | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Fred Smoot | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 1 |
Ben Leber | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 21 | 243 | 11.6 | 47 | 3 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
Darrion Scott | 5.5 | 0.0 | |
Kevin Williams | 5.0 | 0.0 | |
E.J. Henderson | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Ray Edwards | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Ben Leber | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Jayme Mitchell | 3.0 | 0.0 | |
Napoleon Harris | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Dontarrious Thomas | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Pat Williams | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Dwight Smith | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Darren Sharper | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 29.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antoine Winfield | 90 | 83 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
E.J. Henderson | 93 | 77 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
Dwight Smith | 71 | 63 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Fred Smoot | 61 | 59 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 2 | |
Darren Sharper | 60 | 52 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Napoleon Harris | 50.5 | 42 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Cedric Griffin | 40.5 | 38 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pat Williams | 40.5 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ben Leber | 42 | 36 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Kevin Williams | 32 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Darrion Scott | 35.5 | 25 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Dontarrious Thomas | 26.5 | 21 | 11 | ||||||
Heath Farwell | 24 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ronyell Whitaker | 22.5 | 21 | 3 | 1 | |||||
Kenechi Udeze | 24 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Charles Gordon | 13.5 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Greg Blue | 13 | 12 | 2 | ||||||
Spencer Johnson | 13 | 11 | 4 | ||||||
Rod Davis | 10.5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Edwards | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Jason Glenn | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Jayme Mitchell | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Will Hunter | 6.5 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
Ross Kolodziej | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
Erasmus James | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Khreem Smith | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Mewelde Moore | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||||
Travis Taylor | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | |||||
Chris Kluwe | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Billy McMullen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Tarvaris Jackson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Chester Taylor | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Brad Johnson | 9 | 1 | -9 | 0 | |||||
Marcus Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jermaine Wiggins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Matt Birk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Cullen Loeffler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Marcus Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Bethel Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Artose Pinner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Martin Nance | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Totals | 800.5 | 701 | 199 | 71 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 3 | 14 |
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 |
Ryan Longwell | 21 | 27 | 0 | 90 | ||||||||||
Chester Taylor | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
Marcus Robinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Artose Pinner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Travis Taylor | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Billy McMullen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
Mewelde Moore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Ciatrick Fason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Tarvaris Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Antoine Winfield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
E.J. Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Kevin Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Richard Owens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Fred Smoot | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Jermaine Wiggins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Ben Leber | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Brad Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Jeff Dugan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Totals | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 282 |