2008 Minnesota Vikings Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Wild Card
Coach: Brad Childress (10-6)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota

2008 Minnesota Vikings Roster
2008 Minnesota Vikings Results

The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 2008 season with a record of 10 wins and 6 losses, finishing first in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

The Vikings ran up 379 points, and the defense surrendered 333. Adrian Peterson piled up yardage, accumulating a 1,760 yards for Minnesota.

Gus Frerotte threw for 2,157 yards. Bobby Wade snagged 53 passes, while Bernard Berrian accumulated 964 receiving yards. Chester Taylor and Visanthe Shiancoe contributed to the receiving game also.

Madieu Williams, Ben Leber, Benny Sapp and Antoine Winfield each seized 2 opponent throws. Jared Allen topped pass rushers with 14.5 quarterback sacks, part of an overall team total of 45 sacks.

Brad Childress coached the team. The 2008 Minnesota Vikings lost in the Wild Card.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Gus Frerotte	301	178	59.1	2157	7.2	12	4.0	15	5.0	99	29	164	73.7
Tarvaris Jackson	149	88	59.1	1056	7.1	9	6.0	2	1.3	59	14	97	95.4
Chester Taylor	1	1	100.0	4	4.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	4	0	0	122.9
Sidney Rice	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	452	267	59.1	3217	7.1	22	4.9	17	3.8	99	43	261

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Adrian Peterson	363	1760	4.8	67	10
Chester Taylor	101	399	4.0	21	4
Tarvaris Jackson	26	145	5.6	29	0
Bernard Berrian	4	26	6.5	14	0
Jeff Dugan	4	7	1.8	2	0
Gus Frerotte	19	7	0.4	5	1
Aundrae Allison	1	1	1.0	1	0
Chris Kluwe	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0
Totals	519	2338	4.5	67	15

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bobby Wade	53	645	12.2	59	2
Bernard Berrian	48	964	20.1	99	7
Chester Taylor	45	399	8.9	47	2
Visanthe Shiancoe	42	596	14.2	40	7
Adrian Peterson	21	125	6.0	16	0
Naufahu Tahi	16	37	2.3	7	0
Sidney Rice	15	141	9.4	23	4
Aundrae Allison	10	109	10.9	21	0
Jim Kleinsasser	6	92	15.3	34	0
Garrett Mills	5	65	13.0	23	0
Robert Ferguson	3	25	8.3	9	0
Jeff Dugan	2	12	6.0	9	0
Thomas Tapeh	1	7	7.0	7	0
Totals	267	3217	12.0	99	22

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Ryan Longwell	40	40	100.0	34	29	85.3	127
Totals	40	40	100.0	34	29	85.3	127

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Chris Kluwe	73	3473	47.6	62
Totals	73	3473	47.6	62

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bernard Berrian	7	114	16.3	82	1
Charles Gordon	15	66	4.4	20	0
Aundrae Allison	9	58	6.4	27	0
Bobby Wade	3	35	11.7	20	0
Totals	34	273	8.0	82	1

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Maurice Hicks	29	690	23.8	38
Chester Taylor	10	234	23.4	37
Darius Reynaud	8	201	25.1	49
Aundrae Allison	6	100	16.7	22
Charles Gordon	2	61	30.5	42
Jim Kleinsasser	3	36	12.0	14
Naufahu Tahi	2	31	15.5	20
Adrian Peterson	1	16	16.0	16
Totals	61	1369	22.4	49

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ben Leber	2	29	14.5	28
Benny Sapp	2	13	6.5	14
Antoine Winfield	2	5	2.5	4
Madieu Williams	2	-1	-0.5	0
Darren Sharper	1	12	12.0	12
Charles Gordon	1	0	0.0	0
Tyrell Johnson	1	0	0.0	0
Cedric Griffin	1	-2	-2.0	-2
Totals	12	56	4.7	28

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Jared Allen	14.5
Kevin Williams	8.5
Chad Greenway	5.5
Ray Edwards	5.0
Ellis Wyms	2.5
Brian Robison	2.5
Antoine Winfield	2.0
Ben Leber	1.5
E.J. Henderson	1.0
Pat Williams	1.0
Napoleon Harris	1.0
Totals	45.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Chad Greenway	98.5	84	29	5	0	0	0	0	3
Antoine Winfield	83	76	14	11	0	2	28	1	4
Cedric Griffin	79.5	74	11	14	0	0	0	0	4
Darren Sharper	61.5	57	9	5	0	2	20	0	0
Kevin Williams	53.5	46	15	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ben Leber	53.5	45	17	7	1	4	10	0	1
Jared Allen	47.5	41	13	3	0	0	0		3
Madieu Williams	40	38	4	3
Ray Edwards	43.5	34	19	3	0	0	0	0	1
Pat Williams	37.5	31	13	3	0	1	0	0	0
E.J. Henderson	28.5	26	5		0	1	0	0	1
Napoleon Harris	28	24	8		0	1	27	1	0
Tyrell Johnson	23.5	20	7	2	0	1	7	0	0
Charles Gordon	17.5	17	1	3	1	0	0	0	1
Benny Sapp	14.5	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	1
Brian Robison	10.5	7	7		0	0	0	0	1
Fred Evans	11	6	10
Ellis Wyms	7	6	2		0	0	0	0	1
David Herron	5	4	2
Adrian Peterson	4	4	0		9	2	0		0
Vinny Ciurciu	3.5	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
Marcus McCauley	3.5	3	1
Visanthe Shiancoe	3	3	0		0	1	0		0
Matt Birk	3	3	0		1	0	-22	0	0
Chester Taylor	2	2	0		2	1	0		0
Gus Frerotte	2	2	0		4	1	-1		0
Bernard Berrian	2	2	0		1	0	0		0
Ryan Cook	1	1	0		0	2	2	0	0
Aundrae Allison	1	1	0		2	1	0	0	0
Jim Kleinsasser	1	1	0		0	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Kennedy	1	1	0
Steve Hutchinson	1	1	0
Otis Grigsby	1	1	0
Jeff Dugan	1	1	0
Husain Abdullah	3	0	6
Dontarrious Thomas	0.5	0	1		0	1	0	0	0
Naufahu Tahi	0.5	0	1		1	1	0	0	0
Cullen Loeffler	0.5	0	1
Eric Frampton	0.5	0	1
Tarvaris Jackson					5	1	0	0	0
Chris Kluwe					1	1	0	0	0
Maurice Hicks					1	0	0	0	0
Bobby Wade					2	0	0		0
Totals	778.5	678	201	66	31	26	71	2	22

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Ryan Longwell									29	40	0			127
Adrian Peterson	10	0		0					0	0	0			60
Bernard Berrian	0	7	1						0	0	0			48
Visanthe Shiancoe		7							0	0	0			42
Chester Taylor	4	2		0					0	0	0			36
Sidney Rice		4							0	0	0			24
Antoine Winfield						0	1	1	0	0	0			12
Bobby Wade		2	0						0	0	0			12
Gus Frerotte	1								0	0	0			6
Napoleon Harris							1		0	0	0			6
Jared Allen									0	0	0		2	4
Totals	15	22	1	0	0	0	2	1	29	40	0	0	2	377