1998 Minnesota Vikings Statistics
Team Record: 15-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Dennis Green (15-1)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1998 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 1998 season with a record of 15 wins and 1 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.
On offense, the Vikings accumulated 556 points, most in the league. On the other side of the ball, the solid defense yielded 296 points. Randall Cunningham triggered the aerial attack, passing for 3,704 yards. Cris Carter snagged 78 passes, while Randy Moss accumulated 1,313 receiving yards.
Robert Smith carried the pigskin for a team-best 1,187 yards.
The opportunistic defense led the way with 34 turnovers. Jimmy Hitchcock intercepted 7 opponent throws. John Randle topped pass rushers with 10.5 quarterback sacks.
Dennis Green coached the team. The 1998 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Randall Cunningham | 425 | 259 | 60.9 | 3704 | 8.7 | 34 | 8.0 | 10 | 2.4 | 67 | 20 | 132 | 106.0 |
Brad Johnson | 101 | 65 | 64.4 | 747 | 7.4 | 7 | 6.9 | 5 | 5.0 | 48 | 4 | 30 | 89.0 |
Jay Fiedler | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 41 | 5.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 14.3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 22.6 |
David Palmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||
Totals | 533 | 327 | 61.4 | 4492 | 8.4 | 41 | 7.7 | 16 | 3.0 | 67 | 25 | 164 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robert Smith | 249 | 1187 | 4.8 | 74 | 6 |
Leroy Hoard | 115 | 479 | 4.2 | 50 | 9 |
Randall Cunningham | 32 | 132 | 4.1 | 22 | 1 |
Charles Evans | 23 | 67 | 2.9 | 12 | 1 |
David Palmer | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 15 | 0 |
Brad Johnson | 12 | 15 | 1.2 | 6 | 0 |
Harold Morrow | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 8 | 0 |
Randy Moss | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Cris Carter | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Jay Fiedler | 4 | -6 | -1.5 | -1 | 0 |
Totals | 450 | 1936 | 4.3 | 74 | 17 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cris Carter | 78 | 1011 | 13.0 | 54 | 12 |
Randy Moss | 69 | 1313 | 19.0 | 61 | 17 |
Andrew Glover | 35 | 522 | 14.9 | 36 | 5 |
Jake Reed | 34 | 474 | 13.9 | 56 | 4 |
Robert Smith | 28 | 291 | 10.4 | 67 | 2 |
Leroy Hoard | 22 | 198 | 9.0 | 24 | 1 |
David Palmer | 18 | 185 | 10.3 | 33 | 0 |
Matthew Hatchette | 15 | 216 | 14.4 | 25 | 0 |
Charles Evans | 12 | 84 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
Greg DeLong | 8 | 58 | 7.2 | 17 | 0 |
Hunter Goodwin | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
Chris Walsh | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 |
Moe Williams | 1 | 64 | 64.0 | 64 | 0 |
Robert Tate | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Randall Cunningham | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
Totals | 327 | 4492 | 13.7 | 67 | 41 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gary Anderson | 59 | 59 | 100.0 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 164 |
Totals | 59 | 59 | 100.0 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 164 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mitch Berger | 55 | 2458 | 44.7 | 67 |
Totals | 55 | 2458 | 44.7 | 67 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Palmer | 28 | 289 | 10.3 | 53 | 0 |
Randy Moss | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 29 | 289 | 10.0 | 53 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
David Palmer | 50 | 1176 | 23.5 | 88 | 1 |
Robert Tate | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 |
Moe Williams | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
Totals | 54 | 1238 | 22.9 | 88 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jimmy Hitchcock | 7 | 242 | 34.6 | 79 | 3 |
Robert Griffith | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 17 | 0 |
Corey Fuller | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 26 | 0 |
Orlando Thomas | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 27 | 0 |
Torrian Gray | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Totals | 19 | 341 | 17.9 | 79 | 3 |
Sacks:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. |
---|---|---|---|
John Randle | 10.5 | 0.0 | |
Derrick Alexander | 7.5 | 0.0 | |
Ed McDaniel | 7.0 | 0.0 | |
Duane Clemons | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Dwayne Rudd | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Jason Fisk | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Kailee Wong | 1.5 | 0.0 | |
Stalin Colinet | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Corey Fuller | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Torrian Gray | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Tony Williams | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Orlando Thomas | 0.5 | 0.0 | |
Totals | 37.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ed McDaniel | 110.5 | 93 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | |
Dwayne Rudd | 86 | 79 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 157 | 2 | 0 | |
Robert Griffith | 81.5 | 74 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Corey Fuller | 74.5 | 70 | 9 | 0 | |||||
Orlando Thomas | 64.5 | 60 | 9 | 0 | |||||
Jimmy Hitchcock | 62.5 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Derrick Alexander | 39.5 | 37 | 5 | ||||||
Dixon Edwards | 37.5 | 29 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
John Randle | 34 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Tony Williams | 31 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Jerry Ball | 27.5 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Torrian Gray | 19.5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Duane Clemons | 21 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Pete Bercich | 16 | 15 | 2 | ||||||
Jason Fisk | 14.5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Kailee Wong | 13 | 12 | 2 | ||||||
Bobby Houston | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
Stalin Colinet | 8 | 5 | 6 | ||||||
Ramos McDonald | 7.5 | 5 | 5 | ||||||
Duane Butler | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
Kivuusama Mays | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Antonio Banks | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
Anthony Phillips | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Leroy Hoard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
David Dixon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Harold Morrow | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
David Palmer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Hunter Goodwin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Moe Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Randall Cunningham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Brad Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Randy Moss | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Robert Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 771 | 682 | 178 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 197 | 2 | 12 |
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 |
Gary Anderson | 35 | 59 | 0 | 164 | ||||||||||
Randy Moss | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 106 | ||||||
Cris Carter | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||||
Leroy Hoard | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||||
Robert Smith | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
Andrew Glover | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
Jake Reed | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
Jimmy Hitchcock | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Dwayne Rudd | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Randall Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |||||||
David Palmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Charles Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Totals | 17 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 554 |