2006 Minnesota Vikings Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
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 Roster
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.

Minnesota scored 282 points, while 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 were targeted regularly also.

Chester Taylor carried the ball for a team-best 1,216 yards for the Vikings.

The sticky-fingered defense led the way with 36 turnovers. Dwight Smith, Darren Sharper 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:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Ryan Longwell	28	27	96.4	25	21	84.0	90
Totals	28	27	96.4	25	21	84.0	90

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
Bethel Johnson	45	1054	23.4	65
Troy Williamson	14	324	23.1	44
Artose Pinner	4	76	19.0	24
Mewelde Moore	1	25	25.0	25
Mike Rosenthal	1	13	13.0	13
Richard Owens	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	66	1492	22.6	65

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
Darrion Scott	5.5
Kevin Williams	5.0
E.J. Henderson	3.0
Ray Edwards	3.0
Ben Leber	3.0
Jayme Mitchell	3.0
Napoleon Harris	2.5
Dontarrious Thomas	1.0
Pat Williams	1.0
Dwight Smith	1.0
Darren Sharper	1.0
Totals	29.0	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
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