2009 Minnesota Vikings Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 12-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 1-1 Lost Conference Championship
Coach: Brad Childress (12-4)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota

2009 Minnesota Vikings Roster
2009 Minnesota Vikings Results

The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 2009 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's North Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-1.

Minnesota moved the ball well, scoring 470 points, while the defensive squad allowed 312. Brett Favre directed the offense, passing for 4,202 yards. Sidney Rice paced pass catchers, snagging 83 passes for 1,312 yards.

Adrian Peterson carried the pigskin for a team-best 1,383 yards for the Vikings.

Cedric Griffin intercepted 4 opponent throws. Jared Allen topped the defensive unit with 14.5 quarterback sacks, topping a defense credited with 46 sacks.

Brad Childress coached the team. The 2009 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
Brett Favre	531	363	68.4	4202	7.9	33	6.2	7	1.3	63	34	247	107.2
Tarvaris Jackson	21	14	66.7	201	9.6	1	4.8	0	0.0	34	0	0	113.4
Sidney Rice	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	553	377	68.2	4403	8.0	34	6.1	7	1.3	63	34	247

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Adrian Peterson	314	1383	4.4	64	18
Chester Taylor	94	338	3.6	25	1
Percy Harvin	15	135	9.0	35	0
Albert Young	12	53	4.4	10	0
Jeff Dugan	3	7	2.3	5	0
Brett Favre	9	7	0.8	4	0
Naufahu Tahi	3	5	1.7	2	0
Tarvaris Jackson	17	-10	-0.6	6	0
Totals	467	1918	4.1	64	19

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Sidney Rice	83	1312	15.8	63	8
Percy Harvin	60	790	13.2	51	6
Visanthe Shiancoe	56	566	10.1	27	11
Bernard Berrian	55	618	11.2	40	4
Chester Taylor	44	389	8.8	33	1
Adrian Peterson	43	436	10.1	63	0
Jim Kleinsasser	10	70	7.0	21	0
Naufahu Tahi	10	67	6.7	32	1
Greg Lewis	8	96	12.0	32	1
Jeff Dugan	6	52	8.7	25	2
Jaymar Johnson	1	9	9.0	9	0
Brett Favre	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Totals	377	4403	11.7	63	34

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Ryan Longwell	55	54	98.2	28	26	92.9	132
Totals	55	54	98.2	28	26	92.9	132

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Chris Kluwe	73	3202	43.9	60
Totals	73	3202	43.9	60

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Darius Reynaud	30	308	10.3	36
Jaymar Johnson	16	134	8.4	24
Bernard Berrian	2	13	6.5	8
Totals	48	455	9.5	36

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Percy Harvin	42	1156	27.5	101	2
Darius Reynaud	4	90	22.5	30	0
Jeff Dugan	5	38	7.6	13	0
Brian Robison	2	7	3.5	7	0
Jimmy Kennedy	1	6	6.0	6	0
Naufahu Tahi	1	0	0.0	0	0
Sidney Rice	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	56	1297	23.2	101	2

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Cedric Griffin	4	-2	-0.5	0
Chad Greenway	3	49	16.3	36
Asher Allen	1	0	0.0	0
Antoine Winfield	1	0	0.0	0
Tyrell Johnson	1	0	0.0	0
Jared Allen	1	-4	-4.0	-4
Totals	11	43	3.9	36

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Jared Allen	14.5
Ray Edwards	8.5
Kevin Williams	6.0
Brian Robison	4.5
Jimmy Kennedy	3.0
Ben Leber	2.5
E.J. Henderson	2.0
Pat Williams	2.0
Antoine Winfield	1.0
Asher Allen	1.0
Husain Abdullah	1.0
Totals	46.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Chad Greenway	88.5	79	19	6	1	3	0	0	1
E.J. Henderson	72.5	63	19	1	0	1	6	0	0
Cedric Griffin	66.5	60	13	6	0	0	0	0	3
Madieu Williams	61.5	56	11	4	0	1	0	0	0
Antoine Winfield	51	50	2	5	0	0	0	0	1
Tyrell Johnson	49.5	45	9	7	0	1	0	0	0
Jared Allen	47	43	8	4	0	3	54	1	5
Ray Edwards	47	43	8	2	0	1	0	0	1
Ben Leber	42	38	8	5	0	1	0	0	1
Benny Sapp	38.5	37	3	6	0	0	0	0	2
Pat Williams	39	34	10	3	0	0	0	0	2
Kevin Williams	26.5	22	9	7	0	1	0	0	1
Jasper Brinkley	22.5	22	1		0	0	0	0	1
Asher Allen	23	21	4	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jimmy Kennedy	16.5	15	3	1
Karl Paymah	14.5	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jamarca Sanford	14	11	6
Brian Robison	9	8	2		1	0	0	0	1
Fred Evans	7.5	6	3
Heath Farwell	6.5	6	1		0	2	0	0	0
Husain Abdullah	3.5	2	3	1
Jayme Mitchell	2.5	2	1
Chester Taylor	2	2	0		2	1	0		0
Kenny Onatolu	2.5	1	3
Brett Favre	1	1	0		2	0	0	0	0
Steve Hutchinson	1	1	0
John Sullivan	1	1	0		1	0	-4	0	0
Letroy Guion	1	1	0	1
Jeff Dugan	1	1	0
Jim Kleinsasser	1	1	0
Sidney Rice	1	1	0		1	0	0		0
Anthony Herrera	1	1	0
Percy Harvin	1	1	0		1	0	0		0
Eric Frampton	2.5	0	5		0	0	0	0	2
Greg Lewis	0.5	0	1
Darius Reynaud					3	2	0	0	0
Bryant McKinnie					0	1	0	0	0
Erin Henderson					0	1	0	0	0
Adrian Peterson					7	0	-12		0
Totals	765.5	688	155	62	19	19	44	1	23

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Ryan Longwell									26	54	0			132
Adrian Peterson	18	0							0	0	0			108
Visanthe Shiancoe		11							0	0	0			66
Percy Harvin	0	6		2					0	0	0			48
Sidney Rice		8		0					0	0	0			48
Bernard Berrian		4	0						0	0	0			24
Jeff Dugan	0	2		0					0	0	0			12
Chester Taylor	1	1							0	0	0			12
Jared Allen						0	1		0	0	0		1	8
Naufahu Tahi	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Greg Lewis		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	19	34	0	2	0	0	1	0	26	54	0	0	1	470