A Statistical Look at the Minnesota Vikings Offense

By Dave Cariello Jan 23, 2010, 1:00pm CST

Regular Season Stats

	Vikings	Saints Opponents
Total First Downs	343	310
Rushing	99	111
Passing	220	175
Penalty	24	24
3rd Down: Made/Att	100/223	82/216
3rd Down Pct.	44.8%	38.0%
4th Down: Made/Att	8/12	11/24
4th Down Pct.	66.7%	45.8%
Possession Avg.	32:40	28:50
Total Net Yards	6074	5724
Avg. Per Game	379.6	357.8
Total Plays	1054	1044
Avg. Per Play	5.8	5.5
Net Yards Rushing	1918	1955
Avg. Per Game	119.9	122.2
Total Rushes	467	435
Net Yards Passing	4156	3769
Avg. Per Game	259.8	235.6
Sacked/Yards Lost	34/247	35/192
Gross Yards	4403	3961
Attempts/Completions	553/377	574/330
Completion Pct.	68.2%	57.5%
Had Intercepted	7	26

Regular Season Scoring

	Vikings	Saints Opponents
Touchdowns	56	37
Rushing	19	19
Passing	34	15
Returns	3	3

Score By Periods	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	Pts
Vikings	69	156	111	134	0	470
Saints Opponents	106	93	91	48	3	341

Offensive Regular Season Rankings and Comparison

Team	Yds / Game	Yds / Play	Rush Yds / Game	Rush Yds / Play	Pass Yds / Game	Pass Yds / Play	Int. Rate	Sacks / Pass Att.	First Downs / Game	Punt Return Avg	Kickoff Return Avg	Field Goals Made	3rd Down Pct	4th Down Pct	Red Zone Pct	Goal to Go%	Avg Time of Poss.	Pts / Game
MIN	379.6	5.76	119.9	4.11	259.8	7.52	1.27%	6.15%	21.4	9.5	23.2	92.86%	44.84%	66.67%	62.32%	85.00%	32:40	29.4
Rank	5	10	13	22	8	7	1	12	3	12	13	2	5	5t	3	1	3	2
NO Defensive Rank	25	21	21	26	26	20	3	21	22t	32	29	--	14	9	2	8	--	--

Individual Season Stats

Passing	Att	Cmp	Yds	Cmp%	Yds/Att	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Long	Sack	Lost	Rating
B.Favre	531	363	4202	68.4%	7.9	33	6.2%	7	1.3%	63	34/	247	107.2
T.Jackson	21	14	201	66.7%	9.6	1	4.8%	0	0.0%	34t	0/	0	113.4
S.Rice	1	0	0	0.0%	0.0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0/	0	39.6
Team	553	377	4403	68.2%	8.0	34	6.1%	7	1.3%	63	34/	247	107.3

Rushing	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
A.Peterson	314	1383	4.4	64t	18
C.Taylor	94	338	3.6	25	1
P.Harvin	15	135	9.0	35	0
A.Young	12	53	4.4	10	0
B.Favre	9	7	0.8	4	0
J.Dugan	3	7	2.3	5	0
N.Tahi	3	5	1.7	2	0
C.Kluwe	0	0	0	0	0
T.Jackson	17	-10	-0.6	6	0
Team	467	1918	4.1	64t	19

Receiving	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
S.Rice	83	1312	15.8	63	8
P.Harvin	60	790	13.2	51t	6
V.Shiancoe	56	566	10.1	27	11
B.Berrian	55	618	11.2	40	4
C.Taylor	44	389	8.8	33	1
A.Peterson	43	436	10.1	63	0
J.Kleinsasser	10	70	7.0	21	0
N.Tahi	10	67	6.7	32	1
G.Lewis	8	96	12.0	32t	1
J.Dugan	6	52	8.7	25	2
J.Johnson	1	9	9.0	9	0
B.Favre	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
D.Reynaud	0	0	0	0	0
Team	377	4403	11.7	63	34