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Record: 7 - 9 (pythagorean: 5 - 11, .321) Coaching: Bud Grant 7 - 9 1979 Pro Bowl Players: WR - Ahmad Rashad LB - Matt Blair 1979 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-16 (16) - Ted Brown, North Carolina State, RB   2-15 (43) - Dave Huffman, Notre Dame, C   4-15 (97) - Steve Dils, Stanford, QB   5-19 (129) - Jerry Meter, Michigan, LB   6-15 (152) - Joe Senser, West Chester (PA), TE   7-16 (181) - Bob Winkel, Kentucky, DT   9-16 (236) - Billy Diggs, Winston-Salem State, WR   11-16 (291) - Brian Nelson, Texas Tech, WR   12-14 (317) - David Stephens, Kentucky, LB
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 SFO 22 at MIN 28 Week 2 MIN 7 at CHI 26 Week 3 MIA 27 at MIN 12 Week 4 GNB 21 OT at MIN 27 Week 5 MIN 13 at DET 10 Week 6 DAL 36 at MIN 20 Week 7 MIN 7 at NYJ 14 Week 8 CHI 27 at MIN 30 Week 9 TAM 12 at MIN 10 Week 10 MIN 7 at SLC 37 Week 11 MIN 7 at GNB 19 Week 12 DET 7 at MIN 14 Week 13 MIN 23 at TAM 22 Week 14 MIN 21 OT at LAM 27 Week 15 BUF 3 at MIN 10 Week 16 MIN 23 at NWE 27
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 259 4903 32 112 168 31 311   566 315 3397 23 24 37 258   487 1764 9   96 787 40 17 -- DEFENSE 337 5223 43 148 133 16 297   424 229 2965 14 22 30 268   583 2526 24   93 786 23 -- 11     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 57 288 0   OPP: 48 354 0   OWN: 61 1380 0   OPP: 59 1070 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 91 3551 9 1 23   OPP: 93 3688   OWN: 28 31 13 22   OPP: 32 42 15 24
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Tommy Kramer 16 566 315 55.7 3397 6.00 23 24 36 249 69.3   32 138 4.3 1 20   0 3 0.0 0 3L Terry LeCount 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 1 9 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   6 119 19.8 2 36t Rickey Young 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   188 708 3.8 3 26   72 519 7.2 4 18 Ted Brown 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   130 551 4.2 1 34   31 197 6.4 0 35 Chuck Foreman 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   87 223 2.6 2 16   19 147 7.7 0 22 Robert Miller 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   35 109 3.1 2 20   9 60 6.7 0 14 Brent McClanahan 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   14 29 2.1 0 9   10 57 5.7 0 9 Sammy White 15 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 6 6.0 0 6   42 715 17.0 4 55t Ahmad Rashad 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   80 1156 14.5 9 52t Bob Tucker 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   24 223 9.3 2 21 Stu Voigt 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   15 139 9.3 2 18 Doug Cunningham 6 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   5 50 10.0 0 15 Robert Steele 16 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 10 10.0 0 10 Jimmy Edwards 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 2 2.0 0 2   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Jimmy Edwards 14 33 186 5.6 2 42 0   44 1103 25.1 83 0 Kevin Miller 3 18 85 4.7 2 14 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Keith Nord 16 3 11 3.7 3 7 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Bobby Bryant 14 1 7 7.0 2 7 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Nate Allen 5 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 John Turner 16 1 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Ted Brown 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   8 186 23.3 43 0 Brent McClanahan 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   3 53 17.7 20 0 Robert Miller 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   3 38 12.7 19 0 Robert Steele 16 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0 Scott Studwell 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   1 0 0.0 0 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Rick Danmeier 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   0/0 3/5 5/7 5/10 0/0 44 13 22 28 30 Greg Coleman 16 90 3551 70 1 9 23 33.2 39.5   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Matt Blair 16 0.0 0   3 32 16 0 Tom Hannon 16 0.0 0   4 85 52 0 Paul Krause 16 0.0 0   3 49 18 0 John Turner 16 0.0 0   2 48 36 0 Bobby Bryant 14 0.0 0   2 50 29 0 Scott Studwell 14 0.0 0   1 18 18 0 Kurt Knoff 10 0.0 0   2 25 15 0 Nate Wright 10 0.0 0   4 44 32 0 Nate Allen 5 0.0 0   1 0 0 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Nate Allen 5 0 0 0 0 0 Tim Baylor 16 0 1 0 0 0 Matt Blair 16 0 0 2 14 0 Ted Brown 14 6 2 0 0 0 Bobby Bryant 14 0 0 0 0 0 Greg Coleman 16 0 0 0 0 0 Doug Cunningham 6 0 0 0 0 0 Rick Danmeier 16 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Dils 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Edwards 14 10 6 0 0 0 Chuck Foreman 14 4 1 0 0 0 Charlie Goodrum 15 0 2 0 0 0 Wes Hamilton 16 0 1 0 0 0 Tom Hannon 16 0 0 3 0 0 Joe Harris 2 0 0 0 0 0 Wally Hilgenberg 8 0 0 0 0 0 Randy Holloway 16 0 0 0 0 0 Jim Hough 16 0 1 0 0 0 Dave Huffman 13 0 0 0 0 0 Kurt Knoff 10 0 0 0 0 0 Tommy Kramer 16 9 2 0 -6 0 Paul Krause 16 0 0 1 0 0 Terry LeCount 12 0 0 0 0 0 Derrel Luce 16 0 0 2 0 0 Jim Marshall 16 0 0 1 7 0 Brent McClanahan 16 0 0 0 0 0 Fred Mcneill 16 0 0 1 0 0 Kevin Miller 3 1 1 0 0 0 Robert Miller 16 1 0 0 0 0 Mark Mullaney 16 0 0 0 0 0 Frank Myers 14 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Niehaus 3 0 0 0 0 0 Keith Nord 16 1 1 0 0 0 Ahmad Rashad 16 2 0 0 0 0 Steve Riley 16 0 1 0 0 0 Dave Roller 15 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Siemon 16 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Steele 16 0 0 0 0 0 Scott Studwell 14 0 1 0 6 0 Doug Sutherland 16 0 0 0 0 0 Dennis Swilley 16 0 1 0 0 0 Bob Tucker 16 1 0 0 0 0 John Turner 16 1 0 0 0 0 Stu Voigt 16 1 0 0 0 0 James White 16 0 0 1 1 0 Sammy White 15 1 0 0 0 0 Phil Wise 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nate Wright 10 0 0 0 0 0 Ron Yary 16 0 1 0 0 0 Rickey Young 16 2 0 0 0 0

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