2nd NFC North (10-6-0)
Founded: 1961
Stadium: Mall of America Field
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Game Averages (2012)
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| Team Statistics | ||
| Vikings | Opponents | |
| Total First Downs | 292 | 255 |
| 1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty) | 119 - 150 - 23 | 72 - 163 - 20 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 86/218 | 68/203 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 9/18 | 5/13 |
| Total Offensive Yds | 5294 | 4679 |
| Offense (Plays-Avg Yds) | 1014 - 5.2 | 946 - 4.9 |
| Total Rushing Yds | 2338 | 1230 |
| Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards) | 519 - 4.5 | 371 - 3.3 |
| Total Passing Yds | 2956 | 3449 |
| Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 267 - 452 - 17 - 7.1 | 324 - 530 - 12 - 7.1 |
| Sacks | 45 | 43 |
| Field Goals | 29/34 | 26/36 |
| Touchdowns | 41 | 36 |
| (Rush-Pass-Ret-Def) | 15 - 22 - 1 - 3 | 10 - 15 - 4 - 7 |
| Time of Possession | 31:18 | 28:41 |
| Turnover Ratio | -6 | |
| Passing Statistics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sck | Sack/Lost | Rating |
| Gus Frerotte | 301 | 178 | 2157 | 59.1 | 7.2 | 12 | 4.0 | 15 | 5.0 | 99 | 29 | 164 | 73.7 |
| Tarvaris Jackson | 149 | 88 | 1056 | 59.1 | 7.1 | 9 | 6.0 | 2 | 1.3 | 59 | 14 | 97 | 95.4 |
| Chester Taylor | 1 | 1 | 4 | 100.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 122.9 |
| Sidney Rice | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -- | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Rushing Statistics | |||||
| Player | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD |
| Adrian Peterson | 363 | 1760 | 4.8 | 67 | 10 |
| Chester Taylor | 101 | 399 | 4.0 | 21 | 4 |
| Tarvaris Jackson | 26 | 145 | 5.6 | 29 | 0 |
| Gus Frerotte | 19 | 7 | 0.4 | 5 | 1 |
| Bernard Berrian | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Jeff Dugan | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 2 | 0 |
| Aundrae Allison | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Kluwe | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Receiving Statistics | |||||
| Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | Long | TD |
| Bobby Wade | 53 | 645 | 12.2 | 59 | 2 |
| Bernard Berrian | 48 | 964 | 20.1 | 99 | 7 |
| Chester Taylor | 45 | 399 | 8.9 | 47 | 2 |
| Visanthe Shiancoe | 42 | 596 | 14.2 | 40 | 7 |
| Adrian Peterson | 21 | 125 | 6.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Naufahu Tahi | 16 | 37 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Sidney Rice | 15 | 141 | 9.4 | 23 | 4 |
| Aundrae Allison | 10 | 109 | 10.9 | 21 | 0 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 34 | 0 |
| Garrett Mills | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Robert Ferguson | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Jeff Dugan | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Thomas Tapeh | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Field Goal Statistics | ||||||||||
| Player | 1-19 A | 1-19 M | 20-29 A | 20-29 M | 30-39 A | 30-39 M | 40-49 A | 40-49 M | 50+ A | 50+ M |
| Ryan Longwell | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| Punting Statistics | ||||||
| Player | Punts | Avg | Touchbacks/g | IN 20 | Long | Blck |
| Chris Kluwe | 73 | 47.6 | 13 | 23 | 62 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 73 | 46.9 | 13 | 23 | 62 | 1 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 80 | 43.5 | 4 | 29 | 66 | 0 |
| Punt Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | FC | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Charles Gordon | 15 | 11 | 4.4 | 20 | 0 |
| Aundrae Allison | 9 | 4 | 6.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Bernard Berrian | 7 | 5 | 16.3 | 82 | 1 |
| Bobby Wade | 3 | 3 | 11.7 | 20 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 34 | 23 | 8.0 | 82 | 1 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 42 | 8 | 14.9 | 76 | 4 |
| Kick Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | Yds | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Maurice Hicks | 29 | 690 | 23.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Chester Taylor | 10 | 234 | 23.4 | 37 | 0 |
| Darius Reynaud | 8 | 201 | 25.1 | 49 | 0 |
| Aundrae Allison | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Charles Gordon | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Naufahu Tahi | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 61 | 1369 | 22.4 | 49 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 78 | 1830 | 23.5 | 58 | 0 |
| Defense Statistics | |||||
| Player | Comb | Total | Assist | Sck | Fumb |
| Chad Greenway | 115 | 86 | 29 | 5.5 | 3 |
| Antoine Winfield | 95 | 81 | 14 | 2.0 | 4 |
| Cedric Griffin | 91 | 80 | 11 | 0.0 | 4 |
| Darren Sharper | 69 | 60 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ben Leber | 64 | 47 | 17 | 1.5 | 1 |
| Kevin Williams | 60 | 45 | 15 | 8.5 | 1 |
| Jared Allen | 54 | 41 | 13 | 14.5 | 3 |
| Madieu Williams | 42 | 38 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ray Edwards | 54 | 35 | 19 | 5.0 | 1 |
| Pat Williams | 44 | 31 | 13 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Napoleon Harris | 32 | 24 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Tyrell Johnson | 31 | 24 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| E.J. Henderson | 27 | 23 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Charles Gordon | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Benny Sapp | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Husain Abdullah | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Erin Henderson | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 |
| David Herron | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Maurice Hicks | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Eric Frampton | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Vinny Ciurciu | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Brian Robison | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2.5 | 1 |
| Fred Evans | 16 | 6 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ellis Wyms | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2.5 | 1 |
| Marcus McCauley | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Naufahu Tahi | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Cullen Loeffler | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Visanthe Shiancoe | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Matt Birk | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Garrett Mills | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Robert Ferguson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Chester Taylor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Darius Reynaud | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Gus Frerotte | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Bernard Berrian | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Steve Hutchinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Otis Grigsby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jeff Dugan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Kennedy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Aundrae Allison | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ryan Cook | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Dontarrious Thomas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTAL | 1023 | 822 | 201 | 45 | 22 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 1118 | 844 | 274 | 43 | 21 |
| Interception Statistics | |||||
| Player | Int | Yds | Yds/Int | Long | TD |
| Ben Leber | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Benny Sapp | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Madieu Williams | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Sharper | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tyrell Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cedric Griffin | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 12 | 56 | 4.7 | 28 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 17 | 329 | 19.4 | 59 | 2 |
