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 | 297 | 332 |
| 1st Downs (Rush-Pass-By Penalty) | 118 - 159 - 20 | 92 - 213 - 27 |
| 3rd Down Conversions | 83/216 | 92/208 |
| 4th Down Conversions | 7/18 | 5/9 |
| Total Offensive Yds | 5275 | 5731 |
| Offense (Plays-Avg Yds) | 1007 - 5.2 | 1027 - 5.6 |
| Total Rushing Yds | 2318 | 1712 |
| Rushing (Plays-Avg Yards) | 448 - 5.2 | 439 - 3.9 |
| Total Passing Yds | 2957 | 4019 |
| Passing (Comp-Att-Int-Avg) | 286 - 510 - 17 - 6.4 | 367 - 538 - 8 - 8.1 |
| Sacks | 50 | 49 |
| Field Goals | 22/28 | 32/35 |
| Touchdowns | 39 | 50 |
| (Rush-Pass-Ret-Def) | 18 - 20 - 1 - 0 | 10 - 34 - 2 - 4 |
| Time of Possession | 28:42 | 31:24 |
| Turnover Ratio | -3 | |
| Passing Statistics | |||||||||||||
| Player | Att | Comp | Yds | Comp % | Yds/Att | TD | TD % | INT | INT % | Long | Sck | Sack/Lost | Rating |
| Christian Ponder | 291 | 158 | 1853 | 54.3 | 6.4 | 13 | 4.5 | 13 | 4.5 | 72 | 30 | 164 | 70.1 |
| Donovan McNabb | 156 | 94 | 1026 | 60.3 | 6.6 | 4 | 2.6 | 2 | 1.3 | 60 | 16 | 113 | 82.9 |
| Joe Webb | 63 | 34 | 376 | 54.0 | 6.0 | 3 | 4.8 | 2 | 3.2 | 36 | 3 | 21 | 74.6 |
| Rushing Statistics | |||||
| Player | Att | Yds | Yds/Att | Long | TD |
| Adrian Peterson | 208 | 970 | 4.7 | 54 | 12 |
| Toby Gerhart | 109 | 531 | 4.9 | 67 | 1 |
| Percy Harvin | 52 | 345 | 6.6 | 39 | 2 |
| Christian Ponder | 28 | 219 | 7.8 | 28 | 0 |
| Joe Webb | 22 | 154 | 7.0 | 65 | 2 |
| Donovan McNabb | 14 | 59 | 4.2 | 23 | 1 |
| Lorenzo Booker | 13 | 52 | 4.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Chris Kluwe | 2 | -12 | -6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving Statistics | |||||
| Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | Long | TD |
| Percy Harvin | 87 | 967 | 11.1 | 52 | 6 |
| Michael Jenkins | 38 | 466 | 12.3 | 72 | 3 |
| Visanthe Shiancoe | 36 | 409 | 11.4 | 37 | 3 |
| Devin Aromashodu | 26 | 468 | 18.0 | 60 | 1 |
| Kyle Rudolph | 26 | 249 | 9.6 | 41 | 3 |
| Toby Gerhart | 23 | 190 | 8.3 | 42 | 3 |
| Adrian Peterson | 18 | 139 | 7.7 | 22 | 1 |
| Greg Camarillo | 9 | 121 | 13.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Booker | 8 | 82 | 10.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Bernard Berrian | 7 | 91 | 13.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Stephen Burton | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ryan D'Imperio | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Arceneaux | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Webb | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Allen Reisner | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 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 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Punting Statistics | ||||||
| Player | Punts | Avg | Touchbacks/g | IN 20 | Long | Blck |
| Chris Kluwe | 77 | 45.7 | 3 | 22 | 60 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 77 | 45.7 | 3 | 22 | 60 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 67 | 47.1 | 6 | 22 | 65 | 0 |
| Punt Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | FC | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Marcus Sherels | 33 | 20 | 8.4 | 53 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 33 | 20 | 8.4 | 53 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 43 | 19 | 12.4 | 80 | 1 |
| Kick Return Statistics | |||||
| Player | Returns | Yds | Yds/Ret | Long | TD |
| Lorenzo Booker | 19 | 450 | 23.7 | 68 | 0 |
| Percy Harvin | 16 | 520 | 32.5 | 104 | 1 |
| Marcus Sherels | 16 | 445 | 27.8 | 78 | 0 |
| Everson Griffen | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ryan D'Imperio | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 53 | 1428 | 26.9 | 104 | 1 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 57 | 1403 | 24.6 | 98 | 1 |
| Defense Statistics | |||||
| Player | Comb | Total | Assist | Sck | Fumb |
| Chad Greenway | 154 | 89 | 65 | 2.0 | 0 |
| E.J. Henderson | 109 | 80 | 29 | 2.0 | 3 |
| Cedric Griffin | 67 | 55 | 12 | 0.0 | 3 |
| Jared Allen | 66 | 48 | 18 | 22.0 | 4 |
| Jamarca Sanford | 75 | 46 | 29 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Asher Allen | 49 | 45 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Erin Henderson | 70 | 44 | 26 | 1.5 | 2 |
| Husain Abdullah | 49 | 44 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield | 40 | 34 | 6 | 1.0 | 1 |
| Brian Robison | 44 | 27 | 17 | 8.0 | 3 |
| Kevin Williams | 38 | 25 | 13 | 5.0 | 1 |
| Tyrell Johnson | 28 | 21 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Marcus Sherels | 27 | 21 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Benny Sapp | 25 | 18 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Eric Frampton | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Chris Cook | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Everson Griffen | 21 | 15 | 6 | 4.0 | 1 |
| Letroy Guion | 21 | 14 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Fred Evans | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Kenny Onatolu | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Mistral Raymond | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Ryan D'Imperio | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Larry Dean | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Brandon Burton | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Christian Ballard | 13 | 6 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Devin Aromashodu | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Remi Ayodele | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Ryan Longwell | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Andrew Sendejo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Christian Ponder | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Percy Harvin | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Donovan McNabb | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Phil Loadholt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Chris Kluwe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Kleinsasser | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Matt Katula | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Lorenzo Booker | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Greg Camarillo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Toby Gerhart | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Adrian Awasom | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Cullen Loeffler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Michael Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Adrian Peterson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Allen Reisner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Jarrad Page | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
| TEAM TOTAL | 1109 | 798 | 311 | 50 | 19 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 1002 | 742 | 260 | 49 | 13 |
| Interception Statistics | |||||
| Player | Int | Yds | Yds/Int | Long | TD |
| Jamarca Sanford | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 52 | 0 |
| Husain Abdullah | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Mistral Raymond | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Jared Allen | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Asher Allen | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Antoine Winfield | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cedric Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 8 | 152 | 19.0 | 52 | 0 |
| OPPONENTS TOTAL | 17 | 213 | 12.5 | 42 | 3 |