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Im bored and was nosing around team records. Any interesting to you?


Season records
Pass yards - 2004 Daunte Culpepper - 4,717
Pass TD - 2004 Daunte Culpepper - 39
Interceptions - 1978 Fran Tarkenton - 32
QB Rating - 2004 Daunte Culpepper - 110.9
Rush Yards - 2012 Adrian Peterson - 2,097
Rush TD - 2009 Adrian Peterson - 18
Attempts - 2008 Adrian Peterson - 363
Fumbles - 2002 Daunte Culpepper - 23
Receiving yards - 2003 Randy Moss - 1,632
Receiving TD - *tie* 2003 & 1998 Randy moss and 1995 Cris Carter- 17
Receptions - 1994 & 1995 Cris Carter - 122
Touchdowns - 1975 Chuck Foreman - 22
Tackles - Scott Studwell - 230
Sacks - 2011 Jared Allen - 22
50yd Punts - 2008 Chris Kluwe - 35
Pass Completions - 1995 Warren Moon - 377
Safeties - 2008 - Jared Allen - 2
Rush TDs allowed - 1971 - 2
Ints - 1975 Paul Krause - 10
Game Winning FG - 2008 Ryan Longwell - 3


Career Records
Passing Yards - Fran Tarkenton - 33,098
Passing TDs - Fran Tarkenton - 239
Rushing - Adrian Peterson - 8,849
Rush TD - Adrian Peterson - 76
Receiving yards - Cris Carter - 12,383
Receptions - Cris Carter - 1,004
Receiving TD - Cris Carter - 110
Tackles - Scott Studwell - 1,981
Ints - Paul Krause - 53
Blocked Kicks - Matt Blair - 20
Kick Return TDs - Percy Harvin - 5
Sacks - Carl Eller - 130(Reportedly)
Fumble Recoveries - Jim Marshall - 29
Points Scored - Fred Cox - 1,365

Jeffbleedspurple wrote:Tarkenton 32 Int's in a season! I wonder what year that was? It works out to about 2.28 Int's per game. Man that's awful.

That was in 1978, his 18th and final season. He led the league in passing that year and in passing TDs and INTs. 32 INTs is not good but keep in mind that the rules weren't as favorable to passers back then.

Ken Stabler threw 30 INTs the same season! That's 62 interceptions between two QBs! Mind-boggling by today's standards...

Mothman wrote: That was in 1978, his 18th and final season. He led the league in passing that year and in passing TDs and INTs. 32 INTs is not good but keep in mind that the rules weren't as favorable to passers back then.

Ken Stabler threw 30 INTs the same season! That's 62 interceptions between two QBs! Mind-boggling by today's standards...

What's more, Chuck Foreman had an awful season playing injured most of the time. The Vikings were throwing the ball on almost every down, so the opposing Ds knew what was coming.

These stand out for me:

Season records
Pass yards - 2004 Daunte Culpepper - 4,717
Pass TD - 2004 Daunte Culpepper - 39 ......just an amazing season


Interceptions - Fran Tarkenton - 32....holy crap

Rush Yards - 2012 Adrian Peterson - 2,097....the # of runs over 60yds was insane

Fumbles - 2002 Daunte Culpepper - 23....another holy crap

Tackles - Scott Studwell - 230....that's a lot of tackles IMO

Sacks - 2011 Jared Allen - 22....huge #

Rush TDs allowed - 1971 - 2....considering the era in which it happened makes it even more impressive. one of the greatest defenses ever.

Ints - 1975 Paul Krause - 10.....38 years and counting, considering we are in a passing era I would hope this one gets broken before long. But lately we are lucky if the whole team can muster that many.

Career Records
Ints - Paul Krause - 53.....is this still a league record? if not it stood for a long time....
Blocked Kicks - Matt Blair - 20.....unbelievable
Kick Return TDs - Percy Harvin - 5....crazy to think how many he might've had in purple

The Breeze wrote:Ints - Paul Krause - 53.....is this still a league record?

Actually the number is 81 (53 with the Vikings), and it's still the league record. He only missed two games (due to injury) in his 16-year career.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/history/leaders/_/stat/intercept

It's considered one of the 10 records that'll never be broken. It's sure safe for now.

A few things:

Culpepper-23 fumbles. Ooo I'm Daunte Culpepper...ooo I'm scramblin' I'm scramblin'...ruh roh...my knee knocked the ball out of my hand...fumble.

Krause-10 picks. Not too shabby.

Blair-20 blocked kicks. What in the world? What a freaking beast.

The Breeze wrote:Rush TDs allowed - 1971 - 2....considering the era in which it happened makes it even more impressive. one of the greatest defenses ever.

That one stood out the most for me. Very impressive. I haven't looked it up, but I imagine there have been defenses that allowed only one or perhaps zero rushing TDs all year?

Pep sure did good with that 'cancer' Moss didn't he? Man, that was a combo to watch for those years.

HornedMessiah wrote: That one stood out the most for me. Very impressive. I haven't looked it up, but I imagine there have been defenses that allowed only one or perhaps zero rushing TDs all year?

Not sure. '09 Vikes allowed only 5 though.

HornedMessiah wrote: That one stood out the most for me. Very impressive. I haven't looked it up, but I imagine there have been defenses that allowed only one or perhaps zero rushing TDs all year?

According to Wikipedia, the '71 Vikes share the record:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Na ... _Allowed_2

Fewest Touchdowns Allowed, Rushing, Season, 2
Detroit Lions: 1934
Dallas Cowboys: 1968
Minnesota Vikings: 1971

PurpleKoolaid wrote:Pep sure did good with that 'cancer' Moss didn't he? Man, that was a combo to watch for those years.

I agree. Most exciting QB to WR combo to watch during that time. Toss Cris Carter in there and they were even more amazing.

dead_poet wrote: Actually the number is 81 (53 with the Vikings), and it's still the league record. He only missed two games (due to injury) in his 16-year career.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/history/leaders/_/stat/intercept

It's considered one of the 10 records that'll never be broken. It's sure safe for now.

You have a link for the 10 records? I would guess Rice's TD record is on there and maybe Emmit's yardage record. Chamberlain's 100 point game. Nolan Ryan's no-hitters and strikeout records. Cy Youngs 500 wins and some other old timer who won 40 games in a season. Oscar Roberson's triple double mark.

Chamberlain also had a double triple double....22pts 25rbs 21 assists....doubt anyone pulls that off either.

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/l ... career.htm

Jared Allen is currently tied with Ted Hendricks and Doug English for career safeties at 4. One more and he will have the record all to himself. Plus all 4 of those safeties have been with the Vikings.

Blair Walsh franchise records:

Longest Field Goal - 56 Yards (2012) (Tied with Paul Edinger)
Most Field Goals of 50 yards or more in a season - 10 (2012)
Most Field Goals of 50 yards or more without missing in a season - 10 (2012)
Straight games making a 50+ yard field goal - 3 (2012)
Most points by a rookie in a single season - 141 (2012)

Some, as we know, are also NFL records.

Mothman wrote: That was in 1978, his 18th and final season. He led the league in passing that year and in passing TDs and INTs. 32 INTs is not good but keep in mind that the rules weren't as favorable to passers back then.

Ken Stabler threw 30 INTs the same season! That's 62 interceptions between two QBs! Mind-boggling by today's standards...

Yeah that was definitely a different era as far as passing goes. Do these sound like Hall of Fame numbers for a QB ... 62-63 record, 50.1 completion %, 27663 yards, 173 TD's, 220 INT, and a 65.5 QB rating? Those numbers belong to Hall of Famer Joe Namath. He once had a game where he went 2 of 18 for 33yds and 3 INT, and another game where he went 4 of 15 for 20yds and 4 INT. To bad for Ponder, he would be putting up HoF numbers if this were the 60's haha.

MelanieMFunk wrote:Culpepper-23 fumbles. Ooo I'm Daunte Culpepper...ooo I'm scramblin' I'm scramblin'...ruh roh...my knee knocked the ball out of my hand...fumble.

what a coincidence, every time Culpepper took off to scramble "ruh roh" was the first thought that entered my mind too.