12 Minnesota Vikings stats from the Half-Way Point
Afte 8 games, Brett Favre has 4 more TD passes (16) than the Vikings did in all of the 2007 season, 3 more than the Vikings did in the 2006 season, is only 2 behind the total for the 2005 season, and only needs 6 more to pass the total of the 2008 season.
The last time the Vikings started 7-1 was in 2000. They finished 11-5, which is the best season they’ve had since the 1998 season.
In their 15-1 season in 1998, the Vikings also started 7-1
The Vikings are averaging 30.5 points per game after 8 games. That’s the best average at the half-way point since 1998 (after 8 games, the Vikings averaged 33.125 points per game in 1998)
Jared Allen has 10.5 sacks after 8 games. That’s more than any Viking not named Jared Allen has had on an entire season since 2004 when Kevin Williams had 12 sacks.
Jared Allen’s 10.5 sacks at the half way point is the 2nd best start in Vikings History behind Keith Millard’s 13 sacks after 8 games in 1989 (The NFL did not start counting sacks until 1982)
Jared Allen’s 10.5 sacks after 8 games is the best start that he’s ever had.
Brett Favre’s 16 touchdowns after 8 games is his best start since 2003, when he also had 16 TDs in 8 games.
Adrian Peterson’s 9 rushing touchdowns after 8 games ties Chuck Foreman for the best start in Vikings history.
Adrian Peterson’s 9 rushing touchdowns so far this year already puts him tied for 13th place all time for most rushing touchdowns in a single season for the Vikings.
—If he gets 1 more this year, he’ll be tied for 7th place
—2 more and he’ll be tied for 5th place
—3 more, and he’ll tie his own rookie season for 4th place
—4 more, and he’ll be tied with Terry Allen and Chuck Foreman for the most rushing touchdowns ever in a single season by a Minnesota Viking.
After 2 1/2 seasons, Adrian Peterson is already #7 on the Vikings all time list for rushing yards. It’s very likely that by the end of this season he’ll be #4 on the list, only trailing Bill Brown, who played 13 seasons for the Vikings, Chuck Foreman who played 7 seasons for the Vikings, and Robert Smith who played 8 seasons for the Vikings.
If the Vikings only won half of their remaining games, they would finish the season at 11-5, which would not only be Brad Childress’s best season as a coach, but it would be tied for second place on the list of best seasons for the Vikings since the NFL switched to an 16 game season. The Vikings also went 11-5 in 1988, 1992, and 2000. The only season that the Vikings finished better than 11-5 was in 1998 when they went 15-1.
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