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Most rushing yards in a rookie season: 1,341, Adrian Peterson ; Most rushing yards in a game: 296, Adrian Peterson (November 4, 2007) – NFL record; Longest run: 95, Chester Taylor (October 22, 2006) Most seasons with 1,000+ yards rushing: 7, Adrian Peterson (2007–2010, 2012–2013, 2015) Most consecutive seasons with 1,000+ yards rushing: 4
The Vikings ended the season giving up an average of 61.6 rushing yards per game, which fell behind the record of 60.6 rushing yards per game held by the 2000 Baltimore Ravens. Their 6–10 record served to solidify a third-place finish in the NFC North, as well as the seventh overall draft pick in the 2007 NFL draft.
Their worst seasons since the NFL changed to a 16-game schedule were in 1984 and 2011, when they could only manage a 3–13 record. [4] The best regular-season record was achieved in 1998, when the Vikings went 15–1, but kicker Gary Anderson , who had gone 35-for-35 in field goal attempts during the regular season, missed a 38-yard attempt ...
The Vikings ended the regular season with a 12–4 record, their best record since 2000 and the first 11-plus win season since their record-setting 1998 campaign. [88] The Vikings played the Dallas Cowboys in the divisional round on January 17, 2010, and won the game by a score of 34–3, advancing the Vikings to the NFC Championship game, the ...
The Vikings' starting quarterback for the first game of their inaugural season against the Chicago Bears was George Shaw. [3] However, he was replaced by Fran Tarkenton early on, who passed for four touchdowns in the game and rushed for one more. Tarkenton went on to start in 10 of the Vikings' 14 regular season matches that year. [4]
He has 1,838 rushing yards through 15 games and leads the NFL with 42 runs of at least 10 yards. Barkley could break the single-season rushing record of 2,105 yards set by Eric Dickerson in 1984.
In 1984, Los Angeles Rams running back Eric Dickerson set the single-season rushing record with 2,105 yards. Forty years later, no one has passed him. With 101 yards next week, Barkley would hit ...
The 2009 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 49th in the National Football League (NFL) and their fourth under head coach Brad Childress.The Vikings improved upon their 10–6 record and defended their NFC North title from 2008, their first successful defense of a divisional title since they won six NFC Central titles in a row between 1973 and 1978.