1994 Minnesota Vikings season

1994 Minnesota Vikings season
Head Coach	Dennis Green
Home Field	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Results
Record	10–6
Place	1st NFC Central
Playoff Finish	Lost NFC Wild Card Playoff (Bears) 18–35
Uniform
	File:1995 Minnesota Vikings uniforms.png
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1993	1995

The 1994 season was the Minnesota Vikings' 34th in the National Football League and their third under head coach Dennis Green. The team finished with a 10–6 record and reached the playoffs for a third straight season, but also failed to make it out of the Wild Card round for the third year in a row, losing 35–18 to their division rival Chicago Bears.

Offseason[]

Additions	Subtractions
T Chris Hinton (Falcons)	WR Anthony Carter (Lions)
RB Amp Lee (49ers)	DE Chris Doleman (Falcons)
QB Warren Moon (Oilers)	LB Fred Strickland (Packers)

1994 Draft[]

	Pro Bowler

1994 Minnesota Vikings Draft
Draft order			Player name	Position	College	Notes
Round	Choice	Overall	Player name	Position	College	Notes
1	18	18	Dewayne Washington	Cornerback	North Carolina State	from Broncos^[a]
1	19	19	Todd Steussie	Offensive tackle	California
2	11	40	David Palmer	Wide receiver	Alabama	from Browns via Eagles and Falcons^[b]
	16	45	Traded to the Atlanta Falcons^[b]			Compensatory pick
	23	52	Traded to the Los Angeles Raiders^[c]
	26	55	Fernando Smith	Defensive end	Jackson State	from Raiders^[c]
3	23	88	Traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers^[d]
4	16	119	Traded to the Houston Oilers^[e]
4	22	125	Mike Wells	Defensive tackle	Iowa	from Raiders^[c]
5	3	134	Shelly Hammonds	Defensive back	Penn State	from Redskins^[e]
5	20	151	Traded to the Kansas City Chiefs^[f]
6	18	179	Andrew Jordan	Tight end	Western Carolina	from Broncos^[a]
6	19	180	Traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers^[d]
7	17	211	Pete Bercich	Linebacker	Notre Dame

^{^[a]} Denver traded their 1st round selection (18th overall), 6th round selection (179th overall), and 1995 2nd round selection to Minnesota in exchange for OT Gary Zimmerman on August 23, 1993.

^{^[b]} Atlanta traded a 2nd round selection (40th overall) and 1995 1st round selection to Minnesota in exchange for their 2nd round selection (45th overall) and DE Chris Doleman on April 24, 1994.

^{^[c]} The Raiders traded their 2nd round selection (55th overall) and 4th round selection (125th overall) to Minnesota to move up 3 spot to the 52nd overall selection and draft LB James Folston.

^{^[d]} Minnesota traded their 3rd round selection (88th overall) and 6th round selection (180th overall) to Pittsburgh for TE Adrian Cooper.

^{^[e]} Minnesota traded their 4th round selection (119th overall) and 1995 3rd round selection (89th overall) to Houston for QB Warren Moon.

^{^[e]} Washington traded a conditional 5th round selection (134th overall) to Minnesota in exchange for QB Rich Gannon on August 20, 1993.

^{^[f]} Minnesota traded their 5th round selection (151st overall) to Kansas City for RB Barry Word.

Undrafted free agents[]

1994 Undrafted Free Agents of note
Player	Position	College
Tony Carter	Fullback	Minnesota
Robert Griffith	Safety	San Diego State

Preseason[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance^[1]	Notes
1	July 31	at Dallas Cowboys	L 9–17	0–1	Texas Stadium	59,062
2	August 7	Kansas City Chiefs	W 17–9	1–1	Tokyo Dome (Tokyo, Japan)	49,555	American Bowl
3	August 13	New Orleans Saints	W 21–17	2–1	Metrodome	46,067
4	August 20	at Seattle Seahawks	L 19–30	2–2	Husky Stadium	45,797
5	August 26	Miami Dolphins	W 31–16	3–2	Metrodome	46,933

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 4	at Green Bay Packers	L 16–10	0–1	Lambeau Field	59,487
2	September 11	Detroit Lions	W 10–3	1–1	Metrodome	57,349
3	September 18	at Chicago Bears	W 42–14	2–1	Soldier Field	61,073
4	September 25	Miami Dolphins	W 38–35	3–1	Metrodome	64,035
5	October 2	at Arizona Cardinals	L 17–7	3–2	Sun Devil Stadium	67,950
6	October 10	at New York Giants	W 27–10	4–2	Giants Stadium	77,294
7	Bye
8	October 20	Green Bay Packers	W 13–10 (OT)	5–2	Metrodome	63,041
9	October 30	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 36–13	6–2	Tampa Stadium	42,110
10	November 6	New Orleans Saints	W 21–20	7–2	Metrodome	57,564
11	November 13	at New England Patriots	L 26–20 (OT)	7–3	Foxboro Stadium	58,382
12	November 20	New York Jets	L 31–21	7–4	Metrodome	60,687
13	November 27	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 20–17 (OT)	7–5	Metrodome	47,259
14	December 1	Chicago Bears	W 33–27 (OT)	8–5	Metrodome	61,483
15	December 11	at Buffalo Bills	W 21–17	9–5	Rich Stadium	66,501
16	December 17	at Detroit Lions	L 41–19	9–6	Silverdome	73,881
17	December 26	San Francisco 49ers	W 21–14	10–6	Metrodome	63,326

Standings[]

NFC Central
view · talk · edit	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Minnesota Vikings	10	6	0	.625	356	314	W1
Green Bay Packers	9	7	0	.563	382	287	W3
Detroit Lions	9	7	0	.563	357	342	L1
Chicago Bears	9	7	0	.563	271	307	L1
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	6	10	0	.375	251	351	L1

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Postseason[]

NFC Wildcard Game[]

Chicago Bears 35, Minnesota Vikings 18

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	14	7	14	35
Vikings	3	6	3	6	18

at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST/3:00 p.m. CST
Game weather: Played indoors, domed stadium
Game attendance: 60,347
Referee: Red Cashion
TV announcers (Fox): Pat Summerall and John Madden

The Bears picked off Warren Moon twice while Steve Walsh threw two touchdowns, backs Raymont Harris and Lewis Tillman added rushing scores, and Kevin Miniefield ran back a Vikings fumble for a touchdown.

Statistics[]

Team leaders[]

Category	Player(s)	Value
Passing yards	Warren Moon	4,264
Passing touchdowns	Warren Moon	18
Rushing yards	Terry Allen	1,031
Rushing touchdowns	Terry Allen	8
Receptions	Cris Carter	122 *
Receiving yards	Cris Carter	1,256
Receiving touchdowns	Cris Carter	7
Points	Fuad Reveiz	132
Kickoff return yards	Qadry Ismail	807
Punt return yards	David Palmer	193
Tackles	Jack Del Rio	128
Sacks	John Randle	13.5
Interceptions	Vencie Glenn Anthony Parker	4
Forced fumbles	John Randle	3

Vikings single season record (tie).

League rankings[]

Category	Total yards	Yards per game	NFL rank (out of 28)
Passing offense	4,324	270.2	3rd
Rushing offense	1,524	95.2	20th
Total offense	5,848	365.5	3rd
Passing defense	3,652	228.2	21st
Rushing defense	1,090	68.1	1st
Total defense	4,742	296.4	5th

Personnel[]

Staff[]

1994 Minnesota Vikings staff

Front office

Chairman of the Board – John Skoglund
President/Chief Executive Officer – Roger Headrick

Head coaches

Head Coach – Dennis Green

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Brian Billick
Running Backs – Tyrone Willingham
Receivers – Jerry Rhome
Offensive Line – Keith Rowen
Assistant Offensive Line – Chris Foerster
Offensive Assistant – Carl Hargrave

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Tony Dungy
Defensive Line – John Teerlinck
Inside Linebackers – Monte Kiffin
Outside Linebackers – Trent Walters
Defensive Backs – Richard Solomon

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Gary Zauner

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Steve Wetzel
Strength and Conditioning Assistant – Mike Wolf

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Final roster[]

1994 Minnesota Vikings roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

21 Terry Allen
29 Chuck Evans FB
31 Scottie Graham
32 Amp Lee
26 Robert Smith

Wide receivers

80 Cris Carter
84 Eric Guliford
82 Qadry Ismail KR
22 David Palmer PR
86 Jake Reed
81 Chris Walsh

Tight ends

83 Andrew Jordan
83 Steve Jordan

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

92 Roy Barker DE
99 James Harris DE
90 Robert Harris DE
91 Martin Harrison DE
79 Roosevelt Nix DE
93 John Randle DT
95 Fernando Smith DE
97 Henry Thomas DT
98 Esera Tuaolo DT

Linebackers

50 Bobby Abrams
52 Richard Brown
55 Jack Del Rio MLB
54 Dave Garnett OLB
51 Carlos Jenkins OLB
58 Ed McDaniel OLB
59 Ashley Sheppard
57 William Sims

Defensive backs

36 Malik Boyd CB
34 Brian Davis CB
25 Vencie Glenn FS
24 Robert Griffith SS
37 Lamar McGriggs CB
27 Anthony Parker CB
38 Todd Scott SS
20 Dewayne Washington CB

Special teams

7 Fuad Reveiz K
4 Mike Saxon P

Reserve lists

87 Adrian Cooper TE (IR)
61 Everett Lindsay G (IR)
85 Brent Novoselsky TE (IR)

Practice squad

56 Pete Bercich LB
-- Robert Staten FB

Rookies in italics
52 Active, 3 Inactive, 2 Practice squad

Awards and honors[]

Cris Carter, Led NFL in receptions
Cris Carter, All-Pro selection
Cris Carter, Pro Bowl selection
Warren Moon, Pro Bowl Selection 1994
Warren Moon, NFL Leader, Passing Yards, (4,264)

Milestones[]

Cris Carter, 100 reception season (Carter finished the season with 122 receptions) ^[4]
Warren Moon, 3rd 4,000 Yard Passing Season
Warren Moon, 5th 400 Yard Passing Game (November 6)
Warren Moon, 6th 400 Yard Passing Game (November 20)

References[]

↑ [1]
↑ (PDF) 2010 NFL Record and Fact Book. National Football League. p. 378. http://www.nfl.info/download/2010%20NFL%20Record%20and%20Fact%20Book.pdf. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
↑ 2009 Minnesota Vikings Media Guide. p. 251. http://www.vikings.com/news/media-guide.html. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 440

Vikings on Football Reference

1994 NFL seasonv · d · e
AFC	East	Central	West	East	Central	West	NFC
	Buffalo	Cincinnati	Denver	Arizona	Chicago	Atlanta
	Indianapolis	Cleveland	Kansas City	Dallas	Detroit	LA Rams
	Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	NY Giants	Green Bay	New Orleans
	New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	Philadelphia	Minnesota	San Francisco
	NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay
1994 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XXIX

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[2] (PDF) 2010 NFL Record and Fact Book. National Football League. p. 378. http://www.nfl.info/download/2010%20NFL%20Record%20and%20Fact%20Book.pdf. Retrieved August 7, 2011.

[3] 2009 Minnesota Vikings Media Guide. p. 251. http://www.vikings.com/news/media-guide.html. Retrieved February 26, 2010.

[4] NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 440

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