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1979 Minnesota Vikings
Head Coach:
*
Bud Grant
To be listed, a player must have played at least one game for the team during this season.
* Hall of Fame
+ Primary starter
Pos
#
Player
GP
GS
Start Pos
Exp
DOB
Ht
Wt
College
DB
Nate Allen
5
9
05/13/1948
' "
Texas Southern
DB
Tim Baylor
16
4
05/23/1954
' "
Morgan State
LB
Matt Blair
16
6
09/20/1950
' "
Iowa State
RB
Ted Brown
14
R
02/15/1957
' "
North Carolina State
DB
Bobby Bryant
14
12
01/24/1944
' "
South Carolina
P
Greg Coleman
16
3
09/09/1954
' "
Florida A&M
WR
Douglas Cunningham
6
1
11/14/1955
' "
Rice
K
Rick Danmeier
16
3
04/08/1952
' "
Sioux Falls
QB
Steve Dils
1
R
12/08/1955
' "
Stanford
RB
Jimmy Edwards
14
1
09/19/1952
' "
Northeast Louisiana
RB
Chuck Foreman
12
7
10/26/1950
' "
Miami (FL)
T/G
Charlie Goodrum
15
7
01/11/1950
' "
Florida A&M
G
Wes Hamilton
16
4
04/24/1953
' "
Tulsa
DB
Tom Hannon
16
3
03/05/1955
' "
Michigan State
LB
Joe Harris
2
3
12/06/1952
' "
Georgia Tech
LB/G
Wally Hilgenberg
8
15
09/19/1942
' "
Iowa
DE
Randy Holloway
16
2
08/26/1955
' "
Pittsburgh
G/C
Jim Hough
16
2
08/04/1956
' "
Utah State
G/C/T
Dave Huffman
13
R
04/04/1957
' "
Notre Dame
DB
Kurt Knoff
10
3
04/06/1954
' "
Kansas
QB
Tommy Kramer
16
3
03/07/1955
' "
Rice
DB/WR
*
Paul Krause
16
16
02/19/1942
' "
Iowa
WR
Terry LeCount
12
2
07/09/1956
' "
Florida
LB
Derrel Luce
16
5
09/29/1952
' "
Baylor
DE
Jim Marshall
16
20
12/30/1937
' "
Ohio State
RB
Brent McClanahan
16
7
09/21/1951
' "
Arizona State
LB
Fred McNeill
16
6
05/06/1952
' "
UCLA
WR
Kevin Miller
3
2
03/21/1955
' "
Louisville
RB
Robert Miller
16
5
01/09/1953
' "
Kansas
DE
Mark Mullaney
16
5
04/30/1953
' "
Colorado State
T
Frank Myers
14
2
01/04/1956
' "
Texas A&M
DT/DE
Steve Niehaus
3
4
09/25/1954
' "
Notre Dame
DB
Keith Nord
16
1
03/03/1957
' "
St. Cloud State
WR
Ahmad Rashad
16
7
11/19/1949
' "
Oregon
T
Steve Riley
16
6
11/23/1952
' "
Southern California
DT
Dave Roller
15
6
10/28/1949
' "
Kentucky
DB
Jeff Siemon
16
8
06/02/1950
' "
Stanford
WR
Robert Steele
16
2
08/02/1956
' "
North Alabama
LB
Scott Studwell
14
3
08/27/1954
' "
Illinois
DT/G/DE
Doug Sutherland
16
10
08/01/1948
' "
Wisconsin - Superior
C/G/T
Dennis Swilley
16
3
06/28/1955
' "
North Texas
TE
Bob Tucker
16
10
06/08/1945
' "
Bloomsburg (PA)
DB
John Turner
16
2
02/22/1956
' "
Miami (FL)
TE
Stu Voigt
16
10
08/12/1948
' "
Wisconsin
DT/NT
James White
16
4
10/26/1953
' "
Oklahoma State
WR
Sammy White
15
4
03/16/1954
' "
Grambling State
DB
Phil Wise
1
9
04/25/1949
' "
Nebraska - Omaha
DB
Nate Wright
10
11
12/21/1946
' "
San Diego State
T
*
Ron Yary
16
12
08/16/1946
' "
Southern California
RB
Rickey Young
16
5
12/07/1953
' "
Jackson State
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