Minnesota Vikings 2005 Season Trivia Quiz

Answer: Ciatrick Fason

Ciatrick Fason got a lot of the goal line carries, thus he led the team with 4 rushing touchdowns. Moore had the most rushing yards (662) and most carries (155) but he only had 1 touchdown. Michael Bennett was 2nd in yards with 473 on 126 carries. He also had 3 rushing touchdowns. Dante only had 1 rushing touchdown before he went down with injury.

Answer: Travis Taylor

Taylor was a free agent picked up from Baltimore in the offseason. He led the team with 604 yards. Wiggins led the team with receptions with 69, but had only 568 yards. Robinson had 347 yards, and Williamson had 372.

Answer: 6

The Vikings lost to Carolina when Culpepper when down in their 7th game of the year. Johnson started the 8th game and won 6 straight. He beat the Lions, Giants, Packers, Browns, Lions, and then Rams in that order. The Vikings then lost the next 2 games to the Steelers and the Ravens.

Answer: Antoine Winfield

Antoine led the Vikings as a defensive back in tackles with 98. Sam Cowart led the linebackers with 85, and Henderson was 2nd among linebackers with 75. Sharper had 51 from his free safety spot.

Answer: Koren Robinson

Koren Robinson had 1 touchdown and 27 yards on 4 attempts. Williamson had 28 yards on 3 attempts. Brad Johnson led this group in yards with 53 on 18 carries. Burleson went for -6 yards on 2 carries.

Answer: 9

He led the NFC with 9 interceptions. Only Ty Law of the Jets and Deltha O'Neal of the Bengals had more in the league. They both had 10. 9 interceptions for Sharper tied his career high with the 2000 season for the Packers. He returned 2 INTs for touchdowns in '05.

Answer: 2-5

The Vikings beat the Bears at home in thier 16th game. They also beat the Giants on the road in their 9th game. They lost to Tampa Bay (1), at Cincinnati (2), at Chicago (5), at Carolina (7), and then Pittsburgh(14). They were outscored 179 to 40 in those 5 losses.

Answer: Lance Johnstone

Lance Johnstone had 7.5 sacks. Johnstone was filling in for the injured Kenechi Udeze and had a great season. Pat Williams had 1.5 sacks. Kevin Williams and James had 4 sacks each.

Answer: 3-1

The Vikings beat Kansas City 27-16, lost to the New York Jets 28-21, then defeated the San Diego Chargers 19-16. They won the final preseason game 23-21 over the eventual NFC champions, Seattle Seahawks. Also, Dante Culpepper never looked better coming off his best season ever in 2004.

In the 2005 preseason he looked better, and had Randy Moss. Culpepper threw 12 intceptions in 7 games and the Vikes went 2-5 in his last games as a Viking.

Answer: Ciatrick Fason

The Vikings had the 7th overall pick and selected WR Troy Williamson out of South Carolina. The 18th pick went to DE Erasmus James out of Wisconsin. With their second round pick which was #49, they took G Marcus Johnson out of Mississippi. The 3rd round they selected S Dustin Fox out of Ohio State (overall pick #80).

However Dustin Fox did not play in 2005 due to injury. RB Ciatrick Fason was selected in the 4th round with the 112th overall pick. He came out of Flordia.