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1970 Minnesota Vikings Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-2-0, 1st in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bud Grant (12-2-0)

Points For: 335 (23.9/g) 3rd of 26

Points Against: 143 (10.2/g) 1st of 26

Expected W-L: 12.4-1.6

SRS: 15.07 (1st of 26), SOS: 1.36

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 14-17 vs. San Francisco 49ers

Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Burns

Defensive Coordinator: Bob Hollway

Other Notable Asst.: Neill Armstrong (Defensive Backs) and Jack Patera (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium

Co-Owner: Bill Boyer

Co-Owner/President: Max Winter

General Manager: Jim Finks

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	335	3815	881	4.3	31	16	225	173	344	2181	12	15	5.8	111	508	1634	16	3.2	98	60	631	16
Opp. Stats	143	2803	814	3.4	44	16	168	195	367	1438	6	28	3.5	89	398	1365	4	3.4	68	58	586	11
Lg Rank Offense	3	19			11	19	15		19	14	19	7	8		3	14	3	24
Lg Rank Defense	1	1			1	5	1		10	1	1	2	1		5	5	1	5

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 20	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Kansas City Chiefs	27	10	17	220	88	132	3	8	218	155	63	4
2	Sun	September 27	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		New Orleans Saints	26	0	12	291	185	106	2	8	131	71	60	4
3	Sun	October 4	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1	@	Green Bay Packers	10	13	13	216	159	57	3	9	173	32	141	2
4	Sun	October 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1	@	Chicago Bears	24	0	17	342	200	142	3	9	137	75	62	6
5	Sun	October 18	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1		Dallas Cowboys	54	13	19	258	145	113		14	286	126	160	4
6	Mon	October 26	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1		Los Angeles Rams	13	3	12	172	26	146	2	5	100	34	66	5
7	Sun	November 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-1	@	Detroit Lions	30	17	17	387	251	136	4	13	254	186	68	3
8	Sun	November 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-1	@	Washington Redskins	19	10	14	163	53	110		21	334	179	155	1
9	Sun	November 15	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-1		Detroit Lions	24	20	17	289	204	85	2	15	185	59	126	2
10	Sun	November 22	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-1		Green Bay Packers	10	3	11	202	104	98		15	282	158	124	2
11	Sun	November 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-2	@	New York Jets	10	20	11	167	108	59	4	15	261	74	187
12	Sat	December 5	1:15PM ET	boxscore	W		10-2		Chicago Bears	16	13	16	281	79	202	1	9	129	88	41	3
13	Sun	December 13	12:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-2	@	Boston Patriots	35	14	28	429	317	112	4	15	182	116	66	4
14	Sun	December 20	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-2	@	Atlanta Falcons	37	7	21	398	262	136	3	12	131	85	46	4
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 27	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		12-3		San Francisco 49ers	14	17	14	241	124	117	4	14	289	193	96	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Gary Cuozzo	29	QB	12	12	10-2-0	128	257	49.8	1720	7	2.7	10	3.9	72	6.7	5.49	13.4	143.3	64.3	23	161	8.21	5.57	4.46	1	1
2	Bob Lee	24	QB	6	2	2-0-0	40	79	50.6	610	5	6.3	5	6.3	52	7.7	6.14	15.3	101.7	71.2	6	36	7.06	6.75	5.28	0	0
3	Bill Cappleman	23	QB	1	0		4	7	57.1	49	0	0.0	0	0.0	26	7.0	7.00	12.3	49.0	78.9	0	0	0.00	7.00	7.00	0	0
4	Fred Cox	32	K	14	0		1	1	100.0	-1	0	0.0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-1.00	-1.0	-0.1	79.2	0	0	0.00	-1.00	-1.00	0	0	PB
	Team Totals			14	14	12-2-0	173	344	50.3	2181	12	3.5	15	4.4	72	6.9	5.65	13.7	155.8	66.3	29	197	7.77	5.85	4.68	1	1

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Gary Cuozzo	29	QB	1	1	0-1-0	9	27	33.3	146	1	3.7	2	7.4	46	5.4	2.81	16.2	146.0	33.9	3	22	10.00	4.13	1.80	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	9	27	33.3	124	1	3.7	2	7.4	46	5.4	2.81	16.2	124.0	33.9	3	22	10.00	4.13	1.80	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Dave Osborn	27	RB	14	10	207	681	5	16	3.3	48.6	14.8	23	202	8.8	1	28	1.6	14.4	230	3.8	883	6	5	PB
2	Gene Washington	26	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	44	702	16.0	4	49	3.1	50.1	44	16.0	702	4	1	PB
3	John Henderson	27	WR	14	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	31	527	17.0	2	52	2.2	37.6	31	17.0	527	2	0
4	Clint Jones	25	RB	14	7	120	369	9	23	3.1	26.4	8.6	9	117	13.0	0	72	0.6	8.4	129	3.8	486	9	5
5	Bill Brown	32	FB	14	7	101	324	0	18	3.2	23.1	7.2	15	149	9.9	2	17	1.1	10.6	116	4.1	473	2	3
6	Bob Grim	25	WR	14	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	23	287	12.5	0	35	1.6	20.5	23	12.5	287	0	1
7	John Beasley	25	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	17	237	13.9	2	40	1.2	16.9	17	13.9	237	2	0
8	Oscar Reed	26	RB	12	4	42	132	1	21	3.1	11.0	3.5	6	53	8.8	0	19	0.5	4.4	48	3.9	185	1	2
9	Jim Lindsey	26	RB	11	0	11	47	0	9	4.3	4.3	1.0	4	94	23.5	1	49	0.4	8.5	15	9.4	141	1	0
10	Gary Cuozzo	29	QB	12	12	17	61	0	15	3.6	5.1	1.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	17	3.6	61	0	3
11	Bob Lee	24	QB	6	2	10	20	1	10	2.0	3.3	1.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	2.0	20	1	2
12	Kent Kramer	26	TE	11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.1	0.9	1	10.0	10	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	508	1634	16	23	3.2	116.7	36.3	173	2378	13.7	12	72	12.4	169.9	681	5.9	4012	28	22

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	John Henderson	27	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	80	16.0	0	46	5.0	80.0	5	16.0	80	0	0
2	Clint Jones	25	RB	1	1	15	60	0	12	4.0	60.0	15.0	1	5	5.0	0	5	1.0	5.0	16	4.1	65	0	2
3	Dave Osborn	27	RB	1	1	12	41	0	22	3.4	41.0	12.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	12	3.4	41	0	1
4	Bob Grim	25	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	37	18.5	0	19	2.0	37.0	2	18.5	37	0	0
5	Gene Washington	26	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	24	24.0	1	24	1.0	24.0	1	24.0	24	1	0
6	Gary Cuozzo	29	QB	1	1	1	11	0	11	11.0	11.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	11.0	11	0	0
7	Bill Brown	32	FB	1	0	2	5	0	3	2.5	5.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	2.5	5	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	30	117	0	22	3.9	117.0	30.0	9	146	16.2	1	46	9.0	146.0	39	6.7	263	1	3

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Carl Eller	28	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	13.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-5
2	Wally Hilgenberg	28	RLB	14	14	2	33	0	17	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
3	Karl Kassulke	29	SS	14	14	3	22	0	11	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	PB
4	Paul Krause	28	FS	14	14	6	90	0	40	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Gary Larsen	30	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.0	0	PB
6	Jim Marshall	33	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	24	0	6.5	0
7	Alan Page	25	RDT	14	14	1	27	0	27	0	7	77	1	10.5	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-3
8	Mick Tingelhoff	30	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Lonnie Warwick	28	MLB	14	14	3	30	0	23	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
10	Gene Washington	26	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
11	Roy Winston	30	LLB	14	14	1	13	0	13	0	1	14	1	2.0	0
12	Ed Sharockman	31	RCB	14	13	7	132	1	43	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Gary Cuozzo	29	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Grady Alderman	32	LT	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Bobby Bryant	26	LCB	11	10	3	40	1	39	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Dave Osborn	27	RB	14	10	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
17	Bob Grim	25	WR	14	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Bill Brown	32	FB	14	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Clint Jones	25	RB	14	7	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Charlie West	24	LCB	14	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Oscar Reed	26	RB	12	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Bob Lee	24	QB	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	John Charles	26	DB	8	0	1	25	0	25	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Fred Cox	32	K	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
25	Paul Dickson	33	DT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
26	Dale Hackbart	32	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
27	Kent Kramer	26	TE	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Mike McGill	24	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0.0	0
29	Steve Smith	26	T	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	John Ward	22	DE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	28	412	2	43	25	25	122	3	49.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Bobby Bryant	26	LCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Clint Jones	25	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Paul Krause	28	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	34	1	0.0	0	0
4	Dave Osborn	27	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Alan Page	25	RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	34	1	1.0	0	0

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