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Bud Grant

Harold Peter Grant Jr.

Position: E-DE
Height: 6-3    Weight: 199 lbs.
Born: May 20, 1927 in Superior, WI
College: Minnesota

Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1st round (14th overall) of the 1950 Draft

Playing Record

Coaching Results

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Year Age Tm Lg G W L T W-L% G plyf W plyf L plyf W-L% Rank Notes
1967 40 Minnesota Vikings NFL 14 3 8 3 .273 4
1968 41 Minnesota Vikings NFL 14 8 6 0 .571 1 0 1 .000 1
1969 42 Minnesota Vikings NFL 14 12 2 0 .857 3 2 1 .667 1 NFL Champions
1970 43 Minnesota Vikings NFL 14 12 2 0 .857 1 0 1 .000 1
1971 44 Minnesota Vikings NFL 14 11 3 0 .786 1 0 1 .000 1
1972 45 Minnesota Vikings NFL 14 7 7 0 .500 3
1973 46 Minnesota Vikings NFL 14 12 2 0 .857 3 2 1 .667 1 NFC Champions
1974 47 Minnesota Vikings NFL 14 10 4 0 .714 3 2 1 .667 1 NFC Champions
1975 48 Minnesota Vikings NFL 14 12 2 0 .857 1 0 1 .000 1
1976 49 Minnesota Vikings NFL 14 11 2 1 .846 3 2 1 .667 1 NFC Champions
1977 50 Minnesota Vikings NFL 14 9 5 0 .643 2 1 1 .500 1
1978 51 Minnesota Vikings NFL 16 8 7 1 .533 1 0 1 .000 1
1979 52 Minnesota Vikings NFL 16 7 9 0 .438 3
1980 53 Minnesota Vikings NFL 16 9 7 0 .563 1 0 1 .000 1
1981 54 Minnesota Vikings NFL 16 7 9 0 .438 4
1982 55 Minnesota Vikings NFL 9 5 4 0 .556 2 1 1 .500 2
1983 56 Minnesota Vikings NFL 16 8 8 0 .500 2
1985 58 Minnesota Vikings NFL 16 7 9 0 .438 3
18 yrs 259 158 96 5 .622 22 10 12 .455 1.8 Avg Finish

Games over .500: 62
Super Bowl Wins: 0
Overall Championships: 0
Conference Championships: 4
Division Championships: 11

Team's Ranks

Glossary · CSV · PRE · Team Ranks in various categories, Lower ALWAYS indicates better performance.
Overall Offense Rushing Off Passing Off Defense Rushing Def Passing Def
Year Tm Tms WL% T/G Pts± Yds± Yds Pts GvA Att Yds TD Y/A FL Att Yds TD Int NY/A Yds Pts TkA Att Yds TD Y/A FR Att Yds TD Int nY/A
1967 MIN 16 14 9 13 12 14 14 8 7 9 14 6 6 13 14 15 9 15 6 7 8 15 15 6 11 1 2 3 6 15 4
1968 MIN 16 6 5 6 9 14 8 4 2 6 4 11 7 16 15 14 4 14 5 6 7 8 11 3 13 2 1 3 5 12 5
1969 MIN 16 1 3 1 2 10 1 4 2 4 5 13 5 13 12 2 6 9 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 7 10 1 1 1 1
1970 MIN 26 1 4 1 1 19 3 11 3 14 3 24 19 19 14 19 7 8 1 1 1 5 5 1 5 5 10 1 1 2 1
1971 MIN 26 1 4 4 14 23 18 7 11 17 9 22 4 19 25 25 11 23 2 1 3 11 6 1 8 6 21 3 3 3 1
1972 MIN 26 13 6 10 7 12 12 11 15 20 18 22 22 3 4 7 6 7 5 11 4 13 16 13 20 14 9 1 7 2 9
1973 MIN 26 1 5 5 8 7 9 2 6 6 10 9 16 22 14 9 1 10 12 2 9 4 11 1 23 16 22 12 2 5 10
1974 MIN 26 4 3 4 5 3 5 3 10 15 6 15 2 4 2 2 4 1 10 3 12 5 5 8 9 19 18 18 1 8 14
1975 MIN 26 1 2 2 1 5 3 3 7 10 8 20 5 4 3 3 4 8 1 3 6 1 1 2 14 17 5 1 7 3 2
1976 MIN 28 2 12 5 3 6 9 4 11 18 6 23 18 2 4 9 1 7 6 2 15 8 17 13 21 22 3 1 1 12 3
1977 MIN 28 7 28 14 7 14 16 23 13 21 21 21 27 3 6 4 20 13 11 13 23 20 21 10 21 16 4 3 18 21 7
1978 MIN 28 13 24 13 15 17 12 26 28 28 25 28 10 1 2 3 27 16 14 20 8 11 10 21 12 3 19 19 9 13 16
1979 MIN 28 18 21 22 21 19 24 20 23 23 28 24 13 2 12 7 20 18 18 17 22 24 26 25 22 26 5 11 4 13 17
1980 MIN 28 11 3 14 20 11 15 1 26 27 18 22 1 3 3 13 10 10 26 11 13 17 25 14 27 13 16 24 20 11 20
1981 MIN 28 17 25 18 10 6 13 26 28 28 28 20 22 1 2 4 26 15 17 21 19 20 15 12 9 10 8 18 23 24 24
1982 MIN 28 10 7 16 15 14 13 5 23 22 17 15 2 3 5 6 13 15 19 20 17 9 14 12 19 14 20 19 13 14 14
1983 MIN 28 13 2 20 21 20 18 5 21 20 10 21 2 7 13 23 11 19 19 17 4 26 25 18 26 3 6 6 18 9 6
1985 MIN 28 16 18 16 20 16 14 25 28 27 9 23 14 4 7 11 26 12 16 17 5 23 22 14 14 3 9 15 12 12 20
18 yrs %tile 71 65 64 62 52 59 64 49 38 52 31 62 69 66 64 60 54 64 67 66 56 50 67 45 62 64 71 72 64 68