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1966 Minnesota Vikings Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-9-1, 6th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Norm Van Brocklin (4-9-1)

Points For: 292 (20.9/g) 9th of 15

Points Against: 304 (21.7/g) 8th of 15

Expected W-L: 6.7-7.3

SRS: 2.19 (6th of 15), SOS: 3.05

Other Notable Asst.: Marion Campbell (Defensive Line) and Lew Carpenter (Receivers)

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	292	4639	1013	4.6	36	14	279	216	417	2548	18	22	5.5	132	551	2091	15	3.8	126	67	787	21
Opp. Stats	304	3922	828	4.7	22	8	213	206	391	2236	13	14	5.4	116	412	1686	15	4.1	85	67	667	12
Lg Rank Offense	9	4			7	8	3		6	7	7	7	7		1	3	5	9
Lg Rank Defense	8	5			15	14	4		4	2	2	15	5		5	7	10	9

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 11		boxscore	T		0-0-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	20	20	20	298	72	226	1	18	307	203	104	1
2	Sun	September 18		boxscore	L		0-1-1		Baltimore Colts	23	38	18	337	157	180	3	14	346	237	109	2
3	Sun	September 25		boxscore	L		0-2-1	@	Dallas Cowboys	17	28	25	389	247	142	1	18	314	166	148
4	Sun	October 2		boxscore	L		0-3-1		Chicago Bears	10	13	16	284	169	115	3	11	283	179	104	2
6	Sun	October 16		boxscore	W		1-3-1		Los Angeles Rams	35	7	20	378	313	65	1	13	230	146	84	3
7	Sun	October 23		boxscore	L		1-4-1	@	Baltimore Colts	17	20	24	317	181	136	1	20	347	201	146	2
8	Sun	October 30		boxscore	W		2-4-1		San Francisco 49ers	28	3	29	559	313	246	2	10	154	105	49	3
9	Sun	November 6		boxscore	W		3-4-1	@	Green Bay Packers	20	17	20	290	164	126		18	292	134	158	1
10	Sun	November 13		boxscore	L		3-5-1		Detroit Lions	31	32	15	232	83	149	5	16	268	218	50	4
11	Sun	November 20		boxscore	L		3-6-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	6	21	10	186	43	143	4	15	228	130	98	1
12	Sun	November 27		boxscore	L		3-7-1		Green Bay Packers	16	28	18	322	194	128	2	20	304	140	164	1
13	Sun	December 4		boxscore	L		3-8-1		Atlanta Falcons	13	20	16	270	161	109	6	10	187	114	73
14	Sun	December 11		boxscore	W		4-8-1	@	Detroit Lions	28	16	19	317	206	111	3	16	282	150	132	2
15	Sun	December 18		boxscore	L		4-9-1	@	Chicago Bears	28	41	29	460	245	215	4	14	380	113	267

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	Fran Tarkenton	26	QB	14	12	4-7-1	192	358	53.6	2561	17	4.7	16	4.5	68	7.2	6.1	13.3	182.9	73.8	37	322	9.37	5.67	4.7	2	1
2	Bob Berry	24	QB	3	1	0-1-0	13	37	35.1	215	1	2.7	5	13.5	52	5.8	0.3	16.5	71.7	25.0	7	53	15.91	3.68	-1.0	0	0
3	Ron Vander Kelen	27	QB	3	1	0-1-0	10	20	50.0	147	0	0.0	1	5.0	43	7.4	5.1	14.7	49.0	53.5	1	9	4.76	6.57	4.4	0	0
4	Phil King	30	FB	14	0		1	1	100.0	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	9.0	9.0	9.0	0.6	104.2	0	0	0.00	9.00	9.0	0	0
5	Bill Brown	28	FB	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	4-9-1	216	417	51.8	2548	18	4.3	22	5.3	68	7.0	5.5	13.6	182.0	67.0	45	384	9.74	5.52	4.15	2	1

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	Bill Brown	28	FB	14	14	251	829	6	33	3.3	59.2	17.9	37	359	9.7	0	56	2.6	25.6	288	4.1	1188	6	4
2	Paul Flatley	25	LE	13	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	50	777	15.5	3	41	3.8	59.8	50	15.5	777	3	0	PB
3	Red Phillips	30	FL	12	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	32	554	17.3	3	68	2.7	46.2	32	17.3	554	3	0
4	Dave Osborn	23	RB	14	2	87	344	1	25	4.0	24.6	6.2	15	141	9.4	2	38	1.1	10.1	102	4.8	485	3	2
5	Preston Carpenter	32	TE	12	12	1	-10	0	-10	-10.0	-0.8	0.1	27	487	18.0	4	52	2.3	40.6	28	17.0	477	4	0
6	Jim Lindsey	22	HB	14	6	57	146	1	14	2.6	10.4	4.1	20	250	12.5	2	46	1.4	17.9	77	5.1	396	3	3
7	Fran Tarkenton	26	QB	14	12	62	376	4	28	6.1	26.9	4.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	62	6.1	376	4	8
8	Tommy Mason	27	HB	7	5	58	235	2	52	4.1	33.6	8.3	7	39	5.6	1	17	1.0	5.6	65	4.2	274	3	6
9	Tom Hall	26	FL	14	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	23	271	11.8	2	30	1.6	19.4	23	11.8	271	2	1
10	Bobby Walden	28	P	14	0	5	82	0	45	16.4	5.9	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	16.4	82	0	1
11	Phil King	30	FB	14	0	17	40	0	12	2.4	2.9	1.2	2	24	12.0	1	18	0.1	1.7	19	3.4	64	1	0
12	Billy Ray Barnes	31	HB	2	1	5	16	1	4	3.2	8.0	2.5	1	20	20.0	0	20	0.5	10.0	6	6.0	36	1	0
13	Ron Vander Kelen	27	QB	3	1	4	19	0	15	4.8	6.3	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	4.8	19	0	2
14	Bob Berry	24	QB	3	1	3	12	0	5	4.0	4.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	4.0	12	0	0
15	Lance Rentzel	23	SE	9	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	10	5.0	0	8	0.2	1.1	2	5.0	10	0	1
16	Jeff Williams	23	HB	3	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.7	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	2.0	2	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	551	2091	15	52	3.8	149.4	39.4	216	2932	13.6	18	68	15.4	209.4	767	6.5	5023	33	29

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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	Grady Alderman	28	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB
2	Bill Brown	28	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Carl Eller	24	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	5.0	0
4	Karl Kassulke	25	SS	14	14	2	30	0	30	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
5	Jim Marshall	29	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	0
6	Mick Tingelhoff	26	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	-24	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
7	Dale Hackbart	28	FS	14	13	5	73	1	41	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	Gary Larsen	26	LDT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	0
9	Earsell Mackbee	25	LCB	14	13	2	27	0	17	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Doug Davis	22	RT	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Paul Dickson	29	RDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	0
12	Fran Tarkenton	26	QB	14	12	0	0	0	0	8	4	0	0	0.0	0
13	Lonnie Warwick	24	MLB	12	12	2	27	0	23	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
14	Roy Winston	26	LLB	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	1.0	0
15	John Kirby	24	RLB	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
16	Ed Sharockman	27	RCB	11	10	1	38	0	38	2	2	-3	0	0.0	0
17	Tom Hall	26	FL	14	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Jim Lindsey	22	HB	14	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
19	Tommy Mason	27	HB	7	5	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	George Rose	24	RCB	10	5	1	17	0	17	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Dave Osborn	23	RB	14	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0.0	0
22	Lance Rentzel	23	SE	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Bob Berry	24	QB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Ron Vander Kelen	27	QB	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Mike Fitzgerald	25	DB	9	0	1	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Bobby Walden	28	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Jeff Williams	23	HB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	14	230	1	41	33	27	-14	0	26.0	0

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