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1966 Minnesota Vikings
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Record: 4-9-1, Finished 6th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 292 points (20.9/g), 9th of 15 in the NFL.
Allowed 304 points (21.7/g), 8th.
Differential of -12 points (-0.9/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 6.7-7.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -14 (-1.0/g), 13th.
Coached by Norm Van Brocklin (4-9-1)
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1966 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Fran Tarkenton | 26 | 5 | 12 | 192 for 358, 2,561 yards, 17 td, 16 int, & 62 rushes for 376 yards and 4 td | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 29th pick / 1961 |
| HB | Tommy Mason | 27 | 5 | 6 | 58 rushes for 235 yards, 2 td, & 7 catches for 39 yards and 1 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 1st pick / 1961 |
| FB | Bill Brown | 28 | 5 | 14 | 251 rushes for 829 yards, 6 td, & 37 catches for 359 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 20th pick / 1961 |
| WR | Paul Flatley* | 25 | 3 | 12 | 50 catches for 777 yards, 3 td | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 44th pick / 1963 |
| WR | Red Phillips | 30 | 8 | 10 | 32 catches for 554 yards, 3 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1958 |
| TE | Preston Carpenter | 32 | 10 | 12 | 27 catches for 487 yards, 4 td, & 1 rush for -10 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1956 |
| LT | Grady Alderman* | 28 | 6 | 14 | 3 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 10th / 111th pick / 1960 |
| LG | Milt Sunde* | 24 | 2 | 14 | Minnesota Vikings / 20th / 271st pick / 1964 |
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| C | Mick Tingelhoff*+ | 26 | 4 | 14 | ||
| RG | Jim Vellone | 22 | Rook | 9 | ||
| RT | Doug Davis | 22 | Rook | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 72nd pick / 1966 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Carl Eller | 24 | 2 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1964 |
| LDT | Gary Larsen | 26 | 2 | 14 | Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 133rd pick / 1964 |
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| RDT | Paul Dickson | 29 | 7 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1959 |
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| RDE | Jim Marshall | 29 | 6 | 14 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 44th pick / 1960 |
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| LLB | Roy Winston | 26 | 4 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 42nd pick / 1962 |
| MLB | Lonnie Warwick | 24 | 1 | 12 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RLB | John Kirby | 24 | 2 | 9 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1964 |
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| RLB | Don Hansen | 22 | Rook | 8 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 42nd pick / 1966 |
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| LCB | Earsell Mackbee | 25 | 1 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Ed Sharockman | 27 | 5 | 10 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 57th pick / 1961 |
| LS | Karl Kassulke | 25 | 3 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 11th / 152nd pick / 1963 |
| RS | Dale Hackbart | 28 | 6 | 13 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 51st pick / 1960 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Fred Cox | 28 | 3 | 0 | 18 of 33 field goals & 34 of 34 extra points | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 110th pick / 1961 |
| P | Bobby Walden | 28 | 2 | 0 | 60 punts for a 41.0 average, 0 blocked | Houston Oilers / 4th / 32nd pick / 1961 |
| PR | Lance Rentzel | 23 | 1 | 0 | 11 punt returns for a 1.5 average and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| KR | Mike Fitzgerald | 25 | Rook | 0 | 14 kick returns for a 21.5 average and 0 td |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Grady Alderman* | 28 | T-G | 14 | 14 | 247 | 6-2 | Detroit Mercy | 12/10/1938 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 111th pick / 1960 |
| Chuck Arrobio | 22 | T | 11 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | USC | 7/9/1944 | Rook | |
| Billy Ray Barnes | 31 | HB | 2 | 0 | 201 | 5-11 | Wake Forest | 5/14/1935 | 9 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 19th pick / 1957 |
| Hal Bedsole | 25 | TE | 1 | 0 | 236 | 6-5 | USC | 12/21/1941 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 19th pick / 1964 |
| Bob Berry | 24 | QB | 3 | 1 | 185 | 5-11 | Oregon | 3/10/1942 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 11th / 142nd pick / 1964 |
| Larry Bowie | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Purdue | 10/13/1939 | 4 | Dallas Texans / 8th / 59th pick / 1962 |
| Bill Brown | 28 | RB | 14 | 14 | 228 | 5-11 | Illinois | 6/29/1938 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 20th pick / 1961 |
| Preston Carpenter | 32 | E-HB | 12 | 12 | 190 | 6-2 | Arkansas | 1/24/1934 | 10 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 13th pick / 1956 |
| Fred Cox | 28 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 12/11/1938 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 110th pick / 1961 |
| Doug Davis | 22 | T | 13 | 12 | 255 | 6-4 | Kentucky | 7/22/1944 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 72nd pick / 1966 |
| Paul Dickson | 29 | DT-T | 12 | 12 | 252 | 6-5 | Baylor | 2/26/1937 | 7 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1959 |
| Carl Eller | 24 | DE | 14 | 14 | 247 | 6-6 | Minnesota | 2/25/1942 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1964 |
| Mike Fitzgerald | 25 | DB | 9 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Iowa State | 5/4/1941 | Rook | |
| Paul Flatley* | 25 | WR-FL | 13 | 12 | 187 | 6-1 | Northwestern | 1/30/1941 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 44th pick / 1963 |
| Dale Hackbart | 28 | DB | 14 | 13 | 210 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 7/21/1938 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 51st pick / 1960 |
| Tom Hall | 26 | WR-DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Minnesota | 4/3/1940 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 94th pick / 1962 |
| Don Hansen | 22 | LB | 13 | 8 | 235 | 6-2 | Illinois | 8/20/1944 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 42nd pick / 1966 |
| Jeff F. Jordan | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | Tulsa | 11/23/1943 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 107th pick / 1965 |
| Karl Kassulke | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-0 | Drake,Marquette | 3/20/1941 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 152nd pick / 1963 |
| Phil King | 30 | HB-FB | 14 | 0 | 223 | 6-4 | Vanderbilt | 6/22/1936 | 8 | New York Giants / 1st / 12th pick / 1958 |
| John Kirby | 24 | LB | 10 | 9 | 230 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 5/30/1942 | 2 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1964 |
| Gary Larsen | 26 | DT | 14 | 14 | 261 | 6-5 | Concordia (IL) | 3/13/1940 | 2 | Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 133rd pick / 1964 |
| Jim Lindsey | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Arkansas | 11/24/1944 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 17th pick / 1966 |
| Earsell Mackbee | 25 | DB | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-1 | Utah State | 1/15/1941 | 1 | |
| Jim Marshall | 29 | DE | 14 | 14 | 248 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 12/30/1937 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 44th pick / 1960 |
| Tommy Mason | 27 | RB | 7 | 6 | 196 | 6-1 | Tulane | 7/8/1939 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 1st pick / 1961 |
| Dave Osborn | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 208 | 6-0 | North Dakota | 3/18/1943 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 13th / 176th pick / 1965 |
| Red Phillips | 30 | E | 12 | 10 | 197 | 6-1 | Auburn | 2/5/1936 | 8 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1958 |
| John Powers | 26 | TE | 5 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 6/15/1940 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 9th / 117th pick / 1962 |
| Lance Rentzel | 23 | WR-FL | 9 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 10/14/1943 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 23rd pick / 1965 |
| George Rose | 24 | DB | 10 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Auburn | 1/1/1942 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 21st pick / 1964 |
| Bob Schmitz | 28 | LB | 2 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Montana State,Wisconsin | 9/10/1938 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 14th / 187th pick / 1961 |
| Ed Sharockman | 27 | DB | 11 | 10 | 200 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 11/4/1939 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 57th pick / 1961 |
| Jerry Shay | 22 | DT | 14 | 2 | 250 | 6-3 | Purdue | 7/10/1944 | Rook | Denver Broncos / 1st / 4th pick / 1966 |
| Milt Sunde* | 24 | G | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 2/1/1942 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 20th / 271st pick / 1964 |
| Archie Sutton | 25 | T | 3 | 0 | 262 | 6-4 | Illinois | 11/2/1941 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 15th pick / 1965 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 26 | QB | 14 | 12 | 190 | 6-0 | Georgia | 2/3/1940 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 29th pick / 1961 |
| Mike Tilleman | 22 | DT | 12 | 0 | 272 | 6-7 | Montana | 3/30/1944 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 12th / 163rd pick / 1965 |
| Mick Tingelhoff*+ | 26 | C | 14 | 14 | 237 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 5/22/1940 | 4 | |
| Dave Tobey | 23 | LB | 14 | 1 | 231 | 6-3 | Oregon | 3/17/1943 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 10th / 130th pick / 1965 |
| Ron Vander Kelen | 27 | QB | 3 | 1 | 185 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 11/6/1939 | 3 | New York Jets / 21st / 163rd pick / 1963 |
| Jim Vellone | 22 | G | 14 | 9 | 255 | 6-3 | USC | 8/20/1944 | Rook | |
| Bobby Walden | 28 | P | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Georgia | 3/9/1938 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 32nd pick / 1961 |
| Lonnie Warwick | 24 | LB | 12 | 12 | 238 | 6-3 | Tennessee,Tennessee Tech | 2/26/1942 | 1 | |
| Jeff Williams | 23 | HB | 3 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Oklahoma State | 5/7/1943 | Rook | |
| Roy Winston | 26 | LB | 12 | 12 | 222 | 5-11 | LSU | 9/15/1940 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 42nd pick / 1962 |
| Jim Young | 23 | HB | 4 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Queens (Canada) | 6/6/1943 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 25.5 | 14 | 220.1 | 6-1.9 | 3.0 |