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Record: 12-2-0, Finished 1st in NFL Central Division
NFL Season Summary
1969 Champions
Scored 379 points (27.1/g), 1st of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 133 points (9.5/g), 1st.
Differential of 246 points (17.6/g), 1st.
Expected W-L: 12.9-1.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.9/g), 3rd.
Coached by Bud Grant (12-2-0)
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1969 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 21 | box | L | 0-1 | @ | New York Giants | 23 | 24 | 13 | 327 | 230 | 97 | 2 | 13 | 320 | 205 | 115 | 2 |
| 2 | Sun | September 28 | box | W | 1-1 | Baltimore Colts | 52 | 14 | 34 | 622 | 530 | 92 | 3 | 15 | 235 | 179 | 56 | 3 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 5 | box | W | 2-1 | Green Bay Packers | 19 | 7 | 12 | 230 | 73 | 157 | 16 | 173 | 65 | 108 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 12 | box | W | 3-1 | @ | Chicago Bears | 31 | 0 | 19 | 256 | 71 | 185 | 1 | 8 | 119 | 65 | 54 | 4 |
| 5 | Sun | October 19 | box | W | 4-1 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 27 | 10 | 19 | 332 | 216 | 116 | 1 | 7 | 169 | 90 | 79 | 1 |
| 6 | Sun | October 26 | box | W | 5-1 | Detroit Lions | 24 | 10 | 13 | 201 | 149 | 52 | 1 | 13 | 167 | 60 | 107 | 4 | |
| 7 | Sun | November 2 | box | W | 6-1 | Chicago Bears | 31 | 14 | 15 | 296 | 104 | 192 | 3 | 14 | 211 | 26 | 185 | 2 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 9 | box | W | 7-1 | Cleveland Browns | 51 | 3 | 31 | 454 | 266 | 188 | 8 | 151 | 109 | 42 | 4 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 16 | box | W | 8-1 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 9 | 7 | 18 | 270 | 114 | 156 | 2 | 10 | 225 | 138 | 87 | 3 |
| 10 | Sun | November 23 | box | W | 9-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 52 | 14 | 25 | 329 | 215 | 114 | 4 | 10 | 145 | 97 | 48 | 5 | |
| 11 | Thu | November 27 | box | W | 10-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 27 | 0 | 9 | 173 | 85 | 88 | 2 | 9 | 156 | 82 | 74 | 3 |
| 12 | Sun | December 7 | box | W | 11-1 | @ | Los Angeles Rams | 20 | 13 | 15 | 246 | 69 | 177 | 15 | 247 | 186 | 61 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 14 | box | W | 12-1 | San Francisco 49ers | 10 | 7 | 7 | 193 | 82 | 111 | 3 | 15 | 291 | 279 | 12 | 4 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 21 | box | L | 12-2 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 10 | 9 | 167 | 42 | 125 | 8 | 5 | 111 | 50 | 61 | 3 |
| Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
| Division | December 27 | box | W | 13-2 | Los Angeles Rams | 23 | 20 | ||||||||||||
| ConfChamp | January 4 | box | W | 14-2 | Cleveland Browns | 27 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| SuperBowl | January 11 | box | L | 14-3 | N | Kansas City Chiefs | 7 | 23 | |||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 379 | 4096 | 869 | 4.7 | 239 | 176 | 346 | 2246 | 24 | 18 | 5.9 | 117 | 489 | 1850 | 15 | 3.8 | 102 | 30 | 12 | 20 |
| Team Defense | 133 | 2720 | 796 | 3.4 | 261 | 213 | 410 | 1631 | 8 | 30 | 3.6 | 88 | 337 | 1089 | 4 | 3.2 | 158 | 42 | 12 | 15 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 1 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Kapp* | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 120 | 237 | 50.6 | 1726 | 19 | 8.0 | 13 | 5.5 | 83 | 7.3 | 5.6 | 14.4 | 132.8 | 78.5 | 28 | 198 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 10.6 |
| Gary Cuozzo | 28 | 9 | 1 | 49 | 98 | 50.0 | 693 | 4 | 4.1 | 5 | 5.1 | 50 | 7.1 | 5.2 | 14.1 | 77.0 | 65.6 | 6 | 54 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 5.8 | |
| Bob Lee | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 63.6 | 79 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 30 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 11.3 | 5.6 | 115.3 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 8.1 | 0.0 |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 176 | 346 | 50.9 | 2498 | 24 | 6.9 | 18 | 5.2 | 83 | 7.2 | 5.6 | 14.2 | 178.4 | 76.0 | 34 | 252 | 5.9 | 4.4 | 8.9 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 213 | 410 | 52.0 | 1631 | 8 | 2.0 | 30 | 7.3 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 7.7 | 116.5 | 38.0 | 49 | 404 | 3.6 | -0.1 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Dave Osborn | 26 | HB | 14 | 14 | 186 | 643 | 7 | 58 | 3.5 | 45.9 | 13.3 | 22 | 236 | 10.7 | 1 | 31 | 1.6 | 16.9 | 879 | 8 | 3 |
| Bill Brown | 31 | FB | 12 | 12 | 126 | 430 | 3 | 30 | 3.4 | 35.8 | 10.5 | 21 | 183 | 8.7 | 0 | 27 | 1.8 | 15.3 | 613 | 3 | 3 |
| Oscar Reed | 25 | 14 | 0 | 83 | 393 | 1 | 23 | 4.7 | 28.1 | 5.9 | 7 | 59 | 8.4 | 2 | 16 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 452 | 3 | 1 | |
| Clint Jones | 24 | RET | 14 | 0 | 54 | 241 | 3 | 80 | 4.5 | 17.2 | 3.9 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 9 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 264 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Kapp* | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 22 | 104 | 0 | 18 | 4.7 | 8.0 | 1.7 | 104 | 0 | 1 | |||||||
| Billy Harris | 23 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 10 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Lindsey | 25 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 1 | 30 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 66 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gary Cuozzo | 28 | 9 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 0 | 2 | -1.3 | -0.4 | 0.3 | -4 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| Bob Lee | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| Gene Washington*+ | 25 | WR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39 | 821 | 21.1 | 9 | 83 | 2.8 | 58.6 | 821 | 9 | 1 | |
| John Henderson | 26 | WR | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34 | 553 | 16.3 | 5 | 47 | 2.4 | 39.5 | 553 | 5 | 0 | |
| John Beasley | 24 | TE | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33 | 361 | 10.9 | 4 | 32 | 2.4 | 25.8 | 361 | 4 | 1 | |
| Bob Grim | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 155 | 15.5 | 1 | 44 | 0.7 | 11.1 | 155 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kent Kramer | 25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 1 | 24 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 37 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Tom Hall | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 489 | 1850 | 15 | 80 | 3.8 | 132.1 | 34.9 | 176 | 2498 | 14.2 | 24 | 83 | 12.6 | 178.4 | 4348 | 39 | 17 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 337 | 1089 | 4 | 3.2 | 77.8 | 24.1 | 213 | 1631 | 7.7 | 8 | 15.2 | 116.5 | 2720 | 12 | 24 | |||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| Charlie West | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 39 | 245 | 0 | 55 | 6.3 | 9 | 240 | 0 | 78 | 26.7 | 485 |
| Clint Jones | 24 | RET | 14 | 0 | 17 | 444 | 0 | 71 | 26.1 | 708 | |||||
| Bob Grim | 24 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 3.0 | 167 | ||||||
| Bobby Bryant | 25 | RCB | 10 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | |||||
| Jim Lindsey | 25 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 13.0 | 92 | ||||||
| Grady Alderman*+ | 31 | LT | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Billy Harris | 23 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 49 | ||||||
| Oscar Reed | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 | 490 | ||||||
| Steve Smith | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | ||||||
| Milt Sunde | 27 | RG | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 45 | 266 | 0 | 55 | 5.9 | 33 | 774 | 0 | 78 | 23.5 | 5388 | ||
| Opp Total | 14 | 34 | 0 | 70 | 1453 | 1 | 20.8 | ||||||||
| 0--19 | 20--29 | 30--39 | 40--49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| Fred Cox+ | 31 | K | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 26 | 70.3% | 43 | 43 | 100.0% | ||||||
| Bob Lee | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 67 | 2680 | 56 | 0 | 40.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 26 | 70.3% | 43 | 43 | 100.0% | 67 | 2680 | 56 | 0 | 40.0 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 18 | 7 | 38.9% | 16 | 16 | 100.0% | 100 | 3680 | 36.8 | |||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| John Beasley | 24 | TE | 14 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brown | 31 | FB | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Bryant | 25 | RCB | 10 | 10 | 8 | 97 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | 28 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Bob Grim | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Dale Hackbart | 31 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Joe Kapp* | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Karl Kassulke | 28 | LS | 13 | 13 | 2 | 36 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Paul Krause* | 27 | RS | 14 | 14 | 5 | 82 | 1 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Larsen* | 29 | LDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Lee | 24 | P | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Lindsey | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Earsell Mackbee | 28 | LCB | 14 | 14 | 6 | 100 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Marshall* | 32 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Osborn | 26 | HB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Alan Page*+ | 24 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Oscar Reed | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ed Sharockman | 30 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||||
| Jim Vellone | 25 | LG | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lonnie Warwick | 27 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gene Washington*+ | 25 | WR | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie West | 23 | RET | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roy Winston | 29 | LLB | 14 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 30 | 459 | 2 | 77 | 17 | 17 | 71 | 1 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 34 | 24 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cox+ | 31 | K | 14 | 0 | 43 | 26 | 121 | |||||||||
| Gene Washington*+ | 25 | WR | 14 | 14 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| Dave Osborn | 26 | HB | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 48 | |||||||||
| John Beasley | 24 | TE | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||
| John Henderson | 26 | WR | 14 | 14 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brown | 31 | FB | 12 | 12 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Clint Jones | 24 | RET | 14 | 0 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Oscar Reed | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Jim Lindsey | 25 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Bob Grim | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Kent Kramer | 25 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Paul Krause* | 27 | RS | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Alan Page*+ | 24 | RDT | 14 | 14 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Mike Reilly | 27 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 26 | 379 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 133 |