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1969 Minnesota Vikings

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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)

1969 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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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

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 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

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G 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

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt 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

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
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

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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