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.
Simple Rating System: Total 17.6, Offense: 6.9, Defense: 10.6, SoS: 0.0, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Bud Grant (12-2-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Burns
Training Camp: Mankato State (Mankato, Minnesota)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Joe Kapp* | 31 | 2 | 13 | 120 for 237, 1,726 yards, 19 td, 13 int, & 22 rushes for 104 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 18th / 209th pick / 1959 |
| HB | Dave Osborn | 26 | 4 | 14 | 186 rushes for 643 yards, 7 td, & 22 catches for 236 yards and 1 td | Minnesota Vikings / 13th / 176th pick / 1965 |
| FB | Bill Brown | 31 | 8 | 12 | 126 rushes for 430 yards, 3 td, & 21 catches for 183 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 20th pick / 1961 New York Titans / 6th / 45th pick / 1961 |
| WR | John Henderson | 26 | 4 | 14 | 34 catches for 553 yards, 5 td | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 63rd pick / 1965 Buffalo Bills / 17th / 136th pick / 1965 |
| WR | Gene Washington*+ | 25 | 2 | 14 | 39 catches for 821 yards, 9 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 8th pick / 1967 |
| TE | John Beasley | 24 | 2 | 12 | 33 catches for 361 yards, 4 td | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 197th pick / 1967 |
| LT | Grady Alderman*+ | 31 | 9 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 111th pick / 1960 | |
| LG | Jim Vellone | 25 | 3 | 13 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| C | Mick Tingelhoff*+ | 29 | 7 | 14 | ||
| RG | Milt Sunde | 27 | 5 | 14 | Minnesota Vikings / 20th / 271st pick / 1964 | |
| RT | Doug Davis | 25 | 3 | 8 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 72nd pick / 1966 | |
| RT | Ron Yary | 23 | 1 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 1st pick / 1968 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Carl Eller*+ | 27 | 5 | 14 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1964 Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 6th pick / 1964 |
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| LDT | Gary Larsen* | 29 | 5 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 133rd pick / 1964 |
| RDT | Alan Page*+ | 24 | 2 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 15th pick / 1967 |
| RDE | Jim Marshall* | 32 | 9 | 14 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 44th pick / 1960 |
| LLB | Roy Winston | 29 | 7 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 42nd pick / 1962 Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 45th pick / 1962 |
| MLB | Lonnie Warwick | 27 | 4 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | Wally Hilgenberg | 27 | 5 | 14 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 48th pick / 1964 Denver Broncos / 8th / 57th pick / 1964 |
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| LCB | Earsell Mackbee | 28 | 4 | 14 | 6 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RCB | Bobby Bryant | 25 | 1 | 10 | 8 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 167th pick / 1967 |
| LS | Karl Kassulke | 28 | 6 | 13 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 11th / 152nd pick / 1963 |
| RS | Paul Krause* | 27 | 5 | 14 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 18th pick / 1964 Denver Broncos / 12th / 89th pick / 1964 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Fred Cox+ | 31 | 6 | 0 | 26 of 37 field goals & 43 of 43 extra points | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 110th pick / 1961 New York Titans / 28th / 221st pick / 1961 |
| P | Bob Lee | 24 | Rook | 0 | 67 punts for a 40.0 average, 0 blocked | Minnesota Vikings / 17th / 441st pick / 1968 |
| PR | Charlie West | 23 | 1 | 0 | 39 punt returns for a 6.3 average and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1968 |
| KR | Clint Jones | 24 | 2 | 0 | 17 kick returns for a 26.1 average and 0 td | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 2nd pick / 1967 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | Grady Alderman*+ | 31 | T-G | 14 | 14 | 247 | 6-2 | Detroit Mercy | 12/10/1938 | 9 | Detroit Lions / 10th / 111th pick / 1960 |
| 87 | John Beasley | 24 | TE | 14 | 12 | 228 | 6-3 | California | 4/6/1945 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 8th / 197th pick / 1967 |
| 66 | Bookie Bolin | 29 | G | 6 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 6/17/1940 | 7 | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1962 Dallas Texans / 14th / 107th pick / 1962 |
| 30 | Bill Brown | 31 | RB | 12 | 12 | 228 | 5-11 | Illinois | 6/29/1938 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 20th pick / 1961 New York Titans / 6th / 45th pick / 1961 |
| 20 | Bobby Bryant | 25 | DB | 10 | 10 | 170 | 6-1 | South Carolina | 1/24/1944 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 167th pick / 1967 |
| 14 | Fred Cox+ | 31 | K | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Pittsburgh | 12/11/1938 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 8th / 110th pick / 1961 New York Titans / 28th / 221st pick / 1961 |
| 15 | Gary Cuozzo | 28 | QB | 9 | 1 | 195 | 6-0 | Virginia | 4/26/1941 | 6 | |
| 71 | Doug Davis | 25 | T | 10 | 8 | 255 | 6-4 | Kentucky | 7/22/1944 | 3 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 72nd pick / 1966 |
| 76 | Paul Dickson | 32 | DT-T | 13 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Baylor | 2/26/1937 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 9th pick / 1959 |
| 81 | Carl Eller*+ | 27 | DE | 14 | 14 | 247 | 6-6 | Minnesota | 2/25/1942 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 5th pick / 1964 Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 6th pick / 1964 |
| 27 | Bob Grim | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Oregon St. | 5/8/1945 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 28th pick / 1967 |
| 49 | Dale Hackbart | 31 | DB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 7/21/1938 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 51st pick / 1960 |
| 86 | Tom Hall | 29 | WR-DB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Minnesota | 4/3/1940 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 94th pick / 1962 Buffalo Bills / 22nd / 172nd pick / 1962 |
| 50 | Jim Hargrove | 24 | LB | 6 | 0 | 233 | 6-2 | Howard Payne | 2/21/1945 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 14th / 348th pick / 1967 |
| 35 | Billy Harris | 23 | RB | 13 | 0 | 204 | 6-2 | Colorado | 1/17/1946 | 1 | Atlanta Falcons / 13th / 329th pick / 1968 |
| 80 | John Henderson | 26 | WR-FL | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-3 | Michigan | 3/21/1943 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 63rd pick / 1965 Buffalo Bills / 17th / 136th pick / 1965 |
| 58 | Wally Hilgenberg | 27 | LB-G | 14 | 14 | 229 | 6-3 | Iowa | 9/19/1942 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 48th pick / 1964 Denver Broncos / 8th / 57th pick / 1964 |
| 26 | Clint Jones | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Michigan St. | 5/24/1945 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 2nd pick / 1967 |
| 11 | Joe Kapp* | 31 | QB | 13 | 13 | 215 | 6-2 | California | 3/19/1938 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 18th / 209th pick / 1959 |
| 29 | Karl Kassulke | 28 | DB | 13 | 13 | 195 | 6-0 | Marquette,Drake | 3/20/1941 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 11th / 152nd pick / 1963 |
| 36 | John Kirby | 27 | LB | 2 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 5/30/1942 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 16th pick / 1964 Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 62nd pick / 1964 |
| 89 | Kent Kramer | 25 | TE | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Minnesota | 7/21/1944 | 3 | Miami Dolphins / 13th / 110th pick / 1966 San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 133rd pick / 1966 |
| 22 | Paul Krause* | 27 | DB-WR | 14 | 14 | 200 | 6-3 | Iowa | 2/19/1942 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 18th pick / 1964 Denver Broncos / 12th / 89th pick / 1964 |
| 77 | Gary Larsen* | 29 | DT | 14 | 14 | 261 | 6-5 | Concordia (IL) | 3/13/1940 | 5 | Los Angeles Rams / 10th / 133rd pick / 1964 |
| 19 | Bob Lee | 24 | QB-P | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Arizona St.,Pacific | 8/7/1945 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 17th / 441st pick / 1968 |
| 21 | Jim Lindsey | 25 | RB | 10 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Arkansas | 11/24/1944 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 17th pick / 1966 Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 27th pick / 1966 |
| 46 | Earsell Mackbee | 28 | DB | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-1 | Utah St. | 1/15/1941 | 4 | |
| 70 | Jim Marshall* | 32 | DE | 14 | 14 | 248 | 6-4 | Ohio St. | 12/30/1937 | 9 | Cleveland Browns / 4th / 44th pick / 1960 |
| 55 | Mike McGill | 23 | LB | 10 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 11/21/1946 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 76th pick / 1968 |
| 41 | Dave Osborn | 26 | RB | 14 | 14 | 208 | 6-0 | North Dakota | 3/18/1943 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 13th / 176th pick / 1965 |
| 88 | Alan Page*+ | 24 | DT | 14 | 14 | 245 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 8/7/1945 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 15th pick / 1967 |
| 32 | Oscar Reed | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-0 | Colorado St. | 3/24/1944 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 7th / 167th pick / 1968 |
| 52 | Mike Reilly | 27 | LB | 10 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Iowa | 3/27/1942 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 37th pick / 1964 Chicago Bears / 4th / 47th pick / 1964 |
| 45 | Ed Sharockman | 30 | DB | 11 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Pittsburgh | 11/4/1939 | 8 | Minnesota Vikings / 5th / 57th pick / 1961 Dallas Texans / 22nd / 174th pick / 1961 |
| 74 | Steve Smith | 25 | T-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Michigan | 5/29/1944 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 71st pick / 1966 Houston Oilers / 16th / 140th pick / 1966 |
| 64 | Milt Sunde | 27 | G | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-2 | Minnesota | 2/1/1942 | 5 | Minnesota Vikings / 20th / 271st pick / 1964 |
| 53 | Mick Tingelhoff*+ | 29 | C | 14 | 14 | 237 | 6-2 | Nebraska | 5/22/1940 | 7 | |
| 63 | Jim Vellone | 25 | G | 13 | 13 | 255 | 6-3 | USC | 8/20/1944 | 3 | |
| 59 | Lonnie Warwick | 27 | LB | 14 | 14 | 238 | 6-3 | Tennessee,Tennessee Tech | 2/26/1942 | 4 | |
| 84 | Gene Washington*+ | 25 | WR | 14 | 14 | 208 | 6-3 | Michigan St. | 1/25/1944 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 8th pick / 1967 |
| 40 | Charlie West | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 197 | 6-1 | Angelo State (TX),Texas-El Paso | 8/31/1946 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1968 |
| 62 | Ed White | 22 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 269 | 6-1 | California | 4/4/1947 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 39th pick / 1969 |
| 60 | Roy Winston | 29 | LB | 14 | 14 | 222 | 5-11 | LSU | 9/15/1940 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 6th / 42nd pick / 1962 Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 45th pick / 1962 |
| 73 | Ron Yary | 23 | T | 11 | 6 | 255 | 6-5 | USC | 8/16/1946 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 1st pick / 1968 |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 14 | 223.5 | 6-2.1 | 4.2 |