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1971 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 11-3-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 245 points (17.5/g), 18th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 139 points (9.9/g), 1st.
 Differential of 106 points (7.6/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 11.1-2.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +15 (1.1/g), 4th.

Coached by Bud Grant (11-3-0)

1971 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 Mon September 20 box W 1-0 @ Detroit Lions 16 13 14 275 232 43 4 15 221 61 160 2
2 Sun September 26 box L 1-1 Chicago Bears 17 20 11 230 146 84 1 19 315 239 76 3
3 Sun October 3 box W 2-1 Buffalo Bills 19 0 23 326 133 193 3 7 64 8 56 3
4 Sun October 10 box W 3-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 13 0 15 195 60 135 1 9 172 122 50 4
5 Sun October 17 box W 4-1 @ Green Bay Packers 24 13 17 270 172 98 1 19 342 221 121 5
6 Mon October 25 box W 5-1 Baltimore Colts 10 3 9 153 86 67 1 16 276 147 129 3
7 Sun October 31 box W 6-1 @ New York Giants 17 10 13 278 161 117 2 13 252 127 125 1
8 Sun November 7 box L 6-2 San Francisco 49ers 9 13 10 167 76 91 1 14 222 103 119 5
9 Sun November 14 box W 7-2 Green Bay Packers 3 0 5 87 21 66 1 15 301 56 245 4
10 Sun November 21 box W 8-2 @ New Orleans Saints 23 10 20 267 95 172 2 11 258 167 91 2
11 Sun November 28 box W 9-2 Atlanta Falcons 24 7 19 304 47 257 3 4 123 55 68 3
12 Sun December 5 box L 9-3 @ San Diego Chargers 14 30 19 315 173 142 5 21 314 165 149 1
13 Sat December 11 box W 10-3 Detroit Lions 29 10 7 134 21 113 2 17 236 129 107 5
14 Sun December 19 box W 11-3 @ Chicago Bears 27 10 16 349 232 117 3 14 310 206 104 4
Playoffs
Division Sat December 25 box L 11-4 Dallas Cowboys 12 20

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 245 3350 846 4.0 198 157 334 1655 9 18 4.6 95 484 1695 14 3.5 89 30 12 14
Team Defense 139 3406 879 3.9 300 206 405 1806 10 27 4.2 88 447 1600 2 3.6 194 45 18 18
Lg Rank Offense 18 23 23 19 25 25 11 23 11 17 9 22 7 4
Lg Rank Defense 1 2 2 21 3 3 3 1 11 6 1 8 3 6

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Gary Cuozzo 30 QB 8 8 6-2-0 75 168 44.6 842 6 3.6 8 4.8 52 5.0 3.2 11.2 105.3 52.2 13 97 4.1 2.5 7.2
Bob Lee 26 P 14 4 3-1-0 45 90 50.0 598 2 2.2 4 4.4 51 6.6 4.9 13.3 42.7 60.3 8 91 5.2 3.5 8.2
Norm Snead 32 7 2 2-0-0 37 75 49.3 470 1 1.3 6 8.0 55 6.3 2.8 12.7 67.1 40.4 7 67 4.9 1.7 8.5
Bob Grim* 26 WR 14 14 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 27.7 14 11-3-0 157 334 47.0 1910 9 2.7 18 5.4 55 5.7 3.6 12.2 136.4 51.6 28 255 4.6 2.6 7.7
Opp Total 14 206 405 50.9 1806 10 2.5 27 6.7 4.5 1.7 8.8 129.0 43.5 27 216 4.2 1.1

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
Clint Jones 26 RB 14 10 180 675 4 73 3.8 48.2 12.9 9 98 10.9 0 18 0.6 7.0 773 4 7
Dave Osborn 28 FB 11 10 123 349 5 15 2.8 31.7 11.2 25 195 7.8 1 25 2.3 17.7 544 6 3
Oscar Reed 27 13 0 50 182 1 18 3.6 14.0 3.8 15 138 9.2 0 26 1.2 10.6 320 1 1
Bill Brown 33 fb 14 8 46 136 2 23 3.0 9.7 3.3 10 94 9.4 0 36 0.7 6.7 230 2 0
Jim Lindsey 27 14 0 46 182 0 19 4.0 13.0 3.3 8 31 3.9 0 9 0.6 2.2 213 0 1
Gary Cuozzo 30 QB 8 8 15 24 0 9 1.6 3.0 1.9 24 0 2
Bob Lee 26 P 14 4 11 14 1 4 1.3 1.0 0.8 14 1 2
Bob Grim* 26 WR 14 14 6 127 0 54 21.2 9.1 0.4 45 691 15.4 7 55 3.2 49.4 818 7 0
Norm Snead 32 7 2 6 6 1 5 1.0 0.9 0.9 6 1 2
Al Denson 29 7 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 10 125 12.5 0 17 1.4 17.9 125 0 0
Stu Voigt 23 TE 12 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 214 14.3 1 25 1.3 17.8 214 1 1
Gene Washington 27 WR 13 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 165 13.8 0 51 0.9 12.7 165 0 1
Robert Brown 28 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 141 23.5 0 48 0.8 17.6 141 0 0
John Henderson 28 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 18 9.0 0 12 0.3 2.6 18 0 0
Team Total 27.7 14 484 1695 14 73 3.5 121.1 34.6 157 1910 12.2 9 55 11.2 136.4 3605 23 25
Opp Total 14 447 1600 2 3.6 114.3 31.9 206 1806 8.8 10 14.7 129.0 3406 12 34

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 25 LCB 14 14 18 94 0 16 5.2 24 556 0 36 23.2 650
Clint Jones 26 RB 14 10 12 329 0 47 27.4 1102
Bob Grim* 26 WR 14 14 7 44 0 36 6.3 3 52 0 38 17.3 914
Bobby Bryant 27 13 0 2 26 0 17 13.0 1 23 0 23 23.0 49
Stu Voigt 23 TE 12 9 1 0 0 0 0.0 214
Team Total 27.7 14 27 164 0 36 6.1 41 960 0 47 23.4 4729
Opp Total 14 47 0 49 1077 0 22.0

Kicking & Punting

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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
Bob Lee 26 P 14 4 89 3515 58 0 39.5
Fred Cox 33 K 14 0 9 9 8 4 7 6 8 3 32 22 68.8% 25 25 100.0%
Team Total 27.7 14 9 9 8 4 7 6 8 3 32 22 68.8% 25 25 100.0% 89 3515 58 0 39.5
Opp Total 14 32 14 43.8% 14 13 92.9% 78 3120 40.0

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
Bobby Bryant 27 13 0 3 51 0 19 2 3 5 0
Gary Cuozzo 30 QB 8 8 2 2 0 0
Carl Gersbach 24 MLB 13 10 0 1 0 0
Bob Grim* 26 WR 14 14 0 1 0 0
Wally Hilgenberg 29 RLB 14 14 2 6 0 6 0 3 4 0
Noel Jenke 25 14 0 0 2 7 0
Clint Jones 26 RB 14 10 7 2 0 0
Karl Kassulke 30 SS 12 12 2 29 0 27 0 1 0 0
Paul Krause* 29 FS 14 14 6 112 0 31 0 2 6 0
Gary Larsen 31 LDT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Bob Lee 26 P 14 4 2 1 0 0
Jim Lindsey 27 14 0 1 2 0 1
Jim Marshall 34 RDE 14 14 0 1 0 0
Dave Osborn 28 FB 11 10 3 1 0 0
Alan Page*+ 26 RDT 14 14 0 3 8 0 2
Oscar Reed 27 13 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Sharockman 32 RCB 14 14 6 109 0 33
Norm Snead 32 7 2 2 0 0 0
Mick Tingelhoff 31 C 14 14 1 1 -8 0
Stu Voigt 23 TE 12 9 1 0 0 0
John Ward 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Gene Washington 27 WR 13 8 1 1 0 0
Charlie West 25 LCB 14 14 7 236 0 89 2 1 0 0
Roy Winston 31 LLB 14 14 1 29 1 29
Team Total 27.7 14 27 572 1 89 25 30 22 1 2
Opp Total 14 28 34 16

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Fred Cox 33 K 14 0 25 22 91
Bob Grim* 26 WR 14 14 7 42
Dave Osborn 28 FB 11 10 5 1 36
Clint Jones 26 RB 14 10 4 24
Bill Brown 33 fb 14 8 2 12
Bob Lee 26 P 14 4 1 6
Jim Lindsey 27 14 0 1 6
Oscar Reed 27 13 0 1 6
Norm Snead 32 7 2 1 6
Stu Voigt 23 TE 12 9 1 6
Roy Winston 31 LLB 14 14 1 6
Alan Page*+ 26 RDT 14 14 2 4
Team Total 27.7 14 14 9 1 1 25 22 2 245
Opp Total 14 2 10 13 14 139