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1972 Minnesota Vikings Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 7-7-0, 3rd in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bud Grant (7-7-0)

Points For: 301 (21.5/g) 12th of 26

Points Against: 252 (18.0/g) 11th of 26

Expected W-L: 8.5-5.5

SRS: 6.06 (8th of 26), SOS: 2.56

Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Burns

Defensive Coordinator: Neill Armstrong

Other Notable Asst.: Jack Patera (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium

Co-Owner: Bill Boyer

Co-Owner/President: Max Winter

VP/General Manager: Jim Finks

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	301	4263	883	4.8	32	19	235	218	385	2523	19	13	6.1	127	472	1740	11	3.7	95	51	440	13
Opp. Stats	252	3701	806	4.6	40	14	200	169	331	1699	13	26	4.8	82	454	2002	13	4.4	103	47	490	15
Lg Rank Offense	12	12			11	22	14		3	4	7	6	8		15	20	18	22
Lg Rank Defense	11	5			4	14	2		9	1	7	2	5		13	16	13	20

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Mon	September 18	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Washington Redskins	21	24	26	382	200	182	2	11	203	57	146	1
2	Sun	September 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-1	@	Detroit Lions	34	10	13	286	156	130		16	213	124	89	5
3	Sun	October 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2		Miami Dolphins	14	16	12	240	109	131	4	14	254	134	120	2
4	Sun	October 8	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3		St. Louis Cardinals	17	19	21	292	113	179	2	12	262	153	109
5	Sun	October 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3	@	Denver Broncos	23	20	21	305	177	128	1	15	336	175	161	2
6	Mon	October 23	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-4	@	Chicago Bears	10	13	12	282	231	51	4	17	241	46	195	4
7	Sun	October 29	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-4	@	Green Bay Packers	27	13	15	344	192	152	3	12	232	130	102	4
8	Sun	November 5	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-4		New Orleans Saints	37	6	23	381	233	148	1	16	270	147	123	4
9	Sun	November 12	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-4		Detroit Lions	16	14	17	298	121	177	3	9	228	126	102	1
10	Sun	November 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-4	@	Los Angeles Rams	45	41	14	375	319	56		25	426	235	191	2
11	Sun	November 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-5	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	10	23	16	320	225	95	3	12	292	86	206	3
12	Sun	December 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-5		Chicago Bears	23	10	19	341	261	80	3	5	91	1	90	3
13	Sun	December 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-6		Green Bay Packers	7	23	9	144	90	54	4	18	270	56	214	2
14	Sat	December 16	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-7	@	San Francisco 49ers	17	20	17	273	96	177	2	18	383	229	154	7

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Fran Tarkenton	32	QB	14	14	7-7-0	215	378	56.9	2651	18	4.8	13	3.4	76	7.0	6.4	12.3	189.4	80.2	26	203	6.44	6.06	5.5	4	3
2	Bob Lee	26	QB	2	0		3	6	50.0	75	1	16.7	0	0.0	63	12.5	15.8	25.0	37.5	135.4	0	0	0.00	12.50	15.8	0	0
3	Paul Krause	30	FS	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0	PB,AP-2
	Team Totals			14	14	7-7-0	218	385	56.6	2523	19	4.9	13	3.4	76	7.1	6.5	12.5	180.2	81.2	26	203	6.33	6.14	5.64	4	3

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	John Gilliam	27	WR	14	14	8	14	0	14	1.8	1.0	0.6	47	1035	22.0	7	66	3.4	73.9	55	19.1	1049	7	2	PB
2	Oscar Reed	28	RB	14	14	151	639	2	43	4.2	45.6	10.8	30	205	6.8	0	37	2.1	14.6	181	4.7	844	2	7
3	Bill Brown	34	RB	14	0	82	263	4	19	3.2	18.8	5.9	22	298	13.5	4	76	1.6	21.3	104	5.4	561	8	4
4	Ed Marinaro	22	FB	10	6	66	223	0	19	3.4	22.3	6.6	28	218	7.8	1	18	2.8	21.8	94	4.7	441	1	4
5	Dave Osborn	29	RB	14	5	82	261	2	14	3.2	18.6	5.9	20	166	8.3	1	18	1.4	11.9	102	4.2	427	3	3
6	Gene Washington	28	WR	12	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	18	259	14.4	2	39	1.5	21.6	18	14.4	259	2	0
7	John Beasley	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	28	232	8.3	1	18	2.0	16.6	28	8.3	232	1	0
8	Clint Jones	27	RB	7	3	52	164	2	33	3.2	23.4	7.4	6	42	7.0	0	10	0.9	6.0	58	3.6	206	2	1
9	John Henderson	29	WR	12	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	190	19.0	2	70	0.8	15.8	10	19.0	190	2	1
10	Fran Tarkenton	32	QB	14	14	27	180	0	21	6.7	12.9	1.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	27	6.7	180	0	3
11	Stu Voigt	24	TE	14	0	1	1	1	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	6	50	8.3	1	14	0.4	3.6	7	7.3	51	2	0
12	Jim Lindsey	28	RB	13	0	1	8	0	8	8.0	0.6	0.1	3	28	9.3	0	13	0.2	2.2	4	9.0	36	0	0
13	Ed White	25	LG	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	0	3		0	3	0.0	0.2	0		3	0	0
14	Paul Krause	30	FS	14	14	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1	PB,AP-2
15	Mike Eischeid	32	P	14	0	1	-13	0	-13	-13.0	-0.9	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-13.0	-13	0	2
	Team Totals			14	14	472	1740	11	43	3.7	124.3	33.7	218	2726	12.5	19	76	15.6	194.7	690	6.5	4466	30	28

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	John Beasley	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0.0	0
2	Bobby Bryant	28	RCB	14	14	4	82	0	34	1	2	24	1	0.0	0
3	Carl Eller	30	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7.0	0	AP-2
4	John Gilliam	27	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	2	13	0	0.0	0	PB
5	Wally Hilgenberg	30	RLB	14	14	1	17	1	14	1	2	13	0	1.0	0
6	Paul Krause	30	FS	14	14	6	109	1	35	1	1	24	1	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
7	Gary Larsen	32	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
8	Jim Marshall	35	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Alan Page	27	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	0	PB,AP-2
10	Oscar Reed	28	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Fran Tarkenton	32	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Mick Tingelhoff	32	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
13	Charlie West	26	LCB	14	13	3	7	0	8	2	2	26	0	0.0	0
14	Roy Winston	32	LLB	13	13	3	55	0	23	0	2	19	0	1.0	0	AP DPoY-9
15	Jeff Siemon	22	MLB	13	8	2	23	0	23	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	AP DRoY-5
16	Jeff Wright	23	SS	13	8	3	31	0	31	0	2	16	0	1.0	0
17	Karl Kassulke	31	SS	8	6	2	25	0	22	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Ed Marinaro	22	FB	10	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Lonnie Warwick	30	MLB	6	6	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Dave Osborn	29	RB	14	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	John Henderson	29	WR	12	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Clint Jones	27	RB	7	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Bill Brown	34	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Mike Eischeid	32	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
25	Bob Lurtsema	30	DE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
26	Nate Wright	25	DB	14	0	1	10	0	10	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	26	365	2	35	32	26	139	2	21.0	0

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