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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 301 points (21.5/g), 12th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 252 points (18.0/g), 11th.
Differential of 49 points (3.5/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 8.5-5.5.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +8 (0.6/g), 6th.
Simple Rating System: Total 6.1, Offense: 2.6, Defense: 3.4, SoS: 2.6, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Bud Grant
Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Burns
Training Camp: Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota)
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | CarAV | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 10 | MIN | Jeff Siemon | LB | 11 | 1972 | 1982 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 66 | 156 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Stanford | ||||||||
| 2 | 50 | MIN | Ed Marinaro | RB | 6 | 1972 | 1977 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 58 | 383 | 1319 | 6 | 146 | 1176 | 7 | Cornell | |||||
| 3 | 59 | MIN | Bart Buetow | T | 2 | 1973 | 1976 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | Minnesota | |||||||||||
| 6 | 154 | MIN | Amos Martin | LB | 6 | 1972 | 1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 54 | Louisville | |||||||||||
| 7 | 181 | MIN | Bill Slater | DE | 0 | 0 | 0 | West. Michigan | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 206 | MIN | Calvin Demery | WR | 1 | 1972 | 1972 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Arizona St. | |||||||||||
| 9 | 232 | MIN | Charles Goodrum | G | 7 | 1973 | 1979 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 95 | Florida A&M | |||||||||||
| 10 | 258 | MIN | Willie Aldridge | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | South Carolina St. | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 284 | MIN | Willie McKelton | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Southern | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 310 | MIN | Bob Banaugh | DB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Montana St. | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 336 | MIN | Franklin Roberts | RB | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alcorn St. | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 361 | MIN | Marv Owens | WR | 2 | 1973 | 1974 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | San Diego St. | |||||||||||
| 15 | 388 | MIN | Mike Sivert | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | East Tennessee St. | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 414 | MIN | Neil Graff | QB | 3 | 1974 | 1977 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 25 | 48 | 288 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | Wisconsin | |||
| 17 | 440 | MIN | Dick Schmalz | WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | Auburn | ||||||||||||||||