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1973 Minnesota Vikings Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 12-2-0, 1st in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bud Grant (12-2-0)

Points For: 296 (21.1/g) 9th of 26

Points Against: 168 (12.0/g) 2nd of 26

Expected W-L: 11.1-2.9

SRS: 8.60 (4th of 26), SOS: -0.54

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 27-20 vs. Washington Redskins
Won Conference Championship 27-10 vs. Dallas Cowboys
Lost Super Bowl 7-24 vs. Miami Dolphins

Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Burns

Defensive Coordinator: Neill Armstrong

Other Notable Asst.: Jack Patera (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium

Principal Owner/President: Max Winter

VP/General Manager: Jim Finks

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

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

1973 NFC Champion

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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	296	4231	868	4.9	26	17	246	179	298	1956	16	9	5.9	99	538	2275	14	4.2	137	55	482	10
Opp. Stats	168	3868	857	4.5	36	15	220	198	377	1894	8	21	4.7	99	450	1974	5	4.4	106	58	633	15
Lg Rank Offense	9	7			2	16	8		22	14	9	1	5		6	6	10	9
Lg Rank Defense	2	12			9	16	11		22	12	2	5	7		4	11	1	23

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	Sun	September 16	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Oakland Raiders	24	16	16	273	170	103	2	19	353	153	200	4
2	Sun	September 23	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Chicago Bears	22	13	13	309	121	188	1	16	374	174	200	2
3	Sun	September 30	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		Green Bay Packers	11	3	17	284	78	206	4	10	160	70	90	2
4	Sun	October 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0	@	Detroit Lions	23	9	17	326	179	147	3	15	245	91	154	4
5	Sun	October 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0	@	San Francisco 49ers	17	13	14	220	124	96	1	28	430	320	110	5
6	Sun	October 21	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-0		Philadelphia Eagles	28	21	25	409	192	217	1	19	315	189	126
7	Sun	October 28	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-0		Los Angeles Rams	10	9	19	253	71	182	1	11	157	68	89	2
8	Sun	November 4	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-0		Cleveland Browns	26	3	23	353	152	201	1	4	145	75	70	3
9	Sun	November 11	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-0		Detroit Lions	28	7	23	403	155	248	1	17	246	119	127	2
10	Mon	November 19	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-1	@	Atlanta Falcons	14	20	17	291	209	82	3	18	347	171	176	3
11	Sun	November 25	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-1		Chicago Bears	31	13	20	375	172	203	3	16	198	57	141	2
12	Sun	December 2	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		10-2	@	Cincinnati Bengals	0	27	13	201	120	81	3	17	332	105	227
13	Sat	December 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-2	@	Green Bay Packers	31	7	10	221	83	138		17	300	148	152	5
14	Sun	December 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-2	@	New York Giants	31	7	19	313	130	183	2	13	266	154	112	2
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-2		Washington Redskins	27	20	17	359	218	141	2	18	314	159	155	2
Conf. Champ.	Sun	December 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		14-2	@	Dallas Cowboys	27	10	20	306	103	203	4	9	153	63	90	6
SuperBowl	Sun	January 13	3:50PM ET	boxscore	L		14-3	N	Miami Dolphins	7	24	14	238	166	72	2	21	259	63	196

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	33	QB	14	14	12-2-0	169	274	61.7	2113	15	5.5	7	2.6	54	7.7	7.7	12.5	150.9	93.2	31	270	10.16	6.04	6.0	0	0
2	Bob Berry	31	QB	6	0		10	24	41.7	121	1	4.2	2	8.3	30	5.0	2.1	12.1	20.2	37.0	1	8	4.00	4.52	1.7	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	12-2-0	179	298	60.1	1956	16	5.4	9	3.0	54	7.5	7.2	12.5	139.7	88.7	32	278	9.70	5.93	5.67	0	0

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	33	QB	3	3	2-1-0	44	77	57.1	537	3	3.9	3	3.9	54	7.0	6.0	12.2	179.0	75.5	7	50	8.33	5.80	4.9	1	1
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	44	77	57.1	487	3	3.9	3	3.9	54	6.3	6.0	12.2	162.3	64.2	7	50	8.33	4.12	3.12	1	1

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	Chuck Foreman	23	FB	12	10	182	801	4	50	4.4	66.8	15.2	37	362	9.8	2	35	3.1	30.2	219	5.3	1163	6	6	PB,AP ORoY-1
2	John Gilliam	28	WR	14	14	5	71	1	44	14.2	5.1	0.4	42	907	21.6	8	54	3.0	64.8	47	20.8	978	9	1	PB
3	Oscar Reed	29	RB	12	8	100	401	3	30	4.0	33.4	8.3	19	122	6.4	0	13	1.6	10.2	119	4.4	523	3	2
4	Ed Marinaro	23	RB	13	7	95	302	2	27	3.2	23.2	7.3	26	196	7.5	2	17	2.0	15.1	121	4.1	498	4	3
5	Stu Voigt	25	TE	13	13	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.2	0.1	23	318	13.8	2	43	1.8	24.5	24	13.3	320	2	1
6	Bill Brown	35	RB	14	2	47	206	3	21	4.4	14.7	3.4	5	22	4.4	1	7	0.4	1.6	52	4.4	228	4	2
7	Dave Osborn	30	RB	11	1	48	216	0	14	4.5	19.6	4.4	3	4	1.3	0	5	0.3	0.4	51	4.3	220	0	2
8	Fran Tarkenton	33	QB	14	14	41	202	1	16	4.9	14.4	2.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	41	4.9	202	1	5
9	Carroll Dale	35	WR	13	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	14	192	13.7	0	40	1.1	14.8	14	13.7	192	0	0
10	Brent McClanahan	22	RB	13	0	17	69	0	10	4.1	5.3	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	17	4.1	69	0	2
11	Jim Lash	22	WR	9	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	34	17.0	0	18	0.2	3.8	2	17.0	34	0	0
12	Doug Kingsriter	23	TE	11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	27	13.5	0	14	0.2	2.5	2	13.5	27	0	0
13	Rhett Dawson	25	WR	2	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	24	12.0	0	19	1.0	12.0	2	12.0	24	0	0
14	Gary Ballman	33	TE	5	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	22	11.0	0	12	0.4	4.4	2	11.0	22	0	0
15	Bob Berry	31	QB	6	0	2	5	0	5	2.5	0.8	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	2.5	5	0	0
16	John Beasley	28	TE	5	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	3	3.0	1	3	0.2	0.6	1	3.0	3	1	0
17	John Ward	25	RG	8	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	1	1.0	0	1	0.1	0.1	1	1.0	1	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	538	2275	14	50	4.2	162.5	38.4	179	2234	12.5	16	54	12.8	159.6	717	6.3	4509	30	24

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	Oscar Reed	29	RB	3	3	46	202	0	46	4.4	67.3	15.3	7	83	11.9	0	50	2.3	27.7	53	5.4	285	0	1
2	Chuck Foreman	23	FB	3	3	37	134	1	20	3.6	44.7	12.3	12	78	6.5	0	14	4.0	26.0	49	4.3	212	1	1
3	John Gilliam	28	WR	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	143	17.9	3	54	2.7	47.7	8	17.9	143	3	0
4	Stu Voigt	25	TE	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	108	13.5	0	17	2.7	36.0	8	13.5	108	0	0
5	Ed Marinaro	23	RB	2	0	2	6	0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0	2	39	19.5	0	27	1.0	19.5	4	11.3	45	0	0
6	Jim Lash	22	WR	3	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	37	12.3	0	17	1.0	12.3	3	12.3	37	0	0
7	Fran Tarkenton	33	QB	3	3	12	34	1	11	2.8	11.3	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	12	2.8	34	1	3
8	Carroll Dale	35	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	31	15.5	0	16	2.0	31.0	2	15.5	31	0	0
9	Dave Osborn	30	RB	1	0	4	27	0	15	6.8	27.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	6.8	27	0	0
10	Bill Brown	35	RB	3	0	4	13	1	5	3.3	4.3	1.3	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.3	3.0	5	4.4	22	1	0
11	Doug Kingsriter	23	TE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	1.0	9.0	1	9.0	9	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	105	416	3	46	4.0	138.7	35.0	44	537	12.2	3	54	14.7	179.0	149	6.4	953	6	5

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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	Bobby Bryant	29	RCB	14	14	7	105	1	46	1	0	0	0	1.0	0
2	Carl Eller	31	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	11.0	0	PB,AP-1
3	John Gilliam	28	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Paul Krause	31	FS	14	14	4	28	0	24	0	1	4	0	0.0	0	PB
5	Jim Marshall	36	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0	7.0	0
6	Alan Page	28	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-4
7	Jeff Siemon	23	MLB	14	14	2	24	0	21	0	2	0	0	2.0	0	PB
8	Fran Tarkenton	33	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Mick Tingelhoff	33	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Ed White	26	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Jeff Wright	24	SS	14	14	3	31	0	25	2	3	0	0	0.0	0
12	Nate Wright	26	LCB	14	14	3	6	0	6	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
13	Stu Voigt	25	TE	13	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Roy Winston	33	LLB	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0.0	1
15	Wally Hilgenberg	31	RLB	13	12	1	6	0	6	0	2	2	1	0.0	0
16	Gary Larsen	33	LDT	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Chuck Foreman	23	FB	12	10	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP ORoY-1
18	Oscar Reed	29	RB	12	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Ed Marinaro	23	RB	13	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Bill Brown	35	RB	14	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Bob Lurtsema	31	DT	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
22	Dave Osborn	30	RB	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Terry Brown	26	DB	14	0	1	63	1	63	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Charles Goodrum	23	T	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Doug Kingsriter	23	TE	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Brent McClanahan	22	RB	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Ron Porter	28	LB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	21	263	2	63	29	26	17	1	30.0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Fran Tarkenton	33	QB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	-2	0	0.0	0	0
2	Bobby Bryant	29	RCB	2	2	2	63	1	63	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Jeff Siemon	23	MLB	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	0	0.0	0	0
4	Chuck Foreman	23	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Wally Hilgenberg	31	RLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
6	Gary Larsen	33	LDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	0	0
7	Jim Marshall	36	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
8	Alan Page	28	RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	0
9	Oscar Reed	29	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Mick Tingelhoff	33	C	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	0	0.0	0	0
11	Jeff Wright	24	SS	1	1	1	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
12	Nate Wright	26	LCB	1	1	1	26	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	5	102	1	63	0	8	6	13	0	4.0	4	0

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