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1974 Minnesota Vikings Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 10-4-0, 1st in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bud Grant (10-4-0)

Points For: 310 (22.1/g) 5th of 26

Points Against: 195 (13.9/g) 3rd of 26

Expected W-L: 10.5-3.5

SRS: 6.09 (5th of 26), SOS: -2.13

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 30-14 vs. St. Louis Cardinals
Won Conference Championship 14-10 vs. Los Angeles Rams
Lost Super Bowl 6-16 vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

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)

1974 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	310	4611	907	5.1	22	9	264	234	400	2755	22	13	6.6	136	488	1856	17	3.8	114	56	501	14
Opp. Stats	195	3907	864	4.5	33	11	230	214	396	2302	8	22	5.4	120	437	1605	12	3.7	100	70	660	10
Lg Rank Offense	5	3			3	2	5		4	2	2	4	3		10	15	6	15
Lg Rank Defense	3	10			12	19	9		18	18	1	8	15		5	5	8	9

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 15	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Green Bay Packers	32	17	20	262	97	165	2	12	191	95	96	4
2	Sun	September 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Detroit Lions	7	6	14	253	119	134	2	9	162	39	123
3	Sun	September 29	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0		Chicago Bears	11	7	16	303	165	138	3	18	279	162	117	3
4	Sun	October 6	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0	@	Dallas Cowboys	23	21	18	376	265	111		16	273	129	144	4
5	Sun	October 13	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0		Houston Oilers	51	10	25	502	357	145		11	185	129	56	4
6	Sun	October 20	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-1		Detroit Lions	16	20	25	371	210	161	2	23	358	276	82	1
7	Sun	October 27	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-2		New England Patriots	14	17	20	371	257	114	3	18	394	218	176	4
8	Sun	November 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-2	@	Chicago Bears	17	0	17	269	79	190	2	10	158	100	58	3
9	Mon	November 11	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-2	@	St. Louis Cardinals	28	24	18	304	126	178	1	23	436	341	95	3
10	Sun	November 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-3		Green Bay Packers	7	19	14	284	210	74	2	20	393	191	202	1
11	Sun	November 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-4	@	Los Angeles Rams	17	20	18	301	214	87	1	25	380	268	112	1
12	Sun	December 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-4		New Orleans Saints	29	9	19	405	308	97	1	13	226	81	145
13	Sat	December 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-4		Atlanta Falcons	23	10	18	252	104	148	1	15	191	75	116	2
14	Sat	December 14	3:45PM ET	boxscore	W		10-4	@	Kansas City Chiefs	35	15	22	358	244	114	2	17	281	198	83	3
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-4		St. Louis Cardinals	30	14	19	365	166	199	2	17	284	184	100	2
Conf. Champ.	Sun	December 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-4		Los Angeles Rams	14	10	18	269	105	164	3	15	340	219	121	5
SuperBowl	Sun	January 12	3:00PM ET	boxscore	L		12-5	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	6	16	9	119	102	17	5	17	333	84	249	2

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	34	QB	13	13	9-4-0	199	351	56.7	2598	17	4.8	12	3.4	80	7.4	6.8	13.1	199.8	82.1	17	142	4.62	6.67	6.1	1	1	PB
2	Bob Berry	32	QB	10	1	1-0-0	34	48	70.8	305	5	10.4	1	2.1	21	6.4	7.5	9.0	30.5	113.6	2	12	4.00	5.86	7.0	0	0
3	Mike Eischeid	34	P	14	0		1	1	100.0	6	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	6.0	6.0	6.0	0.4	91.7	0	0	0.00	6.00	6.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	10-4-0	234	400	58.5	2755	22	5.5	13	3.3	80	7.3	6.9	12.4	196.8	85.9	19	154	4.53	6.58	6.23	1	1

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	34	QB	3	3	2-1-0	34	69	49.3	394	3	4.3	6	8.7	38	5.7	2.7	11.6	131.3	45.2	3	21	4.17	5.18	2.3	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	34	69	49.3	373	3	4.3	6	8.7	38	6.2	2.7	11.6	124.3	65.2	3	21	4.17	4.77	3.64	0	0

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	24	FB	13	13	199	777	9	32	3.9	59.8	15.3	53	586	11.1	6	66	4.1	45.1	252	5.4	1363	15	6	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-3
2	Dave Osborn	31	RB	13	10	131	514	4	17	3.9	39.5	10.1	29	196	6.8	0	25	2.2	15.1	160	4.4	710	4	1
3	Jim Lash	23	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	32	631	19.7	0	57	2.3	45.1	32	19.7	631	0	2
4	John Gilliam	29	WR	14	14	2	16	0	9	8.0	1.1	0.1	26	578	22.2	5	80	1.9	41.3	28	21.2	594	5	0	PB
5	Oscar Reed	30	RB	7	4	62	215	0	15	3.5	30.7	8.9	15	99	6.6	1	12	2.1	14.1	77	4.1	314	1	0
6	Stu Voigt	26	TE	14	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	32	268	8.4	5	22	2.3	19.1	32	8.4	268	5	1
7	Ed Marinaro	24	RB	14	1	44	124	1	8	2.8	8.9	3.1	17	132	7.8	1	20	1.2	9.4	61	4.2	256	2	3
8	Sam McCullum	22	WR	12	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	138	19.7	3	34	0.6	11.5	7	19.7	138	3	1
9	Fran Tarkenton	34	QB	13	13	21	120	2	15	5.7	9.2	1.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	21	5.7	120	2	2	PB
10	Doug Kingsriter	24	TE	14	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	89	17.8	0	21	0.4	6.4	5	17.8	89	0	0
11	John Holland	22	WR	10	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	84	16.8	0	20	0.5	8.4	5	16.8	84	0	0
12	Bill Brown	36	RB	14	0	19	41	0	11	2.2	2.9	1.4	5	41	8.2	0	21	0.4	2.9	24	3.4	82	0	3
13	Brent McClanahan	23	RB	14	0	9	41	1	14	4.6	2.9	0.6	3	35	11.7	0	17	0.2	2.5	12	6.3	76	1	1
14	Steve Craig	23	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	26	6.5	1	10	0.3	1.9	4	6.5	26	1	0
15	Bob Berry	32	QB	10	1	1	8	0	8	8.0	0.8	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	8.0	8	0	0
16	Nate Wright	27	LCB	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.4	1	6.0	6	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	488	1856	17	32	3.8	132.6	34.9	234	2909	12.4	22	80	16.7	207.8	722	6.6	4765	39	20

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	24	FB	3	3	57	212	1	19	3.7	70.7	19.0	10	104	10.4	0	19	3.3	34.7	67	4.7	316	1	4
2	Dave Osborn	31	RB	3	3	44	142	1	12	3.2	47.3	14.7	7	44	6.3	0	9	2.3	14.7	51	3.6	186	1	0
3	John Gilliam	29	WR	3	3	1	16	0	16	16.0	5.3	0.3	5	103	20.6	2	38	1.7	34.3	6	19.8	119	2	0
4	Stu Voigt	26	TE	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	99	12.4	0	28	2.7	33.0	8	12.4	99	0	0
5	Jim Lash	23	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	40	20.0	1	29	2.0	40.0	2	20.0	40	1	0
6	Ed Marinaro	24	RB	1	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	3.0	1.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	1.0	6.0	2	4.5	9	0	0
7	Fran Tarkenton	34	QB	3	3	7	5	0	3	0.7	1.7	2.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	0.7	5	0	2
8	Oscar Reed	30	RB	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	1.0	-2.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	110	378	2	19	3.4	126.7	36.7	34	394	11.6	3	38	11.3	131.3	144	5.4	772	5	6

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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	Carl Eller	32	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10.0	0	PB
2	Paul Krause	32	FS	14	14	2	53	0	45	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Jim Lash	23	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Jim Marshall	37	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
5	Alan Page	29	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-4
6	Jeff Siemon	24	MLB	14	14	2	24	0	22	0	3	3	0	0.0	0
7	Mick Tingelhoff	34	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	-6	0	0.0	0
8	Nate Wright	27	LCB	14	14	6	91	0	44	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Chuck Foreman	24	FB	13	13	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-3
10	Fran Tarkenton	34	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
11	Stu Voigt	26	TE	14	13	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
12	Wally Hilgenberg	32	RLB	13	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
13	Dave Osborn	31	RB	13	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Jackie Wallace	23	RCB	14	10	1	3	0	3	2	1	23	0	0.0	0
15	Jeff Wright	25	SS	11	10	4	60	0	27	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Doug Sutherland	26	LDT	14	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
17	Roy Winston	34	LLB	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
18	Terry Brown	27	DB	14	7	2	15	0	11	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Matt Blair	24	LLB	14	6	1	-3	0	-3	0	1	13	0	0.0	0
20	Gary Larsen	34	DT	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
21	Amos Martin	25	LB	14	2	3	39	0	28	0	1	15	1	0.0	0
22	Ed Marinaro	24	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Dave Boone	23	DE	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
24	Bill Brown	36	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Bob Lurtsema	32	DT	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
26	Larry Marshall	24	DB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Brent McClanahan	23	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Sam McCullum	22	WR	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Fred McNeill	22	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	22	282	0	45	24	20	48	1	31.0	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	Chuck Foreman	24	FB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Alan Page	29	RDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	9	0
3	Doug Sutherland	26	LDT	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.5	0	0
4	Fran Tarkenton	34	QB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-10	0	0.0	0	0
5	Nate Wright	27	LCB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	23	1	0.0	0	0
6	Carl Eller	32	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
7	Charles Goodrum	24	LT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Wally Hilgenberg	32	RLB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Paul Krause	32	FS	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	6	0
10	Jim Marshall	37	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	0	0
11	Roy Winston	34	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
12	Jeff Wright	25	SS	1	1	1	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
13	Bill Brown	36	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
14	Bob Lurtsema	32	DT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	0	0
15	Randy Poltl	22	DB	2	0	1	16	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0
	Team Totals			3	3	3	34	0	18	0	8	9	13	1	5.9	16	0

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