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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 2nd in NFL Century Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 369 points (26.4/g), 3rd of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 379 points (27.1/g), 13th.
Differential of -10 points (-0.7/g), 9th.
Expected W-L: 6.8-7.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +2 (0.1/g), 7th.
Simple Rating System: Total -1.6, Offense: 4.3, Defense: -5.9, SoS: -0.9, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Allie Sherman
Training Camp: Fairfield University (Fairfield, Connecticut)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 369 | 4904 | 879 | 5.6 | 274 | 221 | 406 | 3040 | 33 | 20 | 6.9 | 135 | 436 | 1864 | 16 | 4.3 | 115 | 30 | 10 | 24 |
| Team Defense | 379 | 4284 | 836 | 5.1 | 261 | 195 | 389 | 2485 | 25 | 17 | 5.9 | 125 | 416 | 1799 | 20 | 4.3 | 113 | 32 | 15 | 23 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 13 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 4 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 17 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 37 | 20 | 15 | 336 | 232 | 104 | 20 | 358 | 153 | 205 | 6 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 24 | boxscore | L | 1-1 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 24 | 38 | 15 | 266 | 190 | 76 | 3 | 23 | 414 | 236 | 178 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 1 | boxscore | L | 1-2 | @ | Washington Redskins | 34 | 38 | 20 | 520 | 294 | 226 | 3 | 23 | 405 | 276 | 129 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 8 | boxscore | W | 2-2 | New Orleans Saints | 27 | 21 | 28 | 535 | 348 | 187 | 1 | 16 | 210 | 138 | 72 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 15 | boxscore | W | 3-2 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 27 | 24 | 18 | 381 | 305 | 76 | 2 | 16 | 259 | 197 | 62 | 2 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 22 | boxscore | L | 3-3 | Green Bay Packers | 21 | 48 | 20 | 324 | 181 | 143 | 4 | 28 | 397 | 148 | 249 | |||
| 7 | Sun | October 29 | boxscore | W | 4-3 | Cleveland Browns | 38 | 34 | 22 | 386 | 249 | 137 | 2 | 17 | 369 | 259 | 110 | 4 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 5 | boxscore | L | 4-4 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 24 | 27 | 17 | 403 | 238 | 165 | 2 | 17 | 304 | 115 | 189 | 3 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 12 | boxscore | L | 4-5 | @ | Chicago Bears | 7 | 34 | 14 | 161 | 78 | 83 | 4 | 16 | 264 | 117 | 147 | 1 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 19 | boxscore | W | 5-5 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28 | 20 | 18 | 238 | 171 | 67 | 4 | 18 | 281 | 210 | 71 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 26 | boxscore | W | 6-5 | Philadelphia Eagles | 44 | 7 | 26 | 444 | 268 | 176 | 15 | 172 | 134 | 38 | 4 | |||
| 12 | Sun | December 3 | boxscore | L | 6-6 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 24 | 26 | 343 | 182 | 161 | 2 | 17 | 215 | 32 | 183 | 1 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 10 | boxscore | L | 6-7 | Detroit Lions | 7 | 30 | 15 | 149 | 29 | 120 | 1 | 16 | 306 | 208 | 98 | 1 | ||
| 14 | Sun | December 17 | boxscore | W | 7-7 | St. Louis Cardinals | 37 | 14 | 20 | 418 | 275 | 143 | 2 | 19 | 330 | 262 | 68 | 3 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fran Tarkenton* | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 7-7-0 | 204 | 377 | 54.1 | 3088 | 29 | 7.7 | 19 | 5.0 | 70 | 8.2 | 7.5 | 15.1 | 220.6 | 85.9 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 11 | Earl Morrall | 33 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 54.2 | 181 | 3 | 12.5 | 1 | 4.2 | 27 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 13.9 | 22.6 | 100.9 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Ernie Koy* | 25 | HB/P | 14 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 101 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 68 | 25.3 | 30.3 | 33.7 | 7.2 | 156.2 | |||||||||
| 40 | Joe Morrison | 30 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.9 | 116.7 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 7-7-0 | 221 | 406 | 54.4 | 3382 | 33 | 8.1 | 20 | 4.9 | 70 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 15.3 | 241.6 | 88.7 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 195 | 389 | 50.1 | 2731 | 25 | 6.4 | 17 | 4.4 | 7.0 | 6.34 | 14.0 | 195.1 | 76.3 | 31 | 246 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 7.4 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 23 | Ernie Koy* | 25 | HB/P | 14 | 0 | 146 | 704 | 4 | 61 | 4.8 | 50.3 | 10.4 | 32 | 212 | 6.6 | 1 | 24 | 2.3 | 15.1 | 916 | 5 | 3 |
| 24 | Tucker Frederickson | 24 | FB | 10 | 0 | 97 | 311 | 2 | 17 | 3.2 | 31.1 | 9.7 | 19 | 153 | 8.1 | 0 | 29 | 1.9 | 15.3 | 464 | 2 | 3 |
| 38 | Bill Triplett | 27 | 11 | 0 | 58 | 171 | 2 | 14 | 2.9 | 15.5 | 5.3 | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 0 | 16 | 0.6 | 6.3 | 240 | 2 | 2 | |
| 10 | Fran Tarkenton* | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 44 | 306 | 2 | 22 | 7.0 | 21.9 | 3.1 | 306 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| 40 | Joe Morrison | 30 | 13 | 0 | 36 | 161 | 2 | 11 | 4.5 | 12.4 | 2.8 | 37 | 524 | 14.2 | 7 | 59 | 2.8 | 40.3 | 685 | 9 | 0 | |
| 27 | Randy Minniear | 24 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 98 | 1 | 13 | 2.8 | 16.3 | 5.8 | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 1 | 21 | 1.3 | 8.2 | 147 | 2 | 0 | |
| 30 | Allen Jacobs | 26 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 45 | Homer Jones* | 26 | SE | 14 | 0 | 5 | 60 | 1 | 46 | 12.0 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 49 | 1209 | 24.7 | 13 | 70 | 3.5 | 86.4 | 1269 | 14 | 1 |
| 11 | Earl Morrall | 33 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| 88 | Aaron Thomas | 30 | TE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 51 | 877 | 17.2 | 9 | 48 | 3.6 | 62.6 | 877 | 9 | 0 | |
| 89 | Bobby Crespino | 29 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 125 | 12.5 | 1 | 24 | 0.7 | 8.9 | 125 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 85 | Del Shofner | 33 | FL | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 146 | 20.9 | 1 | 33 | 0.7 | 14.6 | 146 | 1 | 0 | |
| 20 | Scott Eaton | 23 | LCB | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 436 | 1864 | 16 | 61 | 4.3 | 133.1 | 31.1 | 221 | 3382 | 15.3 | 33 | 70 | 15.8 | 241.6 | 5246 | 49 | 21 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 416 | 1799 | 20 | 4.3 | 128.5 | 29.7 | 195 | 2485 | 12.7 | 25 | 13.9 | 177.5 | 4284 | 45 | 28 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 48 | Clarence Childs | 29 | KR | 14 | 0 | 29 | 603 | 0 | 48 | 20.8 | 603 | |||||
| 46 | Dave Hathcock | 24 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2.3 | 14 | 315 | 0 | 38 | 22.5 | 322 | |
| 27 | Randy Minniear | 24 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 3.3 | 6 | 98 | 0 | 23 | 16.3 | 258 | |
| 43 | Spider Lockhart | 24 | PR/RS | 12 | 0 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 19 | 7.7 | 54 | |||||
| 38 | Bill Triplett | 27 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 139 | 0 | 26 | 19.9 | 379 | ||||||
| 27 | Mike Fitzgerald | 26 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 119 | 0 | 30 | 19.8 | 119 | ||||||
| 41 | Willie Williams | 25 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 4.7 | 28 | ||||||
| 26 | Wendell Harris | 27 | LS | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 45 | Homer Jones* | 26 | SE | 14 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 24 | 19.0 | 1307 | |||||
| 89 | Bobby Crespino | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 132 | ||||||
| 24 | Tucker Frederickson | 24 | FB | 10 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 483 | |||||
| 23 | Ernie Koy* | 25 | HB/P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 934 | |||||
| 71 | Bob Lurtsema | 25 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | |||||
| 22 | Bobby Post | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 22 | 102 | 0 | 19 | 4.6 | 69 | 1363 | 0 | 48 | 19.8 | 6711 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 21 | 0 | 69 | 1511 | 1 | 21.9 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 23 | Ernie Koy* | 25 | HB/P | 14 | 0 | 40 | 1509 | 54 | 0 | 37.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Pete Gogolak | 25 | K | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 60.0% | 29 | 28 | 96.6% | ||||||
| 84 | Les Murdock | 26 | k | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 44.4% | 15 | 13 | 86.7% | ||||||||
| 11 | Earl Morrall | 33 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 472 | 43 | 1 | 31.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 29 | Chuck Mercein | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 | Wendell Harris | 27 | LS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0.0% | 2 | 2 | 100.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 47.6% | 49 | 45 | 91.8% | 55 | 1981 | 54 | 1 | 36.0 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 21 | 14 | 66.7% | 48 | 47 | 97.9% | 56 | 2223 | 39.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 43 | Spider Lockhart | 24 | PR/RS | 12 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 57 | Vince Costello | 35 | MLB | 14 | 14 | 4 | 54 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Ernie Koy* | 25 | HB/P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 | Fran Tarkenton* | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 48 | Clarence Childs | 29 | KR | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Tucker Frederickson | 24 | FB | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 61 | Charlie Harper | 23 | RT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 26 | Wendell Harris | 27 | LS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 46 | Dave Hathcock | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 38 | Bill Triplett | 27 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 81 | Freeman White | 14 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | Scott Eaton | 23 | LCB | 12 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Mike Fitzgerald | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 45 | Homer Jones* | 26 | SE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||
| 79 | Bruce Anderson | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 73 | Roger Anderson | 25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 54 | Ken Avery | 23 | RLB | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 28 | Henry Carr | 25 | RCB | 9 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||
| 65 | Pete Case | 27 | LG | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 77 | Rosey Davis | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 64 | Andy Gross | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 53 | Greg Larson | 28 | C | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 71 | Bob Lurtsema | 25 | RDT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Randy Minniear | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 74 | Jim Moran | 25 | LDT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 52 | Bill Swain | 26 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 51 | Ed Weisacosky | 23 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 41 | Willie Williams | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 17 | 209 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 37 | 28 | 13 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | Homer Jones* | 26 | SE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 84 | |||||||||
| 40 | Joe Morrison | 30 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 88 | Aaron Thomas | 30 | TE | 14 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Pete Gogolak | 25 | K | 9 | 0 | 28 | 6 | 46 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Ernie Koy* | 25 | HB/P | 14 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 30 | |||||||||
| 84 | Les Murdock | 26 | k | 4 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 25 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Tucker Frederickson | 24 | FB | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 27 | Randy Minniear | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 10 | Fran Tarkenton* | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 38 | Bill Triplett | 27 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 89 | Bobby Crespino | 29 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 62 | Darrell Dess | 32 | RG | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Earl Morrall | 33 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 85 | Del Shofner | 33 | FL | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Wendell Harris | 27 | LS | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 29 | Chuck Mercein | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.7 | 14 | 16 | 33 | 49 | 45 | 10 | 369 | ||||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 47 | 14 | 1 | 379 |