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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.
Coached by Allie Sherman (7-7-0)
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1967 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Fran Tarkenton* | 27 | 6 | 14 | 204 for 377, 3,088 yards, 29 td, 19 int, & 44 rushes for 306 yards and 2 td | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 29th pick / 1961 |
| HB | Ernie Koy* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 146 rushes for 704 yards, 4 td, & 32 catches for 212 yards and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1965 |
| FB | Tucker Frederickson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 97 rushes for 311 yards, 2 td, & 19 catches for 153 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 1st / 1st pick / 1965 |
| FL | Del Shofner | 33 | 10 | 0 | 7 catches for 146 yards, 1 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1957 |
| SE | Homer Jones* | 26 | 3 | 0 | 49 catches for 1,209 yards, 13 td, & 5 rushes for 60 yards and 1 td | Houston Oilers / 5th / 33rd pick / 1963 |
| TE | Aaron Thomas | 30 | 6 | 0 | 51 catches for 877 yards, 9 td | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 47th pick / 1961 |
| LT | Willie Young | 24 | 1 | 0 | ||
| LG | Pete Case | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1962 |
| C | Greg Larson | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 6th / 81st pick / 1961 |
| RG | Darrell Dess | 32 | 9 | 0 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 126th pick / 1958 |
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| RT | Charlie Harper | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 8th / 113th pick / 1966 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Jim Katcavage | 33 | 11 | 0 | New York Giants / 4th / 45th pick / 1956 |
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| LDT | Jim Moran | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 10th / 137th pick / 1964 |
| RDT | Bob Lurtsema | 25 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| RDE | Glen Condren | 25 | 2 | 0 | New York Jets / 19th / 147th pick / 1964 |
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| LLB | Bill Swain | 26 | 4 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Vince Costello | 35 | 10 | 14 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| RLB | Ken Avery | 23 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 12th / 179th pick / 1966 |
| LCB | Scott Eaton | 23 | Rook | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 8th / 187th pick / 1967 |
| RCB | Henry Carr | 25 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 43rd pick / 1965 |
| LS | Wendell Harris | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 9th pick / 1962 |
| RS | Spider Lockhart | 24 | 2 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 13th / 169th pick / 1965 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Pete Gogolak | 25 | 3 | 0 | 6 of 10 field goals & 28 of 29 extra points | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 92nd pick / 1964 |
| P | Ernie Koy* | 25 | 2 | 0 | 40 punts for a 37.7 average, 0 blocked | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1965 |
| PR | Spider Lockhart | 24 | 2 | 0 | 7 punt returns for a 7.7 average and 0 td | New York Giants / 13th / 169th pick / 1965 |
| KR | Clarence Childs | 29 | 3 | 0 | 29 kick returns for a 20.8 average and 0 td | Boston Patriots / 20th / 154th pick / 1961 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Bruce Anderson | 23 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Willamette | 1/18/1944 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 6th / 82nd pick / 1966 |
| 73 | Roger Anderson | 25 | DT-T | 4 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Virginia Union | 11/11/1942 | 3 | San Diego Chargers / 7th / 51st pick / 1964 |
| 54 | Ken Avery | 23 | LB | 13 | 0 | 227 | 6-0 | Southern Miss | 5/23/1944 | Rook | New York Giants / 12th / 179th pick / 1966 |
| 63 | Bookie Bolin | 27 | G | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 6/17/1940 | 5 | New York Giants / 5th / 58th pick / 1962 |
| 28 | Henry Carr | 25 | DB | 9 | 0 | 190 | 6-3 | Arizona State | 11/27/1942 | 2 | New York Giants / 4th / 43rd pick / 1965 |
| 65 | Pete Case | 27 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Georgia | 12/27/1940 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1962 |
| 48 | Clarence Childs | 29 | DB-HB | 14 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Florida A&M | 1/13/1938 | 3 | Boston Patriots / 20th / 154th pick / 1961 |
| 58 | Mike Ciccolella | 24 | LB | 7 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Dayton | 10/19/1943 | 1 | New York Giants / 18th / 239th pick / 1965 |
| 72 | Jim Colvin | 30 | DT-DE-G | 8 | 0 | 252 | 6-3 | Houston | 11/30/1937 | 7 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 95th pick / 1960 |
| 70 | Glen Condren | 25 | DT-DE | 13 | 0 | 251 | 6-4 | Oklahoma | 6/10/1942 | 2 | New York Jets / 19th / 147th pick / 1964 |
| 57 | Vince Costello | 35 | LB | 14 | 14 | 230 | 6-0 | Ohio | 8/4/1932 | 10 | |
| 89 | Bobby Crespino | 29 | SE-TE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Mississippi | 1/11/1938 | 6 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 10th pick / 1961 |
| 77 | Rosey Davis | 26 | DE | 1 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Tennessee State | 11/29/1941 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 112th pick / 1965 |
| 62 | Darrell Dess | 32 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 243 | 6-0 | North Carolina State | 7/11/1935 | 9 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 126th pick / 1958 |
| 20 | Scott Eaton | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 8/20/1944 | Rook | New York Giants / 8th / 187th pick / 1967 |
| 27 | Mike Fitzgerald | 26 | DB | 2 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Iowa State | 5/4/1941 | 1 | |
| 24 | Tucker Frederickson | 24 | RB | 10 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Auburn | 1/12/1943 | 2 | New York Giants / 1st / 1st pick / 1965 |
| 3 | Pete Gogolak | 25 | K | 9 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Cornell | 4/18/1942 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 12th / 92nd pick / 1964 |
| 64 | Andy Gross | 22 | G | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Auburn | 10/13/1945 | Rook | |
| 61 | Charlie Harper | 23 | T-G-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-0 | Oklahoma State | 8/14/1944 | 1 | New York Giants / 8th / 113th pick / 1966 |
| 26 | Wendell Harris | 27 | DB-K | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | LSU | 10/2/1940 | 5 | Baltimore Colts / 1st / 9th pick / 1962 |
| 46 | Dave Hathcock | 24 | DB | 6 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Memphis | 7/20/1943 | 1 | Green Bay Packers / 17th / 258th pick / 1966 |
| 56 | Chuck R. Hinton | 25 | C | 10 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 12/6/1942 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 22nd / 176th pick / 1964 |
| 30 | Allen Jacobs | 26 | FB-HB | 6 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Utah | 5/19/1941 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 10th / 139th pick / 1964 |
| 45 | Homer Jones* | 26 | SE-WR | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 2/18/1941 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 33rd pick / 1963 |
| 75 | Jim Katcavage | 33 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 237 | 6-3 | Dayton | 10/28/1934 | 11 | New York Giants / 4th / 45th pick / 1956 |
| 86 | Rich Kotite | 25 | TE | 4 | 0 | 233 | 6-3 | Miami (FL),Wagner | 10/13/1942 | Rook | Minnesota Vikings / 18th / 247th pick / 1965 |
| 23 | Ernie Koy* | 25 | RB-FL-P | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Texas | 10/22/1942 | 2 | Houston Oilers / 3rd / 18th pick / 1965 |
| 53 | Greg Larson | 28 | C-G-T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Minnesota | 11/15/1939 | 6 | New York Giants / 6th / 81st pick / 1961 |
| 43 | Spider Lockhart | 24 | DB | 12 | 0 | 175 | 6-2 | North Texas | 4/6/1943 | 2 | New York Giants / 13th / 169th pick / 1965 |
| 71 | Bob Lurtsema | 25 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-6 | Michigan Tech,Western Michigan | 3/29/1942 | Rook | |
| 29 | Chuck Mercein | 24 | RB | 1 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Yale | 4/9/1943 | 2 | New York Giants / 3rd / 31st pick / 1965 |
| 27 | Randy Minniear | 24 | RB | 6 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Purdue | 12/27/1943 | Rook | New York Giants / 20th / 301st pick / 1966 |
| 74 | Jim Moran | 25 | DT | 10 | 0 | 275 | 6-5 | Idaho | 5/4/1942 | 3 | New York Giants / 10th / 137th pick / 1964 |
| 11 | Earl Morrall | 33 | QB | 8 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 5/17/1934 | 11 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 2nd pick / 1956 |
| 40 | Joe Morrison | 30 | HB-FL-FB | 13 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | Cincinnati | 8/21/1937 | 8 | New York Giants / 3rd / 34th pick / 1959 |
| 84 | Les Murdock | 26 | K | 4 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Florida State | 6/6/1941 | Rook | |
| 78 | Francis Peay | 23 | T | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Arizona,Cameron,Missouri | 5/23/1944 | 1 | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1966 |
| 22 | Bobby Post | 23 | DB | 5 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Kings Point | 1/12/1944 | Rook | |
| 85 | Del Shofner | 33 | E-DB | 10 | 0 | 186 | 6-3 | Baylor | 12/11/1934 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 11th pick / 1957 |
| 83 | Randy Staten | 23 | DE | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Minnesota | 1/24/1944 | Rook | |
| 52 | Bill Swain | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Oregon | 2/22/1941 | 4 | |
| 10 | Fran Tarkenton* | 27 | QB | 14 | 14 | 190 | 6-0 | Georgia | 2/3/1940 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 3rd / 29th pick / 1961 |
| 88 | Aaron Thomas | 30 | TE-SE | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 11/7/1937 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 47th pick / 1961 |
| 38 | Bill Triplett | 27 | RB-DB | 11 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Miami (OH) | 5/9/1940 | 5 | Boston Patriots / 9th / 70th pick / 1962 |
| 51 | Ed Weisacosky | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Miami (FL) | 5/4/1944 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 6th / 42nd pick / 1966 |
| 81 | Freeman White | 24 | TE-LB-DB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 12/17/1943 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 11th pick / 1966 |
| 41 | Willie Williams | 25 | DB | 6 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Grambling State | 12/29/1942 | 2 | New York Giants / 8th / 99th pick / 1965 |
| 69 | Willie Young | 24 | T | 14 | 0 | 265 | 6-0 | Grambling State | 6/27/1943 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 14 | 223.8 | 6-2.0 | 3.2 |