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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 2nd in NFL Century Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 264 points (18.9/g), 13th of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 298 points (21.3/g), 8th.
Differential of -34 points (-2.4/g), 10th.
Expected W-L: 6.0-8.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +10 (0.7/g), 5th.
Simple Rating System: Total -4.5, Offense: -3.8, Defense: -0.7, SoS: -2.0, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Alex Webster
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 | 264 | 4368 | 869 | 5.0 | 235 | 234 | 435 | 2775 | 24 | 8 | 5.9 | 133 | 397 | 1593 | 8 | 4.0 | 91 | 23 | 15 | 11 |
| Team Defense | 298 | 4208 | 838 | 5.0 | 243 | 171 | 340 | 2155 | 18 | 19 | 5.8 | 103 | 466 | 2053 | 14 | 4.4 | 120 | 33 | 14 | 20 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 13 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 12 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 5 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 21 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Minnesota Vikings | 24 | 23 | 13 | 320 | 205 | 115 | 2 | 13 | 327 | 230 | 97 | 2 | ||
| 2 | Sun | September 28 | boxscore | L | 1-1 | @ | Detroit Lions | 0 | 24 | 10 | 187 | 101 | 86 | 1 | 18 | 241 | 119 | 122 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 5 | boxscore | W | 2-1 | Chicago Bears | 28 | 24 | 16 | 267 | 179 | 88 | 1 | 22 | 380 | 201 | 179 | 3 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 12 | boxscore | W | 3-1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10 | 7 | 14 | 208 | 132 | 76 | 1 | 19 | 231 | 84 | 147 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 19 | boxscore | L | 3-2 | @ | Washington Redskins | 14 | 20 | 20 | 318 | 139 | 179 | 1 | 16 | 280 | 108 | 172 | 2 | |
| 6 | Mon | October 27 | boxscore | L | 3-3 | @ | Dallas Cowboys | 3 | 25 | 8 | 166 | 126 | 40 | 2 | 21 | 370 | 153 | 217 | 3 | |
| 7 | Sun | November 2 | boxscore | L | 3-4 | Philadelphia Eagles | 20 | 23 | 13 | 292 | 188 | 104 | 1 | 17 | 295 | 164 | 131 | 4 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 9 | boxscore | L | 3-5 | @ | St. Louis Cardinals | 17 | 42 | 21 | 343 | 240 | 103 | 1 | 23 | 403 | 206 | 197 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 16 | boxscore | L | 3-6 | New Orleans Saints | 24 | 25 | 18 | 364 | 256 | 108 | 2 | 16 | 296 | 145 | 151 | |||
| 10 | Sun | November 23 | boxscore | L | 3-7 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 17 | 28 | 20 | 376 | 259 | 117 | 6 | 14 | 268 | 115 | 153 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | November 30 | boxscore | L | 3-8 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 10 | 20 | 17 | 325 | 182 | 143 | 2 | 16 | 274 | 133 | 141 | 3 | |
| 12 | Sun | December 7 | boxscore | W | 4-8 | St. Louis Cardinals | 49 | 6 | 33 | 517 | 327 | 190 | 2 | 10 | 181 | 136 | 45 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Sun | December 14 | boxscore | W | 5-8 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21 | 17 | 18 | 297 | 184 | 113 | 1 | 14 | 311 | 206 | 105 | 2 | |
| 14 | Sun | December 21 | boxscore | W | 6-8 | Cleveland Browns | 27 | 14 | 14 | 388 | 257 | 131 | 24 | 351 | 155 | 196 | 3 | |||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fran Tarkenton* | 29 | QB | 14 | 14 | 6-8-0 | 220 | 409 | 53.8 | 2918 | 23 | 5.6 | 8 | 2.0 | 65 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 13.3 | 208.4 | 87.2 | 36 | 289 | 5.91 | 6.13 | 8.1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 19 | Gary Wood | 27 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 62.5 | 106 | 1 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 25 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 102.6 | 0 | 0 | 6.63 | 7.88 | 0.0 | |||||
| 16 | Milt Plum | 34 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 12.3 | 37.0 | 47.0 | 1 | 12 | 2.50 | 2.50 | 10.0 | |||||
| 23 | Ernie Koy | 27 | HB/P | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 1.1 | 118.7 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 15.00 | 0.0 | ||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 6-8-0 | 234 | 435 | 53.8 | 3076 | 24 | 5.5 | 8 | 1.8 | 65 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 13.1 | 219.7 | 87.1 | 37 | 301 | 5.88 | 6.13 | 7.8 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 171 | 340 | 50.3 | 2430 | 18 | 5.3 | 19 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 5.69 | 14.2 | 173.6 | 68.1 | 32 | 275 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 8.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 40 | Joe Morrison | 32 | FB | 14 | 0 | 107 | 387 | 4 | 13 | 3.6 | 27.6 | 7.6 | 44 | 647 | 14.7 | 7 | 65 | 3.1 | 46.2 | 1034 | 11 | 0 |
| 34 | Junior Coffey | 27 | 6 | 0 | 82 | 343 | 1 | 20 | 4.2 | 57.2 | 13.7 | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 1 | 22 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 368 | 2 | 4 | |
| 23 | Ernie Koy | 27 | HB/P | 14 | 0 | 76 | 300 | 2 | 24 | 3.9 | 21.4 | 5.4 | 19 | 152 | 8.0 | 4 | 41 | 1.4 | 10.9 | 452 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | Fran Tarkenton* | 29 | QB | 14 | 14 | 37 | 172 | 0 | 21 | 4.6 | 12.3 | 2.6 | 172 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| 27 | Randy Minniear | 26 | 11 | 0 | 35 | 141 | 1 | 16 | 4.0 | 12.8 | 3.2 | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 0 | 21 | 0.5 | 6.2 | 209 | 1 | 2 | |
| 24 | Tucker Frederickson | 26 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 136 | 0 | 19 | 4.1 | 27.2 | 6.6 | 14 | 95 | 6.8 | 1 | 16 | 2.8 | 19.0 | 231 | 1 | 0 | |
| 29 | John Fuqua | 23 | KR | 13 | 0 | 20 | 89 | 0 | 35 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 6 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 100 | 0 | 2 |
| 45 | Homer Jones | 28 | SE | 14 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 42 | 744 | 17.7 | 1 | 54 | 3.0 | 53.1 | 752 | 1 | 0 |
| 83 | Dave Dunaway | 24 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 25 | 0.7 | 12.3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| 84 | Rich Houston | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 0 | 46 | 0.3 | 11.5 | 80 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Milt Plum | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -1.0 | 1.0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 19 | Gary Wood | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 85 | Don Herrmann | 22 | FL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33 | 423 | 12.8 | 5 | 62 | 2.8 | 35.3 | 423 | 5 | 1 | |
| 81 | Freeman White | TE | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 29 | 315 | 10.9 | 1 | 23 | 2.2 | 24.2 | 315 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 88 | Aaron Thomas | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22 | 348 | 15.8 | 3 | 37 | 2.2 | 34.8 | 348 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 86 | Butch Wilson | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 132 | 13.2 | 0 | 33 | 0.7 | 9.4 | 132 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 87 | Rich Kotite | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 69 | Willie Young | 26 | LT | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 397 | 1593 | 8 | 35 | 4.0 | 113.8 | 28.4 | 234 | 3076 | 13.1 | 24 | 65 | 16.7 | 219.7 | 4669 | 32 | 21 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 466 | 2053 | 14 | 4.4 | 146.6 | 33.3 | 171 | 2155 | 12.6 | 18 | 12.2 | 153.9 | 4208 | 32 | 23 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 29 | John Fuqua | 23 | KR | 13 | 0 | 20 | 399 | 0 | 31 | 20.0 | 499 | |||||
| 84 | Rich Houston | 24 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 252 | 0 | 33 | 21.0 | 332 | ||||||
| 43 | Spider Lockhart | 26 | PR/RS | 11 | 0 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 11 | 2.9 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 19.0 | 48 |
| 49 | Jim Holifield | 23 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 156 | 0 | 28 | 19.5 | 156 | ||||||
| 27 | Randy Minniear | 26 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 5.0 | 5 | 83 | 0 | 27 | 16.6 | 307 | |
| 41 | Willie Williams* | 27 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 6 | 96 | 0 | 21 | 16.0 | 96 | |||||
| 48 | Al Brenner | 22 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 39 | 0 | 21 | 19.5 | 45 | |
| 44 | Tom Longo | 27 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 17 | 15.5 | 31 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 15 | 50 | 0 | 11 | 3.3 | 56 | 1075 | 0 | 33 | 19.2 | 5794 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 41 | 2 | 45 | 1100 | 0 | 24.4 | |||||||||
| 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 | ||||
| 3 | Pete Gogolak | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 52.4% | 33 | 33 | 100.0% | 12 | 491 | 61 | 0 | 40.9 | |
| 23 | Ernie Koy | 27 | HB/P | 14 | 0 | 24 | 856 | 54 | 0 | 35.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 33 | Curley Johnson | 34 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 823 | 66 | 2 | 37.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 83 | Dave Dunaway | 24 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 497 | 52 | 0 | 38.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Randy Minniear | 26 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 45 | 0 | 38.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 52.4% | 33 | 33 | 100.0% | 73 | 2744 | 66 | 2 | 37.6 | ||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 29 | 18 | 62.1% | 35 | 32 | 91.4% | 53 | 2062 | 38.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 10 | Fran Tarkenton* | 29 | QB | 14 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 41 | Willie Williams* | 27 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 43 | Spider Lockhart | 26 | PR/RS | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 44 | Tom Longo | 27 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | Bruce Maher | 32 | LS | 14 | 0 | 5 | 112 | 0 | 48 | 0 | |||||||||
| 34 | Junior Coffey | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Scott Eaton | 25 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 55 | Ralph Heck | 28 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 49 | Jim Holifield | 23 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 89 | Fred Dryer | 23 | RDE | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 29 | John Fuqua | 23 | KR | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 27 | Randy Minniear | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 73 | Frank Molden | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Joe Morrison | 32 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 16 | Milt Plum | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 82 | McKinley Boston | 24 | lde | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 56 | Tommy Crutcher | 28 | RLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 66 | Henry Davis | 27 | LLB | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||
| 85 | Don Herrmann | 22 | FL | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 33 | Curley Johnson | 34 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Ernie Koy | 27 | HB/P | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 19 | 221 | 1 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 0 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 37 | 23 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Pete Gogolak | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 33 | 11 | 66 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Joe Morrison | 32 | FB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 66 | |||||||||
| 23 | Ernie Koy | 27 | HB/P | 14 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 36 | |||||||||
| 85 | Don Herrmann | 22 | FL | 12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 88 | Aaron Thomas | 32 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 34 | Junior Coffey | 27 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Scott Eaton | 25 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Tucker Frederickson | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 45 | Homer Jones | 28 | SE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 87 | Rich Kotite | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 27 | Randy Minniear | 26 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 81 | Freeman White | TE | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.4 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 33 | 33 | 11 | 264 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 14 | 18 | 2 | 32 | 18 | 1 | 298 |