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1971 Minnesota Vikings Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-3-0, 1st in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bud Grant (11-3-0)

Points For: 245 (17.5/g) 18th of 26

Points Against: 139 (9.9/g) 1st of 26

Expected W-L: 11.1-2.9

SRS: 6.51 (5th of 26), SOS: -1.07

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 12-20 vs. Dallas Cowboys

Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Burns

Defensive Coordinator: Neill Armstrong

Other Notable Asst.: Jack Patera (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium

Co-Owner: Bill Boyer

Co-Owner/President: Max Winter

General Manager: Jim Finks

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

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

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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	245	3350	846	4.0	30	12	198	157	334	1655	9	18	4.6	95	484	1695	14	3.5	89	70	661	14
Opp. Stats	139	3406	879	3.9	45	18	194	206	405	1806	10	27	4.2	88	447	1600	2	3.6	88	57	615	18
Lg Rank Offense	18	23			7	4	23		19	25	25	11	23		11	17	9	22
Lg Rank Defense	1	2			3	6	2		21	3	3	3	1		11	6	1	8

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	Mon	September 20	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Detroit Lions	16	13	14	275	232	43	4	15	221	61	160	2
2	Sun	September 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1		Chicago Bears	17	20	11	230	146	84	1	19	315	239	76	3
3	Sun	October 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-1		Buffalo Bills	19	0	23	326	133	193	3	7	64	8	56	3
4	Sun	October 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	13	0	15	195	60	135	1	9	172	122	50	4
5	Sun	October 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	Green Bay Packers	24	13	17	270	172	98	1	19	342	221	121	5
6	Mon	October 25	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-1		Baltimore Colts	10	3	9	153	86	67	1	16	276	147	129	3
7	Sun	October 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-1	@	New York Giants	17	10	13	278	161	117	2	13	252	127	125	1
8	Sun	November 7	3:30PM ET	boxscore	L		6-2		San Francisco 49ers	9	13	10	167	76	91	1	14	222	103	119	5
9	Sun	November 14	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-2		Green Bay Packers	3	0	5	87	21	66	1	15	301	56	245	4
10	Sun	November 21	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-2	@	New Orleans Saints	23	10	20	267	95	172	2	11	258	167	91	2
11	Sun	November 28	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-2		Atlanta Falcons	24	7	19	304	47	257	3	4	123	55	68	3
12	Sun	December 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-3	@	San Diego Chargers	14	30	19	315	173	142	5	21	314	165	149	1
13	Sat	December 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-3		Detroit Lions	29	10	7	134	21	113	2	17	236	129	107	5
14	Sun	December 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-3	@	Chicago Bears	27	10	16	349	232	117	3	14	310	206	104	4
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 25	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		11-4		Dallas Cowboys	12	20	17	311	210	101	5	10	183	85	98

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	Gary Cuozzo	30	QB	8	8	6-2-0	75	168	44.6	842	6	3.6	8	4.8	52	5.0	3.6	11.2	105.3	52.2	13	97	7.18	4.12	2.8	1	2
2	Bob Lee	25	QB	14	4	3-1-0	45	90	50.0	598	2	2.2	4	4.4	51	6.6	5.1	13.3	42.7	60.3	8	91	8.16	5.17	3.7	0	0
3	Norm Snead	32	QB	7	2	2-0-0	37	75	49.3	470	1	1.3	6	8.0	55	6.3	2.9	12.7	67.1	40.4	7	67	8.54	4.91	1.9	0	1
4	Bob Grim	26	WR	14	14		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0	PB
	Team Totals			14	14	11-3-0	157	334	47.0	1655	9	2.7	18	5.4	55	5.7	3.8	12.2	118.2	51.6	28	255	7.73	4.57	2.83	1	3

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	Gary Cuozzo	30	QB	1	0		12	22	54.5	124	1	4.5	2	9.1	34	5.6	2.5	10.3	124.0	48.3	0	0	0.00	5.64	2.5	0	0
2	Bob Lee	25	QB	1	1	0-1-0	7	16	43.8	86	0	0.0	2	12.5	49	5.4	-0.3	12.3	86.0	21.4	0	0	0.00	5.38	-0.3	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	19	38	50.0	210	1	2.6	4	10.5	49	5.5	1.3	11.1	210.0	36.0	0	0	0.00	5.53	1.32	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	Bob Grim	26	WR	14	14	6	127	0	54	21.2	9.1	0.4	45	691	15.4	7	55	3.2	49.4	51	16.0	818	7	0	PB
2	Clint Jones	26	RB	14	10	180	675	4	73	3.8	48.2	12.9	9	98	10.9	0	18	0.6	7.0	189	4.1	773	4	7
3	Dave Osborn	28	FB	11	9	123	349	5	15	2.8	31.7	11.2	25	195	7.8	1	25	2.3	17.7	148	3.7	544	6	3
4	Oscar Reed	27	RB	13	3	50	182	1	18	3.6	14.0	3.8	15	138	9.2	0	26	1.2	10.6	65	4.9	320	1	1
5	Bill Brown	33	FB	14	6	46	136	2	23	3.0	9.7	3.3	10	94	9.4	0	36	0.7	6.7	56	4.1	230	2	0
6	Stu Voigt	23	TE	12	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	214	14.3	1	25	1.3	17.8	15	14.3	214	1	1
7	Jim Lindsey	27	RB	14	0	46	182	0	19	4.0	13.0	3.3	8	31	3.9	0	9	0.6	2.2	54	3.9	213	0	1
8	Gene Washington	27	WR	13	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	165	13.8	0	51	0.9	12.7	12	13.8	165	0	1
9	Robert Brown	28	TE	8	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	141	23.5	0	48	0.8	17.6	6	23.5	141	0	0
10	Al Denson	29	WR	7	3	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	10	125	12.5	0	17	1.4	17.9	11	11.4	125	0	0
11	Gary Cuozzo	30	QB	8	8	15	24	0	9	1.6	3.0	1.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	15	1.6	24	0	2
12	John Henderson	28	WR	7	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	18	9.0	0	12	0.3	2.6	2	9.0	18	0	0
13	Bob Lee	25	QB	14	4	11	14	1	4	1.3	1.0	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	1.3	14	1	2
14	Norm Snead	32	QB	7	2	6	6	1	5	1.0	0.9	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	1.0	6	1	2
	Team Totals			14	14	484	1695	14	73	3.5	121.1	34.6	157	1910	12.2	9	55	11.2	136.4	641	5.6	3605	23	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	Bob Grim	26	WR	1	1	1	2	0	2	2.0	2.0	1.0	4	74	18.5	0	49	4.0	74.0	5	15.2	76	0	0
2	Gene Washington	27	WR	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	70	14.0	0	18	5.0	70.0	5	14.0	70	0	0
3	Clint Jones	26	RB	1	1	15	52	0	11	3.5	52.0	15.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	15	3.5	52	0	0
4	Stu Voigt	23	TE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	46	11.5	1	15	4.0	46.0	4	11.5	46	1	0
5	Jim Lindsey	27	RB	1	0	1	6	0	6	6.0	6.0	1.0	1	25	25.0	0	25	1.0	25.0	2	15.5	31	0	0
6	Bob Lee	25	QB	1	1	3	28	0	18	9.3	28.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	9.3	28	0	0
7	Dave Osborn	28	FB	1	1	6	13	0	8	2.2	13.0	6.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	2.2	13	0	1
8	Ed White	24	LG	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	1.0	-2.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
9	Oscar Reed	27	RB	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	-3	-0.8	0	9	4.0	-3.0	4	-0.8	-3	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	26	101	0	18	3.9	101.0	26.0	19	210	11.1	1	49	19.0	210.0	45	6.9	311	1	1

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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	29	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.5	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-9,AP DPoY-2
2	Bob Grim	26	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
3	Wally Hilgenberg	29	RLB	14	14	2	6	0	6	0	3	4	0	0.5	0
4	Paul Krause	29	FS	14	14	6	112	0	31	0	2	6	0	0.0	0	PB
5	Gary Larsen	31	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.5	0
6	Jim Marshall	34	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.5	0
7	Alan Page	26	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0	9.0	2	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-1,AP DPoY-1
8	Ed Sharockman	32	RCB	14	14	6	109	0	33	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	Mick Tingelhoff	31	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	-8	0	0.0	0
10	Charlie West	25	LCB	14	14	7	236	0	89	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Roy Winston	31	LLB	14	14	1	29	1	29	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Carl Gersbach	24	MLB	13	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
13	Clint Jones	26	RB	14	10	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Dave Osborn	28	FB	11	9	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Stu Voigt	23	TE	12	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Gene Washington	27	WR	13	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Gary Cuozzo	30	QB	8	8	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
18	Karl Kassulke	30	SS	12	8	2	29	0	27	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Bobby Bryant	27	LCB	13	6	3	51	0	19	2	3	5	0	0.0	0
20	Bob Lee	25	QB	14	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Oscar Reed	27	RB	13	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Norm Snead	32	QB	7	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Noel Jenke	25	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0.0	0
24	Jim Lindsey	27	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0.0	0
25	John Ward	23	DT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	27	572	1	89	25	30	22	1	27.0	2

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	Carl Eller	29	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
2	Jim Marshall	34	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
3	Dave Osborn	28	FB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Alan Page	26	RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	1
	Team Totals			1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	1

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