1970 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/8/1970	N	New Orleans Saints	13-14	L	Canton, OH	Fawcett Stadium	17932
Sat	8/15/1970	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	13-20	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	45591
Sat	8/22/1970	A	Houston Oilers	14-7	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	44563
Sun	8/30/1970	H	New York Jets	52-21	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Sat	9/5/1970	A	Cleveland Browns	24-21	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	83043
Fri	9/11/1970	A	Chicago Bears	31-30	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	46630
Sun	9/20/1970	H	Kansas City Chiefs	27-10	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Sun	9/27/1970	H	New Orleans Saints	26-0	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Sun	10/4/1970	A	Green Bay Packers	10-13	L	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	47967
Sun	10/11/1970	A	Chicago Bears	24-0	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	45485
Sun	10/18/1970	H	Dallas Cowboys	54-13	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Mon	10/26/1970	H	Los Angeles Rams	13-3	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Sun	11/1/1970	A	Detroit Lions	30-17	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	58210
Sun	11/8/1970	A	Washington Redskins	19-10	W	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	50415
Sun	11/15/1970	H	Detroit Lions	24-20	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Sun	11/22/1970	H	Green Bay Packers	10-3	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Sun	11/29/1970	A	New York Jets	10-20	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	62333
Sat	12/5/1970	H	Chicago Bears	16-13	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Sun	12/13/1970	A	Boston Patriots	35-14	W	Cambridge, MA	Harvard Stadium	37819
Sun	12/20/1970	A	Atlanta Falcons	37-7	W	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	57992
NFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	12/27/1970	H	San Francisco 49ers	14-17	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	41050

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
67	Grady Alderman	LOT	6-2	242	32	Detroit Mercy	14	11
87	John Beasley	TE	6-3	231	25	California	14	14
30	Bill Brown	RB	5-11	225	32	Illinois	14	8
20	Bobby Bryant	LCB-RCB	6-0	176	26	South Carolina	11	10
17	Bill Cappleman	QB	6-3	210	23	Florida State	1	0
25	John Charles	S	6-1	199	26	Purdue	8	0
14	Fred Cox	K	5-10	200	32	Pittsburgh	14	0
15	Gary Cuozzo	QB	6-1	195	29	Virginia	12	12
71	Doug Davis	LOT	6-4	250	26	Kentucky	12	3
76	Paul Dickson	DT	6-5	252	33	Baylor	14	0
81	Carl Eller	LDE	6-6	252	28	Minnesota	14	14
56	Hap Farber	LB	6-1	221	22	Mississippi	3	0
27	Bob Grim	WR	6-0	196	25	Oregon State	14	11
49	Dale Hackbart	S	6-3	210	32	Wisconsin	14	0
50	Jim Hargrove	LB	6-3	233	25	Howard Payne	12	0
80	John Henderson	WR	6-3	191	27	Michigan	14	3
58	Wally Hilgenberg	RLB	6-2	230	28	Iowa	14	14
26	Clint Jones	RB	6-0	204	25	Michigan State	14	4
29	Karl Kassulke	LS	6-0	194	29	Marquette; Drake	14	14
89	Kent Kramer	TE	6-5	235	26	Minnesota	11	0
22	Paul Krause	RS	6-3	199	28	Iowa	14	14
77	Gary Larsen	LDT	6-5	256	30	Concordia (Moorhead)	14	14
19	Bob Lee	QB-P	6-2	190	24	Arizona State; San Francisco CC; Pacific	6	2
21	Jim Lindsey	RB	6-2	210	26	Arkansas	11	0
70	Jim Marshall	RDE	6-3	239	33	Ohio State	14	14
55	Mike McGill	LB	6-2	235	24	Notre Dame	14	0
12	Tom McNeill	P	6-1	195	28	Wharton County JC; Stephen F. Austin State	14	0
66	Wayne Meylan	LB	6-1	237	24	Nebraska	2	0
41	Dave Osborn	RB	6-0	204	27	North Dakota	14	12
88	Alan Page	RDT	6-5	255	25	Notre Dame	14	14
28	Ted Provost	CB	6-2	190	22	Ohio State	7	0
32	Oscar Reed	RB	5-11	222	26	Colorado State	12	4
45	Ed Sharockman	RCB	6-0	200	31	Pittsburgh	14	13
74	Steve Smith	DE	6-5	246	26	Michigan	14	0
64	Milt Sunde	ROG	6-2	245	28	Minnesota	14	14
53	Mick Tingelhoff	C	6-1	237	30	Nebraska	14	14
63	Jim Vellone	LOG	6-2	255	26	Cerritos JC; Southern California	11	7
83	Stu Voigt	TE	6-1	223	22	Wisconsin	3	0
72	John Ward	DT	6-4	250	22	Oklahoma State	14	0
59	Lonnie Warwick	MLB	6-3	235	28	Tennessee; Tennessee Tech	14	14
84	Gene Washington	WR	6-3	212	26	Michigan State	14	14
40	Charlie West	LCB	6-1	190	24	Angelo State; Texas-El Paso	14	5
62	Ed White	LOG	6-2	264	23	California	14	7
60	Roy Winston	LLB	6-1	228	30	Louisiana State	14	14
73	Ron Yary	ROT	6-6	256	24	Cerritos JC; Southern California	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	25	John Ward	T	Oklahoma State
2	51	Bill Cappleman	QB	Florida State
3	77	Chuck Burgoon	LB	North Park
5	129	Greg Jones	RB	UCLA
7	181	Hap Farber	LB	Mississippi
8	206	Mike Carroll	G	Missouri
9	233	Buz Morrow	DE	Mississippi
10	260	Stu Voigt	TE	Wisconsin
11	286	Godfrey Zaunbrecher	C	Louisiana State
12	311	James Holland	DB	Jackson State
13	337	Bob Pearce	DB	Stephen F. Austin State
14	363	Tommy Spinks	WR	Louisiana Tech
15	388	Bennie Francis	DE	Chadron State
16	417	Bruce Cerone	WR	Emporia State
17	441	Brian Healy	DB	Michigan

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	71	121	68	75
Opponents Totals	44	39	36	24

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:33	225	98	111	16	75/197 38.1%	6/9 66.7%	60	631
Opponents Totals	29:27	168	68	89	11	46/189 24.3%	7/17 41.2%	58	586

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Fred Cox	0	35	35	100.0	30	46	65.2	125
Clint Jones	9	0	0		0	0		54
Dave Osborn	6	0	0		0	0		36
Gene Washington	4	0	0		0	0		24
Ed Sharockman	3	0	0		0	0		18
John Beasley	2	0	0		0	0		12
Bill Brown	2	0	0		0	0		12
John Henderson	2	0	0		0	0		12
Bobby Bryant	1	0	0		0	0		6
Bob Lee	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jim Lindsey	1	0	0		0	0		6
Mike McGill	1	0	0		0	0		6
Alan Page	1	0	0		0	0		6
Oscar Reed	1	0	0		0	0		6
Roy Winston	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	35	35	35	100.0	30	46	65.2	335
Opponents Totals	14	14	14	100.0	15	27	55.6	143

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Fred Cox	30	46	65.2	0	47	8/8	11/14	4/4	7/16	0/4
Team Totals	30	46	65.2	0	47	8/8	11/14	4/4	7/16	0/4
Opponents Totals	15	27	55.6			4/5	7/8	3/10	1/1	0/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Osborn	207	681	3.3	16	5
Clint Jones	120	369	3.1	23	9
Bill Brown	101	324	3.2	18	0
Oscar Reed	42	132	3.1	21	1
Gary Cuozzo	17	61	3.6	15	0
Jim Lindsey	11	47	4.3	9	0
Bob Lee	10	20	2.0	10	1
Team Totals	508	1634	3.2	23	16
Opponents Totals	398	1365	3.4	25	4

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Gary Cuozzo	257	128	128	119	1720	6.7	13.4	72	7	2.7	10	3.9	23	161	1559	64.3
Bob Lee	79	40	40	34	610	7.7	15.3	52	5	6.3	5	6.3	6	36	574	71.2
Bill Cappleman	7	4	4	3	49	7.0	12.3	26	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	49	78.9
Fred Cox	1	1	1	0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	-1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	-1	79.2
Team Totals	344	173	173	156	2378	6.9	13.7	72	12	3.5	15	4.4	29	197	2181	66.3
Opponents Totals	367	195	195	144	1798	4.9	9.2	59	6	1.6	28	7.6	49	360	1438	40.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gene Washington	44	702	16.0	49t	4
John Henderson	31	527	17.0	52	2
Bob Grim	23	287	12.5	35	0
Dave Osborn	23	202	8.8	28t	1
John Beasley	17	237	13.9	40	2
Bill Brown	15	149	9.9	17t	2
Clint Jones	9	117	13.0	72	0
Oscar Reed	6	53	8.8	19	0
Jim Lindsey	4	94	23.5	49	1
Kent Kramer	1	10	10.0	10	0
Team Totals	173	2378	13.7	72	12
Opponents Totals	195	1798	9.2	59	6

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ed Sharockman	7	132	18.9	43	1
Paul Krause	6	90	15.0	40	0
Bobby Bryant	3	40	13.3	39t	1
Lonnie Warwick	3	30	10.0	23	0
Karl Kassulke	3	22	7.3	11	0
Wally Hilgenberg	2	33	16.5	17	0
Alan Page	1	27	27.0	27	0
John Charles	1	25	25.0	25	0
Roy Winston	1	13	13.0	13	0
Charlie West	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	28	412	14.7	43	2
Opponents Totals	15	175	11.7	32	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Tom McNeill	61	2309	37.9	64	0	3	11	322	1927	31.6
Team Totals	61	2309	37.9	64	0	3	11	322	1927	31.6
Opponents Totals	84	3146	37.5	65	4	4	18	216	2850	35.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charlie West	29	9	169	5.8	53	0
Bob Grim	5	5	46	9.2	24	0
Paul Dickson	1	0	1	1.0	1	0
Ed Sharockman	0	1	0			0
Team Totals	35	15	216	6.2	53	0
Opponents Totals	38	7	322	8.5	75t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Clint Jones	19	452	23.8	41	0
Charlie West	11	319	29.0	66	0
Oscar Reed	5	71	14.2	19	0
Steve Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	36	842	23.4	66	0
Opponents Totals	69	1514	21.9	101t	3

SACKS	NO	YDS
Carl Eller	13.0
Alan Page	10.5
Jim Marshall	6.5
Gary Larsen	6.0
Paul Dickson	4.0
Karl Kassulke	2.0
John Ward	2.0
Roy Winston	2.0
Dale Hackbart	1.0
Wally Hilgenberg	1.0
Lonnie Warwick	1.0
Team Totals	49.0	360.0
Opponents Totals	29.0	197.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Grady Alderman	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bill Brown	3		0	0	0	0	0
Fred Cox	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Gary Cuozzo	3		2	0	2	0	0
Carl Eller	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
Bob Grim	1		1	0	1	0	0
Clint Jones	5		1	0	1	0	0
Kent Kramer	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Paul Krause	1		0	0	0	0	0
Gary Larsen	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Bob Lee	2		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Marshall	0	0	0	2	2	24	0
Mike McGill	0	0	0	1	1	5	1
Dave Osborn	5		1	0	1	0	0
Alan Page	0	0	0	7	7	77	1
Oscar Reed	2		0	0	0	0	0
Steve Smith	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mick Tingelhoff	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Gene Washington	1		1	0	1	0	0
Charlie West	1		0	0	0	0	0
Roy Winston	0	0	0	1	1	14	1
Team Totals	25	16	9	16	25	122	3
Opponents Totals	27	16	10	16	26		0

Neill Armstrong	Defensive Backs
Jerry Burns	Offense
Bob Hollway	Defense
Bus Mertes	Offensive Backs
John Michels	Offensive Line
Jack Patera	Defensive Line