1969 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) |
| 1st place Western Conference Central Division 12-2-0 .857 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Bud Grant |
| Jerry Burns | Offense |
| Bob Hollway | Defense |
| Bus Mertes | Offensive Backs |
| John Michels | Offensive Line |
| Jack Patera | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/2/1969 | N | Miami Dolphins | 45-10 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 37461 | |
| Sat | 8/9/1969 | H | Denver Broncos | 26-6 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 45918 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1969 | N | St. Louis Cardinals | 41-13 | W | Memphis, TN | Liberty Bowl | 34417 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1969 | N | New York Jets | 21-24 | L | Winston-Salem, NC | Groves Stadium | 31500 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1969 | H | New York Giants | 28-27 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1969 | A | Cleveland Browns | 23-16 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 28551 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1969 | A | New York Giants | 23-24 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62920 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1969 | H | Baltimore Colts | 52-14 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47644 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1969 | H | Green Bay Packers | 19-7 | W | Minneapolis, MN | Memorial Stadium | 60740 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1969 | A | Chicago Bears | 31-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45757 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1969 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 27-10 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 49430 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1969 | H | Detroit Lions | 24-10 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1969 | H | Chicago Bears | 31-14 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1969 | H | Cleveland Browns | 51-3 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1969 | A | Green Bay Packers | 9-7 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 48321 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1969 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 52-14 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47202 | |
| Thu | 11/27/1969 | A | Detroit Lions | 27-0 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 57906 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1969 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 20-13 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 80430 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1969 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 10-7 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 43028 | |
| Sun | 12/21/1969 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 3-10 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 52872 | |
| Western Conference Championship | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/27/1969 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 23-20 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/4/1970 | H | Cleveland Browns | 27-7 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46503 | |
| Super Bowl IV | |||||||||
| Sun | 1/11/1970 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-23 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 80562 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 67 | Grady Alderman | LOT | 6-2 | 242 | 31 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | 14 |
| 87 | John Beasley | TE | 6-3 | 231 | 24 | California | 14 | 12 |
| 66 | Bookie Bolin | LOG | 6-2 | 240 | 29 | Mississippi | 6 | 1 |
| 30 | Bill Brown | RB | 5-11 | 225 | 31 | Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| 20 | Bobby Bryant | RCB | 6-0 | 176 | 25 | South Carolina | 10 | 10 |
| 14 | Fred Cox | K | 5-10 | 200 | 31 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 0 |
| 15 | Gary Cuozzo | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Virginia | 9 | 1 |
| 71 | Doug Davis | ROT | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | Kentucky | 10 | 8 |
| 76 | Paul Dickson | RDT | 6-5 | 252 | 32 | Baylor | 13 | 0 |
| 81 | Carl Eller | LDE | 6-6 | 252 | 27 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| 27 | Bob Grim | WR | 6-0 | 196 | 24 | Oregon State | 14 | 0 |
| 49 | Dale Hackbart | RLB | 6-3 | 210 | 31 | Wisconsin | 12 | 0 |
| 86 | Tom Hall | WR | 6-2 | 195 | 29 | Minnesota | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | Jim Hargrove | LB | 6-3 | 233 | 24 | Howard Payne | 6 | 0 |
| 35 | Billy Harris | RB | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Colorado | 13 | 0 |
| 80 | John Henderson | WR | 6-3 | 191 | 26 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| 58 | Wally Hilgenberg | RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| 26 | Clint Jones | RB | 6-0 | 204 | 24 | Michigan State | 14 | 2 |
| 11 | Joe Kapp | QB | 6-2 | 214 | 31 | California | 13 | 13 |
| 29 | Karl Kassulke | LS | 6-0 | 194 | 28 | Marquette; Drake | 13 | 13 |
| 36 | John Kirby | LB | 6-3 | 229 | 27 | Nebraska | 2 | 0 |
| 89 | Kent Kramer | TE | 6-5 | 235 | 25 | Minnesota | 13 | 2 |
| 22 | Paul Krause | RS | 6-3 | 199 | 27 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| 77 | Gary Larsen | LDT | 6-5 | 256 | 29 | Concordia (Moorhead) | 14 | 14 |
| 19 | Bob Lee | QB-P | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Arizona State; San Francisco CC; Pacific | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | Jim Lindsey | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Arkansas | 10 | 0 |
| 46 | Earsell Mackbee | LCB | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Solano CC; Utah State | 14 | 14 |
| 70 | Jim Marshall | RDE | 6-3 | 239 | 32 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | Mike McGill | MLB | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 |
| 41 | Dave Osborn | RB | 6-0 | 204 | 26 | North Dakota | 14 | 14 |
| 88 | Alan Page | RDT | 6-5 | 255 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| 32 | Oscar Reed | RB | 5-11 | 222 | 25 | Colorado State | 14 | 0 |
| 57 | Mike Reilly | RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Iowa | 10 | 0 |
| 45 | Ed Sharockman | RCB | 6-0 | 200 | 30 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 4 |
| 74 | Steve Smith | RDE-LOT | 6-5 | 246 | 25 | Michigan | 14 | 0 |
| 64 | Milt Sunde | ROG | 6-2 | 245 | 27 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Mick Tingelhoff | C | 6-1 | 237 | 29 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| 63 | Jim Vellone | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 25 | Cerritos JC; Southern California | 13 | 13 |
| 59 | Lonnie Warwick | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Tennessee; Tennessee Tech | 14 | 14 |
| 84 | Gene Washington | WR | 6-3 | 212 | 25 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 40 | Charlie West | LS | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Angelo State; Texas-El Paso | 14 | 1 |
| 62 | Ed White | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 264 | 22 | California | 14 | 0 |
| 60 | Roy Winston | LLB | 6-1 | 228 | 29 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| 73 | Ron Yary | ROT | 6-6 | 256 | 23 | Cerritos JC; Southern California | 11 | 6 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 2 | 39 | Ed White | G | California |
| 2 | 43 | Volley Murphy | FL | Texas-El Paso |
| 4 | 95 | Mike McCaffrey | LB | California |
| 5 | 106 | Jim Barnes | G | Arkansas |
| 5 | 112 | Mike O'Shea | WR | Utah State |
| 5 | 121 | Cornelius Davis | RB | Kansas State |
| 6 | 148 | Marion Bates | DB | Texas Southern |
| 8 | 199 | Harris Wood | FL | Washington |
| 9 | 225 | Tom Fink | G | Minnesota |
| 10 | 253 | Tom McCauley | WR | Wisconsin |
| 11 | 277 | Brian Dowling | QB | Yale |
| 12 | 303 | Noel Jenke | LB | Minnesota |
| 13 | 329 | Jim Moylan | DT | Texas Tech |
| 14 | 355 | Tommy Head | C | Texas State |
| 15 | 381 | Gene Mosley | TE | Jackson State |
| 17 | 433 | Wendell Housley | RB | Texas A&M |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 84 | 119 | 72 | 104 | |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 51 | 27 | 49 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31:48 | 239 | 102 | 117 | 20 | 74/193 38.3% | 5/10 50.0% | 67 | 744 |
| Opponents Totals | 28:42 | 158 | 55 | 88 | 15 | 45/194 23.2% | 4/13 30.8% | 69 | 795 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cox | 0 | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 26 | 37 | 70.3 | 0 | 121 |
| Gene Washington | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Dave Osborn | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| John Beasley | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| John Henderson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bill Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Clint Jones | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Oscar Reed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Lindsey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Grim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kent Kramer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Krause | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Alan Page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Reilly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 43 | 43 | 43 | 100.0 | 26 | 37 | 70.3 | 0 | 379 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 16 | 16 | 100.0 | 7 | 18 | 38.9 | 0 | 133 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cox | 26 | 37 | 70.3 | 3 | 48 | 7/7 | 7/7 | 8/11 | 4/10 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 37 | 70.3 | 3 | 48 | 7/7 | 7/7 | 8/11 | 4/10 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 18 | 38.9 | 0/1 | 5/9 | 1/2 | 0/4 | 1/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Osborn | 186 | 643 | 3.5 | 58t | 7 |
| Bill Brown | 126 | 430 | 3.4 | 30 | 3 |
| Oscar Reed | 83 | 393 | 4.7 | 23 | 1 |
| Clint Jones | 54 | 241 | 4.5 | 80t | 3 |
| Joe Kapp | 22 | 104 | 4.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Lindsey | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Bill Harris | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Lee | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Gary Cuozzo | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 489 | 1850 | 3.8 | 80t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 337 | 1089 | 3.2 | 24 | 4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Kapp | 237 | 120 | 50.6 | 104 | 1726 | 7.3 | 14.4 | 83t | 19 | 8.0 | 13 | 5.5 | 28 | 198 | 1528 | 78.5 |
| Gary Cuozzo | 98 | 49 | 50.0 | 44 | 693 | 7.1 | 14.1 | 50 | 4 | 4.1 | 5 | 5.1 | 6 | 54 | 639 | 65.6 |
| Bob Lee | 11 | 7 | 63.6 | 4 | 79 | 7.2 | 11.3 | 30 | 1 | 9.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 115.3 |
| Team Totals | 346 | 176 | 50.9 | 152 | 2498 | 7.2 | 14.2 | 83t | 24 | 6.9 | 18 | 5.2 | 34 | 252 | 2246 | 76.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 410 | 213 | 52.0 | 167 | 2035 | 5.0 | 9.6 | 54 | 8 | 2.0 | 30 | 7.3 | 49 | 404 | 1631 | 42.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Washington | 39 | 821 | 21.1 | 83t | 9 |
| John Henderson | 34 | 553 | 16.3 | 47t | 5 |
| John Beasley | 33 | 361 | 10.9 | 32 | 4 |
| Dave Osborn | 22 | 236 | 10.7 | 31 | 1 |
| Bill Brown | 21 | 183 | 8.7 | 27 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 10 | 155 | 15.5 | 44 | 1 |
| Oscar Reed | 7 | 59 | 8.4 | 16 | 2 |
| Clint Jones | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Lindsey | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 30 | 1 |
| Kent Kramer | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 24 | 1 |
| Bill Harris | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 176 | 2498 | 14.2 | 83t | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 213 | 2035 | 9.6 | 54 | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Bryant | 8 | 97 | 12.1 | 56 | 0 |
| Earsell Mackbee | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Paul Krause | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 77t | 1 |
| Lonnie Warwick | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Roy Winston | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Karl Kassulke | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ed Sharockman | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Jim Marshall | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Alan Page | 0 | 15 | 15Lt | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 459 | 15.3 | 77t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 208 | 11.6 | 85 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lee | 67 | 2680 | 40.0 | 56 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 237 | 2343 | 35.0 |
| Team Totals | 67 | 2680 | 40.0 | 56 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 237 | 2343 | 35.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 100 | 3680 | 36.8 | 61 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 266 | 3314 | 33.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie West | 39 | 19 | 245 | 6.3 | 55 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 45 | 26 | 266 | 5.9 | 55 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 17 | 237 | 7.0 | 30 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Jones | 17 | 444 | 26.1 | 71 | 0 | |
| Charlie West | 9 | 240 | 26.7 | 78 | 0 | |
| Jim Lindsey | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Bill Harris | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Steve Smith | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Grady Alderman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Milt Sunde | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 33 | 774 | 23.5 | 78 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 70 | 1453 | 20.8 | 101t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Beasley | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 1 | |
| Bill Brown | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Bryant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Gary Cuozzo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dale Hackbart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Kapp | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Krause | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Gary Larsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Lee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Lindsey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earsell Mackbee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alan Page | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oscar Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Vellone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lonnie Warwick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie West | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 17 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 71 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
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