1970 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) |
| 1st place • National Football Conference • Central Division • 12-2-0 .857 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Bud Grant |
| Neill Armstrong | Defensive Backs |
| 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 | 8/8/1970 | 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 | |
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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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/5/1970 | Cleveland Browns | Doubleheader |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Grady Alderman | 67 | LOT | 6-2 | 242 | 32 | Detroit Mercy | 14 | 11 |
| John Beasley | 87 | TE | 6-3 | 231 | 25 | California | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Brown | 30 | RB | 5-11 | 225 | 32 | Illinois | 14 | 8 |
| Bobby Bryant | 20 | LCB-RCB | 6-0 | 176 | 26 | South Carolina | 11 | 10 |
| Bill Cappleman | 17 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 23 | Florida State | 1 | 0 |
| John Charles | 25 | S | 6-1 | 199 | 26 | Purdue | 8 | 0 |
| Fred Cox | 14 | K | 5-10 | 200 | 32 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 0 |
| Gary Cuozzo | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 29 | Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| Doug Davis | 71 | LOT | 6-4 | 250 | 26 | Kentucky | 12 | 3 |
| Paul Dickson | 76 | DT | 6-5 | 252 | 33 | Baylor | 14 | 0 |
| Carl Eller | 81 | LDE | 6-6 | 252 | 28 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Hap Farber | 56 | LB | 6-1 | 221 | 22 | Mississippi | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 27 | WR | 6-0 | 196 | 25 | Oregon State | 14 | 11 |
| Dale Hackbart | 49 | S | 6-3 | 210 | 32 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Hargrove | 50 | LB | 6-3 | 233 | 25 | Howard Payne | 12 | 0 |
| John Henderson | 80 | WR | 6-3 | 191 | 27 | Michigan | 14 | 3 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 58 | RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 28 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| Clint Jones | 26 | RB | 6-0 | 204 | 25 | Michigan State | 14 | 4 |
| Karl Kassulke | 29 | LS | 6-0 | 194 | 29 | Marquette; Drake | 14 | 14 |
| Kent Kramer | 89 | TE | 6-5 | 235 | 26 | Minnesota | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Krause | 22 | RS | 6-3 | 199 | 28 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| Gary Larsen | 77 | LDT | 6-5 | 256 | 30 | Concordia (Moorhead) | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Lee | 19 | QB-P | 6-2 | 190 | 24 | Arizona State; San Francisco CC; Pacific | 6 | 2 |
| Jim Lindsey | 21 | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Arkansas | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Marshall | 70 | RDE | 6-3 | 239 | 33 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Mike McGill | 55 | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 0 |
| Tom McNeill | 12 | P | 6-1 | 195 | 28 | Wharton County JC; Stephen F. Austin State | 14 | 0 |
| Wayne Meylan | 66 | LB | 6-1 | 237 | 24 | Nebraska | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 41 | RB | 6-0 | 204 | 27 | North Dakota | 14 | 12 |
| Alan Page | 88 | RDT | 6-5 | 255 | 25 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Ted Provost | 28 | CB | 6-2 | 190 | 22 | Ohio State | 7 | 0 |
| Oscar Reed | 32 | RB | 5-11 | 222 | 26 | Colorado State | 12 | 4 |
| Ed Sharockman | 45 | RCB | 6-0 | 200 | 31 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 13 |
| Steve Smith | 74 | DE | 6-5 | 246 | 26 | Michigan | 14 | 0 |
| Milt Sunde | 64 | ROG | 6-2 | 245 | 28 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Mick Tingelhoff | 53 | C | 6-1 | 237 | 30 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Vellone | 63 | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 26 | Cerritos JC; Southern California | 11 | 7 |
| Stu Voigt | 83 | TE | 6-1 | 223 | 22 | Wisconsin | 3 | 0 |
| John Ward | 72 | DT | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 0 |
| Lonnie Warwick | 59 | MLB | 6-3 | 235 | 28 | Tennessee; Tennessee Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Gene Washington | 84 | WR | 6-3 | 212 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie West | 40 | LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Angelo State; Texas-El Paso | 14 | 5 |
| Ed White | 62 | LOG | 6-2 | 264 | 23 | California | 14 | 7 |
| Roy Winston | 60 | LLB | 6-1 | 228 | 30 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Yary | 73 | 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 | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 71 | 121 | 68 | 75 | 335 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 39 | 36 | 24 | 143 |
| 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 | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cox | 0 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 30 | 46 | 65.2 | 0 | 125 |
| Clint Jones | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Dave Osborn | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Gene Washington | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ed Sharockman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| John Beasley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Henderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Lindsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike McGill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Alan Page | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Oscar Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roy Winston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 35 | 35 | 35 | 100.0 | 30 | 46 | 65.2 | 0 | 335 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 14 | 14 | 100.0 | 15 | 27 | 55.6 | 0 | 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 | 49.8 | 119 | 1720 | 6.7 | 13.4 | 72 | 7 | 2.7 | 10 | 3.9 | 23 | 161 | 1559 | 64.3 |
| Bob Lee | 79 | 40 | 50.6 | 34 | 610 | 7.7 | 15.3 | 52 | 5 | 6.3 | 5 | 6.3 | 6 | 36 | 574 | 71.2 |
| Bill Cappleman | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 3 | 49 | 7.0 | 12.3 | 26 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 78.9 |
| Fred Cox | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | -1 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 79.2 |
| Team Totals | 344 | 173 | 50.3 | 156 | 2378 | 6.9 | 13.7 | 72 | 12 | 3.5 | 15 | 4.4 | 29 | 197 | 2181 | 66.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 367 | 195 | 53.1 | 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 | FC | 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 |
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