1971 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) |
| 1st place • National Football Conference • Central Division • 11-3-0 .786 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Bud Grant |
| Neill Armstrong | Defensive Coordinator |
| Jerry Burns | Offensive Coordinator |
| Bus Mertes | Offensive Backs |
| John Michels | Offensive Line |
| Jocko Nelson | Linebackers |
| Jack Patera | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/8/1971 | H | New England Patriots | 17-10 | W | Minneapolis, MN | Memorial Stadium | 31813 | |
| Sat | 8/14/1971 | A | San Diego Chargers | 34-7 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 49267 | |
| Sat | 8/21/1971 | H | Chicago Bears | 34-14 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1971 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 26-21 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 46276 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1971 | A | Denver Broncos | 7-14 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 43000 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1971 | H | Miami Dolphins | 24-0 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47990 | |
| Mon | 9/20/1971 | A | Detroit Lions | 16-13 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 54418 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1971 | H | Chicago Bears | 17-20 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1971 | H | Buffalo Bills | 19-0 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1971 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 13-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 65358 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1971 | A | Green Bay Packers | 24-13 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Mon | 10/25/1971 | H | Baltimore Colts | 10-3 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 49784 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1971 | A | New York Giants | 17-10 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62829 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1971 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 9-13 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 49784 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1971 | H | Green Bay Packers | 3-0 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 49784 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1971 | A | New Orleans Saints | 23-10 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 83130 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1971 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 24-7 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 49784 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1971 | A | San Diego Chargers | 14-30 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 54505 | |
| Sat | 12/11/1971 | H | Detroit Lions | 29-10 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 49784 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1971 | A | Chicago Bears | 27-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 55049 | |
| NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/25/1971 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 12-20 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47307 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Grady Alderman | 67 | LOT | 6-2 | 242 | 33 | Detroit Mercy | 13 | 11 |
| Bill Brown | 30 | FB | 5-11 | 225 | 33 | Illinois | 14 | 6 |
| Bob Brown | 89 | TE | 6-3 | 225 | 28 | Alcorn State | 8 | 4 |
| Bobby Bryant | 20 | LS-LCB | 6-0 | 176 | 27 | South Carolina | 13 | 4 |
| Fred Cox | 14 | K | 5-10 | 200 | 33 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 0 |
| Gary Cuozzo | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 30 | Virginia | 8 | 8 |
| Doug Davis | 71 | LOT | 6-4 | 250 | 27 | Kentucky | 14 | 4 |
| Al Denson | 86 | WR | 6-2 | 208 | 29 | Florida A&M | 7 | 3 |
| Al Denson | 86 | WR | 6-2 | 208 | 29 | Florida A&M | 7 | 3 |
| Carl Eller | 81 | LDE | 6-6 | 252 | 29 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Carl Gersbach | 56 | MLB | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | Duke; West Chester | 13 | 11 |
| Bob Grim | 27 | WR | 6-0 | 196 | 26 | Oregon State | 14 | 14 |
| Leo Hayden | 44 | RB | 6-0 | 212 | 23 | Ohio State | 7 | 0 |
| John Henderson | 80 | WR | 6-3 | 191 | 28 | Michigan | 7 | 2 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 58 | RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 29 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| John Hilton | 85 | TE | 6-5 | 222 | 29 | Richmond | 7 | 1 |
| Noel Jenke | 52 | LB | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Minnesota | 14 | 0 |
| Clint Jones | 26 | FB-HB | 6-0 | 204 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 9 |
| Karl Kassulke | 29 | LS | 6-0 | 194 | 30 | Marquette; Drake | 12 | 8 |
| Paul Krause | 22 | RS | 6-3 | 199 | 29 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| Gary Larsen | 77 | LDT | 6-5 | 256 | 31 | Concordia (Moorhead) | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Lee | 19 | QB-P | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | Arizona State; San Francisco CC; Pacific | 14 | 4 |
| Jim Lindsey | 21 | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | Arkansas | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Marshall | 70 | RDE | 6-3 | 239 | 34 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Osborn | 41 | HB | 6-0 | 204 | 28 | North Dakota | 11 | 9 |
| Alan Page | 88 | RDT | 6-5 | 255 | 26 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Jerry Patton | 78 | DT | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Nebraska | 3 | 0 |
| Pete Perreault | 68 | OG | 6-3 | 246 | 32 | Boston University | 10 | 0 |
| Oscar Reed | 32 | FB | 5-11 | 222 | 27 | Colorado State | 13 | 3 |
| Roy Schmidt | 68 | OG | 6-3 | 250 | 29 | Ventura JC; Long Beach State | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Sharockman | 45 | RCB | 6-0 | 200 | 32 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| Norm Snead | 16 | QB | 6-4 | 215 | 32 | Wake Forest | 7 | 2 |
| Milt Sunde | 64 | ROG | 6-2 | 245 | 29 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| Doug Sutherland | 69 | LB | 6-3 | 250 | 23 | Wisconsin-Superior | 11 | 0 |
| Mick Tingelhoff | 53 | C | 6-1 | 237 | 31 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| Stu Voigt | 83 | TE | 6-1 | 223 | 23 | Wisconsin | 12 | 9 |
| John Ward | 72 | DE | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 0 |
| Lonnie Warwick | 59 | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 29 | Tennessee; Tennessee Tech | 4 | 3 |
| Gene Washington | 84 | WR | 6-3 | 212 | 27 | Michigan State | 13 | 9 |
| Charlie West | 40 | LCB-LS | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Angelo State; Texas-El Paso | 14 | 14 |
| Ed White | 62 | LOG | 6-2 | 264 | 24 | California | 14 | 14 |
| Carl Winfrey | 36 | LB | 6-0 | 230 | 22 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Roy Winston | 60 | LLB | 6-1 | 228 | 31 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Jeff Wright | 23 | S | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Minnesota | 14 | 0 |
| Nate Wright | 43 | CB | 5-11 | 179 | 24 | Monterey Peninsula JC; San Diego State | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Yary | 73 | ROT | 6-6 | 256 | 25 | Cerritos JC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Godfrey Zaunbrecher | 51 | C | 6-2 | 235 | 23 | Louisiana State | 4 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 24 | Leo Hayden | RB | Ohio State |
| 3 | 76 | Eddie Hackett | WR | Alcorn State |
| 4 | 102 | Vin Clements | RB | Connecticut |
| 7 | 180 | Gene Mack | LB | Texas-El Paso |
| 8 | 208 | Johnny Fairley | DE | Johnson C. Smith |
| 9 | 232 | Tim Sullivan | RB | Iowa |
| 10 | 258 | Chris Morris | G | Indiana |
| 11 | 284 | Mike Walker | LB | Tulane |
| 12 | 310 | Reggie Holmes | DB | Wisconsin-Stout |
| 13 | 336 | Benny Fry | C | Houston |
| 14 | 362 | Jim Gallagher | LB | Yale |
| 15 | 388 | Jeff Wright | DB | Minnesota |
| 16 | 413 | Greg Edmonds | WR | Penn State |
| 17 | 439 | Ken Duncan | P | Tulsa |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 54 | 63 | 60 | 68 | 245 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 33 | 26 | 54 | 139 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 29:18 | 198 | 89 | 95 | 14 | 56/190 29.5% | 6/10 60.0% | 70 | 661 |
| Opponents Totals | 30:42 | 194 | 88 | 88 | 18 | 63/199 31.7% | 5/16 31.3% | 57 | 615 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cox | 0 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 22 | 32 | 68.8 | 0 | 91 |
| Bob Grim | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Dave Osborn | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Clint Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bill Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Lindsey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Oscar Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Norm Snead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roy Winston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Alan Page | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Team Totals | 25 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 22 | 32 | 68.8 | 2 | 245 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 13 | 14 | 92.9 | 14 | 32 | 43.8 | 0 | 139 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cox | 22 | 32 | 68.8 | 2 | 47 | 9/9 | 4/8 | 6/7 | 3/8 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 32 | 68.8 | 2 | 47 | 9/9 | 4/8 | 6/7 | 3/8 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 32 | 43.8 | 3/4 | 3/5 | 3/10 | 5/8 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clint Jones | 180 | 675 | 3.8 | 73t | 4 |
| Dave Osborn | 123 | 349 | 2.8 | 15 | 5 |
| Jim Lindsey | 46 | 182 | 4.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Oscar Reed | 50 | 182 | 3.6 | 18 | 1 |
| Bill Brown | 46 | 136 | 3.0 | 23t | 2 |
| Bob Grim | 6 | 127 | 21.2 | 54 | 0 |
| Gary Cuozzo | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Lee | 11 | 14 | 1.3 | 4t | 1 |
| Norm Snead | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Al Denson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 484 | 1695 | 3.5 | 73t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 447 | 1600 | 3.6 | 42 | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Cuozzo | 168 | 75 | 44.6 | 85 | 842 | 5.0 | 11.2 | 52t | 6 | 3.6 | 8 | 4.8 | 13 | 97 | 745 | 52.2 |
| Bob Lee | 90 | 45 | 50.0 | 41 | 598 | 6.6 | 13.3 | 51 | 2 | 2.2 | 4 | 4.4 | 8 | 91 | 507 | 60.3 |
| Norm Snead | 75 | 37 | 49.3 | 32 | 470 | 6.3 | 12.7 | 55t | 1 | 1.3 | 6 | 8.0 | 7 | 67 | 403 | 40.4 |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 334 | 157 | 47.0 | 159 | 1910 | 5.7 | 12.2 | 55t | 9 | 2.7 | 18 | 5.4 | 28 | 255 | 1655 | 51.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 405 | 206 | 50.9 | 172 | 2022 | 5.0 | 9.8 | 64 | 10 | 2.5 | 27 | 6.7 | 27 | 216 | 1806 | 45.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Grim | 45 | 691 | 15.4 | 55t | 7 |
| Dave Osborn | 25 | 195 | 7.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Stu Voigt | 15 | 214 | 14.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Oscar Reed | 15 | 138 | 9.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 12 | 165 | 13.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Al Denson | 10 | 125 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 10 | 94 | 9.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Clint Jones | 9 | 98 | 10.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Lindsey | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Brown | 6 | 141 | 23.5 | 48 | 0 |
| John Henderson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 157 | 1910 | 12.2 | 55t | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 206 | 2022 | 9.8 | 64 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie West | 7 | 236 | 33.7 | 89 | 0 |
| Paul Krause | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 31 | 0 |
| Ed Sharockman | 6 | 109 | 18.2 | 33 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Karl Kassulke | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Roy Winston | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 572 | 21.2 | 89 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 204 | 11.3 | 36 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Lee | 89 | 3515 | 39.5 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 336 | 3099 | 34.8 |
| Team Totals | 89 | 3515 | 39.5 | 58 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 336 | 3099 | 34.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 3118 | 40.0 | 60 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 164 | 2794 | 36.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie West | 18 | 11 | 94 | 5.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 7 | 5 | 44 | 6.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 2 | 14 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 30 | 164 | 6.1 | 36 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 17 | 336 | 7.1 | 33 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie West | 24 | 556 | 23.2 | 36 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 12 | 329 | 27.4 | 47 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 960 | 23.4 | 47 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 1077 | 22.0 | 41 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Page | 9.0 | |
| Jim Marshall | 8.5 | |
| Carl Eller | 4.5 | |
| Gary Larsen | 3.5 | |
| Carl Gersbach | 1.0 | |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 0.5 | |
| Team Totals | 27.0 | 216.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28.0 | 255.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Bryant | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |
| Gary Cuozzo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Gersbach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Noel Jenke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Clint Jones | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Karl Kassulke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Krause | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Gary Larsen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Lee | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Lindsey | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jim Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Alan Page | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Oscar Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norm Snead | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mick Tingelhoff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -8 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Ward | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie West | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 22 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 1 |
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