1971 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		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

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Grady Alderman	67	LOT	6-2	242	33	Detroit Mercy	13	10
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
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	10
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	MLB	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			0
Dave Osborn	25	195	7.8	25	1		0
Stu Voigt	15	214	14.3	25	1		0
Oscar Reed	15	138	9.2	26	0	1	0
Gene Washington	12	165	13.8	51	0	2	1
Al Denson	10	125	12.5	17	0	0	0	0
Bill Brown	10	94	9.4	36	0		0	0
Clint Jones	9	98	10.9	18	0	0	0
Jim Lindsey	8	31	3.9	9	0	0	0
Bob Brown	6	141	23.5	48	0	3	2	0
John Henderson	2	18	9.0	12	0	0	0	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
Charlie West	18	11	94	5.2	16
Bob Grim	7	5	44	6.3	36
Bobby Bryant	2	14	26	13.0	17
Team Totals	27	30	164	6.1	36
Opponents Totals	47	17	336	7.1	33

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Charlie West	24	556	23.2	36
Clint Jones	12	329	27.4	47
Bob Grim	3	52	17.3	29
Bobby Bryant	1	23	23.0	23
Stu Voigt	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	41	960	23.4	47
Opponents Totals	49	1077	22.0	41

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

Neill Armstrong	Defensive Coordinator
Jerry Burns	Offensive Coordinator
Bus Mertes	Offensive Backs
John Michels	Offensive Line
Jocko Nelson	Linebackers
Jack Patera	Defensive Line