1973 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/11/1973	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-6	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46619
Sat	8/18/1973	A	Kansas City Chiefs	13-10	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	72676
Sat	8/25/1973	A	Oakland Raiders	34-10	W	Berkeley, CA	Memorial Stadium	57515
Fri	8/31/1973	H	Miami Dolphins	20-17	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46619
Sat	9/8/1973	A	San Diego Chargers	24-16	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	42007
Sun	9/16/1973	H	Oakland Raiders	24-16	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	44818
Sun	9/23/1973	A	Chicago Bears	22-13	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	52035
Sun	9/30/1973	H	Green Bay Packers	11-3	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	48176
Sun	10/7/1973	A	Detroit Lions	23-9	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	49544
Sun	10/14/1973	A	San Francisco 49ers	17-13	W	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	56438
Sun	10/21/1973	H	Philadelphia Eagles	28-21	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47478
Sun	10/28/1973	H	Los Angeles Rams	10-9	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47787
Sun	11/4/1973	H	Cleveland Browns	26-3	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46722
Sun	11/11/1973	H	Detroit Lions	28-7	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47911
Mon	11/19/1973	A	Atlanta Falcons	14-20	L	Atlanta, GA	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	56519
Sun	11/25/1973	H	Chicago Bears	31-13	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46430
Sun	12/2/1973	A	Cincinnati Bengals	0-27	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	57859
Sat	12/8/1973	A	Green Bay Packers	31-7	W	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	53830
Sun	12/16/1973	A	New York Giants	31-7	W	New Haven, CT	Yale Bowl	70041
NFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/22/1973	H	Washington Redskins	27-20	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	45475
NFC Championship
Sun	12/30/1973	A	Dallas Cowboys	27-10	W	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	59688
Super Bowl VIII
Sun	1/13/1974	A	Miami Dolphins	7-24	L	Houston, TX	Rice Stadium	68142

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Grady Alderman	67	LOT	6-2	242	35	Detroit Mercy	14	14
Gary Ballman	85	TE	6-0	203	33	Michigan State	5	0
John Beasley	87	TE	6-3	231	28	California	5	1
Bob Berry	17	QB	5-11	185	31	Oregon	6	0
Bill Brown	30	RB	5-11	225	35	Illinois	14	2
Terry Brown	24	CB-S	6-1	210	26	Oklahoma State	14	0
Bobby Bryant	20	RCB	6-0	176	29	South Carolina	14	14
Fred Cox	14	K	5-10	200	35	Pittsburgh	14	0
Carroll Dale	84	WR	6-1	198	35	Virginia Tech	13	12
Rhett Dawson	86	WR	6-1	180	25	Florida State	2	0
Mike Eischeid	11	P	6-0	190	33	Upper Iowa	14	0
Carl Eller	81	LDE	6-6	252	31	Minnesota	14	14
Chuck Foreman	44	RB	6-2	212	23	Miami (Florida)	12	10
Frank Gallagher	66	OG	6-2	240	30	North Carolina	4	0
John Gilliam	42	WR	6-1	190	28	South Carolina State	14	14
Charlie Goodrum	68	OG	6-3	256	23	Florida A&M	10	0
Wally Hilgenberg	58	RLB	6-2	230	31	Iowa	13	12
Doug Kingsriter	80	TE	6-2	225	23	Minnesota	11	0
Paul Krause	22	RS	6-3	199	31	Iowa	14	14
Gary Larsen	77	LDT	6-5	256	33	Concordia (Moorhead)	14	12
Jim Lash	82	WR	6-2	200	22	Northwestern	9	2
Steve Lawson	65	OG	6-3	265	24	Kansas	2	0
Bob Lurtsema	75	LDT	6-6	251	31	Grand Rapids CC; Michigan Tech; Western Michigan	14	2
Ed Marinaro	49	RB	6-2	212	23	Cornell	13	7
Jim Marshall	70	RDE	6-3	239	36	Ohio State	14	14
Amos Martin	55	RLB-LLB	6-3	228	24	Louisville	14	3
Brent McClanahan	33	RB	5-10	202	22	Arizona State	13	0
Dave Osborn	41	RB	6-0	204	30	North Dakota	11	0
Alan Page	88	RDT	6-5	255	28	Notre Dame	14	14
Ron Porter	52	LB	6-3	232	28	Idaho	13	0
Al Randolph	34	S	6-2	199	29	Iowa	11	0
Oscar Reed	32	RB	5-11	222	29	Colorado State	12	8
Jeff Siemon	50	MLB	6-2	235	23	Stanford	14	14
Milt Sunde	64	ROG	6-2	245	31	Minnesota	14	7
Doug Sutherland	69	DE	6-3	250	25	Wisconsin-Superior	9	0
Fran Tarkenton	10	QB	6-1	190	33	Georgia	14	14
Mick Tingelhoff	53	C	6-1	237	33	Nebraska	14	14
Stu Voigt	83	TE	6-1	223	25	Wisconsin	13	13
John Ward	72	ROG	6-4	250	25	Oklahoma State	8	7
Charlie West	40	S-CB	6-1	190	27	Angelo State; Texas-El Paso	5	0
Ed White	62	LOG	6-2	264	26	California	14	14
Roy Winston	60	LLB	6-1	228	33	Louisiana State	13	13
Jeff Wright	23	LS	5-11	190	24	Minnesota	14	14
Nate Wright	43	LCB	5-11	179	26	Monterey Peninsula JC; San Diego State	14	14
Ron Yary	73	ROT	6-6	256	27	Cerritos JC; Southern California	14	14
Godfrey Zaunbrecher	51	C	6-2	235	25	Louisiana State	5	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	12	Chuck Foreman	RB	Miami (Florida)
2	34	Jackie Wallace	DB	Arizona
3	65	Jim Lash	WR	Northwestern
4	80	Mike Wells	QB	Illinois
5	118	Brent McClanahan	RB	Arizona State
6	139	Doug Kingsriter	TE	Minnesota
6	143	Fred Abbott	LB	Florida
7	168	Josh Brown	RB	Texas State
8	196	Craig Darling	T	Iowa
9	221	Larry Dibbles	DE	New Mexico
10	236	Randy Lee	DB-P	Tulane
10	246	Dave Mason	DB	Nebraska
11	274	Geary Murdock	G	Iowa State
12	299	Alan Spencer	WR	Pittsburg State
13	324	Ron Just	G	Minot State
14	352	Ed Bishop	DB	Southern University
15	377	Tony Chandler	RB	Missouri Valley
16	402	Larry Smiley	DE	Texas Southern
17	429	Dave Winfield	TE	Minnesota

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	75	96	55	70	296
Opponents Totals	26	62	39	41	168

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:43	246	137	99	10	79/200 39.5%	2/4 50.0%	55	482
Opponents Totals	29:17	220	106	99	15	61/189 32.3%	2/9 22.2%	58	633

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Fred Cox	0	33	33	100.0	21	35	60.0	0	96
John Gilliam	9	0	0		0	0		0	54
Chuck Foreman	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Bill Brown	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Ed Marinaro	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Oscar Reed	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Stu Voigt	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
John Beasley	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Terry Brown	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bobby Bryant	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Wally Hilgenberg	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Fran Tarkenton	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Roy Winston	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	33	33	33	100.0	21	35	60.0	1	296
Opponents Totals	15	15	15	100.0	21	38	55.3	0	168

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Fred Cox	21	35	60.0	2	41	7/7	7/9	4/7	3/10	0/2
Team Totals	21	35	60.0	2	41	7/7	7/9	4/7	3/10	0/2
Opponents Totals	21	38	55.3			4/4	6/8	6/12	5/13	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chuck Foreman	182	801	4.4	50t	4
Oscar Reed	100	401	4.0	30	3
Ed Marinaro	95	302	3.2	27	2
Dave Osborn	48	216	4.5	14	0
Bill Brown	47	206	4.4	21	3
Fran Tarkenton	41	202	4.9	16	1
John Gilliam	5	71	14.2	44t	1
Brent McClanahan	17	69	4.1	10	0
Bob Berry	2	5	2.5	5	0
Stu Voigt	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	538	2275	4.2	50t	14
Opponents Totals	450	1974	4.4	40t	5

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Fran Tarkenton	274	169	61.7	98	2113	7.7	12.5	54t	15	5.5	7	2.6	31	270	1843	93.2
Bob Berry	24	10	41.7	12	121	5.0	12.1	30t	1	4.2	2	8.3	1	8	113	37.0
Team Totals	298	179	60.1	110	2234	7.5	12.5	54t	16	5.4	9	3.0	32	278	1956	88.7
Opponents Totals	377	198	52.5	158	2124	5.6	10.7	63	8	2.1	21	5.6	30	230	1894	53.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Gilliam	42	907	21.6	54t	8
Chuck Foreman	37	362	9.8	35	2			0
Ed Marinaro	26	196	7.5	17	2		0	0
Stu Voigt	23	318	13.8	43	2
Oscar Reed	19	122	6.4	13	0		0	0
Carroll Dale	14	192	13.7	40	0				0
Bill Brown	5	22	4.4	7	1		0	0
Dave Osborn	3	4	1.3	5	0		0	0
Jim Lash	2	34	17.0	18	0		0	0	0
Doug Kingsriter	2	27	13.5	14	0		0	0	0
Rhett Dawson	2	24	12.0	19	0		0	0	0
Gary Ballman	2	22	11.0	15	0		0	0	0
John Beasley	1	3	3.0	3t	1	1	0	0	0
John Ward	1	1	1.0	1	0		0	0	0
Team Totals	179	2234	12.5	54	16
Opponents Totals	198	2124	10.7	63	8

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Bryant	7	105	15.0	46t	1
Paul Krause	4	28	7.0	24	0
Jeff Wright	3	31	10.3	25	0
Nate Wright	3	6	2.0	6	0
Jeff Siemon	2	24	12.0	21	0
Terry Brown	1	63	63.0	63t	1
Wally Hilgenberg	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	21	263	12.5	63t	2
Opponents Totals	9	88	9.8	33	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Mike Eischeid	66	2628	39.8	57	0	4	11	271	2277	34.5
Team Totals	66	2628	39.8	57	0	4	11	271	2277	34.5
Opponents Totals	57	2338	41.0	68	1	5	8	140	2098	37.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bobby Bryant	25	14	140	5.6	16	0
Jeff Wright	2	2	0	0.0	0	0
Charlie West	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	28	16	140	5.0	16	0
Opponents Totals	42	8	271	6.5	63t	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Brent McClanahan	16	410	25.6	45
John Gilliam	10	174	17.4	29
Charlie West	3	104	34.7	42
Bill Brown	3	35	11.7	18
Oscar Reed	2	29	14.5	15
Jeff Wright	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	35	752	21.5	45
Opponents Totals	59	1148	19.5	47

SACKS	NO	YDS
Carl Eller	11.0
Jim Marshall	7.0
Alan Page	5.0
Bob Lurtsema	4.0
Jeff Siemon	2.0
Bobby Bryant	1.0
Team Totals	30.0	230.0
Opponents Totals	32.0	278.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Bill Brown	2		0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Bryant	1		0	0	0	0	0
Carl Eller	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Chuck Foreman	6		1	0	1	0	0
John Gilliam	1		0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Goodrum	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Wally Hilgenberg	0	0	0	2	2	2	1
Doug Kingsriter	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Paul Krause	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Gary Larsen	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Lurtsema	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ed Marinaro	3		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Marshall	1		0	1	1	7	0
Brent McClanahan	2		0	1	1	0	0
Dave Osborn	2		0	0	0	0	0
Alan Page	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Ron Porter	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Oscar Reed	2		1	0	1	0	0
Jeff Siemon	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Fran Tarkenton	5		1	0	1	0	0
Mick Tingelhoff	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Stu Voigt	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ed White	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Roy Winston	0	0	0	2	2	4	0
Jeff Wright	2		2	1	3	0	0
Nate Wright	1		0	2	2	0	0
Team Totals	29	18	11	15	26	17	1
Opponents Totals	36	15	19	17	36		1

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