1970 Minnesota Vikings: 12-2-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 7-0-0 (170 points scored, 62 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (165 points scored, 81 allowed) Head Coach: Bud Grant 335 points scored (3rd of 26 teams), 143 points allowed (1st) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 173 344 2,181 (14) 5.85 12 15 508 1,634 (14) 3.2 16 3,815 (19) 31 Defense: 195 367 1,438 ( 1) 3.46 6 28 398 1,365 ( 5) 3.4 4 2,803 ( 1) 44
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 12 Tom McNeill P 14 6'1 195 28 4 Stephen F. Austin 14 Fred Cox K 14 5'10 200 31 8 Pittsburgh 15 Gary Cuozzo QB 12 6'1 195 29 8 Virginia 17 Bill Cappleman QB 1 6'3 210 23 R Florida State 19 Bob Lee QB 6 6'2 195 25 2 Pacific 20 Bobby Bryant DB 11 6'0 170 26 3 South Carolina 21 Jim Lindsey RB 11 6'2 210 25 5 Arkansas 22 Paul Krause DB 14 6'3 188 28 7 Iowa 25 John Charles DB 8 6'1 200 26 4 Purdue 26 Clint Jones RB 14 6'0 206 25 4 Michigan State 27 Bob Grim WR 14 6'0 200 25 4 Oregon State 28 Ted Provost DB 7 6'2 195 22 R Ohio State 29 Karl Kassulke DB 14 6'0 195 29 8 Drake 30 Bill Brown RB 14 5'11 230 32 10 Illinois 32 Oscar Reed RB 12 5'11 222 26 3 Colorado State 40 Charlie West DB 14 6'1 190 24 3 Texas-El Paso 41 Dave Osborn RB 14 6'0 205 27 6 North Dakota 45 Ed Sharockman DB 14 6'0 200 30 10 Pittsburgh 49 Dale Hackbart DB 14 6'3 205 32 9 Wisconsin 50 Jim Hargrove LB 12 6'3 235 25 3 Howard Payne 51 Hap Farber LB 3 6'1 220 22 R MIssissippi 53 Mick Tingelhoff C 14 6'1 237 30 9 Nebraska 55 Mike McGill LB 14 6'2 235 23 3 Notre Dame 56 Wayne Meylan LB 2 6'1 235 24 3 Nebraska 58 Wally Hilgenberg LB 14 6'3 230 28 6 Iowa 59 Lonnie Warwick LB 14 6'3 237 28 6 Tennessee Tech 60 Roy Winston LB 14 6'1 228 30 9 Louisiana State 62 Ed White OG 14 6'2 260 23 2 California 63 Jim Vellone OG 11 6'2 255 26 5 Southern California 64 Milt Sunde OG 14 6'2 250 28 7 Minnesota 67 Grady Alderman OT 14 6'2 245 31 11 Detroit Mercy 70 Jim Marshall DE 14 6'3 248 32 11 Ohio State 71 Doug Davis OT 12 6'4 255 26 5 Kentucky 72 John Ward DE 14 6'4 260 22 R Oklahoma State 73 Ron Yary OT 14 6'6 255 24 3 Southern California 74 Steve Smith OT 14 6'5 250 26 4 Michigan 76 Paul Dickson DT 14 6'5 250 33 12 Baylor 77 Gary Larsen DT 14 6'5 260 30 7 Concordia (IL) 80 John Henderson WR 14 6'3 190 27 6 Michigan 81 Carl Eller DE 14 6'6 250 28 7 Minnesota 83 Stu Voigt TE 3 6'1 220 22 R Wisconsin 84 Gene Washington WR 14 6'3 208 26 4 Michigan State 87 John Beasley TE 14 6'3 233 25 4 California 88 Alan Page DT 14 6'5 245 25 4 Notre Dame 89 Kent Kramer TE 11 6'5 235 26 4 Minnesota
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Gary Cuozzo 257 128 49.8 1,720 6.69 13.4 7 2.7 10 3.9 23 161 64.3 Bob Lee 79 40 50.6 610 7.72 15.2 5 6.3 5 6.3 6 36 71.2 Bill Cappleman 7 4 57.1 49 7.00 12.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 78.9 Fred Cox 1 1 100.0 -1 -1.00 -1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 79.2
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Gene Washington 44 702 16.0 4 John Henderson 31 527 17.0 2 Bob Grim 23 287 12.5 0 Dave Osborn 23 202 8.8 1 John Beasley 17 237 13.9 2 Bill Brown 15 149 9.9 2 Clint Jones 9 117 13.0 0 Oscar Reed 6 53 8.8 0 Jim Lindsey 4 94 23.5 1 Kent Kramer 1 10 10.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Dave Osborn 207 681 3.3 5 Clint Jones 120 369 3.1 9 Bill Brown 101 324 3.2 0 Oscar Reed 42 132 3.1 1 Gary Cuozzo 17 61 3.6 0 Jim Lindsey 11 47 4.3 0 Bob Lee 10 20 2.0 1 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Clint Jones 19 452 23.8 0 Charlie West 11 319 29.0 0 Oscar Reed 5 71 14.2 0 Steve Smith 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Charlie West 29 169 5.8 9 0 Bob Grim 5 46 9.2 5 0 Paul Dickson 1 1 1.0 0 0 Ed Sharockman 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1970 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 25 OG John Ward 78 Oklahoma State 2 51 QB Bill Cappleman 8 Florida State 3 77 LB Chuck Burgoon North Park (Ill.) 5 129 RB Greg Jones 24 UCLA 7 181 LB Hap Farber 8 Mississippi 8 206 OG Mike Carroll Missouri 9 233 DE George Morrow Mississippi 10 260 TE Stu Voigt 131 Wisconsin 11 286 C Godfrey Zaunbrecher 16 LSU 12 311 DB James Holland Jackson State 13 337 DB Bob Pearce Stephen F. Austin 14 363 WR Tommy Spinks Louisiana Tech 15 389 DE Bennie Francis Chadron 16 415 WR Bruce Cerone Emporia State 17 441 DB Brian Healy Michigan
Traded draft picks: #4 to WAS via LA, NO (Paul Laaveg), #6 to PIT (Clarence Kegler)
Transactions:
| 05-01-1970 | traded Bookie Bolin to Dolphins for Dick Westmoreland |
| 07-01-1970 | claimed Zeke Bratkowski on waivers from Packers |
| 08-19-1970 | claimed Seth Miller on waivers from Falcons |
| 09-02-1970 | traded Minnesota's #5 pick in the 1971 draft to Steelers for Kent Nix |
| 09-03-1970 | Lions claimed Chuck Burgoon on waivers |
| 09-09-1970 | claimed Jon Henderson on waivers from Steelers |
| 09-09-1970 | traded Minnesota's #5 pick in the 1972 draft to Rams for Ted Provost |
| 09-09-1970 | Giants claimed Len Johnson on waivers |
| 09-16-1970 | Bills claimed Mike McCaffrey on waivers |
| 10-02-1970 | Patriots signed Joe Kapp as a free agent |
| 10-02-1970 | received John Charles, New England's #1 pick in the 1972 draft and cash from Patriots as compensation for signing free agent Joe Kapp |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/27/70 vs San Francisco 49ers L 14-17
1970 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/20/70 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 27-10 1-0-0 09/27/70 vs New Orleans Saints W 26-0 2-0-0 10/04/70 at Green Bay Packers L 10-13 2-1-0 10/11/70 at Chicago Bears W 24-0 3-1-0 10/18/70 vs Dallas Cowboys W 54-13 4-1-0 10/26/70 vs Los Angeles Rams W 13-3 5-1-0 11/01/70 at Detroit Lions W 30-17 6-1-0 11/08/70 at Washington Redskins W 19-10 7-1-0 11/15/70 vs Detroit Lions W 24-20 8-1-0 11/22/70 vs Green Bay Packers W 10-3 9-1-0 11/29/70 at New York Jets L 10-20 9-2-0 12/05/70 vs Chicago Bears W 16-13 10-2-0 12/13/70 at Boston Patriots W 35-14 11-2-0 12/20/70 at Atlanta Falcons W 37-7 12-2-0