1971 Minnesota Vikings roster and stats

1971 Minnesota Vikings: 11-3-0
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Home record: 5-2-0 (111 points scored, 53 allowed) Road record: 6-1-0 (134 points scored, 86 allowed) Head Coach: Bud Grant

245 points scored (18th of 26 teams), 139 points allowed (1st) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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:   157   334   1,655   (25)   4.57    9   18    484   1,695   (17)    3.5   14    3,350    (23)      30
Defense:   205   406   1,806   ( 3)   4.17   10   27    447   1,600   ( 6)    3.6    2    3,406    ( 2)      45

Team roster (starters in bold):

 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
14  Fred Cox             K     14   5'10  200   32    9   Pittsburgh
15  Gary Cuozzo          QB     8   6'1   195   30    9   Virginia
16  Norm Snead           QB     7   6'4   215   32   11   Wake Forest
19  Bob Lee              QB    14   6'2   195   26    3   Pacific
20  Bobby Bryant         DB    13   6'0   170   27    4   South Carolina
21  Jim Lindsey          RB    14   6'2   210   26    6   Arkansas
22  Paul Krause          DB    14   6'3   200   29    8   Iowa
23  Jeff Wright          DB    14   5'11  190   22    R   Minnesota
26  Clint Jones          RB    14   6'0   205   26    5   Michigan State
27  Bob Grim             WR    14   6'0   195   26    5   Oregon State
29  Karl Kassulke        DB    12   6'0   195   30    9   Drake
30  Bill Brown           RB    14   5'11  230   33   11   Illinois
32  Oscar Reed           RB    13   5'11  222   27    4   Colorado State
36  Carl Winfrey         LB    14   6'0   230   22    R   Wisconsin
40  Charlie West         DB    14   6'1   197   25    4   Texas-El Paso
41  Dave Osborn          RB    11   6'0   208   28    7   North Dakota
43  Nate Wright          DB     3   5'11  180   24    3   San Diego State
44  Leo Hayden           RB     7   6'0   212   23    R   Ohio State
45  Ed Sharockman        DB    14   6'0   200   31   11   Pittsburgh
51  Godfrey Zaunbrecher  C      4   6'2   235   24    1   Louisiana State
52  Noel Jenke           LB    14   6'1   218   24    1   Minnesota
53  Mick Tingelhoff      C     14   6'1   237   31   10   Nebraska
56  Carl Gersbach        LB    13   6'1   230   24    2   West Chester
58  Wally Hilgenberg     LB    14   6'3   230   29    7   Iowa
59  Lonnie Warwick       LB     4   6'3   238   29    7   Tennessee Tech
60  Roy Winston          LB    14   6'1   222   31   10   Louisiana State
62  Ed White             OG    14   6'2   262   24    3   California
64  Milt Sunde           OG    14   6'2   250   29    8   Minnesota
67  Grady Alderman       OT    13   6'2   247   32   12   Detroit Mercy
68  Roy Schmidt          OG     4   6'3   250   29    5   Long Beach State
68  Pete Perreault       OG    10   6'3   248   32    9   Boston University
69  Doug Sutherland      OG    11   6'3   250   23    2   Wisconsin-Superior
70  Jim Marshall         DE    14   6'3   248   33   12   Ohio State
71  Doug Davis           OT    14   6'4   250   27    6   Kentucky
72  John Ward            DE    14   6'4   260   23    2   Oklahoma State
73  Ron Yary             OT    14   6'6   255   25    4   Southern California
77  Gary Larsen          DT    14   6'5   260   31    8   Concordia (IL)
79  Jerry Patton         DT     3   6'3   260   25    1   Nebraska
80  John Henderson       WR     7   6'3   195   28    7   Michigan
81  Carl Eller           DE    14   6'6   247   29    8   Minnesota
83  Stu Voigt            TE    12   6'1   220   23    2   Wisconsin
84  Gene Washington      WR    13   6'3   208   27    5   Michigan State
85  John Hilton          TE     7   6'5   225   29    7   Richmond
86  Al Denson            WR     7   6'2   208   29    8   Florida A&M
88  Alan Page            DT    14   6'5   245   26    5   Notre Dame
89  Bob Brown            TE     8   6'3   225   28    3   Alcorn State

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Gary Cuozzo          168   75   44.6    842   5.01  11.2   6   3.6    8   4.8    13    97    52.2
Bob Lee               90   45   50.0    598   6.64  13.3   2   2.2    4   4.4     8    91    60.3
Norm Snead            75   37   49.3    470   6.27  12.7   1   1.3    6   8.0     7    67    40.4
Bob Grim               1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Bob Grim               45    691   15.4    7
Dave Osborn            25    195    7.8    1
Stu Voigt              15    214   14.3    1
Oscar Reed             15    138    9.2    0
Gene Washington        12    165   13.8    0
Al Denson              10    125   12.5    0
Bill Brown             10     94    9.4    0
Clint Jones             9     98   10.9    0
Jim Lindsey             8     31    3.9    0
Bob Brown               6    141   23.5    0
John Henderson          2     18    9.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Clint Jones           180    675    3.8    4
Dave Osborn           123    349    2.8    5
Jim Lindsey            46    182    4.0    0
Oscar Reed             50    182    3.6    1
Bill Brown             46    136    3.0    2
Bob Grim                6    127   21.2    0
Gary Cuozzo            15     24    1.6    0
Bob Lee                11     14    1.3    1
Norm Snead              6      6    1.0    1
Al Denson               1      0    0.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Charlie West           24    556   23.2    0
Clint Jones            12    329   27.4    0
Bob Grim                3     52   17.3    0
Bobby Bryant            1     23   23.0    0
Stu Voigt               1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Charlie West           18     94    5.2   11    0
Bob Grim                7     44    6.3    5    0
Bobby Bryant            2     26   13.0   14    0

Punting               Punts  Yards    Avg   TB  In20   Blk   Ret   Yards    Net
Bob Lee                 89   3,515   39.5    0    0     0      0      0    39.5

Kicking                0-19   20-29   30-39   40-49     50+    Total     PAT    Pts
Fred Cox                9/9     4/8     6/7     3/8     0/0    22/32    25/25    91

Defense                Sacks    Ints    Yards     TD
Bobby Bryant                      3       51       0
Carl Eller              4.5                         
Carl Gersbach           1.0                         
Wally Hilgenberg        0.5       2        6       0
Karl Kassulke                     2       29       0
Paul Krause                       6      112       0
Gary Larsen             3.5                         
Jim Marshall            8.5                         
Alan Page               9.0                         
Ed Sharockman                     6      109       0
Charlie West                      7      236       0
Roy Winston                       1       29       1

1971 Draft:

                                        NFL
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games   College
  1   24  RB   Leo Hayden                13    Ohio State              
  3   76  WR   Eddie Hackett                   Alcorn A&M              
  4  102  RB   Vince Clements            16    Connecticut             
  7  180  LB   Gene Mack                       Texas-El Paso           
  8  208  DE   John Farley                     Johnson C. Smith        
  9  232  RB   Tim Sullivan                    Iowa                    
 10  258  OT   Chris Morris              22    Indiana                 
 11  284  LB   Mike Walker                5    Tulane                  
 12  310  DB   Reggie Holmes                   Wisconsin-Stout         
 13  336  C    Benny Fry                       Houston                 
 14  362  LB   Jim Gallagher                   Yale                    
 15  388  DB   Jeff Wright               83    Minnesota               
 16  413  WR   Greg Edmonds                    Penn State              
 17  439  P    Ken Duncan                 2    Tulsa

Traded draft picks: #2 to PHI (Henry Allison), #5 to PIT (Fred Brister), #6 to PHI (Wyck Neely)

Transactions:

01-28-1971	traded Steve Smith, Minnesota's #2 and # 6 picks in the 1971 draft and their #3 pick in the 1972 draft to Eagles for Norm Snead
01-28-1971	traded Zeke Bratkowski to Packers for Green Bay's #3 pick in the 1972 draft
03-1971	traded a draft pick to Saints for Bill Cody
04-23-1971	traded Bill Sabatino to Chargers for a draft pick
04-23-1971	traded John Charles and Minnesota's #4 pick in the 1972 draft to Broncos for Al Denson
06-11-1971	Eagles claimed Tom McNeill on waivers
07-25-1971	Bill Cody retired
08-09-1971	traded Jim Hargrove to Cardinals for Mike Lahood
08-11-1971	traded Bill Harris to Saints for Doug Sutherland
08-19-1971	Packers claimed Ken Duncan on waivers
09-02-1971	claimed Jerry Hillebrand on waivers from Steelers
09-02-1971	Patriots claimed Jim Betts on waivers
09-13-1971	traded Bill Cappleman to Eagles for Philadelphia's #4 pick in the 1973 draft
09-13-1971	placed John Beasley on injured reserve
09-13-1971	traded Mike McGill, Dale Hackbart and Minnesota's #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Cardinals for Bob Brown and Nate Wright
09-15-1971	Rams claimed Mike LaHood on waivers

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/25/71    vs Dallas Cowboys          L 12-20

1971 Regular Season Game Log:
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Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/20/71    at Detroit Lions           W 16-13       1-0-0
09/26/71    vs Chicago Bears           L 17-20       1-1-0
10/03/71    vs Buffalo Bills           W 19-0        2-1-0
10/10/71    at Philadelphia Eagles     W 13-0        3-1-0
10/17/71    at Green Bay Packers       W 24-13       4-1-0
10/25/71    vs Baltimore Colts         W 10-3        5-1-0
10/31/71    at New York Giants         W 17-10       6-1-0
11/07/71    vs San Francisco 49ers     L 9-13        6-2-0
11/14/71    vs Green Bay Packers       W 3-0         7-2-0
11/21/71    at New Orleans Saints      W 23-10       8-2-0
11/28/71    vs Atlanta Falcons         W 24-7        9-2-0
12/05/71    at San Diego Chargers      L 14-30       9-3-0
12/11/71    vs Detroit Lions           W 29-10       10-3-0
12/19/71    at Chicago Bears           W 27-10       11-3-0

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