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

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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