1971 Minnesota Vikings 9-4-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Minnesota 55 87 46 94 0 282 Opponent 42 52 46 46 0 186 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 282 186 0-1 13 @Detroit 24 First Downs 222 180 1-1 37 Chicago 0 Rush 105 75 2-1 38 Buffalo 6 Pass 96 92 3-1 20 @Philadelphia 7 Pen 21 13 4-1 39 @Green Bay 13 Penalties 70 82 5-1 37 Baltimore 17 Yards 712 695 6-1 13 @New York(N) 10 7-1 26 San Francisco 24 Rushing Att 548 496 8-1 20 Green Bay 17 Yards 2149 1797 9-1 20 @New Orleans 13 Ave 3.9 3.6 9-2 3 Atlanta 24 TD 15 6 9-3 6 @San Diego 12 9-3 1 10 Detroit 10 Passing Att 308 318 9-4 1 0 @Chicago 9 Comp 145 163 % 47.1 51.3 Int 13 24 % 4.2 7.5 TD 7 10 % 2.3 3.1 Yards 1761 2044 Sacked 13 38 Punt Return 39 52 Yards 147 375 Ave 3.8 7.2 Kick Return 55 67 Yards 1251 1504 Ave 22.7 22.4 Punts 81 77 Yards 3267 3098 Ave 40.3 40.2 FG Att 38 37 Made 31 25 % 81.6 67.6 Third Downs 209 202 Made 78 56 % 37.3 27.7 Fourth Downs 5 11 Made 0 9 % 0.0 81.8 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 29 35 Lost 11 15 Turnovers 24 39 Net Offense 3830 3571 Per Play 4.4 4.2 1971 Minnesota Vikings Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Jones,C 216 1001 4.6 26 42 61 4 Grim 52 18 733 14.1 8 39 49 4 Osborn 146 441 3.0 7 23 15 3 Osborn 27 1 260 9.6 0 18 22 1 Lindsey 42 210 5.0 6 13 18 1 Voigt 18 4 212 11.8 2 10 50 0 Reed 52 205 3.9 2 8 14 1 Washington 14 3 157 11.2 0 11 20 1 Brown,B 48 159 3.3 3 9 12 4 Denson 12 2 118 9.8 0 4 21 0 Grim 6 131 21.8 4 4 47 0 Reed 9 0 118 13.1 1 4 42 0 Cuozzo 10 20 2.0 0 2 5 0 Jones,C 7 1 77 11.0 1 4 25 0 Snead 14 -5 -0.4 0 3 2 2 Brown,B 3 1 49 16.3 1 3 28 0 Lee 14 -13 -0.9 0 0 4 0 Lindsey 2 1 10 5.0 0 0 6 0 548 2149 3.9 48 105 61 15 Brown,R 1 0 27 27.0 1 1 27 1 145 31 1761 12.1 14 95 50 7 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Snead 57 31 54.4 419 13.5 49 3 4 2 3.5 2 1 1.8 69.3 Lee 113 57 50.4 689 12.1 50 7 4 5 4.4 1 4 3.5 62.9 Cuozzo 138 57 41.3 653 11.5 46 9 6 6 4.3 10 2 1.4 42.9 308 145 47.1 1761 12.1 50 19 14 13 4.2 13 7 2.3 55.1 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Cox 27 27 100.0 38 31 81.6 68.8 0.0 47 120 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Lee 81 3267 53 9 0 15 52 375 33.5 40.3 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Jones,C 16 470 29.4 53 0 Bryant 1 0 5 5.0 5 0 West 35 721 20.6 42 0 West 25 10 95 3.8 25 0 Grim 4 60 15.0 20 0 Grim 13 4 47 3.6 11 0 55 1251 22.7 53 0 39 14 147 3.8 25 0 Fumbles Jones,C 7 Lee 5 Voigt 2 Lindsey 1 Bryant 1 West 7 Osborn 2 Cuozzo 2 Washingt 1 Yary 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Eller 11 Eller 9 Page 19 Sharockm 9 Marshall 4 Gersbach 4 Page 11 Marshall 6 Marshall 17 Krause,P 8 Page 4 Marshall 4 Marshall 7 Page 6 Eller 16 Eller 6 Hilgenbe 2 Larsen 3 Larsen 6 Larsen 5 Winston 12 West 6 Jenke 2 Warwick 3 Hilgenbe 1 Ward 1 Larsen 8 Winston 6 Kassulke 2 White 3 Sutherla 1 Hilgenbe 5 Kassulke 4 Krause,P 2 Hilgenbe 2 Winston 1 Warwick 2 Marshall 3 Larsen 2 Washingt 2 Ward 1 Hilgenbe 3 Eller 2 Tingleho 2 Krause,P 1 Gersbach 2 Denson 2 Yary 2 West 1 Larsen 1 Warwick 2 Reed 1 Gersbach 1 Bryant 1 Winston 2 Sunde 1 Page 1 Patton 1 Jenke 1 Sharockm 1 Denson 1 Henderso 1 Lee 1 Washingt 1 West 1 West 1 Eller 1 Gersbach 1 Page 1 Wright,J 1 Tackles Page 93 Hilgenbe 71 Larsen 48 Patton 23 Winfrey 15 Wright,N 8 Winston 92 West 51 Sharockm 34 Jenke 22 Warwick 14 Ward 4 Marshall 76 Krause,P 51 Denson 26 Wright,J 20 Washingt 11 Sutherla 1 Eller 72 Kassulke 49 Gersbach 24 Henderso 16 Bryant 8 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Krause,P 6 151 25.2 39 2 Sharockma 6 150 25.0 47 1 West 5 275 55.0 94 1 Hilgenber 3 0 0.0 0 0 Kassulke 2 54 27.0 41 0 Winston 2 47 23.5 24 0 24 677 28.2 94 4 1971 Minnesota Vikings Coach:Bud Grant Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Cuozzo,Gary 2 O 2 1 QB Lee,Bob 5 O 2 1 P QB Snead,Norm 2 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Brown,Bill 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Hayden,Leo 1 0 2 B 3 3 RB Jones,Clint 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Lindsey,Jim 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Osborn,Dave 2 0 3 B 4 2 RB Reed,Oscar 1 0 4 B 3 3 WR Denson,Al 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Grim,Bob 0 0 5 O 1 3 RET WR Henderson,John 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Washington,Gene 0 0 4 O 1 1 TE Brown,Robert 2 0 2 O 1 1 TE Hilton,John 2 0 2 O 1 1 TE Voigt,Stu 2 0 4 O 1 1 KR Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Schmidt,Roy 3 3 2 G Sutherland,Doug 3 3 3 G White,Ed 6 6 5 T Alderman,Grady 5 5 4 T Davis,Doug 4 4 5 T Yary,Ron 10 10 5 C Tinglehoff,Mick 7 7 5 C Zaunbrecher,Godfrey 3 3 2 G-T Perreault,Pete 3 3 3 C-G Sunde,Milt 5 5 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Larsen,Gary 6 5 0 1 5 DT Page,Alan 10 7 0 3 5 DL Patton,Jerry 3 2 0 1 2 DL Ward,John 4 3 0 1 5 DE Eller,Carl 10 7 0 3 5 DE Marshall,Jim 8 6 0 2 5 DE Sutherland,Doug 5 4 0 1 3 ILB Gersbach,Carl 5 2 3 0 5 ILB Warwick,Lonnie 5 2 3 0 2 LB Jenke,Noel 4 2 2 0 5 LB Winfrey,Chuck 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Hilgenberg,Wally 7 3 4 0 5 OLB Winston,Roy 7 3 4 0 5 CB Bryant,Bobby 6 0 6 0 4 RET CB Sharockman,Ed 7 0 7 0 5 CB Wright,Nate 4 0 4 0 2 DB West,Charlie 7 0 7 0 5 RET S Kassulke,Karl 7 1 6 0 4 S Krause,Paul 9 1 8 0 5 S Wright,Jeff 4 1 3 0 5 Special Teams K Cox,Fred