1968 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)

1st place Western Conference Central Division 8-6-0 .571

Head Coach: Bud Grant

Jerry Burns	Offense
Jimmy Carr	Defensive Secondary
Bob Hollway	Defensive Line
Bus Mertes	Offensive Backs
John Michels	Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/10/1968	H	Kansas City Chiefs	10-13	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46228
Sat	8/17/1968	A	Denver Broncos	39-16	W	Denver, CO	University of Denver Stadium	20901
Sat	8/24/1968	H	Philadelphia Eagles	52-10	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	41229
Sun	9/1/1968	A	St. Louis Cardinals	28-31	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	25233
Fri	9/6/1968	A	New Orleans Saints	20-17	W	Shreveport, LA	Independence Stadium	23000
Sat	9/14/1968	H	Atlanta Falcons	47-7	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	45563
Sun	9/22/1968	A	Green Bay Packers	26-13	W	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	49346
Sun	9/29/1968	H	Chicago Bears	17-27	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47644
Sun	10/6/1968	H	Detroit Lions	24-10	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	44289
Sun	10/13/1968	A	New Orleans Saints	17-20	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	71105
Sun	10/20/1968	H	Dallas Cowboys	7-20	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47644
Sun	10/27/1968	A	Chicago Bears	24-26	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	45562
Sun	11/3/1968	H	Washington Redskins	27-14	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47644
Sun	11/10/1968	H	Green Bay Packers	14-10	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47644
Sun	11/17/1968	A	Detroit Lions	13-6	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	48654
Sun	11/24/1968	A	Baltimore Colts	9-21	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60228
Sun	12/1/1968	H	Los Angeles Rams	3-31	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47644
Sun	12/8/1968	A	San Francisco 49ers	30-20	W	San Francisco, CA	Kezar Stadium	29049
Sun	12/15/1968	A	Philadelphia Eagles	24-17	W	Philadelphia, PA	Franklin Field	54530
Western Conference Championship
Sun	12/22/1968	A	Baltimore Colts	14-24	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	60238
Sun	1/5/1969	N	Dallas Cowboys	13-17	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	22961

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Game Score Notes
1/5/1969	Dallas Cowboys	Playoff Bowl

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
67	Grady Alderman	LOT	6-2	242	30	Detroit Mercy	14	14
87	John Beasley	TE	6-3	231	23	California	14	7
66	Bookie Bolin	OG	6-2	240	28	Mississippi	6	0
61	Larry Bowie	ROG	6-2	247	29	Purdue	8	8
30	Bill Brown	FB	5-11	225	30	Illinois	14	14
20	Bobby Bryant	CB	6-0	176	24	South Carolina	14	0
14	Fred Cox	K	5-10	200	30	Pittsburgh	14	0
15	Gary Cuozzo	QB	6-1	195	27	Virginia	4	0
71	Doug Davis	ROT	6-4	250	24	Kentucky	14	14
28	Earl Denny	RB	6-1	200	23	Missouri	14	0
76	Paul Dickson	DT	6-5	252	31	Baylor	13	0
81	Carl Eller	LDE	6-6	252	26	Minnesota	14	14
82	Bob Goodridge	SE	6-2	202	22	Vanderbilt	11	0
27	Bob Grim	FL	6-0	196	23	Oregon State	2	0
49	Dale Hackbart	S	6-3	210	30	Wisconsin	14	0
86	Tom Hall	FL	6-2	195	28	Minnesota	13	13
80	John Henderson	FL	6-3	191	25	Michigan	7	1
58	Wally Hilgenberg	RLB	6-2	230	26	Iowa	14	7
10	King Hill	P-QB	6-3	212	32	Rice	8	0
26	Clint Jones	HB	6-0	204	23	Michigan State	12	12
11	Joe Kapp	QB	6-2	214	29	California	14	14
29	Karl Kassulke	LS	6-0	194	27	Marquette; Drake	14	14
36	John Kirby	RLB	6-3	229	26	Nebraska	14	7
22	Paul Krause	RS	6-3	199	26	Iowa	14	14
77	Gary Larsen	LDT	6-5	256	28	Concordia (Moorhead)	14	14
21	Jim Lindsey	HB-FB	6-2	210	24	Arkansas	14	0
46	Earsell Mackbee	LCB	6-1	195	27	Solano CC; Utah State	14	14
70	Jim Marshall	RDE	6-3	239	31	Ohio State	14	14
89	Billy Martin	TE-P	6-4	238	26	Georgia Tech	14	7
55	Mike McGill	LB	6-2	235	22	Notre Dame	14	0
41	Dave Osborn	HB	6-0	204	25	North Dakota	4	2
88	Alan Page	RDT	6-5	255	23	Notre Dame	14	14
24	Art Powell	FL	6-2	211	31	San Diego CC; San Jose State	1	0
32	Oscar Reed	RB	5-11	222	24	Colorado State	7	0
45	Ed Sharockman	RCB	6-0	200	29	Pittsburgh	14	14
74	Steve Smith	DE	6-5	246	24	Michigan	14	0
64	Milt Sunde	ROG	6-2	245	26	Minnesota	14	6
53	Mick Tingelhoff	C	6-1	237	28	Nebraska	14	14
63	Jim Vellone	LOG	6-2	255	24	Cerritos JC; Southern California	14	14
59	Lonnie Warwick	MLB	6-3	235	26	Tennessee; Tennessee Tech	14	14
84	Gene Washington	SE	6-3	212	24	Michigan State	14	14
43	Charlie West	CB-S	6-1	190	22	Angelo State; Texas-El Paso	14	0
60	Roy Winston	LLB	6-1	228	28	Louisiana State	14	14
73	Ron Yary	OT	6-6	256	22	Cerritos JC; Southern California	14	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	1	Ron Yary	T	Southern California
2	33	Charlie West	DB	Texas-El Paso
3	76	Mike McGill	LB	Notre Dame
4	89	Mike Freeman	DB	Fresno State
6	144	Bob Goodridge	FL	Vanderbilt
7	167	Oscar Reed		Colorado State
7	171	Lenny Snow	RB	Georgia Tech
8	198	Hank Urbanowicz	DT	Miami (Florida)
9	225	Mike Donohoe	TE	San Francisco
10	250	Tom Sakal	DB	Minnesota
11	279	Bill Haas	E	Nebraska-Omaha
12	308	Howie Small	C	Rhode Island
13	333	Rich Wherry	E	Northern State (South Dakota)
14	360	Don Evans	T	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
15	387	Jim Haynie	QB	West Chester
16	414	Lary Kuharich	DB	Boston College
17	441	Bob Lee	QB	Pacific
17	445	Billy Hull	G	Tennessee Tech

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	37	105	57	83
Opponents Totals	61	49	43	89

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:27	223	114	89	20	77/182 42.3%	6/10 60.0%	65	692
Opponents Totals	29:33	210	98	98	14	56/173 32.4%	10/12 83.3%	74	875

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Fred Cox	0	31	32	96.9	19	29	65.5	0	88
Bill Brown	14	0	0		0	0		0	84
Gene Washington	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Jim Lindsey	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Joe Kapp	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Bobby Bryant	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Tom Hall	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Clint Jones	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Billy Martin	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Charlie West	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jim Marshall	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	32	31	32	96.9	19	29	65.5	1	282
Opponents Totals	27	26	27	96.3	18	27	66.7	0	242

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Fred Cox	19	29	65.5	3/3	8/8	5/9	3/8	0/2
Team Totals	19	29	65.5	3/3	8/8	5/9	3/8	0/2
Opponents Totals	18	27	66.7	4/4	4/8	6/8	4/6	0/1

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Brown	222	805	3.6	32	11
Clint Jones	128	536	4.2	43	1
Joe Kapp	50	269	5.4	27	3
Jim Lindsey	53	152	2.9	9	4
Dave Osborn	42	140	3.3	23	0
Earl Denny	2	9	4.5	9	0
Oscar Reed	2	6	3.0	5	0
Gary Cuozzo	1	4	4.0	4	0
Team Totals	500	1921	3.8	43	19
Opponents Totals	432	1903	4.4	49	8

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Joe Kapp	248	129	52.0	102	1695	6.8	13.1	61t	10	4.0	17	6.9	31	278	1417	58.8
Gary Cuozzo	33	24	72.7	9	297	9.0	12.4	31	1	3.0	0	0.0	4	32	265	110.3
Bill Brown	1	1	100.0	0	3	3.0	3.0	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	3	79.2
Team Totals	282	154	54.6	111	1995	7.1	13.0	61t	11	3.9	17	6.0	35	310	1685	65.0
Opponents Totals	315	185	58.7	114	2162	6.9	11.7	52	16	5.1	16	5.1	44	307	1855	75.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Gene Washington	46	756	16.4	61t	6
Bill Brown	31	329	10.6	57t	3
John Beasley	23	289	12.6	20	0
Tom Hall	19	268	14.1	37	1
Jim Lindsey	15	148	9.9	22	0
Billy Martin	10	101	10.1	15t	1
John Henderson	4	42	10.5	12	0
Clint Jones	4	26	6.5	14	0
Art Powell	1	31	31.0	31	0
Bob Goodridge	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	154	1995	13.0	61t	11
Opponents Totals	185	2162	11.7	52	16

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Krause	7	82	11.7	29	0
Ed Sharockman	4	70	17.5	22	0
Bobby Bryant	2	60	30.0	51t	1
Earsell Mackbee	2	55	27.5	36	0
Karl Kassulke	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	16	267	16.7	51t	1
Opponents Totals	17	360	21.2		2

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
King Hill	33	1354	41.0	53	0	1	6
Billy Martin	28	1046	37.4	49	0	1	7
Team Totals	61	2400	39.3	53	0	2	13	204	2156	35.3
Opponents Totals	64	2460	38.4	64	2	4	14	250	2130	34.4

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charlie West	20	8	201	10.1	98t	1
Bobby Bryant	10	10	49	4.9	15	0
Team Totals	30	18	250	8.3	98t	1
Opponents Totals	29	15	204	7.0	21	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Charlie West	22	576	26.2	82
Bobby Bryant	19	373	19.6	35
Clint Jones	4	60	15.0	22
Earl Denny	3	19	6.3	10
Ed Sharockman	1	14	14.0	14
Jim Lindsey	1	7	7.0	7
Grady Alderman	1	0	0.0	0
Billy Martin	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	52	1049	20.2	82
Opponents Totals	56	1291	23.1	46

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Bill Brown	6		2	0	2	0	0
Bobby Bryant	2		1	2	3	0	0
Gary Cuozzo	1		0	0	0	0	0
Doug Davis	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Earl Denny	1		0	0	0	0	0
Carl Eller	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tom Hall	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Wally Hilgenberg	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Clint Jones	1		0	0	0	0	0
Joe Kapp	3		1	0	1	0	0
Karl Kassulke	0	0	0	2	2	8	0
Paul Krause	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Gary Larsen	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Jim Lindsey	3		1	0	1	0	0
Earsell Mackbee	0	0	0	1	1	28	0
Jim Marshall	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Billy Martin	1		0	1	1	0	0
Dave Osborn	1		0	0	0	0	0
Alan Page	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ed Sharockman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mick Tingelhoff	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Lonnie Warwick	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Gene Washington	1		0	0	0	0	0
Charlie West	2		0	0	0	0	0
Roy Winston	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Team Totals	22	14	8	22	30	36	0
Opponents Totals	29	22	7	14	21		1