1972 Minnesota Vikings (NFL)

3rd place National Football Conference Central Division 7-7-0 .500

Head Coach: Bud Grant

Neill Armstrong	Defensive Coordinator
Jerry Burns	Offensive Coordinator
Bus Mertes	Offensive Backs
John Michels	Offensive Line
Jocko Nelson	Linebackers
Jack Patera	Defensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/12/1972	H	San Diego Chargers	24-13	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Fri	8/18/1972	A	Buffalo Bills	10-21	L	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	41006
Sat	8/26/1972	A	Cleveland Browns	20-17	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	70583
Mon	9/4/1972	H	Houston Oilers	26-14	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Sun	9/10/1972	A	Miami Dolphins	19-21	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	74298
Mon	9/18/1972	H	Washington Redskins	21-24	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Sun	9/24/1972	A	Detroit Lions	34-10	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	54418
Sun	10/1/1972	H	Miami Dolphins	14-16	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Sun	10/8/1972	H	St. Louis Cardinals	17-19	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	49687
Sun	10/15/1972	A	Denver Broncos	23-20	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51656
Mon	10/23/1972	A	Chicago Bears	10-13	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	55701
Sun	10/29/1972	A	Green Bay Packers	27-13	W	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	56263
Sun	11/5/1972	H	New Orleans Saints	37-6	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	49784
Sun	11/12/1972	H	Detroit Lions	16-14	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	49784
Sun	11/19/1972	A	Los Angeles Rams	45-41	W	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	77982
Sun	11/26/1972	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-23	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50348
Sun	12/3/1972	H	Chicago Bears	23-10	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	49784
Sun	12/10/1972	H	Green Bay Packers	7-23	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	49784
Sat	12/16/1972	A	San Francisco 49ers	17-20	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	61214

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

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
67	Grady Alderman	LOT	6-2	242	34	Detroit Mercy	14	14
87	John Beasley	TE	6-3	231	27	California	14	14
30	Bill Brown	RB	5-11	225	34	Illinois	14	0
24	Terry Brown	RS	6-1	210	25	Oklahoma State	8	0
20	Bobby Bryant	RCB	6-0	176	28	South Carolina	14	14
14	Fred Cox	K	5-10	200	34	Pittsburgh	14	0
71	Doug Davis	OT	6-4	250	28	Kentucky	5	0
27	Calvin Demery	WR	6-0	190	22	Arizona State	5	0
11	Mike Eischeid	P	6-0	190	32	Upper Iowa	14	0
81	Carl Eller	LDE	6-6	252	30	Minnesota	14	14
56	Carl Gersbach	LLB-MLB	6-1	230	25	Duke; West Chester	14	1
42	John Gilliam	WR	6-1	190	27	South Carolina State	14	14
80	John Henderson	WR	6-3	191	29	Michigan	12	4
58	Wally Hilgenberg	RLB	6-2	230	30	Iowa	14	14
26	Clint Jones	RB	6-0	204	27	Michigan State	7	3
29	Karl Kassulke	LS	6-0	194	31	Marquette; Drake	8	6
22	Paul Krause	RS	6-3	199	30	Iowa	14	14
77	Gary Larsen	LDT	6-5	256	32	Concordia (Moorhead)	14	14
19	Bob Lee	QB	6-2	190	26	Arizona State; San Francisco CC; Pacific	2	0
21	Jim Lindsey	RB	6-2	210	28	Arkansas	13	0
75	Bob Lurtsema	LDE	6-6	251	30	Grand Rapids CC; Michigan Tech; Western Michigan	14	0
49	Ed Marinaro	RB	6-2	212	22	Cornell	10	6
70	Jim Marshall	RDE	6-3	239	35	Ohio State	14	14
55	Amos Martin	LB	6-3	228	23	Louisville	5	0
41	Dave Osborn	RB	6-0	204	29	North Dakota	14	5
88	Alan Page	RDT	6-5	255	27	Notre Dame	14	14
32	Oscar Reed	RB	5-11	222	28	Colorado State	14	14
45	Ed Sharockman	LCB	6-0	200	33	Pittsburgh	7	1
50	Jeff Siemon	MLB	6-2	235	22	Stanford	13	8
64	Milt Sunde	ROG	6-2	245	30	Minnesota	14	14
69	Doug Sutherland	LB	6-3	250	24	Wisconsin-Superior	14	0
10	Fran Tarkenton	QB	6-1	190	32	Georgia	14	14
53	Mick Tingelhoff	C	6-1	237	32	Nebraska	14	14
83	Stu Voigt	TE	6-1	223	24	Wisconsin	14	0
72	John Ward	DE	6-4	250	24	Oklahoma State	14	0
59	Lonnie Warwick	MLB	6-3	235	30	Tennessee; Tennessee Tech	6	6
84	Gene Washington	WR	6-3	212	28	Michigan State	12	10
40	Charlie West	LCB	6-1	190	26	Angelo State; Texas-El Paso	14	13
62	Ed White	LOG	6-2	264	25	California	14	14
60	Roy Winston	LLB	6-1	228	32	Louisiana State	13	13
23	Jeff Wright	LS	5-11	190	23	Minnesota	13	8
43	Nate Wright	LCB	5-11	179	25	Monterey Peninsula JC; San Diego State	14	0
73	Ron Yary	ROT	6-6	256	26	Cerritos JC; Southern California	14	14
51	Godfrey Zaunbrecher	C	6-2	235	26	Louisiana State	7	0

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	10	Jeff Siemon	LB	Stanford
2	50	Ed Marinaro	RB	Cornell
3	59	Bart Buetow	T	Minnesota
6	154	Amos Martin	LB	Louisville
7	181	Bill Slater	DE	Western Michigan
8	206	Calvin Demery	WR	Arizona State
9	232	Charlie Goodrum	G	Florida A&M
10	258	Willie Aldridge	RB-DB	South Carolina State
11	284	Willie McKelton	DB	Southern University
12	310	Bob Banaugh	DB	Montana State
13	336	Franklin Roberts	RB	Alcorn State
14	361	Marv Owens	WR-RB	San Diego State
15	388	Mike Sivert	G	East Tennessee State
16	414	Neil Graff	QB	Wisconsin
17	440	Dick Schmalz	WR	Auburn

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	46	71	89	95
Opponents Totals	37	45	59	111

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	31:16	235	95	127	13	85/204 41.7%	6/10 60.0%	51	440
Opponents Totals	28:44	200	103	82	15	78/196 39.8%	7/8 87.5%	47	490

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Fred Cox	0	34	34	100.0	21	33	63.6	97
Bill Brown	8	0	0		0	0		48
John Gilliam	7	0	0		0	0		42
Dave Osborn	3	0	0		0	0		18
John Henderson	2	0	0		0	0		12
Clint Jones	2	0	0		0	0		12
Paul Krause	2	0	0		0	0		12
Oscar Reed	2	0	0		0	0		12
Stu Voigt	2	0	0		0	0		12
Gene Washington	2	0	0		0	0		12
John Beasley	1	0	0		0	0		6
Bobby Bryant	1	0	0		0	0		6
Wally Hilgenberg	1	0	0		0	0		6
Ed Marinaro	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	34	34	34	100.0	21	33	63.6	301
Opponents Totals	27	24	27	88.9	22	35	62.9	252

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Fred Cox	21	33	63.6	4/4	6/9	7/10	4/9	0/1
Team Totals	21	33	63.6	4/4	6/9	7/10	4/9	0/1
Opponents Totals	22	35	62.9	5/5	4/5	9/12	3/10	1/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Oscar Reed	151	639	4.2	43	2
Bill Brown	82	263	3.2	19	4
Dave Osborn	82	261	3.2	14t	2
Ed Marinaro	66	223	3.4	19	0
Fran Tarkenton	27	180	6.7	21	0
Clint Jones	52	164	3.2	33	2
John Gilliam	8	14	1.8	14	0
Jim Lindsey	1	8	8.0	8	0
Stu Voigt	1	1	1.0	1t	1
Paul Krause	1	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Eischeid	1	-13	-13.0	-13	0
Team Totals	472	1740	3.7	43	11
Opponents Totals	454	2002	4.4	61	13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Fran Tarkenton	378	215	56.9	150	2651	7.0	12.3	76t	18	4.8	13	3.4	26	203	2448	80.2
Bob Lee	6	3	50.0	3	75	12.5	25.0	63	1	16.7	0	0.0	0	0	75	135.4
Paul Krause	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	385	218	56.6	154	2726	7.1	12.5	76t	19	4.9	13	3.4	26	203	2523	81.2
Opponents Totals	331	169	51.1	136	1791	5.4	10.6	53	13	3.9	26	7.9	21	92	1699	47.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
John Gilliam	47	1035	22.0	66t	7
Oscar Reed	30	205	6.8	37	0
John Beasley	28	232	8.3	18	1
Ed Marinaro	28	218	7.8	18t	1
Bill Brown	22	298	13.5	76t	4
Dave Osborn	20	166	8.3	18	1
Gene Washington	18	259	14.4	39	2
John Henderson	10	190	19.0	70t	2
Stu Voigt	6	50	8.3	14	1
Clint Jones	6	42	7.0	10	0
Jim Lindsey	3	28	9.3	13	0
Ed White	0	3		3L	0
Team Totals	218	2726	12.5	76t	19
Opponents Totals	169	1791	10.6	53	13

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Krause	6	109	18.2	35	1
Bobby Bryant	4	82	20.5	34	0
Roy Winston	3	55	18.3	23	0
Jeff Wright	3	31	10.3	31	0
Charlie West	3	7	2.3	8	0
Karl Kassulke	2	25	12.5	22	0
Jeff Siemon	2	23	11.5	23	0
Wally Hilgenberg	1	17	17.0	14t	1
Nate Wright	1	10	10.0	10	0
Lonnie Warwick	1	6	6.0	6	0
Team Totals	26	365	14.0	35	2
Opponents Totals	13	116	8.9	26	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Mike Eischeid	62	2651	42.8	61	1	10	12	317	2134	34.4
Team Totals	62	2651	42.8	61	1	10	12	317	2134	35.0
Opponents Totals	62	2575	41.5	60	0	0	12	159	2416	39.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Charlie West	16	6	111	6.9	23
Bobby Bryant	10	15	48	4.8	10
Team Totals	26	21	159	6.1	23
Opponents Totals	35	4	317	9.1	31

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
John Gilliam	14	369	26.4	47
Clint Jones	12	327	27.3	48
Charlie West	9	196	21.8	31
Bill Brown	3	37	12.3	27
Bobby Bryant	2	41	20.5	22
Jim Lindsey	1	17	17.0	17
Stu Voigt	1	2	2.0	2
Team Totals	42	989	23.5	48
Opponents Totals	62	1373	22.1	57

SACKS	NO	YDS
Carl Eller	7.0
Alan Page	6.0
Gary Larsen	2.0
Bob Lurtsema	2.0
Wally Hilgenberg	1.0
Jim Marshall	1.0
Roy Winston	1.0
Jeff Wright	1.0
Team Totals	21.0	92.0
Opponents Totals	26.0	203.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
John Beasley	0	0	2	0	2	4	0
Bill Brown	4		0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Bryant	1		1	1	2	24	1
Mike Eischeid	2		2	0	2	0	0
Carl Eller	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Gilliam	2		2	0	2	13	0
John Henderson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Wally Hilgenberg	1		0	2	2	13	0
Clint Jones	1		0	0	0	0	0
Paul Krause	1		0	1	1	24	1
Ed Marinaro	4		0	0	0	0	0
Jim Marshall	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Osborn	3		0	0	0	0	0
Oscar Reed	7		0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Siemon	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Fran Tarkenton	3		1	0	1	0	0
Mick Tingelhoff	0	0	3	0	3	0	0
Charlie West	2		1	1	2	26	0
Roy Winston	0	0	0	2	2	19	0
Jeff Wright	0	0	0	2	2	16	0
Nate Wright	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	32	20	12	14	26	139	2
Opponents Totals	27	14	11	19	30		0