Dave Osborn
David Vance Osborn
Born: March 18, 1943
Everett, WA USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 208
College: North Dakota
High School: Cando (ND)
Career: 1965-1976
Drafted: 1965 in Round 13, #176 overall by the Minnesota Vikings
Dave Osborn played from 1965 to 1976 during his career with the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings. Osborn ran for 4,336 yards in his career on 1,179 attempts, scoring 29 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 173 passes for 1,412 yards and 7 receiving touchdowns..
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 20 | 106 | 5.3 | 21 | 2 |
| 1966 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 87 | 344 | 4.0 | 25 | 1 |
| 1967 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 215 | 972 | 4.5 | 73 | 2 |
| 1968 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 42 | 140 | 3.3 | 23 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 186 | 643 | 3.5 | 58 | 7 |
| 1970 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 207 | 681 | 3.3 | 16 | 5 |
| 1971 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 123 | 349 | 2.8 | 15 | 5 |
| 1972 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 82 | 261 | 3.2 | 14 | 2 |
| 1973 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 48 | 216 | 4.5 | 14 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 131 | 514 | 3.9 | 17 | 4 |
| 1975 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 32 | 94 | 2.9 | 9 | 1 |
| 1976 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 1179 | 4336 | 3.7 | 73 | 29 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 15 | 141 | 9.4 | 38 | 2 |
| 1967 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 34 | 272 | 8.0 | 29 | 1 |
| 1969 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 22 | 236 | 10.7 | 31 | 1 |
| 1970 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 23 | 202 | 8.8 | 28 | 1 |
| 1971 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 25 | 195 | 7.8 | 25 | 1 |
| 1972 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 20 | 166 | 8.3 | 18 | 1 |
| 1973 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 29 | 196 | 6.8 | 25 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Totals | 173 | 1412 | 8.2 | 38 | 7 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 18 | 422 | 23.4 | 92 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1975 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 24 | 512 | 21.3 | 92 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1967 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1969 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1974 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1975 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1965 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1966 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1967 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1969 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| 1970 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1971 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1972 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| 1974 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| 1975 | NFL Minnesota Vikings | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 216 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 14 |
| 1968 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 4 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 14 |
| 1970 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 10 |
| 1971 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 11 | 10 |
| 1972 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 11 | 0 |
| 1974 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 13 | 10 |
| 1975 | NFL | Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 6 | 0 |
Honors
1967 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1967 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1967 - United Press International All-NFL (2nd Team)
