1968 Minnesota Vikings Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Bud Grant (8-6)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1968 Minnesota Vikings RosterTeam Record: 8-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Bud Grant (8-6)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1968 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 1968 season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Minnesota scored 282 points, while the defensive unit allowed 242. Bill Brown carried the ball for a team-best 805 yards for the Vikings.
Joe Kapp passed for 1,695 yards. Gene Washington paced pass catchers, snagging 46 passes for 756 yards.
Paul Krause picked off 7 opponent throws.
Bud Grant coached the team. The 1968 Minnesota Vikings lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Joe Kapp | 248 | 129 | 52.0 | 1695 | 6.8 | 10 | 4.0 | 17 | 6.9 | 61 | 58.8 | Gary Cuozzo | 33 | 24 | 72.7 | 297 | 9.0 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 110.3 | Bill Brown | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 79.2 |
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| Totals | 282 | 154 | 54.6 | 1995 | 7.1 | 11 | 3.9 | 17 | 6.0 | 61 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 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 |
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| Totals | 500 | 1921 | 3.8 | 43 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gene Washington | 46 | 756 | 16.4 | 61 | 6 | Bill Brown | 31 | 329 | 10.6 | 57 | 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 | Bill Martin | 10 | 101 | 10.1 | 15 | 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 |
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| Totals | 154 | 1995 | 13.0 | 61 | 11 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Charlie West | 20 | 201 | 10.0 | 98 | 1 | Bobby Bryant | 10 | 49 | 4.9 | 15 | 0 |
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| Totals | 30 | 250 | 8.3 | 98 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Charlie West | 22 | 576 | 26.2 | 82 | 0 | Bobby Bryant | 19 | 373 | 19.6 | 35 | 0 | Clint Jones | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 | Earl Denny | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 10 | 0 | Ed Sharockman | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Jim Lindsey | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Grady Alderman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 52 | 1049 | 20.2 | 82 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Paul Krause | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 29 | 0 | Ed Sharockman | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 22 | 0 | Bobby Bryant | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 51 | 1 | Earsell Mackbee | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 36 | 0 | Karl Kassulke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 16 | 267 | 16.7 | 51 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Paul Krause | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bryant | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Alan Page | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wally Hilgenberg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roy Winston | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Larsen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Karl Kassulke | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Lonnie Warwick | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Brown | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Marshall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mick Tingelhoff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Earsell Mackbee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | Joe Kapp | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Lindsey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Sharockman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl Eller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Hall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Cuozzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Osborn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Earl Denny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie West | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gene Washington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clint Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 30 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Fred Cox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 88 | Bill Brown | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | Gene Washington | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Jim Lindsey | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Joe Kapp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Bobby Bryant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bill Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Clint Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Tom Hall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Charlie West | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jim Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 282 |
