1971 Minnesota Vikings Statistics
Team Record: 11-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Bud Grant (11-3)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1971 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 11 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Vikings topped the circuit with just 139 points allowed. Minnesota chalked up 245 points. Clint Jones carried the ball for a team-best 675 yards.
Gary Cuozzo passed for 842 yards, while Norm Snead and Bob Lee spent time under center, too. Bob Grim snagged 45 passes for 691 yards.
The opportunistic defense led the way with 45 turnovers. Charlie West picked off 7 opponent throws.
Bud Grant coached the team. The 1971 Minnesota Vikings lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Gary Cuozzo | 168 | 75 | 44.6 | 842 | 5.0 | 6 | 3.6 | 8 | 4.8 | 52 | 13 | 97 | 52.2 | Bob Lee | 90 | 45 | 50.0 | 598 | 6.6 | 2 | 2.2 | 4 | 4.4 | 51 | 8 | 91 | 60.3 | Norm Snead | 75 | 37 | 49.3 | 470 | 6.3 | 1 | 1.3 | 6 | 8.0 | 55 | 7 | 67 | 40.4 | Bob Grim | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 334 | 157 | 47.0 | 1910 | 5.7 | 9 | 2.7 | 18 | 5.4 | 55 | 28 | 255 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Clint Jones | 180 | 675 | 3.8 | 73 | 4 | Dave Osborn | 123 | 349 | 2.8 | 15 | 5 | Jim Lindsey | 46 | 182 | 4.0 | 19 | 0 | Oscar Reed | 50 | 182 | 3.6 | 18 | 1 | Bill Brown | 46 | 136 | 3.0 | 23 | 2 | Bob Grim | 6 | 127 | 21.2 | 54 | 0 | Gary Cuozzo | 15 | 24 | 1.6 | 9 | 0 | Bob Lee | 11 | 14 | 1.3 | 4 | 1 | Norm Snead | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 5 | 1 | Al Denson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 484 | 1695 | 3.5 | 73 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bob Grim | 45 | 691 | 15.4 | 55 | 7 | Dave Osborn | 25 | 195 | 7.8 | 25 | 1 | Stu Voigt | 15 | 214 | 14.3 | 25 | 1 | Oscar Reed | 15 | 138 | 9.2 | 26 | 0 | Gene Washington | 12 | 165 | 13.8 | 51 | 0 | Al Denson | 10 | 125 | 12.5 | 17 | 0 | Bill Brown | 10 | 94 | 9.4 | 36 | 0 | Clint Jones | 9 | 98 | 10.9 | 18 | 0 | Jim Lindsey | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 9 | 0 | Robert Brown | 6 | 141 | 23.5 | 48 | 0 | John Henderson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
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| Totals | 157 | 1910 | 12.2 | 55 | 9 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Charlie West | 18 | 94 | 5.2 | 16 | 0 | Bob Grim | 7 | 44 | 6.3 | 36 | 0 | Bobby Bryant | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
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| Totals | 27 | 164 | 6.1 | 36 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Charlie West | 24 | 556 | 23.2 | 36 | 0 | Clint Jones | 12 | 329 | 27.4 | 47 | 0 | Bob Grim | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 38 | 0 | Bobby Bryant | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | Stu Voigt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 41 | 960 | 23.4 | 47 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Charlie West | 7 | 236 | 33.7 | 89 | 0 | Paul Krause | 6 | 112 | 18.7 | 31 | 0 | Ed Sharockman | 6 | 109 | 18.2 | 33 | 0 | Bobby Bryant | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 19 | 0 | Karl Kassulke | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 27 | 0 | Wally Hilgenberg | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | Roy Winston | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 1 |
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| Totals | 27 | 572 | 21.2 | 89 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Bobby Bryant | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Alan Page | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Wally Hilgenberg | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Clint Jones | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Krause | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Jim Lindsey | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Noel Jenke | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Gary Cuozzo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie West | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Grim | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gene Washington | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mick Tingelhoff | 1 | 1 | -8 | 0 | 0 | John Ward | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Larsen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Lee | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Karl Kassulke | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Marshall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Osborn | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carl Gersbach | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stu Voigt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Oscar Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Norm Snead | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 30 | 22 | 1 | 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 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 91 | Bob Grim | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Dave Osborn | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Clint Jones | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Bill Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Norm Snead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Oscar Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jim Lindsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Stu Voigt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Roy Winston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bob Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Alan Page | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Totals | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 245 |
