1973 Minnesota Vikings Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 12-2
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Bud Grant (12-2)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1973 Minnesota Vikings RosterTeam Record: 12-2
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 2-1 Lost Super Bowl
Coach: Bud Grant (12-2)
Location: Bloomington, Minnesota
1973 Minnesota Vikings Results
The Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League ended the 1973 season with a record of 12 wins and 2 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-1.
Minnesota racked up 296 points, while the rigid defensive squad conceded 168. Chuck Foreman carried the ball for a team-best 801 yards for the Vikings.
Fran Tarkenton passed for 2,113 yards. John Gilliam snagged 42 passes for 907 yards, while Chuck Foreman provided receiving help, too.
Bobby Bryant picked off 7 opponent throws.
Bud Grant coached the team. The 1973 Minnesota Vikings lost in the Super Bowl.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Tarkenton | 274 | 169 | 61.7 | 2113 | 7.7 | 15 | 5.5 | 7 | 2.6 | 54 | 31 | 270 | 93.2 |
| Bob Berry | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 121 | 5.0 | 1 | 4.2 | 2 | 8.3 | 30 | 1 | 8 | 37.0 |
| Totals | 298 | 179 | 60.1 | 2234 | 7.5 | 16 | 5.4 | 9 | 3.0 | 54 | 32 | 278 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Foreman | 182 | 801 | 4.4 | 50 | 4 |
| Oscar Reed | 100 | 401 | 4.0 | 30 | 3 |
| Ed Marinaro | 95 | 302 | 3.2 | 27 | 2 |
| Dave Osborn | 48 | 216 | 4.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 47 | 206 | 4.4 | 21 | 3 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 41 | 202 | 4.9 | 16 | 1 |
| John Gilliam | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 44 | 1 |
| Brent McClanahan | 17 | 69 | 4.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Berry | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 538 | 2275 | 4.2 | 50 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Gilliam | 42 | 907 | 21.6 | 54 | 8 |
| Chuck Foreman | 37 | 362 | 9.8 | 35 | 2 |
| Ed Marinaro | 26 | 196 | 7.5 | 17 | 2 |
| Stu Voigt | 23 | 318 | 13.8 | 43 | 2 |
| Oscar Reed | 19 | 122 | 6.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Carroll Dale | 14 | 192 | 13.7 | 40 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 7 | 1 |
| Dave Osborn | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Lash | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Doug Kingsriter | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Rhett Dawson | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Gary Ballman | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Beasley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 |
| John Ward | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 179 | 2234 | 12.5 | 54 | 16 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Eischeid | 66 | 2628 | 39.8 | 57 |
| Totals | 66 | 2628 | 39.8 | 57 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Bryant | 25 | 140 | 5.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Charlie West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff Wright | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 28 | 140 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent McClanahan | 16 | 410 | 25.6 | 45 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 10 | 174 | 17.4 | 29 | 0 |
| Charlie West | 3 | 104 | 34.7 | 42 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Oscar Reed | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Jeff Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 752 | 21.5 | 45 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Bryant | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 46 | 1 |
| Paul Krause | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jeff Wright | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Nate Wright | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jeff Siemon | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Terry Brown | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63 | 1 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 21 | 263 | 12.5 | 63 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Wright | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Nate Wright | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roy Winston | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Siemon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Foreman | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alan Page | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mick Tingelhoff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Larsen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Marshall | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ron Porter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Lurtsema | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Doug Kingsriter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Reed | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fran Tarkenton | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carl Eller | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Krause | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charles Goodrum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dave Osborn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Marinaro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Gilliam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bobby Bryant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Fred Cox | 21 | 33 | 0 | 96 | ||||||||||
| John Gilliam | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||
| Chuck Foreman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Ed Marinaro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Bill Brown | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Oscar Reed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Stu Voigt | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Bobby Bryant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| John Beasley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Wally Hilgenberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Terry Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Roy Winston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 296 |
