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1968 Minnesota Vikings Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-6-0, 1st in NFL Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bud Grant (8-6-0)

Points For: 282 (20.1/g) 8th of 16

Points Against: 242 (17.3/g) 6th of 16

Expected W-L: 8.3-5.7

SRS: 2.66 (6th of 16), SOS: -0.20

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 14-24 vs. Baltimore Colts

Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Burns

Other Notable Asst.: Bob Hollway (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium

Co-Owner: Bill Boyer

Co-Owner/President: Max Winter

General Manager: Jim Finks

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	282	3606	817	4.4	31	14	223	154	282	1685	11	17	5.3	89	500	1921	19	3.8	114	65	692	20
Opp. Stats	242	3758	791	4.8	38	22	210	185	315	1855	16	16	5.2	98	432	1903	8	4.4	98	74	875	14
Lg Rank Offense	8	14			4	7	11		16	15	14	4	10		2	6	4	11
Lg Rank Defense	6	5			7	2	4		1	3	5	12	7		8	11	3	13

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sat	September 14		boxscore	W		1-0		Atlanta Falcons	47	7	21	404	218	186	2	14	234	153	81	4
2	Sun	September 22		boxscore	W		2-0	@	Green Bay Packers	26	13	20	242	118	124	1	18	242	137	105	2
3	Sun	September 29		boxscore	L		2-1		Chicago Bears	17	27	17	279	121	158	3	20	409	131	278	2
4	Sun	October 6		boxscore	W		3-1		Detroit Lions	24	10	18	265	130	135		9	247	168	79	1
5	Sun	October 13		boxscore	L		3-2	@	New Orleans Saints	17	20	15	190	51	139	4	10	207	86	121	7
6	Sun	October 20		boxscore	L		3-3		Dallas Cowboys	7	20	16	274	144	130	3	9	177	93	84	2
7	Sun	October 27		boxscore	L		3-4	@	Chicago Bears	24	26	17	274	177	97	1	20	418	171	247	1
8	Sun	November 3		boxscore	W		4-4		Washington Redskins	27	14	15	317	102	215	3	9	133	92	41	4
9	Sun	November 10		boxscore	W		5-4		Green Bay Packers	14	10	15	226	66	160	1	21	263	91	172	4
10	Sun	November 17		boxscore	W		6-4	@	Detroit Lions	13	6	15	252	113	139	3	6	131	38	93	1
11	Sun	November 24		boxscore	L		6-5	@	Baltimore Colts	9	21	15	229	141	88	2	22	413	243	170	3
12	Sun	December 1		boxscore	L		6-6		Los Angeles Rams	3	31	9	127	47	80	5	19	324	123	201	2
13	Sun	December 8		boxscore	W		7-6	@	San Francisco 49ers	30	20	15	247	122	125	1	15	280	179	101	3
14	Sun	December 15		boxscore	W		8-6	@	Philadelphia Eagles	24	17	15	280	135	145	2	18	286	156	130	2
		Playoffs
Division	Sun	December 22		boxscore	L		8-7	@	Baltimore Colts	14	24	22	351	266	85	3	15	295	245	50	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Joe Kapp	30	QB	14	14	8-6-0	129	248	52.0	1695	10	4.0	17	6.9	61	6.8	4.56	13.1	121.1	58.8	31	278	11.11	5.08	3.05	0	1
2	Gary Cuozzo	27	QB	4	0		24	33	72.7	297	1	3.0	0	0.0	31	9.0	9.61	12.4	74.3	110.3	4	32	10.81	7.16	7.70	0	0
3	Bill Brown	30	FB	14	14		1	1	100.0	3	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	3.0	3.00	3.0	0.2	79.2	0	0	0.00	3.00	3.00	0	0	PB,AP-2
	Team Totals			14	14	8-6-0	154	282	54.6	1685	11	3.9	17	6.0	61	7.1	5.14	13.0	120.4	65.0	35	310	11.04	5.32	3.60	0	1

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Joe Kapp	30	QB	1	1	0-1-0	26	44	59.1	287	2	4.5	2	4.5	28	6.5	5.39	11.0	287.0	74.7	3	21	6.38	5.66	4.60	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	26	44	59.1	266	2	4.5	2	4.5	28	6.5	5.39	11.0	266.0	74.7	3	21	6.38	5.78	4.70	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Bill Brown	30	FB	14	14	222	805	11	32	3.6	57.5	15.9	31	329	10.6	3	57	2.2	23.5	253	4.5	1134	14	6	PB,AP-2
2	Gene Washington	24	LE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	46	756	16.4	6	61	3.3	54.0	46	16.4	756	6	1
3	Clint Jones	23	RB	12	12	128	536	1	43	4.2	44.7	10.7	4	26	6.5	0	14	0.3	2.2	132	4.3	562	1	1
4	Jim Lindsey	24	RB	14	0	53	152	4	9	2.9	10.9	3.8	15	148	9.9	0	22	1.1	10.6	68	4.4	300	4	3
5	John Beasley	23	TE	14	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	23	289	12.6	0	20	1.6	20.6	23	12.6	289	0	0
6	Joe Kapp	30	QB	14	14	50	269	3	27	5.4	19.2	3.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	50	5.4	269	3	3
7	Tom Hall	28	FL	13	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	19	268	14.1	1	37	1.5	20.6	19	14.1	268	1	0
8	Dave Osborn	25	RB	4	2	42	140	0	23	3.3	35.0	10.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	42	3.3	140	0	1
9	Bill Martin	26	TE	14	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	10	101	10.1	1	15	0.7	7.2	10	10.1	101	1	1
10	John Henderson	25	FL	7	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	42	10.5	0	12	0.6	6.0	4	10.5	42	0	0
11	Art Powell	31	FL	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	31	31.0	0	31	1.0	31.0	1	31.0	31	0	0
12	Earl Denny	23	RB	14	0	2	9	0	9	4.5	0.6	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	4.5	9	0	1
13	Oscar Reed	24	RB	7	0	2	6	0	5	3.0	0.9	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	3.0	6	0	0
14	Bob Goodridge	22	WR	11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.5	1	5.0	5	0	0
15	Gary Cuozzo	27	QB	4	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	1.0	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	4.0	4	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	500	1921	19	43	3.8	137.2	35.7	154	1995	13.0	11	61	11.0	142.5	654	6.0	3916	30	18

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Bill Brown	30	FB	1	1	10	30	0	14	3.0	30.0	10.0	8	82	10.3	1	14	8.0	82.0	18	6.2	112	1	0
2	Gene Washington	24	LE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	95	19.0	0	28	5.0	95.0	5	19.0	95	0	0
3	John Beasley	23	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	69	13.8	0	25	5.0	69.0	5	13.8	69	0	0
4	Joe Kapp	30	QB	1	1	10	52	0	9	5.2	52.0	10.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	5.2	52	0	1
5	John Henderson	25	FL	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	33	6.6	0	10	5.0	33.0	5	6.6	33	0	0
6	Jim Lindsey	24	RB	1	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	1.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	1.0	9.0	2	4.0	8	0	0
7	Dave Osborn	25	RB	1	1	5	4	0	3	0.8	4.0	5.0	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	1.0	-2.0	6	0.3	2	0	1
8	Bill Martin	26	TE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	1	1.0	1	1	1.0	1.0	1	1.0	1	1	0
9	Clint Jones	23	RB	1	0	2	0	0		0.0	0.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	0.0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	28	85	0	14	3.0	85.0	28.0	26	287	11.0	2	28	26.0	287.0	54	6.9	372	2	2

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Bill Brown	30	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
2	Doug Davis	24	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	Carl Eller	26	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8.0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Joe Kapp	30	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Karl Kassulke	27	SS	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	1.0	0
6	Paul Krause	26	FS	14	14	7	82	0	29	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
7	Gary Larsen	28	LDT/RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	10.0	0
8	Earsell Mackbee	27	LCB	14	14	2	55	0	36	0	1	28	0	0.0	0
9	Jim Marshall	31	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	10.0	1	PB
10	Alan Page	23	RDT/LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11.0	0	PB
11	Ed Sharockman	29	RCB	14	14	4	70	0	22	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Mick Tingelhoff	28	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
13	Lonnie Warwick	26	MLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Gene Washington	24	LE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Roy Winston	28	LLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	0
16	Tom Hall	28	FL	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Clint Jones	23	RB	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Wally Hilgenberg	26	RLB	14	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0	0
19	Bill Martin	26	TE	14	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Dave Osborn	25	RB	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Bobby Bryant	24	DB	14	0	2	60	1	51	2	3	0	0	1.0	0
22	Gary Cuozzo	27	QB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Earl Denny	23	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Dale Hackbart	30	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
25	Jim Lindsey	24	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
26	Steve Smith	24	DE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
27	Charlie West	22	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	16	267	1	51	22	30	36	0	45.0	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Carl Eller	26	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0
2	Joe Kapp	30	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Gary Larsen	28	LDT/RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
4	Earsell Mackbee	27	LCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Jim Marshall	31	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0
6	Dave Osborn	25	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Ed Sharockman	29	RCB	1	1	1	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	21	0	21	0	2	2	0	0	4.0	0	0

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