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Record: 12 - 2 (pythagorean: 11 - 3, .834) Coaching: Bud Grant 12 - 2 (playoffs:2 - 1) 1973 Pro Bowl Players: RB - Chuck Foreman WR - John Gilliam T - Ron Yary DE - Carl Eller DT - Alan Page LB - Jeff Siemon S - Paul Krause 1973 Draft Round - Pick (Overall Pick) 1-12 (12) - Chuck Foreman, Miami (FL), RB   2-8 (34) - Jackie Wallace, Arizona, DB   3-13 (65) - Jim Lash, Northwestern, WR   4-2 (80) - Mike Wells, Illinois, QB   5-14 (118) - Brent McClanahan, Arizona State, RB   6-9 (139) - Doug Kingsriter, Minnesota, TE   6-13 (143) - Fred Abbott, Florida, LB   7-12 (168) - Josh Brown, Southwest Texas State, RB   8-14 (196) - Craig Darling, Iowa, T   9-13 (221) - Larry Dibbles, New Mexico, DE   10-2 (236) - Randy Lee, Tulane, DB   10-12 (246) - Dave Mason, Nebraska, DB   11-14 (274) - Geary Murdock, Iowa State, G   12-13 (299) - Allen Spencer, Pittsburg (KS), WR   13-12 (324) - Ron Just, Minot, G   14-14 (352) - Eddie Bishop, Southern, DB   15-13 (377) - Tony Chandler, Missouri Valley, RB   16-12 (402) - Larry Smiley, Texas Southern, DE   17-13 (429) - Dave Winfield, Minnesota, TE
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Week Opponent Score Week 1 OAK 16 at MIN 24 Week 2 MIN 22 at CHI 13 Week 3 GNB 3 at MIN 11 Week 4 MIN 23 at DET 9 Week 5 MIN 17 at SFO 13 Week 6 PHI 21 at MIN 28 Week 7 LAM 9 at MIN 10 Week 8 CLE 3 at MIN 26 Week 9 DET 7 at MIN 28 Week 10 MIN 14 at ATL 20 Week 11 CHI 13 at MIN 31 Week 12 MIN 0 at CIN 27 Week 13 MIN 31 at GNB 7 Week 14 MIN 31 at NYG 7 NFC Divisional Playoff WAS 20 at MIN 27 NFC Championship MIN 27 at DAL 10 Super Bowl VIII MIN 7 at MIA 24
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1st DOWNS   PASSING   RUSHING   MISC   PTS YDS TD RUSH PASS PEN TOT   ATT CMP YDs TD INT SKD SKY   ATT YDs TD   PEN PenYDs FUM LOST REC OFFENSE 296 4231 33 135 99 12 246   298 179 2234 16 9 32 278   538 2275 14   55 482 29 17 -- DEFENSE 168 3868 15 105 100 15 220   377 198 2124 8 21 30 230   450 1974 5   58 633 36 -- 15     PUNT RETURN   KICK RETURN     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD     RET YDS TD SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 28 140 0   OPP: 41 271 1   OWN: 35 752 0   OPP: 59 1148 0     PUNTING   KICKING     PT YDS TB BLK IN20     PT YDS     XPM XPA FGM FGA     XPM XPA FGM FGA SPECIAL TEAMS OWN: 66 2628 0 0 0   OPP: 57 2338   OWN: 33 33 21 35   OPP: 15 15 21 38
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(Click on column headers to sort table)   PASSING     RUSHING     RECEIVING Name GP ATT CMP PCT YDS YPA TD INT SKD SKY RAT   ATT YDS AVG TD LNG   REC YDS AVG TD LNG Fran Tarkenton 14 274 169 61.7 2113 7.71 15 7 31 270 93.2   41 202 4.9 1 16   0 0 0.0 0 0 Bob Berry 6 24 10 41.7 121 5.04 1 2 1 8 37.0   2 5 2.5 0 5   0 0 0.0 0 0 Chuck Foreman 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   182 801 4.4 4 50t   37 362 9.8 2 35 Oscar Reed 12 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   100 401 4.0 3 30   19 122 6.4 0 13 Ed Marinaro 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   95 302 3.2 2 27   26 196 7.5 2 17 Dave Osborn 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   48 216 4.5 0 14   3 4 1.3 0 5 Bill Brown 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   47 206 4.4 3 21   5 22 4.4 1 7 Brent McClanahan 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   17 69 4.1 0 10   0 0 0.0 0 0 John Gilliam 14 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   5 71 14.2 1 44t   42 907 21.6 8 54t Stu Voigt 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   1 2 2.0 0 2   23 318 13.8 2 43 Carroll Dale 13 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   14 192 13.7 0 40 Rhett Dawson 2 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 24 12.0 0 19 Doug Kingsriter 11 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 27 13.5 0 14 Gary Ballman 3 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 22 11.0 0 15 Jim Lash 9 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   2 34 17.0 0 18 John Beasley 3 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 3 3.0 1 3t John Ward 8 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.0   0 0 0.0 0 0   1 1 1.0 0 1   PUNTS   KICKOFFS Name GP RET YDS AVG FC LNG TD   RET YDS AVG LNG TD Bobby Bryant 14 25 140 5.6 14 16 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Jeff Wright 14 2 0 0.0 2 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Charlie West 5 1 0 0.0 0 0 0   0 0 0.0 0 0 Brent McClanahan 13 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   16 410 25.6 45 0 John Gilliam 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   10 174 17.4 29 0 Bill Brown 14 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   3 35 11.7 18 0 Oscar Reed 12 0 0 0.0 0 0 0   2 29 14.5 15 0   PUNTING   KICKING Name GP PT YDS LNG BLK TB I20 NET AVG   1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ LNG FGM FGA XPM XPA Fred Cox 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0   7/7 7/9 4/7 3/10 0/2 41 21 35 33 33 Mike Eischeid 14 66 2628 57 0 4 11 34.4 39.8   0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0   DEF   INTS Name GP SK SFY   INT YDS LNG TD Terry Brown 14 0.0 0   1 63 63t 1 Bobby Bryant 14 0.0 0   7 105 46t 1 Paul Krause 14 0.0 0   4 28 24 0 Jeff Siemon 14 0.0 0   2 24 21 0 Jeff Wright 14 0.0 0   3 31 25 0 Nate Wright 14 0.0 0   3 6 6 0 Wally Hilgenberg 13 0.0 0   1 6 6 0 All Players   FUMBLES Name GP TOT OWR OPR YDS TD Grady Alderman 14 0 0 0 0 0 Gary Ballman 3 0 0 0 0 0 John Beasley 3 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Berry 6 0 0 0 0 0 Bill Brown 14 2 0 0 0 0 Terry Brown 14 0 0 0 0 0 Bobby Bryant 14 1 0 0 0 0 Fred Cox 14 0 0 0 0 0 Carroll Dale 13 0 0 0 0 0 Rhett Dawson 2 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Eischeid 14 0 0 0 0 0 Carl Eller 14 0 0 1 0 0 Chuck Foreman 12 6 1 0 0 0 Frank Gallagher 4 0 0 0 0 0 John Gilliam 14 1 0 0 0 0 Charlie Goodrum 10 0 1 0 0 0 Wally Hilgenberg 13 0 0 2 2 1 Doug Kingsriter 11 0 1 0 0 0 Paul Krause 14 0 0 1 4 0 Gary Larsen 14 0 0 1 0 0 Jim Lash 9 0 0 0 0 0 Steve Lawson 2 0 0 0 0 0 Bob Lurtsema 14 0 0 1 0 0 Ed Marinaro 13 3 0 0 0 0 Jim Marshall 14 1 0 1 7 0 Amos Martin 14 0 0 0 0 0 Brent McClanahan 13 2 0 1 0 0 Dave Osborn 11 2 0 0 0 0 Alan Page 14 0 1 0 0 0 Ron Porter 13 0 1 0 0 0 Al Randolph 11 0 0 0 0 0 Oscar Reed 12 2 1 0 0 0 Jeff Siemon 14 0 0 2 0 0 Milt Sunde 14 0 0 0 0 0 Doug Sutherland 9 0 0 0 0 0 Fran Tarkenton 14 5 1 0 0 0 Mick Tingelhoff 14 0 1 0 0 0 Stu Voigt 13 1 0 0 0 0 John Ward 8 0 0 0 0 0 Charlie West 5 0 0 0 0 0 Ed White 14 0 1 0 0 0 Roy Winston 13 0 0 2 4 0 Jeff Wright 14 2 2 1 0 0 Nate Wright 14 1 0 2 0 0 Ron Yary 14 0 0 0 0 0 Godfrey Zaunbrecher 6 0 0 0 0 0

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