1968N Minnesota Vikings Season Summary - Thru Week 4 Injuries
Record (1-3)
Wk Result Opponent
1 L 10-24 Atlanta
2 L 3-24 at Green Bay
3 W 20-13 Chicago
4 L 7-21 Detroit
5 at New Orleans
6 Dallas
7 at Chicago
8 Washington
9 Green Bay
10 at Detroit
11 at Baltimore
12 LA Rams
13 at San Francisco
14 at Philadelphia
Team Statistics
Vikings Opp.
Total First Downs 56 61
Rushing 28 26
Passing 23 34
Penalty 5 1
Third Down: Made/Att 25-55 19-48
Third Down Pct. 45.5 39.6
Fourth Down: Made/Att 2-4 1-1
Fourth Down Pct. 50.0 100.0
Rez Zone: Made/Att 5-6 5-7
Red Zone Pct. 83.3 71.4
Total Net Yards 923 1231
Avg.Per Game 230.8 307.8
Total Plays 234 226
Avg.Per Play 3.9 5.4
Net Yards Rushing 508 539
Avg.Per Game 127.0 134.8
Total Rushes 140 127
Net Yards Passing 415 692
Avg.Per Game 103.8 173.0
Sacked-Yds Lost 9-56 11-66
Gross Yards 979 1297
Att-Completions 85-49 88-57
Completion Pct. 57.6 64.8
Had Intercepted 7 1
Punts-Avg. 23-39.9 23-39.3
Net Punting Avg. 38.7 35.8
Penalties-Yards Lost 15-139 27-239
Fumbles-Ball Lost 7-7 8-5
Touchdowns 5 10
Rushing 3 4
Passing 2 6
Returns 0 0
Total Pts. 40 82
Avg. Time of Poss. 31:25 28:35
PASSING Att Cmp Pct Yds Lng TD Int Sk SkY Rate
J.Kapp 83 48 57.8 466 27 2 6 9 56 51.6
B.Brown 2 1 50.0 5 5 0 1 0 0 16.7
Vikings 85 49 57.6 471 27 2 7 9 56 46.7
Opponents 88 57 64.8 758 59 6 1 11 66 109.9
SCORING R P Ret PAT FG Saf Pts
F.Cox 0 0 0 4/5 2/2 0 10
J.Kapp 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
B.Brown 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
C.Jones 1 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
G.Washington 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
J.Beasley 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6
Vikings 3 2 0 4/5 2/2 0 40
Opponents 4 6 0 10/10 4/5 0 82
FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50
F.Cox 0/0 1/1 1/1 0/0 0/0
Vikings 0/0 1/1 1/1 0/0 0/0
Opponents 0/0 2/2 2/3 0/0 0/0
RUSHING Att Yards Avg Long TD
B.Brown 69 187 2.7 18 1
C.Jones 38 147 3.9 30 1
J.Kapp 24 145 6.0 15 1
J.Lindsey 6 21 3.5 17 0
D.Osborn 3 8 2.7 4 0
Vikings 140 508 3.6 30 3
Opponents 127 539 4.2 34 4
RECEIVING Rec Yards Avg Long TD
B.Brown 15 88 5.9 11 0
G.Washington 13 164 12.6 25 1
J.Beasley 9 99 11.0 27 1
T.Hall 6 61 10.2 17 0
C.Jones 2 21 10.5 17 0
J.Lindsey 2 17 8.5 12 0
J.Henderson 1 11 11.0 11 0
B.Martin 1 10 10.0 10 0
Vikings 49 471 9.6 27 2
Opponents 57 758 13.3 59 6
PUNT RETURNS No FC Yds Avg Lng TD
C.West 4 3 17 4.2 6 0
B.Bryant 2 2 4 2.0 3 0
Vikings 6 5 21 3.5 6 0
Opponents 13 8 29 2.2 7 0
KO RETURNS No Yds Avg Long TD
C.Jones 2 50 25.0 26 0
B.Bryant 9 171 19.0 27 0
C.West 3 51 17.0 21 0
Vikings 14 272 19.4 27 0
Opponents 9 168 18.7 30 0
PUNTING Att Yds GAvg In20 Long
B.Martin 23 918 39.9 7 56
Vikings 23 918 39.9 7 56
Opponents 23 904 39.3 9 66
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg Long TD
E.Sharockman 1 2 2.0 2 0
Vikings 1 2 2.0 2 0
Opponents 7 86 12.3 40 0
SACKS No Yds Avg SAF
C.Eller 2 10 5.0 0
S.C.Smith 2 10 5.0 0
A.Page 2 19 9.5 0
J.Kirby 2 11 5.5 0
P.Krause 2 10 5.0 0
G.Larsen 1 6 6.0 0
Vikings 11 66 6.0 0
Opponents 9 56 6.2 0