| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 17, 1967 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 44874 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 40 F Humidty: 55% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Lem Barney 71 interception return (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Tommy Watkins 3 pass from Karl Sweetan (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 36 FG | 3 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | SE | Paul Flatley |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 63 | LOG | Jim Vellone |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 71 | ROG | Larry Bowie |
| 71 | ROT | Doug Davis |
| 86 | TE | Marlin McKeever |
| 11 | QB | Joe Kapp |
| 41 | HB | Dave Osborn |
| 82 | FL | Jim Phillips |
| 30 | FB | Bill Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 88 | LDT | Alan Page |
| 76 | RDT | Paul Dickson |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 59 | MLB | Lonnie Warwick |
| 36 | RLB | John Kirby |
| 46 | LCB | Earsell Mackbee |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 49 | RS | Dale Hackbart |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | SE | Gail Cogdill |
| 52 | LOT | Bill Cottrell |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 75 | ROG | John Gordy |
| 79 | ROT | Charlie Bradshaw |
| 80 | TE | Jim Gibbons |
| 14 | QB | Karl Sweetan |
| 23 | HB | Tommy Watkins |
| 81 | FL | Bill Malinchak |
| 35 | FB | Tom Nowatzke |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Darris McCord |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 82 | RDT | Jerry Rush |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 58 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 21 | LS | Bruce Maher |
| 48 | RS | Tommy Vaughn |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dave Osborn | 22 | 86 | 3.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 5 | 43 | 8.6 | 29 | 0 |
| Clint Jones | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ron Vander Kelen | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 21 | 69 | 3.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tommy Watkins | 13 | 12 | 0.9 | 5 | 0 |
| Karl Sweetan | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Joe Kapp | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 3 | 40 | 2.7 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.3 |
| Ron Vander Kelen | 15 | 3 | 20.0 | 0 | 42 | 2.8 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 39.6 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Karl Sweetan | 11 | 2 | 18.2 | 1 | 15 | 1.4 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 32.0 |
| Milt Plum | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 44 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.7 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Jim Phillips | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Marlin McKeever | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Beasley | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Paul Flatley | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Gail Cogdill | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Malinchak | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mel Farr | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Tommy Watkins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dale Hackbart | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Lonnie Warwick | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 71t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Walden | 5 | 177 | 35.4 | 39 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 8 | 308 | 38.5 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bob Grim | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Brady Keys | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Vaughn | 1 | 0 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Tommy Watkins | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 | |
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