| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 6, 1968 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 44289 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 62 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Jerry DePoyster 33 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Jim Lindsey 3 run (Fred Cox kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 29 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Mel Farr 30 pass from Bill Munson (Jerry DePoyster kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bill Brown 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bill Brown 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | SE | Earl McCullouch |
| 73 | LOT | Roger Shoals |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 79 | ROT | Charlie Bradshaw |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 19 | QB | Bill Munson |
| 38 | HB | Bill Triplett |
| 3 | FL | Billy Gambrell |
| 24 | FB | Mel Farr |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | John Baker |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 82 | RDT | Jerry Rush |
| 84 | RDE | Joe Robb |
| 58 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 48 | RS | Tommy Vaughn |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Gene Washington |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 63 | LOG | Jim Vellone |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 61 | ROG | Larry Bowie |
| 71 | ROT | Doug Davis |
| 89 | TE | Billy Martin |
| 11 | QB | Joe Kapp |
| 26 | HB | Clint Jones |
| 86 | FL | Tom Hall |
| 30 | FB | Bill Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 77 | LDT | Gary Larsen |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 59 | MLB | Lonnie Warwick |
| 36 | RLB | John Kirby |
| 46 | LCB | Earsell Mackbee |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Bill Triplett | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bill Brown | 18 | 56 | 3.1 | 12 | 2 |
| Joe Kapp | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Lindsey | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 7 | 1 |
| Clint Jones | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 18 | 13 | 72.2 | 0 | 196 | 10.9 | 49 | 1 | 9 | 34 | 126.2 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Joe Kapp | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 0 | 100 | 7.1 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 67.6 |
| Gary Cuozzo | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 0 | 46 | 5.8 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.1 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 32 | 1 |
| Earl McCullouch | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Bill Triplett | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Billy Gambrell | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Charlie Sanders | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Gene Washington | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Jim Lindsey | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 8 | 0 |
| John Beasley | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Martin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Jerry DePoyster | 7 | 279 | 39.9 | 46 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Billy Martin | 5 | 200 | 40.0 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Gambrell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Vaughn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 3 | 2 | 18 | 6.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 28 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Bryant | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Charlie West | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
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