| Minnesota Vikings at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: September 21, 1969 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 62920 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 64 F Humidty: 45% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 23 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 3 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 25 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 11 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Henderson 47 pass from Gary Cuozzo (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Gene Washington 48 pass from Gary Cuozzo (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Homer Jones 54 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 17 FG | 20 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 10 FG | 23 | 10 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Don Herrmann 16 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 23 | 17 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Don Herrmann 10 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Pete Gogolak kick) | 23 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | John Henderson |
| 84 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 66 | LOG | Bookie Bolin |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 64 | ROG | Milt Sunde |
| 71 | ROT | Doug Davis |
| 89 | TE | Kent Kramer |
| 15 | QB | Gary Cuozzo |
| 30 | RB | Bill Brown |
| 41 | RB | Dave Osborn |
| 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 |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 46 | LCB | Earsell Mackbee |
| 29 | SS | Karl Kassulke |
| 22 | FS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | WR | Homer Jones |
| 40 | WR | Joe Morrison |
| 69 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 65 | LOG | Pete Case |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 63 | ROG | Doug Van Horn |
| 78 | ROT | Steve Wright |
| 81 | TE | Freeman White |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 23 | HB | Ernie Koy |
| 24 | FB | Tucker Frederickson |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Bruce Anderson |
| 72 | LDT | Frank Parker |
| 71 | RDT | Bob Lurtsema |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 66 | LLB | Henry Davis |
| 55 | MLB | Ralph Heck |
| 56 | RLB | Tommy Crutcher |
| 20 | LCB | Scott Eaton |
| 21 | LS | Bruce Maher |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dave Osborn | 22 | 58 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Lindsey | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 10 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tucker Frederickson | 13 | 77 | 5.9 | 19 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 7 | 13 | 1.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| John Fuqua | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | 28 | 13 | 46.4 | 1 | 255 | 9.1 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 87.6 |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 34 | 19 | 55.9 | 0 | 224 | 6.6 | 54t | 3 | 3 | 19 | 105.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Gene Washington | 7 | 152 | 21.7 | 50 | 1 |
| John Henderson | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 47t | 1 |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tucker Frederickson | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 16 | 0 |
| Don Herrmann | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 16t | 2 |
| Homer Jones | 3 | 100 | 33.3 | 54t | 1 |
| Freeman White | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Ernie Koy | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Butch Wilson | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| John Fuqua | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tommy Crutcher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bob Lee | 6 | 220 | 36.7 | 54 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Pete Gogolak | 7 | 292 | 41.7 | 61 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 5 | 0 | 29 | 5.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 2 | 99 | 49.5 | 71 | 0 | |
| Bill Harris | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| John Fuqua | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 26 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Holifield | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Al Brenner | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
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