| NFC Divisional Playoff - San Francisco 49ers at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: December 27, 1970 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 41050 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 9 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ersSF | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SF | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Paul Krause 22 opponents fumble recovery (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Dick Witcher 24 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ersSF | Bruce Gossett 40 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ersSF | John Brodie 1 run (Bruce Gossett kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Gene Washington 24 pass from Gary Cuozzo (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 88 | WR | Dick Witcher |
| 76 | LOT | Len Rohde |
| 65 | LOG | Randy Beisler |
| 75 | C | Forrest Blue |
| 69 | ROG | Woody Peoples |
| 79 | ROT | Cas Banaszek |
| 89 | TE | Bob Windsor |
| 12 | QB | John Brodie |
| 45 | RB | Bill Tucker |
| 40 | RB | Ken Willard |
| Defense | ||
| 53 | LDE | Tommy Hart |
| 70 | LDT | Charlie Krueger |
| 60 | RDT | Roland Lakes |
| 72 | RDE | Bill Belk |
| 64 | LLB | Dave Wilcox |
| 57 | MLB | Frank Nunley |
| 58 | RLB | Jim Sniadecki |
| 37 | LCB | Jimmy Johnson |
| 25 | LS | Rosey Taylor |
| 32 | RS | Mel Phillips |
| 44 | RCB | Bruce Taylor |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | John Henderson |
| 84 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 63 | LOG | Jim Vellone |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 64 | ROG | Milt Sunde |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 87 | TE | John Beasley |
| 15 | QB | Gary Cuozzo |
| 26 | RB | Clint Jones |
| 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 |
| 20 | LCB | Bobby Bryant |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Ken Willard | 27 | 85 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill Tucker | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 8 | 0 |
| John Brodie | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Ted Kwalick | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Doug Cunningham | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Clint Jones | 15 | 60 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 12 | 41 | 3.4 | 22 | 0 |
| Gary Cuozzo | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||||||||
| John Brodie | 32 | 16 | 50.0 | 0 | 201 | 6.3 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 80.3 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | 27 | 9 | 33.3 | 2 | 146 | 5.4 | 46 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 33.9 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Bill Tucker | 6 | 48 | 8.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Dick Witcher | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 24t | 1 |
| Ted Kwalick | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Ken Willard | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| John Henderson | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24t | 1 |
| Clint Jones | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Jim Sniadecki | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bruce Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Steve Spurrier | 8 | 270 | 33.8 | 59 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tom McNeill | 7 | 276 | 39.4 | 49 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Bruce Taylor | 5 | 1 | 69 | 13.8 | 30 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Bryant | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie West | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||||||
| Ed Beard | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bill Tucker | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Bob Hoskins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 20 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers | ||
| Cedrick Hardman | 2.0 | 15.0 |
| Earl Edwards | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Tommy Hart | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Alan Page | 1.0 | 8.0 |
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