| Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: November 21, 1971 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 83130 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 70 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 33 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 19 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 47 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bob Lee 4 run (Fred Cox kick) | 13 | 3 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Clint Jones 4 run (Fred Cox kick) | 20 | 3 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 32 FG | 23 | 3 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Dave Parks 4 pass from Archie Manning (Charlie Durkee kick) | 23 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Bob Grim |
| 84 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 62 | LOG | Ed White |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 64 | ROG | Milt Sunde |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 89 | TE | Bob Brown |
| 19 | QB | Bob Lee |
| 41 | HB | Dave Osborn |
| 32 | FB | Oscar Reed |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 77 | LDT | Gary Larsen |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 56 | MLB | Carl Gersbach |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 40 | LCB | Charlie West |
| 20 | LS | Bobby Bryant |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 25 | WR | Al Dodd |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 36 | TE | Don Burchfield |
| 14 | QB | Edd Hargett |
| 47 | RB | Virgil Robinson |
| 42 | RB | Jim Strong |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 89 | RDT | Dave Long |
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens |
| 60 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 55 | MLB | Jim Flanigan |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 22 | LCB | D'Artagnan Martin |
| 18 | FS | Hugo Hollas |
| 23 | SS | Doug Wyatt |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Clint Jones | 17 | 69 | 4.1 | 1 | |
| Oscar Reed | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 9 | 15 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Jim Lindsey | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Bob Lee | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 1 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Strong | 12 | 34 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Virgil Robinson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Bob Lee | 25 | 14 | 56.0 | 1 | 146 | 5.8 | 0 | 56.4 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Edd Hargett | 23 | 10 | 43.5 | 1 | 95 | 4.1 | 0 | 37.4 | |||
| Archie Manning | 9 | 5 | 55.6 | 1 | 81 | 9.0 | 1 | 83.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Oscar Reed | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Al Dodd | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Dave Parks | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 1 | |
| Danny Abramowicz | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | |
| Virgil Robinson | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Strong | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Charlie West | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| D'Artagnan Martin | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bob Lee | 5 | 191 | 38.2 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 7 | 280 | 40.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Al Dodd | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Jim Strong | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Virgil Robinson | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Al Dodd | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| New Orleans Saints | |
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