| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: November 12, 1972 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 49784 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 34 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 41 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Oscar Reed 20 run (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Larry Walton 48 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Larry Walton 20 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 18 FG | 14 | 13 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 23 FG | 14 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 68 | LOG | Frank Gallagher |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 36 | RB | Steve Owens |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 70 | LDT | Larry Woods |
| 73 | RDT | Bob Bell |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 44 | RS | Dick LeBeau |
| 46 | RCB | Rudy Redmond |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 84 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 62 | LOG | Ed White |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 64 | ROG | Milt Sunde |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 87 | TE | John Beasley |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 49 | RB | Ed Marinaro |
| 32 | RB | Oscar Reed |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 77 | LDT | Gary Larsen |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 50 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 40 | LCB | Charlie West |
| 23 | LS | Jeff Wright |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 13 | 54 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 8 | 26 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Oscar Reed | 23 | 124 | 5.4 | 1 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 10 | 34 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 18 | 11 | 61.1 | 0 | 132 | 7.3 | 2 | 120.6 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 0 | 121 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Larry Walton | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 2 | |
| Altie Taylor | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Earl McCullouch | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Steve Owens | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ed Marinaro | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| John Beasley | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 6 | 226 | 37.7 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 2 | 99 | 49.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mickey Zofko | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 0 | ||
| Ron Jessie | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| John Gilliam | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Charlie West | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
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