| Atlanta Falcons at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: September 14, 1968 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 45563 |
| Weather: Mostly Clear Temp: 70 F Humidty: 63% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 28 | 3 | 13 | 47 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ATL | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 43 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Billy Martin 15 pass from Joe Kapp (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Bill Brown 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Bill Brown 37 pass from Joe Kapp (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Tom Hall 21 pass from Joe Kapp (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 31 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons | Brendan McCarthy 1 run (Bob Etter kick) | 7 | 31 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 35 FG | 7 | 34 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Jim Lindsey 2 run (Fred Cox kick failed) | 7 | 40 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Bill Brown 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 47 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Charlie Bryant | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Harmon Wages | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Perry Lee Dunn | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Brendan McCarthy | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 1 | |
| Randy Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce Lemmerman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Clint Jones | 17 | 101 | 5.9 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 15 | 38 | 2.5 | 13 | 2 |
| Joe Kapp | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Earl Denny | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Gary Cuozzo | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Lindsey | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Randy Johnson | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 0 | 164 | 5.9 | 0 | 71.1 | |||
| Bruce Lemmerman | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 1 | 18 | 2.6 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Joe Kapp | 20 | 16 | 80.0 | 0 | 191 | 9.6 | 3 | 146.0 | |||
| Gary Cuozzo | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 118.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jerry Simmons | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Brendan McCarthy | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Long | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Paul Flatley | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Ray Ogden | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Perry Lee Dunn | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Charlie Bryant | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Harmon Wages | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bill Brown | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 37 | 1 |
| Gene Washington | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Billy Martin | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 1 | |
| Tom Hall | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 1 | |
| John Beasley | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Art Powell | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Bob Goodridge | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Karl Kassulke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 6 | 284 | 47.3 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Billy Martin | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Nick Rassas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Phil Spiller | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Charlie Bryant | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| Nick Rassas | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Phil Spiller | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | ||
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