| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 6, 1968 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 44289 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 62 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Jerry DePoyster 33 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Jim Lindsey 3 run (Fred Cox kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 29 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Mel Farr 30 pass from Bill Munson (Jerry DePoyster kick) | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Bill Brown 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Bill Brown 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Mel Farr | 11 | 43 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| DET | Bill Triplett | 9 | 34 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| DET | Tom Nowatzke | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| MIN | Bill Brown | 18 | 56 | 3.1 | 12 | 2 |
| MIN | Joe Kapp | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | Jim Lindsey | 10 | 30 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| MIN | Clint Jones | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| DET | Bill Munson | 18 | 13 | 72.2 | 0 | 196 | 10.9 | 1 | 126.2 | |||
| MIN | Joe Kapp | 14 | 6 | 42.9 | 0 | 100 | 7.1 | 0 | 67.6 | |||
| MIN | Gary Cuozzo | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 0 | 46 | 5.8 | 0 | 78.1 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Mel Farr | 5 | 86 | 17.2 | 1 | |
| DET | Earl McCullouch | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Bill Triplett | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| DET | Billy Gambrell | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| DET | Charlie Sanders | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| MIN | Gene Washington | 4 | 92 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Jim Lindsey | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | John Beasley | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Tom Hall | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| MIN | Billy Martin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| DET | Jerry DePoyster | 7 | 279 | 39.9 | 0 | |
| MIN | Billy Martin | 5 | 200 | 40.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Lem Barney | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| MIN | Charlie West | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | ||
| MIN | Bobby Bryant | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| DET | Lem Barney | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Bobby Thompson | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Bobby Bryant | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Charlie West | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
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