| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: December 11, 1971 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 49784 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 18 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 29 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Roy Winston 29 interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 35 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Clint Jones 3 run (Fred Cox kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 10 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Larry Walton 4 pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Safety, Herman Weaver punt blocked out of end zone by Alan Page | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 32 FG | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Jim Lindsey EZ blocked field goal recovery (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 29 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Steve Owens | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Clint Jones | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Oscar Reed | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 1 | 107 | 6.7 | 1 | 71.6 | |||
| Greg Landry | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 2 | 42 | 2.6 | 0 | 6.2 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 2 | 21 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Craig Cotton | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| Altie Taylor | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Oscar Reed | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ed Sharockman | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Roy Winston | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 5 | 144 | 28.8 | 1 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bob Lee | 6 | 245 | 40.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ron Jessie | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Lem Barney | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Bill Triplett | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Clint Jones | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| Minnesota Vikings | |
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