| Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 23, 1972 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 55701 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 44 F Humidty: 89% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago Bears | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | John Gilliam 44 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Mac Percival 21 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | Jim Harrison 4 pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 21 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Chicago Bears | Mac Percival 20 FG | 10 | 13 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bill Brown | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Jim Harrison | 31 | 103 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bobby Douglass | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Cyril Pinder | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 1 | 244 | 9.8 | 1 | 96.1 | |||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 33 | 6.6 | 1 | 79.6 | |||
| Bobby Joe Green | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| John Beasley | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 1 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| John Henderson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ed White | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Cecil Turner | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Seymour | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Harrison | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Nate Wright | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Dick Butkus | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Charlie West | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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