| 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 Lions | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 41 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Oscar Reed 20 run (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Larry Walton 48 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Larry Walton 20 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 18 FG | 14 | 13 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 23 FG | 14 | 16 |
| 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 | 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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