| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: November 11, 1973 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 47911 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 51 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Ron Jessie 33 pass from Bill Munson (Jim O'Brien kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Bill Brown 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Wally Hilgenberg 2 opponents fumble recovery (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Ed Marinaro 7 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | John Gilliam 33 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 28 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 9 | 49 | 5.4 | 0 | |
| Jim Hooks | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 4 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | |
| Mel Farr | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bill Brown | 19 | 101 | 5.3 | 21 | 1 |
| Dave Osborn | 14 | 79 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 10 | 52 | 5.2 | 1 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 34 | 16 | 47.1 | 1 | 152 | 4.5 | 1 | 57.5 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 15 | 11 | 73.3 | 0 | 177 | 11.8 | 1 | 134.6 | |||
| Bob Berry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Ron Jessie | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 1 | |
| Mel Farr | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Charlie Sanders | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| John Gilliam | 5 | 129 | 25.8 | 1 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Doug Kingsriter | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Miller Farr | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Nate Wright | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 6 | 303 | 50.5 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 4 | 141 | 35.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Larry Walton | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Bryant | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Altie Taylor | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Jim Thrower | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Dick Jauron | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| John Gilliam | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Herb Orvis | 1.5 |
| Jim Laslavic | 1.0 |
| Larry Hand | 0.5 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
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