| Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: October 13, 1968 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Tulane Stadium Attendance: 71105 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 82 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bo Burris 94 interception return (Charlie Durkee kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Monty Stickles 2 pass from Billy Kilmer (Charlie Durkee kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bill Brown 2 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 22 FG | 10 | 14 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bobby Bryant 51 interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 32 FG | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 42 FG | 17 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | SE | Gene Washington |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 63 | LOG | Jim Vellone |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 61 | ROG | Larry Bowie |
| 71 | ROT | Doug Davis |
| 89 | TE | Billy Martin |
| 11 | QB | Joe Kapp |
| 26 | HB | Clint Jones |
| 86 | FL | Tom Hall |
| 30 | FB | Bill Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 77 | LDT | Gary Larsen |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 59 | MLB | Lonnie Warwick |
| 36 | RLB | John Kirby |
| 46 | LCB | Earsell Mackbee |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | SE | John Gilliam |
| 73 | LOT | Jerry Sturm |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 54 | C | Joe Wendryhoski |
| 61 | ROG | Del Williams |
| 78 | ROT | Jerry Jones |
| 87 | TE | Monty Stickles |
| 17 | QB | Billy Kilmer |
| 36 | HB | Don McCall |
| 46 | FL | Danny Abramowicz |
| 33 | FB | Randy Schultz |
| Defense | ||
| 60 | LDE | Brian Schweda |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Tilleman |
| 76 | RDT | Dave Rowe |
| 81 | RDE | Doug Atkins |
| 35 | LLB | Ted Davis |
| 59 | MLB | Fred Whittingham |
| 82 | RLB | Johnny Brewer |
| 21 | LCB | John Douglas |
| 16 | LS | Bo Burris |
| 23 | RS | Dave Whitsell |
| 29 | RCB | Gene Howard |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Clint Jones | 17 | 81 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 16 | 38 | 2.4 | 15 | 1 |
| Joe Kapp | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Lindsey | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Don McCall | 16 | 52 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Tony Lorick | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Kilmer | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Randy Schultz | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheelwright | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Joe Kapp | 28 | 9 | 32.1 | 2 | 78 | 2.8 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 11.6 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 3 | 93 | 5.5 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 49.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bill Brown | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Hall | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Clint Jones | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Lindsey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| John Gilliam | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 39 | 0 |
| Don McCall | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Danny Abramowicz | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Monty Stickles | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Tony Lorick | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Randy Schultz | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Bryant | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 51t | 1 |
| Paul Krause | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Bo Burris | 1 | 94 | 94.0 | 94t | 1 |
| Dave Whitsell | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Billy Martin | 6 | 214 | 35.7 | 46 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom McNeill | 5 | 174 | 34.8 | 46 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Charlie West | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| John Gilliam | 3 | 0 | 38 | 12.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Elijah Nevett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 44 | 0 | |
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Gene Howard | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 34 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 26 | 0 | |
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