| Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Rams |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 7, 1969 Location: Los Angeles, CA Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 80430 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 64 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dave Osborn 4 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bill Brown 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bruce Gossett 37 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 39 FG | 17 | 3 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bruce Gossett 27 FG | 17 | 6 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 29 FG | 20 | 6 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Larry Smith 4 pass from Roman Gabriel (Bruce Gossett kick) | 20 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | John Henderson |
| 84 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 63 | LOG | Jim Vellone |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 64 | ROG | Milt Sunde |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 87 | TE | John Beasley |
| 11 | QB | Joe Kapp |
| 30 | RB | Bill Brown |
| 41 | RB | Dave Osborn |
| 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 |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 46 | LCB | Earsell Mackbee |
| 29 | SS | Karl Kassulke |
| 22 | FS | Paul Krause |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Jack Snow |
| 14 | WR | Wendell Tucker |
| 73 | LOT | Charlie Cowan |
| 65 | LOG | Tom Mack |
| 50 | C | Ken Iman |
| 64 | ROG | Mike LaHood |
| 76 | ROT | Bob Brown |
| 87 | TE | Billy Truax |
| 18 | QB | Roman Gabriel |
| 34 | RB | Les Josephson |
| 38 | RB | Larry Smith |
| Defense | ||
| 75 | LDE | Deacon Jones |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 79 | RDT | Coy Bacon |
| 72 | RDE | Diron Talbert |
| 32 | LLB | Jack Pardee |
| 57 | MLB | Doug Woodlief |
| 55 | RLB | Maxie Baughan |
| 24 | LCB | Clancy Williams |
| 17 | LS | Richie Petitbon |
| 21 | RS | Eddie Meador |
| 19 | RCB | Jim Nettles |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Oscar Reed | 8 | 52 | 6.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 10 | 51 | 5.1 | 30 | 1 |
| Dave Osborn | 18 | 43 | 2.4 | 6 | 1 |
| Joe Kapp | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Larry Smith | 16 | 46 | 2.9 | 8 | 0 |
| Roman Gabriel | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Les Josephson | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Tommy Mason | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Joe Kapp | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 0 | 72 | 4.5 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 62.5 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 37 | 21 | 56.8 | 1 | 186 | 5.0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68.1 |
| Eddie Meador | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| John Henderson | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Jack Snow | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Larry Smith | 7 | 45 | 6.4 | 12 | 1 |
| Wendell Tucker | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Billy Truax | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Les Josephson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Earsell Mackbee | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bob Lee | 7 | 275 | 39.3 | 50 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Pat Studstill | 4 | 128 | 32.0 | 41 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 2 | 1 | 21 | 10.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Alvin Haymond | 4 | 0 | 72 | 18.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4.7 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Charlie West | 1 | 78 | 78.0 | 78 | 0 | |
| Grady Alderman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 21 | 0 | |
| Alvin Haymond | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Izzy Lang | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
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