| Minnesota Vikings at Atlanta Falcons |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 21, 1969 Location: Atlanta, GA Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 52872 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 36 F Humidty: 82% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 19 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Claude Humphrey 24 opponents fumble recovery (Bob Etter kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Atlanta FalconsATL | Bob Etter 28 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 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 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 15 | WR | Gail Cogdill |
| 85 | WR | Paul Flatley |
| 61 | LOT | Bill Sandeman |
| 55 | LOG | Roy Schmidt |
| 77 | C | Bruce Bosley |
| 67 | ROG | Malcolm Snider |
| 75 | ROT | George Kunz |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 17 | QB | Bob Berry |
| 33 | HB | Jim Butler |
| 5 | FB | Harmon Wages |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 78 | LDT | Jerry Shay |
| 73 | RDT | Dave Cahill |
| 71 | RDE | John Zook |
| 54 | LLB | Grady Allen |
| 58 | MLB | Don Hansen |
| 50 | RLB | Greg Brezina |
| 36 | LCB | Ken Reaves |
| 49 | LS | Al Lavan |
| 28 | RS | Mike Freeman |
| 47 | RCB | Rudy Redmond |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Oscar Reed | 10 | 79 | 7.9 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 14 | 32 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Clint Jones | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Kapp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Cuozzo | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Harmon Wages | 20 | 50 | 2.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Butler | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Charlie Bryant | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Berry | 4 | -14 | -3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | 13 | 4 | 30.8 | 1 | 62 | 4.8 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 15.5 |
| Joe Kapp | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Bob Berry | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 1 | 70 | 5.4 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 30.9 |
| Bruce Lemmerman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| John Henderson | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 31 | 0 |
| John Beasley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Harmon Wages | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Gail Cogdill | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Butler | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Paul Krause | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Al Lavan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Redmond | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bob Lee | 4 | 143 | 35.8 | 46 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 10 | 373 | 37.3 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Mike Freeman | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tom McCauley | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Oscar Reed | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Charlie West | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Charlie Bryant | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 16 | 0 | |
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