| Minnesota Vikings at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics | 
| 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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