| Minnesota Vikings at Boston Patriots |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 13, 1970 Location: Cambridge, MA Venue: Harvard Stadium Attendance: 37819 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 27 F Humidty: 88% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 14 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | BOS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Henderson 50 pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dave Osborn 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Jim Nance 5 run (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Gene Washington 21 pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bob Lee 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Clint Jones 5 run (Fred Cox kick) | 35 | 7 |
| 3 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Carl Garrett 3 run (Charlie Gogolak kick) | 35 | 14 |
| 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 |
| 19 | QB | Bob Lee |
| 26 | RB | Clint Jones |
| 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 |
| 40 | LCB | Charlie West |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 40 | OE | Bake Turner |
| 64 | LOT | Mike Montler |
| 67 | LOG | Gary Bugenhagen |
| 56 | C | Jon Morris |
| 60 | ROG | Len St. Jean |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 82 | TE | Tom Beer |
| 11 | QB | Joe Kapp |
| 30 | RB | Carl Garrett |
| 35 | RB | Jim Nance |
| 34 | FL | Ron Sellers |
| Offense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Mel Witt |
| 79 | LDT | Jim Lee Hunt |
| 65 | RDT | Houston Antwine |
| 85 | RDE | Denny Wirgowski |
| 52 | LLB | Ed Philpott |
| 54 | MLB | Marty Schottenheimer |
| 57 | RLB | John Bramlett |
| 41 | LDH | Larry Carwell |
| 26 | LS | Clarence Scott |
| 42 | RS | Don Webb |
| 23 | RDH | Daryl Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dave Osborn | 19 | 54 | 2.8 | 12 | 1 |
| Bill Brown | 7 | 23 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Clint Jones | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 5t | 1 |
| Jim Lindsey | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Lee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Nance | 13 | 56 | 4.3 | 13 | 1 |
| Joe Kapp | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Carl Garrett | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Bob Lee | 25 | 18 | 72.0 | 0 | 268 | 10.7 | 50t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 133.4 |
| Bill Cappleman | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 49 | 7.0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78.9 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Joe Kapp | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 3 | 128 | 4.4 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 24.0 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| John Henderson | 8 | 137 | 17.1 | 50t | 1 |
| Gene Washington | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 26 | 1 |
| Dave Osborn | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 17 | 0 |
| John Beasley | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Clint Jones | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Nance | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ron Sellers | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Carl Garrett | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Tom Beer | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bake Turner | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ed Sharockman | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 0 | 17 | 17L | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tom McNeill | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tommy Janik | 6 | 216 | 36.0 | 52 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 29 | 0 | |
| Steve Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Sid Blanks | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Carl Garrett | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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