| Minnesota Vikings at Atlanta Falcons Game Statistics |
| Date: December 20, 1970 Location: Atlanta, GA |
| Venue: Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Attendance: 57992 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 61 F Humidty: 100% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 37 |
| Atlanta FalconsATL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | ATL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 40 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Atlanta FalconsATL | John Mallory 75 punt return (Kenny Vinyard kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dave Osborn 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Beasley 8 pass from Gary Cuozzo (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Clint Jones 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dave Osborn 28 pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick) | 31 | 7 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 15 FG | 34 | 7 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 37 FG | 37 | 7 |
| 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 |
| 15 | QB | Gary Cuozzo |
| 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 |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Paul Flatley |
| 80 | WR | Todd Snyder |
| 67 | OT | Malcolm Snider |
| 64 | LOG | Andy Maurer |
| 57 | C | Jeff Van Note |
| 65 | ROG | Dick Enderle |
| 75 | ROT | George Kunz |
| 86 | TE | Jim Mitchell |
| 11 | QB | Randy Johnson |
| 40 | RB | Paul Gipson |
| 5 | RB | Harmon Wages |
| Offense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Claude Humphrey |
| 72 | LDT | Greg Lens |
| 88 | RDT | Glen Condren |
| 71 | RDE | John Zook |
| 54 | LLB | Grady Allen |
| 60 | MLB | Tommy Nobis |
| 58 | RLB | Don Hansen |
| 36 | LCB | Ken Reaves |
| 22 | LS | John Mallory |
| 20 | RS | Tom McCauley |
| 47 | RCB | Rudy Redmond |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Clint Jones | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 9 | 1 |
| Bill Brown | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 8 | 1 |
| Jim Lindsey | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Lee | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Randy Johnson | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Harmon Wages | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Mitchell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jim Butler | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Gipson | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Art Malone | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | 20 | 13 | 65.0 | 1 | 175 | 8.8 | 37 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 88.5 |
| Bob Lee | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 1 | 103 | 10.3 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88.7 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||||||||
| Randy Johnson | 33 | 19 | 57.6 | 3 | 162 | 4.9 | 25 | 0 | 9 | 77 | 32.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| John Henderson | 7 | 129 | 18.4 | 52 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 28t | 1 |
| John Beasley | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 29 | 1 |
| Gene Washington | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Jim Mitchell | 5 | 77 | 15.4 | 25 | 0 |
| Paul Flatley | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Paul Gipson | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Art Malone | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Harmon Wages | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Todd Snyder | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Paul Krause | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Karl Kassulke | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Tom McCauley | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Ken Reaves | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tom McNeill | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Atlanta Falcons | |||||
| Billy Lothridge | 6 | 193 | 32.2 | 36 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| John Mallory | 2 | 0 | 90 | 45.0 | 75t | 1 |
| Tom McCauley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66 | 0 | |
| Atlanta Falcons | ||||||
| Grady Cavness | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Paul Gipson | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Jim Butler | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Art Malone | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Atlanta Falcons | |
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