| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 20, 1971 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 54418 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 56 F Humidty: 80% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 20 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Mel Farr 3 pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 36 FG | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 13 FG | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bob Grim 45 pass from Gary Cuozzo (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 13 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 42 FG | 13 | 13 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 9 FG | 16 | 13 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Bob Grim |
| 84 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 62 | LOG | Ed White |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 64 | ROG | Milt Sunde |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 15 | QB | Gary Cuozzo |
| 41 | HB | Dave Osborn |
| 26 | FB | Clint Jones |
| 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 |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Earl McCullouch |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 68 | ROG | Frank Gallagher |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 24 | RB | Mel Farr |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 77 | LDT | Dick Evey |
| 82 | RDT | Jerry Rush |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 48 | RS | Tommy Vaughn |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Jim Lindsey | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 9 | 17 | 1.9 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 9 | 4 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| Gary Cuozzo | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Norm Snead | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 13 | 51 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Mel Farr | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Triplett | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | 32 | 19 | 59.4 | 2 | 232 | 7.3 | 1 | 66.1 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 26 | 8 | 30.8 | 0 | 61 | 2.3 | 1 | 53.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bob Grim | 7 | 126 | 18.0 | 1 | |
| Dave Osborn | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Lindsey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Clint Jones | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 1 | |
| Larry Walton | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Earl McCullouch | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Altie Taylor | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Owens | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Tommy Vaughn | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dick LeBeau | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bob Lee | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 5 | 44 | 8.8 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie West | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Paul Gipson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Lem Barney | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Ed Mooney | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Detroit Lions | |
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