| Buffalo Bills at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 3, 1971 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 47900 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 51 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo BillsBUF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dave Osborn 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 40 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Safety, Dennis Shaw tackled in end zone by Alan Page | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Norm Snead 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 19 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Marlin Briscoe |
| 25 | WR | Haven Moses |
| 62 | LOT | Levert Carr |
| 61 | LOG | Jim Reilly |
| 51 | C | Bruce Jarvis |
| 67 | ROG | Joe O'Donnell |
| 79 | ROT | Paul Costa |
| 80 | TE | Jan White |
| 16 | QB | Dennis Shaw |
| 30 | RB | Wayne Patrick |
| 32 | RB | O.J. Simpson |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Al Cowlings |
| 78 | LDT | Jim Dunaway |
| 71 | RDT | Bob Tatarek |
| 64 | RDE | Chuck Hurston |
| 59 | LLB | Paul Guidry |
| 52 | MLB | Edgar Chandler |
| 58 | RLB | Mike Stratton |
| 20 | LCB | Robert James |
| 48 | LS | John Pitts |
| 37 | RS | Pete Richardson |
| 41 | RCB | Alvin Wyatt |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Bob Grim |
| 80 | WR | John Henderson |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 62 | LOG | Ed White |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 64 | ROG | Milt Sunde |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 16 | QB | Norm Snead |
| 41 | HB | Dave Osborn |
| 26 | FB | Clint Jones |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 77 | LDT | Gary Larsen |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 56 | MLB | Carl Gersbach |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 40 | LCB | Charlie West |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Greg Jones | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dennis Shaw | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Wayne Patrick | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dave Osborn | 19 | 93 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| Clint Jones | 27 | 71 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Norm Snead | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| Bill Brown | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Dennis Shaw | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 2 | 67 | 3.4 | 0 | 26.5 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 2 | 150 | 7.1 | 0 | 39.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jim Braxton | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Jan White | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Ted Koy | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dave Osborn | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Edgar Chandler | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Pitts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Charlie West | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Spike Jones | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bob Lee | 4 | 123 | 30.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Tim Beamer | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Alvin Wyatt | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| Minnesota Vikings | |
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