| Baltimore Colts at Minnesota Vikings |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 25, 1971 Location: Bloomington, MN Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 49784 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 60 F Humidty: 81% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore ColtsBAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BAL | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dave Osborn 2 run (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 32 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Baltimore ColtsBAL | Jim O'Brien 40 FG | 3 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||
| Offense | ||
| 33 | WR | Eddie Hinton |
| 27 | WR | Ray Perkins |
| 72 | LOT | Bob Vogel |
| 62 | LOG | Glenn Ressler |
| 50 | C | Bill Curry |
| 75 | ROG | John Williams |
| 71 | ROT | Dan Sullivan |
| 84 | TE | Tom Mitchell |
| 15 | QB | Earl Morrall |
| 36 | RB | Norm Bulaich |
| 41 | RB | Tom Matte |
| Defense | ||
| 78 | LDE | Bubba Smith |
| 81 | LDT | Billy Newsome |
| 76 | RDT | Fred Miller |
| 85 | RDE | Roy Hilton |
| 56 | LLB | Ray May |
| 32 | MLB | Mike Curtis |
| 82 | RLB | Ted Hendricks |
| 47 | LCB | Charlie Stukes |
| 20 | LS | Jerry Logan |
| 21 | RS | Rick Volk |
| 35 | RCB | Jim Duncan |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Al Denson |
| 27 | WR | Bob Grim |
| 71 | LOT | Doug Davis |
| 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 |
| 30 | FB | Bill Brown |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Norm Bulaich | 18 | 83 | 4.6 | 40 | 0 |
| Tom Matte | 13 | 30 | 2.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Don Nottingham | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Willie Richardson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dave Osborn | 13 | 42 | 3.2 | 8 | 1 |
| Oscar Reed | 8 | 17 | 2.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 3 | 0 |
| Gary Cuozzo | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Earl Morrall | 27 | 16 | 59.3 | 3 | 148 | 5.5 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 34.7 |
| Johnny Unitas | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 25 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 72.9 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 1 | 110 | 7.3 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 43.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||||||||
| Norm Bulaich | 6 | 62 | 10.3 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Matte | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Tom Matte | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| Willie Richardson | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| Ray Perkins | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 23 | 0 | ||||||
| Tom Mitchell | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| Eddie Hinton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| John Mackey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Stu Voigt | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 | ||||||
| Al Denson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 | ||||||
| Oscar Reed | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Brown | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 | ||||||
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | |||||
| Jerry Logan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ed Sharockman | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Karl Kassulke | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Rick Volk | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Tom Curtis | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Colts | ||||||
| Charlie Pittman | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 | |
| Charlie West | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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