| Minnesota Vikings at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 31, 1971 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 62829 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 60 F Humidty: 78% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| New York Giants | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Giants | Pete Gogolak 37 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Dave Osborn 2 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Charlie Evans 3 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 37 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Bob Grim 55 pass from Norm Snead (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 10 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bob Grim | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 1 | |
| Clint Jones | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Lindsey | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Gary Cuozzo | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ron Johnson | 20 | 89 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Charlie Evans | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 1 | |
| Tucker Frederickson | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Rocky Thompson | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 1 | 93 | 3.4 | 0 | 38.0 | |||
| Norm Snead | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 87 | 14.5 | 1 | 149.3 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 30 | 20 | 66.7 | 0 | 144 | 4.8 | 0 | 77.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Al Denson | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 1 | |
| Jim Lindsey | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bob Tucker | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 0 | |
| Ron Johnson | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Rich Houston | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Rocky Thompson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Willie Williams | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bob Lee | 8 | 328 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 9 | 399 | 44.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | ||
| Clint Jones | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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