| Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: December 11, 1971 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 49784 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 18 F Humidty: 67% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 29 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Roy Winston 29 interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 35 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Clint Jones 3 run (Fred Cox kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 10 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Larry Walton 4 pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Safety, Herman Weaver punt blocked out of end zone by Alan Page | 10 | 19 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 32 FG | 10 | 22 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Jim Lindsey EZ blocked field goal recovery (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 29 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 68 | ROG | Frank Gallagher |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 87 | TE | Craig Cotton |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 36 | RB | Steve Owens |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 73 | LDT | Bob Bell |
| 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 |
| 47 | RS | Wayne Rasmussen |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| 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 |
| 26 | HB | Clint Jones |
| 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 |
| 59 | MLB | Lonnie Warwick |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 20 | LCB | Bobby Bryant |
| 40 | LS | Charlie West |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Steve Owens | 17 | 65 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Clint Jones | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 1 | |
| Oscar Reed | 6 | 28 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 16 | 9 | 56.3 | 1 | 107 | 6.7 | 1 | 71.6 | |||
| Greg Landry | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 2 | 42 | 2.6 | 0 | 6.2 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | 15 | 4 | 26.7 | 2 | 21 | 1.4 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Craig Cotton | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 1 | |
| Altie Taylor | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Oscar Reed | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Lem Barney | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Wayne Rasmussen | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ed Sharockman | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Roy Winston | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 5 | 144 | 28.8 | 1 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bob Lee | 6 | 245 | 40.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Ron Jessie | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Lem Barney | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | ||
| Bill Triplett | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Clint Jones | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
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