| Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 19, 1971 Location: Chicago, IL Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 55049 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 42 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dave Osborn 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 25 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bob Grim 6 pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mac Percival 22 FG | 17 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bob Grim 40 pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick) | 24 | 3 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Dick Gordon 6 pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick) | 24 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 39 FG | 27 | 10 |
| 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 |
| 19 | QB | Bob Lee |
| 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 |
| 20 | LCB | Bobby Bryant |
| 40 | LS | Charlie West |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | George Farmer |
| 45 | WR | Dick Gordon |
| 65 | LOT | Randy Jackson |
| 61 | LOG | Glen Holloway |
| 52 | C | Rich Coady |
| 78 | ROG | Bob Newton |
| 73 | ROT | Steve Wright |
| 89 | TE | Bob Wallace |
| 16 | QB | Kent Nix |
| 49 | RB | Joe Moore |
| 34 | RB | Bill Tucker |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Willie Holman |
| 67 | LDT | George Seals |
| 76 | RDT | Bill Staley |
| 87 | RDE | Ed O'Bradovich |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus |
| 31 | RLB | Ross Brupbacher |
| 32 | LCB | Charlie Ford |
| 48 | LS | Ron Smith |
| 18 | RS | Jerry Moore |
| 20 | RCB | Joe Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Clint Jones | 14 | 90 | 6.4 | 42 | 0 |
| Oscar Reed | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Lindsey | 5 | 12 | 2.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Norm Snead | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Lee | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 6 | -2 | -0.3 | 4 | 1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Joe Moore | 15 | 45 | 3.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Douglass | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Harrison | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Tucker | 8 | 15 | 1.9 | 4 | 0 |
| Kent Nix | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 39.6 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 1 | 147 | 6.4 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.7 |
| Kent Nix | 17 | 6 | 35.3 | 1 | 59 | 3.5 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.4 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bob Grim | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 40t | 2 |
| Bob Brown | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Gene Washington | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 51 | 0 |
| John Henderson | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Clint Jones | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| George Farmer | 7 | 128 | 18.3 | 64 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Bob Wallace | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Harrison | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Tucker | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Charlie West | 1 | 89 | 89.0 | 89 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Bob Lee | 6 | 256 | 42.7 | 50 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Lee | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 0 | 271 | 12.3 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 133.0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 8 | 313 | 39.1 | 60 | 0 | ||||||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 1 | 2 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Cecil Turner | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 37 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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