| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 24, 1972 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 54418 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 74 F Humidty: 76% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 34 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 36 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 35 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dave Osborn 14 run (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Gilliam 40 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 37 FG | 20 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dave Osborn 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 27 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dave Osborn 13 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 34 | 3 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Altie Taylor 3 run (Errol Mann kick) | 34 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 84 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 62 | LOG | Ed White |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 64 | ROG | Milt Sunde |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 87 | TE | John Beasley |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 26 | RB | Clint Jones |
| 32 | RB | Oscar Reed |
| 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 |
| 40 | LCB | Charlie West |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Al Barnes |
| 89 | WR | Ron Jessie |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 87 | TE | Craig Cotton |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 36 | RB | Steve Owens |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 70 | LDT | Larry Woods |
| 84 | RDT | Joe Schmiesing |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 44 | RS | Dick LeBeau |
| 46 | RCB | Rudy Redmond |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dave Osborn | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 2 | |
| Oscar Reed | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 10 | 21 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Steve Owens | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 1 | |
| Greg Landry | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Munson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 15 | 8 | 53.3 | 0 | 158 | 10.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 130.0 | |
| Bob Lee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 25 | 14 | 56.0 | 1 | 89 | 3.6 | 0 | 46.9 | |||
| Greg Landry | 15 | 3 | 20.0 | 3 | 39 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| John Gilliam | 4 | 109 | 27.3 | 1 | |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Steve Owens | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| John Hilton | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Al Barnes | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Earl McCullouch | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Craig Cotton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Roy Winston | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Karl Kassulke | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Lonnie Warwick | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | ||
| Larry Walton | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie West | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Mickey Zofko | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 0 | ||
| Ron Jessie | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Detroit Lions | |
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