| St. Louis Cardinals at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1972 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 49687 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 54 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis CardinalsSTL | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 27 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Jim Bakken 13 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Clint Jones 4 run (Fred Cox kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Ahmad Rashad 24 pass from Gary Cuozzo (run failed) | 12 | 7 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Gene Washington 4 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 12 | 14 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 37 FG | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | St. Louis CardinalsSTL | Ahmad Rashad 24 pass from Gary Cuozzo (Jim Bakken kick) | 19 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Walker Gillette |
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 72 | LOT | Dan Dierdorf |
| 54 | LOG | Tom Banks |
| 50 | C | Wayne Mulligan |
| 64 | ROG | Bob Young |
| 73 | ROT | Ernie McMillan |
| 81 | TE | Jackie Smith |
| 15 | QB | Gary Cuozzo |
| 44 | RB | Donny Anderson |
| 38 | RB | Leon Burns |
| Defense | ||
| 86 | LDE | Don Brumm |
| 74 | LDT | Fred Heron |
| 75 | RDT | Bob Rowe |
| 62 | RDE | Marty Imhof |
| 67 | LLB | Larry Stallings |
| 56 | MLB | Mike McGill |
| 58 | RLB | Terry Miller |
| 20 | LCB | Miller Farr |
| 8 | LS | Larry Wilson |
| 22 | RS | Roger Wehrli |
| 43 | RCB | Norm Thompson |
| 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 |
| 41 | RB | Dave Osborn |
| 32 | RB | Oscar Reed |
| 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 |
| 40 | LCB | Charlie West |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Donny Anderson | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Johnny Roland | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Leon Burns | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Tom Woodeshick | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Jackie Smith | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Butler | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Clint Jones | 16 | 68 | 4.3 | 1 | |
| Bill Brown | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 0 | 115 | 5.2 | 2 | 95.8 | |||
| Donny Anderson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 1 | 124 | 5.4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 75.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Walker Gillette | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 2 | |
| Jackie Smith | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Roland | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Gene Washington | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 1 | |
| John Beasley | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Oscar Reed | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Mike McGill | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |||||
| Donny Anderson | 6 | 233 | 38.8 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 6 | 242 | 40.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Larry Willingham | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | ||||||
| Larry Willingham | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | ||
| Jim Butler | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie West | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
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