| Minnesota Vikings at Denver Broncos |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: October 15, 1972 Location: Denver, CO Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 51656 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 75 F Humidty: 24% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 40 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 9 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 36 pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 30 FG | 9 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bill Brown 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 16 | 7 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 27 run (Jim Turner kick) | 16 | 14 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 2 run (run failed) | 16 | 20 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Gene Washington 31 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 23 | 20 |
| 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 |
| 41 | RB | Dave Osborn |
| 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 |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Rod Sherman |
| 80 | WR | Jerry Simmons |
| 78 | LOT | Marv Montgomery |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 59 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 64 | ROG | Mike Schnitker |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 81 | TE | Billy Masters |
| 10 | QB | Steve Ramsey |
| 11 | RB | Bobby Anderson |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Offense | ||
| 65 | LDE | Lloyd Voss |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 55 | RDT | Pete Duranko |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 58 | LLB | Billy McKoy |
| 52 | MLB | Fred Forsberg |
| 54 | RLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 23 | RS | Steve Preece |
| 21 | RCB | Randy Montgomery |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 21 | 11 | 7 | 3 | / | / | 4 | 30 | 2 | 1 | |
| DEN | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | / | / | 5 | 73 | 2 | 0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Oscar Reed | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 10 | 42 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 31 | 128 | 4.1 | 1 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 18 | 100 | 5.6 | 27 | 2 |
| Bobby Anderson | 14 | 58 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Steve Ramsey | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 161 | 4.9 | 2 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 30 | 19 | 63.3 | 0 | 182 | 6.1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 91.2 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 19 | 63.3 | 0 | 182 | 6.1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 91.2 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | 22 | 12 | 54.5 | 1 | 164 | 7.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74.8 | |
| Steve Ramsey | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 11 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 2 | 175 | 6.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 56.9 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Oscar Reed | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 1 | |
| Dave Osborn | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| John Beasley | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ed Marinaro | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 182 | 9.6 | 1 | |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Rod Sherman | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 0 | |
| Bobby Anderson | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Jerry Simmons | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 36 | 1 |
| Riley Odoms | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 175 | 11.7 | 1 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Paul Krause | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 0 | |||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 4 | 196 | 49.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 196 | 49.0 | ||
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 5 | 253 | 50.6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 5 | 253 | 50.6 | ||
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Bryant | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Mike Simone | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Charlie West | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Joe Dawkins | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Randy Montgomery | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Team Totals | 0.0 |
| Denver Broncos | |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |