| Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 23, 1972 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 55701 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 44 F Humidty: 89% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Gilliam 44 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mac Percival 21 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Jim Harrison 4 pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 21 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mac Percival 20 FG | 10 | 13 |
| 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 |
| 23 | LS | Jeff Wright |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | George Farmer |
| 84 | WR | Jim Seymour |
| 65 | LOT | Randy Jackson |
| 61 | LOG | Glen Holloway |
| 52 | C | Rich Coady |
| 78 | ROG | Bob Newton |
| 74 | ROT | Bob Asher |
| 82 | TE | Earl Thomas |
| 10 | QB | Bobby Douglass |
| 35 | RB | Jim Harrison |
| 22 | RB | Cyril Pinder |
| Offense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Tony McGee |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 67 | RDT | Bill Line |
| 87 | RDE | Steve DeLong |
| 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 | |||||
| Bill Brown | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Jim Harrison | 31 | 103 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bobby Douglass | 11 | 66 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Cyril Pinder | 11 | 26 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 25 | 17 | 68.0 | 1 | 244 | 9.8 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 96.1 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 1 | 33 | 6.6 | 1 | 79.6 | |||
| Bobby Joe Green | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| John Beasley | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 1 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| John Henderson | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ed White | 0 | 3 | 3L | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Cecil Turner | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Seymour | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Harrison | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Nate Wright | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Dick Butkus | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 2 | 95 | 47.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Charlie West | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Chicago Bears | |
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