| New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: November 5, 1972 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 49784 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 53 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 37 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Oscar Reed 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 29 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Beasley 9 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 32 FG | 0 | 20 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 14 FG | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bill Brown 3 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 3 | 27 |
| 4 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Charlie Durkee 36 FG | 6 | 27 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 45 FG | 6 | 30 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Gilliam 2 pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick) | 6 | 37 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 46 | WR | Danny Abramowicz |
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 76 | LOT | Don Morrison |
| 77 | LOG | Carl Johnson |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 66 | ROG | Royce Smith |
| 78 | ROT | Glen Ray Hines |
| 36 | TE | Bob Brown |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 38 | RB | Bill Butler |
| 35 | RB | Bob Gresham |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Richard Neal |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 74 | RDT | Doug Mooers |
| 72 | RDE | Joe Owens |
| 54 | LLB | Tom Roussel |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 29 | LCB | Billie Hayes |
| 23 | LS | Doug Wyatt |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 20 | RCB | Delles Howell |
| 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 |
| 49 | RB | Ed Marinaro |
| 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 |
| 50 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 40 | LCB | Charlie West |
| 23 | LS | Jeff Wright |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Archie Manning | 9 | 73 | 8.1 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | |
| Jim Strong | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Joe Williams | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Oscar Reed | 16 | 93 | 5.8 | 1 | |
| Bill Brown | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ed Marinaro | 8 | 14 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 35 | 19 | 54.3 | 3 | 155 | 4.4 | 0 | 30.1 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 26 | 19 | 73.1 | 1 | 178 | 6.8 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 101.1 | |
| Bob Lee | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 0 | 75 | 15.0 | 1 | 143.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Danny Abramowicz | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Brown | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Strong | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Newland | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Gresham | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Margene Adkins | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Creston Whitaker | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Butler | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| John Gilliam | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 1 | |
| John Beasley | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 1 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Lindsey | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Roussel | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Jeff Wright | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| Charlie West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Julian Fagan | 4 | 192 | 48.0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tommy Myers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Margene Adkins | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 0 | ||
| Joe Williams | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bill Butler | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| John Gilliam | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 0 | ||
| Charlie West | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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