| Cleveland Browns at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: November 4, 1973 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 46722 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 30 F Humidty: 46% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 27 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 16 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 23 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 33 FG | 3 | 9 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Oscar Reed 3 run (Fred Cox kick) | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Stu Voigt 7 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 41 FG | 3 | 26 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 25 | WR | Frank Pitts |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 66 | LOG | Gene Hickerson |
| 64 | C | Jim Copeland |
| 65 | ROG | John Demarie |
| 78 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 15 | QB | Mike Phipps |
| 30 | RB | Ken Brown |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Joe Jones |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 81 | RDE | Nick Roman |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 60 | MLB | Bob Babich |
| 50 | RLB | John Garlington |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 29 | LS | Walt Sumner |
| 27 | RS | Thom Darden |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Carroll Dale |
| 42 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 62 | LOG | Ed White |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 72 | ROG | John Ward |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 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 |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 23 | LS | Jeff Wright |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ken Brown | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Mike Phipps | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy LeFear | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Hugh McKinnis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Cockroft | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Oscar Reed | 22 | 79 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 15 | 48 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 5 | 33 | 6.6 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Berry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 20 | 10 | 50.0 | 2 | 82 | 4.1 | 0 | 21.2 | |||
| Don Horn | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 70.1 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 0 | 166 | 7.5 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 97.9 | |
| Bob Berry | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 | 56.2 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Frank Pitts | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Brown | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Milt Morin | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Gloster Richardson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Billy LeFear | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ed Marinaro | 6 | 65 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 1 | |
| John Gilliam | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | |
| Carroll Dale | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Oscar Reed | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Jeff Siemon | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 7 | 232 | 33.1 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Billy LeFear | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Bryant | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Steve Holden | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | ||
| Mel Long | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 | |
| Billy LeFear | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Doug Dieken | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
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