| Chicago Bears at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: November 25, 1973 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 46430 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 39 F Humidty: 70% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 3 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CHIB | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 41 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mirro Roder 43 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 2 run (Fred Cox kick) | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mirro Roder 24 FG | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Gilliam 54 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fran Tarkenton 8 run (Fred Cox kick) | 6 | 24 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Gilliam 30 pass from Bob Berry (Fred Cox kick) | 6 | 31 |
| 4 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Earl Thomas 29 pass from Gary Huff (Mirro Roder kick) | 13 | 31 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 17 | WR | Ike Hill |
| 82 | WR | Earl Thomas |
| 65 | LOT | Randy Jackson |
| 61 | LOG | Glen Holloway |
| 52 | C | Rich Coady |
| 78 | ROG | Bob Newton |
| 74 | ROT | Bob Asher |
| 80 | TE | Craig Cotton |
| 10 | QB | Bobby Douglass |
| 35 | RB | Jim Harrison |
| 45 | RB | Joe Moore |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Tony McGee |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 60 | RDT | Wally Chambers |
| 89 | RDE | Mel Tom |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 57 | MLB | Don Rives |
| 53 | RLB | Gail Clark |
| 32 | LCB | Charlie Ford |
| 25 | LS | Craig Clemons |
| 44 | RS | Garry Lyle |
| 48 | RCB | Allan Ellis |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | WR | Carroll Dale |
| 42 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 62 | LOG | Ed White |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 64 | ROG | Milt Sunde |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 44 | RB | Chuck Foreman |
| 32 | RB | Oscar Reed |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 77 | LDT | Gary Larsen |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 55 | LLB | Amos Martin |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Joe Moore | 24 | 75 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Bobby Douglass | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 0 | |
| Gary Kosins | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Harrison | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Oscar Reed | 12 | 97 | 8.1 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 9 | 1 |
| Brent McClanahan | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 1 | 42 | 3.5 | 0 | 9.7 | |||
| Gary Huff | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 0 | 65 | 8.1 | 1 | 138.0 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 15 | 11 | 73.3 | 0 | 161 | 10.7 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 130.1 | |
| Bob Berry | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 50 | 16.7 | 1 | 149.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Ike Hill | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Earl Thomas | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 1 | |
| Craig Cotton | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Roger Lawson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Harrison | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| John Gilliam | 5 | 139 | 27.8 | 2 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Oscar Reed | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Doug Kingsriter | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Carroll Dale | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 4 | 157 | 39.3 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ike Hill | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Bryant | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | ||
| Charlie West | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ike Hill | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | ||
| Bob Parsons | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Craig Cotton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Chicago Bears | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
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