| Minnesota Vikings at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1973 Location: New Haven, CT |
| Venue: Yale Bowl Attendance: 70041 |
| Weather: Light Freezing Rain Temp: 30 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Oscar Reed 9 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 22 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Terry Brown 63 interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bill Brown 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 24 | 0 |
| 4 | New York GiantsNYG | Ron Johnson 16 pass from Randy Johnson (Pete Gogolak kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ed Marinaro 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 31 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Bob Grim |
| 85 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 52 | LOT | John Hill |
| 62 | LOG | Dick Enderle |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 65 | ROG | Mark Ellison |
| 63 | ROT | Doug Van Horn |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 16 | QB | Norm Snead |
| 30 | RB | Ron Johnson |
| 23 | RB | Johnny Roland |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Carter Campbell |
| 68 | LDT | Dan Goich |
| 77 | RDT | Rich Glover |
| 75 | RDE | Larry Jacobson |
| 51 | LLB | John Douglas |
| 58 | MLB | Jimmy Files |
| 55 | RLB | Brian Kelley |
| 45 | LCB | Pete Athas |
| 44 | LS | Richmond Flowers |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dave Osborn | 9 | 72 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 10 | 1 |
| Ed Marinaro | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| Oscar Reed | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 1 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Berry | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ron Johnson | 23 | 90 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Vin Clements | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Johnny Roland | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 0 | 130 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100.3 | |
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 2 | 65 | 4.3 | 0 | 13.9 | |||
| Randy Johnson | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 0 | 89 | 6.8 | 1 | 88.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Gary Ballman | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Lash | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Carroll Dale | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ed Marinaro | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Don Herrmann | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| Ron Johnson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| Johnny Roland | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Vin Clements | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Terry Brown | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63t | 1 |
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Chuck Crist | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Pete Athas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jack Rizzo | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 0 | ||
| Rich Houston | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Joe Orduna | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| New York Giants | |
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