| Buffalo Bills at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 3, 1971 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 47900 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 51 F Humidty: 68% Wind: 17 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 19 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BUF | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Dave Osborn 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 40 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Safety, Dennis Shaw tackled in end zone by Alan Page | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Norm Snead 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 19 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| O.J. Simpson | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Greg Jones | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dennis Shaw | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Wayne Patrick | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dave Osborn | 19 | 93 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| Clint Jones | 27 | 71 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Norm Snead | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | |
| Bill Brown | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||||||||
| Dennis Shaw | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 2 | 67 | 3.4 | 0 | 26.5 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 21 | 12 | 57.1 | 2 | 150 | 7.1 | 0 | 39.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Jim Braxton | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| O.J. Simpson | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Marlin Briscoe | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Jan White | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Ted Koy | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Haven Moses | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dave Osborn | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Edgar Chandler | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| John Pitts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Charlie West | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | |||||
| Spike Jones | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bob Lee | 4 | 123 | 30.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Alvin Wyatt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bills | ||||||
| Tim Beamer | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 0 | ||
| Alvin Wyatt | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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