| St. Louis Cardinals at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 8, 1972 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 49687 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 54 F Humidty: 47% Wind: 18 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | STL | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 27 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | St. Louis Cardinals | Jim Bakken 13 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Clint Jones 4 run (Fred Cox kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Ahmad Rashad 24 pass from Gary Cuozzo (run failed) | 12 | 7 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Gene Washington 4 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 12 | 14 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 37 FG | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | St. Louis Cardinals | Ahmad Rashad 24 pass from Gary Cuozzo (Jim Bakken kick) | 19 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| STL | Donny Anderson | 14 | 46 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| STL | Johnny Roland | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| STL | Leon Burns | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| STL | Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| STL | Tom Woodeshick | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| STL | Jackie Smith | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| STL | Jim Butler | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| MIN | Clint Jones | 16 | 68 | 4.3 | 1 | |
| MIN | Bill Brown | 13 | 47 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | |
| MIN | John Gilliam | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| MIN | Dave Osborn | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Oscar Reed | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Ed Marinaro | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| STL | Gary Cuozzo | 22 | 11 | 50.0 | 0 | 115 | 5.2 | 2 | 95.8 | |||
| STL | Donny Anderson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 1 | 124 | 5.4 | 1 | 75.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| STL | Walker Gillette | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 0 | |
| STL | Ahmad Rashad | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 2 | |
| STL | Jackie Smith | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| STL | Johnny Roland | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| MIN | Gene Washington | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 1 | |
| MIN | John Beasley | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Ed Marinaro | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Clint Jones | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | John Gilliam | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| MIN | Dave Osborn | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| MIN | Oscar Reed | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| STL | Mike McGill | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| STL | Donny Anderson | 6 | 233 | 38.8 | 0 | |
| MIN | Mike Eischeid | 6 | 242 | 40.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| STL | Larry Willingham | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| MIN | Charlie West | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| MIN | Bobby Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| STL | Larry Willingham | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | |
| STL | Jim Butler | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| MIN | Clint Jones | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Charlie West | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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