| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: October 7, 1973 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 49544 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 67 F Humidty: 52% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Detroit Lions | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Ed Marinaro 12 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Ed Marinaro 8 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 37 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 15 FG | 14 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 38 FG | 17 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 37 FG | 20 | 6 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 33 FG | 20 | 9 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 27 FG | 23 | 9 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman | 16 | 114 | 7.1 | 26 | 0 |
| MIN | Oscar Reed | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| MIN | Ed Marinaro | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Brent McClanahan | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Mel Farr | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| DET | Altie Taylor | 12 | 29 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| DET | Larry Walton | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| DET | Greg Landry | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| DET | Ron Jessie | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| DET | Bill Munson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 24 | 17 | 70.8 | 2 | 199 | 8.3 | 2 | 88.7 | |||
| DET | Greg Landry | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 3 | 110 | 4.6 | 0 | 30.2 | |||
| DET | Bill Munson | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 0 | 21 | 3.0 | 0 | 62.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | John Gilliam | 5 | 79 | 15.8 | 0 | |
| MIN | Ed Marinaro | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 2 | |
| MIN | Carroll Dale | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 16 | 0 |
| MIN | Oscar Reed | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Stu Voigt | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| DET | Mel Farr | 11 | 85 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| DET | Altie Taylor | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Charlie Sanders | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| DET | Larry Walton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Jeff Siemon | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| MIN | Paul Krause | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| MIN | Nate Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Levi Johnson | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| MIN | Mike Eischeid | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 0 | |
| DET | Herman Weaver | 2 | 109 | 54.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Bobby Bryant | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| DET | Lem Barney | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Brent McClanahan | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| MIN | Oscar Reed | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| MIN | John Gilliam | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| DET | Dick Jauron | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | |
| DET | Al Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| DET | Willie Germany | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| DET | Ken Sanders | 1.3 |
| DET | Larry Hand | 1.3 |
| DET | Ernie Price | 0.3 |
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