| Minnesota Vikings at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1973 Location: New Haven, CT |
| Venue: New Haven Attendance: 70041 |
| Weather: Light Freezing Rain Temp: 30 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| New York Giants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Oscar Reed 9 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 22 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Terry Brown 63 interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Bill Brown 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 24 | 0 |
| 4 | New York Giants | Ron Johnson 16 pass from Randy Johnson (Pete Gogolak kick) | 24 | 7 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Ed Marinaro 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 31 | 7 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Dave Osborn | 9 | 72 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Bill Brown | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 10 | 1 |
| MIN | Ed Marinaro | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| MIN | Oscar Reed | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 1 | |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman | 9 | 16 | 1.8 | 6 | 0 |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| MIN | Bob Berry | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| MIN | John Gilliam | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| NYG | Ron Johnson | 23 | 90 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| NYG | Vin Clements | 6 | 14 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| NYG | Johnny Roland | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 14 | 10 | 71.4 | 0 | 130 | 9.3 | 0 | 100.3 | |||
| NYG | Norm Snead | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 2 | 65 | 4.3 | 0 | 13.9 | |||
| NYG | Randy Johnson | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 0 | 89 | 6.8 | 1 | 88.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 |
| MIN | Gary Ballman | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Stu Voigt | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Jim Lash | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| MIN | John Gilliam | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| MIN | Carroll Dale | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| MIN | Ed Marinaro | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| NYG | Bob Grim | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Bob Tucker | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 0 | |
| NYG | Ron Johnson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 1 | |
| NYG | Johnny Roland | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| NYG | Vin Clements | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Terry Brown | 1 | 63 | 63.0 | 63t | 1 |
| MIN | Bobby Bryant | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| MIN | Mike Eischeid | 3 | 106 | 35.3 | 0 | |
| NYG | Tom Blanchard | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Chuck Crist | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| NYG | Pete Athas | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| NYG | Jack Rizzo | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 0 | |
| NYG | Rich Houston | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| NYG | Joe Orduna | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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