| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: November 1, 1970 Location: Detroit, MI |
| Venue: Tiger Stadium Attendance: 58210 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 51 F Humidty: 56% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 10 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 30 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Earl McCullouch 15 pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 27 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bobby Bryant 39 interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Larry Walton 13 pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bill Brown 6 pass from Gary Cuozzo (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Gene Washington 41 pass from Gary Cuozzo (Fred Cox kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 11 FG | 24 | 17 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 10 FG | 27 | 17 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 36 FG | 30 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Bob Grim |
| 84 | WR | Gene Washington |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 62 | LOG | Ed White |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 64 | ROG | Milt Sunde |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 87 | TE | John Beasley |
| 15 | QB | Gary Cuozzo |
| 30 | RB | Bill Brown |
| 41 | RB | Dave Osborn |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 77 | LDT | Gary Larsen |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 59 | MLB | Lonnie Warwick |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 20 | LCB | Bobby Bryant |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Earl McCullouch |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 73 | LOT | Roger Shoals |
| 63 | LOG | Chuck Walton |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 68 | ROG | Frank Gallagher |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 19 | QB | Bill Munson |
| 24 | RB | Mel Farr |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 71 | LDT | Alex Karras |
| 82 | RDT | Jerry Rush |
| 74 | RDE | Larry Hand |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 53 | MLB | Mike Lucci |
| 55 | RLB | Wayne Walker |
| 45 | LCB | Bobby Ray Williams |
| 28 | LS | Mike Weger |
| 47 | RS | Wayne Rasmussen |
| 44 | RCB | Dick LeBeau |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Dave Osborn | 27 | 88 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Gary Cuozzo | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Mel Farr | 17 | 44 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 8 | -2 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | 22 | 13 | 59.1 | 2 | 253 | 11.5 | 2 | 91.7 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Bill Munson | 24 | 11 | 45.8 | 3 | 138 | 5.8 | 2 | 52.4 | |||
| Greg Landry | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 0 | 53 | 6.6 | 0 | 92.2 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| John Henderson | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 1 | |
| John Beasley | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Altie Taylor | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 0 | |
| Mel Farr | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Earl McCullouch | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 1 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ed Sharockman | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Roy Winston | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dick LeBeau | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Mike Weger | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Tom McNeill | 2 | 92 | 46.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 7 | 295 | 42.1 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Nick Eddy | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Larry Walton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 0 | ||
| Oscar Reed | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Nick Eddy | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Ray Williams | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | ||
| Bruce Maxwell | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Detroit Lions | |
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