| Minnesota Vikings at New York Giants Game Statistics |
| Date: October 31, 1971 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Yankee Stadium Attendance: 62829 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 60 F Humidty: 78% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| New York GiantsNYG | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NYG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York GiantsNYG | Pete Gogolak 37 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dave Osborn 2 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | New York GiantsNYG | Charlie Evans 3 run (Pete Gogolak kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 37 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bob Grim 55 pass from Norm Snead (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 86 | WR | Al Denson |
| 27 | WR | Bob Grim |
| 71 | LOT | Doug Davis |
| 62 | LOG | Ed White |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 64 | ROG | Milt Sunde |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 15 | QB | Gary Cuozzo |
| 41 | HB | Dave Osborn |
| 30 | FB | Bill Brown |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 77 | LDT | Gary Larsen |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 56 | MLB | Carl Gersbach |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 40 | LCB | Charlie West |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 45 | RCB | Ed Sharockman |
| New York Giants | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 84 | WR | Rich Houston |
| 65 | LOT | Willie Young |
| 70 | LOG | Bob Hyland |
| 53 | C | Greg Larson |
| 63 | ROG | Doug Van Horn |
| 61 | ROT | Charlie Harper |
| 38 | TE | Bob Tucker |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 30 | RB | Ron Johnson |
| 40 | RB | Joe Morrison |
| Offense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Henry Reed |
| 73 | LDT | Jim Kanicki |
| 76 | RDT | Roland Lakes |
| 89 | RDE | Fred Dryer |
| 58 | LLB | Jimmy Files |
| 67 | MLB | Ron Hornsby |
| 51 | RLB | John Douglas |
| 21 | LCB | Otto Brown |
| 20 | LS | Scott Eaton |
| 43 | RS | Carl Lockhart |
| 41 | RCB | Willie Williams |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bob Grim | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 1 | |
| Clint Jones | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Jim Lindsey | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Gary Cuozzo | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ron Johnson | 20 | 89 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Charlie Evans | 7 | 15 | 2.1 | 1 | |
| Tucker Frederickson | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Rocky Thompson | 4 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 1 | 93 | 3.4 | 0 | 38.0 | |||
| Norm Snead | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 87 | 14.5 | 1 | 149.3 | |||
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 30 | 20 | 66.7 | 0 | 144 | 4.8 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 77.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Al Denson | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 1 | |
| Jim Lindsey | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Gene Washington | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Bob Tucker | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 0 | |
| Don Herrmann | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ron Johnson | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Rich Houston | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Morrison | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Rocky Thompson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| New York Giants | |||||
| Willie Williams | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bob Lee | 8 | 328 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 9 | 399 | 44.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Carl Lockhart | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | ||
| Clint Jones | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rocky Thompson | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bobby Duhon | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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