| Washington Redskins at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: September 18, 1972 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 47900 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 70 F Humidty: 73% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | WAS | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Bill Malinchak 16 blocked punt recovery (Curt Knight kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Clint Jones 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Curt Knight 30 FG | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Gilliam 11 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Larry Brown 3 run (Curt Knight kick) | 17 | 14 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Charley Harraway 9 run (Curt Knight kick) | 24 | 14 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Bill Brown 4 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 24 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Roy Jefferson |
| 42 | WR | Charley Taylor |
| 75 | LOT | Terry Hermeling |
| 73 | LOG | Paul Laaveg |
| 56 | C | Len Hauss |
| 60 | ROG | John Wilbur |
| 76 | ROT | Walt Rock |
| 87 | TE | Jerry Smith |
| 17 | QB | Billy Kilmer |
| 43 | RB | Larry Brown |
| 31 | RB | Charley Harraway |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Ron McDole |
| 64 | LDT | Manny Sistrunk |
| 72 | RDT | Diron Talbert |
| 89 | RDE | Verlon Biggs |
| 32 | LLB | Jack Pardee |
| 53 | MLB | Harold McLinton |
| 55 | RLB | Chris Hanburger |
| 37 | LCB | Pat Fischer |
| 16 | LS | Richie Petitbon |
| 22 | RS | Rosey Taylor |
| 41 | RCB | Mike Bass |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 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 |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 26 | RB | Clint Jones |
| 32 | RB | Oscar Reed |
| Offense | ||
| 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 |
| 45 | LCB | Ed Sharockman |
| 29 | LS | Karl Kassulke |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Larry Brown | 21 | 105 | 5.0 | 37 | 1 |
| Charley Harraway | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 1 | |
| Billy Kilmer | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Oscar Reed | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 21 | 66 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 10 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Billy Kilmer | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 1 | 57 | 3.4 | 0 | 25.9 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 31 | 18 | 58.1 | 0 | 233 | 7.5 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 103.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Roy Jefferson | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Charley Taylor | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Larry Brown | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bill Brown | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | 14 | 1 |
| John Gilliam | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 1 | |
| Gene Washington | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 0 | |
| John Beasley | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Clint Jones | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Oscar Reed | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Karl Kassulke | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Mike Bragg | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 4 | 123 | 30.8 | 1 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Ted Vactor | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | ||
| Speedy Duncan | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Charlie West | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Speedy Duncan | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Tillman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Clint Jones | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
| Charlie West | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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