| Minnesota Vikings at San Francisco 49ers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 16, 1972 Location: San Francisco, CA |
| Venue: Candlestick Park Attendance: 61214 |
| Weather: Light Rain Temp: 42 F Humidty: 86% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| San Francisco 49ers | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | SF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Ed Marinaro 18 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers | Bruce Gossett 14 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers | Bruce Gossett 37 FG | 7 | 6 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 43 FG | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | John Gilliam 31 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 6 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers | Gene Washington 24 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 17 | 13 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers | Dick Witcher 2 pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick) | 17 | 20 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Ed Marinaro | 16 | 70 | 4.4 | 0 | |
| MIN | Bill Brown | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 11 | 0 |
| MIN | Oscar Reed | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | John Gilliam | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Mike Eischeid | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| SF | Larry Schreiber | 12 | 67 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| SF | Vic Washington | 10 | 43 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| SF | Ken Willard | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 16 | 0 |
| SF | John Isenbarger | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| SF | Jimmy Thomas | 4 | 7 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 25 | 11 | 44.0 | 2 | 144 | 5.8 | 2 | 56.1 | |||
| SF | John Brodie | 15 | 10 | 66.7 | 2 | 165 | 11.0 | 2 | 103.5 | |||
| SF | Steve Spurrier | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 3 | 76 | 5.4 | 0 | 26.8 | |||
| SF | John Isenbarger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | John Gilliam | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 1 | |
| MIN | Bill Brown | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 31 | 0 |
| MIN | Ed Marinaro | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 1 | |
| MIN | Oscar Reed | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| SF | Gene Washington | 4 | 119 | 29.8 | 1 | |
| SF | Vic Washington | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| SF | Ted Kwalick | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| SF | Ken Willard | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 |
| SF | Larry Schreiber | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| SF | John Isenbarger | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| SF | Preston Riley | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| SF | Dick Witcher | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Paul Krause | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Jeff Siemon | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Charlie West | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| SF | Dave Wilcox | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| SF | Mike Simpson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| MIN | Mike Eischeid | 6 | 254 | 42.3 | 0 | |
| SF | Jim McCann | 3 | 116 | 38.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Charlie West | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| SF | Ralph McGill | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| SF | Bruce Taylor | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Clint Jones | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Jim Lindsey | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| SF | Vic Washington | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 0 | |
| SF | Frank Nunley | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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