1972 Minnesota Vikings 8-6 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot 1972 Minnesota 60 116 56 54 0 286 Opponent 70 86 33 95 0 284 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 286 284 0-1 28 Washington 42 59ø 0-10 First Downs 234 244 0-2 24 @Detroit 27 67ø 5-15 Rain Rush 76 108 1-2 20 Miami 14 79ø 0-10 Pass 149 122 2-2 34 St. Louis 10 24ø 5-15 Pen 9 14 2-3 17 @Denver 28 57ø Penalties 54 75 3-3 40 @Chicago 7 50ø 5-15 Rain Yards 420 547 4-3 13 @Green Bay 10 57ø 0-5 Rain 4-4 10 New Orleans 20 54ø 0-10 Rushing Att 410 456 5-4 20 Detroit 10 32ø 0-10 Yards 1354 1986 6-4 14 @Los Angeles 3 57ø Ave 3.3 4.4 6-5 7 @Pittsburgh 51 36ø 0-5 Rain TD 11 16 7-5 30 Chicago 14 36ø 0-5 8-5 9 Green Bay 7 32ø 0-10 Passing Att 384 325 8-6 20 @San Francisco 41 58ø 15-25 Comp 227 162 % 59.1 49.8 Int 11 18 % 2.9 5.5 TD 18 14 % 4.7 4.3 Yards 3043 2228 Sacked 26 36 Punt Return 33 35 Yards 179 286 Ave 5.4 8.2 Kick Return 59 66 Yards 1322 1500 Ave 22.4 22.7 Punts 67 62 Yards 2775 2678 Ave 41.4 43.2 FG Att 34 25 Made 23 13 % 67.6 52.0 Third Downs 180 176 Made 67 80 % 37.2 45.5 Fourth Downs 8 7 Made 3 3 % 37.5 42.9 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 24 24 Lost 9 11 Turnovers 20 29 Net Offense 4204 3991 Per Play 5.1 4.9 1972 Minnesota Vikings Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Reed 159 555 3.5 10 34 18 5 Gilliam 50 8 1045 20.9 15 40 83 7 Osborn 60 207 3.5 3 9 12 0 Reed 35 7 302 8.6 2 13 39 2 Marinaro 73 200 2.7 1 8 11 0 Marinaro 31 3 292 9.4 1 16 26 0 Brown,B 54 152 2.8 3 14 11 5 Beasley 31 3 380 12.3 0 23 24 0 Tarkenton 27 132 4.9 6 5 15 0 Brown 22 2 223 10.1 2 14 30 3 Jones,C 31 55 1.8 1 2 10 1 Washington 20 2 286 14.3 2 18 31 1 Gilliam,J 4 47 11.8 4 4 14 0 Osborn 15 0 157 10.5 0 11 22 2 Lindsey 2 6 3.0 0 0 6 0 Henderson 11 0 238 21.6 3 7 86 2 410 1354 3.3 28 76 18 11 Voigt 7 2 85 12.1 0 5 18 1 Jones 3 0 25 8.3 0 2 16 0 Tarkenton 1 0 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 Sunde 1 0 4 4.0 0 0 4 0 Yary 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 227 28 3043 13.4 25 149 86 18 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Tarkenton 376 225 59.8 3017 13.4 86 29 25 11 2.9 26 18 4.8 89.2 Lee 8 2 25.0 26 13.0 15 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 40.6 384 227 59.1 3043 13.4 86 29 25 11 2.9 26 18 4.7 88.1 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Cox 31 31 100.0 34 23 67.6 14.3 0.0 42 100 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Eischeid 67 2775 56 7 0 13 35 286 35.1 41.4 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Jones,C 13 381 29.3 51 0 Bryant 12 10 35 2.9 9 0 Gilliam,J 19 498 26.2 48 0 West 21 3 144 6.9 17 0 West 11 231 21.0 33 0 33 13 179 5.4 17 0 Bryant 3 47 15.7 24 0 Brown,B 7 96 13.7 18 0 Lindsey 5 64 12.8 17 0 Davis 2 5 2.5 5 0 59 1322 22.4 51 0 Fumbles Osborn 5 Reed 4 Tarkento 2 Beasley 1 Alderman 1 West 1 Marinaro 4 Gilliam, 3 Lindsey 1 Bryant 1 Henderso 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Eller 14 Page 13 Eller 8 Siemon 9 Eller 6 Yary 3 Page 7 Marshall 8 Page 7 Krause,P 6 Siemon 4 Eller 2 Marshall 6 Eller 5 Siemon 7 Hilgenbe 6 Hilgenbe 3 Gilliam, 2 Larsen 4 Larsen 2 Larsen 6 Winston 5 Page 2 Krause,P 2 Winston 3 Marshall 5 Wright,J 3 Bryant 2 Tingleho 2 Hilgenbe 2 Winston 4 Page 2 Martin,A 1 White 2 Hilgenbe 3 Bryant 2 Gersbach 1 Beasley 2 Krause,P 2 West 2 Sharockm 1 Larsen 1 Kassulke 1 Eller 2 Demery 1 Marinaro 1 Lurtsema 1 Marshall 2 Tingleho 1 Osborn 1 Bryant 1 Martin,A 1 Washingt 1 Page 1 Wright,J 1 Larsen 1 West 1 Sharockm 1 Kassulke 1 Siemon 1 Hilgenbe 1 Warwick 1 Washingt 1 Kassulke 1 Alderman 1 Tackles Eller 76 Siemon 57 Wright,J 20 Martin,A 12 Tingleho 7 Bryant 69 Hilgenbe 55 Kassulke 19 Sharockm 11 Sutherla 7 Krause,P 69 Marshall 53 Lurtsema 17 Warwick 11 Wright,N 7 Winston 63 West 49 Gersbach 14 Brown,T 9 Lindsey 4 Page 59 Larsen 44 Washingt 13 Demery 9 Sunde 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Bryant 4 60 15.0 31 1 Krause,P 4 125 31.3 55 1 Siemon 3 33 11.0 14 0 West 2 16 8.0 16 0 Winston 2 29 14.5 19 0 Wright,J 2 97 48.5 49 0 Hilgenber 1 9 9.0 9 0 18 369 20.5 55 2 1972 Minnesota Vikings Coach: Bud Grant Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy Special QB Lee,Bob 1 O 2 1 QB Tarkenton,Fran 5 O 2 2 Skill Players BkR BkP Dur Att Yds Lg Ave Rec No Yds Lg Ave Special RB Reed,Oscar 2 1 5 151 639 43 4.2 5 30 205 37 6.8 RB Osborn,Dave 2 1 5 82 261 14 3.2 3 20 166 18 8.3 RB Brown,Bill 2 1 5 82 263 19 3.2 4 22 298 76 13.5 KR RB Marinaro,Ed 2 1 3 66 223 19 3.4 6 28 218 18 7.8 RB Jones,Clint 2 1 2 52 164 33 3.2 2 6 42 10 7.0 KR RB Lindsey,Jim 2 1 5 1 8 8 8.0 1 3 28 13 9.3 KR WR Gilliam,John 0 0 5 8 14 14 1.8 7 47 1035 66 22.0 KR WR Washington,Gene 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 4 18 259 39 14.4 WR Henderson,John 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.0 2 10 190 70 19.0 WR Demery,Calvin 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TE Beasley,John 4 2 5 0 0 0 0.0 5 28 232 18 8.3 TE Voigt,Stu 4 2 5 1 1 1 1.0 1 6 50 14 8.3 KR Lineman BkR BkP Dur Special C Tinglehoff,Mick 7 7 5 C Zaunbrecher,Godfrey 3 3 2 G White,Ed 5 5 5 G Ward,John 4 4 5 T Yary,Ron 10 10 5 T Alderman,Grady 4 4 5 T Davis,Doug 3 3 2 C-G Sunde,Milt 4 4 5 Defense Overall Run Pass Rush Dur Sacks Int Special DT Page,Alan 9 8 0 4 5 5 0 DT Larsen,Gary 5 5 0 1 5 2 0 DE Eller,Carl 9 6 0 8 5 8 0 DE Marshall,Jim 5 4 0 3 5 3 0 DE Ward,John 3 2 0 2 5 0 0 DL Sutherland,Doug 5 5 0 1 5 1 0 DL Lurtsema,Bob 5 5 0 1 5 1 0 ILB Siemon,Jeff 5 3 2 0 4 0 2 OLB Winston,Roy 5 3 2 0 4 0 3 OLB Hilgenberg,Wally 5 3 2 0 5 1 1 OLB Warwick,Lonnie 4 3 1 0 2 0 1 LB Gersbach,Carl 4 3 1 0 5 0 0 LB Martin,Amos 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 CB Bryant,Bobby 7 0 7 0 5 0 4 RET CB West,Charlie 6 0 6 0 5 0 3 RET CB Wright,Nate 5 0 5 0 5 0 2 CB Brown,Terry 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 S Krause,Paul 9 3 6 0 5 0 6 S Kassulke,Karl 6 2 4 0 3 0 2 S Wright,Jeff 5 2 3 0 4 0 2 DB Sharockman,Ed 4 1 3 0 2 0 0 Special Teams K Cox,Fred P Eischeid,Mike