| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons (0-1-0) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Minnesota Vikings (1-0-0) | 3 | 28 | 3 | 13 | 47 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Metropolitan Stadium |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 73 degrees, relative humidity 58%, wind 13 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| ATL | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vikings | Fred Cox 43 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | Vikings | Bill Martin 15 yard pass from Joe Kapp (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 10 |
| Vikings | Bill Brown 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 17 | |
| Vikings | Bill Brown 37 yard pass from Joe Kapp (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 24 | |
| Vikings | Tom Hall 21 yard pass from Joe Kapp (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 31 | |
| 3rd | Falcons | Brendan McCarthy 1 yard rush (Bob Etter kick) | 7 | 31 |
| Vikings | Fred Cox 35 yard field goal | 7 | 34 | |
| 4th | Vikings | Jim Lindsey 2 yard rush (kick failed) | 7 | 40 |
| Vikings | Bill Brown 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 47 |
| ATL | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-81-1 | 41-186-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 16-35-182-0-1 | 19-23-232-3-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-29 | 1-14 |
| Net pass yards | 153 | 218 |
| Total yards | 234 | 404 |
| Fumbles-lost | 4-3 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-106 | 6-66 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Randy Johnson | ATL | 15 | 28 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry Simmons | ATL | 4 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brendan McCarthy | ATL | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Charlie Bryant | ATL | 7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Perry Lee Dunn | ATL | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ray Ogden | ATL | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Long | ATL | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Harmon Wages | ATL | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Paul Flatley | ATL | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Lemmerman | ATL | 1 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Joe Kapp | MIN | 16 | 20 | 191 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 15 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 65 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Clint Jones | MIN | 17 | 101 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Martin | MIN | 3 | 41 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tom Hall | MIN | 2 | 34 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gene Washington | MIN | 4 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Art Powell | MIN | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | MIN | 3 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Beasley | MIN | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Earl Denny | MIN | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Oscar Reed | MIN | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Goodridge | MIN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Lindsey | MIN | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Charlie Bryant | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Nick Rassas | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Philip Spiller | ATL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Karl Kassulke | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie West | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bob Etter | ATL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Billy Lothridge | ATL | 6 | 284 | 47.3 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Fred Cox | MIN | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Martin | MIN | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 0 | ||||