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Atlanta Falcons 7 at Minnesota Vikings 47

Saturday, September 14, 1968

Atlanta Falcons 7, Minnesota Vikings 47

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Atlanta Falcons (0-1-0)00707
Minnesota Vikings (1-0-0)32831347

Scoring

ATLMIN
1stMINFred Cox 43 yard field goal03
2ndMINBill Martin 15 yard pass from Joe Kapp (Fred Cox kick)010
MINBill Brown 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)017
MINBill Brown 37 yard pass from Joe Kapp (Fred Cox kick)024
MINTom Hall 21 yard pass from Joe Kapp (Fred Cox kick)031
3rdATLBrendan McCarthy 1 yard rush (Bob Etter kick)731
MINFred Cox 35 yard field goal734
4thMINJim Lindsey 2 yard rush (kick failed)740
MINBill Brown 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)747

Team Stats

ATLMIN
First downs1421
Rush-yards-TDs21-81-141-186-3
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT16-35-182-0-119-23-232-3-0
Sacked-yards4-291-14
Net pass yards153218
Total yards234404
Fumbles-lost4-33-2
Turnovers42
Penalties-yards7-1066-66

Rushing & Receiving

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

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R 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