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Detroit Lions 10 at Minnesota Vikings 24

Sunday, October 6, 1968

Detroit Lions 10, Minnesota Vikings 24

1234Final
Detroit Lions (2-2-0)300710
Minnesota Vikings (3-1-0)0731424

Scoring

DETMIN
1stDETJerry DePoyster 33 yard field goal30
2ndMINJim Lindsey 3 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)37
3rdMINFred Cox 29 yard field goal310
4thDETMel Farr 30 yard pass from Bill Munson (Jerry DePoyster kick)1010
MINBill Brown 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)1017
MINBill Brown 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)1024

Team Stats

DETMIN
First downs918
Rush-yards-TDs21-79-038-135-3
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT13-18-196-1-011-22-146-0-0
Sacked-yards5-282-16
Net pass yards168130
Total yards247265
Fumbles-lost1-10-0
Turnovers10
Penalties-yards5-634-30

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Mel Farr DET 11 43 0 0 5 86 1 0
Bill Munson DET 13 18 196 1 0 0
Earl McCullouch DET 3 66 0 0
Bill Triplett DET 9 34 0 0 3 16 0 0
Billy Gambrell DET 1 20 0 0
Charlie Sanders DET 1 8 0 0
Tom Nowatzke DET 1 2 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Gene Washington MIN 4 92 0 0
Joe Kapp MIN 6 14 100 0 0 0 4 33 0 0
Bill Brown MIN 18 56 2 0
Jim Lindsey MIN 10 30 1 0 3 10 0 0
Gary Cuozzo MIN 5 8 46 0 0 0
John Beasley MIN 2 19 0 0
Tom Hall MIN 1 16 0 0
Clint Jones MIN 6 16 0 0
Bill Martin MIN 1 9 0 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
Lem Barney DET 0 0 0 0 3 66 22.0 0 0 1 3 3.0 0 0
Bobby Thompson DET 0 0 0 0 2 41 20.5 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
Bobby Bryant MIN 0 0 0 0 2 45 22.5 0 0 1 15 15.0 0 0
Charlie West MIN 0 0 0 0 1 21 21.0 0 0 3 18 6.0 0 0