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Minnesota Vikings 37 at Atlanta Falcons 7

Sunday, December 20, 1970

Minnesota Vikings 37, Atlanta Falcons 7

1234Final
Minnesota Vikings (12-2-0)3217637
Atlanta Falcons (4-8-2)70007

Scoring

MINATL
OTMINFred Cox 40 yard field goal30
ATLJohn Mallory 75 yard punt return (Ken Vinyard kick)37
MINDave Osborn 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)107
MINJohn Beasley 8 yard pass from Gary Cuozzo (Fred Cox kick)177
MINClint Jones 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)247
MINDave Osborn 28 yard pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick)317
MINFred Cox 15 yard field goal347
MINFred Cox 37 yard field goal377

Team Stats

MINATL
First downs2112
Rush-yards-TDs38-136-219-46-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT19-30-278-2-219-33-162-0-3
Sacked-yards2-169-77
Net pass yards26285
Total yards398131
Fumbles-lost1-11-1
Turnovers34
Penalties-yards3-453-25

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
John Henderson MIN 7 129 0 0
Gary Cuozzo MIN 13 20 175 1 1 0
Dave Osborn MIN 10 23 1 0 4 37 1 0
Bob Lee MIN 6 10 103 1 1 0 2 8 0 0
Clint Jones MIN 14 46 1 0
John Beasley MIN 3 45 1 0
Bill Brown MIN 6 41 0 0
Gene Washington MIN 3 36 0 0
Bob Grim MIN 2 31 0 0
Jim Lindsey MIN 6 18 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Randy Johnson ATL 19 33 162 0 3 0 2 16 0 0
Jim R. Mitchell ATL 1 8 0 0 5 77 0 0
Paul Flatley ATL 5 41 0 0
Paul Gipson ATL 8 4 0 0 4 19 0 0
Art Malone ATL 1 2 0 0 2 16 0 0
Harmon Wages ATL 4 10 0 0 2 4 0 0
Cannonball Butler ATL 3 6 0 0
Todd Snyder ATL 1 5 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
Bobby Bryant MIN 1 0 0 0
Karl Kassulke MIN 1 11 0 0
Paul Krause MIN 1 21 0 0
Charlie West MIN 0 0 0 0 1 66 66.0 0 0 1 6 6.0 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
Cannonball Butler ATL 0 0 0 0 1 24 24.0 0 0
Grady Cavness ATL 0 0 0 0 3 61 20.3 0 0
Paul Gipson ATL 0 0 0 0 2 41 20.5 0 0
John Mallory ATL 0 0 0 0 2 90 45.0 1 0
Art Malone ATL 0 0 0 0 1 4 4.0 0 0
Tom McCauley ATL 1 32 0 0 2 0 0.0 0 0
Ken Reaves ATL 1 28 0 0