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Minnesota Vikings 16 at Detroit Lions 13

Monday, September 20, 1971

Minnesota Vikings 16, Detroit Lions 13

1234Final
Minnesota Vikings (1-0-0)037616
Detroit Lions (0-1-0)1030013

Scoring

MINDET
1stDETErrol Mann 20 yard field goal03
DETMel Farr 3 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick)010
2ndDETErrol Mann 36 yard field goal013
MINFred Cox 13 yard field goal313
3rdMINBob Grim 45 yard pass from Gary Cuozzo (Fred Cox kick)1013
4thMINFred Cox 42 yard field goal1313
MINFred Cox 9 yard field goal1613

Team Stats

MINDET
First downs1415
Rush-yards-TDs29-43-038-160-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT19-32-232-1-28-26-61-1-0
Sacked-yards0-00-0
Net pass yards23261
Total yards275221
Fumbles-lost3-22-2
Turnovers42
Penalties-yards6-655-52

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Bob Grim MIN 7 126 1 0
Gary Cuozzo MIN 19 32 232 1 2 0 2 1 0 0
Dave Osborn MIN 9 17 0 0 5 40 0 0
Stu Voigt MIN 3 32 0 0
Jim Lindsey MIN 6 21 0 0 1 6 0 0
Oscar Reed MIN 2 0 0 0 2 23 0 0
Clint Jones MIN 9 4 0 0 1 5 0 0
Norm Snead MIN 1 0 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Greg Landry DET 8 26 61 1 0 0 6 35 0 0
Altie Taylor DET 13 51 0 0 1 5 0 0
Steve Owens DET 12 45 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mel Farr DET 6 23 0 0 3 14 1 0
Larry Walton DET 2 22 0 0
Earl McCullouch DET 1 20 0 0
Bill Triplett DET 1 6 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
Clint Jones MIN 0 0 0 0 2 32 16.0 0 0
Charlie West MIN 0 0 0 0 1 22 22.0 0 0 3 21 7.0 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
Lem Barney DET 0 0 0 0 1 13 13.0 0 0 5 44 8.8 0 0
Paul Gipson DET 0 0 0 0 1 19 19.0 0 0
Ron Jessie DET 0 0 0 0 1 24 24.0 0 0
Dick LeBeau DET 1 2 0 0
Ed Mooney DET 0 0 0 0 1 8 8.0 0 0
Tom Vaughn DET 1 8 0 0