Sunday, December 5, 1971
Minnesota Vikings 14, San Diego Chargers 30| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (9-3-0) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| San Diego Chargers (5-7-0) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 30 |
| MIN | SDG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SDG | Gary Garrison 5 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 0 | 7 |
| MIN | Oscar Reed 10 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | SDG | Dennis Partee 12 yard field goal | 7 | 10 |
| MIN | Clint Jones 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 10 | |
| 4th | SDG | Mike Garrett 5 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) | 14 | 17 |
| SDG | Dennis Partee 43 yard field goal | 14 | 20 | |
| SDG | Dennis Partee 22 yard field goal | 14 | 23 | |
| SDG | Pete Barnes 36 yard interception return (Dennis Partee kick) | 14 | 30 |
| MIN | SDG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 21 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-142-2 | 32-149-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 12-28-173-0-4 | 20-29-165-2-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 173 | 165 |
| Total yards | 315 | 314 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-67 | 7-95 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Clint Jones | MIN | 26 | 96 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Lee | MIN | 8 | 20 | 122 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bob Grim | MIN | 4 | 49 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Oscar Reed | MIN | 4 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Robert Brown | MIN | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Norm Snead | MIN | 4 | 8 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gene Washington | MIN | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jerry LeVias | SDG | 2 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Hadl | SDG | 20 | 29 | 165 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Mike Garrett | SDG | 16 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Gary Garrison | SDG | 5 | 45 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Queen | SDG | 14 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pettis Norman | SDG | 3 | 36 | 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 | |||
| Clint Jones | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie West | MIN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 122 | 20.3 | 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 | |||
| Pete Barnes | SDG | 1 | 36 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Fletcher | SDG | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jerry LeVias | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bryant Salter | SDG | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||