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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Detroit Lions at Minnesota Vikings - December 11th, 1971
Detroit Lions 10 at Minnesota Vikings 29
Saturday, December 11, 1971
Detroit Lions 10, Minnesota Vikings 29| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions (7-5-1) | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Minnesota Vikings (10-3-0) | 7 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 29 |
Scoring
| DET | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Roy Winston 29 yard interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| DET | Errol Mann 35 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | MIN | Clint Jones 3 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 3rd | MIN | Fred Cox 10 yard field goal | 3 | 17 |
| DET | Larry Walton 4 yard pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| 4th | MIN | Safety, Page blocked punt through end zone | 10 | 19 |
| MIN | Fred Cox 32 yard field goal | 10 | 22 | |
| MIN | Jim Lindsey 0 yard fumble return (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 29 |
Team Stats
| DET | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 7 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-107-0 | 32-113-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-32-149-1-3 | 4-15-21-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-20 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 129 | 21 |
| Total yards | 236 | 134 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-2 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-59 | 13-105 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Owens | DET | 17 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Craig Cotton | DET | 5 | 79 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Altie Taylor | DET | 11 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Munson | DET | 9 | 16 | 107 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Greg Landry | DET | 6 | 16 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Walton | DET | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Clint Jones | MIN | 16 | 53 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Oscar Reed | MIN | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Grim | MIN | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gary Cuozzo | MIN | 4 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Gene Washington | MIN | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Lem Barney | DET | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ron Jessie | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wayne Rasmussen | DET | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Triplett | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 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 | |||
| Wally Hilgenberg | MIN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Clint Jones | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ed Sharockman | MIN | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie West | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Roy Winston | MIN | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||