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Washington Redskins 24 at Minnesota Vikings 21

Monday, September 18, 1972

Washington Redskins 24, Minnesota Vikings 21

1234Final
Washington Redskins (1-0-0)7301424
Minnesota Vikings (0-1-0)077721

Scoring

WASMIN
1stWASBill Malinchak 16 yard blocked punt return (Curt Knight kick)70
2ndMINClint Jones 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)77
WASCurt Knight 30 yard field goal107
3rdMINJohn Gilliam 11 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)1014
4thWASLarry Brown 3 yard rush (Curt Knight kick)1714
WASCharlie Harraway 9 yard rush (Curt Knight kick)2414
MINBill Brown 4 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)2421

Team Stats

WASMIN
First downs1126
Rush-yards-TDs31-146-243-182-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT7-17-57-0-118-31-233-2-0
Sacked-yards0-04-33
Net pass yards57200
Total yards203382
Fumbles-lost1-03-2
Turnovers12
Penalties-yards5-414-34

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Larry Brown WAS 21 105 1 0 1 10 0 0
Charlie Harraway WAS 9 42 1 0
Roy Jefferson WAS 4 38 0 0
Billy Kilmer WAS 7 17 57 0 1 0 1 -1 0 0
Charley Taylor WAS 2 9 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Fran Tarkenton MIN 18 31 233 2 0 0 3 35 0 0
Oscar Reed MIN 12 68 0 0 1 21 0 0
Clint Jones MIN 21 66 1 0 2 14 0 0
Gene Washington MIN 3 70 0 0
Bill Brown MIN 5 22 0 0 5 47 1 0
John Gilliam MIN 1 -13 0 0 4 53 1 0
John Beasley MIN 3 28 0 0
Dave Osborn MIN 1 4 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
Speedy Duncan WAS 0 0 0 0 3 63 21.0 0 0 1 11 11.0 0 0
Rusty Tillman WAS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Ted Vactor WAS 0 0 0 0 2 12 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
Clint Jones MIN 0 0 0 0 2 37 18.5 0 0
Karl Kassulke MIN 1 3 0 0
Charlie West MIN 0 0 0 0 1 14 14.0 0 0 2 2 1.0 0 0