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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions - September 24th, 1972
Minnesota Vikings 34 at Detroit Lions 10
Sunday, September 24, 1972
Minnesota Vikings 34, Detroit Lions 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (1-1-0) | 3 | 14 | 17 | 0 | 34 |
| Detroit Lions (1-1-0) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
Scoring
| MIN | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Errol Mann 36 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| MIN | Fred Cox 35 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| 2nd | MIN | Dave Osborn 14 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 3 |
| MIN | John Gilliam 40 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 3 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Fred Cox 37 yard field goal | 20 | 3 |
| MIN | Dave Osborn 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 27 | 3 | |
| MIN | Dave Osborn 13 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 34 | 3 | |
| 4th | DET | Altie Taylor 3 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 34 | 10 |
Team Stats
| MIN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 13 | 16 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 36-130-2 | 25-89-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 8-16-158-2-0 | 17-40-128-0-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-2 | 2-4 |
| Net pass yards | 156 | 124 |
| Total yards | 286 | 213 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 7-53 | 2-10 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| John Gilliam | MIN | 4 | 109 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 8 | 15 | 158 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 10 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Oscar Reed | MIN | 10 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Clint Jones | MIN | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Lee | MIN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Steve Owens | DET | 16 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Altie Taylor | DET | 7 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Munson | DET | 14 | 25 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Greg Landry | DET | 3 | 15 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Larry Walton | DET | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Jessie | DET | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Al Barnes | DET | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Hilton | DET | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Earl McCullouch | DET | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Craig Cotton | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Bobby Bryant | MIN | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Clint Jones | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Karl Kassulke | MIN | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lonnie Warwick | MIN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie West | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Roy Winston | MIN | 1 | 23 | 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 | |||
| Lem Barney | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ron Jessie | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Larry Walton | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mickey Zofko | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 121 | 30.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||