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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Minnesota Vikings at Denver Broncos - October 15th, 1972
Minnesota Vikings 23 at Denver Broncos 20
Sunday, October 15, 1972
Minnesota Vikings 23, Denver Broncos 20| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (2-3-0) | 3 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| Denver Broncos (1-4-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 20 |
Scoring
| MIN | DEN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Fred Cox 40 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | MIN | Fred Cox 9 yard field goal | 6 | 0 |
| DEN | Floyd Little 36 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Jim Turner kick) | 6 | 7 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Fred Cox 30 yard field goal | 9 | 7 |
| MIN | Bill Brown 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 16 | 7 | |
| 4th | DEN | Floyd Little 27 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 16 | 14 |
| DEN | Floyd Little 2 yard rush (run failed) | 16 | 20 | |
| MIN | Gene Washington 31 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 23 | 20 |
Team Stats
| MIN | DEN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 31-128-1 | 33-161-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-30-182-1-0 | 15-27-175-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 177 | 175 |
| Total yards | 305 | 336 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-30 | 5-73 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 19 | 30 | 182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Oscar Reed | MIN | 12 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 10 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gene Washington | MIN | 4 | 56 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Beasley | MIN | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ed Marinaro | MIN | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Clint Jones | MIN | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Floyd Little | DEN | 18 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Rod Sherman | DEN | 5 | 93 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | DEN | 12 | 22 | 164 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bobby Anderson | DEN | 14 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jerry Simmons | DEN | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Ramsey | DEN | 3 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Clint Jones | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 66 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Paul Krause | MIN | 2 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie West | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 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 | |||
| Joe Dawkins | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Floyd Little | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Randy Montgomery | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Simone | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||