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New Orleans Saints 6 at Minnesota Vikings 37

Sunday, November 5, 1972

New Orleans Saints 6, Minnesota Vikings 37

1234Final
New Orleans Saints (1-6-1)00336
Minnesota Vikings (4-4-0)71371037

Scoring

NORMIN
1stMINOscar Reed 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)07
2ndMINFred Cox 29 yard field goal010
MINJohn Beasley 9 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)017
MINFred Cox 32 yard field goal020
3rdNORCharlie Durkee 14 yard field goal320
MINBill Brown 3 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)327
4thNORCharlie Durkee 36 yard field goal627
MINFred Cox 45 yard field goal630
MINJohn Gilliam 2 yard pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick)637

Team Stats

NORMIN
First downs1623
Rush-yards-TDs21-123-032-148-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT19-35-155-0-322-31-253-3-1
Sacked-yards1-82-20
Net pass yards147233
Total yards270381
Fumbles-lost3-11-0
Turnovers41
Penalties-yards5-316-60

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Archie Manning NOR 19 35 155 0 3 0 9 73 0 0
Danny Abramowicz NOR 5 50 0 0
Robert Brown NOR 3 43 0 0
Bob Gresham NOR 5 33 0 0 2 5 0 0
Jim Strong NOR 3 12 0 0 3 24 0 0
Bob Newland NOR 3 16 0 0
Bill Butler NOR 2 6 0 0 1 5 0 0
Margene Adkins NOR 1 6 0 0
Creston Whitaker NOR 1 6 0 0
Joe Williams NOR 2 -1 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Oscar Reed MIN 16 93 1 0 3 23 0 0
John Gilliam MIN 5 111 1 0
Fran Tarkenton MIN 19 26 178 2 1 0 1 1 0 0
Ed Marinaro MIN 8 14 0 0 4 32 0 0
Bob Lee MIN 3 5 75 1 0 0
John Beasley MIN 4 34 1 0
Bill Brown MIN 3 27 0 0 1 3 1 0
Jim Lindsey MIN 3 28 0 0
Dave Osborn MIN 4 13 0 0 1 7 0 0
Gene Washington MIN 1 15 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
Margene Adkins NOR 0 0 0 0 5 126 25.2 0 0
Bill Butler NOR 0 0 0 0 1 14 14.0 0 0
Tom Myers NOR 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Tom Roussel NOR 1 11 0 0
Joe Williams NOR 0 0 0 0 1 15 15.0 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
John Gilliam MIN 0 0 0 0 2 73 36.5 0 0
Charlie West MIN 1 0 0 0 1 25 25.0 0 0 4 57 14.3 0 0
Jeff Wright MIN 2 31 0 0