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Chicago Bears 10 at Minnesota Vikings 23
Sunday, December 3, 1972
Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium, Start Time: 1:00, Surface: grass,
Weather: 2 degrees, relative humidity 50%, wind 12 mph, wind chill -15
Weather: 2 degrees, relative humidity 50%, wind 12 mph, wind chill -15
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bears (3-8-1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Minnesota Vikings (7-5-0) | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
Scoring
| CHI | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vikings | Fred Cox 19 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | Vikings | Fred Cox 24 yard field goal | 0 | 6 |
| Vikings | John Henderson 15 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 13 | |
| Bears | Mac Percival 27 yard field goal | 3 | 13 | |
| 3rd | Vikings | Bobby Bryant 24 yard fumble return (Fred Cox kick) | 3 | 20 |
| 4th | Vikings | Fred Cox 14 yard field goal | 3 | 23 |
| Bears | Gary Kosins 7 yard pass from Bobby Douglass (Mac Percival kick) | 10 | 23 |
Team Stats
| CHI | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 5 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 27-90-0 | 35-80-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 2-13-8-1-1 | 21-39-261-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-7 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 1 | 261 |
| Total yards | 91 | 341 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 5-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 2-20 | 0-0 |
Passing, Rushing, & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Harrison | CHI | 13 | 55 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | CHI | 2 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cyril Pinder | CHI | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gary Kosins | CHI | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Don Shy | CHI | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Earl Thomas | CHI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 21 | 39 | 261 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 15 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 66 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 1 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 111 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Oscar Reed | MIN | 18 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Henderson | MIN | 4 | 45 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Beasley | MIN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 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 | |||
| Glen Holloway | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Jeter | CHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Cyril Pinder | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ron Smith | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cecil Turner | CHI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 30.0 | 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 | |||
| Bobby Bryant | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Charlie West | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
Kicking & Punting
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Bobby Joe Green | CHI | 7 | 239 | 34.1 | 0 | ||||
| Mac Percival | CHI | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Fred Cox | MIN | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Eischeid | MIN | 4 | 180 | 45.0 | 0 | ||||