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Minnesota Vikings 17 at San Francisco 49ers 20

Saturday, December 16, 1972

Minnesota Vikings 17, San Francisco 49ers 20

1234Final
Minnesota Vikings (7-7-0)7010017
San Francisco 49ers (8-5-1)0601420

Scoring

MINSFO
1stMINEd Marinaro 18 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)70
2ndSFOBruce Gossett 14 yard field goal73
SFOBruce Gossett 37 yard field goal76
3rdMINFred Cox 43 yard field goal106
MINJohn Gilliam 31 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)176
4thSFOGene A. Washington 24 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)1713
SFODick Witcher 2 yard pass from John Brodie (Bruce Gossett kick)1720

Team Stats

MINSFO
First downs1718
Rush-yards-TDs38-177-033-154-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT11-25-144-2-217-30-241-2-5
Sacked-yards4-482-12
Net pass yards96229
Total yards273383
Fumbles-lost1-05-2
Turnovers27
Penalties-yards6-673-21

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Fran Tarkenton MIN 11 25 144 2 2 0 2 28 0 0
Bill Brown MIN 10 41 0 0 3 54 0 0
Ed Marinaro MIN 16 70 0 0 3 22 1 0
John Gilliam MIN 2 21 0 0 4 62 1 0
Oscar Reed MIN 7 30 0 0 1 6 0 0
Mike Eischeid MIN 1 -13 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Gene A. Washington SFO 4 119 1 0
Larry Schreiber SFO 12 67 0 0 2 17 0 0
John Brodie SFO 10 15 165 2 2 0
Vic Washington SFO 10 43 0 0 4 36 0 0
Ken Willard SFO 5 25 0 0 2 19 0 0
Steve Spurrier SFO 7 14 76 0 3 0
Ted Kwalick SFO 2 31 0 0
John Isenbarger SFO 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 0 1 12 0 0
Jimmy Thomas SFO 4 7 0 0
Preston Riley SFO 1 5 0 0
Dick Witcher SFO 1 2 1 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
Bill Brown MIN 0 0 0 0 2 10 5.0 0 0
Clint Jones MIN 0 0 0 0 2 67 33.5 0 0
Paul Krause MIN 2 25 0 0
Jim Lindsey MIN 0 0 0 0 1 17 17.0 0 0
Jeff Siemon MIN 2 23 0 0
Charlie West MIN 1 -1 0 0 1 -1 -1.0 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
Ralph McGill SFO 0 0 0 0 2 17 8.5 0 0
Frank Nunley SFO 0 0 0 0 1 21 21.0 0 0
Mike Simpson SFO 1 0 0 0
Bruce Taylor SFO 0 0 0 0 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
Vic Washington SFO 0 0 0 0 2 78 39.0 0 0
Dave Wilcox SFO 1 2 0 0