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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions - October 7th, 1973
Minnesota Vikings 23 at Detroit Lions 9
Sunday, October 7, 1973
Minnesota Vikings 23, Detroit Lions 9| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (4-0-0) | 14 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Detroit Lions (1-2-1) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Scoring
| MIN | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Ed Marinaro 12 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| MIN | Ed Marinaro 8 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| DET | Errol Mann 37 yard field goal | 14 | 3 | |
| 2nd | DET | Errol Mann 15 yard field goal | 14 | 6 |
| MIN | Fred Cox 38 yard field goal | 17 | 6 | |
| MIN | Fred Cox 37 yard field goal | 20 | 6 | |
| 3rd | DET | Errol Mann 33 yard field goal | 20 | 9 |
| 4th | MIN | Fred Cox 27 yard field goal | 23 | 9 |
Team Stats
| MIN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 15 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 31-147-0 | 30-154-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-24-199-2-2 | 18-31-131-0-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-20 | 5-40 |
| Net pass yards | 179 | 91 |
| Total yards | 326 | 245 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-42 | 2-18 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 16 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 17 | 24 | 199 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 5 | 79 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ed Marinaro | MIN | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Oscar Reed | MIN | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Carroll Dale | MIN | 2 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mel Farr | DET | 11 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 85 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Greg Landry | DET | 14 | 24 | 110 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Altie Taylor | DET | 12 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Larry Walton | DET | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Munson | DET | 4 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Sanders | DET | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ron Jessie | DET | 1 | 17 | 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 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Paul Krause | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Oscar Reed | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jeff Siemon | MIN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Nate Wright | MIN | 1 | 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 | |||
| Al Barnes | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lem Barney | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Willie Germany | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dick Jauron | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Levi Johnson | DET | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||