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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Minnesota Vikings at New York Giants - December 16th, 1973
Minnesota Vikings 31 at New York Giants 7
Sunday, December 16, 1973
Minnesota Vikings 31, New York Giants 7| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (12-2-0) | 7 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 31 |
| New York Giants (2-11-1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Scoring
| MIN | NYG | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Oscar Reed 9 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | MIN | Fred Cox 22 yard field goal | 10 | 0 |
| MIN | Terry Brown 63 yard interception return (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 0 | |
| 4th | MIN | Bill Brown 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 24 | 0 |
| NYG | Ron A. Johnson 16 yard pass from Randy Johnson (Pete Gogolak kick) | 24 | 7 | |
| MIN | Ed Marinaro 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 31 | 7 |
Team Stats
| MIN | NYG | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 19 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-183-3 | 32-112-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 10-14-130-0-0 | 11-28-154-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 130 | 154 |
| Total yards | 313 | 266 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-59 | 2-30 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 10 | 14 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 9 | 72 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 9 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 9 | 39 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ed Marinaro | MIN | 8 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Gary Ballman | MIN | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Lash | MIN | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Oscar Reed | MIN | 4 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Carroll Dale | MIN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Berry | MIN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ron A. Johnson | NYG | 23 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Grim | NYG | 2 | 54 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Johnson | NYG | 5 | 13 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bob Tucker | NYG | 2 | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Norm Snead | NYG | 6 | 15 | 65 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| Vince Clements | NYG | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Johnny Roland | NYG | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Don Herrmann | NYG | 3 | 9 | 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 | |||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Terry Brown | MIN | 1 | 63 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Bryant | MIN | 1 | 10 | 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 | |||
| Pete Athas | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Chuck Crist | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rich Houston | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Joe Orduna | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jack Rizzo | NYG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 86 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||