1972 Minnesota Vikings 4-10 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Minnesota 43 121 28 35 0 227 Opponent 65 105 65 58 0 293 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 227 293 0-1 13 Washington 33 First Downs 247 217 0-2 7 @Detroit 30 Rush 110 114 0-3 7 Miami 45 Pass 123 94 1-3 33 St. Louis 0 Pen 14 9 1-4 10 @Denver 31 Penalties 55 73 2-4 28 @Chicago 7 Yards 432 632 2-5 17 @Green Bay 34 3-5 26 New Orleans 6 Rushing Att 476 522 4-5 25 Detroit 10 Yards 2041 2444 4-6 6 @Los Angeles 35 Ave 4.3 4.7 4-7 19 @Pittsburgh 20 TD 6 18 4-8 13 Chicago 14 4-9 10 Green Bay 14 Passing Att 381 255 4-10 13 @San Francisco 14 Comp 206 128 % 54.1 50.2 Int 14 14 % 3.7 5.5 TD 13 16 % 3.4 6.3 Yards 2118 1721 Sacked 32 25 Punt Return 31 29 Yards 92 241 Ave 3.0 8.3 Kick Return 63 57 Yards 1252 1301 Ave 19.9 22.8 Punts 60 63 Yards 2523 2573 Ave 42.1 40.8 FG Att 31 20 Made 24 16 % 77.4 80.0 Third Downs 193 187 Made 66 77 % 34.2 41.2 Fourth Downs 24 20 Made 5 11 % 20.8 55.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 30 24 Lost 8 11 Turnovers 22 25 Net Offense 3968 4003 Per Play 4.5 5.0 1972 Minnesota Vikings Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Reed 168 789 4.7 25 41 41 1 Gilliam,J 44 4 573 13.0 3 27 46 1 Osborn 92 360 3.9 6 20 16 0 Beasley 34 3 289 8.5 0 24 22 5 Brown,B 84 316 3.8 10 20 15 3 Reed 30 2 305 10.2 0 16 22 1 Jones,C 53 223 4.2 5 11 33 2 Washington 26 4 261 10.0 0 14 18 1 Tarkenton 28 162 5.8 7 8 14 0 Brown,B 20 1 220 11.0 1 14 29 3 Marinaro 31 102 3.3 0 4 8 0 Osborn 18 0 158 8.8 0 10 17 0 Gilliam,J 8 49 6.1 1 4 16 0 Marinaro 13 1 101 7.8 0 5 20 0 Lindsey 11 41 3.7 2 2 12 0 Henderson 13 3 131 10.1 0 7 16 1 Lee 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0 0 Jones,C 6 2 56 9.3 0 4 13 1 476 2041 4.3 56 110 41 6 Lindsey 2 2 24 12.0 0 2 13 0 206 22 2118 10.3 4123 46 13 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Tarkenton 381 206 54.1 2118 10.3 46 45 4 14 3.7 32 13 3.4 66.4 381 206 54.1 2118 10.3 46 45 4 14 3.7 32 13 3.4 66.4 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Cox 22 21 95.5 31 24 77.4 55.6 0.0 48 93 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Eischeid 60 2523 60 3 0 14 29 241 37.0 42.1 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Jones,C 19 460 24.2 40 0 Bryant 11 10 -7 -0.6 7 0 Gilliam,J 36 666 18.5 39 0 West 20 9 99 5.0 15 0 West 6 97 16.2 26 0 31 19 92 3.0 15 0 Brown,B 2 29 14.5 20 0 White 1 0 0.0 0 0 63 1252 19.9 40 0 Fumbles Reed 10 Osborn 3 Brown,B 3 Gilliam, 2 Marinaro 1 Tarkento 4 Bryant 3 West 3 Jones,C 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Eller 11 Eller 6 Eller 14 West 6 Page 4 Beasley 3 Page 6 Page 5 Page 12 Bryant 4 Winston 4 Gilliam, 3 Marshall 3 Marshall 4 Winston 11 Krause,P 4 Hilgenbe 3 Marshall 3 Lurtsema 3 Lurtsema 2 Lurtsema 10 Eller 4 Lurtsema 2 Reed 3 Larsen 1 Sutherla 1 Marshall 9 Siemon 3 Marshall 2 Tarkento 3 Hilgenbe 1 Siemon 4 Kassulke 3 Eller 1 Eller 2 Krause,P 3 Winston 3 Henderso 1 Siemon 2 Hilgenbe 2 Page 2 Brown,T 1 Sunde 2 Bryant 1 Hilgenbe 2 Sharockm 1 Gersbach 2 Lurtsema 1 Kassulke 1 Washingt 2 Marshall 1 Wright,J 1 Krause,P 1 Wright,J 1 Wright,N 1 Bryant 1 Page 1 Alderman 1 West 1 Winston 1 Yary 1 Tackles Hilgenbe 108 Winston 65 Marshall 32 Kassulke 25 Henderso 9 Wright,N 2 Eller 83 Siemon 45 Wright,J 31 Demery 21 Larsen 8 Washingt 1 Krause,P 78 Lurtsema 42 West 28 Brown,T 20 Warwick 7 Page 67 Bryant 39 Gersbach 25 Sharockm 17 Martin,A 5 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Krause,P 4 84 21.0 48 1 Bryant 3 74 24.7 50 2 Hilgenber 2 10 5.0 10 0 West 2 1 0.5 1 0 Wright,J 2 60 30.0 34 0 Kassulke 1 14 14.0 14 0 14 243 17.4 50 3 1972 Minnesota Vikings Coach:Bud Grant Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Lee,Bob 2 O 2 1 QB Tarkenton,Fran 5 O 2 2 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Brown,Bill 1 0 5 B 4 2 KR RB Jones,Clint 1 0 2 B 3 3 KR RB Lindsey,Jim 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Marinaro,Ed 1 0 3 B 4 2 RB Osborn,Dave 1 0 5 B 4 2 RB Reed,Oscar 1 0 5 B 3 3 WR Demery,Calvin 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Gilliam,John 0 0 5 O 1 1 KR WR Henderson,John 0 0 4 O 1 1 WR Washington,Gene 0 0 4 O 1 1 TE Beasley,John 2 0 5 O 1 1 TE Voight,Stu 2 0 5 O 1 1 KR Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Ward,John 4 4 5 G White,Ed 5 5 5 T Alderman,Grady 4 4 5 T Davis,Doug 3 3 2 T Yary,Ron 10 10 5 C Tinglehoff,Mick 7 7 5 C Zaunbrecher,Godfrey 3 3 2 C-G Sunde,Milt 4 4 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Larsen,Gary 5 4 0 1 5 DT Page,Alan 9 7 0 2 5 DL Lurtsema,Bob 5 4 0 1 5 DL Sutherland,Doug 5 4 0 1 5 DE Eller,Carl 9 6 0 3 5 DE Marshall,Jim 5 3 0 2 5 DE Ward,John 3 2 0 1 5 ILB Siemon,Jeff 5 2 3 0 4 LB Gersbach,Carl 4 2 2 0 5 LB Martin,Amos 3 2 1 0 2 OLB Hilgenberg,Wally 6 2 4 0 5 OLB Warwick,Lonnie 4 2 2 0 2 OLB Winston,Roy 5 2 3 0 4 CB Brown,Terry 3 0 3 0 2 CB Bryant,Bobby 7 0 7 0 5 RET CB West,Charlie 6 0 6 0 5 RET CB Wright,Nate 5 0 5 0 5 DB Sharockman,Ed 4 1 3 0 2 S Kassulke,Karl 6 1 5 0 2 S Krause,Paul 9 1 8 0 5 S Wright,Jeff 5 1 4 0 4 Special Teams K Cox,Fred P Eischeid,Mike