Sunday January 4, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

All NFL game summaries for 01/04/1970:



Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE?  (0)?  (0)?  (0)0
DEFENSE?  (0)?  (0)?  (0)0
OFFENSE?  (0)?  (0)?  (0)0
DEFENSE?  (0)?  (0)?  (0)0

Line: n/a

Team1234F
Cleveland Browns (11-4-1)00077
Minnesota Vikings (14-2-0)14103027

( 0- 7) MIN Joe Kapp 7 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) ( 0-14) MIN Gene Washington 75 yard pass from Joe Kapp (Fred Cox kick) ( 0-17) MIN Fred Cox 30 yard field goal ( 0-24) MIN Dave Osborn 20 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) ( 0-27) MIN Fred Cox 32 yard field goal ( 7-27) CLE Gary Collins 3 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick)
                     CLE             MIN
First Downs:         14              18
Rushes-yards:        21-97           45-222
Yards/rush:          4.6             4.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     17-33-181-2     7-13-169-0
Sacked-yards:        2-10            1-8
Net pass yards:      171             161
Net yards/pass:      4.9             11.5
Total net yards:     268             383
Total plays:         56 (37% run)    59 (76% run)  
Yards/play:          4.8             6.5
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             0-0
Turnovers:           3               0
Penalties-yards:     1-5             3-33

Attendance: 47,900

Passing:
CLE: Bill Nelsen, 17 of 33 for 181 yards and 1 TD (2 int) MIN: Joe Kapp, 7 of 13 for 169 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
CLE: Leroy Kelly, 15 for 80 yards; Bo Scott, 6 for 17 yards MIN: Dave Osborn, 18 for 108 yards and 1 TD; Bill Brown, 12 for 43 yards; Joe Kapp, 8 for 57 yards and 1 TD; Oscar Reed, 5 for 7 yards; Clint Jones, 2 for 7 yards
Receiving:
CLE: Bo Scott, 5 for 56 yards; Gary Collins, 5 for 43 yards and 1 TD; Paul Warfield, 4 for 47 yards; Leroy Kelly, 2 for 17 yards; Milt Morin, 1 for 18 yards MIN: Gene Washington, 3 for 120 yards and 1 TD; John Henderson, 2 for 17 yards; Bill Brown, 1 for 20 yards; John Beasley, 1 for 12 yards
Kick returns:
CLE: Bo Scott, 4 for 60 yards; Reece Morrison, 1 for 23 yards MIN: Charlie West, 1 for 22 yards; Clint Jones, 1 for 20 yards
Punt returns:
CLE: Leroy Kelly, 2 for 10 yards; Reece Morrison, 1 for 11 yards MIN: Charlie West, 1 for 1 yard
Interceptions:
MIN: Wally Hilgenberg, 1 for 0 yards; Paul Krause, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 3 for 99 yards MIN: Bob Lee, 3 for 123 yards
Field Goals:
MIN: Fred Cox, 2/2


The Kansas City Chiefs won the last championship of the AFL, 17-7, by slowing down the Oakland passing attack and capitalizing on big plays. The Raiders looked on their way to their third win of the year against Kansas City when Charlie Smith scored on a three-yard run in the first quarter. But then Len Dawson, who had thrown seven incompletions in a row, hit Frank Pitts for a 41-yard gain to the Raiders' 1. Three plays later, Wendell Hayes blasted in for the tying touchdown.

Dawson again pulled out a big play with the game tied 7-7 in the third quarter. Facing a third-and-14 at the Kansas City 2, Dawson scrambled out of trouble and fired a 35-yard pass to Otis Taylor. That play was the key to a 94-yard drive that culminated in a five-yard scoring run by Robert Holmes. The Chiefs turned the ball over inside their own 30 three times in the fourth quarter, but each time they intercepted Raider quarterback Daryle Lamonica, who was playing despite having severely jammed his throwing hand against the helmet of Aaron Brown early in the final period.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE?  (0)?  (0)?  (0)0
DEFENSE?  (0)?  (0)?  (0)0
OFFENSE?  (0)?  (0)?  (0)0
DEFENSE?  (0)?  (0)?  (0)0

Line: Raiders by 4

Team1234F
Kansas City Chiefs (13-3-0)077317
Oakland Raiders (13-2-1)70007

( 0- 7) OAK Charlie Smith 3 yard rush (George Blanda kick) ( 7- 7) KC Wendell Hayes 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) (14- 7) KC Robert Holmes 5 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) (17- 7) KC Jan Stenerud 22 yard field goal
                     KC              OAK
First Downs:         13              18
Rushes-yards:        39-86           28-79
Yards/rush:          2.2             2.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     7-17-129-0      17-45-191-4
Sacked-yards:        1-8             4-37
Net pass yards:      121             154
Net yards/pass:      6.7             3.1
Total net yards:     207             233
Total plays:         57 (68% run)    77 (36% run)  
Yards/play:          3.6             3.0
Fumbles-lost:        5-4             1-0
Turnovers:           4               4
Penalties-yards:     5-43            5-45

Attendance: 54,544

Passing:
KC: Len Dawson, 7 of 17 for 129 yards OAK: Daryle Lamonica, 15 of 39 for 167 yards (3 int); George Blanda, 2 of 6 for 24 yards (1 int)
Rushing:
KC: Robert Holmes, 18 for 14 yards and 1 TD; Wendell Hayes, 8 for 35 yards and 1 TD; Mike Garrett, 7 for 19 yards; Warren McVea, 3 for 13 yards; Len Dawson, 3 for 5 yards OAK: Hewritt Dixon, 12 for 36 yards; Charlie Smith, 12 for 31 yards and 1 TD; Pete Banaszak, 2 for 8 yards; Larry Todd, 2 for 4 yards
Receiving:
KC: Otis Taylor, 3 for 62 yards; Robert Holmes, 2 for 16 yards; Frank Pitts, 1 for 41 yards; Fred Arbanas, 1 for 10 yards OAK: Charlie Smith, 8 for 86 yards; Rod Sherman, 3 for 45 yards; Billy Cannon, 2 for 22 yards; Pete Banaszak, 2 for 13 yards; Warren Wells, 1 for 24 yards; Hewritt Dixon, 1 for 1 yard
Kick returns:
KC: Robert Holmes, 1 for 26 yards; Dave Hill, 1 for 0 yards OAK: George Atkinson, 3 for 95 yards; Rod Sherman, 1 for 17 yards
Punt returns:
KC: Mike Garrett, 4 for 9 yards OAK: George Atkinson, 2 for -1 yards
Interceptions:
KC: Emmitt Thomas, 2 for 69 yards; Jim Marsalis, 1 for 23 yards; Jim Kearney, 1 for 17 yards
Punting:
KC: Jerrel Wilson, 8 for 343 yards OAK: Mike Eischeid, 6 for 291 yards
Field Goals:
KC: Jan Stenerud, 1/2 OAK: George Blanda, 0/3


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