Sunday September 27, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 09/27/1970:



Karl Kassulke blocked a Saints punt and Ed Sharockman recovered it in the end zone for one touchdown, and Mike McGill picked up a fumble by the New Orleans punter and ran it in for a second Minnesota score. Fred Cox kicked four field goals.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE85.0  (19)150.0  (11)235.0  (17)2
DEFENSE149.0  (18)116.0  (6)265.0  (12)2
OFFENSE132.0  (11)88.0  (23)220.0  (20)3
DEFENSE63.0  (4)155.0  (17)218.0  (6)4

Line: n/a

Team1234F
New Orleans Saints (0-2-0)00000
Minnesota Vikings (2-0-0)7631026

( 0- 7) MIN Ed Sharockman 0 yard fumble return (Fred Cox kick) ( 0-10) MIN Fred Cox 22 yard field goal ( 0-13) MIN Fred Cox 14 yard field goal ( 0-16) MIN Fred Cox 15 yard field goal ( 0-19) MIN Fred Cox 47 yard field goal ( 0-26) MIN Mike McGill 5 yard fumble return (Fred Cox kick)
                     NO              MIN
First Downs:         8               12
Rushes-yards:        25-60           41-106
Yards/rush:          2.4             2.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-35-71-2      12-28-190-1
Sacked-yards:        0-0             1-5
Net pass yards:      71              185
Net yards/pass:      2.0             6.4
Total net yards:     131             291
Total plays:         60 (41% run)    70 (58% run)  
Yards/play:          2.2             4.2
Fumbles-lost:        4-2             2-1
Turnovers:           4               2
Penalties-yards:     8-74            4-40

Attendance: 47,900

Passing:
NO: Billy Kilmer, 6 of 20 for 16 yards (2 int); Edd Hargett, 9 of 15 for 55 yards MIN: Gary Cuozzo, 11 of 27 for 191 yards (1 int); Fred Cox, 1 of 1 for -1 yards
Rushing:
NO: Tony Baker, 15 for 50 yards; Vic Nyvall, 5 for 6 yards; Jim Otis, 2 for -4 yards; Al Dodd, 1 for 14 yards; Billy Kilmer, 1 for 0 yards; Julian Fagan, 1 for -6 yards MIN: Clint Jones, 14 for 35 yards; Dave Osborn, 13 for 35 yards; Oscar Reed, 7 for 18 yards; Bill Brown, 7 for 18 yards
Receiving:
NO: Danny Abramowicz, 4 for 46 yards; Tony Baker, 4 for 11 yards; Jim Otis, 3 for 6 yards; Vic Nyvall, 2 for -1 yards; Al Dodd, 1 for 7 yards; Ken Burrough, 1 for 2 yards MIN: Bob Grim, 3 for 66 yards; Dave Osborn, 3 for 24 yards; Clint Jones, 2 for 81 yards; Gene Washington, 2 for 22 yards; Oscar Reed, 1 for -1 yards; Bill Brown, 1 for -2 yards
Kick returns:
NO: Ken Burrough, 2 for 36 yards; Gary Lewis, 1 for 19 yards
Punt returns:
NO: Gene Howard, 2 for 5 yards; Doug Wyatt, 1 for 15 yards MIN: Charlie West, 3 for 27 yards; Bob Grim, 1 for 2 yards
Interceptions:
NO: Dicky Lyons, 1 for 12 yards MIN: Lonnie Warwick, 1 for 23 yards; Paul Krause, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
NO: Julian Fagan, 8 for 340 yards MIN: Tom McNeill, 3 for 130 yards
Field Goals:
NO: Tom Dempsey, 0/3 MIN: Fred Cox, 4/6


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