Sunday November 29, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/29/1970:



The Jets won their third in a row, upsetting the previous year's NFL Super Bowl representative with a staunch defense which limited the Vikings to 59 yards rushing. George Nock set a Jets record of 32 carries, netting 117 yards. W. K. Hicks, the Jets' leading interception artist, picked off a pair. Gary Cuozzo, Minnesota's quarterback, was injured in the first quarter and gave way to Bob Lee.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE112.5  (19)141.5  (20)254.0  (21)19
DEFENSE102.5  (5)107.5  (1)210.0  (1)33
OFFENSE113.7  (18)187.9  (4)301.6  (6)28
DEFENSE90.7  (2)160.5  (15)251.2  (3)22

Line: Vikings by 10

Team1234F
Minnesota Vikings (9-2-0)030710
New York Jets (4-7-0)737320

( 0- 7) NYJ George Nock 15 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) ( 0-10) NYJ Jim Turner 35 yard field goal ( 3-10) MIN Fred Cox 43 yard field goal ( 3-17) NYJ George Sauer 21 yard pass from Al Woodall (Jim Turner kick) (10-17) MIN Jim Lindsey 22 yard pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick) (10-20) NYJ Jim Turner 20 yard field goal
                     MIN             NYJ
First Downs:         11              15
Rushes-yards:        18-59           51-187
Yards/rush:          3.3             3.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-27-128-4     8-12-106-0
Sacked-yards:        3-20            4-32
Net pass yards:      108             74
Net yards/pass:      3.6             4.6
Total net yards:     167             261
Total plays:         48 (37% run)    67 (76% run)  
Yards/play:          3.5             3.9
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             0-0
Turnovers:           4               0
Penalties-yards:     1-5             4-42

Attendance: 62,333

Passing:
MIN: Bob Lee, 9 of 24 for 126 yards and 1 TD (4 int); Gary Cuozzo, 1 of 3 for 2 yards NYJ: Al Woodall, 8 of 12 for 106 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
MIN: Clint Jones, 6 for 20 yards; Dave Osborn, 6 for 18 yards; Oscar Reed, 3 for 3 yards; Gary Cuozzo, 1 for 9 yards; Bill Brown, 1 for 5 yards; Jim Lindsey, 1 for 4 yards NYJ: George Nock, 32 for 117 yards and 1 TD; Emerson Boozer, 18 for 61 yards; Al Woodall, 1 for 9 yards
Receiving:
MIN: Gene Washington, 4 for 56 yards; Jim Lindsey, 3 for 45 yards and 1 TD; Clint Jones, 2 for 3 yards; John Henderson, 1 for 24 yards NYJ: George Sauer, 4 for 67 yards and 1 TD; Don Maynard, 3 for 32 yards; Emerson Boozer, 1 for 7 yards
Kick returns:
MIN: Charlie West, 3 for 58 yards; Clint Jones, 1 for 29 yards; Oscar Reed, 1 for 19 yards NYJ: Mike Battle, 3 for 59 yards
Punt returns:
MIN: Charlie West, 5 for 16 yards NYJ: Mike Battle, 1 for 5 yards
Interceptions:
NYJ: W.K. Hicks, 2 for 19 yards; Earlie Thomas, 1 for 10 yards; Steve Tannen, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
MIN: Tom McNeill, 2 for 83 yards NYJ: Steve O'Neal, 8 for 296 yards
Field Goals:
MIN: Fred Cox, 1/4 NYJ: Jim Turner, 2/2


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