Sunday November 25, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/25/1973:



John Gilliam caught two touchdown passes and set up an eight-yard scoring run by Fran Tarkenton with another catch. Gilliam caught five for 139 yards as Tarkenton completed 11 of 15 attempts. Oscar Reed led a 203-yard Minnesota ground attack with 97 yards, while the Vikings' defense sacked Chicago quarterbacks eight times. The game was dedicated to former Vikings DB Karl Kassulke, who was paralyzed in a pre-training camp motorcycle accident.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE154.2  (8)101.7  (23)255.9  (21)33
DEFENSE158.8  (20)115.8  (6)274.6  (12)25
OFFENSE167.0  (6)145.1  (12)312.1  (6)18
DEFENSE134.2  (9)143.0  (16)277.2  (13)27

Line: Vikings by 14

Team1234F
Chicago Bears (3-8-0)303713
Minnesota Vikings (10-1-0)3714731

( 0- 3) MIN Fred Cox 41 yard field goal ( 3- 3) CHI Mirro Roder 43 yard field goal ( 3-10) MIN Chuck Foreman 2 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) ( 6-10) CHI Mirro Roder 24 yard field goal ( 6-17) MIN John Gilliam 54 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) ( 6-24) MIN Fran Tarkenton 8 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) ( 6-31) MIN John Gilliam 30 yard pass from Bob Berry (Fred Cox kick) (13-31) CHI Earl Thomas 29 yard pass from Gary Huff (Mirro Roder kick)
                     CHI             MIN
First Downs:         16              20
Rushes-yards:        35-141          39-203
Yards/rush:          4.0             5.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-20-107-1     13-18-211-0
Sacked-yards:        8-50            2-39
Net pass yards:      57              172
Net yards/pass:      2.0             8.6
Total net yards:     198             375
Total plays:         63 (55% run)    59 (66% run)  
Yards/play:          3.1             6.4
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             4-3
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     2-20            4-20

Attendance: 48,503

Passing:
CHI: Bobby Douglass, 4 of 12 for 42 yards (1 int); Gary Huff, 6 of 8 for 65 yards and 1 TD MIN: Fran Tarkenton, 11 of 15 for 161 yards and 1 TD; Bob Berry, 2 of 3 for 50 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
CHI: Joe Moore, 24 for 75 yards; Bobby Douglass, 5 for 52 yards; Gary Kosins, 4 for 11 yards; Jim Harrison, 2 for 3 yards MIN: Oscar Reed, 12 for 97 yards; Chuck Foreman, 11 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Dave Osborn, 6 for 19 yards; Ed Marinaro, 6 for 16 yards; Brent McClanahan, 3 for 24 yards; Fran Tarkenton, 1 for 8 yards and 1 TD
Receiving:
CHI: Ike Hill, 4 for 41 yards; Earl Thomas, 3 for 43 yards and 1 TD; Craig Cotton, 1 for 12 yards; Roger Lawson, 1 for 6 yards; Jim Harrison, 1 for 5 yards MIN: John Gilliam, 5 for 139 yards and 2 TDs; Chuck Foreman, 3 for 22 yards; Oscar Reed, 2 for 8 yards; Stu Voigt, 1 for 20 yards; Doug Kingsriter, 1 for 14 yards; Carroll Dale, 1 for 8 yards
Kick returns:
CHI: Ike Hill, 3 for 65 yards; Bob Parsons, 1 for 15 yards; Craig Cotton, 1 for 2 yards MIN: Charlie West, 2 for 62 yards; Bill Brown, 1 for 0 yards
Punt returns:
CHI: Ike Hill, 2 for 2 yards MIN: Bobby Bryant, 2 for 15 yards; Charlie West, 1 for 0 yards
Interceptions:
MIN: Bobby Bryant, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
CHI: Bobby Joe Green, 4 for 157 yards MIN: Mike Eischeid, 2 for 72 yards
Field Goals:
CHI: Mirro Roder, 2/3 MIN: Fred Cox, 1/2


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