Sunday, November 5, 1972
| NOR | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vikings | Oscar Reed 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | Vikings | Fred Cox 29 yard field goal | 0 | 10 |
| Vikings | John Beasley 9 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 17 | |
| Vikings | Fred Cox 32 yard field goal | 0 | 20 | |
| 3rd | Saints | Charlie Durkee 14 yard field goal | 3 | 20 |
| Vikings | Bill Brown 3 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 3 | 27 | |
| 4th | Saints | Charlie Durkee 36 yard field goal | 6 | 27 |
| Vikings | Fred Cox 45 yard field goal | 6 | 30 | |
| Vikings | John Gilliam 2 yard pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick) | 6 | 37 |
| NOR | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 21-123-0 | 32-148-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-35-155-0-3 | 22-31-253-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 2-20 |
| Net pass yards | 147 | 233 |
| Total yards | 270 | 381 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-31 | 6-60 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Archie Manning | NOR | 19 | 35 | 155 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 73 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Danny Abramowicz | NOR | 5 | 50 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Robert Brown | NOR | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gresham | NOR | 5 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Strong | NOR | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Newland | NOR | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Butler | NOR | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Creston Whitaker | NOR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Margene Adkins | NOR | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Williams | NOR | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Oscar Reed | MIN | 16 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 5 | 111 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 19 | 26 | 178 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ed Marinaro | MIN | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Lee | MIN | 3 | 5 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| John Beasley | MIN | 4 | 34 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Lindsey | MIN | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Gene Washington | MIN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Margene Adkins | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 126 | 25.2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bill Butler | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tom Myers | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Tom Roussel | NOR | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Joe Williams | NOR | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Charlie West | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Wright | MIN | 0.0 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Charlie Durkee | NOR | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Julian Fagan | NOR | 4 | 192 | 48.0 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Cox | MIN | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Eischeid | MIN | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 0 | ||||