Sunday, November 19, 1972
| MIN | RAM | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rams | Jim Bertelsen 1 yard rush (David Ray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| Vikings | Fred Cox 37 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | Rams | David Ray 33 yard field goal | 3 | 10 |
| Rams | Roman Gabriel 1 yard rush (David Ray kick) | 3 | 17 | |
| Vikings | Bill Brown 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 17 | |
| Rams | David Ray 34 yard field goal | 10 | 20 | |
| 3rd | Vikings | Paul Krause 30 yard fumble return (Fred Cox kick) | 17 | 20 |
| Vikings | Bill Brown 76 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 24 | 20 | |
| Rams | Jim Bertelsen 1 yard rush (David Ray kick) | 24 | 27 | |
| 4th | Vikings | John Henderson 70 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 31 | 27 |
| Vikings | Bill Brown 5 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 38 | 27 | |
| Rams | Willie Ellison 7 yard rush (David Ray kick) | 38 | 34 | |
| Vikings | John Gilliam 66 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 45 | 34 | |
| Rams | Joe Sweet 17 yard pass from Roman Gabriel (David Ray kick) | 45 | 41 |
| MIN | RAM | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 25 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 22-56-1 | 39-191-4 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-28-319-4-0 | 25-33-240-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 1-5 |
| Net pass yards | 319 | 235 |
| Total yards | 375 | 426 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 0-0 | 3-38 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 14 | 28 | 319 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bill Brown | MIN | 9 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 116 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 4 | 105 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Henderson | MIN | 2 | 81 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ed Marinaro | MIN | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Oscar Reed | MIN | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Beasley | MIN | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | RAM | 25 | 33 | 240 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Snow | RAM | 8 | 112 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Ellison | RAM | 16 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Bertelsen | RAM | 12 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob L. Thomas | RAM | 8 | 49 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Klein | RAM | 6 | 39 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Larry Smith | RAM | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Joe Sweet | RAM | 1 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Lance Rentzel | RAM | 1 | 5 | 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 | ||
| Bobby Bryant | MIN | 0.0 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jim Bertelsen | RAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Willie Ellison | RAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| John Pergine | RAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Bob L. Thomas | RAM | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Fred Cox | MIN | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Eischeid | MIN | 6 | 253 | 42.2 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Chapple | RAM | 4 | 163 | 40.8 | 0 | ||||
| David Ray | RAM | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |