WAS 24 @ MIN 21 - 1972 NFL

1972 Week 1

Washington RedskinsWAS

24-21

Minnesota VikingsMIN

Mon, September 18, 1972 · 9:00PM · Metropolitan Stadium

Surface: grassLine: Minnesota Vikings -4.0

WAS: George Allen · MIN: Bud Grant

WAS

Team Stats

MIN

1st Downs

31-146

Rushing

43-182

7-17-57

Passing

18-31-233

203

Total Yards

382

Scoring

1st Quarter

Bill Malinchak 16 yard blocked punt return (Curt Knight kick)

2nd Quarter

Clint Jones 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)

Curt Knight 30 yard field goal

10-

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
WAS
Passing
Billy Kilmer	7/17	57	0	1	0	25.9
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Billy Kilmer	1	-1	0	-1	0
Larry Brown	21	105	1	37	0
Charlie Harraway	9	42	1	11	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Larry Brown		1	10	0	10
Roy Jefferson		4	38	0	16
Charley Taylor		2	9	0	6
MIN
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Fran Tarkenton	18/31	233	2	0	4	103.3
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Fran Tarkenton	3	35	0	15	0
Oscar Reed	12	68	0	20	0
Clint Jones	21	66	1	33	0
Bill Brown	5	22	0	10	0
Dave Osborn	1	4	0	4	0
John Gilliam	1	-13	0	-13	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Oscar Reed		1	21	0	21
Clint Jones		2	14	0	10
Bill Brown		5	47	1	14
John Gilliam		4	53	1	20
Gene Washington		3	70	0	39
John Beasley		3	28	0	14

Defensive Stats

Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
WAS
MIN
Player	TCK	SOLO	SK	INT	PD	QBH	FF	FR
Karl Kassulke			0	1			0	0

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
WAS
Curt Knight	3/3	1/2	0	0	-	-
Mike Bragg	-	-	4	158	39.5	44
MIN
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Fred Cox	3/3	-	0	0	-	-
Mike Eischeid	-	-	4	123	30.8	44

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
WAS
Ted Vactor	0	0	0	2	12	0
Speedy Duncan	3	63	0	1	11	0
Rusty Tillman	1	0	0	0	0	0
MIN
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Charlie West	1	14	0	2	2	0
Clint Jones	2	37	0	0	0	0

Starting Lineups

WAS

QBBilly Kilmer

RBLarry Brown

FBCharlie Harraway

WRCharley Taylor

WRRoy Jefferson

TEJerry Smith

LTTerry Hermeling

LGPaul Laaveg

CLen Hauss

RGJohn Wilbur

WAS at MIN, 1972 NFL game