NFL game summary for 09/27/1970:

Karl Kassulke blocked a Saints punt and Ed Sharockman recovered it in the end zone for one touchdown, and Mike McGill picked up a fumble by the New Orleans punter and ran it in for a second Minnesota score. Fred Cox kicked four field goals.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
New Orleans Saints	OFFENSE	85.0  (19)	150.0  (11)	235.0  (17)	2
	DEFENSE	149.0  (18)	116.0  (6)	265.0  (12)	2
Minnesota Vikings	OFFENSE	132.0  (11)	88.0  (23)	220.0  (20)	3
	DEFENSE	63.0  (4)	155.0  (17)	218.0  (6)	4

Line: n/a

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New Orleans Saints (0-2-0)	0	0	0	0	0
Minnesota Vikings (2-0-0)	7	6	3	10	26

( 0- 7) MIN Ed Sharockman 0 yard fumble return (Fred Cox kick)
( 0-10) MIN Fred Cox 22 yard field goal
( 0-13) MIN Fred Cox 14 yard field goal
( 0-16) MIN Fred Cox 15 yard field goal
( 0-19) MIN Fred Cox 47 yard field goal
( 0-26) MIN Mike McGill 5 yard fumble return (Fred Cox kick)

                     NO              MIN
First Downs:         8               12
Rushes-yards:        25-60           41-106
Yards/rush:          2.4             2.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-35-71-2      12-28-190-1
Sacked-yards:        0-0             1-5
Net pass yards:      71              185
Net yards/pass:      2.0             6.4
Total net yards:     131             291
Total plays:         60 (41% run)    70 (58% run)  
Yards/play:          2.2             4.2
Fumbles-lost:        4-2             2-1
Turnovers:           4               2
Penalties-yards:     8-74            4-40

Attendance: 47,900

Passing:
NO: Billy Kilmer, 6 of 20 for 16 yards (2 int); Edd Hargett, 9 of 15 for 55 yards
MIN: Gary Cuozzo, 11 of 27 for 191 yards (1 int); Fred Cox, 1 of 1 for -1 yards

Rushing:
NO: Tony Baker, 15 for 50 yards; Vic Nyvall, 5 for 6 yards; Jim Otis, 2 for -4 yards; Al Dodd, 1 for 14 yards; Billy Kilmer, 1 for 0 yards; Julian Fagan, 1 for -6 yards
MIN: Clint Jones, 14 for 35 yards; Dave Osborn, 13 for 35 yards; Oscar Reed, 7 for 18 yards; Bill Brown, 7 for 18 yards

Receiving:
NO: Danny Abramowicz, 4 for 46 yards; Tony Baker, 4 for 11 yards; Jim Otis, 3 for 6 yards; Vic Nyvall, 2 for -1 yards; Al Dodd, 1 for 7 yards; Ken Burrough, 1 for 2 yards
MIN: Bob Grim, 3 for 66 yards; Dave Osborn, 3 for 24 yards; Clint Jones, 2 for 81 yards; Gene Washington, 2 for 22 yards; Oscar Reed, 1 for -1 yards; Bill Brown, 1 for -2 yards

Kick returns:
NO: Ken Burrough, 2 for 36 yards; Gary Lewis, 1 for 19 yards

Punt returns:
NO: Gene Howard, 2 for 5 yards; Doug Wyatt, 1 for 15 yards
MIN: Charlie West, 3 for 27 yards; Bob Grim, 1 for 2 yards

Interceptions:
NO: Dicky Lyons, 1 for 12 yards
MIN: Lonnie Warwick, 1 for 23 yards; Paul Krause, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
NO: Julian Fagan, 8 for 340 yards
MIN: Tom McNeill, 3 for 130 yards

Field Goals:
NO: Tom Dempsey, 0/3
MIN: Fred Cox, 4/6

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