NFL game summary for 11/01/1970:

Cornerback Bobby Bryant scored on a 39-yard interception return (the seventh TD by the Vikings defense) and Gary Cuozzo threw touchdown passes to Gene Washington and Bill Brown while completing 13 passes for 253 yards as Minnesota broke a first-place tie with Detroit in the NFC Central Division.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Minnesota Vikings	OFFENSE	116.0  (16)	133.8  (20)	249.8  (20)	13
	DEFENSE	92.0  (5)	82.2  (1)	174.2  (1)	25
Detroit Lions	OFFENSE	153.2  (4)	144.5  (16)	297.7  (9)	6
	DEFENSE	85.5  (3)	149.7  (9)	235.2  (4)	21

Line: n/a

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Minnesota Vikings (6-1-0)	10	14	3	3	30
Detroit Lions (5-2-0)	7	10	0	0	17

( 0- 7) DET Earl McCullouch 15 yard pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick)
( 3- 7) MIN Fred Cox 27 yard field goal
(10- 7) MIN Bobby Bryant 39 yard interception return (Fred Cox kick)
(10-14) DET Larry Walton 13 yard pass from Bill Munson (Errol Mann kick)
(17-14) MIN Bill Brown 6 yard pass from Gary Cuozzo (Fred Cox kick)
(24-14) MIN Gene Washington 41 yard pass from Gary Cuozzo (Fred Cox kick)
(24-17) DET Errol Mann 11 yard field goal
(27-17) MIN Fred Cox 10 yard field goal
(30-17) MIN Fred Cox 36 yard field goal

                     MIN             DET
First Downs:         17              13
Rushes-yards:        38-136          28-68
Yards/rush:          3.6             2.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     13-22-253-2     17-32-191-3
Sacked-yards:        1-2             1-5
Net pass yards:      251             186
Net yards/pass:      10.9            5.6
Total net yards:     387             254
Total plays:         61 (62% run)    61 (45% run)  
Yards/play:          6.3             4.2
Fumbles-lost:        3-2             0-0
Turnovers:           4               3
Penalties-yards:     8-79            5-60

Attendance: 58,210

Passing:
MIN: Gary Cuozzo, 13 of 22 for 253 yards and 2 TDs (2 int)
DET: Bill Munson, 11 of 24 for 138 yards and 2 TDs (3 int); Greg Landry, 6 of 8 for 53 yards

Rushing:
MIN: Dave Osborn, 27 for 88 yards; Bill Brown, 6 for 27 yards; Gary Cuozzo, 4 for 23 yards; Clint Jones, 1 for -2 yards
DET: Mel Farr, 17 for 44 yards; Altie Taylor, 8 for -2 yards; Greg Landry, 3 for 26 yards

Receiving:
MIN: John Henderson, 4 for 70 yards; Gene Washington, 3 for 87 yards and 1 TD; John Beasley, 3 for 69 yards; Bob Grim, 2 for 21 yards; Bill Brown, 1 for 6 yards and 1 TD
DET: Altie Taylor, 6 for 79 yards; Mel Farr, 6 for 38 yards; Earl McCullouch, 2 for 31 yards and 1 TD; Charlie Sanders, 2 for 30 yards; Larry Walton, 1 for 13 yards and 1 TD

Kick returns:
MIN: Clint Jones, 3 for 77 yards; Oscar Reed, 1 for 15 yards
DET: Nick Eddy, 3 for 74 yards; Bobby Williams, 3 for 49 yards; Bruce Maxwell, 1 for 20 yards

Punt returns:
MIN: Charlie West, 5 for 6 yards
DET: Nick Eddy, 1 for 10 yards; Larry Walton, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
MIN: Ed Sharockman, 1 for 42 yards; Bobby Bryant, 1 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Roy Winston, 1 for 13 yards
DET: Dick LeBeau, 1 for 16 yards; Mike Weger, 1 for 12 yards

Punting:
MIN: Tom McNeill, 2 for 92 yards
DET: Herman Weaver, 7 for 295 yards

Field Goals:
MIN: Fred Cox, 3/5
DET: Errol Mann, 1/1

---