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Sunday November 15, 1970
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NFL game summary for 11/15/1970:



Clint Jones scored his third touchdown of the game on a five-yard bolt with 1:23 remaining, to climax an 80-yard drive that began with 4:19 to play. A 49-yard pass from Gary Cuozzo to Jim Lindsey (playing tight end) on a third-and-10 situation from the Minnesota 46 preceded Jones' TD.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Detroit LionsOFFENSE140.2  (4)149.5  (13)289.8  (12)15
DEFENSE97.5  (4)161.2  (18)258.8  (5)25
Minnesota VikingsOFFENSE117.8  (14)138.4  (20)256.1  (21)17
DEFENSE96.9  (3)107.2  (1)204.1  (1)29

Line: n/a

Team1234F
Detroit Lions (5-4-0)10010020
Minnesota Vikings (8-1-0)3701424

( 3- 0) DET Errol Mann 28 yard field goal
( 3- 3) MIN Fred Cox 19 yard field goal
(10- 3) DET Bobby Williams 85 yard kickoff return (Errol Mann kick)
(10-10) MIN Clint Jones 3 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
(17-10) DET Mel Farr 5 yard pass from Greg Landry (Errol Mann kick)
(20-10) DET Errol Mann 17 yard field goal
(20-17) MIN Clint Jones 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
(20-24) MIN Clint Jones 5 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
                     DET             MIN
First Downs:         15              17
Rushes-yards:        34-126          28-85
Yards/rush:          3.7             3.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-17-102-2     13-30-228-1
Sacked-yards:        6-43            4-24
Net pass yards:      59              204
Net yards/pass:      2.6             6.0
Total net yards:     185             289
Total plays:         57 (59% run)    62 (45% run)  
Yards/play:          3.2             4.7
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             2-1
Turnovers:           2               2
Penalties-yards:     2-15            2-20

Attendance: 47,900
Passing:
DET: Greg Landry, 10 of 17 for 102 yards and 1 TD (2 int)
MIN: Gary Cuozzo, 13 of 30 for 228 yards (1 int)

Rushing:
DET: Altie Taylor, 19 for 66 yards; Mel Farr, 10 for 32 yards; Greg Landry, 4 for 25 yards; Bill Triplett, 1 for 3 yards
MIN: Dave Osborn, 13 for 32 yards; Clint Jones, 10 for 39 yards and 3 TDs; Bill Brown, 4 for 9 yards; Oscar Reed, 1 for 5 yards

Receiving:
DET: Larry Walton, 4 for 44 yards; Charlie Sanders, 2 for 17 yards; Mel Farr, 2 for 11 yards and 1 TD; Bill Triplett, 1 for 15 yards; Earl McCullouch, 1 for 15 yards
MIN: John Henderson, 3 for 57 yards; Gene Washington, 3 for 52 yards; Bill Brown, 3 for 37 yards; John Beasley, 2 for 24 yards; Jim Lindsey, 1 for 49 yards; Dave Osborn, 1 for 9 yards

Kick returns:
DET: Bobby Williams, 4 for 155 yards and 1 TD
MIN: Clint Jones, 3 for 40 yards; Oscar Reed, 1 for 16 yards

Punt returns:
DET: Lem Barney, 1 for 24 yards; Larry Walton, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
DET: Mike Weger, 1 for 8 yards
MIN: Paul Krause, 1 for 14 yards; Karl Kassulke, 1 for 6 yards

Punting:
DET: Herman Weaver, 3 for 84 yards
MIN: Tom McNeill, 3 for 110 yards

Field Goals:
DET: Errol Mann, 2/4
MIN: Fred Cox, 1/3




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