Sunday November 22, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 11/22/1970:



Clint Jones twisted across the goal line from the one-yard line on a fourth down play in the third period to snap a 3-3 tie and enable Minnesota to avenge its only loss to this point. The Vikings' Jim Marshall recovered a Green Bay fumble at the Minnesota 17 to halt a Packers' drive with little over two minutes remaining.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Green Bay PackersOFFENSE129.7  (10)134.4  (24)264.1  (20)27
DEFENSE145.0  (24)152.0  (10)297.0  (18)24
Minnesota VikingsOFFENSE114.1  (18)145.7  (16)259.8  (21)19
DEFENSE100.1  (5)101.9  (1)202.0  (1)31

Line: Vikings by 11

Team1234F
Green Bay Packers (5-5-0)03003
Minnesota Vikings (9-1-0)037010

( 0- 3) MIN Fred Cox 25 yard field goal
( 3- 3) GB  Dale Livingston 26 yard field goal
( 3-10) MIN Clint Jones 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
                     GB              MIN
First Downs:         15              11
Rushes-yards:        37-124          38-98
Yards/rush:          3.4             2.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     14-28-169-1     8-16-122-0
Sacked-yards:        1-11            2-18
Net pass yards:      158             104
Net yards/pass:      5.4             5.8
Total net yards:     282             202
Total plays:         66 (56% run)    56 (67% run)  
Yards/play:          4.3             3.6
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             1-0
Turnovers:           2               0
Penalties-yards:     2-51            4-37

Attendance: 47,900
Passing:
GB: Bart Starr, 12 of 23 for 131 yards (1 int); Don Horn, 2 of 5 for 38 yards
MIN: Gary Cuozzo, 8 of 16 for 122 yards

Rushing:
GB: Donny Anderson, 24 for 93 yards; Jim Grabowski, 12 for 30 yards; Larry Krause, 1 for 1 yard
MIN: Dave Osborn, 18 for 57 yards; Bill Brown, 12 for 32 yards; Gary Cuozzo, 4 for 6 yards; Clint Jones, 4 for 3 yards and 1 TD

Receiving:
GB: Carroll Dale, 7 for 69 yards; Jim Grabowski, 3 for 32 yards; Donny Anderson, 2 for 37 yards; John Hilton, 1 for 19 yards; Jack Clancy, 1 for 12 yards
MIN: Gene Washington, 2 for 48 yards; Bill Brown, 2 for 23 yards; Dave Osborn, 2 for 22 yards; John Henderson, 1 for 21 yards; John Beasley, 1 for 8 yards

Kick returns:
GB: Larry Krause, 1 for 24 yards; Ken Ellis, 1 for 15 yards; Mike McCoy, 1 for 4 yards
MIN: Clint Jones, 1 for 16 yards

Punt returns:
GB: Willie Wood, 1 for 12 yards; Ken Ellis, 1 for 6 yards

Interceptions:
MIN: Lonnie Warwick, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
GB: Donny Anderson, 4 for 135 yards
MIN: Tom McNeill, 7 for 259 yards

Field Goals:
GB: Dale Livingston, 1/4
MIN: Fred Cox, 1/2




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