NFL game summary for 10/25/1971:

Ed Sharockman's first of two interceptions preceded a 25-yard Gary Cuozzo-to-Stu Voigt pass that set up Dave Osborn's two-yard scoring burst for the only touchdown of the game in the first period. Sharockman's second steal and another interception by Karl Kassulke halted Baltimore drives of 49 and 59 yards. Minnesota's defense also stopped Baltimore twice inside its own five-yard line, the final time when a John Unitas pass grazed the crossbar from the Vikings' two with 42 seconds remaining.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Baltimore Colts	OFFENSE	196.2  (1)	127.6  (22)	323.8  (6)	14
	DEFENSE	68.2  (1)	99.0  (1)	167.2  (1)	16
Minnesota Vikings	OFFENSE	110.6  (18)	148.6  (17)	259.2  (19)	10
	DEFENSE	92.6  (6)	130.2  (6)	222.8  (3)	17

Line: Vikings by 2½

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Baltimore Colts (4-2-0)	0	0	0	3	3
Minnesota Vikings (5-1-0)	7	0	3	0	10

( 0- 7) MIN Dave Osborn 2 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
( 0-10) MIN Fred Cox 32 yard field goal
( 3-10) BAL Jim O'Brien 40 yard field goal

                     BAL             MIN
First Downs:         16              9
Rushes-yards:        35-129          29-67
Yards/rush:          3.7             2.3
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     19-33-173-3     7-15-110-1
Sacked-yards:        3-26            3-24
Net pass yards:      147             86
Net yards/pass:      4.1             4.8
Total net yards:     276             153
Total plays:         71 (49% run)    47 (61% run)  
Yards/play:          3.9             3.3
Fumbles-lost:        1-4             1-0
Turnovers:           7               1
Penalties-yards:     4-39            5-44

Attendance: 49,784

Passing:
BAL: Earl Morrall, 16 of 27 for 148 yards (3 int); Johnny Unitas, 3 of 5 for 25 yards; Tom Matte, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
MIN: Gary Cuozzo, 7 of 15 for 110 yards (1 int)

Rushing:
BAL: Norm Bulaich, 18 for 83 yards; Tom Matte, 13 for 30 yards; Don Nottingham, 3 for 13 yards; Willie Richardson, 1 for 3 yards
MIN: Dave Osborn, 13 for 42 yards and 1 TD; Oscar Reed, 8 for 17 yards; Bill Brown, 5 for 8 yards; Gary Cuozzo, 2 for 0 yards; Bob Grim, 1 for 0 yards

Receiving:
BAL: Norm Bulaich, 6 for 62 yards; Tom Matte, 4 for 22 yards; Willie Richardson, 3 for 29 yards; Ray Perkins, 2 for 32 yards; Tom Mitchell, 2 for 16 yards; Eddie Hinton, 1 for 6 yards; John Mackey, 1 for 6 yards
MIN: Stu Voigt, 3 for 60 yards; Al Denson, 2 for 31 yards; Oscar Reed, 1 for 26 yards; Bill Brown, 1 for -7 yards

Kick returns:
BAL: Charlie Pittman, 1 for 37 yards
MIN: Clint Jones, 1 for 43 yards; Charlie West, 1 for 23 yards

Punt returns:
BAL: Rick Volk, 2 for 14 yards; Tom Curtis, 2 for 11 yards
MIN: Charlie West, 2 for 12 yards

Interceptions:
BAL: Jerry Logan, 1 for 2 yards
MIN: Ed Sharockman, 2 for 9 yards; Karl Kassulke, 1 for 2 yards

Punting:
BAL: David Lee, 5 for 202 yards
MIN: Bob Lee, 8 for 299 yards

Field Goals:
BAL: Jim O'Brien, 1/2
MIN: Fred Cox, 1/1

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