NFL game summary for 11/28/1971:

Clint Jones rushed for 155 yards, tying the club record, and Bill Brown added 85 more as the Vikings ground out 257 yards and matched their previous high point total of the season. Bob Lee was the quarterback for the second straight week. Atlanta's only score against the tough Vikings defense was a 55-yard run by tight end Jim Mitchell after he picked up a fumble by teammate Harmon Wages.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Atlanta Falcons	OFFENSE	140.4  (11)	165.6  (8)	306.0  (7)	23
	DEFENSE	134.8  (17)	121.7  (2)	256.5  (5)	28
Minnesota Vikings	OFFENSE	106.6  (21)	118.2  (24)	224.8  (24)	17
	DEFENSE	117.2  (7)	125.1  (4)	242.3  (3)	36

Line: Vikings by 8

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Atlanta Falcons (5-5-1)	0	7	0	0	7
Minnesota Vikings (9-2-0)	0	7	10	7	24

( 0- 7) MIN Clint Jones 73 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
( 7- 7) ATL Jim Mitchell 55 yard fumble return (Bill Bell kick)
( 7-10) MIN Fred Cox 19 yard field goal
( 7-17) MIN Bill Brown 23 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
( 7-24) MIN Bill Brown 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)

                     ATL             MIN
First Downs:         4               19
Rushes-yards:        22-68           47-257
Yards/rush:          3.1             5.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-23-76-3      10-23-59-2
Sacked-yards:        4-21            1-12
Net pass yards:      55              47
Net yards/pass:      2.0             2.0
Total net yards:     123             304
Total plays:         49 (44% run)    71 (66% run)  
Yards/play:          2.5             4.3
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             3-1
Turnovers:           3               3
Penalties-yards:     6-60            0-0

Attendance: 49,784

Passing:
ATL: Bob Berry, 11 of 23 for 76 yards (3 int)
MIN: Bob Lee, 10 of 23 for 59 yards (2 int)

Rushing:
ATL: Sonny Campbell, 9 for 26 yards; Art Malone, 5 for 14 yards; Willie Belton, 5 for 14 yards; Harmon Wages, 3 for 14 yards
MIN: Clint Jones, 22 for 155 yards and 1 TD; Bill Brown, 18 for 85 yards and 2 TDs; Bob Lee, 4 for 9 yards; Jim Lindsey, 3 for 8 yards

Receiving:
ATL: Art Malone, 4 for 12 yards; Wes Chesson, 3 for 39 yards; Harmon Wages, 3 for 10 yards; Ken Burrow, 1 for 15 yards
MIN: Bob Grim, 4 for 31 yards; Bob Brown, 2 for 15 yards; Bill Brown, 2 for 7 yards; Gene Washington, 1 for 7 yards; Jim Lindsey, 1 for -1 yards

Kick returns:
ATL: Willie Belton, 3 for 60 yards; Sonny Campbell, 1 for 33 yards; Dick Enderle, 1 for 20 yards
MIN: Charlie West, 2 for 51 yards

Punt returns:
ATL: Willie Belton, 2 for 34 yards; John Mallory, 1 for 2 yards
MIN: Charlie West, 1 for 1 yard

Interceptions:
ATL: Greg Brezina, 1 for 11 yards; Don Hansen, 1 for 4 yards
MIN: Paul Krause, 2 for 22 yards; Bobby Bryant, 1 for 16 yards

Punting:
ATL: Billy Lothridge, 9 for 321 yards
MIN: Bob Lee, 6 for 218 yards

Field Goals:
ATL: Bill Bell, 0/1
MIN: Fred Cox, 1/1

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