NFL game summary for 12/10/1972:

Trailing 7-0 at halftime, the Packers took the second-half kickoff and marched for the first of three Chester Marcol field goals. The next four times Minnesota had the ball, Green Bay forced turnovers ? a fumble recovery by Fred Carr, two interceptions by Willie Buchanon and another pass steal by Ken Ellis ? and produced a pair of touchdowns and two more Marcol field goals. Green Bay scored on all five of its second half productions to clinch the NFC Central Division title and assure its first playoff berth since 1967's Super Bowl II champions. John Brockington rushed for 114 yards and thus became the first man in NFL history to rush for over 1,000 yards in each of his first two seasons.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	144.6 (13)	107.5 (24)	252.1 (22)	17
DEFENSE	117.8 (4)	147.1 (9)	264.8 (6)	30
OFFENSE	125.8 (19)	194.8 (3)	320.5 (6)	26
DEFENSE	136.2 (15)	117.8 (2)	254.0 (3)	31

Line: Vikings by 4

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Green Bay Packers (9-4-0)	0	0	17	6	23
Minnesota Vikings (7-6-0)	0	7	0	0	7

( 0- 7) MIN Stu Voigt 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
( 3- 7) GB  Chester Marcol 36 yard field goal
(10- 7) GB  Scott Hunter 1 yard rush (Chester Marcol kick)
(17- 7) GB  MacArthur Lane 3 yard rush (Chester Marcol kick)
(20- 7) GB  Chester Marcol 42 yard field goal
(23- 7) GB  Chester Marcol 10 yard field goal

                     GB              MIN
First Downs:         18              9
Rushes-yards:        45-214          21-54
Yards/rush:          4.8             2.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     7-14-74-1       11-21-118-3
Sacked-yards:        3-18            4-28
Net pass yards:      56              90
Net yards/pass:      3.3             3.6
Total net yards:     270             144
Total plays:         62 (72% run)    46 (45% run)  
Yards/play:          4.4             3.1
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             4-1
Turnovers:           2               4
Penalties-yards:     4-74            4-30

Attendance: 49,784

Passing:
GB: Scott Hunter, 7 of 14 for 74 yards (1 int) MIN: Fran Tarkenton, 11 of 21 for 118 yards (3 int)
Rushing:
GB: John Brockington, 25 for 114 yards; MacArthur Lane, 19 for 99 yards and 1 TD; Scott Hunter, 1 for 1 yard and 1 TD MIN: Dave Osborn, 7 for 17 yards; Bill Brown, 6 for 22 yards; Oscar Reed, 6 for 6 yards; Jim Lindsey, 1 for 8 yards; Stu Voigt, 1 for 1 yard and 1 TD
Receiving:
GB: Carroll Dale, 3 for 32 yards; Leland Glass, 2 for 30 yards; Jon Staggers, 1 for 9 yards; John Brockington, 1 for 3 yards MIN: Bill Brown, 3 for 20 yards; John Henderson, 2 for 31 yards; John Beasley, 2 for 15 yards; Dave Osborn, 2 for 12 yards; John Gilliam, 1 for 43 yards; Oscar Reed, 1 for -3 yards
Kick returns:
GB: Ike Thomas, 2 for 27 yards MIN: John Gilliam, 3 for 26 yards; Bill Brown, 1 for 27 yards; Charlie West, 1 for 0 yards
Punt returns:
GB: Ken Ellis, 1 for 27 yards; Jon Staggers, 1 for 11 yards MIN: Bobby Bryant, 2 for 5 yards
Interceptions:
GB: Willie Buchanon, 2 for 25 yards; Ken Ellis, 1 for 23 yards MIN: Paul Krause, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
GB: Ron Widby, 2 for 78 yards MIN: Mike Eischeid, 3 for 129 yards
Field Goals:
GB: Chester Marcol, 3/4 MIN: Fred Cox, 0/1