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Sunday October 21, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/21/1973:



John Gilliam sped 44 yards on a reverse and caught a TD pass from Fran Tarkenton to help Minnesota remain unbeaten with six straight victories. The Eagles moved within a touchdown of the Vikings with 4:05 to play when tight end Charles Young swept 17 yards on an end-around. Eagles' RB Po James led all rushers with 78 yards. Tarkenton completed 16 of 21 passes for 202 yards.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Philadelphia EaglesOFFENSE133.4  (17)218.4  (1)351.8  (3)10
DEFENSE141.2  (9)197.4  (25)338.6  (23)8
Minnesota VikingsOFFENSE148.0  (11)134.4  (14)282.4  (14)11
DEFENSE150.8  (17)161.6  (18)312.4  (19)17

Line: Vikings by 14

Team1234F
Philadelphia Eagles (1-4-1)077721
Minnesota Vikings (6-0-0)777728

( 0- 7) MIN John Gilliam 44 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
( 0-14) MIN Oscar Reed 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
( 7-14) PHI Po James 12 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
( 7-21) MIN John Gilliam 24 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)
(14-21) PHI Lee Bouggess 2 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
(14-28) MIN Chuck Foreman 5 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
(21-28) PHI Charle Young 17 yard rush (Tom Dempsey kick)
                     PHI             MIN
First Downs:         19              25
Rushes-yards:        26-126          44-217
Yards/rush:          4.8             4.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     23-32-201-0     16-21-202-0
Sacked-yards:        2-12            1-10
Net pass yards:      189             192
Net yards/pass:      5.6             8.7
Total net yards:     315             409
Total plays:         60 (43% run)    66 (66% run)  
Yards/play:          5.2             6.2
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             2-1
Turnovers:           0               1
Penalties-yards:     2-30            3-11

Attendance: 47,478
Passing:
PHI: Roman Gabriel, 23 of 32 for 201 yards
MIN: Fran Tarkenton, 16 of 21 for 202 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
PHI: Po James, 11 for 78 yards and 1 TD; Tom Sullivan, 8 for 35 yards; Lee Bouggess, 3 for 2 yards and 1 TD; Norm Bulaich, 2 for -8 yards; Charle Young, 1 for 17 yards and 1 TD; Roman Gabriel, 1 for 2 yards
MIN: Chuck Foreman, 21 for 68 yards and 1 TD; Oscar Reed, 13 for 56 yards and 1 TD; Fran Tarkenton, 9 for 49 yards; John Gilliam, 1 for 44 yards and 1 TD

Receiving:
PHI: Charle Young, 6 for 86 yards; Harold Carmichael, 6 for 52 yards; Po James, 6 for 25 yards; Tom Sullivan, 3 for 22 yards; Don Zimmerman, 2 for 16 yards
MIN: John Gilliam, 6 for 116 yards and 1 TD; Oscar Reed, 3 for 29 yards; Chuck Foreman, 3 for 17 yards; Stu Voigt, 2 for 27 yards; Carroll Dale, 1 for 10 yards; Ed Marinaro, 1 for 3 yards

Kick returns:
PHI: Al Nelson, 3 for 75 yards
MIN: Brent McClanahan, 3 for 80 yards

Punt returns:
MIN: Bobby Bryant, 3 for 25 yards; Jeff Wright, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:

Punting:
PHI: Tom McNeill, 5 for 209 yards
MIN: Mike Eischeid, 2 for 83 yards

Field Goals:
PHI: Tom Dempsey, 0/1
MIN: Fred Cox, 0/2




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