NFL game summary for 11/25/1973:

John Gilliam caught two touchdown passes and set up an eight-yard scoring run by Fran Tarkenton with another catch. Gilliam caught five for 139 yards as Tarkenton completed 11 of 15 attempts. Oscar Reed led a 203-yard Minnesota ground attack with 97 yards, while the Vikings' defense sacked Chicago quarterbacks eight times. The game was dedicated to former Vikings DB Karl Kassulke, who was paralyzed in a pre-training camp motorcycle accident.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Chicago Bears	OFFENSE	154.2  (8)	101.7  (23)	255.9  (21)	33
	DEFENSE	158.8  (20)	115.8  (6)	274.6  (12)	25
Minnesota Vikings	OFFENSE	167.0  (6)	145.1  (12)	312.1  (6)	18
	DEFENSE	134.2  (9)	143.0  (16)	277.2  (13)	27

Line: Vikings by 14

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Chicago Bears (3-8-0)	3	0	3	7	13
Minnesota Vikings (10-1-0)	3	7	14	7	31

( 0- 3) MIN Fred Cox 41 yard field goal
( 3- 3) CHI Mirro Roder 43 yard field goal
( 3-10) MIN Chuck Foreman 2 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
( 6-10) CHI Mirro Roder 24 yard field goal
( 6-17) MIN John Gilliam 54 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)
( 6-24) MIN Fran Tarkenton 8 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
( 6-31) MIN John Gilliam 30 yard pass from Bob Berry (Fred Cox kick)
(13-31) CHI Earl Thomas 29 yard pass from Gary Huff (Mirro Roder kick)

                     CHI             MIN
First Downs:         16              20
Rushes-yards:        35-141          39-203
Yards/rush:          4.0             5.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     10-20-107-1     13-18-211-0
Sacked-yards:        8-50            2-39
Net pass yards:      57              172
Net yards/pass:      2.0             8.6
Total net yards:     198             375
Total plays:         63 (55% run)    59 (66% run)  
Yards/play:          3.1             6.4
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             4-3
Turnovers:           2               3
Penalties-yards:     2-20            4-20

Attendance: 48,503

Passing:
CHI: Bobby Douglass, 4 of 12 for 42 yards (1 int); Gary Huff, 6 of 8 for 65 yards and 1 TD
MIN: Fran Tarkenton, 11 of 15 for 161 yards and 1 TD; Bob Berry, 2 of 3 for 50 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
CHI: Joe Moore, 24 for 75 yards; Bobby Douglass, 5 for 52 yards; Gary Kosins, 4 for 11 yards; Jim Harrison, 2 for 3 yards
MIN: Oscar Reed, 12 for 97 yards; Chuck Foreman, 11 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Dave Osborn, 6 for 19 yards; Ed Marinaro, 6 for 16 yards; Brent McClanahan, 3 for 24 yards; Fran Tarkenton, 1 for 8 yards and 1 TD

Receiving:
CHI: Ike Hill, 4 for 41 yards; Earl Thomas, 3 for 43 yards and 1 TD; Craig Cotton, 1 for 12 yards; Roger Lawson, 1 for 6 yards; Jim Harrison, 1 for 5 yards
MIN: John Gilliam, 5 for 139 yards and 2 TDs; Chuck Foreman, 3 for 22 yards; Oscar Reed, 2 for 8 yards; Stu Voigt, 1 for 20 yards; Doug Kingsriter, 1 for 14 yards; Carroll Dale, 1 for 8 yards

Kick returns:
CHI: Ike Hill, 3 for 65 yards; Bob Parsons, 1 for 15 yards; Craig Cotton, 1 for 2 yards
MIN: Charlie West, 2 for 62 yards; Bill Brown, 1 for 0 yards

Punt returns:
CHI: Ike Hill, 2 for 2 yards
MIN: Bobby Bryant, 2 for 15 yards; Charlie West, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
MIN: Bobby Bryant, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
CHI: Bobby Joe Green, 4 for 157 yards
MIN: Mike Eischeid, 2 for 72 yards

Field Goals:
CHI: Mirro Roder, 2/3
MIN: Fred Cox, 1/2

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