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Washington Commanders
Washington Redskins
@
Minnesota Vikings
Minnesota Vikings
Date
September 18, 1972
Kickoff
09:00 PM ET
06:00 PM PT
Score
WAS 24 — MIN 21 F

Stadium

Capacity: 66,655

Inaugurated: 01/01/1956

Broadcast

Announcers

Frank Gifford, Don Meredith, Howard Cosell

Summary

WAS and MIN combined for 290 passing yards and 2 passing touchdowns. On the ground, Larry Brown led WAS with 105 rushing yards while Oscar Reed paced MIN with 68. Through the air, Roy Jefferson topped WAS with 38 receiving yards while Gene Washington led MIN with 70.

Expected Points Summary

Team Stats

Stat WAS MIN
First Downs 11 26
Rush-Yds-TDs 31-146-2 43-182-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 7-17-57-0-1 18-31-233-2-0
Sacked-Yards 0-0 4-33
Net Pass Yards 57 200
Total Yards 203 382
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-2
Turnovers 1 2
Penalties-Yards 5-41 4-34

Expected Points Detail

Officials

Boxscore Team Stats

Stat WAS MIN
First Downs 11 26
Rush-Yds-TDs 31-146-2 43-182-1
Cmp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 7-17-57-0-1 18-31-233-2-0
Sacked-Yards 0-0 4-33
Net Pass Yards 57 200
Total Yards 203 382
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-2
Turnovers 1 2
Penalties-Yards 5-41 4-34

Scoring Summary

Q Team Detail Score
1 Redskins Bill Malinchak 16 yard blocked punt return (Curt Knight kick) 7-0
2 Vikings Clint Jones 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) 7-7
Redskins Curt Knight 30 yard field goal 10-7
3 Vikings John Gilliam 11 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) 10-14
4 Redskins Larry Brown 3 yard rush (Curt Knight kick) 17-14
Redskins Charlie Harraway 9 yard rush (Curt Knight kick) 24-14
Vikings Bill Brown 4 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) 24-21

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