Minnesota Vikings
Vs.
Denver Broncos
August 17, 1968
DENVER ERRS; VIKINGS GET VICTORY, 39-16
DENVER, Colo. (AP)- Minnesota ran up 27 points in the first 17 minutes,
mostly on Denver errors, toreap sweet revenge with a 39-16 exhibition
football victory over the Broncos Saturday night.
The National Football League Vikings, avenging a loss to the American
Football League Broncos last season, cashed in two Denver fumbles and a
pass interception in the early spurt that left Denver trailing 27-3
after two minutes of the second quarter.
Viking Paul Krause ran back a stolen Steve Tensi pass 29 yards in the
big play of Minnesota's quick getaway. Two fumbles by Denver's Floyd
Little, one on his 27 and the other on his one, were turned into a
25-yard field goal by Minnesota's Fred Cox and a one-yard touchdown
plunge by Bill Brown.
Charlie West's 58-yard punt return to Denver's 17 opened the way for
Gary Cuozzo's TD pass to Tom Hall on the next play.
Little had a 63-yard punt return for a Denver touchdown that closed the
Viking lead to 27-9 with 3:20 left in the half.
On the ensuing kickoff, Viking quarterback Bob Berry took his team on an
80-yard march in 12 plays for a touchdown that made it 33-9. The payoff
was a five-yard TD pitch to Brown.
The Vikings lost last year 14-9 to Denver.
|
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
|
|
Vikings |
20 |
13 |
6 |
0 |
39 |
|
Broncos |
3 |
6 |
0 |
7 |
16 |
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
DEN- FG Humphries 18
MINN- FG Cox 39
MINN- FG Cox 25
MINN- Krause 29 yard interception return (Osborn pass from Cuozzo)
MINN_ Brown 1 run (Osborn run)
Second Quarter
MINN- Hall 17 yard pass from Cuozzo (Washington pass from Cuozzo)
DEN- Little 63 yard punt return (kick failed)
MINN- Brown 5 yard pass from Berry (run failed)
Third Quarter
MINN- FG Cox 24
MINN- FG Cox 28
Fourth Quarter
DEN- Erwin 17 yard pass from McCormick (Erwin run)
Att-20,901
