Visitor: Baltimore Colts

Home: Minnesota Vikings

Date: October 25, 1971

Monday Night Football

Scoring:

Team 1 2 3 4 Final

BAL 0 0 0 3 3

MIN 7 0 3 0 10

Visitor playmakers:

None

Home playmakers:

RB Dave Osborn, CB Ed Sharockman, S Karl Kassulke

Network: ABC

Announcers: Frank Gifford, Howard Cosell, Don Meredith

Pregame: Yes, including the National Anthem

Halftime: Yes

Postgame: Yes

Commercials: Yes

Grade: 8/10. Some network problems in the second quarter.

Notes: CB Ed Sharockman’s first of two interceptions preceded a 25-yard Gary Cuozzo-to-Stu Voigt pass that set up RB Dave Osborn’s two-yard scoring burst for the only touchdown of the game in the first period. Sharockman’s second steal and another interception by S Karl Kassulke halted Baltimore drives of 49 and 59 yards. Minnesota’s defense also stopped Baltimore twice inside its own five-yard line, the final time when a John Unitas pass grazed the crossbar from the Vikings’ two with 42 seconds remaining.

Look for Don Most (Happy Days) selling Schick razor blades, Doan Adams (Get Smart!) for Hertz, O.J. Simpson selling RC Cola, Edward Herrmann selling Panasonic stereos, and Larry Storch for Sunoco.

An ABC Special Report on the UN vote removing Nationalist China (Taiwan) and seating mainland China (China) in the UN General Assembly interrupts the game twice.

Thanks Dean!

Running time: 2:39 (2 discs)