| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 14, 1975 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 72742 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit Lions | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Marlin Briscoe 8 pass from Joe Reed (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit Lions | Bobby Thompson 46 run (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 39 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Errol Mann 30 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Paul Krause 70/16 opponents fumble recovery (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 14 | 24 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Sam McCullum | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 15 | 76 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 1 | |
| Horace King | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Reed | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 34 | 18 | 52.9 | 2 | 156 | 4.6 | 0 | 40.8 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Joe Reed | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 2 | 88 | 5.2 | 1 | 47.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Steve Craig | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Lash | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Sam McCullum | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Chuck Foreman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 1 | |
| Altie Taylor | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| George Farmer | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Paul Krause | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Levi Johnson | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Mike Weger | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 7 | 311 | 44.4 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 5 | 255 | 51.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Sam McCullum | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Charlie West | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | ||
| Lem Barney | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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