| New York Giants at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 17, 1976 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 47156 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 41 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 7 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NYG | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 23 FG | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Nate Allen 28 blocked punt recovery (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | New York Giants | Doug Kotar 3 run (Joe Danelo kick) | 7 | 10 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Foreman 41 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 17 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Brent McClanahan 3 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Larry Csonka | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Doug Kotar | 13 | 37 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| Marsh White | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gordon Bell | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Norm Snead | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 23 | 83 | 3.6 | 12 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Willie Spencer | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||||||||
| Norm Snead | 24 | 15 | 62.5 | 2 | 149 | 6.2 | 0 | 45.3 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 30 | 21 | 70.0 | 1 | 288 | 9.6 | 2 | 108.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Ray Rhodes | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Doug Kotar | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Robinson | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | |
| Bob Tucker | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Larry Csonka | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 8 | 118 | 14.8 | 41 | 1 |
| Stu Voigt | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 1 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Jeff Wright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nate Wright | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | |||||
| Dave Jennings | 5 | 229 | 45.8 | 1 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 3 | 120 | 40.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Rondy Colbert | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| Jimmy Robinson | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lenny Willis | 5 | 16 | 3.2 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Giants | ||||||
| Jimmy Robinson | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | ||
| Gary Shirk | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Gordon Bell | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Harry Carson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Sammy White | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Lenny Willis | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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