1975 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) |
| 1st place National Football Conference Central Division 12-2-0 .857 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Bud Grant |
| Neill Armstrong | Defensive Coordinator |
| Jerry Burns | Offensive Coordinator |
| Bus Mertes | Offensive Backs |
| John Michels | Offensive Line |
| Jocko Nelson | Linebackers |
| Jack Patera | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/9/1975 | N | New York Jets | 15-20 | L | Tempe, AZ | Sun Devil Stadium | 51323 | |
| Sun | 8/17/1975 | A | New England Patriots | 10-36 | L | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 40218 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1975 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 16-13 | W | Irving, TX | Texas Stadium | 45395 | |
| Mon | 9/1/1975 | H | Miami Dolphins | 20-7 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47653 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1975 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 6-13 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46975 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1975 | A | San Diego Chargers | 14-14 | T | OT | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 31642 |
| Sun | 9/21/1975 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 27-17 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46479 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1975 | A | Cleveland Browns | 42-10 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 63163 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1975 | H | Chicago Bears | 28-3 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47578 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1975 | H | New York Jets | 29-21 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47739 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1975 | H | Detroit Lions | 25-19 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47872 | |
| Mon | 10/27/1975 | A | Chicago Bears | 13-9 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 51259 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1975 | A | Green Bay Packers | 28-17 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 55378 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1975 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 38-0 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 43751 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1975 | A | New Orleans Saints | 20-7 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 52765 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1975 | H | San Diego Chargers | 28-13 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 43737 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1975 | A | Washington Redskins | 30-31 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 54498 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1975 | H | Green Bay Packers | 24-3 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46147 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1975 | A | Detroit Lions | 10-17 | L | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 72742 | |
| Sat | 12/20/1975 | A | Buffalo Bills | 35-13 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 54993 | |
| NFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/28/1975 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 14-17 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46425 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 45 | Pete Athas | CB | 5-11 | 185 | 29 | Tennessee | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | Autry Beamon | S | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 14 | 0 |
| 17 | Bob Berry | QB | 5-11 | 185 | 33 | Oregon | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Joe Blahak | CB | 5-9 | 181 | 25 | Nebraska | 9 | 0 |
| 59 | Matt Blair | LB | 6-5 | 242 | 25 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Iowa State | 14 | 0 |
| 43 | Terry Brown | LS | 6-1 | 210 | 28 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 12 |
| 20 | Bobby Bryant | RCB | 6-0 | 176 | 31 | South Carolina | 14 | 14 |
| 12 | Neil Clabo | P | 6-2 | 205 | 23 | Tennessee | 14 | 0 |
| 14 | Fred Cox | K | 5-10 | 200 | 37 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 0 |
| 84 | Steve Craig | TE | 6-3 | 231 | 24 | Northwestern | 14 | 1 |
| 81 | Carl Eller | LDE | 6-6 | 252 | 33 | Minnesota | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Chuck Foreman | RB | 6-2 | 212 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 14 | 12 |
| 42 | John Gilliam | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | South Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| 68 | Charlie Goodrum | LOT | 6-3 | 256 | 25 | Florida A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 87 | Clint Haslerig | WR | 6-0 | 191 | 23 | Michigan | 7 | 0 |
| 58 | Wally Hilgenberg | RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 33 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| 89 | Doug Kingsriter | TE | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Minnesota | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | Paul Krause | RS | 6-3 | 199 | 33 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| 82 | Jim Lash | WR | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Northwestern | 14 | 14 |
| 65 | Steve Lawson | ROG | 6-3 | 265 | 26 | Kansas | 11 | 3 |
| 19 | Bob Lee | QB | 6-2 | 190 | 29 | Arizona State; San Francisco CC; Pacific | 4 | 0 |
| 75 | Bob Lurtsema | DE-DT | 6-6 | 251 | 33 | Grand Rapids CC; Michigan Tech; Western Michigan | 14 | 0 |
| 49 | Ed Marinaro | RB | 6-2 | 212 | 25 | Cornell | 14 | 12 |
| 70 | Jim Marshall | RDE | 6-3 | 239 | 38 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | Amos Martin | LB | 6-3 | 228 | 26 | Louisville | 5 | 0 |
| 66 | Andy Maurer | LOG | 6-3 | 255 | 27 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| 33 | Brent McClanahan | RB | 5-10 | 202 | 24 | Arizona State | 12 | 4 |
| 80 | Sam McCullum | WR | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Montana State | 9 | 0 |
| 54 | Fred McNeill | LB | 6-2 | 229 | 23 | UCLA | 14 | 5 |
| 35 | Robert Miller | RB | 5-11 | 204 | 22 | Kansas | 14 | 0 |
| 77 | Mark Mullaney | DE | 6-6 | 246 | 22 | Colorado State | 14 | 0 |
| 41 | Dave Osborn | RB | 6-0 | 204 | 32 | North Dakota | 14 | 0 |
| 88 | Alan Page | RDT | 6-5 | 255 | 30 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| 78 | Steve Riley | LOT | 6-6 | 258 | 23 | Southern California | 14 | 7 |
| 50 | Jeff Siemon | MLB | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| 56 | Bob Stein | LB | 6-2 | 235 | 27 | Minnesota | 9 | 0 |
| 69 | Doug Sutherland | LDT | 6-3 | 250 | 27 | Wisconsin-Superior | 14 | 14 |
| 10 | Fran Tarkenton | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 35 | Georgia | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Mick Tingelhoff | C | 6-1 | 237 | 35 | Nebraska | 14 | 14 |
| 83 | Stu Voigt | TE | 6-1 | 223 | 27 | Wisconsin | 13 | 13 |
| 72 | John Ward | C-OG | 6-4 | 250 | 27 | Oklahoma State | 14 | 0 |
| 62 | Ed White | ROG | 6-2 | 264 | 28 | California | 13 | 11 |
| 60 | Roy Winston | LLB | 6-1 | 228 | 35 | Louisiana State | 9 | 9 |
| 23 | Jeff Wright | LS | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Minnesota | 3 | 2 |
| 43 | Nate Wright | LCB | 5-11 | 179 | 28 | Monterey Peninsula JC; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| 73 | Ron Yary | ROT | 6-6 | 256 | 29 | Cerritos JC; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 25 | Mark Mullaney | DE | Colorado State |
| 2 | 52 | Art Riley | DT | Southern California |
| 4 | 89 | Harold Henson | RB | Ohio State |
| 4 | 103 | Bruce Adams | WR | Kansas |
| 5 | 129 | Robert Miller | RB | Kansas |
| 6 | 155 | Bubba Broussard | LB | Houston |
| 7 | 181 | Henry Greene | RB | Southern University |
| 8 | 207 | Joe Hollimon | DB | Arkansas State |
| 9 | 233 | John Passananti | G | Western Illinois |
| 10 | 258 | Neil Clabo | P | Tennessee |
| 11 | 285 | Ike Spencer | RB | Utah |
| 12 | 311 | Autry Beamon | DB | Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 13 | 337 | Mike Hurd | WR | Michigan State |
| 14 | 363 | Mike Strickland | RB | Eastern Michigan |
| 15 | 388 | Ollie Bakken | LB | Minnesota |
| 16 | 414 | Tom Goedjen | K | Iowa State |
| 17 | 441 | Adolph Bellizeare | RB | Pennsylvania |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 83 | 128 | 71 | 95 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 57 | 25 | 50 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34:10 | 314 | 142 | 156 | 16 | 123/234 52.6% | 6/12 50.0% | 90 | 708 |
| Opponents Totals | 25:50 | 190 | 77 | 93 | 20 | 46/183 25.1% | 10/13 76.9% | 91 | 781 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Foreman | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132 | ||
| Fred Cox | 0 | 46 | 48 | 95.8 | 13 | 17 | 76.5 | 0 | 85 |
| John Gilliam | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Jim Lash | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ed Marinaro | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Stu Voigt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Terry Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Krause | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Robert Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Autry Beamon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Joe Blahak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 48 | 46 | 48 | 95.8 | 13 | 17 | 76.5 | 2 | 377 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 19 | 22 | 86.4 | 9 | 13 | 69.2 | 1 | 180 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Cox | 13 | 17 | 76.5 | 1 | 52 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 6/6 | 3/7 | 1/1 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 17 | 76.5 | 1 | 52 | 0/0 | 3/3 | 6/6 | 3/7 | 1/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 13 | 69.2 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 2/2 | 2/6 | 0/0 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Foreman | 280 | 1070 | 3.8 | 31t | 13 |
| Ed Marinaro | 101 | 358 | 3.5 | 14 | 1 |
| Brent McClanahan | 92 | 336 | 3.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 16 | 108 | 6.8 | 21t | 2 |
| Dave Osborn | 32 | 94 | 2.9 | 9 | 1 |
| Robert Miller | 30 | 93 | 3.1 | 10 | 1 |
| John Gilliam | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob Berry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Lee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 556 | 2094 | 3.8 | 31t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 383 | 1532 | 4.0 | 46t | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Tarkenton | 425 | 273 | 273 | 139 | 2994 | 7.0 | 11.0 | 46 | 25 | 5.9 | 13 | 3.1 | 27 | 245 | 2749 | 91.8 |
| Bob Lee | 14 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 103 | 7.4 | 20.6 | 33t | 2 | 14.3 | 1 | 7.1 | 1 | 6 | 97 | 72.3 |
| Bob Berry | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 60.4 |
| Jim Lash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 446 | 281 | 281 | 151 | 3121 | 7.0 | 11.1 | 46 | 27 | 6.1 | 14 | 3.1 | 29 | 260 | 2861 | 90.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 360 | 175 | 175 | 157 | 1994 | 5.5 | 11.4 | 64t | 14 | 3.9 | 28 | 7.8 | 46 | 373 | 1621 | 46.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck Foreman | 73 | 691 | 9.5 | 33 | 9 |
| Ed Marinaro | 54 | 462 | 8.6 | 25 | 3 |
| John Gilliam | 50 | 777 | 15.5 | 46 | 7 |
| Jim Lash | 37 | 535 | 14.5 | 45t | 3 |
| Stu Voigt | 34 | 363 | 10.7 | 22 | 4 |
| Brent McClanahan | 18 | 141 | 7.8 | 38 | 1 |
| Steve Craig | 6 | 68 | 11.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 32 | 0 |
| Clint Haslerig | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Sam McCullum | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 281 | 3121 | 11.1 | 46 | 27 |
| Opponents Totals | 175 | 1994 | 11.4 | 64t | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Krause | 10 | 201 | 20.1 | 81 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 6 | 111 | 18.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Jeff Siemon | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Terry Brown | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Matt Blair | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Joe Blahak | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Carl Eller | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Pete Athas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Autry Beamon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred McNeill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 404 | 14.4 | 81 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 235 | 16.8 | 45 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Clabo | 73 | 2997 | 41.1 | 62 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 419 | 2378 | 32.6 |
| Team Totals | 73 | 2997 | 41.1 | 62 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 419 | 2378 | 33.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 89 | 3523 | 39.6 | 61 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 168 | 3095 | 35.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Bryant | 19 | 16 | 125 | 6.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Sam McCullum | 12 | 2 | 22 | 1.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Matt Blair | 2 | 0 | -2 | -1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Wright | 1 | 0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Pete Athas | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Autry Beamon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 20 | 168 | 4.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 1 | 419 | 8.9 | 34 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent McClanahan | 17 | 360 | 21.2 | 42 | 0 | |
| Sam McCullum | 9 | 221 | 24.6 | 63 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 5 | 93 | 18.6 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 20 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 787 | 20.7 | 63 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 1345 | 19.5 | 44 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Dave Osborn | 13.0 | |
| Carl Eller | 10.0 | |
| Jim Marshall | 7.0 | |
| Doug Sutherland | 6.0 | |
| Bob Lurtsema | 4.0 | |
| Fred McNeill | 2.0 | |
| Jeff Siemon | 2.0 | |
| Autry Beamon | 1.0 | |
| Terry Brown | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 46.0 | 373.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 29.0 | 260.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Athas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Autry Beamon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Berry | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Blahak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Blair | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 |
| Bobby Bryant | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
| Carl Eller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Chuck Foreman | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 0 |
| Paul Krause | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 1 |
| Jim Lash | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Lurtsema | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Marinaro | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Marshall | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam McCullum | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred McNeill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jeff Siemon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Sutherland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | |
| Mick Tingelhoff | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Winston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 151 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 0 |
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