| Super Bowl VIII - Minnesota Vikings at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: January 13, 1974 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Rice Stadium Attendance: 68142 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 56 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Dolphins | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami Dolphins | Larry Csonka 5 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Miami Dolphins | Jim Kiick 1 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins | Garo Yepremian 28 FG | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins | Larry Csonka 2 run (Garo Yepremian kick) | 0 | 24 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Fran Tarkenton 4 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Oscar Reed | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 5 | 0 |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 8 | 1 |
| MIN | Ed Marinaro | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| MIN | Bill Brown | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| MIA | Larry Csonka | 33 | 145 | 4.4 | 16 | 2 |
| MIA | Mercury Morris | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 27 | 0 |
| MIA | Jim Kiick | 7 | 10 | 1.4 | 5 | 1 |
| MIA | Bob Griese | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 5 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 28 | 18 | 64.3 | 1 | 182 | 6.5 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 67.9 |
| MIA | Bob Griese | 7 | 6 | 85.7 | 0 | 73 | 10.4 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 110.1 |
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman | 5 | 27 | 5.4 | 10 | 0 |
| MIN | John Gilliam | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 30 | 0 |
| MIN | Stu Voigt | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 17 | 0 |
| MIN | Ed Marinaro | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 27 | 0 |
| MIN | Bill Brown | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| MIN | Doug Kingsriter | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| MIN | Jim Lash | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| MIN | Oscar Reed | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| MIA | Paul Warfield | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 27 | 0 |
| MIA | Jim Mandich | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| MIA | Marlin Briscoe | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 13 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIA | Curtis Johnson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| MIN | Mike Eischeid | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 48 | 0 |
| MIA | Larry Seiple | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Bobby Bryant | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| MIA | Jake Scott | 3 | 1 | 20 | 6.7 | 12 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | John Gilliam | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 |
| MIN | Charlie West | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| MIA | Jake Scott | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 31 | 0 |
| MIN | John Gilliam | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 |
| MIN | Charlie West | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 |
| MIA | Jake Scott | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 31 | 0 |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
| MIN | Alan Page | 1.0 |
| MIA | Vern Den Herder | 1.0 |
| MIA | Manny Fernandez | 1.0 |
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