| Minnesota Vikings at Cleveland Browns Game Statistics |
| Date: September 28, 1975 Location: Cleveland, OH |
| Venue: Cleveland Stadium Attendance: 63163 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 60 F Humidty: 93% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | CLE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Gilliam 29 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 38 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 13 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fran Tarkenton 2 run (Fred Cox kick) | 28 | 3 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Robert Miller 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 35 | 3 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Reggie Rucker 26 pass from Willie Miller (Don Cockroft kick) | 35 | 10 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Jim Lash 33 pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick) | 42 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 82 | WR | Jim Lash |
| 68 | LOT | Charlie Goodrum |
| 66 | LOG | Andy Maurer |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 65 | ROG | Steve Lawson |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 49 | RB | Ed Marinaro |
| 33 | RB | Brent McClanahan |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 69 | LDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 50 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 22 | LS | Paul Krause |
| 43 | RS | Terry Brown |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Steve Holden |
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 67 | LOG | Chuck Hutchison |
| 54 | C | Tom DeLeone |
| 78 | ROG | Bob McKay |
| 79 | ROT | Gerry Sullivan |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 15 | QB | Mike Phipps |
| 39 | RB | Billy Pritchett |
| 34 | RB | Greg Pruitt |
| Offense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Ron East |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 83 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 70 | RDE | Mack Mitchell |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 60 | MLB | Bob Babich |
| 50 | RLB | John Garlington |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 24 | LS | Pete Athas |
| 21 | RS | Van Green |
| 20 | RCB | Tony Peters |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Brent McClanahan | 12 | 61 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Ed Marinaro | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 1 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Greg Pruitt | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Pritchett | 8 | 46 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Brian Sipe | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Brown | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 27 | 17 | 63.0 | 2 | 170 | 6.3 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 74.6 | |
| Bob Lee | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 65 | 13.0 | 1 | 127.1 | |||
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 1 | 84 | 4.9 | 0 | 32.5 | |||
| Brian Sipe | 11 | 6 | 54.5 | 3 | 46 | 4.2 | 0 | 25.4 | |||
| Willie Miller | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 26 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 | 158.3 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 29 | 1 |
| John Gilliam | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 1 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 4 | 32 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Lash | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Oscar Roan | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Pritchett | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 1 | |
| Greg Pruitt | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Willie Miller | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Paul Krause | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Terry Brown | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Clarence Scott | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 8 | 291 | 36.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Pete Athas | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 0 | ||
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 0 | ||
| Greg Pruitt | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Henry Hynoski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Cleveland Browns | |
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