| Minnesota Vikings at Buffalo Bills Game Statistics |
| Date: December 20, 1975 Location: Orchard Park, NY |
| Venue: Rich Stadium Attendance: 54993 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 23 F Humidty: 88% Wind: 10 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | 14 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| Buffalo Bills | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | BUF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Foreman 4 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Jim Lash EZ own fumble recovery (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Foreman 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 21 | 0 |
| 2 | Buffalo Bills | O.J. Simpson 24 run (John Leypoldt kick) | 21 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Foreman 1 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 28 | 7 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Foreman 6 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 35 | 7 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | O.J. Simpson 64 pass from Gary Marangi (John Leypoldt kick failed) | 35 | 13 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman | 19 | 85 | 4.5 | 10 | 2 |
| MIN | Brent McClanahan | 12 | 47 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| MIN | Dave Osborn | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | Ed Marinaro | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | Bob Lee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| BUF | O.J. Simpson | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 24 | 1 |
| BUF | Jim Braxton | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| BUF | Gary Marangi | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| BUF | Joe Ferguson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| BUF | Vic Washington | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| BUF | Gary Hayman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton | 36 | 25 | 69.4 | 0 | 216 | 6.0 | 2 | 103.5 | |||
| MIN | Bob Lee | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 1 | 26 | 3.7 | 0 | 3.0 | |||
| BUF | Gary Marangi | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 1 | 161 | 7.7 | 1 | 69.7 | |||
| BUF | Joe Ferguson | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 3 | 51 | 3.2 | 0 | 7.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman | 10 | 87 | 8.7 | 25 | 2 |
| MIN | Jim Lash | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| MIN | John Gilliam | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 0 | |
| MIN | Stu Voigt | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Ed Marinaro | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| MIN | Brent McClanahan | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| BUF | Bob Chandler | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| BUF | O.J. Simpson | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 64 | 1 |
| BUF | Reuben Gant | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| BUF | Vic Washington | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| BUF | Jim Braxton | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| BUF | J.D. Hill | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| BUF | Paul Seymour | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Bobby Bryant | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | |
| MIN | Terry Brown | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| MIN | Pete Athas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| BUF | Ed Jones | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| MIN | Neil Clabo | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 0 | |
| BUF | Marv Bateman | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Sam McCullum | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| BUF | Gary Hayman | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | ||
| BUF | John Holland | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| MIN | Brent McClanahan | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 0 | |
| BUF | Vic Washington | 3 | 81 | 27.0 | 0 | |
| BUF | Steve Schnarr | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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