| New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: December 1, 1974 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 44202 |
| Weather: Partly Cloudy Temp: 32 F Humidty: 66% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 6 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Dave Osborn 2 run (Fred Cox kick blocked) | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | New Orleans Saints | Bill McClard 27 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Alvin Maxson 1 run (Bill McClard kick failed) | 9 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Stu Voigt 4 pass from Fran Tarkenton (run failed) | 9 | 12 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 25 FG | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | John Gilliam 13 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | John Gilliam 22 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 9 | 29 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Alvin Maxson | 18 | 98 | 5.4 | 1 | |
| Jess Phillips | 13 | 38 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 19 | 54 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Sam McCullum | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 18 | 9 | 50.0 | 0 | 100 | 5.6 | 0 | 66.9 | |||
| Bobby Scott | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 10 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 | 43.7 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | 0 | 317 | 10.9 | 3 | 139.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Alvin Maxson | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Joel Parker | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Newland | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | |
| Paul Seal | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Stu Voigt | 7 | 61 | 8.7 | 1 | |
| John Gilliam | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 2 | |
| Jim Lash | 3 | 112 | 37.3 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Dave Osborn | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 8 | 275 | 34.4 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 5 | 170 | 34.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jackie Wallace | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | ||
| Sam McCullum | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | ||
| Rick Middleton | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | ||
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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