| New Orleans Saints at Minnesota Vikings |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| 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 SaintsNO | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 6 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 29 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Dave Osborn 2 run (Fred Cox kick blocked) | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Bill McClard 27 FG | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Alvin Maxson 1 run (Bill McClard kick failed) | 9 | 6 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Stu Voigt 4 pass from Fran Tarkenton (run failed) | 9 | 12 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 25 FG | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Gilliam 13 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 9 | 22 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Gilliam 22 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 9 | 29 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 41 | WR | Bob Newland |
| 88 | WR | Joel Parker |
| 65 | LOT | Dave Thompson |
| 50 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 51 | C | John Didion |
| 66 | ROG | Rocky Rasley |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 84 | TE | Paul Seal |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 28 | RB | Alvin Maxson |
| 34 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| Defense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Andy Dorris |
| 75 | LDT | Elex Price |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 82 | RDE | Bob Pollard |
| 57 | LLB | Jim Merlo |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 59 | RLB | Wayne Colman |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 24 | LS | Johnny Fuller |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 11 | RCB | Bivian Lee |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 82 | WR | Jim Lash |
| 67 | LOT | Grady Alderman |
| 66 | LOG | Andy Maurer |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 62 | ROG | Ed White |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 44 | RB | Chuck Foreman |
| 41 | RB | Dave Osborn |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 69 | LDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 59 | LLB | Matt Blair |
| 50 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 23 | LS | Jeff Wright |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 25 | RCB | Jackie Wallace |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | FD | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rdDownEff | 4thDownEff | PEN | PENY | FUM | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | / | / | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| MIN | 19 | 9 | 9 | 1 | / | / | 4 | 33 | 3 | 1 |
| 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 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 145 | 4.4 | 1 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 19 | 54 | 2.8 | 9 | 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 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 97 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| 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 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 66.9 |
| Bobby Scott | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 10 | 3.3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.7 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 0 | 110 | 5.2 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 63.6 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | 0 | 317 | 10.9 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 139.6 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 20 | 69.0 | 0 | 317 | 10.9 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 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 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 110 | 11.0 | 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 | |
| Team Totals | 20 | 317 | 15.9 | 3 | |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 8 | 275 | 34.4 | 40 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 275 | 34.4 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 5 | 170 | 34.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 170 | 34.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Howard Stevens | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jackie Wallace | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 |
| Sam McCullum | 2 | 0 | 16 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Howard Stevens | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 19 | 0 | |
| Rick Middleton | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New Orleans Saints | |
| Team Totals | 1.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Team Totals | 3.0 |