1974 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/10/1974	A	Denver Broncos	21-27	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	23822
Mon	8/19/1974	A	Miami Dolphins	9-21	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	67693
Sun	8/25/1974	H	Buffalo Bills	32-13	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46553
Sat	8/31/1974	A	St. Louis Cardinals	14-10	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	38040
Sat	9/7/1974	H	San Diego Chargers	42-0	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46553
Sun	9/15/1974	A	Green Bay Packers	32-17	W	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	55131
Sun	9/22/1974	A	Detroit Lions	7-6	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	44546
Sun	9/29/1974	H	Chicago Bears	11-7	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46217
Sun	10/6/1974	A	Dallas Cowboys	23-21	W	Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	57847
Sun	10/13/1974	H	Houston Oilers	51-10	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	48006
Sun	10/20/1974	H	Detroit Lions	16-20	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47807
Sun	10/27/1974	H	New England Patriots	14-17	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	48177
Sun	11/3/1974	A	Chicago Bears	17-0	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	33343
Mon	11/11/1974	A	St. Louis Cardinals	28-24	W	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	50183
Sun	11/17/1974	H	Green Bay Packers	7-19	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47924
Sun	11/24/1974	A	Los Angeles Rams	17-20	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	87138
Sun	12/1/1974	H	New Orleans Saints	29-9	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	44202
Sat	12/7/1974	H	Atlanta Falcons	23-10	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47105
Sat	12/14/1974	A	Kansas City Chiefs	35-15	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	35480
NFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/21/1974	H	St. Louis Cardinals	30-14	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	44626
NFC Championship
Sun	12/29/1974	H	Los Angeles Rams	14-10	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47404
Super Bowl IX
Sun	1/12/1975	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	6-16	L	New Orleans, LA	Tulane Stadium	80997

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Grady Alderman	67	LOT	6-2	242	36	Detroit Mercy	13	2
Scott Anderson	56	C	6-4	242	23	Missouri	5	0
Bob Berry	17	QB	5-11	185	32	Oregon	10	1
Joe Blahak	21	CB	5-9	181	24	Nebraska	7	0
Matt Blair	59	LLB	6-5	242	24	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Iowa State	14	6
Dave Boone	71	DE	6-3	248	23	Eastern Michigan	5	0
Bill Brown	30	RB	5-11	225	36	Illinois	14	0
Terry Brown	24	LS	6-1	210	27	Oklahoma State	14	7
Bobby Bryant	20	RCB	6-0	176	30	South Carolina	1	1
Fred Cox	14	K	5-10	200	36	Pittsburgh	14	0
Steve Craig	84	TE	6-3	231	23	Northwestern	14	0
Mike Eischeid	11	P	6-0	190	34	Upper Iowa	14	0
Carl Eller	81	LDE	6-6	252	32	Minnesota	14	14
Chuck Foreman	44	RB	6-2	212	24	Miami (Florida)	13	13
John Gilliam	42	WR	6-1	190	29	South Carolina State	14	14
Charlie Goodrum	68	LOT	6-3	256	24	Florida A&M	12	12
Wally Hilgenberg	58	RLB	6-2	230	32	Iowa	13	12
John Holland	85	WR	6-1	190	22	Tennessee State	10	0
Doug Kingsriter	89	TE	6-2	225	24	Minnesota	14	1
Paul Krause	22	RS	6-3	199	32	Iowa	14	14
Gary Larsen	77	LDT	6-5	256	34	Concordia (Moorhead)	11	6
Jim Lash	82	WR	6-2	200	23	Northwestern	14	14
Steve Lawson	65	ROG	6-3	265	25	Kansas	13	6
Bob Lurtsema	75	DE-DT	6-6	251	32	Grand Rapids CC; Michigan Tech; Western Michigan	12	0
Ed Marinaro	49	RB	6-2	212	24	Cornell	14	1
Jim Marshall	70	RDE	6-3	239	37	Ohio State	14	14
Larry Marshall	48	CB	5-10	195	24	Maryland	5	0
Amos Martin	55	RLB	6-3	228	25	Louisville	14	2
Andy Maurer	66	LOG	6-3	255	26	Oregon	8	6
Brent McClanahan	33	RB	5-10	202	23	Arizona State	14	0
Sam McCullum	80	WR	6-2	190	22	Montana State	12	0
Fred McNeill	54	LB	6-2	229	22	UCLA	14	0
Dave Osborn	41	RB	6-0	204	31	North Dakota	13	10
Alan Page	88	RDT	6-5	255	29	Notre Dame	14	14
Randy Poltl	29	S	6-3	190	22	Stanford	5	0
Oscar Reed	32	RB	5-11	222	30	Colorado State	7	4
Steve Riley	78	OT	6-6	258	22	Southern California	2	0
Jeff Siemon	50	MLB	6-2	235	24	Stanford	14	14
Milt Sunde	64	LOG-ROG	6-2	245	32	Minnesota	11	3
Doug Sutherland	69	LDT	6-3	250	26	Wisconsin-Superior	14	8
Fran Tarkenton	10	QB	6-1	190	34	Georgia	13	13
Mick Tingelhoff	53	C	6-1	237	34	Nebraska	14	14
Stu Voigt	83	TE	6-1	223	26	Wisconsin	14	13
Jackie Wallace	25	RCB	6-3	197	23	Arizona	14	10
Ed White	62	LOG-ROG	6-2	264	27	California	13	13
Roy Winston	60	LLB	6-1	228	34	Louisiana State	12	8
Jeff Wright	23	LS-RCB	5-11	190	25	Minnesota	11	10
Nate Wright	43	LCB	5-11	179	27	Monterey Peninsula JC; San Diego State	14	14
Ron Yary	73	ROT	6-6	256	28	Cerritos JC; Southern California	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	17	Fred McNeill	LB	UCLA
1	25	Steve Riley	T	Southern California
2	29	John Holland	WR	Tennessee State
2	51	Matt Blair	LB	Iowa State
3	64	Steve Craig	TE	Northwestern
3	77	Scott Anderson	C	Missouri
4	86	Mike Townsend	DB	Notre Dame
5	120	Jim Ferguson	DB	Stanford
6	155	Mark Kellar	RB	Northern Illinois
7	181	Fred Tabron	RB	Missouri State
8	207	Berl Simmons	K	Texas Christian
9	232	Sam McCullum	WR	Montana State
10	259	Barry Reed	RB	Peru State
11	285	Dave Boone	DE	Eastern Michigan
12	311	Randy Poltl	DB	Stanford
13	337	Gary Keller	DT	Utah
14	363	Alan Dixon	RB	Harding
15	389	Kurt Wachtler	DT	St. John's (Minnesota)
16	415	John Goebel	RB	St. Thomas (Minnesota)
17	441	Earl Garrett	DB	Massachusetts-Boston

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	54	87	73	96	310
Opponents Totals	26	70	17	82	195

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:19	264	114	136	14	85/207 41.1%	8/14 57.1%	56	501
Opponents Totals	29:41	230	100	120	10	71/197 36.0%	7/11 63.6%	70	660

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Chuck Foreman	15	0	0		0	0		0	90
Fred Cox	0	32	39	82.1	12	20	60.0	0	68
John Gilliam	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Stu Voigt	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Dave Osborn	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Sam McCullum	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Ed Marinaro	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Fran Tarkenton	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Steve Craig	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Amos Martin	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Brent McClanahan	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Oscar Reed	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Wally Hilgenberg	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	40	32	40	80.0	12	20	60.0	1	310
Opponents Totals	21	18	21	85.7	17	24	70.8	0	195

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Fred Cox	12	20	60.0	0	46	0/0	7/7	3/7	2/6	0/0
Team Totals	12	20	60.0	0	46	0/0	7/7	3/7	2/6	0/0
Opponents Totals	17	24	70.8			3/3	6/6	5/7	2/8	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chuck Foreman	199	777	3.9	32	9
Dave Osborn	131	514	3.9	17	4
Oscar Reed	62	215	3.5	15	0
Ed Marinaro	44	124	2.8	8	1
Fran Tarkenton	21	120	5.7	15	2
Brent McClanahan	9	41	4.6	14	1
Bill Brown	19	41	2.2	11	0
John Gilliam	2	16	8.0	9	0
Bob Berry	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	488	1856	3.8	32	17
Opponents Totals	437	1605	3.7	31	12

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Fran Tarkenton	351	199	56.7	140	2598	7.4	13.1	80t	17	4.8	12	3.4	17	142	2456	82.1
Bob Berry	48	34	70.8	13	305	6.4	9.0	21	5	10.4	1	2.1	2	12	293	113.6
Mike Eischeid	1	1	100.0	0	6	6.0	6.0	6	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	6	91.7
Team Totals	400	234	58.5	153	2909	7.3	12.4	80	22	5.5	13	3.3	19	154	2755	85.9
Opponents Totals	396	214	54.0	160	2569	6.5	12.0	70	8	2.0	22	5.6	31	267	2302	57.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chuck Foreman	53	586	11.1	66t	6
Jim Lash	32	631	19.7	57	0
Stu Voigt	32	268	8.4	22	5		0
Dave Osborn	29	196	6.8	25	0		0
John Gilliam	26	578	22.2	80t	5			0
Ed Marinaro	17	132	7.8	20	1		0
Oscar Reed	15	99	6.6	12	1	0	0	0
Sam McCullum	7	138	19.7	34t	3		0
Doug Kingsriter	5	89	17.8	21	0		0	0
John Holland	5	84	16.8	20	0		0	0
Bill Brown	5	41	8.2	21	0		0
Steve Craig	4	26	6.5	10t	1	0	0	0
Brent McClanahan	3	35	11.7	17	0	0	0
Nate Wright	1	6	6.0	6	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	234	2909	12.4	80t	22
Opponents Totals	214	2569	12.0	70	8

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Nate Wright	6	91	15.2	44	0
Jeff Wright	4	60	15.0	27	0
Amos Martin	3	39	13.0	28	0
Paul Krause	2	53	26.5	45	0
Jeff Siemon	2	24	12.0	22	0
Terry Brown	2	15	7.5	11	0
Jackie Wallace	1	3	3.0	3	0
Wally Hilgenberg	1	0	0.0	0	0
Matt Blair	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Team Totals	22	282	12.8	45	0
Opponents Totals	13	185	14.2	73	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Mike Eischeid	73	2636	36.1	50	1	4	14	345	2211	30.3
Team Totals	73	2636	36.1	50	1	0	0	345	2211	30.7
Opponents Totals	75	2782	37.1	64	0	5	17	320	2362	31.5

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Jackie Wallace	25	4	191	7.6	20
Sam McCullum	12	2	85	7.1	13
Larry Marshall	5	2	46	9.2	19
Wally Hilgenberg	1	0	-2	-2.0	-2
Team Totals	43	8	320	7.4	20
Opponents Totals	45	4	345	7.7	28

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Brent McClanahan	23	549	23.9	52
Sam McCullum	12	300	25.0	36
Larry Marshall	4	56	14.0	21
John Gilliam	3	86	28.7	31
Bill Brown	3	19	6.3	19
Jackie Wallace	2	31	15.5	16
Chuck Foreman	1	30	30.0	24
Dave Osborn	1	14	14.0	14
Ed Marinaro	1	5	5.0	5
Team Totals	50	1090	21.8	52
Opponents Totals	64	1116	17.4	33

SACKS	NO	YDS
Alan Page	11.0
Carl Eller	10.0
Jim Marshall	3.0
Doug Sutherland	2.0
Roy Winston	2.0
Dave Boone	1.0
Gary Larsen	1.0
Bob Lurtsema	1.0
Team Totals	31.0	267.0
Opponents Totals	19.0	154.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Matt Blair	0	0	0	1	1	13	0
Bill Brown	3		1	0	1	0	0
Terry Brown	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Carl Eller	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Chuck Foreman	6		2	0	2	0	0
Paul Krause	0	0	1	1	2	0	0
Jim Lash	2		0	0	0	0	0
Ed Marinaro	3		0	0	0	0	0
Larry Marshall	1		0	0	0	0	0
Amos Martin	0	0	0	1	1	15	1
Brent McClanahan	1		1	0	1	0	0
Sam McCullum	1		1	0	1	0	0
Fred McNeill	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Osborn	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Siemon	0	0	1	2	3	3	0
Fran Tarkenton	2		0	0	0	0	0
Mick Tingelhoff	1		0	0	0	-6	0
Stu Voigt	1		2	0	2	0	0
Jackie Wallace	2		0	1	1	23	0
Roy Winston	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Jeff Wright	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	24	15	9	11	20	48	1
Opponents Totals	25	11	14	9	23		0

Neill Armstrong	Defensive Coordinator
Jerry Burns	Offensive Coordinator
Bus Mertes	Offensive Backs
John Michels	Offensive Line
Jocko Nelson	Linebackers
Jack Patera	Defensive Line