1975 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/9/1975	N	New York Jets	15-20	L		Tempe, AZ	Sun Devil Stadium	51323
Sun	8/17/1975	A	New England Patriots	10-36	L		Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	40218
Sat	8/23/1975	A	Dallas Cowboys	16-13	W		Irving, TX	Texas Stadium	45395
Mon	9/1/1975	H	Miami Dolphins	20-7	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47653
Sat	9/6/1975	H	St. Louis Cardinals	6-13	L		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46975
Sat	9/13/1975	A	San Diego Chargers	14-14	T	OT	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	31642
Sun	9/21/1975	H	San Francisco 49ers	27-17	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46479
Sun	9/28/1975	A	Cleveland Browns	42-10	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	63163
Sun	10/5/1975	H	Chicago Bears	28-3	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47578
Sun	10/12/1975	H	New York Jets	29-21	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47739
Sun	10/19/1975	H	Detroit Lions	25-19	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47872
Mon	10/27/1975	A	Chicago Bears	13-9	W		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	51259
Sun	11/2/1975	A	Green Bay Packers	28-17	W		Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	55378
Sun	11/9/1975	H	Atlanta Falcons	38-0	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	43751
Sun	11/16/1975	A	New Orleans Saints	20-7	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	52765
Sun	11/23/1975	H	San Diego Chargers	28-13	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	43737
Sun	11/30/1975	A	Washington Redskins	30-31	L		Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	54498
Sun	12/7/1975	H	Green Bay Packers	24-3	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46147
Sun	12/14/1975	A	Detroit Lions	10-17	L		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	72742
Sat	12/20/1975	A	Buffalo Bills	35-13	W		Orchard Park, NY	Rich Stadium	54993
NFC Divisional Playoff
Sun	12/28/1975	H	Dallas Cowboys	14-17	L		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46425

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Pete Athas	45	CB	5-11	185	29	Tennessee	5	0
Autry Beamon	27	S	6-1	190	22	East Texas A&M	14	0
Bob Berry	17	QB	5-11	185	33	Oregon	1	0
Joe Blahak	21	CB	5-9	181	25	Nebraska	9	0
Matt Blair	59	LB	6-5	242	25	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Iowa State	14	0
Terry Brown	43	LS	6-1	210	28	Oklahoma State	13	12
Bobby Bryant	20	RCB	6-0	176	31	South Carolina	14	14
Neil Clabo	12	P	6-2	205	23	Tennessee	14	0
Fred Cox	14	K	5-10	200	37	Pittsburgh	14	0
Steve Craig	84	TE	6-3	231	24	Northwestern	14	1
Carl Eller	81	LDE	6-6	252	33	Minnesota	14	14
Chuck Foreman	44	RB	6-2	212	25	Miami (Florida)	14	12
John Gilliam	42	WR	6-1	190	30	South Carolina State	14	14
Charlie Goodrum	68	LOT	6-3	256	25	Florida A&M	14	14
Clint Haslerig	87	WR	6-0	191	23	Michigan	7	0
Wally Hilgenberg	58	RLB	6-2	230	33	Iowa	14	14
Doug Kingsriter	89	TE	6-2	225	25	Minnesota	3	0
Paul Krause	22	RS FS?	6-3	199	33	Iowa	14	14
Jim Lash	82	WR	6-2	200	24	Northwestern	14	14
Steve Lawson	65	ROG	6-3	265	26	Kansas	11	3
Bob Lee	19	QB	6-2	190	29	Arizona State; San Francisco CC; Pacific	4	0
Bob Lurtsema	75	DE-DT	6-6	251	33	Grand Rapids CC; Michigan Tech; Western Michigan	14	0
Ed Marinaro	49	RB	6-2	212	25	Cornell	14	13
Jim Marshall	70	RDE	6-3	239	38	Ohio State	14	14
Amos Martin	55	LB	6-3	228	26	Louisville	5	0
Andy Maurer	66	LOG	6-3	255	27	Oregon	14	14
Brent McClanahan	33	RB	5-10	202	24	Arizona State	12	3
Sam McCullum	80	WR	6-2	190	23	Montana State	9	0
Fred McNeill	54	LB	6-2	229	23	UCLA	14	5
Robert Miller	35	RB	5-11	204	22	Kansas	14	0
Mark Mullaney	77	DE	6-6	246	22	Colorado State	14	0
Dave Osborn	41	RB	6-0	204	32	North Dakota	14	0
Alan Page	88	RDT	6-5	255	30	Notre Dame	14	14
Steve Riley	78	LOT	6-6	258	23	Southern California	14	7
Jeff Siemon	50	MLB	6-2	235	25	Stanford	14	14
Bob Stein	56	LB	6-2	235	27	Minnesota	9	0
Doug Sutherland	69	LDT	6-3	250	27	Wisconsin-Superior	14	14
Fran Tarkenton	10	QB	6-1	190	35	Georgia	14	14
Mick Tingelhoff	53	C	6-1	237	35	Nebraska	14	14
Stu Voigt	83	TE	6-1	223	27	Wisconsin	13	13
John Ward	72	LOG	6-4	250	27	Oklahoma State	14	7
Ed White	62	ROG	6-2	264	28	California	13	11
Roy Winston	60	LLB	6-1	228	35	Louisiana State	9	9
Jeff Wright	23	LS	5-11	190	26	Minnesota	3	2
Nate Wright	43	LCB	5-11	179	28	Monterey Peninsula JC; San Diego State	14	14
Ron Yary	73	ROT	6-6	256	29	Cerritos JC; Southern California	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	25	Mark Mullaney	DE	Colorado State
2	52	Art Riley	DT	Southern California
4	89	Harold Henson	RB	Ohio State
4	103	Bruce Adams	WR	Kansas
5	129	Robert Miller	RB	Kansas
6	155	Bubba Broussard	LB	Houston
7	181	Henry Greene	RB	Southern University
8	207	Joe Hollimon	DB	Arkansas State
9	233	John Passananti	G	Western Illinois
10	258	Neil Clabo	P	Tennessee
11	285	Ike Spencer	RB	Utah
12	311	Autry Beamon	DB	Texas A&M-Commerce
13	337	Mike Hurd	WR	Michigan State
14	363	Mike Strickland	RB	Eastern Michigan
15	388	Ollie Bakken	LB	Minnesota
16	414	Tom Goedjen	K	Iowa State
17	441	Adolph Bellizeare	RB	Pennsylvania

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	83	128	71	95	377
Opponents Totals	48	57	25	50	180

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	34:10	314	142	156	16	123/234 52.6%	6/12 50.0%	90	708
Opponents Totals	25:50	190	77	93	20	46/183 25.1%	10/13 76.9%	91	781

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Chuck Foreman	22	0	0		0	0		0	132
Fred Cox	0	46	48	95.8	13	17	76.5	0	85
John Gilliam	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Jim Lash	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Ed Marinaro	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Stu Voigt	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Fran Tarkenton	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Terry Brown	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Paul Krause	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Brent McClanahan	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Robert Miller	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dave Osborn	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Autry Beamon	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Joe Blahak	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	48	46	48	95.8	13	17	76.5	2	377
Opponents Totals	22	19	22	86.4	9	13	69.2	1	180

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Fred Cox	13	17	76.5	1	52	0/0	3/3	6/6	3/7	1/1
Team Totals	13	17	76.5	1	52	0/0	3/3	6/6	3/7	1/1
Opponents Totals	9	13	69.2			1/1	3/3	2/2	2/6	0/0

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chuck Foreman	280	1070	3.8	31t	13
Ed Marinaro	101	358	3.5	14	1
Brent McClanahan	92	336	3.7	15	0
Fran Tarkenton	16	108	6.8	21t	2
Dave Osborn	32	94	2.9	9	1
Robert Miller	30	93	3.1	10	1
John Gilliam	3	35	11.7	22	0
Bob Berry	1	0	0.0	0	0
Bob Lee	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	556	2094	3.8	31t	18
Opponents Totals	383	1532	4.0	46t	7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Fran Tarkenton	425	273	64.2	139	2994	7.0	11.0	46	25	5.9	13	3.1	27	245	2749	91.8
Bob Lee	14	5	35.7	8	103	7.4	20.6	33t	2	14.3	1	7.1	1	6	97	72.3
Bob Berry	6	3	50.0	3	24	4.0	8.0	17	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	9	15	60.4
Jim Lash	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	446	281	63.0	151	3121	7.0	11.1	46	27	6.1	14	3.1	29	260	2861	90.8
Opponents Totals	360	175	48.6	157	1994	5.5	11.4	64t	14	3.9	28	7.8	46	373	1621	46.2

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chuck Foreman	73	691	9.5	33	9			0
Ed Marinaro	54	462	8.6	25	3			0
John Gilliam	50	777	15.5	46	7
Jim Lash	37	535	14.5	45t	3				0
Stu Voigt	34	363	10.7	22	4			0	0
Brent McClanahan	18	141	7.8	38	1			0	0
Steve Craig	6	68	11.3	17	0		0	0	0
Robert Miller	4	35	8.8	32	0			0
Clint Haslerig	2	28	14.0	17	0		0	0	0
Sam McCullum	2	25	12.5	20	0		1	0
Dave Osborn	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	281	3121	11.1	46	27
Opponents Totals	175	1994	11.4	64t	14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Paul Krause	10	201	20.1	81
Bobby Bryant	6	111	18.5	41
Jeff Siemon	3	24	8.0	14
Terry Brown	2	33	16.5	18
Matt Blair	1	18	18.0	18
Joe Blahak	1	16	16.0	16
Carl Eller	1	1	1.0	1
Pete Athas	1	0	0.0	0
Autry Beamon	1	0	0.0	0
Wally Hilgenberg	1	0	0.0	0
Fred McNeill	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	28	404	14.4	81
Opponents Totals	14	235	16.8	45

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Neil Clabo	73	2997	41.1	62	2	10	19	419	2378	32.6
Team Totals	73	2997	41.1	62	2	10	19	419	2378	33.5
Opponents Totals	89	3523	39.6	61	1	13	19	168	3095	35.2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Bobby Bryant	19	16	125	6.6	16
Sam McCullum	12	2	22	1.8	10
Matt Blair	2	0	-2	-1.0	2
Jeff Wright	1	0	22	22.0	22
Pete Athas	1	1	1	1.0	1
Autry Beamon	1	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	36	20	168	4.7	22
Opponents Totals	47	1	419	8.9	34

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Brent McClanahan	17	360	21.2	42
Sam McCullum	9	221	24.6	63
Robert Miller	5	93	18.6	25
Ed Marinaro	5	71	14.2	20
Dave Osborn	1	38	38.0	38
Chuck Foreman	1	4	4.0	4
Team Totals	38	787	20.7	63
Opponents Totals	69	1345	19.5	44

SACKS	NO	YDS
Dave Osborn	13.0
Carl Eller	10.0
Jim Marshall	7.0
Doug Sutherland	6.0
Bob Lurtsema	4.0
Fred McNeill	2.0
Jeff Siemon	2.0
Autry Beamon	1.0
Terry Brown	1.0
Team Totals	46.0	373.0
Opponents Totals	29.0	260.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Pete Athas	1		0	0	0	0	0
Autry Beamon	1		1	1	2	0	0
Bob Berry	1		1	0	1	0	0
Joe Blahak	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Matt Blair	1		0	0	0	0	0
Terry Brown	0	0	0	1	1	26	1
Bobby Bryant	6		4	1	5	2	0
Carl Eller	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
Chuck Foreman	12		2	0	2	0	0
John Gilliam	1		1	0	1	0	0
Wally Hilgenberg	0	0	1	1	2	37	0
Paul Krause	0	0	0	0	0	70	1
Jim Lash	0	0	1	0	1	0	1
Bob Lee	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Lurtsema	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ed Marinaro	3		1	0	1	0	0
Jim Marshall	1		0	2	2	0	0
Sam McCullum	2		2	0	2	0	0
Fred McNeill	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Robert Miller	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dave Osborn	2		0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Siemon	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Doug Sutherland	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Fran Tarkenton	1		3	0	3	-3	0
Mick Tingelhoff	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Roy Winston	0	0	0	1	1	14	0
Team Totals	34	14	20	14	34	151	3
Opponents Totals	29	14	15	12	27		0

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