| New England Patriots at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 27, 1974 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 48177 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 68 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 16 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England PatriotsNE | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | NE | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New England PatriotsNE | John Smith 37 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | New England PatriotsNE | Steve Schubert 21 pass from Jim Plunkett (John Smith kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 2 run (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 7 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fran Tarkenton 3 run (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | New England PatriotsNE | Bob Windsor 10 pass from Jim Plunkett (John Smith kick) | 17 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 33 | WR | Reggie Rucker |
| 87 | WR | Steve Schubert |
| 70 | LOT | Leon Gray |
| 73 | LOG | John Hannah |
| 67 | C | Bill Lenkaitis |
| 61 | ROG | Sam Adams |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 86 | TE | Bob Windsor |
| 16 | QB | Jim Plunkett |
| 39 | RB | Sam Cunningham |
| 42 | RB | Mack Herron |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Mel Lunsford |
| 71 | MG | Ray Hamilton |
| 85 | RDE | Julius Adams |
| 90 | LOLB | George Webster |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Nelson |
| 50 | RILB | Sam Hunt |
| 52 | ROLB | Steve King |
| 25 | LCB | John Sanders |
| 45 | LS | Jack Mildren |
| 34 | RS | Prentice McCray |
| 27 | RCB | Ron Bolton |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 82 | WR | Jim Lash |
| 68 | LOT | Charlie Goodrum |
| 64 | LOG | Milt Sunde |
| 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 |
| 77 | LDT | Gary Larsen |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 50 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 24 | LS | Terry Brown |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 25 | RCB | Jackie Wallace |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sam Cunningham | 22 | 129 | 5.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Mack Herron | 14 | 30 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Jim Plunkett | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| John Tarver | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Josh Ashton | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 17 | 68 | 4.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Oscar Reed | 9 | 26 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 1 | |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | 28 | 15 | 53.6 | 2 | 238 | 8.5 | 2 | 76.2 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 39 | 19 | 48.7 | 3 | 281 | 7.2 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 40.7 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Sam Cunningham | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Mack Herron | 4 | 51 | 12.8 | 0 | |
| Reggie Rucker | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | |
| Randy Vataha | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Steve Schubert | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21t | 1 |
| Bob Windsor | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 37 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 0 | |
| Jim Lash | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| John Holland | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Oscar Reed | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Ron Bolton | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jack Mildren | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Jeff Wright | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Amos Martin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |||||
| Bruce Barnes | 7 | 277 | 39.6 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 6 | 267 | 44.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mack Herron | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jackie Wallace | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | ||
| Sam McCullum | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots | ||||||
| Mack Herron | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| John Gilliam | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 0 | ||
| Ed Marinaro | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| New England Patriots | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
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