| Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: November 16, 1975 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 52765 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ed Marinaro 4 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Gilliam 13 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick blocked) | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Paul Seal 25 pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Gilliam 33 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 20 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 82 | WR | Jim Lash |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 72 | LOG | John Ward |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 62 | ROG | Ed White |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 44 | RB | Chuck Foreman |
| 49 | RB | Ed Marinaro |
| Defense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 69 | LDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 50 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 43 | S | Terry Brown |
| 22 | S | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Larry Burton |
| 88 | WR | Joel Parker |
| 67 | LOT | Phil LaPorta |
| 62 | LOG | Jake Kupp |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 79 | ROG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 84 | TE | Paul Seal |
| 8 | QB | Archie Manning |
| 28 | RB | Alvin Maxson |
| 33 | RB | Mike Strachan |
| Offense | ||
| 69 | LDE | Andy Dorris |
| 82 | LDT | Bob Pollard |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 63 | RDE | Steve Baumgartner |
| 55 | LLB | Don Coleman |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 54 | RLB | Rick Middleton |
| 29 | LCB | Maurice Spencer |
| 24 | SS | Johnny Fuller |
| 44 | FS | Chuck Crist |
| 40 | RCB | Terry Schmidt |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 24 | 117 | 4.9 | 24 | 0 |
| Ed Marinaro | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 7 | 3 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Alvin Maxson | 11 | 32 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Mike Strachan | 12 | 27 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Archie Manning | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Drew Jones | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rod McNeill | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 39 | 25 | 64.1 | 2 | 310 | 7.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 92.9 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Archie Manning | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 0 | 62 | 3.4 | 1 | 60.0 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 8 | 63 | 7.9 | 20 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 6 | 139 | 23.2 | 2 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 1 | |
| Stu Voigt | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Lash | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Paul Seal | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 1 | |
| Larry Burton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joel Parker | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Crist | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Terry Schmidt | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 5 | 217 | 43.4 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 12 | 515 | 42.9 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Bryant | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Wright | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Autry Beamon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Gil Chapman | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Gil Chapman | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Strachan | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Rusty Chambers | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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