| San Diego Chargers at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: November 23, 1975 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 43737 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 28 F Humidty: 69% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego ChargersSD | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | SD | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | San Diego ChargersSD | Gary Garrison 32 pass from Jesse Freitas (Pat Curran pass from Mike Fuller) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ed Marinaro 16 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 4 | San Diego ChargersSD | Dwight McDonald 16 pass from Jesse Freitas (Ray Wersching kick blocked) | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 9 run (Fred Cox kick) | 13 | 28 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 27 | WR | Gary Garrison |
| 80 | WR | Dwight McDonald |
| 65 | LOT | Booker Brown |
| 63 | LOG | Doug Wilkerson |
| 54 | C | Ed Flanagan |
| 69 | ROG | Ira Gordon |
| 70 | ROT | Russ Washington |
| 82 | TE | Pat Curran |
| 17 | QB | Jesse Freitas |
| 41 | RB | Bo Matthews |
| 34 | RB | Rickey Young |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Fred Dean |
| 64 | LDT | Louie Kelcher |
| 72 | RDT | Gary Johnson |
| 77 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 50 | LLB | Don Goode |
| 58 | MLB | Tom Graham |
| 51 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 46 | LCB | Danny Colbert |
| 47 | LS | Samaji Adi Akili |
| 44 | RS | Chris Fletcher |
| 20 | RCB | Mike Williams |
| 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 |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 69 | LDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 54 | LLB | Fred McNeill |
| 50 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 43 | S | Terry Brown |
| 22 | S | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Rickey Young | 14 | 29 | 2.1 | 0 | |
| Tony Baker | 7 | 26 | 3.7 | 0 | |
| Jesse Freitas | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Bo Matthews | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 33 | 127 | 3.8 | 21 | 3 |
| Ed Marinaro | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||||||||
| Jesse Freitas | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 1 | 174 | 7.6 | 2 | 98.8 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 32 | 24 | 75.0 | 2 | 201 | 6.3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 75.1 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Pat Curran | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Gary Garrison | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 1 | |
| Dwight McDonald | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 1 | |
| Rickey Young | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Tony Baker | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Bo Matthews | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ed Marinaro | 11 | 79 | 7.2 | 1 | |
| Jim Lash | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| John Gilliam | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Chris Fletcher | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Mike Williams | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Paul Krause | 1 | 81 | 81.0 | 81 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |||||
| Dennis Partee | 7 | 262 | 37.4 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 5 | 197 | 39.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Pete Athas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | ||||||
| Pat Curran | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | ||
| Rickey Young | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Mark Markovich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers | |
| Coy Bacon | 1.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
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