| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: December 14, 1975 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 72742 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Marlin Briscoe 8 pass from Joe Reed (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Detroit LionsDET | Bobby Thompson 46 run (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 39 FG | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 30 FG | 3 | 17 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Paul Krause 70 lateral from Wally Hilgenberg 16 opponents fumble recovery (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 17 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 82 | WR | Jim Lash |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 66 | LOG | Andy Maurer |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Marlin Briscoe |
| 44 | WR | George Farmer |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 62 | LOG | Lynn Boden |
| 63 | C | Jon Morris |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 14 | QB | Joe Reed |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 42 | RB | Altie Taylor |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 80 | LDT | Herb Orvis |
| 74 | RDT | Larry Hand |
| 70 | RDE | Billy Howard |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 52 | MLB | Jim Laslavic |
| 55 | RLB | Ed O'Neil |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 40 | LS | Charlie West |
| 28 | RS | Mike Weger |
| 23 | RCB | Levi Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 14 | 24 | 1.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Sam McCullum | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 15 | 76 | 5.1 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 1 | |
| Horace King | 8 | 34 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Joe Reed | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Altie Taylor | 8 | 18 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 34 | 18 | 52.9 | 2 | 156 | 4.6 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 40.8 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Joe Reed | 17 | 9 | 52.9 | 2 | 88 | 5.2 | 1 | 47.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Steve Craig | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | |
| Ed Marinaro | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Jim Lash | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Sam McCullum | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Chuck Foreman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Marlin Briscoe | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 1 | |
| Altie Taylor | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| George Farmer | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Paul Krause | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Levi Johnson | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 45 | 0 |
| Mike Weger | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 7 | 311 | 44.4 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 5 | 255 | 51.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Sam McCullum | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Charlie West | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | ||
| Lem Barney | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Detroit Lions | |
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