| Minnesota Vikings at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: September 12, 1976 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 58156 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 40 |
| New Orleans SaintsNO | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Brent McClanahan 1 run (Fred Cox kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 2 run (Fred Cox kick) | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Rich Szaro 45 FG | 13 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Brent McClanahan 5 run (Fred Cox kick) | 20 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 24 FG | 23 | 3 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sammy White 47 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 30 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 6 run (Fred Cox kick) | 37 | 3 |
| 3 | New Orleans SaintsNO | Tony Galbreath 1 run (Rich Szaro kick blocked) | 37 | 9 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 35 FG | 40 | 9 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Jim Lash |
| 85 | WR | Sammy White |
| 78 | LOT | Steve Riley |
| 68 | LOG | Charlie Goodrum |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 62 | ROG | Ed White |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 44 | RB | Chuck Foreman |
| 33 | RB | Brent McClanahan |
| Defense | ||
| 77 | LDE | Mark Mullaney |
| 69 | LDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 54 | LLB | Fred McNeill |
| 50 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 40 | LCB | Windlan Hall |
| 23 | LS | Jeff Wright |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 25 | RCB | Nate Allen |
| New Orleans Saints | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Larry Burton |
| 87 | WR | Don Herrmann |
| 66 | LOT | Tom Wickert |
| 71 | LOG | Kurt Schumacher |
| 62 | C | John Hill |
| 79 | ROG | Emanuel Zanders |
| 76 | ROT | Don Morrison |
| 84 | TE | Paul Seal |
| 12 | QB | Bobby Scott |
| 36 | RB | Drew Jones |
| 33 | RB | Mike Strachan |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Bob Pollard |
| 75 | LDT | Elex Price |
| 74 | RDT | Derland Moore |
| 78 | RDE | Elois Grooms |
| 51 | LLB | Rusty Chambers |
| 58 | MLB | Joe Federspiel |
| 60 | RLB | Greg Westbrooks |
| 30 | LCB | Ernie Jackson |
| 44 | S | Chuck Crist |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Myers |
| 29 | RCB | Maurice Spencer |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Robert Miller | 11 | 57 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 11 | 2 |
| Brent McClanahan | 13 | 26 | 2.0 | 2 | |
| Mark Kellar | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Sammy White | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Mike Strachan | 6 | 19 | 3.2 | 0 | |
| Tony Galbreath | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Alvin Maxson | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Drew Jones | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 0 | 221 | 9.6 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 111.0 | |
| Bob Lee | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 0 | 90 | 6.9 | 0 | 75.8 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Scott | 26 | 10 | 38.5 | 0 | 109 | 4.2 | 0 | 51.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 7 | 106 | 15.1 | 31 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 1 | |
| Jim Lash | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | |
| Mark Kellar | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Steve Craig | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Don Herrmann | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Alvin Maxson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Seal | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Henry Childs | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 8 | 321 | 40.1 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lenny Willis | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 0 | ||
| Autry Beamon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tommy Myers | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Sammy White | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Clarence Chapman | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | ||
| Tony Galbreath | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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