| Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: December 5, 1976 Location: Bloomington, MN Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 43700 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 21 F Humidty: 74% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay PackersGB | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | GB | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Green Bay PackersGB | Ollie Smith 12 pass from Carlos Brown (Chester Marcol kick blocked) | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 34 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 30 FG | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Green Bay PackersGB | Chester Marcol 24 FG | 9 | 13 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 9 | 20 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Ken Payne |
| 89 | WR | Ollie Smith |
| 79 | LOT | Mark Koncar |
| 61 | LOG | Bruce Van Dyke |
| 51 | C | Larry McCarren |
| 68 | ROG | Gale Gillingham |
| 72 | ROT | Dick Himes |
| 81 | TE | Rich McGeorge |
| 19 | QB | Carlos Brown |
| 42 | RB | John Brockington |
| 26 | RB | Eric Torkelson |
| Defense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Clarence Williams |
| 76 | LDT | Mike McCoy |
| 75 | RDT | Dave Pureifory |
| 87 | RDE | Alden Roche |
| 52 | LLB | Gary Weaver |
| 58 | MLB | Don Hansen |
| 53 | RLB | Fred Carr |
| 28 | LCB | Willie Buchanon |
| 46 | LS | Steve Luke |
| 24 | RS | Johnnie Gray |
| 45 | RCB | Perry Smith |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 28 | WR | Ahmad Rashad |
| 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 |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 69 | LDT | Doug Sutherland |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 59 | LLB | Matt Blair |
| 50 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 23 | LS | Jeff Wright |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| John Brockington | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 8 | 0 |
| Eric Torkelson | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| Willard Harrell | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Carlos Brown | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Robert Miller | 13 | 95 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Sammy Johnson | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 18 | 42 | 2.3 | 6 | 2 |
| Brent McClanahan | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||||||||
| Carlos Brown | 24 | 7 | 29.2 | 0 | 93 | 3.9 | 1 | 57.1 | |||
| Randy Johnson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | 85.4 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 32 | 23 | 71.9 | 1 | 195 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.3 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Ollie Smith | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 1 | |
| Rich McGeorge | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | |
| Ken Payne | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Ahmad Rashad | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 0 | |
| Robert Miller | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 0 | |
| Bob Grim | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 0 | |
| Sammy Johnson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Stu Voigt | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| Perry Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | |||||
| David Beverly | 8 | 327 | 40.9 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 4 | 127 | 31.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Johnnie Gray | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 0 | ||
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lenny Willis | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | ||
| Autry Beamon | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Bay Packers | ||||||
| Mike McCoy | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Wagner | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Eric Torkelson | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lenny Willis | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 0 | ||
| Sammy White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
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