| Green Bay Packers at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics | 
| 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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| Minnesota Vikings | |
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