| NFC Championship - Los Angeles Rams at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: December 26, 1976 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 47191 |
| Weather: More Than Half Cloudy Temp: 13 F Humidty: 39% Wind: 13 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Minnesota Vikings | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota Vikings | Bobby Bryant 90 blocked field goal recovery (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings | Fred Cox 25 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings | Chuck Foreman 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 17 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Rams | Lawrence McCutcheon 10 run (Tom Dempsey kick failed) | 6 | 17 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Rams | Harold Jackson 5 pass from Pat Haden (Tom Dempsey kick) | 13 | 17 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings | Sammy Johnson 12 run (Fred Cox kick) | 13 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 26 | 128 | 4.9 | 15 | 1 |
| John Cappelletti | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Pat Haden | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ron Jessie | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 15 | 118 | 7.9 | 62 | 1 |
| Robert Miller | 10 | 28 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Sammy Johnson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Brent McClanahan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Pat Haden | 22 | 9 | 40.9 | 2 | 161 | 7.3 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 43.9 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 27 | 12 | 44.4 | 1 | 143 | 5.3 | 57 | 0 | 4 | 34 | 45.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Harold Jackson | 4 | 70 | 17.5 | 40 | 1 |
| Ron Jessie | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Lawrence McCutcheon | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 14 | 0 |
| John Cappelletti | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 57 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Robert Miller | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Grim | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Monte Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Bobby Bryant | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Rusty Jackson | 6 | 206 | 34.3 | 46 | 1 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 8 | 281 | 35.1 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Cullen Bryant | 4 | 0 | 31 | 7.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim Bertelsen | 3 | 0 | 19 | 6.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lenny Willis | 3 | 0 | 20 | 6.7 | 9 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Tom Geredine | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 20 | 0 | |
| Cullen Bryant | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Rob Scribner | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lenny Willis | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |
| Jack Youngblood | 1.0 |
| Fred Dryer | 1.0 |
| Larry Brooks | 1.0 |
| Merlin Olsen | 1.0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Carl Eller | 2.0 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 1.0 |
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