1976 Minnesota Vikings (NFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	7/31/1976	A	Miami Dolphins	3-16	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	39939
Sat	8/7/1976	A	Kansas City Chiefs	13-10	W		Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	32851
Mon	8/16/1976	A	Cleveland Browns	7-31	L		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	44336
Sun	8/22/1976	H	Cincinnati Bengals	23-17	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	43784
Sat	8/28/1976	H	Philadelphia Eagles	20-16	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46512
Sun	9/5/1976	A	Denver Broncos	17-30	L		Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	52129
Sun	9/12/1976	A	New Orleans Saints	40-9	W		New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	58156
Sun	9/19/1976	H	Los Angeles Rams	10-10	T	OT	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47310
Sun	9/26/1976	A	Detroit Lions	10-9	W		Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	76914
Mon	10/4/1976	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-6	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47809
Sun	10/10/1976	H	Chicago Bears	20-19	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47498
Sun	10/17/1976	H	New York Giants	24-7	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47156
Sun	10/24/1976	A	Philadelphia Eagles	31-12	W		Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	56233
Sun	10/31/1976	A	Chicago Bears	13-14	L		Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	53602
Sun	11/7/1976	H	Detroit Lions	31-23	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	46735
Sun	11/14/1976	H	Seattle Seahawks	27-21	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	45087
Sun	11/21/1976	A	Green Bay Packers	17-10	W		Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	53104
Mon	11/29/1976	A	San Francisco 49ers	16-20	L		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	56775
Sun	12/5/1976	H	Green Bay Packers	20-9	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	43700
Sat	12/11/1976	A	Miami Dolphins	29-7	W		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	45583
NFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/18/1976	H	Washington Redskins	35-20	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47221
NFC Championship
Sun	12/26/1976	H	Los Angeles Rams	24-13	W		Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47191
Super Bowl XI
Sun	1/9/1977	H	Oakland Raiders	14-32	L		Pasadena, CA	Rose Bowl	103438

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Nate Allen	25	RCB	5-10	170	28	Texas Southern	12	11
Scott Anderson	56	C	6-4	242	25	Missouri	2	0
Autry Beamon	27	LS-RS	6-1	190	23	East Texas A&M	14	0
Matt Blair	59	LLB	6-5	242	26	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Iowa State	14	13
Bobby Bryant	20	RCB	6-0	176	32	South Carolina	12	3
Bart Buetow	74	OT	6-5	260	26	Minnesota	2	0
Neil Clabo	12	P	6-2	205	24	Tennessee	13	0
Fred Cox	14	K	5-10	200	38	Pittsburgh	14	0
Steve Craig	84	TE	6-3	231	25	Northwestern	14	0
Doug Dumler	57	C	6-3	243	26	Nebraska	14	0
Carl Eller	81	LDE	6-6	252	34	Minnesota	13	13
Chuck Foreman	44	RB	6-2	212	26	Miami (Florida)	14	14
Charlie Goodrum	68	LOG	6-3	256	26	Florida A&M	14	14
Bob Grim	26	WR	6-0	196	31	Oregon State	8	0
Ron Groce	47	RB	6-2	210	22	Macalester	4	0
Windlan Hall	40	LCB	5-11	176	26	Arizona State	14	1
Wes Hamilton	61	ROG-LOG	6-3	271	23	Tulsa	13	1
Wally Hilgenberg	58	RLB	6-2	230	34	Iowa	14	14
Sammy Johnson	48	RB	6-1	226	24	North Carolina	8	0
Mark Kellar	39	RB	6-0	225	24	Northern Illinois	3	0
Paul Krause	22	RS	6-3	199	34	Iowa	14	14
Jim Lash	82	WR	6-2	200	25	Northwestern	5	3
Bob Lee	19	QB	6-2	190	30	Arizona State; San Francisco CC; Pacific	4	1
Bob Lurtsema	75	DE	6-6	251	34	Grand Rapids CC; Michigan Tech; Western Michigan	1	0
Jim Marshall	70	RDE	6-3	239	39	Ohio State	14	14
Amos Martin	55	MLB	6-3	228	27	Louisville	14	0
Brent McClanahan	33	RB	5-10	202	25	Arizona State	13	13
Fred McNeill	54	LLB	6-2	229	24	UCLA	13	1
Robert Miller	35	RB	5-11	204	23	Kansas	14	1
Mark Mullaney	77	LDE-RDE	6-6	246	23	Colorado State	12	1
Alan Page	88	RDT	6-5	255	31	Notre Dame	14	14
Ahmad Rashad	28	WR	6-2	202	27	Oregon	13	11
Steve Riley	78	LOT	6-6	258	24	Southern California	14	14
Jeff Siemon	50	MLB	6-2	235	26	Stanford	14	14
Willie Spencer	31	RB	6-4	235	23	none	3	0
Doug Sutherland	69	LDT	6-3	250	28	Wisconsin-Superior	14	14
Fran Tarkenton	10	QB	6-1	190	36	Georgia	13	13
Mick Tingelhoff	53	C	6-1	237	36	Nebraska	14	14
Stu Voigt	83	TE	6-1	223	28	Wisconsin	14	14
Ed White	62	ROG	6-2	264	29	California	13	13
James White	72	LDT-RDT	6-3	270	23	Oklahoma State	14	0
Sammy White	85	WR	5-11	195	22	Grambling State	14	14
Lenny Willis	80	WR	5-11	180	23	Nebraska Southern JC; Ohio State	14	0
Roy Winston	60	LLB	6-1	228	36	Louisiana State	7	0
Jeff Wright	23	LS	5-11	190	27	Minnesota	14	14
Nate Wright	43	LCB	5-11	179	29	Monterey Peninsula JC; San Diego State	14	13
Ron Yary	73	ROT	6-6	256	30	Cerritos JC; Southern California	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	25	James White	DT	Oklahoma State
2	54	Sammy White	WR	Grambling State
3	85	Wes Hamilton	G	Tulsa
4	118	Lenny Willis	WR	Ohio State
5	133	Steve Wagner	DB	Wisconsin
5	150	Keith Barnette	RB	Boston College
6	180	Terry Egerdahl	DB	Minnesota-Duluth
7	206	Larry Brune	DB	Rice
9	262	Isaac Hagins	WR	Southern University
10	289	Bill Salmon	QB	Northern Iowa
11	318	Steve Kracher	RB	Montana State
12	345	Robert Sparks	DB	San Francisco State
13	372	Gary Paulson	DE	Colorado State
14	401	Jeff Stapleton	T	Purdue
15	428	Ron Groce	RB	Macalester
16	457	Randy Hickel	DB	Montana State
17	484	Rich Lukowski	DT	West Virginia

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	PTS
Team Totals	47	102	56	100	0	305
Opponents Totals	39	35	43	59	0	176

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	32:13	294	125	150	19	106/240 44.2%	8/11 72.7%	77	615
Opponents Totals	27:47	207	103	91	13	67/209 32.1%	4/7 57.1%	76	653

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Fred Cox	0	32	36	88.9	19	31	61.3	89
Chuck Foreman	14	0	0		0	0		84
Sammy White	10	0	0		0	0		60
Brent McClanahan	5	0	0		0	0		30
Ahmad Rashad	3	0	0		0	0		18
Nate Allen	1	0	0		0	0		6
Robert Miller	1	0	0		0	0		6
Fran Tarkenton	1	0	0		0	0		6
Stu Voigt	1	0	0		0	0		6
Team Totals	36	32	36	88.9	19	31	61.3	305
Opponents Totals	22	14	22	63.6	10	25	40.0	176

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Fred Cox	19	31	61.3	3	49	0/0	5/7	10/12	4/11	0/1
Team Totals	19	31	61.3	3	49	0/0	5/7	10/12	4/11	0/1
Opponents Totals	10	25	40.0			1/1	4/8	1/6	4/8	0/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chuck Foreman	278	1155	4.2	46	13
Brent McClanahan	130	382	2.9	19	4
Robert Miller	67	286	4.3	36	0
Sammy Johnson	17	98	5.8	18	0
Fran Tarkenton	27	45	1.7	20	1
Mark Kellar	7	25	3.6	11	0
Ron Groce	3	18	6.0	13	0
Bob Lee	2	2	1.0	2	0
Willie Spencer	4	2	0.5	2	0
Sammy White	5	-10	-2.0	6	0
Team Totals	540	2003	3.7	46	18
Opponents Totals	487	2096	4.3	39t	14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Fran Tarkenton	412	255	61.9	149	2961	7.2	11.6	56t	17	4.1	8	1.9	25	221	2740	89.3
Bob Lee	30	15	50.0	13	156	5.2	10.4	21	0	0.0	2	6.7	6	41	115	37.6
Team Totals	442	270	61.1	162	3117	7.1	11.5	56t	17	3.8	10	2.3	31	262	2855	85.8
Opponents Totals	323	158	48.9	146	1897	5.9	12.0	80t	8	2.5	19	5.9	45	322	1575	51.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chuck Foreman	55	567	10.3	41t	1
Ahmad Rashad	53	671	12.7	47	3
Sammy White	51	906	17.8	56t	10
Brent McClanahan	40	252	6.3	23	1
Stu Voigt	28	303	10.8	44	1
Robert Miller	23	181	7.9	19	1
Bob Grim	9	108	12.0	27	0
Jim Lash	4	52	13.0	17	0
Steve Craig	3	33	11.0	17	0
Sammy Johnson	2	22	11.0	11	0
Mark Kellar	2	22	11.0	19	0
Team Totals	270	3117	11.5	56t	17
Opponents Totals	158	1897	12.0	80t	8

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Nate Wright	7	47	6.7	21
Nate Allen	3	44	14.7	30
Bobby Bryant	2	30	15.0	25
Matt Blair	2	25	12.5	20
Paul Krause	2	21	10.5	19
Autry Beamon	1	41	41.0	41
Jeff Wright	1	5	5.0	5
Jeff Siemon	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	19	213	11.2	41
Opponents Totals	10	185	18.5	55

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Neil Clabo	69	2678	38.8	55	0	13	5	286	2132	30.9
Team Totals	69	2678	38.8	55	0	13	5	286	2132	30.9
Opponents Totals	79	2932	37.1	63	1	5	14	271	2561	32.4

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Lenny Willis	30	10	207	6.9	29
Autry Beamon	7	5	19	2.7	14
Sammy White	3	1	45	15.0	31
Team Totals	40	16	271	6.8	31
Opponents Totals	40	4	286	7.2	19

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Lenny Willis	24	552	23.0	57
Sammy White	9	173	19.2	36
Robert Miller	5	77	15.4	27
Sammy Johnson	2	35	17.5	18
Mark Kellar	1	22	22.0	22
Matt Blair	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	42	859	20.5	57
Opponents Totals	66	1209	18.3	38

SACKS	NO	YDS
Team Totals	45.0	322.0
Opponents Totals	31.0	262.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Nate Allen	0	0	0	1	1	4
Autry Beamon	1		0	1	1	0
Matt Blair	0	0	0	5	5	8
Chuck Foreman	7		2	0	2	1
Ron Groce	1		0	0	0	0
Wally Hilgenberg	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bob Lee	3		0	0	0	-2
Brent McClanahan	5		0	0	0	0
Robert Miller	2		0	0	0	0
Mark Mullaney	0	0	0	2	2	3
Alan Page	0	0	0	1	1	1
Ahmad Rashad	1		0	0	0	0
Willie Spencer	1		0	0	0	0
Doug Sutherland	0	0	0	1	1	9
Fran Tarkenton	4		2	0	2	-9
Mick Tingelhoff	1		1	0	1	-4
Ed White	0	0	1	0	1	0
Sammy White	3		2	0	2	0
Lenny Willis	4		2	0	2	3
Jeff Wright	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ron Yary	0	0	1	0	1	0
Team Totals	33	22	11	13	24	14
Opponents Totals	24	13	10	19	29

Neill Armstrong	Defensive Coordinator
Jerry Burns	Offensive Coordinator
Bus Mertes	Offensive Backs
John Michels	Offensive Line
Jocko Nelson	Linebackers
Buddy Ryan	Defensive Line