| Houston Oilers at Minnesota Vikings Game Statistics |
| Date: October 13, 1974 Location: Bloomington, MN |
| Venue: Metropolitan Stadium Attendance: 48006 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 50 F Humidty: 77% Wind: 14 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 16 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 51 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | John Gilliam 80 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 29 FG | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 42 FG | 3 | 10 |
| 1 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Stu Voigt 10 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick failed) | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Ed Marinaro 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 3 | 23 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 6 run (Fred Cox kick) | 3 | 30 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Vic Washington 2 run (Skip Butler kick) | 10 | 30 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 24 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 37 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Steve Craig 10 pass from Bob Berry (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 44 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sam McCullum 20 pass from Bob Berry (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 51 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 20 | WR | Billy Parks |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 61 | LOG | Harris Jones |
| 77 | C | Sid Smith |
| 68 | ROG | Brian Goodman |
| 75 | ROT | Elbert Drungo |
| 82 | TE | Mack Alston |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 34 | RB | Willie Rodgers |
| 23 | RB | Vic Washington |
| Defense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Tody Smith |
| 63 | MG | Ronnie Carroll |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 76 | LOLB | Al Cowlings |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 57 | RILB | Steve Kiner |
| 59 | ROLB | Ted Washington |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 48 | LS | Bob Atkins |
| 42 | RS | Tommy Maxwell |
| 22 | RCB | Zeke Moore |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 42 | WR | John Gilliam |
| 82 | WR | Jim Lash |
| 68 | LOT | Charlie Goodrum |
| 62 | LOG | Ed White |
| 53 | C | Mick Tingelhoff |
| 65 | ROG | Steve Lawson |
| 73 | ROT | Ron Yary |
| 83 | TE | Stu Voigt |
| 10 | QB | Fran Tarkenton |
| 44 | RB | Chuck Foreman |
| 41 | RB | Dave Osborn |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Carl Eller |
| 77 | LDT | Gary Larsen |
| 88 | RDT | Alan Page |
| 70 | RDE | Jim Marshall |
| 60 | LLB | Roy Winston |
| 50 | MLB | Jeff Siemon |
| 58 | RLB | Wally Hilgenberg |
| 43 | LCB | Nate Wright |
| 24 | LS | Terry Brown |
| 22 | RS | Paul Krause |
| 25 | RCB | Jackie Wallace |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Willie Rodgers | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Jeff Queen | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| George Amundson | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Vic Washington | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mack Alston | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 16 | 61 | 3.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Bill Brown | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Sam McCullum | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Dave Osborn | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Berry | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ed Marinaro | 4 | 5 | 1.3 | 1 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 32 | 16 | 50.0 | 4 | 167 | 5.2 | 0 | 25.9 | |||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 24 | 18 | 75.0 | 0 | 274 | 11.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 151.7 | |
| Bob Berry | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 0 | 77 | 6.4 | 2 | 124.0 | |||
| Mike Eischeid | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 91.7 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Ken Burrough | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | |
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | |
| Vic Washington | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | |
| Billy Parks | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| George Amundson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Mack Alston | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Stu Voigt | 5 | 41 | 8.2 | 1 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 24 | 1 |
| Ed Marinaro | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| John Gilliam | 2 | 102 | 51.0 | 1 | |
| Jim Lash | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Steve Craig | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 1 | |
| Dave Osborn | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Doug Kingsriter | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Sam McCullum | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20t | 1 |
| Nate Wright | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Amos Martin | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Nate Wright | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Jackie Wallace | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jeff Siemon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| David Beverly | 6 | 187 | 31.2 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Mike Eischeid | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Jackie Wallace | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Larry Marshall | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| C.L. Whittington | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 0 | ||
| Jeff Severson | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Bob Gresham | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Minnesota Vikings | |
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