| Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions Game Statistics |
| Date: September 26, 1976 Location: Pontiac, MI |
| Venue: Pontiac Silverdome Attendance: 76914 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Detroit LionsDET | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | DET |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 49 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | Detroit LionsDET | Errol Mann 49 FG | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Chuck Foreman 5 run (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | Detroit LionsDET | Charlie Sanders 1 pass from Greg Landry (Joe Reed run failed) | 10 | 9 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Jim Lash |
| 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 |
| Defense | ||
| 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 |
| 25 | RCB | Nate Allen |
| Detroit Lions | ||
| Offense | ||
| 45 | WR | Ray Jarvis |
| 49 | WR | Larry Walton |
| 75 | LOT | Jim Yarbrough |
| 62 | LOG | Lynn Boden |
| 63 | C | Jon Morris |
| 66 | ROG | Bob Kowalkowski |
| 76 | ROT | Rocky Freitas |
| 88 | TE | Charlie Sanders |
| 11 | QB | Greg Landry |
| 24 | RB | Dexter Bussey |
| 25 | RB | Horace King |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Ken Sanders |
| 78 | LDT | Doug English |
| 74 | RDT | Larry Hand |
| 83 | RDE | Jim Mitchell |
| 50 | LLB | Paul Naumoff |
| 52 | MLB | Jim Laslavic |
| 59 | RLB | Charlie Weaver |
| 20 | LCB | Lem Barney |
| 40 | LS | Charlie West |
| 26 | RS | Dick Jauron |
| 23 | RCB | Levi Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 25 | 94 | 3.8 | 16 | 1 |
| Brent McClanahan | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Horace King | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Lawrence Gaines | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 9 | 13 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 0 | 47 | 2.9 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 51.0 | |
| Bob Lee | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 0 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 90.6 | |||
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 24 | 13 | 54.2 | 0 | 198 | 8.3 | 1 | 95.5 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | |
| Stu Voigt | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Charlie Sanders | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 1 | |
| Ray Jarvis | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | |
| Dexter Bussey | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Horace King | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Larry Walton | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 10 | 409 | 40.9 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 7 | 278 | 39.7 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lenny Willis | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | ||
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Mark Kellar | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Sammy White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| James Hunter | 3 | 73 | 24.3 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Jim Marshall | 2.0 |
| Jeff Wright | 2.0 |
| Alan Page | 1.5 |
| Wally Hilgenberg | 1.0 |
| Doug Sutherland | 1.0 |
| Carl Eller | 0.5 |
| Detroit Lions | |
| Paul Naumoff | 1.0 |
| Larry Hand | 1.0 |
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