| Minnesota Vikings at Miami Dolphins Game Statistics |
| Date: December 11, 1976 Location: Miami, FL |
| Venue: Orange Bowl Attendance: 45583 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 80 F Humidty: 77% Wind: 21 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota VikingsMIN | 0 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 29 |
| Miami DolphinsMIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | MIN | MIA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sammy White 9 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sammy White 36 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick failed) | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Fred Cox 30 FG | 15 | 0 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Brent McClanahan 1 run (Fred Cox kick) | 22 | 0 |
| 3 | Minnesota VikingsMIN | Sammy White 7 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 29 | 0 |
| 4 | Miami DolphinsMIA | Stan Winfrey 2 pass from Don Strock (Garo Yepremian kick) | 29 | 7 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 20 | RCB | Bobby Bryant |
| Miami Dolphins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Jim Mandich |
| 86 | WR | Freddie Solomon |
| 79 | LOT | Wayne Moore |
| 64 | LOG | Ed Newman |
| 62 | C | Jim Langer |
| 66 | ROG | Larry Little |
| 71 | ROT | Darryl Carlton |
| 87 | TE | Andre Tillman |
| 12 | QB | Bob Griese |
| 27 | RB | Gary Davis |
| 36 | RB | Don Nottingham |
| Offense | ||
| 83 | LDE | Vern Den Herder |
| 74 | LDT | Randy Crowder |
| 72 | RDT | Bob Heinz |
| 60 | RDE | Don Reese |
| 50 | LLB | Larry Gordon |
| 56 | MLB | Steve Towle |
| 53 | RLB | Bob Matheson |
| 41 | LCB | Jeris White |
| 49 | LS | Charlie Babb |
| 48 | RS | Ken Ellis |
| 45 | RCB | Curtis Johnson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Chuck Foreman | 14 | 78 | 5.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Sammy Johnson | 8 | 45 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 11 | 44 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Robert Miller | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Ron Groce | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Fran Tarkenton | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Gary Davis | 15 | 20 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Stan Winfrey | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Don Strock | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Don Nottingham | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Larry Seiple | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | 23 | 15 | 65.2 | 0 | 184 | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 129.3 | |
| Bob Lee | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 56.2 | ||
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||
| Don Strock | 19 | 9 | 47.4 | 1 | 132 | 6.9 | 1 | 66.1 | |||
| Bob Griese | 11 | 3 | 27.3 | 1 | 30 | 2.7 | 0 | 1.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Sammy White | 9 | 120 | 13.3 | 3 | |
| Stu Voigt | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Ahmad Rashad | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | |
| Brent McClanahan | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Chuck Foreman | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Freddie Solomon | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 0 | |
| Loaird McCreary | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Mandich | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Larry Seiple | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Duriel Harris | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Stan Winfrey | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Matt Blair | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bobby Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |||||
| Neil Clabo | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Miami Dolphins | |||||
| Larry Seiple | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lenny Willis | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | ||
| Sammy White | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Autry Beamon | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | ||||||
| Lenny Willis | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57 | 0 | |
| Miami Dolphins | ||||||
| Gary Davis | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Don Nottingham | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Freddie Solomon | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Andre Tillman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings | |
| Miami Dolphins | |
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