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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > New England Patriots at Minnesota Vikings - October 27th, 1974
New England Patriots 17 at Minnesota Vikings 14
Sunday, October 27, 1974
New England Patriots 17, Minnesota Vikings 14| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Patriots (6-1-0) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Minnesota Vikings (5-2-0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
Scoring
| NWE | MIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | John Smith 37 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | NWE | Steve Schubert 21 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (John Smith kick) | 10 | 0 |
| 4th | MIN | Chuck Foreman 2 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 7 |
| MIN | Fran Tarkenton 3 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| NWE | Bob Windsor 10 yard pass from Jim Plunkett (John Smith kick) | 17 | 14 |
Team Stats
| NWE | MIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-176-0 | 30-114-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-28-238-2-2 | 19-39-281-0-3 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-20 | 2-24 |
| Net pass yards | 218 | 257 |
| Total yards | 394 | 371 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-122 | 5-43 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Sam Cunningham | NWE | 22 | 129 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 15 | 28 | 238 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Mack Herron | NWE | 14 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Reggie Rucker | NWE | 3 | 61 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Randy Vataha | NWE | 1 | 55 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Schubert | NWE | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Windsor | NWE | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Tarver | NWE | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Josh Ashton | NWE | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 19 | 39 | 281 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 17 | 68 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 73 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 5 | 117 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Lash | MIN | 4 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Oscar Reed | MIN | 9 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| John Holland | MIN | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Ron Bolton | NWE | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mack Herron | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jack Mildren | NWE | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 28.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ed Marinaro | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Amos Martin | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Sam McCullum | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jackie Wallace | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jeff Wright | MIN | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||