Sunday, September 28, 1975
Minnesota Vikings 42, Cleveland Browns 10| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (2-0-0) | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| Cleveland Browns (0-2-0) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| MIN | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | John Gilliam 29 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | MIN | Chuck Foreman 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 0 |
| CLE | Don Cockroft 38 yard field goal | 14 | 3 | |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman 13 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 21 | 3 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Fran Tarkenton 2 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 28 | 3 |
| 4th | MIN | Robert Miller 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 35 | 3 |
| CLE | Reggie Rucker 26 yard pass from Willie Miller (Don Cockroft kick) | 35 | 10 | |
| MIN | Jim Lash 33 yard pass from Bob Lee (Fred Cox kick) | 42 | 10 |
| MIN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 38-137-3 | 23-130-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 19-32-235-3-2 | 14-29-156-1-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-20 | 5-36 |
| Net pass yards | 215 | 120 |
| Total yards | 352 | 250 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-56 | 6-80 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 11 | 33 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 61 | 1 | 29 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 17 | 27 | 170 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 12 | 61 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Ed Marinaro | MIN | 8 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 4 | 60 | 1 | 29 | ||||||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | ||||||
| Jim Lash | MIN | 1 | 33 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Bob Lee | MIN | 2 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 0 | 33 | ||||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Dave Osborn | MIN | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Billy Pritchett | CLE | 8 | 46 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 26 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| Reggie Rucker | CLE | 3 | 66 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Oscar Roan | CLE | 4 | 56 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Greg Pruitt | CLE | 11 | 50 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Brian Sipe | CLE | 6 | 11 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Mike Phipps | CLE | 7 | 17 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 26 | ||||||||
| Willie Miller | CLE | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ken Brown | CLE | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Terry Brown | MIN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Bryant | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wally Hilgenberg | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Krause | MIN | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 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 | |||
| Pete Athas | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eddie Brown | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 99 | 19.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Henry Hynoski | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Greg Pruitt | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Clarence R. Scott | CLE | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||