Sunday, November 16, 1975
Minnesota Vikings 20, New Orleans Saints 7| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (9-0-0) | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| New Orleans Saints (2-7-0) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| MIN | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Ed Marinaro 4 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | MIN | John Gilliam 13 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (kick failed) | 13 | 0 |
| NOR | Paul Seal 25 yard pass from Archie Manning (Rich Szaro kick) | 13 | 7 | |
| MIN | John Gilliam 33 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 20 | 7 |
| MIN | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 6 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 40-160-0 | 27-67-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-39-310-3-2 | 5-18-62-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 8-69 |
| Net pass yards | 310 | -7 |
| Total yards | 470 | 60 |
| Fumbles-lost | 6-3 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 5 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-50 | 4-25 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 24 | 117 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 63 | 0 | 20 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 25 | 39 | 310 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 6 | 139 | 2 | 43 | ||||||||||
| Ed Marinaro | MIN | 8 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 25 | ||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 3 | 39 | 0 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Jim Lash | MIN | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 7 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Paul Seal | NOR | 3 | 52 | 1 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Archie Manning | NOR | 5 | 18 | 62 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alvin Maxson | NOR | 11 | 32 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Mike Strachan | NOR | 12 | 27 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Joel Parker | NOR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Larry Burton | NOR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Andrew Jones | NOR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Rod McNeill | NOR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Autry Beamon | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bobby Bryant | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 37 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jeff Wright | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 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 | |||
| Rusty Chambers | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Gil Chapman | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chuck Crist | NOR | 1 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Terry Schmidt | NOR | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Strachan | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||