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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions - December 14th, 1975
Minnesota Vikings 10 at Detroit Lions 17
Sunday, December 14, 1975
Minnesota Vikings 10, Detroit Lions 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (11-2-0) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Detroit Lions (7-6-0) | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Scoring
| MIN | DET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DET | Marlin Briscoe 8 yard pass from Joe Reed (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 7 |
| DET | Bobby Thompson 46 yard rush (Errol Mann kick) | 0 | 14 | |
| 2nd | MIN | Fred Cox 39 yard field goal | 3 | 14 |
| DET | Errol Mann 30 yard field goal | 3 | 17 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Paul Krause 86 yard fumble return (Fred Cox kick) | 10 | 17 |
Team Stats
| MIN | DET | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 14 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-74-0 | 43-204-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-34-156-0-2 | 9-17-88-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 4-29 | 4-34 |
| Net pass yards | 127 | 54 |
| Total yards | 201 | 258 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-58 | 8-55 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 18 | 34 | 156 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 4 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Steve Craig | MIN | 3 | 32 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Ed Marinaro | MIN | 3 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 11 | ||||||
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 14 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| John Gilliam | MIN | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
| Jim Lash | MIN | 2 | 22 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Sam McCullum | MIN | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 3 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Dexter Bussey | DET | 15 | 76 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Joe Reed | DET | 9 | 17 | 88 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Thompson | DET | 5 | 51 | 1 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Marlin Briscoe | DET | 4 | 45 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Horace King | DET | 8 | 34 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Altie Taylor | DET | 8 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 9 | ||||||
| George Farmer | DET | 1 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Paul Krause | MIN | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Sam McCullum | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 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 | |||
| Lem Barney | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Levi Johnson | DET | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bobby Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leonard Thompson | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Weger | DET | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Charlie West | DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||