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Minnesota Vikings 35 at Buffalo Bills 13

Saturday, December 20, 1975

Minnesota Vikings 35, Buffalo Bills 13

1234Final
Minnesota Vikings (12-2-0)14714035
Buffalo Bills (8-6-0)076013

Scoring

MINBUF
1stMINChuck Foreman 4 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)70
MINJim Lash 0 yard fumble return (Fred Cox kick)140
2ndMINChuck Foreman 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)210
BUFO.J. Simpson 24 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick)217
3rdMINChuck Foreman 1 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)287
MINChuck Foreman 6 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)357
BUFO.J. Simpson 64 yard pass from Gary Marangi (kick failed)3513

Team Stats

MINBUF
First downs2820
Rush-yards-TDs41-168-226-120-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT27-43-242-2-116-37-212-1-4
Sacked-yards2-233-23
Net pass yards219189
Total yards387309
Fumbles-lost5-11-1
Turnovers25
Penalties-yards8-445-35

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Chuck Foreman MIN 19 85 2 10 10 87 2 25
Fran Tarkenton MIN 25 36 216 2 0 25
Jim Lash MIN 4 61 0 23
Brent McClanahan MIN 12 47 0 15 3 8 0 3
Stu Voigt MIN 3 36 0 16
John Gilliam MIN 4 35 0 22
Ed Marinaro MIN 3 16 0 11 3 15 0 8
Dave Osborn MIN 6 20 0 9
Bob Lee MIN 2 7 26 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
O.J. Simpson BUF 12 57 1 24 3 66 1 64
Gary Marangi BUF 10 21 161 1 1 64 3 25 0 0
Jim Braxton BUF 7 26 0 13 2 15 0 9
Bob Chandler BUF 4 33 0 13
Reuben Gant BUF 3 33 0 15
Joe Ferguson BUF 6 16 51 0 3 0 1 6 0 6
J.D. Hill BUF 1 26 0 26
Vic Washington BUF 2 3 0 5 2 21 0 15
Paul Seymour BUF 1 18 0 18
Gary Hayman BUF 1 3 0 3

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Pete Athas MIN 1 0 0 0
Terry Brown MIN 1 18 0 0
Bobby Bryant MIN 2 59 0 0
Brent McClanahan MIN 0 0 0 0 2 61 30.5 0 0
Sam McCullum MIN 0 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 Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Gary Hayman BUF 0 0 0 0 3 11 3.7 0 0
John Holland BUF 0 0 0 0 2 25 12.5 0 0
Ed Jones BUF 1 13 0 0
Steven Schnarr BUF 0 0 0 0 3 62 20.7 0 0
Vic Washington BUF 0 0 0 0 3 81 27.0 0 0