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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Minnesota Vikings at Buffalo Bills - December 20th, 1975
Minnesota Vikings 35 at Buffalo Bills 13
Saturday, December 20, 1975
Minnesota Vikings 35, Buffalo Bills 13| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (12-2-0) | 14 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| Buffalo Bills (8-6-0) | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
Scoring
| MIN | BUF | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Chuck Foreman 4 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 7 | 0 |
| MIN | Jim Lash 0 yard fumble return (Fred Cox kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| 2nd | MIN | Chuck Foreman 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 21 | 0 |
| BUF | O.J. Simpson 24 yard rush (John Leypoldt kick) | 21 | 7 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Chuck Foreman 1 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 28 | 7 |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman 6 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 35 | 7 | |
| BUF | O.J. Simpson 64 yard pass from Gary Marangi (kick failed) | 35 | 13 |
Team Stats
| MIN | BUF | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 28 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 41-168-2 | 26-120-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 27-43-242-2-1 | 16-37-212-1-4 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-23 | 3-23 |
| Net pass yards | 219 | 189 |
| Total yards | 387 | 309 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-44 | 5-35 |
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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | 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 | |||||||||