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Minnesota Vikings 40 at New Orleans Saints 9
Sunday, September 12, 1976
Minnesota Vikings 40, New Orleans Saints 9| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Vikings (1-0-0) | 13 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 40 |
| New Orleans Saints (0-1-0) | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
Scoring
| MIN | NOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | MIN | Brent McClanahan 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| MIN | Chuck Foreman 2 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 13 | 0 | |
| 2nd | NOR | Rich Szaro 45 yard field goal | 13 | 3 |
| MIN | Brent McClanahan 5 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 20 | 3 | |
| MIN | Fred Cox 24 yard field goal | 23 | 3 | |
| MIN | Sammy White 47 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) | 30 | 3 | |
| 3rd | MIN | Chuck Foreman 6 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) | 37 | 3 |
| NOR | Tony Galbreath 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 37 | 9 | |
| 4th | MIN | Fred Cox 35 yard field goal | 40 | 9 |
Team Stats
| MIN | NOR | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 28 | 9 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 47-173-4 | 16-50-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 22-36-311-1-0 | 10-26-109-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 5-35 | 4-27 |
| Net pass yards | 276 | 82 |
| Total yards | 449 | 132 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 4-3 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-36 | 3-36 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chuck Foreman | MIN | 14 | 53 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 106 | 0 | 31 | ||||||
| Fran Tarkenton | MIN | 15 | 23 | 221 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 71 | 1 | 47 | ||||||
| Robert Miller | MIN | 11 | 57 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Brent McClanahan | MIN | 13 | 26 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Jim Lash | MIN | 3 | 48 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Mark Kellar | MIN | 7 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 19 | ||||||
| Bob Lee | MIN | 7 | 13 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Stu Voigt | MIN | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Steve Craig | MIN | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Don Herrmann | NOR | 5 | 76 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Bobby Scott | NOR | 10 | 26 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 5 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||||||
| Mike Strachan | NOR | 6 | 19 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Paul Seal | NOR | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Alvin Maxson | NOR | 4 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Henry Childs | NOR | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Andrew Jones | NOR | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
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 | |||
| Autry Beamon | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Sammy White | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Leonard Willis | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 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 | |||
| Clarence Chapman | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tony Galbreath | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Myers | NOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||