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New York Giants 7 at Minnesota Vikings 24

Sunday, October 17, 1976

New York Giants 7, Minnesota Vikings 24

1234Final
New York Giants (0-6-0)07007
Minnesota Vikings (5-0-1)1070724

Scoring

NYGMIN
1stMINFred Cox 23 yard field goal03
MINNate Allen 28 yard blocked punt return (Fred Cox kick)010
2ndNYGDoug Kotar 3 yard rush (Joe Danelo kick)710
MINChuck Foreman 41 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)717
4thMINBrent McClanahan 3 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)724

Team Stats

NYGMIN
First downs1223
Rush-yards-TDs28-87-140-109-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT15-24-149-0-221-30-288-2-1
Sacked-yards4-273-36
Net pass yards122252
Total yards209361
Fumbles-lost2-14-2
Turnovers33
Penalties-yards3-357-37

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Ray Rhodes NYG 5 90 0 31
Norm Snead NYG 15 24 149 0 2 31 1 0 0 0
Doug Kotar NYG 13 37 1 10 5 24 0 17
Larry Csonka NYG 12 45 0 8 1 4 0 4
Jim Robinson NYG 3 20 0 9
Bob Tucker NYG 1 11 0 11
Marsh White NYG 1 4 0 4
Gordon Bell NYG 1 1 0 1
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Chuck Foreman MIN 23 83 0 12 8 118 1 41
Fran Tarkenton MIN 21 30 288 2 1 42
Brent McClanahan MIN 11 33 0 8 3 27 1 13
Sammy White MIN 1 -10 0 -10 3 61 0 42
Stu Voigt MIN 5 51 0 18
Ahmad Rashad MIN 2 31 0 18
Willie Spencer MIN 4 2 0 2
Robert Miller MIN 1 1 0 1

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
Gordon Bell NYG 0 0 0 0 1 13 13.0 0 0
Harry Carson NYG 0 0 0 0 1 5 5.0 0 0
Rondy Colbert NYG 0 0 0 0 2 22 11.0 0 0
Larry Mallory NYG 1 0 0 0
Jim Robinson NYG 0 0 0 0 2 49 24.5 0 0 1 -3 -3.0 0 0
Gary Shirk NYG 0 0 0 0 1 23 23.0 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
Sammy White MIN 0 0 0 0 1 25 25.0 0 0
Leonard Willis MIN 0 0 0 0 1 22 22.0 0 0 5 16 3.2 0 0
Jeff Wright MIN 1 0 0 0
Nate Wright MIN 1 -3 0 0