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1974 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 10-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

1974 NFC Champions

Scored 310 points (22.1/g), 5th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 195 points (13.9/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 115 points (8.2/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 10.5-3.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +11 (0.8/g), 3rd.

Coached by Bud Grant (10-4-0)

1974 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 15 box W 1-0 @ Green Bay Packers 32 17 20 262 97 165 2 12 191 95 96 4
2 Sun September 22 box W 2-0 @ Detroit Lions 7 6 14 253 119 134 2 9 162 39 123
3 Sun September 29 box W 3-0 Chicago Bears 11 7 16 303 165 138 3 18 279 162 117 3
4 Sun October 6 box W 4-0 @ Dallas Cowboys 23 21 18 376 265 111 16 273 129 144 4
5 Sun October 13 box W 5-0 Houston Oilers 51 10 25 502 357 145 11 185 129 56 4
6 Sun October 20 box L 5-1 Detroit Lions 16 20 25 371 210 161 2 23 358 276 82 1
7 Sun October 27 box L 5-2 New England Patriots 14 17 20 371 257 114 3 18 394 218 176 4
8 Sun November 3 box W 6-2 @ Chicago Bears 17 0 17 269 79 190 2 10 158 100 58 3
9 Mon November 11 box W 7-2 @ St. Louis Cardinals 28 24 18 304 126 178 1 23 436 341 95 3
10 Sun November 17 box L 7-3 Green Bay Packers 7 19 14 284 210 74 2 20 393 191 202 1
11 Sun November 24 box L 7-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 17 20 18 301 214 87 1 25 380 268 112 1
12 Sun December 1 box W 8-4 New Orleans Saints 29 9 19 405 308 97 1 13 226 81 145
13 Sat December 7 box W 9-4 Atlanta Falcons 23 10 18 252 104 148 1 15 191 75 116 2
14 Sat December 14 box W 10-4 @ Kansas City Chiefs 35 15 22 358 244 114 2 17 281 198 83 3
Playoffs
Division Sat December 21 box W 11-4 St. Louis Cardinals 30 14
ConfChamp Sun December 29 box W 12-4 Los Angeles Rams 14 10
SuperBowl Sun January 12 box L 12-5 N Pittsburgh Steelers 6 16

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 310 4611 907 5.1 264 234 400 2755 22 13 6.6 136 488 1856 17 3.8 114 22 9 14
Team Defense 195 3907 864 4.5 360 214 396 2302 8 22 5.4 120 437 1605 12 3.7 230 33 11 10
Lg Rank Offense 5 3 5 4 2 2 4 1 10 15 6 15 3 2
Lg Rank Defense 3 10 13 18 18 1 8 14 5 5 8 9 12 19

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Fran Tarkenton* 34 QB 13 13 199 351 56.7 2598 17 4.8 12 3.4 80 7.4 6.3 13.1 199.8 82.1 17 142 6.7 5.7 4.6
Bob Berry 32 10 1 34 48 70.8 305 5 10.4 1 2.1 21 6.4 6.5 9.0 30.5 113.6 2 12 5.9 6.0 4.0
Mike Eischeid 34 P 14 0 1 1 100.0 6 0 0.0 0 0.0 6 6.0 6.0 6.0 0.4 91.7 0 0 6.0 6.0 0.0
Team Total 27.7 14 234 400 58.5 2909 22 5.5 13 3.3 80 7.3 6.4 12.4 207.8 85.9 19 154 6.6 5.7 4.5
Opp Total 14 214 396 54.0 2302 8 2.0 22 5.6 5.8 3.5 10.8 164.4 54.9 31 267 5.4 2.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Chuck Foreman* 24 FB 13 13 199 777 9 32 3.9 59.8 15.3 53 586 11.1 6 66 4.1 45.1 1363 15 6
Dave Osborn 31 RB 13 10 131 514 4 17 3.9 39.5 10.1 29 196 6.8 0 25 2.2 15.1 710 4 1
Oscar Reed 30 7 0 62 215 0 15 3.5 30.7 8.9 15 99 6.6 1 12 2.1 14.1 314 1 0
Ed Marinaro 24 14 0 44 124 1 8 2.8 8.9 3.1 17 132 7.8 1 20 1.2 9.4 256 2 3
Fran Tarkenton* 34 QB 13 13 21 120 2 15 5.7 9.2 1.6 120 2 2
Bill Brown 36 14 0 19 41 0 11 2.2 2.9 1.4 5 41 8.2 0 21 0.4 2.9 82 0 3
Brent McClanahan 23 RET 14 0 9 41 1 14 4.6 2.9 0.6 3 35 11.7 0 17 0.2 2.5 76 1 1
John Gilliam* 29 WR 14 14 2 16 0 9 8.0 1.1 0.1 26 578 22.2 5 80 1.9 41.3 594 5 0
Bob Berry 32 10 1 1 8 0 8 8.0 0.8 0.1 8 0 0
Jim Lash 23 WR 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 631 19.7 0 57 2.3 45.1 631 0 2
Stu Voigt 26 TE 14 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 268 8.4 5 22 2.3 19.1 268 5 1
Sam McCullum 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 138 19.7 3 34 0.6 11.5 138 3 1
John Holland 22 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 84 16.8 0 20 0.5 8.4 84 0 0
Doug Kingsriter 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 89 17.8 0 21 0.4 6.4 89 0 0
Steve Craig 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 26 6.5 1 10 0.3 1.9 26 1 0
Nate Wright 28 LCB 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.4 6 0 0
Team Total 27.7 14 488 1856 17 32 3.8 132.6 34.9 234 2909 12.4 22 80 16.7 207.8 4765 39 24
Opp Total 14 437 1605 12 3.7 114.6 31.2 214 2302 10.8 8 15.3 164.4 3907 20 25

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Jackie Wallace 23 RCB 14 14 25 191 0 20 7.6 2 31 0 16 15.5 222
Sam McCullum 22 12 0 12 85 0 13 7.1 12 300 0 36 25.0 523
Brent McClanahan 23 RET 14 0 23 549 0 52 23.9 625
Larry Marshall 24 5 0 5 46 0 19 9.2 4 56 0 24 14.0 102
Bill Brown 36 14 0 3 19 0 19 6.3 101
John Gilliam* 29 WR 14 14 3 86 0 31 28.7 680
Chuck Foreman* 24 FB 13 13 1 30 0 30 30.0 1393
Wally Hilgenberg 32 RLB 13 13 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -2
Ed Marinaro 24 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 261
Dave Osborn 31 RB 13 10 1 14 0 14 14.0 724
Team Total 27.7 14 43 320 0 20 7.4 50 1090 0 52 21.8 6175
Opp Total 14 45 0 64 1116 0 17.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Mike Eischeid 34 P 14 0 73 2636 50 1 36.1
Fred Cox 36 K 14 0 7 7 7 3 6 2 20 12 60.0% 39 32 82.1%
Team Total 27.7 14 7 7 7 3 6 2 20 12 60.0% 39 32 82.1% 73 2636 50 1 36.1
Opp Total 14 24 17 70.8% 21 18 85.7% 75 2782 37.1

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Matt Blair 24 llb 14 6 1 -3 0 -3 0 1 13 0
Bill Brown 36 14 0 3 1 0 0
Terry Brown 27 14 0 2 15 0 11 0 1 0 0
Carl Eller* 32 LDE 14 14 0 1 0 0
Chuck Foreman* 24 FB 13 13 6 2 0 0
Wally Hilgenberg 32 RLB 13 13 1 0 0 0 1
Paul Krause* 32 FS 14 10 2 53 0 45 0 2 0 0
Jim Lash 23 WR 14 14 2 0 0 0
Ed Marinaro 24 14 0 3 0 0 0
Larry Marshall 24 5 0 1 0 0 0
Amos Martin 25 14 0 3 39 0 28 0 1 15 1
Brent McClanahan 23 RET 14 0 1 1 0 0
Sam McCullum 22 12 0 1 1 0 0
Fred McNeill 22 14 0 0 1 0 0
Dave Osborn 31 RB 13 10 1 0 0 0
Jeff Siemon 24 MLB 14 14 2 24 0 22 0 3 3 0
Fran Tarkenton* 34 QB 13 13 2 0 0 0
Mick Tingelhoff 34 C 14 14 1 0 -6 0
Stu Voigt 26 TE 14 13 1 2 0 0
Jackie Wallace 23 RCB 14 14 1 3 0 3 2 1 23 0
Roy Winston 34 LLB 12 8 0 1 0 0
Jeff Wright 25 SS 11 10 4 60 0 27 0 1 0 0
Nate Wright 28 LCB 14 14 6 91 0 44
Team Total 27.7 14 22 282 0 45 24 20 48 1 1
Opp Total 14 19 25 14

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Chuck Foreman* 24 FB 13 13 9 6 90
Fred Cox 36 K 14 0 32 12 68
John Gilliam* 29 WR 14 14 5 30
Stu Voigt 26 TE 14 13 5 30
Dave Osborn 31 RB 13 10 4 24
Sam McCullum 22 12 0 3 18
Ed Marinaro 24 14 0 1 1 12
Fran Tarkenton* 34 QB 13 13 2 12
Steve Craig 23 14 0 1 6
Amos Martin 25 14 0 1 6
Brent McClanahan 23 RET 14 0 1 6
Oscar Reed 30 7 0 1 6
Wally Hilgenberg 32 RLB 13 13 1 2
Team Total 27.7 14 17 22 1 32 12 1 310
Opp Total 14 12 8 18 17 195