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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

Drafted Players

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Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos Yrs From To AP1 PB St G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
1 17 MIN Fred McNeill LB 12 1974 1985 0 0 8 167 UCLA
1 25 MIN Steve Riley T 11 1974 1984 0 0 8 138 USC
2 29 MIN John Holland WR 4 1974 1977 0 0 1 38 35 634 3 Tennessee State
2 51 MIN Matt Blair LB 12 1974 1985 1 6 9 160 Iowa State
3 64 MIN Steve Craig TE 5 1974 1978 0 0 0 72 18 172 1 Northwestern
3 77 MIN Scott Anderson C 2 1974 1976 0 0 0 7 Missouri
4 86 MIN Mike Townsend DB 0 0 0 Notre Dame
5 120 MIN Jim Ferguson DB 0 0 0 Stanford
6 155 MIN Mark Kellar RB 3 1976 1978 0 0 0 33 25 74 0 5 17 0 Northern Illinois
7 181 MIN Fred Tabron RB 0 0 0 Southwest Missouri State
8 207 MIN Berl Simmons K 0 0 0 TCU
9 232 MIN Sam McCullum WR 10 1974 1983 0 0 5 129 274 4017 26 Montana State
10 259 MIN Barry Reed RB 0 0 0 Peru State
11 285 MIN Dave Boone DE 1 1974 1974 0 0 0 5 Eastern Michigan
12 311 MIN Randy Poltl DB 4 1974 1977 0 0 0 44 Stanford
13 337 MIN Gary Keller DT 0 0 0 Utah
14 363 MIN Alan Dixon RB 0 0 0 Harding
15 389 MIN Kurt Wachtler DT 0 0 0 St. John's (MN)
16 415 MIN John Goebel RB 0 0 0 St. Thomas
17 441 MIN Earl Garrett DB 0 0 0 Massachusetts-Boston