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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)
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1974 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||