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1976 Minnesota Vikings

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Record: 11-2-1, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

1976 NFC Champions

Scored 305 points (21.8/g), 9th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 176 points (12.6/g), 2nd.
 Differential of 129 points (9.2/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 11.0-3.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 12th.

Coached by Bud Grant (11-2-1)

1976 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 12 box W 1-0 @ New Orleans Saints 40 9 28 449 276 173 1 9 132 82 50 3
2 Sun September 19 box T 1-0-1 Los Angeles Rams 10 10 20 363 289 74 3 25 394 133 261 3
3 Sun September 26 box W 2-0-1 @ Detroit Lions 10 9 10 168 52 116 14 251 150 101 2
4 Mon October 4 box W 3-0-1 Pittsburgh Steelers 17 6 11 178 26 152 4 12 225 52 173 6
5 Sun October 10 box W 4-0-1 Chicago Bears 20 19 16 287 176 111 2 19 329 94 235 2
6 Sun October 17 box W 5-0-1 New York Giants 24 7 23 361 252 109 3 12 209 122 87 3
7 Sun October 24 box W 6-0-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 31 12 27 491 249 242 2 17 282 121 161
8 Sun October 31 box L 6-1-1 @ Chicago Bears 13 14 23 354 248 106 2 7 173 38 135 1
9 Sun November 7 box W 7-1-1 Detroit Lions 31 23 19 430 347 83 4 26 399 191 208 1
10 Sun November 14 box W 8-1-1 Seattle Seahawks 27 21 29 424 244 180 15 386 278 108 4
11 Sun November 21 box W 9-1-1 @ Green Bay Packers 17 10 17 251 151 100 2 13 228 82 146 4
12 Mon November 29 box L 9-2-1 @ San Francisco 49ers 16 20 16 282 169 113 17 331 14 317 1
13 Sun December 5 box W 10-2-1 Green Bay Packers 20 9 29 413 195 218 3 8 144 85 59
14 Sat December 11 box W 11-2-1 @ Miami Dolphins 29 7 26 407 181 226 3 13 188 133 55 2
Playoffs
Division Sat December 18 box W 12-2-1 Washington Redskins 35 20
ConfChamp Sun December 26 box W 13-2-1 Los Angeles Rams 24 13
SuperBowl Sun January 9 box L 13-3-1 N Oakland Raiders 14 32

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 305 4858 1013 4.8 294 270 442 2855 17 10 6.0 150 540 2003 18 3.7 125 29 19 19
Team Defense 176 3671 855 4.3 311 158 323 1575 8 19 4.3 91 487 2096 14 4.3 207 32 13 13
Lg Rank Offense 9 6 4 2 4 9 1 7 11 18 6 23 4 18
Lg Rank Defense 2 6 3 3 1 1 12 3 8 17 13 21 15 22

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec 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* 36 QB 13 13 10-2-1 255 412 61.9 2961 17 4.1 8 1.9 56 7.2 6.7 11.6 227.8 89.3 25 221 6.3 5.8 5.7
Bob Lee 31 4 1 1-0-0 15 30 50.0 156 0 0.0 2 6.7 21 5.2 2.2 10.4 39.0 37.6 6 41 3.2 0.7 16.7
Team Total 27.8 14 11-2-1 270 442 61.1 3117 17 3.8 10 2.3 56 7.1 6.4 11.5 222.6 85.8 31 262 6.0 5.4 6.6
Opp Total 14 158 323 48.9 1575 8 2.5 19 5.9 4.9 2.5 10.0 112.5 46.9 45 322 4.3 1.3

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* 26 RB 14 14 278 1155 13 46 4.2 82.5 19.9 55 567 10.3 1 41 3.9 40.5 1722 14 7
Brent McClanahan 25 FB 13 13 130 382 4 19 2.9 29.4 10.0 40 252 6.3 1 23 3.1 19.4 634 5 5
Robert Miller 23 14 0 67 286 0 36 4.3 20.4 4.8 23 181 7.9 1 19 1.6 12.9 467 1 2
Fran Tarkenton* 36 QB 13 13 27 45 1 20 1.7 3.5 2.1 45 1 4
Sammy Johnson 24 8 0 17 98 0 18 5.8 12.3 2.1 2 22 11.0 0 11 0.3 2.8 120 0 0
Mark Kellar 24 3 0 7 25 0 11 3.6 8.3 2.3 2 22 11.0 0 19 0.7 7.3 47 0 0
Sammy White* 22 WR 14 14 5 -10 0 6 -2.0 -0.7 0.4 51 906 17.8 10 56 3.6 64.7 896 10 3
Willie Spencer 23 3 0 4 2 0 2 0.5 0.7 1.3 2 0 1
Ron Groce 22 4 0 3 18 0 13 6.0 4.5 0.8 18 0 1
Bob Lee 31 4 1 2 2 0 2 1.0 0.5 0.5 2 0 3
Ahmad Rashad 27 WR 13 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 53 671 12.7 3 47 4.1 51.6 671 3 1
Stu Voigt 28 TE 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 303 10.8 1 44 2.0 21.6 303 1 0
Bob Grim 31 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 108 12.0 0 27 1.1 13.5 108 0 0
Jim Lash 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 52 13.0 0 18 0.8 10.4 52 0 0
Steve Craig 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 33 11.0 0 17 0.2 2.4 33 0 0
Team Total 27.8 14 540 2003 18 46 3.7 143.1 38.6 270 3117 11.5 17 56 19.3 222.6 5120 35 33
Opp Total 14 487 2096 14 4.3 149.7 34.8 158 1575 10.0 8 11.3 112.5 3671 22 24

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Leonard Willis 23 RET 14 0 30 207 0 29 6.9 24 552 0 57 23.0 759
Sammy White* 22 WR 14 14 3 45 0 31 15.0 9 173 0 36 19.2 1114
Autry Beamon 23 14 0 7 19 0 14 2.7 19
Robert Miller 23 14 0 5 77 0 27 15.4 544
Sammy Johnson 24 8 0 2 35 0 18 17.5 155
Matt Blair 26 LLB 14 13 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Mark Kellar 24 3 0 1 22 0 22 22.0 69
Team Total 27.8 14 40 271 0 31 6.8 42 859 0 57 20.5 6250
Opp Total 14 40 0 66 1209 0 18.3

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
Neil Clabo 24 P 13 0 69 2678 55 0 38.8
Fred Cox 38 K 14 0 7 5 12 10 11 4 1 31 19 61.3% 36 32 88.9%
Team Total 27.8 14 7 5 12 10 11 4 1 31 19 61.3% 36 32 88.9% 69 2678 55 0 38.8
Opp Total 14 25 10 40.0% 22 14 63.6% 79 2931 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
Nate Allen 28 RCB 12 11 3 44 0 30 0 1 4 0
Autry Beamon 23 14 0 1 41 0 41 1 1 0 0
Matt Blair 26 LLB 14 13 2 25 0 20 0 5 8 0
Bobby Bryant* 32 12 3 2 30 0 25
Chuck Foreman* 26 RB 14 14 7 2 1 0
Ron Groce 22 4 0 1 0 0 0
Wally Hilgenberg 34 RLB 14 14 0 1 0 0
Sammy Johnson 24 8 0 0 1 0 0
Paul Krause 34 FS 14 14 2 21 0 19
Bob Lee 31 4 1 3 0 -2 0
Brent McClanahan 25 FB 13 13 5 0 0 0
Robert Miller 23 14 0 2 0 0 0
Mark Mullaney 23 12 1 0 2 3 0
Alan Page* 31 RDT 14 14 0 1 1 0
Ahmad Rashad 27 WR 13 11 1 0 0 0
Jeff Siemon* 26 MLB 14 14 1 0 0 0
Willie Spencer 23 3 0 1 0 0 0
Doug Sutherland 28 LDT 14 14 0 1 9 0
Fran Tarkenton* 36 QB 13 13 4 2 -9 0
Mick Tingelhoff 36 C 14 14 1 1 -4 0
Ed White* 29 RG 13 13 0 1 0 0
Sammy White* 22 WR 14 14 3 2 0 0
Leonard Willis 23 RET 14 0 4 2 3 0
Jeff Wright 27 SS 14 14 1 5 0 5 0 1 0 0
Nate Wright 30 LCB 14 13 7 47 0 21
Ron Yary*+ 30 RT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Team Total 27.8 14 19 213 0 41 33 25 14 0
Opp Total 14 31 24 11

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Fred Cox 38 K 14 0 32 19 89
Chuck Foreman* 26 RB 14 14 13 1 84
Sammy White* 22 WR 14 14 10 60
Brent McClanahan 25 FB 13 13 4 1 30
Ahmad Rashad 27 WR 13 11 3 18
Nate Allen 28 RCB 12 11 1 6
Robert Miller 23 14 0 1 6
Fran Tarkenton* 36 QB 13 13 1 6
Stu Voigt 28 TE 14 14 1 6
Team Total 27.8 14 18 17 1 32 19 305
Opp Total 14 14 8 14 10 176