MIN 40 @ NO 9 - 1976 NFL

1976 Week 1

Minnesota VikingsMIN

40-9

New Orleans SaintsNO

Sun, September 12, 1976 · 2:00PM · Louisiana Superdome

Surface: astroturfRoof: domeLine: Minnesota Vikings -8.5

MIN: Bud Grant · NO: Hank Stram

MIN

Team Stats

1st Downs

47-173

Rushing

16-50

22-36-311

Passing

10-26-109

449

Scoring

1st Quarter

Brent McClanahan 1 yard rush

Chuck Foreman 2 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)

13-

2nd Quarter

Rich Szaro 45 yard field goal

13-

Offensive Stats

Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
MIN
Passing
Fran Tarkenton	15/23	221	1	0	3	111.0
Bob Lee	7/13	90	0	0	2	75.8
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Fran Tarkenton	1	6	0	6	0
Robert Miller	11	57	0	13	0
Chuck Foreman	14	53	2	11	0
Brent McClanahan	13	26	2	5	0
Mark Kellar	7	25	0	11	0
Sammy White	1	6	0	6	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Robert Miller		1	19	0	19
Chuck Foreman		7	106	0	31
Brent McClanahan		4	34	0	12
Mark Kellar		2	22	0	19
Sammy White		3	71	1	47
Jim Lash		3	48	0	17
Stu Voigt		1	8	0	8
Steve Craig		1	3	0	3
NO
Passing
Player	C/A	YDS	TD	INT	SK	RTG
Bobby Scott	10/26	109	0	0	4	51.6
Rushing
Player	ATT	YDS	TD	LNG	FUM
Mike Strachan	6	19	0	9	0
Tony Galbreath	5	15	1	6	0
Alvin Maxson	4	14	0	16	0
Andrew Jones	1	2	0	2	0
Receiving
Player	TGT	REC	YDS	TD	LNG
Tony Galbreath		1	13	0	13
Alvin Maxson		2	0	0	4
Don Herrmann		5	76	0	24
Paul Seal		1	15	0	15
Henry Childs		1	5	0	5

Kicking & Punting

Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
MIN
Fred Cox	4/5	2/2	0	0	-	-
Neil Clabo	-	-	5	227	45.4	-
NO
Player	XP	FG	PNT	PNT YDS	AVG	LNG
Rich Szaro	-	1/1	0	0	-	-
Tom Blanchard	-	-	8	321	40.1	-

Return Stats

Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
MIN
Leonard Willis	0	0	0	4	60	0
Autry Beamon	0	0	0	1	2	0
Sammy White	3	72	0	0	0	0
NO
Player	KR	KR YDS	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR TD
Tom Myers	0	0	0	2	22	0
Clarence Chapman	3	63	0	0	0	0
Tony Galbreath	3	55	0	0	0	0

Starting Lineups

MIN

QBFran Tarkenton

RBChuck Foreman

FBBrent McClanahan

WRSammy White

WRJim Lash

TEStu Voigt

LTSteve Riley

LGCharles Goodrum

CMick Tingelhoff

RGEd White