1975 Minnesota Vikings: 12-2-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 7-0-0 (199 points scored, 76 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (178 points scored, 104 allowed) Head Coach: Bud Grant 377 points scored (3rd of 26 teams), 180 points allowed (3rd) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 281 446 2,861 ( 3) 6.02 27 14 556 2,094 (10) 3.8 18 4,955 ( 6) 26 Defense: 175 360 1,621 ( 1) 3.99 14 28 383 1,532 ( 1) 4.0 7 3,153 ( 1) 41
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Fran Tarkenton QB 14 6'1 190 35 15 Georgia 12 Neil Clabo P 14 6'2 200 22 R Tennessee 14 Fred Cox K 14 5'10 200 36 13 Pittsburgh 17 Bob Berry QB 1 5'11 185 33 11 Oregon 19 Bob Lee QB 4 6'2 195 30 7 Pacific 20 Bobby Bryant DB 14 6'0 170 31 8 South Carolina 21 Joe Blahak DB 9 5'9 188 25 3 Nebraska 22 Paul Krause DB 14 6'3 200 33 12 Iowa 23 Jeff Wright DB 3 5'11 190 26 5 Minnesota 24 Terry Brown DB 13 6'1 205 28 6 Oklahoma State 27 Autry Beamon DB 14 6'0 190 21 R East Texas State 33 Brent McClanahan RB 12 5'10 202 24 3 Arizona State 35 Robert Miller RB 14 5'11 204 22 R Kansas 41 Dave Osborn RB 14 6'0 208 32 11 North Dakota 42 John Gilliam WR 14 6'1 195 30 9 South Carolina State 43 Nate Wright DB 14 5'11 180 28 7 San Diego State 44 Chuck Foreman RB 14 6'2 207 25 3 Miami 45 Pete Athas DB 5 5'11 185 29 5 Tennessee 49 Ed Marinaro RB 14 6'2 212 25 4 Cornell 50 Jeff Siemon LB 14 6'2 237 25 4 Stanford 52 Bob Stein LB 9 6'2 235 27 7 Minnesota 53 Mick Tingelhoff C 14 6'1 240 35 14 Nebraska 54 Fred McNeill LB 14 6'2 230 23 2 UCLA 55 Amos Martin LB 5 6'3 228 26 4 Louisville 58 Wally Hilgenberg LB 14 6'3 230 33 11 Iowa 59 Matt Blair LB 14 6'5 230 25 2 Iowa State 60 Roy Winston LB 9 6'1 222 35 14 Louisiana State 62 Ed White OG 13 6'2 270 28 7 California 65 Steve Lawson OG 11 6'3 265 26 5 Kansas 66 Andy Maurer OG 14 6'3 275 27 6 Oregon 68 Charlie Goodrum OT 14 6'3 256 25 3 Florida A&M 69 Doug Sutherland DT 14 6'3 250 27 6 Wisconsin-Superior 70 Jim Marshall DE 14 6'3 240 37 16 Ohio State 72 John Ward OG 14 6'4 250 27 5 Oklahoma State 73 Ron Yary OT 14 6'6 255 29 8 Southern California 75 Bob Lurtsema DE 14 6'6 250 33 9 Western Michigan 77 Mark Mullaney DE 14 6'6 242 22 R Colorado State 78 Steve Riley OT 14 6'6 258 22 2 Southern California 80 Sam McCullum WR 9 6'2 203 22 2 Montana State 81 Carl Eller DE 14 6'6 247 33 12 Minnesota 82 Jim Lash WR 14 6'2 200 23 3 Northwestern 83 Stu Voigt TE 13 6'1 225 27 6 Wisconsin 84 Steve Craig TE 14 6'3 230 24 2 Northwestern 87 Clint Haslerig WR 7 6'0 194 23 2 Michigan 88 Alan Page DT 14 6'5 245 30 9 Notre Dame 89 Doug Kingsriter TE 3 6'2 222 25 3 Minnesota
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Fran Tarkenton 425 273 64.2 2,994 7.04 11.0 25 5.9 13 3.1 27 245 91.8 Bob Lee 14 5 35.7 103 7.36 20.6 2 14.3 1 7.1 1 6 72.3 Bob Berry 6 3 50.0 24 4.00 8.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 9 60.4 Jim Lash 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Chuck Foreman 73 691 9.5 9 Ed Marinaro 54 462 8.6 3 John Gilliam 50 777 15.5 7 Jim Lash 37 535 14.5 3 Stu Voigt 34 363 10.7 4 Brent McClanahan 18 141 7.8 1 Steve Craig 6 68 11.3 0 Robert Miller 4 35 8.8 0 Clint Haslerig 2 28 14.0 0 Sam McCullum 2 25 12.5 0 Dave Osborn 1 -4 -4.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Chuck Foreman 280 1,070 3.8 13 Ed Marinaro 101 358 3.5 1 Brent McClanahan 92 336 3.7 0 Fran Tarkenton 16 108 6.8 2 Dave Osborn 32 94 2.9 1 Robert Miller 30 93 3.1 1 John Gilliam 3 35 11.7 0 Bob Berry 1 0 0.0 0 Bob Lee 1 0 0.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Brent McClanahan 17 360 21.2 0 Sam McCullum 9 221 24.6 0 Robert Miller 5 93 18.6 0 Ed Marinaro 5 71 14.2 0 Dave Osborn 1 38 38.0 0 Chuck Foreman 1 4 4.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Bobby Bryant 19 125 6.6 16 0 Sam McCullum 12 22 1.8 2 0 Matt Blair 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 Jeff Wright 1 22 22.0 0 0 Pete Athas 1 1 1.0 1 0 Autry Beamon 1 0 0.0 1 0 |
1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 25 DE Mark Mullaney 151 Colorado State 2 52 DT Art Riley USC 4 89 RB Champ Henson 6 Ohio State [pick acquired from CIN] 4 103 WR Bruce Adams Kansas 5 129 RB Robert Miller 89 Kansas 6 155 LB Bubba Broussard Houston 7 181 RB Henry Greene Southern 8 207 DB Joe Hollimon Arkansas State 9 233 OG John Passananti Western Illinois 10 258 P Neil Clabo 41 Tennessee 11 285 RB Ike Spencer Utah 12 311 DB Autry Beamon 100 East Texas State 13 336 WR Mike Hurd Michigan State 14 363 RB Mike Strickland Eastern Michigan 15 388 LB Ollie Bakken Minnesota 16 414 K Tom Goedjen Iowa State 17 441 RB Adolph Bellizeare Pennsylvania
Traded draft picks: #3 to CIN (Bo Harris)
Transactions:
| 08-07-1975 | traded a #8 pick in the 1976 draft to Colts for Dave Hazel |
| 08-21-1975 | placed Mike Hurd on injured reserve |
| 09-09-1975 | traded Oscar Reed to Falcons for Atlanta's #5 pick in the 1976 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/28/75 vs Dallas Cowboys L 14-17
1975 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/21/75 vs San Francisco 49ers W 27-17 1-0-0 09/28/75 at Cleveland Browns W 42-10 2-0-0 10/05/75 vs Chicago Bears W 28-3 3-0-0 10/12/75 vs New York Jets W 29-21 4-0-0 10/19/75 vs Detroit Lions W 25-19 5-0-0 10/27/75 at Chicago Bears W 13-9 6-0-0 11/02/75 at Green Bay Packers W 28-17 7-0-0 11/09/75 vs Atlanta Falcons W 38-0 8-0-0 11/16/75 at New Orleans Saints W 20-7 9-0-0 11/23/75 vs San Diego Chargers W 28-13 10-0-0 11/30/75 at Washington Redskins L 30-31 10-1-0 12/07/75 vs Green Bay Packers W 24-3 11-1-0 12/14/75 at Detroit Lions L 10-17 11-2-0 12/20/75 at Buffalo Bills W 35-13 12-2-0