1976 Minnesota Vikings: 11-2-1
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Home record: 6-0-1 (149 points scored, 95 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (156 points scored, 81 allowed) Head Coach: Bud Grant
305 points scored (9th of 28 teams), 176 points allowed (2nd) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 270 442 2,855 ( 4) 6.04 17 10 540 2,003 (18) 3.7 18 4,858 ( 6) 29
Defense: 158 323 1,585 ( 1) 4.31 8 19 487 2,096 (17) 4.3 14 3,681 ( 6) 32
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Fran Tarkenton QB 13 6'1 190 36 16 Georgia 12 Neil Clabo P 13 6'2 200 23 2 Tennessee 14 Fred Cox K 14 5'10 200 37 14 Pittsburgh 19 Bob Lee QB 4 6'2 195 31 8 Pacific 20 Bobby Bryant DB 12 6'0 170 32 9 South Carolina 22 Paul Krause DB 14 6'3 200 34 13 Iowa 23 Jeff Wright DB 14 5'11 190 27 6 Minnesota 25 Nate Allen DB 12 5'10 174 28 6 Texas Southern 26 Bob Grim WR 8 6'0 188 31 10 Oregon State 27 Autry Beamon DB 14 6'1 190 22 2 East Texas State 28 Ahmad Rashad WR 13 6'2 200 26 4 Oregon 31 Willie Spencer RB 3 6'3 235 23 1 None 33 Brent McClanahan RB 13 5'10 202 25 4 Arizona State 35 Robert Miller RB 14 5'11 204 23 2 Kansas 39 Mark Kellar RB 3 6'0 225 24 1 Northern Illinois 40 Windlan Hall DB 14 5'11 175 26 5 Arizona State 43 Nate Wright DB 14 5'11 180 29 8 San Diego State 44 Chuck Foreman RB 14 6'2 207 26 4 Miami 47 Ron Groce RB 4 6'2 210 22 R Macalester 48 Sammy Johnson RB 8 6'0 217 24 3 North Carolina 50 Jeff Siemon LB 14 6'2 237 26 5 Stanford 53 Mick Tingelhoff C 14 6'1 240 36 15 Nebraska 54 Fred McNeill LB 13 6'2 229 24 3 UCLA 55 Amos Martin LB 14 6'3 228 27 5 Louisville 56 Scott Anderson C 2 6'4 250 25 2 Missouri 57 Doug Dumler C 14 6'3 245 25 4 Nebraska 58 Wally Hilgenberg LB 14 6'3 229 34 12 Iowa 59 Matt Blair LB 14 6'5 229 26 3 Iowa State 60 Roy Winston LB 7 6'1 222 36 15 Louisiana State 61 Wes Hamilton OG 13 6'3 255 23 R Tulsa 62 Ed White OG 13 6'2 270 29 8 California 68 Charlie Goodrum OG 14 6'3 256 26 4 Florida A&M 69 Doug Sutherland DT 14 6'3 250 28 7 Wisconsin-Superior 70 Jim Marshall DE 14 6'3 240 38 17 Ohio State 72 James White DT 14 6'3 263 23 R Oklahoma State 73 Ron Yary OT 14 6'6 255 30 9 Southern California 74 Bart Buetow OT 2 6'5 250 26 2 Minnesota 75 Bob Lurtsema DE 1 6'6 250 34 10 Western Michigan 77 Mark Mullaney DE 12 6'6 242 23 2 Colorado State 78 Steve Riley OT 14 6'6 258 23 3 Southern California 80 Leonard Willis WR 14 5'10 180 23 R Ohio State 81 Carl Eller DE 13 6'6 247 34 13 Minnesota 82 Jim Lash WR 5 6'2 199 24 4 Northwestern 83 Stu Voigt TE 14 6'1 225 28 7 Wisconsin 84 Steve Craig TE 14 6'3 231 25 3 Northwestern 85 Sammy White WR 14 5'11 189 22 R Grambling 88 Alan Page DT 14 6'5 245 31 10 Notre Dame
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Fran Tarkenton 412 255 61.9 2,961 7.19 11.6 17 4.1 8 1.9 25 221 89.3
Bob Lee 30 15 50.0 156 5.20 10.4 0 0.0 2 6.7 6 41 37.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Chuck Foreman 55 567 10.3 1 Ahmad Rashad 53 671 12.7 3 Sammy White 51 906 17.8 10 Brent McClanahan 40 252 6.3 1 Stu Voigt 28 303 10.8 1 Robert Miller 23 181 7.9 1 Bob Grim 9 108 12.0 0 Jim Lash 4 52 13.0 0 Steve Craig 3 33 11.0 0 Mark Kellar 2 22 11.0 0 Sammy Johnson 2 22 11.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Chuck Foreman 278 1,155 4.2 13 Brent McClanahan 130 382 2.9 4 Robert Miller 67 286 4.3 0 Sammy Johnson 17 98 5.8 0 Fran Tarkenton 27 45 1.7 1 Mark Kellar 7 25 3.6 0 Ron Groce 3 18 6.0 0 Bob Lee 2 2 1.0 0 Willie Spencer 4 2 0.5 0 Sammy White 5 -10 -2.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Leonard Willis 24 552 23.0 0 Sammy White 9 173 19.2 0 Robert Miller 5 77 15.4 0 Sammy Johnson 2 35 17.5 0 Mark Kellar 1 22 22.0 0 Matt Blair 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Leonard Willis 30 207 6.9 10 0 Autry Beamon 7 19 2.7 5 0 Sammy White 3 45 15.0 1 0 |
1976 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 25 DT James White 117 Oklahoma State 2 54 WR Sammy White 128 Grambling 3 85 OG Wes Hamilton 116 Tulsa 4 118 WR Leonard Willis 36 Ohio State 5 133 DB Steve Wagner 61 Wisconsin [pick acquired from ATL] 5 149 RB Keith Barnette Boston College 6 180 DB Terry Egerdahl Minnesota-Duluth 7 206 DB Larry Brune 16 Rice 9 262 WR Isaac Hagins 50 Southern 10 289 QB Bill Salmon Northern Iowa 11 316 RB Steve Kracher Montana State 12 345 DB Robert Sparks San Francisco State 13 372 DE Gary Paulson Colorado State 14 401 OT Jeff Stapleton Purdue 15 428 RB Ron Groce 4 MacAlester 16 457 DB Randy Hickel Montana State 17 484 DT Rich Lukowski West Virginia
Traded draft picks: #8 to NE (Stu Betts)
Transactions:
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected Joe Blahak in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Buccaneers selected John Ward in expansion draft |
| 03-30-1976 | Seahawks selected Sam McCullum in expansion draft |
| 04-09-1976 | traded Minnesota's #8 pick in the 1976 draft and #6 pick in the 1977 draft to Patriots for Doug Dumler |
| 06-02-1976 | traded Minnesota's #7 pick in the 1977 draft to Bengals for Orlando Nelson |
| 08-06-1976 | traded Steve Lawson and Minnesota's #6 pick in the 1978 draft to 49ers for Windlan Hall and Nate Allen |
| 09-07-1976 | traded Minnesota's #4 pick in the 1977 draft to Seahawks for Ahmad Rashad |
| 10-20-1976 | traded Jim Lash to 49ers for Sammy Johnson |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/18/76 vs Washington Redskins W 35-20 12/26/76 vs Los Angeles Rams W 24-13 Super Bowl XI 01/09/77 vs Oakland Raiders L 14-32
1976 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/76 at New Orleans Saints W 40-9 1-0-0 09/19/76 vs Los Angeles Rams T 10-10 (OT) 1-0-1 09/26/76 at Detroit Lions W 10-9 2-0-1 10/04/76 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 17-6 3-0-1 10/10/76 vs Chicago Bears W 20-19 4-0-1 10/17/76 vs New York Giants W 24-7 5-0-1 10/24/76 at Philadelphia Eagles W 31-12 6-0-1 10/31/76 at Chicago Bears L 13-14 6-1-1 11/07/76 vs Detroit Lions W 31-23 7-1-1 11/14/76 vs Seattle Seahawks W 27-21 8-1-1 11/21/76 at Green Bay Packers W 17-10 9-1-1 11/29/76 at San Francisco 49ers L 16-20 9-2-1 12/05/76 vs Green Bay Packers W 20-9 10-2-1 12/11/76 at Miami Dolphins W 29-7 11-2-1
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