1976 Minnesota Vikings roster and stats

1976 Minnesota Vikings: 11-2-1
Previous Season Next Season

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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Neil Clabo 69 2,678 38.8 13 5 0 40 286 30.9 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Fred Cox 0/0 5/7 10/12 4/11 0/1 19/31 32/36 89 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Nate Allen 3 44 0 Autry Beamon 1 41 0 Matt Blair 2 25 0 Bobby Bryant 2 30 0 Carl Eller 10.0 Wally Hilgenberg 1.0 Paul Krause 2 21 0 Jim Marshall 4.0 Mark Mullaney 3.0 Alan Page 18.0 Jeff Siemon 1 0 0 Doug Sutherland 7.0 James White 1.0 Jeff Wright 1.0 1 5 0 Nate Wright 7 47 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

Logos shown here are the property of their respective leagues and teams.