NFL game summary for 12/07/1974:

Dave Osborn rushed for 96 yards -- his fourth trip over 90 this season -- and scored touchdowns on runs of 10 and 5 yards as the NFC Central champion Vikings handed the Falcons their eighth straight defeat. Bob Berry, subbing for quarterback Fran Tarkenton, completed 14 of 22 passes for 114 yards and a 10-yard touchdown to Stu Voigt.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Atlanta Falcons	OFFENSE	104.0  (22)	97.0  (26)	201.0  (26)	49
	DEFENSE	190.9  (26)	110.8  (1)	301.8  (16)	25
Minnesota Vikings	OFFENSE	132.8  (16)	200.6  (1)	333.4  (4)	19
	DEFENSE	117.2  (7)	169.1  (19)	286.2  (12)	28

Line: Vikings by 14

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Atlanta Falcons (2-11-0)	0	7	0	3	10
Minnesota Vikings (9-4-0)	7	3	6	7	23

( 0- 7) MIN Dave Osborn 10 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)
( 7- 7) ATL Art Malone 1 yard rush (Nick Mike-Mayer kick)
( 7-10) MIN Fred Cox 21 yard field goal
( 7-16) MIN Dave Osborn 5 yard rush (kick failed)
(10-16) ATL Nick Mike-Mayer 36 yard field goal
(10-23) MIN Stu Voigt 10 yard pass from Bob Berry (Fred Cox kick)

                     ATL             MIN
First Downs:         15              18
Rushes-yards:        28-116          43-148
Yards/rush:          4.1             3.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-25-125-2     14-22-114-1
Sacked-yards:        4-50            1-10
Net pass yards:      75              104
Net yards/pass:      2.6             4.5
Total net yards:     191             252
Total plays:         57 (49% run)    66 (65% run)  
Yards/play:          3.4             3.8
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             1-0
Turnovers:           2               1
Penalties-yards:     9-65            2-10

Attendance: 47,105

Passing:
ATL: Kim McQuilken, 11 of 25 for 125 yards (2 int)
MIN: Bob Berry, 14 of 22 for 114 yards and 1 TD (1 int)

Rushing:
ATL: Dave Hampton, 15 for 54 yards; Art Malone, 10 for 54 yards and 1 TD; Vince Kendrick, 2 for 7 yards; Kim McQuilken, 1 for 1 yard
MIN: Dave Osborn, 24 for 96 yards and 2 TDs; Ed Marinaro, 11 for 43 yards; Chuck Foreman, 4 for 7 yards; Bill Brown, 4 for 2 yards

Receiving:
ATL: Ken Burrow, 3 for 50 yards; Vince Kendrick, 3 for 18 yards; Jim Mitchell, 2 for 30 yards; Art Malone, 2 for 14 yards; Al Dodd, 1 for 13 yards
MIN: Dave Osborn, 6 for 39 yards; Chuck Foreman, 2 for 18 yards; Bill Brown, 2 for 14 yards; Ed Marinaro, 2 for 13 yards; Jim Lash, 1 for 20 yards; Stu Voigt, 1 for 10 yards and 1 TD

Kick returns:
ATL: Molly McGee, 4 for 74 yards; Ken Mitchell, 1 for 11 yards
MIN: Sam McCullum, 2 for 62 yards; Brent McClanahan, 1 for 32 yards

Punt returns:
ATL: Gerald Tinker, 2 for 9 yards; Ray Brown, 1 for 4 yards
MIN: Jackie Wallace, 5 for 40 yards; Sam McCullum, 1 for 12 yards; Wally Hilgenberg, 1 for -2 yards

Interceptions:
ATL: Rolland Lawrence, 1 for 0 yards
MIN: Paul Krause, 1 for 45 yards; Jeff Wright, 1 for 27 yards

Punting:
ATL: John James, 7 for 281 yards
MIN: Mike Eischeid, 5 for 186 yards

Field Goals:
ATL: Nick Mike-Mayer, 1/1
MIN: Fred Cox, 1/1

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