NFL game summary for 11/23/1975:

Viking quarterback Fran Tarkenton completed 24 of 32 passes to establish an NFL record for career completions at 2,841, which surpassed the old mark of 2,830 set by John Unitas. Tarkenton's record-breaking completion was a four-yard gainer to running back Ed Marinaro at the start of a go-ahead touchdown drive in the final two minutes of the first half. Marinaro, who caught 11 passes to set a Minnesota one-game record, climaxed the scoring drive by catching a 16-yard pass from Tarkenton. The touchdown pass by Tarkenton was his 285th, leaving him six short of breaking Unitas' career TD record of 290. Chuck Foreman, with 127 rushing yards for his fifth century game of the season, pushed his NFC-leading rush total to 820 yards.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	116.9 (22)	116.7 (22)	233.6 (24)	18
DEFENSE	175.9 (24)	187.6 (22)	363.4 (24)	16
OFFENSE	151.8 (9)	194.8 (5)	346.6 (7)	19
DEFENSE	103.4 (1)	103.6 (1)	207.0 (1)	28

Line: Vikings by 21

Team	1	2	3	4	F
San Diego Chargers (0-10-0)	0	7	0	6	13
Minnesota Vikings (10-0-0)	7	7	0	14	28

( 0- 7) MIN Chuck Foreman 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) ( 7- 7) SD Gary Garrison 32 yard pass from Jesse Freitas (Pat Curran pass from Mike Fuller) ( 7-14) MIN Ed Marinaro 16 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) ( 7-21) MIN Chuck Foreman 1 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) (13-21) SD Dwight McDonald 16 yard pass from Jesse Freitas (kick failed) (13-28) MIN Chuck Foreman 9 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)

                     SD              MIN
First Downs:         13              25
Rushes-yards:        24-81           43-162
Yards/rush:          3.4             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-23-174-1     24-32-201-2
Sacked-yards:        4-27            1-10
Net pass yards:      147             191
Net yards/pass:      5.4             5.8
Total net yards:     228             353
Total plays:         51 (47% run)    76 (56% run)  
Yards/play:          4.5             4.6
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             2-0
Turnovers:           2               2
Penalties-yards:     7-62            3-45

Attendance: 43,737

Passing:
SD: Jesse Freitas, 15 of 23 for 174 yards and 2 TDs (1 int) MIN: Fran Tarkenton, 24 of 32 for 201 yards and 1 TD (2 int)
Rushing:
SD: Rickey Young, 14 for 29 yards; Tony Baker, 7 for 26 yards; Jesse Freitas, 2 for 22 yards; Bo Matthews, 1 for 4 yards MIN: Chuck Foreman, 33 for 127 yards and 3 TDs; Ed Marinaro, 5 for 29 yards; Robert Miller, 2 for 4 yards; Fran Tarkenton, 2 for 0 yards; John Gilliam, 1 for 2 yards
Receiving:
SD: Pat Curran, 4 for 44 yards; Gary Garrison, 3 for 61 yards and 1 TD; Dwight McDonald, 2 for 36 yards and 1 TD; Rickey Young, 2 for 21 yards; Tony Baker, 2 for 6 yards; Bo Matthews, 2 for 6 yards MIN: Ed Marinaro, 11 for 79 yards and 1 TD; Jim Lash, 5 for 48 yards; Chuck Foreman, 4 for 17 yards; John Gilliam, 3 for 35 yards; Stu Voigt, 1 for 22 yards
Kick returns:
SD: Pat Curran, 3 for 28 yards; Rickey Young, 1 for 24 yards; Mark Markovich, 1 for 0 yards MIN: Brent McClanahan, 1 for 12 yards
Punt returns:
SD: Mike Fuller, 4 for 28 yards MIN: Bobby Bryant, 1 for 11 yards; Pete Athas, 1 for 1 yard
Interceptions:
SD: Chris Fletcher, 1 for 34 yards; Mike Williams, 1 for 9 yards MIN: Paul Krause, 1 for 81 yards
Punting:
SD: Dennis Partee, 7 for 262 yards MIN: Neil Clabo, 5 for 197 yards
Field Goals:
SD: Ray Wersching, 0/1 MIN: Fred Cox, 0/1