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Sunday December 7, 1975
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/07/1975:



Fran Tarkenton threw two touchdown passes to John Gilliam and another to Chuck Foreman in the first half as the Vikings rebounded from their first defeat to sweep their season series with the Packers. Tarkenton's three scoring passes lifted his lifetime touchdown completions to 289, one off John Unitas' NFL career record of 290. Foreman's touchdown was his 18th of the season. Foreman's 64 rushing yards lifted his NFC-leading total to 961, and his six receptions boosted his conference-leading total to 62 for 600 yards.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Green Bay PackersOFFENSE115.8  (21)156.5  (18)272.4  (20)27
DEFENSE169.0  (22)148.1  (8)317.1  (16)34
Minnesota VikingsOFFENSE153.7  (9)208.1  (3)361.8  (3)21
DEFENSE105.2  (1)118.8  (1)224.0  (1)30

Line: Vikings by 12

Team1234F
Green Bay Packers (3-9-0)30003
Minnesota Vikings (11-1-0)14100024

( 0- 7) MIN John Gilliam 18 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)
( 0-14) MIN Chuck Foreman 32 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)
( 3-14) GB  Joe Danelo 22 yard field goal
( 3-21) MIN John Gilliam 37 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick)
( 3-24) MIN Fred Cox 37 yard field goal
                     GB              MIN
First Downs:         6               19
Rushes-yards:        20-51           42-161
Yards/rush:          2.5             3.8
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-30-93-3      23-36-235-0
Sacked-yards:        3-22            1-9
Net pass yards:      71              226
Net yards/pass:      2.2             6.1
Total net yards:     122             387
Total plays:         53 (37% run)    79 (53% run)  
Yards/play:          2.3             4.9
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             3-0
Turnovers:           3               0
Penalties-yards:     5-45            7-41

Attendance: 46,147
Passing:
GB: John Hadl, 11 of 28 for 93 yards (3 int); Don Milan, 0 of 2 for 0 yards
MIN: Fran Tarkenton, 20 of 30 for 211 yards and 3 TDs; Bob Berry, 3 of 6 for 24 yards

Rushing:
GB: John Brockington, 10 for 13 yards; Willard Harrell, 9 for 34 yards; Barty Smith, 1 for 4 yards
MIN: Chuck Foreman, 13 for 64 yards; Robert Miller, 8 for 24 yards; Dave Osborn, 7 for 23 yards; Ed Marinaro, 6 for 24 yards; Brent McClanahan, 6 for 19 yards; Fran Tarkenton, 1 for 7 yards; Bob Berry, 1 for 0 yards

Receiving:
GB: Rich McGeorge, 3 for 47 yards; Willard Harrell, 3 for 21 yards; Ken Payne, 2 for 8 yards; Barry Smith, 1 for 15 yards; Eric Torkelson, 1 for 3 yards; John Brockington, 1 for -1 yards
MIN: John Gilliam, 7 for 83 yards and 2 TDs; Chuck Foreman, 6 for 81 yards and 1 TD; Stu Voigt, 3 for 28 yards; Ed Marinaro, 3 for 22 yards; Clint Haslerig, 2 for 28 yards; Robert Miller, 1 for -3 yards; Dave Osborn, 1 for -4 yards

Kick returns:
GB: Steve Odom, 3 for 76 yards; Eric Torkelson, 1 for 22 yards
MIN: Brent McClanahan, 1 for 25 yards; Sam McCullum, 1 for 16 yards

Punt returns:
GB: Willard Harrell, 4 for 37 yards; Ken Ellis, 1 for 10 yards
MIN: Sam McCullum, 3 for -12 yards; Bobby Bryant, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
MIN: Bobby Bryant, 1 for 11 yards; Jeff Siemon, 1 for 10 yards; Fred McNeill, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
GB: David Beverly, 8 for 314 yards
MIN: Neil Clabo, 7 for 304 yards

Field Goals:
GB: Joe Danelo, 1/1
MIN: Fred Cox, 1/1




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