NFL game summary for 10/24/1976:

Fran Tarkenton, with 249 yards passing and two TD passes, became the second 40,000-yard career passer in the NFL and Chuck Foreman, who had two touchdowns and 200 yards rushing, set a single game club rushing record with the NFC's best rushing performance in 1976 in bringing the Vikings back from a 9-0 deficit to take a 3½ game lead in the NFC Central. Mike Boryla passed three yards to Harold Carmichael for the Eagles' 9-0 lead but Tarkenton cut the lead to two points at the half with a five-yard pass to Ahmad Rashad. Tarkenton finished off a 10-point third quarter with a 35-yard TD pass to Sammy White before Foreman got his pair of scores on 2 and 32-yard runs in the fourth period.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	122.5 (23)	178.5 (11)	301.0 (14)	13
DEFENSE	151.2 (17)	105.5 (3)	256.7 (7)	19
OFFENSE	151.7 (11)	118.7 (24)	270.3 (22)	19
DEFENSE	142.7 (15)	176.8 (17)	319.5 (18)	14

Line: Vikings by 10

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Minnesota Vikings (6-0-1)	0	7	10	14	31
Philadelphia Eagles (2-5-0)	0	9	0	3	12

( 0- 3) PHI Horst Muhlmann 19 yard field goal ( 0- 9) PHI Harold Carmichael 3 yard pass from Mike Boryla (kick failed) ( 7- 9) MIN Ahmad Rashad 5 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) (10- 9) MIN Fred Cox 32 yard field goal (17- 9) MIN Sammy White 35 yard pass from Fran Tarkenton (Fred Cox kick) (17-12) PHI Horst Muhlmann 21 yard field goal (24-12) MIN Chuck Foreman 32 yard rush (Fred Cox kick) (31-12) MIN Chuck Foreman 2 yard rush (Fred Cox kick)

                     MIN             PHI
First Downs:         27              17
Rushes-yards:        43-242          31-161
Yards/rush:          5.6             5.2
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     23-33-249-1     11-25-142-0
Sacked-yards:        0-0             3-21
Net pass yards:      249             121
Net yards/pass:      7.5             4.3
Total net yards:     491             282
Total plays:         76 (56% run)    59 (52% run)  
Yards/play:          6.5             4.8
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             0-0
Turnovers:           2               0
Penalties-yards:     8-60            6-45

Attendance: 56,233

Passing:
MIN: Fran Tarkenton, 23 of 33 for 249 yards and 2 TDs (1 int) PHI: Mike Boryla, 11 of 25 for 142 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
MIN: Chuck Foreman, 28 for 200 yards and 2 TDs; Brent McClanahan, 10 for 40 yards; Fran Tarkenton, 3 for 6 yards; Robert Miller, 1 for 4 yards; Sammy White, 1 for -8 yards PHI: Tom Sullivan, 14 for 64 yards; James McAlister, 11 for 37 yards; Mike Boryla, 6 for 60 yards
Receiving:
MIN: Ahmad Rashad, 6 for 66 yards and 1 TD; Chuck Foreman, 6 for 65 yards; Brent McClanahan, 6 for 36 yards; Sammy White, 2 for 59 yards and 1 TD; Stu Voigt, 2 for 14 yards; Robert Miller, 1 for 9 yards PHI: Tom Sullivan, 3 for 48 yards; Charle Young, 3 for 39 yards; Harold Carmichael, 3 for 16 yards and 1 TD; James McAlister, 2 for 39 yards
Kick returns:
MIN: Leonard Willis, 3 for 71 yards; Sammy Johnson, 1 for 18 yards PHI: Larry Marshall, 3 for 55 yards; James McAlister, 1 for 28 yards; Bill Olds, 1 for 11 yards; Jeff Bleamer, 1 for 0 yards
Punt returns:
MIN: Sammy White, 1 for 0 yards PHI: Larry Marshall, 1 for 17 yards
Interceptions:
PHI: Bill Bradley, 1 for 52 yards
Punting:
MIN: Neil Clabo, 2 for 72 yards PHI: Spike Jones, 5 for 169 yards
Field Goals:
MIN: Fred Cox, 1/2 PHI: Horst Muhlmann, 2/3