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1976 Minnesota Vikings Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-2-1, 1st in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bud Grant (11-2-1)

Points For: 305 (21.8/g) 9th of 28

Points Against: 176 (12.6/g) 2nd of 28

Expected W-L: 11.0-3.0

SRS: 9.35 (5th of 28), SOS: .13

Playoffs:
Won Divisional Round 35-20 vs. Washington Redskins
Won Conference Championship 24-13 vs. Los Angeles Rams
Lost Super Bowl 14-32 vs. Oakland Raiders

Offensive Coordinator: Jerry Burns

Defensive Coordinator: Neill Armstrong

Other Notable Asst.: Buddy Ryan (Defensive Line)

Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium

Principal Owner/President: Max Winter

General Manager: Mike Lynn

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato, Minnesota)

1976 NFC Champion

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	305	4858	1013	4.8	29	19	294	270	442	2855	17	10	6.0	150	540	2003	18	3.7	125	77	615	19
Opp. Stats	176	3671	855	4.3	32	13	207	158	323	1575	8	19	4.3	91	487	2096	14	4.3	103	76	653	13
Lg Rank Offense	9	6			4	18	4		2	4	9	1	7		11	18	6	23
Lg Rank Defense	2	6			15	22	3		3	1	1	12	2		8	17	13	21

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 12	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	New Orleans Saints	40	9	28	449	276	173	1	9	132	82	50	3
2	Sun	September 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	T	OT	1-0-1		Los Angeles Rams	10	10	20	363	289	74	3	25	394	133	261	3
3	Sun	September 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0-1	@	Detroit Lions	10	9	10	168	52	116		14	251	150	101	2
4	Mon	October 4	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0-1		Pittsburgh Steelers	17	6	11	178	26	152	4	12	225	52	173	6
5	Sun	October 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0-1		Chicago Bears	20	19	16	287	176	111	2	19	329	94	235	2
6	Sun	October 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0-1		New York Giants	24	7	23	361	252	109	3	12	209	122	87	3
7	Sun	October 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-0-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	31	12	27	491	249	242	2	17	282	121	161
8	Sun	October 31	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-1-1	@	Chicago Bears	13	14	23	354	248	106	2	7	173	38	135	1
9	Sun	November 7	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-1-1		Detroit Lions	31	23	19	430	347	83	4	26	399	191	208	1
10	Sun	November 14	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-1-1		Seattle Seahawks	27	21	29	424	244	180		15	386	278	108	4
11	Sun	November 21	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-1-1	@	Green Bay Packers	17	10	17	251	151	100	2	13	228	82	146	4
12	Mon	November 29	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		9-2-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	16	20	16	282	169	113		17	331	14	317	1
13	Sun	December 5	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-2-1		Green Bay Packers	20	9	29	413	195	218	3	8	144	85	59
14	Sat	December 11	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		11-2-1	@	Miami Dolphins	29	7	26	407	181	226	3	13	188	133	55	2
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	December 18	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-2-1		Washington Redskins	35	20	21	384	163	221	2	19	365	290	75	2
Conf. Champ.	Sun	December 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-2-1		Los Angeles Rams	24	13	13	267	109	158	2	21	336	143	193	4
SuperBowl	Sun	January 9	3:50PM ET	boxscore	L		13-3-1	N	Oakland Raiders	14	32	20	353	282	71	3	21	429	163	266

Passing

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Fran Tarkenton	36	QB	13	13	10-2-1	255	412	61.9	2961	17	4.1	8	1.9	56	7.2	7.14	11.6	227.8	89.3	25	221	5.72	6.27	6.22	1	3	PB
2	Bob Lee	30	QB	4	1	1-0-0	15	30	50.0	156	0	0.0	2	6.7	21	5.2	2.20	10.4	39.0	37.6	6	41	16.67	3.19	0.69	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	11-2-1	270	442	61.1	2855	17	3.8	10	2.3	56	7.1	6.21	11.5	203.9	85.8	31	262	6.55	6.04	5.80	1	4

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Fran Tarkenton	36	QB	3	3	2-1-0	41	83	49.4	518	4	4.8	5	6.0	57	6.2	4.49	12.6	172.7	60.2	5	38	5.68	5.45	3.81	0	0
2	Bob Lee	30	QB	2	0		7	10	70.0	81	1	10.0	0	0.0	20	8.1	10.10	11.6	40.5	127.5	1	7	9.09	6.73	8.55	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3	2-1-0	48	93	51.6	554	5	5.4	5	5.4	76	5.3	4.61	11.9	184.7	45.8	6	45	6.06	3.52	2.06

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Chuck Foreman	26	RB	14	14	278	1155	13	46	4.2	82.5	19.9	55	567	10.3	1	41	3.9	40.5	333	5.2	1722	14	7	PB,AP-2
2	Sammy White	22	WR	14	14	5	-10	0	6	-2.0	-0.7	0.4	51	906	17.8	10	56	3.6	64.7	56	16.0	896	10	3	PB,AP ORoY-1
3	Ahmad Rashad	27	WR	13	11	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	53	671	12.7	3	47	4.1	51.6	53	12.7	671	3	1
4	Brent McClanahan	25	FB	13	13	130	382	4	19	2.9	29.4	10.0	40	252	6.3	1	23	3.1	19.4	170	3.7	634	5	5
5	Robert Miller	23	RB	14	1	67	286	0	36	4.3	20.4	4.8	23	181	7.9	1	19	1.6	12.9	90	5.2	467	1	2
6	Stu Voigt	28	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	28	303	10.8	1	44	2.0	21.6	28	10.8	303	1	0
7	Sammy Johnson	24	RB	8	0	17	98	0	18	5.8	12.3	2.1	2	22	11.0	0	11	0.3	2.8	19	6.3	120	0	0
8	Bob Grim	31	WR	8	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	108	12.0	0	27	1.1	13.5	9	12.0	108	0	0
9	Jim Lash	25	WR	5	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	52	13.0	0	17	0.8	10.4	4	13.0	52	0	0
10	Mark Kellar	24	RB	3	0	7	25	0	11	3.6	8.3	2.3	2	22	11.0	0	19	0.7	7.3	9	5.2	47	0	0
11	Fran Tarkenton	36	QB	13	13	27	45	1	20	1.7	3.5	2.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	27	1.7	45	1	4	PB
12	Steve Craig	25	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	33	11.0	0	17	0.2	2.4	3	11.0	33	0	0
13	Ron Groce	22	RB	4	0	3	18	0	13	6.0	4.5	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	6.0	18	0	1
14	Bob Lee	30	QB	4	1	2	2	0	2	1.0	0.5	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	1.0	2	0	3
15	Willie Spencer	23	RB	3	0	4	2	0	2	0.5	0.7	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	0.5	2	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	540	2003	18	46	3.7	143.1	38.6	270	3117	11.5	17	56	19.3	222.6	810	6.3	5120	35	33

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Chuck Foreman	26	RB	3	3	52	267	3	62	5.1	89.0	17.3	10	143	14.3	0	57	3.3	47.7	62	6.6	410	3	1
2	Sammy White	22	WR	2	2	1	7	0	7	7.0	3.5	0.5	9	141	15.7	3	27	4.5	70.5	10	14.8	148	3	0
3	Brent McClanahan	25	FB	3	3	24	106	0	41	4.4	35.3	8.0	3	29	9.7	0	15	1.0	9.7	27	5.0	135	0	1
4	Ahmad Rashad	27	WR	3	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	7	116	16.6	0	35	2.3	38.7	7	16.6	116	0	0
5	Stu Voigt	28	TE	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	91	11.4	2	18	4.0	45.5	8	11.4	91	2	0
6	Robert Miller	23	RB	3	0	14	33	0	9	2.4	11.0	4.7	7	43	6.1	0	13	2.3	14.3	21	3.6	76	0	0
7	Sammy Johnson	24	RB	3	0	6	32	1	12	5.3	10.7	2.0	3	26	8.7	0	17	1.0	8.7	9	6.4	58	1	0
8	Bob Grim	31	WR	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	10	10.0	0	10	1.0	10.0	1	10.0	10	0	0
9	Bob Lee	30	QB	2	0	2	4	0	4	2.0	2.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	2.0	4	0	1
10	Fran Tarkenton	36	QB	2	2	2	1	0	3	0.5	0.5	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	0.5	1	0	1
	Team Totals			3	3	101	450	4	16	4.5	150.0	33.7	48	599	12.5	5	57	16.0	199.7	149	7.0	1049	9	4

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Chuck Foreman	26	RB	14	14	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
2	Wally Hilgenberg	34	RLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
3	Paul Krause	34	FS	14	14	2	21	0	19	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Jim Marshall	39	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	0
5	Alan Page	31	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	18.0	0	PB,AP-2
6	Jeff Siemon	26	MLB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
7	Doug Sutherland	28	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	7.0	0
8	Mick Tingelhoff	36	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	1	-4	0	0.0	0
9	Sammy White	22	WR	14	14	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP ORoY-1
10	Jeff Wright	27	SS	14	14	1	5	0	5	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
11	Ron Yary	30	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
12	Matt Blair	26	LLB	14	13	2	25	0	20	0	5	8	0	0.0	0
13	Carl Eller	34	LDE	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	0
14	Brent McClanahan	25	FB	13	13	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Fran Tarkenton	36	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	4	2	-9	0	0.0	0	PB
16	Ed White	29	RG	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
17	Nate Wright	29	LCB	14	13	7	47	0	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Nate Allen	28	RCB	12	11	3	44	0	30	0	1	4	0	0.0	0
19	Ahmad Rashad	27	WR	13	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Bobby Bryant	32	DB	12	3	2	30	0	25	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
21	Bob Lee	30	QB	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	-2	0	0.0	0
22	Robert Miller	23	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Mark Mullaney	23	DE	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	3.0	0
24	Autry Beamon	23	DB	14	0	1	41	0	41	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Ron Groce	22	RB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Willie Spencer	23	RB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	James White	23	DT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
28	Leonard Willis	23	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	19	0	0		33	14	14	0	45	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Bobby Bryant	32	DB	2	2	3	17	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Brent McClanahan	25	FB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Matt Blair	26	LLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Carl Eller	34	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
5	Chuck Foreman	26	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Wally Hilgenberg	34	RLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
7	Jim Marshall	39	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
8	Alan Page	31	RDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	10	0
9	Doug Sutherland	28	LDT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0
10	Fran Tarkenton	36	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
11	Nate Wright	29	LCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
12	Bob Lee	30	QB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			3	3						4	0	0	0	6	50	0

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