1975 St. Louis 3, 1975 Minnesota 31

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

OT

Total

1975 St. Louis

0

3

0

0

0

3

1975 Minnesota

7

10

0

14

0

31

Scoring Plays
Qtr Clock Team Scoring Description(Extra Point) Score
1 4:01 1975 Minnesota C.Foreman 8 yd. pass from F.Tarkenton (F.Cox kick) 7-0 MNN
2 11:30 1975 Minnesota R.Miller 4 yd. run (F.Cox kick) 14-0 MNN
2 6:00 1975 St. Louis J.Bakken 28 yd. field goal 14-3 MNN
2 4:06 1975 Minnesota F.Cox 32 yd. field goal 17-3 MNN
4 8:36 1975 Minnesota C.Foreman 8 yd. run (F.Cox kick) 24-3 MNN
4 0:45 1975 Minnesota C.Foreman 16 yd. run (F.Cox kick) 31-3 MNN

Team Statistics

1975 St. Louis 1975 Minnesota
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total 8-6-1-15 8-16-0-24
Third Down Efficiency 2-10-20% 11-17-65%
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-2-0% 1-1-100%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct) 3-7-43% 31-42-74%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play 259-60-4.3 385-72-5.3
Total Net Yards Rushing 159 146
Total Rushes 30 41
Average Per Rush 5.3 3.6
Passes Completed/Attempted 10/26 (38.5%) 24/30 (80.0%)
Net Yards Passing 100 239
Avg Yards Per Pass 4.7 8.2
Sacked/Yards Lost 4/21 1/6
Punts/Average 4/38.8 4/37.0
Punts Received/Return Yardage 1/17 2/8
Kickoffs/Returns 5/110 1/63
Interceptions/Returns 1/0 2/17
Penalties/Yards 4/19 6/50
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost 1/1 2/0
Time of Possession 25 mins 28 secs 34 mins 32 secs
Average Drive Start SLN 25 MNN 40

Passing Stats

Att Comp Yds Comp % Yds/Att TD TD % INT INT % Long Sack Rating
1975 St. Louis
Jim Hart 26 10 121 38.5 4.7 0 0 2 7.7 30 3/18 21.5
Dennis Shaw 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1/3 0.0
1975 Minnesota
Fran Tarkenton 30 24 245 80.0 8.2 1 3.3 1 3.3 18 1/6 97.9

Rushing Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv Fumbles/Lost
1975 St. Louis
Jim Otis 13 63 4.8 16 0 0 0/0
Terry Metcalf 11 77 7.0 17 0 0 0/0
Steve Jones 5 19 3.8 9 0 0 0/0
Jerry Latin 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0/0
1975 Minnesota
Chuck Foreman 19 86 4.5 16 2 0 0/0
Ed Marinaro 8 23 2.9 10 0 0 0/0
Brent McClanahan 6 18 3.0 6 0 0 0/0
Robert Miller 4 9 2.3 4 1 0 1/0
Dave Osborn 3 11 3.7 6 0 0 1/0
Fran Tarkenton 1 -1 -1.0 -1 0 0 0/0

Receiving Stats

No Yds Avg Long TD 2 Pt Conv
1975 St. Louis
Terry Metcalf 3 10 3.3 5 0 0
Ike Harris 2 30 15.0 19 0 0
Jackie Smith 1 15 15.0 15 0 0
Earl Thomas 1 30 30.0 30 0 0
Mel D. Gray 1 15 15.0 15 0 0
Jim Otis 1 8 8.0 8 0 0
Steve Jones 1 13 13.0 13 0 0
1975 Minnesota
Chuck Foreman 6 52 8.7 10 1 0
Ed Marinaro 5 43 8.6 17 0 0
Stu Voigt 4 52 13.0 15 0 0
Jim Lash 4 40 10.0 13 0 0
John Gilliam 3 49 16.3 18 0 0
Brent McClanahan 2 9 4.5 5 0 0

Field Goals

1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Totals % Made
1975 St. Louis
Jim Bakken 0/0 1/1 0/0 0/1 0/0 1/2 50.0
1975 Minnesota
Fred Cox 0/0 0/0 1/1 0/1 0/0 1/2 50.0

Punting

No Avg Net Tb Inside 20 Long Blocked
1975 St. Louis
Jeff West 4 38.8 31.8 1 1 43 0
1975 Minnesota
Neil Clabo 4 37.0 32.8 0 2 47 0

Kickoff Returns

No Yds Avg Long TD
1975 St. Louis
Terry Metcalf 5 110 22.0 29 0
1975 Minnesota
Sam McCullum 1 63 63.0 63 0

Punt Returns

Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD
1975 St. Louis
Terry Metcalf 1 0 17 17.0 17 0
1975 Minnesota
Sam McCullum 2 0 8 4.0 11 0

Individual Defense

Tackles Sacks Fum Rec
1975 St. Louis
Mark Arneson 21 0 0
Roger Wehrli 9 0 0
Clarence Duren 7 0 0
Larry Stallings 6 0 0
Bob Bell 6 0 0
Ken Reaves 4 0 0
Pete Barnes 3 0 0
Norm Thompson 3 0 0
Bob Rowe 2 1 0
1975 Minnesota
Jeff Siemon 11 1 0
Roy Winston 9 0 0
Alan Page 5 1 1
Nate Wright 3 0 0
Paul Krause 3 0 0
Wally Hilgenberg 3 1 0
Carl Eller 3 1 0
Terry Brown 2 0 0
Bobby Bryant 2 0 0
Doug Sutherland 1 0 0
Pete Athas 1 0 0
Jim Marshall 1 0 0
Ron Yary 0 0 1
John Ward 0 0 1

Interceptions

No Yds Avg Long TD
1975 St. Louis
Norm Thompson 1 0 0.0 0 0
1975 Minnesota
Jeff Siemon 1 16 16.0 16 0
Wally Hilgenberg 1 1 1.0 1 0

Game Story

Chuck Foreman was locked in as Minnesota dominated St. Louis by the score of 31 to 3. Foreman ran the ball 19 times for 86 yards scoring 2 times. Fran Tarkenton passed 30 times for 245 yards adding a touchdown. Minnesota consistently beat St. Louis on third down, converting on 11 of 17 opportunities. They won the air battle out-passing St. Louis 245 to 121 yards. Minnesota had the advantage in time of possession, having the ball for 34:32. Minnesota was on top at the half 17 to 3.