Week 13, 1974

played in Minnesota, MN

24 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Chicago Bears	0	7	0	3	-	10
Minnesota Vikings	0	10	3	13	-	26

Scoring Summary
2Q: 15:00 MIN - Lance Rentzel 6 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
2Q: 00:45 CHI - Andy Johnson 11 run (Errol Mann extra point)
2Q: 00:11 MIN - Horst Muhlmann 58 field goal
3Q: 04:19 MIN - Horst Muhlmann 29 field goal
4Q: 06:18 CHI - Errol Mann 38 field goal
4Q: 06:10 MIN - Del Ross 92 kickoff return (Horst Muhlmann extra point failed)
4Q: 02:26 MIN - Bob Gresham 15 run (Horst Muhlmann extra point)

Scoring Summary
2Q: 15:00 MIN - Lance Rentzel 6 pass from Fran Tarkenton (Horst Muhlmann extra point)
2Q: 00:45 CHI - Andy Johnson 11 run (Errol Mann extra point)
2Q: 00:11 MIN - Horst Muhlmann 58 field goal
3Q: 04:19 MIN - Horst Muhlmann 29 field goal
4Q: 06:18 CHI - Errol Mann 38 field goal
4Q: 06:10 MIN - Del Ross 92 kickoff return (Horst Muhlmann extra point failed)
4Q: 02:26 MIN - Bob Gresham 15 run (Horst Muhlmann extra point)

Team Statistics CHI MIN
Record 6-6 10-2
First Downs 18 21
- by Rushing 4 9
- by Passing 10 10
- by Penalty 4 2
Total Net Yards 318 363
- Offensive Plays 62 61
- Yards per Play 5.13 5.95
Net Rushing Yards 106 146
- Rushing Attempts 23 29
- Yards per Rush 4.61 5.03
Net Passing Yards 212 217
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 38 - 21 - 1 31 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 216 225
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/4 1/8
- Yards per Pass Play 5.44 6.78
Fumbles/Lost 2/0 1/1
3rd Down Conversions 4/13 7/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 5.6 4.8
4th Down Conversions 0/2 0/0
Penalties/Yards 7/65 15/117
Punt Returns/Yards 1/-3 1/12
Kick Returns/Yards 3/59 3/158
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/6
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 3 3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 1/1 2/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 28 OWN 31
Time of Possession 27:01 32:59

Team Statistics	CHI	MIN
Record	6-6	10-2
First Downs	18	21
- by Rushing	4	9
- by Passing	10	10
- by Penalty	4	2
Total Net Yards	318	363
- Offensive Plays	62	61
- Yards per Play	5.13	5.95
Net Rushing Yards	106	146
- Rushing Attempts	23	29
- Yards per Rush	4.61	5.03
Net Passing Yards	212	217
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	38 - 21 - 1	31 - 25 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	216	225
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/4	1/8
- Yards per Pass Play	5.44	6.78
Fumbles/Lost	2/0	1/1
3rd Down Conversions	4/13	7/12
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	5.6	4.8
4th Down Conversions	0/2	0/0
Penalties/Yards	7/65	15/117
Punt Returns/Yards	1/-3	1/12
Kick Returns/Yards	3/59	3/158
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/6
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	3	3
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	1/1	2/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 28	OWN 31
Time of Possession	27:01	32:59

Drive Charts

Chicago Bears
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	4:07	OWN 21	6	21	Punt
1	5:00	0:37	OWN 44	4	14	Punt
2	14:52	2:40	OWN 20	5	34	Punt
2	6:01	2:29	OWN 7	5	23	Punt
2	1:48	1:13	OWN 35	5	65	Touchdown
2	0:04	0:04	OWN 20	1	-2	Half
3	14:31	1:02	OPP 35	4	25	Interception
3	11:36	1:37	OWN 26	3	4	Punt
3	4:14	4:20	OWN 38	7	30	Missed FG
4	12:50	6:40	OWN 20	12	59	Field Goal
4	5:53	1:59	OWN 21	6	10	Downs
4	2:16	0:51	OWN 20	5	24	Downs

Minnesota Vikings
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	10:53	5:53	OWN 26	10	41	Missed FG
1	4:23	4:31	OWN 20	10	80	Touchdown
2	12:12	6:11	OWN 2	10	43	Punt
2	3:32	1:44	OWN 20	3	5	Punt
2	0:35	0:31	OWN 41	2	18	Field Goal
3	15:00	0:29	OWN 32	1	10	Fumble
3	13:29	1:53	OWN 8	3	9	Punt
3	9:59	5:45	OWN 35	11	53	Field Goal
4	14:54	2:04	OWN 39	5	20	Punt
4	3:54	1:38	OPP 31	5	31	Touchdown
4	1:25	1:25	OPP 44	2	0	Game

Game MVP: Fran Tarkenton, Minnesota Vikings

Rushing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Otis Armstrong	11	60	5.45	26	1	0
Andy Johnson	11	48	4.36	11	1	1
Scott Hunter	1	-2	-2.00	-2	0	0

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Bob Gresham	15	90	6.00	20	2	1
Chuck Foreman	12	52	4.33	9	0	0
Fran Tarkenton	2	4	2.00	5	0	0

Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Scott Hunter	38	21	216	1/4	0	19	1	60.8

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Fran Tarkenton	31	25	225	1/8	1	28	0	107.6

Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
WR Terry Carrol	6	8	79	13.17	20	18
WR Ronnie Talley	4	7	29	7.25	4	14
FB Carl Garrett	3	5	32	10.67	6	15
RB Otis Armstrong	2	2	1	0.50	0	1
WR Roger Carr	2	4	29	14.50	0	16
WR Joseph Bach	2	5	26	13.00	3	19
TE Boyd Brown	1	4	7	7.00	1	7
TE Andre Tillman	1	2	13	13.00	0	13
WR Lester Tresca	0	1	0	0.00	0	0

Minnesota	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Chuck Foreman	6	6	33	5.50	10	7	0
WR Lance Rentzel	6	8	62	10.33	10	16	1
FB Larry Schreiber	3	3	18	6.00	9	7	0
RB Bob Gresham	2	2	6	3.00	1	6	0
TE Kent Kramer	2	3	16	8.00	0	10	0
WR Frank Pitts	2	3	31	15.50	9	21	0
WR Ronald Fitzgerald	2	2	20	10.00	0	14	0
WR Don McCauley	1	3	11	11.00	0	11	0
TE Lewis Rockett	1	1	28	28.00	12	28	0

Interception Statistics

Chicago	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Minnesota	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
S Paul Krause	1	6	6.00	0

Fumble Statistics

Chicago	Fumb	Recov	Force
Otis Armstrong	1	0	0
Scott Hunter	1	0	0
Rich Coady	0	1	0
Hubert Camarillo	0	1	0
Paul Johnson	0	1	0
Duane Benson	0	0	1

Minnesota	Fumb	Force
Kent Kramer	1	0
Bob Atkins	0	1
Art Thoms	0	1

Punting Statistics

Chicago	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Merritt Kersey	5	206	41.2	34.8	47	1

Minnesota	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Bob Parsons	4	183	45.8	41.5	54	1

Kicking Statistics

Chicago	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Errol Mann	1/2	0/1	0/0	38	1/1

Minnesota	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Horst Muhlmann	2/3	1/2	1/2	58	2/3

Punt Return Statistics

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rob Scribner	1	-3	-3.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Bob Atkins	1	12	12.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Chicago	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Rob Scribner	2	42	21.0	0
Paul Johnson	1	17	17.0	0

Minnesota	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Del Ross	2	116	58.0	1
Zeke Moore	1	42	42.0	0

Defensive Statistics

Chicago	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Craig Clemons	9	1	1.0	29	31
OLB Duane Benson	8	2	0.0	29	30
DE Fred Dryer	6	1	0.0	28	30
DT Wally Chambers	5	2	0.0	28	32
ILB Doug Allen	4	2	0.0	29	32
S Rodney Dawkins	4	0	0.0	6	10
CB Paul Johnson	3	2	0.0	28	31
DE Larry Hand	3	1	0.0	28	32
CB Durwood Keeton	3	1	0.0	29	29
DE Ron Rydalich	2	1	0.0	22	20
CB Toby Tucker	1	3	0.0	23	26
OLB Brad Van Pelt	1	1	0.0	6	8
TE Boyd Brown	1	0	---	---	---
S Vinny Hoover	1	0	0.0	1	2
S Kirk Robbins	0	2	0.0	25	28

Minnesota	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Paul Krause	8	3	0.0	22	39
S Bob Atkins	8	2	0.0	18	36
ILB Lee Roy Jordan	6	2	0.0	22	34
DE Carl Eller	4	2	0.0	22	39
DT Art Thoms	2	2	1.0	15	32
CB Bobby Howard	2	2	0.0	23	37
CB John Rowser	2	2	0.0	11	31
CB Zeke Moore	2	0	0.0	22	39
OLB Bill Peterson	2	0	0.0	2	16
OLB Dave Washington	2	0	0.0	12	9
DE Sweeny Williams	2	0	0.0	22	38
ILB Amos Martin	1	1	0.0	8	6
OLB Floyd Rice	1	1	0.0	14	20
C Dave Manders	1	0	---	---	---
DT Fred Nolan	1	0	0.0	17	19
CB Brock Green	0	1	0.0	1	3

Pass Rush Statistics

Chicago	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
S Craig Clemons	1.0	0	0	0	31
DE Larry Hand	0.0	1	1	0	32
DT Wally Chambers	0.0	1	0	0	32
DE Fred Dryer	0.0	0	0	1	30

Minnesota	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DT Art Thoms	1.0	0	0	1	32
DE Carl Eller	0.0	1	2	0	39
DE Sweeny Williams	0.0	0	2	1	38

Pass Defense Statistics

Chicago	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Duane Benson	6	0	30
S Craig Clemons	4	0	31
CB Durwood Keeton	3	0	29
CB Paul Johnson	3	0	31
S Rodney Dawkins	3	0	10
S Kirk Robbins	1	2	28
ILB Doug Allen	1	0	32
DT Wally Chambers	1	0	32
DE Larry Hand	1	0	32
DE Ron Rydalich	1	0	20
OLB Brad Van Pelt	1	0	8

Minnesota	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Paul Krause	3	1	1	39
CB Bobby Howard	2	2	0	37
CB Zeke Moore	2	2	0	39
OLB Bill Peterson	2	1	0	16
DE Carl Eller	2	0	0	39
ILB Lee Roy Jordan	2	0	0	34
OLB Dave Washington	2	0	0	9
CB John Rowser	1	1	0	31
S Bob Atkins	1	0	0	36
ILB Amos Martin	1	0	0	6
OLB Floyd Rice	1	0	0	20
DT Art Thoms	1	0	0	32
DE Sweeny Williams	1	0	0	38

Blocking Statistics

Chicago	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Hubert Camarillo	2	5	1	20	1	34
Rich Coady	2	5	0	19	0	28
Rocky Freitas	1	2	0	17	0	27
Carl Garrett	0	3	0	19	0	16
Jim Clack	0	2	0	7	0	16
Phil LaPorta	0	2	0	20	0	31
Alberto White	0	2	0	19	0	28
Bob Young	0	1	0	7	0	19

Minnesota	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Ron Yary	4	6	0	29	0	32
Dave Manders	3	5	1	22	0	25
Ed George	3	4	0	23	0	23
Larry Schreiber	2	3	0	14	0	15
Kent Kramer	2	2	0	17	0	16
Dan Medlin	1	1	0	24	1	28
Tom Forrest	1	1	0	8	0	10
Jim Pietrzak	1	1	0	7	0	7
Aaron Meyer	1	1	0	6	0	9
Pat Matson	0	3	0	26	0	26

Special Teams Tackles

Chicago	Tackles	STPlays
Dave Edwards	1	21
Rodney Dawkins	1	14
Vinny Hoover	1	9

Minnesota	Tackles	STPlays
Clarence Davis	4	16

Participation

Chicago	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Paul Johnson	---	---	28	31	8	67
Doug Allen	---	---	29	32	4	65
Craig Clemons	---	---	29	31	4	64
Duane Benson	---	---	29	30	4	63
Wally Chambers	---	---	28	32	3	63
Larry Hand	---	---	28	32	3	63
Scott Hunter	23	39	---	---	---	62
Durwood Keeton	---	---	29	29	3	61
Fred Dryer	---	---	28	30	2	60
Hubert Camarillo	20	34	---	---	6	60
Toby Tucker	---	---	23	26	11	60
Kirk Robbins	---	---	25	28	2	55
Rich Coady	19	28	---	---	4	51
Phil LaPorta	20	31	---	---	---	51
Terry Carrol	18	29	---	---	1	48
Alberto White	19	28	---	---	---	47
Rocky Freitas	17	27	---	---	1	45
Carl Garrett	19	16	---	---	8	43
Ron Rydalich	---	---	22	20	1	43
Boyd Brown	11	20	---	---	9	40
Otis Armstrong	12	25	---	---	1	38
Roger Carr	8	17	---	---	13	38
Andy Johnson	11	12	---	---	15	38
Andre Tillman	12	15	---	---	7	34
Bob Young	7	19	---	---	7	33
Ronnie Talley	10	23	---	---	---	33
Joseph Bach	9	24	---	---	---	33
Rodney Dawkins	---	---	6	10	14	30
Jim Clack	7	16	---	---	5	28
Dave Hill	6	12	---	---	7	25
Dave Edwards	---	---	0	2	21	23
Mike Hancock	5	2	---	---	16	23
Lester Tresca	0	8	---	---	13	21
Cid Edwards	0	4	---	---	11	15
Brad Van Pelt	---	---	6	8	1	15
Rick Dvorak	---	---	6	6	1	13
Vinny Hoover	---	---	1	2	9	12
Dan Buffone	---	---	0	1	8	9
Rob Scribner	0	0	---	---	9	9
Bill Belk	---	---	1	2	5	8
Merritt Kersey	0	0	---	---	7	7
Errol Mann	0	0	---	---	5	5
Tom Sutton	---	---	1	0	4	5
Don Rives	---	---	0	0	---	0
Unknown	0	0	---	---	---	0
O.J. Fujimoto	0	0	---	---	---	0

Minnesota	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Bob Atkins	---	---	18	36	12	66
Zeke Moore	---	---	22	39	5	66
Carl Eller	---	---	22	39	2	63
Bobby Howard	---	---	23	37	3	63
Paul Krause	---	---	22	39	2	63
Fran Tarkenton	29	32	---	---	---	61
Sweeny Williams	---	---	22	38	1	61
Ron Yary	29	32	---	---	---	61
Lee Roy Jordan	---	---	22	34	3	59
Pat Matson	26	26	---	---	6	58
Ed George	23	23	---	---	7	53
Dan Medlin	24	28	---	---	1	53
John Rowser	---	---	11	31	9	51
Art Thoms	---	---	15	32	2	49
Dave Manders	22	25	---	---	---	47
Don McCauley	11	22	---	---	14	47
Lance Rentzel	23	24	---	---	---	47
Chuck Foreman	13	26	---	---	1	40
Fred Nolan	---	---	17	19	3	39
Kent Kramer	17	16	---	---	5	38
Floyd Rice	---	---	14	20	2	36
Larry Schreiber	14	15	---	---	7	36
Ronald Fitzgerald	14	21	---	---	---	35
Bill Peterson	---	---	2	16	13	31
Del Ross	---	---	3	15	13	31
Frank Pitts	14	13	---	---	---	27
Tom Forrest	8	10	---	---	7	25
Lewis Rockett	12	8	---	---	4	24
Clarence Davis	3	4	---	---	16	23
Bob Gresham	16	6	---	---	---	22
Amos Martin	---	---	8	6	8	22
Dave Washington	---	---	12	9	1	22
Aaron Meyer	6	9	---	---	7	22
Jim Pietrzak	7	7	---	---	7	21
Vincent Horton	7	4	---	---	10	21
Don Croft	---	---	10	10	---	20
William Humphrey	1	0	---	---	16	17
John Cappelletti	0	0	---	---	16	16
Brock Green	---	---	1	3	12	16
Robert West	0	1	---	---	12	13
Lamar Martin	---	---	8	5	---	13
Ike Howard	---	---	1	1	10	12
Horst Muhlmann	0	0	---	---	9	9
Bob Parsons	0	0	---	---	4	4
Otis Hastings	0	0	---	---	3	3
Dennis McKenzie	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	2	6	3.0
Middle	14	78	5.6
Right	6	24	4.0
None	1	-2	-2.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	4	28	7.0
Middle	15	86	5.7
Right	9	33	3.7
None	1	-1	-1.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Scott Hunter	38	21	0	3	1	7	4	2	1

Minnesota	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Fran Tarkenton	31	25	2	0	1	2	1	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	5	3	5	1.0
Short (0-8 Yds)	10	7	68	6.8
Medium (9-18 Yds)	18	11	143	7.9
Long (19+ Yds)	5	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	28	4.7
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	10	69	6.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	13	9	128	9.8
Long (19+ Yds)	1	0	0	0.0

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	PPlay
WR Terry Carrol	8	6	0	79	29
WR Ronnie Talley	7	4	0	29	23
FB Carl Garrett	5	3	0	32	16
WR Joseph Bach	5	2	0	26	24
TE Boyd Brown	4	1	0	7	20
WR Roger Carr	4	2	1	29	17
RB Otis Armstrong	2	2	0	1	25
TE Andre Tillman	2	1	0	13	15
WR Lester Tresca	1	0	0	0	8

Minnesota	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Lance Rentzel	8	6	0	62	0	24
RB Chuck Foreman	6	6	0	33	0	26
TE Kent Kramer	3	2	1	16	0	16
WR Don McCauley	3	1	0	11	0	22
WR Frank Pitts	3	2	0	31	1	13
FB Larry Schreiber	3	3	0	18	0	15
RB Bob Gresham	2	2	0	6	0	6
WR Ronald Fitzgerald	2	2	0	20	0	21
TE Lewis Rockett	1	1	0	28	1	8

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Otis Armstrong	2	7	3.50	5.45
Andy Johnson	2	15	7.50	4.36

Minnesota	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Bob Gresham	2	14	7.00	6.00
Chuck Foreman	1	0	0.00	4.33

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Scott Hunter	1	0	0	0.00	5.68

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Fran Tarkenton	3	3	18	6.00	7.26

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Boyd Brown	1	0	0	0.00	1.75

Minnesota	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
TE Kent Kramer	1	1	6	6.00	5.33
WR Lance Rentzel	1	1	6	6.00	7.75
FB Larry Schreiber	1	1	6	6.00	6.00

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Chicago	Rushes	Conversions
Otis Armstrong	4	3

Minnesota	Rushes	Conversions
Bob Gresham	5	4

Third Down Passing Statistics

Chicago	Att	Comp	Conversions
Scott Hunter	8	3	1

Minnesota	Att	Comp	Conversions
Fran Tarkenton	6	6	3

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Chicago	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Joseph Bach	3	1	1
TE Boyd Brown	2	0	0
RB Otis Armstrong	1	1	0
FB Carl Garrett	1	1	0
WR Terry Carrol	1	0	0

Minnesota	Targ	Catch	Conversions
RB Chuck Foreman	2	2	1
FB Larry Schreiber	2	2	1
WR Lance Rentzel	1	1	1
WR Ronald Fitzgerald	1	1	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 57,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 17,700 (21,400)
End Zone 12,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine 7,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 11,200 (13,600)
Club Seats 6,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,700 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	57,700 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	17,700 (21,400)
End Zone	12,700 (15,400)
Mezzanine	7,300 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	11,200 (13,600)
Club Seats	6,100 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,700 (3,300)